--- product_id: 50899725 title: "Basic Bridge" price: "£18.37" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/50899725-basic-bridge store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Basic Bridge **Price:** £18.37 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Basic Bridge - **How much does it cost?** £18.37 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/50899725-basic-bridge) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Buy Basic Bridge by Klinger, Ron, Kambites, Andrew, Husband, Pat (ISBN: 9780304357963) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Review: A good, comprehensive practical guide to basic bidding and play - This is well-written and thorough, as would be expected from this trio of experienced authors. Useful for beginners, but also for ensuring firm foundations for improvers and intermediates. There is a lot of detail, but the layout is clearer and less dense than in some of Klinger's other books. Several bidding sequences are laid out in table format, which is a very effective way of showing all the options. As usual, only one way to play the system is described without any mention of other options - Acol is an unregulated system and has varied over the years. However, it represents pretty standard "Basic Acol". A significant omission (common in basic bridge books) is any advice to opener and responder on what to do if opponents overcall and take away your bidding space; there is one paragraph on what to do if they double. Play techniques are a nice balance of theory, understanding and useful practical principles such as "second hand plays low", but also flag up some dangers in relying too heavily on the last-named rather than thinking through each hand on its merits. Five helpful "pre-bridge" games are described at the beginning (including what is now called Minibridge) which is a very good way of easing the beginner gently into the game. There are lots of good exercises, but no index. This stands alongside the books by Mendelson, Bridge for Complete Beginners , and the EBU Really Easy Bidding (The really easy bridge series : Standard English foundation level) as good guides for the beginner. Your preference between them will depend on personal style, e.g. Mendelson is more chatty. Review: Best book for not quite absolute beginners - This a great book but I think that people with some prior knowledge of bridge will get far more out it than those who are complete beginners If you are in that category Mendelson's "Bridge for Complete Beginners" may be more suitable. Klinger's book is very clear on the basic Acol system and there are plenty of examples of bidding and tips on card play. There are also and importantly plenty of exercises to test your knowledge. I have read several bridge books recently in an attempt to get up to a reasonable basic standard and this is by far the best in terms of clarity, layout and generally feeling it is helping me to make some progress in understanding the game. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 31,480 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 8 in Bridge Card Games 107 in Indoor Games 408 in Brain Teaser Games | | Customer reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (166) | | Dimensions | 24.89 x 18.03 x 1.52 cm | | ISBN-10 | 0304357960 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0304357963 | | Item weight | 318 g | | Language | English | | Part of series | Master Bridge | | Print length | 160 pages | | Publication date | 29 Mar. 2001 | | Publisher | Peter Crawley | ## Images ![Basic Bridge - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61gncHTbRHL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A good, comprehensive practical guide to basic bidding and play *by M***P on 12 January 2013* This is well-written and thorough, as would be expected from this trio of experienced authors. Useful for beginners, but also for ensuring firm foundations for improvers and intermediates. There is a lot of detail, but the layout is clearer and less dense than in some of Klinger's other books. Several bidding sequences are laid out in table format, which is a very effective way of showing all the options. As usual, only one way to play the system is described without any mention of other options - Acol is an unregulated system and has varied over the years. However, it represents pretty standard "Basic Acol". A significant omission (common in basic bridge books) is any advice to opener and responder on what to do if opponents overcall and take away your bidding space; there is one paragraph on what to do if they double. Play techniques are a nice balance of theory, understanding and useful practical principles such as "second hand plays low", but also flag up some dangers in relying too heavily on the last-named rather than thinking through each hand on its merits. Five helpful "pre-bridge" games are described at the beginning (including what is now called Minibridge) which is a very good way of easing the beginner gently into the game. There are lots of good exercises, but no index. This stands alongside the books by Mendelson, Bridge for Complete Beginners , and the EBU Really Easy Bidding (The really easy bridge series : Standard English foundation level) as good guides for the beginner. Your preference between them will depend on personal style, e.g. Mendelson is more chatty. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best book for not quite absolute beginners *by B***E on 10 November 2016* This a great book but I think that people with some prior knowledge of bridge will get far more out it than those who are complete beginners If you are in that category Mendelson's "Bridge for Complete Beginners" may be more suitable. Klinger's book is very clear on the basic Acol system and there are plenty of examples of bidding and tips on card play. There are also and importantly plenty of exercises to test your knowledge. I have read several bridge books recently in an attempt to get up to a reasonable basic standard and this is by far the best in terms of clarity, layout and generally feeling it is helping me to make some progress in understanding the game. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bridge *by A***F on 19 January 2013* Useful book , easy to read and understand . 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