Monthly Archives: November, 2014

XVII Festival de Bridge de Madeira by Vicky Chediak

Yesterday finished the 17th Bridge Festival of Madeira, a tournament in which I love to participate, and that I recommend to players of all categories: from beginners to world champions. Foto: Vicky Chediak y Liv Marit Grude

Bridge Road Warriors 2014 #50

During our travels the Great American Bridge Tour often takes out time to explore the area surrounding our tournaments.

The Plan XI by Tim Bourke (AUS)

North’s cue-bid of two clubs promised a sound simple raise or better in spades. West led the queen of clubs and continued the suit to East’s king.

Zia Mahmood and the Seventh Player

When Anita Sinclair received the Gold Medal she explained that the team was a Zia's initiative... and that they all had agreed to the tribute ...

Negative Doubles by Alvin Roth

A negative double replaces the penalty double in many sequences and becomes a takeout for the unbid suits, particularly the unbid major or majors.

Conventions: Refining your Bergen Raises by Paul Lavings

Bridge conventions come and go, but Bergen Raises have stood the test of time. Now it’s time to recommend some refinements.

One spade – or four spades? by Zia Mahmood

How do you react to a hand such as this, as dealer at unfavourable vulnerability?

Bridge & Humor: Extracted from a Victor Mollo’s Book

Next time your partner blunders, reflect on this conversation from Victor Mollo’s immortal Menagerie series.

Non-system Bidding Issues by Frank Stewart

In my opinion, the current preoccupation with conventions and systems is unhealthy.

Improve Your Bridge Game with Marty Bergen

Improve Your Bridge Game with Marty Bergen is a Marty Bergen’s Facebook page, where he publishes almost every day a very short and very useful bridge tip.

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