European Bridge News

EBL President Yves Aubry and PBU President Radek Kielbasinki signing the contract

Source: [ilink url=”http://www.eurobridge.org/index2.html”]EBL site[/ilink]

Wroclaw to host 24th European Youth Team Championships

The 24th Youth Team Championships will be held in Wroclaw/Poland from 11th to 20th July 2013. The venue is located in the Hotel GEM and its Recreational Centre. The Championships comprise 3 series as Junior/Girls/Youngsters and will be played as a simple Round-Robin.

All events are open to the member countries of EBL. Each country may be represented by one national team in each series.

All entries must be made electronically via this website (not by email), from 25th February and before 1st May 2013 (team registration).

For more information (programme, entry fees, accommodation), click here


Opatija to host 12th European Champions’ Cup

Agreement Sign

The 12th European Champions’ Cup will be held in Opatija/Croatia from 14th to 17th November 2013. Opatija has already seen European and World championships, in the Youth and University series, and now is going to be the venue for a major European Open championship.


 

 

Ostend, Belgium is going to host the 6th edition of the European Open Championships, following the very succesful hosting of the European Team Championships in 2010. The Mixed medals competition will be held between June 15th and 21st, while the Open, Women, and Seniors medals competitions will take place between June 22nd and 29th. Open pairs and teams side events will be held during the whole duration.

To register for an event, please click on the appropriate link depending to the event type (Pairs or Teams) and then follow the instructions.

Event Type
Pairs Event Teams Event

For booking your hotel you have several options:

 • directly with the Hotel Thermae Palace (main championships hotel) atwww.thermaepalace.be. Click here to get the reservation form.

• directly with the ROYAL ASTRID Hotel (second main championships hotel) atwww.royalastrid.com; click here to go to the reservation page (the code is bridge13)

• through the Ostend Tourism Office; you can get a list of other hotels via its’website (the code is bridge2013)

https://secure.cubilis.eu/portal/belgie/oostende/view_packages.aspx?pid=103&lang=en

(The code is Bridge2013).

• To access the championships website, click here

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Tips to Good Bridge by Oswald Jacoby

The safety play is usually a way of losing a trick that nobody else would dream of giving away.

MILNE will represent Australia in the 2014 Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship

Scotland is the host of the 4th Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow from 8th - 14th September 2014.

Hand Re-evaluation.

Here North/South reached a game on 23 points by using the appropriate hand re-evaluation.

A Vienna Coup in the 2014 Palace Cup 2014

At the 11th position arrived W. Gawel -R. Jagniewski, in the last board of the event they declared a slam, and declarer had to execute a Vienna Coup followed by a squezze to arrive to his 12th trick.

For a Second by Alfred Sheinwold

"For a second there, I had ten tricks," South sighed.

Franck Riehm elected as WBF President

The World Bridge Federation is pleased to announce the...

1st South American Online Mixed Teams Championship

All players belonging to any NBO affiliated to the WBF are welcome!

I Brazilian Online Bridge Festival 2020

Some of the best players in the world are Brazilians, and some of the most enthusiastic players too! Our Brazilian Online Festival has appeal to players of all levels. Your team will play in a friendly but competitive atmosphere, with very well-organized scoring and experienced Directors to ensure a pleasant experience for all.

WBF Robot Tournaments

Come and join the competition through our Providers, BBO, Funbridge and Ourgame, all offering you this great opportunity – we look forward to some challenging tournaments!”

The Endplay

An endplay (also throw-in), in bridge, is a tactical play where a defender is put on lead at a strategic moment, and then has to make a play that loses one or more tricks.

The Scissors Coup by John Brown

Scissors coup (or, Scissor coup, ) is a type of coup in bridge, so named because it cuts communications between defenders.

World Bridge Federation – Youth

The Championship is open to all players born on or after 1st January 1992 (Juniors & Girls) or born on or after 1st January 1997 (Youngsters) or born on or after 1st January 2002 (Kids) in good standing with their own NBOs.

Prevent a Ruff by Jon Brown

West led his singleton club, which dummy's king won. South read the lead as a singleton.

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