Bridge for Beginners by Mahmood, Zia -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Foreword Part One: Bidding

Section 1: The First Steps

1. Introduction 2. Hand Valuation 3. One-level Opening Bids

• Opening One No-trump • Opening One of a Suit

4. Developing the Auction

Section 2: Responding to Opening Bids of One

Section 3: Rebids

8. Rebids by the Opener 9. Rebids by the Responder

Section 4: Opening Bids of More than One

10. Strong Two Opening Bids 11. Pre-emptive Opening Bids

Section 5: Advanced Bidding Concepts

12. Slam Bidding 13. Conventional Bids

Section 6: The Competitive Auction

14. Overcalls and Responses 15. Doubles

• The Penalty Double • The Takeout Double

Part Two: Declarer Play

Section 7: The First Steps

16. General Principles

Section 8: Taking Tricks Without Trumps

17. Promoting High Cards 18. Establishing Small Cards 19. The Finesse 20. The Power of High Cards

Section 9: Taking Tricks With Trumps

21. Principles of the Trump Suit 22. Trumping Losers 23. Discarding Losers 24. Managing Trumps 25. The Plan’s the Thing

Part Three: Defence

Section 10: The First Steps

26. General Principles 27. Sure Tricks in Defence

Section 11: Defending Against No-Trump Contracts

28. Promoting High Cards 29. Establishing Small Cards 30. The Finesse in Defence 31. The Opening Lead against No-trumps

Section 12: Defending Against Trump Contracts

32. The Use of Trumps in Defence 33. The Opening Lead Against a Trump Contract

Section 13: Teamwork in Defence

34. After Partner Leads 35. Signals in Defence 36. Thwarting the Declarer’s Plan

Glossary Rubber Bridge Scoring Table Index