Playing Intermediate Bridge

This book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the rules of play for suit contracts. The various subjects contain rules for when to use the dummy reversal, when to spurn a finesse, when to duck a trick, the avoidance play, how to handle a defender’s singleton, how to discard, how to unblock, how to deceive, how to handle transportation problems, and how to make inferences from the defenders’ bidding, opening lead, play and discards. Under each subject, there are numerous examples of how to handle each rule of play.