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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. It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission ''"to promote, grow and sustain th ... (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Keohane North American Swiss Teams is a six session Swiss Teams event, two qualifying sessions, two semi-final sessions and two final sessions that takes place over three days. The event typically starts on the second Friday of the NABC. The event is open. History The event was introduced in 1977. The trophy was donated by Ethel Keohane in memory of her husband, William H. Keohane (1896–1972). The Keohane Trophy was presented for the Open Individual Championship until it was re-designated in 1995 by the ACBL Board of Directors for the North American Swiss Teams. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission ''"to promote, grow and sustain the game of bridge and serve the bridge-related interests of our Members."'' Its major activities are: * sanctioning games at local bridge clubs and regional events * certifying bridge teachers and club directors * conducting the North American Bridge Championships (NABC) * providing education materials and services * administering the ACBL masterpoints system for tracking player performance * providing oversight for ethical behavior and play *Besides representing the interests of its members with the World Bridge Federation, , it had more than 165,000 members. History The ACBL was created in 1937 by the merger of the American Bridge League and the United States Bridge Association in 1937. At that time, its bridge tournaments were open only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas K
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Mori
Lawrence K. "Larry" Mori (1948-2022) was a professional American bridge player from Charlton, New York. Mori was raised in Tokyo. He was a licensed psychotherapist, educated at Wayne State University and University of Michigan. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (5) ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1992 ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1991 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (3) 1990, 2004, 2007 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** North American Pairs (1) 1979 ** 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) 1997 Notes Living people American contract bridge players 1948 births Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) People from Tokyo Wayne State Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Siebert
Allan P. Siebert (born 1942) is an American bridge player from Little Rock, Arkansas. On April 18, 2022 he was suspended by the American Contract Bridge League pending a disciplinary hearing. One of his online partners was suspended the same day. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1995 ** Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs (1) 2007 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2001 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2001 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (2) 1988, 2003 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1985 ** Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs (1) 2014 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (2) 1999, 2002 ** Senior Knockout Teams The Baze Senior Knockout Teams national bridge championship was 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 Bermud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Meyers
Jill J. Meyers (born February 13, 1950) is an American Contract bridge, bridge player from Santa Monica, California. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she ranked 7th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 1st by placing points that do not decay over time."Women World Grand Masters" . WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-10. Meyers was born in New York City and earned a B.A. from Tulane University. She and her sister Nina moved to Los Angeles in 1972 and started to play duplicate bridge there, where Ed Davis was her first teacher (they still have a partnership). From 1979 she studied law at University of West Los Angeles and she passed the State Bar of California, California bar in 1983, after which she played bridge more seriously. She is married to Sid Brownstein and is a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Hayden Truscott
Dorothy Hayden Truscott (November 3, 1925 – July 4, 2006) was an American bridge player, winner of four world championships and the top-ranked woman for many years. In the late 1960s, she authored two books on the game and later co-authored two with her husband Alan Truscott. Her 1966 book, Bid Better, Play Better is considered a classic and was progressively updated. Early and later life Truscott was born as Dorothy Johnson in New York City. Her parents, Dorothy and Reginald Johnson, were keen bridge players and taught their daughter the game when she was 7 years old. Truscott would normally watch her mother play the game, but her father would allow her to bid and play his hand when he poured drinks. One evening a player was late, and she was allowed to fill in. That introduction made her a "bridge addict" for the remainder of her life. She graduated from Smith College and briefly taught mathematics in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her first two marriages ended in divorce. Her third, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Truscott
Alan Fraser Truscott (16 April 1925 – 4 September 2005) was a British-American bridge player, writer, and editor. He wrote the daily bridge column for ''The New York Times'' for 41 years, from 1964 to 2005, and served as Executive Editor for the first six editions of ''The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge'' from 1964 to 2002. Britain Truscott was born in Brixton, south London, and showed early prowess at chess. He attended Whitgift School in Croydon and served in the Royal Navy for three years around the end of World War II. From 1947 he studied at the University of Oxford, which he represented at both chess and bridge. With Oxford partner Robert d'Unienville, he was on the British team (along with Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro) that won a bronze medal at the 1951 European Bridge League championships, age only 26. He represented Britain in the same event twice more, finishing second with partner Maurice Harrison-Gray in 1958 (again along with Reese–Schapiro) and first w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitty Bethe
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George Mittelman
George Mittelman is a Canadian bridge player. He competed for Team Canada at the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel.https://www.maccabicanada.com/1993-maccabiah-delegation Bridge accomplishments Wins * World Mixed Pairs Championship (1) 1982 * World Senior Teams Championship (1) 2002 * North American Bridge Championships (4) ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2006 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1995 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1986 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1998 Runners-up * Bermuda Bowl (1) 1995 * North American Bridge Championships (4) ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2009 ** Reisinger (2) 1978, 1982 ** Wernher Open Pairs The Wernher Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). Typically starting on the Tuesday of the NABC, the Wernher Open Pairs is a four session ma ... (1) 1985 Notes External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mittelman, George Canadian contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Jacobus
Marc S. Jacobus (born 1951) is a professional American bridge player from Las Vegas, Nevada. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2000 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1972 ** Vanderbilt (2) 1995, 2002 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2010 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1986 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2007 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Grand National Teams (2) 1995, 2002 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (4) 1989, 2006, 2009, 2011 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2011 ** Vanderbilt (1) 2007 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2011 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2002 ** Reisinger (1) 1974 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2009 ** Spingold The Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Spingold is a knock-out team event that attracts the top contract bridge players in the world. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Cappelletti
Armand Michael Cappelletti (April 18, 1938 – November 14, 2013)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American lawyer most widely known as a bridge player and poker authority. Cappelletti was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of carpenter Armand "Mondo" Cappelletti and Rose Marie (''née'' Pugliese). Both sets of his grandparents were born in Italy. He later lived in Alexandria, Virginia, where he practiced for the U.S. Department of Justice and later as a public defender in Washington, D.C. Among poker players he is known as the author of the books ''Cappelletti on Omaha'', ''The Best of Cappelletti on Omaha'', ''Poker at the Millennium'' and ''How to Win at Omaha High-Low Poker'', and also as columnist for the poker magazine, ''CardPlayer''. He is well known among bridge players as the inventor of the Cappelletti convention. Cappelletti was an American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master with more than 24,000 mast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
