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
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
| 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
- ^ "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
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