Findlay Bridge for 2/13/26

Four and a half tables showed up for bridge on Friday the 13th. Ron and I had a good result, finishing only half a point from 50%. The play featured many part scores, few games, and no slams, at least at my tables. Here is the board-by-board analysis.

Board 1. Our opponents bid and made 3 of a major. Same result on two other boards, while the 4th N-S pair went down at 4.

Board 2. We were set by one, tieing for bottom board.

Board 3. We bid and made a major suit game. One pair made 5, while the other two had minor suit part scores.

We scored 3.5 vs. Bob and Karen.

Board 4. We set them by two. The one pair that beat us doubled.

Board 5. We bid 6NT and went down 3. The other pairs bid and made games.

Board 6. We set them by two for top board.

We scored 5 points vs. Ruth & Ken.

Board 7. We all bid and made minor suit part scores, but the others took more tricks.

Board 8. One opponent pair bid and made 3NT, while the others all went down. We set them by one, but the others did so by two and three.

Board 9. We got top board, as the other opponent pairs all bid and made a major suit game, while ours stopped at a part score.

We scored 4 points vs. Bill and Johanne, the eventual winners.

Board 13. We went down two for bottom board.

Board 14. All of our fellow E-W pairs defended against part score contracts. We got one point.

Board 15. We tied with two others for top board at 110 points. One pair scored only 80.

We scored 3 points vs. Dave and Gary.

Board 16. We went down for bottom board.

Board 17. We bid and made 2 of a major, tieing for 2nd. One pair made 3, while one bid 4 and went down one.

Board 18. We set them by one, for 3rd board.

We scored 2.5 points vs. James and James.

Board 19. We made 4 of a major, but 2 other pairs bid 3NT and made 4, to beat us by 10 points!

Board 20. We set their game bid by one, to tie for top board. Two other pairs made the game.

Board 21. Our 110 points tied with two others for top board.

We scored 5.5 points vs. Bill and Ralph.

Board 22. We made 3NT, but one pair beat us by 20 when they made 4 of amajor.

Board 23. Our 3NT bid and made tied for top board.

Board 24. Our 100 points was second-highest.

We scored an impressive 6.5 points vs. Mike and Arlene, the eventual second-place finishers.

Board 25. Our 110 was good for a point and a half.

Board 26. I luckily made a major suit game, when Teresa led a card toward the end that gave me a sluff and a ruff. Top board.

Board 27. They bid a minor suit game and made 7. One pair bid the slam, but the other two only made 6.

We scored 4.5 points vs. Clarence & Teresa.