Rose Meltzer is an American

bridge A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...

player. After completion of 2014 tournaments she was the only woman among 84 living Open World Grand Masters and she ranked 58th among them by

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(WBF) open masterpoints. For the 1999 to 2007 cycles of world bridge competition, Meltzer led professional teams that won two major open world championships: the biennial Bermuda Bowl in 2001, representing the United States as USA2, and the quadrennial Rosenblum Cup in 2006. ( Kyle Larsen was her partner in both tournaments.) In both 2005 and 2007 she was one of six players on USA senior teams that won the Senior Bowl, a tournament for older players that is contested alongside the Bermuda Bowl (open) and Venice Cup (women).

Bridge accomplishments

Awards

* Fishbein Trophy (1) 2000

Wins

* Bermuda Bowl (1) 2001 *

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 fo ...

(6) ** Grand National Teams (1) 2003 ** Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2011 ** Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2013 ** Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2001 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2001 ** Spingold (1) 2000

Runners-up

** Grand National Teams (2) 2000, 2001 ** Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2000 ** Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2004 ** Spingold (3) 2003, 2009, 2010

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meltzer, Rose Living people American contract bridge players Bermuda Bowl players Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)