Bridge | 4 February 2023

If time and money were no object, I’d be jetting off to Vienna in a couple of weeks, then flying to Biarritz, then spending a week in New Orleans, back in time to catch a flight to Warsaw… and that would only take me up to April. Most people probably aren’t aware how many international bridge tournaments take place throughout the year, all of them packed with serious competitors and famous names. In fact, the life of a top professional is one of non-stop travel – they barely spend a month at home before they have to fly off again. I wish I could get away more often, but, like most people, there’s only so much I can do: this year it’ll be Strasbourg for the Transnationals and Lillehammer for the Marit Sveaas Pairs. But next year I definitely want to go to the Reykjavik Bridge Festival. Several friends have just returned, and all said it was wonderful.