Yearly Archives: 2016

I’m so Unlucky

"I'm so unlucky," today's declarer mourned after losing his game, "that I could make a mistake playing to Trick 13."

Defensive Trump Tactics By Richard Pavlicek

Besides the obvious case of ruffing declarer’s winner, the trump suit offers many opportunities for skillful defenders to gain a trick.

Sacrifice Bidding By Ely Culbertson

"To sacrifice or not to sacrifice"—that is the question which confronts Bridge players at almost every session of play.

To sacrifice or not to sacrifice

We've all heard expressions such as The five level belongs to the opponents and Only Jesus saves. But we also know that there are times when ...

Against Stolen Bids By Mel Colchamiro

Nearly all top players speak of "mirror doubles" with as much disdain as a snake speaks of a mongoose.

Wroclaw 2016: Friday, September 16th

Four bronze medals were earned on Friday, the prelude to the last three sessions of the Open, Women’s, Senior and Mixed Teams, where four teams are...Photo de Jerry Li

Wroclaw 2016: Plan, Count, Plan By Yiting Li

Yiting Li, is a bridge professional, that is part of the extremely strong Chinese Women's Team, among other triumphs we remember the Machlin Women's Swiss Teams 2014...

Watson’s Bridge Challenge #2

Quite often a lowly ten, nine, or eight may be a position to choke an otherwise vital suit to death.

Common Mistakes – How to Avoid Them

As beginners we are all taught, when defending, to cover an honour with an honour. The reason for this is that, by doing so, we...

The relentless quest for over-tricks By Andrew Kambites

PLAYING this hand in a duplicate pairs event you receive the lead of the 3 of spade. Do you try the spade Q at trick 1?

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