Of all the common opening bids in bridge, none is more popular than 1NT.

“Big hands go slow.” — Standard bridge advice.

You undoubtedly recognize the bridge terms opener, overcaller and responder. Less known is overcaller’s partner, advancer.

You can open or overcall a weak two-bid with a five-card suit.

The largest city in Scotland, Glasgow once was a shipbuilding and marine engineering center on the River Clyde.

Could Scottish bridge compete with the country’s people and places? It was a tall order.