Playing Defense

This book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the rules for defense. The various subjects contain rules for how to defend against a long suit, when and how to ruff, how to defend against a squeeze play or an endplay, when and how to duck, when to play second hand high or third hand low, how to play from E, when to underlead your ace, how to discard and to deceive, how to defend against a Notrump contract, how to signal, and how to lead. Under each subject, there are numerous examples of how to handle each rule of defense.