February 5  Fourth Suit Forcing    Dan Kroll          Fourth Suit Forcing

March 4  Bidding Basics:  Finding the Right Strain, Captain of the Auction, and More    James Hopkin

April 15  Ruffing in a Suit Contract    Bruce Blakely  

May 6  Drawing Trumps:  Now, Later, or Never?  Bruce Blakely

June 3  Suit Preference Signals    Deborah Murphy

July 1   Declaring a No Trump Contract    Anant Rathi

August 5  What Am I Supposed to Say?  Alert Procedures Explained   Kim Fanady  

September 9  Doubles  Vicki Lerner

October 7  Director Calls   Kim Fanady 

November 4  Slam Bidding  Fred Chasalow

December 9  Learning Bridge:  Tips from the ACBL Teacher of the Year  Phil Abrahamson

More to come!  Check back soon.  

Jul 10  The Minute That Matters:  What to Consider Before Playing to the First Trick  Lauren Friedman

Jul 17  Ducking   Will Zhu        

Jul 24  Bridge Scoring  Vicki Lerner

Jul 31  No Chalk Talk  -- Come to the Summer Ice Cream Social!

Aug 7  Responding to 1 No Trump:  Transfers   Dan Kroll

Aug 14  No Chalk Talk -- Play in the Pro/Am!

Aug 21 Table Manners  Kim Fanady

Aug 28  Finesses  Bruce Blakely

Sep 4  No Chalk Talk -- Club Closed for Labor Day

Sep 11  Learning to Count   James Hopkin

Sep 18   Counting Tricks on Defense  Anant Rathi

Sep 25  Questions & Answers With Expert Panel: Amber Lin, Dan Kroll, Anant Rathi

The Chalk Talks will return in January 2024.  Stay tuned for the new and exciting schedule!

2020 Chalk Talks:

February 10:  Game Tries   Dan Kroll  Game Tries

March 9:  Blackwood  Vicki Lerner

2019 Chalk Talks:

February 11:  Overcalls at the One Level  Edmund Wu Four Card Overcalls

July 8:  The Green Card  Kim Fanady  The Green Card -- When to Pass

August 12:  Responding to 1H . Edmund Wu

September 9:  Hold Up Plays at No Trump, Bruce Blakely

October 14:  Losing Trick Count, Vicki Lerner

November 11:  Lebensohl after Interference Over 1NT, Lauren Friedman  Intro to Lebensohl

December 9: Expert Panel Answers Your Questions