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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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The EBU’s Premier League is upon us again, the pain of relegation ever-present as my team battles it out in…
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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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I don’t know about the only gay in the village but I am starting to feel like the last woman…
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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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Many top bridge players are also keen poker fans, and when a poker star infiltrates their backyard there is a…
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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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One person who lets out a whoop of delight when I am on holiday is my saintly partner, Artur Malinowski.…
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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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It’s August — that time of year again — and I am in France, as usual, on my annual holiday.…
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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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Two very exciting tournaments drew to a close last week. The first was the Spingold, the main teams event in…
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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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Richard Selway was one of the first friends I made in the bridge world. Long-standing ‘host’ at TGR’s, he was…
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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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The European Team Championships drew to a close last week and the most successful country overall was …England! The doughty…
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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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I’m not trying to pretend it will make up for the drubbing England took in the World Cup, but if…
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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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The final match in the second division of Young Chelsea’s London Super League was as exciting as it gets. Two…
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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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It is always exciting when a strong new team’s tournament enters the calendar, and the inaugural Balaton Invitational, held outside…
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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 Schapiro Spring Foursomes, held in early May in Stratford-upon-Avon, is one of the great tournaments and this time it…
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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…
