Bid Better Play Better Author:Dorothy H. Truscott Winning advice on bidding and play for the intermediate, based on five card major openings. The Standard American methods advocated are very simple, logical and natural. — Dorothy Hayden Truscott has won thirteen major national titles, and has represented the United States ten times in international competition. In 1974 and 1976 she was a member ... more »of American teams that defeated the European Women's champions in challenge matches for the Venice Trophy. She is the only American to have competed in all four forms of major international competition: open teams, open pairs, women's teams, and women's pairs. She is married to Alan Truscott, bridge editor of The New York Times.
"My favorite partner... one of the leading mathematicians of the bridge world. What she does so effectively in this book is teach you how to think at the bridge table... Her exposition of Standard American bidding is an accurate reflection of how the leading expertsin the U.S. play. The methods advocated in this book are so natural and so logical that there is little room left for partnership misunderstanding." - From the Introduction by B. Jay Becker« less