Master Bridge Series

Bidding in the slam area has developed rapidly over the past 20 years and players are bidding slams more often and more accurately. In this book Ron Klinger shows how to judge whether slam is likely or not and reveals the methods to find the critical cards in partner's hand, whether it is to stay out of a poor slam, bid a good small slam or find an excellent grand slam.

Understanding the Uncontested Auction

by Ron Klinger and Andrew Kambites

Published 10 October 2002

Good bidding is based on the understanding of principles rather than on learning what bids mean. A good system has structure that helps you memorise and guides you when you are on unfamiliar ground.

UNDERSTANDING THE UNCONTESTED AUCTION is based on Acol with 4-card majors and a weak no-trump. It aims to help aspiring players in a sympathetic and logical manner to bridge the bidding gap between themselves and the experts. You can use it either as a complete modern bidding system or selectively to improve your general standard of bidding.

Improve Your Bidding and Play

by Ron Klinger and Derek Rimington

Published 9 September 1999

Here is a new edition of this exhilarating and ingeniously laid out guide to improving both your bidding and play. Sixty hands are presented and you must first find the key bid. Then, as declarer, you have to work out the best way to play the hand. By the time you have completed the sixty problems you will undoubtedly be a much improved player.

Acol Bridge Made Easy

by Ron Klinger

Published 1 October 1986

'Many games provide fun, but Bridge grips you. It exercises your mind. Your mind can rust, you know, but Bridge prevents the rust from forming' Omar Sharif

'Bridge is the most entertaining and intelligent card game the wit of man has so far devised' W. Somerset Maugham

More and more people are finding out what a great joy it is to be able to play bridge. You can learn at any age, but one thing is sure - you will wish you had started earlier.

Bridge is the most stimulating, most intriguing, most fascinating and most challenging of all card games. It will give you more lasting pleasure than any other recreation because of its unending variety.

Once you start playing, you will want to play again and again...

100 Winning Bridge Tips

by Ron Klinger

Published 1 September 1987

This latest edition of an outstanding book contains some new tips which reflect the changes in the game since the original publication in 1987. Learning from bitter experience at the bridge table is a slow, painful and often costly business. The 100 winning tips are designed to cover specific situations in bidding, play and defence - the sort of problems that arise over and over again in everyday play, providing a painless substitute for experience.

The Rabbi's Magic Trick

by David Bird and Ron Klinger

Published 31 December 1935

1A collection of stories about the bridge-playing rabbi, this book gives a plausible account of a rabbi gambling his holiday money in a high-stake rubber game against three wealthy Arabs, and a synagogue team facing a team of Catholic priests and nuns (hired professionals).

Bridge Conventions, Defences and Countermeasures

by Ron Klinger

Published 22 April 1993

Conventions are a vital element of bidding in bridge and, unless they are clearly and easily understood, they can be destructively dangerous. Bridge Conventions, Defences and Countermeasures explains each convention and covers in detail how it can be used and how it is often misused. Ron Klinger, one of the world's top bridge teachers and authors is a brilliant exponent of the subject and has here produced the leading book of conventions ' no keen player should be without it.

Killing Defence at Bridge

by Hugh Kelsey

Published 20 May 1975

Killing Defence at Bridge is one of the great all-time classics of bridge. It carries the mark of a genius and was the first in a series of major books written by Hugh Kelsey, who became internationally recognised as a leading authority on the analysis of bridge. He coupled this incisive thinking with a brilliant skill with words - hardly surprising as he had hitherto only written novels - and made the most complex techniques in bridge sound simple and easy to grasp. Ron Klinger has contributed a forward to this remarkable book, which is as relevant today as when it was first published.

Simple Squeezes

by Hugh Kelsey

Published 6 June 1985

Guide to Better Duplicate Bridge

by Ron Klinger

Published 17 August 1995

This text demonstrates the bidding methods and strategy needed to do well in pairs whether the bidding involves only your side or both sides. Bidding today is far more competitive than in the past, and invariably the player not familiar with the best methods will lag behind. Declarer play and defence also have their own special requirements at duplicate and these are covered in this book.;Part of the "Master Bridge" series, this book was chosen by the American Bridge Teachers' Association as their Bridge Book of the Year.

Test Your Card Play

by Hugh Kelsey

Published 1 October 1990

The fourth in a series of bridge problems, old and new, by grand master Hugh Kelsey. The hands cover a wide range of technique in both dummy play and defence, and are presented in quiz format.

Improve Your Bridge Memory

by Ron Klinger

Published 1 November 1984

This is a brilliant and original book. Three sections cover beginner, intermediate and advanced players. The tastiest morsels are to be found in the intermediate section where the author discusses how to remember vital principles in bidding and play.

Acol Bridge Flipper

by Ron Klinger

Published 14 June 1984

The unique fast fact finder which enables players to check rapidly important points in bidding and play. Acol Bridge Flipper is aimed at the vast number of people who already play and who want to improve.

Ten Ways to Improve Your Bridge

by David Lyster Bird

Published 5 October 2000

If you are a middling player and are keen to advance, this book will show you the way forward. David Bird has taken ten key areas in bidding and play and has applied his considerable skills as a player and critic to prove how results can be gained. The topics covered range from bidding the opponents suit and battling for the part-score to support doubles and redoubles and splinter bids and fit jumps. The essential points to remember are summarised at the end of each chapter and there are problems to solve which will show how much you have taken on board. Why wait any longer? Your opportunity to become a better player is here!

Miracles of Card Play

by Terence Reese and David Bird

Published 1 June 1982

Details the fictitious exploits of the bridge-playing monks of St Titus, who are involved in the Gold Cup, the Hubert Phillips Bowl, the National inter-monastery championship and a mission to Africa to convert the Bozwambi tribe to the Acol system.

Duplicate Pairs for You

by Andrew Kambites

Published 26 September 1991

Bridge

by Terence Reese

Published 26 February 1970

The last two decades have brought a great advance in the standard of card-play, both at club and tournament level. Although many players feel confident in their ability to deal with the routine problems they may encounter at the bridge table, there are still certain areas that can be classified as "blind spots" - areas in which only the expert can be expected to make the right move at the right time. In addressing these particular areas, the authors of "Miracles of Card Play" and "Unholy Tricks" pass on their experience of professional competitive play. The text includes useful information and tips on strategy which aims to show the average player how to play declarer and defensive hands the expert way.

Standard Bridge Flipper

by Ron Klinger

Published 26 June 1991

Unholy Tricks

by Terence Reese and David Bird

Published 23 August 1984

UNHOLY TRICKS by Terence Reese and David Bird is a further collection of bridge tales involving the eccentric monks of St Titus. In addition to their usual rubber bridge games - and they play for surprisingly high stakes at the monastery - the monks become involved in duplicate matches against nuns, visiting Italians and even the local police. 'Once again the collaboration of Reese and Bird has produced an amusing narrative with many excellent and instructive hands.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'We can't remember when we have chuckled so much over a bridge book.' THE BRIDGE WORLD

Test Your Percentages

by Hugh Kelsey

Published 1 April 1989