Month: January 2017

The Italian “TAR” dismisses the appeal by Fantoni-Nunes in late january 2017. The appeal were against the Italian Bridgefederation and the Italian Olypic Comittee. The Issue was the economic losses of Fantoni-Nunes and to undo the 3 year ban […]

South ended up in 5♣ with the bidding giving valuable information. West told about 5-5 in the majors and east pushed with his 4♥. The lead was the king of heart, the next heart was […]

Another test as defender can’t harm? You play a teamgame, sitting west you can see the following cards after this bidding. You start the defense with a spade, the 10 holds the trick with partner […]

Edgar Kaplan (1925 – 1997) left some significant footprints both as a player, author, theorist and administrator. He was a giant in all he put his hands on. As a player he won 25 North […]

Livgaard-Aa came up with a nice bidding sequence to reach 6♥ on this board from national team training in Norway.     It looks like the contract do alright if the diamonds break 3-3 or […]

Bridge are obviously mostly about skills and technique. Yet there is a mental factor you need to handle. After long days with many boards and not the results you hoped for, it is easy to […]

South became declarer of 3NT at this board from a bridgeclub in Kristiansand. The great Norwegian champion Tom Høiland were east and his partner started the defense with the 10 of hearts that were allowed to […]

Vincent Demuy and Tom Hanlon won the great Copenhagen Bridge Invitational tournament – January 2017. 20 international top pairs were invited to participate in the main event with high stakes on the table. Additional 100 […]