Ron Klinger

Ron Klinger is a leading bridge author, he's also one of the game's most prolific writers with more than 50 books to his name. Ron is an Australian Grand Master and a World Bridge Federation International Master. He was born on November 8, 1941 in Shanghai, China and has been a bridge teacher, respected international player, and author for decades.

Ron Klinger has lived in Sydney, Australia since 1946. He put a successful career in law aside to pursue Bridge as a professional player and teacher. Ron has achieved success in bridge tournaments both nationally and internationally and is renowned worldwide for his expertise in both playing and teaching the game.

Ron’s Bridge Success

Without a doubt Ron Klinger is a keen bridge player, but when he's not playing or teaching he writes a daily bridge column for the Sydney Morning Herald and a weekly column for The Sun-Herald. Ron has played for Australia in the Bridge World Championships in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Ron also won the Pacific-Asian Open Teams in 1970 and has won the Pacific Asian Open Pairs twice. In the 1976 World Open Teams Olympiad Ron won the Bols Brilliancy Prize for best play.

Ron Klinger’s Website

Ron Klinger's official website can be found at http://www.ronklingerbridge.com and there he shares the expertise he's developed over decades of playing bridge, much of it for free. His long career as a bridge teacher has seen him teach players of all levels of experience and he welcomes anyone with an interest in bridge and a desire to improve their game.

Ron continues to post reference articles, quizzes, and problems each day on his site. They include text taken directly from his own published books, as well as content created specifically for the website.

In response to requests from his fans, Ron re-launched his website in September, 2008 to make it easier for them to use and help them learn more quickly.

Ron also operates an online store from his website, where people can buy his books and DVDs - despite the additional work the website involves, Ron is still actively continuing to write.

Ron Klinger - The Author

Ron was editor of Australian Bridge for thirteen years since 1972, making it one of world's leading bridge magazines. He was also the bridge columnist for the Australian Women's Weekly and later, The Daily Telegraph and The Weekend Australian. He is currently the bridge columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and has a regular column in Australian Bridge magazine. He was also a regular contributor to Britain's Bridge Plus magazine.

Bibliography

Ron Klinger is a prolific author. A list of some of his books can be seen below, a more complete listing can be found at http://www.ronklingerbridge.com.

*"20 Great Conventions Flipper"
*"50 more winning bridge tips"
*"100 winning duplicate tips"
*"100 winning bridge tips"
*"Acol bridge flipper"
*"Acol bridge made easy"
*"Basic Acol bridge flipper"
*"Basic Bridge" (with Pat Husband and Andrew Kambites), GB 1994. Victor Gollance, London, England. ISBN 0-575-05690-8
*"Better Bridge with a Better Memory"
*"Bid Better, Much Better After Opening 1NT
*"Bridge Basics"(with Albert Dormer)
*"Bridge conventions, defence & counter measures"
*"Bridge conventions for you" (with Andrew Kambites)
*"Bridge for Children"
*"Bridge is Fun"
*"Bridge Made Easy"
*"Bridge with the Blue Team" (as editor)
*"Bridge without error"
*"The Bridge Player Who Laughed"
*"Card Play made Easy #1" (with Andrew Kambites)
*"Card Play made Easy #2" (with Andrew Kambites)
*"Card Play made Easy #3" (with Andrew Kambites)
*"Card Play made Easy #4" (with Andrew Kambites)
*"Common bridge conventions flipper"
*"Cue bidding to slams"
*"Duplicate bridge flipper"
*"Five-card majors", 1992. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, England. ISBN 0-575-05251-1
*"Five-card Major Stayman (2006)
*"Guide to better Acol bridge"
*"Guide to better card play" [Won Book of the Year Award from the American Bridge Teachers' Association)
*"Guide to better duplicate bridge"
*"How To Play Contract Bridge"
*"Improve Your Bidding and Play (with Derek Rimington)"
*"Improve your bridge memory"
*"Instant guide to standard bridge" (with Hugh Kelsey)
*"Kosher bridge" (with David Bird)
*"Kosher bridge 2" (with David Bird)
*"The Law of Total Tricks flipepr"
*"Master cue bidding to slams"
*"Master doubles"
*"Master opening leads"
*"Master play at trick 1"
*"Medium Club Relay"(with Alex Fransz)
*"Memory Aids and Useful Rules flipper"
*"The modern losing trick count"
*"The modern losing trick count flipper"
*"The New Complete Book of Bridge"(with Albert Dormer)
*"The New Instant Guide To Bridge"
*"Opening Leads" (with Michael Lawrence)"
*"Opening Leads Flipper" (with Michael Lawrence)"
*"Play with the Champions"
*"Playing to win at bridge"
*"Power Acol"
*"The Power of Shape"
*"The Power System"
*"Practical Slam Bidding"
*"Ron Klinger Answers Youur bridge Queries"
*"The Rabbi's Magic Trick" (with David Bird)
*"Standard bridge flipper"
*"Teach your child bridge"
*"To Win At Bridge" (2008)
*"Understanding the Contested Auction"(with Andrew Kambites)
*"Understanding Duplicate Pairs"(with Andrew Kambites)
*"Understanding Slam Bidding"(with Andrew Kambites)
*"Understanding the Uncontested Auction"(with Andrew Kambites)
*"When To Bid, When To Pass"
*"Winning bridge - trick by trick"

External links

* [http://www.ronklingerbridge.com/ Ron Klinger Bridge]
* [http://ronklingerbridge.com/store/ Ron Klinger Books]
* [http://ronklingerbridge.com/daily/ Ron Klinger Daily Problem]
* [http://www.worldbridge.org/people/person.asp?qryid=4115 WBF Entry]