25 Ways to be a Better Defender Part 1 of 3

By: David Bird & Barbara Seagram

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Bridge: 25 Ways to be a Better Defender Part 1 of 3: The Basics of Sound Defense includes:Section 1 The basics of sound defense Chapter 1 Leads, signals and discards Chapter 2 Third-hand play Chapter 3 Opening leads against a notump contract Chapter 4 Second-hand play Chapter 5 Opening leads against a suit contract Chapter 6 Active defense or passive defense? Chapter 7 Lead the right card in the middle of the play Chapter 8 Should you cover an honor lead? Chapter 9 Scoring ruffs on defense Chapter 10 Preserving defensive communications 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 2 of 3: Building a Picture of the Closed HandsBridge: 25 Ways to be a Better Defender Part 3 of 3: Becoming a Great Defender For the complete book see the following title: Bridge: 25 Ways to be a Better Defender

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David Bird

David Bird (Southampton, UK) is the world's most prolific bridge writer, with 150 bridge books to his name. Known for the clarity of his writing and explanations, he has won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year Award a record nine times. His celebrated humorous fiction series, featuring the cantankerous Abbot, has run for over 45 years.

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Barbara Seagram

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 200,000 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.

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