The Little Major is a bridge bidding system devised primarily by Terence Reese.
Notable bridge players whose works have been published by Master Point Press include Michael Rosenberg, Larry Cohen, Edwin Kantar, Terence Reese, Barbara Seagram, and David Bird.
Terence Reese wrote "That the Culbertsons did not win more easily...was due to the fact that Jacoby was a player of quite different class from any of the others".
It was analyzed and named by Terence Reese in the book "The Expert Game", also titled "Master Play in Contract Bridge".
His later adaptation of Garozzo and Yallouze's book on the Blue Club and his book on the Precision Club were widely used by devotees of strong club systems, and by their opponents as references.
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After World War II he made a book on greyhound racing; later he became an avid football fan, reputedly supporting Queen's Park Rangers, whose ground was next door to the White City Stadium, a home of greyhound racing.
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Examples of bridge logic abound in Reese, for instance, a player who overcalls but does not lead his suit is likely to lack one or two key honours; this concept is often called 'the dog that did not bark in the night' (after Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's Silver Blaze).
John Terence Reese (28 August 1913 – 29 January 1996) was a British bridge player and writer.
He was an independent assessor of the technical evidence at the British Bridge League inquiry into the allegation of cheating by Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro at the 1965 World Championships.
It was first attested by Terence Reese in the book "The Expert Game", a.k.a. "Master Play in Contract Bridge".
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He has co-written books with many of the world's top players, including Terence Reese, Ron Klinger, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester, Omar Sharif and Martin Hoffman.