The Setting Trick: Conversations with World Class Bridge Players

17. Anam Tebha - Mixed Champion


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Anam Tebha is a professional bridge player, who learned the game during summer school as a teenager and fell in love. Shortly afterwards, her and three classmates went to the junior world championships knowing "only KC." Afterwards, she returned home and "must have logged like over 50 boards a day" on Bridge Base Online, playing with any and everyone. Her hard work and passion paid off when she won the Mixed Swiss in a spontaneous partnership with Zia Mahmood. In the words of junior star, Finn Kolesnik, Anam "is a beast".

Highlights from Episode:

2:00- How Anam learned bridge

3:45- Anam's parents (disappointing) view towards bridge

6:05- Anam's housemates

7:45- How Anam likes to allocate her bridge questions

9:40- Anam played in the Junior World Championships with a team of people who all had been playing for fewer than 6 months

12:35- Anam's story of playing with Zia Mahmood and winning the Mixed Swiss

23:50- Anam's experience of playing in a regional right before the coronavirus outbreak became very severe

32:10- How Anam played on the Zimmerman team

34:50- How Anam played with Joe Grue in the Mixed World Series

38:25- What Joe Grue taught Anam about opening 1N

41:15- Anam's experience playing against team Kranyak in the 2019 trials

45:20- Is Anam better than Jacek Kalita?

46:05- Why we should all emulate Finn Kolesnik

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The Setting Trick: Conversations with World Class Bridge PlayersBy John McAllister

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