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 | 5-Card Majors - The Scanian Way Swedish Expert Methods, Volume Five by Mats Nilsland List Price: More than forty years ago, Mats Nilsland published a classic Swedish book Modern Standard, trying to describe his vision of natural bidding methods for the decades to come. 5-Card Majors The Scanian Way takes this vision one step further into the future. Mats has used and designed every conceivable system you can imagine. Today, Mats is back to a normal base with five-card majors, three-card mino . . . read more. |
 | A Good Game of Modern Bridge (You Too Can Play) by Ron Klinger List Price: Bidding methods come and go, but the ones that work stay. The popular style of bidding today is quite a bit removed from that of the 1960s, 1970s and even the 1980s. While high card values are still very important, today there is far more emphasis on shape. That affects your decision whether to open or not and your choice of rebid. In general bidding is far more competitive than it was thirty yea . . . read more. |
 | ACBL: More Commonly Used Conventions in the 21st Century ACBL Bridge Series by ACBL (American Contract Bridge League) List Price: Updated by Betty Starzec to reflect current bridge playing standards. This textbook has eight lessons on conventions. Chapters are titled: The Negative Double; Other Doubles; Overcalls; Two-Suited Overcalls; Blackwood and Gerber; Finding Key Cards; Leads and Signals; Two-Over-One. . . . read more. |
 | ACBL: Play Of The Hand In The 21st Century ACBL Bridge Series by ACBL (American Contract Bridge League) List Price: Updated by Betty Starzec to reflect current bridge playing standards. This textbook now had nine lessons on developing strategy and playing the hand to win the contract. Chapters are titled: Making a Plan Developing Tricks - Promotion and Length Developing Tricks - the Finesse Eliminating Losers - Ruffing and Discarding Watching Out for Entries Watching Out for the Opponents Man . . . read more. |
 | Advanced Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century by Max Hardy List Price: Max Hardy follows his first volume, Standard Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century, with his comprehensive second volume, including contributions by expert players Grant Baze, Marty Bergen, Fred Hamilton, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, and Eddie Wold. "Max takes players to the next level, bringing them up to date with the system of choice of the top players in the world. He presents the concepts . . . read more. |
 | Audrey Grant Bridge Guide: Five Tips To Simplify Card Combinations A Practical Approach to Improve the Odds Declarer Play Series 2 by Audrey Grant List Price: The Bridge Guide on Card Combinations is practical because although card combinations can be seen in isolation, a useful way to gain an understanding is to see them in the context of carefully prepared, instructional deals. This is a dynamic Bridge Guide that will improve your declarer play. You'll see how to effectively use Declarer's Plan; combine chances on Declarer's Checklist to increase the . . . read more. |
 | Audrey Grant Bridge Guide: Five Tips to Simplify Defense Holding the Weakest Hand at the Table Defense Series 1 by Audrey Grant List Price: This Bridge Guide encourages players to see the potential of weak hands. When the defenders know the standard opening lead guidelines and how to use signals and the Defenders? Plan, they start to maximize the partnership?s trick-taking potential on defense, even when holding the weakest hand at the table. About The "Bridge Guide Series": The Bidding, Declarer Play, and Defense Bridge Guides prese . . . read more. |
 | Audrey Grant Bridge Guide: Five Tips to Simplify Entries Recognizing the Importance of the Link Card Declarer Play Series 1 by Audrey Grant List Price: Improve your declarer play. Make the most of the entries between declarer and the dummy, even some hiding in full view! An entry is usually considered a high card to give declarer the chance to get to the dummy or to declarer's hand. Yet an entry from one hand to the other has two parts. There is the winner in the hand you are trying to reach. Equally important is the lower-ranking Link Card t . . . read more. |
 | Basic Splinters In A Day - Student Workbook Bridge In A Day by Patty Tucker List Price: Basic Splinters in a Day is a four hour workshop to learn the Splinter Bid convention used after an opening bid of 1 heart or 1 spade. It will give players a thorough grounding in when to make a Splinter Bid. More importantly students will learn how to evaluate their hand after a Splinter Bid has been made. The workshop covers: When to make a Splinter Bid; What a Splinter Bid promises; How Opener . . . read more. |
 | Beat The Experts At Bridge by Danny Roth List Price: Ever wish you had a syndicated bridge column? Not if Danny Roth were looking over your shoulder! In "Spot the Bridge Writer's Blunder," he took columnists to task for sloppy and just plain wrong analyses. In "Beat The Experts in Bridge" he checks up on 88 "sour" etudes. Then he asks, "What was wrong with that?" Finally, he shows you how the melody should have gone. You'll learn plenty and . . . read more. |
 | Boehm's Basic Bridge Book by Augie Boehm List Price: Everything you need to know to play a good game of bridge. This booklet summarizes the essentials of bridge, beginning with an extensive glossary and ending with a chart of the conventions used in it. Chapters: Part I - Club level - explains the objectives and rules; Part II - Diamond level - is for the recreational player and stresses fundamentals; Part III - Heart level - adds refinements; Part . . . read more. |
 | Boehm's Card Play Essentials by Augie Boehm List Price: If you have already taken beginner bridge classes and feel uncertain about how to play or defend a hand, this booklet is right for you. You won't find endplays, squeezes or other rarities: what you will find are the card play techniques that occur with the greatest frequency and therefore present the most common challenges. For the most part, all four hands are displayed in the illustrated deal . . . read more. |
 | Bridge For Children (Std. American Edition) by Ron Klinger List Price: This 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 include how to supplement the activities offered here and how to pursue a child's interest further. Teaching bridge through a se . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Philosopher 4 by James S. Kauder List Price: Surprise! Yet again that old curmudgeon, the Bridge Philosopher, is back. This fourth book in the Bridge Philosopher Series, once again does a great job of explaining the art of dummy play. Contrary to the author's prediction, he has not yet lost his memory, and certainly not his quick ability to analyze a bridge hand and amuse you in the process. His infamous wit will give you a glimpse into wor . . . read more. |
 | Camouflage, Waiting Bid Bidding Like Music by Krzysztof Martens List Price: When to give the table accurate information, when to conceal it, and when to broadcast misinformation. . . . read more. |
 | Extra Length Transfer Bids Bidding Like Music by Krzysztof Martens List Price: Brings the reader up to date with cutting-edge suggestions for using the transfer principle. . . . read more. |
 | Five Card Majors: 2-over-1 And All That by Neal Rosen List Price: Have you noticed how many top pairs are playing 5-card majors and 2-over-1? This book explains how the system works and why it is so much better than traditional bidding methods. Experienced teacher and top player Neil Rosen guides you step by step through learning the system. At each stage the process is reinforced by carefully designed tips, quizzes and clear explanations.The book is packed wit . . . read more. |
 | Frank Stewart's World Of Bridge by Frank Stewart List Price: Hard-edged observations from the syndicated columnist; over-the-shoulder stories, and insight into expert views on bidding and play. Some of Frank Stewart's opinions about the current state of bridge: The standard of play has declined; There's been an explosion of professionalism in tournaments; An influx of foreign experts is dominating U.S. tournaments; In Bidding, system is supplanting judgeme . . . read more. |
 | Guide Dog (Part 1) by Krzysztof Martens List Price: How to develop effective defensive-card-play understandings with a regular partner. How to help partner solve problems independent of the methods employed. . . . read more. |
 | Guide Dog (Part 2) by Krzysztof Martens List Price: How to develop effective defensive-card-play understandings with a regular partner. How to help partner solve problems independent of the methods employed. . . . read more. |
 | Guide To Better Bridge (Std. American) Modern Bridge Series by Ron Klinger List Price: Pointers to better bidding technique in both partnership and competitive bidding. Emphasizes improvement through solid fundamentals and provides a huge array of practice examples and quizzes. Includes some material on play for a change of pace (or to help a teacher in constructing lessons). Emphasizes fundamentals over fanciness for players hoping to move toward the expert level. . . . read more. |
 | Hand Evaluation, Bidding Decisions Bidding Like Music by Krzysztof Martens List Price: Expert-level valuation techniques, including adjustments based on analyzing the auction. . . . read more. |
 | Interesting Deals: Fascinating Facts by Trevor Mathews List Price: What's the connection between superstar Jeff Meckstroth and the Eurovision Song Contest? How did Tony Priday win a Silver Plate match without even being at the venue? What happened when I partnered a Viking who produced a Double Duck against a Brazilian in New Mexico? Why did Paul peter with Kx? When is it correct to bid a slam off two cashing aces? What's wrong with the Gobi Desert? The answers . . . read more. |
 | Logic, Intuition and Instinct at the Bridge Table by R. Jayaram List Price: The author takes a ringside seat beside you the player - declarer or defender - and runs through a series of thought processes as they normally occur in every Bridge deal, teaching you bridge logic. . . . read more. |
 | Notrump In A Day - Student Workbook Bridge In A Day by Patty Tucker List Price: Notrump In A Day gives players a thorough grounding in how to bid and respond to Stayman and Jacoby Transfers. More importantly students will learn when to use each of the conventions. The workshop covers: Reminder of priority of contracts and the Opening 1NT bid; Responding to NT based on HCP; Stayman; Jacoby Transfers. Notrump in Day is the first in the new line of Bridge In A Day modular works . . . read more. |
 | Opatija Diary The 52nd European Championships 2014 by Brian Senior List Price: Brian Senior reports on the 52nd European Team Championships in Opatija, Croatia, June 21 - July 1, 2014 . . . read more. |
 | Opening Lead by Krzysztof Martens List Price: How to think about the opening lead from an expert perspective. Larger number of analyzed practice examples. . . . read more. |
 | Opening Leads by Mike Lawrence List Price: Covers all standard lead considerations plus more. Hundreds of example hands will help the intermediate to expert player make the proper lead in every situation. There are also quizzes, review hands, rules and exceptions to the rules to raise the level of your game. . . . read more. |
 | Professional Competitive Bidding Part 1: Tactics and Decisions by Krzysztof Martens • Marek Wojcicki List Price: In this book we present another group of bidding problems in contested auctions chosen from the important championship events. We will show how being active impacts both pairs. Using examples, we will try to show what to do, how to do it, what not to do and why. We will show the agreements that some of the top pairs in the world have for certain bidding decisions. In some situations we propose id . . . read more. |
 | Professional Competitive Bidding Part 2: Battle of the Titans by Krzysztof Martens • Marek Wojcicki List Price: We present agreements that world class pairs use in particular bidding sequences. In some situations there is a systemic approach. This book gives you an overview of how to treat most of these situations. This should help you and your partner to agree on a chosen style for contested auctions. Since there are numerous kinds of possible situations, it isn't as easy to categorize bidding treatments . . . read more. |
 | Professional Slam Bidding (Part 1) by Krzysztof Martens List Price: Bidding in the slam zone is an art. It requires good hand evaluation, a well-prepared set of bidding tools, and a large number of additional agreements with particular emphasis on competitive auctions. It helps to have the ability to make decisions under pressure and camouflage information on those hands where the final contract depends on the opening lead. A good imagination is crucial, and accu . . . read more. |
 | Professional Slam Bidding (Part 2) by Krzysztof Martens List Price: Bidding in the slam zone is an art. It requires good hand evaluation, a well-prepared set of bidding tools, and a large number of additional agreements with particular emphasis on competitive auctions. It helps to have the ability to make decisions under pressure and camouflage information on those hands where the final contract depends on the opening lead. A good imagination is crucial, and accu . . . read more. |
 | Ron Klinger Answers Your Bridge Queries by Ron Klinger List Price: Are you having a problem at bridge or a disagreement with your partner? Ron Klinger, one of the leading bridge teachers, replies to bridge questions from players around the world in this stimulating book. . . . read more. |
 | Teach Your Child Bridge Using a simplified Acol system by Ron Klinger List Price: 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 Art of Declarer Play by Tim Bourke • Justin Corfield List Price: Anybody can make straightforward contracts. This book is about how to handle the rest. If you already have a good grasp of declarer-play technique, the blocking and unblocking plays, the eliminations and the squeezes, then this is the book for you. Bourke and Corfield begin where most of the other books finish, and reveal what goes on inside the mind of an expert, explaining how to anticipate the . . . read more. |
 | The Fun Way To Advanced Bridge by Harry Lampert List Price: This continues where his first book left off, with valuable information on counting, refining your bidding technique and advanced declarer play. More superb cartoons complement his unique style of instruction. . . . read more. |
 | The Fun Way To Better Bridge Play by Harry Lampert List Price: Make yourself a winner at the bridge table. Have all the important tools at your fingertips for successful card play. Starting from ground zero, this book gives you the solutions to the problems you meet every day as a declarer or a defender. From the basics of cashing high cards in the right order, establishing lower ranking honors, finessing techniques and handling long suits, a foundation is c . . . read more. |
 | The Great Bridge Conspiracy by Terry Quinn List Price: The Great Bridge Conspiracy chronicles the espionage and card playing exploits of Captain Diggery Piper -- a flamboyant expert first created by Terry Quinn for a serial in Games Magazine. Just as Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and Nabokov's The Defense are structured in accordance with the rules and logic of chess, so Quinn has patterned the action of this swift-paced, suspenseful tale on th . . . read more. |
 | The Martens System Bidding Like Music by Krzysztof Martens List Price: The author's system, distinguished by mechanisms that allow one partner to control the bidding when it seems appropriate. . . . read more. |
 | The World Of Transfers Bidding Like Music by Krzysztof Martens List Price: Using transfers to overcome traditional problems in contested auctions. . . . read more. |
 | Tiger And Fly by Krzysztof Martens List Price: Advanced deals for the serious player. Emphasis on staying alert to possibilities. . . . read more. |
 | Virtual European Championship (Part 1) Dynamic Declarer Play by Krzysztof Martens List Price: Huge collection of advanced play deals in a simulated European Championship. . . . read more. |
 | Virtual European Championship (Part 2) Dynamic Declarer Play by Krzysztof Martens List Price: Huge collection of advanced play deals in a simulated European Championship. . . . read more. |
 | What's Your Call? The Bridge Player's Handbook of Basic Bidding by Frank Stewart List Price: 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. |
 | World Championships 2008 at Beijing by World Bridge Federation • Brian Senior List Price: The world championship book from the 2008 tournament in Beijing, China. . . . read more. |
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