Bridge | 23 October 2021
YAY! We won the Gold Cup! We played Tim Leslie’s strong team in the 64-board final and beat them on…
Bridge | 9 October 2021
One of my favourite Bridge proverbs is ‘Play the card you’re known to hold’. It doesn’t mean we should blithely…
Bridge | 25 September 2021
The first serious F2F bridge tournament we have played for almost two years was the Premier League last weekend. Whatever…
Bridge | 11 September 2021
The end to the European Championships Qualifier — from an English perspective — was one of the most dramatic ever…
Bridge | 28 August 2021
So, face-to-face bridge is slowly returning, with EBU’s Summer Meeting in Eastbourne being one of the first to take place.…
Bridge | 14 August 2021
Most of us have lost a year and a bit, but hopefully we will get back to normal (bridgewise) fairly…
Bridge | 31 July 2021
When I started learning bridge (about 20 years ago) I was taught the basic guidelines of play and defence and…
Bridge | 17 July 2021
If someone had told me in February 2020 that virtually the whole world would be going into lockdown for well…
Bridge | 3 July 2021
I have a confession to make. I did something I haven’t done for over 20 years: I went on holiday.…
Bridge | 19 June 2021
Immense excitement in the relatively tiny world of bridge — the English Bridge Union has announced that the Premier League…
Bridge | 5 June 2021
It’s hard to think of anything more expensive at the bridge table than doubling the opponents and then watching them…
Bridge | 22 May 2021
We all know the importance of making a viable plan before we play. If a contract is poor and seems…
Bridge | 8 May 2021
The Lady Milne is the annual Women’s Championship between the home countries (and Ireland) and is most often a two-horse…
Bridge | 24 April 2021
There are many drawbacks to playing bridge online but there is one thing that’s quite enjoyable: the speed and accuracy…
Bridge | 10 April 2021
Bridge is a complex game, and is played by humans. Put those two things together and you have a guarantee…
Bridge | 27 March 2021
The Young Chelsea Knock Out is a terrific tournament, and the best thing about it is that the winners get…
Bridge | 13 March 2021
One benefit of lockdown is that there is much more time for reading. My personal favourite bridge book is Play…
Bridge | 27 February 2021
The late, great Martin Hoffman always claimed he was the unluckiest player in the world. If he was playing rubber,…
Bridge | 13 February 2021
The Young Chelsea Bridge Club is moving — literally and figuratively. They are relocating to the Salvation Army building in…
Bridge | 30 December 2021
When bridge moved from actual tables to virtual tables last March, it quickly became clear that cheating was ruining the…
Bridge | 16 January 2021
’Tis better to give than to receive, the Bible teaches us. Well, not if you were me this Christmas, it…
Bridge | 19 December 2020
Goodbye 2020 and don’t come back. Worst part for bridge players? All the matches and tournaments have been moved online,…
Bridge | 05 December 2020
Many years ago I remember Tor Helness, the great Norwegian champion, going into the semi-final of a world championship saying:…
Bridge | 21 November 2020
The rubber bridge world has lost one of its best and most flamboyant players; David Herman was an emaciated, elegant…
Bridge | 7 November 2020
How many times have we had it hammered into us: ‘When dummy goes down, plan the play’? Well, if we…
