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Guide To Better Acol Bridge (Master Bridge) (Paperback)

by Ron Klinger (Author) "Constructive bidding refers to auctions where your side has opened the bidding ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 200 pages
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; New edition edition (15 Nov 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0304362611
  • ISBN-13: 978-0304362615
  • Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 17.6 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 374,447 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Guide to Better Acol Bridge is addressed to the majority of players who are ready and keen to rise above the basics. While it emphasises better bidding, each chapter also contains examples of play. These incorporate the bidding principles of the chapter and highlight many areas of winning declarer technique and defence. Each chapter contains plentiful exercises and partnership bidding practice and at the end of each section, a revision test enables the reader to measure the rate of progress. The book can be used by teachers conducting intermediate courses or as a self-teacher.

About the Author

Ron Klinger, an international player, Australian Grand Master and World Bridge Federation International Master is one of the world's leading bridge teachers. He is also the author of more than forty very successful bridge books, a number of which have been translated into other languages.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An easy and enjoyable way to improve your bridge., 25 Mar 2000
This review is from: Guide To Better Acol Bridge (Master Bridge Series) (Paperback)
This is not a bridge text book alone. Each lesson is followed by tests with hands and explanations. It makes it so simple to progress through the chapters. I would recommend it wholeheartedly.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very detailed and thorough, though dense, 17 Oct 2009
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A very good and comprehensive review of most key aspects of the Acol system. The front cover quotes appropriately from a review in Bridge Magazine "This is a book which is absolutely packed with good material - and when we say packed, we mean packed for not a scrap of space is wasted". This cuts both ways; sometimes it is a little tricky to see the wood from the trees, though in general things are clearly explained. But there is masses of detail here and this makes it an excellent long-term reference. Also, there are lots of quizzes and practice hands, so it is great as a self-learning text (or even for teaching) and very practical. Excellent value for money too.

However, Acol has moved on over the years, particularly in duplicate, and the book has not been updated to reflect this; instead, Klinger has produced a further comprehensive book Guide To Better Duplicate Bridge (Master Bridge). So in "Better Acol Bridge", you will find strong twos, negative doubles, the unusual NT and (briefly) Michaels cue bids, plus Losing Trick Count and many other items, but you will not find transfers, weak twos or "Benji", all fairly standard for improvers nowadays. Also missing (but again in the Duplicate book) are splinters, Lebensohl, Roman Key Card Blackwood and more detail on Michaels. To get the whole current Acol system in a single book, you need something like the EBU's Really Easy Modern Acol although this is much less detailed; it covers the rules but Klinger covers many of the exceptions as well.
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