http://bridgeofangst.queerquiche.org Stories from the bridge table Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:19:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First major tournament in 3 months. After Spring Fours, I did not play bridge for nearly 2 months thanks to exams. In between I fell sick, but that's another story. Since then, I've played a few games at CBC, but rather poorly. Besides, the cards don't seem to be going ... http://bridgeofangst.queerquiche.org/?p=128 I will start my recap of the 184 boards of Spring Fours from the end first, meaning the Hamilton Cup. ♠2♥J87652♦KQ65♣A5♠AQ85♥43♦T84♣9732 WestNorthEastSouth   p1♦2♠3♠4♠5♦ppp (2S shows spades and clubs, at least 5-5) Partner kicks off with the Heart Ace, then a low spade to your Ace. What do you continue? A heart? Then well done. DealerSVulN/SScoringImpLead♥A♠T9743♥A♦2♣QJT864♠KJ6♥KQT9♦AJ973♣K♠2♥J87652♦KQ65♣A5♠AQ85♥43♦T84♣9732 Of course, ... http://bridgeofangst.queerquiche.org/?p=124 Poor defence by me. A diamond return earlier would have killed the contract instantly. Not spotting declarer's discard of the spade 8, I returned the 7 later in the play when the 9 would have clarified the position better... http://bridgeofangst.queerquiche.org/?p=118  ♠KTx♥A8xxx♦J8♣KTx♠xxxx♥Qx♦96♣J9876♠Axx♥KT9♦AQT42♣xx♠QJx♥Jxx♦K7xx♣AQx The auction at our table stopped in 3NT after South opens 1N and North transfers to hearts. Would you want to be defending or declaring? http://bridgeofangst.queerquiche.org/?p=116 Term has ended so I will be on travelling around till Christmas. Will post more updates then. http://bridgeofangst.queerquiche.org/?p=114 1) RJC Days (2004-2005) (Note: For those who wish to correct me, yes I do know that RJC is now known as RI(JC) after the merger, but I think it makes more logical sense to refer it to RJC throughout!) My batch in RJC bridge club consisted almost entirely of people I ... http://bridgeofangst.queerquiche.org/?p=112 Along the way back from the Gold Cup match, and during the next morning, a thought popped up in my head to start writing down what I have learnt in my 6 years of playing bridge thus far. Along the way I have taken some detours, learnt many things, met ... http://bridgeofangst.queerquiche.org/?p=105 We won the 1st round match of the Gold Cup on Saturday, by a margin of just 17 imps....This was largely due to my inept defending. Partner leads the 8 of clubs after bidding goes 1H-2D-2H-3C-3NT. Dummy's clubs are QJT76 and you hold K954. What do you play on the first ... http://bridgeofangst.queerquiche.org/?p=107 We won our match last night convincingly 82-24, just 3 imps shy of making it 12-0 in VPs! The first half was a dull affair, ending 11-13. The second half though, threw up 2 interesting boards. How would you bid these 2 sets of hands? (RHO passes) Q973 AK4 Q AKJT6 facing K Q96 AKJT7542 4 and (RHO passes) AK K9432 AQ986 A facing T95 AQ8 T5 QT765 http://bridgeofangst.queerquiche.org/?p=103 Reference: When Shouldn't you think at bridge (Cathy Chua) I find it quite funny that I only saw the post now, and the fact that I've just played chess yesterday for Warwick Singsoc at the Nottingham Games. What a coincidence then to see something linking chess to bridge today! Since I quit ... http://bridgeofangst.queerquiche.org/?p=101