Barry Rigal (born 1958) is a

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player, author, commentator and journalist. Born in England, he was married to world champion Sue Picus and lives in New York. Rigal has represented England in the

Camrose Trophy The Camrose Trophy or "The Camrose" is an annual bridge competition among open teams representing the home nations of Great Britain and Ireland: England (EBU), Northern Ireland (NIBU), Republic of Ireland (CBAI), Scotland (SBU) and Wales (WBU). ...

Home International series five times and won the Gold Cup; he was a multiple winner of the Spring Fours and Tollemache Trophy. Rigal has been a Vugraph commentator for thirty years and chief commentator for the European Bridge League (EBL) and World Bridge Federation (WBF) since 2006. He has been an executive member of the International Bridge Press Association (IBPA) since the early 1990s and was appointed President in September 2016.

Publications

Rigal edited ''Bridge for Dummies'', was co-editor of the seventh edition and a contributing editor of the sixth edition of ''

The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge ''The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge'' (OEB) presents comprehensive information on the card game contract bridge with limited information on related games and on playing cards. It is "official" in reference to the American Contract Bridge League ...

'' and author of ''Card Games for Dummies''. Rigal has written for the ''World Championship Book'' for two decades. Rigal's books include a series called ''Breaking the Rules'' and books on declarer and defender deception. He is a regular contributor to ''

Bridge World ''The Bridge World'' (TBW), the oldest continuously published magazine about contract bridge, was founded in 1929 by Ely Culbertson. It has since been regarded as the game's principal journal, publicizing technical advances in bidding and the pla ...

'' in the US and ''

Bridge Magazine ''Bridge Magazine'' was a British monthly magazine devoted to the game of contract bridge. It was the oldest such magazine having been established in 1926 by A. E. Manning Foster. It was not published during World War II, so it had fewer issues t ...

'' in the UK. He is also a columnist for the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) and regularly contributes to the Daily Bulletins at national championships. Particulars follow: * * * *

Bridge accomplishments

Wins

* Gold Cup (1) 1991 *

North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven da ...

(2) **

Keohane North American Swiss Teams The Keohane North American Swiss Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. I ...

(1) 2005 **

Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams is a bridge competition held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). From 2010 the event is officially the Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, as it is contested ...

(1) 2000

Runners-up

* Gold Cup (1) 1987 *

(1) **

(1) 1994

Notes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rigal, Barry 1958 births Living people British and Irish contract bridge players English writers