The basis of all problem solving is processing the data to arrive at a logical conclusion. One of the great novelties, and attractions, of bridge is that the data is not all visible.
I had the pleasure of playing against Kantar once. It was at the Spingold in Las Vegas 1984. We were the lowest seed and they were the #1 so we met in round 1.
Geir Helgemo, originally from Norway but nowadays representing Monaco in international play, has been responsible for some of the finest pieces of declarer play we have ever seen.
Truscott submits this deal from the Toronto ACBL Nationals, reported in the NY Times, 22nd July 2001, featuring Kyle Larsen, West, for our Defence of the Year Award:
Jeff Rubens co-editor of Bridge World magazine wrote an imaginative series some years ago, Called: Bridge in Muttropolis" focusing on bizarre results an a city club.
Marshall Miles, an ACBL Hall of Fame member, stresses this point in the introduction of his excellent book “Inferences at Bridge” with the following example.
