Reisinger

This article is about the bridge tournament. For the balletmaster, see Julius 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 League in the early years of both; he was a great-grandson of Anheuser and a grandson of Busch, co-founders of the brewery from which he inherited great wealth. That wealth enabled him to become a stalwart financial supporter of the game, as well as a noted philanthropist on a larger scale.

Winners

Winners of Chicago Trophy (1929–1965)

Year	Winners	Runners-Up
1929	Max M. Cohen, Louis J. Haddad, Robert W. Halpin, Nils M. Wester	Carlton R. Drake, James Kelly, Paul D. Parcells, Charles Rilling
1930	William K. Barrett, W. James Carpenter, Ely Culbertson, Johnny Rau	Mary Clement, Dorothy Rice Sims, P. Hal Sims, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz
1931	Elizabeth Banfield, Cmdr. Winfield S. Liggett, Jr., Frances Newman, George Unger	David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard S. Karn, P. Hal Sims
1932	B. Jay Becker, S. Garton Churchill, George Reith, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz	Ely Culbertson, Michael T. Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore A. Lightner
1933	Charles A. Hall, Albert Steiner, Philip Steiner, Richard M. Wildberg	B. Jay Becker, S. Garton Churchill, P. Hal Sims, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz
1934	Henry S. Dinkelspiel, Jr., Lewis Jaeger, Bernard Rabinowitz, Maurice Seiler	Theodore A. Lightner, Merwyn D. Maier, Jean P. Mattheys, Sherman Stearns
1935	F. Roland Buck, Joseph E. Cain, Lawrence J. Welch, Edson T. Wood	Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, Richard L. Frey, Albert H. Morehead
1936	Marge Anderson, Donald G. Farquharson, Mrs. J. A. Faulkner, Percy E. Sheardown	Arthur Glatt, Laura Heiner, John R. Smith, Albert Weiss
1937	John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young	Oscar J. Brotman, William Perry, Alvin Roth, S. S. Vorzimer
1938	John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young	A. Mitchell Barnes, Mary Clement, Benedict Jarmel, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz
1939	B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young	2-4. Jay Cushing, Seymour Kaplan, Al Leibowitz, Edward N. Marcus; 2-4. Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn D. Maier, Robert A. McPherran, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz; 2-4. Henry Auslander, Joseph Davis, Jacob D. Lindy, Catherine W. Samberg
1940	Harry Feinberg, Jeff Glick, Maury J. Glick, Louis Newman	Alfred R. Dick, C. William Potts, James Sheern, Edward R. Thomas
1941	Peter A. Leventritt, Simon Rossant, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar	A. Mitchell Barnes, S. Garton Churchill, Lee Hazen, Charles S. Lochridge, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz
1942	B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, John R. Crawford	S. Garton Churchill, Harry J. Fishbein, Lee Hazen, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz
1943	B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel	Samuel Katz, Bertram Lebhar, Jr., Peter A. Leventritt, Simon Rossant
1944	Simon Becker, Peggy Golder, Ruth Sherman, Charles J. Solomon	B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel
1945	Lee Hazen, George Rapee, Samuel M. Stayman, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz	Ambrose Casner, Harold J. Harkavy, Ralph Hirschberg, Harold A. Ogust, Jack Shore
1946	A. Mitchell Barnes, John R. Crawford, Alvin Roth, Edith Seligman	Simon Becker, Stanley O. Fenkel, Fred D. Karpin, Louis Newman
1947	1-3. Paula Bacher, Jane Jaeger, Kay Rhodes, Sally Young; 1-3. John R. Crawford, Theodore A. Lightner, George Rapee, Samuel M. Stayman; 1-3. Robert Appleyard, Morris Berliant, Malcolm A. Lightman, Simon Rossant
1948	George Boeckh, C. Bruce Elliott, Agnes Gordon, Charlotte Sidway	John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Samuel M. Stayman
1949	Lee Hazen, Larry Hirsch, Richard Kahn, Peter A. Leventritt, Jack Shore	2-3. Sidney Aronson, Emily Folline, Benjamin O. Johnson, Ludwig J. Kabakjian, Edward N. Marcus; 2-3. Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Goldsmith, Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal, Elmer I. Schwartz
1950	B. Jay Becker, Myron F. Field, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel	John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Edward N. Marcus, Howard Schenken, Samuel M. Stayman
1951	Corti Boland, C. Bruce Elliott, Micky M. Miller, Percy E. Sheardown	B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Myron F. Field, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel
1952	Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone	Edward H. Cohen, Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Goldsmith, Elmer I. Schwartz
1953	B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Samuel M. Stayman	Harry J. Fishbein, Peter A. Leventritt, Ruth Sherman, Charles J. Solomon, Peggy Solomon
1954	B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor	Israel Cohen, Paul Kibler, Alvin Roth, William Seamon
1955	Ben Fain, George Heath, Paul Hodge, James Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby	William V. Lipton, Victor Mitchell, W. Miller Nelson, Joseph G. Ripstra
1956	B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor	Ben Fain, Paul Hodge, Oswald Jacoby, Dick Sutton
1957	Charles H. Goren, Harold A. Ogust, William S. Root, Howard Schenken, Helen Sobel	Robert Y. Barrett, Ben Fain, Harry J. Fishbein, John Gerber, Paul Hodge
1958	Leonard B. Harmon, Ralph Hirschberg, Edgar Kaplan, Alfred Sheinwold, Ivar Stakgold	Arthur M. Miller, John H. Moran, David Strasberg, Jay Wendt
1959	Lewis L. Mathe, Donald A. Oakie, Meyer Schleifer, Edward O. Taylor	Harry J. Fishbein, John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Charles J. Solomon
1960	Ollie Adams, William Hanna, Sidney H. Lazard, Lewis L. Mathe	Oswald Jacoby, Mervin Key, G. Robert Nail, Curtis Smith
1961	John R. Crawford, Norman Kay, Alvin Roth, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone	2-3. Charles Coon, Robert F. Jordan, Eric R. Murray, Arthur G. Robinson; 2-3. Harold B. Guiver, Carol Sanders, Thomas K. Sanders, Michael Shuman
1962	1-2. Paul Allinger, Harold B. Guiver, Lewis L. Mathe, Ron Von der Porten, Erik Paulsen, Edward O. Taylor; 1-2. Robert D. Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Donald P. Krauss, Marshall Miles
1963	Charles H. Goren, Boris Koytchou, Peter A. Leventritt, Harold A. Ogust, Howard Schenken	Donald R. Faskow, William L. Flannery, Herbert Sachs, Paul Swanson
1964	John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Mervin Key, Harold Rockaway	Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Cliff Russell, Curtis K. Smith, Bobby Wolff, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz
1965	Eddie Kantar, Michael S. Lawrence, Marshall Miles, Lew Stansby	Michael Engel, Phil Feldesman, Richard Freeman, Ira S. Rubin

Winners of Reisinger Trophy (1966–)

Year	Winners	Runners-Up
1966	Robert F. Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Arthur G. Robinson	2-3. Gerald W. Bare, Harold B. Guiver, Lewis L. Mathe, Mike McMahan, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross; 2-3. William S. Root, Alvin Roth, Bee Schenken, Howard Schenken
1967	Robert F. Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Arthur G. Robinson, William S. Root, Alvin Roth	Steve Altman, Michael M. Becker, Charles Peres, Daniel Rotman
1968	Kyle Larsen, Erik Paulsen, Peter A. Pender, Hugh Ross, Howard Schenken	Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Robert D. Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Sidney Lazard, George Rapee
1969	Philip Feldesman, William Grieve, Ira Rubin, Jeff Westheimer	Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami R. Kehela, Sidney Lazard, Eric R. Murray, George Rapee
1970	1-2 Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Robert D. Hamman, James Jacoby, Michael S. Lawrence, Bobby Wolff; 1-2. Grant S. Baze, Anthony H. Dionisi, William P. Grieve, Harlow S. Lewis, Peter A. Pender, George Rapee
1971	William Grieve, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Donald P. Krauss, Lewis L. Mathe, George Rapee	Grant S. Baze, Anthony H. Dionisi, Harlow S. Lewis, Peter A. Pender
1972	Lou Bluhm, Steve Goldberg, Steven J. Parker, Stephen W. Robinson	William Grieve, Sami R. Kehela, Eric R. Murray, George Rapee
1973	Larry T. Cohen, Dr. Richard H. Katz, Bud Reinhold, Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel	Jack Blair, Byron L. Greenberg, Thomas K. Sanders, Paul Swanson
1974	Fred Hamilton, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira S. Rubin	Stephen Goldstein, Marc S. Jacobus, Jay Merrill, Steve Sion, Judi Solodar
1975	Fred Hamilton, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira S. Rubin	Richard E. Doughty, Frank M. Hoadley, Jack LaNoue, Sidney H. Lazard
1976	Malcolm K. Brachman, Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway	Matt Granovetter, Robert H. Lipsitz, Steven J. Parker, Samuel M. Stayman
1977	Jim Cayne, Alan Greenberg, James Jacoby, Kyle Larsen, Michael S. Lawrence	Matt Granovetter, Robert H. Lipsitz, Neil Silverman, Samuel M. Stayman
1978	Ira G. Corn, Jr. (npc), Fred Hamilton, Robert D. Hamman, Ira S. Rubin, Bobby Wolff	Allan Graves, Gaylor Kasle, Mark Lair, George Mittelman, Barney O'Malia, Ron Smith
1979	1-2 Russ Arnold, Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell; 1-2 Ira G. Corn, Jr. (npc), Fred Hamilton, Robert D. Hamman, Ira S. Rubin, Bobby Wolff
1980	Ron E. Andersen, Malcolm K. Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Michael S. Lawrence, Paul Soloway	2-3. Mark Lair, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, Eric Rodwell, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold; 2-3 Roy Fox, Ed Manfield, Paul Swanson, Kit Woolsey
1981	Chip Martel, Peter A. Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby	2-3. Roger Bates, Chuck F. Burger, Jim Cayne, Bill Eisenberg, Alan Greenberg; 2-3. Evan Bailey, L. Andrew Campbell, Joel Hoersch, David J. Weiss
1982	Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay	Mark Molson, Eric Kokish, Paul Lewis, Robert Lebi, George Mittelman, Drew Cannell
1983	Oswald Jacoby, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek	2-3 Ron Rubin, Mike Becker, Bill Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Mike Lawrence, Peter Weichsel; 2-3. Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross
1984	1-4. Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay; 1-4. Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein, Allan Stauber, Mike Smolen; 1-4. Sam Stayman, Richard Reisig, George Tornay, Saul Bronstein; 1-4. Jim Robison, Jon Wittes, Ross Grabel, Stelios Touchtidis
1985	1-2 Chip Martel, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby; 1-2. George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen
1986	Steve Robinson, Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Peter Boyd, Peter Pender, Lew Stansby	Bud Reinhold, Ron Andersen, Tom Sanders, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman
1987	Zia Mahmood, Jaggy Shivdasani, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith	Walter Johnson, Mark Cohen, Ralph Katz, Bill Pollack, Dave Berkowitz, Howard Weinstein
1988	Jimmy Cayne, Bob Hamman, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Chuck Burger, Bobby Wolff	Tom Fox, Dick Melson, Jim Hall, David Lehman
1989	Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Sam Lev, Chris Compton, Mark Molson	Jillian Blanchard, Robert Blanchard, Jon Greenspan, Kerri Shuman, Margie Gwozdzinsky, Glenn Eisenstein
1990	Richard Pavlicek, William Root, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Brian Glubok	Malcolm Brachman, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Mark Lair, Eddie Wold
1991	Cliff Russell, Sam Lev, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Marty Bergen, Bjorn Fallenius	Mike Cappelletti Jr., Mike Cappelletti, Lawrence Hicks, Rob Crawford
1992	James Cayne, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Chuck Burger, Gabriel Chagas, Marcelo Branco	Jim Mahaffey, Alan Sontag, Eddie Kantar, Ron Andersen, Tony Forrester
1993	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Burger, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Mark Lair
1994	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	Jimmy Cayne, Bobby Goldman, Mark Lair, Mike Passell, Chuck Burger, Paul Soloway
1995	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	Peter Nagy, Bruce Ferguson, Howard Weinstein, Ralph Katz, Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein
1996	Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby	Jimmy Cayne, Mark Feldman, Chuck Burger, Michael Seamon, Mike Passell, Alan Sontag
1997	Bart Bramley, Howard Weinstein, Sidney Lazard, Steve Garner	George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Adam Żmudziński, Marek Szymanowski, Marcin Lesniewski, Cezary Balicki
1998	Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester	George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag
1999	Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester	Dano De Falco, Giorgio Duboin, Guido Ferraro, Norberto Bocchi
2000	George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin	Mike Cappelletti Jr., Gary Cohler, Richard Finberg, Mark Lair, Jerry Goldfein
2001	Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Brad Moss, Fred Gitelman, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein	George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin
2002	Steve Landen, Dan Morse, Bobby Wolff, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Adam Wildavsky, Doug Doub	Richard Schwartz, Michael Becker, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg
2003	Malcolm Brachman, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson	Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Cezary Balicki, Adam Żmudziński
2004	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	Richard Schwartz, Massimo Lanzarotti, Andrea Buratti, Michael Becker, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz
2005	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell	George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg
2006	Gary Cohler, Joe Grue, Curtis Cheek, Jacek Pszczoła	Russ Ekeblad, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Fred Gitelman, Brad Moss
2007	James Cayne, Michael Seamon, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Charlie Weed (npc)	Aubrey Strul, Michael Becker, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby
2008	Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Zia Mahmood	Roy Welland, Brian Glubok, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith
2009	Bob Hamman, Ralph Katz, Zia Mahmood, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell	Rafal Jagniewski, Michal Kwiecien, Josef Piekarek, Alexander Smirnov
2010	Jimmy Cayne, Giorgio Duboin, Lorenzo Lauria, Michael Seamon, Antonio Sementa, Alfredo Versace	Steve Garner, Christal Henner-Welland, Josef Piekarek, Alexander Smirnov, Howard Weinstein, Roy Welland

Sources

"ACBL - NABC Winners". acbl.com. ACBL. Retrieved 17 July 2011.

List of previous winners, Pages 10-11 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–8, November 28, 2008

2008 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 81–11, December 1, 2008

External links

• ACBL official website