Monthly Archives: November, 2015

Bob Hamman’s Hand by Tony Forrester

Most World Championship finals are anti-climaxes.

Francia: National Division 2nd Weekend

The match, after the first 13 boards, ended up favoring the Zimmermann team by 65 to 7. Here are some of the hands that generated the result.

Honors for Eddie Kantar by Phillip Alder

This type of play is called the dentist’s coup, in which declarer extracts a defender’s safe-exit cards before giving him the lead.

Bridge & Humor: Jackie plays ‘The System’ by Alphonse Moyse Jr

" You could have insisted on having me as your partner."

“En Passant” by Andrew Robson

If you remember one thing...Scoring trumps “en passant”.

Assume you can Beat the Contract by David gold

This maxim applies mainly when playing teams or rubber, when it is essential to defeat contracts.

Four different East players misdefended by Helen Sobel

Although there were extenuating circumstances, it is amazing that four different East players misdefended today's hand.

The Saga Continues: Editorial by the WBF President

First of all, it has to be made clear that all the components of the bridge community share the same worries: to ban cheating from our beloved sport must...

1NT & 6-4’s by Bob Crosby

1NT is the corner stone of our bidding system. The more distributions we can handle after that bid, the better off established partnerships will be.

BBO News – 2015 Women’s Autumn Festival – November 9-15

The 2015 WBF Women's Online Autumn Festival starts on Monday, November 9, and continues until Sunday, November 15 on Bridge Base Online.

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