Monthly Archives: July, 2016

When this hand was originally published a few years ago, the author asked every East-West pair ...

Duplicate abounds in what may be called pointsmanship. This is a psychological—if not necessarily ethical or sporting—attack designed specifically to....

More and more top partnerships are playing a response of 2 clubs to 1H or 1S as multi-purpose. The three different meanings are:

The widely known Stayman convention was invented in UK during the 2nd world war by Mr. Marx and , at the same time, in USA by Mr. Rapee.

In writing about bridge, as in playing it, I am happy to acknowledge a debt to an 84-year-old youngster whose long string of championship victories spanned three generations of the game—whist, auction and contract.

One of England's foremost bridge players and most prolific writers on the subject, the author first introduced the characters in this article in a delightful book, Bridge in the Menagerie. Their counterparts can be seen at most card tables...

For anybody brought up on a steady diet of Hideous Hog coups, the play of the cards is quite trivial; the difficult part is...

Headache disturbs your nervous system. That is why headache is best treated with a remedy made to do at least 2 things ...

Clarity of purpose leading to focused thought leads to wonderful results at the bridge table.

The advantage of bidding is to describe your hand to your partner. Pre-emptive bidding can often be a double-edged sword.