Category: 75thanniversary

Frank Stewart’s Daily Bridge Club.

The world’s most challenging mental sport, bridge is a game of skill, communication and infinite possibilities. Millions of people worldwide play and enjoy the competitive aspects of tournament or “duplicate” bridge. Bridge is on the rise as more and more Baby Boomers learn – and learn to love – the world’s most popular card game.
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By B. Jay Becker “’Twas the night before Christmas, Two guest in our house Had started to play bridge With me and my spouse. “Please tell me,” she shouted, “Why didn’t you double? “’Twas plain from the start That we had them in trouble.” “ ‘Tis futile my dear,” Said I, taking no stand, “To
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M.I.T. Pair Wins First Transatlantic Junior Tournament By Alan Truscott The first transatlantic Junior Pairs Tournament was won by 23-year-old Michael Gurwitz of Hillside NJ and 19-year-old Mark Feldman of Cambridge MA. The two-session event, restricted to players aged 25-years and under, was held on Saturday, January 2, 1971, in London and at the Royal
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1. The title of Life Master was first conferred in: A. 1931 B. 1934 C. 1936 D. 1940 2. The Marx two-club convention is an alternate name for: A. An artificial forcing opening two club bid B. The Stayman Convention C. The Landy Convention D. A natural overcall after an opposing opening of one club
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Inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1998, Alphonse “Sonny” Moyse (1898-1973) was publisher and editor of The Bridge World from 1955-1966, spanning the era between Ely Culbertson, the founder of the magazine, and Edgar Kaplan. An experienced and talented author, Moyse was the ghostwriter for two of Culbertson’s columns for more than 20
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The Duplicate Christmas Party Author unknown ‘Twas the duplicate Christmas Party and needless to say The punch and the season had made us quite gay . . . “Find your seats and shuffle,” the director had said As visions of first place danced in my head. When I checked our position, I got dry in
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Today marks the start of the Reisinger Board-A-Match Teams at the Fall NABC in San Francisco. This will be the 47th time the event has been contested for the Reisinger Trophy and the 82nd time the event has been played –— it was the Chicago Board-A-Match Teams from 1929 to 1964. The Reisinger is contested
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There are some images in the ACBL archive that just bring a smile to one’s face. Here are two of them:

In 1999, Jim Barrow of Lake Charles LA broke the record for the most masterpoints earned in a year, officially referred to as the Barry Crane Top 500. Barrow, who was a member of a winning knockout team that year at the Boston NABC, earned enough masterpoints to surpass the 15-year-old record of 3270 points
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Orchard Park NY, Feb. 10, 1948 (AP) – Four persons who simultaneously drew four perfect bridge hands were too surprised to play them. Mrs. Wilfred H. Woods said yesterday her husband, the dealer, drew 13 spades, she 13 hearts, Mrs. Edward Lippincott13 diamonds and Harlan Abbot 13 clubs. The cards were used in previous hands
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The ♦9 was first referred to as The Curse of Scotland in print in 1710. There are several explanations for the origin of the term, none completely authoritative. The most likely explanation is that it refers to Sir John Dalrymple, the first Earl of Stair, who died in 1707. The Dalrymple family crest and the
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