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As we count down to the beginning of the new bridge season, what better than a special tournament to celebrate together on Funbridge? This year we have decided to spice things up a bit and put your skills to the test with a knockout tournament.  Whatever your level, you can enter the Back to Bridge tournament. Exciting rewards are awaiting those who will manage to reach the top of the rankings! Pre-registration required by 16 September. Register ► How does it work? The tournament will kick off at 18:00 on 16 September. ⏰ – One-on-one matches– 8 deals per match, 23 hour(s)…

The Exclusive Newsletter for Premium and Premium+ subscribers has arrived! Discover the content and events we’ve prepared for you to get the new month off to a great start. 🎒 Your exclusive contents The bidding contest Participate before 15 September Lionnel Sebbane gives you 6 carefully prepared deals to make you question your initial thoughts. Try to find the 6 most appropriate bids for each deal in order to move up in the final rankings! Participate How to successfully double for penalties Michel Bessis Take-out doubles in competitive bidding don’t exclude countering the opponent with a punitive aim in order…

Dealer South – non vul. Here is your hand as East: After a long auction, your opponents stopped in game: What have you learned? North made a slam attempt but it was unsuccessful due to a mutual weakness in Clubs. The fact that he bid 2♠ before raising Hearts (3♥) reveals that he has neither four-card support nor honor-third in Hearts. Obviously, this didn’t discourage South who, for his part, must have good trumps, strength in Spades and some Diamond support. You were of course expecting a Club lead and are therefore not the least surprised by West’s choice. Contract:…

The wide-spread of take-out doubles (or negative doubles, support doubles,…) in competitive auctions does not exclude that you double the opponents for penalties – with the ulterior motive of increasing the cost of undertricks, but also to give a heads up to partner that, from your point of view, the contract will go down, let’s look at the different mechanisms that govern these situations, while differentiating, if necessary, the double of part-scores from the double of game contracts as well as the penalty double of suit contracts from No-Trump contracts. Summary 1- The penality double of suit contracts2- The penalty…