Deceptive Card Play

Author: David Bird
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781894154253
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
"The Bridge Technique Series is designed to take the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Each book of the series focuses on a different topic, and wherever possible the tactics and strategy are considered from the point of view of both declarer and defenders. During the play of the hand, declarer and defenders both have opportunities to use the cards they play to conceal their exact holdings from the opposition. It is possible to disrupt defenders' signaling, to mislead the opponents about strength or weakness in a suit, and even to persuade the defense to give you information."--Back cover

The Whist Reference Book

Author: William Mill Butler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Whist
Languages : en
Pages : 878

Book Description

The Bridge World's Test Your Play

Author: Jeff Rubens
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781894154437
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
Perhaps the world's most prestigious bridge magazine, 'The Bridge World' each month features a column entitled 'Test Your Play', which consists of two difficult problems in declarer play for readers to solve. In this book, Jeff Rubens has collected some of his favourite hands from this column, and presents them as a compendium for those who like a serious intellectual challenge. There is a steady market for problem books of this kind and this collection is guaranteed to be of high quality.

Reading the Cards

Author: David Bird
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781894154345
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
Intended for intermediate players, these three books complete a twelve-book series that takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Each book is short and full of practical examples, and end-of-chapter quizzes reinforce the concepts. The series will appeal to beginners who are anxious to improve in stages, and to more experienced players who want to improve their knowledge of a specific aspect of card play.

Squeezes Made Simple

Author: David Bird
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781894154321
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
"Many players go through life thinking that squeeze play is complex, esoteric, and certainly beyond their capabilities. This book demonstrates that basic squeeze play is within anyone's grasp, and that even double squeezes are not unthinkable. Finally, the authors discuss how a defender can avoid being squeezed--a topic that has rarely received much ink."--Back cover

Safety Plays

Author: David Bird
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781894154192
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
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 defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. At this price, what bridge player could stand not to have all twelve?

Tricks with Trumps

Author: David Bird
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781894154185
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
"The Bridge Technique Series is designed to take the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Each book of the series focuses on a different topic, and wherever possible the tactics and strategy are considered from the point of view of both declarer and defenders. This book covers the fundamental strategies available for developing extra tricks in the trump suit for both declarer and the defense. Topics covered include dummy reversal, the trump coup (and how to defend against it), the en passant play, trump promotions and uppercuts on defense, the fight for trump control, and unusual positions such as the smother play and the Devil's Coup."--Back cover

Play Or Defend?

Author: Julian Pottage
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781894154550
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 148

Book Description
This is an unusual problem book in the style of Diosy's There Must Be a Way, in that the reader is shown all four hands and asked whether declarer or defense should prevail with best play. A fascinating challenge for the advancing player.

HOW TO CHEAT AT CARDS

Author: DANIEL MADISON
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244704155
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description

Intelligent Systems

Author: André Britto
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030917029
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 564

Book Description
The two-volume set LNAI 13073 and 13074 constitutes the proceedings of the 10th Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems, BRACIS 2021, held in São Paolo, Brazil, in November-December 2021. The total of 77 papers presented in these two volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 192 submissions.The contributions are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Agent and Multi-Agent Systems, Planning and Reinforcement Learning; Evolutionary Computation, Metaheuristics, Constrains and Search, Combinatorial and Numerical Optimization, Knowledge Representation, Logic and Fuzzy Systems; Machine Learning and Data Mining. Part II: Multidisciplinary Artificial and Computational Intelligence and Applications; Neural Networks, Deep Learning and Computer Vision; Text Mining and Natural Language Processing. Due to the COVID-2019 pandemic, BRACIS 2021 was held as a virtual event.