Introduction to Defender's Play [Paperback]

Eddie Kantar (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Wilshire Book Company (November 1976)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879803223
• ISBN-13: 978-0879803223
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #413,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eddie Kantar, a transplanted Californian, is one of the best-known bridge writers in the world. He has more than 30 bridge books in print, some translated into 8 languages, and is a regular contributor to the Bulletin, The Bridge World, Bridge Today, and many other bridge publications.
Eddie, a two-time World Champion, is highly regarded as a player and known as one of bridge's great ambassadors.
Eddie learned to play bridge at age 11. By the time he was 17, he was teaching the game to his friends. Eddie was so enthusiastic about bridge that he often took his bridge books to school, hiding them behind his textbooks so that the teachers couldn't see him reading about bridge during class. At the University of Minnesota, where Eddie studied foreign languages, he taught bridge to pay his tuition.
Eddie gained stature as a player by winning 2 World Championship titles and 11 North American Championships. His North American titles include wins in the Spingold Knockout Teams, the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams, and the Grand National Teams. Eddie is a Grand Master in World Bridge Federation rankings and an ACBL Grand Life Master. Today Eddie is best known as a writer, and many of his books are considered classics. When not playing bridge or writing about the subject, he can be found playing paddle tennis (an offshoot of tennis) or bridge at the paddle tennis courts at Venice Beach (come and join the fun in either game). By the way, Eddie is the only person ever to have played in both a World Bridge Championship and a World Table Tennis Championship (he did better at bridge).
Eddie was inducted into the Bridge Hall of Fame in 1996, the same year he was inducted into the Minnesota State Table Tennis Hall of Fame.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the finest beginner's books about bridge., February 17, 1998

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This review is from: Introduction to Defender's Play (Paperback)

This book addresses a sorely neglected aspect of beginning bridge books. It lays out defensive principles in a logical, easy to follow manner, geared toward the beginning player. The description of holding honor cards to cover cards in dummy is well explained, and is a subject that even some more advanced players don't fully understand.

5.0 out of 5 stars bridge instruction, February 14, 2011

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This review is from: Introduction to Defender's Play (Paperback)

This book was recommended by our bridge teacher as a MUST for learning bridge. It is easy to follow and allows for teasting as you go along. It makes the rules concise, complete and simple.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro, December 15, 2009

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This review is from: Introduction to Defender's Play (Paperback)

This book, together with his "Introduction to Declarer's Play" makes a good introduction to Bridge Playing.

The Bridge begginers, struggling with the bidding system, often forget that the bidding is only the first part of Bridge board. The second one, equally important, and sometimes even more hard to learn and perform correctly.

Although this book is 20 years old, it is still very nice first step in bridge playing.