Archivos mensuales: Septiembre, 2013

Banikas-Kapagiannidi topped the Mixed pairs winning the second session with 64%. Versace-Moneta had to be satisfied with the second place. Foto: A.Kapagiannidi

A new initiative of the French Bridge Federation to attract new players to bridge.

In the last article we discussed which card to lead from any given suit. This time we will try to decide: Which suit to lead.

BBO is preparing for a great challenge the Bali 2013 transmission, from 16 to 27 of September. See the information you can now access and you will be able to access while watching the matches.

On game day, get an extra 30 minutes of sleep, leave your bridge bucks at home, skip the lines, and go right to your table at game time!

When opening a hand that is 6-4 in the majors, show the...

The opening lead always seems to have a bearing on the outcome of a hand, especially in duplicate pairs where every overtrick and undertrick matters.

There has been a lot of hysteria over the Israeli teams bound (or not) for Bali and even more over the ongoing efforts of Migry Zur-Campanile, who holds an Israeli passport but has been added to the USA2 squad for the Venice Cup, to obtain a visa to travel to Indonesia.

The "standard" use for a 3NT opening bid is balanced with 25-27 HCP's, but that's a hand that can equally well be described via a 2 clubs opening. For this reason, a common use of an opening 3NT is the so-called "Gambling 3NT", showing a solid minor suit and not much else.

A capable defender chooses a lead by visualizing the dummy and anticipating how declarer will play...Try