Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

This week, we join another new event, the Alt Swiss IMP Teams-Pairs. This is effectively IMP Pairs, where results in head-to-head matches are compared to a datum result, calculated by dropping the top and bottom scores and averaging the remaining results on the board. The main difference is that each ‘pair’ consists of a team…

Professional and amateur sports players all come to know the impact and value that emotions have on the game they play. The “pre-game motivational speech” exists for good reason, and it’s to get players into the best possible mindset. When players feel better, they play better. There are even theories on what hormonal release might…

Knowing how to ask the right questions and answer them is key to improving your chances on any bridge hand, be it as declarer or as defender. I’ll give you a hand along with a series of questions. First, try to answer them yourself, and then take a look at the answers.  At the end…