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Top-class bridge is a joy to watch, and with Bridge Base Online providing VuGraph on all major events one can watch the top players right through the day. The American Contract Bridge League Summer Nationals are on right now and the featured event is...

The other day I was talking to one of the players from the Bermuda Bridge Club and she said: “I just have to play more to get better.” Hmm, I thought, not quite! Bridge is not like tennis or golf, where that may be a bit more true – those sports have...

There are three major components to playing bridge – bidding, declarer play and defence. At the top level of the game I would rate their relative importance to results as 70 per cent, 10 per cent and 20 per cent in that order – at the club intermedia...

As I’ve written here many times before, there is nothing an intermediate bridge player likes more than taking a finesse – whether it is the right play, wrong play or a destined-to-fail play does not matter, the finesse must be taken! With that in min...

The Bermuda Bridge Club, like many other member-owned clubs, exists only because there are a number of members who are prepared to give their time and attention to the running of the club on a volunteer basis. No pay, no preferential rates and the op...

For bridge players and golfers, summer in Bermuda is not much fun – many players are away and it is hot and humid, all of which makes it difficult to get one’s weekly (or daily) fix! The Bridge Club, however, provides great air-conditioned premises, ...

One of the greatest skills in declarer play is taking every opportunity for an extra chance of making your contract, and in getting the opponents to help you. You can only do that by giving them the lead, so instead of clinging on to clear losers u...

This week’s hand, once again, employs a play I have written about often, the Morton’s Fork! See the hand in Figure 1 and the bidding, which was competitive and instructional, in Figure 2. The first three bids were all fine: East’s two heart bid was a...

Many congratulations to Elizabeth McKee and Linda Pollett who won the 2022 Ladies Pairs Championship by the narrowest of margins when they finished a wafer thin ½ a match point ahead of Gertie Barker and Jane Smith! Twelve pairs contested the event ...

The 2022 Ladies Pairs Championship takes place over two sessions at the Bridge Club today, so expect full results next week. The Men's event has once again been postponed due to the withdrawal of one pair, which then left the field below the minimum ...

Before I get to the column, The Mens and Ladies Pairs Championships will take place on Saturday May 21, with two sessions held morning and afternoon. The entry so far is pretty low, and the Bridge Club is looking for more pairs to sign up – lunch...

I play quite a lot of online bridge on BBO and often see some pretty awful defence, most of which comes from players not sticking to some basic rules and clearly having no agreement with partner on their defensive signals and play. It would take me t...