Aces on Bridge

DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. Ambrose Bierce My partner, Laurie Vogel, defended today’s deal with...

And when the war is done andyouth stone dead,I’d toddle safely home and die —in bed. Siegfried Sassoon Suppose you are South in a teams...

Dear Mr. Rigal: What would you do with ♠ 4-3-2, ♥ K-8-5-4-3, ♦ K-8, ♣ J-10-7 after your left-hand opponent opens one club and your...

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Samuel Johnson In our final deal on how to tackle 6-1 fits,...

I resolved not to be … perturbed if my judgment should often agree with that of good critics. The best is the best, though a...

I see better things and approve, but I follow worse. Ovid At the vulnerability North has just enough to raise his partner’s weak jump shift...

At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool. Menander Today’s deal concerning 6-1 fits is taken from...

We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at our leisure. John Dryden Declaring three no-trump on the club...

Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. John Maynard Keynes Our...

Dear Mr. Rigal: I see quite a bit in bridge articles about Walsh style. Please explain how this convention operates. Majors First, Huntington, W.Va. Read...