Yearly Archives: 2015

Everything’s under control — Part II by Marty Bergen

A control bid is so named because it promises a control in that suit —whether first or second round.

Finding the Killing Defense by Bobby Wolff

Here is a deal from a time when Paul Soloway first played with Bob Hamman, in the semifinals of the American International Trials.

Card Reading by Jay Becker

The secret of good dummy play is good card reading. This consists mainly of...

Chennai 2015…Just to Start…

The 42nd World Bridge Teams Championships and the 10th World Transnational Open Teams Championship will be held at the ITC Grand Chola Hotel, Chennai (former Madras), India.

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.

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