Test Your Bridge Play Volume 2

People learn bridge by doing, not by being told what to do, so when I teach bridge, I teach it by putting cards in the hands of my students. Consequently, I am always on the lookout for a great teaching hand. For this reason, I've read most bridge problem books published since I began to play bridge in the 1950s. Finding even a few "great teaching hands" in a book was never assured. It was difficult to find great teaching hands until I bought this book. The majority of the problems here are first rate teaching hands. There is simply no one better at constructing teaching hands. If you want to learn on your own, lay out the cards and play the hands. Then lay out all four hands and do it again. When you finish this book, you will have advanced several levels in your declarer play competence.I have told every one of my students that they should buy a copy of this book and learn whatever they read in it.Finally, the hands are so excellent that if you do not like some of the Std Am. auctions, either use the hand without bidding (assign the contract), or change the hands a little and change the auction to suit your style. The hands are so excellent, any effort to use them will be well worth the effort.There's a Vol. 1 with this same title--but Vol. 2 is one of Kantar's finest books. Vol. 2 is the Mozart of bridge problem books. Vol. 1 is the Salieri :( Among his other problem books, the two best titles are Take All Your Tricks and Take All Your Tricks 2. Enjoy Kantar's great hands!Another bonus: you can always email Eddie Kantar and he will help if you have a question!

Most books provide puzzles, tricks, and gimmicks - things that don't come up in months of play. Far superior to his companion book: Test Your Play - Volume I, this book not only teaches proper techniques, but reinforces them several times throughout the volume!This book is not for experienced or advanced players unless your declarer play is the weak link in your arsenal. Each problem shows you how to assess your holdings, evaluate your assets, recognize your liabilities, learn from the auction, and plan your attack. There are no tricks or misdirection. Every problem demonstrates a BASIC technique in competent declarer play that every player who wishes to succeed at this game needs to know.Students ask me constantly which books they should read to learn how to become a better declarer. Without hesitation, this is the book I tell them to go out and buy. I've handed out probably a half dozen or more copies of this book from MY OWN library. I'm frequently buying more to replace the ones I give away.Want to learn to become to decent declarer? Do what I tell my students to do: Study this book. Do every problem. When you are finished, do them all again! Keep doing them until you get EVERY ONE RIGHT EVERY TIME!This is not an unrealistic expectation. There are 115 problems, and nearly all top players would get 115/115. Don't try to run before you can walk. Once you get to the point where each problem in this book presents no challenge, then you are ready to start studying more advanced topics like throw-ins and squeezes. There are plenty of good books on the market for things like that. This book is exceptional in that you can learn something USEFUL right away.As a bridge teacher, I can't recommend this book highly enough.

Vol 2 includes 115 declarer plays is designed to raise you to the intermediate range for declarer play. This book, issued after vol 1, is better organized than vol 1. The hands in volume 2 were specifically written to improve your play after you have learned the basic and low intermediate plays in such books as Bird's, Seagram's and Smith's books such as "Planning the Play," "Bridge: 25 Ways to Take More tricks," "No Trump Contracts," "Bridge Technique Series," and "25 Bridge Myths Exposed." Also helpful prior to Vol 2 would be Kantar's books "Introduction to Declarer Play," and "Topics in Declarer Play" or "Monster Book of Basic Declarer Play" by Huggett and Cashmore.If you do well in Vol 2, you could get Vol 1 and the new book, "Take all your Chances at Bridge," by Kantar. Simultaneously with Vol 2, you could be reading the new book "A Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play," by Julian Laderman.

I purchased this as a gift for my mother-in-law. She's a recreational bridge player and I thought she might enjoy it. Yesterday, she called to tell me how much she was enjoying the book and wanted to know if the author had written any others of a similar type. To me, that makes it a 5-star review.

Volume 1 was written mostly for very good bridge players. In Volume 2, the author really teaches. It’s an extraordinary teaching book.

I was disappointed in this book. I thought it would give me Bridge problems to solve. It is narrative.

this book is very good --- a challenge to all bridge players -- I have enjoyed being challenged

Eddie Kantar is one of my favorite bridge writers. I still have several of his books from the 70's and enjoy them also.

Kantar hat es. Wer sich im Alleinspiel üben und dabei Spaß haben will ,erfreut sich an Volume 2 Test Your Bridge Play .Sehr zu empfehlen .

Great number of hands to practice basic declare techniques. A little bit boring for advance players

Many good examples of how to play have enlighten me there are better ways to win the game I could hardly think of.

Regalo graditissimo per un amico. Eccellente per il gioco col morto… Io ce l’avevo già da moltissimi anni fa… Sempre attuale…