Alt Trophy V - Best of the Rest

Alt Invitational   ~  

25 July 2026 15:08

Martin Cantor reports   Congratulations to the winners, Multi Fun Bussloo, who beat Seniors Team in the final by 5.1VPs. I normally list the names of the players in winning teams, but MFB have 23 on. […]

Alt Trophy 5 : Ups and Downs

Alt Invitational   ~  

23 July 2026 20:19

Martin Cantor reports   Ten teams are contesting this, six rounds of eight-board Swiss leading to the top four playing sixteen-board knockout, the knocked-out teams continuing with Swiss. My team had. […]

Team FLEISHER wins Spingold

Bridge Winners   ~  

20 July 2026 21:56

Congratulations to Team FLEISHER (Marty Fleisher, Cedric Lorenzini, Thomas Bessis, Chip Martel, Sjoert Brink, and Sebastiaan Drijver), winners of the 2026 Spingold Knockout Teams. They defeated Team. […]

Answers from Magdeburg

Paul Gipson   ~  

26 June 2026 11:49

On the first hand I decided to pass: partner has not taken any action with spade shortage and the vulnerability means that that two or three down may be a good score even if we have a thin game.For a. […]

Decisions in Germany

Paul Gipson   ~  

15 June 2026 14:20

The German Bridge Trophy was in Magdeburg this year. Sam Punch, Tim Rees, my brother Alex, and I made our second trip to the event, hoping to improve on last year’s performance when we finished four. […]

2026 EBU Spring Foursomes

Paul Gipson   ~  

6 May 2026 08:26

Looking at the EBU records I can see that Alex and I probably first played in the EBU Spring Foursomes in 1996 in Stratford-upon-Avon, with Martin Levine and Carl King. We finished third in our Punch. […]

One hundred percent

Phasmid   ~  

17 September 2023 15:41

 Sometimes, when I'm in the mood, I check on Hanoi Rondon and his quest for the 100% game (BBO). I just love the way he says "One hundred percent" with a little emphasis on the "hun" and the "cent.". […]

The semi-preemptive 3NT

Phasmid   ~  

29 January 2023 21:06

I'm a fan of what I call the semi-preemptive 3NT based on a good minor suit (or minor suit fit). It makes it awkward for the opponents and has relatively little danger for the bidder. If they double,. […]

Camrose Trials 2022 this weekend

Eamon Galligan   ~  

29 October 2022 12:17

 This weekend Oct 29-31 CBAI hosts the Camrose Trials. 9 teams have entered and will do a round robin to eliminate the 5 lowest scoring teams Teams 3 and 9 will progress to the Final 4 round robin.�. […]

Spider bridge

Phasmid   ~  

8 October 2022 15:06

Of course, you've heard the story about Robert the Bruce and the spider. Twice the spider failed to connect its web, but succeeded on the third try. That spider and, thus inspired, Robert the Bruce, r. […]