Barry Rigal
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Aces on Bridge
June 22, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 22 June 2026
I got the Weary BluesAnd I can’t be satisfied. Langston Hughes Fellow journalist and bridge streamer Jean-Claude Legrix reported this...
Aces on Bridge
June 22, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 20 June 2026
You don’t realize that you’re intelligent until it gets you into trouble. James Baldwin Zach Grossack and Tom Paske overstretched...
Aces on Bridge
June 21, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 21 June 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: Your hand is ♠ K-7, ♥ K-5-4-3, ♦ A-6, ♣ Q-J-10-3-2. Everyone is vulnerable, and your left-hand...
Aces on Bridge
June 20, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 19 June 2026
Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life...
Aces on Bridge
June 18, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 18 June 2026
She refused to Begin The Beguine when they requested it, And she made an embarrassing scene if anyone suggested it,...
Aces on Bridge
June 18, 2026
The Aces on Bridge:
She refused to Begin The Beguine when they requested it, And she made an embarrassing scene if anyone suggested it,...
Aces on Bridge
June 17, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Self-defense is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason — the lawyers didn’t make it. Douglas William Jerrold...
Aces on Bridge
June 16, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Italy is a geographical expression. Klemens von Metternich Italian maestro Andrea Manno read the play well in this deal from...
Aces on Bridge
June 15, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 15 June 2026
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde The World Bridge Tour was originally founded during the...
Aces on Bridge
June 14, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 14 June 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: Is ♠ K-8, ♥ K-Q-J-8-7-2, ♦ J-8-7, ♣ 5-2 worth an opening bid, everyone vulnerable? Color Blind,...
Aces on Bridge
June 13, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 13 June 2026
An expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experience all the mistakes that one can...
Aces on Bridge
June 12, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 12 June 2026
Politics are now nothing more than a means of rising in the world. Samuel Johnson South declares four hearts on...
Aces on Bridge
June 11, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 11 June 2026
The last temptation is the greatest treason; To do the right deed for the wrong reason. T.S. Eliot West leads...
Aces on Bridge
June 10, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 10 June 2026
For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. Wilbur Wright West leads...
Aces on Bridge
June 9, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things. Alfred, Lord Tennyson Here is another situation where...
Aces on Bridge
June 8, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 8 June 2026
Two and two the mathematician would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three,...
Aces on Bridge
June 7, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 7 June 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: What should I do if I overhear something pertinent at another table about a board I have...
Aces on Bridge
June 6, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 6 June 2026
For truth is precious and divine —Too rich a pearl for carnal swine. Samuel Butler Andrea Manno for Italy defended...
Aces on Bridge
June 5, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 5 June 2026
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God;...
Aces on Bridge
June 4, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 4 June 2026
There can be no entire disappointment to a wise man, because he maketh it a cause of succeeding another time....
Aces on Bridge
June 3, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 3 June 2026
I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the...
Aces on Bridge
June 2, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 2 June 2026
Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person;...
Aces on Bridge
June 1, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 1 June 2026
All the poet can do today is to warnThat is why the true Poets must be truthful. Wilfred Owen This...
Aces on Bridge
May 31, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 31 May 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: What would you do with ♠ J-8-4, ♥ A-10-8-3, ♦ 3, ♣ J-10-8-6-4 after partner opens one...
Aces on Bridge
May 30, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 30 May 2026
If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you. … This thing that we...
Aces on Bridge
May 29, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 29 May 2026
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust...
Aces on Bridge
May 28, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 28 May 2026
In a world where everything is ridiculous, nothing can be ridiculed. You cannot unmask a mask. G.K. Chesterton As East...
Aces on Bridge
May 27, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 27 May 2026
I came to the place of my birth and cried: ‘The friends of my youth, where are they?’ and an...
Aces on Bridge
May 26, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
False face must hide what the false heart doth know. William Shakespeare Suppose you are East today, defending against four...
Aces on Bridge
May 25, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 25 May 2026
The future is promised to no one. Proverb To continue this month’s trend, we kick off the week with a...
Aces on Bridge
May 24, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 24 May 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: What would you do with ♠ 10-9-7-6, ♥ K-Q-J, ♦ A-9-7-6-5, ♣ 5 after partner has opened...
Aces on Bridge
May 24, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 23 May 2026
I will not stain my words with lies. Perseverance is what puts men to the test. Pindar Try today’s offering...
Aces on Bridge
May 22, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 22 May 2026
You will need to know the difference between Friday and a fried egg. It’s quite a simple difference, but an...
Aces on Bridge
May 21, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 21 May 2026
“There as many opinions as there are people: Each has his own correct way.” Terence North reasonably decided not to...
Aces on Bridge
May 20, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Money is like muck, not good except it be spread. Francis Bacon In an online teams game, after North’s game-forcing...
Aces on Bridge
May 19, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 19 May 2026
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. Ambrose Bierce My partner, Laurie...
Aces on Bridge
May 18, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 18 May 2026
And when the war is done andyouth stone dead,I’d toddle safely home and die —in bed. Siegfried Sassoon Suppose you...
Aces on Bridge
May 17, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 17 May 2026
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...
Aces on Bridge
May 16, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 16 May 2026
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Samuel Johnson In our final deal on...
Aces on Bridge
May 15, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 15 May 2026
I resolved not to be … perturbed if my judgment should often agree with that of good critics. The best...
Aces on Bridge
May 14, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 14 May 2026
I see better things and approve, but I follow worse. Ovid At the vulnerability North has just enough to raise...
Aces on Bridge
May 13, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 13 May 2026
At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool. Menander Today’s deal concerning...
Aces on Bridge
May 12, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 12 May 2026
We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at our leisure. John Dryden Declaring...
Aces on Bridge
May 11, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 11 May 2026
Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct...
Aces on Bridge
May 10, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 10 May 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: I see quite a bit in bridge articles about Walsh style. Please explain how this convention operates....
Aces on Bridge
May 9, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 9 May 2026
Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soulWhen hot for certainties in this our life! George Meredith In an online...
Aces on Bridge
May 8, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 8 May 2026
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. Isaac Asimov In an online game, my...
Aces on Bridge
May 7, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 7 May 2026
We work hard at doing nothing: We look for happiness in boats and carriage rides. Horace Today’s deal is from...
Aces on Bridge
May 6, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 6 May 2026
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed. Sir...
Aces on Bridge
May 5, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 5 May 2026
“Because the road is rough and long,Shall we despise the skylark’s song,That cheers the wanderer’s way?” Anne Bronte Declarer mistimed...
Aces on Bridge
May 4, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 4 May 2026
With how much ease believe we what we wish! John Dryden Defend along with Steve Weinstein as West in this...
Aces on Bridge
May 3, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 3 May 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: When does a cue bid imply support for partner? When is it asking for a stopper? When...
Aces on Bridge
May 2, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 2 May 2026
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. Pearl S....
Aces on Bridge
May 1, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 1 May 2026
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law. Oliver Goldsmith In this deal from an online league match,...
Aces on Bridge
April 30, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 30 April 2026
Knowledge is proud that he has learn’d so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. William Cowper Here...
Aces on Bridge
April 29, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self. W.H. Auden...
Aces on Bridge
April 28, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Just when we’re safest, there’s a sunset-touch, A fancy from a flower-bell, some one’s death, A chorus ending from Euripides....
Aces on Bridge
April 27, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 27 April 2026
Character is higher than intellect. Ralph Waldo Emerson When this hand cropped up in an online game, South decided to...
Aces on Bridge
April 26, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 26 April 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: With everyone vulnerable, you pick up ♠ A-10-2, ♥ 7-5-4-3, ♦ A-10-4, ♣ K-7-3, and your right-hand...
Aces on Bridge
April 25, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 25 April 2026
Beaten paths are for beaten men. Eric Johnston I usually resolve to feature only one squeeze per week in my...
Aces on Bridge
April 24, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 24 April 2026
He was a man who looked at what ought to be done, not to the reputation which is got by...
Aces on Bridge
April 23, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 23 April 2026
Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern. Matthew Arnold In this deal from the Roth Open Swiss...
Aces on Bridge
April 22, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 22 April 2026
Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it. Lysander Spooner Iftikhar Baqai of Irvine, California,...
Aces on Bridge
April 21, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 21 April 2026
See, the conquering hero comes! Sound the trumpets, beat the drums! Thomas Morell Brad Moss and Joe Grue did well...
Aces on Bridge
April 20, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 20 April 2026
Here lies W.C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia. W.C. Fields This week, we will focus on some...
Aces on Bridge
April 19, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 19 April 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: What is the best way to handle a suit of K-J-10-4-3 facing A-2, needing all the tricks?...
Aces on Bridge
April 18, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 18 April 2026
An expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experience all the mistakes that one can...
Aces on Bridge
April 17, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 17 April 2026
How I like to be liked, and what I do to be liked! Charles Lamb In this deal from the...
Aces on Bridge
April 16, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 16 April 2026
If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold. Louis Brandeis Some would...
Aces on Bridge
April 15, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 15 April 2026
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be...
Aces on Bridge
April 14, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 14 April 2026
Get him up and be gone as one shaped awry; he disturbs the order here. Thomas Hardy Our defense went...
Aces on Bridge
April 13, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 13 April 2026
No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. Thomas Carlyle...
Aces on Bridge
April 12, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 12 April 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: If my partner opens one heart and the next player overcalls four spades, what does my four...
Aces on Bridge
April 11, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 11 April 2026
Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress. Francis Bacon Geoff Hampson found a great play in the defense...
Aces on Bridge
April 10, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 10 April 2026
The union of this ever diverse pair! George Meredith Geoff Hampson’s partnership with Eric Greco is one of the most...
Aces on Bridge
April 9, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 9 April 2026
O Diamond? Diamond? Thou little knowest the mischief done! Isaac Newton Yesterday, we featured Fred Gitelman. Today, John Diamond, one...
Aces on Bridge
April 8, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 8 April 2026
Canada is a country that works better in practice than in theory. Stephane Dion Our next junior star of the...
Aces on Bridge
April 7, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 7 April 2026
That man’s silence is wonderful to listen to. Thomas Hardy Debbie Rosenberg (nee Zuckerberg), wife of Michael and mother of...
Aces on Bridge
April 6, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 6 April 2026
Youth’s the season made for joys,Love is then our duty. John Gay This week, we will be featuring some well-played...
Aces on Bridge
April 5, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 5 April 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: My partner had ♠ 10-8-4-3-2, ♥ A-4-2, ♦ A-Q-5, ♣ A-4. Vulnerable against not, he bid one...
Aces on Bridge
April 4, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 4 April 2026
Nothing can remain static.Things are either moving forwardor moving backward. Henry Ford Rather than guessing which singleton to try against...
Aces on Bridge
April 3, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 3 April 2026
Most people sell their souls and live with a good conscience on the proceeds. Logan Pearsall Smith Steve Raine, a...
Aces on Bridge
April 2, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 2 April 2026
How can a rational being be ennobled by anything that is not obtained by its own exertions? Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin...
Aces on Bridge
April 1, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Strategy is a system of expedients; it is more than a mere scholarly discipline. It is the translation of knowledge...
Aces on Bridge
March 31, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Comes a pause in the day’s occupationsThat is known as the Children’s Hour. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow As East, after South’s...
Aces on Bridge
March 30, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 30 March 2026
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H.G. Wells With no clear choice of opening...
Aces on Bridge
March 29, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 29 March 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: Am I allowed to look at the back of the bidding card during the auction, to find...
Aces on Bridge
March 28, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 28 March 2026
Difficult, do you call it, sir? I wish it were impossible. Samuel Johnson, commenting on a violin performance South’s nonforcing...
Aces on Bridge
March 27, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 27 March 2026
From ignorance our comfort flows.The only wretched are the wise. Matthew Prior After East declined to save over six spades,...
Aces on Bridge
March 26, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 26 March 2026
Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely. Thomas Babington Macaulay Some...
Aces on Bridge
March 24, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 24 March 2026
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. John Donne Follow the play...
Aces on Bridge
March 24, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 25 March 2026
Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocence. Publilius Syrus My teammate Jeff Aker sent me today’s deal,...
Aces on Bridge
March 23, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 23 March 2026
A man’s dying is more the survivors’ affair than his own. Thomas Mann I sat West in this deal from...
Aces on Bridge
March 22, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 22 March 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: What should I do if I realize I have misbid immediately after making the call? Mechanical Error,...
Aces on Bridge
March 21, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 21 March 2026
Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet...
Aces on Bridge
March 20, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 20 March 2026
BELINDA: Ay, but you know we must return good for evil.LADY BRUTE: That may be a mistake in the translation....
Aces on Bridge
March 19, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 19 March 2026
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,Straining upon the start. The game’s afoot. William Shakespeare Boye Brogeland of...
Aces on Bridge
March 18, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 18 March 2026
Those to whom no distant horizons beckon … for whom no challenges remain … though they have inherited a Universe...
Aces on Bridge
March 17, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 17 March 2026
It was a high command that I once heard given to a young person, ‘Do what you are afraid to...
Aces on Bridge
March 16, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 16 March 2026
It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. Patrick Henry The biennial European Transnational Championships provide...
Aces on Bridge
March 15, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 15 March 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: What is the typical hand for a preemptive four of a minor opening? Self-Sufficient, Detroit, Mich.J. Read...
Aces on Bridge
March 14, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 14 March 2026
A man wants no protection when his conduct is strictly right. William Murray As East, you see partner lead the...
Aces on Bridge
March 13, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 13 March 2026
Was he much hurt?’ asked the Baroness. ‘More hurt than surprised,’ said Clovis. ‘You see, the king was notorious for...
Aces on Bridge
March 12, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 12 March 2026
To most people, nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking. James Bryce See what happens to West in...
Aces on Bridge
March 11, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 11 March 2026
A message is given to many, but those who are meant to understand will understand. Rwandan Proverb Plan the defense...
Aces on Bridge
March 10, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 10 March 2026
Shall then this verse to future age pretendThou wert my guide, philosopher and friend! Alexander Pope In our second deal...
Aces on Bridge
March 9, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 9 March 2026
The lunatics have taken charge of the asylum. Richard A. Rowland When you can see the right line of defense,...
Aces on Bridge
March 8, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 8 March 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: If I open one club and my left-hand opponent passes, can my partner pass with fewer than...
Aces on Bridge
March 7, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 7 March 2026
There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths....
Aces on Bridge
March 6, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 6 March 2026
The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one’s self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise...
Aces on Bridge
March 5, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 5 March 2026
Nothing is so good as it appears beforehand. George Eliot These days, Jeff Meckstroth lives in Florida. Having recovered from...
Aces on Bridge
March 4, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Deign on the passing world toturn thine eyes,And pause awhile from letters tobe wise. Samuel Johnson How much stock should...
Aces on Bridge
March 3, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the...
Aces on Bridge
March 2, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 2 March 2026
The fascination of what’s difficultHas dried the sap out of myveins. W.B. Yeats Play along as South here and cover...
Aces on Bridge
March 1, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 1 March 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: What is the best way to play a trump suit of K-J-10-5-4-2 facing a singleton? Card Combination,...
Aces on Bridge
February 28, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 28 February 2026
If a man lives under the delusion that he can do anything that he likes, and that the effect of...
Aces on Bridge
February 27, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 27 February 2026
I am an intellectual chap,And think of things that wouldastonish you. W.S. Gilbert Put yourself in East’s seat, covering up...
Aces on Bridge
February 26, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 26 February 2026
You will try to reveal what should remain hidden. Elie Wiesel Try this declarer play problem from the final of...
Aces on Bridge
February 25, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 25 February 2026
Mysteries abound where most we seek for answers. Ray Bradbury Can you visualize a hand where you start by raising...
Aces on Bridge
February 24, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 24 February 2026
“Now who will stand on either hand,And keep the bridge with me?” T.B. Macaulay Would you and your favorite partner...
Aces on Bridge
February 23, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 23 February 2026
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from...
Aces on Bridge
February 22, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 22 February 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: Dear Mr. Rigal:Some of my friends use control-showing responses to two clubs. Is this a clever idea?...
Aces on Bridge
February 21, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 21 February 2026
Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generaled, but...
Aces on Bridge
February 20, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 20 February 2026
I keep six honest serving menThey taught me all I knew;Their names are What and Why and WhenAnd How and...
Aces on Bridge
February 19, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 19 February 2026
I’m from Brazil, where the nuts come from. Brandon Thomas In this deal from the Sao Paulo State Championships, Joao...
Aces on Bridge
February 18, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 18 February 2026
The golden guessIs morning-star to the full round of truth. Alfred, Lord Tennyson Experts prefer not to rely on a...
Aces on Bridge
February 17, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 17 February 2026
“You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come:Knock as you please, there’s nobody at home.” Alexander Pope I sat...
Aces on Bridge
February 16, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 16 February 2026
Man errs as long as he strives. Johann von Goethe When this deal came up in an English pairs event,...
Aces on Bridge
February 8, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 8 February 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: Should I always ask about an opponent’s alert or do so only when I intend to bid?...
Aces on Bridge
February 7, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 7 February 2026
If there were dreams to sell,What would you buy? Thomas Lovell Beddoes Take the South seat here, declaring four hearts...
Aces on Bridge
February 6, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 6 February 2026
We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window...
Aces on Bridge
February 5, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 5 February 2026
Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. Reginald Heber When...
Aces on Bridge
February 4, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 4 February 2026
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. Francis Bacon When this deal cropped up in a...
Aces on Bridge
February 3, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 3 February 2026
Some days my thoughts are just cocoons — all cold, and dull and blind,They hang from dripping branches in the...
Aces on Bridge
February 2, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Monday, 2 February 2026
The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual; and exhibited in the lives of...
Aces on Bridge
February 1, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Sunday, 1 February 2026
Dear Mr. Rigal: Say your partner opens one spade, and you hold ♠ J-9-3, ♥ A-Q-6-5-4, ♦ A-2, ♣ 8-7-3....
Aces on Bridge
January 31, 2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 31 January 2026
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. Bertrand Russell...
