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Fishbein Trophy
The Fishbein Trophy is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History The Fishbein Trophy was donated by the ACBL in memory of Sally Fishbein and in recognition of the untiring efforts of Harry Fishbein, who served as ACBL Treasurer and refused to accept the customary compensation. Winners Boldface numerals represent a record-breaking number of masterpoints. See also *Mott-Smith Trophy *Goren Trophy The Goren Trophy (formerly the Herman Trophy) is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History The Herman Trophy was do ... Sources * List of previous winners, Page 6. * 2007 winners, Page 1. * 2008 winner, Page 1. *List of Previous winners, page 4 External linksACBL official website {{WPCBIndex + ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masterpoints
Masterpoints or master points are points awarded by bridge organizations to individuals for success in competitive bridge tournaments run under their auspices. Generally, recipients must be members in good standing of the issuing organization. At the international level, competitions and point awards are administered by the World Bridge Federation (WBF); its affiliates at the multi-national level, such as the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL), also issue points as do more local organizations such as the English Bridge Union (EBU), and the Deutsche Bridge Verband (DBV) and independent ones such as the American Bridge Association (ABA). In general, each organization has its own scheme for the categorization of competitive bridge events and has a parallel scheme for awarding various categories of points to players who are successful in them. Upon reaching certain thresholds in point accumulation or retention, most organizations bestow a rank on the individual in recognition of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Wolff
Robert S. (Bobby) Wolff (born October 14, 1932, San Antonio, Texas) is an American bridge player, writer, and administrator. He is the only person to win world championships in five different categories. He is a graduate of Trinity University. Wolff was an original member of the Dallas Aces team, which was formed in 1968 to compete against the Italian Blue Team which was dominant at the time. The Aces were successful and won their first world championship in 1970. Wolff has won 11 world championships, over 30 North American championships, and was the president of World Bridge Federation (WBF) 1992–1994, and served as president of American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) 1987. He is the author of a tell-all on bridge chronicling 60 years on the scene, entitled ''The Lone Wolff'', published by Master Point Press. His column, ''The Aces on Bridge'' has been appearing daily for over 32 years, is syndicated by United Feature Syndicate in more than 130 newspapers worldwide and is ava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Deas
Lynn Davis Deas (June 16, 1952 – May 10, 2020) was a professional American bridge player. At the time of her death, she was second in the World Bridge Federation (WBF) All time Women Ranking by Placement Points, which do not decay over time. Deas was a native of Newport News, Virginia, near Norfolk, where she was a student at Eastern Virginia Medical School when she suffered a bad automobile accident in 1980. Already an avid bridge player, she played "all the time" when broken bones and blurry vision forced her to take one-year leave from school, and subsequently decided to drop out in favor of the card game as a career. Deas won 27 North American Bridge Championships (NABC) titles and nine world championships, including three in the Venice Cup. At one time Deas ranked first among Women World Grand Masters. At one time she was on the road as a professional player for 30 weeks a year. She was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in 1997 and reduced her travel. In January 2012, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sutherlin
John C. Sutherlin (born November 7, 1936, died May 12, 2018 ) was an American bridge player from Dallas, Texas. He won the North American Bridge Championships 12 times and received both the Fishbein Trophy and the Mott-Smith Trophy. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1993 * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1990 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (12) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1993 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1995 ** Grand National Teams (1) 2006 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1990 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2013 ** Vanderbilt (2) 1990, 1993 ** Senior Knockout Teams (2) 1994, 2003 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1983 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1976 ** Spingold (1) 1981 Runners-up * World Mixed Pairs (1) 1982 * North American Bridge Championships ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (2) 1962, 1994 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1999 ** Grand National Teams (1) 1998 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1991 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juanita Chambers
Juanita Chambers (1956–2016) was a professional United States, American Contract bridge, bridge player from Schenectady, New York. She was world champion three times. Born Juanita Tah in Ponca City, Oklahoma, to an Apache father. She married Neil Chambers in 1983. She also competed as Juanita Skelton. Chambers died on July 29, 2016, in Dallas at age 60. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1992 Wins * Venice Cup (1) 1987 * World Mixed Pairs Championship (1) 1990 * World Team Olympiad, World Olympiad Women's Teams Championship (1) 1996 * North American Bridge Championships (18) ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1990 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (4) 1987, 1991, 1994, 1996 ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1991, 1993 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (3) 1984, 1989, 1992 ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1979 ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (6) 1985, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2001 ** Whitehead Women's Pairs (1) 1995 Runners-up * North American Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Rodwell
Eric Victor Rodwell (born May 1, 1957) is an American professional bridge player. He has won the Bermuda Bowl representing the United States five times and is one of ten players who have won the triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad. Personal life Rodwell was born in San Francisco, California and his family moved to West Lafayette, Indiana in 1965 where his father was a professor of biochemistry at Purdue University. He started playing bridge at the age of eleven by reading books and playing with his parents. Rodwell graduated from West Lafayette High School in 1974 and attended Purdue, graduating with a master's degree in finance in 1981. Rodwell is currently a full-time bridge professional and lives in Clearwater Beach, Florida with his wife Donna; each has two children from previous marriages, his being twins Jeffrey and Sara (b. 1984). Bridge career For decades Rodwell has been in a regular partnership with Jeff Meckstroth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Becker
Mike Becker was born in 1943 and is an American Contract bridge, bridge player and official. Becker is from Boca Raton, Florida. He is a son of B. Jay Becker. As of 1979, Becker and Ron Rubin (bridge), Ron Rubin were partners in a New York City Option (finance), options firm and at the bridge table. Becker trained more than 50 bridge players, 15 of whom were national champions. At bridge they used a strong one-club, relay bidding system that they called "the Ultimate Club". They played on the last of the Dallas Aces, "Aces" teams sponsored by Dallas businessman Ira Corn, which won the Bermuda Bowl#1983 Stockholm, Sweden, 1983 Bermuda Bowl world team championship. In the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Becker was President of the Greater New York Bridge Association in 1980, chaired committees governing the U.S. International Team Trials from 1996 to 2012, and the Hall of Fame in 2003. He was the founding president of the United States Bridge Federation, established in 2001 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Rubin (bridge)
Ronald D. Rubin (born May 7, 1948) is an American bridge player. He is best known for winning the 1983 Bermuda Bowl world teams bridge championship. In addition he has won 11 North American Bridge Championships. Rubin is from North Miami Beach, Florida. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy 1990 * Romex Award (Best Bid Hand of the Year) 1976 Wins * Bermuda Bowl (1) 1983 * North American Bridge Championships (12) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1990 ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1988 ** Vanderbilt (4) 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1975 ** Spingold (5) 1980, 1982, 1992, 2005, 2009 * United States Bridge Championships (3) ** Open Team Trials (3) 1982, 1993, 2005 * Other notable wins: ** Lancia Challenge Match (1) 1975 ** Lancia Swiss Teams (1) 1975 ** Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1985 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Vanderbilt (2) 1978, 2008 ** Spingold (2) 1985, 1988 ** Reisinger (1) 1983 ** Grand National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeke Jabbour
Xique "Zeke" Jabbour is a professional American bridge player and writer from Boca Raton, Florida. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1989 * Barry Crane Top 500 (1) 1989 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (8) ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (2) 1998, 2001 ** Senior Knockout Teams (6) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1979 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2002 ** Senior Knockout Teams (2) 1997, 2007 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams The Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships, North American Bridge Championship (NABC). It is an open four session board-a-match event ... (1) 1979 References External links * Living people American contract bridge players Contract bridge writers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Utegaard
Helen Utegaard is an American bridge player from Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born in Beijing. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1988 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (10) ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1974 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1988 ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (5) 1971, 1973, 1981, 1984, 1988 ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1992 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1975, 1988 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Smith Life Master Women's Pairs (1) 1975 ** Machlin Women's Swiss Teams (1) 1987 ** Wagar Women's Knockout Teams (1) 1992 ** Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1991 ** 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) 1980 References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Lair
Mark Lair (born 1947) is a professional American bridge player from Canyon, Texas. Lair is ranked 5th all-time on the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Top 500 listings with over 67,800 masterpoints (as of October 2018). He is an ACBL Grand Life Master and World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Life Master; he was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2009. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2009"Induction by Year" ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16. * Honorary lifetime appointment to the ACBL Goodwill Committee, 1997 Awards * (1) 1986 * Barry Crane Trophy (1) 1990 *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Sion
Steve Sion is a former American bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1984 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (8) ** North American Pairs (1) 1984 ** Grand National Teams (1) 1989 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1993 ** Lebhar IMP Pairs (1) 1995 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1979 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1984, 1994 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1990 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** Grand National Teams (1) 1978 ** Reisinger (1) 1974 ** Spingold (1) 1984 ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs The Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). Usually called simply the "Life Master Pairs" or "LM Pairs", this is a six-ses ... (3) 1984, 1991, 1994 Sion-Cokin Affair Steve Sion and his regular partner Alan Cokin were convicted of cheating in 1979. They were banned, though their American Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
