Marc Smith's original World Class, published in 1999, became a classic. This all-new edition features the world's best players of today discussing their lives, at the table and away from it - how they started, their best and worst bridge memories, their favorite hands, why partnerships work well, and their hopes for the future.
You may recognize the names from your bridge magazine or from watching them play online. This book will show you their human sides. You will relive their triumphs and disasters at the bridge table, and pick up plenty of tips to improve your game. Get to know many of the world's best players, male and female, young and old.
Players in this volume:
Christian BAKKE (Norway)
Sophia BALDYSZ (Poland)
David BIRD (England)
Sjoert BRINK (Switzerland)
Sally BROCK (England)
Sanna CLEMENTSSON (Sweden)
Simon DE WIJS (Netherlands)
Brigitta FISCHER (Hungary)
Peter FREDIN (Sweden)
Michal KLUKOWSK (Switzerland)
Jessica LARSSON (Sweden)
Cedric LORENZINI (France)
Bauke MULLER (Netherlands)
Nevena SENIOR (England)
Daniela VON ARNIM (Germany)
Sprache
Produkt-Hinweis
Broschur/Paperback
Klebebindung
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-77140-261-3 (9781771402613)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The author of over 40 books on the game, Marc Smith will be known to many readers as the expert panel conductorfor the popular monthly bidding challenge hosted on BridgeBase Online (BBO). He also writes a regular column on BBO, reporting on major bridge events. Smith has collaborated with such stars as Jeff Meckstroth, Zia Mahmood, Martin Hoffman, David Bird, Tim Bourke and Julian Pottage. With Barbara Seagram, he co-authored 25 Conventions You Should Know, which won the American Bridge Teachers Association's Book of the Year award and remains one of the best-selling bridge books of all time.He lives in Southampton, England and is a diehard fan of the Raiders American football team.
