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Quiz: Test Your Bridge Skills #22

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32 responses to “Quiz: Test Your Bridge Skills #22”

  1. Michael Shapiro

    great quiz. as usual.

    these are more instructive than any of the bridge bulletin columns.

    mike shapiro

  2. Anonymous

    Very instructive – thank you

  3. Fred

    “you’ll make 12 tricks no matter what East does”? I guess you don’t count one of East’s Aces.

    1. Anonymous

      Good point.

  4. Anonymous

    Brilliant. Michael Shapiro is right.

  5. Martin

    Hand 2 isnt convincing. Nowadays everybody plays 2 way checkback after a 1N rebid. So if pd is INV with 5!S and 4!H he should bid 2!C 2!D (forced) 2!H. A direct 2!H bid is weak and to play or some special hand if you play 1!C!D (pass) 2!H as 5!S and 4+ !H weak and 2!S as 5!S and 4+ !H INV. So here you need to address that you play the inferior “new minor forcing! and that 2!H can be INV.

    1. Anonymous

      Further still, no form of scoring is provided. Inviting on mps sounds suicidal, and NV in a match looks funny either. Perhaps in imp pairs…

  6. Anonymous

    Very instructive, thank you

  7. Anonymous

    Enjoyed learning more.
    Martins abbreviations confused me. INV to me is invoice, pd ? I havent come across these abbreviations.

    1. Iain

      Interesting quiz. On the 1st question cant partner do the same with a 3rd small D instead of a 4th S? My 2NT bids dont promise a double stop and deny 5S!

  8. Peter

    I was horrified to get 0/4. But answers all make sense! Thanks Michael.

  9. Viv

    Great quiz – everyday situations that make the difference and really like the thought processes explains each one in detail

  10. belinda Pearson

    Agree with Viv

  11. iex

    If N in hand 2 has Axxxx in spades and Q10xx in hearts he has 6 promised points (6-9). But 3S is overbid because it requires trumps to be 3-2 a Q behind K (34%). If N has small heart instead of heart 10 making 4S is not easy and needs not only trumps 3-2 but also hearts 3-3 or some luck.

  12. Anonymous

    This was great. Only had one right but learned so much

  13. Larry Shannon

    This has to be the most interesting and educational bridge column I read anywhere. Thank you so much, Oren!

  14. Anonymous

    Wow bridge is so complicated. I learned so much from your examples%

  15. V RAVICHANDRAN

    Much appreciate the Article. Very educative with the logic explained in detail. Keep going.

  16. Anonymous

    Good

  17. Anonymous

    Excellent thought process

  18. Anonymous

    I find 2 hardly convincing; you lose more on the hands like Kxxxx, Qxxx, xx, xx than gain on the hands you show, which should bid check back by the way. Vulnerability also speaks against exceeding the commission

  19. Anonymous

    Very good and instructive, thanks

  20. bernard marcoux

    hi,
    Playing xyz, there are the 2 ways to show a good spade raise. If responder jumps to 3sp on 2nd bid, it shows GF, slam interest with 2 top honors in trumps. Going through 2d, then bidding 3♠​ shows the same, but denier 2 tops in trumps.

    1. Anonymous

      For those interested, you will find my extensive article on xyz, The Convention, on Internet. Have ! 🙂

  21. Anonymous

    Very good and, instructive , thanks Quiz..excellent thought process.. pleas keep going

  22. John Fee

    Well – it was a great quiz. Even tho I went 0-4 – I learned! Thanks

  23. Amanda

    Brilliant, instructive quiz. More please!

  24. cantaloux

    how can I watch your previous quizz ??

  25. Problem two has a typo. In discussing opener’s rebid option C says opener will rebid some number of notrump since partner has 12-14 for rebid.
    However, it was opener not partner who rebid one no trump. Option C seems to be referring to responder who will bid two or three no trump since he knows openers range. Problem 4 seems to be an example of a fork from a well known American salt company. I could make an argument that in problem one, three no trump offers a choice of games. Responder may want to play three no at match points. The two heart bid is not forcing to slam, and responder could have less and still force to game. Responder could hold AJxxx of hearts and bid the same way. Also after three no trump
    by opener, responder could still cue bid with a hand that is interested in slam.

  26. padmanabhan narayan iyer

    how do i access the earlier quizes

  27. Shirley Glyn

    This are wonderful informative quizzes – format and content superb. Please don’t stop them

  28. Dov Moran

    Excellent!!!
    Thanks!!!