The A B C of Bridge
Author : Eleanor A. Tennant
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 11,48 MB
Release : 1901
Category :
ISBN :
Contract Bridge Complete
Author : Ely Culbertson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,60 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781016177924
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Winning Contract Bridge
Author : Edgar Kaplan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 17,54 MB
Release : 2010-06-17
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486245591
Book Description
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Let's Play Bridge
Author : Richard V. Smith
Publisher : Touchstone
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 33,17 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780671633820
Book Description
"Bridge is a complicated game of skill that can take weeks to learn and years to master. Let's Play Bridge is a clear and concise guide both to learning the fundamentals of bridge and developing an understanding that will take you well into advanced play. Let's Play Bridge covers such basic fundamentals as: Opening bids, suit bids, response and no trump bids, and forcing bids. Patterns of play--how tricks are won, the finesse, establishing a long suit. Defensive play. Systems and class A conventions. As well as advanced techniques such as: Jacoby Transfer, Two-over-one game force, The Kaplan-Sheinwold system, The Blackwood convention, and much, much more. Whether you are a beginner or an advanced player, you will benefit from Richard Smith's step-by-step, systematic approach to this challenging and enjoyable game."--Back cover.
Contract Bridge Blue Book
Author : Ely Culbertson
Publisher : Ishi Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 16,26 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9784871876001
Book Description
Contract Bridge Blue Book is, without doubt, the most famous book on the Game of Contract Bridge ever written. It is a landmark work, mentioned in every book on the history of bridge. As a result of the success of this work, the Culbertson Bidding System was the most popular system the world. Ely Culbertson had a nationwide syndicated column on bridge that was carried in hundreds of newspapers daily. This authoritative book is the master work on the Culbertson (Approach-Forcing) System of Contract Bridge. Here is a thoroughly comprehensive and easily understandable presentation of Ely Culbertson's scientific principles of Contract bridge now standard throughout the world. In these pages too are the reasons underlying the Culbertson methods which make them unbeatable. Reading this famous book you can follow step-by-step the inexorable logic of Ely Culbertson, world's greatest card analyst, as he brings for you the soundness of this simple way of winning at Contract Bridge. Scores of books and hundreds of articles have been written about his ideas - but here, in Ely Culbertson's own work, you can learn and profit at first hand.
The ABCs of Bridge
Author : William S. Root
Publisher : Crown
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 31,54 MB
Release : 1998-11-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0609801627
Book Description
William S. Root, winner of many national bridge championships, premier bridge teacher, author of classic bridge books, and recently elected to the Bridge Hall of Fame, is one of America's foremost bridge personalities. As a player, Bill Root has won all three of the most important American trophies (the Vanderbilt, the Spingold, and the Reisinger) a total of thirteen times. He has represented the United States in the Bridge Olympiad; in the Bermuda Bowl; and on exhibition tours to South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. He is rated a World Master by the World Bridge Federation. As a bridge teacher, Bill is considered to be one of the best of all time and has helped tens of thousands to enjoy the world's most popular card game. He has been the director for the National Intercollegiate Bridge Tournament and has served as Card Games Authority for the Association of American Playing Card Manufacturers, making him the modern-day Hoyle for the 120 million card players in America. His many best-selling bridge books include Commonsense Bidding, How to Play a Bridge Hand, and How to Defend a Bridge Hand (all of which won the Book of the Year title awarded by the American Bridge Teachers' Association.) He also coauthored the popular Modern Bridge Conventions with Richard Pavlicek.
The Complete Book on Balancing in Contract Bridge
Author : Mike Lawrence
Publisher : Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,93 MB
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780939460700
Book Description
This revised and expanded edition examines bridge auctions where the opponents bid something and you have the opportunity to either let them have it or to balance. The cost of not balancing can be huge, but you must weigh the cost of passing against the cost of bidding and getting a bad result. Lawrence's discussion of hand evaluation and planning a balancing auction goes beyond generic rules. Hundreds of examples help you develop judgment
Accelerated Bridge Construction
Author : Mohiuddin Ali Khan
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 31,33 MB
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0124072259
Book Description
The traveling public has no patience for prolonged, high cost construction projects. This puts highway construction contractors under intense pressure to minimize traffic disruptions and construction cost. Actively promoted by the Federal Highway Administration, there are hundreds of accelerated bridge construction (ABC) construction programs in the United States, Europe and Japan. Accelerated Bridge Construction: Best Practices and Techniques provides a wide range of construction techniques, processes and technologies designed to maximize bridge construction or reconstruction operations while minimizing project delays and community disruption. - Describes design methods for accelerated bridge substructure construction; reducing foundation construction time and methods by using pile bents - Explains applications to steel bridges, temporary bridges in place of detours using quick erection and demolition - Covers design-build systems' boon to ABC; development of software; use of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) - Includes applications to glulam and sawn lumber bridges, precast concrete bridges, precast joints details; use of lightweight aggregate concrete, aluminum and high-performance steel
Beginning Bridge
Author : Barbara Seagram
Publisher : Master Point Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,2 MB
Release : 2008-06
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781897106334
Book Description
Written for complete beginners, this book is based on material that Barbara Seagram uses in her own classes to introduce hundreds of new players to the game every year. The book will take readers to the point where they can enjoy a social game with friends or begin to explore their local bridge club.
Bridge For Beginners
Author : Game Nest
Publisher :
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 34,25 MB
Release : 2020-03-08
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781951791254
Book Description
Bridge is not only one of the most popular card games in the world but is a mental sport. Bridge teaches you logic, reasoning, risk taking, patience, concentration, and so much more. Even successful entrepreneurs such as Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are both accomplished Bridge players.
