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Here’s one of my favourite hands from the European Open Championships — although it caused David Gold to spend the…
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I’ve just returned from two weeks playing in the European Open Championships in Montecatini in Italy, and I’m so whacked…
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How is it possible to be assigned four ‘away’ matches on the trot? Strange, but that’s how it was for…
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It’s the funniest bridge story I’ve heard in ages. At the recent Lady Milne championship (the women’s Home Internationals), one…
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Long after my own team had been knocked out of this year’s Spring Fours in Stratford-on-Avon (the most prestigious and…
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Janet likes to tease me that whenever it’s my turn to write this column, it ought to be renamed The…
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Not many people can say they’ve partnered David Gold and been the better player — but I’m one of them.…
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We all know how important it is to stop and think when defending a hand. There’s just one problem with…
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Everyone knows him, but hardly anyone can pronounce his name — which is why Jacek Pszczola is universally called Pepsi.…
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There are plenty of bridge professionals who believe in flattering lesser players (whether they’re clients, friends or spouses) by exaggerating…
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If there’s one tournament I’d really like to play in, it’s the Cavendish in Monaco, the largest money bridge tournament…
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It’s so hard not to whinge when you’ve had bad luck at bridge — it’s just one of those things…
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You can always tell a beginner, or a poor player, at the bridge table — they’re the ones who start…
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There’s a bit of a ruckus going on in the bridge world at the moment; a lot of people are…
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There are an awful lot of bridge babies in the world — that is, babies born to mothers so addicted…
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It was the best hand I’d had all year — and what’s more, I picked it up while playing rubber…
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Have you ever felt that none of your partners are on the same wavelength as you? Despite regularly partnering the…
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My ten-year-old football-loving son thought I was making some silly joke when I told him last weekend that I was…
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I felt like an absolute hypocrite the other week. Sally Brock’s team had just beaten Alexander Allfrey’s in the semi-finals…
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It often strikes me that learning to bid is just like mastering a language. As you take on new conventions…
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I’ve been in a bridge bubble in Wroclaw for the past two weeks, playing in the World Bridge Games. I…
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There are three reasons why I never make ‘psychic’ bids. First, because I’m a wimp. Second, because I often play…
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There’s been a fair amount of moaning about the English Bridge Union’s decision to move the week-long ‘Summer Meeting’ —…
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Here’s a bridge tip you won’t find in a book — one which the wonderful Gunnar Hallberg gave me. You’re…
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The rise of Donald Trump in the US presidential race has had at least one very peculiar consequence: millions of…
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