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The Swing Bridge to St George’s is clear for traffic after drivers were warned off the crossing earlier today, or to expect delays, because of downed wires. A police spokesman said it was unclear whether any of the fallen wires were live, and that th...

I wrote earlier this year of the passing of the great Eddie Kantar, who was not only a great player and teacher, but one of the nicest and funniest people I have ever met. His partnership with the volatile and outgoing “Broadway” Billy Eisenberg was ...

The great thing about this game is that it never stands still – you have to keep thinking, and while a play of a certain suit combination may be correct on one hand, the next day you may have to play that combination differently because the rest of t...

Every once in a while a player makes a play that just takes your breath away and, as a result, stays with you for a long time. Today’s hand contains such a play by the former world number one, Geir Helgemo of Norway, who burst onto the bridge scene ...

This week’s hand saw a variety of results at the table even though the opening bid at each table with the South hand was 1NT (15-17). See the hand in Figure 1. At a couple of tables the North hand got carried away and drove to slam which was not pre...

With all the Cup Match games cancelled this hand may take up a bit of the time you have on your hands, as the correct play is hard to spot and also hard to understand – but try it! See Figure 1. You arrive in six spades with no opposition bidding and...

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, ...