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On the whole, I’ve enjoyed playing bridge from the comfort of home during lockdown. One regrettable outcome, however, is that…
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I would never say that bridge is just a game — for many of us, it’s a lifetime’s vocation. However,…
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One of the pleasures of kibitzing online tournaments is that when an intriguing hand comes up, you can flick back…
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I’m not surprised so many scientific studies have shown that bridge staves off dementia: the game provides a constant workout…
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It was great to see an England team win the hotly contested World Bridge Tour ‘Survivor Cup’ recently. Many congratulations…
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I sometimes get far too intense when I’m playing bridge online. Holed up in my study at home, wearing noise-cancelling…
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These days, most tournaments take place either on Bridge Base Online or Realbridge. I far prefer BBO for one reason:…
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If anyone is going to cause me agonies at the bridge table in front of 800 kibitzers by subjecting me…
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This is a great time to be a young bridge player. When I took up the game in my twenties,…
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In general, I don’t like to play bridge just for fun: I prefer the cut-throat atmosphere of a tournament, or…
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The American professor Martin Seligman is one of the most influential psychologists in the world. Known as the father of…
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When lockdown began, all those months ago, I remember chatting to a few of England’s top players about the shift…
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It’s so much easier to play bridge well when luck is on your side. You’ve just doubled your opponents and…
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It’s surprising how quickly we adapt to things: nine months ago, most of us had never played bridge online before,…
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Each November, Paula Leslie organises the Young Chelsea Women’s Teams — a fantastic event, attracting many of Europe’s best players…
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It’s been a busy week of bridge. First came the Lady Milne, the women’s home internationals. As the host nation,…
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I know its only October, but I’ve already found the perfect Christmas present for bridge-lovers: Simon Cochemé’s new book, Bridge…
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‘I have a wonderful hand to show you,’ Gunnar Hallberg exclaimed when I saw him last week. Gunnar is a…
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The Alt Invitational is a prestigious online teams tournament held every fortnight or so, packed with world-class players. It’s not…
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My friend Ollie Burgess has just made the bold move of quitting his job in Manchester, and moving to London…
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A major pandemic has been sweeping through the bridge world since the game went online — and it’s called cheating.…
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There are some experts — like my friend Sally Brock — who think Blackwood is an overrated convention, and that…
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Stuart Wheeler was a true original. I was lucky enough to be a friend (we met playing bridge), and will…
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Gunnar Hallberg moved to England from Sweden 25 years ago to play professional bridge, and made such a success of…
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What goes through a world-class player’s mind when he or she stops to think for an age during a hand?…
