Julian Pottage

Julian Y. Pottage (born 1962) is a British contract bridge player, writer and teacher,[1] who studied mathematics at Trinity College Cambridge.[2] He is also well known as a collector of bridge problems, and writes a monthly problem column in Britain's Bridge Magazine.[3] He has written or co-authored 26 books on bridge, including Bridge Problems for a New Millennium and The Extra Edge In Play with Terence Reese (1913–1996). He also co-edited the recent second edition of Clyde E. Love's Bridge Squeezes Complete.[4] His book Play or Defend? won the International Bridge Press Association's 2004 Book of the Year Award. Pottage is from Basingstoke.[1]

As a player, Pottage has participated in several national and international events,[5] notably winning the Pachabo and Tollemache double in 1999.[2] He lives in Wales.

Bibliography
Books created by Julian Pottage[6]
TitlePublishedCo-author
Art of Psychic Bidding, the2003Peter Burrows
Back through the Pack2006
Bridge Behind Bars2008Nick Smith
Bridge Player's Companion, the2006
Bridge Problems for a New Millennium2001
Clues from the Bidding at Bridge1990 2005
Defend or Declare2012
Defend These Hands with Me2006
Easy Guide to Defensive Signals at Bridge2005
Extra Edge in Play at Bridge1994 2005Terence Reese
Golden Rules for Rubber Bridge Players, the 2005
Golden Rules of Competitive Auctions, the2003Marc Smith
Golden Rules of Constructive Bidding, the2002Marc Smith
Golden Rules of Declarer play, the2001Marc Smith
Golden Rules of Defence, the2000Marc Smith
Golden Rules of Opening Leads, the2004
Great Deal of Bridge Problems, a2007
Little Book of Bridge Secrets2012
Masterpieces of Declarer Play2001
Masterpieces of Defence2002
More Hocus Pocus2002Erwin Brecher
Play or Defend2003
Positive Declarer Play at Bridge1986 2005Terence Reese
Positive Defense at Bridge1985 2005Terence Reese
Why You still Lose at Bridge2013
Win the Big Match2004

References
  1. Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 713. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
  2. Archived January 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Archived March 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Bridge Squeezes Complete: Winning Endgame Strategies". Archived from the original on April 14, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
  6. "Books By Julian Pottage". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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