Bridge
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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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The late, great Martin Hoffman always claimed he was the unluckiest player in the world. If he was playing rubber,…
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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 Young Chelsea Bridge Club is moving — literally and figuratively. They are relocating to the Salvation Army building in…
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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 bridge moved from actual tables to virtual tables last March, it quickly became clear that cheating was ruining the…
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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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’Tis better to give than to receive, the Bible teaches us. Well, not if you were me this Christmas, it…
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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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Goodbye 2020 and don’t come back. Worst part for bridge players? All the matches and tournaments have been moved online,…
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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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Many years ago I remember Tor Helness, the great Norwegian champion, going into the semi-final of a world championship saying:…
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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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The rubber bridge world has lost one of its best and most flamboyant players; David Herman was an emaciated, elegant…
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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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How many times have we had it hammered into us: ‘When dummy goes down, plan the play’? Well, if we…
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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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When (if) the world returns to normal and live bridge tournaments resume, there are two things I will miss after…
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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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One of the things that makes bridge so endlessly fascinating is that it is forever changing and growing. At high…
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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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When I first learnt bridge, my teacher (not known as bossy boots for nothing) would thump the table when dummy…
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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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The bridge world has lost some glittering stars this (ghastly) year, the latest being France’s Catherine d’Ovidio — multiple world…
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A major pandemic has been sweeping through the bridge world since the game went online — and it’s called cheating.…
