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I know I’m not the strongest declarer in the world (or even at the table) but I didn’t realise my…
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Here we go again. The ninth European Bridge Championships are upon us, this time taking place in Istanbul. Hundreds of…
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Stefan Skorchev, young Bulgarian international, has given us another top tier annual pairs tournament to put in our diaries —…
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Simon Gillis coined a term to describe his disappointment when he sits himself out to allow four of his professionals…
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Imagine you are on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. You have just won £500,000 and cannot go home with…
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Jonathan Harris is a man of principle. He and his wife Jenny had each entered a team for the Venice…
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When did International Women’s Day become an official fixture? I have never been aware of it before this year and…
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Susanna and I don’t play on the same team very often, but once a year Fiona Hutchison puts together a…
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James Vogl excelled at poker and backgammon and thought, like many of us, that when he took up bridge about…
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The winter ‘season’ of terrific bridge competitions came to a close last weekend with the Lederer Trophy held at the…
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Two of the best (and most enjoyable) Pairs and Teams tournaments of the year have just finished, and I miss…
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The Norwegian Bridge Press Association’s annual prize for the best-played hand was a particularly hard-fought contest in 2018. Boye Brogeland…
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2018 ended on a very sweet note for my team. We played the London Year End one-day teams tournament —…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! I have made a resolution to make some bridge resolutions. Here they are: 1.…
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This is my last column before Christmas (I know… I’ll miss you too) and as 2018 rolls to an end…
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DO NOT DOUBLE PARTSCORES WHEN PLAYING TEAMS. Here is Geir Helgemo somehow fooling his expert opponents into defending like total…
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This autumn has been the busiest (bridge-wise) I can remember. It started with the Crockfords final at the beginning of…
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Vytas and Erikas Vainikonis, father and son bridge enthusiasts, are the generous hosts of one of the best five days…
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Good news for bridge if the Open World Championships in Orlando are anything to go by. Far from dying, it…
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I think my regular reader(s) would agree that I have been rather low-key about my bridge abilities of late. Defence…
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All the best players today are technically excellent in card play. They know all the odds and end plays to…
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Long-married couples are notoriously intolerant of one another at the bridge table. It’s as if all their pent-up irritation comes…
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When I was first married, there were no satnavs to hold our hands; we relied on maps (if there was…
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It’s that time of year again — summer and its attendant holidays. No bridge for me for a month, unless…
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Last Friday, merrily on my way to Young Chelsea (still the best IMPs duplicate in town), I couldn’t know that…
