TO RUFF OR NOT TO RUFF

About the Book

To ruff or not to ruff. The question seems so easy. To draw trumps promptly or is there something else to do first? Declarer has so many options. Ruff in dummy, a ruffing finesse, a crossruff, a dummy reversal, even a trump coup or scoring a trump ‘en passant’. And preventing the opponents from obtaining ruffs. What about the defenders? Should they be the ones to draw trumps? Can they spin straw into gold and manufacture some trump tricks? Sometimes it’s wrong to ruff. There’s a whole lot going on, many strange wonders that befall thee in the trump suit. You will see all of these in the instructive deals presented in quiz format, first thru the eyes of the declarer, then the defenders.

About the Author

Dr James Marsh Sternberg is a radiologist in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida & Professor of Radiology at two northern universities. He currently teaches bridge in Florida. He has won several North American National Championships and has written extensively for many bridge publications. He is the author of eighteen books on bridge instruction and has won multiple awards from the American Bridge Teacher’s Association’s ‘Books of the Year’ competitions. ‘Dt J’ has been a monthly columnist in the ACBL Bulletin for the past few years. Dr Sternberg lives in Palm Beach Gardens with Vickie Bader. He can be reached at mmay001@aol.com. Danny Kleinman is a world class bridge player, backgammon expert, author, and teacher. He has improved the game for an innumerable number of students and written more bridge, backgammon and other books than could be listed here. He has written countless articles for The Bridge World over more than 30 years and directed its Master Solvers' Club twice annually for more than 17 years. However, he prides himself mainly on the many songs he has written and on his innovative work on democratic voting systems. Danny lives in Los Angeles. He can be reached at dannyk13@ca.rr.com.