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United States Bridge Championships - Open
The United States Bridge Championships (USBC) is a yearly competition held to select either one or two teams that will represent the United States at international competition for the game of contract bridge. The general conditions of contest used by the United States Bridge Federation can be founhere There are multiple events in the USBC including Open, Women, Seniors, and Mixed divisions. This article contains information about the Open division in which anyone of any age or gender can compete. History and vocabulary From May 17–21 of 1989, the "team trials" to determine which team would represent the United States was held in Memphis, TN. At that time, the trials had no name, and the name "United States Bridge Championship" was conceived by Matt Guagliardo, who was then the Director of Education for the ACBL, but was still actively involved in promoting bridge. Mr. Guagliardo, in collaboration with Barbara McBride, who was also the graphic artist for the ACBL, created the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contract Bridge
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making it one of the world's most popular card games, particularly among seniors. The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the governing body for international competitive bridge, with numerous other bodies governing it at the regional level. The game consists of a number of , each progressing through four phases. The cards are dealt to the players; then the players ''call'' (or ''bid'') in an auction seeking to take the , specifying how many tricks the partnership receiving the contract (the declaring side) needs to take to receive points for the deal. During the auction, partners use their bids to also exchange information about their hands, including o ... [...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] |
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] |
John Kranyak
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hurd (bridge)
John Gavin Hurd (July 2, 1914 – September 6, 2001) was an independent oil and gas producer and cattle rancher who was tapped by Richard Nixon to be the U.S. ambassador to South Africa (1970-1975) under President Nixon. He also competed as a fencer in the 1936 Olympics. Early life While a student at Harvard College, where he studied Italian renaissance history, Hurd was captain of the fencing team and competed in the men’s team foil event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Hurd graduated in 1934 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1937. Hurd took up fencing because he failed to make the boxing and football teams. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy as a surface warfare officer on destroyer escorts in the North Atlantic and was awarded a Bronze Star. As a result of his ROTC scholarship, he was commissioned as an Ensign in 1934. He went on active duty in 1941 retired from the Navy with the rank of Commander in 1946. Career Prior to his naval naval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Fireman (bridge)
Paul Fireman (born February 14, 1944) is an American businessman, who for 26 years led Reebok International, Ltd. as chairman and CEO. Fireman sold Reebok to Adidas in 2005. Early life and education Fireman was born February 14, 1944, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to a Jewish family and raised in the working-class city of Brockton, Massachusetts, also called 'Shoe City'. He attended high school at Tabor Academy, a private secondary school in Marion, MA and matriculated to Boston University, but did not graduate. Personal life Fireman and his wife Phyllis (née Brenner) grew up in Brockton, Massachusetts and met at age 12 at a YMHA mixer. Fireman and his wife, Phyllis, are competitive bridge players. In 2014, his team won the Roth Open Swiss Teams at the Summer North American Bridge Championship (NABC) in Las Vegas and subsequently captured the bronze medal representing the U.S. in Chennai, India at the World Bridge Championships in 2015. Career Fireman began his career at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Demuy
Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer''). People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch Post-Impressionist painter *Vincent Munier (born 1976), French wildlife photographer Saints *Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia *Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305), martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees * Vincent of Digne (died 379), French bishop of Digne *Vincent of Lérins (died 445), Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings *Vincent Madelgarius (died 677), Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France *Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and logician *Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who served the poor *Vicente Liem de la Paz (Vincent Liem the Nguyen, 1732–1773), Vincent Duong, Vince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oren Kriegel
Oren Kriegel is an American contract bridge Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions o ... player. He was the lead writer on a 189-page report released on November 5, 2020, that looked into the hand records of Giorgio Duboin to determine whether or not Duboin obtained and used unauthorized information during online play. Competitions World championships In world competitions, he obtained the following results: Domestic Competitions In domestic competitions, Oren has obtained the following results: North American Collegiate Bridge Championship (1) - 2015 References Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kriegel, Oren American contract bridge players Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Lall
Justin Lall (September 27, 1986 – August 19, 2020) was an American bridge player. He won his first masterpoints in 1997, and became a Life Master in 1999. In 2012, Lall became the youngest Grand Life Master at the age of 25, a record that has since been surpassed by Zach Grossack. Bridge accomplishments Wins * World Junior Teams Championship (2) 2005, 2006 * Buffett Cup (1) 2012 * North American Bridge Championships (5) ** Grand National Teams (1) 2006 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2011 ** Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (2) 2012, 2017 ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2015 Runners-up * Bermuda Bowl (1) 2011 * North American Bridge Championships (2) ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2009 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 2009 Personal life Lall was born to Hemant (also a bridge player) and Jan, along with his sister Jessica. On February 17, 2009, Lall jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge in a suicide attempt but survived; Lall stated that he was bipolar and off his medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Bathurst
Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicized from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictionary of First Names''. Oxford University Press (2007) s.v. "Kevin". The feminine version of the name is (anglicised as ''Keeva'' or ''Kweeva''). History Saint Kevin (d. 618) founded Glendalough abbey in the Kingdom of Leinster in 6th-century Ireland. Canonized in 1903, he is one of the patron saints of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Caomhán of Inisheer, the patron saint of Inisheer, Aran Islands, is properly anglicized ''Cavan'' or ''Kevan'', but often also referred to as "Kevin". The name was rarely given before the 20th century. In Ireland an early bearer of the anglicised name was Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823–1905) a Young Irelander and politician; it gained popularity from the Gaelic revival of the l ... [...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] |
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] |
