Improve Your Bridge: Teach Yourself

Summary:
Are you ready to take your bridge game to the next level? Improve Your Bridge will help you develop your technique and strengthen your game. This new edition has been fully updated with fresh design and interactive features as well as insider tips from the author to help give your game the winning edge. It is written by one of the UK's leading authorities in bridge, David Bird, who has written over 70 books on the subject and is the bridge columnist for the Mail on Sunday and the Evening Standard. 

It has everything you need to know about advanced bidding conventions and coverage of defence. It is perfect for intermediate level players, those who are interested in joining a bridge club or tournament, or for those taking a 2nd or 3rd year bridge course.

NOT GOT MUCH TIME?
One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

AUTHOR INSIGHTS
Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the authors' many years of experience.

TEST YOURSELF
Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of bridge.

FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER
Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.

TRY THIS
Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

• Written by one of the UK's leading bridge experts

• New features help players take their bridge game to the next level. Packed with self tests and author tips and insights and links to websites and other resources

Table of Contents:
00 Foreword, which will outline the ground already covered by
the present Teach Yourself Bridge and state the aims
of the present volume
Elimination play
Preserving defenders’ communications
The cross-ruff
Using clues from the bidding
Holding up in defence
Bidding conventions used in duplicate bridge
transfer responses
negative doubles
responsive doubles
Preserving declarer’s communications
Keeping the danger hand off lead
Dummy reversal
Promoting trump tricks in defence
Safety Plays
Playing a forcing defence
Counting the hand
More bidding conventions used in duplicate bridge
Deceptive Play
Index

About the Author(s):
David Bird is Britain's top bridge writer, with more than 70 books to his name. He is bridge correspondent for the Mail on Sunday and the Evening Standard and contributes regularly to bridge magazines around the world. He is best known for his humorous bridge fiction, featuring the pompous Abbot of the St Titus Monastery. As a player, he is a Grandmaster and has won thirteen national championships.

Readership:
General trade, for the ultimate beginner at bridge.