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This section is devoted to material for bridge friends, lovers of arcana, pursuers of special interests, and anyone intrigued with a particular facet of the game of bridge.
Puzzles
These problems follow the rules of bridge but do not have direct practical application. The small band of enthusiasts who enjoy grappling with such challenges includes a few eccentrics who believe that studying these examples improves at-the-table performance.
Puzzle # 1 1965 Contest Problem #1
Puzzle # 2 The Case of the Doubleton Jacks
Puzzle # 3 Little Things Mean A Lot
Puzzle # 4 1965 Contest Problem #2
Puzzle # 5 A Simple Squeeze
Puzzle # 6 1965 Contest Problem #3
Puzzle # 7 Big Cassino and Little Cassino
Puzzle # 8 The Decision Squeeze
Puzzle # 9 Vise Squad
Puzzle #10 The Case of the Delayed Entry
Puzzle #11 1966 Contest Problem #1
Puzzle #12 Inferential Problem
Puzzle #13 1966 Contest Problem #2
Puzzle #14 1966 Contest Problem #3
Puzzle #15 Inferential Problem
Puzzle #16 A Miracle of Rare Device
Puzzle #17 The Eight of Swords
Puzzle #18 Inferential Problem
Mysteries
These oddball or unusual problems are open questions, old or new, in search of new or better solutions. Fans have already provided answers or improvements on earlier results in several of those published here. You can try your own detective skills, then compare with what others have done. Perhaps you will be a new record-setter yourself.
To propose a solution, add information, or contribute to the discussion, read the accumulated discussion, then send e-mail to: editor bridgeworld.com
We will present the discussion of progress in solving the mystery as it occurs, and results and discussion of each mystery will be summarized one year after it is presented, on New Year's Eve, when the next mystery is presented.
Mystery #1: Slams with Minimal Trump Holdings
Question Discussion Solutions
Mystery #2: More Than Meets The Eye
Question Discussion Solutions
Mystery #3: Heaton's System
Question Discussion Solutions
Mystery #4: Ulam's Problem Revisited
Question Discussion Solutions
Mystery #5: Squeeze to Unblock a Suit
Question Discussion Solutions
Mystery #6: The Fourteen Total Switches
Question Discussion Solutions
Mystery #7: The Original Switch Problem
Question Discussion Solutions
Articles
The articles that appear here are of merit, but are too weird, too wacky, too obscure, too narrow, too technical, or too long to be suitable for publication elsewhere.
Perfect Bidding by Don Kersey
TSAR by Jeff Rubens
A New Approach to Double Clash Squeeze by Xiaobo Zhang
The Bulgarian Squeeze, A Sure-Trick Problem by Manol Iliev
On Queen-Jack-Low opposite Ace-Fifth by Mark Thompson
Higher Order Throw-Ins by Johan Wastlund
Response to a Review by Maureen Hiron
King-Queen-Nine-Eight-Sixth Opposite Singleton Ten by Jon Matthew Farber
Theory of the Play of a Suit at Bridge by Joël Bradmetz
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