“The Macheide”

      The first and most fundamental lesson anyone should learn about any sportive pursuit comes from a book entitled "The Macheide".  In the early 1900s a great mathematician, World Chess Champion and friend of Albert Einstein, Emanual Lasker, observed:

      Spectating a perfect golfer may sound like fun, until the fans get terribly bored watching the millionth consecutive hole-in-one.  Golf would go the way of tic-tac-toe (X's and O's).  Seeing the perfect baseball team slug one home run after another out of the park would, eventually, drive the spectators out of the park, too !

      Hence, we play bridge, BECAUSE of our mistakes, not IN SPITE of them.  Once our slip-ups are eliminated, bridge will lose its fascination and we will move on to other challenges.  Until then, though, we can enjoy bridge's myriad aspects.  :)

      We must never get dispirited by a session in which we may make a few miscues.  This is tantamount to feeling awkward about being sick ... IN A HOSPITAL !   We are all here to learn.

      The grand paradox of bridge is that it is a collective effort to eliminate the very imperfections which draw us together to play it !   :)

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      " ... I came to find a reason to leave ... "

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General Rules of SAYC Bidding	Fit Inspired Bids – "FIBs"
Doubles	Cuebids
IMPs Versus MatchPoints	Lebensohl
Hand Evaluation	Defensive Signals
Jacoby Transfers	Pre-Empts
Jacoby 2NT Response to 1♥ or 1S	Michaels Cuebids
3 Types of Responding Hands	Percentages in Bridge
Roman Key Card Blackwood	BROZEL over their 1NT
4th Suit Force	Maximum Flexibility
Glossary of Terms	Colin's Rules of Bridge

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