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Goren Bridge: Take your time
7 months ago

Goren Bridge: Take your time

The Hindu  

At the sight of dummy, South realised that he needed four tricks from the heart suit to make his contract. He won the diamond continuation with his ace, noting East’s club discard, and set out to see what else he could learn about the hand. Two high spades saw East discard another club, and South had a perfect count on …

Heart South East
Goren bridge: Problem solved
1 year, 1 month ago

Goren bridge: Problem solved

The Hindu  

South had a completely balanced hand with honors in every suit. That contract would have been unbeatable thanks to the fortunate location of the ace of diamonds and the doubleton queen of spades. West can set up his club suit easily enough, with a club to the king, a club back to the ace, and a third club. The problem …

Club Masucci
Goren Bridge by Bob Jones
3 years, 10 months ago

Goren Bridge by Bob Jones

The Hindu  

The club’s Saturday night duplicate saw the usual suspects battling it out. Hard Luck Louie won the opening heart lead with dummy’s ace and had to decide whether to play on diamonds or clubs. He was in the wrong hand to play on clubs, he thought, so he cashed the ace of diamonds and led another diamond. Louie won with …

Queen West Clubs Jack Louie
Goren Bridge by Bob Jones
5 years, 8 months ago

Goren Bridge by Bob Jones

The Hindu  

Would you have bid three diamonds with the East hand? The lead now looked like a doubleton and allowed Shenkin to place East with a seven-card diamond suit. Shenkin won the diamond opening lead with his queen and cashed the ace of hearts, noting the fall of the jack from East. Playing East for a seven-card diamond suit, however, Shenkin …

East Shenkin
Goren Bridge by Bob Jones
5 years, 9 months ago

Goren Bridge by Bob Jones

The Hindu  

Today’s deal is from a team game in Poland recently. At one table, the West player decided to pass, hoping that his ace-king, ace opposite a partner who had opened the bidding would give his side a plus score. He thought that a double by him would likely lead to a final contract of four spades on a 4–3 fit …

West South Four Spades