Yearly Archives: 2016

Genetic Diversity

My opponent on one of the hands I played at the club game on Tuesday emailed:

Detecting an Entry By Shepard Barclay

TOP CLASS defensive play includes the ability to detect a probable entry into your partner's hand through some small card which ...

Bridge & Humor: Some Funny Stories

A bumbling bridge player explained to his friend how he planned to improve his game. "Every night when I ...

Stories not worth repeating By Alfred Sheinwold

In a situation of this kind, it is the sheerest folly for a player to tell his story a second time.

Conventions: Some Sohls By Gerben Dirksen

2NT has never been a popular contract, and rightly so. In many situations it does not pay to play 2NT as natural.

Hand Evaluation by Oren Lidor

When evaluating your hand, points are not too important. It's distribution and where the points are located. Here are few important points that all players should memorize.

Cases For Aces by Bill Jacobs

Stayman and Blackwood are the world’s most enduring bidding conventions. Whilst Stayman has been played relatively unchanged for many decades, a cottage industry has sprung up

Card Playing by Deduction By Jeff Fust

Source: www.vba.asn.au With no one vulnerable, you pick up the following hand:and find yourself playing 2 after the following auction: Dealer: W; Vul: Nil  The opening lead is J....

Conventions: Transfer Walsh

It allows opener to play a greater proportion of major-suit and no-trump contracts, particularly when using five card majors.

Transfer Responses to 1 club (5552)

This treatment has some elements of Transfer Walsh.

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