Bridge
Bridge | 22 January 2022
Almost everyone has a set of ‘carding’ agreements with their partners to convey information when defending. But I’m always amazed…
Bridge | 15 January 2022
Why is defence so difficult? Why do I have to suffer partner’s incredulous face when I play the wrong card…
Bridge
We’re all guilty of making silly mistakes at the bridge table and then hurriedly trying to explain them away —…
Bridge | 18 December 2021
Bridge is not too enticing if your parents had card evenings when you were a child, which often ended in…
Bridge | 11 December 2021
All the best people play bridge. Stephen Sondheim, who died two weeks ago, was mad about the game. In his…
Bridge | 4 December 2021
The 2020 European Championships were an early casualty of lockdown but hopefully 2022 will rectify the count! It’s going to…
Bridge | 27 November 2021
Succumbing to your emotions at the bridge table can be fatal. Whatever you’re feeling, get a grip! Easier said than…
Bridge | 20 November 2021
The Champion’s Cup is an annual competition for the national champions from 12 European countries. As my team won the…
Bridge | 13 November 2021
It can’t have been a surprise to anyone who knows him that when Andrew Black — Bertie to his friends…
Bridge | 6 November 2021
There isn’t much Nick Sandqvist (my first bridge partner, teacher and great friend) doesn’t know about bridge. He has been…
Bridge | 30 October 2021
It was great to be back playing live bridge at the Portland Club last week. I was lucky enough to…
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 | 16 October 2021
The Gold Cup is the most prestigious Open Teams event in Britain, and has been ever since Colonel ‘Pops’ Beasley…
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 | 02 October 2021
Online bridge has been a lifeline for many players these past 18 months. But not everyone wanted to try it.…
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 | 18 September 2021
‘Table presence’ is a funny old expression in bridge. You might think it means what it would in any other…
Bridge | 11 September 2021
The end to the European Championships Qualifier — from an English perspective — was one of the most dramatic ever…
Bridge | 4 September 2021
It’s not often that bridge makes headlines, but last week something extraordinary happened. At the online European Qualifier for the…
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 | 21 August 2021
Live bridge is back. It kicked off two weekends ago with Eastbourne’s Swiss Pairs. I went with my friend Ollie…
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 | 7 August 2021
To be a killer bridge player, you need to be aggressive. Many of us are hampered by timidity, especially when…
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 | 24 July 2021
Bridge is a game you can never fully master, which is why it’s so endlessly stimulating. No sooner have you…
