The “Tricky” Part of Counting By Michael Connelly

Source: district9acbl.org One of my favorite bridge students, Daisy (name changed to protect the guilty), habitually makes the bridge mistakes that are common to many neophytes....

Bringing the card game of bridge to Bengaluru schools

Unlike his friends, L. Manikantha, 17, did not wait to celebrate his success in the board exams. Right after his pre-university course results were...

A Canadian Bridge Youth Story By Debbie Bennett

While attending the Ottawa Regional tournament, upon completing the Sunday pairs, I decided to kibitz the final of the Sat./Sunday KO. I asked Chris Compton...

Card Play Practice: Avoidance Play

Hand 1 Dealer South Lead: K West leads the K against your small slam in hearts. How will you play the hand? (You will find that...

Robots already exceeding expectations By Susanna Gross

Source:  Twenty-five years ago, Zia Mahmood offered a £1 million bet that no team of his choosing could ever be beaten by computers. A mere...

Consider 3NT By Andrew Robson

Andrew’s TIP: TWO OUTSIDE ACES AND A TOP HONOUR IN THE SUIT THAT PARTNER HAS PREEMPTED EQUALS NINE TRICKS. CONSIDER BIDDING THREE NOTRUMPS. Source:  Our fourth...

“Pico” Syrup By Fernando Lema & Ana Roth

Buenos Aires, March 20, 2016 Yesterday were played the 2016 Vanderbilt Cup semifinals, where team “Lavazza”, the number one seed, faced the team Bertheau, this hand was the third...

Playing in the 4/2 fit by Fernando Lema

Buenos Aires, January 23, 2017 Yesterday was played the Australian National Open teams Championship, Canberra Bridge Festival (AUS), with a field of 126 teams. The two...

Multon Magic by Brian Senior

ource: 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Dublin, Ireland How would you like your chances, as West, of making 6 on this deal? North leads the seven...

Trump Reduction by Brian Senior

Source: 51st EUROPEAN BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Dublin, Ireland Looking at the number of trumps in declarer’s hand, you might not imagine that it was possible for...