__NOTOC__ Kyle Alan Larsen (January 2, 1950 – August 21, 2012) was a professional American

bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

player. He won two world titles: the 2001 Bermuda Bowl in Paris and 2006

Rosenblum Cup Rosenblum Cup is an Open Teams event held every four years as part of the World Bridge Championships. The event was added to the world championships in New Orleans in 1978 to commemorate Julius Rosenblum, who served as president of the World Bridge ...

in Verona, as well as 12 national titles and 9 runners-up. He was born in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

– the son of two tournament bridge players – and lived in the

Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Gov ...

until his death. At the age of 15 he became the youngest ACBL Life Master at that time; when he won Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams in 1968, aged 18, he was the youngest player ever to win a major North American title. His bridge partner for many years was

Rose Meltzer Rose Meltzer is an American bridge player. After completion of 2014 tournaments she was the only woman among 84 living Open World Grand Masters and she ranked 58th among them by World Bridge Federation (WBF) open masterpoints. For the 1999 to 2007 ...

; together they won both world championships and five

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 ...

titles. Larsen was elected to the

ACBL Hall of Fame This list is a compilation of contract bridge players, writers, administrators and personalities who have been recognized for their skills, achievements or contributions to the game as identified by various specific sources. People recognized by ...

by his peers in 2012, announced in April. Larsen died in August 2012 after a long battle with prostate cancer.

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame, 2012"Induction by Year"
. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-20.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Larsen, Kyle 1950 births 2012 deaths American contract bridge players Bermuda Bowl players People from San Francisco