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 (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
History
[edit]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
[edit]| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Christal Henner-Welland, Michael Kamil, Claudio Nunes, Fulvio Fantoni, Fredrik Nystrom, Peter Bertheau | Matin Harris, Jacob Morgan, Steve Landen, Pratap Rajadhyaksha |
| 2006 | Christal Henner-Welland, Roy Welland, Cezary Balicki, Adam Żmudziński, Antonio Sementa, Bjorn Fallenius | Nader Hanna, Nagy Kamel, Greg Hinze, Ira Hessel |
| 2007 | Lou Ann O'Rourke, Marc Jacobus, Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco, Giorgio Duboin, Norberto Bocchi | George Klemic, Drew Becker, Jason Rosenfeld, Angeliki Magklara |
| 2008 | Phil Gordon, Jason Feldman, Joshua Donn, Joergen Molberg, Terje Aa | George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein, Walid Elahmady, Tarek Sadek |
| 2009 | Krzysztof Buras, Robert Hampton, John Hurd, Grzegorz Zarkiewicz, Gavin Wolpert, Joel Wooldridge | Roger Bates, Giorgio Duboin, Marc Jacobus, Lou Ann O'Rourke, Antonio Sementa, Eddie Wold |
| 2010 | Martin Fleisher, Michael Kamil, Bobby Levin, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Steve Weinstein | Alon Apteker, Phillipe Cronier, Craig Gower, Jacob Morgan, Michael Polowan, Adam Wildavsky |
| 2011 | Mark Gordon, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Alan Sontag, Terje Aa, David Berkowitz, Jorgen Molberg, Allan Cokin (coach) | Aaron Silverstein, Chris Willenken, Andrew Rosenthal, Michael Rosenberg, Björn Fallenius, Peter Fredin |
| 2012 | Geoff Hampson, John Diamond, Fred Gitelman, Eric Greco, Brad Moss | Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Andrew Gromov, Aleksandr Dubinin, Cezary Balicki, Adam Żmudziński |
| 2013 | Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Adam Żmudziński, Cezary Balicki, Bart Bramley, Lew Stansby | Martin Fleisher, Michael Kamil, Zia Mahmood, Chip Martel, Michael Rosenberg, Chris Willenken |
| 2014 | Paul Fireman, John Kranyak, Vince Demuy, Gavin Wolpert, John Hurd, Joel Wooldridge | Tom Breed, Darren Wolpert, Jeff Roman, Daniel Korbel, Chris Compton, David Grainger |
| 2015 | Brian Platnick, John Diamond, Kevin Bathurst, Justin Lall, Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco | Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Steve Weinstein, Bobby Levin |
| 2016 | John Onstott, Joshua Donn, Drew Casen, Mike Passell, Chris Compton | Stan Tulin, Kevin Dwyer, Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki, Alon Birman, Dror Padon |
| 2017 | Ai-Tai Lo, Bill Pettis, Beth Palmer, Bill Cole | Mike Levine, Eddie Wold, David Grainger, Greg Hinze, Mike Passell, Chris Compton |
| 2018 | John Onstott, Magdalena Ticha, Richard Ritmeijer, James Krekorian, Bruce Ferguson, Drew Casen | Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Steve Weinstein, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell |
| 2019 | Gaylor Kasle, Bartosz Chmurski, Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Piotr Tuczynski, Michal Kwiecien, Joshua Donn | Alison Wilson, Mikael Groenkvist, Ida Groenkvist, Magdalena Ticha, Richard Ritmeijer, Kent Mignocchi |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | |
| 2022 | Laurence Lebowitz, Dennis Bilde, Agustin Madala, Zachary Grossack, Michael Rosenberg, Adam Grossack[2] | Juan Castillo, Jerry Stamatov, Lynda Nitabach, Daniel Korbel, Jacek Pszczola |
References
[edit]- ^ "Roth Open Swiss Teams Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2018-08-03. p. 6. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
- ^ "ACBL Live". live.acbl.org. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
Sources
[edit]List of previous winners, Page 2 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 79–9, July 28, 2007
2007 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 80–11, July 30, 2007
2008 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 80–11, July 28, 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2014
2019 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 80–11, July 29, 2019