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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...

Good defence at bridge takes a bit of work – you have to try and construct declarer’s and partner’s hand from the bidding, and then refine your view as the play of the hand proceeds. Sometimes that is difficult, other times really easy, sometimes it ...

The return to physical play at the Bridge Club went well last Wednesday, and the Club is now open for the game schedule that applied pre the lockdown/quarantine. It has been a long time since the regular games, so here is a reminder! • Monday at 12.3...

At last some local news and some good news at that! This from Wendy Gray, Bridge Club president, to the members: “I am pleased to tell you that we hope to re-open the Club next Wednesday, June 9, with our 9.30am game. Our full schedule of games at th...

Not a lot of news to report on the local scene as all the bridge remains online. We are, hopefully, inching towards normality and may soon see a return to the live games for those that are fully immunised – so apply for your vaccination certificate a...

If you are a regular reader of this column you will have figured out by now that I want players to work their mental socks off to get to the right solution in either the bidding or the play of the hand. Too often a hand comes up which presents all s...

One of the key factors in successful declarer play is to keep a clear head and try and make plays that have the highest chance of success, as opposed to making reflex type plays that usually lead to success, but too often don’t. This hand came up on ...

Bermuda bridge continues to survive amid the pandemic thanks to the online club and other games, and due to the efforts of a few people I’ve mentioned before in this column, that keep it all fresh and alive. I’m sure, however, that a number of you ca...

After what feels like a century I’m travelling this week, armed with golf clubs, masks, wipes, negative Covid-19 test results, a double-jab certificate and a Taser gun for any non- vaccinated person that tries to invade my space – I will try and get ...

I’m not a big fan of “wise sayings” but one I firmly believe in is that “you must give in order to receive” . Since this is a bridge column , and since you readers are a pretty bright bunch, you will figure out that I have more than one hand to illu...

It’s good to read of some further successes by players in the larger online games and well done to Stephanie Kyme, Diana Diel, Judy Bussell and Jean Johnson who reported their results this week. Theses results will, going forward, simply be included ...