Transfer bids are now a mainstream part of bridge bidding. This book examines in detail the various situations in which transfers may be used and offers recommendations for their integration into your bidding system. While some of these, such as Jacoby transfers in response to 1NT, will be familiar to the reader, there will be others, for example transfer doubles, that will probably be new.


This book is targeted at the multitude of bridge enthusiasts who are looking to enhance their bidding methods based on those of top-class experts. They will find plenty of opportunity for developing their systems. It is hoped that even the experienced tournament player may find some new material here. In order to consolidate any new ideas the reader may wish to adopt, each chapter of this guide concludes with a quiz, enabling him or her to check their understanding of the proposed methods.

As with all advances in bidding theory, there are trade-offs in the use of transfer bids. In order to give a complete picture, advice is given as to how to compete effectively against transfers when they are used by the opponents, and the book also covers non-transfer alternatives when appropriate to do so.

The author is a contributor of theoretical articles to various bridge magazines, including “The Bridge World” (USA), and “Bridge Magazine” (UK). He learnt to play bridge as a teenager and showed sufficient aptitude for the game to win the England Schools championship some eighteen months later. Now slowly working his way up to Grand Master status, he represented Yorkshire when younger, and more recently has played for Berks & Bucks.