Year 1939: That last summer of peace, the European bridge championships took place at The Hague. If we had still had a nation to call our own, the Austrian ladies' team, with which I had already won three European titles and one world title, would have been favourites. But...Foto: Belladona-Markus
2013 World Mind Games: The match's second board was the first two digits swing. Both teams reached the same contract and Nunes from Monaco was able to reveal his spectacular skills in the play of the card.
Never play a card automatically. Always look ahead and consider what is likely to happen. This salutary advice will help you to make the right play on a hand such as the following:
Finally the young team from Sweden ended 6th in the Reisinger BAM and 8th Mitchell Open BAM an enviable performance: Johan Safsten, Ida Gronkvist, Daniel Gullberg, Mikael Gronkvist, Ola Rimstedt.
Fortunately we excel at some slams—particularly the ones that depend solely on the sheer mass of high cards. We have no desire to belittle these slams; they count just as much as the slams that must be ferreted out. But we do wish to emphasize that there are other kinds of slams
