Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> Alan Malloy wrote:
>> There've been several posts recently mentioning Kaplan-Sheinwold and
>> Roth-Stone. It sounds as if KS might be a system that would fit my
>> style, but I'm not at all familiar with it. Can anyone point me to a
>> good reference for KS, or summarize the general philosophy? I'm not
>> as interested in RS, but since they seem to be mentioned together
>> fairly often perhaps I should take a look at both anyway.
>
> The last published notes describing KS can be found at
><http://www.bridgeworld.com/default.asp?d=editorial_dept&f=edgarkaplan/k
>supdated.html>
> or <http://tinyurl.com/hv8d2>.
>
> The last text before that is the 1963 Hardback edition of _How to Play
> Winning Bridge_. The last I checked, copies of this run in the range
> of $90 up from Amazon. The various paperback editions, which are to be
> found in almost any US used book store, tend to follow the 1958 text,
> which is less useful. Some paperback editions give the 1968 text with
> the 1963 revisions given at chapter ends as optional methods. If you
> find one of those, pay attention to those options, since they are
> sounder methods.
I would add that places like bookfinder.com or alibris.com may have better
prices than amazon.
One other option is to pick up the tribute book Bridge Orld published on
Kaplan. While it doesn't deal with KS directly, there were several
articles
on Weak NT and bidding by Kaplan that do a pretty good job of presenting
the general philosophy of KS.
Otis
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