Yearly Archives: 2016

Test Your Planning in Suit Contracts By Paul Lavings

Plan the play in the following 4 spade contracts:

Defense to the Opponent’s Jacoby 2NT by Roy Wilson

Source: Defense to the Opponent's Jacoby 2NT by Roy Wilson     When your opponents use a Jacoby 2NT bid in response to a major suit opening,...

Excess Baggage by Eddie Kantar and Terence Reese

The lead of Jack of diamond to the ace, partner dropping the 5. Declarer plays off three rounds of trumps

No escape from surround play

In a hand from a past World Bridge Championship, we look at a textbook defensive situation with which few club players are familiar.

Perfect Technique By Larry Cohen

This deal was played in the 2012 U.S. Team Trials by Chris Willenken...

Cue-bid your Opponent’s Suit to Show a Fit By Gavin Wolpert

Unless specifically agreed, bidding your opponent's suit is not Natural. In almost every single auction, when...

Hand Evaluation

All too often a hand strength is evaluated only by the HCP count. In reality a hand strength should be measured by its capability to generate a certain number of tricks.

The Power of Tens

When Mr. Milton Work invented the point-count method, ace = 4, king = 3, queen = 2 and jack = 1, he did the ten no favours. Contrast these two hands:

Thoughtful Bid

Another wild-and-woolly competitive auction, as we often see in modern bridge.

Bridge & Humor: Taking a drink at the Bridge Club

There were these two last bridge players in the Bridge Club bar, which was on the 20th floor of a building.

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