| A Bridge to Simple Squeezes Contributor(s): Laderman, Julian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1897106262 ISBN-13: 9781897106266 Publisher: Master Point Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2007 Annotation: Most bridge players find squeeze play the hardest technique to learn. It has unavoidable technical aspects that for many make it impenetrable. In this award-winning book, the reader is taken slowly and carefully through the basics, and by the end will be confident that they too can execute simple squeezes at the table. This second edition reflects many enhancements and improvements made to the original version, which was the 2006 American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Games & Activities | Card Games - Bridge |
| Dewey: 795.415 |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 8.64" W x 5.78" (0.48 lbs) 151 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, learning to recognize and appreciate threat cards plays a central role as you begin to understand how squeeze play operates. It won't be long before you can look at a layout and begin to imagine how the East-West cards will need to lie in order for your squeeze to be successful. Very soon, you will get to the point where simple squeezes are a part of your regular bridge arsenal. The first edition of this book was named Book of the Year in 2006 by the American Bridge Teachers Association. DR. JULIAN LADERMAN is a retired mathematics and computer science professor (Lehman College, City University of New York). He has written two books that have won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year Award. His first book A Bridge to Simple Squeezes won in 2006 and A Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play won in 2009. For many years he wrote the bridge column for The Bronx Journal. |