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Bridge - Card game
Bridge: aggressive auction leads to ambitious contract requiring expert play
...South cashed A♦ and K♠ and went over to dummy with A♠ to play K♦, throwing a spade from hand. When this held, this is trick 11. For his 12th trick, he led dummy’s fourth diamond....
April 17, 2024
Bridge - Card game
True skill is demonstrated when luck deserts you
...When this loses, East can cash K♠ and lead Q♦, but declarer has time to win A♦, cash J♣, cross to dummy with J♥, and then play A♣ on which he can discard a diamond loser....
March 27, 2024
FT Live
Business of Entertainment Summit
Capitalizing on Disruption
Thursday, 19 SeptemberLos Angeles, CA
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: Silence from opponent marks partner with key card
...East overtakes the lead with A♠ and returns J♠. When this holds the trick, he switches to 10♣. Declarer rises with A♣ and reflects on the play to date....
March 20, 2024
Inside BusinessAnna Nicolaou
The last of pop’s superstars?
...There is one massive exception to all this: K-pop and J-Pop. In the world of Korean pop, superstardom is very much still in business....
April 11, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Deduction from silence reveals position of missing cards
...Having drawn trumps, cash ♦AK and exit with J♦. East will win and, unless he leads a club, he will proffer a ruff in dummy and a discard of 5♣ from hand....
December 6, 2023
Music
Jay Chou is a megastar in Asia and fills arenas in Europe — so who is he?
...People waved glowing plastic hearts on sticks, a common prop in South Korean K-pop. “Jay” was written on the hearts in Roman script alongside Chinese characters....
January 18, 2024
FT Live
Innovation in Wealth Management Summit
Augmented intelligence for client-centric services
Thursday, 2 May9 Montague Close, London, UK
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: at duplicate, the contract is usually not the target: maximum tricks is
...this — but he led a lame club to declarer’s K♣ in hand; J♦ followed....
February 14, 2024
Letter
Letter: Here’s how the UK can contribute to global health
...Jayasree K Iyer calls on pharmaceutical companies and “the global health community” to make childbirth safer worldwide (Opinion, January 18)....
January 29, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: fine slam relies on controls, long suits and some decent fortune
...Here, declarer led a low trump from dummy and took his A♠, before next playing to K♠....
February 28, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Targets matter: do not let your eye or mind stray from it
...He rose with A♦, laid down K♣ — pinning South’s J♣ — and then continued with 7♣, allowing East to score both his 10♣ and A♣, which set the contract....
December 27, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Evaporation of entry requires early endplay solution
...If West could win, and he plays a heart, it provides a ruff and discard; if he leads a diamond, K♦ is the 10th trick; a club sorts out the suit for only two losers. At the table, East wins....
December 13, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: classic problem defeats many club players
...Now, declarer’s carefully preserved 3♠ comes to the fore: overtaken in dummy with 4♠, and J♦ cashed, on which South can pitch a low heart. Still in dummy, a heart can be led towards K♥....
November 30, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: Clear focus on simple ruffing plan ensures key re-entry and no over-ruff
...BiddingDealer: NorthLove All West led J♣ instantly; South indentified five losers: two diamonds, two low hearts and A♠....
February 1, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: If you want to be a winner, every contract, trick, and card counts
...On 10♥ lead, declarer faces six potential losers: two spades, two hearts, a diamond and a club. When East takes his A♥, and switches to K♦, South wins, noting West’s play of 10♦....
January 23, 2024
Bridge - Card game
In case both finesses are wrong, which they are — again — prepare for end position
...Now, he can lead a diamond and, whatever East plays, declarer covers it. Let’s say that East rises with 10♦, J♦ is played and West wins with K♦....
November 22, 2023
FT Live
Evolving retirement strategies in an ever-changing world
What new regulatory developments mean for IFAs
Tuesday, 30 April1 Friday Street, London
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: Play for a mis-defence, or take decisive and potentially humiliating action?
...When West passes, North’s forced 2D response promises nothing, but South must hope that North holds something to make game a good shot: a couple of low spades, plus K♥ or J♣ make it pretty much lay-down....
December 18, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Entries evaporate to frustrate declarer
...Declarer won A♥ in dummy, drew two rounds of trumps, and led 5♣ from hand. West duly rose with K♣, cashed Q♠, and led a second heart....
October 25, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Every bid, including passes, can contribute key information
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game West led 10♥, which ran to East’s J♥. East cashed A♥ and led K♥, which declarer ruffed. What is the best line now? Only one successful minor suit finesse is required....
September 20, 2023
Bridge - Card game
To succeed, the positions of missing ace and queen must be identified
...You draw trumps: East holds both A♥ and K♥. He returns a club each time he wins....
November 2, 2023
Mortgages
High mortgage rates lead to rise in lending scams
...In a February post on self-publishing site Medium, BetterMed touts its many success stories, including one from Spiro K, who gives the company five stars....
April 10, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Recognise suits which offer maximum tricks only if led by opponents
...He crossed to dummy’s A♦, and led a low spade towards his K♠, losing to West’s A♠. West switched to 10♦, taken with dummy’s K♦. Q♠ and a spade ruff in hand followed, eliminating the suit....
September 13, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Assess losers realistically, then seek to avoid them
...Declarer won K♣ in dummy, played to A♣, and ruffed a low club in dummy. Danger seemingly averted, most now played a trump, West winning....
November 16, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Anticipation of likely course of defence opens mind to alternatives
...East continues with J♣; South plays K♣ perforce, West will ruff and switch to a spade. However, now, the spade finesse can be avoided since dummy’s long club suit is almost established....
September 6, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Lacking both entries and confidence, declarer must enlist help of unwilling opponent
...If East did not hold K♠ and discards low spades, a diamond at the end is just as good, furnishing South with tricks 8 and 9 via his K♦ and dummy’s A♠....
August 16, 2023
The Oscars 2024: all you need to know
Oppenheimer leaves Oscar rivals in the dust with 13 nominations
...Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed biopic about American nuclear physicist J Robert Oppenheimer received 13 nominations in total, including nods for the blue-ribbon Best Picture, Best Director for Nolan and Best...
January 23, 2024

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