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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 ...

A few weeks ago I asked players to e-mail me at davidezekiel999@gmail.com if they achieved a top-five result in any non-Bridge Club online game with more than 100 pairs. Well, the first one I received was last night from my online partner and Bridge...

Bridge experts get to where they are by being good in all areas of the game - bidding, declarer play, and defence. Bidding is by a long way the most important area of the game, contributing probably 70 per cent towards the results, with declarer pla...

Budget cuts mean that the public works ministry will not be able to do as much routine maintenance as it used to, it was admitted yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said that the ministry budget had been cut by $3.75 million because of the eco...

When I first started playing competitive bridge in London in the late 1960s the name of Victor Mollo was uttered with fondness and reverence – a great bridge player and probably one of the greatest bridge humourists and writers, Mollo’s Bridge in the...

This week, a declarer play quiz. To get to the right answer on these you need to get yourself a cup of tea and focus - I know that is not a luxury afforded to declarer at the table, but this column is offering that to you so take advantage of it (se...

New instructional bridge books are something of a rarity nowadays in this online world, due mainly to there being a plethora of information being available at the click of a keyboard on Google et al. And that is a shame, as there is something exciti...

The price tag for the replacement of two old East End swing bridges will be about $100 million, the public works minister revealed yesterday. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said staff were ready to start work on the Swing Bridge, from St David’s to S...

News from Peter Donnellan that the online Teams game on Thursday night was a huge success with 12 teams in the two separate games – it was set up this way as the online teams games cannot be stratified. I see these games growing in popularity and onc...

Following on from last week’s column I will in future try and include, in the results section, success by our members in non-bridge club online games. For now, if you finish top three in any Open game with more than 100 pairs taking part, or any 99er...

With the boom in online bridge worldwide since the lockdown, a number of players are playing in larger non-bridge-club games and many are having considerable success in games that contain 400-600 pairs, and I’m trying to find a way of getting these r...