Janet de Botton

Bridge

22 July 2017 9:00 am

The first week of July is heaven for those of us who don’t normally hear the words ‘bridge’ and ‘holiday’…

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8 July 2017 9:00 am

The European Open Pairs, the final event in Montecatini, was a long and arduous five-day slog, three of those days…

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24 June 2017 9:00 am

The past two weeks have seen hundreds of passionate bridge players head for Montecatini in Italy for the 8th European…

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10 June 2017 9:00 am

Every time I read Andrew Robson’s bridge column and he mentions that ‘a reader from wherever’ sent him an interesting…

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27 May 2017 9:00 am

The last days of May see all the ongoing tournaments coming to an end: both TGR’s and Young Chelsea’s Super…

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13 May 2017 9:00 am

I realised long ago that I almost never play bridge with a partner worse than me. Occasionally, I cut a…

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29 April 2017 9:00 am

Last week we played round four of the Gold Cup. I had eagerly looked at the email to see who…

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14 April 2017 11:00 pm

Bridge 24 was set up seven years ago by four Polish internationals who wanted to bring the glory days of…

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1 April 2017 9:00 am

‘Ducking is for experts. Don’t try it.’ So says my partner Artur Malinowski every time I duck a trick in…

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18 March 2017 9:00 am

Tournament bridge players do not expect, or get, much in the way of luxury. I have played in some of…

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4 March 2017 9:00 am

February is probably the most exciting and glamorous month in the bridge calendar. A couple of weeks ago, über-sponsor Pierre…

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2 March 2017 3:00 pm

February is probably the most exciting and glamorous month in the bridge calendar. A couple of weeks ago, über-sponsor Pierre…

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18 February 2017 9:00 am

What can be more regrettable than picking up a huge hand and landing in the wrong contract?   It happened…

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16 February 2017 3:00 pm

What can be more regrettable than picking up a huge hand and landing in the wrong contract?   It happened…

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4 February 2017 9:00 am

Not surprisingly, Reykjavik has become a tourist destination again. Delicious restaurants, all those geysers and, if you’re lucky, the Northern…

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2 February 2017 3:00 pm

Not surprisingly, Reykjavik has become a tourist destination again. Delicious restaurants, all those geysers and, if you’re lucky, the Northern…

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21 January 2017 9:00 am

The Friday night IMPs game at the Young Chelsea is still the best game around. Some of yesterday’s internationals may…

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19 January 2017 3:00 pm

The Friday night IMPs game at the Young Chelsea is still the best game around. Some of yesterday’s internationals may…

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7 January 2017 9:00 am

Simon Gillis’s team has had a very successful year. They won the Gold Cup (for the second time), they joined…

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5 January 2017 3:00 pm

Simon Gillis’s team has had a very successful year. They won the Gold Cup (for the second time), they joined…

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10 December 2016 9:00 am

Simon Cochemé, whose witty column appears monthly in English Bridge magazine, celebrated his 70th birthday with a knees-up and duplicate…

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8 December 2016 3:00 pm

Simon Cochemé, whose witty column appears monthly in English Bridge magazine, celebrated his 70th birthday with a knees-up and duplicate…

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26 November 2016 9:00 am

When I first started playing bridge, in the late Nineties, the Young Chelsea marathon was a continuous 24-hour tournament and…

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24 November 2016 3:00 pm

When I first started playing bridge, in the late Nineties, the Young Chelsea marathon was a continuous 24-hour tournament and…

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12 November 2016 9:00 am

The last three weekends have not been relaxing for those of us playing the Premier League, with all its attendant…