Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Modern living seems to rely on dodging online scam-artists. So it is in bridge, where a cheap little gift may ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. If you remain alert, you will discover that opponents, often unwittingly, tell you things. If you can use that ...

Carlos Castaneda, a Peruvian-American author with a doctorate in anthropology who died in 1998, said, "The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves ...

Greenwich area players who placed in the overall rankings at one of the local duplicate clubs during the past week were: Bridge Deck, White Plains, N.Y.: June 19, Cliff Wald, 2/3 in Strat A; June 21, ...

We see many deals where the key play for declarer comes at trick one. Today’s deal sees the key play delayed all the way to trick two. The auction was straightforward and simple, and West led his ...

A popular saying goes, “If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.” At the bridge table, if you do not have a fit with partner, in fact you try to describe your hand as accurately as ...