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1 day, 16 hours ago

Goren Bridge: The illusion

South’s five-club bid is perfectly reasonable. He did not know whether or not four spades was making — it wasn’t — but five clubs might also make and it could not be a very expensive sacrifice. West found the most effective lead of a trump, preventing any real chance of ruffing two hearts in dummy. South’s first thought was that …

South Diamond Dummy

2 months ago

Goren Bridge: What next?

The Hindu

We are grateful to New York expert Augie Boehm for bringing today’s deal to our attention. The spades are splitting favourably for declarer, the diamonds are set up for discards, and partner cannot have the ace-king of hearts or he would have led the ace to get a look at dummy. A defender in a matchpoint competition might take the …

Heart Partner Diamond

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Goren Bridge: Counting is the key

The Hindu

Today’s deal is from a major tournament in Chicago a few months ago. Martel ruffed the opening heart lead and led a spade to dummy’s king and East’s ace. East shifted to the 10 of clubs and the defense played three straight rounds of clubs, Martel ruffing the third round with the 10 of spades in dummy. He won with …

West East Martel Diamond

4 months, 1 week ago

Goren Bridge: Roadmap

The Hindu

East thought his hand was good enough for an “Unusual No Trump” bid, even at unfavourable vulnerability. South ruffed a heart in hand and led the 10 of clubs, prepared to run it if West played low. South continued with a low club from dummy to his eight and West’s nine. The defense could cash a diamond, but South would …

South Club East

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Goren Bridge: Latvian Lead

The Hindu

Today’s deal is from a recent tournament in Riga, Latvia. The lucky fall of the queen would give him all 13 tricks. There was no apparent danger, so South led the nine of clubs to dummy’s king and then led a heart back to his jack. Losing to West’s queen was not a surprise, but South was shocked when East …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Goren Bridge: Fancy Methods

The Hindu

Many new bidding ideas have become popular in various parts of the world. East won the opening heart lead with the ace as South, cleverly played the king. South needed the ace of clubs onside, as well as some other things going his way, so he rose with dummy’s king of clubs, winning the trick as East played the queen. …

South East

5 months ago

Goren Bridge: Intricate deal

The Hindu

Today’s deal is from the recent Norwegian Pairs Championship. Bakke rose with dummy’s ace, led a heart to his ace, and cashed the queen of hearts, drawing trumps. Bakke cashed the ace of diamonds and exited with the jack of diamonds to the West’s queen. A better defence from West at this point would have been to cash in on …

West Bakke Spade Lead

5 months, 1 week ago

Goren Bridge: Your Choice? by Bob Jones

The Hindu

Would you open the bidding with the East hand? At one table, East opened two spades, drawing a two no trump bid from South. At this table, East opened one spade and South bid one no trump. South might have passed, but instead he took out his partner’s take-out double – usually a good idea. West had shown up with …

West South East Opened No Trump

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli military says bodies of five captives retrieved from Gaza

Al Jazeera

The five were previously declared dead by the army and their bodies were recovered from southern Gaza. The Israeli military has announced that it recovered the bodies of five captives during an operation in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Goren, 56, was killed in the kibbutz of Nir Oz, one of the communities targeted in the Hamas-led attack in southern …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Goren Bridge: Teachers can play too

The Hindu

Keith Hanson, from Boca Raton, Florida, has been one of America’s great bridge teachers for many years. The deal is from a high-stakes rubber bridge game some years ago and the bidding employed in this game was not very sophisticated by today’s standards. South started by leading a spade to dummy’s ace and Hanson smoothly dropped the queen! Declarer, as …

West Play Hanson Goren Bridge

6 months ago

Goren Bridge: High or low

The Hindu

Assuming you choose to lead a heart, which heart would you lead from the West hand? Traditional wisdom is to lead high against no trump from a three-card sequence and low from a two-card sequence unless the third card in the suit is very close to the sequence, such as J-10-8. That’s fine against three no trump, but most players, …

Heart South East Lead Low West Spades

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Goren Bridge: Seeking information

The Hindu

The auction and the final contract in today’s deal were routine, but the play was a step above. The opening spade lead went to East’s ace and East returned a spade to South’s king. Many players would cash the ace and queen of clubs, thinking that they could only pick up a poor club split if West had the length. …

West East Clubs King

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Goren Bridge: Two chances

The Hindu

South in today’s deal was young Australian star Michael Whibley. Whibley rose with dummy’s ace on the opening spade lead, felling the jack from East. Should Whibley knock out the king of trumps right away, however, East might win and shift to a heart, forcing Whibley to decide immediately which suit to go after for the extra trick. Whibley wanted …

East Whibley

6 months, 4 weeks ago

Goren Bridge: Interesting hand

The Hindu

Today’s deal is from a recent tournament in Europe. The given auction is a little obscure, but many pairs reached six diamonds, presumably after different auctions. A club slam might seem better but note that a club slam would quickly fail after a diamond ruff. Several West players cleverly led a low spade from their ace. The lead killed declarer’s …

Lead Goren Bridge Declarer

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

7 months, 1 week ago

Goren Bridge: Small miracle

The Hindu

South in today’s deal was American expert Owen Lien. Lien won in dummy with the ace and cashed three high hearts to discard the remaining diamond from dummy. Lien ruffed a diamond in dummy as West shed another spade. Lien led a club back to his ace, pleased to see the jack from East. In this two-card ending, Lien led …

West South Spade Lien Small Miracle

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Goren Bridge: Tiny Difference

The Hindu

Today’s deal is from a match between a team from the USA and a team from Indonesia. Both declarers won the opening lead and led a spade to West’s ace, and both Wests continued with the ace and another trump to South. West covered with the king and Greco won with dummy’s ace. Greco ruffed a spade in dummy and …

West Greco

9 months, 1 week ago

Hezbollah fires heavy rockets at northern Israel after deadliest day of Israeli strikes on Lebanon

Associated Press

BEIRUT — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired rockets with heavy warheads at towns in northern Israel, saying it used the weapons against civilian targets for the first time Thursday in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes the night before that killed nine, including what the group said were several paramedics. Israel’s chief military spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said Israel had …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside Israel’s blockade on Gaza – where the UN and EU warn of man-made famine

The Independent

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Goren Bridge: Canadian slam?

The Hindu

Today’s deal reminds us of a tournament in Canada some years ago that attracted many American experts. The Americans responded the next day with a suggested defense to a Canadian Slam – cash your two aces, then sit back and wait for your trump trick. The best technical chance was to cash the ace of diamonds, ruff a spade in …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Goren Bridge: X-ray vision?

The Hindu

Today’s deal is from a recent tournament in Norway. South was Norwegian expert Lasse Aaseng, who perhaps should have passed North’s weak raise. South cashed the ace and king of clubs, no doubt intending to play a third round of the suit. Something about the way the opponents followed to the first two clubs made Aaseng feel that the clubs …

South Club Aaseng

11 months, 4 weeks ago

Goren Bridge: Plan ahead

The Hindu

South won the opening club lead with his ace and drew trumps in three rounds, ending in his hand. He led a spade to dummy’s queen and then a diamond to his king and West’s ace. South should have won the club opening lead and led a spade to the king before touching trumps. South could win and draw trumps …

South Diamond

1 year ago

Israeli military strikes south Lebanon stoking fears of widening conflict

Al Jazeera

Attacks on Hezbollah military infrastructure follow the killing of Hamas leader in Beirut, which Israel has not claimed. The Israeli military released nighttime videos of the attacks, including those on Hezbollah military infrastructure and “observation devices” in the village of Yaroun in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh governorate, located across the border from the Israeli settlements of Yir’on and Avivim in northern …

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1 year ago

Goren bridge: Some writers can play

The Hindu

South in today’s deal was Barry Rigal, of New York. Rigal ruffed a spade, cashed the ace of hearts, and led another heart. Dummy’s ace won the trick as Rigal shed a low diamond. Should East duck, Rigal would duck a diamond in both hands, losing to the now singleton ace. Even if East held a low diamond instead of …

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