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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, 2 weeks ago

The Clutch Play: Sabine Auken's Brilliant Defense Against West's Aggressive Pre-emptive

The Hindu

A women's event from 2024 shows how players will go to extremes to interfere after a strong club opening. The opening diamond lead went to East's ace, and she devilishly returned a low diamond to force declarer to ruff. She saw a way out of this provided East started with at least three clubs, so she cashed the ace and …

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, 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

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

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

1 year, 1 month ago

Goren Bridge: Discovery

The Hindu

Today’s deal is from a team match in Europe. McGann was not particularly surprised to hear East open one club. Many European players open one club with 12-14 point balanced hands, regardless of their length in the minor suits. McGann cashed two high diamonds, hoping for the jack to fall. Had East shed both high spades, West would have won …

East Mcgann

1 year, 3 months ago

Goren Bridge: One Little Difference

The Hindu

Today’s deal is from a team competition recently in Cyprus. North’s three-heart bid, rather than a jump to four hearts, suggested a little extra and South pushed to slam. At the first table, South won the opening spade lead with his ace and immediately cashed three rounds of clubs to discard his remaining spade. All would have been well had …

South Spade Goren Bridge

1 year, 3 months ago

Goren Bridge: Surprise information

The Hindu

North’s two-diamond response to South’s two-club opening showed a negative hand – fewer than seven points. West, who might have led his singleton club to terrible effect for the defense, led the ten of diamonds and East quickly cashed two high diamonds and then led the eight of diamonds. The eight looked like a suit-preference signal for spades, although it …

South Club East Spade

1 year, 5 months ago

Goren Bridge: The extra step

The Hindu

South in today’s deal was a young professional playing with an enthusiastic student from his local club. The young pro took one look at dummy and thought: “I’m gonna get fired if I don’t find the queen of clubs.” South played low from dummy on the opening heart lead and ruffed East’s jack. He cashed the two top diamonds in …

Club East

2 years ago

In Pictures: Highlights of 2022 in the animal kingdom

The Independent

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2 years, 1 month ago

Goren Bridge by Bob Jones

The Hindu

It is not widely known by non-experts, but a jump shift in the “passout seat”, like South’s two-spade bid here, shows an intermediate hand — roughly 14-16 points with a decent six-card suit. South won the opening diamond lead with dummy’s ace, cashed the king, and ruffed a diamond with the ace of spades. South cashed the king of spades …

West South

3 years, 8 months ago

April Love Geary shows off her fit physique in workout clothes after a Pilates class

Daily Mail

She welcomed her third child in three years in December. Staying in shape: April Love Geary, 26, showed off her fitness progress on Thursday after she departed a Pilates class in Malibu April contrasted her top with a short navy blue skort revealing her long, tanned legs. Sporty style: She wore a white tank top with a navy blue skort …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Goren Bridge by Bob Jones

The Hindu

North would have made a control bid in spades if he could, so his jump to five diamonds must have been based on good trumps plus something in clubs. He only had one trump left in dummy, so he could not ruff both a club and a heart and he drifted down one. West would be known to have started …

South Club Goren Bridge

4 years ago

Goren Bridge by Bob Jones

The Hindu

South won the opening heart lead with his ace and saw that there would be 13 easy tricks if the missing spades and diamonds both split 3-2. Should West have a singleton jack or ten, the ace of spades followed by a low spade to the king would reveal that, and a finesse could be taken through East. A 4-1 …

South King Spade Diamond Spades

4 years, 1 month ago

Goren Bridge by Bob Jones

The Hindu

The correct action with the South hand over East’s pre-empt is not clear, but South’s choice of double was certainly reasonable. Sontag realised that there was no chance for the king of spades to be right, as East couldn’t possibly have that card along with diamond strength and the king of clubs. Sontag captured the king with his ace and …

West East King Sontag

5 years, 1 month ago

Goren Bridge by Bob Jones

The Hindu

Hard Luck Louie was hoping for a strong finish in the club’s Saturday night duplicate when he became declarer in this tricky game contract. He played low from dummy on the opening club lead and won East’s 10 with his ace. Larry led a low diamond to the queen, winning the trick, and led dummy’s last trump for the proven …

East Larry Dummy

5 years, 3 months ago

Goren Bridge by Bob Jones

The Hindu

A highly competitive auction, as is typical in today’s tournament world. South ruffed the opening spade lead in his hand and led a low diamond toward dummy’s 10. Declarer won with dummy’s ace, discarding a club from his hand, and ruffed a spade. After cashing the ace of clubs and ruffing a club in dummy, South led dummy’s remaining spade. …

South East Dummy

5 years, 3 months ago

Goren Bridge by Bob Jones

The Hindu

Sometimes a great player makes a great play that is difficult to explain. At the other table, South won the opening heart lead in hand and led a low spade to dummy’s jack, which East allowed to hold. A second club forced dummy to ruff and South couldn’t avoid the loss of two trumps and two clubs. McCallum also won …

South Club Mccallum Bob Jones Diamonds East

5 years, 7 months ago

Goren Bridge by Bob Jones

The Hindu

Hard Luck Louie faced this problem in the club’s monthly team game. When East discarded on the second heart, Louie could not make the hand as he had a heart and a club loser to go with the two spades. “I was cold for 11 tricks on a 3-2 trump split, or if East had four trumps. He had 11 …

Trump Heart East Louie Larry Started

5 years, 10 months ago

Goren Bridge by Bob Jones

The Hindu

Expert partnerships have special agreements about handling certain rare situations. South knew what partner’s suit was so he bid it at the five level, hoping his partner would raise if he held a spade control. East cashed the ace of spades and led a spade to West’s king, and West’s shift to the king of diamonds killed the late entry …

East Spade

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