Bridge Squeezes Complete Explained

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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Notes and References

  1. Book: Love , Clyde E. . Bridge Squeezes Complete or Winning End Play Strategy . Barclay Bridge Supplies, Sterling Publishing Company Inc . Long Island, NY . 1st . 260 . 1959 . 59014249 . . This was preceded by another similarly titled book: Book: Love , Clyde E. . Squeeze Play in Bridge . Richard R. Smith Publisher Inc . New York . 183 . 1951 . 2556862 .
  2. Book: Tim . Bourke . Tim Bourke . Sugden . John . Bridge Books in English from 1886-2010: an annotated bibliography . Bridge Book Buffs . Cheltenham, England . 711 pages plus supplement . 2010 . 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. Book: Love , Clyde E. . Lee . Linda . Linda Lee (bridge) . Pottage . Julian . Julian Pottage . Bridge Squeezes Complete: Winning Endgame Strategy . Master Point Press . Toronto . Revised . 384 . 2010 . 978-1-897106-58-7.
  6. Web site: Le Squeeze Programmé . 2010-03-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100314191331/http://www.lesqueezeprogramme.com/ . 2010-03-14 . dead .

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