Bridge With The Blue Team

BRIDGE WITH THE BLUE TEAM sets down the most outstanding hands played by the Blue Team, the astonishingly successful Italian team which achieved a record number of victories in world-class championships, a feat unlikely to be equalled.

The 140 chosen hands are first set out in single dummy form so that the reader can make his own decisions about playing the hand before reading the analysis provided. Sections at the end of the book give a summary of the bidding systems.

Pietro Forquet is recognised as one of the most celebrated bridge players of all time and in this book he demonstrates he would rank similarly as a bridge writer.

“"A wonderful book with wonderful hands."”

A wonderful book with wonderful hands--DAILY TELEGRAPH
BRIDGE WITH THE BLUE TEAM is recognised as a bridge classic - not only because it sets down the most outstanding bridge hands played by the Italian Blue Team which dominated world-class bridge for over two decades, but also because its author, Pietro Forquet, one of the most celebrated players of all time, shows that he should rank similarly as a bridge writer--BRIDGE PLUS

Pietro Forquet has the reputation of being one of the most celebrated bridge players of all time and was a central figure in the Italian Blue Club team.

Ron Klinger is a leading international bridge teacher and has represented Australia in world championships since 1976. An Australian Grand Master and a World Bridge Federation International Master, he has written over fifty books, some of which have been translated into Bulgarian, Chinese, Danish, French, Hebrew and Icelandic. He has created many new bridge ideas and devised a number of conventions. He lives in NSW, Australia.

BRIDGE WITH THE BLUE TEAM sets down the most outstanding hands played by the Blue Team, the astonishingly successful Italian team which achieved a record number of victories in world-class championships, a feat unlikely to be equalled.The 140 chosen hands are first set out in single dummy form so that the reader can make his own decisions about playing the hand before reading the analysis provided. Sections at the end of the book give a summary of the bidding systems.Pietro Forquet is recognised as one of the most celebrated bridge players of all time and in this book he demonstrates he would rank similarly as a bridge writer.

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