Yearly Archives: 2017

Safety Preferred to 50-50 chance By Charles Goren

A hand may be played at "dummy reversal" or "making the dummy the master hand" when dummy's trumps are ...

Timing which suit to play? By Liam Milne

As always, there were a few hands with instructive themes. Try this hand from the fourth round of knockout matches:

WBF: Morten Bilde’s visit to Raibidpura

I am pleased to forward to you what received from Amaresh Deshpande about the visit in India of Morten Bilde with six Danish kids.

Bridge & Humor: A Message

Thirteen I kibitzers surrounded the players in a slam-bound bridge game at the Kansas City Athletic club.

And this Happened … in 1939

Bridge experts here are agreed that there is no chance of American players barring the fascinating ace-showing in bidding as the Portland club in London is reported to have done.

Count, Add, Substract By Shepard Barclay

Counting the known cards in a suit held by various players, next adding their amounts together and then subtracting that total from 13—that simple process constitutes about half of the entire procedure known as "card reading."

Forming a Plan by Terence Reese

In a no trump contract the delcarer's first concern is usually whether or not to hold up in the suit led; his second, which suit to develop first.

To Do A Thing Well By Alfred Sheinwold

Poor Alfred's Almanac advises: If you want a thing done well, don't do it yourself. Get help from an opponent.

Working on two long suits By Easley Blackwood

In playing at no trump, it is often important to make the right decision on the question of which long suit to start working on first. Sometimes, it is necessary to ...

Point Counterpoint By James Jacoby

Although the widespread use of point count has made bidding more exact, players weaned on this evaluation method sometimes err in their competitive judgment.

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