Barry Rigal
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Aces on Bridge
27/06/2026
The Aces on Bridge: Saturday, 27 June 2026
Smuggle into his mind the gratifying reflection, ‘By Jove! I’m being humble,’ and almost immediately pride — pride at his...
Aces on Bridge
26/06/2026
The Aces on Bridge: Friday, 26 June 2026
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. Henry James West led the club king against...
Aces on Bridge
25/06/2026
The Aces on Bridge: Thursday, 25 June 2026
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote,And think they grow immortal as they quote. Edward Young South tried three...
Aces on Bridge
24/06/2026
The Aces on Bridge: Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Technique without art is shallow and doomed. Art without technique is insulting. Dorothy Alexander Put yourself in the West seat...
Aces on Bridge
23/06/2026
The Aces on Bridge: Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Creative writers are always greater than the causes they represent. E.M. Forster Part-score deals are relatively rare beasts in my...
Aces on Bridge
22/06/2026
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
22/06/2026
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
21/06/2026
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
20/06/2026
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
18/06/2026
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
18/06/2026
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
17/06/2026
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
16/06/2026
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
15/06/2026
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
14/06/2026
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
13/06/2026
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
12/06/2026
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
11/06/2026
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
10/06/2026
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
09/06/2026
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
08/06/2026
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
07/06/2026
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
06/06/2026
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
05/06/2026
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
04/06/2026
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
03/06/2026
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
02/06/2026
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
01/06/2026
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
31/05/2026
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
30/05/2026
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
29/05/2026
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
28/05/2026
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
27/05/2026
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
26/05/2026
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
25/05/2026
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
24/05/2026
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
24/05/2026
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
22/05/2026
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
21/05/2026
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
20/05/2026
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
19/05/2026
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
18/05/2026
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
17/05/2026
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
16/05/2026
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
15/05/2026
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
14/05/2026
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
13/05/2026
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
12/05/2026
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
11/05/2026
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
10/05/2026
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
09/05/2026
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
08/05/2026
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
07/05/2026
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
06/05/2026
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
05/05/2026
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
04/05/2026
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
03/05/2026
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
02/05/2026
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
01/05/2026
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
30/04/2026
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
29/04/2026
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
28/04/2026
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
27/04/2026
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
26/04/2026
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
25/04/2026
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
24/04/2026
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
23/04/2026
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
22/04/2026
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
21/04/2026
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
20/04/2026
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
19/04/2026
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
18/04/2026
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
17/04/2026
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
16/04/2026
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
15/04/2026
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
14/04/2026
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
13/04/2026
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
12/04/2026
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
11/04/2026
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
10/04/2026
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
09/04/2026
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
08/04/2026
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
07/04/2026
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
06/04/2026
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
05/04/2026
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
04/04/2026
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
03/04/2026
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
02/04/2026
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
01/04/2026
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
31/03/2026
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
30/03/2026
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
29/03/2026
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
28/03/2026
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
27/03/2026
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
26/03/2026
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
24/03/2026
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
24/03/2026
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
23/03/2026
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
22/03/2026
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
21/03/2026
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
20/03/2026
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
19/03/2026
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
18/03/2026
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
17/03/2026
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
16/03/2026
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
15/03/2026
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
14/03/2026
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
13/03/2026
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
12/03/2026
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
11/03/2026
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
10/03/2026
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
09/03/2026
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
08/03/2026
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
07/03/2026
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
06/03/2026
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
05/03/2026
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
04/03/2026
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
03/03/2026
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
02/03/2026
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
01/03/2026
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
28/02/2026
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
27/02/2026
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
26/02/2026
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
25/02/2026
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
24/02/2026
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
23/02/2026
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
22/02/2026
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
21/02/2026
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
20/02/2026
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
19/02/2026
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
18/02/2026
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
17/02/2026
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
16/02/2026
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
08/02/2026
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
07/02/2026
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
06/02/2026
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
05/02/2026
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
04/02/2026
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
03/02/2026
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
02/02/2026
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
01/02/2026
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
31/01/2026
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...
