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The article last week on “doubles” seemed to resonate with a lot of you, so thanks for the many comments — I will do another one sometime discussing negative doubles, penalty doubles, support doubles and even SOS redoubles to help you sharpen your bi...

Doubling at bridge is always a troublesome area, particularly for beginners and intermediates, who often will either take another bid or pass without doubling even when it is clear that the opponents are way too high in the bidding. This week’s colum...

It finally happened. Last Wednesday, 30 intrepid supporters played in the first live game to be held at the club since March 13, incredibly nearly six months ago. All the protocols were well thought out and observed — portable bidding boxes, selecti...

We are now just a few days away from the reopening of the Bermuda Bridge Club, with the first post-lockdown game scheduled for 9.30am on Wednesday. The club last saw a live game on March 13. It is a tight balancing act on when to get going, but I thi...

The big news today is that the Bermuda Bridge Club is taking the first brave step to the “new normal” by scheduling its first game since March 13! The game will take place at 9.30am on September 2 and will be played under strict protocols, the detai...

As we all know, the game of bridge consists of three main parts — bidding, declarer play and defence. At the upper reaches of the game bidding is, by far, the most important component for success, because most expert and world-class players will rare...

Two quick hands this week which speak to declarer working out the best way to play certain suit combinations in order to have the best chance of success. I know that many players get confused when trying to work out the various possibilities, but the...

Online games continue strongly at the Bridge Club and it looks like that may be the case for a while. What seems clear is that there will continue to be a demand for online bridge even after we return to “normal” and that will pose a real challenge ...

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...