List of bridge books

Bridge, or more formally contract bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill and chance played by four players. This article consists of lists of bridge books deemed significant by various authors and organizations.

History

Books on bridge and its predecessor games have spanned centuries with the earliest known popular book on the subject of Whist having been published by Edmond Hoyle in 1742^[1] or 1743.^[2]

The timelines in the evolutionary path to modern contract bridge books are generally as follows:

• 17th century: the emergence of Whist from earlier games such as Ruff and Honours and Triumph
• 18th and 19th centuries: Whist is widely played with many variants in scoring methods; similar games such as Vint and Khedive are also played
• 1886: Evidence that Bridge-Whist has emerged with John Collinson's four page pamphlet entitled Biritch, or Russian Whist.^[3] (Earlier, in 1869, Christian Vanderheid, an Austrian writer about card games, published Gründlicher Selbstunterricht zur Erlernung des Jarolasch oder das russische Whist (Extensive Self-teaching of Yeralash (Jarolasch) or Russian Whist). The game described by Vanderheid is almost identical to Collinson's Biritch, with the exception that it is not played with a dummy.^[4])
• 1903-1932: from the first known publication on Auction Bridge (also known as Royal Auction Bridge and simply, Auction) to the last publication of Laws of Auction Bridge by the Portland Club
• c1915: Bridge Plafond emerges in France and Belgium and is essentially contract bridge without vulnerability
• late 1925: a significant new scoring system was proposed by Harold Vanderbilt introducing the concept of vulnerability, large bonuses for slams and heavy penalties for underticks. Within two years, "Auction was swept off the tables" in the dawn of modern contract bridge.^[5]
• 1926-1935: numerous books on bidding are published and compete for status as the 'official system' of choice. Ely Culbertson rises to prominence in the USA as a self-promoting bridge player, challenging his English and European counterparts to international matches all the while building a business empire based on his bridge writing and related investments. In the early Thirties, Acol is fashioned by S. J. Simon and Jack Marx, and eventually becomes the most popular bidding system in Britain.
• 1935: Culbertson publishes the first Encyclopedia of Bridge.

Precursor games

The following are books on the various precursor games to modern contract bridge; the first books on contract bridge appeared in 1927.^[6]

• Hoyle, Edmond (1743). A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist: Containing the Laws of the Game and also Some Rules.... W. Webster (Bath, London), 86 pages.  / Thomas Osborne (London), 10th Edition, 1750, 224 pages
• Hoyle, Edmond (1761). Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess and Backgammon Complete. Thomas Osborne, Stanley Crowder and Richard Baldwin (London), 12th Edition, 214 pages. 
• Payne, William (circa 1770). Maxims for Playing the Game of Whist, with all Necessary Calculations; and the Laws of the Game. T. Payne & Sons (London). 
• Mattews, Thomas (1804). Advice to the Young Whist Player: Containing Most of the Maxims of the Old School with Author's Observation on Those He Thinks Erroneous.... Various editions to 1828. W. Meyler and Son (Bath), 4th Edition, 1810, 68 pages. 
• Cavendish, pseudonym of Henry Jones, M.R.C.S. (1862). The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained and its Practice Illustrated on an Original System by Means of Hands Played Completely Through. (Spine title: Cavendish on Whist). Thos. De La Rue & Co. (London), 1st Edition.  / 8th Edition, 1868, 120 pages; 9th Edition, 1872, 120 pages; 11th Edition, 1876, 268 pages; 12th Edition, 1879, 268 pages; 13th Edition, 1881, 268 pages; 15th Edition, 1885, 272 pages; 20th Edition, 1892, 303 pages; 21st Edition, 1893, 320 pages; 22nd Edition (The Seventy-fifth Thousand), 1895, 306 pages; 23rd Edition (The Eighty-sixth Thousand), 1898, 306 pages; 24th Edition (Containing the New Code of Laws Revised in 1900), 1901, 306 pages. American Editions published by: John Wurtele Lovell (New York), 1880 from the 12th English Edition, 257 pages; John Wurtele Lovell (New York), 1881 from the 12th English Edition, 257 pages; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899 from the 23rd English Edition, 348 pages.
• Baldwin, J.L.; Clay, James (1864). The Laws of Short Whist and a Treatise on the Game (Spine title: Short Whist). Harrison (London).  / Second Edition, 1870 / First American Edition: Henry Holt and Company (New York), 1874, 153 pages. / New American edition from the second English Edition, 1880, 163 pages.
• Pole, William (January 1871). Quarterly Review.  Article on the evolution of Whist.
• Pole, William (1874). The Theory of the Modern Scientific Game of Whist... (Cover and spine title: Pole on Whist). Longmans, Green, and Co. (London), 7th Edition, 1874, 112 pages..  / G.W. Carleton & Co. Publishers (Londom) 1879, 144 pages. / Longmans, Green, and Co. (London), 14th Edition, 1883, 112 pages. / G.W. Carleton & Co. Publishers (Londom) 1884, 114 pages. / Frederick A. Stokes (New York), 1887, 136 pages. / 1889, 128 pages.
• Cavendish, pseudonym of Henry Jones (1883). Whist Developments. Thos. De La Rue & Co. (London), 172 pages. 
• Pole, William (1884). The Philosophy of Whist. Thos. De La Rue & Co. (London), 218 pages. 
• Foster, R.F. (1890). Foster's Whist Manual. Mudie and Sons (London), 1st Edition.  / Brentano's (New York, Chicago, Washington), 2nd Edition, 1891, 168 pages. Frederick Warne and Co. with Mudie and Sons, (London), 2nd Edition, 1891, 168 pages. Brentano's (New York, Chicago, Washington), 3rd Edition with American Leads, 25th Thousand, 1896, 195 pages. Frederick Warne and Co. with Mudie and Sons, (London), 4th Edition, 1899. Frederick Warne and Co. with Mudie and Sons, (London), 5th Edition, Thirty-fifth Thousand, 1900, 168 pages.
• Coffin, Charles Emmet (1893). The Gist of Whist. J. Selwin Tait & Sons.  / Brentano's (New York), 5th Edition, 1895, 109 pages
• Hamilton, C.D.P. (1894). Modern Scientific Whist. Brentano's (New York), 599 pages. 
• Pole, William (1895). The Evolution of Whist. Longmans, Green, and Co. (New York, London), 269 pages. 
• Doe, John (George Cavendish Benedict) (1900). The Bridge Manual. Mudie and Sons, (London). 
• Melrose, C.J. (1901). Bridge Whist. Charles Scribner's Sons, (New York). 
• Elwell, J.B. (1902). Bridge: Its Principles and Rules of Play (Cover and spine title: Elwell on Bridge). Charles Scribner's Sons (New York).  / 1903, 136 pages / 1907, 136 pages / 1911, 136 pages.
• Elwell, J.B. (1904). Advanced Bridge: The Higher Principles of the Game Analysed and Explained, and Their Application Illustrated, by Hands Taken from Actual Play (Cover and spine title: Elwell's Advanced Bridge). George Newnes, (London), 277 pages / Charles Scribner's Sons (New York), 277 pages.  / 6th Edition, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York), 1907, 297 pages.
• Pole, William (1905). Whist. George Bell & Sons (London, New York), 104 pages.. 
• Ames, Fisher (1906). The Game of Bridge. Little, Brown and Company (Boston), 190 pages. 
• Valet de Pique (1912). Bridge and Auction Bridge. Eveleigh Nash, (London). 
• Bergholt, Ernest (1915?). Royal Auction Bridge. George Routledge & Sons, (London). 

People and culture

The following books provide insights into the people and culture of contract bridge and while they may contain occasional references to certain technical aspects of the game, they are generally not instructional in theme.

• Culbertson, Ely (1940). The Strange Lives of One Man, An Autobiography. Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto: The John C. Winston Comapany. pp. 693. 
• Ramsey, Guy (1955). Aces All. Museum Press. pp. 205. 
• Olsen, Jack (1960). The Mad World of Bridge. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 
• Olsen, Jack (May 23, 1960), "The Mad World Of Bridge", Sports Illustrated (Chicago: Time, Inc.) 12 (21), http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1071319/index.htm 
• Mackey, Rex (1964). The Walk of the Oysters: An Unholy History of Contract Bridge. London: W.H.Allen.  / Prentice-Hall Inc. (Englewood Cliffs N. J.) 1965, 217 pages.
• Reese, Terence (1967). Story of an Accusation. New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 246. 
• Mollo, Victor (1968). The Bridge Immortals. New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc. pp. 256. 
• Flint, Jeremy; North, Freddie (1970). Tiger Bridge: The Game at The Top. London: Hodder and Stoughton. pp. 184. ISBN 0-340-12854-2.  / Simon and Schuster (New York), 191 pages.
• Schenken, Howard (1973). The Education of a Bridge Player. Simon and Schuster. pp. 286.  / Robert Hale (London), 1976, 221 pages, ISBN 0-7091-5349-X.
• Emery, Sue (1977). No Passing Fancy - Fifty Years of Contract Bridge. Memphis: American Contract Bridge League. pp. 128. 
• The Bridge Bum by Alan Sontag, 1977
• Reese, Terence (1977). Bridge at the Top. London: Faber and Faber. pp. 143. ISBN 0-571-11123-8. 
• Daniels, David (1980). The Golden Age of Contract Brdige. New York: Stein and Day. pp. 212. ISBN 0-8128-2576-4. 
• Mahmood, Zia (1991). Bridge My Way. London: Faber. pp. 191. ISBN 0-571-16562-1.  / Granovetter Books (Ballston Lake, N.Y.), 1992, 252 pages, ISBN 0-940257-12-2 / Netco Press (Little Falls, N.J.), 1994, 252 pages, ISBN 0-9634715-2-X / Netco Press, (Little Falls, N.J.), 2003, 264 pages, ISBN 978-0963471529
• Clay, John (1998). Tales from the Bridge Table. London: Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 284. ISBN 0-340-58979-5. 
• Smith, Marc (1999). World Class: Conversations with the Bridge Masters. Toronto: Master Point Press. pp. 288. ISBN 1-894154-15-0. 
• Shenkin, Barnet (2000). Playing With the Bridge Legends. Toronto: Master Point Press. pp. 240. ISBN 978-1-894154-21-5. 
• Truscott, Alan; Truscott, Dorothy (2002). The New York Times Bridge Book: An Acetodal History of the Development, Personalities and Strategies of the World's Most Popular Card Game. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 263. ISBN 0-312-29090-X. 
• Truscott, Alan (2004). The Great Bridge Scandal. Toronto: Master Point Press. pp. 251. ISBN 1-894154-67-3. 
• Balfour, Sandy (2005). Vulnerable in Hearts: A Memoir of Fathers, Sons and Contract Bridge. London: Atlantic Books. pp. 291. ISBN 1-84354-365-6. 
• McPherson, Edward (2007). The Backwash Squeeze & Other Improbable Feats: A Newcomer's Journey into the World of Bridge. New York: Harper Collins Publishers. pp. 340. ISBN 978-0-06-112764-9. 
• Hughes, Roy (2007). Canada's Bridge Warriors: Eric Murray and Sami Kehela. Toronto: Master Point Press. pp. 336. ISBN 978-1-897106-21-1. 
• Wolff, Bobby (2008). The Lone Wolff, An Autobiography of a Bridge Maverick. Toronto: Master Point Press. pp. 287. ISBN 978-1-897106-37-2. 

Encyclopedias and almanacs

The following are listed chronologically:

• Culbertson, Ely, Editor (1935). The Encyclopedia of Bridge. New York: The Bridge World, Inc. pp. 477. 
• Frey, Richard L., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor (1964). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (1st ed.). New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. LCCN 64-23817.  691 pages.
• Frey, Richard L., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Cohen, Ben, International Edition Editor; Barrow, Rhoda, International Edition Editor (1967). The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia. London: Paul Hamlyn. OCLC 560654187.  674 pages.
• Frey, Richard L., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Smith, Thomas M., Managing Editor (1971). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (2nd ed.). New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. LCCN 73108084. OCLC 250404789.  793 pages.
• Frey, Richard L., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Kearse, Amalya L., Editor, Third Edition (1976). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (3rd ed.). New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-517-52724-3. LCCN 76017053.  858 pages.
• Francis, Henry G., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Frey, Richard L., Editor Emeritus; Hayward, Diane, Editor, Fourth Edition (1984). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (4th ed.). New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-517-55272-8. LCCN 84001791.  922 pages.
• Francis, Henry G., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Francis, Dorthy A., Editor, Fifth Edition (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.  827 pages (plus 38 page Bibliography)
• Francis, Henry G., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Francis, Dorthy A., Editor, Sixth Edition (2001). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (6th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. ISBN 0-943855-44-6. OCLC 49606900.  826 pages (plus 60 page Bibliography)
• Hasenson, Peter (2004). British Bridge Almanack. London: 77 Publishing. pp. 490. ISBN 0-9549241-0-X. 
• Horton, Mark (1999). The Mammoth Book of Bridge. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc. ISBN 0-7867-0691-0. 
• Levé, Guy (2007). The Encyclopedia of Card Play Techniques at Bridge (First ed.). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Master Point Press. p. 423. ISBN 978-1-897106-25-9. 
• Manley, Brent, Editor; Horton, Mark, Co-Editor; Greenberg-Yarbro, Tracey, Co-Editor; Rigal, Barry, Co-Editor (2011). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1.  634 pages (plus two CDs: 1. The Encyclopedia and 2. Bibliographies and Results)

Book of the Year Awards

American Bridge Teachers' Association (ABTA)

Each year since 1982, ABTA has recognized one or more books as contributing significantly to the teaching of contract bridge. The following are the award recipients:^[7]

• 1982 - Sydnor, Caroline. How To Win More Tricks. Book Three of the Bridge Made Easy Series. 
• 1983 - Blackwood, Easley (1983). Complete Book of Opening Leads. Devyn Press. 
• 1984 - Francis, Henry G., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Frey, Richard L., Editor Emeritus; Hayward, Diane, Editor, Fourth Edition (1984). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (4th ed.). New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. pp. 922. ISBN 0-517-55272-8. 
• 1985 - Lampert, Harry (1985). The Fun Way to Advanced Bridge. Simon & Schuster, Inc.. ISBN 0-671-53066-6. 
• 1986 - Kantar, Edwin (1986). A New Approach to Play and Defense. HDL Publishing. ISBN 0-937359-01-7. 
• 1987 - Commonsense Bidding by William S. Root
• 1988 - Goodwin, Jude; Ellison, Don (1988). Teach me to Play: a First Book of Bridge. Pando Publications. 
• 1989 - Baron, Randall; Stewart, Frank (1988 and 1989). The Devyn Press Bridge Teacher's Manual - Vol I to III; The Bridge Student Text - Vol I to III. Devyn Press. 
• 1990 - Root, William (1990). How To Play A Bridge Hand. Crown Publishers, Inc.. ISBN 0-517-57457-8. 
• 1991 - Basic Book: Klinger, Ron. Guide To Better Card Play. 
• 1991 - Advanced Book: Lawrence, Mike. - Topics on Bridge Series. 
• 1992 - Sands, Norma; Janitschke, Jan. The Bridge Mini-Series. 
• 1992 - Advanced Book: To Bid or Not to Bid, The LAW of Total Tricks by Larry Cohen
• 1993 - Basic Book: Sydnor, Caroline. How to Set Your Opponents. Book Four of Bridge Made Easy Series. Sydnor. 
• 1993 - Advanced Book: Mahmood, Zia. Bridge My Way. 
• 1994 - Root, William (1994). How to Defend a Bridge Hand. Crown Publishers, Inc.. ISBN 0-517-59160-X. 
• 1995 - Lawrence, Mike. The Complete Book Of Takeout Doubles. 
• 1996 - Points Schmoints! Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets by Marty Bergen
• 1996 - Kantar, Edwin. Kantar Lessons III (Teaching Book). 
• 1997 - Advanced Book: Hall-Hall. How The Experts Win At Bridge. 
• 1997 - Basic Book: Kantar, Eddie (1997). Bridge for Dummies. IDG Books Worldwide (Foster City, CA) / Second Edition: Wiley Publishing Inc., (Hoboken, NJ), 2006. ISBN 978-0-7645-5015-7. 
• 1998 - Beginner/Student Book: McMullin. Easybridge!. 
• 1998 - Advanced Book: Granovetters. Forgive Me, Partner. 
• 1999 - Basic Book: Kantar, Edwin. Eddie Kantar Teaches Modern Bridge Defense. ISBN 978-1-894154-02-4. 
• 1999 - Advanced Book: Kantar, Edwin. Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense. ISBN 978-1-894154-03-1. 
• 1999 - Student Book: 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara Seagram and Marc Smith
• 2000 - Advanced Book: Kantar, Edwin. Kantar Lessons Vol 4. 
• 2000 - Beginner/Intermediate Book: Grant, Audrey. Improving your Judgement - Opening The Bidding. 
• 2001 - Grant, Audrey (2000). Commonly Used Conventions. American Contract Bridge League (Memphis), 359 pages. ISBN 978-0-943855-14-1. 
• 2002 - Bird, David; Smith, Marc. Bridge Technique Series. Master Point Press. 
• 2003 - Beginner/Novice Book: Grant, Audrey. Bridge Basics I. 
• 2003 - Intermediate/Advanced Book: Thurston, Paul. 25 Steps to Learning 2/1. Master Point Press. ISBN 1-894154-46-0. 
• 2004 - Bird, David. Notrump Contracts. 
• 2005 - Bergen, Marty. Declarer Play the Bergen Way. 
• 2006 - Laderman, Julian (2007). A Bridge to Simple Squeezes (2nd ed.). Toronto: Master Point Press. pp. 151. ISBN 978-1-897106-26-6. OCLC 154712413. 
• 2007 - Beginner Book: Brown, Gary. Learn to Play Bridge. ISBN 978-1-897106-39-6. 
• 2007 - Intermediate Book: Harrington, Pat. Major Suit Raises I & II. 
• 2008 - Intermediate Book: Roth, Danny. How Good is Your Bridge?. Master Point Press. ISBN 978-1-897106-32-7. 
• 2008 - Novice Book: Anderson, Joan. Hands on Weak Two-Bids. 
• 2009 - Laderman, Julian. A Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play. Master Point Press (Toronto). ISBN 978-1-897106-44-0.  / 176p.
• 2010 - Beginner Book: Seagram, Barbara; Bird, David. Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand. Master Point Press (Toronto). ISBN 978-1-897106-51-8.  / 231p.
• 2010 - Intermediate Book: Kantar, Eddie. Take All Your Chances (at Bridge). Master Point Press (Toronto). ISBN 978-1-897106-55-6.  / 160 pages.
• 2011 - Dufresne, Mary Ann; Ellingsen, Marion. Bridge with Bells and Whistles. 

International Bridge Press Association (IBPA)

Since 2004, the IBTA has chosen one bridge-related title of exceptional merit. Thus far, recipients include:[1]

• 2004 - Pottage, Julian. Play or Defend?. Master Point Press. ISBN 978-1-894154-55-0. 
• 2005 - Kleinman, Danny; Straguzzi, Nick. The Principle of Restricted Talent. Master Point Press. ISBN 978-1-894154-92-5. 
• 2006 - Auken, Sabine. I Love This Game. Master Point Press. ISBN 978-1-897106-06-8. 
• 2007 - Hughes, Roy (2007). Canada's Bridge Warriors: Eric Murray and Sami Kehela, 336 pages. Master Point Press. ISBN 978-1-897106-21-1. 
• 2008 - Pottage, Julian. A Great Deal of Bridge Problems. Vivisphere Publishing. 
• 2009 - Klinger, Ron. Right through the Pack Again. Weidenfeld & Nicolson/Orion Publishing, 222 pages. ISBN 978-0297844761. 
• 2009 - Vine, Frank (2008). North of the Master Solvers’ Club. Master Point Press, Toronto, 183 pages. ISBN 978-1-897106-40-2. 
• 2010 - Martens, Krzysztof. Owl, Fox and Spider. 

American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) surveys

The ACBL has conducted the following surveys:

1994 survey

The ACBL survey of 1994 was a poll of well-known players and writers only^[8] and resulted in the following list of the 20 best books of all time:

2007 survey

The ACBL survey of 2007 resulted in two lists of favourite books^[9] as follows:

Mark Horton's book recommendations

In his 1999 book, The Mammoth Book of Bridge,^[10] Mark Horton lists his recommendations for "Bridge Books You Should Read", grouped as follows:

Classics

For beginners

For advancing players

For experienced players

Bibliographies

Encyclopedic bibliographies

Several encyclopedias on the subject of bridge have provided bibliographies of bridge related publications.

The Encyclopedia of Bridge

The Encyclopedia of Bridge of 1935 acknowledges certain authors' publications in their brief biographies but no summary tabulation or categorization of titles or evaluative commentary is provided.

The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge

The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (OEB) is a publication of the American Contract Bridge League first published in 1964 with the 7th edition published in 2011. 8th edition will be published in 2014. Up to the 6th, each OEB edition contains a bibliography of bridge related publications grouped by subject (history, bidding, play, reference, etc.) and rates selected publications as: (a) having made a significant contribution to the technical development of the game; (b) being mandatory for inclusion in a modern technical library; (c) being optional for inclusion in a modern technical library; or (d) none of the foregoing. Subject categories and ratings for a publication may vary between editions of the OEB. The 1st edition bibliography spans 8 pages and lists about 400 titles; the 6th edition bibliography, prepared by Tim Bourke, spans 60 pages and lists approximately 4,100 titles; Up to the 6th, each edition of The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge contains a bibliography of bridge and bridge related books; the following is a summary of their contents.

OEB Edition	Page Range	Number of Pages	Number of Categories	Number of Entries
1	684-691	8	15
2	783-793	11	15
3	849-858	10	15
4	902-922	21	17
5	Not numbered	38
6	Not numbered	60	29	4096
7	Not included	0	0	0

The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia

The Bridge Players Encyclopedia (BPE) was published in 1967 by Paul Hamlyn (London) and is an International Edition based on The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge of 1964 but geared to the needs of British and European players. The edition modified American spellings, 'translated' bidding structures to the more widely used Acol system, omitted biographical notes on some lesser known Americans and added biographical notes on some British and European players. Although content differs from the 1964 OEB, the publication contains a 9-page bibliography of approximately 500 titles with subject categorization and rating schemes similar to those of the previous OEB editions.

Bibliographies in Wikipedia articles

By subject

By author

Other bibliographies

• Tim, Bourke; Sugden, John (2010). Bridge Books in English from 1886-2010: an annotated bibliography. Bridge Book Buffs (Cheltenham, England), 711 pages plus supplement. ISBN 978-0-9566576-0-2. 

Book articles in Wikipedia

• 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know
• Bridge Squeezes Complete
• Contract Bridge for Beginners
• Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand
• The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge

Bibliography

Following are details about books referenced in preceding sections, listed by first named author's surname beginning with:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

- A -

• Andersen, Ron; Zenkel, Sabine (1993). Preempts from A-Z. Magnus Books (Stamford, Conn.), 290p., ISBN 978-0-9637533-0-4; 2nd Edition 1996, Magnus Books (Stamford, Conn.), 307p. 

- B -

• Belladonna, Giorgio; Garozzo, Benito. Precision and Super Precision Bidding. 
• Bergen, Marty (1995). Points Schmoints! Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets. Magnus Books (Stamford, CT), 210p. ISBN 0-9637533-2-0. 
• Bergen, Marty. Better Bridge with Bergen, Volumes 1 & 2. 
• Bird, David. Win at Bridge in 30 Days. 
• Bird, David; Forrester, Tony. Secrets of Expert Card Play. 
• Bird, David; Forrester, Tony. Secrets of Expert Defence. 
• Bird, David; Reese, Terence. Miracles of Card Play. 
• Bourke, Tim; Smith, Marc. Countdown to Winning Bridge. 
• Brock, Raymond; Brock, Sally. Expert Tuition for Tournament Players. 
• Brock, Sally. The Complete Book of BOLS Tips. 

- C -

• Cohen, Ben; Barrow, Rhoda. Basic Acol. 
• Cohen, Larry (1992). To Bid or Not to Bid, The Law of Total Tricks. Natco Press / Revised and Expanded, Ninth Printing, 1997, 286p. ISBN 0-9634715-0-3. 
• Crowhurst, Eric (1974). Precision Bidding in Acol. Pelham (London), 240p., ISBN 978-0-7207-0765-6; 1983, Pelham (London), 256p., ISBN 978-0-7207-1488-3. 
• Crowhurst, Eric (1980). Acol in Competition. Pelham Books Ltd., (London), 383p. ISBN 0-7207-1273-4. 

- D -

• Darvas, Robert; Hart, Norman de V. (1947/1948). Right Through the Pack. Stuyvesant House. 
• Dormer, Albert. Powerhouse Hands. 
• Downey, Ned; Pomer, Ellen (2005). Standard Bidding with SAYC. Toronto: Master Point Press. ISBN 978-1-897106-03-7. 

- E -

• EBU Teachers' Association Committee (EBUTA), Sandra Landy (1998). Really Easy Bidding. English Bridge Union (Aylesbury, UK). ISBN 0-9506279-2-5. 
• Ewen, Robert (1970). Opening Leads. Prentice-Hall, Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.), 226 pages. 

- F -

• Forquet, Pietro (1983). Bridge With the Blue Team. A.B. Publications. ISBN 0-575-06391-2. 
• Fox, G. C. H. The Basic Elements of Play and Defence. 

- G -

• Gardener, Nico; Mollo, Victor. Bridge for Beginners. 
• Goldman, Bobby. Aces Scientific. 
• Goodwin, Jude; Ellison, Don. Teach Me to Play - A First Book of Bridge. 
• Goren, Charles; Olsen, Jack (1965). Bridge Is My Game: Lessons of a Lifetime. Doubleday & Company Inc. (Garden City, New York).  / 190 pages.
• Granovetter, Matthew. For Experts Only. 

- H -

• Hardy, Max (2008). Standard Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century. SQueeZe Books. ISBN 978-1-58776-049-5. 
• Hayden, Dorothy. Bid Better, Play Better. (1966-1986). First edition 1966: Harper & Row (New York), 196p. / 1966: Award Books (New York), 254p. / 1967: Universal (New York), 254p. / 1967: Award Books (New York), Tandem (London), 254p. / 1970: Award Books (New York), Tandem (London), 254p. / 1981: Pinnacle Books (New York), 235p. / 1986: Perennial Library (New York), 235p. ISBN 0-06-091351-7. 
• Hiron, Alan; Hiron, Maureen. Beginning Bridge. 
• Hoffman, Martin (1982). Hoffman on Pairs Play. Faber and Faber (London), 184p. ISBN 0-571-11750-3. 
• Horton, Mark (1994). Step-by-Step Signalling. 

- I -

- J -

- K -

• Kantar, Eddie (Edwin): For a complete listing of Eddie Kantar books, see Edwin Kantar bibliography.
• Kantar, Eddie (1965). Play of the Hand Complete. Eddie Kantar, 108p. 
• Kantar, Eddie (1968). Introduction to Declarer's Play. Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 142p., ISBN 978-0-87980-401-5 / Prentice Hall (Endlewood Cliffs, NJ), 147p. / Muller (London), 1971, ISBN 978-0-584-10393-9, 147p. 
• Kantar, Eddie (1968). Introduction to Defender's Play. Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 153p. / Prentice Hall (Endlewood Cliffs, NJ), 153p. / Muller (London), 1971, ISBN 978-0-584-10394-6, 153p / Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 1977, ISBN 978-0-87980-322-3, 153p. 
• Kantar, Eddie (1974). Defensive Bridge Play Complete. Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 528p. / 1975, 1976. ISBN 978-0-87980-287-5. 
• Kantar, Eddie (1977). Bridge Humor. Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library. Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA). ISBN 978-0-87980-342-1 /151p. 
• Kantar, Eddie (1983). Kantar for the Defense, Volume 1. Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library. Wilshire Book Co. (North Hollywood, CA). ISBN 978-0-87980-400-8 / 200p. 
• Kantar, Eddie (1984). Kantar for the Defense, Volume 2. Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library. Wilshire Book Co. (North Hollywood, CA). ISBN 978-0-87980-409-1 / 200p. 
• Kantar, Eddie (1989). The Best of Eddie Kantar: Funny Stories from the Bridge Table. Granovetter Books. ISBN 978-0-940257-03-0 / 214p. 
• Kantar, Eddie (1997-2008). Bridge for Dummies. IDG Books Worldwide (Foster City, CA), 1997, ISBN 978-0-7645-5015-7, 382p. / Second Edition: Wiley Publishing Inc., (Hoboken, NJ), 2006, ISBN 978-0-471-92426-5, 388p. / Large Print Edition: Thorndike Press (Waterville, Me), 2008, ISBN 978-1-4104-0503-6, 563p. 
• Kantar, Eddie (1999). Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense. Master Point Press (Toronto). ISBN 978-1-894154-03-1 / 240p. 
• Kaplan, Edgar (1964). Winning Contract Bridge Complete. Fleet Publishing Corp.. 
• Kearse, Amalya (1975). Bridge Conventions Complete. Hart Publishing Inc., 624p. / Devyn Press Inc., Revised and Expanded, 1990, 1121p. ISBN 0-910791-76-7. 
• Kelsey, Hugh (1966). Killing Defence at Bridge. Faber and Faber (London) 191 pages. 
• Kelsey, Hugh (1968). Advanced Play at Bridge. Faber and Faber (London), 192p. 
• Kelsey, Hugh (1985). Simple Squeezes. Victor Gollancz Ltd., 120p. ISBN 0-575-03607-9. 
• Kelsey, Hugh. Matchpoint Bridge. 
• Klinger, Ron. Guide to Better Card Play. 
• Klinger, Ron. Bridge Basics. 
• Klinger, Ron; collab Pat Husband & Andrew Kambites (1994). Basic Bridge. London: Victor Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-05690-8. 
• Klinger, Ron (1986). Bidding to Win at Contract Bridge, Book One: The Modern Losing Trick Count. Sydney, Australia: Modern Bridge Publications. pp. 122. ISBN 0-9592305-2-1.  — (2009) The Modern Losing Trick Count: Bidding to Win at Contract Bridge (13th impression). London: by Cassell in association with Peter Crawley, pp. 143. ISBN 978-0-304-35770-3.

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• Lawrence, Mike (1973). How to Read Your Opponents Cards. First Edition: Prentice-Hall,Inc., (Englwood Cliffs, NJ), 175p. / Second Edition: Devyn Press Inc., (Louisville, KY), 1986, 175p. ISBN 0-910791-48-1. 
• Lawrence, Mike (1976). Judgement in Bridge. Max Hardy, 6th Printing, 1987, 151p. ISBN 0-939460-02-5. 
• Lawrence, Mike (1980). The Complete Book of Overcalls. 202p. Max Hardy (Hawthorne, CA). 
• Lawrence, Mike (1983). The Complete Book of Hand Evaluation. Max Hardy (Hawthorne, CA), 194p. ISBN 0-939460-27-0. 
• Lawrence, Mike (1996). Mike Lawrence's Opening Leads, 289 pages. C&T Bridge Supplies. 
• Lawrence, Mike (1982). Dynamic Defense. Devyn Press, 226 pages. 
• Love, Clyde (1959). Bridge Squeezes Complete. First Edition: Sterling Publishing Company Inc. / Alternate Printing: Dover Publications Inc. (New York) 1968, 260p. 

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• Mahmood, Zia; Grant, Audrey. Bridge for Beginners. 
• Mollo, Victor (1965). Bridge in the Menagerie. Faber and Faber. 
• Mollo, Victor; Gardener, Nico (1955). Card Play Technique or the Art of Being Lucky. First Edition: George Newnes Limited (London), 381p. 

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• Ottlik, Géza; Kelsey, Hugh (1979). Adventures in Card Play. Victor Gallancz Ltd. in association with Peter Crawley / 7th Impression: Cassell (London), 2005, 285p. ISBN 0-304-36807-5. 

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• Reese, Terence: For a complete listing of Terence Reese books, see Terence Reese bibliography.
• Reese, Terence (1964). Bridge for Bright Beginners. Sterling Publishing Co. (New York), 151p. / Dover Publications (New York), 151p. / Oak Tree Press (London), 151p. / Oak Tree Press (London), 1965, 151p. / Cornerstone Library (New York), 1968 and 1969, 144p. / Dover Publications (New York), 1973, ISBN 978-0-486-22942-3, 151p. 
• Reese, Terence; Bird, David (1989). Bridge: Tricks of the Trade. Master Bridge Series. Victor Gollancz (London) in association with Peter Crawley, 1989, 144p., ISBN 978-0-575-04504-0 / 1991, 144p., ISBN 978-0-575-05024-2. 
• Reese, Terence; Dormer, Albert (1974). The Complete Book of Bridge. Saturday Review Press / E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 485p. ISBN 0-8415-0277-3. . (1985), Faber, ISBN 978-0-571-13528-8, 469 pages
• Reese, Terence; Pottage, Julian (1986). Positive Declarer's Play. Master Bridge Series. Victor Gollancz (London) in association with Peter Crawley, ISBN 978-0-575-03839-4 ISBN 978-0-575-03838-7, 128p. 
• Reese, Terence; Pottage, Julian (1985). Positive Defence. Master Bridge Series. Victor Gollancz (London) in association with Peter Crawley, 1985, 128p., ISBN 978-0-575-03562-1 ISBN 978-0-575-03612-3 / Master Point Press (Toronto) 2005, 160p., ISBN 978-1-894154-93-2. 
• Reese, Terence; Trézel, Roger (1984). The Mistakes You Make at Bridge. Master Bridge Series. Gollancz (London) in association with Peter Crawley, 1984 and 1989, ISBN 978-0-575-03424-2, ISBN 978-0-575-03409-9, 168p. / Reprint: Houghton Mifflin (Boston) in association with Peter Crawley, 1992, ISBN 978-0-395-62891-1 / New Edition: Gollancz (London), 1994, ISBN 978-0-575-05785-2, 168p. / Revised Edition by Ron Klinger: Cassell (London) in association with Peter Crawley, 2006, ISBN 978-0-304-36811-2, 160p. 
• Rigal, Barry. Step-by-Step: Deceptive Declarer Play. 
• Rigal, Barry. Step-by-Step: Deception in Defence. 
• Robinson, Steve (1996). Washington Standard. Devyn Press (Louisville, KY), 300p.,. ISBN 978-0-939460-59-5. 
• Robson, Andrew; Segal, Oliver. Partnership Bidding. 
• Root, Bill; Pavlicek, Richard (1981). Modern Bridge Conventions. Crown Publishers Inc., 244p., ISBN 978-0-517-54573-7; Three Rivers Press (New York), 244p., ISBN 978-0-517-88429-4; 1992, Crown Publishers Inc., Crown Trade Paperbacks (New York), 244p., ISBN 978-0-517-58727-0. 
• Root, Bill (1986). Commonsense Bidding. Crown Publishers Inc. (New York), 216p., ISBN 0-517-56130-1 (hardcover), ISBN 0-517-56129-8 (softcover); 1995, Three Rivers Press (New York), 216p., ISBN 0-517-88430-5. 
• Roudinescu, Jean-Marc. The Dictionary of Suit Combinations. 
• Rubens, Jeff (1969). The Secrets of Winning Bridge. Grosset & Dunlap.  ISBN 0-448-01746-6 (hardcover), ISBN 0-448-02094-7 (softcover)

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• Seagram, Barbara; Smith, Marc (1999). 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know. Master Point Press, Toronto, 190 pages. ISBN 1-894154-07-X. , ISBN 978-1-894154-07-9
• Senior, Brian (1994). Raising Partner. Faber & Faber (London), 140p., ISBN 978-0-571-16901-6; Batsford (London), 127p., ISBN 978-0-7134-7918-8. 
• Senior, Brian (1998). Hand Evaluation in Bridge. B.T. Batsford (London), 141p. ISBN 978-0-7134-8294-2. 
• Sheinwold, Alfred. Five Weeks to Winning Bridge. (1960-1987). First copyright 1959. / First printing 1960: Pocket Books (New York), Permabook M7514, 548p. / 1960: Pocket Books (New York), 548p., ISBN 0-671-78141-3 / 1960: Pocket Books (New York), Permabook M5015 / 1962: Trident Press, Simon & Schuster (New York), 528p. / 1964: Pocket Books (New York), 549p. / 1964: Revised and enlarged, Trident Press, Simon & Schuster (New York), 548p. / 1973: Pocket Books (New York), 547p. / 1975: Pocket Books (New York), 547p. / 1987: Pocket Books (New York). 548p., ISBN 0-671-42287-1. 
• Simon, S. J. (1945). Why You Lose at Bridge. Nicholson & Watson. 
• Sontag, Alan (1977). The Bridge Bum. William Morrow and Company, Inc, (New York), 240p. ISBN 0-688-03197-8. 

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• Truscott, Alan; Hayden, Dorothy. Teach Yourself Basic Bidding. 

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• Watson, Louis H (1934). Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge. New York: Lewis Copeland Company. pp. 492.  — (1958) Enlarged and modernized by Sam Fry, Jr.
• Woolsey, Kit (1982). Matchpoints. Shelbyville, KY: Devyn Press Inc. pp. 343. ISBN 978-0-910791-00-7. OCLC 13491401.  — (reprinted 1988 and 1992) Louisville, KY: Devyn Press Inc., pp. 343, OCLC 477153995.
• Woolsey, Kit (1980). Partnership Defense in Bridge. Shelbyville, KY: Devyn Press Inc. pp. 303. OCLC 7498214.  — (reprinted 1991), pp. 303, ISBN 978-0-910791-68-7.
• Woolsey, Kit (1981). Modern Defensive Signalling in Contract Bridge. Port Chester, NY: Barclay Bridge Supplies Inc. pp. 64.  — (reprinted 1992) Louisville, KY: Devyn Press Inc., pp. 64, ISBN 0-910791-40-6.

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See also

• List of bridge competitions and awards
• List of bridge magazines
• List of bridge people

References

External links

• The Bridge World recommended books for beginners
• The Bridge World recommended books for intermediates
• The Bridge World recommended books for experts

Index of contract bridge articles   By article title (for people by surname, see below) 0-9 2/1 game forcing A Acol Alcatraz coup American Bridge Association American Contract Bridge League Asptro Astro convention Auction bridge Avoidance play B Backward finesse Backwash squeeze Balanced hand Balancing (bridge) Baron convention Bath coup Beer card Belladonna coup Bergen raises Bermuda Bowl Bid whist Bidding box Bidding system Blackout convention Blackwood convention Blue Club Blue Ribbon Pairs Blue Team (bridge) Board (bridge) Boring Club Bridge at the 1st World Mind Sports Games Bridge Base Basic Bridge Base Inc. Bridge convention Bridge d'Italia Bridge ethics Bridge magazines Bridge maxims Bridge probabilities Bridge scoring Bridge World Standard Bridgette (game) Brown sticker Brozel Bruce LM-5000 Pairs Buffett Cup Byzantine Blackwood convention C Camrose Trophy Canadian Bridge Federation Canapé (bridge) Cannibal squeeze Cappelletti convention Card reading (bridge) Carrot 1NT Carrot 4NT Carrot Club Cavendish Invitational Chicago (bridge card game) Clash squeeze Comfy Canapé Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships Compound squeeze Computer bridge Contract bridge Contract bridge diagram Contract Bridge for Beginners Copenhagen convention (bridge) Coup (bridge) Coup en passant CRASH convention Criss-cross squeeze Crocodile coup Cue bid D Dallas Aces Deschapelles coup Devil's coup Distribution (bridge) DONT Double squeeze Drury convention Duck (bridge) Duplicate bridge E EBUTA EHAA Ekren convention Endplay English Bridge Union Entry (cards) Entry squeeze Entry-shifting squeeze F Fantunes Finesse Fishbein convention Fishbein Trophy Fit showing jump bid Five-card majors Flannery Forcing bid Forcing defense Forcing notrump Forcing pass Four-color deck Fourth suit forcing Fourth suit forcing convention G Gambling 3NT Game try Gardener 1NT Gerber convention Ghestem Glossary of contract bridge terms Gold Cup (bridge) Goulash (bridge) Grand National Teams Grand slam force Grosvenor gambit Guard squeeze H Hand evaluation Hello convention Highly unusual method History of contract bridge Hold up (bridge) I International Mind Sports Association Inverted minors J Jacoby 2NT Jacoby transfer K Kamikaze 1NT Kaplan-Sheinwold Keohane North American Swiss Teams Knockout squeeze L Landy Last Train Law of total tricks Laws of Duplicate Bridge Leaping Michaels Lebensohl Lightner double Lionel convention List of bridge books List of bridge competitions and awards List of bridge magazines List of bridge people List of defenses to 1NT Little Major Loser on loser Losing-Trick Count M Meckwell convention Merrimac coup Meyerson convention Michaels cuebid Mind sport Minibridge Mini-Roman 2 Diamond Mohan convention Morton's fork coup Moscito Muiderberg convention Multi 2 diamonds N Nail Life Master Open Pairs Namyats Negative double Negative free bid New minor forcing Non-simultaneous double squeeze Norman four notrump North American Bridge Championships O Ogust convention OK bridge 2/1 Opening lead Optimum contract and par contract Overcall P Pass-or-correct bid Percentage play Pin (bridge) Piotr Gawryś Playing card Polish Club Portland Club (London) Precision Club Principle of fast arrival Principle of restricted choice Progressive squeeze Pseudo-squeeze Psychic bid Q Quantitative no trump bids Quantitative notrump bids R Raptor convention Relay bid Reverse (bridge) Roman Club Romex system Rosenblum Cup Rosenkranz double Rosenkranz redouble Rubber bridge Rubens advances Rubensohl Ruff (cards) Rule of 11 Rusinow leads S Safety play Säffle Spade San Francisco convention Scissors coup Screen (bridge) Semi-forcing notrump Serious 3NT Signal (bridge) Simple squeeze Simultaneous double squeeze Singaporean bridge Single suiter Single-suit squeeze Slam-seeking conventions Smith signal Smother play Snapdragon double Splinter bid Squeeze play (bridge) Standard American Stayman convention Stepping-stone squeeze Strip squeeze Strong club system Strong pass Strong two bid Strong two clubs Suction convention Suit combination – J missing Suit combination Suit combinations – K10 missing Support double T Takeout double Tempo (bridge) The Bridge World The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge Three suiter Transfer Walsh Traveling scoreslip Triple crown of bridge Triple squeeze Trump coup Trump promotion Trump squeeze Two suiter U Unusual notrump Unusual vs. unusual Uppercut (bridge) Useful space principle V Vacant Places Venice Cup Vice squeeze Vienna coup Vugraph W Walsh convention Weak two bid Winkle squeeze Woolsey convention World Bridge Championships World Bridge Federation World IMP Pairs Championship World Junior Pairs Championship World Junior Teams Championship World Mind Sports Games World Mixed Pairs Championship World Mixed Teams Championship World Open Pairs Championship World Senior Pairs Championship World Senior Teams Championship World Team Olympiad World Transnational Open Teams Championship World Women Pairs Championship X XY Notrump Convention Y Young Chelsea Bridge Club Z Zar Points   By subject   Overview Introduction Contract bridge Duplicate bridge Glossary of contract bridge terms Rubber bridge See also Auction bridge Bridge ethics Bridge maxims Bridge Murder case Bridge scoring Bridge whist Bridgette (game) Chicago (bridge card game) Computer bridge Contract bridge diagram Duplicate bridge movements Goulash (bridge) History of contract bridge Laws of Duplicate Bridge Masterpoints Minibridge Neuberg formula Screen (bridge) Singaporean bridge Suit (cards) Traveling scoreslip Vugraph   Bidding Introduction Bidding system Bridge convention Hand evaluation Bridge systems List of bidding systems 2/1 game forcing Acol Bidding system Blue Club Boring Club Bridge Base Basic Bridge World Standard Canapé (bridge) Carrot Club EHAA Fantunes Highly unusual method Kaplan-Sheinwold Little Major Moscito OK bridge 2/1 Polish Club Precision Club Roman Club Romex system Säffle Spade Standard American Strong club system Transfer Walsh Bridge conventions Asptro Astro convention Baron convention Bergen raises Blackout convention Blackwood convention Brozel Byzantine Blackwood convention Cappelletti convention Carrot 1NT Carrot 4NT Comfy Canapé Copenhagen convention (bridge) CRASH convention DONT Drury convention Ekren convention Fishbein convention Fit showing jump bid Flannery Forcing notrump Fourth suit forcing Gardener 1NT Gerber convention Ghestem Grand slam force Hello convention Jacoby 2NT Jacoby transfer Kamikaze 1NT Landy Last Train Leaping Michaels Lebensohl Lightner double Lionel convention Meckwell convention Meyerson convention Michaels cuebid Mini-Roman 2 Diamond Mohan convention Muiderberg convention Multi 2 diamonds Namyats Negative double Negative free bid New minor forcing Norman four notrump Ogust convention Pass-or-correct bid Raptor convention Relay bid Rosenkranz double Rosenkranz redouble Rubens advances Rubensohl San Francisco convention Serious 3NT Slam-seeking conventions Snapdragon double Splinter bid Stayman convention Strong two bid Strong two clubs Suction convention Unusual notrump Unusual vs. unusual Walsh convention Woolsey convention See also List of defenses to 1NT Balanced hand Balancing (bridge) Bidding box Board (bridge) Brown sticker Cue bid Five-card majors Forcing bid Forcing pass Gambling 3NT Game try Honor point count Inverted minors Law of total tricks Losing-Trick Count Major suit Minor suit Optimum contract and par contract Overcall Preempt Principle of fast arrival Psychic bid Quantitative no trump bids Reverse (bridge) Sacrifice (bridge) Shooting (bridge) Single suiter Strong pass Support double Takeout double Three suiter Two suiter Useful space principle Void (cards) Weak two bid Zar Points   Card play Introduction List of play techniques (bridge) Card reading (bridge) Duck (bridge) Endplay Entry (cards) Finesse Hold up (bridge) Ruff (cards) Safety play Declarer play Coups: Alcatraz coup Bath coup Belladonna coup Coup (bridge) Coup en passant Crocodile coup Deschapelles coup Devil's coup Merrimac coup Morton's fork coup Scissors coup Trump coup Vienna coup Squeezes: Backwash squeeze Cannibal squeeze Clash squeeze Compound squeeze Criss-cross squeeze Double squeeze Entry squeeze Entry-shifting squeeze Guard squeeze Knockout squeeze Non-simultaneous double squeeze Progressive squeeze Pseudo-squeeze Saturated squeeze Simple squeeze Simultaneous double squeeze Single-suit squeeze Squeeze play (bridge) Stepping-stone squeeze Strip squeeze Triple squeeze Trump squeeze Vice squeeze Winkle squeeze Suit combinations: Suit combination Suit combination – J missing Suit combination – 10 missing Suit combinations – K10 missing Defender play Journalist leads Opening lead Rule of 10-12 Rule of 11 Rusinow leads See also Avoidance play Beer card Forcing defense Grosvenor gambit Loser on loser Percentage play Pin (bridge) Principle of restricted choice Shooting (bridge) Signal (bridge) Smother play Tempo (bridge) Trump promotion Uppercut (bridge) Vacant Places   People and Organizations Administrators, players and writers List of bridge people A Terje Aa Pierre Albarran Martin Andresen Walter Avarelli B Cezary Balicki Hermine Baron Henry Beasley Giorgio Belladonna Richard Belton Albert Benjamin Marty A. Bergen David Berkowitz (bridge) Huub Bertens David Bird Easley Blackwood, Sr. Blue Team (bridge) Norberto Bocchi Janet de Botton Tim Bourke Marcelo Branco Tomas Brenning Raymond Brock Jane Bronstein John Brown David Bruce (bridge) Michelle Brunner Walter Buller (bridge) Wesley Burrowes C Orlando Campos Mike Cappelletti Drew Casen James Cayne Gabriel Chagas Paul Chemla George Coffin Larry Cohen (bridge) Ben Cohen (bridge) Barry Crane John R. Crawford Ely Culbertson D Massimo D'Alelio Dallas Aces Hugh Darwen Mike Develin Leslie Dodds Giorgio Duboin Michel Duguet E Billy Eisenberg Maria Erhart Bob Etter F Fulvio Fantoni Martin Fleisher Jeremy Flint Pietro Forquet Tony Forrester Robert Frederick Foster Richard Freeman (bridge) G Nico Gardener Benito Garozzo Piotr Gawryś Pierre Ghestem Eldad Ginossar Fred Gitelman Ramesh Gokhale Bobby Goldman Phil Gordon Fritzi Gordon Charles Goren Audrey Grant Alan Greenberg Susanna Gross Glenn Grøtheim Ace Gutowsky H Bob Hamman Nicolas Hammond Maurice Harrison-Gray Geir Helgemo Walter Herbert (conductor) Marc Hodler Mark Horton (bridge) Carl Hudecek Roy Hughes (bridge) I J Oswald Jacoby Pierre Jaïs K Charles Kalme Edwin Kantar Edgar Kaplan Ralph Katz George S. Kaufman Norman Kay (bridge) Amalya Lyle Kearse Sami Kehela Hugh Kelsey Ron Klinger Martin de Knijff Putte Kock Kenneth Konstam Janusz Korwin-Mikke Michał Kwiecień L Harry Lampert Lorenzo Lauria Michael Lawrence (bridge) Peter Lee (chess player) Linda Lee (bridge) James Lemon Bobby Levin Irina Levitina Clyde E. Love Paul Lukacs M Iain Macleod Zia Mahmood Ronald Mansbridge Rixi Markus Jack Marx (bridge) Jeff Meckstroth Adam Meredith Marshall Miles Victor Mollo Albert Hodges Morehead Bauke Muller Eric Murray (bridge) N Claudio Nunes O Jack Olsen Aileen Osofsky Géza Ottlik P Camillo Pabis Ticci Richard Pavlicek Jordanis Pavlides Leonard Pennario Carl'Alberto Perroux Hubert Phillips Gary M. Pomerantz Julian Pottage R Prabhakar Tony Priday Tommy Prothro Jacek Pszczoła Q R Terence Reese Doris Rhodes Andrew Robson Eric Rodwell Bill Root (bridge) Eunice Rosen William Rosen Michael Rosenberg George Rosenkranz Alvin Roth Jeff Rubens Ron Rubin (bridge) S Boris Schapiro Howard Schenken Peter Schneider (film executive) A. J. Sefi Martin Seligman Omar Sharif Alfred Sheinwold Shen Chun-shan Jaggy Shivdasani S. J. Simon P. Hal Sims Helen Sobel Smith Nicola Smith Marc Smith (bridge) Tobi Sokolow Paul Soloway Alan Sontag Nathan B. Spingold Samuel Stayman Paul Stern Ralph Swimer Peter Swinnerton-Dyer T Roger Trézel Dorothy Hayden Truscott Alan Truscott U V Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Bep Vriend W Louis H. Watson C. C. Wei Roy Welland Berry Westra Charles Wigoder Bobby Wolff Kit Woolsey Milton Work X Y Z Richard Zeckhauser Jack Zhao Adam Żmudziński Clubs Bridge Club Braşov Galatasaray Bridge Team Melville Bridge Club Portland Club (London) Young Chelsea Bridge Club Governing bodies American Bridge Association American Contract Bridge League Canadian Bridge Federation English Bridge Union European Bridge League World Bridge Federation   Championships Introduction List of bridge competitions and awards World Bermuda Bowl Bridge at the 1st World Mind Sports Games Cavendish Invitational McConnell Cup Rosenblum Cup Senior Bowl (bridge) Triple crown of bridge Venice Cup World Bridge Championships World IMP Pairs Championship World Junior Pairs Championship World Junior Teams Championship World Mind Sports Games World Mixed Pairs Championship World Mixed Teams Championship World Open Pairs Championship World Senior Pairs Championship World Senior Teams Championship World Team Olympiad World Transnational Open Teams Championship World Women Pairs Championship National and Zonal Buffett Cup Camrose Trophy Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championships Gold Cup (bridge) North American bridge Championships: Blue Ribbon Pairs Bruce LM-5000 Pairs Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match Fall National Open Pairs Fast Open Pairs Fishbein Trophy Goren Trophy Grand National Teams Hilliard Mixed Pairs Jacoby Open Swiss Teams Keohane North American Swiss Teams Lebhar IMP Pairs Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs Machlin Women's Swiss Teams Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs Master Individual Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs Mini-Spingold Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams Mott-Smith Trophy Nail Life Master Open Pairs National 199er Pairs National 49er Pairs National 99er Pairs Non-Life Master Swiss Teams Norman Kay Platinum Pairs North American Bridge Championships North American Pairs Red Ribbon Pairs Reisinger Rockwell Mixed Pairs Roth Open Swiss Teams Senior Knockout Teams Silodor Open Pairs Smith Life Master Women's Pairs Spingold Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams Truscott Senior Swiss Teams Vanderbilt Trophy Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs Wagar Women's Knockout Teams Wernher Open Pairs Whitehead Women's Pairs Young LM-1500 Pairs   Resources Books List of bridge books 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know Bridge Squeezes Complete Contract Bridge for Beginners Edwin Kantar bibliography Master Point Press Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand Terence Reese bibliography The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge Tickets to the Devil Magazines List of bridge magazines Bridge d'Italia The Bridge World External links Bridge Base Basic Bridge Base Inc. 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