Posts by Advanced 4
By Phillip Alder • 10 June, 2017

This deal gets my vote for the best defense ever. It occurred during the 1985 International Team Trial to pick the U.S. team for that year’s Bermuda Bowl world championship. Try it for yourself first.
By Ana Roth • 8 June, 2017

When you have some kind of a finesse to take to make your contract, put off the finesse until the last possible moment. In the meantime, try to get an accurate count on the opponents’ hands.
By Ana Roth • 29 May, 2017

Expert defense involves collecting clues about the hand from the bidding and early play and putting all the information into place to solve the puzzle of how to defeat their contract.
By Ana Roth • 12 April, 2017

Dangerous End-Plays Are Avoided by Careful Defense Early in Game
By Ana Roth • 2 April, 2017

A player isn’t lucky to get high cards unless he knows what to do with them.
By Ana Roth • 31 March, 2017

One of the expressions invented by bridge writers is “rectifying the count.” What it boils down to is this:
By Ana Roth • 28 March, 2017

A good declarer playing against ordinary oponents would have little or no trouble. The chances are that …
By Paul Lavings • 1 March, 2017

What is the best play on the following trump suits? There are no entry problems, so you may play from either hand at any point:
By Ana Roth • 28 February, 2017

Counting the known cards in a suit held by various players, next adding their amounts together and then subtracting that total from 13—that simple process constitutes about half of the entire procedure known as “card reading.”
By Ana Roth • 19 February, 2017

When you pick up your hand and notice an eight card suit in it, you can say that your desired trump suit is pretty obvious regardless of partner’s holding.