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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...

I hope this finds you all well during this difficult time — all of this makes you appreciate what others went through during long separations from friends and family, particularly before we had TV, Whatsapp, e-mail, Zoom and all the rest of it that m...

The world is full of fear at the moment, and before I get to the bridge fear that is the focus of this column, let me add my voice to those who are exhorting you to just stay home, as much as possible and follow all the advice to the letter, as it is...