Description
The Official ACBL Encyclopedia of Bridge 7th Edition
Edited by Brent Manley
This long-awaited edition is the most complete volume of bridge information and instruction ever compiled. With over 600 easy-to read and easy-to-search pages, it belongs in every bridge player's library. It has thousands of entries covering bridge terms, conventions, systems, rules, and top personalities.
- Completely redesigned format
- 25% larger type
- Comprehensive user-friendly index
- Hundreds of photos
- 85 pages on conventions
- 55 pages on suit combinations
- Contains a CD-ROM version of the complete Encyclopedia plus hundreds of biographies and NABC winners
Table of Contents
- History
- ACBL Hall of Fame
- CBF Hall of Fame
- Bridge at the Top
- Bridge Museum
- ACBL - How it Works
- Tournaments
- Trophies
- World of Bridge
- Terminology
- Bidding
- Competitive Bidding
- Conventions
- Systems
- Card Play
- Matchpoints vs IMP's
- Carding
- Advance Plays
- Squeezes
- Suit Combinations
- At the Table
- Mathematics and Bridge
- Rules and "Laws" of Bridge
- Bridge and Digital Age
- Curiosities
- Rubber Bridge
- Index
"Here is the indispensable work on the greatest of all card games. Editor Manley and his stable of contributors have earned a gold star." - Frank Stewart
"My advice to you is to be the first on your block to get a copy. And if you have a gift in mind for anyone who plays this beautiful game, your problems are over. In spades." - Eddie Kantar
Hardcover: 633 pages: November 2011
