Bridge | 7 November 2020
How many times have we had it hammered into us: ‘When dummy goes down, plan the play’? Well, if we…
Bridge | 24 October 2020
When (if) the world returns to normal and live bridge tournaments resume, there are two things I will miss after…
Bridge | 10 October 2020
One of the things that makes bridge so endlessly fascinating is that it is forever changing and growing. At high…
Bridge | 26 September 2020
When I first learnt bridge, my teacher (not known as bossy boots for nothing) would thump the table when dummy…
Bridge | 12 September 2020
The bridge world has lost some glittering stars this (ghastly) year, the latest being France’s Catherine d’Ovidio — multiple world…
Bridge | 29 August 2020
I have not played a single hand of bridge for about a month, neither have I kibitzed online. Ergo I…
Bridge | 15 August 2020
I am frankly repulsed by the latest cheats, exposed after the online invitational Alt and OCBL tournaments. When F2F bridge…
Bridge | 1 August 2020
Last week I got an email from one of my readers — the other one is possibly away for the…
Bridge | 18 July 2020
The French Online Open, in which 32 teams competed over a marathon two weeks — seven days round robin and…
Bridge | 04 July 2020
What do we want? We want to play bridge. But who anticipated Covid-19 was going to close every bridge club…
Bridge | 20 June 2020
I am so useless in defence it’s embarrassing. My partners all say the same thing: slow down and think. I…
Bridge | 6 June 2020
When did we change from being a nation of curtain-twitching old biddies into one of full-on super-snitches? First a retired…
Bridge | 23 May 2020
Well, what can I say? I have been nowhere. Seen no one. Done nothing. Unless you count watching damaging amounts…
Bridge | 9 May 2020
This weekend should have been the Schapiro Spring Foursomes, sponsored by Helen S., widow of the legendary Boris. Held in…
Bridge | 25 April 2020
The Alt Invitational is the online tournament that is attracting some of the best players on earth. When the whole…
Bridge | 11 April 2020
I think it was Warren Buffett who said: ‘Bridge is such a sensational game that I wouldn’t mind being in…
Bridge | 28 March 2020
It was impossible to imagine, when I filed my column a fortnight ago, that I would be writing this one…
Bridge | 14 March 2020
Just back from Monaco, the tiny principality famously dubbed ‘a sunny place for shady people’ by Somerset Maugham. Pierre Zimmermann,…
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Bridge experts are a lovely lot. They give their time freely and generously to encourage and teach students and bring…
Bridge
The annual Icelandic bridge tournament, held in Reykjavik at the end of January, is one of the best on the…
Bridge
Have I mentioned that I played for England in the Camrose? And not for the first time either. Sadly this…
Bridge
2019 was a big year for Alex Hydes. HUGE in fact. He won, almost consecutively, three major international titles and…
Bridge
For Christmas this year I am giving you a double-dummy problem. Too generous, I hear you cry — but better…
Bridge
As 2019 draws to a close, it is time to review the year’s achievements and disappointments. My team’s highest achievement…
Bridge
Well, it has taken 12 years, two relegations, one second place and endless ‘nowheres’ playing the Premier League and we…
