REDO THE BEGINNING
You can review the last set of problems in the June 2025 issue of Bridge Canada, along with the answers and comments of the expert panel. For that last set of problems, five panelists tied with 49, for the top score for June: Keith Balcombe, Neil Kimelman, Paul Thurston, David Turner, and Edward Xu.
Play along! Enter the Great Canadian Bidding Contest by emailing your answers to the September problems to Neil Kimmelman (editor@cbf.ca) by August 7th. The results and the analysis of the experts will be published in the September issue of Bridge Canada.
September 2025 Problems
Host: David Turner
1. IMPs. Dealer: West, Vul: N-S. As South you hold:
♠ 10 8 7 4 3 2 ♥ A K 5 ♦ 3 ♣ A K 7
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♠ | 2♦ | 2♠ | ? |
What do you bid?
2. IMPs. Dealer: South, Vul: N-S. As South you hold:
♠ A 10 3 2 ♥ A K Q 7 6 5 ♦ 4 ♣ K 8
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♥ | |||
| Pass | 1♠ | 2♣ | 4♣1 |
| 4♦ | 5♦ | Pass | 5♥ |
| Pass | 5♠ | Pass | ? |
1 Splinter
a) Do you agree with 4♣?
b) What now?
3. IMPs. Dealer: South, Vul: None. As South you hold:
♠ K Q J 3 2 ♥ 2 ♦ A K 10 9 x ♣ K J
| West | North | East | South |
| Pass | 1♣ | 1♠ | |
| Pass | 2♣ | Pass | ? |
What do you bid?
4. IMPs. Dealer: South, Vul: Both. As South you hold:
♠ Q 9 ♥ A K Q 9 2 ♦ K Q J 9 7 ♣ 4
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♥ | |||
| Pass | 1♠ | 2♣ | ? |
What do you bid?
5. IMPs. Dealer: North, Vul: Both. As South you hold:
♠ 9 ♥ 6 5 ♦ J 8 7 4 2 ♣ K Q T 4 3
| West | North | East | South |
| 1♥ | Pass | 1NT | |
| Pass | 3♣ | Pass | 4♣ |
| Pass | 4♥ | Pass | ? |
What do you bid?