Michael Rosenberg (born March 7, 1954) is an American

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player. Rosenberg was born in

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, moved to Scotland as a child, and returned to New York in 1978. He lived in New York State with his wife

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, also a top player, from 1995 until 2011 when the couple moved to Northern California. Michael won the 1994

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 ...

, the 2017

Bermuda Bowl The Bermuda Bowl is a biennial contract bridge world championship for national . It is contested every odd-numbered year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Venice Cup (women), the d'Orsi Senior Bowl and the Wuh ...

, and the 2018

World Mixed Teams Championship The World Mixed Teams Championship is a bridge competition for teams of mixed pairs. At every table, two teams are always represented by a mixed pair, one man and one woman. The Mixed Teams event was held in conjunction with the first and fourth ...

. 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

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(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 ''

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''.

Bridge accomplishments

Awards

* ACBL Hall of Fame, 2015 * ACBL Player of the Year 1994, 2003 *

Fishbein Trophy The Fishbein Trophy is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History The Fishbein Trophy was donated by the ACBL in memo ...

2003 * Herman Trophy 1996

Wins

(1) 2018 *

(1) 2017 *

(1) 1994 Rosenblum Cup Winners
* * Compaq World Par Contest (1) 1998 *

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 ...

(14) **

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) 2000 **

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) 2003 **

Blue Ribbon Pairs The Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs (or simply the Blue Ribbon Pairs) is a national bridge championship held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The event is restricted to those that have wo ...

(1) 1993 **

Nail Life Master Open Pairs The Nail Life Master Open Pairs is a North American bridge championship held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The championship is a Matchpoints pairs event restricted to players with a ...

(1) 1992 ** Vanderbilt (2) 1994, 1996 **

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 Championships, North American Bridge Championship (NABC). It is an open four session board-a-match event ...

(3) 1991, 1996, 2006 **

Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams is a bridge competition held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). From 2010 the event is officially the Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, as it is contested ...

(1) 2002 **

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) 1989, 1996 **

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 ...

(2) 1991, 2003 **

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, M ...

(1) 2022 * United States Bridge Championships (4) ** Open Team Trials(4) 1992, 1997, 1999, 2006 * European Open Bridge Championships (1) ** Mixed Teams (1) 2003 * European Championships (1) ** Junior Teams (1) 1978 * British Championships (1) ** Gold Cup (1) 1976 * Other notable wins: ** Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1986 ** Cap Gemini Pandata World Top Invitational Pairs (1) 1992 ** Cap Volmac World Top Invitational Pairs (1) 1995 ** Sunday Times Invitational Pairs (1) 1976 * Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 1986 World Team Championship Winners
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Runners-up

(1) 2007 * World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1992 * World Open Pairs (2) 1994, 2002 *

(18) **

(1) 2003 **

Lebhar IMP Pairs The Lebhar IMP Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring 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 ...

(1) 2006 **

(1) 1994 **

Grand National Teams The Grand National Teams (GNT) North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Grand National Teams is a team knockout event. The event is broken into ...

(1) 1981 **

Jacoby Open Swiss Teams The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams is a four session Swiss Teams event with two qualifying ...

(2) 1992, 2014 **

(2) 2011, 2013 ** Vanderbilt (3) 1990, 1991, 2000 **

(1) 2004 **

(3) 2002, 2003, 2005 **

(3) 1980, 1993, 1995 * United States Bridge Championships (5) ** Open Team Trials (7) 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2017 * Other notable 2nd places: ** Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 1978

References

External links

Michael Rosenberg
at Bridge Winners * *

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