A Bridge to Simple Squeezes by Julian Laderman (1-Aug-2007) Paperback

by Julian Laderman

In this book, learning to recognize and appreciate threat cards plays a central role as you begin to understand how squeeze play operates. It won't be long before you can look at a layout and begin to imagine how the East-West cards will need to lie in order for your squeeze to be successful. Very soon, you will get to the point where simple squeezes are a part of your regular bridge arsenal. The first edition of this book was named Book of the Year in 2006 by the American Bridge Teachers Association. DR. JULIAN LADERMAN is a retired mathematics and computer science professor (Lehman College, City University of New York). He has written two books that have won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year Award. His first book A Bridge to Simple Squeezes won in 2006 and A Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play won in 2009. For many years he wrote the bridge column for The Bronx Journal.

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First published August 1, 2007

Reviews

[Wesley May · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great and fills a much needed gap in squeeze education. Namely, what should even prompt you to look for a squeeze at all? Laderman has a very thorough bottom-up approach to squeezes. There are no squeezes at all in the first chapter, and the second chapter thoroughly analyzes a single squeeze.

The writing is great. Definitely the best bridge book I read all year.