Mr. Ira Corn of Dallas, Texas, had a goal and that was to reclaim the World Team Championship Title to the United States. With his financial aid, he formed a group of professional bridge experts, purchased a set of computers, and developed the Aces Scientific System. Mr. Robert Goldman acted as perhaps the chief designer. Mr. Robert, or Bobby, Goldman published the book in 1978: Aces Scientific System. The picture of Mr. Robert Goldman is also from the year 1978.

With the aid of the computers, this group of bridge experts fed almost every conceivable and possible card combination into the computer, and examined and analyzed the result. At the end of this procedure, the Aces Scientific System was born. For every card combination held there were precise bidding standards, even for those situations when the opponents decided to enter the auction with either a call or a bid.

A few examples for a situation in the game of bridge follow. A situation is any call or bid which conveys information.

Pass		= a situation
1		= a situation
1		= a situation
1 - 1		= a situation
1 - 2 - Double		= a situation

For all of these situations, the computer recommended certain precise and detailed bidding methods. These situations had to be recognized by the bridge players and applied at the correct time, almost scientifically.

Although this system had several strong similarities with Standard American, the deviations are quite noticeable.

Following is a short summary of the Aces Scientific System.

1 No Trump		Opening		15 to 18HCPs
2 and 2		Responses		Jacoby Transfers
2		Response		promises both Minor suits
3 and 3		Responses		weak
3		Response		mild artificial slam attempt in Clubs
3		Response		mild artificial slam attempt in Diamonds
2		Response		Stayman, non-forcing
3		Responder's rebid after Stayman		attempt to locate 4-4 Minor suit fit
3		Responder's rebid after Stayman		artificial, long Minor suit, slam try
3 or 3		Responder's rebid after opener rebids Major suit		4-card support for opener's Major suit, shows a singleton, and slam interest
1 or 1		Opening		a 5-card Major suit
1 No Trump		Response		forcing for one round
2 and 2		Responses		forcing to game
Jump Raises		Responses		limit bids
Forcing Raises * and **		Responses		shows length, strength, singletons
Jump Shift in Minor suit		Response		equals 6 Quick Tricks
3 No Trump		Opener's rebid		shows stoppers and/or features
1 or 1		Opening		at least a 3-card suit
Jump Raises		Response		limit raise
Jump in other Minor		Response		forcing raise
Jump Shift in Major suit		Response		1. a solid suit 2. strong suit for No Trump 3. strong suit with strong support for opener
2		Opening		strong and artificial
2		Response		artificial and neutral
2 and/or 2		Response		natural and good values
2 No Trump		Response		deny any Aces, balanced
3 No Trump		Response		deny any Aces, balanced, stronger values
2 or 2 or 2		Opening		Weak Two Bids
Three Level Openings		Opening		normal Preempts

* As part of the Aces Scientific System, the method of Unbalanced Swiss Raise was used.

After an opening in a Major suit, the responder has several options for game-forcing raises. A jump response on the Three Level of the other Major suit shows 10 to 12 points with an unidentified singleton. The first response of 3 No Trump promised 13 to 15 points and an unidentified singleton.

The opener uses the cheapest rebid in order to locate the singleton. The responder can follow several step patterns to show his singleton. One step pattern is natural and shows a singleton in the suit responder rebids. A second step pattern is to rebid 3 No Trump to show a singleton in the remaining unbid suit. A third step pattern is to rebid four of the anchor suit to show his singleton.

Value Swiss Raises are employed to show a range of forcing balancing raises as responses to an opening of a Major suit. These Value Swiss Raises communicate detailed information such as no singleton, a good 5-card suit, and show either a 4-card support for the opener or a 3-card support with two of the top honors for the opener. The chart below shows the point range.

Opener	Responder	Range
1 or 1	1 NT	Forcing
Rebid	4 or 4	12-13 points
	4	12-14 points
	4	14-16 points
	2 NT strong	16-18 points

The Aces Scientific System includes several slam bidding conventions. Among them are the elements of Roman, Blackwood, Gerber, and Super Gerber.

The Aces Scientific System was used with good success, placing among the top three contenders. In 1969, the Aces Team, as it became to be known, won the Spingold Knockout Teams, and in 1970 and 1971 won the Bermuda Bowl for North America. Although the Aces Team continued their success, it sort of gradually dissolved around 1983.

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