Here is the first book on Contract Bridge for beginners which introduces them at once to the generally accepted "Point Count" method of bidding used by the experts. Written by the leading authority, the foremost teacher, and the most successful bridge player in the world, it will prove a boon to the novice and the average bridge player alike.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Hemel Hempstead
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)
Produkt-Hinweis
Broschur/Paperback
Klebebindung
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 203 mm
Breite: 136 mm
Dicke: 11 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-671-21052-6 (9780671210526)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Charles H. Goren is the Number One ranking player of the United States in the official ratings of the American Contract Bridge League. He holds virtually every record of note on the books of tournament play. He has won more National Championships than anyone in history and holds the record for the most number of National Championships won in a single year (five). Incidentally, he is the only player in the history of Bridge who has ever won every major championship in the United States. Mr. Goren's daily column is syndicated in 150 newspapers which have a combined circulation of over twenty-five million. His books have been translated into French, Spanish, Swedish, and enjoy wide publication throughout the British Empire. His recent book, Point Count Bidding, published by Simon and Schuster, is the most successful bridge book in the last fifteen years and has changed the bidding habits of millions of players throughout the United States and Europe.The point count method introduced by Mr. Goren several years ago has now been adopted by all recognized authorities of the game.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by the author
I. Preliminaries
II. The Mechanics of Bidding
III. How to Score
IV. What Shall I Bid?
V. Responses to Opening Bids
VI. Rebids by Opening Bidder
VII. Defensive Bidding
VIII. Penalty Doubles
IX. Slam Bidding
X. Getting to Game
XI. Play of the Hand
Glossary of Bridge Terms