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Defend 68 Hands to Test Your Bridge Skill
Play or Defend 68 Hands to Test Your Bridge Skill
by: Julian Pottage
2004 IBPA Book of the the Year

Paperback, 184 pp., ISBN 1-894154-55-X
Cost in Canadian Dollars  $18.95
Cost in US Dollars  $13.95


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Missing solution from Play or Defend?

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About the Book

This is an unusual problem book in the style of Diosy's There Must Be a Way, in that the reader is shown all four hands and asked whether declarer or defense should prevail with best play. A fascinating challenge for the advancing player.


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About the Author

Julian PottageJulian Pottage is well-known for his books of bridge problems, which include Bridge Problems for a New Millennium and More Hocus Pocus. He contributes a regular problem column to BRIDGE magazine. He lives in the UK.
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Critic's Viewpoint

'Some truly great deals (and no duds), and pinpoint analysis, have combined to produce a truly engaging book. One of the most enjoyable reads I've had for years'
- Ontario Kibitzer

'This is a terrific book. I didn't want it to end. Because of its quality (problems and answers) and its incredibly low price, I am tempted to give it the rare grade of A+.'
- Ron Garber

'A first rate example of its genre.'
- ACBL Bulletin

'A really good way to spend a few enlightening hours.'
- BRIDGE magazine

'The latest fascinating book from one of the most imaginative and hardest working writers in Bridge'
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Bridge Problems for a New Millenium, by Julian Pottage
More Hocus Pocus, by Erwin Brecher & Julian Pottage
The Bridge World's 'Test Your Play', by Jeff Rubens
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