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The North American Pairs (NAP) national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The North American Pairs is a four-session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying and two final sessions. The event is restricted to those who have qualified in their local ACBL district.
Flights A typically starts on the Wednesday before the main NABC events. Flights B and C typically start on the second Saturday.
History
The Baldwin North American Pairs, Flight A, is a grassroots event. Play begins each Summer at the local level and concludes at the North American Bridge Championships in the following Spring.
Qualifiers at the club level advance to unit competition and those qualifiers advance to district finals. Three pairs from each district --- more, depending upon attendance --- qualify for the North American final.
Winners have their names inscribed on the Baldwin Memorial Trophy and also receive certificates of recognition. The trophy is presented in memory of Col. Russell J. Baldwin (1889–1969), U.S. Army officer and expert on tournament procedure who was ACBL Honorary Member of the Year in 1943. Baldwin was active as an organizer from the earliest days of contract bridge. He became a director of the American Bridge League and its treasurer shortly after its founding in 1927. He was a member of the ACBL Laws Commission and primarily responsible for the first Duplicate Code (Laws specifically for duplicate bridge) issued in 1935. Baldwin was active as a tournament director from 1927 until 1941. After service in World War II, he was ACBL business manager from 1946 until 1951. He was recalled to military service at the outbreak of the Korean War and retired from the U.S. Army in 1957. He rejoined ACBL in 1958 and was in charge of tournament scheduling until his retirement in 1963.
The Golder North American Pairs, Flight B, is a grassroots event limited to players with 0-2000 masterpoints.
The first stage is conducted at the local club level and qualifiers advance to unit competition. Those qualifiers then advance to the district finals where three pairs -- more, depending upon attendance -- qualify for the North American final.
Winners have their names inscribed on the Golder Cup and will also receive a certificate of recognition. The trophy is presented in memory of Benjamin M. Golder (1894–1946) of Philadelphia, who died the day before the close of his term as 1946 ACBL president. He was named ACBL Honorary Member of the Year for 1947.
Players in the North American Open Pairs Flight C, a grassroots event limited to players who have not yet become Life Masters and have fewer than 500 masterpoints, compete for the President's Cup.
The trophy was presented in 1942 by Morgan Howard, ACBL president that year. The trophy was previously awarded to the winners of the President's Pairs event, held at the Summer NABC. As in the other two flights, the competition begins each summer at the local club level and qualifiers then advance to unit competition. Those qualifiers then advance to the district finals and three pairs from each district -- more, depending upon attendance -- qualify for the North American final.
Winners
Winners of North American Pairs Flight A Year dist Winners Runners-Up 1979 25 Arthur Moore, Eric Robinson Steve Landen, Larry Mori 1980 Bob Feller, Jeffrey Hall Larry N. Cohen, Ron Gerard 1981 Helen Blakey, Robert Blakey Mark Feldman, Chip Martel 1982 Bill Nutting, Ivan Scope Richard Pavlicek, Cliff Russell 1983 Jim Felts, John Griscom Ron Gerard, Stephen Sanborn 1984 25 Steve Sion, Harold Stengel Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen 1985 6 Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson Peter Pender, Hugh Ross 1986 Drew Cannell, Ganesan Sekhar Craig Cordes, Tom Daniel 1987 Jan Janitschke, Dick Reed Judi Cody, Ron Sukoneck 1988 21 Chip Martel, Jan Martel Mark Cohen, Stasha Cohen 1989 11 David Caslan, Dennis Clerkin Dan Morse, Bobby Nail 1990 Sidney Lazard, Jack LaNoue Mark Stein, Boris Baran 1991 1 Boris Baran, Mark Stein, Steve Landen, Pratap Rajadhyaksha 1992 Jim Krekorian, Rick Zucker 2/3. Robert Crafton, Howard Weiner
2/3. Joe Jabon, Harry Steiner1993 James Griffin, Kenneth Schutze Iftikhar Baqai, Mitch Dunitz 1994 James Griffin, Kenneth Schutze Ralph Cohen, Reece Rogers 1995 David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz Gary Cohler, Jerry Goldfein 1996 Marshall Tuly, James Cunningham Gary Cohler, Jerry Goldfein 1997 Aidan Ballantyne, Gordon McOrmond JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby 1998 6 Bill Cole, Ron Sukoneck James Cunningham, Marshall Tuly 1999 James Griffin, Kenneth Schutze Tom Kniest, Karen Walker 2000 Kevin Collins, Patty Tucker, Victor King, John Stiefel 2001 25 Doug Doub, Frank Merblum Ed Davis, Jill Meyers 2002 21 JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby Joseph Godefrin, Ed Schulte 2003 Steve Landen, Michael Zerbini Doug Doub, Franklin Merblum 2004 Henry Lortz, Wayne Ohlrich Glenn Milgrim, Chris Willenken 2005 Nikolay Demirev, David Yang Dan Jacob, Bryan Maksymetz 2006 Gordon Campbell, Piotr Klimowicz Henry Lortz, Wayne Ohlrich 2007 Dave Abelow, Dick Wegman Glenn Milgrim, Chris Willenken 2008 Xiaodong Shi, David Yang Chuck Said, David Siebert 2009 Jim Krekorian, John Rengstorff Bob Heitzman, Jonathan Weinstein 2010 25 Doug Doub, Frank Merblum Nikolay Demirev, David Yang 2011 Shane Blanchard, Joe Grue Kevin Bathurst, Joel Wooldridge Winners of North American Pairs Flight B Year dist Winners Runners-up 1992 Peter Worley, Kevin Young Kathie Blumenthal, Patricia Goldfein 1993 Robert Sewell, Paul Janicki Lawrence Gibbons, Gregory Jecker 1994 Brendan Dempsey, Ian Crowe Jack Kilby, Ernest Lambertsen 1995 Jay Levy, William Rushmore Bill Archambo, Richard Bender 1996 Robert Johnson, David Rosenstein Daniel Levi, Samuel Ehrlichman 1997 Bill Drewett, Kirk Twiss David Green, Donald Tofte 1998 Adam Beneschan, Brian Gilbert Mark Burkhammer, Brian Zajac 1999 Andy Kaufman, Greg Burch Patricia Griffin, Stephen Wood 2000 Hal Hindman, Mark Chen Tien-Chun Yang, Fang Wu 2001 25 Walter Lee, Jonathan Weinstein Mike Ralston, Mahesh Rathi 2002 Wieslaw Kalita, Marian Krasowski Robert Stayman, Frank Sensoli 2003 Jordan Chodorow, Harvey Katz Frank Sensoli, Michael Alioto 2004 Jim Alison, Dayn Beam Jacqueline DeRouin, Jan Garthe 2005 Pete Whipple, Jamie Radcliffe Joon Pahk, Samuel Ieong 2006 Fletcher Thompson, Bruce Todd B. J. Trelford, Chris Buchanan 2007 Mark Golding, Rob Kitchen Bijoy Anand, Earl Brown Jr. 2008 Sidney Kanter, Ron Nelken Ron Fertig, Dayou Zhou 2009 Robert McCaw, Lewis Gamerman Jon Brandon, Harley Bress 2010 Dian Petrov, Fred Schenker John Kozero, Gary Robinson 2011 Philippe Galaski, Roger Webb Brad Bartol, Matt Cory Winners of North American Pairs Flight C Year dist Winners Runners-up 1987 x 1/2. Leo Austern, Bernard Pollack
1/2. David Deaderick, Bill Thomas1988 Brad Moss, Aaron Silverstein Geoffrey O'Connor, Charles Bilick 1989 Warren King, Jeffrey Brown Sylvian Descoteauz, Guy Belisle 1990 Philip Leung, Moske Harel Deborah Hart, Nate Ward 1991 Eric Greco, Philip Greco Bruce Graff, Steve Castellino 1992 Gail Joelson, Alan Kasner J. Greg Fowler, Don Herring 1993 Mark Michele, Everett Boyer Gabrida Rabiega, Leszek Rabiega 1994 Weizhong Bao, Jingdong Guo Duane Tilden, Grace Jeklin 1995 Edward Lee, Brett Roby Philip Feng Lu, Xiaodong Zhang 1996 Yue Zuo, Ruoyu Fan Carlos Bichara, Rita Bichara 1997 Thomas Franklin, Michael Corker Weiming Hu, Alex Lo 1998 Tien-Chun Yang, Fang Wu Matt Just, Paul Coulter 1999 James Gunn, Harry Shaffer Norman Cannon, Judith Hallowell 2000 Meredith Beck, John Johnson Rachel Chittaro, Edward Nield 2001 Hailong Ao, Jian-Jian Wang David Pettit, Doris Suojanen 2002 Jacek Leznicki, Jerry Owczarek Kevin Jones, Daniel Kenney 2003 John Christensen, Robert Wissman Lester Gottlieb, Richard Avazian 2004 Daniel Wilderman, Ryan Connors Jacek Leznicki, Jerry Owczarek 2005 Jiang Chen, Nongyu Li Inger Lise Blount, Jeanette Hughes 2006 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Vladimir Reznik Mike Develin, John Barth 2007 Jon King, Dayou Zhou Chong Zhao, Narayanan Ramabhadran 2008 Abraham Pallas, Dimitri Bourilkov Kaiyu Qian, Jiawei Luo 2009 Michael Bodell, Elenalani Lam Alex Lovejoy, Argenta Price 2010 Vladimir Oudalov, Stanley Weiss Lisa Kuo, Murat Veysoglu 2011 Rajeev Bansal, Michael Hughes Guillaume de Decker, Ajit Thyagarajan See also
Sources
List of previous winners and history for Flight A, Page 4 (PDF) Daily Bulletin, 52-1, March 13, 2009, http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/01/bulletins/db1.pdf
List of previous winners and history for Flights B and C, Pages 9, 10 (PDF) Daily Bulletin, 52-9, March 21, 2009, http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/01/bulletins/db9.pdf
2009 winners for Flight A, Page 1 (PDF) Daily Bulletin, 52-1, March 13, 2009, http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/01/bulletins/db1.pdf
2009 winners for Flights B and C, Page 1 (PDF) Daily Bulletin, 52-11, March 23, 2009, http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2009/01/bulletins/db11.pdf
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