Monthly Archives: November, 2013

Thinking Bridge: Phoenix NABC 2nd Day

In each of examples, you are always West leading a spade, an unbid suit, against a suit contract.

Bridge & Humor: Snoopy and Woodstock

Snoopy and Woodstock were made Honorary Life Masters by the American Contract Bridge League, the only two players to have ever been so honoured.

Bridge & Humor: Why is Bridge Better than Sex?

Partner doesn't become upset about people you played bridge with long ago.

Alejandro Bianchedi Interview

Meet Alejandro Bianchedi the brand new member of the Lavazza team. You will have the opportunity to see him play in a few days ... Watch his video report by Fernando Lema.

Fulvio Fantoni Reports from NABC Phoenix 2013

After winning the silver medal in Italian Cup 2013, yesterday we reached Phoenix for the NABC.

Bridge and Humor: Hesitations

During a high stakes game one day, the legendary Alvin Roth and his partner found themselves defending a 7NT contract.

An Intrafinesse Example by Fernando Lema

The WGM Gabriel Chagas, once explained the way to play this kind of weak suits, he called the technique the Intra-Finesse.

God is Italian by Pietro Forquet

"God is Italian" with this words complained Edgar Kaplan about a couple of miraculous contracts completed by the Blue team during the final of a world championship. Photo: 1974 Pietro Forquet (Ita) y Gabino Cintra (Bra)

Odd/Even Discards

What are Odd/Even (O/E) discards? Also called Roman Discards, they are a discarding method whereby the first card that you discard is an attempt to signal partner as to which suit you’d like led.

Conventions: Negative Free Bids Part 3

One of the benefits of the Negative Freebid (NFB) is that it allows responder to make more natural bids in competition. Access to part 1 and Part 2

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