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Aimed at the novice bridge player, this book deals specifically with competitive auctions in which the opponents have opened the bidding.

This bridge guide addresses the complex arena of competitive bidding methods for the more advanced player. The author discusses thinking and recommends methods which will continue to be playable as bridge enters its second century.

This is an author who has been there and seen it all. As a multiple world champion, and former president of the World Bridge Federation, no one is better placed to discuss the big issues that face the game today. He can talk authoritatively about cheating at the top levels of the game, destructive bidding systems, sponsorship, professional players, and the other big issues - and he does. He opens the closets of the bridge world, and shows us the skeletons inside that no one wants to talk about. Wolff names names: as the title implies, he has always been prepared to call a spade and let the chips fall where they may. Wolff describes his own life and career in bridge with a brutally honest and emotional appraisal. This book will receive major review attention, and will be as controversial as one would expect a book from this author to be.

A UK-market version, this book explains the important bidding conventions for English/British bridge players who use the ACOL system.

Everyone knows that control-showing bids are the expert route to slam. This work offers a comprehensive treatment of this vital area of the game.

Covering the basic concepts of bridge defence for the modern novice player, this guide contains a host of features designed to help the reader grasp the material including: clearly laid-out concepts; margin notes; practice hands; chapter-end quizzes; and key-point summaries.

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 all twelve?

An explanation of the different ways to score a game of bridge, and the right way to bid, play and defend in matchpoint scoring.

A follow-up to the perennial best-seller, 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know, which has sold almost 35,000 copies and has been translated into French, German and Japanese, and won the American Bridge Teachers' Book of the Year Award in 1999. This book uses the same successful format as its predecessor, and will appeal to those who liked the original so much.

This book deals with the play of the cards as declarer, a major topic in beginner and intermediate bridge lessons. As usual in this 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.

Nick Smith’s first book, Bridge Literature, was originally published by Cadogan Books 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’ deductive skills fail him for once, Robinson Crusoe takes drastic action and there’s a lot of fumbling under the table at Cold Comfort Farm. More Bridge Literature is an irreverent and humorous take on much-loved literary classics.Most of the deals are also presented in quiz-form. Readers are encouraged to attempt these declarer-play problems before reading the stories in which the deals are located. But be warned — these may be the toughest single-dummy problems ever published! If you solve even half of these, you are a current or future international player.

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 particularly well with 2/1 methods.

Using the same format as The Pocket Guide to Bridge, this book will provide a handy pocket summary of the popular 2/1 bidding system. In a concise but readable manner, it goes over the basic ideas for Standard players who want to make the switch. The contents are based on Thurston's 25 Steps to Learning 2./1 which was the American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year in 2003.

Step-by-step guide to defending a hand in the game of bridge, covering communication, deception, trump promotion and avoiding being endplayed.

The classic first book on declarer play at bridge, revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play.

The classic first book on defensive cardplay at bridge, revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play.

Step-by-step guide to defending a hand in the game of bridge, covering signalling, defensive planning and counting points, tricks and distribution.