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Take All Your Chances at Bridge was published in 2009 and has already been reprinted twice. It won the American Bridge Teachers 2010 Book of the Year Award for best intermediate-level book. In this sequel, Kantar presents another collection of play...

These wonderful agreements and gadgets turn your everyday bidding system into something personal, something that fits the exact style that you and your partner want to play. And now you can choose from some seventy expert-level ideas to add to your...

Short and full of practical examples, each book in the 'Bridge Technique Series' takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and...

INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME Starting and Finding A Game; What You ll Need; Running Your Home Game; Home Poker Etiquette; Basic Poker Strategy and Tactics; Home Poker Tournaments; House Games as a Business. Spits, buys, wild cards, royalties, sides bets,...

Inspired by both Daniel Defoe's 'A Journal of the Plague Year' (1722) and 'The King', an anthology of the witty and provocative chess columns of the Dutch Grandmaster, Jan Hein Donner, Ray Keene here collects his thoughts and writings on the year 2020 -...

After Alekhine's death as incumbent world chess champion in 1946, the chess world entered a period of interregnum where no grandmaster could legitimately claim the title as his own. The first great post-war tournament was that at Groningen in Holland...

London 1922 was the greatest tournament held in the capital of the British Empire since Emanuel Lasker won an historic double-rounder there in 1899. Now the old world of Edwardian niceties had been swept away by four years of carnage on European...

Dr. Samantha Punch has interviewed many of the world's top bridge personalities. The players discuss their approach to the game, including subjects such as improving your game, coping with mistakes and emotions, how to become a good partner in a...

FINDING A BRIDGE-PLAYING GIRLFRIENDThis book describes the bridge adventures of a typical young bachelor, Jack O’Hearts. If truth be told, he bears some similarity to each of the authors, when they were that age.Reviews of the first edition of...

A Complete ApproachThis book is designed as a ready-made complete system for the tournament player. The system framework is 2/1, which is laid bare in the first part of the book. Then comes the author's choice of conventions and methods to cover all...

This collection of 100 problems features instructive deals that have appeared in David Bird's bridge columns over the past few years. The author has aimed to present problems that will give you a good chance of finding the solution. They illustrate a...

BRIDGE IN THE 24th CENTURYDecades after the adventures of Captain James T Quirk and the crew of the USS Competitor, we now follow the next generation of bridge crusaders as they traverse the universe. Led by Captain Jonathan Lucian Pillar III, the...

Clubs, hearts, spades and diamonds are the four suits of any card game. But Can(Am)asta is no ordinary card game. It combines Canadian rules with American rules, and leads to a whole lot of fun for anyone who embraces the competitive spirit that comes...

Estimado lector: Este pequeño libro pretende introducirte en el arte del pensamiento del buen ajedrecista, que logra mediante el manejo de sus recursos el triunfo o la derrota, el primero te dará la satisfacción de haber vencido, la segunda el ímpetu...

"CLASSIC CARD GAMES - A BAKER'S DOZEN" TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY EXPLORING THE WORLD OF POPULAR CARD GAMES JOE ANDREWS, WILL BE YOUR GUIDE.

World-renowned game designer Reiner Knizia is the master of simple game rules that create fun and enjoyment for people of all ages. In this book of fifteen original card games, he reveals how to use ordinary playing cards in a number of novel new...

"¿Preparación para torneos? Antes de unirme a un torneo, duermo mucho, si puedo. Es el único método de preparación para torneos que conozco."(H.N. Pillsbury)

Texas Hold-em Made Easy was developed after many years of experience playing on-line as well as in local tournaments.  It is a numbers-based approach similar to what Charles Gorem created in the early 1900's for the game of bridge.  It outlines...

The seminal work of the Cuban genius who repeated the exploits of Morphy, suddenly bursting onto the European scene and annihilating the great masters who had hitherto dominated the international arena. This book captures the magic of Capablanca's early...

Are you bored with playing it safe in the opening? Had enough of developing your pieces sensibly, aiming to control the centre and getting your king castled? Do you yearn to tear the opposition apart in the style of the great 19th century masters?...

The French Defence is a classical opening that has featured in the repertoire of many elite grandmasters. Black generally concedes a slight spacial disadvantage early but in return gains a sound structure and middlegame opportunities to undermine the...

Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, Mastering the Opening by Byron Jacobs and Mastering the Middlegame by Angus Dunnington in one volume. These books are ideal for keen club players who want to improve and are seeking to better their...

"To be passive... is fatal to the beginner or medium player - such players must be aggressive. He must attack, because only in that way can he develop his imagination, which is a very important thing." This quote comes, perhaps surprisingly, from José...

Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess, such as strategy, attack, defence, opening play, endgames, off-board preparation and mental attitude. In each book the author chooses and deeply...

Brought together in one volume as part of Everyman Chess's series of compilation books: Play the Najdorf: Scheveningen Style by John Emms and Play the King's Indian: A complete Repertoire for Black in this most dynamic of openings by Joe Gallagher. The...

Three classic titles from the Everyman Chess Starting Out Series in one volume. Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Accepted by Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik; Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined by Neil McDonald; Starting: Slav Semi Slav by Glenn...

Two books from the Chess Secrets series brought together in one volume. Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess: strategy, attack, classical play, opening play, endgames and preparation. In...

Three brilliant books from Everyman Chess brought together in one volume. The Masters: Alexander Alekhine, Master of Attack; The Masters: Boris Spassky, Master of Initiative; The Masters: Mikhail Tal, Tactical Genius By Alexander Raetsky and Maxim...

In this two volume book, published together for the first time, opening expert Nigel Davies produces a complete repertoire which is certainly not for the fainted-hearted: uncompromising and wild attacking ideas for both colours. The first volume deals...

Two books from the Chess Secrets series brought together in one volume. Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess: strategy, attack, classical play, opening play, endgames and preparation. In...

Three classic titles from the Everyman Chess Starting Out Series in one volume.Starting Out: Pawn Endgames by Glenn Flear. Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames by John Emms. Starting Out: Rook Endgames by Chris Ward. Endgames involving only kings and pawns...

Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, Play the Grunfeld by Yelena Dembo and Play the Sicilian Kan by Johann Hellsten, brought together in one volume The Grünfeld is an exciting and dynamic answer to 1 d4, and has become very popular at all...

The Journey Continues...Those who have read Crocs on Squeeze Play Volume One will know what to expect with this one: another fantastical leap into the world of squeeze play, this time with a bit more kick.Volume One introduced many new concepts and it is...

 Bridge is BeautifulDo you like squeeze play? Do you like complicated endings? Do you like bridge? Then look no further: this is the book for you.From the mind of a junior bridge player comes a new book designed to challenge the norm: a book that...

KEEP IT SIMPLEStrong club bidding systems dominated the world of bridge until a few decades ago. The reason? The system thinks for you, the experts say. The experts are right: if you stick to the rules, the system leads you effortlessly to the right...

I’ve Got Your Back!Nothing is scarier than not knowing what to expect—as we all know, knowledge is power. I’m here to inform you, encourage you and help you (and your partner) help yourselves. Use this book as a way to get into the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

Sei nuovo nel gioco degli scacchi? Hai già delle conoscenze ma non sai come migliorarle?Ti interessano le strategie di apprendimento, i segreti e le tattiche vincenti?Che tu sia un principiante o un giocatore esperto non importa, nel primo caso sarai...

***Short-listed for the English Chess Federation 2024 Book of the Year Prize!!***The second volume of Elk and Ruby's treatise on Viktor Korchnoi, penned by FM Hans Renette and IM Tibor Karolyi, covers the period 1969-1980. This encompasses Korchnoi's...

International Master Maxim Chetverik’s book covers the Bogo-Indian Defense which is normally arrived at after the moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+. This book additionally covers Catalan-Bogo hybrids, in particular, the Bogo response to the Catalan...

International Master Maxim Chetverik has written an in-depth study of one of the most popular choices by white in the Queen’s Indian Defense – the main line with 4.g3, where white fianchettoes his bishop. This line is often seen at top-level...

Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just a bishop and...

In life-and-death situations and during the sharp skirmishes that arise in the middle game, brute-force analysis is usually required. However, intuition also plays a role in your ability to instantly find the key move that turns the position in your...

This book is the third volume of the series The Road Map toShodan. Part One is intended as an introduction to the topic of life anddeath, aimed at players who have just learned the rules. However, it shouldalso be useful for players up to 5-kyu or for...

A Fatal Blow is a skirmish game of miniature combat between individual warriors, fighters and knights. Fatal Blow is designed to be a fast playing but intriguing game of battle between fantasy and medieval era warriors.To most...

BECOME A BETTER DECLARER - AND EDDIE KANTAR PROMISES IT WILL BE RELATIVELY PAINLESS!The problems in this book are not for experts - they are, however, for those whose ambition is to become better bridge players. They involve the everyday cardplay...

To discover which opening lead is best from a given West hand against a particular auction, the authors use computer software to generate 5000 deals that match the North-South bidding. (The West hand remains the same and the other three hands are chosen...