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Bridge - Card game

  • Wednesday, 9 July, 2025
    Entry creation key to success on tricky deal

    Bidding information encouraging, but must be successfully exploited

  • Tuesday, 1 July, 2025
    Bridge: Cue-bid of opponent’s suit tempts partner to bid odds-on slam

    Control shown in opposition suit tells partner not to worry about first round of that suit

  • Tuesday, 24 June, 2025
    Bridge: wrong contract, but possibly a high-scoring one, requires depth of thought to succeed

    Form of avoidance play allows declarer to discard seemingly inevitable loser

  • Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
    Informed decisions for you may provide opportunities for opponents

    Reflect upon auction; remain alert to double bids to attract best lead

  • Tuesday, 10 June, 2025
    Count losers twice – once from your side, again from dummy’s angle

    All top trumps — barring the ace — offers safe early ruffing opportunity

  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
    Bridge: develop an auction and risk interference, or barrage opponents out of the action?

    Pre-empts require good texture, no defence to opponents’ contracts

  • Wednesday, 28 May, 2025
    Bridge: high-stake 3NT contract requires perfect timing to succeed

    Known failing finesse neatly turned against declarer

  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    Bridge: Simple interpretation of auction leads to excellent slam

    Safe exits stripped away, finesse becomes sure thing — win or lose!

  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Bridge: Seek alternative to finesse to succeed despite poor layout

    Use knowledge from auction and opening lead to plan throw-in play

  • Thursday, 8 May, 2025
    Bridge: Key play in suit ensures extra trick while obviating any counter measure

    Avoid establishing tricks for defenders as you seek to do the same

  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
    Bridge: Single-minded bidding requires excellent hand reading to succeed

    Maximum pressure on opponents is likely to reveal layout

  • Wednesday, 23 April, 2025
    Bridge: contract ruined by poor distribution but, with care, can be overcome

    Focus on key suit, and give yourself maximum opportunity to make maximum tricks

  • 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

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