Author: Ib Axelsen, Villy Dam
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781554940998
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A collection of declarer play problems in matchpoint pairs. How do you manufacture that vital overtrick, or, just as importantly, give the defenders a chance to go wrong? A book for all duplicate players.
Matchpoint Tricks
Author: Ib Axelsen, Villy Dam
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781554940998
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A collection of declarer play problems in matchpoint pairs. How do you manufacture that vital overtrick, or, just as importantly, give the defenders a chance to go wrong? A book for all duplicate players.
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781554940998
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A collection of declarer play problems in matchpoint pairs. How do you manufacture that vital overtrick, or, just as importantly, give the defenders a chance to go wrong? A book for all duplicate players.
Matchpoint Tricks
Author: Ib Axelsen
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781554940998
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781554940998
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Matchpoint Defense
Author: Jim Priebe
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781897106129
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
"If defence 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 his previous book, "Thinking on Defence", Jim Priebe introduced the idea of visualization, picturing likely hands for declarer and basing defensive strategy on those. In this book, he show how to apply the same methods when playing in matchpoint events, which means essentially every pairs competition."--Publisher description.
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781897106129
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
"If defence 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 his previous book, "Thinking on Defence", Jim Priebe introduced the idea of visualization, picturing likely hands for declarer and basing defensive strategy on those. In this book, he show how to apply the same methods when playing in matchpoint events, which means essentially every pairs competition."--Publisher description.
365 Bridge Tips
Author:
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781554941278
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781554941278
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Duplicate Bridge at Home
Author: Mark Horton
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781897106341
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Including 120 deals, with instructions for playing and scoring them (as either teams or pairs), this book shows how to play a one-table duplicate at home. As a bonus, each deal is accompanied by an expert commentary, so you can see how it should have been bid and played.
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781897106341
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Including 120 deals, with instructions for playing and scoring them (as either teams or pairs), this book shows how to play a one-table duplicate at home. As a bonus, each deal is accompanied by an expert commentary, so you can see how it should have been bid and played.
Don't Be a Dummy
Author: Elliot Sternlicht
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465326235
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This book covers basic bridge principles relating to all three aspects of bridge - bidding, defending and declaring a hand. I have imparted ideas that I have learned in over twenty years of playing high-level tournament and rubber bridge.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465326235
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This book covers basic bridge principles relating to all three aspects of bridge - bidding, defending and declaring a hand. I have imparted ideas that I have learned in over twenty years of playing high-level tournament and rubber bridge.
How to Play a Bridge Hand
Author: William S. Root
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0517881594
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Neither for beginners nor for experts but for the 90 percent of players in between, How to Play a Bridge Hand includes more than 300 of bridge master William Root's favorite hands. Hailed by the American Bridge Teachers' Association as the "Book of the Year." Line drawings.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0517881594
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Neither for beginners nor for experts but for the 90 percent of players in between, How to Play a Bridge Hand includes more than 300 of bridge master William Root's favorite hands. Hailed by the American Bridge Teachers' Association as the "Book of the Year." Line drawings.
Playing Beginning Bridge
Author: Ken Casey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514479915
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the rules of play for suit contracts. The various subjects contain rules for when and how to ruff, how to set up a long suit, when and how to finesse up to a lone honor, how to handle special combinations such as a split A-Q or K-Q, ways to set up a J or 10, when to play for the drop, how and when to get a count on the hand, the ruffing finesse, the backward finesse and choosing alternative finesses. Under each subject, there are numerous examples of how to handle each rule of play.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514479915
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the rules of play for suit contracts. The various subjects contain rules for when and how to ruff, how to set up a long suit, when and how to finesse up to a lone honor, how to handle special combinations such as a split A-Q or K-Q, ways to set up a J or 10, when to play for the drop, how and when to get a count on the hand, the ruffing finesse, the backward finesse and choosing alternative finesses. Under each subject, there are numerous examples of how to handle each rule of play.
Playing a Suit Contract
Author: Ken Casey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514439972
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the rules of play for suit contracts. The various subjects contain rules for when to use the dummy reversal, when to spurn a finesse, when to duck a trick, the avoidance play, how to handle a defenders singleton, how to discard, how to unblock, how to deceive, how to handle transportation problems, and how to make inferences from the defenders bidding, opening lead, play and discards. Under each subject, there are numerous examples of how to handle each rule of play.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514439972
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the rules of play for suit contracts. The various subjects contain rules for when to use the dummy reversal, when to spurn a finesse, when to duck a trick, the avoidance play, how to handle a defenders singleton, how to discard, how to unblock, how to deceive, how to handle transportation problems, and how to make inferences from the defenders bidding, opening lead, play and discards. Under each subject, there are numerous examples of how to handle each rule of play.
Bridge the Gap to Better Bidding
Author: Jack Wynns
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665566833
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
This book is intended for intermediate and advanced players and is designed along the lines of a convention card. Each subject (No Trump, Majors, Weak Two Bids, etc.) gets its own chapter. Within each chapter each topic gets a page of text along with examples and a quiz. Most intermediate players have a working, but incomplete, knowledge of the various topics. This book will fill in the blanks, add new ideas to your bidding arsenal and significantly improve your bidding skills.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1665566833
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
This book is intended for intermediate and advanced players and is designed along the lines of a convention card. Each subject (No Trump, Majors, Weak Two Bids, etc.) gets its own chapter. Within each chapter each topic gets a page of text along with examples and a quiz. Most intermediate players have a working, but incomplete, knowledge of the various topics. This book will fill in the blanks, add new ideas to your bidding arsenal and significantly improve your bidding skills.