Luke: “Yoda, are you sure we’re headed in the right direction?” Yoda: “Off course we are.” The defenders have a head start in the play; they get to make the opening lead. If that lead is ineffective, ...

1. Two spades. The partner of a player who passed originally is not bound by the same rules that govern many other bidding sequences. For example, if South responds with only one spade after passing ...

Here is the solution. Win the spade lead with dummy’s king and play a diamond to your king. Then lead a low trump and finesse the eight. Ruff the six of diamonds with your queen and return a low heart ...

"It is a very great thing to be able to think as you like; but, after all, an important question remains: what you think." -- Matthew Arnold Cover up the East-West hands and treat today's deal as a ...

Yesterday, I stressed considering your options at trick one. Here is another example. If South plans carefully, he has a good chance to make his contract. But if he plows forward thoughtlessly, he ...

Emile-Auguste Chartier, a French philosopher and journalist who was commonly known as Alain, said, “We prove what we want to prove. The real difficulty is to know what we want to prove.” At the bridge ...