Monthly Archives: January, 2015

Ernesto was great in every way, all South America will suffer this irreparable loss and more these editors.

Judy, Trudy and Meg wanted to play in the Mixed Pairs, so they went to the Director beforehand....

THE SIMPLE process of opening the bidding produces in many players a strange pride of possession.

But sometimes the defenders should see through declarer's smokescreen by asking themselves this question:

YOU are East in the defensive positions below. Each 1NT opening by South shows 12-14 points and ...

Regular readers know that a fiend can have a sense of humor. The reference is not to this writer but to the devil in charge of unimportant cards...

(Intermediate level) The primary objectives for suit overcalls are:

What would you rebid on these hands...

This is a convention that allows you to arrive at a better contract when your partner opens 1NT and you have a hand with 0-7 points and 4-4 or better in the major suits.

In its simplest form the principle says this: a player should be assumed not to have had a choice, rather than to have exercised a choice in a particular way. The situation in which the principle is most often applied is something like this: