Bridge
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…
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The Hubert Phillips is a knockout tournament unlike any other. First it is mixed — there has to be at…
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Ostend has been host to hundreds of bridge players representing their various countries in the European Teams Championships. The ten-day…
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Talk about Custer’s Last Stand. My poor old team has been knocked out of all this year’s main tournaments —…
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Martin Hoffman, who died last week, had an extraordinary life. Born in Prague in 1929, he was the only member…
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This year’s Schapiro Spring Foursomes, England’s best tournament by a mile, wasn’t held in the usual Stratford-upon-Avon venue but in…
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England had a narrow lead going into the second weekend of the Camrose, with the Irish National team and the…
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I’m not saying that I want ‘She played bridge for England’ on my tombstone — but then again… Last weekend,…
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Have you ever picked up your hand, opened a weak 2 on a proper six-card suit (all right, if you’re…
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Little did I know, when I was railing at how Britain comes to a standstill at the first flurry of…
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No February blues for me. The past couple of weeks have been the most exciting and interesting (bridge-wise) I could…
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August 2015 will be remembered as a landmark for World Bridge. There had long been talk among bridge players about…
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I have just returned from the annual pilgrimage to Reykjavik, home of one of the best tournaments of the year.…
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The first home tournament of 2018 was last week’s four-day European Open Trials. Ten selected pairs played 216 boards at…
Why Jeremy Clarkson should stick to cars
Well, I had a very merry Christmas thank you — and I hope you did too — but as usual…
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The year is drawing to a close and this is my last column before Christmas. May I wish you all…
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When I first started playing tournament bridge there were relatively few European sponsors. The US was buzzing with sponsored teams…
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The third and final weekend of England’s Premier League took place in Solihull and was a very jolly affair. All…
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When I started playing bridge in earnest, the first tournament I entered was the EBU’s Autumn Congress, which back then…
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Somewhere between 1 and 3 a.m., I turn off the lights but I can’t turn off my whirring brain. Cards…
