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for Junior, Intermediate and Novice players...and others! It's Fri day.  Amazingly quite normal! On the eve of this year’s National Bridge Congress, let’s feature a board which is both most strange but at the same time proves... read more here

Tap, Tap! At a recent Open tournament, the following board was played 8 times in a heart contract, sometimes in part-score, sometimes in game. Not once did the defence take more than three tricks. Can you do better? South DealsNone... read more here

But which one? Slamming at Pairs. Today’s deal raises a number of interesting points in the bidding. We posed a couple of them to the Panel.   ♠ J 5 3 — A K J 6 3... read more here

Swingy…but flat! Today’s board also, like yesterday’s, comes from the final of the HCL International tournament in New Delhi, won by Matt Brown and Michael Whibley and their Australian teammates, Sartaj Hans and Andy Hung. This... read more here

Big Winners from Down Under. 21st HCL International, the most prestigious tournament in India has been won by an Australasian team, Team Wham, which consisted of Australians, Sartaj Hans and Andy Hung and our own Matt Brown and Michael Whibley.... read more here

for Junior, Intermediate and Novice players...and others! It's Fri  day! “One, Two…that will do!” Sometimes players get lucky when they make the wrong bid. Today, though, is a chilling reminder that wrong bids often... read more here

Difficult decision. A Feisty Opponent. Opponents are allowed to make a nuisance of themselves in the bidding but when one’s own side contracts to play 3NT, they should defend! Such a wish might have been going through North’s mind... read more here

Scoring a positive. North-South reached a poor contract today as a result of a couple of decisions made in the bidding. Could they/ should they have been avoided?       North DealsE-W Vul  ... read more here

Take advantage! No Wasted Opportunity. It looked to the declarer of today’s deal that an opportunity to defeat the contract had been missed by the defence. It is thus a good time to avoid any slip-up in the play. South... read more here

Safety First. The scoresheet looked very consistent on today’s board. It was not one that the declarers would have wanted. Yet, the play of the hand started so well for most of them. East DealsBoth Vul ♠... read more here

For Juniors, Intermediate and Novice players…and others! It’s Fri  day! Real Life Rescue! This is no made-up hand to prove that good advice works out. This is real life! I know because I sat North!    ... read more here

Double Trouble! We always bemoan missed opportunities when a contract escapes a penalty double and goes several down. Comments like “I was afraid they would run to a better spot” are common. So often, even if they have a better spot,... read more here

Pre-emptive Problems. I am not the first person to say that pre-empts do work and certainly will not be the last! This one caught East with a good hand and some difficult decisions to make.       West... read more here