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This book addresses the thought processes that novice declarers must develop and practice. What features of a bridge hand lead an expert to select the correct line of play from all those available? The carefully chosen examples in this book will help advancing players to recognize those features and take action accordingly.

Praise for Julian Laderman's first book, A Bridge to Simple Squeezes:

"As you may deduce from the ABTA award, the book is easy to read and easy to follow. If you have hitherto thought of squeezes as too difficult, perhaps now is the time to think again."

      ~~ Julian Pottage

"(The) focus is on making simple squeezes accessible, and in this (the author) succeeds admirably. Just follow the clear explantions and gradually more-challenging presentation."

      ~~ The Bridge World

Julian Laderman is a New York math professor who writes a regular bridge column in The Bridge Journal. His first book, A Bridge to Simple Squeezes, was named 2006 Book of the Year by the American Bridge Teachers' Association.

Laderman takes a fresh approach with 40 problem deals. The author gives a gently paced explanation of the correct line of play, covering the problems you should spot and why a particular solution should work. He finishes with the name of the play required and a list of the inspirational features. He concludes each example with a ‘create deal exercise’ with which he invites the reader to modify the deal so that declarer has to take a slightly different line to achieve a similar goal. I like the author’s writing style a lot and when next I am in the New York area (which admittedly may not be for a while!) I am sure I shall try to make contact.
- Julian Pottage

"Most of the of the problems are aimed at newcomers and intermediates. For those in need of sharpening their dummy play, the book should be very useful."
- ACBL Bulletin

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