http://www.lybrary.com/index.php?cPath=67 Copyright © 2010 Lybrary.comVolume III, <i>The Advanced American Bidding System</i> presumes a complete understanding and skill with all of the material in <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/intermediate-american-bidding-system-p-36003.html"><i><u>Volume II</u></i></a>. However, some of the <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/intermediate-american-bidding-system-p-36003.html"><i><u>Volume II</u></i></a> material is repeated for intended redundancy, since the authors suspect that many folks who shouldn't be attempting to study <i>Volume III</i> will do so anyway. After all, "I'm a Life Master, I must be Advanced." The authors suggest that anyone not comfortable playing in Flight A at an ACBL regional or national tournament, or the World Bridge Federation (WBF) or other governing body equivalent thereof avoid purchase and study of <i>Volume III</i> until they have mastered all that is taught in <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/intermediate-american-bidding-system-p-36003.html"><i><u>Volume II</u></i></a>. 
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<i>1st edition 1998; 186 pages.</i>http://www.lybrary.com/advanced-american-bidding-system-p-36004.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/advanced-american-bidding-system-p-36004.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST Volume II, <i>The Intermediate American Bidding System</i>, makes the transition to modern methods including weak two openings. It teaches all of the pieces of "Standard" American in a way that integrates all of the varied forms of same. Don't be thrown by the term "intermediate." Many duplicate players think that they have reached that level when they can no longer play in novice games. Not so. "Intermediate," as defined by the authors, can vary from folks with zero ACBL masterpoints to 2500 masterpoints. It's not the points that count, it's the skill level.
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<i>1st edition 1998; 186 pages.</i>http://www.lybrary.com/intermediate-american-bidding-system-p-36003.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/intermediate-american-bidding-system-p-36003.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST The American Bridge Series is designed as a sequential set of bidding courses, suitable for self-study or classroom-style study under the guidance of a professional bridge teacher. Volumes I through III include declarer play and defense skills as they relate to the bidding skills taught in each text. Volume IV is reserved for true experts; thus, declarer play and defense lessons would be an insult and are not included. The entire series takes about five years of study and practice to complete.
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Volume I, <i>The Basic American Bidding System</i>, was written for beginners and for social players who need to brush-up on basic bidding skills prior to tackling modern bidding methods. It features 5-card major suit opening bids, strong twos, and some basics of Forcing and Non-Forcing Stayman, Blackwood, Gerber, and few other things designed to form the framework for further study.
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<i>1st edition 1998; 214 pages.</i>http://www.lybrary.com/basic-american-bidding-system-p-36002.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/basic-american-bidding-system-p-36002.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST From the introduction:
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Charles Goren was right. As early as the mid-1950s he was urging bridge players to avoid getting caught up in all the trendy new bidding systems with their myriad confounding conventions. Eventually, even the great Goren was dragged screaming and kicking into the new age of scientific bidding, allowing that things like the Blackwood ace-asking convention and the artificial 2C Stayman bid to check for a 4-4 major suit fit after a 1NT opening bid could be useful at times. But in fighting against complications to our great game of contract bridge, Charles Goren was right.
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As I write this introduction in the later half of 2008, contract bridge is dying in America, despite feverish attempts to revive it with Easybridge, Mini Bridge, the School Bridge League, "Bridge Is Cool", collegiate tournaments, targeting of AARP members, creation of new masterpoint categories to stimulate continued play, Internet play, etc. Membership in the bellwether American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is static, with only about a 1% growth rate at present. Bridge playing in the general population (non-duplicate players) is static to negative as well. Something drastic must be done if contract bridge is to survive as a popular, dynamic game.
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This ebook is a step in that direction.
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In its present form bridge is just too hard to learn. It takes years to develop the ability to confidently play the game with experienced players. For that reason, the ACBL has flighted, stratified, and segregated players by masterpoint category, and the vast majority of players think such an abomination is a wonderful thing for the game, because it keeps them "competitive" within their comfort zone. They would rather win than improve, continually beating up on the minnows and avoiding the shark tank. Me, I'm a minnow with an attitude - I swim with the sharks, baby, and if they chew me up I don't let them swallow me. But I realize I'm in a very small minority of hard heads. Most folks give up and find some other leisure activity. We can't have that.
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A new approach to learning and playing bridge is necessary. Simplicity Bridge combines simple bidding with simple defense, and emphasizes the 4-Deal "Chicago-style" rubber bridge play and scoring. Defensive carding methods are limited and simple, and the emphasis is on really grasping the elements of declarer play rather than learning a bunch of systems and conventions found mostly in duplicate clubs and tournaments. (We save that stuff for the end of the book when we upgrade to "Super Simplicity" which isn't all that simple and begins to add a lot of the elements of modern standard bidding.)
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Does our approach preclude playing in club and tournament games? No. But if the Simplicity Bridge system is used by Simplicity System players, they should run circles around the non-Life Master category folks who constantly get in bidding trouble and mis-defend due to having signals crossed. It is recommended, however, that Simplicity players initially concentrate in International Match Point (IMP) events rather than matchpoints. Once familiar with opposing systems and conventions (which we describe in Chapter 8), and with a lesson or two on matchpoint strategy vs. rubber bridge oriented scoring then this system should be competitive at matchpoints as well.
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This ebook teaches the basic elements of contract bridge in a fun, safe, and easy way. It is designed for play in college student unions, coffee shops, bars, kitchens, dens, break rooms, and any other place where folks gather and have a half hour or so to get in a rubber. It is best played for money, even if very low stakes like a tenth of a cent a point. Playing with money at stake (yours and a partner’s!) tends to increase concentration.
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I close this with a request for your indulgence. I have a personal prejudice against using suit symbols for spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs in hand diagrams. I find them distracting. If that bothers you, feel free to draw them in.
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<i>1st edition 2009; 165 pages.</i>
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<b>Table of Contents</b>
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<li value=2>Contents
<li value=5>Acknowledgements
<li value=6>Introduction
<li value=8>Chapter 1: Overview
<li value=8>- History
<li value=9>- Mechanics
<li value=12>- Playing with a Trump Suit
<li value=14>- The Auction
<li value=17>- Scoring
<li value=21>- Conclusion
<li value=22>Chapter 2: In Your Dreams: Bidding Without Opposition
<li value=22>- Prologue
<li value=22>- Bidding Basics
<li value=23>- Hand Evaluation
<li value=25>- Opening the Bidding
<li value=27>- Suit Selection for an Opening One Bid
<li value=29>- Responding to Partner’s Opening Bid
<li value=31>- Rebids
<li value=33>Chapter 3: Hey, They're Fighting Back, No Fair!
<li value=33>- Defensive Bidding (Overcalls, The Takeout Double, Notrump Overcalls, Two Suited Overcalls)
<li value=41>- Competitive Bidding on Offense (Handling Overcalls, Handling Doubles, Handling the Other Stuff)
<li value=44>Chapter 4: Landing the Big Ones
<li value=44>- General
<li value=44>- Controls
<li value=46>- Asking for Controls: Blackwood and Gerber
<li value=48>- Monster Mash
<li value=55>- When Responder Has a Big Hand
<li value=55>- Preemptive Hands
<li value=57>Chapter 5: Play Like a Pro
<li value=57>- The Bad News
<li value=58>- Basic Declarer Play
<li value=65>- Cool Stuff - Advanced Declarer Plays
<li value=72>- Books for Further Study
<li value=75>Chapter 6: Defense, Defense!
<li value=75>- Defending During the Auction
<li value=76>- Opening Leads
<li value=80>- Third Hand Play
<li value=82>- Second Hand Play
<li value=82>- More Cool Stuff - Advanced Defender Plays
<li value=84>- Books for Further Study
<li value=86>Chapter 7: Rubber Bridge Shuffle Up and Deal
<li value=110>Chapter 8: Overview of Other Bidding Systems
<li value=110>- Goren ("1950 Charlie")
<li value=111>- Modern Standard American and Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC)
<li value=113>- Two Over One Game Force (2/1 GF)
<li value=115>- Acol
<li value=116>- Big Club Systems
<li value=117>- The Expert American Bidding System and its prerequisite The Advanced American Bidding System
<li value=117>- Other Systems
<li value=118>Chapter 9: Add Ons (Super Simplicity)
<li value=118>- Improve Your Notrump Bidding Skills
<li value=143>- Splinter Bids
<li value=146>- Weak and Preemptive Jump Overcalls
<li value=149>- Western Cue Bids
<li value=152>- Special Doubles
<li value=152>- Two Suited Bids
<li value=154>Chapter 10: Tidbits
<li value=154>- Balancing Blues
<li value=156>- Competing
<li value=159>- The Forcing Pass Concept
<li value=160>- Bidding Over Their Big Preempts
<li value=160>- Winning Bridge Intangibles
<li value=161>- Bridge Ethics and Traditions
<li value=161>- Expand Your Game
<li value=163>Appendix A Simplicity System Overview
<li value=164>About the Author
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</blockquote>http://www.lybrary.com/simplicity-bridge-p-6002.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/simplicity-bridge-p-6002.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST This ebook includes 114 very practical tips on a variety of subjects with practical, easy to digest examples.
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<li value=13>1. Getting Off On the Right Foot
<li value=23>2. Hand Evaluation
<li value=33>3. Opener’s Decisions
<li value=43>4. Responder’s Decisions
<li value=53>5. Notrump Bidding
<li value=65>6. All About Slam
<li value=75>7. Passed Hand Bidding
<li value=83>8. Preempts — We Do It
<li value=95>9. Preempts — They Do It
<li value=105>10. Competitive Auctions
<li value=117>11. I’ll Have a Double
<li value=129>12. Impressive Declarer Play
<li value=143>13. The Defense Never Rests
<li value=153>Glossary
<li value=159>Recommended Reading
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</blockquote>http://www.lybrary.com/marty-sez-p-828.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/marty-sez-p-828.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST This ebook is a discussion of the precision club opening.
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"I had just learned standard bridge bidding and was trying to learn 2/1. Every person that I played with had their own style and followed their interpretation of standard bidding. Then I met Bob Gish and he introduced me to his bidding system: The New Awakening. I could not believe how this system has helped me. I make better bids and get to good contracts." - Manish Dixit, Life Master</p>http://www.lybrary.com/the-new-awakening-p-723.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/the-new-awakening-p-723.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST Learn Bridge in One Hour by Samir Riad will show you a new way to learn a complex game in ten easy steps. The key to success is learning while you play. You don't have to memorize anything at first, just use the reference tables provided in each section to guide you through bidding, scoring, and playing the hand. You'll quickly learn the basics of the game. 
George Washington played bridge and now you can, too. Appropriate for all ages, the author hopes to induct a whole new generation of players into the fun game of bridge.http://www.lybrary.com/learn-bridge-hour-p-685.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/learn-bridge-hour-p-685.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST Bridge made easy–now updated with 25 percent new and revised information</P>
<P>Bridge is among the world’s most popular card games, with 60 million players around the globe. But it’s also tricky to learn and play. This fun and easy guide delivers just what novices need to get up to speed on bridge rules, bidding strategies, game play, and scoring–plus tips and techniques to help intermediate players improve their games. This revised edition has been reorganized to make it even more accessible and features super-clear all-new illustrations, expanded coverage of online bridge, information on the latest bidding techniques, and updated listings of Web and other resources.
<P>Eddie Kantar (Santa Monica, CA) is a member of the Bridge Hall of Fame, a two-time world bridge champion, and a 13-time North American champion. He is the author of many popular bridge books and a frequent host on bridge cruises.http://www.lybrary.com/bridge-dummies-p-684.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/bridge-dummies-p-684.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST Regardless of your system, 1NT is the likely response to an opening bid in a major. You can acquire the judgment needed to make the right rebids, raises and responses. 
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<li>Which hands should respond 1NT, and which hands should not. 
<li>"6-4 bid more." But should opener rebid the 6, or show the 4? 
<li>"It's not Impossible." Responder's Impossible 2 Rebid. 
<li>When responder is a passed hand, what's different? 
<li>How to cope with an opponent's overcall.
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This electronic version has been enhanced with color and bookmarks to allow convenient browsing and reading.
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<i>1st edition 2002; 48 pages.</i>http://www.lybrary.com/understanding-forcing-p-679.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/understanding-forcing-p-679.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST <blockquote><i>"The hands are 'provocative' in the sense that they will, or at least ought to, provoke the reader to use his or her brains."</i> - Bridge Plus
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Problems of the type for which the author is infamous are limited in number, for they demand a combination of qualities not often found together. They should be problems rather than puzzles, instructive rather than baffling, presenting situations that arise in everyday play. They should be short and snappy, and answerable by a concise statement, preferably early in the game; for if delayed too long, variations in defense may lead to complications that destroy the problem. Above all, they should offer two schemes of play, one that may be plausible at first sight, and another that a deeper analysis proves to be the correct procedure. And if there is a big swing between the results of good technique and bad technique, so much the better, for there is nothing like punishment to emphasize a lesson for man and beast.
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<i>1st edition 1959, 285 pages.</i>
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You can also purchase this title as book rather than as ebook at <a href="http://www.vivisphere.com/squeeze/1262/1262.asp" target="_blank"><u>Vivisphere</u></a>.http://www.lybrary.com/fall-cards-p-677.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/fall-cards-p-677.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST <i>The Great Bridge Conspiracy</i> ebook chronicles the espionage and card playing exploits of Captain Diggery Piper -- a flamboyant expert first created by Terry Quinn for a serial in <i>Games Magazine</i>. Just as Carroll's <i>Through the Looking Glass</i> and Nabokov's <i>The Defense</i> are structured in accordance with the rules and logic of chess, so Quinn has patterned the action of this swift-paced, suspenseful tale on the psychological intricacies of bridge, craftily building a house of cards that tumbles into a surprise ending.
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<i>1st edition 1979; 208 pages.</i>
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You can also purchase this title as book rather than as ebook at <a href="http://www.vivisphere.com/squeeze/0703/0703.asp" target="_blank"><u>Vivisphere</u></a>.http://www.lybrary.com/great-bridge-conspiracy-p-676.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/great-bridge-conspiracy-p-676.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST <P><P><p>There is one card game that towers above all others as the most intelligent, intricate, and psychologically absorbing ever to be invented. It has a rich history. It's played and loved by some of the world's most famous and influential people. And it's not the one that's currently on television twenty-four hours a day.</p><p>In 1925 Harold Stirling Vanderbilt invented modern bridge, and a national craze was born. In the 1930s, bridge was even bigger than baseball. Its devotees would eventually include the Marx Brothers, George Burns, Wilt Chamberlain, Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill, and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who played to unwind before the Normandy invasion. Today bridge players number about twenty-five million in the U.S. alone; current celeb-rity addicts include Warren Buffett (who goes by the online handle "T-Bone"), Bill Gates, Hugh Hefner, Sting, a sitting Supreme Court justice, and the guys from Radiohead.</p><p>In this spirited homage, Edward McPherson recounts the history of the game while attempting to master its deep mysteries in time to compete at the North American Bridge Championships in Chicago. Barely able to shuffle cards let alone play bridge, he sets out to discover why the game became and remains such a popular pastime, stopping in Dallas, Kansas City, Gatlinburg, Gettysburg, Las Vegas, and London. He focuses on a handful of professionals and eager but fumbling amateurs, and the characters he meets convince him that in a game that pits mind against mind, close attention to the cards often reveals much about those sitting at the table. He attempts to learn from bridge's devoted fans—from white-haired grannies and international playboys to teenage pros and billionaires—how its legacy can be preserved for future generations. And along the way, he picks up a playing partner of his own: Tina, a New York octogenarian with sharp card skills and energy to burn.</p><p>Insightful, funny, and steeped in respect for bridge, <i>The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats</i> is an affectionate view of a grand game by an outsider trying to make his way into the inner circle.</p>http://www.lybrary.com/backwash-squeeze-other-improbable-feats-p-670.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/backwash-squeeze-other-improbable-feats-p-670.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST You're no idiot, of course. You host the most fabulous dinner parties and select just the right wines. But when it comes time to play some bridge, you feel like hiding away in the kitchen. Don't spend the evening washing dishes! This book will help you learn the rules of the game in friendly, easy-to-swallow bites. You'll learn how to deal and play a "rubber"(that's bridge-talk for a game), how to keep score, and even how to deal with less-than perfect partners!http://www.lybrary.com/complete-idiots-guide-bridge-p-666.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/complete-idiots-guide-bridge-p-666.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST From Swedish author Eric Jannersten, <i>The Jannersten Collection</i> consists of one CD including both <i>Find the Mistakes</i> and <i>The Only Chance</i> (in both English and Dutch). <i>Card Reading</i>, a third book in the series, comes on a 3.5" diskette and can be added into the original program as a supplement (it cannot be purchased on its own).
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<i>Find the Mistakes</i> offers 75 deals where after having been shown what happened at the table, the user gets to play the deal against the computer and discover how it should have been played. The distribution has been subtly changed in a way that would have made South's original line of play far less successful. The user must consider what might have gone wrong if the distribution was not so friendly initially. Most often, the E-W cards are arranged to defeat you should you misplay the contract. An interactive analysis of what you should have been thinking and why is provided for each hand.
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<i>The Only Chance</i> offers 83 deals that appear hopeless right from the start or turn into seemingly lost causes after a trick or two. You, as declarer, must find 'the only chance' to salvage the contract. Again, the intention is for the E-W cards to be arranged to defeat your contract should you misplay it and each deal is accompanied by an interactive analysis.
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<i>Card Reading</i> offers 70 deals where you need to use clues from the bidding and play to count out a hand in order to play successfully. Here too, the intention is for the E-W cards to be arranged to defeat your contract should you misplay it and each deal is accompanied by an interactive analysis.
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Eric Jannersten of Stockholm Sweden was one of the leading bridge writers in the world. A world class player, his books and columns have entertained bridge players since the 1940s. The programs take advantage of Fred Gitelman's Bridge Master technology allowing you to play the hands against the computer that Jannersten devised and analysed. The intention is to arrange the E-W cards to defeat your contract should you misplay it; most often you will not be able to make your contract unless you play correctly.
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<b>System requirements</b><br>
PC with Windows operating system, 5 MB free hard disk space, CDROM drive, at least 800x600 screen resolution.
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Please note: The copy protection for these programs requires the CDROM to be in the computer at start-up.http://www.lybrary.com/jannersten-collection-p-633.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/jannersten-collection-p-633.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST In <i>Test Your Play volume 2</i> the hands from Eddie Kantar's widely acclaimed and popular series of declarer play problems are presented in inter-active format. Each of the 114 hands contained in the program gets played out as the user is quizzed on what card should be played to mostly every trick. Kantar explains the reasoning behind the plays as the hand progresses. At the end of each hand Kantar summarizes the key lesson points to the deal.
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This software has state of the art graphics and has been designed to make your learning experience as easy and enjoyable as possible. Everything on the screen is "over-sized" to help those with vision problems. The user can customize the screen colors and various aspects of how bridge hands are displayed. There is extensive online help.
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<b>System requirements</b><br>
PC with Windows operating system, 3 MB free hard disk space, CDROM drive, at least 800x600 screen resolution.http://www.lybrary.com/test-your-play-volume-p-632.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/test-your-play-volume-p-632.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST From his series, <i>A New Approach To Play and Defense, Vol. 2</i>, Eddie Kantar presents you with 100 problems, 50 on play and 50 on defense. Although you do not play the actual cards, he quizzes you on the plays you should make and then explains what your thinking should be and why. Each problem hand ends with a number of key pointers in summary.
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The 100 problems are matched in that after playing the first 25 hands, you then get to defend them. If you play the hand properly, you will always make the contract. In the replay on defense, a card or two will be switched or an error made by declarer so that you can defeat the same contract if you defend properly. The point of this is that if you remember what you had to do to make the contract, you should be able to work out what you need to do to defeat the contract. And the opposite is true, so for the next set of 25 hands, you begin on defense and then declare the matched hand. Play and defense are not that dissimilar.
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This software has state of the art graphics and has been designed to make your learning experience as easy and enjoyable as possible. Everything on the screen is "over-sized" to help those with vision problems. The user can customize the screen colors and various aspects of how bridge hands are displayed. There is extensive online help.
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Eddie Kantar is one of the most popular bridge writers and teachers ever. He has a great sense of humor and can convey concepts in a precise and easily understood manner.
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<b>System requirements</b><br>
PC with Windows operating system, 3 MB free hard disk space, CD ROM drive, at least 800x600 screen resolution.http://www.lybrary.com/play-defend-with-eddie-kantar-p-631.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/play-defend-with-eddie-kantar-p-631.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST Eric Kokish and Beverly Kraft, two of the world's leading bidding theoreticians, writers, teachers and international coaches, with impressive playing credentials, present a cohesive system with treatments aimed at improving constructive Standard American bidding based on their version of the Two over One system.
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Based on mainstream American methods (strong notrumps, five-card majors), Kokish-Kraft cover all areas of uncontested bidding and show you how to apply the agreements and treatments that comprise their version of modern Two over One. They offer solutions to difficult and subtle problems and show you how to approach situations that you may not have encountered before.
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The software consists of 200 prepared deals, which the user bids as South. The bids selected are evaluated and commented upon; if your PC has a sound card and speakers you can hear the explanations of the presenters; otherwise, they are shown as text on the screen. After the bidding, you may play the hand.
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The material is aimed at a player with some experience and a certain comfort level with the auction. As you work through the deals of each chapter, making choices at each turn, you will receive information to help you develop the auction to a satisfactory result. Comments on your bids and detailed explanations at the conclusion of each deal should put the issues in perspective and advance the user's analytical skills.
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Among the many topics covered are: minor suit(s) facing balanced openers; Smolen, Jacoby and Texas transfers; Inverted minor raises; developments after two-over-one responses; semi-forcing 1NT responses; third- and foruth-suit auctions; controls and long suit responses to 2 Clubs; improved continuations after opener's balanced rebids; bidding after a reverse; improved Drury continuations.
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<b>System requirements:</b><br>
PC with Windows operating system, CD ROM drive, at least 800x600 screen resolution, 20 MB free hard disk space if sound files are not installed (requires CD-ROM to be in computer when running) or 500 MB free disk space if sound files are copied onto hard disk.http://www.lybrary.com/modern-american-bidding-p-630.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/modern-american-bidding-p-630.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST GIB allows you to bid, play and defend against the computer. It has received the highest acclaim as a bridge playing program.
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<i>"Sensational breakthrough in bridge software"</i><br>
- Onno Eskes, editor of the Dutch Bridge Magazine IMP
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<i>"Revolutionary; certainly much better than any other program I have ever seen ... entirely in a class by itself"</i><br>
- Fred Gitelman, Canadian internationalist
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<i>"Tremble for the human race"</i><br>
- Zia Mahmood, world champion
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<i>"Impressed by the quality of its card play"</i><br>
- Jeff Meckstroth, world champion
<i>"Ginsberg has shown that his program plays the cards much much better than any program on the market"</i><br>
- Jim Loy's software review
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<b>Overview of Features</b>
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<li>Highest quality of play of any bridge program, commercial or otherwise
<li>Easy-to-use graphical interface click for screen shot
<li>Multilingual interface supporting Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian and Swedish
<li>Get hints or watch GIB think
<li>Compare your play with closed room experts: Replay 2500+ deals from international tournaments and compare your actions to those of the masters
<li>Variety of defensive signaling options. Not only does GIB signal, it watches your signals and defends appropriately.
<li>The only computer program ever to have been a member of the ACBL or to have won master points in play against humans
<li>ACBL and international-style convention cards
<li>Wide range of bidding systems, including Standard American, 2/1 Game Forcing, Kaplan-Sheinwold, ACOL, and traditional Goren; many individual conventions as well
<li>High-visibility card option for use on small or hard-to-read screens
<li>Sophisticated artificial intelligence search algorithms use Monte Carlo techniques for card play and Borel simulations for bidding
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<b>System requirements:</b>
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<li>32 MB memory
<li>20 MB disk
<li>SVGA (800 x 600) graphics or better
<li>Windows operating system
<li>Linux executables included
</ul>http://www.lybrary.com/ginsbergs-intelligent-bridge-player-p-629.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/ginsbergs-intelligent-bridge-player-p-629.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST <i>Bridge Master 2000</i> is an educational computer program that is certain to improve your declarer play technique. In this edition, Audrey Grant, North America's foremost bridge teacher, has designed 117 deals specifically for novices -- plus there are 60 more advanced deals.
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This edition contains 177 bridge deals intended as an introductory course on play of the hand. Audrey Grant, North America's premier bridge teacher and best-selling bridge author, created 117 of these deals and wrote the text for the bridge movies in this edition. Audrey's 117 deals are all on Skill Level 1. The program also includes 36 more deals at Skill Level 1 which are a little more difficult than the Audrey Grant deals and 6 deals at each of the other 4 Skill Levels. By the time a new player has worked through the Audrey Grant deals, they will have a solid foundation in declarer play. The user will then be ready for more challenging refill deals.
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"Best software ever created for teaching dummy play." - Alan Truscott, <i>The New York Times</i>
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"Besides being a terrific teaching tool, Bridge Master is additively fun." - Brent Manley, <i>American Contract Bridge League Bulletin</i>
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"A fabulous product that I recommend to bridge players of all levels." - Eric Rodwell, "World Champion"
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"Bridge Master is not only the best learning tool I've encountered, but it is also great fun." - Warren E. Buffett, <i>Chairman, Bershire Hathaway Corp.</i> 
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For more details on <i>Bridge Master 2000</i> please see the product description of the <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/bridge-master-2000-standard-edition-p-617.html"><i><u>Standard Edition</u></i></a>.
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<b>System Requirements</b><br>
PC or PC compatible computer with Windows operating system; 3MB free hard disk space; CDROM drive; 8MB RAM; at least 800x600 screen resolution.http://www.lybrary.com/bridge-master-2000-audrey-grant-edition-p-618.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/bridge-master-2000-audrey-grant-edition-p-618.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST <i>Bridge Master 2000</i> is an educational computer program that is certain to improve your declarer play technique.
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<i>Bridge Master 2000</i> is a computer program for PC and PC compatible computers. <i>The Standard Edition</i> of <i>Bridge Master 2000</i> and <a href="http://www.lybrary.com/bridge-master-2000-audrey-grant-edition-p-618.html"><i><u>Audrey Grant's Better Bridge Edition</u></i></a> of <i>Bridge Master 2000</i> run on Windows 95 or better, have state of the art user interfaces, and come on CD-ROMs.
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<i>Bridge Master 2000</i> is an educational program for improving your declarer play skills. The program presents you with a series of instructional deals to play. You are always declarer. The deals that you play are not randomly dealt. They are carefully constructed exercises designed to illustrate an important declarer play technique. If you take the correct line of play you will always make your contract. If you make any mistake as declarer, the program will defend perfectly and defeat your contract. Each deal is accompanied by an animated bridge movie that will explain the correct line of play as well as the thinking process that leads to the solution.
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That fact that you can only make your contract by playing correctly makes <i>Bridge Master</i> a fabulous learning medium. In real bridge (and with other computer bridge programs), a declarer's mistakes are often forgiven by imperfect defense or a lucky lie of the cards. With <i>Bridge Master</i> your mistakes will always be punished. You are "forced" to figure out the correct play if you want to make your contract. In turn, you learn something about bridge in the process. If you play a <i>Bridge Master</i> deal incorrectly, it is best to keep trying again until you get it right. If you give up, however, the bridge movie will make the answer clear. As you read through the bridge movie, images on your screen will reflect the bridge content in the text. For example, if the text reads, "if trumps break 4-1...", a large hand diagram will display the 4-1 break. There is no need to cross out cards or write down end positions. The bridge movie always displays whatever bridge illustration you need in order to understand the explanation.
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<i>Bridge Master's</i> instructional deals are organized into 5 levels of difficulty. Skill Level 1 is suitable for new bridge players. Deals on Skill Level 5 are extremely challenging, even for world class players. The deals on Skill Levels 2, 3, and 4 are suitable for most club and tournament players as well as experienced social bridge players.
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The user interface of <i>Bridge Master</i> has been designed to make using the program as simple and pleasant as possible. Everything is "over-sized" to accommodate those with vision problems. The user has a wide range of color choices. In addition there are several options for customizing how <i>Bridge Master</i> will display bridge deals.
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<i>Bridge Master</i> remembers how you played each deal and what your results were. In this way you can track your progress and go back and review deals that gave you trouble. It also remembers your color preferences and display options. If more than one person uses the program, their results and preferences are remembered separately.
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<i>Bridge Master</i> contains extensive online help. You will find the program so easy to use, however, that documentation is almost unnecessary.
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<i>The Standard Edition of Bridge Master 2000</i> comes with 180 lesson deals, 36 on each of the 5 levels of difficulty. When you have finished with the deals that come with Bridge Master , hundreds of refill deals are available on all skill levels.
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<i>Bridge Master</i> is endorsed by many of the world's best bridge players including:
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<li>Billy Eisenberg
<li>Benito Garazzo
<li>Bobby Goldman
<li>Bob Hamman
<li>Eric Kokish
<li>Mike Lawrence
<li>Zia Mahmood
<li>Jeff Meckstroth
<li>Eric Rodwell
<li>Kit Woolsey
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<i>Bridge Master</i> is the only software product that Audrey Grant, North America's top bridge teacher, is willing to recommend her students. Warren Buffett, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation and one of America's leading businessmen, is also an avid <i>Bridge Master</i> user.
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Regardless of your level of bridge ability, Bridge Master is certain to improve your game.
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<b>System Requirements</b><br>
PC or PC compatible computer with Windows operating system; 3MB free hard disk space; CDROM drive; 8MB RAM; at least 800x600 screen resolution.http://www.lybrary.com/bridge-master-2000-standard-edition-p-617.htmlhttp://www.lybrary.com/bridge-master-2000-standard-edition-p-617.htmlSat, 13 Mar 2010 23:00:00 EST