Today’s hand is a real teaser or tester — call it what you will — the choice facing declarer looks like a clear-cut one, but ...

Ron Rubin declared this hand well in an online pairs game. At the helm in three no-trump on a spade lead, Rubin saw that if the diamond finesse lost, the clubs could be wide open. Rubin therefore ...

Here is the solution. Win the spade lead with dummy’s king and play a diamond to your king. Then lead a low trump and finesse the eight. Ruff the six of diamonds with your queen and return a low heart ...

“Simple Saturday” columns treat basic technique and logical thinking. Today’s South might have blasted into 3NT at his second turn; no opening lead would beat that game. When South preferred to probe ...

1. The slam is a sure thing regardless of how the cards are divided. Ruff the club, draw trumps, then play the ace and another spade. If North follows low, finesse the ten. If North produces the jack ...

Emile-Auguste Chartier, a French philosopher and journalist who was commonly known as Alain, said, “We prove what we want to prove. The real difficulty is to know what we want to prove.” At the bridge ...

1. Six spades. There is the distinct aura of a slam when partner opens one spade and next jumps to three spades without knowing you have three aces. The one thing certain is that you should not stop ...