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 | Be a Difficult Bridge Opponent by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: 230 pages. Paperback. Many players you face are competent enough, but fairly easy to play against. Just a few will be in a altogether different category. Not only do they bid and play accurately, they constantly find a way to make your life difficult. They take away your bidding space by preempting on hands where other players tend to pass. Their switches in defense often create a problem for you. They are . . . diffi . . . read more. |
 | Guarantee Your Contract by Jean-Paul Meyer List Price: 231 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. If there is one thing that satisfies a bridge player, it is making their contract. If there is one that annoys them, it is going down in a contract that they could have made. This book presents a series of problems for which a 100% solution exists. In other words, if you play well, you cannot fail. Deals are of varying degrees of difficulty, identified by a system of stars, allowing readers, if t . . . read more. |
 | It's a Knockout by Ben Norton List Price: 216 pages. Paperback. You have reached the final of your country's most prestigious knockout teams event, but the toughest test is yet to come. You are up against the usual suspects, a top-class side with whom you have done battle on multiple occasions. Sixty-four hands are all that separate your squad from national glory. In a format popularized by his betters before him, Norton presents a simulation of a knockout te . . . read more. |
 | Play Better Bridge: All About Declarer Play - Part 1 by Lars Blakset • Knut Blakset List Price: 221 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. If you want to become a complete player, you absolutely must acquire the techniques you need to know to master the complexities of card play. More than that, you need to appreciate the importance of all 13 cards, not only the aces, kings and queens. This book, the first of two volumes, takes you on a voyage of discovery like no other devoted to declarer play. Utilizing hundreds of examples of ind . . . read more. |
 | Polish Club by Trevor Mathews List Price: 196 pages. Paperback. In contests between strong teams, the majority of swings occur when different contracts are reached at the two tables. Brilliant card play and card play errors do contribute swings, but most gains and losses arise in the bidding. At the time of writing, the winning teams at each of the three most recent Bermuda Bowls included at least one pair playing Polish Club. They are full time professional . . . read more. |
 | Theme Recognition Vol. 1 A Key to Better Declarer Play by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg List Price: Paperback. The dummy comes down. Have you seen this deal before? Probably; not this exact deal but likely the same type of deal. There are only so many themes in bridge, second suits, crossruffs, squeezes, and others. Recognizing the underlying theme, either as the declarer or a defender, will guide you to the correct line of play. There are many variances and after studying the deals in this book, you wil . . . read more. |
 | Theme Recognition Vol. 2 A Key to Better Defensive Play by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg List Price: Paperback. The dummy comes down. Have you seen this deal before? Probably; not this exact deal but likely the same type of deal. There are only so many themes in bridge, second suits, crossruffs, squeezes, and others. Recognizing the underlying theme, either as the declarer or a defender, will guide you to the correct line of play. There are many variances and after studying the deals in this book, you wil . . . read more. |
 | World Championship 2023 at Marrakech (expected July 2025) by World Bridge Federation List Price: 340 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Published by the World Bridge Federation, the official book of the World Bridge Championships 2023, held in Marrakech, Morocco. It is comprised of approximately 340 full color pages. The principal contributors are Mark Horton, David Bird, Maurizio Di Sacco, Barry Rigal, Brian Senior & Marc Smith. . . . read more. |
 | World Championship 2024 at Buenos Aires (expected July 2025) by World Bridge Federation List Price: Paperback. Published by the World Bridge Federation, the official book of the World Bridge Championships 2024, held in xxx. . . . read more. |
 | Bridge and the Victorians by Nick Smith List Price: 203 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. THE GREATEST BRIDGE MATCH EVER PLAYED? Great Britain has given the world many great games--football, cricket, tennis, golf, shove ha'penny, etc.--and the world has repaid them by playing them better than the Britons and winning all the shiny baubles ever since. The same is true with bridge but there was a time, in the mid-nineteenth century, when English bridge players, especially women, were the . . . read more. |
 | Double Dummy Problems in the 21st Century Vol. 2 Problems from 2005 to 2022 (Difficulty Ratings 5-8) by Hugh Darwen List Price: 260 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This is the second of two volumes forming a sequel to the author's A Compendium of Double Dummy Problems, containing 158 double dummy problems, ranging from 'difficult' to 'fiendish' in difficulty. The collection is derived from the monthly series of problems that have been presented at the author's website for competitive solving. It features as many as 24 different composers, several of whom ma . . . read more. |
 | Simple Squeezes Made Simple by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg • Danny Kleinman List Price: 104 pages. Paperback. Squeezes. Just the word strikes fear into the heart of many bridge players. But simple squeezes are actually quite simple. The single or simple squeeze accounts for 90% of squeezes and 90% of this book deals with simple squeezes. If you wish to become more than just a mediocre bridge player mastering the techniques of basic simple squeeze play is a must. In any session of bridge of twenty or so d . . . read more. |
 | World Class 21st Century: USA and Rest of World by Marc Smith List Price: 308 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Marc Smith's original World Class, published in 1999, became a classic. This all-new edition features the world's best players of today discussing their lives, at the table and away from it--how they started, their best and worst bridge memories, their favorite hands, why partnerships work well, and their hopes for the future. You may recognize the names from your bridge magazine or from watching . . . read more. |
 | My Life with Bridge by Mike Lawrence List Price: 322 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The rumors that Mike Lawrence has a new book have come to fruition. The book is the culmination of Mike's years in and out of the world of bridge. It includes stories behind the scenes of the Aces, touches on the cheating scandals, his travels around the world, and some of Mike's signature hands and opinions on conventions as well. Mike says, "I've written thirty books and thousands of articles o . . . read more. |
 | World Championship 2021 at Salsomaggiore Terme 45th World Bridge Team Championship by World Bridge Federation List Price: 340 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The official publication of the World Bridge Championships 2021 at Salsomaggiore Terme. From the World Bridge Federation. Edited by Mark Horton. It is comprised of approximately 300 full colour pages. The principal contributors are Brian Senior, Barry Rigal, Mark Horton, Marek Wojcicki, Daniel Gulyas & Ron Tacchi. The book includes many photographs from the championships, a full list of results a . . . read more. |
 | World Championship 2022 at Wroclaw 16th World Bridge Series by World Bridge Federation List Price: 391 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Published by the World Bridge Federation, this is the official book of the 16th World Bridge Series. The events took place from August 19 to September 3, 2022 in Wroclaw, Poland. The book is comprised of almost 400 full color pages and includes pictures and articles. . . . read more. |
 | Parrish the Thought Volume 1 Preempts and Overcalls by Adam Parrish List Price: 304 pages. Paperback. Adam Parrish covers these essential topics in his signature easy-to-understand style. The book has two distinct sections, the first covering preempts and the second overcalls. All aspects of both topics are covered, from when and how to preempt or overcall to responding to your partner's preempt or overcall to dealing with the opponents' preempt or overcall. Each chapter has a quiz to reinforce t . . . read more. |
 | Bridge's First Hippie Book 1 The First 40 Years by Peter Weichsel List Price: 240 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Fascinating autobiography of the controversial three-times world bridge champion who brought the sensibility and dress sense of 1960s San Francisco to the staid bridge scene. Peter Weichsel has won three world bridge championships, twenty-five North American titles and became a member of the Bridge Hall of Fame in 2004. He has been part of great teams (C.C. Wei's Precision Team in the 1970s, and . . . read more. |
 | From Zero to Three Hundred A Bridge Journey by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg List Price: 76 pages. Paperback. Three hundred. What's so special about the number 300? It's the magic number all serious bridge players seek, often unsuccessfully. It takes three hundred masterpoints of varying types to become a Life Master in the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). When Dr. James Sternberg took up the game, he had never played, but thought it was a game that could be learned in a few weeks and would provid . . . read more. |
 | Misbid These Hands With Me by Mark Horton List Price: 197 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. In 2007, Horton wrote Misplay These Hands with Me, a deliberate homage to Reese's classic, Play These Hands with Me. The difference was that the declarer in Horton's book always made an error, sometimes obvious, sometimes not so much. This successful book was the basis of a long-running column in the ACBL's Bridge Bulletin, a sequel in 2019, and earlier this year, Misdefend These Hands with Me. N . . . read more. |
 | How You Can Play Like An Expert (Without Having To Be One) by Mel Colchamiro List Price: 276 pages. Paperback. Mel's 21st Century Rules and Other Guidelines for Winning at Your Level and Above. Expert thinking, simply summarized. Geared to low intermediates, this book addresses criteria for opening, and, in specific situations, responding, inviting, and accepting game-tries. Mel's unique "user-friendly" writing style enables the reader to learn how to think like the experts do. He includes sound advice fr . . . read more. |
 | The Secrets of Winning Bridge Second Edition by Jeff Rubens List Price: 224 pages. Paperback. The classic, easy-to-understand shortcut to winning bridge. Jeff Rubens' classic book is as relevant today as when it was first published to critical acclaim. The secrets herein are not system-dependent; they pertain to general bridge skills and to bridge thinking. The book consistently makes successful bridge players' top-10 list of most influential books. Now back in print in a modernized Secon . . . read more. |
 | Test Your Bidding Against the Experts by Danny Roth List Price: 264 pages. Paperback. There are a number of areas in bidding in which players at all levels demonstrate room for improvement. This includes bridge experts, whose (mis)bidding of actual hands constitutes the 140 problems in this book. Each chapter starts with 10 thematically linked bidding problems. In each case, you will be told where you are sitting and the conditions of play; any relevant conventional bidding and ot . . . read more. |
 | The Bridge Journal (CD) The Complete Collection by The Bridge Journal Price: $79.95 1485 pages. Compact disc. Also available as an E-book. This collection contains digital replicas of all 30 issues (over 1400 pages) of The Bridge Journal ever published, reproduced exactly as they originally appeared. The Bridge Journal was a magazine published from 1963 to 1966, produced by unpaid young tournament enthusiasts who were hoping to improve the game in several dimensions: technique, partnership methods, logistics, laws, forthrightness in . . . read more. |
 | How to Remember Every Card in the Deck by Bob Hampton List Price: 81 pages. Paperback. Have you ever wondered how many hearts are left or what happened to the Jack of Spades? This book will teach you how to remember which cards have been played and in what order. Bob Hampton is one of the country's most successful memory teachers. He applied his memory techniques to his own card play with amazing results. If you play Bridge, Canasta, Gin Rummy, Spades, Blackjack or other card ga . . . read more. |
 | The Pocket Guide To Bridge World Standard 2001 by The Bridge World List Price: 72 pages. Paperback. Bridge World Standard (BWS 2001) is the standard system developed by The Bridge World magazine based on the preferred methods of leading American experts. The system is ideal for use by impromptu or casual partnerships and as a basis for discussion by those who wish to formulate their own system. It was also used as a framework for problems in the magazine's monthly Master Solvers' Club contest f . . . read more. |
 | What's Your Call? The Bridge Player's Handbook of Basic Bidding by Frank Stewart List Price: 224 pages. Paperback. This book helps intermediate players improve their valuation skills and provides a sound bidding foundation. Focusing more on judgment than on system, the author utilizes a question-and-answer format, with quizzes and short tutorials. Each chapter discusses a different stage of the auction, from the opening bid onwards. The author presents his views on key issues, followed by a series of problems . . . read more. |
 | It's All In The Game The Fun Side Of Winning Bridge by Robert Ewen • Jeff Rubens List Price: 236 pages. Paperback. Expert-level bridge is a serious game but that doesn't mean it can't be wild, wacky and downright fun! In this humorous book, Bob Ewen and Jeff Rubens bring us some of the funniest bridge stories ever collected. The bridge is top-notch, and the zany cast of characters and their escapades are unforgettable. Come join them and take a look into the fun side of winning bridge! . . . read more. |
 | Who Has The Queen? The Bridge Player's Handbook of Card Reading by Frank Stewart List Price: 206 pages. Paperback. An introduction to inference, counting, assumption and related topics, things players can use to see their opponents' cards. It's in a quiz format and treats both declarer play and defense. This book is full of interesting deals in which finding a missing queen, or one of her relatives, is the key to making a contract. The problems cover various types of logical thinking, including: counting and . . . read more. |
 | The Biggest Little Bridge Book In The World - Book 2 (Blue) Play and Defense in Suit Contracts by Beverly Card School • Jim Becker List Price: 55 pages. Paperback. Explains basics of play and defense in suit contracts. Mastery of the fundamentals is of first-rate importance for all bridge players. The series of "Biggest Little Books" are written in concise form to answer bridge questions that commonly arise, and provide answers to your questions as you advance in your knowledge of the game. This is the latest edition (1999). . . . read more. |
 | The Biggest Little Bridge Book In The World - Book 3 (Red) Play and Defense in Notrump Contracts by Beverly Card School • Jim Becker List Price: 69 pages. Paperback. Explains basics of play and defense in no trump contracts. Mastery of the fundamentals is of first-rate importance for all bridge players. The series of "Biggest Little Books" are written in concise form to answer bridge questions that commonly arise, and provide answers to your questions as you advance in your knowledge of the game. This is the latest edition (1999). . . . read more. |
 | The Biggest Little Bridge Book In The World - Book 4 (Green) Everyday Bridge Conventions by Beverly Card School • Jim Becker List Price: 71 pages. Paperback. Explains basic conventions in modern bridge bidding. Mastery of the fundamentals is of first-rate importance for all bridge players. The series of "Biggest Little Books" are written in concise form to answer bridge questions that commonly arise, and provide answers to your questions as you advance in your knowledge of the game. This is the latest edition (2005). . . . read more. |
 | Trump Suit Headaches Rx for Declarers and Defenders 2nd Edition by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg List Price: 250 pages. Paperback. The trump suit adds a dimension that makes bridge so different from other card games. In a suit contract, play is complicated by declarer's need to keep control. If control is lost, it may be almost impossible to make proper use of one's strength in the side suits. Before playing to trick one, one should ask what might go wrong? If playing a suit contract, is there a reason not to draw trumps? Or . . . read more. |
 | Bridge at the Top: Behind the Screens by Samantha Punch List Price: 256 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. In the course of her Bridge: a MindSport for All research project, sociologist Dr. Samantha Punch has been able to interview many of the world's top bridge personalities. The topics of these conversations were wide-ranging, and included the dynamics at the table, challenges, motivations, emotions, partnerships, teammates, skill development and gender issues. As a bonus, each subject offers their . . . read more. |
 | Insights On Bridge Vol. 1 Moments in Bidding by Mike Lawrence List Price: 211 pages. Paperback. This is the first in a series of books designed to turn aspiring players into good players. The Insights on Bridge series includes hundreds of mini-lessons, complete with advice you can count on. The material is devoted to situations and problems you will see at the table but not in other books. Start on the path of being a good player and a good partner. Mike Lawrence is one of bridge's greats, . . . read more. |
 | Expert Bridge Simplified Arithmetic Shortcuts For Declarer by Jeff Rubens List Price: 416 pages. Paperback. This book takes a lighthearted approach to tackling challenging problems, and demystifies bridge mathematics for the practical player. After mastering the basic techniques for declarer, bridge players improve by applying those procedures more effectively. The most common question among those who study declarer's craft is: "How do I calculate the odds?" Even highly experienced players sometimes st . . . read more. |
 | Players Quick Reference Companion by Larry Harris List Price: 106 pages. Spiral bound. Recommended for intermediate to advanced players. This book is for serious non-experts and will help bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. It facilitates quick direct look-up for answers about bidding, play and defense. By using PQRC you can avoid bidding accidents with your partner and apply continuous pressure on your opponents. . . . read more. |
 | Playing Suit Combinations by Fred Gitelman • Jeff Rubens List Price: 96 pages. Paperback. This book serves two purposes: One is to enable the reader to improve card-play technique. The text illustrates how best to handle some specific holdings, and, more importantly, assists in the development of patterns of bridge problem-solving that apply not only to single-suit situations but to declarer-play and defensive problems in general. The other purpose is to share some of the beauties and . . . read more. |
 | Teach Your Child Bridge Using a simplified Acol system by Ron Klinger List Price: 96 pages. Paperback. This is the Acol version of the book Bridge For Children. It is identical in the early part and introduces Acol near the end. The book expands on the author's original research into using a series of games, each slighty more complicated than the last, to build up the student's knowledge until it reaches bridge. Learning approaches are matched to approximate age levels. Suggestions for parents inc . . . read more. |
 | The Pocket Guide To Bridge World Standard 2017 by The Bridge World List Price: 76 pages. Paperback. Bridge World Standard (BWS 2017) is the standard system developed by The Bridge World magazine based on the preferred methods of leading American experts. The system is ideal for use by impromptu or casual partnerships and as a basis for discussion by those who wish to formulate their own system. It is used as a framework for problems in the magazine's monthly Master Solvers' Club contest beginni . . . read more. |
 | Falsecards 2nd Edition by Mike Lawrence List Price: 188 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The definitive book on (legally) pulling the wool over your opponents' eyes. Even if you don't want to get into more esoteric situations, there are times at the bridge table when playing a misleading card is essential if you are to have any chance of an optimum result. This new edition of a classic from Mike Lawrence is an expert account of falsecarding with suggestions for applications, and inc . . . read more. |
 | Swiss Match Challenge by Jeff Rubens List Price: 234 pages. Paperback. Challenge these hands, have some fun, and gain the judgment and insight needed to become a winning player. Try to find the best call or play--then check the analysis to help strengthen your bidding and play and see how your decisions turn out. . . . read more. |
 | The Bridge World's Test Your Play by Jeff Rubens List Price: 164 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. North America's oldest and most prestigious bridge magazine, The Bridge World features a monthly column entitled 'Test your Play', which presents difficult problems in declarer play for readers to solve. This is a collection of some of the best of these from the last twenty years; if you can solve even half of them, you may be one of the best declarers in the world! . . . read more. |
 | The Pocket Guide to Declarer Play at Bridge by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: 72 pages. Booklet. Also available as an E-book. Using the same format as The Pocket Guide to Bridge, this book provides a handy pocket summary of about two dozen basic concepts in declarer play. In a concise but readable manner, it summarizes most of the material presented in 25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer, by the same author team. . . . read more. |
 | The Pocket Guide to Defensive Play at Bridge by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: 72 pages. Booklet. Also available as an E-book. Using the same format as The Pocket Guide to Bridge, this book provides a handy pocket summary of about two dozen basic concepts in defensive cardplay. In a concise but readable manner, it summarizes most of the material presented in 25 Ways to be a Better Defender by the same author team. . . . read more. |
 | The Pocket Guide To Even More Bridge Conventions by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: 71 pages. Booklet. Also available as an E-book. A pocket-sized edition of 25 More Bridge Conventions You Should Know by the same authors, this is a handy guide to popular intermediate-level conventions such as Bergen Raises, Support Doubles, Puppet Stayman, Inverted Minor Raises, Forcing 1NT and more. . . . read more. |
 | Why You Lose At Bridge by S. J. Simon List Price: 160 pages. Paperback. Reprint of the classic. Win more consistently with the skill you already possess by following this simple advice. A wealth of common sense, philosophy, and how to attain the best result possible. PART ONE: YOUR TECHNICAL GAME: 1. The Points You Lose "Ignoring The Odds"; 2. The Points You Lose Playing the Dummy; 3. The Points You Lose in Defense; 4. The Points You Lose "Bidding"; 5. The Points You . . . read more. |
 | Tricks of the Trade Strategic Thinking for Advanced Bridge by Larry Cohen List Price: 144 pages. Paperback. This book is for players who take their bridge seriously. It is intended for those who want to improve their technique and understanding, to become more-desirable partners, to achieve better results, and to gain increased respect among their colleagues. The book investigates many paths to achieving these ends: increasing the value of experience by knowing what things to watch for, learning how to . . . read more. |
 | Twelve Important Bridge Lessons - Declarer Play: The Next Level by David Bird List Price: 227 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Bridge lessons for the next level. The instructive material in this book is presented in a novel way, as if the author is delivering a series of bridge lessons to a small group of enthusiasts. Occasionally, members of the audience ask questions, or make comments. Its predecessors, Twelve Important Bridge Lessons on Declarer Play and Twelve Important Bridge Lessons on Defense won Book of the Year . . . read more. |
 | Bridge's First Hippie Book 2 1983 to Present by Peter Weichsel List Price: 242 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Peter Weichsel has won five world bridge championships, including two coveted Bermuda Bowls, and twenty-seven North American titles. He became a member of the Bridge Hall of Fame in 2004. He has been part of great teams (C.C. Wei's Precision Team in the 1970s, and the Aces later on), and has won everything it is possible to win in the game. But that's just his bridge career. This fascinating auto . . . read more. |
 | The Art of Becoming a Top Bridge Player by Samantha Punch • Tim Rees List Price: 168 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Dr. Samantha Punch has interviewed many of the world's top bridge personalities. The players discuss their approach to the game, including subjects such as improving your game, coping with mistakes and emotions, how to become a good partner in a successful partnership, dealing with pressure and coping with loss. This book aims to show aspiring and expert players how they might develop their game . . . read more. |
 | Placing the Cards Better Declarer Play - Book 2 by Danny Roth List Price: 186 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The second book in Danny Roth's intermediate-level series on declarer play, this book covers topics that, once mastered, will bring any intermediate player an immediate improvement in their scores. Topics include: placing the cards missing one honor, missing two honors, missing three honors, inferences from the defense and second-degree assumption. This book is designed to help you to get a more . . . read more. |
 | Bridge: The Cutting Edge Applications of Information Science, Game Theory & Computers to Bridge by Dave Caprera List Price: 116 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The game of bridge has been at close to a standstill for at least 50 years while the world of language, computers and mathematics has experienced so many changes. The bridge techniques and methods your grandmother taught you are probably still the same techniques and methods you use today. The way that bridge problems are approached and analyzed is the same basic use of language, probability and . . . read more. |
 | Duplicate Bridge 403 Defending Second Seat Interference by Stephen Paul List Price: 230 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Improving your partnership's ability to overcome interference is essential for good results. Finding the right contract requires a clear understanding of the values represented by responder's bids after the opponents interfere. This book provides the reader with two sets of tools for this: (1) Hand valuation in competition using an algorithm developed by Lawrence and Wirgren. This method of hand . . . read more. |
 | 2/1 On Steroids by Daniel Solow List Price: 154 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Modern bidding systems have evolved over the past hundred years, starting with four-card majors and culminating in 2/1, together with a plethora of conventions along the way (Stayman, transfers, Roman Key Card, to name a few). Yet you can still encounter the occasional deficiency--such as an ambiguous bid or ending up in the wrong contract. When this happened to Daniel Solow, he wondered if it wa . . . read more. |
 | World Class 21st Century: European Stars by Marc Smith List Price: 296 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Marc Smith's original World Class, published in 1999, became a classic. This all-new edition features the world's best players of today discussing their lives, at the table and away from it--how they started, their best and worst bridge memories, their favorite hands, why partnerships work well, and their hopes for the future. You may recognize the names from your bridge magazine or from watching . . . read more. |
 | Double Dummy Problems in the 21st Century Vol. 1 Problems from 2005 to 2022 (Difficulty Ratings 1-4) by Hugh Darwen List Price: 231 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This is the first of two volumes forming a sequel to the author's A Compendium of Double Dummy Problems, containing 134 double dummy problems, ranging from 'very easy' to 'moderate' in difficulty. The collection is derived from the monthly series of problems that have been presented at the author?s website for competitive solving. It features as many as 24 different composers, several of whom mad . . . read more. |
 | Twelve Important Bridge Lessons On Defense by David Bird List Price: 213 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The instructive material in this book is presented in a novel way, as if the author is delivering a series of bridge lessons to a small group of enthusiasts. Occasionally, members of the audience ask questions, or make comments. Twelve important topics have been chosen, describing defensive techniques that you might apply several times during every session you play. Each lesson contains at least . . . read more. |
 | To Ruff or Not to Ruff by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg • Danny Kleinman List Price: 157 pages. Paperback. To ruff or not to ruff. The question seems so easy. To draw trumps promptly or is there something else to do first? Declarer has so many options. Ruff in dummy, a ruffing finesse, a crossruff, a dummy reversal, even a trump coup or scoring a trump 'en passant'. And preventing the opponents from obtaining ruffs. What about the defenders? Should they be the ones to draw trumps? Can they spin straw . . . read more. |
 | Why I Lose at Bridge A Collection of Cardplay Errors by Ben Norton List Price: 230 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Learn from Ben's mistakes. Here is a rare jewel: an expert bridge player admitting to his own mistakes. In this, his first book, England international Ben Norton passionately describes the cardplay errors he committed in various events over a span of some three-and-a-half years. From a game at the local pub to the top echelon of world-class competition, each of these errors is instructive no matt . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Bidding Tips by Fred Parker List Price: 131 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Bridge Bidding Tips is a great addition to the knowledge base for intermediate duplicate bridge players. Players are often in doubt about borderline cases; the tips in this book will address these concerns and improve your bidding. There are many nuances to bidding difficult hands. You have to know when to bid, when to pass, when to be aggressive and when to sit back and let the opponents win the . . . read more. |
 | Solving the Mystery of the Redouble by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg • Danny Kleinman List Price: 120 pages. Paperback. More often than any other calls in bridge, redoubles produce confusion. When they do, the resulting disasters are more catastrophic than any others. Many doubles originally treated as penalty have been supplanted by conventional doubles. So also many "business" redoubles, originally used to quadruple the stakes, have been diverted to other uses. In this book we shall show you how to tell the diff . . . read more. |
 | Twelve Important Bridge Lessons On Declarer Play by David Bird List Price: 216 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Bridge Lessons for Aspiring players. The instructive material in this book is presented in a novel way, as if the author is delivering a series of bridge lessons to a small group of enthusiasts. Occasionally, members of the audience ask questions or make comments. Twelve important topics on declarer play have been chosen, describing techniques that you might apply several times during every sessi . . . read more. |
 | Let's Play Some Bridge by Frank Stewart List Price: 216 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The "over-my-shoulder" method of bridge writing became prominent in the writing of Terence Reese and continued in the work of excellent writers such as Mike Lawrence and Larry Cohen. In this genre, the reader gains access to the mind and thought processes of an expert. The reader encounters techniques, such as counting and drawing inferences, that are supposedly expert territory. Stewart's writin . . . read more. |
 | Sublime Declarer Play After the Contested Auction by Nick Smith List Price: 237 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Play like a Bermuda Bowl champion. It's not often that a bridge book comes along that takes dummy play into a new dimension, but Sublime Declarer Play does exactly that. The focus is on the competitive auction and the inferences that can be drawn from opponents' bidding choices. Moments of sublimity are the consequence of a series of logical steps rooted in that initial analysis. Tournament playe . . . read more. |
 | Getting to Thin Games by Terry Bossomaier List Price: 215 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Applying the same kind of computer analysis to real-life deals that he did in Getting to Good Slams, the author identifies the elements necessary to be successful in pushing for that game bonus, often with far fewer than the traditional number of points. Anyone who plays IMPs will tell you that this is the area where most matches are won and lost. . . . read more. |
 | A Swiss Teams Challenge by Rakesh K. Kumar List Price: 214 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. In this book, you are in the hot seat for a two-day Swiss Teams tournament, consisting of 8 rounds of 7 board matches each day. Your first goal is to finish in the top half of the field at the end of day one, so that you qualify to the final on day two. After that, you don't have unrealistic ambitions, but would really like to play well enough to achieve a top ten finish. Can you manage that? Of . . . read more. |
 | Combining Your Chances Better Declarer Play - Book 1 by Danny Roth List Price: 220 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The first book in Danny Roth's new intermediate-level series on declarer play, this book covers topics that, once mastered, will bring any intermediate player an immediate improvement in their scores. Topics include: to finesse or play for the drop (why not both?), loser-on-loser plays, entries, disposing of losers, and much more. The overall theme is: 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket--inst . . . read more. |
 | Heroes, Icons and Scandals by Barnet Shenkin List Price: 226 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Bridge was always a hot topic in the Shenkin household. Barnet's father, Louis, as a member of the British Bridge League Executive, oversaw the investigation into cheating allegations against Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro in 1965. Louis Shenkin left a treasure trove of papers in his files that have now been brought to light by the author. The BBC picked up this story in 2014. In Heroes, Icons . . . read more. |
 | Active or Passive A Guide to Being a Better Defender by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg List Price: 142 pages. Paperback. Innumerable books have been written on declarer play. Far less attention has been paid by bridge writers to defense, which is the weakest part of most players' game. This book presents a series of problems in defensive play, the central theme being active versus passive defense. This problem may start with the opening lead, arise at Trick Two, or be a decision later during the play of the hand . . . read more. |
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