Bridge
If you and your partner ever want to improve your bidding system, I can’t recommend Phil King highly enough as…
Bridge
This may sound odd, given its male-only membership, but the Portland is one of my favourite bridge clubs. I’m one…
Bridge
It’s surprising how many perfectly good bridge players lack confidence when it comes to squeeze plays. They seem to think…
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I witnessed utter carnage at the bridge table the other week. I was watching the European Champions Cup online when…
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It’s one of the burning political issues of the day: why don’t more MPs play bridge? Two weeks ago, the…
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To get good results at bridge, it’s not enough to play well — your opponents need to play badly; and…
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Forget the 5-2 diet. To lose weight the easy way, why not take up competitive bridge? I’ve just come back…
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Has Zia Mahmood cried wolf one too many times? He’s still the undisputed master of the ‘psyche’ — he has…
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There aren’t many instantly recognisable stars in the bridge world, but Andrew Robson is definitely one — as he was…
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Unlike poker, there’s not much money to be made from bridge tournaments (consider yourself lucky if you win £40 in…
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I was talking to the brilliant 27-year old Israeli player Alon Birman at the recent Brighton Congress, when suddenly there…
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Some bridge hands are so sad that they make you want to cry. At least, that’s how my friend Lou…
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The brilliant American bridge writer and former world champion Eddie Kantar once overheard two wives in his bridge class arguing…
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The recent Open European Championship was won by Israel — but right up to the end, Monaco and England were…
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Our Golden Oldies have brought home the Gold! Many congratulations to the England players who have won the Seniors Teams…
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It takes a lot for me to give up on a ‘double-dummy’ bridge problem — i.e. one in which you…
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Have you ever been told by an expert that a bid you’ve made is foolish, badly judged or plain wrong?…
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There’s no point in soft-soaping it: however long you’ve been playing bridge, however well you think you play, if you’ve…
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The more I watch top-class players bid their hands, the more I abide by the philosophy: points, schmoints! Obviously, we…
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It’s no coincidence that many card players excel at both bridge and poker. The poker legend Gus Hansen plays a…
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The news that two German doctors have been found guilty of cheating at the world bridge championships in Bali last…
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You’ve probably read about the English Bridge Union’s attempt to get bridge reclassified as a sport rather than a game…
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The Night of the Stars charity bridge event, held in West London a couple of weeks ago, was every bit…
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To any player with even the smallest sadistic streak, squeezing your opponents is hugely satisfying. But there’s something even more…
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A couple of Sundays ago, in London, Zia Mahmood and Demetri Marchessini held the first ever ‘Goulash Individual’ tournament. ‘Goulash’…
