In the Palacio de Congresos in Salsomaggiore, has just begun the Italian National Teams Championship one of the most prestigious bridge events in that country.
In bridge as in every other activity, perfect technique, tho highly desirable, is not the ultima thule. After a player has learned all there is to know about ...
It took a blind man to discover an error in the " Culbertson Self-Teacher" which had escaped my notice and that of a half dozen nationally known experts who
In 1965, a hand was widely published and was credited to Giorgio Belladonna, regarded by many as the world's best player. He denied having made the play, and
ALTHOUGH vulnerability is irrelevant at match-point duplicate in an uncontested auction, it is hugely relevant in the competitive arena. And it is not only your vulnerability that matters – it is also the opponents’.
IMPACT of vulnerability is much misunderstood. I often hear rubber bridge (or Chicago or teams for that matter) players bid a marginal game with the shrug of ‘Ah, well, we’re only non-vulnerable’. Wrong!
Photo Olimpycs 1980: Christian Mari, Paul Chemla, Jimmy Ortiz, Michel Perron, José Damiani, Michel Lebel, Henri Svarc, Philippe Soulet & Pierre Schemeil, captain French team.
