Daily Archives: Jan 21, 2017

A Choice Between Losing Tricks by Ira Corn

At all levels of plays, the secret of success lies not so much in playing well as in no playing badly, quite a different thing. The opportunity for brillance presents itself rarely; the oportunity for error lies arround every corner.

Increasing Chances By Jay Becker

Let's suppose you're in a contract the outcome of which appears to depend on a finesse. Whenever you run into such a case, you...

Choose Your Poison By Omar Sharif

The ruff-and-sluff has been stigmatized as a defensive crime. Although that holds true for ....

For the good of the team

Defense is mostly a partnership project. In the vast majority of deals, the defenders achieve their optimum result by

Partnership Defense By Steve Becker

At the outset of play, a defender often finds himself in the dark, trying to guess how to proceed.

Counting the defensive tricks By James Jacoby

Successful defense requires fast thinking. In particular a defender must use the bidding to picture the strength of declarer's hand.

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