Monthly Archives: September, 2015

For sheer artistry, its hard to beat this hand played by Jean Besse, of Switzerland, in a European bridge championship. Photo: Sergio Apoteker, Eddie Kaplan, Jean Besse, Leda Pain, 24th World Team Championships Rio de Janeiro 1979

This story began when a magazine editor named Ray Cave collared me on a trip to New York and said, "Hey, there's a $20,000 rubber-bridge tournament in Las Vegas. Let's you and me enter."

Mustafa Cem-Tokay; Alfredo Versace; Nezih Kubac; Nafiz Zorlu won the VV 2015:

IBF Committee Rejects Fisher-Schwartz Challenge

Latest news of the cheating affair...

In the competition players gain points based on finishing in the top places of the most prestigious events on the EBU calendar.

Playing bridge is a privilege, not a right, and we need to reserve (and preserve) that privilege for those who follow the rules

MANY small cards you hold will not be useful in taking tricks, but you can use those cards to give signals to your partner.

A Potpourri of Problems from Bulletin 5

When you have some length in the opponent's trump, a good strategy is to force the declarer to trump.