Gail Harte Greenberg (born 29 Nov 1938) is a professional American

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player from New York City. She has won major tournaments as Gail Shane, Gail Moss, and Gail Moss Greenberg. Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), she was one of 73 Women World Grand Masters, ranked about 40th by placing points that do not decay over time."Women World Grand Masters"
. WBF. Retrieved 2014-11-10. She married successively Steve Shane, Mike Moss and Jack Greenberg, and is the mother of Jill Levin and Brad Moss, all five being successful bridge players. Greenberg has participated in every thrice-annual

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meet since 1966 and has won 17 NABC-rated events (sometimes called "national championships" in the US). She has won five world championships as a member of USA women teams including four from 1976 to 1984. In four of these wins she partnered Jacqui Mitchell. Greenberg was Inducted into the

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in 2013 as a recipient of the von Zedtwitz Award. In 1981–2 and 1983, she took part in '' Grand Slam'', two televised matches between teams representing the US and Britain, arranged by the

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. The 1983 match was featured in a book that described her thus:

Gail Moss ... sometimes strays from orthodox ... Gail Moss is decidedly lively in her defensive play, always looking for the chance to attack, but there is the impression ... that Jackie Mitchell ic/nowiki> has tempered her partner's exuberance with some sharp reproofs.

Bridge accomplishments

Awards and honors

* ACBL Hall of Fame, von Zedtwitz Award 2013"Induction by Year"
. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-10.

Wins

Venice Cup The Venice Cup is a biennial world championship contract bridge tournament for national of women. It is contested every odd-number year under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), alongside the Bermuda Bowl (open), Wuhan Cup (mixed), ...

(2) 1976, 1978 World Team Championship Winners
/ref> * World Olympiad Women's Teams Championship (3) 1980, 1984, 1996 *

(16) **

Rockwell Mixed Pairs The Rockwell Mixed Pairs is a national bridge championship held regularly at the Spring American Contract Bridge League The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and ...

(2) 1978, 2008 **

Whitehead Women's Pairs The Whitehead Women's Pairs bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships, North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Whitehead Women's Pairs is a four-session Duplicate br ...

(3) 1975, 1977, 2005 **

Machlin Women's Swiss Teams The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams North American bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams is a four-session Swiss Swiss most commonl ...

(2) 1983, 1992 **

Wagar Women's Knockout Teams The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships, North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Wagar Women's Knockout Teams is a knock- ...

(8) 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1990, 1993, 1995 **

Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams is a bridge competition held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). From 2010 the event is officially the Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, as it is contested ...

(1) 1972

Runners-up

(1) 1985 *

(10) **

(1) 2011 **

(3) 1970, 1972, 1974 **

(2) 1985, 2001 **

(2) 1973, 1982 **

Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams The Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC) and is a four session board-a-match event, two qualifying sessions and two final ses ...

(2) 1986, 1988

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenberg, Gail 1938 births American contract bridge players Venice Cup players Game players from New York City Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people)