Yearly Archives: 2016

Fishing isn't the only sport whose enthusiasts are tempted to tell white lies about their accomplishments. Even bridge players stretch the truth occasionally,...

If you were vulnerable and dealt yourself the following hand in a game of rubber bridge

Here is a gem played by Bob Hamman at the 2008 Boston National Championships. After some fairly non-descript bidding, the many time World Champion landed in ...Photo: Bob Hamman By Peg Kaplan

We won’t always have such a ‘no lose’ option. Suppose we again reach 4 spades after this auction:

All bidding systems, no matter how complicated are subject to the same code of ethics. They must be a matter of public record, containing no secret bids that mean something to the partners but nothing to the opponent. Of course,...

Zia Mahmood is one of the most successful individual players since the great days of Italy's Blue Team. He also has a flair for imparting his expertise to others.

While South did have a first round control in hearts, the fact that he was pretty much minimum for his overcall argued against a first round contol-bid of six hearts along the way to the spade slam.

West led the jack of spades and declarer paused to make a plan. Clearly, if the diamond finesse failed, so would the contract.

During the 16th World Youth Bridge Teams Championships, I have the oportunity to interview to Juan Felipe Cuervo (COL) member of the Colombian team U 26.

It is very early days -- yesterday was the first of six in the qualifying section of these championships. As play begins this morning