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When was the last time you made a doubled slam – a slam that could and should have been defeated…
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The beautiful city of Wroclaw in Poland is currently teeming with bridge players, all of them there for the 16th…
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Do we need complicated bidding systems to reach the best contracts? The Portland Club (men only) operates a no conventions…
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My husband is a writer (John Preston), whose recent books were better received than he had ever dared hope. When…
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To paraphrase E.L. Wisty, the late, great Peter Cook’s alter ego, ‘Some people are born lazy, some become lazy and…
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In the modern game, being green versus red (non-vul v. vul) is a licence to bid on tram tickets: passing…
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The bridge world is coming back to life with a bang. The World Championships were held (live) in March, the…
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I was very sorry to learn of the death of the legendary American player and author Eddie Kantar – he…
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The return to pre-Covid normality has been slow and a bit dispiriting. Attendance at the popular English tournaments has been…
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In one respect, it would be so much easier to play a game like poker or chess than bridge; if…
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Rubber bridge is a game that happens to suit me very well: you can come and go as you please…
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At a bridge tournament about 15 years ago, I started chatting to a friendly, eccentric woman in her mid-sixties, wearing…
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When lockdown struck, high-standard online bridge tournaments sprang up and with them a multitude of cheats, world champions among them,…
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I recently spent a long weekend in Lillehammer in Norway. Apparently it’s very charming, but frankly I have no idea:…
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In honour of Her Majesty the Queen’s awe-inspiring Platinum Jubilee, I have not one but two hands, illustrating the power…
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For those of us who are prone to anxiety before playing in big tournaments, there are plenty of self-help books…
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It was time to celebrate! The Schapiro Spring Foursomes was back again after the enforced Covid break, and the EBU’s…
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The Spring Fours is one of the great events in the English bridge calendar – a five-day knockout attracting many…
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My teammate Thor Erik Hoftaniska is having a bit of a moment. He won last year’s (online) Gold Cup (on…
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Recently, a friend was browsing through the bridge books on my shelves, when suddenly she burst out laughing. ‘Here’s a…
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It seems ironic that while many bridge players are fighting to ‘Keep Bridge Alive’, raising money to encourage and teach…
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I went cycling in the Pyrenees with my teenagers last week. Every time we stopped for a break, out came…
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I don’t play rubber bridge nearly as much as I used to, but I still enjoy the occasional game at…
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The England U26 juniors have been flying high lately. A couple of weeks ago they won the Junior Camrose, and…
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I still haven’t got over the novelty of sitting down at home, opening my laptop, and – just like fantasy…
