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SBC Novice & Restricted Pairs Congress
A special Pairs event for Novice and Restricted players! Compete with players who are of similar level – Novice (fewer than 100 masterpoints) and Restricted (fewer than 300 masterpoints). SBC Novice and Restricted Pairs Congress Two sessions: we will play … Continue reading
Stretch to respond to a 1 level opening
This week’s hand is once again taken from a recent SBC duplicate on Thursday 7th May. The hands were played at two separate venues at the same time. Quite a lot of East West pairs played the hand in 1♠ … Continue reading
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Leading dummy’s 2nd suit
Although leading an unbid suit is often right, there are also many occasions where leading through one of dummy’s suits is effective. Where dummy has bid 2 suits the 2nd is the most appealing for the defence to attack since … Continue reading
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A grand slam – but what’s the best chance to make it?
It’s not often you hold 20 points and hear partner open the bidding – let alone a strong NT opening! But that’s what happened on this hand. Most pairs bid to 6NT but 7NT was available and there were several … Continue reading
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Timing in defence
On today’s hand North South reached a pushy game with only a combined 21 points but the defence actually need to be quite sharp to beat it. When West opens a strong NT, North is quite likely to come in … Continue reading
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