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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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I have not played a single hand of bridge for about a month, neither have I kibitzed online. Ergo I…
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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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I am frankly repulsed by the latest cheats, exposed after the online invitational Alt and OCBL tournaments. When F2F bridge…
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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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Last week I got an email from one of my readers — the other one is possibly away for the…
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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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The French Online Open, in which 32 teams competed over a marathon two weeks — seven days round robin and…
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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?…
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What do we want? We want to play bridge. But who anticipated Covid-19 was going to close every bridge club…
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I’m not a great fan of online bridge but I must admit, lockdown has provided a real opportunity for players…
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I am so useless in defence it’s embarrassing. My partners all say the same thing: slow down and think. I…
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Have you ever been at a bridge event and heard someone exclaim: ‘He Grosvenor’d me!’ They are referring to a…
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When did we change from being a nation of curtain-twitching old biddies into one of full-on super-snitches? First a retired…
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One of the drawbacks of online bridge is the lack of après-bridge fun — those spontaneous drinking sessions where we…
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Well, what can I say? I have been nowhere. Seen no one. Done nothing. Unless you count watching damaging amounts…
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My entertainment last week was watching the NN-Cup, a ‘Goulash’ tournament normally held in Moscow, now played online for the…
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This weekend should have been the Schapiro Spring Foursomes, sponsored by Helen S., widow of the legendary Boris. Held in…
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I’m aware that this column is in danger of turning into the Alex Hydes fanzine, but after writing about his…
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The Alt Invitational is the online tournament that is attracting some of the best players on earth. When the whole…
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While chatting on the phone to my friend Alex Hydes a couple of weeks ago, I asked whether he was…
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I think it was Warren Buffett who said: ‘Bridge is such a sensational game that I wouldn’t mind being in…
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I’m finding it harder than I thought to concentrate while playing bridge online. And not just because my two children…
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It was impossible to imagine, when I filed my column a fortnight ago, that I would be writing this one…
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Bridge is obviously another casualty of the coronavirus. Clubs have closed their doors; tournaments have been cancelled; championships have been…
