Books

  • 100 Winning Bridge Tips


    $26.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    If you think learning bridge is slow and painful, you might consider this book the pain-killer

    100 Winning Bridge Tips is designed specifically to take the pain out of learning bridge and to speed up your education. It covers situations that occur over and over again in every day play and provides a painless substitute for experience.

    The idea is to learn about the common problems in advance, so they don’t seem quite so daunting when your encounter them at the bridge table.

    “We think there should be more bridge books like this one: authoritative, compact and informative.” – The Contract Bridge Journal


    Soft cover, 144 pages

  • 20 Great Conventions Flipper


    $11.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Quick and easy access to some of the most important aspects of the game of bridge

    Like all of Ron’s flippers this one covers several key topics succinctly, all in a pocket-sized booklet, so you can always have it handy. This one looks at subjects including:

    • - Drury 2C
    • - Lebensohl After a Reverse
    • - 1NT : 2S Range Inquiry
    • - Splinters After Your 1NT
    • - Multi-2D
    • - Transfers + 2NT : 3C Puppet
    • - 1NT : 2C Puppet
    • - Splinter and Trial Bids
    • - Supporting Partner
    • - 2C and 2D Checkback
    • - Competitive Conventions
    • - Two-Suited Overcalls
    • - Slam Conventions
    • - Rubinsohl

    Flipper booklet

  • 5-Card Major Stayman (St. American)


    $20.00

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate and advanced players

    Once it was considered heretical to open 1NT while holding a 5-card major, learn why that’s no longer the case

    There are definite benefits in allowing a one no-trump opening to include a 5-card major. More and more experts at international level have adopted that style.

    If you are ambitious and want to improve the range of your no-trump bidding, you will need to locate a 5-card major with opener or discover a 4-4major fit – learn how with this book.

    You and your partner will find your no-trump bidding greatly enhanced by adopting the methods detailed in this book


    Soft cover, 96 pages

  • 5-Card Major Stayman (acol)


    $27.50

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate and advanced players

    Once it was considered heretical to open 1NT while holding a 5-card major, learn why that’s no longer the case

    There are definite benefits in allowing a one no-trump opening to include a 5-card major. More and more experts at international level have adopted that style.

    If you are ambitious and want to improve the range of your no-trump bidding, you will need to locate a 5-card major with opener or discover a 4-4major fit – learn how with this book.

    You and your partner will find your no-trump bidding greatly enhanced by adopting the methods detailed in this book


    Soft cover, 96 pages

  • 50 More Winning Bridge Tips


    $26.00

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    “All of the tips are succinct, easy to memorise, valuable, and, as we have come to expect of Klinger, written in simple and clear style.” – Irish Bridge Player

    Written to pick up where 100 Winning Bridge Tips left off, 50 More Winning Bridge Tips is for players who are keen and want to take their game to the next level.

    The tips contained in this book are drawn from the methods used by the game’s top players. 50 More Winning Bridge Tips is packed with quizzes and exercises covering each tip, so you can practice them all thoroughly before you start using them in your games.

    “If you enjoyed 100 Winning Bridge Tips you will enjoy this just as much.” – Bridge Magazine

    Soft cover, 96 pages

  • Basic Bridge


    $25.95

    By Ron Klinger in collaboration with Pat Husband and Andrew Kambites

    For novices and intermediate players

    Three outstanding bridge players and teachers compile their advice into a structured approach for learning bridge

    Despite popular opinion to the contrary, bridge is not difficult to learn. This book is aimed at players who’ve never played before and those who’ve only played socially. It’ll teach you how to understand the logic of bidding, card play and defence.

    It’s also an ideal resource for bridge teachers.

    “This book would have saved me a great deal of time when I first started teaching bridge. I am sure it will prove a godsend to many others like me in the future.” – Christine Duckworth, Manager of the English Bridge Union Teachers’ Association


    Soft cover, 160 pages

  • Better Bridge With a Better Memory: How Mnemonics Will Improve Your Game


    $21.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Learn why better memory is about better concentration and how you can implement it.

    In this book renowned bridge expert Ron Klinger tells you how you can improve your long-term memory, and keep your short-term memory fresher, to help you improve your game.

    Your long-term memory houses your bidding system, knowledge of card combinations, opening leads, signals, declarer technique and defensive strategies, while your short-term memory deals with matters at hand like the deal in progress. Learn how to best utilise both in bridge.

    “The author shows how that approach [mnemonics]… can be applied to every phase of the game.”


    Soft cover, 96 pages

  • Bid Better, Much Better


    $15.40

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate and advanced players

    You can bid better, much better and even outshine the top players by following the guidelines in this book

    Take the guesswork out of the game after your partner opens bidding with 1NT. This book explains a new approach to bidding which is superior to the older tried, but not necessarily true, methods.

    Following the advice from bridge master Ron Klinger, your partnership will be able to bid much more accurately, staying lower when necessary and finding slams with the best chance of success.

    “A stab in the dark will be replaced by a clear shot in broad daylight.” – Ron Klinger


    Soft cover, 128 pages

  • Bridge Basics (5th Edition)


    $11.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For novices

    Learn to play the most popular card game in the world with tips from the expert

    This book is the product of many lessons given to beginners and improving bridge players. It can be used on its own or in conjunction with bridge lessons.

    It covers the ordinary situations you’ll face in bridge and helps you eliminate fundamental flaws in your game.

    Bridge is fun to play, but the better you are the more fun you’ll have.


    Soft cover, 128 pages

  • Bridge Conventions, Defences and Countermeasures


    $29.00

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Learn the game’s conventions, how you can employ them and how they can be used against you

    This book details the most common bridge conventions, when they are used, how they are used, and the extents of their effects.

    You may choose to adopt some into your style of play, but it pays to read up on the rest, as the book also includes defences against each convention.

    Know thine enemy


    Soft cover, 160 pages

  • Bridge Made Easy


    $5.50

    By Ron Klinger

    For novices

    Bridge is easy to learn and fun to play

    There are dozens of good reasons why Bridge Master Ron Klinger has been playing for decades: it’s the most stimulating, most fascinating, and most challenging of all card games.

    With players in over 100 countries and a worldwide bridge-playing community numbering in the tens of millions, it’s easy to see why Ron speaks of it in such high terms. Join in the fun!

    Bridge – you’ll wish you’d taken it up earlier


    Soft cover, 92 pages

  • Bridge for Children


    $9.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For novices

    Great for parents who know how to play bridge and even those who don’t! Learn to play alongside your child

    Bridge is a great social game with educational benefits for children in the areas of maths, logical reasoning, memory, judgment, concentration, and co-operation.

    It’s also a game that knows no age barriers, with young and old alike achieving some of the highest accolades on offer in tournament play.

    You’ll wish you introduced your children to bridge earlier!


    Soft cover, 96 pages

  • Bridge is Fun: Learn and Laugh with Ron Klinger


    $26.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    The perfect mental warm-up prior to a big game

    This book contains more than 80 problems to get your mind in gear ahead of your next bridge game. Solve a problem or two and you’ll be better placed to have a good game.

    The problems relate to all areas of the game and if you still don’t win, at least there’s still plenty of humour in The Lighter Side of Bridge at the end of each chapter.

    Remember, a happier bridge player is a better bridge player!


    Soft cover, 128 pages

  • Card Play Made Easy 2: Know your suit combinations


    $21.95

    By Ron Klinger and Andrew Kambites

    For intermediate and advanced players

    The Card Play Made Easy series continues, presenting more skills which are easy to learn and use

    The second book in the series deals with the most common card combinations and how to play them to best advantage. It also helps you develop your technique and judgment as a declarer.

    The book teaches you not just the best technical way of doing things but when you should exercise your own reasoning to get the most successful outcome.

    “Card Play Made Easy 2 could easily teach you skills which are delightfully easy to take on board and to perform at the table.” – Irish Bridge


    Soft cover, 96 pages

  • Card Play Made Easy 3: Trump management


    $21.95

    By Ron Klinger and Andrew Kambites

    For intermediate and advanced players

    The Card Play Made Easy series teaches you skills which are delightfully easy to recognise and execute

    The third book in the series deals exclusively with trump contracts – how to create more winners, eliminate losers, spot defenders’ plans and how to thwart them, and how to choose the best line when you have a number of options.

    Each chapter ends with a number of problems so you can try your new skills, as well as a lengthy quiz in the final chapter on all aspects of the book.

    Learn the best time to play your trumps


    Soft cover, 96 pages

  • Cue Bidding to Slams


    $9.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate and advanced players

    Slam bidding is one of the most exciting aspects of bridge, make it work better for you

    This book focuses entirely on the cue bidding technique. It’s a superior method of slam bidding for determining how many - and which - aces are held by your partnership, which kings, and sometimes even which queens.

    It will allow you to locate slams based on good fit and to avoid slams which are a poor risk.

    Get more satisfaction and enjoyment out of your slam bidding


    Soft cover, 80 pages

  • Duplicate Bridge Flipper


    $11.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Quick and easy access to some of the most important aspects of the game of bridge

    Like all of Ron’s flippers this one covers several key topics succinctly, all in a pocket-sized booklet, so you can always have it handy. This one looks at subjects including:

    • - Strategy for Duplicate Pairs
    • - Transfers After 1NT
    • - 1NT : 2C Stayman and Beyond
    • - 1NT : 2S and 1NT : 2NT
    • - Choice of Action After 1NT
    • - Raising Opener's Suit
    • - Benjamin Twos and Multi 2-D
    • - 2NT Opening and Weak Twos
    • - Defensive Measures
    • - Doubles
    • - Slam Methods
    • - Competitive Methods
    • - Interference Over 1NT
    • - Game Tries and Game Forces
    • - Leads and Signals

    Flipper booklet

  • Fast Fact Finder for the Acol System


    $7.95

    By Ron Klinger and Richard Brightling

    For novices

    Quick and easy access to some of the most important aspects of the game of bridge

    Like all of Ron’s flippers this one covers several key topics succinctly, all in a pocket-sized booklet, so you can always have it handy. This one looks at subjects including:

    • - Opening the Bidding
    • - Weak Two Bids and Benjamin Twos
    • - Responding to NT Openings
    • - Responding to a Suit Opening
    • - Opener's Rebids
    • - Responder's Rebids
    • - Reverses and Jump-Shifts
    • - Pre-emptive Openings
    • - Overcalls and Jump-Overcalls
    • - Takeout Doubles
    • - Slam Bidding Methods
    • - Opening Leads
    • - Signalling and Defensive Moves
    • - Duplicate Bridge Scorer

    Flipper booklet

  • Guide to Better Acol Bridge (new ed.)


    $29.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Ideal for teachers and self-taught bridge players alike!

    This book helps you to reach the best contract time and time again, to better understand and co-operate with your partner, and to get the most out of your cards.

    Once you’ve mastered the early part of the auction you’re ready to move on and improve you game with the many exercises on bidding principles in this book.

    “This is a book which is absolutely packed with good material – and when we say packed, we mean packed, for not a scrap of space is wasted.” – Bridge Magazine


    Soft cover, 184 pages

  • Guide to Better Card Play (Acol edition)


    $29.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    You’ve improved your bidding skills beyond the basics with Guide to Better Acol Bridge, now reap the rewards of accurate bidding.

    In this, the companion book to Guide to Better Acol Bridge, you’ll learn Ron Klinger’s tips for declarer and defensive play. Ending up in the right contract repeatedly can be very satisfying, but it won’t help on the score sheet if your card play lets you down. This book can help.

    Like its companion volume, Guide to Better Card Play is also ideal for the classroom, with the chapters grouped into four courses.

    “We like almost everything about this book... This is a very good buy.” – The Bridge World


    Soft cover, 205 pages

  • Guide to Better Duplicate Bridge


    $22.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Want to improve at duplicate bridge? What you need are methods which have a proven winning record and these are provided in the Guide to Duplicate Bridge.

    The skills needed to win at tournament bridge can be quite different to those needed for a win at a social game. In this book, bridge master Ron Klinger provides a detailed look at some winning strategies for duplicate bridge.

    It includes the standard methods which have proved successful in the past, as well as more recent developments. It explains how they work, when they apply and why you can expect to obtain better scores by adopting them.

    “It is a guide unreservedly recommended at all times.” – The Oxford Times


    Soft cover, 184 pages

  • Guide to Better Duplicate Bridge (Acol)


    $29.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Want to improve at duplicate bridge? What you need are methods which have a proven winning record and these are provided in the Guide to Duplicate Bridge.

    The skills needed to win at tournament bridge can be quite different to those needed for a win at a social game. In this book, bridge master Ron Klinger provides a detailed look at some winning strategies for duplicate bridge.

    It includes the standard methods which have proved successful in the past, as well as more recent developments. It explains how they work, when they apply and why you can expect to obtain better scores by adopting them.

    “It is a guide unreservedly recommended at all times.” – The Oxford Times


    Soft cover, 184 pages

  • How to Play Contract Bridge


    $10.00

    By Ron Klinger

    For beginners

    Learn to play the most popular card game in the world

    With 60 million players worldwide, bridge is a game not wanting for fans. This book allows you to join in the fun faster by offering simple, easy to use instructions.

    Written by bridge master Ron Klinger, this book uses dozens of examples to introduce the key rules, concepts and conventions of the game to first-time players and those wanting to brush up on their skills.

    The book goes over the basics of bidding, declarer play, defensive play, choosing an opening lead and several of the more widely-used bridge conventions with dozens of clear examples.

    And remember Ron’s advice: Happy Bridging!

    Soft cover, 72 pages

  • Improve Your Bidding & Play


    $24.95

    By Derek Rimington and Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    “This book is a treasure trove for players who want to improve.” – Bridge Magazine

    Sixty hands are presented and you must find the key bid. Then, as declarer, you have to work out the best way to play the hand.

    This book contains no squeezes or exotic plays but practical and useful examples of plays that occur again and again in everyday games.

    By the time you have tackled the sixty problems you will undoubtedly be a much improved player.


    Soft cover, 144 pages

  • Improve Your Bridge Memory


    $21.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For players of all levels of expertise

    Train your brain for better results in bridge

    Many bridge mistakes arise from a faulty memory, and this book teaches you how to improve yours for a better game. It also gives you some tips on how to cause some memory problems for your opponents.

    Divided into three sections for beginners, intermediate players and experts, the information in this book is vital to players of all levels of proficiency.

    “This is not a course in memory lessons. Rather it makes it easier to learn and remember what is truly important to bridge players.” – The Bridge World


    Soft cover, 92 pages

  • Match Your Bidding Against the Masters


    $15.00

    By Keith McNeil

    For intermediate and advanced players

    An assortment of problems, tests and advice from the best of the best – taken from articles spanning decades and moderated by an Australian bridge icon

    This book covers a whole range of bridge skills, including part score strategy, competitive bidding, bidding after a double and everything in between. Written by bridge legend Keith McNeil, whose skill at the game and unique style of bridge journalism gained him worldwide fame.

    Besides, what self-respecting bridge aficionado could resist a book that describes itself as: “A collection of the best of Bidding Forum, directed with a modicum of wit and a dash of vitriol by Keith McNeil in Australian Bridge magazine, together with assorted articles and biased views.”

    “It was a lucky day for Australian Bridge readers when a veritable accident of fate allowed Keith McNeil to take over Bidding Forum.” – Ron Klinger

    Soft cover, 176 pages

  • Memory Aids and Useful Rules Flipper


    $11.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Quick and easy access to some of the most important aspects of the game of bridge

    Like all of Ron’s flippers this one covers several key topics succinctly, all in a pocket-sized booklet, so you can always have it handy. This one looks at subjects including:

    • - The Barrier Principle
    • - Opening Points
    • - The Suit Quality Test
    • - The Losing Trick Count
    • - Constructive Bidding
    • - Defending
    • - Opening Leads
    • - Improving Your Declarer Play
    • - Bridge Myths and Fallacies

    Flipper booklet

  • Modern Losing Trick Count Flipper


    $11.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Quick and easy access to some of the most important aspects of the game of bridge

    Like all of Ron’s flippers this one covers several key topics succinctly, all in a pocket-sized booklet, so you can always have it handy. This one looks at subjects including:

    • - The Losing Trick Count Formula
    • - Counting Your Own Losers
    • - Examples of Counting Losers
    • - The Value of the Queen
    • - Estimating Partner’s Losers
    • - Underlying Basis for the LTC
    • - Cover Cards
    • - Opener’s Rebids
    • - Responder’s Strategy
    • - Competitive Bidding
    • - Adjustments to the LTC
    • - The LTC in Practice

    Flipper booklet

  • Practical Slam Bidding


    $9.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate and advanced players

    Think your slam bidding is pretty good? See how you go against the best!

    This book contains 120 testing deals that arose at the highest level of play to challenge you and your partner. The experts’ decisions weren’t always perfect, so you have the chance to better their efforts, but just matching their results will be a top notch result.

    Slam bidding is often a chink in the armour of an otherwise strong partnership. This book gives you about a year’s worth of practice, in addition to what you’ll encounter at the table.

    Make the best of your big hands


    Soft cover, 96 pages

  • Right Through the Pack Again


    $35.00

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    A bridge classic revisited

    Right Through The Pack (A Bridge Fantasy) by Robert Darvas and Norman de V Hart was published in 1948 and the idea of each card in the pack telling its own story was an instant hit. It is on virtually every magazine’s and player’s list of the top ten bridge books of all time and has become a bridge classic.

    This new book follows the original but also continues the story of the Old Master, a character featured in a series of articles Ron wrote for The Bridge World magazine. The Old Master managed to snatch victory from impossible-seeming situations but in the final article, Last Hurrah, he collapsed and died... or did he? In Right Through The Pack Again the cards strive to keep the Old Master alive. Each card tells its own tale and how it was the key feature in a particular hand. Not only will you be enchanted by the deals, but you will also learn more about why the Old Master has lost the zest for life. Will the cards be able to restore his desire to live?

    The Old Master lives... Or does he?


    Soft cover, 222 pages

  • Ron Klinger Answers Your Bridge Queries


    $26.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Bridge master Ron Klinger answers some of the world’s most common bridge questions

    The authority on all things bridge responds to some of the most pressing issues relating to the game, sent to him from people from all over the world.

    Ron Klinger is an Australian Bridge Grand Master and World Bridge Federation International Master and here he presents a compilation of invaluable advice for both you and your partner.

    It’s a great source of advice but also makes the perfect gift for your partner!


    Soft cover, 128 pages

  • Ron Klinger’s Guide to Better Bridge (2nd edition)


    $22.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Become an accomplished player with The Guide to Better Bridge

    The Guide to Better Bridge is for players who’ve mastered the basics and who want to improve their game. By following the advice contained in this book from bridge master Ron Klinger, you’ll know you’re doing the right thing - improving both your skill and confidence.

    You’ll have plenty of opportunity to learn, with 128 complete deals, over 350 sets of two hands for partnership bidding practice, 600 exercises and quiz questions, and 200 revision questions.

    Bridge is fun to play, but playing and winning is better still!


    Soft cover, 184 pages

  • The Bridge Player Who Laughed


    $10.00

    By Ron Klinger

    For all bridge enthusiasts

    “A sense of humour is indispensible in order to survive in the world of bridge.” – Ron Klinger

    This book is a collection of hilarious stories from bridge tables around the world and jokes about the game. Learn why RATS are vital and laugh along with the anecdotes covering everyone from nervous novices to tournament tyrants.

    Amidst the fun and games there is a little serious business, with plenty of example hands from tournament play to get stuck into.

    “The best advice I know is – Happy Bridging.” – Ron Klinger


    Soft cover, 144 pages

  • The Law of Total Tricks Flipper


    $11.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Quick and easy access to some of the most important aspects of the game of bridge

    Like all of Ron’s flippers this one covers several key topics succinctly, all in a pocket-sized booklet, so you can always have it handy. This one looks at subjects including:

    • - 16 Trumps at the 2-Level
    • - Action at the 2-Level
    • - 17 Total Trumps
    • - Practical Strategy
    • - The Right Level
    • - Competing Over Their 1NT
    • - Bidding After Pre-empts
    • - High Level Decisions
    • - Adjustments to the Law
    • - Quiz on Total Tricks
    • - Final Examples

    Flipper booklet

  • The Modern Losing Trick Count


    $18.70

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Learn a more accurate and easier hand valuation technique

    The system allows for bidding confidently with no more than 20 points, finding slams with less than 26 points and reaching grand slams on 30 points and less.

    Learn how to stop conveniently at low level, when despite an apparent high point count, you can assess simply that the values for game or slam are not present. Then locate, without difficulty, those sacrifices that cost you little compared with their contract and avoid those that are too expensive.

    “The Modern Losing Trick Count… is by far the most complete and significant work on the LTC to date. It tells you when to use the LTC, and more importantly, when not to.” – The Bridge World


    Soft cover, 122 pages

  • The Power System: Five Bids To Winning Bridge


    $19.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For advanced players

    “When we have a loss, it is almost never a ‘system loss’. Can you say the same?” – Ron Klinger

    With just a few new concepts, Power can increase your bidding vocabulary a hundredfold. Power caters for more hands than standard methods and bids many hands more accurately.

    This book contains hundreds of example hands to illustrate Power methods. It also allows you to check how your present system would manage and quizzes your progress.

    “If the system gave us such good results, it can improve your game too, at whatever level you’re playing.” – Ron Klinger


    Soft cover, 384 pages

  • The Power of Shape


    $27.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    “Essential reading for those wishing to update their game and keep up with the times.” – Australian Bridge Federation Newsletter

    Average players tend to focus on point count for their bidding decisions, but the expert recognises that the shape of the hand also plays a vital role. Knowing the implications of the hand shape will help you find the best contract more often.

    This book not only reveals how to use hand patterns to winning effect, but also how to incorporate the ideas of shape in your bidding system.

    “The author discusses current practices and provides simple improvements in many common areas.” – Australian Bridge Federation Newsletter

    Soft cover, 144 pages

  • To Win At Bridge


    $27.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    The world of bridge has winners and also-rans, which would you rather be?

    Discover your weaknesses and improve on your strengths as you read through this examination of the traits you need to win when you play bridge. It goes over the personal attributes and psychological requirements you’ll need, as well as the standard of card play required.

    Let Australian Grand Master and World Bridge Federation International Master Ron Klinger help you to improve your game with his invaluable advice and tips.

    More than half the book is devoted to quizzes on bidding, opening leads, defensive play and declarer play. With most of the example hands taken from some of the highest levels of play, you’ll be able to use them to challenge yourself and learn from some of the best bridge players out there.

    Have you got what it takes?

    Soft cover, 128 pages

  • When To Bid, When To Pass


    $26.95

    By Ron Klinger

    For intermediate players

    Learn when silence can be golden.

    Most players know full well how to bid, but some are less adept at when not to. In this book, world class bridge professional Ron Klinger shares his tips on passing like an expert.

    Learn the principles to indicate when bidding is the right move and which call to choose, and when passing is the more prudent option.

    You know how to find the winning bid and finish in the right contract, learn how to find the winning pass too.


    Soft cover, 144 pages

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