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Bridge : Psychological warfare By Steve Becker

Source: Tucson.com It is a fundamental principle of defense to assume that every contract can be defeated. This might be impossible in many deals because declarer...

The art of making the enemy feel foolish By Cathy Chua

Source: info.ecatsbridge.com No, I don't mean questioned the pedigree of your opponents' mothers. Or their bridge-playing skills. It's a pity the players in this world championship are...

The Three Pipe Problem by Dr John Watson

Source: ecatsbridge.com Shortly after his miraculous escape from the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes, the world’s greatest consulting detective,spent some weeks recuperating in Italy. Many...

Revolving Discards

Source: Revolving discards are used at a defender's first opportunity to make a discard. A high spot card indicates suit preference for the next-higher...

The Proper Use of Suit‐Preference Signals by Hy Lavinthal

Source: www.cincybridge.com  Prior to the introduction of the suit‐preference signal, there was no signal available in lead or play, whereby a card in one suit signified...

Perfecting Your game By Sam Graham

Source: www.ababridge.org     E/W vulnerable, You are South. The job of the defense is to use its relatively few assets (in comparison to the assets of the...

When should defender play passively? Aggressively?

Source:  Jim Diebel for Let’s look at leads and the important role they play when defending against both no trump and suit contracts. Consider...

Rule of 11 – Sky Bridge Club

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Top of a Sequence

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Underruff Principle

Source: BridgeGuys This is a designation to describe a ruff with a trump smaller than one already played to the same trick. This principle is also...

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