Defense of Depth

by Martin Hoffman

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571135315
• ISBN13: 9780571135318
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good advanced / intermediate plus book.

Quite a few of the hands are based on breaking up squeezes. Once you recognize that theme the hands become a little easier. A few of the hands are a bit far fetched. Overall the hands were decent, requiring visualization, and avoiding end plays and not breaking new suits. Explanations were good. But not the classic that it was built up to be. Instead the same authors book "Hoffman on Pairs Play" is a terrific book, though it focuses much more on declarer play. I also found Kelseys Test Your Defense a better sampling of problems than these. Nothing super hard, just more visualization. Overall a good book, worth reading, yet not a classic.