Yearly Archives: 2016

Bridge & Humor: Anecdotes

COMPLETE ABSORPTION in the game is another characteristic of bridge players.

Overcalls Against Strong 2 Club Openings by Paul Lavings

Try this quiz at nil vulnerable.

Littlest Finesse on World by Charles Goren

Among other things, it illustrates how a good player pays attention to all the spot cards as they fall.

More Tips from Bernard Magee

Disguise a strong suit with extra potential

WBF Free Seminars

The first one is planned for the Confederation Sudamericana de Bridge (CSB, Zone 3: Southamerican Bridge Confederation) and will be held in Medellin, Colombia, in May 2016 during the Southamerican Bridge Championships.

Bridge by Phillip Alder

Well, the French enjoy their wine, but I doubt a glass or two -or more - would have helped any one to solve this problem from Le Bridgeur magazine some 20 years ago.

Employing the Losing Trick Count

When you have a distributional hand and your partner has supported one of your suits, the Losing Trick Count is the best way to evaluate the trick taking potential of your hand.

Conventions: Blackout convention

Blackout is a convention for responding to a reverse bid, whereby the responder can show whether or not he has any better than a minimum response.

Bridge & Humor: Victor Mollo (1909 – 1987)

Victor Mollo was born in St Petersburg, into a wealthy Russian family. He was 8 years old when...

10 is the Magic Number by George Cuppaidge

How often is game on for both sides? What does that say about the need for 25/6 points combined?

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