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The 1st World Youth Bridge Congress was held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 15 to 23 August 2009, hosted at the Yeditepe University, attended participants from 29 countries.

Maintaining trump control is the key to most hands played in a suit contract. Declarer must watch his step when repeated ruffs weaken his trump position.

The moral of today's hand is that one should never give up, even when the cause appears to be hopeless.

There is a lot of psychology in good bridge, and to me a new partner is a fascinating challenge.

Many contracts are made which could have been defeated if the defenders had taken the trouble to count the hand. And counting, in most cases, is such a simple process —as in today's deal.

The evidence does not sustain a conviction of Messrs Cezary Balicki and Adam Zmudzinski for illicit exchange of information through prearranged methods of communication during the Competition.

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Unlike in chess, where both players see all 32 pieces and the 64 squares on the board, bridge players see only their own 13 cards and, during play, those of dummy. A picture of the unseen hands must ....

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When you are contemplating a suit slam, singularity a singleton -- means that the opponents can win at most one trick in that suit. More dangerous is a doubleton. If you...