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Bridge - Card game

  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Bad trump break scuppers most, but top players exploit layout knowledge

    No-trump-style elimination play forces East into concession

  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    Bridge: target at Duplicate Pairs is always maximum tricks, even if contract fails

    Do not allow fear of one suit to occlude correct play in others

  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    Bridge: despite a poor hand, remain alert to possibilities in the auction

    Despite holding shorter trumps, stronger dummy can be made into master hand

  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    Player holding both threats is forced to discard one of them

    Strip hand of any looseness to ensure that squeeze takes effect

  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    Take time to imagine distribution, and to appreciate clearly your aims

    Loss of ‘cheap’ trick into safe hand destroys defenders’ plan

  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    Having counted tricks, focus on means to enjoy your establishment work

    Sacrifice of a trick to opponent opens route to success

  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    Declarer embarrasses opponents in both bidding and play

    Failure to draw trumps immediately means that a plan is afoot; question what it might be

  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2025
    Value of hand increases after opponent’s vulnerable intervention

    Question where partner’s values are likely to be located

  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2025
    Bridge: before playing to first trick, assess situation, and form some kind of plan

    When trumps are high in both hands, consider scoring them separately

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    Bridge: double finesse fails doubly, but is overcome by simple expert technique

    Elimination of side suit key to successful endplay

  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2025
    If alternatives exist, refuse line that commits you to single opportunity

    Even at Duplicate Pairs, play to secure ambitious contract

  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2025
    Imperfect bidding and lax defence combine to score unlikely game

    Imagine declarer’s plan, count defensive tricks: try to establish them for your side

  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2025
    At Duplicate, scores for alternative contracts may influence play

    With little to lose, risk humiliation for chance of glory

  • Wednesday, 15 January, 2025
    Trump reduction, followed by endplay, required to overcome cruel division

    Unable to take winning finesse, strive to make opponents take it for you

  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    Bridge: Defensive laziness likely to aid declarer, but deductive solution is available

    Ask yourself whether defensive decisions indicate particular holding

  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
    Swashbuckling bidding leads to fabulous contract

    Good suit establishment play yields contract and glory

  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Queens and jacks good for no-trumps, poor for suit contracts

    All roads should lead to 3NT, made by pressurizing defender

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Seek alternative to ruffing in long trump holding

    Further thought converts failing contract to comfortable make

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Bridge: Declarer’s strong hand ravaged by ruthless defence

    Failure to lead agreed suit transpires to be entry-maintaining play

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Artifice, though crude, panics opponent into defensive error

    Frozen suit offers possible extra trick

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    Bridge: Assume partner is compos mentis when interpreting strange behaviour

    Sensible deduction leads to excellent result

  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
    Bridge: Resist the automatic, and think deeply about your plan

    Ruff will provide setting trick; time your actions appropriately

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Bridge: entries to long suit are vital — preserve them at all costs

    Defender breaks standard procedure to attempt to seal off dummy

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    Bridge: declarer’s excellent endplay enabled by poor defence

    Basic, passive, approach could wrap up excellent score for opponents

  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Bridge: underbid overcall reveals line very difficult to find in vacuum

    Strange endplay brings home ambitious slam

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