Author Archives: Julian Foster

30th October 2025 This week’s hand is taken from a congress I recently played in New Zealand which became an instructive defensive problem. I was fortunate my opponent got it wrong at the time but he had enough information to … Continue reading →

16th October 2025 This is a hand taken from the recent Spring Nationals tournament which I played in and contains many useful lessons in what not to do! The bidding began with 3 passes to West who opened 1♦. Now … Continue reading →

City and Polish Club – Thursday Morning 9th October 2025. We are going to be making a few changes to the column going forward. This will be the last column that specifically focuses on a hand from the Thursday morning … Continue reading →

City and Polish Club – Thursday Morning 2nd October 2025. Last week the hands at the two venues were once again matching. So on the selected hand here are both sides’ points – 20 each! As expected, that leads to … Continue reading →

Polish Club – Thursday Morning 25th September 2025. Sadly the hands were still different between the two venues last Thursday so not everyone will have played this board. Board 24 at Ashfield was where East West could make slam although … Continue reading →