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Matthew "Matt" Granovetter (born 1950) is an American
bridge
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player and writer. Granovetter is from
Jersey City, New Jersey, and graduated from
Hunter College. He subsequently moved to
Netanya,
Israel
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.
After spending 1993 to 2005 in Israel, he returned with his wife Pamela to the US. They now live in
Cincinnati
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.
In competition, Granovetter and
Karen McCallum won the 11th quadrennial
World Mixed Pairs Championship
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 ...
in 2006, finishing first in a field of 487.
In competition at the world level, Granovetter played on second-place teams in the 1974
Mixed Teams and the 2008
Seniors Teams. The latter, third in a quadrennial series played for the Senior International Cup, was a nonmedal event at the inaugural
World Mind Sports Games
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The i ...
. Granovetter played with
Russ Ekeblad on a US team that won its 5-day preliminary round-robin field of 16 teams, with Japan second. After winning three long knockout matches each, over five more days, Japan defeated the US by merely 202 s to 200 in the two-day final. Granovetter–Ekeblad scored very well in the 5-day preliminaries, third-best of about 100 pairs.
In 1981–2 and 1983, Granovetter took part in ''
Grand Slam
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'', two televised matches between teams representing the US and Britain, arranged by the
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. The 1983 match was featured in a book that described him thusly:
He is a composer and lyricist and he plays bridge like an artist. One moment he is suffused with extrovert optimism, the next he is submerged in gloomy introspection, which leads to some unsound overbidding and some extreme conservatism. Very often, to achieve the artistically perfect result, he plays so slowly that the whole table seems frozen in some timeless still-life, but he demonstrated time and again that he was one of the best card players on either side.
He and Pamela co-edit the magazine ''Bridge Today''. He has written a number of books about bridge, most of them collaborations with Pamela, as well as musicals for children and
mysteries set in the bridge world. He is the bridge editor of the ''
Jerusalem Post''.
The Granovetters have developed a bidding system known as the Granovetter Unified System.
Bridge accomplishments
Wins
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World Mixed Pairs Championship
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) 2006
*
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 ...
(6)
**
Silodor Open Pairs
The Silodor Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Silodor Open Pairs is a four session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying ...
(1) 1972
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Senior Knockout Teams
The Baze Senior Knockout Teams national bridge championship was held at the fall 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. ...
(1) 2008
**
Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams
The Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). It is an open four session board-a-match event with two qualifying sessions and two ...
(2) 1975, 1982
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Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match
The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams is a bridge competition 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 ...
(1) 1999
**
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 ...
(1) 2009
Runners-up
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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 ...
**
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 ( ...
(2) 1976, 1977
**
Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs Kaplan may refer to:
Places
* Kapłań, Poland
* Kaplan, Louisiana, U.S.
* Kaplan Medical Center, a hospital in Rehovot, Israel
* Kaplan Street, in Tel Aviv, Israel
* Mount Kaplan, Antarctica
* Kaplan Arena, at the College of William & Mary in W ...
(1) 2017
**
Rockwell Mixed Pairs
The Rockwell Mixed Pairs is a national bridge championship held regularly at the Spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Rockwell Trophy, donated by Helen Rockwell in 1946, is presented to the w ...
(1) 2019
Bibliography
All his books have been published as by "Matthew Granovetter".
Bridge
Unless otherwise noted, all the books in this section were co-authored by Pamela Granovetter.
*''Tops and Bottoms'', C & T Bridge Supplies (1987),
*''Jenny Mae the Bridge Pro'', co-authored with Martin Hoffman, Granovetter Books (1994),
*''Bridge Addition 96: New Age Inventions Tempered With Old-Fashioned Advice'', Granovetter Books (1995), . (Matthew Granovetter was the sole author.)
*''Forgive Me, Partner! The Guide to a Successful Partnership'', co-authored with Pamela Granovetter and
Larry Cohen
Lawrence George Cohen (July 15, 1936 – March 23, 2019) was an American screenwriter, producer, and director of film and television, best known as an author of horror and science fiction films — often containing police procedural and ...
, Granovetter Books (1997)
*''Learn to Play Bridge in 9 Minutes'', Perigee Trade (2001),
*''Best of Bridge Today Digest'', edited by Matthew and Pamela Granovetter, Master Point Press (2001), . (Further collections of ''Bridge Today'' articles have been published subsequently.)
*''Bridge Conventions in Depth'', Master Point Press (2003),
*''A Switch in Time: How to take ALL your tricks on defense'', Granovetter Books ( 2012),
The GUS bidding system
*''Gus - Introducing Gus'', CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2012),
*''Gus Weak-Two Bids (Volume 2)'', CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2012),
*''Gus One Notrump'', CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2013),
*''Gus One of a Major - Two Clubs (Gus Bridge Bidding System) (Volume 4)'', CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2014),
*''One of a Major Bidding (GUS) (Volume 5)'', CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2014),
*''GUS One Diamond (Volume 6)'', CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2014),
Mysteries
*''Murder at the Bridge Table (Or, How to Improve Your Duplicate Score Overnight)'', Granovetter Books (1988)
*''The Bridge Team Murders'', Granovetter Books (1992),
*''I Shot My Bridge Partner'', Master Point Press (1999),
Musicals for children
*''The Princess and the Pauper: A musical play'', Dramatic Pub. Co (1983)
*''The Treasure Makers'', S. French (1984),
References
External links
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1950 births
American contract bridge players
Contract bridge writers
Hunter College alumni
People from Ballston, New York
American emigrants to Israel
Israeli contract bridge players
Jewish contract bridge players
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Date of birth missing (living people)