For all bridge players and organizers there is a brand new event type. This is called a Scissor movement and is run like any Howell movement. In this type of event the players play as pairs as usual, but also have their team mates as another pair, never meeting each other. This allows the event to be scored both as teams and pairs, producing a winning team and a winning pair.

All duplicate bridge players will find the history of their favorite game most intriguing. The history of the commonly known people like Mitchell and Howell is outlined. When did they live; what did they contribute to bridge; and what was the politics of their time? In addition there are many other people not so well known today.

For the mathematically inclined there are plenty of interesting oddities. The mathematics of balance of movements, giving the measure of quality, is discussed thoroughly. The history and the controversial debate over movement quality are presented with all the ideas and opinions of players and mathematicians.

Ian McKinnon is a mathematician, expert bridge player, Tournament Director, author and computer professional. Through circumstance, around 1970, he started tournament directing at a major bridge club in Sydney which eventually led to him being the senior Tournament Director within the Australian Bridge Federation during the 1970s. He produced his first book 'Bridge Directing Complete' in 1979. All his years of experience, and the last 10 years of intense research and computer programming, have resulted in this book.