Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams

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The Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

The Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams is a four session board-a-match event with two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the first Sunday of the NABC. The event is open.

1 History
2 Winners
3 Sources
4 External links

[edit] History

The event was introduced in 1946. It was a men's event until 1990 when it became an open event.

An interesting situation occurred in 1977 when there were only three winners: Richard Doughty, Ron Smith and Lou Bluhm (plus these players eligible for session awards only: Bruce Ferguson, Sidney Lazard, Leslie West and Irv Kostal). Lazard was supposed to play with Doughty but after a good first set, Lazard became ill and Kostal took his place for the evening session. Lazard was better the next day and in his seat for the first final session. Suddenly he toppled over and was rushed rushed to a hospital. Meanwhile, Doughty had to find another partner and Ferguson was pressed into service. Ferguson, whose team had not qualified the previous day, was technically ineligible but was allowed to play only in the afternoon. In the evening, Doughty recruited Leslie West -- his fourth partner in four sessions -- and the team went on to victory by a margin of two full boards.

[edit] Winners

Winners of Men's Board-a-Match Teams (1946–1989)
Year	Winners	Runners-Up
1946	Maynard Adams, Julius Bank, Arthur Glatt, William McGhee, Albert Weiss	A. Mitchell Barnes, John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor
1947	Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Goldsmith, Jack Kravatz, Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal	Joseph Cohan, Dr. Louis Mark, Dr. H. Russ Storr, George Unger
1948	Jack L. Ankus, Jeff Glick, Alvin Landy, John H. Law, Sol Mogal	John R. Crawford, Edward N. Marcus, George Rapee, Samuel M. Stayman
1949	Muriel Levin, Alphonse Moyse Jr., Leo Roet, Howard Schenken	Joseph Cohan, Herbert J. Gerst, Jack L. Ankus, William Joseph, Dr. H. Russ Storr
1950	Edward Burns, John F. Carlin, David Carter, A. Richard Revell	Robert Appleyard, Ned Drucker, Fred Hirsch, Milton Moss, Milton Vernoff
1951	J. Van Brooks, Eugene Dautell, Jack Denny, Ace Gutowsky, Edwin J. Smith	Fred L. Bickel, Joseph J. Foreacre, Robert Lattomus, Ronald Rosenberg
1952	Charles H. Goren, Oswald Jacoby, Sidney Silodor, Charles Solomon, Samuel M. Stayman	2-3. Samuel Katz, Charles Kuhn, William Seamon, Albert Weiss; 2-3. Harry J. Fishbein, Harold Harkavy, Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz
1953	Ben Fain, John Gerber, George Heath, Paul Hodge, Harold Rockaway	Clifford W. Bishop, Harry J. Fishbein, Arnold Kauder, John H. Moran, Douglas Steen
1954	Aaron J. Frank, Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Goldsmith, Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal	Henry Chanin, Dr. John W. Fisher, James Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Sidney H. Lazard
1955	Richard Freeman, Edgar Kaplan, Ralph Hirschberg, Norman Kay, Alvin Roth	Charles H. Goren, Peter A. Leventritt, Charles J. Solomon, Samuel M. Stayman
1956	John R. Crawford, Ben Fain, Paul H. Hodge, Sidney Silodor	2-3. Paul Allinger, Dr. John W. Fisher, Emanuel Hochfeld, Oswald Jacoby, Sidney H. Lazard; 2-3. Barry Crane, Harold Rockaway, Clarence A. Strouse, John H. Toledano
1957	Lewis L. Mathe, Donald A. Oakie, Meyer Schleifer, Edward O. Taylor	Israel Cohen, Richard Freeman, John C. Kunkel, Alvin Roth, Ivar Stakgold
1958	Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Goldsmith, Alvin Landy, Elmer I. Schwartz, Vic D. Zeve	Richard Freeman, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Ralph Hirschberg
1959	Ollie Adams, Ivan Erdos, Oswald Jacoby, Robert G. Sharp	B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone
1960	Charles Denby, Burrell I. Humphreys, Alan W. Messer, Marty Scheinberg, Robert P. Wakeman	2-4. Harry J. Fishbein, John Gerber, Paul H. Hodge, Charles J. Solomon; 2-4 Wilfred Dumas, Donald McGee, John Siverts, Jerzy Zawisza; 2-4. James R. Hughes, Marvin Paulshock, Eli Reich, David R. Treadwell
1961	John R. Crawford, Norman Kay, Alvin Roth, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone	Edgar Kaplan, Mervin Key, Sidney H. Lazard, G. Robert Nail
1962	1-2. Phil Feldesman, Richard Freeman, Victor Mitchell, Eric R. Murray, Samuel M. Stayman; 1-2. Paul Allinger, Harold G. Guiver, Lewis L. Mathe, Edward O. Taylor
1963	Phil Feldesman, Victor Mitchell, Samuel M. Stayman, Tobias Stone	B. Jay Becker, Norman Kay, William Root, Sol Rubinow, Sidney Silodor
1964	Ivan Erdos, Harold B. Guiver, Michael S. Lawrence, Alfred Sheinwold	Charles Coon, G. Robert Nail, Robert Stucker, Frank T. Westcott
1965	Harry J. Fishbein, Jeff Rubens, Charles J. Solomon, Roger D. Stern	Phil Feldesman, Sidney H. Lazard, Victor Mitchell, Daniel Rotman, Samuel M. Stayman
1966	Philip Feldesman, Richard Freeman, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay	Anthony Dionisi, Jeremy Flint, Harlow S. Lewis, Peter A. Pender
1967	Thomas E. Bussey, Jim R. Dunlap, Lawrence Jolma, Robert P. Patterson, Gary Stark	Edward J. Barlow, Phil Read, Robert Spotts, John C. Sutherlin
1968	Ira G. Corn, Jr., Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, James Jacoby, Michael S. Lawrence, Bobby Wolff	Michael M. Becker, Charles Coon, Joel H. Stuart, Peter Weichsel, Richard J. Zeckhauser
1969	Chuck F. Burger, James Cayne, Alvin Roth, Paul Trent	2-3. Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Robert D. Hamman, James Jacoby, Michael S. Lawrence, Bobby Wolff; 2-3. Martin J. Cohn, Norman H. Fischer, Charles M. MacCracken, Bill Reister
1970	Bernie Bergovoy, Donald P. Krauss, Lewis L. Mathe, Don Pearson, John Swanson, Richard Walsh	Eddie Kantar, Kyle Larsen, Paul Soloway, Ron Von der Porten
1971	Bernie Chazen, Alvin Roth, Alan Sontag, Paul Trent	Gerald Caravelli, Larry T. Cohen, Barry Crane, Dr. John Fisher
1972	Jack Blair, James Jacoby, John Simon, Paul Swanson, Bobby Wolff	Grant S. Baze, William Grieve, Donald P. Krauss, Lewis L. Mathe, Peter A. Pender, George Rapee
1973	Garey Hayden, James Jacoby, Gaylor Kasle, John Simon, Bobby Wolff	2-3. Lou Bluhm, Steve Goldberg, Lawrence Gould, Stephen Robinson; 2-3. John R. Crawford, Norm Kurlander, Alvin Roth, Clifford Russell, William Seamon
1974	Ron E. Andersen, Mark Feldman, Stephen Goldstein, Hugh C. MacLean, Merle Tom	2-3. Eric Kokish, Stephen Robinson, Mike Shuman, Joseph Silver; 2-3. Harold B. Guiver, Marty Shallon, William Sides, Mike Smolen
1975	Matt Granovetter, William Grieve, George Rapee, Ron Rubin	Roger Bates, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, George Rosenkranz
1976	David Ashley, Paul Heitner, John Lowenthal, Mike Smolen	Bart Bramley, Marvin Herbert, Howard Piltch, Lou Reich, Ira S. Rubin
1977	Lou Bluhm, Richard Doughty, Ron L. Smith, (Bruce Ferguson, Irv Kostal, Sidney H. Lazard, Leslie West)*	Richard Freeman, Alvin Roth, Clifford Russell, Curtis K. Smith, Merle Tom, Art Waldmann
1978	Neil Chambers, Eric Kokish, Peter Nagy, Stephen Robinson, John Schermer, Kit Woolsey	Steve Garner, Dave Lehman, Dick Melson, Larry Oakey
1979	Allan Cokin, Steve Sion, Alan Sontag, Jim Sternberg, Peter Weichsel	Mike Cappelletti, Ron Feldman, Gary Hann, David Hoffner, Zeke Jabbour, David Sacks
1980	Bart Bramley, Ross Grabel, William Rosen, Milton Rosenberg, Samuel Stayman, George Tornay	Ira Corn, Fred Hamilton, Robert D. Hamman, Ira Rubin, Bobby Wolff
1981	Marty Bergen, Neil Chambers, Joseph Silver, Allan Stauber	Michael Aliotta, Marc Culbertson, Jim Gardner, Bert Newman
1982	Dave Berkowitz, Matt Granovetter, Harold Lilie, Al Rand	Robert Blanchard, Drew Casen, Chuck Lamprey, Thomas M. Smith
1983	Tom Sanders, Harold Guiver, Grant Baze, John Sutherlin	Cliff Russell, Robert Levin, Richard Freeman, Lou Bluhm, John Solodar, Ron Gerard
1984	George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen	Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Wolff, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Ron Andersen, Bobby Goldman
1985	Hal Mouser, Josh Parker, Ron Gerard, Dan Rotman	Roger Bates, John Mohan, Alan Sontag, John Devine
1986	Gene Freed, Mike Passell, Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey, Mark Lair	Don Caton, Robert Kehoe, Gene Simpson, Robert Teel
1987	George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Ira Chorush, Peter Weichsel, Robert Levin	Bart Bramley, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein, Lou Bluhm
1988	Jimmy Cayne, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Mike Passell, Chuck Burger, Mark Lair	Vic Mitchell, Albert Rahmey, Michael Moss, Drew Casen, Howard Hertzberg
1989	Steve Robinson, Ed Manfield, Peter Boyd, Kit Woolsey	James Cayne, Chuck Burger, Bobby Wolff, Bob Hamman, Lew Stansby, Dave Berkowitz

Winners of Open Board-a-Match Teams (1990–)
Year	Winners	Runners-Up
1990	Mark Moss, Robert Thompson, Daniel Molochko, Jack Wholey	George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Peter Weichsel, Robert Levin, Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen
1991	Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Jeffrey Wolfson, David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen	Jim Hall, Tom Fox, Dick Melson, David Lehman
1992	Richard Katz, Garey Hayden, Wafik Abdou, Ira Cohen, Mike Whitman (npc)	Drew Cannell, Jeffrey Hand, Claudio Caponi, Steve Hamaoui
1993	Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Mark Lair, Mike Passell, Jimmy Cayne (npc)	Jim Hall, Tom Fox, Dave Lehman, Dick Melson
1994	Andy Goodman, Peter Boyd, Ed Manfield, John Mohan, Steve Robinson, Kit Woolsey	Brian Glubok, Steve Zolotow, Chris Compton, Lew Stansby, Ron Smith
1995	Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Steve Weinstein, Fred Stewart	Jimmy Cayne; Chuck Burger, Paul Soloway, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Bobby Goldman
1996	Robert Baldwin, Robert Levin, Peter Weichsel, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg	David Messop, Paul Hackett, Justin Hackett, Jason Hackett
1997	Bob Blanchard, Jim Krekorian, Doug Doub, John Rengstorff	Allen Hawkins, Russ Ekeblad, Jim Foster, John Sutherlin, Ron Smith
1998	Grant Baze, Fred Gitelman, George Mittelman, Brad Moss, Michael Whitman	Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Richard Freeman
1999	Rita Shugart, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester, Andrew Robson	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Paul Soloway, Bob Hamman
2000	Andrei Gromov, Aleksander Petrunin, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski	Eddie Wold, George Rosenkranz, Sam Lev, John Mohan, Piotr Gawryś, Jacek Pszczola
2001	Rose Meltzer, Kyle Larsen, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby	George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Alfredo Versace, Lorenza Lauria
2002	George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Alfredo Versace, Lorenza Lauria	Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein, Fred Gitelman
2003	George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Alfredo Versace, Lorenza Lauria	Sam Lev, Brian Glubok, Michal Kwiecien, Jacek Pszczola, Reese Milner
2004	Christal Henner-Welland, Michael Kamil, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Peter Bertheau, Fredrik Nystrom	Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Michael Rosenberg, Zia Mahmood, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski
2005	Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski	Michael Whitman, Grant Baze, Steve Beatty, Sam Lev, Jacek Pszczola
2006	George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Steve Weinstein, Bobby Levin	John Onstott, Steve Beatty, Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian, Joergen Molberg, Terje Aa
2007	Aubrey Strul, Michael Becker, David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen, Lew Stansby, Chip Martel	Andrei Gromov, Aleksander Dubinin, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski