Bridge: All You Need to Play the Game (Collins Need To Know)

Bridge: All You Need to Play the Game (Collins Need To Know)

by Andrew Robson (Author)

Synopsis

This one-stop practical guide will show you how to play and master the fascinating and rewarding game of Bridge. To make your progress easier, it comes in a handy two-colour format with expert advice throughout from Andrew Robson, the world's most famous and successful player and teacher of Bridge. Andrew Robson, the Times bridge correspondent, shows you how to play bridge - starting from the basics and taking you through the learning process step-by-step. Using clear illustrations and accompanying text, Andrew gives the reader a complete course in learning the game, including sample hands and ways to practice. You'll also learn about bidding, tricks, scoring and dealing, and etiquette whilst playing. Above all you'll begin to develop the skills you need to play bridge, and win - including ingenuity, working well in a partnership, and a good memory. Contents include: basic bidding and card-play strategies; etiquette and how to score; examples and practice tips; different types of bridge; conventions; evaluating a bridge hand.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 191
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Collins
Published: 02 Apr 2007

ISBN 10: 0007234023
ISBN 13: 9780007234028
Book Overview: All you need to play the game

Media Reviews
We'll be keeping our copy close to hand in the office to tell our rubber from our ruff - Country Life.
Author Bio
Andrew Robson is widely regarded as Britain's number one bridge player-teacher. He has won countless international bridge events beginning in 1989 with the World Junior Championships and including, in 1991, the European Championships. Andrew runs a highly successful bridge club in south-west London, with some 2000 members, which he started ten years ago. He is perhaps best known as the Times Bridge Correspondent. His recent book (based on his Times columns) The Times Bridge: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid them has been extremely well recieved. If you want to be better, buy this book , Spectator Sept. 2005.