Jeffrey John (Jeff) Meckstroth (born May 15, 1956) is an American professional

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 ...

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

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and the World Team Olympiad. As of May 16, 2016, he was the fifth-ranking World Grand Master.World Bridge Federation, Open World Grand Masters
/ref> 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

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's long held record during the Indianapolis Winter Regional in March 2010. Meckstroth was born in

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. He is a full-time bridge professional and lives in Clearwater Beach, Florida with his wife, Sally Chapleau-Meckstroth.

Bridge accomplishments

Awards

* ACBL Player of the Decade (3)1990s, 2000s, 2010s * ACBL Player of the Year (3) 1992, 2004, 2009 * Barry Crane Top 500 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 * Mott-Smith Trophy 1979, 1980, 1985, 2000, 2009, 2017 * Fishbein Trophy 1996, 2004, 2007 *

Herman Trophy The Goren Trophy (formerly the Herman Trophy) is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History The Herman Trophy was do ...

1980, 1982, 1995, 2004 * ACBL King of Bridge 1974 * Le Bridgeur Award (Best Played Hand of the Year) 1998 * IBPA Award (Best Played Hand of the Year) 1999 * Goren Trophy (1) 2009

Wins

* Bermuda Bowl (5) 1981, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2009 World Team Championship Winners
/ref> * World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1988 *

(1) 1986 *

World Mixed Pairs The World Mixed Pairs Championship is a bridge championship for mixed-gender pairs held every four years as part of the World Bridge Championships. Results World meets commonly run for 15 days on a schedule whose details vary. In 2006 the Mixed ...

(1) 2002 * North American Bridge Championships (61) ** Senior Knockout Teams (2) 2013, 2014, 2016 ** Grand National Teams (14) 1990, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (6) 1989, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (3) 1982, 2008, 2016 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1984, 2008 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1979 **

Reisinger The Reisinger national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Reisinger is a board-a-match event. History The event is contested for the Reisinger Trophy ( ...

(9) 1979, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 ** Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1980 ** Silodor Open Pairs (3) 1979, 1992, 2016 **

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. T ...

(12) 1984, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 ** Vanderbilt (7) 1980, 1982, 1985, 2000, 2003, 2014, 2017 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1999 * United States Bridge Championships (13) ** Open Team Trials (13) 1980, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017 * European Open Bridge Championships (1) ** Open Pairs (1) 2003 * Other notable wins: ** Buffett Cup (1) 2010 ** Cavendish Invitational Teams (2) 2000, 2003 ** Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 2019 ** Macallan Invitational Pairs (2) 1995, 1996

Runners-up

* Bermuda Bowl (2) 1997, 2005 * World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1992 * Rosenblum Cup (1) 2010 * North American Bridge Championships (26) ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2012 ** Grand National Teams (3) 1994, 2003, 2005 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (2) 2005, 2010 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1998, 1999 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1983, 1992 ** Nail Life Master Open Pairs (2) 1985, 1992 ** Norman Kay Platinum Pairs (1) 2013 **

(1) 1980 **

(4) 1985, 1990, 2011, 2012 ** Vanderbilt (6) 1979, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2018, 2019 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2022 **

von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs The Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). Usually called simply the "Life Master Pairs" or "LM Pairs", this is a six-ses ...

(1) 1983 * United States Bridge Championships (4) ** Open Team Trials (4) 1982, 1984, 1985, 1997 * Other notable 2nd places: ** Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1997 ** Cap Volmac World Top Invitational Pairs (1) 1994 ** Sunday Times–Macallan Invitational Pairs (1) 1993 ** Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 1984

Publications

* "New Minor Forcing & Fourth Suit Forcing & Artificial" (Louisville: Devyn Press, 1985), Championship Bridge no. 28 – pamphlet * ''Win the Bermuda Bowl With Me'', Meckstroth and Marc Smith (Toronto: Master Point Press, 2001), , 188 pp.

References

External links

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(2009?) – with player profiles
Audio-video interview
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