Yearly Archives: 2014

Feeling up to par? by Zia Mahmood

A fiendish problem from the late Pietro Bernasconi

Timing is Everything by Eric Kokish

Whether you are playing the stock market or the game of bridge, timing is everything.

Breakin’ the Rules: Preempting then Acting Again

We have all heard bridge teachers state, often in unequivocal terms, that you should not act again after opening a weak two bid.

Skill Required for Unblocking by Oswald Jacoby

It takes experience to learn when to play an unnecessarily high card in order to guard against an...

Rock-Scissors-Paper by Marshall Miles

It is strange that such a bad play at IMPs can be a good play at matchpoints. Photo: 1958 Marshall Miles, Ivan Erdos, Eddie Kantar, Ernie Rovere and Nat Cohen

Improve Your Game by Larry Matheny

Finding the Overtricks

Bridge & Humor: Heard at the Bridge Table

This is a true story that concerns a player...

Simple Defenses to Common Conventions —Part V

You hope to raise the level of the auction to uncomfortable heights at opener's rebid.

Resurrecting a Lady by Omar Sharif

Today's hand was originally conceived by one of the greatest problem composers of any era, the late Robert Darvas.

A Geza Ottlik Hand by Jay Becker

It is not easy to make ten tricks, even with 52 cards on view.

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