Author Archives: Julian Foster

A slightly different finesse

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 19th December 2024. This will be the last column for 2024 as there is no session on Thursday 26th December. I hope everyone has a good break. Last week I focussed mainly on … Continue reading

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No trump defence

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 12th December 2024. Board 8 last week saw most East West pairs playing in assorted levels of no-trumps. The most common number of tricks made was 8 although the defence could, in theory, … Continue reading

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Transferring out of 1NT

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 5th December 2024. Board 3 last week saw many East West pairs going off in 1NT but they had a much better spot available in diamonds. Let’s see why, and how they might … Continue reading

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No good rebid?

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 28th November 2024. On board 10 last week I suspect several Wests were faced with something that comes up all too frequently – a hand which seems to have no good bid. On … Continue reading

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Compete for the part score!

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 21st November 2024. Each side had 20 points on board 27 last week. As is so often the case, however, the pairs that competed more aggressively to win the part score tended to … Continue reading

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