Belinda’s Concise Guide To Bridge is the perfect companion for beginning to advanced-intermediate bridge players. It gives the reader straight-forward, easy-to-understand explanations of the basics of bridge, popular bridge conventions, plus helpful tips and practical information during play of the hand. Here’s a look at what’s inside:

Bridge Basics: This section is for the beginning bridge player and explains the very basics of the game of bridge.

Scoring: Explains how to score and includes a complete scoring chart for duplicate bridge.

Bridge Conventions: Provides quick and succinct descriptions of more than 60 popular bridge conventions, when o use a particular convention, and what each bid means when describing your hand to your partner. The author also tells you why she prefers to use one convention instead of another when there is a choice.

General Rules: Explains more than 15 commonly accepted “bridge rules” players use during play of the hand, such as 8 Ever - 9 Never, the Rule of 11, the Rule of 15, the Rule of 20, and many more.

Leads and Defense: Describes some basic practices when defending a contract, including some of the methods the author likes to use when competing at the bridge table.

Bridge Etiquette: Lists the “Do’s” and “Don’ts” at the bridge table, which can help you avoid some common mistakes.

Some Tips for Beginners: Every bridge player was a beginner at some point, and this section provides many helpful tips for those who are just beginning to play bridge.

No exercises, quizzes, or worksheets are included in this book. It simply gives you concise, practical information to help you learn and improve your game.