Awaiting the verdict!
When Declarer sabotages his contract, or simply plays it badly, the person at fault is found quickly. This is not the case for plays made in defence, especially if what caused the…
Bridge Lessons
The Funbridge blog offers a wide range of online bridge lessons to help you improve at your own pace. Designed by bridge experts and international players, these bridge lessons cover every aspect of the game, from bidding to card play. Whether you’re a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player, you’ll find practical tips and real-life examples to enhance your skills and take your bridge game to the next level.
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Breaking the rules
In games, rules are supposed to be respected. But common sense may dictate that you have to break them.
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Optical illusion
We are pleased to offer you, in partnership with Bridgerama+ magazine, a bridge article "Step by step declarer play: Optical illusion!". Enjoy read it!
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One Break Is Indispensable, The Other Is Not
Your hand Auctions Dealer South. East-West vulnerable. Card game Lead: ♥A. South could have opted for a game-forcing opening, but he feared that he would not be able to describe his two-suiter.…
Chess and bridge – Legends of the mind
Chess and Bridge are two of the leading Mind Sports and leading exponents of one can be proficient in the other. We set out to discover if we could establish a link…
Fourth Suit Forcing for everyone: Bonus (Part 3/3)
There are opening hands with which one cannot answer the question asked, having neither three cards in Responder’s major, nor a stop in the fourth suit, nor any extra length to show. It will be necessary to “lie” and use the cheapest available bid, the next step up from fourth suit forcing, the only bid allowed to pass on false information.
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Are your opponents lucky?
Do you get the impression that Lady Luck frequently smiles on your opponents? Believe it or not, there are things you can do to spike herguns. On this hand from the Funbridge…
21 + 1 = 21!
A strong hand opposite a weak hand equals big communication problems. That you will have to anticipate … Teams. Dealer East. None Vul. Here is your hand as South: When East opens…
Fourth Suit Forcing for everyone – Practice exercises (Part 2/3)
You have read all of the lesson carefully in Part 1. Start again – you have not retained everything! Are you there now? Test your knowledge now by answering an eight-question quiz.
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All about finessing?
Will you find the solution to this bridge problem created by Philippe Cronier? Take up the challenge now!
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Fourth Suit Forcing for everyone: Lesson (Part 1/3)
Fourth suit forcing falls under the heading of what teachers call “Responder’s rebid”. It is a conventional bidding agreement which is only used in the absence of a satisfactory natural bid. Yet unlike many other conventions, it is a must-have. Here is a summary of it which is both simple and comprehensive, to be read and reread.
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