Ron Klinger

Ron Klinger

Website of Ron Klinger

 

1999 Daily Bridge Calender, co-authors Mike Lawrence, Phillip Alder, Eddie Kantar, Ron Klinger, Eric Kokish, Bobby Wolff, Beverly Craft, Ted Horning and more.

2005 Daily Bridge Calendar

Acol Bridge Flipper: The Fast Fact Finder, Master Bridge Series, 1984, Publisher: Victor Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575034866 / ISBN-13: 978-0575034860; also Acol Bridge Flipper: The Fast Fact Finder, Master Bridge Series, 1984, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN10: 0575034866 / ISBN13: 9780575034864; also Acol Bridge Flipper: The Fast Fact Finder, Master Bridge Series, 2005, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN-10: 0304366641 / ISBN-13: 978-0304366644

Basic Acol Bridge, Flipper, 2003, Publisher: Cassell, ISBN-10: 0304366439 / ISBN-13: 978-0304366439; also Acol Bridge Made Easy, Master Bridge Series, Second New Edited Edition, 2003, Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN-10: 0304366439 / ISBN-13: 978-0304366439

Basic Bridge, The Guide to Good Acol Bidding and Play, in collaboration with Pate Husband and Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series, 2001, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN: 0304357960 / ISBN13: 9780304357963; also Basic Bridge, The Guide to Good Acol Bidding and Play, in collaboration with Pate Husband and Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series, 2001, Publisher: Gollancz, ISBN: 0304357960 / ISBN13: 9780304357963; also Basic Bridge, The Guide to Good Acol Bidding and Play, in collaboration with Pate Husband and Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series, New Edition, 2001, Publisher: Orion Publishing Co., ISBN: 0304357960 / ISBN13: 9780304357963

Basic Bridge: The Acol System

Bridge Conventions, Defences and Countermeasures (Master Bridge Series), reprint 1999, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN: 0575067403

Bridge For Children, Featuring The No Frills System, 1989, Publisher: Modern Bridge, Sydney, Australia, ISBN 10: 0959230564 / ISBN 13: 9780959230567; also Bridge for Children, 2001, Publisher: Modern Bridge, Sydney, Australia, ISBN 10: 0959230564 / ISBN 13: 9780959230567

Bridge Without Error, 1990, LC: 91192390, Publisher: Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley, London

Cue Bidding to Slams, 1983

Five Card Majors Bidding: Flipper, (Master Bridge Series), 1987, Publisher: Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575037628 and ISBN-13: 978-0575037625; also 1999, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN-10: 0575067268 and ISBN-13: 978-0575067264

Guide to Better Acol Bridge, 1988, LC: 88201285, Publisher: Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley, London; 2001, Publisher: Cassell, ISBN: 0304362611

Guide to Better Card Play, 1990

Improve Your Bridge Memory, 1985, Publisher: Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley, London, LC: 85220570

Improve Your Hand Valuation in Bridge With Ron Klinger, VHS Tape (This is a first class teaching video by the world famous Ron Klinger, who has also written numerous books on the game of bridge and who is one of the foremost teachers of bridge as well as being an internationally renowned player in his own right. The running time of the video is approximately 92 minutes.)

Play with the Champions, 2003, LC: 2004267134, Publisher: Batsford, London and New York, Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Sterling Publications

Playing to Win at Bridge: Practical Problems for the Improving Player, Master Bridge Series, 1993, Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, ISBN: 0395656664

Power ACOL, 1995

Practical Slam Bidding, 1998

Ron Klinger’s Master Class, 2004, Publisher: Cassell, ISBN: 0304366862

Teach Your Child Bridge using a simplified Acol System

The Best of Edgar Kaplan

The Bridge Player Who Laughed

The Modern Losing Trick Count: Bidding to Win at Bridge, Foreword by Hugh Kelsey 1987, LC: 87171535, Publisher: Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley, London

The Power System, 1993

When to Bid, When to Pass

Winning Bridge, Trick by Trick, 1980

World Championship Pairs Bridge

 

Master Bridge Series

50 More Winning Bridge Tips: for the Improving Player, 1997

50 Winning Duplicate Tips; for the Improving Tournament Player, Master Bridge Series, 1991, LC: 92107698, Publisher: Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley, London

100 Winning Bridge Tips, Master Bridge Series

100 Winning Bridge Tips: For the Improving Player

100 Winning Duplicate Tips: For the Improving Tournament Player, 2003, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304366129

Five Card Majors, New Revised Edition, Master Bridge Series

50 Winning Duplicate Tips, Master Bridge Series

100 Winning Bridge Tips, Master Bridge Series, 2003

100 Winning Duplicate Bridge Tips: For the Improving Tournament Player, Master Bridge Series, 1987, LC: 88156583, Publsher: Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley, London

100 Winning Bridge Tips for the Improving Player/Standard American Edition, Master Bridge Series, 1987, revised 1992

100 Winning Bridge Tips: For Improving the Player, Master Bridge Series, 1988

100 Consejos Para Ganar Al Bridge, 1998, Publisher: Tutor S.A., ISBN: 847902190X

Acol Bridge Made Easy, Master Bridge Series, 1986, LC: 87175094, Publisher: Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley, London, ISBN 0 575 03931

Basic Bridge, The Guide to Good Acol Bidding and Play, Master Bridge Series, 1977, LC: 78310936, Publisher: Ward Lock, London

Bridge Conventions, Defences and Countermeasures, Master Bridge Series, 1993, LC: 96133420, Publisher: Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley, London

Better Bridge With A Better Memory: How Mnemonics Will Improve Your Game, Master Bridge Series, 2002

Bid Better, Much Better after Opening 1 No Trump: Bidding to Win at Bridge, Master Bridge Series, 2001

Bridge Basics: An Introduction to Good Bridge, Master Bridge Series, LC: 74153324, Publisher: Reldt Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia

Bridge Basics, Master Bridge Series/Standard American Edition, 1991: (Note: the publication Bridge Basics is presently in its fifth edition)

Bridge Is Fun, Master Bridge Series

Cue-Bidding To Slams, Master Bridge Series

Guide to Better Acol Bridge, Master Bridge Series

Guide to Better Bridge, Master Bridge Series/Standard American Edition

Guide To Better Card Play, Master Bridge Series, New Edition

Guide To Better Card Play, Master Bridge Series/Standard American Edition

Guide To Better Duplicate Bridge, Master Bridge Series, 1995, LC: 97178395, Publisher: Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley, London

Improve Your Bridge Memory, Master Bridge Series, 1994, LC: 93044985, Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston

Master Play At Trick 1, 1988, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN: 0575043512, EAN: 9780575043510, ASIN: 0575043512

Modern Losing Trick Count

Playing to Win at Bridge: Practical Problems for the Improving Player, 1976, LC: 77356285, Publisher: Ward Lock, London

Playing to Win at Bridge: Practical Problems for the Improving Player, Master Bridge Series, 1993, LC: 92035309, Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston

Power Acol, The Art of Being Lucky in the Bidding, Master Bridge Series

The Power of Shape, Master Bridge Series

Practical Slam Bidding, The Self-Help Guide to Better Slam Bidding, Master Bridge Series

Ron Klinger Answers Your Bridge Queries, Master Bridge Series

When to Bid, When to Pass, Master Bridge Series

Winning Bridge: Trick by Trick, Master Bridge, reprint 1993, LC: 94172310, Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London

 

Flipper

20 Great Conventions, 2002

5 Card Majors Bidding, 1999, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN-10: 0575067268 / ISBN-13: 978-0575067264

Acol Bridge, The Fast Fact Finder, New Edition, 2004, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, London, ISBN: 03043666; also 2005, Publisher: Cassell Reference; Booklet Edition, ISBN-10: 0304366641 / ISBN-13: 978-0304366644

Acol Bridge Made Easy, Master Bridge Series, 2003, Publisher: Cassell Reference; Second New Edition, 2003, ISBN-10: 0304366439 / ISBN-13: 978-0304366439

Basic Acol Bridge, 1987; also 2001, New Edition, Publisher: Cassell; Revised Edition, ISBN-10: 0304362794 / ISBN-13: 978-0304362790; also 2002, Publisher: Orion Publishing Co., United Kingdom, ISBN: 0304362794 / ISBN-13: 9780304362790

also 2005, Publisher: Orion Publishing Co., ISBN: 0304362794 / ISBN-13: 9780304362790; also 2005, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN: 0304362794 / ISBN-13: 9780304362790

Duplicate Bridge, Master Bridge Series, 1995, Publisher: Victor Gollancz, London, England, ISBN: 0575059427 / ISBN-13: 9780575059429; also 1995, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN: 0575059427 / ISBN-13: 9780575059429; also 2006, Duplicate Bridge, New Revised Edition, Publisher: Orion Publishing Co Date Published: 2006, ISBN: 030436584X / ISBN-13: 9780304365845

Duplicate Bridge, New Revised Edition, 2006, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN-10: 030436584X / ISBN-13: 978-0304365845

Memory Aids And Useful Rules, 2006, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN-10: 0304368172 / ISBN-13: 978-0304368174

Modern Losing Trick Count, New Edition, 1987, Publisher: Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575039736 / ISBN-13: 978-0575039735

Modern Losing Trick Count, New Edition, Master Bridge Series, Third Edition, 2001, Publisher: Cassell, ISBN-10: 0304357707 / ISBN-13: 978-0304357703

Modern Losing Trick Count, Flipper, New Edition, 1991

Modern Duplicate Methods

Opening Leads, 1998, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN-10: 0575066318 / ISBN-13: 978-0575066311

Standard Bridge

The Law Of Total Tricks, 2000, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN-10: 0575071214 / ISBN-13: 978-0575071216

 

Bridge Pamphlets

1 NT: 2 C
10 Great Conventions
12 More Great Conventions
Benjamin Twos
Competitive Bidding
Cue Bidding To Slams
Multi-Twos
Negative Doubles
Opening Leads
Roman Key Card Blackwood
Transfers Over 1NT and 2NT

 

Co-author David Bird

Art of Good Bidding, co-author David Bird

Cardinal Sins, co-author David Bird

Doubled and Venerable, co-author David Bird

Kosher Bridge, co-author David Bird, Master Bridge, 1992, LC: 92226907, Publisher: Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crrawley, London

Kosher Bridge, co-author David Bird, 1992, revised edition 1998

Kosher Bridge 2, co-author David Bird, 1994

The Rabbi’s Magic Trick, More Kosher Bridge, co-author David Bird, Master Bridge Series, 1998
20 Great Conventions Flipper

 

Co-author Peter Crawley

Cue Bidding to Slams, 2001, co-author Peter Crawley

 

Co-author Albert Dormer

The New Complete Book Of Bridge, Master Bridge Series, 2004, Publisher: Cassell, ISBN: 0304366757

 

Co-author Derek Rimington

Improve Your Bidding and Play, (Master Bridge Series), 2002, co-author Ron Klinger, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN: 0304363308

 

Co-author Andrew Kambites

Bridge Conventions for You, co-author Andrew Kambites, 1994, Publisher: Cassell Reference, ISBN: 0575067373, EAN: 9780575067370, ASIN: 0575067373

Bridge Conventions For You, Master Bridge Series, New Edition, co-author Andrew Kambites, 1997

Card Play Made Easy 1, Safety Plays and Endplays, co-author Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series

Card Play Made Easy 2, Know your Suit Combinations, co-author Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series, 1997

Card Play Made Easy 3, Trump Management, co-author Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series

Card Play Made Easy 4, Timing and Communications, co-author Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series, 1999, ISBN: 0575067446, ASIN: 0575067446; also 2000, Fourth Edition, Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd., ISBN-10: 0575067446 / ISBN-13: 978-0575067448

Guide To Better Acol Bridge, co-author Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series

How Good Is Your Bridge Hand, co-author Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series

Starting The Defense, Master Bridge Series, 2006 (reprint), co-author Andrew Kambites, Publisher: Cassell, ISBN: 0304366692

Understanding The Contested Auction, co-author Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series

Understanding The Uncontested Auction, co-author Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series, Publisher: Master Point Press, ISBN No. 1 894154 47 9

Understanding Duplicate Pairs, co-author Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series

Understanding Slam Bidding, co-author Andrew Kambites, Master Bridge Series

 

Co-author Hugh Kelsey

Five-Card Majors Bidding Flipper, Master Bridge Series, co-author Hugh Kelsey, 1992

Instant Guide to Bridge, Master Bridge Series/Standard American Edition, co-author Hugh Kelsey, 1991

New Instant Guide To Bridge, Acol Bids, Responses, Leads and Plays, Master Bridge Series, co-author Hugh Kelsey, reprint 2003, Publisher: Cassell, ISBN: 0304365971

 

Co-author Mike Lawrence

Opening Leads, co-author Mike Lawrence, 1998, Flipper

 

Author Pietro Forquet

Bridge With The Blue Team, Master Bridge Series, 1987, Edited by Ron Klinger, Foreword by Hugh Kelsey, LC: 88117890, Publisher: Victor Gollancz in association with Peter Crawley, London

 

Videos

Bridge on Video, Advanced Bidding Technique
Bridge on Video, Bidding Over Pre-empts
Bridge on Video, Better Hand Evaluation
Bridge on Video, Bidding Over Preempts
Bridge on Video, Card Combinations For Declarer
Bridge on Video, Competitive Bidding, Part 1
Bridge on Video, Competitive Bidding, Part 2
Bridge on Video, Defensive Play
Bridge on Video, Improve Your Hand Valuation
Bridge on Video, Opening Leads, Part 2
Bridge on Video, Opening Leads I
Bridge on Video, Opening Leads II
Bridge Video, Responders Strategy
Bridge on Video, Signals and Discards
Bridge Video, Tips on Bidding
PLAY BRIDGE computer game

 

Reprints by Publishers with corresponding ISBN

100 Winning Bridge Tips, 2003, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304365874

100 Consejos Para Ganar Al Bridge, 1998, Publisher: Tutor S.A., ISBN: 847902190X, EAN: 9788479021900, ASIN: 847902190X

100 Winning Duplicate Tips: For the Improving Tournament Player, 2003, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304366129

20 Great Conventions Flipper, 2002, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304363219

50 More Winning Bridge Tips: For the Improving Player, 1997, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575063637

Acol Bridge Flipper: The Fast Fact Finder, 2004, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304366641

Basic Acol Bridge Flipper, 2002, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304362794

Better Bridge With a Better Memory: How Mnemonics Will Improve Your Game, 2002, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304364762

Bid Better, Much Better After Opening 1 No-Trump: Bidding to Win at Bridge, 2001, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304357766

Bridge Convention Defences & Counter Measures, 2002, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304361127

Bridge Conventions for You, 2001, co-author Andrew Kambites, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304357952

Bridge Is Fun, Master Bridge Series, 2004, Publisher: Cassell, ISBN: 0304366684

Bridge Is Fun: Learn and Laugh With Ron Klinger, 2004, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304366684

Bridge Is Fun: Learn and Laugh With Ron Klinger, 2004, Publisher: Orion Publishing Company, United Kingdom ISBN 0304366684

Bridge With the Blue Team, author Pietro Forquet, Edited by Ron Klinger, 1997, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575063912

Card Play Made Easy 2: Know Your Suit Combinations, co-author Andrew Kambites, 1997, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575065370

Card Play Made Easy 3: Trump Management, co-author Andrew Kambites, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575065966

Card Play Made Easy 4: Timing and Communication, co-author Andrew Kambites, 1999, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575067446

Cue Bidding to Slams, 2001, co-author Peter Crawley, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304357685

Duplicate Bridge Flipper, 2003, co-author Hugh Kelsey, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 030436584X

Five-Card Majors Bidding Flipper, 1999, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575067268

Five-Card Majors, 2000, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575068469

Guide to Better Acol Bridge, 2002, co-author Andrew Kambites, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304362611

Guide to Better Card Play, 2001, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304357693

Guide To Better Duplicate Bridge, Master Bridge Series, 2002, Publisher: Cassell, ISBN: 0304363200

How Good Is Your Bridge Hand, 2000, co-author Andrew Kambites, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575071486

Improve Your Bidding and Play, 2002, co-author Derek Rimington, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304363308; also 2002, Publisher: Cassell, ISBN 0304363308

Improve Your Bridge Memory, 2002, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 030436116X

Kosher Bridge, 1998, co-author David Bird, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575066326

Modern Losing Trick Count, 2001, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304357707

Modern Losing Trick Count: Bidding to Win at Bridge, 1987, Publisher: Victor Gollancz ISBN: 0575039736

More Killing Defence at Bridge, 2003, author Hugh Kelsey, Foreword by Ron Klinger, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304366145

The New Complete Book Of Bridge, 2004, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304366757

Opening Leads Flipper, 1998, co-author Mike Lawrence, Publisher: Trafalgar Square ISBN: 0575066318

Play With the Champions, 2004, Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., ISBN: 0713488808

Playing to Win at Bridge, 1999, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575067365

Power Acol: The Art of Being Lucky in the Bidding, 1999, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575061146

Power of Shape, 2002, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304357820; also 2008, Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN-10: 0297844962 / ISBN-13: 978-0297844969, EAN: 9780297844969, ASIN: 0297844962

Practical Slam Bidding, 1998, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575066040

Rabbi's Magic Trick: More Kosher Bridge, 1998, co-author David Bird, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0575065958

Ron Klinger Answers Your Bridge Queries, 2004, Publisher: Orion Publishing Company, ISBN 0304366730

Ron Klinger Answers Your Bridge Queries, 2004, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304366730

Ron Klinger Answers Your Bridge Queries, 2005, Publisher: Cassell, ISBN 0304366730

Ron Klinger’s Master Class, 2004, Publisher: Orion Publishing Compnay, ISBN: 0304366862

Starting The Defence, 2006, co-author Andrew Kambites, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304366692

Understanding Duplicate Pairs, 2002, co-author Andrew Kambites, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304362182

Understanding Slam Bidding, 2003, co-author Andrew Kambites, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304366153

Understanding the Contested Auction, 2001, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304357804

Understanding the Uncontested Auction, 2002, co-author Andrew Kambites, Publisher: Trafalgar Square, ISBN: 0304363227

 

Translated Publications

100 Conseils pour gagner, 1993, Publisher: Editeur Grasset, France, ISBN-10: 2246432715 / ISBN-13: 978-2246432715

Einführung in das Acol-Reizsystem: Verbessern Sie Ihre Acol-Reizung, 1994, authors: Pat Husband, Andrew Kambites, and Ron Klinger, Publisher: Idea, Germany, ISBN-10: 3887930649 / ISBN-13: 978-3887930646

Spielen Sie die richtige Karte: Starke Zweier-Eröffnungen, Speff-Gebote und Schlemms, 1997, authors: Andrew Kambites, Pat Husband, and Ron Klinger, Translated by Dietrich Kreplin, Publisher: Idea, Germany, ISBN-10: 3887930894 / ISBN-13: 978-3887930899

 

 

 
 
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