Michael Rosenberg

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Michael Rosenberg (born 1954) is one of the top Bridge players in the United States. He is originally from Scotland, but now lives in New York with his wife Debbie, also a top player.

Michael won the 1994 Rosenblum Teams, and was second in the World Pair Championships in 1994 (with Bob Hamman) and 2002 (with Zia Mahmood). As of 2006. he has won fourteen North American championships, as well as multiple wins in the Sunday Times pairs, a major invitational tournament in London. He has also won the World Bridge Federation Par competition, 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.

Among the more unusual sights in bridge was the completion of the 2002 World Pairs championship. Rosenberg and Zia had been leading most of the way, and board-by-board results were relayed to the vugraph room. Although Michael's wife Debbie won the women's championship with Karen McCallum, there was more of a sense of sadness (at least among the North American players) that Italians Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes overtook Zia and Michael than elation at Debbie and Karen's victory.