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Bridge Essentials - Beginners & Novices

Standard American Bridge: Simple Explanations with Practical Applications for Beginners and Novices. A practical, easy-to-follow introduction to Standard American bridge for players who want to understand the game rather than simply memorise rules. Clear explanations, useful examples and practical applications help you build confidence in bidding and partnership play. Includes access to the downloadable Bridge Essentials KISS Cheat Sheet.

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Bridge Essentials - Books 1 and 2

The Bridge Essentials two-book collection takes you from the foundations of Standard American Bridge through to a wider range of bidding conventions and defensive strategies. Clear explanations, practical applications and an emphasis on better partnership play make it ideal for beginners, novices and improving players who want to build their skills and confidence without drowning in rules. Includes both Bridge Essentials downloadable cheat sheets.

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Bridge Essentials - Improvers

More Standard American Conventions: Simple Explanations for Better Partnership Play. A practical guide for improving bridge players who are ready to build on the basics and develop a wider range of bidding conventions and defensive strategies. Clear explanations and practical applications help you understand not just what to bid, but why — with an emphasis on better judgement, confidence and partnership play. Includes access to the downloadable Bridge Essentials Improvers Cheat Sheet.

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Minibridge

Minibridge is a pared-back version of bridge and great fun for anyone who can count up to 40. Learn how to play Minibridge with friends and family or play it onlline.

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Playbridge - Getting A Start in Bridge

Learn the basics of Bridge and get started playing the endlessly fascinating game of Bridge - Understanding the basics - Improving play - Counting Winners and Planning Play - Taking Tricks with a Master Suit of Trumps - Opening the Bidding - Level 1 Major Opening - Level 1 Minor Openings - Hand Evaluation and Opening 1NT - Responding to Partner's Opening Bid - Rebidding by Opener - Rebidding by Responder - Overcalling and Advancing

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Playbridge - Getting Better Lessons

This course starts with opening leads and covers some of the most common conventions all players should know including Stayman, Jacoby Transfers, Preempts, Doubles, and the Strong 2♣ Opening. The course wraps up with helping students build their convention card with everything they have learned, scoring, understanding what to expect at the table culminating in a duplicate teaching game.

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Playbridge - Getting More!

Our online Getting Good Classes are designed to enable a Partnership to interactively learn to improve their standard of play.

CourseBy Kirsten Hartley

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