Barnet Shenkin




We have just returned from an extensive trip round some of Europe. We started with a visit to Peebles Hydro in Scotland where we played in the Bridge Congress in these beautiful surroundings. Following that we visited the Open Golf Championship at St. Andrews where we saw the stars of golf...
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Read the story of a first hand account on "The most Sensational Scandal in the history of Bridge". This is complete with copy documents, photograph and an illustrative hand. A riveting account of the accusation against Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro.

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Tip of the week (19 Aug)


Scandal in Buenos Aires Conclusion


One of the World’s leading monthly bridge publications “The Bridge World” (USA based), published in 1965 articles about the event and invited Rixie Markus to give the opinions of the English bridge community. The editor, Alfonse Moyse Jr., received a number of letter from Mrs Markus, one of the World’s best ever woman players. She was a good friend of both of the accused and, although she had not actually been in Buenos Aires, defended them stoically. The magazine published some of her comments which included the following sentence “How can I ever play for my country...
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