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Author: Alex J Coyne

  • What a bridge teacher can do for you

    I realize how lucky people are to be living in an era with access to the internet, and it’s a thought that hits me almost every day. Whenever I need to know something about bridge, it takes a few keystrokes and a search bar. If I had to know the same information back in the…

  • 4 bad signs from your new bridge partner

    Bridge is a partnership game, and it takes thought to find your best match. There are some bridge teams known for absolute greatness. I’m sure that you can already name a couple; the Four Horsemen, the Dallas Aces… But there are also others that didn’t work as well, such as the eventual and notorious Bridge…

  • Why binging adaptations of sherlock is good for bridge

    I’ve come to notice that fellow bridgeurs often share a love for good fiction, too. Bridge represents mysteries played out with 13-card hands. Deduction, reasoning, calculating, and available evidence are all things that matter to the match. Couldn’t the same thing apply to the mystery novel, procedural stories, and horror fiction? This week, I’ve been…