Thank you for your email. I started playing duplicate in January after a long hiatus from bridge. I actually learned in high school in the early 70’s, played a lot in college and then only sparingly for the next 40 … Continue reading →
I began my bridge journey around 1999 when I started reading the bridge column in the newspaper. It was my first exposure to the game and I was fascinated by the logic presented in the solutions. In 2001 I borrowed … Continue reading →
My bridge career began when I joined an after school bridge group during my senior year in high school where I learned the Culbertson system. I played social bridge with these rules until a neighbor taught me the Goren “Point … Continue reading →
My first bridge instructor was David Blumenthal through the Cheltenham Township Adult School. He gave me a solid framework for beginning the long climb toward me being able to say that I play bridge. I want to thank him for … Continue reading →
I started playing bridge during our lunch break at work with other inexperienced players. We had a pamphlet with bridge tips written by Charles Goren, and our rule was that any of us could consult it whenever we wanted. That … Continue reading →
SAMARESH MAITRA by Yashu Maitra, his long suffering wife and Bridge partner who thinks the ACBL should award her at least half his master points Samaresh, (Sammy) Maitra was born on December 13, 1938, in Pabna, a small village in … Continue reading →