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If there is one thing I will do by way of this column is to make you think and plan before you play to trick one as declarer. Seeing the solution in the post mortem, or worse still having your partner point it out to you, is not what you want, so try...

Hold-up plays in bridge, particularly in no-trump contracts, are commonplace, and in the hand below declarer showed not only how to make a hold-up play but also how to get the timing right (see Figure 1). The bidding was over quickly – South opened 2...

With some return to competitive bridge, the following notice was sent out to the local Bridge Club and ACBL members in relation to the upcoming trials for the Central American and Caribbean Bridge Federation Zone 5 Championship. The trials are organi...

One of the most useful bids in bridge is the “unassuming cue bid” which is often used as a waiting bid to find out more about partners hand in terms of shape and strength – many use it after partner has overcalled to show 3 card support for partner’s...

A footbridge that will extend the Railway Trail over Flatts Inlet is expected to be completed by October, a spokesman for Friends of the Railway Trail said yesterday. Tucker Murphy confirmed that volunteer construction workers started building pylons...

Bridge play can be broken into three main areas – bidding, declarer play and defence. The most important contributor to results is certainly the bidding, and it is also the easiest part of the game to teach and to learn, easiest being a relative term...

This week’s hand is in the column mainly because of the superb play by declarer, but the bidding to get to the Grand Slam was a work of art in terms of system and communication, and is well worth looking at. The hand was reported by the excellent Tim...

Something this week to not only test the grey cells, but also to enchant and amuse. You are playing in a high stakes rubber bridge game against opponents that are not only good but have enough money to back their judgement, and you pick up this hand ...

As Bermuda slowly but surely gets Covid under control things are beginning to open up and that includes the Bermuda Bridge Club. The Bridge Club, and the ACBL Unit 198 which is responsible for the Regional and the Sectional, are progressing carefully...

After the long break away from the physical games at the club it will take players some time to overcome the nervousness that came with the pandemic, and the ACBL has recognised the need to encourage a return to traditional "face-to-face" bridge. To ...

For most bridge players, the format they are most familiar with is Duplicate Pairs, where every overtrick is precious, as opposed to Teams play, where making the contract is really all that counts and overtricks are the icing on the cake. As a resul...

Today’s hand is, once again, about thinking ahead and planning to try and make the hand even if the opposing cards are not sitting favourably (see Figure 1). South opened 2NT showing 20-22 HCP and North, with her long diamonds, bid a Quantatative 4NT...