In the Spotlight

You have reached the final of your country’s most prestigious knockout Teams event, but the toughest test is yet to come. You are up against the usual suspects, a top-class side with whom you have done battle on multiple occasions. Sixty-four hands are all that separate your squad from national glory.

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

Joey Silver and John Carruthers (JC) have been top Canadian bridge players for over fifty years. As a partnership and as friends, they go back twenty-five years, and have a silver medal in World Championship play to their credit, as well as numerous Canadian Championships.

Many players you face are competent enough, but fairly easy to play against. Just a few will be in an altogether different category. Not only do they bid and play accurately, but they also constantly find a way to make your life difficult. They take away your bidding space by pre-empting on hands where other players tend to pass. Their switches in defense often create a problem for you. They are… difficult opponents.

If there is one thing that satisfies a bridge player, it is making their contract. If there is one that annoys them, it is going down in a contract that they could have made. This book presents a series of problems for which a 100% solution exists. In other words, if you play well, you cannot fail.

DECLARER PLAY: THE NEXT LEVEL

The instructive material in this book is presented in a novel way, as if the author were delivering a series of bridge lessons to a small group of enthusiasts. Occasionally, members of the audience ask questions, or make comments.

Published by the World Bridge Federation, the official book of the World Bridge Championships 2023, held in Marrakech, Morocco. It is comprised of approximately 336 full colour pages.

If you want to become a complete player, you absolutely must acquire the techniques you need to know to master the complexities of card play. More than that, you need to appreciate the importance of all 13 cards, not only the Aces, Kings and Queens. This book, the first of two volumes, takes you on a voyage of discovery like no other devoted to declarer play.

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.

The instructive material in this book is presented in a novel way, as if the author is delivering a series of bridge lessons to a small group of enthusiasts. Occasionally, members of the audience ask questions or make comments.
Twelve important topics on declarer play have been chosen,…

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