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The Expert Improver follows on from Danny's earlier book
The Expert Beginner where the Intermediate player is now introduced to
more complicated bridge plays and defences as well as some new bidding
conventions. The exercises set out should be done against a stop watch and
every card played and every bid made is fully explained and justified. |
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Not only is defence more difficult than declarer play,
but it is often seen by beginners as les fun. As a result they switch off.
a habit to be avoided, because in reality you defend twice as often as you
are declarer and defeating what seemed like an impenetrable contract can
be extremely satisfying. This basic handbook by one of the UK's most
respected teachers and players concentrates on the essentials needed for
Basic defence and just what you have to do to visualize and subsequently
thwart declarer's plan. |
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The late Hugh Kelsey was one of the most prolific bridge
writers ever and all his work has something for everybody. This handy
little guide is a quick reference book form players who want to know the
correct bid or lead or play in Basic Acol. The book is well laid out and
for new players is an ideal reference tool. |
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The Master Bridge series contains a number of these easy
to use flip charts that the learner can have by his side to quickly look
up those all important bids he has momentarily forgotten. In this Acol
Bridge Flipper, the fast fact finder contains the following sections :-,
Opening the Bidding, Weak Two Bids and Benjamin Twos, Responding to NT Opening
Bids, Responding to a Suit Openings, Opener's Rebids, Reverses and Jump
Shifts, Preemptive Openings, Overcalls and Jump Overcalls, Take-out
Doubles, Slam Bidding Methods, Opening Leads, Signaling and Defensive
Moves, Duplicate Bridge Scorer |
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Do you make the most of your cards. Are you totally
obsessed by "high card points". If so why not read this manual
and see that there is more to life than just adding points. Do you want to
bid 21 point games ? Do you want to bid 26 point slams ? Do you want to be
bale to stop low when you have a lot of points but the wrong distribution
if so then this book is for you. It lays out the foundations of The Losing
Trick Count. Although bridge is a partnership game you will find that many
of the ideas laid down in this book can actually be played independently
of partner and partner will thank you for bidding marginal games and
slams. He might even ask you for a copy of this book . |
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This book covers common problems that any intermediate
player will encounter at the table. The reader is given the bidding, the
opening lead and maybe the first round or two they are then asked as
declarer to plan the hand. The nest hand the full deal is shown with an
answer. A principle is then extracted that the reader will be able to
apply to other hands when they occur. The themes included in the book are
unblocking, ruffing in dummy, setting up dummy's suit, elimination, cross
ruff, ruffing finesses, loser on loser play, avoidance plays and many
others. This book is ideal for the intermediate play who wants to improve. |
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This book is the ideal learning book and has been
endorsed by the English Bridge Union Teachers Association. The complete
beginner can set up all 36 hands in the book and go through all the
chapters. which include all the main aspects of bidding and play to get
the student off to good foundations. This book leads very nicely to A
guide to Better card Play and A Guide to Better Acol Bridge and ultimately
a Guide to Better Duplicate Bridge all written by Ron Klinger in the
Master Bridge Series. This is also an ideal teaching book with ideal hands
for the teacher to use with his students. |
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The fifth edition Official Encyclopedia is an ideal
reference for the real bridge enthusiast. The book covers EVERYTHING-
bids, plays, conventions, tactics, Laws, movements and definitions of
everything to do with bridge as well as Biographies for 2800 persons
worldwide. So if somebody says to you they are an expert you can now check
to see if their names appears within these pages. There is a section on
all the bridge books ever written presented in a concise format
according to play bidding or merely humorous. There is a also a
section on results worldwide. I am sure the editor of The Guiness Book of
Records would certainly endorse the merits of this book. |
