The October 31 bridge column addresses the standard of defence in online bridge and includes recent club results. Richard Gray and Wendy Gray led North/South on October 26, while Sancia Garrison and Caroline Svensen led East/West; the supplied excerpt does not include the column's defensive analysis.
Mohota won MIACSR's eight-team duplicate contest in Hingna MIDC with 98.37 victory points over 56 boards. Anilkumar Mohota, Basant Mohota, S Chhajjed and A Puranik formed the winning team, ahead of Playwell on 74.60 victory points.
Romaric Guth and Nao Tabata won the French U31 Junior Pairs, held October 24–25 at the French Bridge Federation in Paris with 37 pairs competing. Théo Guillemin and Pierre Bedouet finished second, with Maxence and Clément Fragola-Jarjaille completing the podium; the article's narrator and Anaïs placed fifth after winning the first session.
The October WBF Women’s Bridge Newsletter reports that Team Baker won the McConnell Cup at the 2026 World Bridge Series in Katowice, Poland. It also explains the women’s teams trophy’s connection to former WBF treasurer and ACBL president Ruth McConnell.
BBO's October 11 Clash of the Districts results list Rishabh Singh (rishabh) with 80.84% and Yucelen Gonen (efess) with 80.20%. Graham Meyer (GMeyer) is also listed with 73.78%.
Lin-Huan Chen of the United States won the 2026 October Stars and Platinum competition with an overall score of 63.73%. Zachary Brescoll finished second on 63.36%, followed by Indonesia's Youbert Sumara on 63.12%.
Alan Jarvis and Alan Hayward won the Great Northern Swiss Pairs in Leeds with 165 VPs, repeating their 2024 victory. Andy Cope and Clive Owen finished second on 159 VPs, followed by Stuart Davies and Nichola Cockerill-Smith on 157; Martin Craven and Trevor Hails led the B stratification, while Bertie Mittra and Joyd Mittra led C.
The Korea Bridge Federation hosted the country's first university bridge exchange tournament at Korea University, involving Korean, Chinese and Japanese students. Japan's national team won, while an Asia-Pacific Bridge Federation team comprising students from Seoul National University and Dongguk University finished second.
Bridge Club Fürstenfeld held a four-day bridge camp in St. Martin an der Raab, Burgenland, featuring six tournaments. Franz Gether finished first overall, ahead of Gerti Wagner and Elisabeth Walkenhofer.
RI-I Asansol won the team title at CMPDI's Inter-Regional Institutes Bridge Tournament 2026–27, with RI-VII Bhubaneswar finishing runner-up. Eight teams representing CMPDI headquarters and its regional institutes participated, and the closing ceremony was held on October 9 at Regional Institute–VII in Bhubaneswar.
Christine and Peter scored 75% in Monday play at Benalla Bridge Club, while Lachie returned and partnered Michele to second place. Kay and George, and Tige and Margie, recorded wins on Wednesday.
Luc Bellicaud topped the BP1000 Twilight Trials with 60.98%, according to Funbridge's September circuit report. He earned 2,220 Bridge Points for the result.