Archivos mensuales: Abril, 2016

An Early Lesson in Humility by Eric Kokish

I started to play seriously in 1967, at the Summer North American Championships in Montreal, my home town. As I had less than 100 master points I could not play in the Life Master Pairs...

From the “Bridge Academy Best Hands Gallery” by Avi Cohen

In Boynton, an exclusive small town outside Palm Beach, Florida, in the USA, there is a very peculiar museum annexed to the local bridge club: the Boynton Bridge Academy.

How Much is Your Six-Card Suit Worth by Zar Petkov

Let’s look at this rather average collection featuring a five-card major:

Bridge & Humor: The Great Kibitzers’ Strike by George S. Kaufman

This piece was featured in the 1939 spring bumper issue of the New Yorker magazine and aims its humorous arrows at that most unsung of bridge heroes: the kibitzer.

Hand Evaluation: Zar Points By Zar Petkov

Ever wondered how experts bid “aggressive” games that “somehow,“magically” turn out to be cold?

Best defense of the year 1998 by Matthew Granovetter

My candidate for best defense of 1998 is a misdefense. Yes, you read correctly: a misdefense. Now how could a mistake be the best play of the year?

Test Your Planning in Suit Contracts By Paul Lavings

Plan the play in the following 4 spade contracts:

Defense to the Opponent’s Jacoby 2NT by Roy Wilson

Source: Defense to the Opponent's Jacoby 2NT by Roy Wilson     When your opponents use a Jacoby 2NT bid in response to a major suit opening,...

Excess Baggage by Eddie Kantar and Terence Reese

The lead of Jack of diamond to the ace, partner dropping the 5. Declarer plays off three rounds of trumps

No escape from surround play

In a hand from a past World Bridge Championship, we look at a textbook defensive situation with which few club players are familiar.

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