Kit Woolsey

Kit Woolsey

Kit Woolsey (born 1943) is a world class bridge player as well as one of the top backgammon players in the world. In bridge he was the winner of the 1986 Rosenblum Teams, the world team championship. He was also runner-up in the 1989 Bermuda Bowl and won the Senior Teams at the 2000 World Team Olympiad, and another gold at the 2003 Senior Bowl, as well as approximately a dozen ACBL national championships including the Blue Ribbon Pairs, Reisinger Teams, and Vanderbilt Teams. Many of his successes were in partnership with Ed Manfield. In backgammon he was runner-up in the 1996 World Cup, and is (as of 2007) ranked the #5 backgammon player in the world.

Woolsey authored many bridge and backgammon books, and contributed to the bridge bidding theory with innovations like the two way checkback convention and a defense system against opposing notrump openings [ [http://www.gg.caltech.edu/~jeff/system/woolsey.html Woolsey Defense to 1NT Openings] ] . He won the 1977 International Bridge Press Association award for "Best article on a System or Convention".

Since 1984 Woolsey has been one of four (six as of 2005) directors of The Bridge World's Master Solvers Club.

Kit Woolsey is editor of the online backgammon magazine GammonU. [ [http://www.gammonu.com/ GammonU website] ] He graduated from Oberlin College in 1964.

Awards

* Lou Herman Trophy 1986

Tournament Record

Winner

* Rosenblum Cup (1) 1986
* Senior Bowl (1) 2003
* Olympiad Seniors Team (1) 2000
* North American Bridge Championships (15)
** Open Pairs (2) 1987, 1989
** Men's Pairs (2) 1972, 1985
** Mixed Pairs (1) 1967
** Blue Ribbon Pairs (3) 1973, 1975, 1990
** North American Men's Swiss Teams (1) 1986
** Men's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1978, 1986, 1989
** Open Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1994
** Grand National Open Teams (1) 1984
** Vanderbilt Knockout Teams (1) 1991
* Other notable wins:
** USBC Bermuda Bowl qualifiers (1) 1989
** Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1990
** Cavendish Invitational Pairs (2) 1979, 1994

Runner-ups

* Bermuda Bowl (1) 1989
* Rosenblum Cup (1) 1982
* North American Bridge Championships (19)
** Open Pairs (1) 1981
** Open Pairs I (1) 1996
** Men's Pairs (2) 1973, 1974
** Open Pairs II (1) 2004
** Blue Ribbon Pairs (3) 1985, 1986, 2002
** Life Master Men's Pairs (2) 1971, 1972
** Mixed Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1997
** Grand National Open Teams (2) 1977, 2006
** Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1980
** Vanderbilt Knockout Teams (2) 1992, 1999
** Spingold Knockout Teams (3) 1979, 1981, 1992

Bibliography

Bridge

*Partnership Defense in Bridge
*Modern Defensive Signals
*Matchpoints
*Clobber Their Artificial Club

Backgammon

*New Ideas in Backgammon (with Hal Heinrich)
*How to Play Tournament Backgammon
*Backgammon: Master Versus Amateur, vol. 1
*MatchQiz Book: Greiner vs Phillip Marmorstein
*MatchQiz Book: Hal Heinrich vs. Mika Lidov
*MatchQiz Book: Joe Sylvester vs. Nack Ballard
*Understanding Backgammon (with Tami Jones)
*52 Great Backgammon Tips (with Patti Beadles)

ee also

List of all-rounders in games of skill

References

External links

* [http://backgammon-tutorial.com/Kit-Woolsey.html Kit Woolsey's win List]


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