Monthly Archives: June, 2015

Clipped by the Scissors Coup by Oswald Jacoby

With his genius for publicity the late Ely Culbertson wrote about a play which he called the "Coup without a name." Modernists have named it the...Photo: Spingold 1931 Oswald Jacoby, P. Hal Sims, Willard Karn y David Burnstine

A Difficult Entry to Dummy by Benito Garozzo

This deal was played during a Pair contest, and Garozzo was North. He and his partner had been having a run of bad luck and desperately needed to make game...

It’s Your Call

This is a Bidding Test published in the last Italian Championship Bulletin. You will be able to compare your answer with some of the best italian and french players:

Criss-Cross Defense by Sidney Lee

I found it difficult to explain then and I find it difficult now. Yet the criss-cross squeeze is not the rara avis people think.

Learning to Count by Eddie Kantar

Counting tips and much more...

Test Your Dummy Play by B. Jay Becker

You are declarer with the West hand inFive Clubs and North leads the...Photo: 1952 Spingold John Crawford, Howard Schenken; George Rapee, Sam Stayman, B. Jay Becker

Elementary Instructions on Squeeze Play by Eli Culbertson

I have had many requests for elementary instructions on squeeze play. Therefore I have "stacked" the hand shown below to illustrate this type of coup in its simplest and

End Play vs Finesse by Charles Goren

At a recent national championship appeared that one of the gentlemen of the press was following a certain interesting deal around the room to observe the variations in the treatment given the hand by the different masters.

The Strip Squeeze

A strip squeeze is a declarer technique at contract bridge combining elements of squeeze and endplay.

It’s Your Call

This is a Bidding Test published in the second Championship Bulletin. You will be able to compare your answer with some of the best italian and french players:

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