BETTER BRIDGE MAGAZINE

Published by Baron Barclay this bi-monthly magazine features articles by Audrey Grant, David Lindop, leading experts, and more. For a sampling of articles and quizzes you can expect in Better Bridge, please visit the ARTICLES section of this website.

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2/1 Game Force

This book covers the basics of Two-Over-One Game Force, a popular variation of Standard American bidding methods. The reader is shown how a small modification can make it easier for the partnership to:

• Get to the best game contract.
• Explore the possibility of slam.

It also describes how using a response of 1NT as a forcing bid can improve the partnership results, even on partscore hands.

The book is filled with helpful features such as summaries, quizzes, and carefully-constructed sample deals at the end of each chapter. Additional practice deals give the reader an opportunity to become more familiar with each of the concepts introduced in Two-Over-One Game Force.

Bridge At A Glance

Bridge At a Glance is a quick reference of the material in the award-winning Audrey Grant Bridge Basics series.

These summaries work in conjunction with the books which present the reasoning behind the guidelines.

This book which was published in February 2006, contains 32 pages.

Bridge Basics 1: An Introduction

** Winner of the ABTA 2003 Book of the Year award **

This book starts at the beginning, introducing the mechanics of the game through its history. It covers the fundamentals of the three aspects of the game . . . bidding, play, and defense. The concepts and information presented are the most current and accurate available, developed with the assistance of the game’s top champions. The material is presented in a clear, well-organized format, moving smoothly from one topic to the next. Through this book you’ll be taking the first steps into the magical world of bridge.

Bridge Basics 1: An Introduction : Coded Cards

The coded cards for Bridge Basics 1 are 32 different deals, indicated by the boxes numbered 1-32 on the back of each card. Each box is color-coded to show which player is dealt the card. An underline indicates the dealer. The cards compliment the Bridge Basics I teacher's manual and textbook.

Bridge Basics 1: An Introduction : Teachers Manual

The Teachers Manual for Bridge Basics 1 features Audrey Grant's innovative and highly successful approach to teaching bridge with lesson by lesson instructions and reprintable teacher materials in the back.

Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding

This book covers the concepts needed when both sides are bidding for the contract. It introduces the basic competitive tools--preemptive opening bids, overcalls, and takeout doubles. The concepts and information presented are the most current available, developed with the assistance of the game's top champions. This paperback which was published in October 2004, contains 202 pages.

Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding : Coded Cards

The coded cards for Bridge Basics 2 are 32 different deals, indicated by the boxes numbered 1-32 on the back of each card. Each box is color-coded to show which player is dealt the card. An underline indicates the dealer. The cards compliment the Bridge Basics 2 textbook.

Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding: Teachers Manual

The Teachers Manual for Bridge Basics 2 features more of Audrey Grant's innovative and highly successful techniques to teaching bridge with lesson by lesson instructions and reprintable teacher materials in the back.

Bridge Basics 3: Popular Conventions

Audrey Grant does it again with an amazing new book, Popular Conventions, the third book in a series. It covers everything from playing at a party table to a tournament table; Popular Conventions teaches you the core conventions that will strengthen your game for sure. It introduces you to the Stayman conventions, Jacoby transfer bids, the strong artifical two club opening, Blackwood and Gerber. This book gives you a chance to get ahead and win! This paperback was published in September 2007.

IMPROVING YOUR JUDGMENT : Doubles 

Understanding the many uses of the double can dramatically improve your game. This book reviews the basics and introduces tools to improve your judgment. It covers takeout doubles, advancing the double, rebids by the doubler and advancer, balancing and other doubles.

IMPROVING YOUR JUDGMENT : Opening the Bidding

The first call has an impact on the bidding, play and defense of the entire deal. This book introduces concepts that will have you confident and capable of making good decisions when you are in a position to open. It includes the Guidelines of 15 and 20, light opening bids, pre-emptive bids and strong Two Clubs.

ACBL Bridge Series - Commonly Used Conventions
Author: Grant, Audrey

Winner of the ABTA 2001 Book of the Year award

This book covers many of the conventions commonly used in tournament bridge. It includes the Stayman Convention, Jacoby Transfers, Jacoby 2NT, Drury, Truscott, Ingberman, Fourth Suit Forcing, Weak Two-Bids and Responses, and the Strong 2 Opening and Responses. There are extensive exercises at the end of each chapter along with sample deals showing the conventions in action. Together with More Commonly Used Conventions, this series covers everything on the ACBL's Standard American Yellow Card.

ACBL Bridge Series - More Commonly Used Conventions
Author: Grant, Audrey

This book continues where Commonly Used Conventions left off. It includes Negative Doubles, SOS Redoubles, Landy, Michaels, Unusual Notrump, Blackwood, Gerber, Cuebidding, Leads, Signals, and Two-Over-One Game Forcing. There are extensive exercises at the end of each chapter along with sample deals showing the conventions in action.
Together with Commonly Used Conventions, this series covers everything on the ACBL's Standard American Yellow Card.