For more details on the article index see here.
- Conventions/system agreements - this includes discarding and signalling
- General
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Subject/title | Author | Page | Issue | Series |
Avoidance play in suit contracts | Brian Senior | page 17 | February 2007 | All about trumps |
Coup en passant | Brian Senior | page 17 | April 2007 | All about trumps |
Endplays | Brian Senior | page 17 | June 2007 | All about trumps |
Leads | Sandra Landy | page 34 | August 2007 | Standard English |
Trump reduction & endplays | Brian Senior | page 38 | August 2007 | All about trumps |
Leading fourth highest | Sandra Landy | page 26 | October 2007 | Standard English |
Squeeze play - part 1 | Brian Senior | page 30 | December 2007 | All about trumps |
Leading against suit contracts | Sandra Landy | page 35 | December 2007 | Standard English |
Frozen suits | David Bakhshi | page 9 | February 2008 | Your questions |
Opening leads v suits | Sandra Landy | page 28 | February 2008 | Standard English |
Squeeze play - part 2 | Brian Senior | page 36 | February 2008 | Good technique |
Returning partner's suit | Sandra Landy | page 30 | April 2008 | Standard English |
Safety plays | Brian Senior | page 40 | April 2008 | Good technique |
Leading against suit contracts | Sandra Landy | page 32 | June 2008 | Standard English |
Restricted choice | Brian Senior | page 38 | June 2008 | Good technique |
Leads against slams | Sandra Landy | page 37 | August 2008 | Standard English |
Deceptive play | Brian Senior | page 48 | August 2008 | Good technique |
Eight ever, nine never | Ed Scerri | page 21 | October 2008 | Bridge extras |
More deception | Brian Senior | page 40 | October 2008 | Good technique |
Surround plays | Freddie North | page 17 | December 2008 | Fine-tuning |
Leading singletons | Freddie North | page 11 | October 2009 | Fine-tuning |
Really Easy declarer play in no-trumps | June Booty | page 37 | December 2009 | Really easy bridge |
Second player plays low' | Andrew Kambites | page 40 | February 2010 | Better defending |
Covering an honour with an honour | Andrew Kambites | page 30 | April 2010 | Better defending |
Play in NT | June Booty | page 25 | June 2010 | Really easy bridge |
Third player plays high | Andrew Kambites | page 44 | June 2010 | Better defending |
Leading against a slam | Freddie North | page 12 | August 2010 | Fine-tuning |
Thurd hand play revisited | Andrew Kambites | page 36 | August 2010 | Better defending |
Frozen suits part 1 | Andrew Kambites | page 40 | October 2010 | Better defending |
Frozen suits part 2 | Andrew Kambites | page 38 | December 2010 | Better defending |
Leading an ace against NT | Sandra Landy | page 44 | December 2010 | Standard English |
Leading a king against NT | Sandra Landy | page 33 | February 2011 | Standard English |
Logical thinking | Andrew Kambites | page 41 | February 2011 | Better defending |
Original thinking | Andrew Kambites | page 21 | April 2011 | Better defending |
Leading small cards | Sandra Landy | page 34 | April 2011 | Standard English |
Leading against suit contracts | Sandra Landy | page 21 | August 2011 | Standard English |
Entries & communication part 1 | Andrew Kambites | page 40 | August 2011 | Better defending |
Leading fourth highest | Sandra Landy | page 13 | October 2011 | Standard English |
Entries & communication part 2 | Andrew Kambites | page 23 | October 2011 | Better defending |
Entries & communication part 3 | Andrew Kambites | page 34 | December 2011 | Better defending |
Use your winning trumps | Andrew Kambites | page 42 | February 2012 | Better defending |
The Hold-up part 1 | Paul Bowyer | page 35 | April 2012 | Basic cardplay |
Ruff-and-discard | Andrew Kambites | page 23 | April 2012 | Better defending |
The Hold-up part 2 | Paul Bowyer | page 20 | June 2012 | Basic cardplay |
The uppercut | Andrew Kambites | page 40 | June 2012 | Better defending |
Counting winners and losers | Paul Bowyer | page 20 | August 2012 | Basic cardplay |
Ruffing losers in dummy | Paul Bowyer | page 20 | October 2012 | Basic cardplay |
Timing | Paul Bowyer | page 22 | December 2012 | Basic cardplay |
Endplays | Frances Hinden | page 34 | December 2012 | Play technique |
Using the trump suit | Paul Bowyer | page 20 | February 2013 | Basic cardplay |
Ducking to establish suits | Paul Bowyer | page 26 | April 2013 | Basic cardplay |
Ducking for tempo | Paul Bowyer | page 24 | June 2013 | Basic cardplay |
Ruffing high | Paul Bowyer | page 16 | August 2013 | Basic cardplay |
4-4 fits | Paul Bowyer | page 20 | October 2013 | Basic cardplay |
The crossruff | Paul Bowyer | page 22 | December 2013 | Basic cardplay |
The finesse part 1 | Paul Bowyer | page 26 | February 2014 | Basic cardplay |
Eight ever, nine never | Michael Byrne | page 17 | April 2014 | Rules and maxims |
The finesse part 2 | Paul Bowyer | page 16 | April 2014 | Basic cardplay |
The finesse part 3 | Paul Bowyer | page 21 | June 2014 | Basic cardplay |
Rule of 7 | Michael Byrne | page 57 | August 2014 | Rules and maxims |
Cover an honour part 1 | Paul Bowyer | page 24 | August 2014 | Basic cardplay |
Rule of 11 | Michael Byrne | page 66 | February 2015 | Rules and maxims |
Drop or finesse part 1 | Andrew Kambites | page 44 | February 2015 | Suit combinations |
Drop or finesse part 2 | Andrew Kambites | page 42 | April 2015 | Suit combinations |
Cover an honour part 2 | Paul Bowyer | page 26 | June 2015 | Basic cardplay |
Drop or finesse part 3 | Andrew Kambites | page 50 | June 2015 | Suit combinations |
Cover an honour part 3 | Paul Bowyer | page 26 | August 2015 | Basic cardplay |
Restricted choice | Andrew Kambites | page 46 | August 2015 | Suit combinations |
Planning the play part 1 | Paul Bowyer | page 24 | October 2015 | Basic cardplay |
Balancing | Andrew Kambites | page 46 | October 2015 | Suit combinations |
Planning the play part 2 | Paul Bowyer | page 28 | December 2015 | Basic cardplay |
Break percentages | Andrew Kambites | page 48 | December 2015 | Suit combinations |
Trump control | Paul Bowyer | page 18 | February 2016 | Basic cardplay |
End plays | Andrew Kambites | page 22 | February 2016 | Suit combinations |
Trump control | Paul Bowyer | page 14 | April 2016 | Basic cardplay |
Safety plays | Andrew Kambites | page 26 | April 2016 | Suit combinations |
Second player plays low' | Neil Rosen | page 20 | April 2016 | Advanced defence |
Percentage plays part 1 | Paul Bowyer | page 16 | June 2016 | Basic cardplay |
Surround plays | Neil Rosen | page 18 | June 2016 | Advanced defence |
Percentage plays part 2 | Paul Bowyer | page 14 | August 2016 | Basic cardplay |
Restricted choice | Paul Bowyer | page 18 | October 2016 | Basic cardplay |
Empty spaces | Paul Bowyer | page 28 | December 2016 | Basic cardplay |
Loser-on-loser play | Paul Bowyer | page 16 and 68 | February 2017 | Basic cardplay |
The gentle art of counting part 1 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 and 66 | June 2017 | Basic cardplay |
The gentle art of counting part 2 | Paul Bowyer | page 8 and 69 | August 2017 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 14 and 48 | August 2017 | Heffalump traps |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 8 and 42 | October 2017 | Heffalump traps |
The gentle art of counting part 3 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 and 68 | October 2017 | Basic cardplay |
The gentle art of counting part 4 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 and 66 | December 2017 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 12 and 52 | December 2017 | Heffalump traps |
Suit combinations - part 1 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 and 73 | February 2018 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 12 and 42 | February 2018 | Heffalump traps |
Suit combinations - part 2 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | April 2018 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 12 and 48 | April 2018 | Heffalump traps |
Suit combinations - part 3 | Paul Bowyer | page 8 and 67 | June 2018 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 12 and 36 | June 2018 | Heffalump traps |
Suit combinations - part 4 | Paul Bowyer | page 12 and 74 | August 2018 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 14 and 36 | August 2018 | Heffalump traps |
Suit combinations - part 5 | Paul Bowyer | page 8 and 67 | October 2018 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 14 and 38 | October 2018 | Heffalump traps |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 10 and 46 | December 2018 | Heffalump traps |
Suit combinations - part 6 | Paul Bowyer | page 12 and 67 | December 2018 | Basic cardplay |
An introduction to squeezes | Andrew Robson | page 35 | December 2018 | Squeezes |
Clever Play | Heather Dhondy | page 22 | February 2019 | Heather's hints |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 8 and 48 | February 2019 | Heffalump traps |
What does a Discard say? | David Gold | page 28 | February 2019 | Bridge tips |
Clever Play | Heather Dhondy | page 22 | April 2019 | Heather's hints |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 14 and 36 | April 2019 | Heffalump traps |
Suit Combinations - part 7 | Paul Bowyer | page 8 | June 2019 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 10 | June 2019 | Heffalump traps |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 24 | June 2019 | Heather's hints |
A June Squeeze | Andrew Robson | page 29 | June 2019 | A June Squeeze |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 10 | August 2019 | Heffalump traps |
First Trick Crisis | Paul Bowyer | page 8 | August 2019 | Basic cardplay |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 22 | August 2019 | Heather's hints |
Read the lead | Ron Klinger | page 16 | August 2019 | Sleuth's quiz |
A Positional Squeeze | Andrew Robson | page 21 | August 2019 | An August Squeeze |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 8 | October 2019 | Heffalump traps |
First Trick Crisis 2 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | October 2019 | Basic cardplay |
Counting Declarer's Shape | Ron Klinger | page 14 | October 2019 | Sleuth's quiz |
Leads Against No Trumps | Stephen Kennedy | page 16 | October 2019 | Crocs on Defence |
The Vienna Coup | Andrew Robson | page 18 | October 2019 | An October Squeeze |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 28 | October 2019 | Heather's hints |
Responding to two-suited overcalls | David Gold | page 34 | October 2019 | Bridge tips |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 8 | December 2019 | Heffalump traps |
First Trick Crisis 3 | Paul Bowyer | page 12 | December 2019 | Basic Cardplay |
Leads agains Suit Contracts | Stephen Kennedy | page 18 | December 2019 | Crocs on Defence |
Always lead your side singleton | David Gold | page 24 | December 2019 | Bridge tips |
The Hold-Up Revisited | Paul Bowyer | page 8 | February 2020 | Basic cardplay |
Leads against slam contracts | Stephen Kennedy | page 10 | February 2020 | Crocs on Defence |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 12 | February 2020 | Heffalump traps |
Counting Declarer's Shape | Ron Klinger | page 13 | February 2020 | Sleuth's quiz |
Rectifying the Count | Andrew Robson | page 19 | February 2020 | A February Squeeze |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 26 | February 2020 | Heather's hints |
Point-A-Board - not for the faint of heart | David Gold | page 28 | February 2020 | Bridge tips |
The Hold-Up Revisited 2 | Paul Bowyer | page 12 | April 2020 | Basic cardplay |
Third Hand Play | Stephen Kennedy | page 22 | April 2020 | Crocs on Defence |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 14 | April 2020 | Heffalump traps |
Reading the Lead | Ron Klinger | page 20 | April 2020 | Sleuth's quiz |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 24 | April 2020 | Heather's hints |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 8 | June 2020 | Heffalump traps |
The Hold-Up Revisited 3 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | June 2020 | Basic cardplay |
Finding a Way | Ron Klinger | page 20 | June 2020 | Sleuth's quiz |
Counting Points | Stephen Kennedy | page 22 | June 2020 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 24 | June 2020 | Heather's hints |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 12 | September 2020 | Heffalump traps |
Make the opponents do the work 1 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | September 2020 | Basic cardplay |
Finding a Way | Ron Klinger | page 23 | September 2020 | Sleuth's quiz |
Counting Shape | Stephen Kennedy | page 16 | September 2020 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever Play | Heather Dhondy | page 26 | September 2020 | Heather's hints |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 12 | December 2020 | Heffalump traps |
Make the opponents do the work 2 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | December 2020 | Basic cardplay |
Finding a Way | Ron Klinger | page 13 | December 2020 | Sleuth's quiz |
Playing at Trick Two | Stephen Kennedy | page 16 | December 2020 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever Play | Heather Dhondy | page 26 | December 2020 | Heather's hints |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 12 | February 2021 | Heffalump traps |
Entries | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | February 2021 | Basic cardplay |
No hurry here | Ron Klinger | page 22 | February 2021 | Sleuth's quiz |
Second Hand Low | Stephen Kennedy | page 18 | February 2021 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 30 | February 2021 | Heather's hints |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 8 | May 2021 | Heffalump traps |
Entries (unblocking) | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | May 2021 | Basic cardplay |
Card counting | Ron Klinger | page 23 | May 2021 | Sleuth's quiz |
Giving Count | Stephen Kennedy | page 12 | May 2021 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 24 | May 2021 | Heather's hints |
Delaying trumps | Paul Bowyer | page 32 | July 2021 | Discovery |
Marked finesses | Paul Bowyer | page 36 | July 2021 | Discovery |
Suit combinations | Jeremy Dhondy | page 41 | July 2021 | Discovery |
Declarer play quiz | David Bakhshi | page 42 | July 2021 | Discovery |
Defence checklist | Stephen Kennedy | page 47 | July 2021 | Discovery |
Abysmal leads | Stephen Kennedy | page 49 | July 2021 | Discovery |
Trump leads | Stephen Kennedy | page 50 | July 2021 | Discovery |
Leads Quiz | Alan Mould | page 51 | July 2021 | Discovery |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 7 | September 2021 | Heffalump traps |
Entries (overtaking) | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | September 2021 | Basic cardplay |
Reading the Discard | Ron Klinger | page 45 | September 2021 | Sleuth's quiz |
Discards | Stephen Kennedy | page 12 | September 2021 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 20 | September 2021 | Heather's hints |
Entries (suit contracts) | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | December 2021 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 16 | December 2021 | Heffalump traps |
Suit combinations | Paul Bowyer | page 17 | December 2021 | Suit combinations |
Giving attitude | Stephen Kennedy | page 18 | December 2021 | Crocs on Defence |
Reading the Discard | Ron Klinger | page 26 | December 2021 | Sleuth's quiz |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 28 | December 2021 | Heather's hints |
Blockages | Paul Bowyer | page 8 | February 2022 | Basic Cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 10 | February 2022 | Heffalump traps |
Rectifying the Count | Andrew Robson | page 16 | February 2022 | A February Squeeze |
Beat Today's Experts | David Bird | page 18 | February 2022 | Beat Todays Experts - Birds Questions |
Ducking | Stephen Kennedy | page 22 | February 2022 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 26 | February 2022 | Heather's hints |
Suit Combinations | Paul Bowyer | page 27 | February 2022 | Suit combinations |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 10 | May 2022 | Heffalump traps |
Blackages 2 | Paul Bowyer | page 12 | May 2022 | Basic cardplay |
When to Cover with an Honour | Stephen Kennedy | page 14 | May 2022 | Crocs on Defence |
Beat Today's Experts | David Bird | page 18 | May 2022 | Beat Todays Experts - Birds Questions |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 22 | May 2022 | Heather's hints |
Take a top trick first | Paul Bowyer | page 24 | July 2022 | Discovery |
An unnecessary finesse | Paul Bowyer | page 27 | July 2022 | Discovery |
Drawing trumps | Harold Schogger | page 30 | July 2022 | Discovery |
Declarer play quiz | David Bakhshi | page 36 | July 2022 | Discovery |
Leads in Pairs | Stephen Kennedy | page 43 | July 2022 | Discovery |
Leads Quiz | Alan Mould | page 47 | July 2022 | Discovery |
Suit Preference Signals | Heather Dhondy | page 51 | July 2022 | Discovery |
Holding up an ace | David Bird | page 54 | July 2022 | Discovery |
Blockages 4 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | September 2022 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 12 | September 2022 | Heffalump traps |
When NOT to Cover with an Honour | Stephen Kennedy | page 14 | September 2022 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 22 | September 2022 | Heather's hints |
Blokages 5 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | December 2022 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 13 | December 2022 | Heffalump traps |
Finessing through declarer | Stephen Kennedy | page 22 | December 2022 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 26 | December 2022 | Heather's hints |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 6 | February 2023 | Heffalump traps |
Blockages 6 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | February 2023 | Basic cardplay |
Communication with partner | Stephen Kennedy | page 21 | February 2023 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever Play | Heather Dhondy | page 26 | February 2023 | Heather's hints |
Setting up a Side Suit 1 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | May 2023 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 12 | May 2023 | Heffalump traps |
Declarer's Communication Part 1 | Stephen Kennedy | page 22 | May 2023 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 26 | May 2023 | Heather's hints |
Card play begins with… | Lorna Watson | page 48 | May 2023 | Card play begins with… |
Playing with guile | Paul Bowyer | page 28 | July 2023 | Discovery |
Combining two chances | David Bird | page 33 | July 2023 | Discovery |
Rule of seven | Heather Dhondy | page 36 | July 2023 | Discovery |
Rule of eleven | Heather Dhondy | page 38 | July 2023 | Discovery |
What are the chances | David Burn | page 40 | July 2023 | Discovery |
Declarer play quiz | David Bakhshi | page 41 | July 2023 | Discovery |
Leading safely in pairs | Stephen Kennedy | page 46 | July 2023 | Discovery |
Setting up a Side Suit 2 | Paul Bowyer | page 10 | September 2023 | Basic cardplay |
Dealer's Communication Part 2 | Stephen Kennedy | page 16 | September 2023 | Crocs on Defence |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 18 | September 2023 | Heffalump traps |
Beat Today's Experts | David Bird | page 22 | September 2023 | Bird's Questions |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 26 | September 2023 | Heather's hints |
Christmas Quiz 2023 | Zia Mahmood | page 6 | December 2023 | Christmas Quiz |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 9 | December 2023 | Heffalump traps |
Setting up a side suit part 3 | Paul Bowyer | page 12 | December 2023 | Basic cardplay |
Beat Today's Experts | David Bird | page 16 | December 2023 | Bird's Questions |
Suit Preference | Stephen Kennedy | page 22 | December 2023 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever Play | Heather Dhondy | page 28 | December 2023 | Heather's hints |
Setting up a side suit part 4 | Paul Bowyer | page 8 | February 2024 | Basic cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 12 | February 2024 | Heffalump traps |
Beat Today's Experts | David Bird | page 14 | February 2024 | Bird's Questions |
Smith Peters | Stephen Kennedy | page 16 | February 2024 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 20 | February 2024 | Heather's hints |
Christmas Quiz Answers | Zia Mahmood | page 28 | February 2024 | Christmas Quiz Answers |
Timing the Hand | Paul Bowyer | page 26 | May 2024 | Basic Cardplay |
Heffalump traps | David Bakhshi | page 30 | May 2024 | Heffalump traps |
Fancy finessing through declarer | Stephen Kennedy | page 34 | May 2024 | Crocs on Defence |
Clever play | Heather Dhondy | page 36 | May 2024 | Heather's hints |
Beat Today's Experts | David Bird | page 32 | May 2024 | Beat Todays Experts - Birds Questions |