Archivos mensuales: Abril, 2015

Defense Was Ruff, Thought Declarer by Phillip Alder

This deal, from the first-round Bermuda Bowl match between Argentina and USA1 in Portugal 2005, featured one of the prettiest defenses of the tournament.

Culbertson’s Rule of Hand Evaluation by Jeff Lehman

Many HE methods pale in comparison to Culbertson’s Rule, which I had read many, many years ago in Jeff Rubens’ great book The Secrets of Winning Bridge.

Signals Change since Blackwood

Once upon a time it was a safe bet to assume that a bid of four no-trumps from your partner in almost any porsition was an ace ask Blackwood convention

Conventions: Inverted Minors Continuation

Do you ever feel like you and your partner are just mingling around after an inverted minor auction of 1minor-2minor?

Master Play in Bridge by Terence Reese

This article is concerned with one of the most important and least analysed forms of defensive play, the attack on entries before declarer can use them.

Counting Out Opponent’s Distribution by Maritha Pottenger

It will pay great dividends for your Declarer play and defense to count suits.

Hope for the ordinary player by Zia Mahmood

This spectacular deal comes from a recent friendly match between the Netherlands and Iceland and features a defence that should give encouragement to ordinary players everywhere.

Test Your Play by Steve Becker

1. You are declarer with the West hand at Six Diamonds and North leads the queen and then the jack of heart. You play...

Punishing X’s of Artificial Bids by Justin Lall

One of the biggest problems of modern science is giving the opponents the chance to double (or not double) artificial bids. However,

Conventions: Transfer Advances Part II by Marc Smith

In Part II we take a look at how the auction continues and consider some deals illustrating the method in action.

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