An edition of Watson's classic book on the play of the hand at bridge
(1958)
Watson's classic book on the play of the hand at bridge
New ed., enl. and modernized / by Sam Fry , Jr.
by Louis H. Watson
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The preeminent guide to bridge, by one of the foremost authorities on the game, covers all variations of play, both in attack and in defense.
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Watson's Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge
February 1965, Rowman Littlefield, Barnes & N.
0389003069 9780389003069
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Watson's classic book on the play of the hand at bridge
1959, Barnes & Noble
in English
- New ed., enl. and modernized by Sam Fry, Jr
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Watson's classic book on the play of the hand at bridge.
1958, Sterling Pub. Co.
in English
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Watson's classic book on the play of the hand at bridge
1958, Perennial Library
in English
- New ed., enl. and modernized / by Sam Fry , Jr.
0064632091 9780064632096
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Table of Contents
Fundamentals of Play --
The Power of Honors --
The Meaning of Rank --
The Developing Power of Honors --
Control --
The Positional Value of Honors --
How to Play Tenaces -- The Finesse --
Double and Combination Finesses --
Finessing Against Lower Honors Than the King --
Some Miscellaneous Examples --
When Not to Finesse --
Entries --
The Vital Meaning of Tenaces --
General Principles --
The Contract Is the Thing --
Establishing a Suit at No-Trump.
Establishing a Suit Before Eliminating Entries --
Choosing Between Two Establishable Suits --
Establishing a Suit at No-Trump (Continued) --
The Time Element in Establishing a Suit --
Establishing a Suit by Finessing --
A Second Look at the Double Finesse --
Reserving an Entry for a Second Finesse --
The Strategy of Control and the Hold-up --
When the Situation Does Not Call for the Hold-up --
Should Dummy Play High or Low Second Hand? --
Keeping a Weather Eve Open for Suit Control.
A Hold-up in a Suit With Two Stoppers --
Unblocking --
Unblocking by Leading a Singleton Honor --
Unblocking by Overtaking an Honor --
When Failure to Unblock Immediately Means Defeat --
Unblocking by Discarding --
Unblocking to Discover Hidden Entries --
Ducking --
Ducking Twice to Establish a Suit --
How to Decide Whether to Duck --
Ducking by Refusing a Finesse --
Ducking in Desperation --
A Matter of Judgment --
Trump Management at Suit Play --
When to Lead Trumps.
When Not to Lead Trumps Immediately --
Ruffing Power --
Struggling to Realize on a Short Suit --
Ruffing After First Leading Trumps --
Diverting to a New Type of Finesse --
Unblocking the Trump Suit --
Ruffing Power Is Confined to the Dummy --
Plays Postponing the Trump Lead --
Postponing the Trump Lead for a Specific Discard --
Another Way of Taking Discards Before Leading Trumps --
No-Trump Plays at Suit Contracts --
Again Establishing a Side Suit Before Leading Trumps.
Setting Up a Side Suit by Preserving Ruffing Power --
Establishing a Side Suit After Drawing Trumps --
Retaining Trump Entries Until a Side Suit Is Established by Ruffing --
Gaining Tricks by Refusing to Ruff --
Is Declarer or Dummy the Dominating Hand? --
Miscellaneous Trump Plays --
The Cross-Ruff --
High-Card Tricks in the "Other" Suit --
Sacrificing a Principle to Efficiency --
Another Exception to the Rule --
Playing a Hopeless Trump Contract.
Leading Trumps With a Weak Suit --
Elementary Defense Against No-Trump --
Opening Leads Against No-Trump --
The Honor-Sequence Length Lead --
The Plain Length Lead --
Leads From Ace-King Suits --
Continuation Honor Leads --
Leading the Ace --
Choosing Between Two Length Leads --
Short-Suit Sequence Leads --
Short-Suit Leads (Desperation) --
Leading Partner's Suit --
Choosing Between Your Own Suit and Partner's --
When Partner Has Not Bid --
When Partner Has Bid a Suit.
Third Hand Defense Against No-Trump --
The Rule of Eleven --
When Third Hand's "Highest" Is in Sequence With the Card Below It --
When Not to Play "Third Hand High" --
Elementary Defense After the First Trick --
Choosing the Card in Returning Partner's Suit --
An Exception --
Holding Up in Defensive Play --
Unblocking in Defensive Play --
Ducking in Defensive Play --
Defensive Discards --
The Echo and Its Uses --
When to Encourage and When to Discourage Partner.
Echoing With an Honor --
Echoing When Unable to Follow Suit --
Temporizing Discards --
Miscellaneous Discarding --
Third Hand's Play to Partner's Short-Suit Leads --
Defensive Plays by Second Hand --
Playing Defensively Before the Dummy --
Playing Defensively Before the Declarer --
Continuation Plays --
Applying Leads Through Strength and Up to Weakness --
Shifting to a Suit Other Than Partner's Lead --
Opening Leads Against a Suit Contract.
The Most Desirable Leads Against a Suit Contract --
Other Good Leads Against a Suit Contract --
Opening Leads Based on the Bidding --
Defensive Suit Play by Third Hand --
Discards (Signals) in Suit Defense --
Another Echo to Show a Short Suit --
Discouraging and Temporizing Discards in Suit Defense --
Third Hand Play to Short-Suit Leads --
The Policy of Suit Shifting --
Forcing the Declarer to Ruff --
Spotting a Danger Signal --
Not Forcing When It May Establish a Trick in Dummy.
Forcing the Dummy --
Preventing a Declarer From Discarding --
Trump Leads by the Defending Side --
A Similar but Simpler Situation --
Killing Ruffing Power With the Opening Lead --
Over-Ruffing by the Defending Side --
Leading a Low Card for Over-Ruffing --
Advanced Play and Expert Technique --
The Less Common Finessing Situations --
The Obligatory Finesse --
Finessing to Eliminate a Guess --
Again the Simple Finesse Is Not Enough --
The Backward Finesse --
Safety Plays.
Refusing a Trump Finesse --
Rendering an Adverse Ruff Useless --
Providing for the Worst Possible Distribution --
Providing Against a Special Kind of Adverse Distribution --
Refusing a Trump Finesse to Lose but One Trick --
A Safety Finesse --
A Safety Play Against the Queen --
Providing Against a 4-1 Break in Trumps --
Giving Up a Trick When It Is Seemingly Unnecessary --
Establishing a Tenace for the Sake of Safety --
Unblocking as a Safety Measure.
A Safety Play in a Side Suit --
The Acme of Foresight in a Safety Play --
Destroying an Entry Card to Play Safe --
End Plays --
A Simple End Play --
Throwing the Lead in the Suit Desired as the Return --
An Elimination End Play --
Choosing Between an End Play and a Finesse --
Making an End Play for an Extra Trick --
The End Play at a Suit Contract --
Another End Play When There Is a Trump Suit --
A Throw-in With Another Suit --
An End Play by Giving Up a Trick That Might Be Saved.
An Optimistic Try for an End Play --
Another End Play as the Only Chance --
A Brilliant End-Play "Coup" --
Another End-Play "Coup" --
An End Play in Trumps --
Defense Against End Plays --
Escaping an End Play by Unblocking --
Proper and Improper Defense Contrasted --
Protecting Partner From an End Play --
Superior Attack Met by Superior Defense --
Making the Declarer Guess --
Counting --
Counting Makes Possible a Double End Play --
Giving Up Losers to Get a Count.
A Simple and Common Method of Counting --
Using a Percentage Play When the Count Is Doubtful --
Placing Cards From the Bidding --
Counting by the Defending Side --
Mathematical Tables --
Coups --
The Bath Coup --
The Deschapelles Coup --
The Trump Coup --
A Double Simple Coup --
The Double Grand Coup --
Defense Against the Trump Coup --
An Unnecessary Finesse in Preparing for a Coup --
Trump Coups in General --
Squeeze Plays --
The Simple Squeeze End-Play Situation.
Working Toward the Squeeze --
The Backward Squeeze --
The Pseudo-Squeeze --
The Progressive Squeeze --
A Squeeze to Obtain a Count --
The Double Squeeze --
The Essentials of a Squeeze Situation --
The Vienna Coup --
The Vienna Coup Par Excellence --
Choosing Between a Squeeze and a Finesse --
Making an Adversary Squeeze His Partner --
Two Unusual Echoes --
The Trump Echo --
The No-Trump Echo --
Miscellaneous Advanced Plays --
Holding Up With King-Queen and With Queen-Jack.
An Ace-King Hold-Up to Avoid a Guess --
Establishing a Trick in a Short Suit First --
Leading into a Tenace -- The Time Element --
Leading into a Tenace to Establish a Suit --
The Time Element and the Opening Lead --
Unnecessarily Giving Up a Trump Trick --
Choosing Between Two Re-Entries --
Keeping the Dangerous Hand out of the Lead --
Trumping Your Partner's Ace --
"Double Dummy" Playing Problems --
Duplicate Strategy --
Psychological Strategy --
False-Carding.
Refusing to Play Third Hand High --
An Unusual Play --
Misleading the Opponents by Playing Normally --
Desperation Tactics by the Declarer --
A Desperation Surprise Lead --
A Deceptive and Unusual Lead --
Leading Against Slams --
Leading Against Doubled Slams --
Leading Away From an Ace --
Another Unconventional Opening Lead --
A Pair of Unusual Deceptive Plays --
Two Deceptive Ace Leads --
Planning the Play --
Plan of the Declarer --
At a No-Trump Contract.
At a Suit Contract --
Plan of the Defending Side --
The Opening Leader Against a No-Trump Contract --
The Opening Leader Against a Suit Contract --
Third Hand --
Some Modern Innovations --
Suit-Preference Signals When Ruffing --
Extensions of Suit-Preference Signals --
What Do You Lead from Three Card Suits? --
Some Loose Ends --
Delaying for a Squeeze --
An Extension of the No-Trump Echo.
Edition Notes
Spine title: Bridge, play of the hand.
Published in 1934 under title: Watson on the play of the hand at contract bridge.
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