Happy Thanksgiving from the Seattle Nationals!
For serious bridge players, the arrival of Thanksgiving means that it is time for the Fall National Championships. This year they are to be held in Seattle; details available from… Read more »
Author Archives: Kitty Cooper
USA loses World Championships!
It is sad for us USA players to see our country losing its dominance in world bridge. We have the largest tournament bridge playing population (142,592 out of 312,520,000 or… Read more »
The Future of Bridge
There is an interesting discussion over at the bridge winners site on the future of bridge. My thoughts on this are that teaching the game in a fun way is… Read more »
How to get people playing Bridge? Ideas from Maggy …
Just found a wonderful bridge blog and ezine from Maggy Simony, a 91-year-old who is interested in bridge history and how to keep people playing our wonderful game. She has… Read more »
2NT in Competition
Playing with a new partner the other night I bid 2NT in competition in this auction: RHO me LHO partner 1 Pass 1 Double 2 2NT Pass If… Read more »
We have created a suit symbol plugin for wordpress!
I recently wrote a suit symbol plugin for WordPress which is active on this site. Put an exclamation point in front of the suit letter: C, D, H, or S… Read more »
Welcome to my new site, news on upcoming lectures
I have moved all the free Bridge lesson material that was in the Bridge area on KittyCooper.com to this site. Well almost all of it. Let me know if you… Read more »
Teaching Adult Beginners
I spent ten years in the 1990s teaching two or three club series a year (now called the ACBL Bridge Series) to adults in NYC (Greenwich Village) and really enjoyed it. I… Read more »
Social Site for Bridge Players
Bridge Winners includes an online ACBL convention card editor! Articles on the nationals, pictures, beginner and intermediate articles and much more … it is a social networking site for tournament… Read more »
Why Nine Never?
Everyone knows the adage “eight ever, nine never” which refers to finessing for the queen of trumps. I recently received this question about it, which is answered below. Why do… Read more »