What are the hallmarks of the expert player? Why do some players appear regularly at the top, winning rubber after rubber? In this intriguing book Hugh Kelsey sets out to show what are the characteristics of the expert mind, and how the less successful can learn to improve by studying the techniques involved. Card-reading and card sense, mental rehearsal, the application of logic, mental concentration and relaxation, the assessment of probabilities, imaginative defence and when to employ deceptive plays