From Short Whist to Contract Bridge: The history of contract bridge and its predecessors

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Hans Secelle Herman de Wael

From Short Whist to Contract Bridge

The history of contract bridge and its predecessors

Hans Secelle, Herman de Wael

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English

Master Point Press
15 May 2020

Social & cultural history; Bridge

In From Short Whist to Contract Bridge, the author takes the reader on a fascinating journey through space and time and introduces him to such games as Karnöffel, Whist, Hombre, Quadrille, Boston, Cayenne, Vist-Preferans, Russian Whist, Yeralash and Stormwhist. These old and mostly forgotten games will eventually lead to the assembly of a number of 'proto-bridge' variants, of which only Collinson's Biritch or Russian Whist will survive the labor pains. In its turn, this 'mother of all bridge variants' will be superseded by its more sophisticated successors: bridge-opposition, auction bridge, royal auction bridge, plafond and, finally, contract bridge, the world's most popular card game...

By: Hans Secelle
Translated by: Herman de Wael
Imprint: Master Point Press
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.080kg
ISBN: 9781771402163
ISBN 10: 1771402164
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 15 May 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

HANS SECELLE (Schelderode, Belgium) is an expert chess and shogi player who turned to bridge in 1991. Having taken an interest in 18th and 19th century card games, he decided to investigate the transition from short whist to contract bridge and published his first book, Bridge - The history of a card game, in 2014. As his research continued, blind spots were identified, errors were corrected and more missing links were discovered, to the extent that reworking his first book became an absolute necessity. HERMAN DE WAEL (translator) has been an international tournament director since 1993. He has visited European and World Championships since 1988 and was the regular scribe for the Appeal Committees of the European Bridge League since 1998. When the Appeal Committees were abolished, he continued to be on the staff of European and World Championships, often as assistant reviewer. His main interests outside of bridge are the Olympic Games, on which his website has been made complete up to 1956. He is a keen quizzer, and has competed in the Antwerp Quiz Federation since before he was born.