Fourth Suit Forcing

Source: Wikipedia Fourth suit forcing (also referred to as fourth suit artificial; abbreviated as FSF or 4SF) is a contract bridge convention that allows responder to create, at his second turn to bid,...

Checkback Stayman

Source: Wikipedia 1m – 1M; 1NT – 2 2Checkback Stayman (or simply Checkback) is used after a 1NT rebid by opener rather than a 1NT opening. It...

Morton’s Fork Coup

Source: Wikipedia Morton's Fork is a coup in contract bridge that forces an opponent to choose between: letting declarer establish extra tricks in the suit led; or losing the opportunity...

Change of Plan by John Brown

Dealer South N/S Vul 8 5 3 J 7 Q 9 A Q J 8 4 3 6 A Q 10 6 K J 10 7 5 2 K 5 West North East South 1 Pass 2 2 3 4 5 Pass Pass Dbl Pass Pass Pass Opening Lead A West ledA...

No Trump Plans and Plays by John Brown

Consider this situation: A 2 K J 6 Q 9 8 A 10 8 7 4 10 9 6 3 A Q K J 10 6 Q J 2 Opening Lead 7 hat would you...

England: Junior Club Bridge & Minibridge

Every Sunday (05 Nov – 10 Dec 2017) 2:00 – 4:00 SUNDAY JUNIOR CLUB BRIDGE & MINIBRIDGE Learn how to play Bridge and Minibridge: For students aged 7 – 18 Come with a...
Mikael Grönkvist

Strip Squeeze

Source: self.gutenberg.org A strip squeeze is a declarer technique at contract bridge combining elements of squeeze and endplay. This squeeze occurs when declarer has two or more losers remaining. By cashing winners, declarer forces the...

Smother Play by Lauritz Streck

Source:  Lauritz Streck is a U25-Player from Germany, currently studying mathematics at the Bonn University. The White House Junior Tournament in Amsterdam. One of the nicest and...

Plan, Count, Plan by David Bakhshi

Salsomaggiore, August 8 2016

Forming a Plan by Terence Reese

In a no trump contract the delcarer’s first concern is usually whether or not to hold up in the suit led; his second, which...