Author Archives: Julian Foster

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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The difference a free bid makes

City and Canada Bay – Thursday Morning 14th November 2024. Board 11 last week had almost all East West pairs playing in 4â™ . That’s the normal contract but how they got there may well have varied. The hand shows how … Continue reading

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