Replay this hand...

Friday, 16 February 2018 by Bazil Caygill

Players who like to review the hands from their previous sessions will already enjoy the way that the results are clearly presented via Pianola. Clicking on the link to show the Travellers or Hands gives you a further option to "Replay this hand" and lets you step through the deal card-by-card analysing the best line for declarer and defenders.

Alas, this feature is only available for subscribers to "Pianola Plus", to which SBC no longer holds a bulk subscription. This is available to you individually for a reasonable fee but if you want to see hand analysis for free then there is an easy alternative.

  1. Use Google Chrome browser
  2. Install the Bridge Solver extension which you can find here.
  3. You will now see a little black/white Spade icon at the right of your menu bar.

Now, whenever you view the travellers - whether for a single board or a full session - on Pianola, this icon will turn green/black.

Click on this icon; Bridge Solver will launch and load the hand(s), giving you the features as offered within Pianola.