Monthly Archives: September, 2015

The Saga Continues: The Cost of Cheating to the Community by GS Jade Barrett

The exposure of three of the higher ranking pairs as cheats during the month of September 2015 was cathartic to some, but extremely distressing to others.

Conventions: Exclusion Keycard Blackwood

Can anyone explain me this Convention? Gjivo Tikvica; Dubrovnik, Croatia

Have You Discussed? When 4NT is not Blackwood by Barry Rigal

These days experts get very sniffy (in fact when do they not?) about using 4clubs/Gerber. While it is true that the traditional Gerber sequence only

Planning Ahead in the Auction by David Lusk

Gaining advantages in competitive auctions is often geared to considering future problems when the opponents compete or are likely to compete in the bidding.

Everything’s under control — Part 1 by Marty Bergen

Cuebids are bids in the opponent's suit, such as Michaels. There is also a second category of cuebids...

Bridge & Humor: In my Dreams by Helen Sobel

This play never actually happened, as far as we know. But we've dreamed about its happening to us for so long that we can't resist putting it in writing.

A nine is a terrible card to waste

Good defenders use conventional signals to help guide a touchy defense.

Win at bridge by Oswald Jacoby

We are indebted to Terence Reese and the Bridge World magazine for today's hand.

Make a game try by employing the Losing Trick Count

When you have a distributional hand and your partner has supported one of your suits, the Losing Trick Count is ...

Problema 119 by Terence Reese

For over 40 years the Argentine Bridge Association (ABA) edited a bimonthly magazine, with articles from the best bridge masters of the time: Charles Goren, Terence, Reese, Ian Wohlin...

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