Bridge
Little did I know, when I was railing at how Britain comes to a standstill at the first flurry of…
Bridge
No February blues for me. The past couple of weeks have been the most exciting and interesting (bridge-wise) I could…
Bridge
August 2015 will be remembered as a landmark for World Bridge. There had long been talk among bridge players about…
Bridge
I have just returned from the annual pilgrimage to Reykjavik, home of one of the best tournaments of the year.…
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The first home tournament of 2018 was last week’s four-day European Open Trials. Ten selected pairs played 216 boards at…
Why Jeremy Clarkson should stick to cars
Well, I had a very merry Christmas thank you — and I hope you did too — but as usual…
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The year is drawing to a close and this is my last column before Christmas. May I wish you all…
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When I first started playing tournament bridge there were relatively few European sponsors. The US was buzzing with sponsored teams…
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The third and final weekend of England’s Premier League took place in Solihull and was a very jolly affair. All…
Bridge
When I started playing bridge in earnest, the first tournament I entered was the EBU’s Autumn Congress, which back then…
Bridge
Somewhere between 1 and 3 a.m., I turn off the lights but I can’t turn off my whirring brain. Cards…
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The youngest player on the great Allfrey team, Mike Bell, is forming a very strong partnership with David Gold. They…
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This summer was the longest I have gone without playing bridge since I began about 20 years ago. Not one…
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The 43rd World Bridge Championships held in Lyon has just ended after two intense weeks and hundreds of boards. The…
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The first weekend of August saw two big pairs tournaments, one in Oslo and one in Eastbourne, with remarkable similarities:…
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Thank heaven I am on holiday! For the past week I have been up until 4 a.m., glued to the…
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If you live in (or anywhere near) London, and you enjoy a good teams tournament, you could do no better…
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It’s the beginning of May and I have a feeling I am about to write the same opening sentence as…
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The day before the London Marathon, Young Chelsea BC held its spring half-marathon. Eighty-seven boards were played over 12 hours…
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Can there be a game more humiliating than Bridge? Last weekend the boys and I went to Warsaw to play…
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Tom Townsend, my esteemed teammate and the Telegraph’s bridge correspondent, did the double last weekend at the London Easter Festival…
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The past couple of weeks have been the first since the New Year that we haven’t played a tournament of…
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So many tournaments — so little space. Last week saw two of the very best London has to offer: Terry…
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Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco’s uber-sponsor, has put another unmissable, thrilling tournament in the calendar. The first European Winter Games gave those…
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The Brits have done brilliantly in Icelandair’s annual bridge festival in Reykjavik and this year was no different. The winners…
