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Bridge Articles


These articles by Richard Pavlicek have appeared in various bridge publications (mostly in Florida) from about 1990 to 2005. Articles are grouped by primary play theme, though in some cases the choice of group is arbitrary. Within groups, articles are ordered chronologically.  Return to Index

Notrump Technique
  1. Counting To Avoid a Guess   
  2. Combine Your Chances
  3. Bold Bidding Wins
  1. Man’s Best Friend   
  2. Finesse Missed
  3. Wrong Suit First
  1. Timing and Control
  2. Self-Destructing
  3. Misfit Troubles
Timing at Suits
  1. Planning the Play
  2. Guessing a Queen
  3. Moysian Fit
  4. Matchpoint Tricks   
  5. A Matter of Time
  1. Trump Handling
  2. Major Two-Suiter
  3. Feasible Foresight?   
  4. Fateful Discard
  5. Foiled Again
  1. A Chess Game
  2. Let Them Eat Clubs!
  3. Delicate Timing
  4. Equal Opportunity
Trump Control
  1. Trump Control
  2. Where’s the Queen?   
  3. Retaining Control
  1. Moysian Mission
  2. Transfer Trauma
  3. Delicate Decisions   
  1. To Finesse or Not?
  2. World’s Worst Suit
  3. Tenuous Trump Tale
Ruffing Technique
  1. Dummy Reversal
  2. Ruff Day At Work
  3. Elope! Don’t Finesse   
  4. Those Pesky Queens
  5. U.S. Wins Big!
  1. Key Defense Missed
  2. Crossruff Elopement   
  3. Wound & Rewound
  4. Bridge on Ice?
  5. Ruff Day at Work
  1. Close but No Cigar
  2. Never Give Up!
  3. When in Doubt…
  4. Moysian Slam
  5. Silver and Gold
Suit Establishment
  1. Precision Defense Sparkles   
  2. Slam Bidding Gadgetry
  1. Suit Establishment   
  2. Two 4-1 Breaks
  1. 22-Point Slam
  2. Delicate Decisions
Squeeze Plays
  1. Apparent Danger
  2. The Metz Grand
  3. Compound Squeeze   
  4. Ruffout Squeeze
  5. Amazing Grace
  6. Greed Costs Slam
  7. Holiday Flashback
  1. Pushed Around
  2. The Step-Winkle
  3. The Poison Queen
  4. Subterfuge
  5. The Florida Squeeze   
  6. No Strings Attached
  7. U.S. Tops Norway
  1. Transfer Trauma
  2. Leading a Lady
  3. Olympic Preview
  4. Canada Wins the Gold
  5. Cash and Carry
  6. Bizarre Triple Squeeze
Throw-in Plays
  1. Bridge For All Ages   
  2. Waugh of Arabia?
  3. Ten Tricks On Ice
  4. No Squeeze
  1. Little Known Facts
  2. Nine Ever, Eight Never   
  3. Wrong Ending
  4. Elusive 12th Trick
  1. Wasted Deuce
  2. Two Missed Boats
  3. What If in History?
Deceptive Play
  1. Schneidered
  2. Beautiful Bidding?   
  1. Back To the Future   
  2. Reverse Geometry
  1. Low from Dummy
Defense
  1. Florida Belles Are Ringers   
  2. Slam Bid Wins Match
  3. Amazing Ending
  4. Can’t Get There!
  5. An Extra Chance
  6. Easy Does It
  1. Hold That Ruff!
  2. Squeeze Defense
  3. Jack Be Nimble
  4. Grand Adventure
  5. Play or Defend?
  6. Foresight on Defense   
  1. Third Hand Low
  2. Two-Bid or Zoo-Bid?
  3. Dramatic Finish
  4. Heart of the Matter
  5. Minor Blackout
  6. Holiday Gifts
For more articles by Richard Pavlicek see Bridge Columns.

Articles by Others
  1. A Gem of a Squeeze
  2. It’s the Moves That Challenge     
  1. House of Cards
  2. Son Gives Dad a Hand

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