Andrew Robson – författare

“No one else has the capacity to explain Bridge more clearly than Andrew.”Omar SharifA one-stop practical guide on how to play and master the fascinating and rewarding game of bridge with expert advice throughout from Andrew Robson, the Times bridge correspondent, the world’s most famous and successful player and teacher of bridge.Previously published as Collins Need to Know? Bridge. Now with additional practice deals.Andrew Robson, the Times bridge correspondent, shows you how to play bridge – starting from the basics and taking you through the learning process step-by-step. Using clear illustrations and accompanying text, Andrew gives the reader a complete course in learning the game, including sample hands and ways to practice.You’ll also learn about bidding, tricks, scoring and dealing, and etiquette whilst playing. Above all you’ll begin to develop the skills you need to play bridge, and win – including ingenuity, working well in a partnership, and a good memory.Contents include: basic bidding and card-play strategies; etiquette and how to score; examples and practice tips; different types of bridge; conventions; evaluating a bridge hand.

Denna bok fokuserar på hur man maskar, även om andra tekniska moment som förindelsehantering, slutspel, skvis och kortläsning förekommer. Denna bok ingår i en serie små böcker som täcker alla aspekter av det fascinerade bridgespelet. Varje sida innehåller en lektion och en illustrerande giv. Denna svenska utgåva, framtagen av Pyttsi och Tjolpe Flodqvist, bygger på den engelska förlagan signerad Englands bridgestjärna Andrew Robson.

A large print bridge guide aimed at the less experienced or social player who longs to improve but keeps repeating the same mistakes, often not knowing that they are mistakes.Andrew Robson, The Times Bridge Correspondent, is both a champion bridge player and an inspired teacher. At his bridge club he teaches and tutors and has acquired great practical knowledge about how people learn to play bridge.Based on Andrew Robson’s Friday column in The Times, common bridge mistakes are presented with an outline of what actually happened and what should have happened. Along with every mistake is a handy tip ‘If you remember just one thing..’ which has proved very popular with The Times readers.The first section of the book, ‘The Game’, is a basic outline providing the key to playing a sensible game of Bridge, subdivided into Bidding, Declarer Play and Defence. Included within this are all the ‘If you remember just one thing’ tips that also appear in the main body of the book.The reader can either read ‘The Game’ first, paying particular attention to the tips, or they can dip in and out of the main body of text, picking a common mistake at random, with the option of cross-referencing to the same tip in ‘The Game’ section.Bridge is a growing enthusiasm and is now being played by a much wider age range – it is no longer a game for those who have retired. This is a long-awaited first book aimed at the vast majority of bridge players who would like to avoid falling into the same trap time and time again.

Andrew Robson, world champion player, teacher and columnist, offers an insider’s guide to the game of bridge for more experienced players.Broader in scope than The Times Bridge: Commons Mistakes and How to Avoid Them, Andrew has selected his best columns from The Times, which cover a wide range of themes. By explaining sample deals, aspects of the game are clarified and the reader’s understanding of the game improves. Each deal begins with an engaging discourse before moving on to explain the technique. The book assumes a level of experience beyond that of beginner and targets those players as well as social players and club and tournament players.Chapters cover:Partnership: clarification, anticipation, communication. Andrew imparts the secrets of being a successful – and popular – partner.Double Trouble: when to double and when to keep quiet – that is the question.Opening Lead: how can you find the best lead, when you can't even see dummy? Some dramatic deals illustrate how to make the choice.Trick One: how to avoid making a fatal error on the all-important first trick.Finessing Fun: fascinating card-play tussles made simple.Guess Who? Which opponent has the crucial missing card – and why?Spot Cards: making use of all your assets is one secret of the winning player – ignore the lowly eights and sevens at your peril.Never say Never: when to break normal guidelines – and why.Mind of an Expert: Andrew gives away the secret workings of the world's best players.Experts Err: even the best make mistakes. Let's all learn from them.Freaks: we all love wild deals, and here are some of the wildest.Bridge around Britain: some say it's fading. Nonsense – as these deals will testify.Bridge around the world: New York, New Guinea or New South Wales – Andrew considers global bridge issues, and looks at some wonderful deals.Stars of the future: School Bridge, Youth Camp Bridge, World Junior Championships…we feature some of the best young players, and look ahead to a bright future for the game.

Based on The Times Bridge column, an extensive bridge guide aimed at the less experienced or social player who longs to improve their game, with instructive deals and tips, as well as a helpful Index.Andrew Robson, The Times Bridge Correspondent, is both a champion Bridge player and an inspired teacher. He teaches and tutors at his Bridge Club and has acquired great practical knowledge about how people learn to play Bridge.Based on Andrew Robson’s daily column in The Times, common scenarios are presented with an outline of what actually happened, as well as what should have happened. Along with every deal is the very popular handy tip ‘If you remember just one thing…’, which features throughout the book.The first section of the book, ‘The Game’, is a basic outline providing the key to playing a sensible game of Bridge, subdivided into ‘Bidding’, ‘Declarer Play’ and ‘Defence’.The reader can either read ‘The Game’ first, paying particular attention to the tips, or they can dip in and out of the book, picking a common mistake at random, with the option to cross-reference to the same tip in ‘The Game’ section.Bridge is now reaching a new audience, and is being played by people of all ages. Let Andrew Robson help you to improve your game! Previously published in 2005 as The Times Bridge: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Austral Jazz: The Localization of a Global Music Form in Sydney proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding local jazz communities as they develop outside the United States, demonstrating such processes in action by applying the framework to a significant period of the history of jazz in Sydney, Australia after 1973. This volume introduces the notion of ‘Austral Jazz,’ coined in order to reset the focus on supranational conceptions of jazz expressions in the southwestern Pacific. It makes the case for Austral Jazz chronologically across six chapters that discuss, interpret and critique major events and seminal recordings, tracing the development of the Austral shift from a pre-Austral period prior to 1973. Austral Jazz presents a fresh approach to understanding the development of jazz communities, and while its focus is on the Sydney scene after 1973, the ‘Austral’ theory can be applied to creative communities globally. A creative shift took place in Sydney in the early 1970s, which led to the flourishing of a new kind of jazz-based expression, one that reflected Australia’s increasingly globalized and multicultural outlook. This study is timely, and it builds on the work of local jazz researchers. Historiographical understandings of global developments in jazz can be understood within a framework of four overarching narratives: The ‘birth and belonging’ narrative; the ‘spread and adaptation’ narrative; the ‘pluralization by localization’ narrative; and the ‘self-fashioning of the already local’ narrative.

Austral Jazz: The Localization of a Global Music Form in Sydney proposes a new theoretical framework for understanding local jazz communities as they develop outside the United States, demonstrating such processes in action by applying the framework to a significant period of the history of jazz in Sydney, Australia after 1973. This volume introduces the notion of ‘Austral Jazz,’ coined in order to reset the focus on supranational conceptions of jazz expressions in the southwestern Pacific. It makes the case for Austral Jazz chronologically across six chapters that discuss, interpret and critique major events and seminal recordings, tracing the development of the Austral shift from a pre-Austral period prior to 1973. Austral Jazz presents a fresh approach to understanding the development of jazz communities, and while its focus is on the Sydney scene after 1973, the ‘Austral’ theory can be applied to creative communities globally. A creative shift took place in Sydney in the early 1970s, which led to the flourishing of a new kind of jazz-based expression, one that reflected Australia’s increasingly globalized and multicultural outlook. This study is timely, and it builds on the work of local jazz researchers. Historiographical understandings of global developments in jazz can be understood within a framework of four overarching narratives: The ‘birth and belonging’ narrative; the ‘spread and adaptation’ narrative; the ‘pluralization by localization’ narrative; and the ‘self-fashioning of the already local’ narrative.

För att bestämma sin budstrategi måste öppnaren först avgöra om handen är balanserad eller obalanserad - som är den avgörande faktorn. Denna bok ingår i en serie små böcker som täcker alla aspekter av det fascinerade bridgespelet. Varje sida innehåller en lektion och en illustrerande giv. Denna svenska utgåva, framtagen av Pyttsi och Tjolpe Flodqvist, bygger på den engelska förlagan signerad Englands bridgestjärna Andrew Robson.

Den bokstavliga innebörden av en dubbling är, som ordet antyder, att fördubbla insatsen. 1912 skapades dock en annorlunda definition av dubblingen: ?take out double?, som kom att benämnas ?upplysningsdubbling? på svenska. På sätt och vis var detta bridgens första konvention, även om den numera är så universell att den inte betraktas som en sådan.En upplysningsdubbling (UD) ? ?take out double? ? säger till partnern: "var snäll och ta bort min dubbling med en annan färg?. Dubblingen visar en öppningshand eller bättre utan något annat lämpligt bud; man har ingen tillräckligt lång och stark färg att bjuda och utan möjlighet att bjuda sang.Denna bok ingår i en serie små böcker som täcker alla aspekter av det fascinerade bridgespelet. Varje sida innehåller en lektion och en illustrerande giv. Denna svenska utgåva, framtagen av Pyttsi och Tjolpe Flodqvist, bygger på den engelska förlagan signerad Englands bridgestjärna Andrew Robson.

Att bjuda slam är så lockande att vi framförallt behöver lära oss hur man undviker dåliga slammar. Efter att ha varnat för riskerna med att bjuda slam med bet, inleds boken med en storslam på bara 5 hp!Denna bok ingår i en serie små böcker som täcker alla aspekter av det fascinerade bridgespelet. Varje sida innehåller en lektion och en illustrerande giv. Denna svenska utgåva, framtagen av Pyttsi och Tjolpe Flodqvist, bygger på den engelska förlagan signerad Englands bridgestjärna Andrew Robson.

Ett betydande problem i naturliga budsystem är de vida gränserna för öppningsbuden en trick i färg, från 11 till drygt 21 hp. Ett starkt öppningsbud som 1 klöver reducerar dessa problem, eftersom det sänker den övre gränsen för naturliga enöppningar. Denna bok ingår i en serie små böcker som täcker alla aspekter av det fascinerade bridgespelet. Varje sida innehåller en lektion och en illustrerande giv. Denna svenska utgåva, framtagen av Pyttsi och Tjolpe Flodqvist, bygger på den engelska förlagan signerad Englands bridgestjärna Andrew Robson

Svarshandens första bud startar dialogen. Dess betydelse understryks av det antal olika konventioner som finns för detta.Viktiga verktyg, som boken behandlar, är Stayman, överföringsbud, splinterbud, Stenbergs 2 sang och andra mystiska och underbara knep.Denna bok ingår i en serie små böcker som täcker alla aspekter av det fascinerade bridgespelet. Varje sida innehåller en lektion och en illustrerande giv. Denna svenska utgåva, framtagen av Pyttsi och Tjolpe Flodqvist, bygger på den engelska förlagan signerad Englands bridgestjärna Andrew Robson.

Motspelarna har en fördel gentemot spelföraren ? de har två huvuden att tänka med! För att nyttja detta är det viktigt att de effektivt kan utväxla information med hjälp av signaler.Att kommunicera med sin partner är en fascinerande utmaning, med tekniker som har utvecklats mycket under senare år. Den gamla inställningen, ?signalera inte till mig, låt spelföraren (som jag själv) famla i mörker?, har ersatts av en stil med mera samarbete.Denna bok ingår i en serie små böcker som täcker alla aspekter av det fascinerade bridgespelet. Varje sida innehåller en lektion och en illustrerande giv. Denna svenska utgåva, framtagen av Pyttsi och Tjolpe Flodqvist, bygger på den engelska förlagan signerad Englands bridgestjärna Andrew Robson.