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At the Bridge Table: August 21
Jim Kaplan
Readers have asked about the new-minor forcing (NMF) bid. It’s a potentially complicated subject, but there are relatively simple answers.
6:19 pm, August 20, 2015
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At the Bridge Table: August 14
Jim Kaplan
The next time your partner pre-empts and you hold a strong hand, consider playing the contract in partner’s suit. Otherwise, you may be on your own.
4:27 pm, August 13, 2015
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At the Bridge Table: August 7
Jim Kaplan
Recently I wrote a column about how players can upgrade the value of their hands.
1:16 pm, August 6, 2015
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At the Bridge Table: July 31
Jim Kaplan
Blackwood may be the most popular convention in bridge. In search of a possible slam, players bid 4NT.
12:28 pm, July 30, 2015
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At the Bridge Table: July 24
Jim Kaplan
Bridge is so intricate that it’s good to know there are formulas you can fall back on.
2:13 pm, July 23, 2015
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At the Bridge Table: July 10
Jim Kaplan
Bridge on Independence Day? Can’t think of anything more patriotic.
2:05 pm, July 9, 2015
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At the Bridge Table: July 3
Jim Kaplan
Writing this column allows me to meet and occasionally partner with excellent bridge players.
6:13 pm, July 1, 2015
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At the Bridge Table: June 26
Jim Kaplan
Bidding decisions galore highlighted play at the Edgartown Bridge Club on June 15.
3:05 pm, June 25, 2015
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At the Bridge Table: June 19
Jim Kaplan
Sometimes you have to look a gift horse in the mouth. That was the lesson of a hand Paul Laliberte and I played in an OKBridge tournament last week.
12:17 pm, June 18, 2015
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At the Bridge Table: June 12
Jim Kaplan
Chilmark’s Miles Jaffe spends his winters playing bridge, among other things, in New Zealand and France, but a lesson he learned at the Hartford,...
1:09 pm, June 11, 2015
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At the Bridge Table: June 5
Jim Kaplan
What good came out of this accursèd winter? Only indoor activities.
3:16 pm, June 4, 2015
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Niantic Park, Popular Summer Haunt, Closes for Renovations
Olivia Hull
For the first time in more than five decades, there will be no basketball in Niantic Park this summer due to major renovations planned for the...
5:31 pm, February 26, 2015
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