Glory Of Notrump: World-Class Bridge in Action - Couverture souple

Thomas, John Sheridan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1426976348 ISBN 13 : 9781426976346

Editeur : Trafford Publishing P.O.D., 2011

Synopsis

"Glory of Notrump" shows you how to win bridge tournaments or to excel at rubber bridge by bidding and playing superior notrump contracts when most others are playing in suit strains. It describes how world-class experts bid and played notrump contracts in championship tournaments, including the Bermuda Bowl, the Venice Cup the World Team Olympiad, and others. "Glory of Notrump" was written by John Sheridan Thomas, author ot "Standard American 21", the book that has become the gold standard for modern rubber bridge players.

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Biographie de l'auteur

John Sheridan Thomas devoted most of his professional career to management consulting, as an associate with Booz, Allen and Hamilton New York, N.Y. then as a partner of Devonshire Associates, Cambridge, M.A. He is the author of the widely acclaimed "So Mr. Mayor, You Want to Improve Productivity. . .", published in 1974 by the National Commission on Productivity in cooperation with the Ford Foundation. Mr. Thomas has been a casual bridge player since the 1950's, but 15 years ago he began to study the game in depth, becoming a bridge teacher (accredited by the American Bridge Teachers Association and the American Contract Bridge League) and club director. Many of the bidding methods embodied in Standard American 21 were tested an validated through application of probability statistics and analysis of millions of random deals (computer-assisted of course - a tool not available when Goren and his contemporaries worked out bidding rules on table napkins). Consequently he was the first bridge authority to: Recognize the explicit value of a good five-card suit to notrump contacts. Define more precise sequences to exploit the full potential of five-card majors. Quantify the large advantage weak two bids have over their predecessors, the strong two openers and strong jump overalls. Mr. Thomas authored a variety of bridge articles published in A.B.T.A. Quarterly and in Bridge Today, and he is the editor of Bridge Snaps, an e-mail publication of bridge tips and humor. Here in Standard American 21 he presents an integrated bidding system built upon Goren's basics of 50 years ago, bringing together the best and most widely recognized innovations since then. This contemporary bidding system is in some ways simpler than the earlier standard, and in a great many ways more precise.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Trafford Publishing P.O.D.
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1426976348
• ISBN 13: 9781426976346
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 164
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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