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Traps for an unwary declarer!

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 30th January 2025. Board 7 last week was almost universally played in 4♥ by West. But there were a few traps waiting for inexperienced or careless declarers that meant they made fewer tricks … Continue reading →

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“Pre-protection” and card reading

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 23rd January 2025. On board 8 North South can make game in hearts but East West had a good sacrifice available in spades that would enable them to score better than conceding -420 … Continue reading →

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Getting to game after the opponents open

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 16th January 2025. East West had a combined 25 points on board 14 last week but across the two venues, only two pairs reached game. South will have opened the bidding and it’s … Continue reading →

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2025 SBC Australia Day congress highlights

Posted on January 26, 2025 by admin

Thank you for joining us in one of our annual congresses 2025 SBC Australia Day Matchpointed Swiss Pairs! We broke our own record again with 14 tables in the Open field and 17 in the Restricted & Novice. There were … Continue reading →

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When they can’t overruff

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Julian Foster

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 9th January 2025. Board 13 last week was a competitive partscore hand where, defending on how the play goes, declarer may be able to make a valuable inference. Many players these days will … Continue reading →

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