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Doubling at bridge is always a troublesome area, particularly for beginners and intermediates, who often will either take another bid or pass without doubling even when it is clear that the opponents are way too high in the bidding. This week’s colum...

The big news today is that the Bermuda Bridge Club is taking the first brave step to the “new normal” by scheduling its first game since March 13! The game will take place at 9.30am on September 2 and will be played under strict protocols, the detai...

As we all know, the game of bridge consists of three main parts — bidding, declarer play and defence. At the upper reaches of the game bidding is, by far, the most important component for success, because most expert and world-class players will rare...

Somehow a really crushed week amid the lockdown, as work keeps getting in the way of golf and bridge, so straight into the hand which is mainly about the declarer play, but also interesting in the bidding: See figure 1. After the 1NT bid by South the...

A number of you clearly liked last week’s hand, which led you through counting one of the opponents cards and allowing you to then work out what to do in the critical suit. So I’m going to build on that this week with a hand that is mainly about decl...

One thing that does not change for bridge players during this lockdown is their love of trumps — and lots of them. Newer players particularly like the safety of having a lot of trumps, as it limits the potential damage on a hand. Quite often though, ...

The recession in Bermuda caused by the Covid-19 pandemic will be deeper than the economic downturn that followed the 2008 financial crisis, an economist said. “This recession will be deep, dwarfing the one resulting from the financial crisis, but it ...

The big day is nearly here and a week from today the 2020 Bermuda Bridge Regional kicks off at the Fairmont Southampton with the charity game on Saturday evening. Sheena Rayner, tournament chairperson, and her committee, and Sol Weinstein, chief tour...

David Ezekiel, Bridge The Bridge Club Christmas party was held last week and from all accounts was a resounding success with some 81 members attending. The pictures on the Bridge Club website (www.bermudabridge.com) tell their own story — the club tr...

There is a new game added to the Bermuda Bridge Club roster with the Thursday after-school youth game now added as a regular fixture at the club. There are usually about 12-16 experienced students from all the schools that play in the pairs game, and...