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Jacek Kalita
Jacek Kalita is a Polish professional contract bridge, bridge player. Representing Poland, Kalita won the 2015 and 2019 Bermuda Bowl. Kalita is a World Grand Master and as of July 2020, ranked second in the world by the World Bridge Federation. His regular partner is Michal Nowosadzki. Bridge accomplishments * Bermuda Bowl (1) 2015, 2019 * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Spingold (2) 2013, 2019 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2018 ** Reisinger (1) 2018 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 2014, 2016 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2015 ** Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 2022 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships (4) ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2016 ** Reisinger (1) 2019 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (2) 2014, 2016 References External links * * Polish contract bridge players Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{bridge-game-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacek Kalita 5 OME Poznań 2011
Jacek () is a Polish given name of Greece, Greek origin related to Hyacinth (given name), Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (Spain, Spanish and Portugal, Portuguese), Giacinto (Italy, Italian), Jácint (Hungary, Hungarian) and Jacint (Catalan language, Catalan, shortened to ''Cint'' or ''Cinto'' following the Catalan tradition of Hypocorism, hypocorising through Apheresis (linguistics), apheresis). Notable people with the name Jacek * Hyacinth of Poland, Saint Hyacinth (Święty Jacek, Jacek Odrowąż, c. 1185–1257), Dominican friar and saint A-F * Jacek Baluch (1940–2019), Polish scholar, writer and poet * Jacek Banasiak (born 1959), Polish mathematician * Jacek Bayer (born 1964), Polish football player and coach * Jacek Bazański (born 1958), Polish diplomat * Jacek Bednarek (born 1964), Polish racewalker * Jacek Bednarski (1939–2008), Polish chess player and politician * Jacek Bednarz (born 1967), Polish f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contract Bridge
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two Team game, competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, bridge tournaments, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making it one of the world's most popular card games, particularly among Old Age, seniors. The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the governing body for international competitive bridge, with numerous other bodies governing it at the regional level. The game consists of a number of , each progressing through four phases. The cards are to the players; then the players ''call'' (or ''bid'') in an seeking to take the , specifying how many tricks the partnership receiving the contract (the declaring side) needs to take to receive points for the deal. During the auction, partners use their bids to exchange infor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bermuda Bowl
The Bermuda Bowl is a biennial contract bridge world championship for national . It is contested every odd-numbered year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Venice Cup (women), the d'Orsi Senior Bowl and the Wuhan Cup (mixed). Entries formally represent WBF zones as well as nations, so it is also known as the World Zonal Open Team Championship. 40th World Teams; "Information". It is the oldest event that confers the title of world champion in bridge, and was first contested in 1950. The Bermuda Bowl trophy is awarded to the winning team, and is named for the site of the inaugural tournament, the Atlantic archipelago of Bermuda. The term ''Bermuda Bowl'' is sometimes used for the entire two-week event, comprising the four zonal teams and one or more concurrent lesser tournaments. Marrakech, Morocco hosted the latest contest in August–September 2023, where Switzerland won the title. Structure See a description of the identical "Senior Bow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michal Nowosadzki
Michal Nowosadzki is a Polish professional bridge player. Representing Poland, Nowosadzki won the 2015 and 2019 Bermuda Bowl. Nowosadzki is a World Grand Master and as of July 2020, ranked fifth in the world by the World Bridge Federation. His regular partner is Jacek Kalita. In July 2020, he admitted to cheating online by looking at all four hands "self-kibitzing". Bridge accomplishments Wins * Bermuda Bowl (2) 2015, 2019 * North American Bridge Championships (7) ** Spingold (2) 2013, 2019 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2018 ** Reisinger (1) 2018 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 2014, 2016 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2015 Runners-up * North American Bridge Championships (4) ** Roth Open Swiss Teams (1) 2016 ** Reisinger (1) 2019 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams The Keohane North American Swiss Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships, North American Bridge Championship (NABC). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North American Bridge Championships
North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual contract bridge, bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven days. They comprise both championship and side contests of different kinds (e.g. matchpoint pairs and knockout teams, one-day and two-day) in many classes of competition (e.g. open/women/senior or defined by masterpoints). Host cities in the United States and Canada are selected several years in advance. Competitions and awards Open team competitions – the premier events ;Vanderbilt Trophy, Vanderbilt Cup Awarded to the National Knock-out Team championship winners at the spring North American Bridge Championship (NABC)s. It was donated in 1928 by Harold S. Vanderbilt, who won in 1932 and 1940. The event was contested annually in New York as a separate championship until 1958, when it was incorporated into Spring NABCs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spingold
The Spingold national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Spingold is a knock-out team event that attracts the top contract bridge players in the world. The event typically lasts seven days with each day being a round consisting of four sessions of 16 boards. The event is open and seeded. History The Spingold Master Knockout Teams, first known as the Challenge Knockout Teams, was contested for the Asbury Park Trophy in the early days. The runner-up team in the regularly scheduled portion of the event had the right to challenge the winners to a playoff. This right was never utilized. In 1934, 1936 and 1937, the Masters Teams-of-Four and the Asbury Park Trophy were separate events, providing two sets of winners. In 1938 the event became the Spingold Master Knockout Teams and a part of the Summer NABC. At one time, the Spingold was a double elimination event, usually lasting nine or 10 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacoby Open Swiss Teams
The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams is a four session Swiss Teams event with two qualifying and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the second Saturday of the NABC. The event is open. History The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams is a four-session event --- consisting of two qualifying sessions and two final sessions—with the Jacoby Trophy going to the winners. The event began in 1982 and was then named the North American Men's Swiss Teams. In 1990, it was changed to become the Open Swiss with the Jacoby Trophy awarded to the winners. The trophy is named for Oswald and Jim Jacoby --- one of the premier father-son pairs in ACBL history, the first father-son to win a national championship together and the first father-son to be elected to the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame. The senior Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, (1902–1984) won his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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), from New York City, was a principal patron of contract bridge and the American Contract Bridge Leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams
The Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). It is an open 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. More formally, according to the 2004 ACBL list of "Permanent Trophies" that recognize outstanding members, "The Victor Mitchell trophy is awarded to the winners of the Open Board-a-Match Teams held at the Fall NABC." ''2004 ACBL Handbook of Rules and Regulations''. ACBL (acbl.org). Retrieved 2014-10-29. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keohane North American Swiss Teams
The Keohane North American Swiss Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships, North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Keohane North American Swiss Teams is a six session Swiss Teams event, two qualifying sessions, two semi-final sessions and two final sessions that takes place over three days. The event typically starts on the second Friday of the NABC. The event is open. History The event was introduced in 1977. The trophy was donated by Ethel Keohane in memory of her husband, William H. Keohane (1896–1972). The Keohane Trophy was presented for the Open Individual Championship until it was re-designated in 1995 by the ACBL Board of Directors for the North American Swiss Teams. Winners Sources List of previous winners, Page 7 2008 winners, Page 1 {{dead link, date=May 2017 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes External linksACBL official website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs
Kaplan may refer to: Places * Kapłań, Poland * Kaplan, Louisiana, U.S. * Kaplan Medical Center, a hospital in Rehovot, Israel * Kaplan Street, in Tel Aviv, Israel * Mount Kaplan, Antarctica * Kaplan Arena, at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia Other uses * Kaplan (surname), including a list of people with the name * Kaplan College, now Brightwood College, a system of for-profit colleges in the United States * Kaplan Educational Foundation, a non-profit educational support entity * Kaplan Foundation, dedicated to the music of Gustav Mahler * Kaplan, Inc., a for-profit education company ** Kaplan Business School, a subsidiary of Kaplan located in Australia ** Kaplan Financial Education, a division of Kaplan, Inc. ** Kaplan International Languages, a division of Kaplan, Inc. ** Kaplan University, a former subsidiary of Kaplan, Inc., now known as Purdue University Global * Kaplan turbine, a propeller-type water turbine * William "Billy" Kaplan-Altman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roth Open Swiss Teams
The Roth Open Swiss Teams is a North American bridge championship Swiss Teams event held at the summer American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission "to promote, grow and sustain the ... (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). History Known originally as the Open Swiss Teams, it is a national-rated event first held in 2005 and renamed in 2010 as the Roth Open Swiss Teams in honor of Al Roth. The event is a four-session Swiss teams, with two qualifying and two final sessions, typically starting on the second Saturday of the summer NABC; it is open. Scoring is by International Match Points (IMPs) that are converted to victory points. Winners References Sources List of previous winners, Page 2 2007 winners, Page 1 2008 winners, Page 1 2019 winners, Page 1 Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
