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Ten years after their award-winning Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand (August 2009, ISBN 978 1897106 51 8), Seagram & Bird tackle the hardest part of the game: defence. Using the same step-by-step approach, they guide the reader through the m...

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Following on from their earlier book, Planning in Defense (January 2019; ISBN 978 177140 053 4), Seagram & Bird move on to more sophisticated aspects of defensive cardplay for advancing players. Using the same step-by-step approach, the author...

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The classic first book on defensive cardplay at bridge, covering the topic with clarity, skill and humour. More than fifty years after its first publication, this book has been revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play ...

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The classic first book on declarer play at bridge, covering the topic with clarity, skill and humor. More than fifty years after its first publication, this book has been revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play and br...

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A common form of pairs scoring in the game of bridge is by matchpoints. On each board, a partnership scores two matchpoints for each other partnership that scored fewer points with the same cards, and one point for each other partnership that scor...

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The emphasis here is on useful. This is not an academic tome, but a discussion of the aspects of probability that every bridge player needs to know and understand. Topics include suit splits, suit combinations, percentage plays, the Principle of R...

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An expert bridge coachs guide for beginners who are looking to move their game up to the next level. This book is for readers who have finished their beginner lessons, and are trying to move their game up to the next level. The tips cover all aspe...

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A complete refresher course for bridge players returning to the game in middle age, summarising the key changes to the game that have occurred over the last thirty years. Bridge is a game that people often decide to learn as empty-nesters. There a...

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In the course of researching the sociology of bridge, sociologist Dr. Sam Punch has been able to interview many of the world's top bridge personalities. The topics of these conversations were wide-ranging, and included the dynamics at the tab...

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A retired mathematics teacher, Dianne Aves has long felt that counting is the most useful skill she can instil in her bridge students, but that most books approach the subject at too high a level.... No longer! All bridge teachers emphasize to the...

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The authors previous book Getting to Good Slams (published by Honors, October 2018, ISBN 9781771401920), was an in-depth discussion of how to improve your slam bidding. Using examples from tournament play, the author identified hard-to-bid, but go...

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In 2007, Mark Horton wrote Misplay These Hands with Me, (Master Point Press, ISBN 9781897106280, now out of print) a deliberate homage to Reese's classic Play These Hands with Me. The difference was that the declarer in Horton's book always made a...

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At rubber bridge or teams scoring, declarer's objective is to make his contract - nothing else matters. Playing it safe is of vital importance. Yet playing safe can take many forms - it might involve simply choosing the best percentage line of pla...

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Since its publication in 1999, 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know has sold more than 250,000 copies in six languages. It has become a much-valued text and reference for everyone from social players to those who regularly spend time at their loc...

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Bridge with a Perfect Partner, by P. F. Saunders, was published in 1976 (Hyperion Books, 978 07063508 2 1). Many read and delighted in Saunders' articles in London-based Bridge Magazine, and Saunders' character "Wilson", according to the...

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The first book in Danny Roth's new intermediate-level series on declarer play, this book covers topics that, once mastered, will bring any intermediate player an immediate improvement in their scores. Topics include: to finesse or play for th...

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Forty years ago, in 1980, Robert Berthe and Norbert Lbely put the finishing touches to two books that would revolutionize the teaching of bridge cardplay: the first two books in the Step by Step series (Pas Pas in the original French). Based on an...

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Forty years ago, in 1980, Robert Berthe and Norbert Lbely put the finishing touches to two books that would revolutionize the teaching of bridge cardplay: the first two books in the Step by Step series (Pas Pas in the original French). Particular ...

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Twenty years ago, Barnet Shenkin's Playing with the Bridge Legends (Master Point Press, December 2000, now OP, ISBN 978 189415 421 5) gave its readers a fascinating insight into what it is like to play with and against the best players in the...

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Fascinating autobiography of the controversial three-times world bridge champion who brought the sensibility and dress sense of 1960s San Francisco to the staid bridge scene. Peter Weichsel has won three world bridge championships, twenty-five Nor...

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The official book of the 2021 World Bridge Championships in Salsomaggiore, Italy, will be published to coincide with the start of the 2022 World Bridge Series in Wroclaw. The principal contributors are Brian Senior, Barry Rigel, Mark Horton, Marek...

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The "over-my-shoulder" genre became prominent in the writing of Terence Reese and continued in the work of excellent writers such as Mike Lawrence and Larry Cohen. In this genre the reader gains access to the mind and thought processes o...

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Revised and updated edition of the handy pocket-sized guide to basic bidding conventions for bridge players. This pocket guide is based on the information in the standard bridge textbook 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know. Since that books orig...

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This new edition of Practice Makes Perfect, a compendium of practice hands to help students understand and practice the conventions in the parent book, has been updated in similar fashion, to reflect the changes in 25 Conventions You Should Know, ...

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Master Point Press has been appointed the official distributor worldwide for the World Bridge Federations annual Bridge World Championship books. The official book of the 2022 World Bridge Series in Wroclaw, Poland, is published to coincide with t...

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The second book in Danny Roth's new intermediate-level series on declarer play, this book covers topics that, once mastered, will bring any intermediate player an immediate improvement in their scores.

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Learning to play Canasta is fun, but it can also be challenging. This Ultimate Guide to Modern Canasta was designed by veteran instructors and founders of the Canasta League of America (CLA) and Canasta Junction. The book helps novice players to u...

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With the publication of Sixpack, six keycard RKCB has come of age!As soon you identify a double fit, don't ask for keycards - just "launch" and tell. In most cases, you can find out about keycards - all six - below the game level. Part I...

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52 COMMON BRIDGE MISTAKESWhy 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 ...

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Looking for a Better Approach to Teaching Declarer Play?This manual is a presentation-ready Teacher's Manual for the first part of the ABTA award-winning book, Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand, by Barbara Seagram and David Bird. Six lesson plans...

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