Competitive Bidding 3: Opening a Major By Yuan Shen

Source: BBO By BBOer Shengabus (Yuan Shen) For a long time, I've suspected that bridge has been misnamed. There's only one suit, and it's spades. So in...

Choosing the Right Line of Play by Jay Becker

The Evening News – Aug 21, 1986 Assume you’re declarer at six hearts and West leads he king of diamonds. How would you play the hand? North dealer....

Hand Evaluation For Slam Contracts Part 1 By A. Gumperz

Source: BBO 1 Introduction Effective slam invitations depend on the ability to envision that a pair of hands can take 12 tricks and the ability to...

When not to draw trumps By Josh Donn

Source: BBO On Sunday, June 24, at 1PM US Eastern Time (7PM Central European Time), we had a special 1 hour teaching session with star...

What’s the best way to game the bots when playing robot bridge on BBO?

Source: These are the answers that were published: Andrew Gumperz, 25 years of tears and aspirations at the bridge table. Declare as often as possible. The robot...

What Makes for a Good Bridge Partner? By Bill Gates

Source:  I’m lucky that I get to play with bridge players who are dramatically better than I am, and who are nice enough that they...

Breakin’ the Rules — Walking the Dog by Joshua Donn

Source: Bridgewinners Breakin' the Rules -- Walking the Dog by Joshua Donn April 29, 2012 “Advanced players know the rules. Experts know when to break the rules.” – Anonymous  Walking the...

It was Anything but a Moysian Fit By Charles Goren

Source: SI Vault DECEMBER 09, 1957 Alphonse Moyse Jr. of New York recently became the fourth person and the first American to be named an honorary...

A Tale of Two Doubles

Source: 21st European Youth Team Championship; Bulletin 10 - 21 July 2007 The Belgian junior team finished finally in a slightly disappointing 14th place. Not so unexpected,...

Bridge By Susanna Gross

Source: www.spectator.co.uk  3 November 2012 In this country, Andrew Robson and bridge are practically synonymous: he’s the best known, and probably the best, player we have. His...