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Slam contracts are among the most enjoyable and rewarding parts of the game we all love. They are also a splendid setting for instructive writing. The teacher and reader can quickly reach the instructive part of the play. The first part of this book is on Playing Slams. Topics include determining the best line, managing entries, maneuvers in the trump suit, avoidance play, locating missing queens and jacks, setting up squeezes, setting up endplays and rescuing slams in danger. The second part covers Defending Slams, including opening leads against a slam, planning a slam defense, defending doubled slams, defending against slam endplays and slam squeezes. Your level of performance will surely rise after mastering the many techniques clearly explained in this book.
About the Author
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David Bird (Southampton, UK) is the world's most prolific bridge writer, with 150 bridge books to his name. Known for the clarity of his writing and explanations, he has won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year Award a record nine times. His celebrated humorous fiction series, featuring the cantankerous Abbot, has run for over 45 years.
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