The BMB Bridge Gazette

The Bridge Gazette is a free resource from Bernard Magee Bridge designed to give players of all levels a quick and informative weekly read.

ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

High, but Flat

by John Barr I love living in the mountains, and I love walking in the…

TIP OF THE WEEK

Keep Things Relaxed

keep things relaxed and comfortable for all, is that when things go wrong at the table, whoever you think has made the mistake, always blame yourself – “sorry, it’s my mistake!”

Bidding Quiz of the Week

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QUESTIONS FROM THE BMB FORUM

Forum Question to Julian Pottage

Forum Question 27 - Response to Jacoby 2NT

Hi Julian What would be your response to 2NT over your 1S opening? Love all. you hold:- S. A10743 H. A642 D. A2 C. 74 Thank you

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THE BRIDGE GLOSSARY

Trump Control

The player with the longest trump holding has trump control. When two players have equally long trump suits, the player whose partnership has the lead has the tempo and therefore has trump control. On deals where one of the defenders has four trumps, there can be an intriguing battle for trump control.

For example:

South plays in 4♠️. West leads the ♦️5. East wins with the ♦️A and returns the ♦️3.

Suppose that South ruffs and plays a trump. West then wins and plays a third diamond, forcing South to ruff again. Declarer has trump control because West and North have the same number of trumps and declarer has the lead.

Now suppose the play starts the same way but West holds up the ♠️A until the third round before continuing diamonds. This time West has the lead while North and West have equal trump length, so West has trump control.

Finally suppose that declarer (correctly) discards a heart at trick two. This way West is unable to set up a force (the ♦️Q will be high) and declarer has trump control.

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