Edwin Kantar bibliography

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Edwin Kantar is a bridge player and writer with over 35 bridge books written since 1960; he is a regular contributor to the ACBL Bridge Bulletin, The Bridge World, and Bridge Today. In a survey of bridge writers and players, Complete Defensive Bridge Play was among the top 10 of all-time favorite bridge books. He has won the American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) award for Best Book of the Year four times.

Co-author(s)	Title	Editions and Printings	Notes
	A New Lessons Series	1960: Eddie Kantar, 47p.
	Bidding	1963: Kantar (Los Angeles), 37p. 1965: Revised, 52p.
	Defensive Play	1964: Eddie Kantar, 29p. 1967: Revised 1967, 51p.
	Play of the Hand Complete	1965: Eddie Kantar, 108p.
	A Comprehensive Bridge Manual	1965: Eddie Kantar, 122p. 1967: Revised, 143p.
	How to Win at Bridge	1967: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), Wilshire Self-Improvement Library, 143p.
	Introduction to Declarer's Play	1968: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), ISBN 978-0-87980-401-5, 142p. 1968: Prentice Hall (Endlewood Cliffs, NJ), 147p. 1971: Muller (London), ISBN 978-0-584-10393-9, 147p
	Introduction to Defender's Play	1968: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 153p. 1968: Prentice Hall (Endlewood Cliffs, NJ), 153p. 1971: Muller (London), ISBN 978-0-584-10394-6, 153p. 1977: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), ISBN 978-0-87980-322-3, 153p.
	Bridge Bidding Made Easy: A Modern Guide to the Language of the Game	1972: Wilshire Book Co. (North Hollywood, CA), 256p. 1974: Reprinted, 272p., ISBN 978-0-87980-012-3 1978: Reprinted, 272p.
Jackson, Stanley	Gamesman Bridge: Play Better with Kantar	1972: Liveright Publishing Corporation (New York), 177p., ISBN 978-0-87140-543-2 1972: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 177p., ISBN 978-0-87980-391-9 1974: Bantam Books (New York), 165p.
	Bridge Conventions: A Guide to Understanding Techniques of Modern Bidding	1972, 1974, 1977: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 133p., ISBN 978-0-87980-013-0
	Test Your Bridge Play: Volume 1, 100 Declarer-Play Problems Designed to Improve Your Card Playing Techniques	1974, 1976: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 201p., ISBN 978-0-87980-286-8
	Defensive Bridge Play Complete	1974, 1975, 1976: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 528p., ISBN 978-0-87980-287-5	Tile on spine: Complete Defensive Bridge Play
	Fifty-two Facts of Bridge Life	1975-2007: Various Publishers, 12p.
	Bridge Humor	1977: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library, 151p., ISBN 978-0-87980-342-1
	An Expert's Guide to Improving Your Bidding Skills	1980: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 151p., ISBN 978-0-87980-380-3
Reese, Terence	Defend with Your Life	1981: Faber and Faber (London and Boston), 160p., ISBN 978-0-571-11711-6 1981: Squeeze Books (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.),150p., ISBN 978-1-58776-146-1
	Test Your Bridge Play: Volume 2, 100 Declarer-Play Problems Designed to Improve Card Playing Techniques for Bridge Players Who Are Sick and Tired of Going Down in Cold Contracts	1981: Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 234p., ISBN 978-0-87980-390-2
	Kantar For The Defense, Volume 1	1983: Wilshire Book Co. (North Hollywood, CA), Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library, 200p., ISBN 978-0-87980-400-8
	Kantar For the Defense, Volume 2	1984: Wilshire Book Co. (North Hollywood, CA), Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library, 200p., ISBN 978-0-87980-409-1
	The Forcing Pass in Contract Bridge	1984: H And F Consulting, 72p., ISBN 978-0-87643-044-6
	A New Approach to Play and Defense, Volume 1	1986: HDL Publishing Company (Costa Mesa, CA), Kantar on Bridge, 204p., ISBN 978-0-937359-01-3	American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) Book of the Year 1986 ^[1]
	A New Approach to Play and Defense, Volume 2: 100 New Problems-In Matched Pairs-To Play Both Ways	1987: Griffin Publishing Group (Glendale CA), Kantar on Bridge, 204p, ISBN 978-1-882180-08-0 1987: HDL Publishing Company (Costa Mesa, CA), 204p., ISBN 978-0-937359-22-8, ISBN 978-1-882180-07-3
	Kantar Lessons I-IV [Monograms]	1988-2000: Eddie Kantar (Venice CA), Lesson I: 1988 / Lesson II: 1989 / Lesson III: 1996 / Lesson IV: 2000	Lesson III was American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) Book of the Year 1996 ^[2]
	The Best of Eddie Kantar: Funny Stories from the Bridge Table	1989: Granovetter Books, 214p., ISBN 978-0-940257-03-0
	Roman Keycard Blackwood: The Untold Story	1991: Granovetter Book (Ballston Lake, NY), ISBN 978-0-940257-09-2, 1991, 128p. 1993: Reprinted, C&T Bridge Supplies (Los Alamitos, CA), ISBN 978-0-9628297-4-1, 141p. 1995: Robert Hale Limited, ISBN 978-0-7090-5641-6, 118p. 2004: 4th Edition: Roman Keycard Blackwood: Slam Bidding for the 21st Century, Master Point Press, Revised and Updated, ISBN 978-1-894154-88-8, 266p. 2008: 5th Edition: Roman Keycard Blackwood: The Final Word, Master Point Press
	A Treasury of Bridge Tips: 540 Bidding Tips to Improve Your Partner's Game	1992: Griffin Publishing (Glendale, CA), Kantar on Bridge, ISBN 978-1-882180-06-6 1992: Howland Publishing (Santa Ana, CA), ISBN 978-0-9630970-0-2 2002: Second Edition: Griffin Publishing (Torrance, CA), 163p., ISBN 978-1-58000-093-2
	Take Your Tricks: Over 550 Declarer Play Tips That You Can Take To The Bank	1993: Griffin Publishing Inc (Glendale, CA), Kantar on Bridge, 210p., ISBN 978-1-882180-04-2
	Defensive Tips For Bad Card Holders: Over Five-Hundred Hands to Improve Your Defensive Play	1994: Griffin Publishing Group (Glendale, CA), Kantar on Bridge, 278p., ISBN 978-1-882180-21-9
	Bridge for Dummies	1997: IDG Books Worldwide (Foster City, CA), ISBN 978-0-7645-5015-7, 382p. 2006: Second Edition: Wiley Publishing Inc., (Hoboken, NJ), 388p., ISBN 978-0-471-92426-5 2008: Large Print Edition: Thorndike Press (Waterville, Me), 563p., ISBN 978-1-4104-0503-6	American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) Book of the Year 1997 ^[3]
	Eddie Kantar Teaches Modern Bridge Defense	1999: Master Point Press (Toronto), 240p., ISBN 978-1-894154-02-4	American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) Book of the Year 1999 ^[4]
	Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense	1999: Master Point Press (Toronto), 240p., ISBN 978-1-894154-03-1	American Bridge Teachers Association (ABTA) Book of the Year 1999 ^[5]
	Classic Kantar: A Collection of Bridge Humor	1999: Master Point Press (Toronto), 190p., ISBN 978-1-894154-14-7
	Eddie Kantar Teaches Topics in Declarer Play at Bridge	2002: Master Point Press (Toronto), 220p., ISBN 978-1-894154-53-6
	Kantar on Kontract	2004: Master Point Press (Toronto), 154p., ISBN 978-1-894154-68-0
	Thinking Bridge: Kantar Lesson Hands 1-100	2005: Edwin Kantar, 100p.

References

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Overview

Introduction	Bridge scoring Contract bridge Duplicate bridge Glossary of contract bridge terms Rubber bridge

See also	Auction bridge Bridge ethics Bridge maxims Bridge Murder case Bridge whist Bridgette The British Rule Chicago Computer bridge Contract bridge diagram Duplicate bridge movements Goulash History of contract bridge Laws of Duplicate Bridge Masterpoints Minibridge Neuberg formula Screen Singaporean bridge Suit Traveling scoreslip Vugraph

Bidding

Introduction	Bidding system Bridge convention Hand evaluation

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

Conventions	Aspro convention Asptro convention Astro convention Baron convention Bergen raises Blackout convention Blackwood convention Brozel Byzantine Blackwood convention Cappelletti convention Carrot 1NT Carrot 4NT Comfy Canapé Convention card Copenhagen convention (bridge) CRASH convention DONT Drury convention Ekren convention Fishbein convention Fit showing jump bid Flannery Forcing notrump Fourth suit forcing Fragment bid 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 List of defenses to 1NT 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/redouble Rubens advances Rubensohl San Francisco convention Serious 3NT Slam-seeking conventions Snapdragon double Splinter bid Stayman convention Strong Notrump After Passing (SNAP) Strong two bid Strong two clubs Suction convention Transfer Walsh Unusual notrump Unusual vs. unusual Walsh convention Woolsey convention XY Notrump convention

See also	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 Prepared opening bid 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) Caddy (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 Signal (bridge) Smith signal

See also	Avoidance play Beer card Bridge probabilities Forcing defense Grosvenor gambit Loser on loser Percentage play Pin (bridge) Principle of restricted choice Shooting (bridge) Smother play Tempo (bridge) Trump promotion Uppercut (bridge) Vacant Places

People and organizations

Administrators, players and writers	List of contract bridge people List of nationality transfers in sport 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 Huub Bertens David Bird Easley Blackwood, Sr. Blue Team Norberto Bocchi Janet de Botton Tim Bourke Marcelo Branco Tomas Brenning Raymond Brock John Brown David Bruce Michelle Brunner Walter Buller Wesley Burrowes C Orlando Campos Mike Cappelletti Drew Casen James Cayne Gabriel Chagas Paul Chemla George Coffin Larry N. Cohen Ben Cohen Barry Crane Carol Crawford 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 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 C. Greenberg Ari Greenberg Susanna Gross Glenn Grøtheim Ace Gutowsky H Bob Hamman Nicolas Hammond Maurice Harrison-Gray Geir Helgemo Tor Helness Walter Herbert Marc Hodler Mark Horton Carl Hudecek Roy Hughes I J Oswald Jacoby Pierre Jaïs Henry Jones (Cavendish) K Charles Kalme Edwin Kantar Edgar Kaplan Ralph Katz George S. Kaufman Norman Kay Amalya Lyle Kearse Sami Kehela Hugh Kelsey Roy Kerr Ron Klinger Martin de Knijff Putte Kock Kenneth Konstam Janusz Korwin-Mikke Valentin Kovachev Michał Kwiecień L Harry Lampert Emanuel Lasker Lorenzo Lauria Michael Lawrence Peter Lee Linda Lee James Lemon Bobby Levin Irina Levitina Clyde E. Love Paul Lukacs M Iain Macleod Zia Mahmood Ronald Mansbridge Rixi Markus Jack Marx Jeff Meckstroth Adam Meredith Marshall Miles Victor Mollo Albert Hodges Morehead Bauke Muller Eric Murray N Claudio Nunes O Jack Olsen Jaime Ortiz-Patino Aileen Osofsky Géza Ottlik P Camillo Pabis Ticci Richard Pavlicek Jordanis Pavlides Leonard Pennario Carl'Alberto Perroux Hubert Phillips Gary Pomerantz Julian Pottage R Prabhakar Tony Priday Tommy Prothro Jacek Pszczoła Q R Terence Reese Doris Rhodes Andrew Robson Eric Rodwell Bill Root Eunice Rosen William Rosen Michael Rosenberg George Rosenkranz Alvin Roth Jeff Rubens Ron Rubin S Boris Schapiro Howard Schenken Peter Schneider A. J. Sefi Martin Seligman Tim Seres Omar Sharif Alfred Sheinwold Shen Chun-shan Jaggy Shivdasani S. J. Simon P. Hal Sims Helen Sobel Smith Nicola Smith Marc Smith Tobi Sokolow Paul Soloway Alan Sontag Nathan B. Spingold Samuel Stayman Paul Stern Ralph Swimer Peter Swinnerton-Dyer T Tom Townsend Roger Trézel Dorothy Hayden Truscott Alan Truscott U V Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Alfredo Versace Bep Vriend W Louis H. Watson C. C. Wei Steve Weinstein Roy Welland Berry Westra Charles Wigoder Bobby Wolff Kit Woolsey Milton Work X Y Z Richard Zeckhauser Jack Zhao Adam Żmudziński

Clubs	Bridge Club Brașov Galatasaray Bridge Team Melville Bridge Club Portland Club (London) Young Chelsea Bridge Club

Governing bodies	American Bridge Association American Contract Bridge League Austrian Bridge Federation Brazilian Bridge Federation Canadian Bridge Federation Dutch Bridge Federation English Bridge Union European Bridge League International Mind Sports Association Norwegian Bridge Federation World Bridge Federation United States Bridge Federation

Championships

Introduction	List of bridge competitions and awards

World	Bermuda Bowl Bridge at the 2008 World Mind Sports Games Bridge at the 2012 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: ACBL King or Queen of Bridge 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 The Cardturner 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. OK bridge 2/1

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