Why You Lose at Bridge

Why You Lose at Bridge
AuthorS. J. Simon
LanguageEnglish
SubjectContract bridge
Published1945
PublisherNicholson & Watson
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pagesiv + 154
OCLC18352804
Cut for Partners
AuthorS. J. Simon
LanguageEnglish
SubjectContract bridge
Published1950
PublisherNicholson & Watson
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pagesiv + 128
OCLC13548585

Why You Lose at Bridge is a book about the game of contract bridge by the Russian-born English bridge player S. J. "Skid" Simon (1904–48), first published in 1945.[1] It contains practical advice directed mainly towards rubber bridge players and introduces to the world four stereotypical bad players: Mr Smug, the Unlucky Expert, Mrs Guggenheim, and Futile Willie. It has been much admired by duplicate bridge players as well as by rubber bridge players, and Simon's fictional characters have passed into legend.

Cut for Partners, another book by Simon, recounts the further misadventures of his four fictional players. It was published posthumously in 1950.[2]

  1. ^ Simon, S. J. (1945). Why You Lose at Bridge. London: Nicholson & Watson. OCLC 18352804.
  2. ^ Simon, S. J. (1950). Cut for Partners. London: Nicholson & Watson. OCLC 13548585.