Two “Rights” spells “Disaster” The problem today is that both partners were correct in their interpretation of the key bid. It’s just...

Hard Decisions Michael’s, not Michael, to the rescue! You should make it to game. You might even try for slam. For many, the question is...

A “Hair-raising” Charity event in Dunedin. Today, we salute Dunedin bridge players who raised $4,000 for a local good cause, one...

Double Shot : Part 2. Yesterday’s article could have been called “second time lucky”. Could that phrase be used for today’s deal? It’s an...

You open light. You are propelled to slam. Partner kindly allows you one loser. Yet, you still seem to be a trick short. What’s to be...

The same could be said of playing boards but when defending a deal, it pays at times to be able to be a mind-reader. Take these two...

Blair and Liz Fisher Six teams competed in the finals of the Teams competition at the Taranaki Bridge Congress but there was only ever...

“Crime” refers to getting away with making a contract you really should not bid. This is particularly true in the slam zone. What would...

For Junior, Intermediate and Novice players…and others. It’s Fri Yay! Day. You may have heard it before. Aces are often worth more than...

Weak Bids do Work. Well, they do but this particular one should not have worked as well as it did in many cases. Ironically, the wrong...

It is nice to bid a pushy slam, with one proviso. You do need to make it or else concede a bundle of imps! So, here’s your opportunity....

Back when I learnt the game, if you had 16 or more high card points and a 5-card or longer suit, you doubled the opponent’s 1 of a suit...

In one 9 board Swiss Pairs match at a tournament last Saturday, there were four slam deals in five successive boards. That sounds...

For Junior, Intermediate and Novice players…and others. It’s Fri Yay! Day. Today’s deal provides an example of a technique in playing a...

Today’s is a strange article. In it comes a most unusual admission. Those who know me well, and that includes my non-playing wife, would...

We would all like to find it, especially on troublesome deals like today’s one. This deal produced many casualties in the qualifying...

Does it only happen to you?  Everyone else gets a friendly lead but against you, they find the killer lead! Really? What then do you make...

Jeff Miller and Graeme Stout It was rather appropriate that victory in last weekend’s South Island On-Line Pairs should go to a...

When we make a penalty double, we always aim to record a plus score. Sometimes, the plus may not be huge but any plus is so much better...

That cry may have been made by some South players who held the hand below. They pick up as good a hand as they have held all night, all...