COFFEE TIME!
Bridge columns for your coffee break ...

Phillip Alder
Alder's new site features his syndicated newspaper column (put up during the weekend following that week's set).

Mike Lawrence
Bridge Clues features new hands daily.

Phillip Alder
The New York Times prints Alder's newspaper column on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays. Internet-only column on Tuesdays and Fridays, also Wednesdays during newsworthy events. Scroll down the Puzzles page (link above) or click here to go direct ::>

Bridge Players love puzzles! Crosswords, jigsaws, word play, logic problems .... and the ultimate puzzle, the game of bridge itself.

On this page you will find links to bridge quizzes, puzzles, contests and whatever else I can find that fits into the category of "Puzzling Encounters" for bridge players.

POLLS AND CONTESTS from Richard Pavlicek
Since September 2000, Richard Pavlicek conducted monthly bidding polls and play contests, with worldwide participation of thousands of bridge players. All past events are archived in quiz format for anyone who missed them. rpbridge.net click here

DAILY HANDS FROM MIKE LAWRENCE. BRIDGE CLUES : Providing Clues to Winning Bridge with daily hands by Mike Lawrence : Get a Clue : Mike Lawrence, famous bridge champion, writer and Internet bridge maven, is supporting a new Internet bridge site. The site contains two bridge hands every day. The hands come with questions which readers can answer if they wish.

Eddie Kantar has bidding quizzes and puzzles - Click Here

Monthly Quiz from South Africa
www.elsid.co.za/bridge from Sid Ismail

BRIDGE JUMBLE
MindRacer Publishing has added A weekly Bridge Jumble word puzzle

Double Dummy Puzzles
Double Dummy Net - I seem to be generally regarded as the leading doyen of this particular genre of bridge puzzle and I hope you will enjoy my recently established web site. Hugh Darwen

The Bridge World Magazine
Esoterica Puzzles from the Bridge World. These problems follow the rules of bridge but do not have direct practical application. The small band of enthusiasts who enjoy grappling with such challenges includes a few eccentrics who believe that studying these examples improves at-the-table performance. Click Here

First for Bridge QUIZ PAGE with Contest and Prize

Bridgesnaps.  This site presents a free monthly news letter of bridge tips, quotes and humor.  John S. Thomas