Pattaya Bridge Club Library

the library contents was last updated 24-Jan-2008                             You may view the file in pdf format if you wish or else download the Word Doc file for printing.           The Pattaya Bridge Club has a fairly decent library (over 150 books) and a few CD's, DVD's etc. Members are invited to borrow items free of charge. I usually have a few random books and magazines at the club, please let me know if you wish to borrow any particular book. If you own any books that you no longer need, we will always gladly accept donations. Thank you Carol Combes, Peter Lux, Joe, John Gavens, Bob Peletier, Ole Dam, Cheryl/Don, Richard Mullins and a few others (my memory is fading) who have indeed donated books and magazines.                             Bridge games, DVDs etc.           (2 DVD set) - Running time: 4.5 hours. Experience the drama of the 2004 Bridge Olympiad in Istanbul. The double DVDs are packed with interviews, analysis, predictions and panel discussions, as well as featuring many key boards in the main matches. See how the English teams and the defending champions got on in this 4 1/2 hour epic production. Presented by ZIa Mahmood and Sabine Auken, with commentary on the play by David Bird. For use on any DVD player, produced in a multi-region format which can be played worldwide.           PLAY BRIDGE with Zia - DVD   Based on the TV television series. An excellent DVD for beginners                     OMAR BRIDGE Play Bridge with Omar Sharif in 3D! Fantastic enhanced imagery allows you to play exciting Bridge and really feel as though you are sitting at the table with the masters! Advanced artificial intelligence brings you strong opponents to pit your wits against. With an in-depth tutorial the game is suitable for beginners and experts alike. Allow yourself to be guided through the subleties of the world's most challenging card game. You are provided with 72 AI opponts. Play them in duplicate teamplay events in the club, and then go on to complete in the major Pairs tournament! SHARIF 3D   PC CD Features include:     - Internet play option - Supports ACOL, 5-card majors - Automatic scoring and explanations at the . end of each hand. - Load/save hand for later study. - Suitable for beginners and experts.                           Bridge Baron is a five-time winner of the world computer bridge championship & the only program top-ranked by the ACBL. The Pattaya Bridge club has version 15 if you wish to borrow it. Click on the picture to learn about the features of Bridge Baron.             Jack is the four times World Champion Computer Bridge of 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. Bridge players from all over the world welcomed it's exceptional bidding and playing strength. Praised for it's user friendlyness and extensive possibilities. Jack is developed by bridge players for bridge players. Jack's possibilities far exceed those of all other bridge playing programs. Since it's introduction, only a few years ago, Jack is welcomed by bridge players from all over the world for it's exceptional bidding and playing strength. To other bridge programs Jack is a source of inspiration in the search for new features.                       An excellent interactive CD by Michael Lawrence           The Master Solvers' Club   Match your wits with a panel of the world's best bridge players as you solve hundreds of difficult bridge problems from the most popular bridge magazine in history.                             Bridge Books                       Title   Author                 Lion of the North   Albert Benjamin                   Better Bidding With Bergen vol 1   Marty Bergen                 Better Bidding With Bergen vol 2 - competitive bidding   Marty Bergen                 Marty Sez… Vol 2   Marty Bergen                 Marty Sez… Vol 3   Marty Bergen                 Understanding 1NT forcing   Marty Bergen                   Negative Doubles for Acol Players   Marty Bergen with Tim Bourke                   52 Great bridge Tips   David Bird                   Beaten by the Masters   David Bird                 Bridge card play made easy   David Bird                 Having Nun, partner?   David Bird                 Robin Hood's bridge memoirs   David Bird                 Bridge for Money   David Bird & Martin Hoffman                   Secrets of Expert Defence   David Bird & Tony Forrester                   Famous bridge records   David Bird & Nikos Sarantakos                   Blackwood on Slams   Easley Blackwood                   The 2 nd Bols book of bridge tips   Andre Boekhorst                 Maastrict Challenge ( very advanced )   Tim Bourke                   Imagination and technique in bridge   Tim Bourke & Martin Hoffman                   Hocus-Pocus   Erwin Brecher                   More Hocus-Pocus   Erwin Brecher                   Focus on Hocus-Pocus (Bridge & Chess problems)   Erwin Brecher & Danny Roth                 Bridge with Brunner - Acol Bidding for Improvers   Michelle Brunner                 Bridge Quiz - Bidding   Bidding Raymond & Sally Brock                   Bridge Quiz – Club Player's quiz   Raymond & Sally Brock                   Bridge Quiz – Defence   Raymond & Sally Brock                 Bridge Quiz – Slam Play   Raymond & Sally Brock                 Expert Tuition for Tournament bridge   Raymond & Sally Brock                   The best of Gray (Country Life bridge)   Raymond Brock                 The complete book of Bols bridge tips   Sally Brock                   Defensive plays   Sally Brock                   Fit for a King   Sally Brock & Barry Rigal                   No-Trump Bidding   Sally Brock & Mike Wemble                   How to survive your 1 st bridge tournament   David Burn                   Tales from the Bridge table   John Clay                 Following the Law   Larry Cohen                   Bridge below the belt   Larry Cohen & Liz Davis                   Play Bridge With the Aces   Ira Corn Jr                   Precision Bidding in Acol   Eric Crowhurst                   Acol in Competition   Eric Crowhurst                   Acol Index   Eric Crowhurst                 Right Through the Pack   R Darvas & N de V.Hart               A classic title, this book consists of 52 hands, each one told by a different card in the pack. There are squeezes, trump coups and any number of ploys. Elegantly written and surprisingly advanced for its time. It underlines that while bidding has advanced by leaps and bounds in sophistication over the past 50 years, declarer play of the highest standard was very much in evidence half a century ago.                 Standard bidding with SAYC   Ned Downey & Ellen Pomer                   The Winning Edge   Jeremy Flint                 Daily telegraph – winning bridge at home   Tony Forrester                   Bridge Players Bedside Book   Tony Forrester                   Secrets of success   Tony Forrester                   Modern (?) bidding systems in bridge (1973!)   G.C.H Fox                   Bridge Conventions in Depth   M & P Granovetter                 At the Table   Bob Hamman                 Standard Bridge Bidding for the 21 st Century   Max Hardy                 Advanced Bridge Bidding for the 21 st Century   Max Hardy                   2 over 1 game force: Introduction   Max Hardy                   2 over 1 game force: Quiz Book Max   Max Hardy                   Bridge Director's Companion   Larry Harris                   Helgemo's World of Bridge   Geir Helgemo                 Easy Guide to bridge   Alan & Maureen Hiron                 Defence in Depth   Martin Hoffman                 The Wei of Good Bridge The Wei to Good Bridge   Martin Hoffman & Kathie W-S                 Learn from the STARS   Mark Horton & Tony Sowter                   Bridge Conventions - responding to 2NT   Sally Horton                   Double Trouble   Sally Horton                   Plan the Play   Dave Huggett & Stephen Cashmore                   Building a Bidding System   Roy Hughes                 More bedside bridge   edited by Elena Jeronimidis                   Bridge Conventions   Edwin Kantar                 Test Your bridge Play – vol 2   Edwin Kantar                 Topics in declarer play at Bridge   Edwin Kantar                   Roman Key card Blackwood – 4 th edition (advanced)   Edwin Kantar                 The King's tales   Phillip & Robert King                 The new King's tales   Phillip & Robert King                   Play it again, Slam   Phillip & Robert King                   The No Trump Zone   Danny Kleinman                   Bid Better, much better after 1 No Trump   Ron Klinger                 Bridge Conventions for You   Ron Klinger                   Cue Bidding to Slams   Ron Klinger                   The Power of Shape   Ron Klinger                 Play with the champions   Ron Klinger                 Practical Slam Bidding   Ron Klinger                   Ron Klinger answers your bridge queries   Ron Klinger                   When to Bid, When to Pass   Ron Klinger                   Understanding the contested auction   Ron Klinger & Andrew Kambites                 Double!   Mike Lawrence                 DONT - Double Opponent's No Trump   Mike Lawrence                 The complete book on overcalls   Mike Lawrence                   Past Hand Bidding   Mike Lawrence                   The Lebensohl Convention   Mike Lawrence                   Workbook on the Two Over One System   Mike Lawrence                   Bridge Classic and Modern Conventions :   Magnus Lindkvist                   vol 1 - Natural suit openings and continuations …           vol 2 - Strong ♣, 1NT openings, and continuations …           vol 3 - High level opening bids …           vol 4 - Competitive bidding                     Bridge For Beginners (Acol)   Zia Mahmood                 Ask Zia   Zia Mahmood & David Burn                   Common-sense Bridge   Rixi Markus                   Introduction to bridge Paul Marston   Paul Marston                   The language of bidding   Paul Marston                   The principles of card play   Paul Marston                   Bridge for Complete Beginners   Paul Mendelson                 Bridge in the Menagerie   Victor Mollo               First of the famous series of humorous tales featuring the cast of characters invented by the prolific bridge author Victor Mollo. The stories revolve around bridge at the Griffins Club, and feature the doings of the hapless but fortunate Rueful Rabbit, Papa the Greek and his permanent nemesis, the odious but brilliant Hideous Hog. Still funny and instructive 40 years after its first publication.                 Bridge in the 4 th Dimension   Victor Mollo                 Bridge in the 5 th Dimension   Victor Mollo (with the Kings)                 Destiny at bay   Victor Mollo                 Murder in the Menagerie   Victor Mollo (with the Kings)                 Winning Bridge in the Menagerie   Victor Mollo (with the Kings)                 You need never lose at bridge   Victor Mollo                   Diamonds are the Hog's best Friends   Victor Mollo           (Edited by Ole Dam)                 Card Play technique   Victor Mollo & Nico Gardener               This was one of the first books to explore in depth the secrets of declarer play. Written by the founder of the London School of Bridge and the prolific author Victor Mollo, it is a clear and lucid guide to the main principles of card play. By definition card play technique hardly dates, so the book is as valid today as it was when it first appeared in the late 1950s. Often mentioned as an influential source of inspiration by leading European players in the 1960s and 1970s.                 Step by Step Pre-empts   Alan Mould                   Major Suit Raises – the Scanian Way   Nilsland & Wirgren                 Conventional Bidding Explained   Freddie North                   Masterpieces of Declarer Play   Julian Pottage                   The Golden Rules of Constructive Bidding   Julian Pottage & Marc Smith                   The Golden Rules of Declarer play   Julian Pottage & Marc Smith                           The definitive guide to (Strong)...   Terrence Quested     ... No Trump bidding, Stayman and transfers                   "The Definitive to (Strong) No Trump Bidding, Stayman and Transfers". The most advanced bridge book on No Trump bidding ever written. It's 260 pages and every conceivable sequence in an uninterrupted sequence starting with 1NT is covered. All of the common conventions such as 4-way Jacoby Transfers and all of the sequences after Stayman are described in detail. It also contains many new conventions including Quest transfers (these supersede Smolen), Shape Asking Relays After Stayman (SARS), Stayman Super Accepts, Advanced Stayman In Doubt (ASID), Ambiguous Splinters, Broken Suit Transfers and many, many more. A must have book for anyone from club to advanced level.                   Pattaya Bridge Club Yearbook 2003   Terrence Quested                   The expert game   Terence Reese                   The successor to Reese on Play , The Expert Game takes the reader further into the byways of advanced play. Among other sections, it features one of the first expositions of the Principle of Restricted Choice, the counterintuitive notion that the odds in certain suit combinations can change dramatically if a player plays a touching card from two honours.  Like all Reese's books, it can be read and reread for profit.                   The game of bridge   Terence Reese                 Play bridge with Reese   Terence Reese               One of a series of “over the shoulder” books in which Terence Reese, whom many would still regard as the most incisive bridge author of all time, describes his thinking as he bids and plays a succession of hands. Will open the eyes of any player who is looking to progress from the status of average to more advanced player. Recently reissued in a new edition.                   Story of an Accusation   Terence Reese                   All you need to know about PLAY   Terence Reese & David Bird                   Doubled and Venerable (Monks of St. Titus)   Terence Reese & David Bird                   Famous Bidding Decisions   Terence Reese & David Bird                   Make a start at bridge   Terence Reese & David Bird                   Naturals v Scientists   Terence Reese & David Bird                   Squeeze play made easy   Terence Reese & P Jourdain                   Precision System   Terence Reese & C.C.Wei                   Deception in defence   Barry Rigal                   Deceptive declarer play   Barry Rigal                   Test Your bridge Judgement   Barry Rigal                 Bridge, Zia and Me   Rosenburg                   Godfrey's Stairways to the Stars   George Rosenkranz & Philip Alder                   The Expert Improver   Danny Roth                   Focus on Bidding   Danny Roth                   Groundwork in Play and Defence   Danny Roth                 Why Women Win at Bridge   Danny Roth                   Amazing Book of bridge   Brian Senior                   Balancing after 1-level openings   Brian Senior                   Conventions Today   Brian Senior                   Directing a Club Duplicate   Brian Senior                   43 rd Generali – European Championships 1997, Montecatini   Brian Senior                 Hand Evaluation in bridge   Brian Senior                   It's Your Call   Brian Senior                   Play these hands with Brian Senior   Brian Senior                   Roman Key Card Blackwood   Brian Senior                   1991 European Championships, Killarney , Ireland   Brian Senior & John Elliott                   Bermuda Bowl – All the best deals   Brian Senior & Henry Francis                 The Times book of Bridge 2   Robert Sheehan                   Het Moderne Acol   Cees Sint &       [Dutch Acol (strong NT)] written in Dutch   Ton Schipperheyn                   Improve your defence   Tony Sowter                 Opening leads in bridge   Tony Sowter                   The Takeout Double   Tony Sowter                   Contract Bridge Card Play Technique   Norman Squire                   25 steps to learning two-over-one   Paul Thurston                   Practical bridge endings   Chien-Hwa Wang                 The Play of the Hand   Louis H. Watson                   The Official Encyclopaedia of Bridge 1984                       The Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge 1987                       World bridge Championships 1990 – Geneva           World bridge Championships 1991 – Yokohama                       EBU Yearbook 2002-2003           EBU Yearbook 2003-2004                                       The how to play bridge series: -                     It's Your Lead   Brian Senior                   No Trump Play   Raymond Brock                   Plan Your Defence   Freddie North                   Simple Conventions   Mark Horton                   Playing With Trumps   Sally Brock                   Your First 20 Deals   Tony Sowter                   Competitive Bidding   Brian Senior                 It's Your Bid   Tony Sowter                                   The Bridge Plus Series, Practice Your ...                       Benjamin twos   the Hacketts       Cue Bidding   Brian Senior       Forcing 1NT   the Hacketts       Fourth Suit Forcing   Bernard Magee       Law of Total tricks   Paul Mendelson       Pre-emptive bidding   the Hacketts       Reverse bidding   Derek Rimington       Roman Key Card Blackwood   the Hacketts       Splinter Bids   Mike Swanson       Stayman 2♣   Tom Townsend       Transfer Bidding   Dave Huggett       Trial Bids   Marc Smith       Weak twos   the Hacketts                 Now this ‘Practice your' series of bridge booklets are generally pretty good. However, I do have one more which I consider to be a complete joke. It is ‘Bidding of 4441 hands' and I really cannot find a sensible sentence in it. Borrow it by all means, but take a copy of my booklet on the topic, 4441 hands, any order, to see how you should really bid these hand types.                 I also have loads of bridge magazines and always bring a few along to the club.                               Dutch Language Bridge Books                       Gids voor biedconventies   G.D.R Förch                   Het Moderne Acol - Dutch Acol (strong NT)   Cees Sint &           Ton Schipperheyn                   Van Start tot Finish - 2   Cees Sint &       Officiele leermethode van de NBB   Ton Schipperheyn                   Hoger Op - deel 2   Berry Westra