Bridge Squeezes Complete

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Bridge Squeezes Complete
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2010 revised edition cover
Author Clyde E. Love
Publication date
1959

Bridge Squeezes Complete is a book on contract bridge written by Ann Arbor, Michigan-based mathematics professor Clyde E. Love, originally published in 1959. [1] Written in a "dry, mathematical way", [2] it is still considered one of the most important bridge books ever written [3] and the squeeze vocabulary Love invented [4] remains the basis for all discussions of squeezes. [5]

Reprints of the original text have been published in 1961 by Mayflower (London), in 1968 by Dover (New York) and in 1969 by Constable (London). [2] A revised edition, edited by Linda Lee and Julian Pottage, was published by Master Point Press in 2010. [5]

An interactive software presentation of the original text was developed by Lorne Russell in 2006 and translated into French by Theo VanDommelen in 2008. [6]

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References

  1. Love, Clyde E. (1959). Bridge Squeezes Complete or Winning End Play Strategy (1st ed.). Long Island, NY: Barclay Bridge Supplies, Sterling Publishing Company Inc. p. 260. LCCN   59014249.. This was preceded by another similarly titled book: Love, Clyde E. (1951). Squeeze Play in Bridge. New York: Richard R. Smith Publisher Inc. p. 183. OCLC   2556862.
  2. 1 2 Tim, Bourke; Sugden, John (2010). Bridge Books in English from 1886-2010: an annotated bibliography. Cheltenham, England: Bridge Book Buffs. pp. 711 pages plus supplement. ISBN   978-0-9566576-0-2. Page 258
  3. The Bibliography of The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge , 5th Edition, identifies Love's book as "a mandatory requirement for a modern technical bridge library".
  4. Although the term "squeeze" was coined by Sidney Lenz in the mid-1920s well after the operation of the squeeze had been recognized and analysed in the game of Whist (see page 436 of The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge , 6th Edition).
  5. 1 2 Love, Clyde E. (2010). Lee, Linda; Pottage, Julian (eds.). Bridge Squeezes Complete: Winning Endgame Strategy (Revised ed.). Toronto: Master Point Press. p. 384. ISBN   978-1-897106-58-7.
  6. "Le Squeeze Programmé". Archived from the original on 2010-03-14. Retrieved 2010-03-09.