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 BRIDGE WITHOUT TEARS

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WELCOME TO BRIDGE WITHOUT TEARS,  the website for Vaughan Bridge Guides, which offers a series of bridge booklets and tuition by David Griffiths (see below).

David is an experienced bridge player and teacher who holds the English Bridge Union's Gold Level Teaching Diploma and has 'processed' many hundreds of adult bridge students. He has written earlier books in collaboration with the late Rhoda Lederer but more recently has concentrated on specific booklets published under the imprint of Vaughan Bridge Guides, which celebrates its thirteenth anniversary this year.

These booklets have grown out of material used successfully in bridge classes and have been comprehensively tested to make them easy to read and absorb.

Each guide is thorough, reliable and mercifully concise.

The Little Black Bridge Book

Basic Acol bidding described by hand shape for easy reference

For the less experienced player

More details

The Losing Trick Count

A simple guide to improved hand valuation

For everyone

More details

Weak 2-bids for Acol players

The easy way to incorporate weak 2-bids into your system

For the serious player

More details

As the booklets concentrate on bidding it is proposed to provide a practice hand on declarer play or defence on the home page each month - based on previous publications. These are not aimed at an advanced level but illustrate the basic methods that can help one to become a popular partner and an opponent to respect.


PRACTICE HAND - June 2009

     ♠ J 10 6
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Q J 10
 
K Q 6
 
♣ A 10 8 3
 

 

 



 
 W
 N


  S
   E
    ♠ 4
   A 9 8 3
    J 5 4 3 2
   ♣ 7 6 5
      

The bidding is:       South             North       
                              1♠   
            3NT
                              
4♠               All pass 

West leads 7 against South's contract of 4♠. Dummy plays 10. How should East defend?

Have a think before  referring to the solution

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Bridge classes

Bridge classes will start again in September. All who attended classes in Autumn 08 to Spring 09 will be sent details in August.

If you are interested in starting a beginners' class in September, please call me on 01582 461604, leaving a message if necessary.

 





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