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…
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…
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer South. Neither side vulnerable. Card play Lead: ♦ Queen, followed by Jack.How do you plan to continue? In modern bidding, 3NT shows a 4- or 5-card…
Some hands are annoyingly simple, once you have seen the solution. On this deal from the Funbridge Team Game, there are no endplays, no complex squeezes and not even any tricky suit…
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer East. East-West vulnerable. Card play Lead: ♦5. The 2♦ bid guarantees a fit in ♠. In the Cavendish Ladies pairs, the Russian declarer was the only…
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer West. North-South vulnerable. Card play Lead: ♠3. In response to the reopening double, 3♣ shows an interesting hand which doesn’t justify a 2♣ overcall. The conclusion…
This month’s hand comes from a Funbridge daily matchpoint tournament. Both the bidding and the play are instructive. Dealer North. Both Vul. West leads the ♦ J against your notrump slam. How…
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer South. All vulnerable. Lead: ♣K. This very technical sequence was played by an international pair. 2♣ is game-forcing, 3♥ is positive, 3NT shows the ♠ control…
An illustrious bridge champion and well-known journalist, Jean-Paul Meyer was one of the “greats” of the bridge world. With this bridge problem, rediscover the expertise of a player who left a lasting…
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer East. North-South vulnerable. Card play Lead: ♦6. Do what you can to justify your rather light overcall. Solution You have escaped a ♥ lead, and for…
Your hand sitting South Bidding Dealer West. North-South vulnerable. Card play 4♥ double played by South. West leads the 5 of ♥ (East follows suit). How will you achieve what you want?…
An illustrious bridge champion and well-known journalist, Jean-Paul Meyer was one of the “greats” of the bridge world. With this bridge problem, rediscover the expertise of a player who left a lasting…