Strong balancing bid: what is the right call?
A jump bid has a very different meaning in overcall and in the balancing position.
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Welcome to our Bridge Deal Analysis section! Here, fascinating bridge deals are examined step by step – from the bidding to the play plan and card play. Regularly studying bridge deal analyses is key to improve your game reading and to understand the decisions made by expert bridge players.
Compare yourself with Thomas Bessis!
Can you do as well as declarer as a European champion?
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What’s your call over 1♥ ?
Can you take as many tricks as a world champion?
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What bid over a 2NT overcall?
A new deal shared by the American junior.
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What if we could eliminate some losers?
Can you do as well as the Polish champion?
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When Reputation Becomes Evidence
A brilliant piece of table analysis against one of the world’s top pairs.
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What They Didn’t Bid
One endplay, 98% – would you have found it?
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Analysis of Tom Drijver’s tournament – June 2025
Tom analyses three deals from his last tournament.
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Analysis of Dominique Fonteneau’s tournament – 7 June 2025
Improve with Dominique Fonteneau’s 10-deal analysis.
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Luc Bellicaud’s tournament analysis – End of May 2025
Test yourself on three problems from my tournament of the 24th May!
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Luc Bellicaud’s tournament analysis – May 2025
Test yourself on three declarer play problems from my May 10th tournament!
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