Bridge Squeezes Complete

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]

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

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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  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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.