Monthly Archives: April, 2015

Discussing Some Deals with Ron Klinger

Three deals came up for discussion from last night’s session:

Conventions: Weak NT Structure

The requirements are simple: 12-14 HCP and a balanced, or semi-balanced, hand.

Bridge & Humor: Reese spent the Night in Jail

Bob Sheehan told me a funny Reese-Schapiro story. Reese had no sense of humor.

2015 Women’s USBC: Under Pressure

"The Five-Level Belongs to the Opponents" was a BOLS Bridge Tip written by the late American expert Ed Manfield. But sometimes the 5-level, can be very profitable.

2015 Women’s USBC: The Semifinals

The Final is: Goldberg vs Narasimhan will define who will be USA1 for the 2015 Venice Cup, to be held in Chennai, India, Sept. 26-October 10, 2015.

Card Reading by Jay Becker

Card reading is the most important single faculty required of the competent declarer. Photo: 1958 Italia Como Tobias Stone, John Crawford, B. Jay Becker, Sidney Silodor, Alvin Roth, George Rapee

Bridge & Humor: A W. Somerset Maugham True Bridge Story

I have read many books on bridge, if not with great profit, certainly with great interest, but there is one matter that, naturally enough, they never deal with

Preempting by Justin Lall

Preempting is a very important part of the modern game. Bidding is so accurate these days that if you allow your opponents to...

Try Something Different….Weak NoTrumps Perhaps? (Part I)

An opening bid of 1NT that shows a balanced hand in the range of 10-12, 11-14, 12-14, or 13-15 HCP's (or thereabouts) is considered a Weak Notrump.

Yeh Bros Cup 2015: Some U$S114.000 Hands

Open China needed only eight minutes (average playing time of a board) to earn the same as Jimmy Hendrix, when in 1966 he performed in Woodstock...Read some boards analized by Rigal-Stern

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