Yearly Archives: 2015

Win at Bridge by Alan Sontag

Some years ago a match-point duplicate player found himself in the company of a bunch of rubber bridge players on a cruise.

Correctly Evaluating Your hand by Marty Bergen

Honors in short suits are worth less than their assigned value and should be downgraded.

A Vital Entry by Robert Darvas

You are South, and your contract is Three No-Trumps. West leads the 6 of hearts.

The Play of the Cards at Duplicate by Alfred Sheinwold

You cannot afford to play for safety in a duplicate game. If you find yourself in a normal contract, you must play for every trick that isn't nailed down. If you're in a bad contract, you

Tips on Part-Score Hands by Oswald Jacoby

From time to time readers want to know why bridge columns neglect part-score hands in favor of more sensational games and slams.

Hand Re-evaluation.

Here North/South reached a game on 23 points by using the appropriate hand re-evaluation.

Sylivia Confounds the Experts

It took Sylvia a long time to learn to use point count.

Should you Open or Pass? by Phillip Alder

Occasionally you will be looking at your hand and asking yourself, 'Should I open one of a suit or should I pass?'

Bridge & Humor: Bruce the chimpanzee

Rita and Dennis Hogan were not always the avid duplicate fans they are now.

The Shriek by Zia Mahmood

Matthew Granovetter, editor of one of the best magazines around, Bridge Today, once wrote a wonderful piece describing the agony of losing a bridge tournament.

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