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Instructional Articles

Newer Player

The Responder's Reverse

Riccio - October 2022

Long Suit Establishment

Michelin - October 2022

The First Trick

Riccio - August 2022

Discovery Plays

Michelin - August 2022

Do You Always Win The Post Mortem

Michelin - January 2023

Wasted Values

Riccio - December 2022

Upside Down Count and Attitude

Michelin - December 2022

Safety Plays

Riccio - November 2022

Find the Winning Play

Michelin -  November 2022

Uppercut/Trump Promotion

Michelin - July2022

Make Fewer Mistakes

Michelin - June 2022

Modified Flannery

Riccio - May 2022

Leaping Michael's

Michelin - May 2022

Safety Plays

Riccio - April 2022

Takeout Doubles

Michelin - April 2022

Never Underlead an Ace, Except...

Michelin - March 2022

Playing No Trump Contracts

Riccio - February 2022

Defensive Tactics

Riccio - January 2022

Third Hand Not So High

Michelin - January 2022

Kokish Game Tries

Riccio - December 2021

Mastering the Finesse - Part 2

Riccio - November 2021

Mastering the Finesse - Part 1

Riccio - October 2021

Inverted Minors

Riccio - September 2021

Active or Passive Opening Leads

Riccio - August 2021

Active or Passive Opening Leads

Riccio - August 2021

Western Cuebids

Riccio - June 2021

Constructive Raises

Riccio - May 2021

Puppet Stayman

Riccio - April 2021

The Maximal Double

Riccio - March 2021

Spiral Raises

Riccio - February 2021

Top and Bottom Cuebids

Riccio - January 2021

Placing Opponent's Honors

Michelin - May 2023

Before You Pull Trump

Riccio - May 2023

Trick One

Michelin - April 2023

Entry Management

Michelin -  March 2023

Loser On Loser

Riccio - March 2023

Rule Of 11 ...It's Magic!

Michelin - February 2023

Intermediate Player

"Restricted Choice"

Cooper - May 2022

"Nine Never"

Cooper - April 2022

Coping With the 2 Club Blues

Roeder - February 2022

The Fog of War

Roeder - January 2022

Minus 2800

Roeder - December 2021

Sometimes the Bots Do Double

Pottenger - December 2021

The Pseudo Suicide

Roeder - November 2021

Protecting Partner

Pottenger - November 2021

Boston at the Bridge Table

Pottenger - October 2021

The Danger of Paranoia

Roeder - September 2021

Vulnerability Issues

Pottenger - September 2021

They Don't Have X-Ray Vision

Roeder - August 2021

Staying Ahead of the Pack

Roeder - July 2021

Obligations

Roeder - June 2021

Control Bidding for Slams

Pottenger - June 2021

Play the Known Card

Cooper - June 2022

Evel's Preference

Roeder - June 2022

Desperado

Roeder - May 2022

Forcing Defence to 4-4

Cooper - October 2022

Please Ruff In!

Roeder - August2022

Lose 'Em Early!

Roeder - July 2022

Basic Leads Versus No Trumps

Cooper - July 2022

The Finesse And Covering An Honor

Cooper - January 2023

RRed Again

Roeder - January 2023

Do You Count Winners Or Losers?

Cooper - December 2022

DDD

Roeder -  December 2022

Finding A Queen

Cooper - November 2022

Messing With The Robots

Roeder -  April 2023

The Loser On Loser Play

Cooper - April 2023

Mocking Vacant Spaces

Roeder - March 2023

Suit Combinations - Part 2

Cooper - March 2023

The Big Bluff

Roeder - February 2023

Suit Combinations - Part 1

Cooper - February 2023

Advanced Player

Major Responses

Lien - September 2021

Endplays - Part 1

Lien - December 2021

Endplays - Part 2

Lien - January 2022

Two-Suited Bids

Lien - August 2021

1N Takeout

Lien - July 2021

Power Double

Lien - June2021

Kaplan Interchange

Lien - May 2021

Uncommon Doubles - Pt 2

Lien - April 2021

Uncommon Doubles - Pt 1

Lien - March 2021

Transfer Advances - Pt 2

Lien - February 2021

Transfer Advances - Pt 1

Lien - January 2021

Tiptoeing Through the Tulips

Roeder - March 2021

Forcing One No Trump

Pottenger - March 2021

Common Intermediate Bidding Errors

Pottenger - February 2021

They Said It

Roeder - January 2021

Finding Queens

Pottenger - January 2021

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