Fast Open Pairs

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The Fast Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

The Fast Open Pairs is a four session MP pairs event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. Each set of two sessions is played on one day. The event typically starts on the second Thursday of the NABC. The event is open. Players are required to play each two round board in eleven minutes. Typically, there is only a small (30-45 minutes) break between the two sessions.

1 History
2 Winners
3 Sources
4 External links

[edit] History

The NABC+ Fast Open Pairs is a matchpoint event which requires players to finish their two-board rounds in 11 minutes. The event consists of two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. It was first contested in 2000 in Anaheim CA.

[edit] Winners

Winners of Fast Open Pairs
Year	Winners	Runners-Up
2000	Chris Willenken, Aaron Silverstein	Paul Lewis, Linda Lewis
2001	Jim Robison, Mark Itabashi	Earl Glickstein, Robert Bell
2002	Alan Kleist, Leo LaSota	Chris Willenken, Ron Smith
2003	Joel Wooldridge, John Hurd	Ed Schulte, Joseph Godefrin
2004	Peter Weiden, Rick Zucker	Adam Wildavsky, Doug Doub
2005	Chris Willenken, Ralph Buchalter	Xiaodong Shi, Jiang Gu
2006	Robert Lebi, Nicolas L'Ecuyer	Douglas Doub, Adam Wildavsky
2007	Robert Levin, Geoff Hampson	Ron Pachtmann, Eldad Ginossar