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 | 25 Bridge Myths Exposed by David Bird List Price: Do you remember the first few times you played bridge? To get you started, a friend probably gave you a few helpful hints -- perhaps one of the ones listed to the left. There are many such general guidelines for bridge players -- some of them valuable, some not. But these are the Bridge Myths, not the Bridge Rules -- because they all have exceptions and none should be followed blindly. In reading . . . read more. |
 | 25 Steps to Learning 2/1 by Paul Thurston List Price: Over the last fifteen or so years, the 2/1 Game Forcing bidding method has gained substantial popularity. This book is designed for players who are familiar with Standard bidding and are interested in switching to the 2/1 method. It covers basic concepts as well as the differences between 2/1 and Standard auctions, and includes a discussion of more advanced ideas and conventions that fit particul . . . read more. |
 | 25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: This book deals with the play of the cards as declarer, perhaps the most important part of the game. As usual in the '25' series, basic ideas on the strategies and tactics available to declarer are covered comprehensively in the early part of the book, while in later chapters, more advanced players will find ideas and topics that challenge their own understanding of the game. . . . read more. |
 | A Bridge to Simple Squeezes by Julian Laderman List Price: Most bridge players find squeeze play the hardest technique to learn. It has unavoidable technical aspects that for many make it impenetrable. In this award-winning book, the reader is taken slowly and carefully through the basics, and by the end will be confident that they too can execute simple squeezes at the table. This second edition reflects many enhancements and improvements made to the or . . . 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. |
 | A Modern Approach to Two-Over-One by Ken Eichenbaum List Price: For those of you who wish to expand your horizons, this book may be the answer you have been looking for. A Modern Approach to Two-Over-One was written for the player who already uses a basic two-over-one approach, but is looking for more comprehensive methods to "glue" his system together. Special modern treatments and conventions are introduced to help cover the outer edges of the bell curve, a . . . read more. |
 | A Second Book of Bridge Problems by Patrick O'Connor List Price: Like the author's first book (A First Book of Bridge Problems, named Book of the Year for 2011 by the American Bridge Teachers Association), this sequel comprises fifty problems in declarer play and defense for the beginning or near-beginning player, presented in approximate order of difficulty. The problems are slightly more advanced than those in the first book. Experienced players recognize ce . . . read more. |
 | A Swiss Teams Challenge by Rakesh K. Kumar List Price: 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. |
 | A Taste of Bridge by Jeff Bayone List Price: This book is based on the beginners' course at Honors Bridge Club in New York, a series of six lessons that have started thousands of students on the road to enjoying the game. This book is intended to give the reader a taste of bridge, and whet the appetite for more. . . . read more. |
 | ACBL Laws Of Rubber Bridge 2014 Edition by ACBL (American Contract Bridge League) List Price: Formerly the "Laws of Contract Bridge". The rules for rubber bridge games. This will settle disputes in your foursome and will familiarize the players with accepted etiquette and customs. . . . read more. |
 | Almost the Only Bridge Book You Will Ever Need - Volume 1 by Randall Baron List Price: This book "is unique. It is a distillation of Randy's vast experience as a player, as a frequent teacher and as someone whose knowledge of the literature of the game is unsurpassed. Randy has produced a treasury of tips--useful, practical advice, written with sincerity and with a deep respect and affection for the game and its beauties--that will benefit any player. My friend Randy Baron's book i . . . read more. |
 | Almost the Only Bridge Book You Will Ever Need - Volume 2 by Randall Baron List Price: This book "is unique. It is a distillation of Randy's vast experience as a player, as a frequent teacher and as someone whose knowledge of the literature of the game is unsurpassed. Randy has produced a treasury of tips--useful, practical advice, written with sincerity and with a deep respect and affection for the game and its beauties--that will benefit any player. My friend Randy Baron's book i . . . read more. |
 | Bachelor Bridge by David Bird • Simon Cocheme List Price: Originally published in 1994, this book of humorous bridge stories met with widespread acclaim as one of the funniest to be published in a long time. Now updated and with new material added, the book chronicles the amorous (mis)adventures of Jack O'Hearts, which somehow always seem to involve interesting and amusing bridge hands. . . . read more. |
 | Beginning Bridge Complete by Michael Penick List Price: Finally a sound, humorous five-card major book that anyone will enjoy reading. From teaching the rank of the suits to a sensible glossary of terms, here is a basic bridge book for beginners that is complete yet streamlined, solid but thoroughly understandable. It is suitable for self-teaching or for classroom use. . . . read more. |
 | Better Slam Bidding With Bergen Companion workbook to Slam Bidding Made Easier by Marty Bergen List Price: YOU CAN Bid Slams Better! This perfect compliment to Slam Bidding Made Easier is loaded with valuable tips. A must-read for all players who want to bid slams better. Many helpful checklists are included to help solidify your partnership. In addition, you will learn: The only sure-fire way to improve your slam bidding. - Which agreements are essential for all RKC players. - How to evaluate your ha . . . read more. |
 | Bid Better, Play Better by Dorothy Hayden Truscott List Price: This classic book on bridge, a best-seller for more than 30 years, has been totally revised by the author. It helps a beginner follow the road to expertise, and allows a traditional bidder to move into the world of modern bidding. Quizzes at the end of most chapters permit readers to test themselves. . . . read more. |
 | Bid More, Play More, Enjoy More, Win More Expanded Ed. by Matthew Thomson List Price: Expand your Bridge Horizons: Adoption of the bridge advice and strategies presented in this book into your game will result in you bidding more, declaring more, winning more, and enjoying your bridge more. The author's advice is to always evaluate your hand, and to show your "shape before strength". Better contracts and better bridge will be your reward. The book is best employed as a constant co . . . read more. |
 | Bidding Basics (YNM) A Logical Approach To Bridge Yes, No or Maybe by David Glandorf List Price: Are you tired of learning/teaching bridge from a cookbook? Tired of memorizing how many points you need to bid this or that? Do you have trouble determining if you have a minimum, medium or maximum hand and what you are supposed to do if it fits in a particular category? Then Yes, No or Maybe is what you need--a series of three textbooks and companion workbooks for beginning bridge students. Bidd . . . read more. |
 | Bidding Basics Workbook (YNM) A Logical Approach To Bridge Yes, No or Maybe by David Glandorf List Price: Are you tired of learning/teaching bridge from a cookbook? Tired of memorizing how many points you need to bid this or that? Do you have trouble determining if you have a minimum, medium or maximum hand and what you are supposed to do if it fits in a particular category? Then Yes, No or Maybe is what you need--a series of three textbooks and companion workbooks for beginning bridge students. This . . . 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 At The Breakfast Table by Paul Thurston List Price: Former Canadian champion Paul Thurston writes a daily bridge column in the National Post, one of Canada's two national newspapers. This is a collection of some of his best and most interesting articles--tips, oddities, and just plain interesting deals and stories. The perfect book for those long summer evenings at the cottage! . . . read more. |
 | Bridge At The Edge by Boye Brogeland • David Bird List Price: An in-depth, over-the-shoulder look at top-level bridge. While describing almost 200 deals that he played in World and European Championships, one of the world's best players, Boye Brogeland, discusses bidding and cardplay, as well as his approach to the mental side of the game. This is a fascinating glimpse into the thought processes of a champion bridge player, as well as a look at state-of-the . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Basics 3: Popular Conventions by Audrey Grant List Price: This book covers the common conventions that today's plays are expected to know. It introduces the Stayman conventions, Jacoby transfer bids, the strong artificial 2 clubs opening, Blackwood and Gerber. The concepts and information presented are the most current and accurate available, developed with the assistance of the game's top champions. The material is presented in a clear and well-or . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Crosswords - Book 1 by Jeff Chen List Price: Now bridge players who enjoy crosswords can combine their favorite pastimes! For this book, New York Times and Los Angeles Times crossword constructor Jeff Chen has designed 52 brand-new crosswords with bridge-themed clues and solutions, providing hours of challenge and fun. The puzzles in this book range from Easy (NY Times Monday level) to Challenging (NY Times Thursday level). Jeff Chen's cro . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Crosswords - Book 2 by Jeff Chen List Price: Jeff Chen's first book of bridge-themed crosswords, Bridge Crosswords, was widely acclaimed, and his many fans will welcome a second collection. They know what to expect! As before, the difficulty level of the puzzles in this book ranges from Easy (New York Times Monday level) to Challenging (New York Times Thursday/Friday level). . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Endplays For Everyone by David Bird List Price: This straightforward book makes endplays understandable. The endplay is an aspect of declarer play at bridge that many players think is beyond them. Yet while endplays can be extremely complex, the basic principles are not. Five years ago, David Bird wrote Bridge Squeezes for Everyone, a book about an even more complex topic that has become a modern classic. Using the same straightforward, conver . . . 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 Literature by Nick Smith List Price: First published in 1993, and long out of print, Nick Smith's Bridge Literature is an anthology of literary parodies that for the most part appeared first in magazines such as English Bridge and International Popular Bridge Monthly. Characters from Shakespeare, Marlowe, the Bible, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Thomas Hardy, Lewis Carroll and George Orwell all make their appearanc . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Squeezes for Everyone by David Bird List Price: Did you always think squeezes were too difficult? Or perhaps you know the basics but now you want to learn about more complex and advanced squeeze positions? If you fit either of these categories, or even if you just want to improve your understanding of an important aspect of declarer play, this book is for you. . . . read more. |
 | Bridge with a Twist by Simon Cocheme List Price: A witty and informative look at the world of bridge--its language, its history, and some of its techniques. Are pigeons more intelligent than some bridge players? What do a wooden man, a grandfather, a daydreamer and a donkey have in common? Did Zia really go nine down in 3NT? . . . read more. |
 | Bridging Two Worlds by Martin Hoffman List Price: This is a rare account of the horrors of the WW2 death camps from someone who experienced them. Born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Prague, Hoffman lost his entire family in the Holocaust. Fourteen-year-old Martin Hoffman escapes immediate death on arrival at Auschwitz by claiming to be eighteen. Through a combination of chutzpah and luck, he first survives a year at Auschwitz, then the Death . . . read more. |
 | Cardplay Fundamentals by Easley Blackwood • Keith Hanson List Price: Designed to help you improve your declarer play and defensive techniques. How to develop extra tricks, planning your contract, basic card combinations and much more. . . . read more. |
 | Challenge Your Declarer Play by Danny Roth List Price: In this quiz book, the well-known author, Danny Roth, has compiled a set of challenges that will test readers' ability as a declarer, and at the same time, introduce some stratagems that may be unfamiliar. The hands are tougher than those in Focus on Declarer Play, and they are not presented in the same teaching mode, rather, they are in a random order as one might encounter them at the bridge ta . . . read more. |
 | Clues from the Bidding at Bridge by Julian Pottage List Price: Defenders invariably base their strategy on declarer's bidding. Yet so often declarers fail to return the compliment: they flail away without a thought of what the defenders have or have not done. Just one bid from an opponent may tip off declarer to the winning play - perhaps warning of a bad break or that a finesse is doomed. When the defenders have made several bids the declarer may be able to . . . read more. |
 | Competitive Bidding With Two-Suited Hands by Max Hardy List Price: Addresses inadequacies in standard methods and suggests invauable answers to previously ignored bidding problems. . . . read more. |
 | Constructive Bidding 401 by Stephen Paul List Price: A two-book series that provides advancing partnerships a complete and consistent framework in the form of a bidding system for competition in stratified tournaments at higher levels. The first book emphasizes the importance of working with your partner, covering hand evaluation, opening bids and responses. Concepts of teamwork from the business world are presented in a bridge context with a numbe . . . read more. |
 | Constructive Bidding 402 by Stephen Paul List Price: A two-book series that provides advancing partnerships a complete and consistent framework in the form of a bidding system for competition in stratified tournaments at higher levels. The first book emphasizes the importance of working with your partner, covering hand evaluation, opening bids and responses. Concepts of teamwork from the business world are presented in a bridge context with a numbe . . . read more. |
 | Conventions After a Notrump Opening Winning Bridge Conventions Series by Patty Tucker List Price: Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to play against them. Each of the books in this series covers a number of useful conventions, explaining them carefully along with numerous examples and quizzes to help the reader understand what is being . . . read more. |
 | Conventions Today by Brian Senior List Price: Learn the Latest and Greatest. The best and most popular conventions in every area of bidding explained. Whatever your preferred system of bidding, you and your partner will inevitably play a number of conventions. This book will not only help you to decide what to incorporate into your partnership's armory, but also help you to understand the many weapons that might be used against you at the ta . . . read more. |
 | Conventions Useful with 2/1 Winning Bridge Conventions Series by Patty Tucker List Price: Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to play against them. Each of the books in this series covers a number of useful conventions, explaining them carefully along with numerous examples and quizzes to help the reader understand what is being . . . read more. |
 | Countdown to Winning Bridge by Tim Bourke • Marc Smith List Price: Did you ever notice how the bridge experts always seem to know where every card is? How their finesses always seem to succeed? How their guesses are nearly always perfect? This book won't teach you how to play quite that well, but it will introduce you to some very simple techniques that the experts use on play and defense. As declarer or defender, counting the hand is the one thing that will hel . . . read more. |
 | Crocs on Squeeze Play - Volume 1 by Stephen Kennedy List Price: Do you like squeeze play? Do you like complicated endings? Do you like bridge? Then look no further: this is the book for you. From the mind of a junior bridge player comes a new book designed to challenge the norm: a book that starts where Clyde Love's classic leaves off, a book intended to push squeeze play to its absolute limits. Well-known squeezes are thoroughly examined and dissected, and a . . . read more. |
 | Crocs on Squeeze Play - Volume 2 by Stephen Kennedy List Price: Do you like squeeze play? Do you like complicated endings? Do you like bridge? Then look no further: this is the book for you. From the mind of a junior bridge player comes a new book designed to challenge the norm: a book that starts where Clyde Love's classic leaves off, a book intended to push squeeze play to its absolute limits. Well-known squeezes are thoroughly examined and dissected, and a . . . read more. |
 | Cuebids in a Nutshell by Dee Berry List Price: The ability to grasp and use one single bridge tool, the cuebid, is the way to most easily judge those players who will make real progress in bridge. "Cuebids in a Nutshell" is dedicated to advancing students and players who want a firm grasp of the cuebid in it's many guises. Cuebid more and win more. . . . read more. |
 | Deadly Endplay A Pemberton Bridge Club Mystery by Ken Allan List Price: If Miss Marple's village had boasted a bridge club, it might have been very like the one in Pemberton, the North Ontario setting for this Canadian mystery novel. The story evokes the slow pace of life in a small rural town, and whether there even was a murder is part of the mystery. The game of bridge is closely interwoven with the lives of the people in Pemberton -- we meet the characters partly . . . read more. |
 | Deceptive Card Play (BT) Bridge Technique Series by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. At this price, what bridge player could stand not to have al . . . read more. |
 | Deceptive Play (TYBT) Test Your Bridge Technique Series by David Bird • Tim Bourke List Price: Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. . . . read more. |
 | Declarer Play At Bridge: A Quizbook by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand, by the same author team, was named the 2010 Book of the Year by the American Bridge Teachers' Association. Building on the success of that title, this book gives near-beginners a chance to practice the principles on which sound declarer play is based: count your winners, count your losers, make a plan. This is not just a series of problem hands, however. E . . . read more. |
 | Declarer Play The Bergen Way How to Make More Contracts by Marty Bergen List Price: Techniques every declarer must know. 2005 Bridge Book of the Year. Guaranteed to do wonders for your bridge game, this book shows you the right way to size up the hand when dummy is tabled. One of the most popular bridge authors of our time, Marty Bergen, Mr. POINTS SCHMOINTS, explains: What to count, and how to do it the easy way - How to find extra entries when they are most needed - Why squeez . . . read more. |
 | Defend These Hands with Me by Julian Pottage List Price: Julian Pottage worked on a number of books with the late Terence Reese, and this one pays homage to a man who was certainly the best bridge writer of his time. One of Reese's classics, Play these hands with me, pioneered the 'over-the-shoulder' style of bridge writing. What that book did for declarer play, the present one will do for defense: the reader can follow the thinking of an expert player . . . read more. |
 | Defending at Bridge: A First Course by Bill Treble List Price: Just the facts, ma'am. The basics of defense at bridge in eight short, clearly explained lessons, with lots of practical examples. Topics include opening leads, signaling, second- and third-hand play, and discards. . . . read more. |
 | Defending Suit Contracts (TYBT) Test Your Bridge Technique Series by David Bird • Tim Bourke List Price: Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. . . . read more. |
 | Defensive Carding & Opening Leads Winning Bridge Conventions Series by Patty Tucker List Price: Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to play against them. Each of the books in this series covers a number of useful conventions, explaining them carefully along with numerous examples and quizzes to help the reader understand what is being . . . read more. |
 | Defensive Play At Bridge: A Quizbook by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: A series of problem hands for novice/intermediate players. Each section contains a brief introduction of its topic, and the ideas are reinforced with carefully explained solutions and helpful tips throughout. . . . read more. |
 | Defensive Signalling at Bridge by David Bird List Price: The author begins this thorough discussion of a neglected but vital topic by examining the real purpose of defensive signalling, and the basic kinds of signals that are available. He goes on to recommend a comprehensive set of signalling agreements, and analyzes more complex situations in the light of these agreements. Most of the chapters are followed by a quiz, the answers to which will demons . . . read more. |
 | Defensive Tips For Bad Card Holders 576 Tips To Improve Your Defensive Play At Bridge 2nd Ed. Revised by Eddie Kantar List Price: Twenty years ago, Kantar set about distilling his bridge wisdom into a trilogy of books for the intermediate player, one each on Bidding, Play and Defense. Each consisted of several hundred short Tips, and the author believes that any reader who absorbs even a fraction of them will improve his or her game by at least 25%. The Tips in this book have been completely revised and updated by the a . . . read more. |
 | Demystifying Defense by Patrick O'Connor List Price: Beginners typically have more trouble with defense than any other part of the game, and this book goes a long way towards removing this unease. After carefully explaining the basic concepts, author Patrick O'Connor takes the reader through forty problems, using an 'over the shoulder' style, and explaining every play as it is made. . . . read more. |
 | Discarding Losers Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 3 by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay. In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz. The topics covered . . . read more. |
 | Double, Double, Toil and Trouble by Alex Adamson • Harry Smith List Price: Somewhere Over the Rainbow. The Land of Oz is full of characters, each unique and yet also familiar to bridge players everywhere. In this third installment, the Over the Rainbow Bridge Club is threatened by dark forces led by the Wicked Witch of the West. Can Dorothy and her friends come to the rescue? Following If I Only had a Heart and Bridge Over the Rainbow, this book completes the trilogy wi . . . read more. |
 | Drawing Trumps Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 4 by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay. In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz. The topics covered . . . read more. |
 | Duplicate Bridge Schedules, History and Mathematics by Ian McKinnon List Price: The Bridge Movements Encyclopedia. This is an essential book for tournament directors as well as bridge players curious about the history of the game of duplicate bridge. This comprehensive volume supplies you with all the movements ever thought of and many hundreds of new ones. Included for each movement are the variations, modifications, origins, authors and history of its development. Each mov . . . read more. |
 | Eddie Kantar Teaches: Advanced Bridge Defense by Eddie Kantar List Price: American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year Award Winner. Eddie Kantar's various beginner books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in ten different languages, not least because of his unique style and the humor that he introduces into the learning process. Advanced Bridge Defense is intended to cover some of the more complex concepts of bridge defense for the modern advancing pla . . . read more. |
 | Eddie Kantar Teaches: Topics in Declarer Play at Bridge by Eddie Kantar List Price: Kantar's two-book series on Bridge Defense ( Modern Bridge Defense and Advanced Bridge Defense) won an ABTA Book of the Year Award in 1999. This new book addresses a more popular topic, using a similar approach. While not a comprehensive treatment of declarer play at bridge, this book deals with specific topics exhaustively, and will be invaluable to the improving player: finesses (when and how t . . . read more. |
 | Enhanced Precision Fourth Edition by Ron Beall List Price: Enhanced Precision is a bidding system for the determined tournament player, designed to arrive at the best possible contract. It is an evolved system with many enhancements compared to standard systems, even standard precisions. The author notes: When I completed the third edition of Enhanced Precision, I believed (or at least hoped!) that it would be the final version. But many people made sugg . . . read more. |
 | Enterprising Bridge Tales: The Next Generation by Marc Smith List Price: Bridge in the 24th Century. Decades after the adventures of Captain James T Quirk and the crew of the USS Competitor, we now follow the next generation of bridge crusaders as they traverse the universe. Led by Captain Jonathan Lucian Pillar III, the starship's latest incarnation is crewed by many familiar characters: an android Science Officer, an imposing Klingon as Chief of Security, and a youn . . . read more. |
 | Enterprising Bridge Tales: The Original Series by Marc Smith List Price: Bridge in the 23rd century... They certainly play chess aboard Federation starships, so why should it come as a surprise to discover that bridge is also a popular pursuit? In these pages you can watch members of the crew playing as they warp through the galaxies. Follow the adventures of Captain Quirk and First Officer Sprock as their team competes against some of the best players in the universe . . . read more. |
 | Entries Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 9 by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay. In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz. The topics covered . . . read more. |
 | Entry Management (BT) Bridge Technique Series by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. . . . read more. |
 | Entry Management (TYBT) Test Your Bridge Technique Series by David Bird • Tim Bourke List Price: Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. . . . read more. |
 | Establishing Long Suits Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 5 by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay. In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz. The topics covered . . . read more. |
 | Famous Bridge Swings by David Bird List Price: Learn from their Mistakes. After a hard-fought match or perhaps a weekend of matchpoint play, it is well worth the effort to look at all your bad boards and see if any lessons can be learned. In this book you will have the chance to learn from other players' mistakes. We will look at over 150 big swings from international play. The net swings will average over 18 IMPs per deal, with some of more . . . read more. |
 | Fantunes Revealed by Bill Jacobs List Price: Not since the introduction of Precision has a new bidding system created such an immediate impact as Fantunes, the unique methods of Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes, the world's number one ranked pair. The Italians have several world championship wins to their name, and their system has played a major role in that success. This book delves into the system, explaining how it works and, just as im . . . read more. |
 | Finessing Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 1 by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay. In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz. The topics covered . . . read more. |
 | Five Card Major Bidding In Contract Bridge by Harold Feldheim List Price: A clearly written discussion of the five card major approach that is now considered Standard American by most duplicate players. Covers two-over-one game force auctions, forcing notrump structure, limit raises and negative doubles. Includes many quizzes. . . . 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. |
 | Five to Five Hundred by Tim Kohl • Bob Jiobu List Price: This is a book for improving players who have graduated from the novice class and are embarking on the long journey to that coveted Life Master title - which now in North America requires winning 500 masterpoints. Written in a light, readable style, with liberal use of cartoons and aide-memoires, the book first addresses the mental approach necessary for bridge success--topics including how to . . . read more. |
 | Focus on Bidding by Danny Roth List Price: This is not a book about systems, nor is it a book about conventions (although I confess I shall attempt to persuade you to adopt one or two in the course of it). This is a book about bidding and the places in the auction that we (and I use the word advisedly) go wrong. I don't care whether you prefer to play a weak or a strong notrump, or eight-card majors, or the Purple Spotted Forcing Club. Bu . . . read more. |
 | Focus on Declarer Play by Danny Roth List Price: For most intermediate bridge players, declarer play is both fascinating and challenging, but too often they are left after a hand is over with the sinking feeling that they could have done better. In this book, acclaimed British author Danny Roth takes his readers through the most common causes of errors on play: mishandling communications, making errors involving trumps, failing to take advantag . . . read more. |
 | Focus on Defense by Danny Roth List Price: For most bridge players, defence is the hardest part of the game. In this book, acclaimed British author Danny Roth takes his readers through the most common causes of errors on defence: taking tricks too early, not cashing out when necessary, not using all the information available from the bidding and play, not making the most of the defensive trump holdings, careless discarding, and many more. . . . read more. |
 | Following the Law by Larry Cohen List Price: Following the LAW, the sequel to To Bid or Not to Bid, was published in 1994, and took the basic concepts explained in the first book to a higher level of sophistication, while giving many practical examples from expert play of how to use the Law of Total Tricks correctly. Both books are must-reads for every improving bridge player. . . . read more. |
 | For Love or Money The Life of a Bridge Journalist by Mark Horton • Brian Senior List Price: Great hands and amusing anecdotes - a behind-the-scenes look at international bridge. Brian Senior and Mark Horton are experienced international players, and also two of the world's top bridge journalists. In one or the other capacity they have attended every World Championship and major international tournament in the last twenty years, and in this book they share their unique knowledge and expe . . . read more. |
 | Gaining the Mental Edge at Bridge by Kim Frazer List Price: The Inner Game of Bridge. Bridge players spend countless hours working on bidding conventions and cardplay techniques, yet give little attention to the mental side of the game. Maintaining focus and concentration, dealing with nerves, and other issues are largely ignored. In this book, Kim Frazer--an Olympian, winner of gold medals at three consecutive Commonwealth Games and an Australian interna . . . read more. |
 | Gamesman Bridge by Eddie Kantar List Price: Nobody wants to lose at contract bridge. This book will show you how to win. Whether you're an advanced beginner, an intermediate or an advanced player, this valuable book can help you win more frequently and gain greater personal satisfaction from contract bridge. This is a book on the play of hands, full of wise counsel; it will entertain experts and help them teach others. -The best way to cou . . . read more. |
 | Gary Brown's Learn to Play Bridge A Modern Approach To Standard Bidding With 5-Card Majors by Gary Brown List Price: Winner of the American Bridge Teachers' Association 2007 Book of the Year award in its original edition, this book has an entirely new approach to teaching the game. It is intended to be a short first course for people who have never played bridge before. No prior experience with any card game is necessary, and the ideas are developed in short, easy steps. . . . read more. |
 | Getting Into The Bidding by Bill Treble List Price: In the modern game, the majority of auctions are competitive, and every improving player needs to acquire the tools to handle this kind of bidding. This text covers the basic building blocks of competitive bidding (takeout and negative doubles, preempts, overcalls, competing over their notrump openings and dealing with competition over your own, forcing pass auctions, the Law of Total Tricks, and . . . read more. |
 | Go Ahead Laugh! Bridge Humor by Jude Goodwin by Jude Goodwin List Price: Jude Goodwin's Table Talk cartoons have been appearing for more than 30 years in the American Contract Bridge League's Bulletin. They capture life the way it really is at the bridge table, whether you play in tournaments or with your family in the kitchen. Flip through the pages, and you'll see familiar situations, partners and opponents. And Jude will make you laugh at yourself for taking this g . . . read more. |
 | Good, Better, Best by Jan Eric Larsson List Price: Bridge players constantly argue about the 'best' bidding systems and conventions. Strong Club or Natural? With or without relays? Standard or 2/1? Weak or strong notrump? Was Blue Club really better than the natural systems in the 1950s and 1960s? Is Two-way Stayman as good as Stayman and transfers? Disciplined or undisciplined weak twos--which work better? And many, many more... Well, now we hav . . . 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 of the Week by Joel Martineau List Price: Perhaps the best way to improve your bridge is to watch an expert play, and to try to understand the reasoning behind their bids and plays. Readers follow the bidding and play (or defense) of fifty-two hands--one a week for a year--and listen to the author's thinking as each hand develops. Understanding why the experts do what they do is the first step towards being able to do it yourself--at le . . . read more. |
 | Hands On - Weak Two Bids by Joan Anderson List Price: Weak two-bids are well ensconced in the bridge world and are now part of any beginning program of lessons. They are, however, in that class of "most abused" conventions. An understanding of all the important tools that are at your fingertips will serve you well in making these decisions at the table. This book will walk you through the solutions to the problems you meet every day in offensive and . . . read more. |
 | Holding Up A Stopper Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 6 by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay. In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz. The topics covered . . . read more. |
 | How Good Is Your Bridge? by Danny Roth List Price: Rate your bridge game with this fascinating quiz book on declarer play and defense. The author presents a series of card play problems, and assigns the reader a score based on how close to the optimum solution they get. Readers can expect their scores to improve as they work through the book, inevitably learning as they go. . . . read more. |
 | How To Be A Lucky Player by Matthew Thomson List Price: Are you a lucky player? It is no coincidence that the best players are lucky players. You can become a "better" player by improving your bidding system with your partner and by improving your play technique, however this will not make you a lucky player. How can you become a lucky player and winner? In this book, illustrated with hands from actual play, the author demonstrates ways to become a lu . . . read more. |
 | If I Only Had a Heart by Alex Adamson • Harry Smith List Price: Fictional bridge clubs, from Victor Mollo's Menagerie to the monks of David Bird's St. Titus Abbey, are familiar backdrops for writers. Perhaps therefore it's surprising that no one has gone 'over the rainbow' before. It's not a surprise, though, to find that everyone in Oz is a keen bridge player, even the Scarecrow and the Tin Man. The Lion is as cowardly a player as you would expect, and the w . . . read more. |
 | Improve Your Bidding Judgment by Neil Kimelman List Price: Bridge players are taught numerous rules to help them make good bidding decisions, rules that involve things like point count, losing trick count, the Law of Total Tricks and a host of other evaluation methods. But eventually everyone discovers that there are more situations where these rules don't apply than where they do. This book fills a gap in bridge literature by discussing how to make deci . . . read more. |
 | Improving Your Judgment 1: Opening The Bidding by Audrey Grant List Price: This book introduces concepts that help in making decisions when you are in the position to open the bidding. You will discover how to: Use the guideline of 20 in first and second position. Make light of opening bids in the third position. Benefit from guidelines of 15 in fourth position. Make effective use of preemptive bids. Produce the most descriptive bid with powerhouse hands. . . . read more. |
 | Introduction And Card Play Basics Workbook (YNM) A New Way To Learn Bridge Yes, No or Maybe by David Glandorf List Price: Are you tired of learning/teaching bridge from a cookbook? Tired of memorizing how many points you need to bid this or that? Do you have trouble determining if you have a minimum, medium or maximum hand and what you are supposed to do if it fits in a particular category? Then Yes, No or Maybe is what you need--a series of three textbooks and companion workbooks for beginning bridge students. This . . . read more. |
 | Introduction To Negative Doubles A Must-Read for the Aspiring Player by Marty Bergen List Price: Here is an introduction on one of the most widely-used conventions. Marty clarifies the best way to play each sequence, so you can avoid any misunderstandings with your partner. - Learn the secrets of the negative double. Find out how many points and what kind of hand you need to use this exciting bidding tool. - Opener's Rebids -- A plethora of carefully-chosen examples that will enlighten you. . . . read more. |
 | Kantar for the Defense Volume 1 An Eddie Kantar Bridge Classic by Eddie Kantar List Price: Think Defense: Multiple world champion Eddie Kantar's popular bridge column, Kantar for the Defense, has run in The Bridge World for almost fifty years, challenging players to defeat the contract in a variety of situations. Now available once more in print, Kantar for the Defense Volume 1 and Volume 2 are a collection of the best of these columns, offering the reader 100 practical defensive probl . . . read more. |
 | Kantar for the Defense Volume 2 An Eddie Kantar Bridge Classic by Eddie Kantar List Price: Think Defense: Multiple world champion Eddie Kantar's popular bridge column, Kantar for the Defense, has run in The Bridge World for almost fifty years, challenging players to defeat the contract in a variety of situations. Now available once more in print, Kantar for the Defense Volume 1 and Volume 2 are a collection of the best of these columns, offering the reader 100 practical defensive probl . . . read more. |
 | Kantar on Kontract by Eddie Kantar List Price: A treasury of short pieces from one of the bridge world's favorite writers. Great stories, great hands, tips and tricks to help your game - the best of the best! . . . read more. |
 | Last Board Everything Depends On It by Mark Horton List Price: Over 100 years of bridge history, it is not surprising that one can find many matches that came down to the last board, or even the last card, played. And of course, there is an added poignancy in these situations that derives from the fact that bridge is a unique sport in one aspect--the players do not know the score. In this book, the authors collect dozens of fascinating deals, each of which i . . . read more. |
 | Marty Sez: Volume 2 More Secrets of Winning Bridge by Marty Bergen List Price: Marty Bergen has done it again. Regardless of your level, this book is guaranteed to improve your results and make you a more formidable opponent. One of the most celebrated bridge authors of our time, Marty explains: When it's okay to rebid a five-card suit - Bidding secrets that even experts don't know - How to bid good slams, and avoid poor ones - The best way to plan an endplay - How to decla . . . read more. |
 | Marty Sez: Volume 3 Practical Tips You Can Take To the Bank by Marty Bergen List Price: The third book in this popular series is guaranteed to do wonders for your bridge game. Highlights include a smorgasbord of competitive bidding tips as well as over two dozen carefully-explained full deals, each with a valuable lesson. - A technique every declarer must have at his fingertips. - How you can compete with "unbiddable" hands. - Why you can't afford to worry about sneak attacks. - How . . . read more. |
 | Master of Bridge Psychology Inside the remarkable mind of Peter Fredin by Jeppe Juhl • Peter Fredin List Price: Sweden's Peter Fredin is notorious for making bids and plays that no one else would even think of, but are often brilliantly successful--as well as being entirely logical once he explains his thinking. This may be the funniest bridge biography you will ever read. Peter Fredin of Sweden won the 2009 European Pairs championship, and is a multiple medalist in events at the world level. His style and . . . read more. |
 | Mastering Hand Evaluation by Lawrence Diamond List Price: Advance Your Partnership Communication. Getting to good games, slams, and staying out of poor contracts is an important aspect of bridge. The best way to improve your bidding is not to add a new convention but to improve your hand evaluation skills. In this book you will learn about the science of hand evaluation, going far beyond 4-3-2-1 high card points. Enhance your ability to recognize good c . . . read more. |
 | Matchpoint Defense by Jim Priebe List Price: If defense is the hardest part of playing bridge (and it is!) then defending at matchpoint scoring is the toughest challenge a player can face. Every trick matters, irrespective of the contract, and every decision is potentially critical. In Thinking on Defense Jim Priebe introduced the idea of visualization, picturing likely hands for declarer and basing defensive strategy on those. In this book . . . read more. |
 | Misplay More Hands with Me by Mark Horton List Price: This is the sequel to Misplay These Hands With Me (2007), which is based on Horton's popular series of articles in the ACBL Bulletin. In an over-the-shoulder style, the author offers an account of a plausible line of play on each example hand, always without success, then gently points out how the contract could and should have been made with just a little more thought. Perfect for improving play . . . read more. |
 | Modern Constructive Bidding by Marshall Miles List Price: The logical follow-up to the author's best-selling Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century, this book deals with the latest expert thinking on constructive auctions at bridge. As usual, Miles' ideas are cutting edge, and not everything he recommends will appeal to everyone. However, also as usual, he challenges his readers to think and question what they are currently doing, and convince themselv . . . read more. |
 | Modified Italian Canape System by Ken Rexford List Price: In this book Ken Rexford introduces the strong club relay system with canape bidding that he played successfully for years. His approach is novel, but it is also one that is easy to learn and play. Most importantly, the entire system fits within the ACBL Gneral Convention Chart. As with his first book, Cuebidding at Bridge, Ken Rexford spends much time explaing the theory and thinking behind the . . . read more. |
 | More Accurate Bidding by Marshall Miles List Price: This is not a book for beginners, and will not bore you with rehashing things you already know. Some of the topics are somewhat controversial, and as always Marshall Miles urges his own, often original, point of view. You may not be persuaded by everything he recommends, but perhaps you adapt part of it, and it won't hurt you to discover how some other people play, even if you refuse to play that . . . read more. |
 | More Bridge Literature by Nick Smith List Price: Nick Smith's first book, Bridge Literature, was originally published in 1993 and has since been acclaimed as one of the quirky classics of the game. More Bridge Literature takes a similar form, as a set of parodies of well-known works of English literature. King Lear finds himself playing for France, Winnie-the-Pooh makes his first slam and Lady Bracknell proves hard to impress. Sherlock Holmes' . . . read more. |
 | More Conventions, More Practice by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: You asked for more! Following the runaway success of Practice Makes Perfect, bridge teachers asked the authors to produce a similar companion book to 25 More Bridge Conventions You Should Know. And here it is--a brief summary of each of those 25 more conventions, together with example hands that can be dealt out and used to apply your new knowledge. This book gives a brief summary of each convent . . . read more. |
 | More Declarer Play The Bergen Way How to Make More Contracts by Marty Bergen List Price: Sequel to the award-winning book. A proven approach to winning! Demonstrates and illustrates the right way to think about the hand when dummy is tabled. After reading this book, you'll be delighted when the tricks start rolling in. One of the most popular bridge authors of our time, Marty Bergen, Mr. Points Schmoints, explains: - How to give yourself an extra chance to make the hand - When to dra . . . read more. |
 | My System: The Unbalanced Diamond by Marshall Miles List Price: Marshall Miles has been writing bridge books for more than fifty years, and during that time has remained one of the world's leading thinkers on the theory of bidding. His recent gold medal in the World Senior Teams shows that he has lost little of his edge with time. This book, a distillation of the ideas he has been developing and evolving over many years, describes what in his view is an optim . . . read more. |
 | Negative Doubles A Must Read for Every Partnership by Marty Bergen List Price: The negative double is one of the most important bidding tools in modern bridge. In consequence, popular author and teacher Marty Bergen has written a book all about this deadly bidding weapon. Of course, the good old basics are covered, in a style that even the beginner will understand. Responses to the double are detailed, not forgetting the Penalty Pass - yummee! New concepts such as Thrump do . . . read more. |
 | New Frontiers For Strong Forcing Openings by Ken Rexford List Price: Ken Rexford's first book, Cuebidding at Bridge: A Modern Approach, took on the topic of Italian cuebidding, primarily in the context of a 2/1 Game Force system. However, he noticeably skipped the topic of cuebidding after a string two club opening. With this new book, we now know the reason, and his answer to the Big Problem. * This book describes an exciting new approach, using TWO strong openin . . . read more. |
 | No-trump Contracts Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 7 by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay. In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz. The topics covered . . . read more. |
 | North of the Master Solvers' Club The Bridge Writings of Frank Vine. Vine's trenchant commentaries on th by Frank Vine List Price: A comprehensive collection of classic writing. . . . read more. |
 | Northern Lights Selections from Canadian Masterpoint by Ray Lee • Linda Lee List Price: Here's a bridge book that's just good fun! We don't guarantee that you won't learn anything while you're reading it, but that's not the main purpose of this book. Here are just a few of the things you'll get to do in these pages: Think about whether it's better to be lucky or good; Learn Colbert's Rules, and when to apply them; Find out how Restricted Choice applies to TV game shows; Study the S . . . 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. |
 | One Trick At A Time by Jim Jackson List Price: This is not a book for players who win regularly at their local bridge club--it is for those who don't, but would like to. The author does not claim to be a top-level expert, and admits that he made many mistakes on his way to earning the coveted title of Life Master. This book is intended to help others avoid those same mistakes and to learn from those that they do make. Written in a conversatio . . . 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. |
 | Optimal Hand Evaluation by Patrick Darricades List Price: Accurate hand evaluation is critically important to reaching the right contract in bridge. Yet, for over 75 years now, hand evaluation has essentially relied on Milton Work's 4-3-2-1 honor point count - a count known to be seriously flawed and inaccurate. The method gives a very unsatisfactory, inaccurate point count which leads, too often, to the wrong contract. In this book, the author addresse . . . read more. |
 | Out of Hand...Out of Mind A Humorous Look at Bridge by Bill Buttle List Price: Bill Buttle's 'Out Of Hand' cartoon panels appear regularly in a number of bridge magazines, notably the ACBL's monthly Bridge Bulletin. This is his first collection devoted soley to bridge humor. A great gift for any bridge enthusiast in your life. . . . read more. |
 | Over Hoffman's Shoulder by Martin Hoffman • Marc Smith List Price: Travel the world of bridge with Martin Hoffman. After surviving the Nazi death camps, Martin Hoffman moved to England and discovered a talent for bridge. He went on to achieve great success in tournament play, and at his peak was known as the best pairs player in Europe, if not in the world. He was especially skilled at scoring well despite playing with much weaker partners. His chief weapons wer . . . read more. |
 | Overcalling Opponent's 1NT by Ken Rexford List Price: Author Ken Rexford has developed an intriguing new approach to overcalling 1NT openings that may revolutionize this area of bridge. If you are unhappy with Cappelletti, DONT, Brozel, and the like, this book introduces you to a new approach for tackling the opponent's 1NT opening, with an entirely new way to handle one- or two-suited hands. Can your current approach tell partner whether you have a . . . read more. |
 | P4 - Pattern Precision Bidding Emphasizing Four-Card Majors by Jack W. Hawthorne List Price: P4 is the third text in the series, following earlier works: "The Pattern Club System" and "Pattern Precision". P4 breaks new ground by concentrating on positive responses that include at least one four-card Major suit. Innovative opening bids: the Self-Rescuing Kamikaze NT and Canape Transfer Two-Bids are revolutionary. . . . read more. |
 | Partnership Bidding - A Workbook 25th Anniversary Ed by Mary Paul List Price: Have you ever had a bidding misunderstanding, even with your regular partner? Of course you have--it's really hard to be sure you've covered every possible sequence, and even if you can do that, you have to remember what you decided. Whatever your preferred system, Mary Paul's Partnership Bidding is the perfect way for you and your partner to work through all the common situations and record your . . . read more. |
 | Partnership Understandings Blue Ribbon Series by Mike Lawrence List Price: Stop bidding misunderstandings before they occur with this valuable guide. This booklet covers all the significant points you should discuss with your partner. . . . read more. |
 | Pattern Precision: Precision Bidding Powered by Distributional Relays by Jack W. Hawthorne List Price: Pattern Precision bidding system has been developed over 40 years of duplicate bridge play. The accuracy of the structure and methods described herein have been tested and validated with more than 40 years of documented bidding contests. . . . read more. |
 | Planning The Play Of A Bridge Hand by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: Beginning bridge players are taught some of the basic techniques of declarer play: suit establishment, ruffing losers, the finesse, and so forth. The hard part is learning when each applies. There is that terrible moment when the dummy comes down, and the novice declarer has no idea even how to start thinking about the right things. This book, starting from the basics, explains how to make a plan . . . read more. |
 | Planning the Play: The Next Level by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: This sequel to 2010 ABTA book of the year, Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand, extends the idea of making a plan as declarer to more complex situations, covering ideas such as safety plays, avoidance play, trump control, dummy reversal, and endplays. It will appeal to players who have a solid grasp of the basics of declarer play, and are looking to improve from there. Seagram and Bird's Plannin . . . read more. |
 | Play Of The Hand As Declarer & Defender Student Text by Shirley Silverman List Price: Ten lessons: Declarer play - Defender play - Holdup plays - Finesses - Placing the cards - "thinking through" a hand - Suitable for the beginner, intermediate or the social bridge player . . . read more. |
 | Play or Defend? 68 Hands to Test Your Bridge Skill by Julian Pottage List Price: This is an unusual problem book in the style of Diosy's There Must Be a Way, in that the reader is shown all four hands and asked whether declarer or defense should prevail with best play. A fascinating challenge for the advancing player. . . . read more. |
 | Playing 2/1: The Rest of the Story by Paul Thurston List Price: Paul Thurston's 25 Steps to Learning 2/1 was an instant bestseller, winning the 2003 American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award. In a tantalizing postscript to that book, he promised a sequel, one that would cover 'the rest of the story' for those who wanted to add modern sophistication to their 2/1 bidding. Here at last he delivers, and the long wait has been worth it. The book . . . read more. |
 | Playing A Bridge Hand - Just The Basics by Mary Ann Dufresne List Price: Want Better Results? Try better declarer Play! Have you noticed that good bidding doesn't always mean good results? Sometimes you don't make your perfectly-bid contract. Sometimes other declarers make an extra trick or two. If it's time to get serious about better declarer play, this is the perfect 'how to' book. You'll find it's surprisingly easy to: Count your winning and losing tricks. Master . . . read more. |
 | Playing Safely Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 10 by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay. In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz. The topics covered . . . read more. |
 | Polish Club 2020: Expert by Krzysztof Jassem List Price: The motto of the Polish Club 2020 Expert system is: 'Bid aggressively with an offensive hand, keep quiet with a defensive hand.' Non-vulnerable one-level light openings and responses are introduced here. But the main merit of the Polish Club, i.e. to 'keep an eye on the total strength of the bidders', is still preserved. In comparison to other versions of Polish Club (including Polish Club 2020 S . . . read more. |
 | Polish Club 2020: Standard by Krzysztof Jassem List Price: The Polish Club bidding system is based on an ambiguous 1C opening, limited one-level openings, five-card majors and a Strong Notrump. The concept makes it possible to find partner's total strength on a lower level than in all-natural systems. In the Standard version, a 2C opening is Precision, 2D is Multi, and remaining two-level openings are weak Polish two-suiters. One of the key original feat . . . read more. |
 | Practice Makes Perfect 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: You asked for it! 25 Conventions You Should Know has sold more than 250,000 copies since it was first published, and continues to top the bridge bestseller lists. Over the years, readers have suggested that it would be an even better book if it offered some way to practice what they had learned. Now, here it is: a brief summary of each of those 25 conventions, together with example hands that can . . . read more. |
 | Preempts by Warren Watson List Price: It has been many years since any bridge author attempted a comprehensive description of preemptive bidding, and much has changed in the interim. Modern players open the bidding on lighter values, and preempts, formerly based in at least a semblance of sanity, are now made on the flimsiest of excuses. This is a comprehensive treatment of preemptive bidding - not just when to open and with what, bu . . . read more. |
 | Really Unusual Notrump (R.U.N.T.) by Ken Rexford List Price: Ken Rexford provides the first authoritative description of the R.U.N.T. Convention. R.U.N.T. is actually a two-way overcalling structure to distinguish a very sound takeout double from a weak three-suited takeout by way of an artificial 1NT overcall - preempting and intervening in the auction safely and effectively. * Do you find a 4-3-3-3 hand with three Jacks a reason to sleep, or is this as g . . . read more. |
 | Robin Hood's Hold-up by David Bird List Price: 12th-Century Bridge Adventures... Journey back to Sherwood Forest and Nottingham Castle in David Bird's fourth book of Robin Hood bridge stories. The 32 stories contain well over 100 splendid deals and provide the laugh-aloud humor and painless instruction for which the author is renowned. The cast list features Robin Hood, Maid Marian and the Outlaws--also their arch-enemies, the Sheriff of Nott . . . read more. |
 | Roman Keycard Blackwood: The Final Word Fifth Edition by Eddie Kantar List Price: This is the fifth (and according to the author, the very last - but don't hold your breath!) edition of what is acknowledged to be the definitive book on a convention that every serious player uses. Completely revised and updated from the previous version, this newest version contains even more leading-edge ideas, and is full of examples, quizzes and practice hands. A must for the tournament play . . . read more. |
 | Ruffing Losers Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 2 by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay. In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz. The topics covered . . . read more. |
 | Santa Fe Precision by Dennis Dawson List Price: This book on Precision is quite different. It is a very simplified version, based on the system played by Rodwell and Meckstroth so successfully, but aimed at club players. Eric Rodwell has endorsed the system and the book. Dennis Dawson learned Meckwell Lite fifteen years ago when playing on teams with Rodwell and Meckstroth. He then used it while representing the US in the Senior World Team Cha . . . read more. |
 | Scotland's Senior Moment by Harry Smith • Alex Adamson List Price: Do you ever expect to play in a world bridge championship? The 2012 Scotland Senior team surprised many by qualifying. The story of how they got to Bali, and what happened to them once they got there, makes for fascinating reading. "A wonderful tale--the best underdog story since the Jamaican Bobsled Team. A must-read for any bridge player who wants to see what it is like to play in a world cham . . . read more. |
 | Scramble Stayman by Doug Bennion List Price: Don't Settle for 1NT. Scramble Stayman examines (1) which types of hands qualify to scramble, (2) the scramble technique to use (beginning with 2 Clubs and overlaying standard Stayman) and (3) how the various scramble contracts score compared to 1NT, measured over thousands of hands. The book features a 100-board 'match' between one player staying in 1NT, and another scrambling to a (usually) be . . . read more. |
 | Secrets Your Bridge Friends Never Tell You by Cathy Hunsberger List Price: You thought bridge was going to be eternally glorious, didn't you? Suddenly, out of the blue, you're going crazy! Confusion reigns supreme. Every partner is an expert with a barrage of new conventions. You are beset on every side with questions you fear to ask. * Secrets Your Bridge Friends Never Tell You explores the bumpy, and exciting, journey a bridge player takes on the road from beginner, t . . . read more. |
 | Shades Of Grey A Pemberton Bridge Club Mystery by Ken Allan List Price: The members of the Pemberton Bridge Club, along with the wickedly funny Jay's Nest bridge columns, were first introduced in Ken Allen's debut novel, Deadly Endplay. This sequel addresses something worse, for the bridge players, than a mysterious death - the growing suspicion that someone in their midst is systematically cheating. When retired policeman Dan Cogan begins to investigate, he finds . . . read more. |
 | Shadow in the Bridge World 2022 Edition by Mike Dorn Wiss List Price: The Shadow is a mysterious expert (at bridge, as well as many other sports) whose passion for anonymity means that you have never heard of him. The author is his friend, and under strict rules of concealment of the Shadow's identity, has been allowed to share these fascinating and instructive anecdotes with the world. Originally published more than 30 years ago, this edition is revised and expand . . . read more. |
 | Shark's Pointers by Mark Aquino List Price: The original 'Shark's Pointers' article appeared in 1975, in a small Boston-area newspaper. Thirty years later, the idea re-emerged as a series of bridge columns and lectures in Massachusetts. Then, during the pandemic, Shark's Pointers went online, and it is these latter talks and the advice they contain that have now been collected into this book. Written in an over-the-shoulder style, this boo . . . read more. |
 | Short Club and Transfer Responses by Brian Senior List Price: Systems based on a short club opening with transfer responses are becoming sufficiently popular that, even if one does not wish to use them oneself, it is a good idea to know something about how they work and how to defend against them, as more and more opposing pairs are employing such methods. This booklet gives a general overview of this type of system then goes on to discuss one complete m . . . read more. |
 | Should I or Shouldn't I Drawing Trumps at Bridge by Marc Smith List Price: To draw or not to draw? (trumps, that is)? You might be forgiven for thinking this is an easy question to answer, and on many deals it is. But there are also a large number of situations where it's all too easy to make the wrong decision. As declarer, you (usually) have the majority of cards in the trump suit, but managing them to best effect isn't always quite so simple. This book looks at thos . . . read more. |
 | Six Steps to Winning Declarer Play by Jay Apfelbaum List Price: Do you want to play the hand better than you do now? Too many players have trouble deciding how to set about a contract as declarer. Do they worry about losers or winners? Do they draw trumps or not? Should they be guarding against bad breaks? There are so many things to think about, it's easy to get sidetracked. In this book, you will learn about the right questions to ask yourself as declarer . . . read more. |
 | Sixpack Adventures with Keycards and Queecards by Allan DeSerpa List Price: Six keycard RKCB has come of age! As soon you identify a double fit, don't ask for keycards. . . just "launch" and tell. You can find out about all six keycards--and two "queecards"--below the game level. Part I of the book lays out a set of basic rules for any casual partnership to apply quickly and easily. Part II gets more advanced and complex, but operates along the same principles. Apply Six . . . read more. |
 | Slam Bidding Conventions Winning Bridge Conventions Series by Patty Tucker List Price: Bridge students quickly discover that basic bidding will only get them so far. To improve it is necessary to master a certain number of bidding conventions, and be prepared both to play them and to play against them. Each of the books in this series covers a number of useful conventions, explaining them carefully along with numerous examples and quizzes to help the reader understand what is being . . . read more. |
 | Sleeping on the Couch The adventures of Dave playing bridge with his wife, Anne by Dave Caprera List Price: All profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the United States Bridge Federation Junior Program. Here is what some of Dave's friends who appear in the book had to say: "I don't bid like that because if I do I will end up sleeping on the couch." - Mike Passell. "When they travel to tournaments, Dave chooses their hotel by the comfort of the sofas." - Chris Compton. "If Dave had just b . . . read more. |
 | Startup Bridge - And Beyond by Lynn Berg List Price: Nothing is scarier than not knowing what to expect-as we all know, knowledge is power. I'm here to inform you, encourage you and help you (and your partner) help yourselves. Use this book as a way to get into the mysteries of bridge and its most challenging form, duplicate. Sure, knowledge of basic bidding protocols is necessary, but so is knowing what to expect, how to develop a partnership, wha . . . read more. |
 | Stayman Auctions (PYB) Practice Your Bidding Series by Barbara Seagram • Linda Lee List Price: With these handy little books, you can: Learn a new convention, or extend your knowledge of it; Learn and practice by yourself using the unique quiz format; Practice with your partner using the specially selected sample hands, and compare your results with the recommended auctions. . . . read more. |
 | Still Not Finding Squeezes by Julian Laderman List Price: If your answer is YES to the following three questions, this is the book for you: 1. Have you read A Bridge to Simple Squeezes? 2. Did you see merit in the structured approach introduced in that book for executing simple squeezes? 3. Do you feel that in spite of your great effort you are still not finding squeezes? In Still Not Finding Squeezes, the structured approach is applied to the 39 squeez . . . read more. |
 | Strong Club, Unbalanced Diamond by Bruce Watson List Price: The basis for the system described in this book was first suggested by Marshall Miles in My System: the Unbalanced Diamond. The core of SCUD is the same as in Miles' book; that is, strong club, unbalanced diamond, five-card majors and a weak notrump. However, author Bruce Watson felt that the original treatments for the 2C and 2D openings needed to change. In addition, he wanted to use transfer r . . . read more. |
 | Suit Contracts Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 8 by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay. In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz. The topics covered . . . read more. |
 | Surviving Duplicate Bridge The first 23.69 points by Kathleen Vishner List Price: Bridge partnerships can be fun. We all know that. Of course, they can also be difficult, maddening, disappointing, and frustrating. When the players of these partnerships are also spouses - well that's when things can get downright tricky. Kathleen Vishner shares with you the highs and lows of learning duplicate bridge while partnering with her ever-patient husband, Andy. Experience as she does t . . . read more. |
 | Swing Deals by Rakesh K. Kumar List Price: In any Swiss Teams or IMP Pairs tournament, you will soon enough find yourself facing opponents who are frequent or consistent winners. How is it that when you earn your chance to challenge them, more of the IMP swings seem to go their way than yours? That's the focus of this book, which reviews over 100 deals that generated swings in IMPs competitions. It examines how effective bidding methods a . . . read more. |
 | Symmetric Relay Featuring Scamp and Spam by Nick Hughes List Price: Relay in action. As bidding sophistication continues to grow, many top pairs are turning to relay systems, where one partner asks questions and then places the final contract based on the answers. Often these methods are tied to a strong club approach: methods such as the Ultimate Club and Moscito have been around for decades. The symmetric relay is an approach that is increasingly popular in Aus . . . read more. |
 | Take All Your Chances At Bridge by Eddie Kantar List Price: Selecting the best line of play as declarer on a bridge hand is not easy. Most novices know something about basic odds and percentages, and can usually come up with a line that offers a reasonable chance of success. However, the expert player will skilfully combine options, so as to take advantage of more than one possibility. Rather than putting all his eggs in one basket, he will 'stay alive . . . read more. |
 | Tales Out of School by David Silver List Price: Move over Victor Mollo and David Bird! Fans of the Hideous Hog, the Abbot, and the Rabbi will find a new hero among the halls of Mohican College (the last of the community colleges to be established). Tales out of School is a collection of humorous bridge stories from the witty and satirical pen of David Silver. It will delight readers with the adventures of his alter ego, the hapless Professor S . . . 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. |
 | Teaching Bridge On Cruise Ships by Rosemary Boden List Price: Travel and Teach at Sea! If you want to see the world without paying a king's ransom, turn your passion for bridge into teaching on cruise ships. Learn how to break into this wonderful world by following the advice in this little book. It covers everything from finding an agent and making a lesson plan to packing the right clothes. . . . read more. |
 | Test Your Bridge Play Vol. 2 by Eddie Kantar List Price: Become a better declarer - and Eddie Kantar promises it will be relatively painless! The problems in this book are not for experts - they are, however, for anyone whose ambition is to become a better bridge player. The problems involve the everyday cardplay maneuvers you have to master if you are going to improve as a declarer. As you work through this book, you will encounter more than one exa . . . read more. |
 | The Abbot's Senior Moment by David Bird List Price: For forty-three years, David Bird's tales of the bridge-crazy monks of St. Titus have appeared in magazines around the world. They have been translated into several languages. In this fourteenth collection of stories in book form, the pompous and self-important Abbot wonders for the first time if old age is starting to affect his play. Regular followers of David Bird's work will know what to expe . . . read more. |
 | The Amazing Queen Winning With Your Queens by Clement Wong List Price: Written by a former captain of the Hong Kong Team and long-time bridge columnist, this is the first bridge book on winning by skillful bidding and play surrounding the queens--from queen camouflage to queen sacrifice (both real and sham) to queen defense--inspired by the author's 1993 Bols Tip of Queening your Defence. Covers bidding, declarer play, opening leads and responses, exit cards, entrie . . . read more. |
 | The Best of Bridge Today Digest by Matthew Granovetter • Pamela Granovetter List Price: Bridge Today Digest recently celebrated its first anniversary (and 100th issue) as an Internet-based "bridge-zine". It is renowned for its practical advice, its wonderful bridge stories, and the wry humor and personal touch of its editors. For this collection, they have selected the very best pieces from their first year, and have come up with a compendium that every bridge player can read, enjoy . . . read more. |
 | The Complete Book Of BOLS Bridge Tips by Sally Brock List Price: The BOLS Bridge Tips competition started in 1974, and took place off and on for more than 20 years. During that time, virtually all the world's greatest writers and players contributed their ideas to the series. For the first time ever, the entire collection of BOLS Bridge Tips are gathered here in one volume, edited and organized for easy access by the average player. Included too are biographie . . . read more. |
 | The Complete Book On Overcalls in Contract Bridge A Mike Lawrence Classic 2nd Edition by Mike Lawrence List Price: Originally published in 1980, this book quickly became recognized as a must-read for any would-be bridge expert, and has never been out of print. Now, almost 30 years later, the author has revised, updated and expanded it to take into account modern developments in the theory and practice of competitive bidding. Anyone who is at all serious about improving their game needs to own a copy of this . . . read more. |
 | The Complete Book On Takeout Doubles Revised and updated by Mike Lawrence List Price: The definitive book on the oldest--and most useful--convention in bridge, the takeout double. Originally published in 1994, this book quickly became recognized as a 'must-read' for any would-be bridge expert, and has never been out of print. Now, almost twenty years later, the author has revised and updated the text to take into account modern developments in competitive bidding, one of the mos . . . read more. |
 | The Contested Auction by Roy Hughes List Price: Roy Hughes first book, Building a Bidding System, has become a must-read for expert pairs looking to develop effective constructive bidding methods. Here, beginning by establishing what the structure needs to accomplish, Hughes discusses competitive bidding, and recommends useful methods and agreements. The book covers in detail many topics that have seen only cursory treatment in print up to now. . . . read more. |
 | The Eight of Clubs was Good? Comfort food for the bridge player's soul by Elizabeth Flynn List Price: As a new bridge player, Elizabeth Flynn began blogging about her experiences with the game and the people she met. Through a series of heartwarming and humorous anecdotes, the author details in this book her struggles as a new player learning a complex game. We encounter some of the remarkable people she has met in the world of bridge and the often funny, sometimes touching, things that have happ . . . read more. |
 | The Flannery Two Diamond Opening by Bill Flannery List Price: A complete book of The Flannery Convention, one of the most popular conventions in use today. It includes sections on the mechanics of Flannery, defense strategies against the convention, and 65 hands showing Flannery in action. . . . 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 Naked Bridge Player and other stories by David Silver List Price: Professor Silver is back! The hero of Tales Out of School, A Study in Silver, and Bridge The Silver Way takes on new opponents as the author finds fresh literary targets to lampoon. Yes, the man who brought us the Silver Certainty Principle, the Eastwood convention ("Do you feel lucky, partner?") and the concept of the supremacy of the heart suit in bridge now takes aim at The Matrix ("Will you c . . . read more. |
 | The Pocket Guide to Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara Seagram • Marc Smith List Price: Using the same format as The Pocket Guide to Bridge, this book provides a handy pocket summary of about two dozen basic bidding conventions. In a concise but readable manner, it summarizes most of the material presented in 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by the same author team--a book that is now the bestselling bridge title of the last 50 years (more than 130,000 copies in print). . . . read more. |
 | The Pocket Guide to Declarer Play at Bridge by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: 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: 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: 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. |
 | The Pocket Guide To SAYC by Ned Downey • Ellen (Caitlin) Pomer List Price: The most popular natural bidding system for thousands of player's worldwide is the "Standard American Yellow Card" or SAYC. This book is a hand reference for anyone learning SAYC, ort for those who have grasped the basics of the system and are eager to fill the gaps in their knowledge. . . . read more. |
 | The Power of Pass by Ron Klinger • Harold Schogger List Price: You compete with 3 hearts over 3 clubs. You play very well and manage to come to eight tricks. You are feeling good, until you open the scoresheet and find that 3 clubs has been defeated most of the time. You have gone minus when you could have been plus. Not vulnerable against vulnerable, your partner sacrifices in 5 hearts over 5 diamonds and is doubled. Partner is two off for -300. That wou . . . read more. |
 | There Must Be A Way 52 Bridge Hands to Challenge your Play and Defense by Andrew Diosy List Price: Most bridge players pride themselves on their ability at post-mortem analysis -- figuring out what should happen on a given hand with best play and perfect defense. But sometimes it's not so easy. Andrew Diosy has collected 52 bridge hands, graded into increasing levels of difficulty, where the obvious answer is usually wrong. As you look further into each hand, you find that there are more layer . . . read more. |
 | Three Notrump in Depth by Augie Boehm List Price: Part I of this book will equip you with a variety of useful, easy-to-master bidding tools to help you and partner discover when to grab the 3NT brass ring, and, just as important, when to avoid it. Reaching good 3NT contracts doesn't confer an automatic bonus-there is that niggling rule about needing to make what you bid. So, Part II is dedicated to the play of 3NT. Since you are apt to defend 3N . . . read more. |
 | Tips on Cardplay Mike Lawrence Bridge Tips by Mike Lawrence List Price: Twenty years ago, Mike Lawrence published a series of short booklets for intermediate players, entitled Topics on Bridge, with advice on various aspects of bidding and card play. Long unavailable, this material has now been revised, updated, and republished in three anthology volumes, each comprised of about ten of the original booklets. The topics here include: Defense, including opening leads, . . . read more. |
 | To Bid or Not To Bid by Larry Cohen List Price: Since its publication in 1992, To Bid or Not to Bid has sold over 50,000 copies in English alone and has been published in several other languages. Undoubtedly the best-selling bridge book of the 1990s, its lucid exposition of the empirical Law of Total Tricks (a simple guide to making the right decisions in competitive bridge auctions) has made it a book that literally every serious bridge playe . . . read more. |
 | Toucan Club Complete by Ron Beall • Ron Woodard List Price: Toucan is a modified 2/1 system using a natural but short club opening with transfer responses to it. Toucan Club Complete is a much-expanded version of the original Toucan Club book, and contains many example hands and auctions. "The one-club sequences are powerful. Transfer auctions are valuable because they allow the partnership an extra step to exchange more information. Responder knows the e . . . read more. |
 | Transfer Responses to One Club with Relays by Lyle Poe List Price: Transfer responses and relays in the context of a forcing club system have been gaining in popularity in Europe for some time. Now, however, some top American pairs are using these methods, and recent changes in ACBL classifications mean that they can be played in most ACBL-sanctioned events. This book is an ideal introduction for players wanting to try an effective new approach to bidding that i . . . read more. |
 | Transfer-Oriented Pinpoint Precision (TOP3) Featuring the Handshake Game Force--The Ultimate Power Club System by Jack W. Hawthorne List Price: Experience the thought process used by experts applying the power of a scientific bidding system. Why do so many bridge players limit their use of transfers to notrump responses? In the Transfer-Oriented Pinpoint Precision (TOP3) system, transfer bids are everywhere! If you and your regular partner assimilate the contents of this text, your duplicate bridge performance will surely improve--beyond . . . read more. |
 | Trick One The Right First Move by David Bird List Price: A huge percentage of failing contracts go down because declarer did not play optimally on the first trick. Similarly, countless contracts are allowed to slip through because the defender in third seat made the wrong play. With 125 instructive deals, David Bird covers all aspects of the first card played from dummy, the first move by the defender in third seat and the card chosen by declarer from . . . read more. |
 | Tricks With Finesses (BT) Bridge Technique Series by David Bird • Marc Smith List Price: Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. At this price, what bridge player could stand not to have al . . . read more. |
 | Two-Over-One Game Force Revised and Expanded by Max Hardy List Price: The most popular bidding style today. New edition: revised, updated, expanded. The system played by many consistent winners. A thorough explanation of opening bids and responses, plus competitive bidding and useful gadgets. Recommended for: Intermediate through expert. . . . read more. |
 | Variable Keycard Blackwood by Ken Rexford List Price: Roman Key Card Blackwood has dominated expert circles for the past half century, but it is not flawless. One obvious difficulty is sometimes not knowing whether the partnership is missing two aces or one ace and the trump king. Variable Key Card Blackwood may be the next logical step. VKCB allows partnerships to address many problems that Roman Key Card Blackwood does not solve, while keeping t . . . read more. |
 | Wanna Play Bridge The 2/1 Way? by Kathy Rolfe List Price: This book can be used as an absolute beginner book, teaching the 2/1 bridge bidding system from the start. Use just Chapters 1-5 to teach children as young as 6! They can learn how to play before they are ready to learn how to bid. Older than 9, kids can move right along with adults into learning the bidding system. The book can also be used by a novice player who has the mechanics down but who s . . . read more. |
 | We Love The Majors by Mary Ann Dufresne • Marion Ellingsen List Price: Want to learn to play bridge? Let Manry Ann Dufresne and Marion Ellingsoen get you started. You won't find a clearer, simpler presentation of the basic guidelines. Plus, the authors tell you about their winning bridge strategy: bid a major whenever you can! * Unlike many beginner's books, We Love the Majors doesn't oversimplify the game for ease of consumption. This is an honest presentation of t . . . read more. |
 | What Do These Bids Mean? A brief bidding review by Timothy LeVan List Price: A Bidding Review for You and Partner. Visualize everyone's hands from their bids only. What do their bids promise? Deny? Multiple possible Bids and Rebids show minimum, medium, or maximum hands. Are they forcing? What cards and points are required? What Seat are you in? Your bids will vary based on your Seat. Review a Bidding Concept and Bidding Sequences. Consult What Do These Bids Mean? and Tho . . . read more. |
 | What Does Partner Have? Book 1 by Timothy LeVan List Price: A Bidding Review for You and Partner. In Book One, the opponents pass. You see only your South hand. Book Two is a continuation of Book One - now with all four players bidding. Analyze everyone's bids: What do they promise? Deny? Are they forcing? What cards and points are required? Review a Bidding Concept. Bid Example Deals. Consult What Does Partner Have? and Thoughts. Take the Quizzes and che . . . read more. |
 | What Does Partner Have? Book 2 by Timothy LeVan List Price: A Bidding Review for You and Partner. In Book One, the opponents pass. You see only your South hand. Book Two is a continuation of Book One - now with all four players bidding. Analyze everyone's bids: What do they promise? Deny? Are they forcing? What cards and points are required? Review a Bidding Concept. Bid Example Deals. Consult What Does Partner Have? and Thoughts. Take the Quizzes and che . . . 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. |
 | What's Your Line? 100 Instructive Bridge Problems by David Bird List Price: Fine-Tune Your Cardplay. This collection of 100 problems features instructive deals that have appeared in David Bird's bridge columns over the past few years. The author has aimed to present problems that will give you a good chance of finding the solution. They illustrate a wide range of card-play techniques. Each problem is presented in two-hand format on a righthand page, with the solution and . . . read more. |
 | Why You Still Lose at Bridge by Julian Pottage List Price: S.J. Simon's classic Why You Lose at Bridge, dispensing advice to the improving player through archetypical bridge characters such as Futile Willie, the Unlucky Expert, and Mrs. Guggenheim, is regarded as one of the best books ever written on the game. In this follow-up book, Julian Pottage uses the same approach to discuss common failings of modern club players--misdescribing your shape, overval . . . read more. |
 | Win the Bermuda Bowl with Me by Jeff Meckstroth • Marc Smith List Price: An over-the-shoulder look at the thought processes of one of the world's best players as Jeff Meckstroth takes the reader through the highs and lows of winning the Bermuda Bowl - the world teams championship. Written in the style of Terence Reese's classic Play Bridge with Reese, this book gives readers a chance to make their own decisions at critical stages in each deal, and compare their soluti . . . read more. |
 | Winning at the Club by Matthew Thomson List Price: Bridge in 2020 went online at the club. With daily opportunities to observe players while running games, teacher Matthew Thomson started on a quest to understand why players were so often making bids and plays that surprised him. This led him to ask the question, "How can I best help the club player?" Selecting a daily hand for lessons shared before each online game saw immediate results, allowin . . . read more. |
 | Winning Declarer Play by Dorothy Hayden Truscott List Price: Learn Declarer Play from an Expert. This classic book, a bestseller for more than forty years, has been updated for this edition by Gail Greenberg, a frequent partner of Dorothy Truscott, and like her a World Champion. Dorothy had a unique ability to make complex bridge concepts simple to understand, and everything here, from the basics to the most complicated squeeze or endplay, is described in . . . read more. |
 | Winning Duplicate Tactics by David Bird List Price: Matchpoints is a different game from IMPs and party bridge, and it requires a whole different approach. This book explains the right strategies for bidding, play and defense at matchpoint pairs for players starting out on their competitive careers. Duplicate bridge is a different game. It's true that you can get by if you play exactly the same way as you would in a home social game or a team matc . . . read more. |
 | Winning IMPs by Rakesh K. Kumar List Price: This book highlights the strategies that contribute to success in team games. Of course, there is no magic formula for winning at bridge, given the inherent complexity, the incomplete information available to both sides, and the psychological elements involved. However, there are some characteristics common to consistent success: good bidding methods are essential these methods are useless withou . . . read more. |
 | Winning Notrump Leads by David Bird • Taf Anthias List Price: To discover which opening lead is best from a given West hand against a particular auction, the authors use computer software to generate 5000 deals that match the North-South bidding. (The West hand remains the same and the other three hands are chosen randomly.) The software then plays these deals automatically, seeing which of the 13 possible opening leads works best at both IMPs (rubber bridg . . . read more. |
 | Winning Suit Contract Leads by David Bird • Taf Anthias List Price: Winning Notrump Leads was a ground-breaking and very well-received book that used the power of computers to determine which opening leads work best against a variety of auctions at notrump. Using enhanced software, the authors now turn their attention to suit contracts. . . . read more. |
 | World Championships 2019 at Wuhan by World Bridge Federation • Brian Senior List Price: The official publication of the World Bridge Championships 2019 at Wuhan. From the World Bridge Federation. Edited by Brian Senior. . . . read more. |
 | World Class Conversations With the Bridge Masters by Marc Smith List Price: Twenty-six of the world's best players talk about bridge - how they got started, their best and worst memories, their favorite hands, the players they most admire, the opponents they most fear, and their hopes for the future of the game. As you read this book, you will see the human side of people who up to now, may just have been names in a bridge column, but you'll also get from them a series o . . . read more. |
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