Bridge For Beginners – Course Overview
Next course starts September 2012
Continuing
Bridge – Course Overview
Wednesday afternoons 2:00-4:00pm Pinner Bridge Club, 103 Marsh
Road, Pinner HA5 5PA
Wednesday eve 7:45-9:45pm St John's Church, Hallowell Road,
Northwood HA6 1DN (Near Green Lane)
£7 per person per lesson.
The book that accompanies this course – Continuing Bridge costs £25.
RRevised dates (as of 01/05/2012)
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Wednesday
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Lesson
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Topic
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Topic
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Book
Pages
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Exercise
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16/05/2012
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1
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Review
the uncontested auction; Suit Bidding
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Bidding
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p3-7
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23/05/2012
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2
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Review
the uncontested auction; Responding to NT
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Bidding
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p15
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30/05/2012
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3
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Review
the contested auction: overcalls and doubles
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Bidding
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p8-11,
14
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quiz
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06/06/2012
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4
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Planning
the Play (1)
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Declarer
Play
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p21-24
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quiz
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13/06/2012
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13/06
Break
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20/06/2012
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5
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Planning
the Play (2)
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Declarer
Play
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p24-26
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27/06/2012
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6
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Slam
Bidding: Blackwood and Cue Bids
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Bidding
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p29-36
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04/07/2012
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Practice
Hands - Slams
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11/07/2012
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7
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3rd
Hand Play
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Defence
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p41-43
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18/07/2012
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8
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2nd
Hand Play
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Defence
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p44-48
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p49
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25/07/2012
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9
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Protecting
Partner and Practice defence
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Defence
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p12-14
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p17
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01/08/2012
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Break until 12/09/2012
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12/09/2012
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10
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More
on doubles: negative or Sputnik
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Bidding
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p55,
57-60
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p71
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19/09/2012
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11
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The
Law of Total Tricks: how high to bid in competition
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Bidding
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26/09/2012
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12
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Bidding
over opponents 1NT - overcall or double?
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Bidding
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p62-64
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p73
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03/10/2012
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13
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Hand
evaluation, pre-emptive game raise
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Bidding
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10/10/2012
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14
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The
Danger Hand
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Declarer
Play
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pp
77-80
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p85
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17/10/2012
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15
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Counting
and Deception
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Declarer
Play
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p81-82
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24/10/2012
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Practice
Hands
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31/10/2012
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31/10/2012
Break
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07/11/2012
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16
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Showing
shape, 4441
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Bidding
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p90-91
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p97
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14/11/2012
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17
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Fourth
Suit Forcing
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Bidding
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p92-93
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p99
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21/11/2012
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18
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Losing
Trick Count (LTC)
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Bidding
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p129-130
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p141
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28/11/2012
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19
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Bending
the rules
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Bidding
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p94-95
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p101
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05/12/2012
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20
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Defensive
signals (att and suit pref)
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Defence
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p107-9
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p118
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12/12/2012
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21
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Defensive
signals (count)
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Defence
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p110-112
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p119
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19/12/2012
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Practice
Hands
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26/12/2012
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26/12
break
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02/01/2013
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02/01
break
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09/01/2013
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22
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Defence
against suit contracts (Trump promotion)
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Defence
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p113
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16/01/2013
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23
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Defence
against suit contracts (Forcing)
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Defence
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p114
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23/01/2013
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24
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Lead
of king vs NT
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Defence
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p115-6
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30/01/2013
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25
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Pre-emptive
game raise, splinter and pudding raise
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Bidding
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p131-133
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p143
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06/02/2013
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26
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Red
Suit Transfers
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Bidding
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p134-135
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p145,147
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13/02/2013
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27
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Weak
Twos/Landy
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Bidding
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p136-140
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p149,151
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