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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, 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). History Known originally as the Open Swiss Teams, it is a national-rated event first held in 2005 and renamed in 2010 as the Roth Open Swiss Teams in honor of Al Roth. The event is a four-session Swiss teams, with two qualifying and two final sessions, typically starting on the second Saturday of the summer NABC; it is open. Scoring is by IMPs that are converted to victory points. Winners References Sources List of previous winners, Page 2 2007 winners, Page 1 2008 winners, Page 1 2019 winners, Page 1 External links * {{Official website, http:/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Teams
A Swiss-system tournament is a non-eliminating tournament format that features a fixed number of rounds of competition, but considerably fewer than for a round-robin tournament; thus each competitor (team or individual) does not play all the other competitors. Competitors meet one-on-one in each round and are paired using a set of rules designed to ensure that each competitor plays opponents with a similar running score, but does not play the same opponent more than once. The winner is the competitor with the highest aggregate points earned in all rounds. With an even number of participants, all competitors play in each round. The Swiss system is used for competitions in which there are too many entrants for a full round-robin (all-play-all) to be feasible, and eliminating any competitors before the end of the tournament is undesirable. In contrast, all-play-all is suitable if there are a small number of competitors; whereas a Single-elimination tournament, single-elimination (knock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norberto Bocchi
Norberto Bocchi (born September 29, 1961 in Parma, Italy) is an Italian bridge player. Bocchi has won five World teams championships along with six consecutive European teams championships and a seventh European in 2010. For many years his regular partner was Giorgio Duboin. After missing one European and World championship cycle (2008–2009), he returned to the Italian national team in 2010, now playing with Agustín Madala, and Italy returned to the victor stand2010 Open Teams, final standings!--That may or may not continue to be useful after update at http://www.eurobridge.org is available.-->) In July 2010, Bocchi is the World Bridge Federation 13th-ranked player and the European Bridge League fourth-ranked player. He currently lives in Barcelona, Spain. Wins * Bermuda Bowl (2) 2005, 2013 * World Open Team Olympiad (2) 2000, 2004 * Rosenblum Cup (1) 2002 * North American Bridge Championships (9) ** Vanderbilt (1) 2004 ** Spingold (2) 2001, 2002 ** Reisinger (2) 2000, ... [...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] |
Chris Willenken
Chris Willenken (born October 30, 1975) is an American bridge player. Born in New York City, Willenken graduated from Collegiate School in 1993 and Williams College in 1997. While at Williams, Willenken competed in the American Parliamentary Debate Association; he and Amanda Amert earned Team of The Year honors as the most successful partnership of the 1996-1997 season. Willenken is an American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master and a World Bridge Federation Life Master. In 2011, he won the gold medal at the inaugural Sport Accord World Mind Games Individual Championship. In World Bridge Federation competition, Willenken reached the finals of the 2018 and 2021 World Mixed Team Championships. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** Fast Open Pairs (2) 2000, 2005 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 2001 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2004 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2008 ** Vanderbilt Knockout Teams (1) 2022 * SportAccord World Mind Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Berkowitz (bridge)
David L. Berkowitz (born November 23, 1949) is an American professional contract bridge player. He is from Old Tappan, New Jersey. In 1998, he came as close as it is possible to come to a world championship without winning it. In the World Open Pairs, he and Larry Cohen led throughout the five-session final, only to be overtaken on the last two boards. He also earned a bronze medal at the 2000 World Team Olympiad in Maastricht, Netherlands. He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2010. Berkowitz whose wife, Lisa, is a former women's world champion, often comments, "I am not even the best player in my own house." They reside in Boca Raton, Florida. Their daughter Dana and son Michael play bridge as well. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2010"Induction by Year" ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Sontag
Alan M. Sontag (born May 2, 1946) is an American professional bridge player. He won six world championships, including two Bermuda Bowl wins. Sontag is also known for his book ''The Bridge Bum'', a book "on everybody's list of the top ten bridge books ever written." . Master Point Press. Bridge career Besides the two Bermuda Bowls, his other victories are the , Transnational Open Teams, |
Mark Gordon (bridge)
Mark Gordon (1953–2018) was an American bridge player. He won a World Championship in 2013 in Bali. Bridge accomplishments Wins * World Championships (1) ** Transnational Teams 2013 * North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven da ... (2) ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2002 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2011 Runners-up Notes External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Mark 1953 births 2018 deaths American contract bridge players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Wooldridge
Joel Powhatan Wooldridge (born July 19, 1979) is an American multi national champion and world junior champion in contract bridge as well as an expert foosball player. In 1990, Wooldridge broke Sam Hirschman's previous record for the youngest to achieve Life Master status with the American Contract Bridge League surpassing the mark of 11 years, 9 months and 5 days with a new record of 11 years, 4 months and 13 days. Sam's brother Dan broke Joel's record four years later. Wooldridge lives in New York City. Bridge accomplishments Awards * ACBL King of Bridge 1997 * WBF Youth Award 2003 * ACBL Player of the Year 2011 Wins * World Junior Teams Championship (3) 2001, 2002, 2005 *North American Bridge Championships (10) **Lebhar IMP Pairs (2) 1997, 2013 ** Fast Open Pairs (1) 2003 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2009 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (2) 2009, 2014 ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 2011 ** Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (1) 2011 ** Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 2017 ** Wernher O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Wolpert
Gavin Wolpert (born 1984 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian-American professional bridge player. Personal life Garvin Wolpert was born in Toronto, Ontario to a bridge playing family. His mother Hazel, a bridge teacher, started to teach him bridge at the age of seven. Later he trained with the Canadian junior bridge team, and subsequently moved to Florida. He is married to Jenny Wolpert, formerly Jenny Ryman of Sweden, another professional player. They have three children. Bridge accomplishments Awards * ACBL King or Queen of Bridge (1) 2000 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 2011 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2005 ** North American Pairs (1) 2013 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2014 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2004 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2009 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2009 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2012 ** Spingold The Spingold national bri ... [...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] |
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] |
Ralph Katz
Ralph Katz (born 1957) is an American bridge player. Katz is from Burr Ridge, Illinois and graduated from University of Steubenville. In 2018 he was a first-ballot selection for the ACBL Hall of Fame. Domestically, he has won 23 North American Bridge Championships and the Open Team Trials seven times. Internationally, he has many top finishes, highlighted by a win in the 2009 Bermuda Bowl. He has three times been the runner-up in world championships (the 2010 Rosenblum Cup, the 2007 Bermuda Bowl and the 1990 World Open Pairs Championship) and also has a bronze medal from the 2000 World Bridge Teams Olympiad.Player Master Point History WBF Master Points Katz is a Grand Life Master of the |
