Bøker av Eddie Kantar

Try a hand at bridge and outsmart your opponents Bridge is the most popular card game in the world and, as any player will tell you, is simply the best card game ever.

Twenty years ago world bridge champion Eddie Kantar distilled his bridge wisdom into a trilogy of books for the intermediate player. He believes that anyone who absorbs even a fraction of them will improve his or her game by at least 25%. For this new edition, the tips have been revised and updated, and a number of new tips have been added.

Second edition, revised and updated. Twenty years ago, Kantar set about distilling his bridge wisdom into a trilogy of books for the intermediate player, one each on Bidding, Play and Defense. Each consisted of several hundred short Tips, and the author believes that any reader who absorbs even a fraction of them will improve his or her game by at least 25%. The Tips in this book have been completely revised and updated by the author in the light of modern bidding, and a number of new tips have been added. Eddie Kantar (Santa Monica, CA) is one of the most popular and prolific bridge writers in the world. A winner of two World Championships, and a member of the Bridge Hall of Fame, his many books include Modern Bridge Defense, Advanced Bridge Defense, the hilarious Kantar on Kontract, and of course, Roman Keycard Blackwood. His work appears regularly in many bridge magazines around the world. "There is abundant new material in this second edition. I can't think of any basic defensive topic that is not covered. It is an ideal primer: complete, succinct, entertaining and witty."- Bruce Altshuler, The Bridge World

Selecting the best line of play in a bridge hand as declarer is not easy. In this book of novice to intermediate bridge problems, Eddie Kantar shows the reader how to do this - there is always a line of play that will allow you to take all your chances, and bring home your contract.

Drawing on the author's array of personal bridge experiences, this text features a selection of amusing stories that poke fun at top experts, and chronicle the bids and plays the players hoped would never come to light.

This text covers the more complex concepts of bridge defence for the modern novice player. Topics covered include drawing inferences, planning strategy, counting, falsecards and deceptive plays, creating defensive trump tricks, and lead-directing doubles.

Whether you''re an advanced beginner, an intermediate or an advanced player, this valuable book can help you win more frequently and gain greater personal satisfaction from contract bridge. This is a book on the play of hands, full of wise counsel; it will entertain experts and help them teach others.EDDIE KANTAR (Santa Monica, CA) is one of the most popular and prolific bridge writers in the world. A winner of two World Championships, and a member of the Bridge Hall of Fame, his many books include Modern Bridge Defense, Advanced Bridge Defense, the hilarious Kantar on Kontract, and of course, Roman Keycard Blackwood. His work appears regularly in many bridge magazines around the world.