Julian Pottage

This is an unusual problem book in the style of Diosy's There Must Be a Way, in that the reader is shown all four hands and asked whether declarer or defense should prevail with best play. A fascinating challenge for the advancing player.

68 Hands to Test Your Bridge Skill

Play Or Defend?

When you open this little book, the state secrets of the game of bridge lie in your hands. They cover everything you need to know to go from being a bridge beginner to an international mastermind!

Bridge Secrets: Don’t miss a trick (Collins Little Books)

Marc Smith

The 'rules' in defence at bridge are designed to help players remember which defensive techniques to use. By mastering the rules in this book players will be infinitely better prepared to solve problems at the bridge table.Each of the fifteen golden rules is given a chapter to itself and all are illustrated with numerous example hands. At the end of the chapter the points made are summarised so players can see the advantages both in following the rule and in not following it.This is an exciting and intelligent way of building up a sound knowledge of defensive play and improving your game generally.

Golden Rules of Defence

Bridge is an intelligent and multi-faceted game that requires skill, concentration and practice. Use this unique visual guide to master the rules, principles and key strategies of one of the best-loved card games in the world. The Bridge Player's Companion features over 300 clearly illustrated examples of bid structures and how to rank, decode and defend them, from opening bids to endgame strategy. Learn expert techniques, from communication through bids and signals to hand valuation, counting, inferences and deceptive carding. Whether you are a beginner looking to start playing or an old hand looking to sharpen your game, this is the ultimate bridge compendium.

Illustrated Strategies for Staying Ahead of the Game

The Bridge Player's Companion

Learn key bridge player's techniques, including communication through bids and signals, hand valuation, planning, counting, inferences, deceptive card playing, and much more.

The Bridge Player's Bible

Terence Reese

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

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