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Double Dummy Problems in the 21st Century
Hugh Darwen
Double Dummy Bridge Problems from 2005 to 2022 with Full Solutions
This is the first of two volumes forming a sequel to the author’s A Compendium of Double Dummy Problems (Master Point Press, 2021), containing 134 double dummy problems, ranging from ‘very easy’ to ‘moderate’ in difficulty.
The collection is derived from the monthly seri...
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Twelve Important Bridge Lessons on Defense
David Bird
The instructive material in this book is presented in a novel way, as if the author is delivering a series of bridge lessons to a small group of enthusiasts.
Occasionally, members of the audience ask questions, or make comments.
Twelve important topics have been chosen, describing defensive techniques that you might apply several times during ev...
$27.95 $21.95
52 Bridge Mistakes to Avoid
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 ...
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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 Great Deal of Bridge Problems
Julian Pottage
Winner of the IBPA Book of the Year award, this collection of nearly 200 problems is divided into categories such as Sensational Slams, Trump Teasers, Notrump Niceties and Crafty Continuations, among others.
This is the greatest bridge problem collection, ever! Any questions?
— Ron Garber
I enjoyed this book immensely. Julian Pottage writes ...
$23.95 $21.95 £15.95
ISBN: 978-1-55494-784-3
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
Back Through the Pack
Julian Pottage
'Life's tough being an ace.'
On everyone's list of all-time favorite bridge books is Right Through the Pack by Robert Darvas and Norman Hart. Published just after the end of World War II, the book presents 52 tales using exquisite deals, one for each of the cards in the deck. Now, decades later, Julian Pottage has collected 104 deals - two for ea...
$21.95 $19.95 £12.95
ISBN: 978-1-55494-783-6
Better Signalling Now
Mark Horton
DO BETTER ON DEFENSE!
Defense is the hardest aspect of bridge, in part because the defenders have less information to work with than the declarer does. That's why it is so important for them to communicate, and why a solid understanding of basic signalling methods is critical.
The first edition of this book was published many years ago, under the...
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ISBN: 978-1-77140-025-1
Bid More, Play More, Enjoy More, Win More: Expanded and Updated
Matthew Thomson
This expanded and updated second edition includes: two-overone as a game force, competitive bidding strategies, passed hand responding, harpening your tools, winning against experts and details of the author’s favorite Aspro Two openings.
Expand your Bridge Horizons
Adoption of the bridge advice and strategies presented in this book into you...
$23.95 $19.95 £14.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-164-7
Bid More, Play More, Enjoy More, Win More: First Edition
Matthew Thomson
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 w...
$19.95 $19.95 £12.95
ISBN: 978-1-55494-774-4
Bridge Entry Techniques
David Bird
The Essence of Bridge Planning
This book is packed with techniques and tips on the subject of entry management, both for declarer and the defenders. A clear understanding of this topic is vital when the dummy goes down and you stop to plan your campaign.
Part I contains 69 instructive deals on entries from declarer's point of view. The featured...
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ISBN: 978-1-77140-219-4
Bridge Outside the Box with Val Kovachev
Dennis Dawson, Charlie Wilkins & Val Kovachev
Val’s bids are sometimes outrageous, but he always bases them on logic. He believes in following his logic wherever it may lead, not in following a bunch of ‘rules’. Val takes more risks than most players. His goal is to push opponents out of their comfort zones and help his partner find the best lead, even if at some risk. He makes as fe...
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ISBN: 978-1-77140-226-2
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...
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ISBN: 978-1-77140-197-5
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...
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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 ...
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ISBN: 978-1-77140-243-9
Defense On The Other Hand
David Bird & Larry Cohen
A unique way to study defense
In their previous book together, On the Other Hand, David Bird and Larry Cohen presented cardplay instruction in a novel way. 100 pairs of deals were shown - one described by David and the other by Larry. The deals looked similar (in some cases very similar) but an entirely different line of play was necessary to ma...
$23.95 $19.95 £15.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-211-8
Defensive Signals
Marshall Miles
Regarded as one of the best ever written on the topic of signaling, this book will help you defend better regardless of your experience or skill level. It explains several ways to describe your holding which are commonly used by experts but not generally known. It compares new methods with old, including the pros and cons of upside-down versus stan...
$24.95 $19.95 £15.95
ISBN: 978-177140-246-0
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
Famous Bridge Swings
David Bird
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 n...
$22.95 $18.95 £11.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-174-6
Five to Five Hundred
Tim Kohl & Bob Jiobu
Mastering Bridge is a Journey
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 fi...
$27.95 $22.95 £17.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-212-5
Gamesman Bridge: Play Better with Kantar
Eddie Kantar
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 expert...
$22.95 $19.95 £12.95
ISBN: 978-1-55494-773-7
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
How NOT to Play Bridge
Mike Dorn Wiss
The inimitable Professor Gaston Gitane-Gauloise demonstrates his unique Inverted Bridge Teaching Method, showing you by example what not to do in Bridge, thereby allowing you to improve your game by avoiding the commonplace (and some not-so-commonplace) errors to which all are prone. In his humble and self-deprecating manner Professor GG-G wheezes ...
$19.95 $18.95 £11.95
ISBN: 978-1-55494-795-9
How to Be A Lucky Player
Matthew Thomson
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 A WINNER?
In this book, illustrated ...
$16.95 $16.95 £9.95
ISBN: 978-1-55494-782-9
Kantar for the Defense Volume 1
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: 978-1-77140-171-5
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
Last Board
Mark Horton
Triumph & Tragedy
Agony & Ecstasy
Over 100 years of bridge history, it is not surprising that one can find many matches and events 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 ...
$26.95 $22.95 £14.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-184-5
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
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
Misplay More Hands with Me
Mark Horton
This is the sequel to Misplay These Hands With Me (MPP, 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 wit...
$24.95 $19.95 £15.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-201-9
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...
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ISBN: 978-1-77140-193-7
On the Other Hand
David Bird & Larry Cohen
A New Way to Learn Bridge Cardplay
In this unusual book, David Bird and Larry Cohen combine to present cardplay instruction in a new way. 100 pairs of deals are shown — one described by David and the other by Larry. The deals look similar (in some cases very similar) but an entirely different line of play is necessary to make each of the contr...
$23.95 $19.95 £14.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-196-8
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
Overcalling Opponent's 1NT
Ken Rexford
Using Two-Under Overcalls for One or Both Majors, or for One or Both Minors
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 1...
$13.95 $11.95 £7.95
ISBN: 978-1-55494-762-1
Polish Club 2020: Standard
Krzysztof Jassem
The Polish Club bidding system is based on an ambiguous 1C
opening, limited one-level openings, 5 card majors and a Strong
No Trump. 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-lev...
$24.95 $19.95 £15.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-223-1
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.
...
$11.95 $11.95 £6.95
ISBN: 978-1-55494-763-8
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 ...
$24.95 $19.95 £15.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-209-5
Scramble Stayman
Doug Bennion
Don’t Settle for 1NT
Partner opens 1NT (15 to 17). Your hand has less than invitational strength, lacks a long biddable suit, has a shape along the lines of 4-3-4-2 or 2-4-5-2 or 3-4-1-5. It might be this hand:
♠K 7 6 5 ♥J 10 2 ♦3 ♣Q 9 6 4 2
They tell you to pass that holding, even though in passing ...
$17.95 $14.95 £9.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-160-9
Shark's Pointers
Mark Aquino
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....
$24.95 $19.95 £15.95
ISBN: 978-177140-245-3
Should I or Shouldn't I? Drawing trumps at bridge
Marc Smith
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 ...
$23.95 $19.95 £12.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-159-3
Six Steps to Winning Declarer Play
Jay Apfelbaum
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 abo...
$21.95 $18.95 £11.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-158-6
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...
$23.95 $19.95 £12.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-194-4
Standard Modern Precision: Second Edition
Daniel Neill
Play the system national champions play
Over the last 20 years a consensus bidding system among American national champions has been chosen and is now the lingua franca for hundreds among the pro circuit, top junior players and strong tournament players. This book will introduce you to the system, called Standard Modern Precision (or SMP), with ...
$22.95 $19.95 £12.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-179-1
Strong Club, Unbalanced Diamond
Bruce Watson
The basis for the system described in this book was first suggested by Marshall Miles in My System: the Unbalanced Diamond (Master Point Press, 2007). 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 2...
$24.95 $19.95 £15.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-220-0
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...
$26.95 $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-251-4
Swing Deals
Rakesh K. Kumar
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 ...
$24.95 $19.95 £15.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-238-5
Test Your Bridge Play Volume 2
Eddie Kantar
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 ...
$22.95 $19.95 £12.95
ISBN: 978-1-55494-775-1
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...
$29.95 $24.95 £18.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-202-6
The MOSSO Bidding System: 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: 978-1-77140-252-1
The Power of Pass
Ron Klinger & Harold Schogger
These days, most players bid too much -- they hope their opponents will misdefend, or will bid too much themselves. This book shows you how you can often do better simply by passing. There are many auctions where 'pass' is the winning call, and you will find them here, illustrated by real-life deals from the club level to international championshi...
$19.95 $14.95 £11.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-240-8
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...
$16.95 $12.95 £9.95
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 ...
$19.95 $16.95 £12.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-198-2
Trick One
David Bird
The Right First Move
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 f...
$23.95 $19.95 £12.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-186-9
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
Wanna Play Bridge the 2/1 Way?
Kathy Rolfe
Start Early!
2/1: More power, more fun
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 bid...
$23.95 $19.95 £12.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-180-7
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...
$21.95 $18.95 £11.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-155-5
Why I Lose at Bridge - A collection of cardplay errors
Ben Norton
LEARN FROM BEN’S MISTAKES
Here is a rare jewel: an expert bridge player admitting to his own mistakes.
In this, his first book, England international Ben Norton passionately describes the cardplay errors he committed in various events over a span of some three-and-a-half years.
From a game at the local pub to the top echelon of world class com...
$27.95 $21.95
ISBN: 9781771402569
Win at Duplicate Bridge
Fred Parker
Win at Duplicate Bridge, previously published by Vivisphere Publishing, teaches modern bridge bidding techniques to the intermediate duplicate bridge player. It describes and fully explains all modern conventions, including the two over one system. The book is full of examples on how to bid difficult hands, and explains the nuances of expert biddin...
$23.95 $19.95 £12.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-190-6
Winning Declarer Play
Dorothy Hayden Truscott
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...
$24.95 $22.95 £14.95
ISBN: 978-1-55494-780-5
Winning IMPs
Rakesh K. Kumar
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:
...
$25.95 $19.95 £15.95
ISBN: 978-1-77140-217-0
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...
$18.95 $16.95 £11.95
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...
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ISBN: 978-1-55494-769-0
Winning at the Club
Matthew Thomson
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 ...
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ISBN: 978-1-77140-239-2
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