Bridge Hands

Montecatini 2017: Eight and a Half

It seems that the Poland pair, must be Fellini fan, so they let be carried away by his surrealism and related the first board to the second, declaring the slam in NT, although their lack of the ace and the king of club.

Montecatini 2017: Unique Defense

The only lead and the only return to defeat the contract... It seems that Klukowski - Zmuda reinforced their defenses with Leopoldina water before the championship ...

Montecatini 2017: By Luck Montecatini has a cure for Stress

For true bridge players there is no activity that absorbs them in the way bridge does. But on the way to satisfaction, during the championships there are ...

Montecatini 2017: Montecatini High

Today started the European Mixed Teams Open Championship, with a field of 114 teams. On Round 3 of the ten RR rounds, Board 22 generated important swings on many tables, ....

Replay these hands with me By Peter Goodman

Today's hand builds on our recent theme of planning your play before playing to trick 1 (and re-planning at about trick 3 or 4 if the play provides further information).

The Devil’s Coup – well, almost By Zia Mahmood

Today's deal from the final of the NEC Cup 2010 featured something akin to the Devil's Coup.

Watch Your Step Carefully by Nikola Tcholakov (BUL)

It is really a good advice for the declarer not to hurry after the lead when dummy goes down. Don’t be mislead by a world champion who immediately touches a card from dummy.

Goren on Bridge

South should have taken out protection against a bad trump break which under the circumstances was no less remote a prospect.

Bridge play comes naturally

Many players think that only experts can make contracts using a squeeze. Actually, many squeezes "play themselves," emerging without any clever play.

A Deceptive Play By Oswald & Jim Jacoby

lthough most bridge championships are won by careful, stolid play interspersed with a sprinkling of luck, a very captivating aspect of the game is the opportunity to execute clever coups.

The almost anonymous partner By Charles Goren

The margin of victory was 79 points, so this deal was hardly the crux of the match, but it involved an extremely rare kind of play—a "one-suit squeeze."

Coming Down to the Right Size By Omar Sharif

A player who preempts usually has a singleton somewhere. Should that player be on opening lead and...

A sample of Brilliance By Omar Sharif

Take a vote among the world's experts for their choice of No. 1 in the world, and you will find Norway's Geir Helgemo heading many lists. Here is a sample of his brilliance.

Blackwood on Bridge By Easley Blackwood

"I still want to know, said Mr. Champion. "how you managed to lose four tricks on this hand."