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  • Artificial Bids (Bugged Me for 72 Hours Straight)

    The whole thing started during a late-night research session for bridge column ideas and links. I read a Google search result from Al Levy’s website. The gist of it was artificial bids from a lesson. I came, I saw and I promptly forgot the details of the search result within a few minutes. (No, I…

  • 5 Helpful Bridge Books (Not Strictly About Bridge)

    Bridge strategy is about more than bids, plays and card decks. Sometimes a person can draw from several different sources to improve their in-game strategy – and these sources don’t have to come from the bridge world. Strategy can come from the world of business, from a piece of good fiction, from an inspirational quote…

  • Legionowianin wins the Rainbow Teams Tournament

    Legionowianin, the Polish squad made of Slkowalcz, Marcopaw, ICH1 and Jancho won the inaugural BBO Rainbow Teams Tournament, defeating Chris Cowan‘s Canadian team (Scruffy, DrDerby112, RomanKlein and Actuaryman) in the 16 board Final with 34-23 IMPs. In the 12 board Play-Off, Greek junior team Loukas (Loukas435, Natalius, Hercules J and mixalhsS2), with an average age…

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