Monthly Archives: November, 2016

Mr. Champion’s Teaching is An Expensive Habit for Him By Easley Blackwood

Mr. Champion is the type of player who is always trying to teach the Mr Muzzy of the game all about the rule of eleven. Mr. Muzzy is the type who will never learn it. Of course...

Recurring headaches – part 2 By August Boehm

Standard systems, where the opening bid of one of a suit has a wide range — anywhere from 12 to 21 points — contain a built-in headache. The problem comes with...

Orlando 2016: Day 6

The team led by Nick Nickell, erased a small halftime deficit with a 43-17 third quarter and went on to a 154-125 win over the Paul Lewis squad in the Baze Senior Knockout Teams.

Recurring headaches – part 1 By August Boehm

By choice, I spend most of my bridge hours teaching rather than at the table. Accordingly, I feel I've become attuned to the problems advancing players regularly face, and in this new series, I will ...

You’re invited to Italy

Then there is the invitation he extended to bridge players throughout the world – to attend the 8th Open European Championships scheduled for June 10-24 in Montecatini, Italy.

Orlando 2016: Day 5

Winners of the Mitchell Open BAM teams seated Alon Birman - Jacek Kalita- Michal Nowosadzki standing Dror Padon- Stan Tulin and Kevin Dwyer

Double Throw-In by Nikola Tcholakov, Sofia

You are South here, all in red, and being very conservative and fan of four card majors you open 1 Spade as dealer.

Back in the saddle: Bergen & Cohen

The celebrated partnership of Marty Bergen and Larry Cohen saw its heyday in the mid- to late Eighties. The light, aggressive bidding style they employed made them hugely successful.

Interesting points By Barry Rigal

This deal from the second final session of the Nail Life Master Open Pairs produced numerous points of technical and practical applications.

Sheinwold on bridge

Hide today's hand from your bridge playing friends and spring the North and South cards on your favorite partner. Tell him it's a test to separate bridge players from card pushers.

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