Patrick David Jourdain 1942-2016 by John Carruthers, Editor, IBPA Bulletin. August 2016. IBPA President Patrick Jourdain died on July 28 at the age of 73 after a short battle with inoperable pancreatic cancer. Jourdain was the bridge correspondent for London’s The Daily Telegraph since 1992 and had been editor of the IBPA Bulletin from 1982 …
Category: Bridge Stories
Matt Smith is one of the ACBL’s longest-serving and most popular National Tournament Directors. Here is an interview by Bob Levey.
No matter what eventually happens, players today seem less resigned to unethical behavior by opponents than players of the past sometimes did—no doubt partly because, for the time being, they have the tools to fight it. Read how this came about in 2015 thanks to Boye Brogeland.
Bridge Baron 26 Software Sometimes, you just wanna play some bridge. Bridge Baron 26 is a bridge playing software program. You can play offline practicing hands from tournaments, randomly dealt or even newspaper hands. Or you can play online in duplicate clubs, rubber bridge clubs. You can play at an open table, an invite table …
The benefits of Doodling by Sky Goodwin In high school and college I doodled all over my books, my papers and anything else I could get my hands on. There’s still crosshatching, bubbles and faces all over most random pieces of paper in my house. I spend most of my doodling time while on the …
