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Clever Plays in the Trump Suit

Available for download in an eBook Edition

by: David Bird

Paperback | ISBN 978-1-897106-72-3

Cost in Canadian Dollars  $19.95        Cost in Cost in US Dollars  $19.95        Cost in Cost in UK Pounds  £12.95

Categories: Intermediate | Declarer Play

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About the Book

Coming March 2012

An intermediate-level discussion of declarer play, this book focuses on the power of the trump suit. Its subjects include trump timing – should you draw all the defenders’ trumps straight away, some of their trumps, or perhaps perform some other vital task first? – and situations where you need to unblock in the trump suit or to put a defender on lead with a trump. The reader will learn how to make maximum use of the entries provided by the trump suit, and how to perform a trump safety play or a trump avoidance play. Two other important topics are how to make your contract against a bad trump break and how you can survive a forcing attack on the long-trump holding. Later chapters explain how to play contracts with fewer than eight trumps at your disposal, and also how to conjure extra tricks from the trump suit. Every couple of chapters or so, there is a 9-problem quiz section.
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About the Author

David Bird

David Bird, who lives near Southampton, England, has written more than 100 books on the game. Despite spending much of the year travelling, he still finds time to write new stories every month for a host of magazines around the world, usually featuring his best-known characters, the monks of St. Titus Abbey. He is also a regular commentator on BBO broadcasts of top-level competitions.

 

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Critics’ Viewpoint

‘Read this book in small doses and when you’ve finished, read it again. Your diligence will be rewarded and you will appreciate once again the beauty of this game.’

— Belleville Intelligencer    Date: 2012-07-25

‘A must-read book for anyone who wants to improve as declarer.’ Rating A.

— ACBL Bulletin    Date: 2012-05-01

‘Another thorough work from David Bird.’

— The Bridge World    Date: 2012-04-30

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