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Nail Life Master Open Pairs
The Nail Life Master Open Pairs is a North American bridge championship 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 championship is a Matchpoints pairs event restricted to players with a Life Master rating. It consists of two qualifying sessions and two final sessions, typically starting on the first Friday of the NABC. History The Nail Life Master Open Pairs has its roots in 1961 when a new championship event was created for male players with a rank of National Master or higher. In 1963, the rank for eligibility was increased to Life Master and in 1990, it became an open event so that female players with Life Masters status could also compete. Before and after openin ... [...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] |
Ron Andersen
Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in '' Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe Alasky *Ron Weasley, a character in ''Harry Potter.'' Language * Ron language, spoken in Plat State, Nigeria * Romanian language (ISO 639-3 code ron) People Mononym * Ron (singer), Rosalino Cellamare (born 1953), Italian singer Given name *Ron (given name) Surname * Dana Ron (born 1964), Israeli computer scientist and professor * Elaine Ron (1943-2010), American epidemiologist * Emri Ron (born 1936), Israeli politician * Ivo Ron (born 1967), Ecuadorian football player * Jason De Ron (born 1973), Australian musician * José Ron (born 1981), Mexican actor * Liat Ron, actress, dancer and dance instructor * * Lior Ron (born 1982), Israeli-American film and trailer composer and musician * Michael Ron (born 1932), Israeli fencer * Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hamman
Robert David "Bob" Hamman (born August 6, 1938 in Pasadena, California) is an American professional bridge player, among the greatest players of all time. He is from Dallas, Texas. Hamman and Bobby Wolff played as partners for nearly three decades on teams that challenged for major trophies in North America and often for world championships. Representing the United States (from about 1980, previously North America) they won eight world championships for national teams, the 1988 World Team Olympiad and seven Bermuda Bowls spanning 1970 to 1995. For the last they were members of Nick Nickell's professional team, where Hamman remained a fixture through the current two-year cycle and won three more Bermuda Bowls in partnership with Paul Soloway and Zia Mahmood. Beginning 2012/2013, Nickell has replaced Bobby Hamman and Zia Mahmood with Bobby Levin– Steve Weinstein. [...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 Championship (NABC). It is an open four session board-a-match event with two qualifying sessions and two ... (1) 1979 References External links * Living people American contract bridge players Contract bridge writers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth mi ... [...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 Meckst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Meckstroth
Jeffrey John (Jeff) Meckstroth (born May 15, 1956) is an American professional contract bridge player. He is a multiple world champion, winning the Bermuda Bowl on USA teams five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad. As of May 16, 2016, he was the fifth-ranking World Grand Master. For decades Meckstroth has been in a regular partnership with Eric Rodwell and together, nicknamed "Meckwell", they are one of the most successful bridge partnerships of all time. They are well known for playing an aggressive and very detailed system that derived from Precision Club. One of Meckstroth's iconic achievements was winning three of the four available major events contested at the ACBL's 2008 fall championships, the Open Board-A-Match Teams, Blue Ribbon Pairs, and Reisinger Teams. He became ACBL's all-time leading masterpoint holder when he went past Paul Soloway's long held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lawrence (bridge)
Michael Steven Lawrence (born May 28, 1940)According to the State of California ( CA Birth Index). AFamily Tree Legends Retrieved 2009-07-02. is an American bridge player, teacher, theorist, and prolific writer. Biography Lawrence was born in San Francisco. He started playing bridge while he was a chemistry student at the University of California; as result of a self-inflicted hand injury, he had to postpone the final exams and started playing bridge as a pastime. Bridge became his major interest and he devoted his subsequent life to it. In 1968, he was invited by Ira Corn to join the newly formed Dallas Aces team. He formed a partnership with Bobby Goldman, with whom he played a 2/1 game forcing system. They started by winning several North American Bridge Championships and, after a long Italian Blue Team reign, returned the world crown to America by winning the Bermuda Bowls in 1970 and 1971. Lawrence and James Jacoby left the Aces in 1973. Under Ira Corn's mentorship, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mohan
John A. Mohan (born 1939) is an American bridge player from Santa Monica, California. Mohan graduated from the University of Chicago. Bridge accomplishments Awards * ACBL Player of the Year (1) 1999 * Herman Trophy (1) 1977 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (20) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1999 ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1972 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1999 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (2) 1976, 1985 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (3) 1985, 1987, 1999 ** Vanderbilt (5) 1975, 1976, 1988, 1992, 2002 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2003 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2013 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1994 ** Spingold (1) 1976 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (3) 1990, 2000, 2004 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1977 ** Vanderbilt (1) 2001 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams The Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Bates
Roger Bates (born 1947) is an American bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Mott-Smith Trophy (3) 1975, 1988, 1992 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (12) ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1971 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (2) 1976, 1985 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 1985, 1987 ** Vanderbilt (4) 1975, 1976, 1988, 1992 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2010 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1990 ** Spingold (1) 1976 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 1974, 1989 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1977 ** Grand National Teams (2) 1989, 2002 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2011 ** Truscott Senior Swiss Teams (1) 2011 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2011 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1975, 1985 ** Reisinger (1) 1981 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams The Roth Open Swiss Teams is a national bridge championship Swiss Teams event held at the summer American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gerber (bridge)
John Gerber (May 18, 1906 – January 28, 1981) was an American bridge player. Gerber was born in Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire (now Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine). He settled in Houston, Texas, where he died in a hospital at age 74. Gerber was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1998. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame, 1998"Induction by Year" ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-13. With linked citations. Wins * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1959 ** ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Kay (bridge)
Norman Kay (August 11, 1927 – January 17, 2002) was an American bridge player. He partnered Sidney Silodor until Silodor's death in 1963. With Edgar Kaplan, Kay formed one of the most successful and longest-lasting partnerships in organized bridge. It spanned more than 40 years, and ended with Kaplan's death in 1997. He was from Narberth, Pennsylvania. In 1955, Kay won the McKenney Trophy (now the Barry Crane Top 500) for earning the greatest number of masterpoints in American Contract Bridge League-sanctioned play during the year. Kay won 13 major North American Bridge Championships (NABC) in the period of 1957–1977, when he was named ACBL's top performance player. He was runner-up in the Bermuda Bowl twice (1961 and 1967), and was second (1968) and third (1960) in the World Team Olympiad. He was a World Bridge Federation World Life Master and an ACBL Grand Life Master. Kay was arguably the greatest bridge player who never became a world champion. He was known for both the re ... [...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 wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
