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The Schapiro Spring Foursomes, held in early May in Stratford-upon-Avon, is one of the great tournaments and this time it…
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The more I watch top-class players bid their hands, the more I abide by the philosophy: points, schmoints! Obviously, we…
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Somewhere highly intellectual I read that they were bringing back the Generation Game, recalling, in all their excruciating mundanity, Brucie’s…
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It’s no coincidence that many card players excel at both bridge and poker. The poker legend Gus Hansen plays a…
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I have always been drawn to a bit of a rogue and I must admit I found the coughing German…
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The news that two German doctors have been found guilty of cheating at the world bridge championships in Bali last…
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Dallas to me was an Eighties TV series with huge shoulder pads until I arrived there to play the American…
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You’ve probably read about the English Bridge Union’s attempt to get bridge reclassified as a sport rather than a game…
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A number of young Israelis are taking the International bridge world by storm. All in their twenties, their achievements so…
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The Night of the Stars charity bridge event, held in West London a couple of weeks ago, was every bit…
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Now and then an event enters the annual bridge calendar and becomes an instant ‘must play’. TGRs Auction Pairs is…
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To any player with even the smallest sadistic streak, squeezing your opponents is hugely satisfying. But there’s something even more…
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Bridge players are a generous bunch — both with their expertise and their time. There are many charity events to…
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A couple of Sundays ago, in London, Zia Mahmood and Demetri Marchessini held the first ever ‘Goulash Individual’ tournament. ‘Goulash’…
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January ended for me with the annual Icelandic Bridge Festival in Reykjavik. There may be a better tournament but I…
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I always find it impossible to sleep when I’ve played poorly, and last night just one sleeping pill was never…
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2014 has started with a bang! The second weekend of January saw TGR’s fifth Auction Pairs in which 71 pairs…
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Do you ever watch the greats playing bridge? And if you do, are you sometimes baffled, because instead of playing…
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First up, HNY to one and all and especially my regular reader (no, not you mummy) John Hinde, who wrote…
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What is the purpose of bidding? It’s how partners describe their hands to each other in order to reach the…
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Autumn 2013 has been the single worst season of my bridge career. Actually, do I have a bridge career? Doesn’t…
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One of the most dramatic events of the Spanish American War was the sinking of the cargo ship Merrimac. Early…
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‘Yikes! I’ve been Grosvenored!’ This is a wail you will hear from time to time when a Declarer has been…
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Everyone over a certain age can remember the sense of shock that comes when policemen start looking like mere boys.…
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My plan this week was to write wittily, but modestly, about our rise from the bowels of relegation after the…
