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  • Putting older smartphones to use for bridge

    A slower, older, or just unused smartphone is something that a great number of readers (and thus, bridge players) might have in the house. Once moving to a new device, older ones might be banished to a closet or drawer forever – but they don’t always have to be. If a smartphone still happens to…

  • BBO Prime bidders challenge: June Panel Comments

    BBO Prime bidders challenge: June Panel Comments

    Conducted by Marc Smith Set 21-6 – May-June 2021 Welcome to the sixth BBO Prime Bidding Challenge. We had joint winners of Set 21-4, so we welcome three guest panellists this month. Csaba Daday from Gottingen, Germany learned bridge from his parents in Romania, and he played regularly whilst living in both Iceland and the…

  • Seeing through cards #36

    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…

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