Frank Stewart

The role of memory in bridge reminds me of the couple who had taken a course to improve their memory. The husband was asked who had taught the course and...

Ty Cobb was 70 years old when, in 1957, he was asked what he would hit if he were playing in that era. "About .300, maybe .290," replied the lifetime...

A tenet of deceptive defense is to let declarer win his first try at a repeatable finesse. (Exceptions exist: You may have a compelling reason to win in order to...

We read about deals in which declarer infers how the missing cards lie. I find such "card reading" admirable, but what often strikes me is that declarer might have failed...

"Anyone read any good books lately?" I asked in the club lounge. "I picked up one about glue," Unlucky Louie said. "Couldn't put it down." "I've got a book about...

A newspaper item on an unusual organ transplant was headlined "Blind man gets kidney from mother he'd not seen in years." The same paper headed a story about a church...

A club player showed me today's deal. He had come to grief as South. "Should I have doubled four spades or bid five hearts?" he asked. I said I would...

A capable declarer can operate as an illusionist. At the Spring NABC, David Gurvich didn't make an elephant disappear but did make a "sure" defensive trick do so. North's first-round...

ACBL Hall of Fame member Kit Woolsey found a fine defense in today's deal from this year's Vanderbilt Teams. When South opened a weak two-bid, North's 2NT inquiry was a...

In a major pairs event at the Spring Championships, West's opening bid of one club showed 16 or more high-card points, not necessarily clubs. "Strong club" systems are noted for...