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For Junior, Intermediate and Novice players …and others. It’s Fri  day. Time to change course? There are contracts where defenders have to change course if they want to be successful. Either an initial lead has not worked out... read more here

Weaker but Better! Today’s deal also comes from the recent Trans- Tasman Challenge. It provided a challenge for both some declarers and all of the defenders in the West seat. That is the seat from which you will see the deal initially:... read more here

Leading from Nothing at the Trans -Tasman. Nothing to go on? Well, not much. Certainly there is nothing much in our hand to admire, a true Yarborough. The bidding is swift, too. Try: Board 7South DealsBoth Vul    ... read more here

Lysandra Zheng. Catch-up Bridge. This is a very delicate art, the art of recovering from a disaster. Somehow, if one goes looking to make up a few imps, so often one ends up twice as far behind. So, is it better to play down the middle, pick up... read more here

Nick Bailey, Malcolm Mayer, Zachary Yan and Lysandra Zheng. New names and partnerships win the National Teams. This coming weekend sees the National Youth Weekend take place in Auckland. Some 40+ young players are expected to attend for a... read more here

for Junior, Intermediate and Novice players....and others. It's Fri day! A “Certain” Guess. Today, we examine how some guesses as to which defender holds certain honour cards really need not be guesses at all. They are “stone... read more here

to success! Any which way. It would seem a lot easier to make 9 tricks in 3NT on the board below than 10 in hearts. Yet, especially playing Pairs, 4H is the place to be for +420 and maybe any overtrick. However, many found it too hard even to... read more here

  Bidding beyond the No-Trump Game. Our bidding so far has been fairly mainstream, or so we think, though rather strangely, it has now taken us beyond a routine 3NT. What is partner up to and what do we bid next?    ... read more here

No time to moan! Are you tired of flat 5 counts? Generally, that is the type of hand we all hold, or say we do! Actually, it is interesting when that is all one holds and the opposition bid all the way to 2S. What has our partner got? That,... read more here

Universal good defence and play? Perhaps a dream! Most declarers were in 4H by West on the following board. Some were lucky enough to have less than perfect defence to make their contract. Some failed to make their contract after less than ideal... read more here

  For Junior, Intermediate and Novice players…and others! It’s Fri    day! A Leading Problem. Have you ever had no idea what to lead to a slam? Every week? The opponents have given you little information…and... read more here

Stephen and Annette Henry, Liz Fisher and Dwayne Crombie, 2024 Fullarton Teams winners.  Close Contest in Fullarton Teams. The two grand-slams featured in the two articles so far this week came from last weekend’s Fullarton... read more here

Dummy’s delight. If you play Roman Key-Card Blackwood, then today’s bidding question should be very straightforward…or is it? If you do not use this method of checking for aces/key cards, then today’s deal may encourage... read more here

“Grand” Bidding. We all want to. A “grand” bid and made usually produces a great score at any form of scoring and usually gets “bragging rights” in any team post-mortem! So, why then are we so shy when it comes... read more here

For Junior, Intermediate and Novice Players…and others. It’s Fri day. A Time to Tell All. There are times when you are best to tell the opposition as little as possible about your hand, perhaps to make their opening lead harder.... read more here