2026 Chalk Talks
ALL TALKS ARE HELD ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 6:00 PM February 2 Opening 2 Clubs Dan Kroll March 2 Filling Out Your Convention Card Kim Fanady April 20 Adventures in Card Reading Bob Schwab May 4 Defensive Signaling Steve Smolen June 1 Table Manners -- Ethics and Etiquette Kim Fanady July 6 Opening Leads Deepak Ramanathan August 3 No Chalk Talk -- Play in the Pro/Am! Date TBA. Responding to 1 No Trump Opening Vicki Lerner LOTS MORE TO COME!
2025 Chalk Talks
ALL TALKS START AT 6:00 PM February 3 Responding to 1 No Trump with Both Majors Dan Kroll March 3 Overcalls of Suit Bids Bruce Blakely April 7 Overcalls of 1 No Trump Bids Vicki Lerner May 5 Active versus Passive Defense Jim Leuker June 2 Natural Bidding James Hopkin July 7 Planning the Play as Declarer in a Suit Contract Bruce Blakely August 4 Balancing Deborah Murphy September 8 Two Over One Game Forcing: Methods, Myths, and Misunderstandings Lauren Friedman October 6 No Chalk Talk November 3 It's My First NABC -- What Do I Need to Know? Kim Fanady December 1 No Chalk Talk
2024 Chalk Talks
ALL TALKS START AT 6:00 PM CLICK ON THE LINKS FOR PRESENTER NOTES 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
2023 Chalk Talks
ALL TALKS START AT 6:00 PM CLICK ON THE LINKS FOR PRESENTER NOTES 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 March 11: The Weak No Trump: Playing It and Playing Against It Dan Kroll Weak NT Redoubles April 8: Director Calls . Will Watson and Kim Fanady May 13: Counting the Hand Jim Leuker Counting the Hand -- Distribution Counting the Hand -- Points June 10: Balancing . Deborah Murphy Balancing Balancing -- Sample Hands 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
2022 Chalk Talks
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2021 Chalk Talks
The legacy Chalk Talks page does not list talks for 2021.
2020 Chalk Talks
February 10: Game Tries, Dan Kroll. March 9: Blackwood, Vicki Lerner.
2019 Chalk Talks
February through December topics included overcalls, the Weak No Trump, director calls, counting the hand, balancing, the Green Card, responding to 1 Heart, hold-up plays, Losing Trick Count, Lebensohl, and an expert panel.
