Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...So it is in bridge, where a cheap little gift may seem a bonus, but can prove terribly costly. BiddingDealer: South E/W Game The bidding went well....
...BiddingDealer: SouthE/W Game East could have raised to 2S — and many would — but, at this vulnerability, it seems a risky option. West led K♠....
...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...
...BiddingDealer: SouthE/W Game West led 2♥; declarer won, and drew the remaining hearts with a second round. Rather than tackling clubs himself, he sought to compel East-West to assist him....
...BiddingDealer: NorthE/W Game The singleton A♦ may have put some off from raising no-trumps but, once bid, South is maximum, and must try for game....
...“What’s interesting,” says senior specialist Dr Philip W Errington, “is that only proof copies were sent out for review, and because the first run was a flop the book was never published.”...
...— Burning tyres and bridges: US residents shocked by firm’s bitcoin-mining plan (The Guardian) — Better, Faster, Stronger (NYRB $) — Grievance and reform (PW’s Polycrisis) — W*ke Capital (LRB, metered...
...Astonishingly, at over 20 other tables, E/W recorded a plus score. Read Paul’s previous Bridge columns at ft.com/bridge-card-game...
...Saints or sinners, newsworthy names found a welcoming home between W&N covers....
...BiddingDealer: SouthE/W Game If clubs divide 3-2, all is easy but, if they break 4-1, you can still capture J♣ and score four tricks: you just have to know which opponent holds the length....
...Letter in response to this report:Innovation is the biggest differentiator for EVs too / From John W Mullins, Associate Professor of Management Practice, London Business School, London NW1, UK...
...It’s notable that one of the most impressive US aid efforts of recent decades, George W Bush’s President’s Emergency Plan For Aids Relief (Pepfar) to combat HIV in Africa, was an American-badged and American-run...
...BiddingDealer: SouthE/W Game Following West’s strong 1NT opener and East’s transfer to hearts, South decided to intervene....
...He is a straight-shooting, former anti-corruption prosecutor — who petulantly shut down traffic lanes on a bridge to punish a political rival....
...BiddingDealer: EastE/W game Despite holding a useless-seeming Q♠, North raised her partner to game. West led J♠....
...Read Paul’s previous Bridge columns at ft.com/bridge-card-game...
...BiddingDealer: SouthE/W Game To distinguish between a lead from a suit headed by an honour, and one only containing small cards, a fourth-highest lead promises the former, a top-of-rubbish lead the latter...
...The picture of greater unity behind Trump cannot hide the fact that he has burnt a lot of bridges with some of the leading figures from his administration....
...BiddingDealer: NorthE/W Game This type of problem occurs routinely and, by most average players, it is misjudged....
...BiddingDealer: SouthE/W Game Most good players would respond 1S on North’s hand but, here, it led to trouble. South’s double indicated a strong NT hand with no more than one stopper in hearts....
...Cold Peace: Avoiding the New Cold War by Michael W Doyle, Liveright $30/£23.99, 336 pages Russia’s War by Jade McGlynn, Polity £14.99, 264 pages Mary Elise Sarotte is the author of ‘Not One Inch: America...
...BiddingDealer: NorthGame E/W Game North opened a Strong 1NT, and East doubled for penalties. At favourable vulnerability South, fearing that 4H might be made by his opponents, bid 4S....
International Edition