My Son the Genius by Zia Mahmood

Wednesday, February 5, 2003 If you don’t see me winning any tournaments for a while, don’t be surprised. It’s not that I am becoming senile...

Calling Geza Ottlik Again by Jean Besse (Elopement)

VII WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Bal Harbour FL; Sept. 13-27, 1986 Source:  With great sportsmanship, Edgar Kaplan and Norman Kay reported in Saturday’s bulletin on a hand where...

A Jean Besse’s Nice Hand

VII WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Bal Harbour FL; Sept. 13-27, 1986 Source: Jean Besse and Edgar Kaplan often are friendly adversaries at the commentators table at world...

Anecdotes by Harry Fishbein and Easley Blackwood

The October 1969 issue of the ABTA Quarterly carries anecdotes by Harry Fishbein and Easley Blackwood about the conventions which bear their names, and...

Tuesday At Carleton Bridge Club By Peg Kaplan

Source: Minnesota Bridge November 11, 2017 Recently, your intrepid webmaster headed south to Carleton College to kibitz and chat with members of the Carleton Bridge Club. ...

Brain Health & Wellness by Jon Saraceno

Source: https://www.aarp.org A Bridge to Brainpower? Playing your cards right can help keep you sharp long after retirement l On the cusp of his 90th birthday, Leonard Melander...

Playing in a 4-3 Fit By Jim Diebel

Source: wimpy-bridge by Jim Diebel          In past articles, I have been promoting the advantages of raising Partner’s 1st response of 1 in a major with only...

Raising Responder’s Major with 3 Card Support

Source: wimpy-bridge by Jim Diebel           When most of us were taught the basics of bidding, we learned that the magic number of combined cards...

Easy tips on how to cuebid your way to slam contracts

Source: Ginny & Jeff Schuett for Cuebidding without interference is an attempt to get to slam without using Blackwood, or before using Blackwood. Usually the...