Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Prolific Bridge Players (& Their Earlier Books)
Until I was fully introduced to bridge, I never imagined that any card game could be dissected and observed as finely as some players examine the game of chess. Bridge is certainly one of the most widely written-about card games – and there have been many highly-prolific writers that have made their way through the…
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November BBO Prime Tournament. Deal analysis.
Thank you for joining November’s BBO Prime Tournament. We hope you enjoyed it! There were 10 deals in this tournament and 5 of them were taken from a real life event, featured on BBO vugraph. Want to know which deals were “cooked” and see how they were played originally? The “surprise” deals were boards 4,…
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The Rule of Five (Books to a Desert Island)
Bridge players sometimes play their game by rules that extend beyond the basic Rules of Bridge. There’s the Rule of 7, the Rule of 9 and the Rule of 11. What about the Rule of 5? That is, which 5 bridge books would you take to a desert island if you were going to be…
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