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David Lyster Bird

Author of Bridge Squeezes for Everyone: Yes, Even You

121 Works 938 Members 22 Reviews

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Works by David Lyster Bird

Bridge Squeezes for Everyone: Yes, Even You (2002) 30 copies
Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand (2009) 30 copies, 1 review
Defensive Signaling at Bridge (2010) 27 copies
Test Your Bridge Technique: Safety Plays (2000) 24 copies, 2 reviews
Test Your Bridge Technique: Entry Management (2000) 23 copies, 1 review
Famous Bridge Disasters (Master Bridge Series) (1999) 20 copies
Winning Notrump Leads (2011) 19 copies
Test Your Bridge Technique: Deceptive Play (2000) 18 copies, 1 review
Test Your Bridge Technique: Reading the Cards (2001) 17 copies, 1 review
Winning Suit Contract Leads (2012) 16 copies
25 Bridge Myths Exposed (2002) 16 copies
Bridge Technique 11: Planning in Defense (2000) 16 copies, 1 review
Defensive Signaling (Bridge Technique) (2001) 16 copies, 1 review
Bridge Technique 4: Eliminations & Throw-Ins (2000) 15 copies, 2 reviews
Off-road Declarer Play: Unusual Ways to Play a Bridge Hand (2007) 14 copies
The Bridge Adventures of Robin Hood (2003) 14 copies
Planning the Play in Notrump (Bridge Technique) (2000) 14 copies, 1 review
52 Great Bridge Tips (2004) 14 copies
Saints and Sinners: The St. Titus Bridge Challenge (2000) 14 copies
Defense on the Other Hand: Understanding defensive techniques (2020) 13 copies, 1 review
Avoidance Play (Test Your Bridge Technique) (2005) 13 copies, 1 review
Planning in Suit Contracts (2000) 13 copies
Bridge Endplays for Everyone: Yes, Even You! (2008) 13 copies
Winning Duplicate Tactics (2014) 13 copies, 1 review
Ten Ways to Improve Your Bridge (Master Bridge Series) (2000) 12 copies
Kosher Bridge (Master bridge series) (1992) 12 copies
On the Other Hand: Bridge cardplay explained (2019) 12 copies
Bridge Technique Q: Tricks with Finesses (2001) 12 copies, 1 review
Squeezes Made Simple (Bridge Technique Series) (2000) 12 copies, 1 review
Improve Your Bridge: A Teach Yourself Guide (Teach Yourself: Games/Hobbies/Sports) (2010) 11 copies, 1 review
The Simple Squeeze (Test Your Bridge Technique) (2004) 11 copies, 1 review
The Abbot and the Sensational Squeeze (Master Bridge Series) (1999) 11 copies
Teach Yourself Bridge (2003) 11 copies
Bridge Technique 2: Tricks with Trumps (2000) 11 copies, 1 review
Test Your Bridge Technique: Defending Suit Contracts (2005) 10 copies
Test Your Bridge Technique: Endplays and Coups (2004) 10 copies, 1 review
The Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Chess & Bridge: How to play, winning strategies, rules and history (2010) 10 copies
52 Bridge Mistakes to Avoid (2014) 10 copies
Somehow We Landed in Six Notrump (2009) 9 copies
Having Nun, Partner? (2000) 9 copies
Win At Bridge (2010) 9 copies
Test Your Bridge Technique: Defending Notrump Contracts (2005) 9 copies
Elimination Plays (Test Your Bridge Technique) (2004) 9 copies
Tournament Acol: A System for Winners (Master Bridge Series) (1995) 9 copies
Twelve Important Bridge Lessons on Declarer Play (2023) 9 copies
52 Great Bridge Tips on Declarer Play (2005) 9 copies
The Rabbi's Magic Trick: More Kosher Bridge (1998) 9 copies
No Trump Contracts (Essential Bridge Plays) (2003) 8 copies, 1 review
Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Master Bridge Series) (2002) 8 copies
The Abbot's Great Sacrifice (Master Bridge Series) (2003) 8 copies
Inspired Cardplay (Master Bridge Series) (2003) 7 copies
Trick One: An Honors Book from Master Point Press (2018) 7 copies
The Magic of Bridge (2002) 7 copies
Secrets of Expert Defence (2003) 7 copies
Secrets of Expert Card Play: How the World's Bridge Experts Make the Most of Their Cards (2003) 7 copies
All Hands On Deck! (MASTER BRIDGE) (2000) 7 copies
Bridge Hands to Make You Laugh...and Cry (2004) 7 copies
Test Your Bridge Technique: Planning in Notrump Contracts (2004) 7 copies
Bridge with Imagination (2002) 7 copies
Another 52 Great Bridge Tips (2007) 7 copies
Teach Yourself Better Bridge (2006) 7 copies
Beaten by the Masters (Master Bridge Series) (2001) 7 copies
Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 1. Finessing (2021) 6 copies
Heavenly Contracts (Master Bridge Series) (2007) 6 copies
15 Winning Cardplay Techniques (2012) 6 copies, 1 review
Bachelor Bridge: The Amorous Adventures of Jack O'Hearts (Master Bridge) (1994) 6 copies
Learn To Play Winning Bridge: History, Rules, Skills & Tactics (2007) 6 copies
Kosher Bridge 2 (Master Bridge) (v. 2) (1994) 6 copies
Clever Plays In The Trump Suit (2012) 6 copies
Arrow Through the Heart (2016) 5 copies
Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 3. Discarding Losers (2021) 5 copies
Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 4. Drawing Trumps (2021) 5 copies
The Abbot, The Parrot and the Bermuda Bowl (Master Bridge) (2016) 5 copies
Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 6. Holding Up a Stopper (2021) 5 copies
Famous Bridge Records (Master Bridge Series) (2002) 5 copies
Robin Hood's Bridge Memoirs (1997) 4 copies
Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 8. Suit Contracts (2021) 4 copies
Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 7. No-trump Contracts (2021) 4 copies
Twelve Important Bridge Lessons: On Defense (2023) 4 copies
Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 5. Establishing Long Suits (2021) 4 copies
What's Your Line? 100 Instructive Bridge Problems (2015) 4 copies
Unholy Tricks (Master Bridge Series) (2007) 4 copies
Bridge With a Feminine Touch (1996) 4 copies
Famous Leads and Defences (Master Bridge Series) (1998) 4 copies
10 More Ways to Improve Your Bridge (Master Bridge Series) (2010) 4 copies
Practise your defence against pre-empts (1999) 3 copies
Bridge Entry Techniques (2020) 3 copies
Bachelor Bridge: An Honors Book from Master Point Press (2020) 3 copies
How to Play Winning Bridge: An expert, comprehensive teaching course designed to develop skills and competence: the importance of good bidding, card play and defence, rules of the… (2008) 3 copies
Famous Bridge Swings: An Honors Book from Master Point Press (2017) 3 copies
Learn To Play Winning Bridge - History, Rules, Skills & Tactics (2007) 2 copies
Win at Bridge in Thirty Days (1990) 2 copies
ELIMINATIONS AND THROW INS 2 copies
Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 9. Entries (2021) 2 copies
Bridge Cardplay: An Easy Guide - 10. Playing Safely (2021) 2 copies
Celestial Cardplay (Master Bridge Series) (2009) 2 copies
The Abbot, The Witchdoctor and the Disastrous Double (Master Bridge Series) (2012) 2 copies
Bridge Cardplay Made Easy: A Textbook for Bridge Classes (2003) 2 copies
Bridge made easy (2011) 2 copies
Practise Your Suit Combinations (2000) 2 copies
Bridge for Money (2002) 2 copies
Chess & Bridge: The Practical Step-by-Step Guide to: How To Play, Winning Strategies, Rules, History (2010) 2 copies
Robin Hood's Hold Up (2019) 2 copies
The Abbot's Return to Earth (2016) 2 copies
By David Bird - Bridge Technique 2: Tricks with Trumps (2000-03-16) [Paperback] (2000) 1 copy
Planning No Trump Contracts 1 copy
Bridge Endplays for Everyone*: *Yes, Even You! (2008) 1 copy
The Rabbi and the Weaker Sex (Master Bridge Series) (2013) 1 copy
The Abbott and the Sensational Squeeze 1 copy
Squezes Made Simplw(with Smith) 1 copy
Planning the Play of a Hand (with Seagram) 1 copy
Defensive Play at Bridge 1 copy
END PLAYS AND COUPS 1 copy
DEFENDING NT CONTRACTS 1 copy
DEFENDING NO TRUMP CONTRACTS 1 copy
Advanced bridge: A Practical Guide to Improving Your Game (2014) 1 copy
Bridge Endplays for Everyone (2009) 1 copy
The Headmaster, The Matron and the Scissors Coup (Master Bridge Series) (2013) 1 copy
How To Play And Win At Bridge: Rules Of The Game, Skills And Tactics (2014) 1 copy
Learn How to Play Winning Bridge 1 copy
Squeezes made simple (The Bridge Technique Series Book 9) (2011) 1 copy
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Improve Your Bridge: A Teach Yourself Guide (Teach Yourself: Games/Hobbies/Sports) by David Bird
David Bird writes the monthly column “Bridge with the Abbot” for The American Contract Bridge League’s Bridge Bulletin. His Improve Your Bridge is a dandy little book that covers numerous topics an intermediate player should master in order to compete in tournament bridge or merely to improve his or her bridge game.

His explanations of plays such as dummy reversals and a forcing defense are crisp and lucid. He also explains common tournament conventions such as weak two bids, Michaels show more cue bids, and Roman Key Card Blackwood. Each chapter is followed by a short quiz meant to test the reader’s comprehension of the material just covered.

My one criticism is that the quizzes could be more extensive. Nevertheless, I highly recommend this book for intermediate players who wish to improve. show less
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Jun 11, 2012
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Tricks with Finesses (The Bridge Technique Series Book 12) by David Bird
Winner of The Bridge Book of the Year 2002 (Beginner) Bridge Technique Series
Mar 24, 2024
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Eliminations & Throw-Ins (Bridge Technique Series Book 4) by David Bird
American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award (Advanced – 2002)
Apr 4, 20241 other review
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Test Your Bridge Technique: Safety Plays by David Bird
American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award (Advanced – 2002)
Mar 26, 20241 other review
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