Monthly Archives: November, 2013

There are several ways of inducing opponents to continue a suit to your advantage.

Let’s start with some history about valuing distribution. In the 1940’s, Charles Goren, while promoting...

For the first time in decades a women’s team (consisting of five women and a male captain with frayed nerves) qualified to compete among the top 12 teams in the Danish 1st Division. Photo: H.C. Graversen

When you learned to play bridge, your first teacher taught you that an ace is worth four points, king, three, etc. If your hand contains 13 or more points, you open the bidding; if not, pass. This was fine for your first lesson, but hardly adequate in the real world.

Have you ever wondered how the bridge experts always seem to know when to stretch in the bidding and when to be conservative?

Although not included in the original concept, the idea of employing Minor Suit Stayman following a 2 No Trump opening bid is completely acceptable by partnership agreement. The only requirement,

We will examine the various situations in which this demand can be recognised.

It’s fair to say that I’ve received more correspondence (both in terms of frequency and volume!) on this issue than on any other since I began as editor.

Many a player has lost sleep over a hand, myself included. Over 45 years of competition I have learned that....

Sometimes you have to rely on the opponents bidding to fill in the blanks to get a reading on...