Establishing a Long Suit Early by Beverly Kraft -Eric Kokish

Establishing a Long Suit Early Often Overcomes Bad Trump Break  by Beverly Kraft -Eric Kokish How would you play the small slam on the lead of the 10? North-South...

Bridge & Humor

Sheryl accompanied Wayne, her bridge partner, to the doctor's office. After his checkup, the doctor called Sheryl into his office alone and says: Wayne is suffering...

Thinking Bridge: SF NABC Second Day

During each day of the NABC (National American) Eddie Kantar, one of the best American bridge writers, analyzes one bridge hand, for players who...

Strip and End Plays Examples By Roy Wilson

Source: http://www.acblunit559.com Here are several examples of how to improve your declarer play by using the Strip and End Play technique. What most players forget is this... You...

Avoid Being End-Played by Zia Mahmood

Every so often, something happens in bridge that at first appears unbelievable. Consider this diamond suit.... Source: The Guardian A K 9 5 3 A J...

Test Yourself

Bidding and card Play Problems from the 2016 Open and Ladies Italian Teams Championships Second Bulletin Saturday May 14 2016 Problem 1  Pairs, All Vulnerable A 3 2...

Mr.Blackwood…Next Time Perhaps.

As we know the Blackwood convention is currently of universal use: is part of almost every known and unknown bridge bidding system. Above you...

Principle of Restricted Choice

Source: Wikipedia In contract bridge, the principle of restricted choice states that play of a particular card decreases the probability its player holds any equivalent card. For example,...

Coup en Passant by Brian Senior

A fairly common play technique is the Coup en Passant. The fancy French name hides a pretty simple technique. Declarer attempts to make her small trumps by...

Criss – Cross Squezze Revisited by Daniel Gulyas

Believe it or not, I was a junior once, too. Back in 1992, the Hungarian team had great players, including my then partner, György (George) Szalay, who...