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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 four flights (Championship, A, B, C). The event is restricted to those who have qualified in their local ACBL district. No player on a flight A team can have more than 6,000 masterpoints. No player on a flight B team can have more than 2,500 masterpoints. No player on a flight C team can have more than 500 masterpoints, or be a Life Master. All flights typically begin play on Wednesday, two days before the main NABC events. The 2011 host district won Flights B and C in Toronto and thereby won the unofficial GNT Cup. History The United States Bridge Association, established by Ely Culbertson and his staff, conducted a Grand National Team-of-Four championship from 1934 to 1937 (the lifetime of the organization before merger created th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 largest such organization in North America having the stated mission "to promote, grow and sustain the game of bridge and serve the bridge-related interests of our Members." Its major activities are: * sanctioning games at local bridge clubs and regional events * certifying bridge teachers and club directors * conducting the North American Bridge Championships (NABC) * providing education materials and services * administering the ACBL masterpoints system for tracking player performance * providing oversight for ethical behavior and play * representing the interests of its members with the World Bridge Federation. , it had more than 130,000 members. History The ACBL was created in 1937 by the merger of the American Bridge League and the United States Bridge Association in 1937. At that time, its bridge tournaments were open only to white ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Wold
Edward M. "Eddie" Wold (born 1951) is an American professional bridge player from Houston, Texas. Wold is a graduate of Rice University. Wold is an accomplished teacher and plays regularly at Houston's Westside Bridge Academy, particularly in that club's Saturday afternoon "common game," where over a thousand pairs from all over the country play identical boards (the same cards). Bridge accomplishments Awards * Herman Trophy (1) 1990 * Mott-Smith Trophy (3) 1989, 1998, 2005 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (15) ** Silodor Open Pairs (1) 2005 ** Grand National Teams (2) 1977, 1981 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1991 ** Vanderbilt (2) 1979, 1982 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2010 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2008 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1984, 1987 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1990 ** Reisinger (2) 1985, 2003 ** Spingold (2) 1977, 1984 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1994 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rosenkranz
George Rosenkranz (born György Rosenkranz; 20 August 1916 – 23 June 2019) was a pioneering Hungarian-born Mexican scientist in the field of Steroid, steroid chemistry, who used native Mexican plant sources as raw materials. He was born in Hungary, studied in Switzerland and emigrated to the Americas to escape the Nazis, eventually settling in Mexico. At Syntex corporation in Mexico City, Rosenkranz assembled a research group of organic chemists that included future leaders from around the world, such as Carl Djerassi, Luis E. Miramontes and Alejandro Zaffaroni.USA Science & Engineering Festival – Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement . Retrieved 1 Oct 2014. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Passell
Michael Passell (born 1947) is a professional American Contract bridge, bridge player from Dallas, Texas. Passell was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2008. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame, 2008"Induction by Year" ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-16. Awards * Fishbein Trophy (2) 1978, 2016 * Mott-Smith Trophy (2) 1978, 1983Wins * Bermuda Bowl (1) 1979 World Team Championship Winners/ref> * Senior Bowl (bridge), d'Orsi Senior Bowl (1) 2013 * World Transnational Open Teams Championship (1) 2001 * North American Bridge Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Jacoby
James Oswald Jacoby (April 4, 1933 – February 8, 1991) was an American bridge player and writer. He played as Jim Jacoby but he wrote books as James and for many years co-wrote a syndicated bridge column with his father as "Jacoby on Bridge" by Oswald and James Jacoby. (He wrote a re-branded newspaper bridge column after his father's death.) He won 16 "national" (ACBL) championships, first at age 22 in 1955, and he was the most successful ACBL tournament player (s leader) during 1988. Jacoby may have inherited talent and interest in games not only from his legendary father Oswald Jacoby. He and his mother Mary Zita Jacoby co-wrote ''The New York Times Book of Backgammon'' (1973). Jacoby graduated from the University of Notre Dame. He was a long-time resident of Texas and an original, 1968 member of the professional bridge team formed by Texas businessman Ira Corn, variously known as the Aces, Dallas Aces, and Texas Aces. Jacoby was a resident of Richardson, Texas Ric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Kemp
Edith Freilich née Seamon (September 8, 1911 - May 14, 2011) was an American bridge player, "one of the world's greatest female bridge players". As a player in important tournaments, she was also known as Edith Seligman, Edith Kemp, and Edith Kemp Freilich. Among women, she is second to Helen Sobel Smith for winning the greatest number of North American Bridge Championships. She was from Miami Beach, Florida. Edith Seamon was raised in South Orange, New Jersey. Her brother, Billy Seamon, and sister, Anne Burnstein, also became leading bridge players. Freilich won the top two KO events on the ACBL calendar, the Vanderbilt and Spingold, in 1963. In 1984, her team won the Wagar. Freilich was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1997. Freilich died in Miami on May 14, 2011. Bridge accomplishments Honors * ACBL Hall of Fame, 1997 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Stauber
Allan G. Stauber (born February 7, 1944) is an American bridge player, ACBL Grand Life Master. Raised in Plainview, New York, he was valedictorian of his high school class. He received a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, with a major in Math and a minor in Physics. He then worked as a programmer for IBM, later becoming a dealer in coins, stamps, and baseball cards, and then a stock trader. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1981 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Wernher Open Pairs (2) 1981, 1983 ** Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1980 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1982 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1981 ** Reisinger (1) 1984 ** Spingold (1) 1981 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Fast Open Pairs (1) 2010 ** Grand National Teams The Grand National Teams (GNT) North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Bergen (bridge)
Marty A. Bergen (born April 21, 1948) is an American bridge teacher, writer and player. A ten-time national champion and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master, he retired from active competition in 1993. He is still a bridge teacher and writer and is a World Bridge Federation World International Master. He was recently voted to be the 22nd most influential person in the history of bridge. Bergen has been a columnist in the monthly ''ACBL Bridge Bulletin'' since 1976. He has also written a total of 69 bridge books and booklets from 1995 to 2018 Two of his books won the ABTA Bridge Book of the Year award, ''Points Schmoints!: Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets'' in 1996 and ''Declarer Play the Bergen Way'' in 2005. Bergen is known for his development of many new conventions and treatments. His most popular ones are DONT, Bergen raises, 1NT semi-forcing and The Rule of 20. He and Larry Cohen were one of the most successful pairs in the 1980s, and they later were instrume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Sion
Steve Sion is a former American bridge player. Bridge accomplishments Awards * Fishbein Trophy (1) 1984 Wins * North American Bridge Championships (8) ** North American Pairs (1) 1984 ** Grand National Teams (1) 1989 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1993 ** Lebhar IMP Pairs (1) 1995 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1979 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1984, 1994 ** Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1990 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** 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) 1978 ** Reisinger (1) 1974 ** Spingold (1) 1984 ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (3) 1984, 1991, 1994 Sion-Cokin Affair Steve Sion and his regular partner Alan Cokin were convicted of cheating in 1979. They were banned, though their Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Levin
Robert J. (Bobby) Levin (born November 19, 1957) is an American professional bridge player, from Aventura, Florida. He was the youngest winner of the Bermuda Bowl world championship for national teams from 1981 until 2015, when 19-year old Michal Klukowski of Poland succeeded him. Levin is also a five-time winner of the Cavendish Invitational Pairs, the world's leading contest for cash prizes, with his regular partner Steve Weinstein. As of June 2013, Levin ranks number 20 among Open World Grand Masters and his wife Jill ranks number 21 among Women World Grand Masters. Retrieved 2013-06-13. Levin–Weinstein were one-third of USA1 in the 2011 Bermuda Bowl, where they finished fourth. Beginning mid-2012 they joined Nick Nickell's team. The professional teams hired by Nickell had won four of the preceding nine biennial Bermuda Bowls, from 1995. Career Levin was born in Southampton, Long Island, New York. As a 13-year-old, he won the first tournament event he ever entered – t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Rotman
Daniel "Danny" Rotman (born 1932) is a professional American bridge player from Aventura, Florida. Rotman is a retired businessman and graduated from Bradley University. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (6) ** von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1959 ** Grand National Teams (1) 1978 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1985 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1969, 1988 ** Spingold (1) 1987 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships ** Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1963, 1973 ** Vanderbilt (1) 1989 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1992 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1965 ** 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 ( ... (1) 1967 Notes External links * American contract bridge players Living people 1932 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Rosen
William Albert Rosen (September 12, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois – April 7, 2019) was an American bridge player, best known for winning the 1954 Bermuda Bowl world championship. He started playing bridge while attending De Paul University. Rosen won his first national title in 1952, the National Men's Pairs in partnership with Arthur Grau. In August 1953, Rosen and Milton Ellenby made the pages of ''Life'' magazine as the youngest winners of the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs. (annual from 1930). The same year he won the McKenney Trophy which the American Contract Bridge League gives to the player earning the most masterpoints in a calendar year. Rosen won the Spingold tournament twice in a row, in 1953 and 1954, the latter helping him qualify for that year's Bermuda Bowl world team championship. The Bermuda win made him, at 25 years old, the youngest world champion ever to do so; a record broken by Bobby Levin in 1981 at the age of 23. Rosen's win earned him the title of World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
