Yearly Archives: 2017

Better Bridge By R. Rosenblum

Why take a finesse when you can force an opponent to do it for you and guarantee success at the same time?

Several Lines By Easley Blackwood

In the text books on bridge there are examples of all the technical devices which a good bridge player must have at his command. There are hands illustrating end plays, squeezes, eliminations, throw-ins and so on.

Instant Forcing Raise By Oswald & James Jacoby

When Helen Sobel married Stanley Smith she retired from serious tournament bridge for several years. Then, in 1968, she came back to win the National Mixed team championship ...

Not All Finesses Are Equal By Omar Sharif

One of the first plays in the bridge players lexicon is "Avoidance." It is a technique of keeping the danger hand off lead. Here's a basic example.

Bridge & Humor: You Must Bid By Ely Culbertson

1933: Up in a Boston suburb, a contract club is holding a pair tournament for men, so eight of the wives of the players engaged in the tournament decided to have their own games on tournament-nights with...

Entries are the bread and butter of most hands

The ability to cross from hand to hand enables declarer to take advantage of finesse positions; lead toward strength; and prepare the ground for endplays.

Goren on Bridge

If I were asked to state in a phrase the most important guide to the successful play of the Cards, I would probably offer this!

Loser on Loser

Discarding a losing card on a losing card has been the fundamental element of play since the days of Whist, Bridge Whist and Bridge. The concept is simple, ....

The Field of Battle By Easley Blackwood

Contrary to the usual practice, today's hand was a battle between Mr. Dale and Mr. Champion, the former trying to give away a trick and the latter trying to avoid winning it.

Odd bidding problems, part 1 By Mike Lawrence

This is a new series looking at bidding problems, that can be awkward. I will show your hand and partner's hand and propose an auction.

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