Yearly Archives: 2017

The Best Defense Ever? by Phillip Alder

This deal gets my vote for the best defense ever. It occurred during the 1985 International Team Trial to pick the U.S. team for that year's Bermuda Bowl world championship. Try it for yourself first.

EBL opens new website on the Internet

The European Bridge League has modernized its internet site, where the bridge players of the world, will have access to all the latest news of the European bridge.

Bridge & Humor: A Zia Mahmood Anecdote

Source: WHAT A LIFE! by Sam Leckie. Tuesday, 17 June 1997

Pre-Montecatini 2017: Analysis Slow and Quick By Jean-Paul Meyer

In June 1997, 20 years ago the 43rd GENERALI EUROPEAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS was played in Montecatini Terme, Italy. Today we bring you an article ...

Pre-Montecatini Day 2 By Fernando Lema

Just arrived to Montecatini!!!...tomorrow I will tell you more...

Bridge & Humor: Invasion and more…

Four marines were playing bridge in a hut on a Pacific island.

Books to Help with Hand Evaluation By David Morgan

One bridge skill that every player can work on by themselves is how to evaluate the strength of a hand.

Conventions: Bourke Relay

Jumping to 3NT may be your first instinct, but this is a bit premature. Imagine if partner has these type of hands:

Safety Play By Steve Becker

A safety play is an effort by declarer to combat a potentially unfavorable distribution of the defenders' cards, there are so many different kinds of safety plays that it is better to...

Put off the finesse until the last possible moment By Easley Blackwood

When you have some kind of a finesse to take to make your contract, put off the finesse until the last possible moment. In the meantime, try to get an accurate count on the opponents' hands.

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