Yearly Archives: 2015

Canadian Bridge Championships 2015

Miles Team wins CNTC-A and will have the chance to represent Canada in the next Bermuda Bowl. Carruthers Team wins CSTC and will represent Canada in Chennai 2015 in the d'Orsi Cup

Responding to the invitation by Bobby Wolff

Today's deal features excellent bidding and defense.

Caution, Genius at Work: Zia Mahmood by Brian Senior

The flamboyant Zia Mahmood is one of the most difficult of modern players to play against, due in no small part to his imaginative card play.

Trump Promotion

Occurs when declarer is forced to ruff high in front of a defenders card to prevent an over ruff, and, in the process the defenders trump is "promoted" to winning rank.

Benito Garozzo in Action by Alfred Sheinwold

When an opponent has bid with doubtful strength you should suspect that he has good distribution.

Bridge & Humor: Just Among Us Girls

Four older ladies are sitting around playing bridge. The first lady says, “You know girls...

The 1982 Bols Brilliancy Prize: Jean Besse

“Deadly Unblock" by Nick Nikitine (CHE), player Jean Besse (CHE), published in the Daily Bulletin Biarritz 1982.

Caution, Genius at Work: Joe Grue by Brian Senior

Joe Grue is one of North America’s top young players, having played with considerable success on the USA Youth teams at world championships in the first decade of this century and since graduated to the open ranks.

The Merrimac Coup by Brian Senior

The Merrimac Coup is, I believe, named after one of the early ironclad military ships from the American Civil War. Presumably, the ship was ...

A Mundane Deal but an Exciting Hand by Zia Mahmood

Deals on which one side has 21 points and the other 19, with only one player having a suit as long as six cards, are not often very exciting, but... Photo: Eric Kokish & Zia Mahmood

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