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==Bridge accomplishments== |
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* ACBL Hall of Fame 2005 |
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* [[Goren Trophy|Herman Trophy]] 1986 |
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[[Category:Oberlin College alumni]] |
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Revision as of 00:28, 7 December 2008
Kit Woolsey (born 1943) is an American bridge and backgammon player. In bridge, he was the winner of the 1986 Rosenblum Cup world teams championship. He was also runner-up in the 1982 Rosenblum Cup, 1989 Bermuda Bowl and won the Senior Teams at the 2000 World Team Olympiad, and another gold at the 2003 Senior Bowl, as well as more than a dozen ACBL national championships. Many of his successes were in partnership with Ed Manfield. In backgammon, he was runner-up in the 1996 World Cup, and is (as of 2007) ranked the #5 backgammon player in the world.
Woolsey authored many bridge and backgammon books, and contributed to the bridge bidding theory with innovations like the two-way checkback convention and a defense system against opposing notrump openings.[1] He won the 1978 International Bridge Press Association (IBPA) award for Best Article or Series on a System or Convention.
Since 1984, Woolsey has been one of four (six as of 2005) directors of The Bridge World's Master Solvers Club.
Kit Woolsey is editor of the online backgammon magazine GammonU.[2] He graduated from Oberlin College in 1964.
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame 2005
Awards
- Herman Trophy 1986
- Precision Award (Best Article or Series on a System or Convention) 1978
Wins
- Rosenblum Cup (1) 1986
- Senior Bowl (1) 2003
- Senior International Cup (1) 2000
- North American Bridge Championships (15)
- Vanderbilt (1) 1991
- Grand National Teams (1) 1984
- Open Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1994
- Men's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1978, 1986, 1989
- North American Men's Swiss Teams (1) 1986
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (3) 1973, 1975, 1990
- Open Pairs (2) 1987, 1989
- Men's Pairs (2) 1972, 1985
- Mixed Pairs (1) 1967
- United States Bridge Championships (4)
- Open Team Trials (1) 1989
- Senior Team Trials (3) 2000, 2001, 2003
- Other notable wins:
- Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1990
- Reisinger Knockout Teams (1) 1981
- Cavendish Invitational Pairs (2) 1979, 1994
Runner-ups
- Bermuda Bowl (1) 1989
- Rosenblum Cup (1) 1982
- North American Bridge Championships (19)
- Vanderbilt (2) 1992, 1999
- Spingold (3) 1979, 1981, 1992
- Reisinger (1) 1980
- Grand National Teams (2) 1977, 2006
- Mixed Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1997
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (3) 1985, 1986, 2002
- Life Master Men's Pairs (2) 1971, 1972
- Open Pairs (1) 1981
- Open Pairs I (1) 1996
- Open Pairs II (1) 2004
- Men's Pairs (2) 1973, 1974
- United States Bridge Championships (1)
- Senior Team Trials (1) 2005
- Other notable 2nd places:
- Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1999
- EOE Optiebeurs Pairs (1) 1990
- Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 1980
- Goldman Pairs (2) 1980, 1982
Bibliography
Bridge
- Partnership Defense in Bridge
- Modern Defensive Signals
- Matchpoints
- Clobber Their Artificial Club
Backgammon
- New Ideas in Backgammon (with Hal Heinrich)
- How to Play Tournament Backgammon
- Backgammon: Master Versus Amateur, vol. 1
- MatchQiz Book: Greiner vs Phillip Marmorstein
- MatchQiz Book: Hal Heinrich vs. Mika Lidov
- MatchQiz Book: Joe Sylvester vs. Nack Ballard
- Understanding Backgammon (with Tami Jones)
- 52 Great Backgammon Tips (with Patti Beadles)