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Want better results? Try better declarer play!Have you noticed that good bidding doesn't always mean good results? Sometimes you don't make your perfectly-bid contract. Sometimes other declarers make an extra trick or two.If it's time to get serious about better declarer play, this is the perfect 'how to' book. You'll find it's surprisingly easy to:-- Count your winning and losing tricks.-- Master three basic techniques for eliminating losers.-- Manage your entries.-- Set priorities. What to do first, second, and so on?-- Plan the play.You'll work through plenty of practice deals in this simple guide to better declarer play. You'll also find quizzes at the end of every chapter to test your new-found skills. With a little practice, you'll soon be getting the results you deserve!

A comprehensive guide to defensive signalling in bridge.

This sequel to the same authors' ABTA award-winning Book of The Year in 2010 teaches bridge players about more advanced declarer play, safety and trump control and improved endplays.

Test your bridge skills. Would you have made the team?In quiz format, this book presents bidding, declarer play and defensive problems taken from the deals that occurred during the final of the 2013 USBC Team Trials. Compare your solutions to the plays and bids actually made, and see how you would have scored if you had been playing. In-depth analysis of each deal is given.The analyses include discussion of several advanced topics such as counting combinations in defensive problems, third-level thinking, balancing in guessing situations, as well as some rare advanced play positions. This book will enhance your understanding of deductive processes, foreseeing possible end positions and applying math to real-world bridge problems.MATTHIAS FELMY (Oldenburg) is a German international player. His bridge successes include the European Schools Champioinships, three German national championships, wins in Austria''s most important team and pair events as well as other high finishes in major tournaments across Europe.

David Bird's witty stories about the bridge-playing monks of St Titus appear regularly in bridge magazines in the US and the UK. This collection is presented in quiz format so that readers can attempt to solve the bridge problems before the monks themselves encounter them.

A collection of witty and satirical bridge stories, this book follows the hapless Professor Silver as he struggles towards his own version of excellence despite a malevolent and incompetent administration and a D-grade student body. The tales feature a selection of fascinating bridge hands.

This collection features bridge problems with an analytical challenge. In every case, the reader is given all four hands and is asked whether the contract should make or go down with perfect play and defence. Each problem has hidden depths where moves can be counter-moved.

Intended for intermediate bridge players, the books in this series take the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique. Focusing on safety plays, this text is short and full of practical examples, and features end-of-chapter quizzes to reinforce the concepts.

Intended for intermediate bridge players, the books in this series take the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique. Focusing on entry management, this text is short and full of practical examples, and features end-of-chapter quizzes to reinforce the concepts.