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David Bird

Why are the world's top players so successful? They make very few basic mistakes! Players at a less exalted level often make the same mistakes over and over again throughout their bridge careers. In this book you will see 52 of the most frequent mistakes — in bidding, play and defense. The chapter on each mistake will contain several deals where ...

$20.95 $18.95 £12.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-151-7

A Complete System for the Tournament Bridge Player

Tuğrul Kaban

This book is designed as a ready-made complete system for the tournament player. The system framework is 2/1, which is laid bare in the first part of the book. Then comes the author’s choice of conventions and methods to cover all practical aspects of bidding and carding, taking each part of the convention card in turn. Some of the con...

$21.95 $18.95 £14.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-156-2

A Modern Approach to Two-Over-One

Ken Eichenbaum

Get Out of the Stone Age 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 treatment...

$14.95 $14.95 £8.95

ISBN: 978-1-55494-764-5

A Simpler Blue Club - Mississauga Style

Dan Berkley

Keep it Simple Strong club bidding systems dominated the world of bridge until a few decades ago. The reason? The system thinks for you, the experts say. The experts are right: if you stick to the rules, the system leads you effortlessly to the right decision. The drawback? It is complicated. This book presents a simplified and modernized vers...

$29.95 $24.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-189-0

Becoming a Bridge Expert

Frank Stewart

A compendium of advice for the improving player from one of North America's best-known bridge teachers and writers. Each tip is bite-sized - 3-4 pages in length - so the reader can dip in briefly and still take away an important idea. As well as the usual sections on bidding, play and defense, the author includes much advice on the psychological as...

$27.95 $24.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-27-7

Breaking the Bridge Rules: First Hand Play

Barry Rigal

Rules are made to be broken, and bridge is no exception. The the first of a planned four-book series on cardplay, this book deals with situations where the player who is on lead — defender or declarer, at the start of the deal or in the middle — needs to do something that involves ostensibly 'breaking the rules'. Not, obviously, the rul...

$24.95 $19.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-54-9

Bridge Conventions in Depth

Matthew Granovetter & Pamela Granovetter

These wonderful agreements and gadgets turn your everyday bidding system into something personal, something that fits the exact style that you and your partner want to play. And now you can choose from some seventy expert-level ideas to add to your bidding arsenal, quickly and painlessly. In this book you'll find: Basic Conventions — the Re...

$29.95 $23.95 £13.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-56-7

Bridge Endplays for Everyone*

David Bird

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, conversational...

$25.95 $21.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-36-5

Bridge Problems for a New Millennium

Julian Pottage

In this quiz book, British author Julian Pottage has compiled a set of challenges that will test the reader's ability both as declarer and on defense. The hands are organized by theme, so readers are able to concentrate on a particular aspect of card-play if they wish....

$19.95 $17.95 £10.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-28-4

Bridge Squeezes Complete: Winning Endgame Strategy

Clyde E. Love

This book was first published in 1959, and quickly became one of the classics of the game. Generations of bridge players have learned the fundamentals of squeeze play from Love. The original version has been out of print for some time, however, and it is now being republished in its first revision in 50 years. In its new modernized form, the concep...

$35.95 $29.95 £17.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-58-7

Bridge Squeezes for Everyone

David Bird

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....

$21.95 $19.95 £11.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-42-0

Bridge and the Romantics

Nick Smith

It is June 1822. Percy Shelley is planning a new bridge book. It will feature the most dazzling, difficult deals ever published, the bridge of the gods… But before he leaves on his ill-fated trip to Livorno, Shelley only has time to send his publisher a short ‘Declarer Play Problems’ pamphlet. Nick Smith, however, has unearth...

$24.95 $19.95 £14.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-197-5

Bridge at the Edge

Boye Brogeland & David Bird

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. A fascinating glimpse into the thought processes of a champio...

$21.95 $21.95 £13.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-81-5

Bridge on a Shoestring

Michael Schoenborn

A fictionalized account of growing up as a bridge player in Toronto in the 1960s and 1970s, based closely on the author’s own experiences. Great characters, great stories, great bridge hands – what more could you want?...

$21.95 $19.95 £13.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-012-1

Bridge with Another Perfect Partner

John Carruthers

Bridge with a Perfect Partner, by P. F. Saunders, was published in 1976. Many read and delighted in Saunders’ articles in Bridge Magazine (U.K.), and Saunders’ character Wilson, according to the flyleaf of the book, is “... an austere character, whose scholarly discourses are enlivened by frequent flashes of mordant wit.&rdq...

$24.95 $19.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-072-5

Bridge, Probability and Information

Robert F. MacKinnon

While firmly rooted in sound mathematics, this is a book that aims to be accessible to any bridge player. It develops the ideas of probability and information theory and applies them to bridge in a way no previous author has done. Concepts such as Vacant Spaces, Restricted Choice, and how splits in one suit affect the probabilities in other suits, ...

$22.95 $19.95 £12.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-53-2

Bridge, Zia...and Me

Michael Rosenberg

One of the world's top bridge players chronicles his career from his early days growing up in the UK to his position today as one of the world's best. Rosenberg and the flamboyant Zia Mahmood, who also now lives in the US, are one of the world's best partnerships. Here we learn how they first met and started playing together. There are fascinating ...

$21.95 $19.95 £12.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-04-8

Building a Bidding System

Roy Hughes

This book discusses the theory of bridge bidding for advanced players, with emphasis on the principles behind an effective bidding system. These include the concepts of Useful Space, Relays, Transfers and Dialogue Bidding, as well as creative ideas about Slam Bidding and Deception. The book addresses the conflicting requirements for a system that i...

$21.95 $19.95 £12.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-02-0

Bumblepuppy Days

Julian Laderman

The origins of the game of bridge have been shrouded in mystery... but no longer. Tracing the development of the game and the fascinating characters who played it from whist through to auction bridge and eventually contract, the author reveals the missing link, and demonstrates how the world's most popular card game came into being. Addi...

$24.95 $22.95 £14.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-003-9

Can You Win the USBC Team Trials 2013?

Matthias Felmy

Test your bridge skills. Would you have made the team? In quiz format, this book presents bidding, declarer play and defensive problems taken from the deals that occurred during the final of the 2013 USBC Team Trials. Compare your solutions to the plays and bids actually made, and see how you would have scored if you had been playing. In-d...

$23.95 $21.95 £13.95

ISBN: 978-1-55494-796-6

Card by Card

Roy Hughes

This book gives the reader a chance to watch an expert play a number of hands, either as declarer or defender. Most of the hands come from the author's own experience of top-level play. As usual in this type of presentation, the reader is offered the opportunity to make his own decisions at critical points in the play, and will be able to learn fr...

$22.95 $19.95 £12.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-07-5

Challenge Your Declarer Play

Danny Roth

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 o...

$15.95 $15.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-20-8

Clues from the Bidding at Bridge

Julian Pottage

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 h...

$19.95 $17.95 £10.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-96-3

Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century

Marshall Miles

In this book, written for serious tournament players, Miles addresses the the complex arena of competitive bidding methods. Miles discusses current thinking, and recommends methods which will continue to be playable as bridge enters the 21st century. This book will appeal to more serious readers but can be enjoyed thoroughly by the advancing player...

$27.95 $22.95 £17.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-13-0

Constructive Bidding 401

Stephen Paul

Constructive Bidding 401 is the first of two books that provides advancing partnerships a complete and consistent framework in the form of a bidding system for competition in stratified tournaments at higher levels. This first book emphasizes the importance of working with your partner. Concepts of teamwork from the business world are prese...

$24.95 $19.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-242-2

Constructive Bidding 402

Stephen Paul

This book is a follow-up to Constructive Bidding 401, which introduced the teamwork and structure needed for a complete bidding system. Together, the two books provide advancing partnerships a complete and consistent framework in the form of a bidding system for competition in stratified tournaments at higher levels. Book ...

$24.95 $19.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-243-9

Conventions Today

Brian Senior

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...

$19.95 $15.95 £9.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-026-8

Countdown to Winning Bridge

Tim Bourke & Marc Smith

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 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, cou...

$21.95 $19.95 £12.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-05-5

Crocs on Squeeze Play Volume 1

Stephen Kennedy

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-know...

$29.95 $24.95 £18.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-204-0

Crocs on Squeeze Play Volume 2

Stephen Kennedy

The Journey Continues... Those who have read Crocs on Squeeze Play: Volume One will know what to expect with this one: another fantastical leap into the world of squeeze play, this time with a bit more kick. Volume One introduced many new concepts and it is only natural to continue to explore them. In this second volume you will see the...

$29.95 $24.95 £18.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-205-7

Cuebidding at Bridge

Ken Rexford

Everyone knows that control-showing bids are the expert route to slam, but it is remarkable hard to find a comprehensive treatment of this vital area of the game. Until now, that is. This is an exhaustive work, covering a lot of territory. The average reader won't agree with everything he reads - and it would be a mammoth undertaking to try and ad...

$23.95 $19.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-17-4

Defend These Hands With Me

Julian Pottage

Julian Pottage worked on a number of books with the late Terence Reese, and this one pays homage to a man who was arguably 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 does for defense: readers c...

$21.95 $18.95 £11.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-08-2

Defend or Declare?

Julian Pottage

In 2003, Julian Pottage’s ‘Play or Defend?’ was the IBPA Book of the Year. An unusual problem format, it gave the reader all four hands and challenged them to analyze the deal and decide whether they wanted to play or defend. This sequel comprises 72 problems, presented in the same unique fashion, and will appeal to the same readership....

$19.95 $17.95 £10.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-88-4

Defensive Signaling at Bridge

David Bird

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 foll...

$21.95 $19.95 £13.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-63-1

Don't be Fooled! Countering Deception at Bridge

Danny Roth

Many books have been written on falsecards and other deceptive plays at the bridge table. However, there is very little help available for the player who wants to learn how to recognize when the opponents are trying something sneaky, and what can be done in terms of counter-measures. This book fills that gap – readers will learn the most ...

$24.95 $19.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-051-0

Easier Done Than Said

Prakash K. Paranjape

We have all seen bridge experts make plays that are elegant and simple, yet brilliant - with an instinct and insight apparently out of the reach of the everyday player. But they don't have to be. Study the hands in this book, all of which are taken from actual club and tournament play, and you'll see how the logic of each situation leads to a play ...

$17.95 $15.95 £10.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-00-0

Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense

Eddie Kantar

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 concept...

$29.95 $25.95 £19.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-03-1

Enhanced Precision: Fourth edition

Ron Beall

About the Fourth Edition 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 suggestions for improvements and I finally succumbed to writing what I now believe (or at least hope!) will be the ultimate system (knowing full well that there is no ulti...

$19.95 $17.95 £11.95

ISBN: 978-1-55494-798-0

Falsecards (2nd edition)

Mike Lawrence

The definitive book on (legally) pulling the wool over your opponents’ eyes. Even if you don’t want to get into more esoteric situations, there are times at the bridge table when playing a misleading card is essential if you are to have any chance of an optimum result. This new edition of a classic from Mike Lawrence includes a number of ideas ...

$22.95 $21.95 £14.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-010-7

Fantunes Revealed

Bill Jacobs

Start Playing a winning system 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 t...

$15.95 $15.95 £9.95

ISBN: 978-1-55494-765-2

Following the Law

Larry Cohen

How can you become a better bridge player? Follow the Law! If you've read To Bid Or Not To Bid (and who hasn't?), then you'll want to learn more about the Law of Total Tricks, and how it can help your game, in this sequel. Building on the basic ideas in his first book, Larry Cohen introduces sophisticated concepts which can help make your bidding j...

$19.95 $15.95 £10.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-49-9

Good, Better, Best

Jan Eric Larsson

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 tw...

$24.95 $19.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-241-5

Helms to HELLO

Jerry Helms

The answer to your prayers - a simple, effective convention for competing over the opponents' 1NT opening bid! Originally self-published in 1996, the first edition sold out quickly, so that this much sought-after treatise has been unavailable for several years. The book describes how the convention works, and how to use it against various ranges o...

$11.95 $9.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-10-5

Improve Your Bidding Judgment

Neil Kimelman

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...

$23.95 $19.95 £12.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-29-7

Inferences at Bridge

Marshall Miles

To be successful, a bridge player has to think like a detective, tracking down the distribution of the unseen hands. Although many players are oblivious to them, the tell-tale clues are there, just waiting to be noticed. They are there in the auction and in the opening lead. Every time a defender plays a card, declarer receives information. Similar...

$21.95 $18.95 £11.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-51-2

It's Your Call

Marshall Miles

For about 25 years, Marshall Miles was the moderator of an all-star bidding panel for a California bridge publication. This book is a compilation of his favorite bidding problems from those years, together with the panel's views and Miles' own trenchant comments. As ever, he is prepared to go his own way; he refuses, for example, to assign scores t...

$22.95 $19.95 £12.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-57-0

Kantar for the Defense Volume 2

Eddie Kantar

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...

$22.95 $19.95 £12.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-172-2

Kickback: Slam Bidding at Bridge - Second Edition

Robert Munger

Expert Slam Bidding for Everyone Until now, the Kickback convention has been the purview of the expert community. This book makes Kickback accessible to all tournament players for the first time. The author starts by explaining why Kickback is easier to use and more efficient than Roman Keycard Blackwood. The book addresses such vital issues as...

$14.95 $11.95 £8.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-195-1

Larry Cohen's Bidding Challenge

Larry Cohen

Match your bidding skill against the world's top pairs! So you think you can bid like an expert? Here's your chance to prove it! Try bidding the hands in this book with your favorite partner, and then compare your results with those from the prestigious international pairs tournaments where they were first played. Scoring is IMP Pairs, and is based...

$19.95 $15.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-45-1

MOSSO: Example Auctions and Quizzes

Richard Granville & David Burn

For the last 3 years, the authors have been developing MOSSO, a new bidding system derived from 2/1, Fantunes and Polish Club. MOSSO brings together the best features of its parent systems, while providing an effective interface between them. The system has been the subject of enthusiastic discussion on the popular website bridgewinners.com. This ...

$24.95 $19.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-202-6

MOSSO: Example Auctions and Quizzes Second Edition

Richard Granville & David Burn

THREE BIDDING SYSTEMS COMBINED INTO ONE For the last six years, Richard Granville and David Burn have been developing MOSSO, a revolutionary bidding system derived from Two-over-One, Fantunes and Polish Club. MOSSO brings together the best features of its parent systems, while providing an effective interface between them. The system has been em...

$32.95 $26.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-253-8

Master Class

Fred Gitelman

Imagine sitting beside a world-class bridge player and being able to listen to his thoughts as each hand develops... you can help but improve your own game! Every hand in this fascinating book comes from actual play; many of them are taken from the author's own experience in world-level competition. Fred Gitelman believes that there is something to...

$21.95 $18.95 £11.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-01-3

Mastering Hand Evaluation

Lawrence Diamond

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 Mastering Hand Evaluation: Understanding the Principles of Partnership Bidding you will learn abo...

$19.95 $15.95 £9.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-153-1

Matchpoint Defense

Jim Priebe

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...

$21.95 $18.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-12-9

Misbid These Hands with Me

Mark Horton

In 2007, Horton wrote Misplay These Hands with Me, a deliberate homage to Reese's classic, Play These Hands with Me. The difference was that the declarer in Horton's book always made an error, sometimes obvious, sometimes not so much. This successful book was the basis of a long-running column in the ACBL's Bridge Bulletin, a sequel in 2019, and e...

$24.95 $19.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-068-8

Misdefend These Hands with Me

Mark Horton

$24.95 $19.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-063-3

Misplay These Hands With Me

Mark Horton

The late Terence Reese, perhaps the greatest bridge writer of all time, introduced the over-the-shoulder style of bridge writing in his classic Play These Hands with Me. In this wry homage to the master, Horton leads the reader through a plausibly logical line of play on each instructive deal, but one that ends in failure. In each post-mortem, the ...

$21.95 $18.95 £11.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-28-0

Modern Constructive Bidding

Marshall Miles

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 wha...

$22.95 $19.95 £12.95

ISBN: 978-1-894154-99-4

More Accurate Bidding

Marshall Miles

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 will adopt part of it, and it won't hurt you to discover h...

$9.95 $9.95 £7.95

ISBN: 978-1-55494-756-0

Multi-Landy 2nd Edition: The killer defense versus one notrump

David Oakley

When the opponents open one notrump, you are faced with a dilemma. Versus a strong notrump, the opponents have the power; versus a weak notrump, they force you or your partner to compete at the two-level. This second edition adds Part 5: Comparison with Other Conventions and a new section, Criteria for an Overcall. Multi-Landy comprises fou...

$29.95 $24.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-193-7

My Favorite 52

Larry Cohen

One of the most successful American bridge players of the last 20 years, Larry Cohen, presents a collection of his favorite personal bridge moments. Using an intimate ‘over-the-shoulder’ presentation, Cohen takes readers through more than 60 deals (no, not just 52!) — deals that are important to him in some way, or technically int...

$22.95 $19.95 £14.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-48-8

My System: The Unbalanced Diamond

Marshall Miles

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 m...

$21.95 $18.95 £11.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-23-5

Never a Dull Deal: Faith, Hope and Probability in Bridge

Robert F. MacKinnon

In Bob Mackinnon’s bestseller, Bridge, Probability and Information, the author drew on his professional background in mathematics to introduce readers to the mysteries of information theory and Bayes Theorem, and their surprisingly practical applications for bridge players. In this sequel, he takes these same ideas further, exploring the applica...

$23.95 $19.95 £12.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-033-6

Off-Road Declarer Play

David Bird

Every intermediate player is familiar with the routine techniques of dummy play. What this book describes are less well-known stratagems that may save the day in non-routine situations. They include methods for creating entries, surviving bad trump breaks, elopements, getting the defenders to help you out, and many more. In this unique and quirky ...

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ISBN: 978-1-897106-19-8

Optimal Hand Evaluation

Patrick Darricades

Accurately Assess the Value of Your Combined Hands 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 uns...

$19.95 $15.95 £11.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-208-8

Optimal Hand Evaluation in Competitive Bidding

Patrick Darricades

In his first book, Optimal Hand Evaluation, the author introduced a number of corrections to the Goren point count to reach "optimal" hand evaluation accuracy. That first book focused on non-competitive bidding situations where no further adjustments were needed as a result of the opponents' bidding. This book now deals with this s...

$12.95 $9.95 £7.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-225-5

Over Hoffman's Shoulder

Martin Hoffman & Marc Smith

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 we...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-200-2

Patrick Jourdain's Problem Corner

Patrick Jourdain

In 1985, Patrick Jourdain was commissioned by Britain's TV Channel 4 to provide bridge problems as part of its Teletext service. The problems caught the eye of the editor of BRIDGE Magazine, and eventually formed the basis for the popular ‘Problem Corner’ feature, which began in 1990 and still appears in the magazine every month. It i...

$19.95 $17.95 £10.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-47-1

Planning the Defense: The next level

Barbara Seagram & David Bird

Following on from their earlier book, Planning the Defense, Seagram & Bird move on to more sophisticated aspects of defensive cardplay for advancing players. Using the same step-by-step approach, the authors guide the reader through the issues involved in communications, deception, trump promotions, discarding and avoiding the embarrassment of ...

$24.95 $19.95 £15.95

ISBN: 978-1-77140-054-1

Play Bridge with Reese

Terence Reese

Reese introduced the 'over the shoulder' approach to describing bridge hands in this classic book, and it was an immediate success. In this book, the reader can follow the thought processes of an expert through the bidding and play of many fascinating hands. First published in 1960, it is now back in print after being unavailable for a number of ye...

$21.95 $19.95 £11.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-78-5

Play These Hands With Me

Terence Reese

Reese was the first author to introduce the 'over the shoulder' approach to describing bridge hands, and it was an immediate success. In this book, the reader can follow the thought processes of an expert through the bidding and play of many fascinating hands. First published in 1960, it is now back in print after being unavailable for a number of ...

$21.95 $19.95 £11.95

ISBN: 978-1-897106-77-8

Play or Defend? 68 Hands to Test Your Bridge Skill

Julian Pottage

How good an analyst are you? HAND 2 - ACHILLES HEEL North ♠ A 9 8 5 ♥ Q J 5 3 ♦ Q J 10 ♣ K 4 West East ♠ K 10 7 2 ♠ Q 3 ♥ 8 7 2 ♥ K 10 6 4 ♦ A 8 ♦ K 6 5 2 ♣ 9 6 5 2 ♣ 10 7 3 South ♠ J 6 4 ♥ A 9 ♦ 9 7 4 3 ♣ A Q J 8 ...

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-55-0

Playing 2/1: The Rest of the Story

Paul Thurston

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 h...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-024-4

Polish Club 2020: Expert

Krzysztof Jassem

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...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-224-8

Polish Club International

Krzysztof Jassem

An updated modern version of the definitive book on Polish Club. Includes a description of 'standard' Polish Club and its modern pro-style variations. The book is intended for two groups of readers: those interested in the Polish Club system of playing bridge; those who want to get better understanding of trendy bidding treatments. Includes: q...

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ISBN: 978-83-919009-7-0

Positive Declarer Play at Bridge

Terence Reese & Julian Pottage

This book was originally published in 1985, and in this new edition is substantially revised and expanded. It is a collection of bridge problems designed to teach players how to think along the right lines at the bridge table. Anyone who absorbs even a fraction of the ideas presented here will himself be making contracts that might have been defeat...

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-94-9

Positive Defense at Bridge

Terence Reese & Julian Pottage

This book was originally published in 1985, and in this new edition is substantially revised and expanded. It is a collection of bridge problems designed to teach players how to think along the right lines at the bridge table. Anyone who absorbs even a fraction of the ideas presented here will find himself making contracts that might have been defe...

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-93-2

Reading the Cards

David Bird & Tim Bourke

Test your card reading! This book is designed to accompany Reading the Cards, Book 10 in the Bridge Technique series. It sometimes seems that expert players are able to see through the backs of the cards! Their finesses win more often, and they choose unerringly between alternative lines of play. There is a simple reason for this: they are adept ...

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-81-9

Really Unusual Notrump (R.U.N.T.)

Ken Rexford

Master Point Press author 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. ...

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ISBN: 978-1-55494-763-8

Roman Keycard Blackwood, 5th ed.

Eddie Kantar

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 a...

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ISBN: 978-1-897106-35-8

Santa Fe Precision

Dennis Dawson

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 ...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-209-5

Sixpack: Adventures with Keycards and Queecards

Allan DeSerpa

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...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-150-0

Sleeping on the Couch

David Caprera

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 th...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-194-4

Somehow We Landed in Six Notrump

David Bird

The stories and anecdotes in this collection have one thing in common: in every case, the contract is 6NT! The first half of the book features the world's finest players at work, tackling all manner of 6NT contracts — some commendable, some truly awful. You will have a chance to plan your play in these contracts yourself before seeing what fa...

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ISBN: 978-1-897106-43-3

Sublime Declarer Play: After the Contested Auction

Nick Smith

PLAY LIKE A BERMUDA BOWL CHAMPION It’s not often that a bridge book comes along that takes dummy play into a new dimension, but Sublime Declarer Play does exactly that. The focus is on the competitive auction and the inferences that can be drawn from opponents’ bidding choices. Moments of sublimity are the consequence of a series of logical...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-251-4

Symmetric Relay

Nick Hughes

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 ...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-222-4

The Best of Bridge Today Digest

Editors: Matthew Granovetter & Pamela Granovetter

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 ...

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-39-0

The Bridge Magicians

Mark Horton & Radoslaw Kielbasinski

This is two books in one. You can treat it is an advanced text on declarer play, trying to solve each problem hand as it comes up. Or you can just relax and enjoy finding out more about these Polish stars who have won more international medals than the players from any other country over the last twenty years....

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-38-3

The Bridge World's Test Your Play

Jeff Rubens

North America's oldest and most prestigious bridge magazine, The Bridge World features a monthly column entitled 'Test your Play', which presents difficult problems in declarer play for readers to solve. This is a collection of some of the best of these from the last twenty years; if you can solve even half of them, you may be one of the best decla...

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-43-7

The Complete Book on Overcalls in Contract Bridge (2nd edition)

Mike Lawrence

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 serious about improving the...

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ISBN: 978-1-897106-45-7

The Complete Book on Takeout Doubles (2nd edition)

Mike Lawrence

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...

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ISBN: 978-1-897106-87-7

The Complete Guide to Passed Hand Bidding (2nd edition)

Mike Lawrence

The definitive book on auctions that begin in third or fourth seat. Originally published in 1989, this book quickly became recognized as a ‘must-read’ for any would-be bridge expert, and has never been out of print. Now, more than 20 years later, the author has revised, updated and expanded it to take into account modern ideas in bidding. A...

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ISBN: 978-1-897106-82-2

The Complete book of BOLS Bridge Tips

Sally Brock

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 b...

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ISBN: 978-0-969846-16-1

The Contested Auction

Roy Hughes

Canadian expert Roy Hughes’ first book, Building a Bidding System, has become a must-read for expert pairs looking to develop effective constructive bidding methods. Now Hughes turns to the theory and practice of competitive auctions, a critical component of the modern game. Beginning again by establishing what the bidding system needs to ac...

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ISBN: 978-1-897106-86-0

The Extra Edge in Play at Bridge

Terence Reese & Julian Pottage

Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess champion, once said: "You have found a good move - fine - now look for a better one." The same advice holds true in bridge. If you settle for second best, you will not achieve your full potential. Through a series of problems that are both fresh and a genuine test of skill, the reader is offered the chance to beco...

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-97-0

The MOSSO Bidding System

Richard Granville & David Burn

For the last three years, the authors have been developing MOSSO, a new bidding system derived from 2/1, Fantunes and Polish Club. MOSSO brings together the best features of its parent systems, while providing an effective interface between them. The system has been the subject of enthusiastic discussion on the popular website bridgewinners.com. Th...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-202-6

The MOSSO Bidding System: Second Edition

Richard Granville & David Burn

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-252-1

The Mysterious Multi

Mark Horton & Jan van Cleeff

The Multi Two Diamonds is a popular convention among tournament players, yet this is the first comprehensive modern book on how it fits into commonly played bidding structures. Various alternative uses for the opening major-suit two-bids, including the popular Muiderberg Twos, are discussed in depth, as well as the popular Multi Landy (Woolsey) def...

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ISBN: 978-1-897106-56-3

The NoTrump Zone

Danny Kleinman

Notrump openings, and the constructive auctions that follow them, are two of the most neglected areas in bridge literature. Following on from his popular articles in the ACBL Bulletin, Kleinman discusses the principles behind notrump bids and rebids in a variety of situations, emphasizing the ideas and concepts rather than attempting to teach a ser...

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-70-3

The Rabbi's Rules

Mark Horton & Eric Kokish

Built around real-life deals featuring the bridge-playing rabbi, Leonard Helman, this book contains a wealth of tips on bidding and play for the advancing player. Even experts will learn from some of the bidding ideas, drawn from Eric Kokish’s encyclopedic coaching files....

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-001-5

The Right Bid at the Right Time

Neil Kimelman

With this book, Kimelman completes the trilogy that started with Improve Your Bidding Judgment. He explores the delicate process of making the right decisions in the auction, especially in competitive situations. All the examples are taken from high-level bridge events. As before, the book is presented in quiz format, so the reader can make h...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-027-5

The Rodwell Files

Eric Rodwell & Mark Horton

Eric Rodwell's contributions to bidding theory are well-known, but in this ground-breaking book he reveals for the first time his unique approach to the play of the cards. First, he describes and explains the process for deciding on a line of play — using concepts such as +L positions, tightropes, trick packages and Control Units as well as e...

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ISBN: 978-1-897106-67-9

The Setting Trick

Ian McCance

This is a book of problems in defensive cardplay, all the deals being selected from real events. And that means that for once in a problem book, you're not up against a declarer who will always play perfectly. Indeed, sometimes the point of the problem is to take advantage of the opportunity that a slip by declarer has given you. As the title impli...

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ISBN: 978-1-897106-41-9

The Thin Fine Line

Neil Kimelman

In this sequel to Improve Your Bidding Judgment, the author continues the discussion of the ideas behind good decision-making during the auction at bridge, getting into areas and agreements that were not dealt with in his first book. Praise for Improve Your Bidding Judgment: “I found myself in agreement with the author on almost everything ...

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ISBN: 978-1-897106-93-8

The Weak Notrump

Andy Stark

All North American players are taught to play using a strong notrump, but that is not the way of the rest of the world. Even in North America, weak notrump systems, or even Kamikaze notrump systems, are becoming more common. This book discusses the advantages and disadvantages of playing a system with a weaker notrump opening, and shows how the 1NT...

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-69-7

There Must Be A Way

Andrew Diosy

Introduce a new type of bridge problem: an analytical challenge. In every case, the reader is given all four hands, and asked whether the contract should make or go down with perfect play and defence. And every time, there are hidden depths, where every move by declarer could be met by a counter-move from the defence, until finally one side or the ...

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ISBN: 978-0-9698461-1-6

Thinking on Defense

Jim Priebe

Defense is the most difficult part of bridge, and for most players, the hardest part of defense is figuring out what to do. In this book, the reader is shown step-by-step how to visualize declarer's cards from the bidding and play, and then how to use this information to form a plan for the defense. This book is based on Jim Priebe's popular articl...

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-37-6

Tips on Cardplay

Mike Lawrence

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 cardplay. 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 ...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-022-0

Tips on Competitive Bidding

Mike Lawrence

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-021-3

To Bid or Not to Bid

Larry Cohen

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...

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-48-2

Toucan Club Complete

Ron Beall & Ron Woodard

"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 extent of a major-suit fit very early in the auction. And finally, it can be difficult to defend accurately against a one club opener because the normal distributional clues that the...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-247-7

Transfer Responses to One Club with Relays

Lyle Poe

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 ...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-198-2

Variable Key Card Blackwood

Ken Rexford

Beyond Roman Key Card Blackwood Easley Blackwood introduced and developed the Blackwood Convention. Eddie Kantar then expanded the Blue Team's Roman Blackwood into the Roman Key Card Blackwood that has dominated expert circles for the past half century. Variable Key Card Blackwood may be the next logical step. VKCB allows partnerships to addr...

$14.95 $14.95 £8.95

ISBN: 978-1-55494-772-0

What's Your Line? 100 Instructive Bridge Problems

David Bird

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 present...

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ISBN: 978-1-77140-155-5

Win The Bermuda Bowl With Me

Jeff Meckstroth & Marc Smith

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 criti...

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ISBN: 978-1-894154-33-8

Winning Notrump Leads

David Bird & Taf Anthias

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 op...

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ISBN: 978-1-55494-759-1

Winning Suit Contract Leads

David Bird & Taf Anthias

COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF OPENING LEADS 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. They generate millions of rando...

$20.95 $18.95 £11.95

ISBN: 978-1-55494-769-0

You Have To See This

Andrew Diosy & Linda Lee

A brilliant sequel to There Must Be A Way, this book presents fifty-two more problems in post-mortem analysis. The two-step solution approach has been retained, and the hands are no less fun. Again, the reader is challenged to decide whether each hand can be made with best play and defence. For variety, in this book some hands are presented in sing...

$9.95 $9.95 £5.95

ISBN: 978-0-969846-19-2

Getting to Thin Games

Terry Bossomaier

Coming Fall 2023 Getting to Good Slams, by the same author (2018), is an in-depth discussion of how to improve your slam bidding. Using examples from tournament play, the author identified hard-to-bid, but good, slams. He focused on the factors that make slam possible, often with far fewer than the traditional number of points, and on how to evalu...