“Did Stella really play badly?”
This Sunday evening, when she gave me the details of a training session, Isabelle told me how her teammate Stella, a little Newbie, misdefended a hand. The latter is sixteen years young…
Bridge Lessons
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Play with Cédric Lorenzini at the game of the good sequence
In each sequence, replace the question marks with the correct calls. The point scale takes into account not only your ability to reach the right contract but also the way you use…
Responder’s Major Raises
Though the basics remain the same, showing support for a major as Responder has recently undergone some significant changes, for two main reasons: the emergence of 2-over-1 in a new suit becoming…
Transfer responses after opponent doubles our Stayman
I wanted to share with you the innovations in competitive bridge bidding. My goal will therefore be to relay the work of bridge experts/researchers and give you my version of what I…
Special partner
No bridge game without a partner. The union is necessary. Among the champions, there are as many stories of mythical pairs as there are of legendary antagonisms. So, should we look for…
The new trial bids
The objective is to differentiate trial bids that invite game from those that investigate a slam all while following a guideline: to reveal as little as possible about declarer’s hand in game auctions and precisely identify responder’s hand in slam auctions.
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Well done, director!
Neither cop, nor vigilante - a bridge director is a discrete presence who is indispensable for a well-running tournament. He is above all a lover of laws and equilibrium. And a fine psychologist.
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Step by step in defense
Dangerous temptation Teams – Dealer South, None Vul. You hold the following hand as West: And the auction went like this: The fact that you hold three trumps with the Ace (and…
GIB, an unbeatable universe: open cards
GIB (Ginsberg’s Intelligent Bridge player) is a software program created by Ginsberg. It won the WCBC (World Computer Bridge Championship) in 1998 and 1999. The starting point You all receive this hand…
Roller Coaster!
Against winds and tides our solid rock, used by many as a reference you turn to. A talented professor of theory without equal, Alain Lévy possesses one of the best records in…
Choice of lead and signalling on the lead of an honour
What is a sequence? How many types are there? When should you lead the top of the sequence? What are the criteria for the lead of the King in No-Trumps? And above…