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Dynamic Defense Paperback – 1 Dec 1985

by Mike Lawrence Aut (Author)
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  • Paperback: 226 pages
  • Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies (Dec. 1985)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0910791015
  • ISBN-13: 978-0910791014
  • Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 1.4 x 21.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Mike Lawrence has been writing about home improvement for over 25 years, contributing articles regularly to all the major magazines in this field. He has also written over 40 books, edited three major practical compilations and for the past few years has been answering listeners' questions on home improvement topics on local radio.

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5.0 out of 5 starsWill turn middling players into strong opponents
By Dr. G. G. Dearing on 15 Mar. 2011
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This is an old book (published 1985) but like everything from Mike Lawrence on play it is a tjmeless gem.The 65 problems are analysed in depth showing the thought processes of an expert and thereby setting the reader on a similar path.In the preface Kit Woolsey says ".. the ambitious reader .. should stop .. form his own analyses and conclusions". The technique of figuratively sitting next to an expert commenting at each stage was pioneered by Terence Reese and Mike Lawrence has used it superbly. Despite the curious Americanisms at times, I think Lawrence is a better communicator than TR (not that I don't think his books are great too). If you want to improve your performance in what is recognised as the most difficult aspect of the wonderful game of bridge get this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent, takes you through the decision making on a ...
By Mr. R. A. Hopton on 8 Oct. 2015
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Excellent, takes you through the decision making on a good rang of situations. At the ned of each hand, it also analyses similar situations to extend the learning. Bidding is 5 card major based but not a problem if you know that
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5.0 out of 5 starsA NEW HORIZON
By Pam G on 7 Sept. 2013
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Written in a way so that it appears that you have Mike Lawrence sitting at the table as your partner. What more could any bridge player ask for! Your understanding of defence can only improve.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to imagine a better book on defense 11 July 2008
By Amnon Harel - Published on Amazon.com
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Defense is the hardest part of bridge to master. It's also the hardest to write about, which is why there are so many books on bidding and declarer play. But occasionally someone manages to get it right.
I've only found the "problems" format useful, as any breakdown into categories gives the game away: in defense recognition is well over half the battle.
Victor Mollo got it right for advanced and intermediates in his. For me, "Case for the defense" was a reveleation when I read it 10 years ago. Finally here's another book that's just as good, and at a slightly higher level. Like Mollo's, Lawrence's problems have a real life feel to them, and though the division between question and answer is not as clear as in Mollo's formatl, Lawrence makes it work, and puts his more conversational style to good use in posing several key questions for some of the hands. This book is also remarkably free of the questionable solutions and the flimsy analysis that plague so many other famous authors, and are especially hard to avoid in analysing defense.
I'm proud to say that when I'm playing at my very best I'll get most of these right. On a bad day, I'll probably get 90% wrong. To put it differently, every single problem is challenging and can improve how well you do around the bridge table.
This book will best serve players who've been playing decent defense for a while, and have a year or two of defensive card reading at the table under their belts. But even for those that aren't quite there yet, it's a good read as it will open their eyes to how much fun they can have playing defense the right way.
In short, though I've only been playing for 20 years, and reading American bridge books for 10, I'll go out on a limb a bit and say that this is one of the best bridge books ever written, on any subject.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book will tutor you in thinking like expert defender. 31 Aug. 1999
By Edward J. Williams - Published on Amazon.com
Format: Paperback
You sit, mentally, at the author's elbow while he shares pearls of wisdom on knotty defensive problems that come up frequently at the bridge table. The great merit of this book is that it doesn't just tell you what to do in a mechanical sense, it guides you in how to think and base your defense on inferences and deductions. I have read it 5 times and gained incremental benefit each time. The exposition is lucid and cogent. Get two copies and give one to your favorite partner.
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5.0 out of 5 stars So, What's new ? 16 Jan. 2014
By B. Buehler - Published on Amazon.com
Format: Paperback
This book is another gem from Mike Lawrence. When you buy one of his books you can depend on it being a valuable addition to your bridge library.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Improve your bridge defense 2 May 2003
By Bob Simkins - Published on Amazon.com
Format: Paperback
How experts think when defending. Recommended for all levels.
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars 14 Feb. 2015
By masahide kaneko - Published on Amazon.com
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good book wich I wanted
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