The 1999 Levendaal Award for Best Play by a Junior

Source: IBPA (1999) The 1999 Levendaal Award for Best Play by a Junior Winner: Martin Schaltz (DEN) Journalist: Ib Lundby (DEN) Third generation Lizzi and Jørgen-Elith Schaltz were...

The Smother Play by Brian Senior

Though the name does not include the word Coup, a Smother Play clearly belongs to that category of play technique. It is another piece...

Seven Card Suits Should be Trumps by David Gold

Source: Mr Bridge I firmly believe in: "seven-card suits should be trumps." You will almost never lose control when you have seven or more trumps in...

A Lesson Learned Too Late

Source: The Montreal Gazette - 19 May 1938 When the declarer's trump suit is headed by the K-J-10 it is, of course, desirable that the lead be from...

From the “Bridge Academy Best Hands Gallery” by Avi Cohen

Source: http://info.ecatsbridge.com In Boynton, an exclusive small town outside Palm Beach, Florida, in the USA, there is a very peculiar museum annexed to the local bridge...

Bath Coup By Brian senior

The Bath Coup is a very common manoeuvre. It is a ducking play which enables declarer to keep control of a key suit. The...

Third & Fourth Seat Openings By Paul Lavings

Source: http://www.abf.com.au Most partnerships haven’t defined their strategy for third and fourth seat openings. Sort yourselves out with this quiz on third seat openings, nil vulnerable:  ...
16th World Youth Bridge Championships Salsomaggiore 2016

An Early Lesson in Humility by Eric Kokish

Source: http://info.ecatsbridge.com I started to play seriously in 1967, at the Summer North American Championships in Montreal, my home town. As I had less than 100...

The Hand of a Lifetime

Source:  Newsletter of Trumps Bridge Center , March 2006 South was Henri Svarc who for many years was one of the best French players. See if...

An Intrafinesse Example by Fernando Lema

The WGM Gabriel Chagas, once explained the way to play this kind of weak suits, he called the technique the Intra-Finesse. Dealer West All Vul. West North East South Pass 1 Double Pass 1 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass Pass  Pass When...