2 comments about Kaplan Sheinwold System.

1. As a serious bridge player during the seventies, I wore the cover off of more than one copy of this book. Except for a mystical group of international players, the Italian "Blue Team" (la squadra azura), bidding methods were universally "Goren" or "Culbertson". Kaplan and Sheinwold were two of a few luminary stars who challanged orthodoxy with radical bidding concepts in the Amarican Bridge arena and helped to re-establish Ameraca's status in international championship play. Based on the weak (12-14)notrump, five card majors and weak two bids, This agressive system presented tools for players to really think about what they were bidding and why. Along with the Roth-Stone system, Shenken, and the Precision Club, K-S provided a pathway for serious bridge players to move into the world of modern, thoughtful bridge play.



2. Kaplan and Sheinwold defined their K-S bidding system so well in the late fifties that newer editions of their original book remain the definitive reference. The weak one notrump opening is as good an idea now as it was in 1959. Standard American bidders can switch to K-S and probably improve their bidding significantly just by adopting the weak one notrump opening (and the many implications thereof). The only weakness this volume suffers is the absent index.

No comments about Omar Sharif's Life in Bridge.

No comments about Tricks With Finesses (The Bridge Technique Series).

2 comments about Standard American 21.

1. This book is the only comprehensive source of modern standard bidding for social and rubber bridge players. Everyone should have it. The chapter on slam bidding alone is worth more than the price of the book.



2. I found this book to be extremely well written and easy to understand. It has helped improve my bidding tremendously. I would recommend it to anyone who is a bridge enthusiast.

No comments about Five Card Major Bidding in Contract.

3 comments about Bridge Play from A to Z.

1. If you ever get a chance to buy or borrow this book, do so. I would say that this is an intermediate text, but it covers everything from the basics to simple endplays and squeezes. This is a better and more comprehensive book on play of the cards than any other I've read. If you get a chance, pick up anything by George Coffin.



2. One of top books on play. Ranks with Master Play and Play of the Hand. Needs updating and editing, and would be a best seller again.



3. Find it and GET it. You will find deals and material not found elsewhere, and G.Coffin is -da- master of endplays!
   Terminology will sound weird, but your game will improve a lot. Warning -> Advanced players only. Do not hope that you will understand anything if you are a beginner: Coffin has no mercy!

No comments about Foster's Whist Manual, Third Edition.

No comments about You Have to See This.

1 comments about Bridge: Defending Together.

1. I enjoyed reading this books, explanations are thorough and clear, examples are thought provoking but not too hard,
   teaches lots of principles in defense

No comments about Suit Contracts (Essential Bridge Plays).