Tim Bourke: 10 books

Test your notrump play! This book is designed to accompany Planning the Play in Notrump, Book 7 in the Bridge Technique series.This is a book of problems that will test your knowledge of the basic principles of playing notrump contracts, and the tactics available for developing extra tricks. The topics...

Test your card reading! This book is designed to accompany Reading the Cards, Book 10 in the Bridge Technique series.It sometimes seems that expert players are able to see through the backs of the cards! Their finesses win more often, and they choose unerringly between alternative lines of play. There...

Test your defensive play! This book is designed to accompany Planning in Defense, Book 11 in the Bridge Technique series.Why should you want to polish your defensive technique? There are two very good reasons. The first is that it is the hardest aspect of the game. Even expert defenders have to work...

Test your squeeze play! This book is designed to accompany Squeezes Made Simple in the Bridge Technique series. It will give you the opportunity to test your declarer play on hands that involve a specific technique - here, the simple squeeze.The term "simple" squeeze merely means that only one opponent...

Test your safety play! This book is designed to accompany Safety Plays, Book 3 in the Bridge Technique series.Why should you want to polish your safety play technique? There are two very good reasons. The first is that by applying them at the table, you will make more contracts than you did before. A...

Test your deceptive play! This book is designed to accompany Deceptive Card Play, Book 5 in the Bridge Technique series.Why should you want to polish your technique in the area of deception? There are two very good reasons: first, give your opponents a chance to wrong and they will often take it! The...

Test your defensive play! This book is designed to accompany Planning in Defense, Book 11 in the Bridge Technique series.Defending a bridge contract is not an easy business. No part of the game requires more attention, hard work, and clear thinking. Is it worth the effort? Certainly, if you like to win...

Test your declarer play! This book, which concentrates on endplays and trump coups, is one of several collections of problems designed to accompany the Bridge Technique series.Why should you want to polish your endgame technique? There are two very good reasons. The first is that many of these plays...

Test your avoidance play! This book is designed to accompany the Bridge Technique series.The term "avoidance play" may seem intimidating, but in fact it means no more than preventing a particular defender from gaining the lead. You may think there is nothing particularly difficult about this, but of...

Test your declarer play! This book is designed to accompany Entry Management, Book 1 in the Bridge Technique series.Why should you want to polish your entry management technique? There are two very good reasons. The first is that it is often relatively easy play to control your entry situation. Often...