Bridge
Bridge | 11 July 2020
What goes through a world-class player’s mind when he or she stops to think for an age during a hand?…
Bridge | 04 July 2020
What do we want? We want to play bridge. But who anticipated Covid-19 was going to close every bridge club…
Bridge | 27 June 2020
I’m not a great fan of online bridge but I must admit, lockdown has provided a real opportunity for players…
Bridge | 20 June 2020
I am so useless in defence it’s embarrassing. My partners all say the same thing: slow down and think. I…
Bridge | 13 June 2020
Have you ever been at a bridge event and heard someone exclaim: ‘He Grosvenor’d me!’ They are referring to a…
Bridge | 6 June 2020
When did we change from being a nation of curtain-twitching old biddies into one of full-on super-snitches? First a retired…
Bridge | 30 May 2020
One of the drawbacks of online bridge is the lack of après-bridge fun — those spontaneous drinking sessions where we…
Bridge | 23 May 2020
Well, what can I say? I have been nowhere. Seen no one. Done nothing. Unless you count watching damaging amounts…
Bridge | 16 May 2020
My entertainment last week was watching the NN-Cup, a ‘Goulash’ tournament normally held in Moscow, now played online for the…
Bridge | 9 May 2020
This weekend should have been the Schapiro Spring Foursomes, sponsored by Helen S., widow of the legendary Boris. Held in…
Bridge | 2 May 2020
I’m aware that this column is in danger of turning into the Alex Hydes fanzine, but after writing about his…
Bridge | 25 April 2020
The Alt Invitational is the online tournament that is attracting some of the best players on earth. When the whole…
Bridge | 18 April 2020
While chatting on the phone to my friend Alex Hydes a couple of weeks ago, I asked whether he was…
Bridge | 11 April 2020
I think it was Warren Buffett who said: ‘Bridge is such a sensational game that I wouldn’t mind being in…
Bridge | 4 April 2020
I’m finding it harder than I thought to concentrate while playing bridge online. And not just because my two children…
Bridge | 28 March 2020
It was impossible to imagine, when I filed my column a fortnight ago, that I would be writing this one…
Bridge | 21 March 2020
Bridge is obviously another casualty of the coronavirus. Clubs have closed their doors; tournaments have been cancelled; championships have been…
Bridge | 14 March 2020
Just back from Monaco, the tiny principality famously dubbed ‘a sunny place for shady people’ by Somerset Maugham. Pierre Zimmermann,…
Bridge | 07 March 2020
I love the French expression esprit de l’escalier (‘wit of the staircase’); it perfectly captures that moment of frustration when…
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Bridge experts are a lovely lot. They give their time freely and generously to encourage and teach students and bring…
Bridge 22 February 2020
I’d love to be a fly on the wall when the Rimstedts and their children get together over supper. One…
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The annual Icelandic bridge tournament, held in Reykjavik at the end of January, is one of the best on the…
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As hosts of this year’s Lady Milne Trophy — the women’s home international series — England get to field two…
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Have I mentioned that I played for England in the Camrose? And not for the first time either. Sadly this…
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Sad to say, the length of time you’ve been playing bridge is no indication of how good you are. Indeed,…
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