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Norman Kay Platinum Pairs
The Norman Kay Platinum Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Norman Kay Platinum Pairs is a six-session open-pairs event with two qualifying, two semi-final, and two final sessions. It is restricted to those players who have earned 50 platinum masterpoints over the three calendar years prior, earned at least 200 platinum points lifetime, or earned the rank of Platinum Life Master or Grand Life Master. History The Platinum Pairs were approved by the ACBL Board of Directors in 2008 to start in 2010. In 2011, the Board of Directors renamed the Platinum Pairs the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs. Its introduction in 2010 gives the three annual NABC meets each one three-day pairs tournament open to all players without regard to age, sex, nationality, or membership. The Platinum Pairs shares the Spring NABC with the North American Pairs, restricted to ACBL members who qualify in ... [...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] |
Richard Coren
Richard "Richie" Coren (11 August 1954 – 31 March 2021) was an American bridge player. He died in March 2021 from Crohn's disease. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** Reisinger (1) 2017 ** Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (1) 2014 ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 2014 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2000 ** Grand National Teams (1) 2014 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2001 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Grand National Teams The Grand National Teams (GNT) North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Grand National Teams is a team knockout event. The event is broken into ... (1) 2017 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coren, Richard American contract bridge players 1954 births 2021 deaths Deaths from Crohn's disease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Rosenberg
Michael Rosenberg (born March 7, 1954) is an American bridge player. Rosenberg was born in New York City, moved to Scotland as a child, and returned to New York in 1978. He lived in New York State with his wife Debbie, also a top player, from 1995 until 2011 when the couple moved to Northern California. Michael won the 1994 Rosenblum Cup, the 2017 Bermuda Bowl, and the 2018 World Mixed Teams Championship. As of 2007 he has won fourteen North American championships, as well as multiple wins in the major invitational tournaments. He has also won the World Bridge Federation (WBF) Par competition in 1998, a test of declarer play skill, and is known for his advocacy of a high standard of ethical behavior for players. He is known as "The expert's expert" for his encyclopedic knowledge of cardplay techniques, and a frequent contributor for ''The Bridge World''. Bridge accomplishments Awards * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2015 * ACBL Player of the Year 1994, 2003 * Fishbein Trophy 2003 * Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Rigal
Barry Rigal (born 1958) is a bridge 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 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'' 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 ''Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zia Mahmood
Mir Zia Mahmood (born 7 January 1946) is a Pakistani-American professional bridge player. He is a World Bridge Federation and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. As of April 2011 he was the 10th-ranked World Grand Master. Biography Zia was born in Karachi, British India, now Pakistan. Zia was educated in England from the age of six to twenty-one. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of England and Wales and spent three years running a family business in Pakistan. He also spent eighteen months in Abu Dhabi developing business interests. Mahmood is married to Lady Emma, his wife since February 2001. She is the daughter of Neil Primrose, 7th Earl of Rosebery. They have two sons: Zain and Rafi. Bridge Mahmood achieved international bridge fame, almost overnight, during one fortnight in 1981 when he led Pakistan to a second-place finish in the Bermuda Bowl tournament. The Bermuda Bowl is the most important open world championship, and that was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Cheek
Curtis Scott Cheek (born February 15, 1958) is an American bridge player. Cheek is from Huntsville, Alabama and is an aerospace engineer. Cheek and the Dutch star Huub Bertens, who now resides in Oregon, have established a partnership that represented the United States in the SportAccord World Mind Games at Beijing in December 2014. Bridge accomplishments Wins 2019 Platinum Pairs, Yeh Bros. Cup 2017 * North American Bridge Championships (5) ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 2002 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2013 ** Vanderbilt (1) 2012 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2008 ** Reisinger (1) 2006 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2002 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1994 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1996 ** Grand National Teams (1) 1997 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1997 ** Vanderbilt (1) 2011 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1999 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Weinstein
Steve Weinstein (born 1964) is an American people, American professional Contract bridge, bridge and poker player. He is known best as the youngest winner of the American Contract Bridge League, ACBL Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, Life Master Pairs and the most frequent winner of the Cavendish Invitational, Cavendish Invitational Pairs, the world's leading contest for cash prizes. , the World Bridge Federation shows Weinstein at number 22 in the Open World Grand Masters rankings. His highest ranking was 16th, in October 2011. Life Weinstein was born in New York (state), New York state in 1964. At the age of 17 in 1981 he became the youngest winner of any North American Bridge Championship, the ACBL's annual Life Master Pairs, playing with his stepfather Fred Stewart. Weinstein and Liz Davis have been together since 1986, married since 1993. They live in Andes, New York. Weinstein worked on Wall Street until 2002 when he became a full-time professional bridge and poker player. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Bilde
Dennis Bilde (born 11 December 1989) is a Danish bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (5) ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2012 ** Reisinger (1) 2019 ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 2012 ** Vanderbilt (1) 2013 **Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (1) 2017 **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 (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexic ... (1) 2022 Runners-up References External links * * Danish contract bridge players Living people 1989 births {{Denmark-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Greco
Eric Alan Greco (born 1975) is an American bridge player. He is from Annandale, Virginia. Bridge accomplishments Awards * ACBL King or Queen of Bridge (1) 1993 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (20) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 1998, 2019 ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1997 ** Wernher Open Pairs (2) 2002, 2003 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2002 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2010 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (3) 2007, 2012, 2015 ** Reisinger (2) 2003, 2021 ** Spingold (2) 2005, 2010 **Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2018 **Vanderbilt Trophy (1) 2018 **Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (1) 2016 **Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2017 *ACBL Player of the Year (2) 2016, 2018 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships (11) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 2008, 2022 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (3) 2003, 2012, 2016 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2003 ** Vanderbilt (4) 2007, 2009, 2012, 2015 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams The Keohane North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Hampson
Geoff Hampson (born 1968) is a Canadian professional bridge player. Hampson is from Toronto and the son of Sharon Hampson (née Trostin) of ''Sharon, Lois & Bram'' and American folk singer Joe Hampson. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 2005 * Herman Trophy (1) 2003 * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 2003 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (17) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1998 ** Lebhar IMP Pairs (1) 2006 ** Fast Open Pairs (2) 2007, 2011 ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1994 ** Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1997, 2014 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 2003 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2002 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2010 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2012 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1992 ** Reisinger (1) 2003 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2007 ** Spingold (2) 2005, 2010 **Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2018 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2008 ** Wernher Open Pairs (2) 1992, 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cédric Lorenzini
Cédric Lorenzini is a French bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (1) ** Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (1) 2015 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships (1) ** Norman Kay Platinum Pairs The Norman Kay Platinum Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Norman Kay Platinum Pairs is a six-session open-pairs event with two qualifying ... (1) 2014 References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorenzini, Cedric French contract bridge players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Levin
Robert J. (Bobby) Levin (born November 19, 1957) is an American professional bridge player, from Aventura, Florida. He was the youngest winner of the Bermuda Bowl world championship for national teams from 1981 until 2015, when 19-year old Michal Klukowski of Poland succeeded him. Levin is also a five-time winner of the Cavendish Invitational Pairs, the world's leading contest for cash prizes, with his regular partner Steve Weinstein. As of June 2013, Levin ranks number 20 among Open World Grand Masters and his wife Jill ranks number 21 among Women World Grand Masters. Retrieved 2013-06-13. Levin–Weinstein were one-third of USA1 in the 2011 Bermuda Bowl, where they finished fourth. Beginning mid-2012 they joined Nick Nickell's team. The professional teams hired by Nickell had won four of the preceding nine biennial Bermuda Bowls, from 1995. Career Levin was born in Southampton, Long Island, New York. As a 13-year-old, he won the first tournament event he ever entered – the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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