Tom Drijver’s Tournament Analysis – January 2024
Did you play Tom Drijver’s tournament in January? Our Funbridge ambassador and Dutch champion shares his top tips with you in this article. Thanks to you, the tournament was a success! You…
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The egg of Columbus
As declarer, you often need to decide on the location of an honor that will determine the success or failure of a contract. When faced with this type of situation, you should…
January Bidding Contest: the results!
Summary The experts’ answersDeal 1: Ruff-and-discard on the horizonDeal 2: Prolonging the sequenceDeal 3: Cumbersome minors Deal 4: Disobedience?Deal 5: Fight or flightDeal 6: Hide-and-seekThe winners The experts’ answers Deal 1: Ruff-and-discard…
Bridge problem: Counting the points
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer North. All vulnerable. Card play Lead: ♣A. East follows with the 4 to the lead and West switches to the ♦10.You try the Queen, East wins…
Sitting North, what would be your bid?
Sitting North, what would be your bid? See solutions The best bids by Vincent Gallais Holding this 12-point hand, you investigate to find the best game: The forcing and all-encompassing redouble is…
A suicide endplay
You have probably heard of a Suicide Squeeze. Playing in a notrump contract, the idea is to break the defensive communications by giving a defender the lead with a choice of only…
The right signal
Summary: 1- Leading from four small after you supported partner2- The lead of an Ace or King after a pre-emptive opening by opponent3 – Which card to play when you know that…
The problem with Hearts
This Sunday, one of the Girls from the France Girl’s Team contacted me at the end of the Channel Trophy(*). I already thought that Garance was going to tell me about the…
Tom Drijver’s Tournament Analysis – December 2023
Did you play Tom Drijver’s tournament in December? Our Funbridge ambassador and Dutch champion shares his top tips with you in this article. Thanks to you, the tournament was a success! You…
Find the mistake
In this article, East-West managed to reach the right contract. One or the orther (or both) has, however, commited bidding errors along the way. Your task is to find these errors. You…
January bidding contest
Use all your skills and strategies to overcome this new challenge! Will you be able to identify the most appropriate bids? The principle in three points: Attention, in case of several participations, only…