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Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on the world in which we live with families, communities and businesses facing challenges that most of us could never even imagine. Normality seems so far away and long ago, and it is hard to say when it will eve...

This week’s hand is all about defence and, more importantly, patience in defence. I always tell bridge players that in defence, for the most part, Aces were designed to take other high cards and that, too often, players dart up with an Ace as soon as...

It just can’t be July already! Goodness, heat, humidity and another birthday — almost overshadows the queueing, hand-washing, mask-wearing grind. Although I did find a Chelsea mask at a store that has masks for most Premier League teams, so that was...

So how does one write a column in the middle of a pandemic without writing about Covid-19? I try and avoid the subject as it surrounds us anyway — you can’t turn on the TV without some gushing excited reporter bringing you the news on the latest surg...

Somehow a really crushed week amid the lockdown, as work keeps getting in the way of golf and bridge, so straight into the hand which is mainly about the declarer play, but also interesting in the bidding: See figure 1. After the 1NT bid by South the...

People often compare, and confuse, chess and bridge and there are endless discussions on which is the “better” game. For me there is no “better” — they are both brilliant mind games, but they are really different. In terms of pure brain-crunching a...

A number of you clearly liked last week’s hand, which led you through counting one of the opponents cards and allowing you to then work out what to do in the critical suit. So I’m going to build on that this week with a hand that is mainly about decl...

Straight into the hand this week because I want you to do a bit of thinking in addition to the usual bit of reading. You pick up, vulnerable against not, this lovely collection: As you are admiring your hand, you see left-hand opponent open the bidd...

The online games sponsored and arranged by the Bermuda Bridge Club continue to thrive with healthy attendances and entries from players of all standards including some of the top local players — I think this will benefit a lot of the up-and-coming pl...

One thing that does not change for bridge players during this lockdown is their love of trumps — and lots of them. Newer players particularly like the safety of having a lot of trumps, as it limits the potential damage on a hand. Quite often though, ...

Most of us know that a good game of bridge is magic — fun, enchanting, challenging, all of that. However, sometimes the play of the hand in the hands of an expert can seem like real magic, and never so more than in the hands of the charismatic Zia M...

I hope this finds you all well and coping during this crisis and all that comes with it — I hope that those of you who are capable are playing as much as possible in the online games organised by Peter Donnellan and Bill Pollett — the club and the me...