Archivos mensuales: Mayo, 2015

“Deadly Unblock" by Nick Nikitine (CHE), player Jean Besse (CHE), published in the Daily Bulletin Biarritz 1982.

Joe Grue is one of North America’s top young players, having played with considerable success on the USA Youth teams at world championships in the first decade of this century and since graduated to the open ranks.

The Merrimac Coup is, I believe, named after one of the early ironclad military ships from the American Civil War. Presumably, the ship was ...

Deals on which one side has 21 points and the other 19, with only one player having a suit as long as six cards, are not often very exciting, but... Photo: Eric Kokish & Zia Mahmood

Sitting South was Fulvio Fantoni and he jumped to...Photo: Fulvio Fantoni & Simon Fellus

One of the more fascinating subjects regarding play and defense is the ruff and sluff. This play when committed voluntarily by a defender is generally regarded as the mark of a tyro.

Terence Reese regarded by many as the world's greatest player died at his home in London at the end of January 1996.

This was a hand that I declared at the 2010 European Team Championships in Ostende (Belgium) when we played against the Russian Team...Photo: Australian Girls Teams – Ellena Moskovsky, Ella Pattison, Andy Hung NPC, Renee Cooper, Jess Brake.

Have you ever found yourself in this situation: you've preempted on an utterly rubbish suit — no doubt you were non-vulnerable — and your left hand opponent ends up declaring in 3NT. Y

Tim Seres was arguably the most talented player ever to represent Australia. See him at work on this deal, in a...