For Bridge Students

Dear Bridge Student,

I have completely redesigned this site using WordPress. Please let me know how easy or hard the new site is to use and let me know what else you would like to see here.

As editors of the district 17 newsletter, my husband and I have a column called “Consult the Coopers” (also on the district 17 site) where we attempt to answer bridge questions of general interest. So please feel free to send good questions via the bridge question form on this site.

If you want to share your thoughts or questions feel free to leave comments on this page of the page for bridge questions.

Click here to get the Free Bridge Tutorial for your PC from the American Contract Bridge League, which I highly recommend if you are just starting.

Regards, Kitty

Langermann Bridge Game ca. 1910

My great-grandmother Charlotte Thannhauser Langermann (far left) and her sister Lina loved to play Bridge. Probably that is her brother Max in the center.

  • Bibek Chatterjee
    #1 written by Bibek Chatterjee  1 year ago

    What is the correct line of play in the following hand:- North:-S-KJ5;H-Q75;D-752;C-AJ65 South:-S-AQ1086;H-AJ;D-AKQ;C-Q92 Contract is 6N.T by South and west leads D-J.

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  • Kitty Cooper
    #2 written by Kitty Cooper  1 year ago

    Well you want to maximize your chances without committing yourself early. You have ten top tricks and can easily develop an 11th in . Then the 12th comes if clubs are 3-3 or the K is onsides. So how to combine these? Win the and cross to dummy in . Then play a towards your queen. If RHO wins the K you have 12 tricks. If he ducks and the Q wins you have 11 so just lose a to set up a 12th (cross to dummy in and finesse at pairs so extra chances for 13). When the Q loses to the K you have 11 tricks and time to find out if clubs are 3-3 for 12 before trying the finesse. The problem with playing a to the !J instead is that you will not know whether or not to finesse when it loses and a comes back.

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  • Sven Pride
    #3 written by Sven Pride 9 months ago

    If it’s a novice East who ducks the small club without thinking, I would consider putting in the 9…

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