Yearly Archives: 2016

Wroclaw 2016: A Few Words with Nadia Bekkouche

Nadia is, despite his young age an experienced international bridge player. She made her debut in the Denmark National Ladies Team in 1996 and has played ...

Large swings By Zia Mahmood

How would you play this hand? Suppose you have this trump suit in a slam, so that you can afford only one loser:

Percentages in Bridge

Many novices--especially those of us who were marginal math students in school--become intimidated by mention of percentages. Allow me to simplify this discussion by...

Hand Evaluation Wins Game

Careful card reading enabled today's declarer to insure his three notrump contract in spite of unfavorable breaks in two suits as well as a losing finesse.

Wroclaw 2016: September 6th

Halfway through the round robin process in the various teams events, only one team — USA in the Seniors — even comes close to...

Wroclaw 2016: September 5th

As the grind continues towards Saturday – when the knockout phases of the four teams events begin – European teams are occupying most of the top spots in the competition.

Bridge & Humor: Murder at the Bridge Table

Tell me, Professor, have you ever solved a crime?" asked Wright Cardinal. "With your powers of deduction and analysis, I bet that you would make an excellent detective."

Count Cards For Slam By Oswald Jacoby

"How about devoting this week's articles to lessons on dummy play?"

Keep a Poker Face By Alfred Sheinwold

When Swedish expert Jan Wohlin played today's hand he saw that he'd almost surely go down if he went after the diamonds at once.

Cross-ruff Technique By Charles Goren

The technique of the cross-ruff is not very difficult. The problem as to whether or not to play for a cross-ruff is sometimes harder to solve. Declarer may have the...

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