Bridge: Defence in Depth How to Beat Cast-Iron Contracts

by Hoffman, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780713481853
• ISBN10: 0713481854
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-30
• Publisher: Batsford

Summary

A reprint of a classic Faber title which looks at how the defender should analyse the hand, how to create a picture of the unseen 26 cards and how to work out a plausible layout which will allow the contract to be defeated. Defence is a partnership game, but Martin argues that sophisticated signalling is not necessary for success; one can often work out the layout without such help. Martin Hoffman is one of the world's leading players with a reputation for excellent card play. The late Terence Reese was a World Champion who was regarded as the world's leading writer.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(3)
Acknowledgements	10	(3)
PART I: DEALS 1--31
Good Start	13	(2)
A Matter of Tempo	15	(2)
A Trifle Odd	17	(2)
Choice of Twelve	19	(2)
Confirming the Message	21	(2)
Don't Even Think	23	(2)
Double Dummy Line	25	(2)
Early Entry	27	(2)
Breaking Up	29	(2)
Easier in the Long Suit	31	(2)
End of Dream	33	(2)
Free Choice	35	(2)
Alternative Plan	37	(2)
Hardly the Form	39	(2)
Hobson's Choice	41	(2)
Hound Dog	43	(2)
In Touch	45	(2)
Little Credit	47	(2)
Look for the Exit	49	(2)
No Chance to Run	51	(2)
No Guess	53	(2)
On Your Own	55	(2)
Not Classical	57	(2)
No Perturbation	59	(2)
Protection Needed	61	(2)
Reversing the Trend	63	(2)
Special Selection	65	(2)
Summer Comes Early	67	(2)
Twelve On Top?	69	(2)
Welcome Find	71	(2)
Why Wait?	73	(4)
PART II: DEALS 32-65
A Push	77	(2)
Beginners, Too	79	(2)
Chance for Folly	81	(2)
Delayed Action	83	(2)
Diamond Cutting	85	(2)
Early Error	87	(2)
Four Into Three	89	(2)
Funny But True	91	(2)
Gallant Try	93	(2)
Hollow Sound	95	(2)
If Not, Why Not?	97	(2)
Killing Time	99	(2)
Last Word	101	(2)
Loose Wheel	103	(2)
Minor Role	105	(2)
No Assistance	107	(2)
Not a Compliment	109	(2)
Not Such an Easy Discard	111	(2)
Oddly Enough	113	(2)
Offer the Chance	115	(2)
One Why to Game	117	(2)
Second Test	119	(2)
Shock Treatment	121	(2)
Slight Flaw	123	(2)
Small Trap	125	(2)
Something Special	127	(2)
Special Gift	129	(2)
The Reason Why	131	(2)
The Wind Blows	133	(2)
Through the Slips	135	(2)
Too Confident	137	(2)
Well Timed Offer	139	(2)
Why the Duck?	141	(2)
Idiot's Delight	143