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The official illustrated book of the 2021 World Bridge Championships in Salsomaggiore, Italy, published to coincide with the 2022 event in Poland.

Germany staged an improbable comeback in the final session of the 2001 Women's World Bridge Championship to score a narrow victory over France. The author tells the story of that gold medal win. She also uses the hands from that session as a starting point to talk about the game of bridge, and gives advice that helps improving players.

50 problems in declarer play and defence for the beginning or near-beginning bridge player, presented in approximate order of difficulty.

Profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the USBF Junior ProgramIf you are a student of game theory, statistics, and math, The Cutting Edge is a great read. Dave applies the nuances of these strategies to the game we all love. The text is highly analytical. Ralph Katz, Bermuda Bowl Champion I enjoyed this a lot. I expect something will be new to most readers, and it's a nice collection of related ideas in one place. Franco Baseggio, hedge fund statistical arbitrage specialist[The book] presents bridge situations in a way that bridge players would understand them. It is much more important to be interested in thinking about things mathematically than to have previous knowledge.Greg Lawler, mathematics professor, University of ChicagoI enjoyed the hands and analysis. Following the equilibrium mixed strategy is safe in a sense, but in practice you're only exploitable if the opponent knows you deviate and in which direction. Jonathan Weinstein, economics professor, University of Washington in St. Louis

This is the first of two volumes forming a sequel to the author's A Compendium of Double Dummy Problems (Master Point Press, 2021), containing 134 double dummy problems, ranging from 'very easy' to 'moderate' in difficulty. The collection is derived from the monthly series of problems that have been presented at the author's website for competitive solving. It features as many as 24 different composers, several of whom made their first appearance at this website. The format follows that of the Compendium, with solutions being given in full. Difficulty ratings are based on suggestions from successful solvers, ranging from 1 to 4. Volume II will cover the more difficult problems rated 5 to 8 (fiendish).

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)

The official book of the 2022 World Bridge Series Championships which were staged in Wroclaw, Poland with colour photographs and a full list of results.

A guide to bidding at bridge based on the author's long-running column in the American Contract Bridge League's Bridge Bulletin , giving the reader a chance to learn from someone else's mistakes.

The original ''Shark''s Pointers'' article appeared in 1975, in a small Boston-area newspaper. Thirty years later, the idea reemerged as a series of bridge columns and lectures in Massachusetts. Then, during the pandemic, Shark''s Pointers went online, and it is these latter talks and the advice they contain that have now been collected into this book.  Written in an over-the-shoulder style, this book can be read for fun or profit or both: you will learn more about bridge if you care to, or you can just enjoy the anecdotes and the great deals.

52 new bridge-themed crosswords featuring the world'smost popular card game

A complete refresher course for bridge players returning to the game in middle age, summarising the key changes to the game that have occurred over the last thirty years.

An expert bridge coach's guide for players who have finished their beginner lessons and are looking to move their game up to the next level.

A guide to the many ways of playing safe in contract bridge when your primary objective is to make your contract and nothing else matters.