Author : William S. Root
Publisher : Three Rivers Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,36 MB
Release : 1995-04-11
Category : Bridge
ISBN : 9780517883938
This book is a comprehensive work covering every angle in defending bridge hands. As a bonus, there is a section on many of the lead and signal conventions practiced in expert circles.
Author : William S. Root
Publisher : Crown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780517591604
A guide to defense covers opening leads, signals, trump promotion, discarding, and deception, and shares sample hands to test one's understanding of strategy
Author : William S. Root
Publisher : Crown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 21,36 MB
Release : 2010-11-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0307774457
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.
Author : Ken Casey
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 47,94 MB
Release : 2018-04-18
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1984510312
This book is designed to give a comprehensive view of the rules of play for defense. The book contains rules for how to defend against a long suit, when and how to ruff , how to handle a forcing defense, how to defend against a squeeze play or an endplay, when and how to duck, when to play 2nd hand high or 3rd hand low, how to play from E, when to underlead your Ace, how to discard and deceive, how to defend against a notrump contract, how to signal and how to lead. Under each subject, there are numerous examples illustrating each rule of defense.
Author : Elliot Sternlicht
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 15,3 MB
Release : 2003-03-31
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1465326235
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.
Author : Bill Treble
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,12 MB
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781771400367
No bells or whistles, just the plain, simple stuff to get you started on the road to becoming a good defender. In eight easy lessons, this book coves the things you really need to know: opening leads and signaling against notrump and suit contracts, second and third-hand Play, the Rule of Eleven, discards, and basic strategy. Quizzes and example hands make the whole process of learning both fun and productive. Praise for Bill Treble's 'Getting into the Bidding', An excellent intermediate-level book covering contested auctions. The focus is on providing a foundation for choosing and using methods - which are available, which are popular, and what are the trade-offs among them. The Bridge World Book jacket.
Author : Eddie Kantar
Publisher : Master Point Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 22,14 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781894154024
Covers leads, signaling, second- and third-hand play, and discarding, and includes practice hands and quizzes.
Author : Barbara Seagram
Publisher : Master Point Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 27,27 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Contract bridge
ISBN : 9781897106112
Defense is the hardest part of playing bridge, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible to learn. The authors explain how to make a plan as a defender: how to work out from the auction and play what declarer probably has, and which of the strategies available to defenders is likely to be successful.
Author : Ken Casey
Publisher : Xlibris Us
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 38,80 MB
Release : 2019-06-19
Category :
ISBN : 9781796040388
This book is designed to give a comprehensive view of the rules of play for defense. The book contains rules for how to defend against a long suit, when and how to ruff, how to handle a forcing defense, how to defend against a squeeze play or an endplay, when and how to duck, when to play second hand high or third hand low, how to play from E, when to underlead your ace, how to discard and deceive, how to defend against a notrump contract, how to signal, and how to lead. Under each subject, there are numerous examples illustrating each rule of defense.
Author : Ken Casey
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 1178 pages
File Size : 34,73 MB
Release : 2018-07-06
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1984535668
This book is meant to be a comprehensive book on all the various types of bridge hands. Each type of hand is categorized in a separate chapter. Volume One contains a partial compilation of my three books on tournament bridge. These three books are Tournament Bridge for Beginning Players, Tournament Bridge for Intermediate Players and Tournament Bridge for Advanced Players. All three of these books were revised in 2018. Volume Two contains a partial compilation of my two books on playing Notrump hands and on playing defense. These two books are entitled Playing the Notrump Hand in Bridge and Tips on Bridge Defense. Both of these books were also revised in 2018.
