Reisinger
The Reisinger national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Reisinger is a board-a-match event.
History
The event is contested for the Reisinger Trophy (the Chicago Trophy until 1965). It is a six-session open team-of-four event scored by board-a-match with two qualifying sessions, two semifinal sessions and two final sessions. It was contested as a four-session championship until 1966.
The event began in 1929 as the North American Open Team Championship and the prize was the Chicago Trophy, donated by the Auction Bridge Club of Chicago. (In 1928, the open team competition was for the Harold S. Vanderbilt Cup.)
The Chicago Trophy was replaced in 1965 by the Reisinger Memorial Trophy, donated by the Greater New York Bridge Association in memory of Curt H. Reisinger.
Reisinger (1891–1964), New York City, was a principal patron of contract bridge and the American Contract Bridge League in the early years of both.
Reisinger was a great-grandson of Anheuser and a grandson of Busch, co-founders of the brewery from which he inherited great wealth. That wealth enabled him to become a stalwart financial supporter of the game, as well as a noted philanthropist on a far larger scale.
Winners
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Max M. Cohen, Louis J. Haddad, Robert W. Halpin, Nils M. Wester | Carlton R. Drake, James Kelly, Paul D. Parcells, Charles Rilling |
| 1930 | William K. Barrett, W. James Carpenter, Ely Culbertson, Johnny Rau | Mary Clement, Dorothy Rice Sims, P. Hal Sims, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz |
| 1931 | Elizabeth Banfield, Cmdr. Winfield S. Liggett, Jr., Frances Newman, George Unger | David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard S. Karn, P. Hal Sims |
| 1932 | B. Jay Becker, S. Garton Churchill, George Reith, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz | Ely Culbertson, Michael T. Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore A. Lightner |
| 1933 | Charles A. Hall, Albert Steiner, Philip Steiner, Richard M. Wildberg | B. Jay Becker, S. Garton Churchill, P. Hal Sims, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz |
| 1934 | Henry S. Dinkelspiel, Jr., Lewis Jaeger, Bernard Rabinowitz, Maurice Seiler | Theodore A. Lightner, Merwyn D. Maier, Jean P. Mattheys, Sherman Stearns |
| 1935 | F. Roland Buck, Joseph E. Cain, Lawrence J. Welch, Edson T. Wood | Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, Richard L. Frey, Albert H. Morehead |
| 1936 | Marge Anderson, Donald G. Farquharson, Mrs. J. A. Faulkner, Percy E. Sheardown | Arthur Glatt, Laura Heiner, John R. Smith, Albert Weiss |
| 1937 | John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young | Oscar J. Brotman, William Perry, Alvin Roth, S. S. Vorzimer |
| 1938 | John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young | A. Mitchell Barnes, Mary Clement, Benedict Jarmel, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz |
| 1939 | B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young | 2-4. Jay Cushing, Seymour Kaplan, Al Leibowitz, Edward N. Marcus; 2-4. Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn D. Maier, Robert A. McPherran, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz; 2-4. Henry Auslander, Joseph Davis, Jacob D. Lindy, Catherine W. Samberg |
| 1940 | Henry Feinberg, Jeff Glick, Maury J. Glick, Louis Newman | Alfred R. Dick, C. William Potts, James Sheern, Edward R. Thomas |
| 1941 | Peter A. Leventritt, Simon Rossant, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar | A. Mitchel Barnes, S. Garton Churchill, Lee Hazen, Charles S. Lockridge, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz |
| 1942 | B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, John R. Crawford | S. Garton Churchill, Harry J. Fishbein, Lee Hazen, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz |
| 1943 | B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel | Samuel Katz, Bertram Lebhar, Jr., Peter A. Leventritt, Simon Rossant |
| 1944 | Simon Becker, Peggy Golder, Ruth Sherman, Charles J. Solomon | B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel |
| 1945 | Lee Hazen, George Rapee, Samuel M. Stayman, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz | Ambrose Casner, Harold J. Harkavy, Ralph Hirschberg, Harold A. Ogust, Jack Shore |
| 1946 | A. Mitchel Barnes, John R. Crawford, Alvin Roth, Edith Seligman | Simon Becker, Stanley O. Fenkel, Fred D. Karpin, Louis Newman |
| 1947 | 1-3. Paula Bacher, Jane Jaeger, Kay Rhodes, Sally Young; 1-3. John R. Crawford, Theodore A. Lightner, George Rapee, Samuel M. Stayman; 1-3. Robert Appleyard, Morris Berliant, Malcolm A. Lightman, Simon Rossant | |
| 1948 | George Boeckh, C. Bruce Elliott, Agnes Gordon, Charlotte Sidway | John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Samuel M. Stayman |
| 1949 | Lee Hazen, Larry Hirsch, Richard Kahn, Peter A. Leventritt, Jack Shore | 2-3. Sidney Aronson, Emily Folline, Benjamin O. Johnson, Ludwig J. Kabakjian, Edward N. Marcus; 2-3. Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Goldsmith, Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal, Elmer I. Schwartz |
| 1950 | B. Jay Becker, Myron F. Field, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel | John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Edward N. Marcus, Howard Schenken, Samuel M. Stayman |
| 1951 | Corti Boland, C. Bruce Elliot, Micky M. Miller, Percy E. Sheardown | B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Myron F. Field, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel |
| 1952 | Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone | Edward H. Cohen, Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Goldsmith, Elmer I. Schwartz |
| 1953 | B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Samuel M. Stayman | Harry J. Fishbein, Peter A. Leventritt, Ruth Sherman, Charles J. Solomon, Peggy Solomon |
| 1954 | B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor | Israel Cohen, Paul Kibler, Alvin Roth, William Seamon |
| 1955 | Ben Fain, George Heath, Paul Hodge, James Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby | William V. Lipton, Victor Mitchell, W. Miller Nelson, Joseph G. Ripstra |
| 1956 | B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor | Ben Fain, Paul Hodge, Oswald Jacoby, Dick Sutton |
| 1957 | Charles H. Goren, Harold A. Ogust, William S. Root, Howard Schenken, Helen Sobel | Robert Y. Barrett, Ben Fain, Harry J. Fishbein, John Gerber, Paul Hodge |
| 1958 | Leonard B. Harmon, Ralph Hirschberg, Edgar Kaplan, Alfred Sheinwold, Ivar Stakgold | Arthur M. Miller, John H. Moran, David Strasberg, Jay Wendt |
| 1959 | Lewis L. Mathe, Donald A. Oakie, Meyer Schleifer, Edward O. Taylor | Harry J. Fishbein, John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Charles J. Solomon |
| 1960 | Ollie Adams, William Hanna, Sidney H. Lazard, Lewis L. Mathe | Oswald Jacoby, Mervin Key, G. Robert Nail, Curtis Smith |
| 1961 | John R. Crawford, Norman Kay, Alvin Roth, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone | 2-3. Charles Coon, Robert F. Jordan, Eric R. Murray, Arthur G. Robinson; 2-3. Harold B. Guiver, Carol Sanders, Thomas K. Sanders, Michael Shuman |
| 1962 | 1-2 Paul Allinger, Harold B. Guiver, Lewis L. Mathe, Ron Von der Porten, Erik Paulsen; 1-2 Edward O. Taylor, Robert D. Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Donald P. Krauss, Marshall Miles, Bill Eisenberg | |
| 1963 | Charles H. Goren, Peter A. Leventritt, Harold A. Ogust, Howard Schenken | Donald R. Faskow, William L. Flannery, Herbert Sachs, Paul Swanson |
| 1964 | John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Mervin Key, Harold Rockaway | Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Cliff Russell, Curtis K. Smith, Bobby Wolff, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz |
| 1965 | Eddie Kantar, Michael S. Lawrence, Marshall Miles, Lew Stansby | Michael Engel, Phil Feldesman, Richard Freeman, Ira S. Rubin |
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Robert F. Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Arthur G. Robinson | 2-3. Gerald W. Bare, Harold B. Guiver, Lewis L. Mathe, Mike McMahan, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross; 2-3. William S. Root, Alvin Roth, Bee Schenken, Howard Schenken |
| 1967 | Robert F. Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Arthur G. Robinson, William S. Root, Alvin Roth | Steve Altman, Michael M. Becker, Charles Peres, Daniel Rotman |
| 1968 | Kyle Larsen, Erik Paulsen, Peter A. Pender, Hugh Ross, Howard Schenken | Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Robert D. Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Sidney Lazard, George Rapee |
| 1969 | Philip Feldesman, William Grieve, Ira Rubin, Jeff Westheimer | Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami R. Kehela, Sidney Lazard, Eric R. Murray, George Rapee |
| 1970 | 1-2 Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Robert D. Hamman, James Jacoby, Michael S. Lawrence, Bobby Wolff; 1-2. Grant S. Baze, Anthony H. Dionisi, William P. Grieve, Harlow S. Lewis, Peter A. Pender, George Rapee | |
| 1971 | William Grieve, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Donald P. Krauss, Lewis L. Mathe, George Rapee | Grant S. Baze, Anthony H. Dionisi, Harlow S. Lewis, Peter A. Pender |
| 1972 | Lou Bluhm, Steve Goldberg, Steven J. Parker, Stephen W. Robinson | William Grieve, Sami R. Kehela, Eric R. Murray, George Rapee |
| 1973 | Larry T. Cohen, Dr. Richard H. Katz, Bud Reinhold, Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel | Jack Blair, Byron L. Greenberg, Thomas K. Sanders, Paul Swanson |
| 1974 | Fred Hamilton, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira S. Rubin | Stephen Goldstein, Marc S. Jacobus, J. Merrill, Steve Sion, Judi Solodar |
| 1975 | Fred Hamilton, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira S. Rubin | Richard E. Doughty, Frank M. Hoadley, Jack LaNoue, Sidney H. Lazard |
| 1976 | Malcolm K. Brachman, Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway | Matt Granovetter, Robert H. Lipsitz, Steven J. Parker, Samuel M. Stayman |
| 1977 | Jim Cayne, Alan Greenberg, James Jacoby, Kyle Larsen, Michael S. Lawrence | Matt Granovetter, Robert H. Lipsitz, Neil Silverman, Samuel M. Stayman |
| 1978 | Ira G. Corn, Jr., Fred Hamilton, Robert D. Hamman, Ira S. Rubin, Bobby Wolff | Allan Graves, Gaylor Kasle, Mark Lair, George Mittelman, Barney O'Malia, Ron Smith |
| 1979 | 1-2 Russ Arnold, Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell; 1-2 Ira G. Corn, Jr., Fred Hamilton, Robert D. Hamman, Ira S. Rubin, Bobby Wolff | |
| 1980 | Ron E. Andersen, Malcolm K. Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Michael S. Lawrence, Paul Soloway | 2-3. Mark Lair, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, Eric Rodwell, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold; 2-3 Roy Fox, Ed Manfield, Paul Swanson, Kit Woolsey |
| 1981 | Chip Martel, Peter A. Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby | 2-3. Roger Bates, Chuck F. Burger, Jim Cayne, Bill Eisenberg, Alan Greenberg; 2-3. Evan Bailey, L. Andrew Campbell, Joel Hoersch, David J. Weiss |
| 1982 | Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay | Mark Molson, Eric Kokish, Paul Lewis, Robert Lebi, George Mittelman, Drew Cannell |
| 1983 | Oswald Jacoby, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek | 2-3 Ron Rubin, Mike Becker, Bill Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Mike Lawrence, Peter Weichsel; 2-3. Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross |
| 1984 | 1-4. Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay; 1-4. Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein, Allan Stauber, Mike Smolen; 1-4. Sam Stayman, Richard Reisig, George Tornay, Saul Bronstein; 1-4. Jim Robison, Jon Wittes, Ross Grabel, Stelios Touchtidis | |
| 1985 | 1-2 Chip Martel, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby; 1-2. George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen | |
| 1986 | Steve Robinson, Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Peter Boyd, Peter Pender, Lew Stansby | Bud Reinhold, Ron Andersen, Tom Sanders, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman |
| 1987 | Zia Mahmood, Jaggy Shivdasani, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith | Walter Johnson, Mark Cohen, Ralph Katz, Bill Pollack, Dave Berkowitz, Howard Weinstein |
| 1988 | Jimmy Cayne, Bob Hamman, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Chuck Burger, Bobby Wolff | Tom Fox, Dick Melson, Jim Hall, David Lehman |
| 1989 | Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Sam Lev, Chris Compton, Mark Molson | Jillian Blanchard, Robert Blanchard, Jon Greenspan, Kerri Shuman, Margie Gwozdzinsky, Glenn Eisenstein |
| 1990 | Richard Pavlicek, William Root, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Brian Glubok | Malcolm Brachman, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Mark Lair, Eddie Wold |
| 1991 | Cliff Russell, Sam Lev, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Marty Bergen, Bjorn Fallenius | Mike Cappelletti Jr., Mike Cappelletti, Lawrence Hicks, Rob Crawford |
| 1992 | James Cayne, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Chuck Burger, Gabriel Chagas, Marcelo Branco | Jim Mahaffey, Alan Sontag, Eddie Kantar, Ron Andersen, Tony Forrester |
| 1993 | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Burger, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Mark Lair |
| 1994 | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Jimmy Cayne, Bobby Goldman, Mark Lair, Mike Passell, Chuck Burger, Paul Soloway |
| 1995 | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Peter Nagy, Bruce Ferguson, Howard Weinstein, Ralph Katz, Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein |
| 1996 | Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby | Jimmy Cayne, Mark Feldman, Chuck Burger, Michael Seamon, Mike Passell, Alan Sontag |
| 1997 | Bart Bramley, Howard Weinstein, Sidney Lazard, Steve Garner | George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Adam Żmudziński, Marek Szymanowski, Marcin Lesniewski, Cezary Balicki |
| 1998 | Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester | George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag |
| 1999 | Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester | Dano De Falco, Giorgio Duboin, Guido Ferraro, Norberto Bocchi |
| 2000 | George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin | Mike Cappelletti Jr., Gary Cohler, Richard Finberg, Mark Lair, Jerry Goldfein |
| 2001 | Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Brad Moss, Fred Gitelman, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein | George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin |
| 2002 | Steve Landen, Dan Morse, Bobby Wolff, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Adam Wildavsky, Doug Doub | Richard Schwartz, Michael Becker, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg |
| 2003 | Malcolm Brachman, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson | Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Cezary Balicki, Adam Żmudziński |
| 2004 | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Richard Schwartz, Massimo Lanzarotti, Andrea Buratti, Michael Becker, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz |
| 2005 | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg |
| 2006 | Gary Cohler, Joe Grue, Curtis Cheek, Jacek Pszczoła | Russ Ekeblad, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Fred Gitelman, Brad Moss |
| 2007 | James Cayne, Michael Seamon, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Charlie Weed (npc) | Aubrey Strul, Michael Becker, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby |
| 2008 | Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Zia Mahmood | Roy Welland, Brian Glubok, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith |
Sources
List of previous winners, Pages 10-11 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–8, November 28, 2008
2008 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–11, December 1, 2008