Product Description

Germany staged an improbable comeback in the final session of the 2001 Women's World Bridge Championship to score a narrow victory over France. In this book, world champion Sabine Auken tells the thrilling story of that gold medal win. She also uses the hands from that session as a starting point to talk about the game of bridge, and distills from them general principles and advice that will help any improving player.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #487414 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-23
• Original language: German
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 207 pages

About the Author
Sabine Auken lives in Denmark but still represents her native Germany in world competition. The world's No.1-ranked woman player for several years, she has won 2 world titles and been a medalist on six other occasions. When she began playing in the USA in 1989, she set a record by becoming an ACBL Life Master in only 6 weeks. * This is a unique book from one of the world's best bridge players. * This is the author's first book for more than ten years.

Customer Reviews

Bridge as it should be written about
Bridge books come in a number of categories; there are technical tomes, quiz based approaches, biographies etc. It is relatively rare for a book to combine a number of these themes, and even rarer for the author to be able to mould those diverse topics into a good read.

Sabine Auken has done just that. In a style that is somewhat reminiscent of "The Bridge Bum" by Alan Sontag, she describes in a highly individual way her life at the bridge table; and what a colourful life it is! She is blessed with that rarest of human qualities: clarity of mind, and she uses it to analyse both life and bridge in a fascinating way.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, and can wholeheartedly recommend it.