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…
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The annual Icelandic bridge tournament, held in Reykjavik at the end of January, is one of the best on the…
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Have I mentioned that I played for England in the Camrose? And not for the first time either. Sadly this…
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2019 was a big year for Alex Hydes. HUGE in fact. He won, almost consecutively, three major international titles and…
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For Christmas this year I am giving you a double-dummy problem. Too generous, I hear you cry — but better…
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As 2019 draws to a close, it is time to review the year’s achievements and disappointments. My team’s highest achievement…
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Well, it has taken 12 years, two relegations, one second place and endless ‘nowheres’ playing the Premier League and we…
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Erikas Vainikonis and his father Vytas are terrific bridge players and have supported the game very generously. Their brilliant new…
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A couple of weeks ago two of the most prestigious events in the bridge nutter’s diary took place on the…
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After all the excitement of England making the playoffs in all four events at the World Championships in China, only…
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The World Championships, held in Wuhan, China, came to the end of a gruelling eight days of qualification (eight teams…
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Not many male bridge players over a certain age (ten) would call themselves feminists. I won’t repeat what the partner…
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When did ‘literally’ become, literally, the most annoying word in the English language? Fairly recently I would guess, because ‘like’…
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TGR’s Bridge Club in Paddington is the daily home to those of us who want to play bridge but cannot…
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I have always thought the term ‘bridge holiday’ was an oxymoron. When I travel with my team to various events,…
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I know I’m not the strongest declarer in the world (or even at the table) but I didn’t realise my…
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Here we go again. The ninth European Bridge Championships are upon us, this time taking place in Istanbul. Hundreds of…
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Stefan Skorchev, young Bulgarian international, has given us another top tier annual pairs tournament to put in our diaries —…
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Simon Gillis coined a term to describe his disappointment when he sits himself out to allow four of his professionals…
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Imagine you are on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. You have just won £500,000 and cannot go home with…
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Jonathan Harris is a man of principle. He and his wife Jenny had each entered a team for the Venice…
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When did International Women’s Day become an official fixture? I have never been aware of it before this year and…
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Susanna and I don’t play on the same team very often, but once a year Fiona Hutchison puts together a…
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James Vogl excelled at poker and backgammon and thought, like many of us, that when he took up bridge about…
