Bridge: 25 Ways to be a Better Defender Part 3 of 3: Becoming a Great Defender
includes:
Section 3 Becoming a great defender
Chapter 19 Unblocking honors
Chapter 20 Destroying declarer's communications
Chapter 21 Promoting trump tricks
Chapter 22 Playing a forcing defense
Chapter 23 Cashing your tricks
Chapter 24 Defending deceptively
Chapter 25 Putting declarer to a guess
Defense is the hardest part of playing bridge, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible to learn. In the final book of the bestselling '25' series, 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. Opening leads, signaling and discarding are all covered in this basic guide to a vitally important topic.
For the remaining parts see for the following titles:
Bridge: 25 Ways to be a Better Defender Part 1 of 3: The Basics of Sound Defense
Bridge: 25 Ways to be a Better Defender Part 2 of 3: Building a Picture of the Closed Hands
For the complete book see the following title:
Bridge: 25 Ways to be a Better Defender
Barbara Seagram (Toronto, Canada) ran one of the largest and
most successful bridge clubs and bridge schools in N. America. After
selling the club in 2007, she now concentrates solely on teaching and
organizing her popular bridge cruises. An ABTA Master Teacher, Barbara has
been involved in many of MPP's most successful titles, most notably 25
Bridge Conventions You Should Know. With more than 140,000 copies in print
in English alone, this book is the bestselling bridge title since Charles
Goren was writing in the 1950s. It has been translated into Japanese, French, Danish
and German.
David Bird, who lives near Southampton, England, has written more than
100 books on the game. Despite spending much of the year travelling, he
still finds time to write new stories every month for a host of magazines
around the world, usually featuring his best-known characters, the
monks of St. Titus Abbey. He is also a regular commentator on BBO
broadcasts of top-level competitions.
This product was added to our catalog on Friday 02 March, 2012.
