Master Point Press: 59 books

Eric Rodwell's contributions to bidding theory are well-known, but in these ground-breaking books he reveals for the first time his unique approach to the play of the cards.First, he describes and explains the process for deciding on a line of play using concepts such as +L positions, tightropes, trick...

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...

For most intermediate bridge players declarer play is both fascinating and challenging but too often they are left after a hand is over with the sinking feeling that they could have done better. In this book acclaimed British author Danny Roth takes his readers through the most common causes of errors...

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...

In this quiz book, the well-known author, Danny Roth, has compiled a set of challenges that will test readers' ability as a declarer, and at the same time, introduce some stratagems that may be unfamiliar. The hands are tougher than those in Focus on Declarer Play, and they are not presented in the same...

Based on the best-selling book 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know, "part 3: Sophisticated Stuff" includes the following conventions:Chapter 18: LebensohlChapter 19: Reverse DruryChapter 20: Roman Key Card BlackwoodChapter 21: Fourth-suit forcingChapter 22: New minor forcingChapter 23: Ogust responses...

The original Pocket Guide to Bridge has sold more than 30000 copies since it was published in 2002. Thousands of bridge players have found it an indispensable and handy guide to bidding something that can be tucked into a purse or pocket and easily used as a reference at the table during lessons and...

Using the same format as The Pocket Guide to Bridge this book will provide a handy pocket summary of a number of popular bidding conventions. In a concise but readable manner it summarizes the ideas presented in 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know from the same author team a book that is now the bestselling bridge title of the last 50 years (almost 150000 copies sold in four languages).

Bridge Today Digest recently celebrated its first anniversary (and 100th issue) as an Internet-based "bridge-zine". It is renowned for its practical advice its wonderful bridge stories and the wry humor and personal touch of its editors. For this collection they have selected the very best pieces from...