Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Before I entered the world of full-time writing (and sometime before I’d met writing about bridge), I had a phase as a musician playing guitar in venues for money. For every 45 minute performance, it takes ten times as much in rehearsal and study. Probably far more. I spent years learning chords, songs, choruses, and…

Dear BBOers, have a go at trying to solve these 4 bridge problems. Depending on your answer you’ll score between 0 to 5 points per question. Your overall score will be displayed, along with the correct answers once you’ve complete the quiz. Good luck – and stay focussed!

Marc Smith visits the final matches at the first Alt Swiss Teams-Pairs We return to the first Alt Swiss IMP Teams-Pairs with four matches remaining in the 13-round Swiss event. A reminder of the format, which is effectively IMP Pairs, where results in head-to-head matches are compared to a datum result, calculated by dropping the…