Hugh Kelsey

Background

Kelsey was born and died in Edinburgh.

Career

He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles. He was the non-playing captain of the Great Britain women"s team in the 7th World Team Olympiad held at Seattle in 1984. However, he was most famous and will be remembered as a writer

He wrote some fifty books on the game, mostly aimed at intermediate to advanced players.

lieutenant is a measure of their quality that many of them were still in print more than a decade after his death. Two of his books, Killing Defence at and Advanced Play at, were listed by the Official Encyclopedia of as "mandatory requirements for a modern technical bridge library".

Adventures in Card Play by Kelsey and Géza Ottlik (Gollancz, 1979) is regarded by many as the most advanced book on the play of the cards. lieutenant introduced and developed many new concepts such as backwash squeeze and entry-shifting squeeze. experts surveyed by the American Contract League (ACBL) in 2007 ranked it third on a list of their favourite books, nearly thirty years after its first publication.

Kelsey was bridge columnist for the Edinburgh newspaper The Scotsman, wrote many articles for bridge magazines, and was general editor for the Gollancz Master series.

He was the International Press Association Personality of the Year in 1993. The Scottish Union holds an annual Hugh Kelsey Tournament. This is open to all those in Scotland who are currently receiving lessons.

Achievements

• He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980.

Works

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  • New Instant Guide to Bridge: Acol Bids, Responses, Leads and Plays (Master Bridge)

    (Rixi Markus, one of the all-time great names in bridge sa...)

  • New Instant Guide to Bridge: Acol Bids, Responses, Leads & Play (Master Bridge Series)

    ( A pocket guide to bridge, written by two internationall...)

  • Acol Bridge for Bright Beginners (Master Bridge Series)

    ( Acol Bridge for Bright Beginners gives you a brief intr...)

  • Advanced Play at Bridge (Master Bridge)

    (As the title implies, this is not a book for beginners, b...)

  • Bridge for the Connoisseur (Master Bridge Series)

    ( The attraction of these 58 deals is that they not only ...)

  • New Instant Guide to Bridge (Latest Edition) (Master Bridge Series)

    (NEW INSTANT GUIDE TO BRIDGE is designed as a quick refere...)

  • Logical Bridge Play (Master Bridge Series)

    ( Hugh Kelsey teaches you how to apply logic to your card...)

  • Logical Bridge Play (Master Bridge Series)

    (As Hugh Kelsey says in his introduction, the brilliant ca...)

  • Bridge: The Mind Of The Expert

    (Hugh Walter Kelsey (1926 at Edinburgh, Scotland - 18 Marc...)

  • Winning Card Play (Master Bridge Series)

    (This manual teaches readers how to polish up their bridge...)

  • Logical Bridge Play (Master Bridge)

    (If you are a reasonably good bridge player this book will...)

  • More Killing Defence at Bridge

    (This book shows how good bridge players can become expert...)

  • Tough Game: Sequel to Author's Test Your Match Play

    (Book by Kelsey, Hugh Walter)

  • Learn Bridge for Fun
  • Master Slam Bidding (Mini Masters Series)
  • Bridge: The Mind Of The Expert by Hugh Walter Kelsey (1981-07-06)
  • Logical Bridge Play (Master Bridge Series) by Hugh Kelsey (2011-01-04)
  • Winning Card Play (Master Bridge Series) by Hugh Walter Kelsey (1979-06-01)
  • Winning Card Play (Master Bridge Series) by Hugh Walter Kelsey (1979-06-03)
  • New Instant Guide to Bridge: Acol Bids, Responses, Leads & Play (Master Bridge Series) by Hugh Kelsey (2012-02-01)