Lebhar IMP Pairs
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The Lebhar IMP Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Lebhar IMP Pairs is a four session IMP pairs event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the second Thursday of the NABC. The event is open.
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[edit] History
The Lebhar IMP Pairs is a four-session event --- two qualifying sessions followed by two final sessions .The winners have their names inscribed on the Lebhar Trophy. Scoring is by International Match Points (IMPs).
The trophy was donated by Bertram Lebhar Jr. in 1948 in memory of his wife, Evelyn. The trophy was previously given to winners of the Mixed Teams but re-designated for the IMP Pairs by the ACBL Board of Directors.
Lebhar (1907--1972), under the name of Bert Lee, earned a national reputation as a sportscaster and later as a bridge player and administrator. In private life, he owned radio and television stations in Florida.
Lebhar was one of the founders of the Greater New York Bridge Association and was elected its first president in 1948.
Lebhar was also a player: he won the Spingold in 1940 and the Master Mixed Teams in 1946. His team was his wife Evelyn along with Samuel Katz and Alicia Kemper.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Robb Gordon, Linda Danas | Peter Weichsel, Richard Katz |
| 1988 | Gene Freed, Mike Passell | Corinne Gellman, Jim Kirkham |
| 1989 | Richard Schwartz, Fred Hamilton | Bud Reinhold, Michael Seamon |
| 1990 | Ralph Cohen, Renee Mancuso | Richard Schwartz, Drew Casen |
| 1991 | Harvey Brody, Ralph Buchalter | Ron Freldman, Marty Shallon |
| 1992 | Vera Gama, Marcelo Branco | David Midkiff, Tom Oppenheimer |
| 1993 | Bob Klein, David Ruderman | Win Allegaert, Gary Gottlieb |
| 1994 | Tom Fox, Walter Schafer Jr. | Howard Chandross, Lee Rautenberg |
| 1995 | Steve Sion, Harold Lilie | Brad Moss, Elizabeth Reich |
| 1996 | Mike Albert, Marilyn Hemenway | Steve Beatty, Adam Wildavsky |
| 1997 | Tom Carmichael, Joel Wooldridge | Dick Bruno, Kenji Miyakuni |
| 1998 | Jim Robison, Gene Freed | Jeanne Rahmey, Gary Cohler |
| 1999 | Ralph Katz, George Jacobs | Rob Crawford, Spike Lay |
| 2000 | Aschley Bach, Stephen Burgess | George Steiner, Steve Beatty |
| 2001 | Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd | Neil Chambers, Norb Kremer |
| 2002 | Alan Schwartz, Ai-Tai Lo | William Ehlers, Richard DeMartino |
| 2003 | Steve Weinstein, Robert Levin | Mitch Dunitz, Iftikhar Baqai |
| 2004 | Jiang Gu, Nikolay Demirev | Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson |
| 2005 | Blair Seidler, Kevin Wilson | Jon Baldursson, Thorlakur Jonsson |
| 2006 | Fred Gitelman, Geoff Hampson | Michael Rosenberg, Ralph Katz |
| 2007 | Boye Brogeland, Ishmael Delmonte | Jonathan Weinstein, Robert Heitzman Jr. |
| 2008 | Adam Wildavsky, Doug Doub | Marc Nathan, Dan Gerstman |
[edit] Sources
List of previous winners, Page 4 Daily Bulletin, vol. 51-7, Thursday, March 13, 2008, <http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/01/bulletins/db7.pdf>
