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63 - JULY 2025

63 - JULY 2025

ALPHONSE

Alphonse (“Sonny”) Moyse, US player of the mid-twentieth century, loved the four-three fit. How right he is (or would have been – Moyse died in 1973) on today’s deal from a World Championships. Both 4 Hearts and 4 Spades can…

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ATYPICAL OPENING, YES BUT…

When playing matchpoint pairs, in uncontested auctions you must more often than not give preference to the bid that immediately describes your hand rather than choose the one that would require further development. Concise bidding won’t make your opponents’ task any easier, neither for the opening lead nor for the defensive play. This quest for sobriety can be applied right from the start of the auction, with the choice of your opening bid. In the French standard system, the openings that immediately describe the structure of the hand as well as the strength (point range) are:

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Robert Eskinazi

“Première série” in the FFB rankings and assistant lecturer in Lyon, Robert Eskinazi is the manager of the MVI Club bridge school in Villeurbanne. After graduating from a business school, he devoted more time to his childhood passion: bridge. Today he is best known for writing the book collection “Passeport pour le bridge” (Passport To Bridge) and the bestseller “Le tournoi par paires” (Pairs Tournament).

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