ACBL may refer to Actor Based Concurrent Language , family of programming languages from Japan in the 1980s 1990s American Contract Bridge League , the largest bridge organization in North America Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League , a baseball league located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States Adarsh Co operative Bank , a Co operative Bank of India. disambig ... more details
Federation . ref cite web url http www.worldbridge.org zones zonelist.asp?qzone 2 title Zone 2 ACBL publisher World Bridge Federation accessdate 2009 07 29 ref ACBL games and tournaments use the duplicate ... mean a better score. The ACBL, a not for profit organization , was founded in 1937 ref name comapp in New York City and later moved its company headquarters to Greenwich, Connecticut . ACBL moved from ... ref and to Horn Lake, Mississippi in 2010 ref ACBL Bridge Bulletin, August 2010, page 9. ref . It has ... of them, the most significant role of the ACBL is its sanctioning of club games and tournaments to award masterpoints . If an event has the ACBL sanction, then the highest finishing players are awarded specified numbers of masterpoints, which can be recorded with the ACBL. Most players value ... total can never decline. Besides the Bridge Bulletin , other ACBL publications include the Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge , the ACBL Bridge Series of lessons for beginners, and free instructional software. The ACBL certifies bridge teachers and club directors. Three times a year, in the spring, summer, and fall, the ACBL holds the North American Bridge Championships NABC . The NABC ... NABC Reports BODR WDC09.html title 2009 Washington D.C. Report accessdate 2009 Aug 8 ref The ACBL has also published the ACBL Bridge Series , a series of books written by Audrey Grant and designed to teach ... of the game. The administrative headquarters of the ACBL, located in Horn Lake, Mississippi, also houses its Hall of Fame, library and museum ref name comapp ref name desoto . See also ACBL ... External links http www.acbl.org ACBL official website WPCBIndex Category Bridge governing bodies ... more details
cite web url http www.acbl.org play nabc winners.html title ACBL NABC Winners work acbl.com publisher ACBL accessdate 16 July 2011 ref Year Winners Runners up 2010 Franco Baseggio ... Masters Pairs. References Reflist External links http www.acbl.org ACBL official website WPCBIndex ... more details
The American Bridge Association ABA is a Contract bridge bridge organization in North America . The ABA was formed in 1932 by black tennis players at Buckroe Beach, Virginia. At the time, black people blacks were excluded from most bridge events. In 1967, the American Contract Bridge League American Contract Bridge League ACBL removed the final obstacle to black membership. The ABA remains a predominantly, but not exclusively, black organization. It holds two national tournaments each year. The ABA has its own masterpoints system. This is similar but different from the ACBL masterpoints system. External links http www.ababridge.org ABA official website WPCBIndex Category Bridge governing bodies US org stub Bridge game stub ... more details
The David Bruce LM 5000 Pairs bridge event is held at the Summer American Contract Bridge League ACBL North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championship . It is open to all players who have earned masterpoints Life Master status up to 5,000 masterpoints . The event is held at the same time as the Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs open to all Life Masters and the Young LM 1500 Pairs event. The trophy is named in honor of David Bruce bridge David Bruce , the first player to achieve Life Master status in the American Contract Bridge League ACBL . Winners class wikitable style text align center Winners of David Bruce LM 5000 Pairs Year Winners Runners up 2003 Mark Bartusek, John Jones Craig Zastera, Stanford Christie 2004 Henry Meyer, Brian Gunnell Jane Dillenberg, Jerry Goldberg 2005 David Maidman, Marin Marinov Will Engel, Jim Melville 2006 Mike Cassel, Andy Kaufman Al Blinder, Craig Zastera 2007 Karl Hicks, Brian Alexander Barry Purrington, Michael Cassel 2008 Steve Johnson, Mark Teaford Daniel Lavee, Barbara McLendon 2009 Carolyne Fox, George Fox Cindy Sealy, Owen Lynch 2010 Michael McNamara, Sylwia McNamara Barry Falgout, Rusty Krauss 2011 Howard Engle, Mark Weisman Sam Miller, Marc Passman Sources cite web url http www.acbl.org play nabc winners.html title ACBL NABC Winners work acbl.com publisher ACBL accessdate 17 July 2011 List of previous winners, Page 5 Citation title Daily Bulletin journal volume 81 1 issue 1 date July 24, 2009 url http www.acbl.org nabc 2009 02 bulletins db1.pdf format PDF 2009 winners, Page 1 Citation title Daily Bulletin journal volume 81 4 issue 4 date July 27, 2009 url http www.acbl.org nabc 2009 02 bulletins db4.pdf format PDF External links http www.acbl.org ACBL official website Category North American Bridge Championships ... more details
The Sally Young LM 1500 Pairs bridge event is held at the Summer American Contract Bridge League ACBL North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championship . It is open to all players who have earned masterpoints Life Master status up to 1,500 masterpoints . The event is held at the same time as the Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs open to all Life Masters and the Bruce LM 5000 Pairs event. The trophy is named in honor of Sally Young 1906 1970 , the first woman to achieve Life Master status in the American Contract Bridge League ACBL and 17 overall . Winners class wikitable style text align center Winners of Sally Young LM 1500 Pairs Year Winners Runners up 2003 Dick McCluer, Teresa Ozias Kevin Perkins, Al Remer 2004 Robert Frick, Marvin Levine Wieslaw Kalita, Marian Krasowski 2005 Edward Foran, Nicolas Hammond Margaret Cooke, James Cooke 2006 Dan Swartzman, Rick Schoenfield Matthew Bribitzer Stull, Jason Bribitzer Stull 2007 William Howard, Gregory Reichert Matthew Dyer, Doug Anderson 2008 Mick Friedberg, Ken Llacera Christopher Gibson, Paul Craviotto 2009 Peter Litchfield, Paul Gutterman Steve Callaham, David Schulman 2010 William Anspach, Robert Block L.C. Crowe, Joyce McMonagle 2011 Andrew Jeng, Richard Jeng Michael Bodell, Belinda Gu Sources cite web url http www.acbl.org play nabc winners.html title ACBL NABC Winners work acbl.com publisher ACBL accessdate 17 July 2011 List of previous winners, Page 5 Citation title Daily Bulletin journal volume 81 1 issue 1 date July 24, 2009 url http www.acbl.org nabc 2009 02 bulletins db1.pdf format PDF 2009 winners, Page 1 Citation title Daily Bulletin journal volume 81 4 issue 4 date July 27, 2009 url http www.acbl.org nabc 2009 02 bulletins db4.pdf format PDF External links http www.acbl.org ACBL official website Category North American Bridge Championships ... more details
Audrey Grant born 1940 is a Canadian professional educator and contract bridge expert, known for her simple and humorous approach to teaching bridge. Grant has written the ACBL Bridge Series , a series of five books on bridge, published by the American Contract Bridge League ACBL . The books are titled Bidding , Play of the Hand , Defense , Commonly Used Conventions , and More Commonly Used Conventions . She has also written over a dozen other books on bridge. Grant also publishes the bi monthly Better Bridge Magazine . Started in 2004, this magazine includes articles and hints related to bridge. ref http shop6.mailordercentral.com baronbarclay Audrey Grants Better Bridge Magazine products 308 Better Bridge Magazine ref In 2012 the ACBL named Grant number 43 of the 52 most influential personalities in the organization s history for her teaching and writing on bridge, as well as for many years being its educational consultant. ref cite journal author Brent Manley year 2012 month January title Significant Influence journal Bridge Bulletin volume 78 issue 1 pages 18 23 publisher 1089 6376 accessdate 2012 01 07 ref Publications cite book last Grant first Audrey title Acbl Bridge Series Bidding publisher American Contract Bridge League location Memphis year 1994 isbn 0943855004 Notes reflist WPCBIndex Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Grant, Audrey ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1940 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Grant, Audrey Category 1940 births Category Bridge writers Category Canadian bridge players Category Canadian non fiction writers Category Canadian magazine editors Category Living people Category Canadian women writers Canada sport bio stub Bridge game stub ... more details
The Mini Blue Ribbon Pairs national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League ACBL North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championship NABC . The Mini Blue Ribbon Pairs is a four session Glossary of contract bridge terms matchpoint matchpoint pairs event with two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the first Tuesday of the NABC. The event is restricted to players with fewer than 5,000 masterpoints who have earned a blue ribbon qualification. History The inaugural Mini Blue Ribbon Pairs was held in 2005 at the Fall NABC in Denver. There is a pre qualification requirement players must have earned a Blue Ribbon qualification to participate. This is done by placing first or second in certain competitions. Winners class wikitable style text align center Winners of Mini Blue Ribbon Pairs Year Winners Runners Up 2005 Marty Harris, Jacob Morgan Frank Wharton, Paul Walker 2006 Joe Houde, Divakar Bhargava John Klayman, Lawrence Lau 2007 Patricia Menefee, Andre De Leon Metin Gokcen, Sadik Arf 2008 Roger Coffman, Chris Coffman Arne Maki, Gene Maki 2009 Harold Huffaker, Ronald Huffaker Gerrie Owen, Leonard Schaen 2010 Mark Jones, Doug Levene Dean Panagopoulos, Yiji Starr Sources cite web url http www.acbl.org play nabc winners.html title ACBL NABC Winners work acbl.com publisher ACBL accessdate 17 July 2011 List of previous winners, Page 9 Citation title Daily Bulletin journal volume 81 5 issue 5 date November 25, 2008 url http www.acbl.org nabc 2008 03 bulletins db5.pdf format PDF 2008 winners, Page 1 Citation title Daily Bulletin journal volume 81 7 issue 7 date November 27, 2008 url http www.acbl.org nabc 2008 03 bulletins db7.pdf format PDF External links http www.acbl.org ACBL official website Category North American Bridge Championships ... more details
of both the ACBL Hall of Fame 2001 and the CBF Hall of Fame 2010 , Murray was recognized by the ACBL in 2012 as the 30th most influential personality contributing to its success. ref name ACBL cite journal ... a size 13 shoe. ref name ACBL References Reflist External links Edgar Kaplan http www.youtube.com ... Contract Bridge League ACBL http www.youtube.com watch?v am8y2MgAZUQ&feature related Sami Kehela interview by the American Contract Bridge League ACBL WPCBIndex Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia ... more details
Goldman was an American Contract Bridge League ACBL Grand Life Master with more than 25,000 masterpoints and a World Bridge Federation WBF World Grand Master. ref name acbl He was a proactive member of ACBL administration, participating in its Competition and Conventions Committee, Committee for an Open and Improved ACBL, and Board of Director of the Women s Forum. ref name orlando He significantly contributed in shaping the ACBL alert procedure, convention card , ethics and appeals process, and smoking ban. ref name acbl Goldman died of a heart attack in Dallas, Texas Dallas , Texas at the age of 60. ref name truscott Honors ACBL Hall of Fame 1999 ACBL Honorary Member of the Year 1999 Wins ... more details
teams have played in the ACBL throughout the history of the league. The following is a list ... Jersey Colts, New York Generals ACBL New York Generals , Peekskill Robins , Scranton Red Soxx, Teaneck ... references External links http www.acbl online.com Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League http acbl ... more details
title ACBL official website journal volume issue date url http web2.acbl.org as400 mpraces mpAwards 2008 playerofyear.htm 2009 winner, Citation title ACBL official website journal volume issue date url http web2.acbl.org as400 mpraces mpAwards 2009 playerofyear.htm 2010 winner, Citation title ACBL official ... External links http www.acbl.org ACBL official website Category North American Bridge Championships ... more details
pair events on the ACBL calendar. Like the Life Master Pairs, the Blue Ribbon Pairs is played ... of current official teams representing ACBL and the top 100 lifetime masterpoint holders. The Blue ... on the laws of duplicate and rubber bridge. He became co chairman of the ACBL Laws Commission in 1978 and was co chairman of the WBF Laws Commission at the time of his death. He was named ACBL Honorary Member in 1993. In 1995 he was inducted into the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame and the WBF Hall of Fame ... title ACBL NABC Winners work acbl.com publisher ACBL accessdate 17 July 2011 List of previous winners ... db8.pdf format PDF Qualification rules Citation title ACBL web site url http www.acbl.org assets ... ACBL official website WPCBIndex Category North American Bridge Championships ... more details
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about hall of fame biography.php?id 49 ACBL Hall of Fame ref Miles earned a law degree in 1954 and practiced ... Honors ACBL Hall of Fame Blackwood Award 2005 Awards Fishbein Trophy 1961 Goren Trophy Herman Trophy ... , 2007 References reflist External links http www.acbl.org about hall of fame biography.php?id 49 ACBL ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Meyerson convention is a defensive convention bridge bidding convention to an opponent opening bid of one notrump. Double shows at least four cards in a major and at least four cards in a minor, with both suit lengths totalling at least nine cards. A 2 clubs bid shows at least four cards in each major. The other suited 2 level bids are natural they simply show cards in the bid suit. After a player doubles using the Meyerson convention, his partner may bid 2 Clubs to ask the doubler to bid his longer suit or pass if that suit is clubs. Doubler s partner may also bid 2 Diams to ask the doubler to bid his major suit. Any other bid that doubler s partner makes is natural. The Meyerson convention may be used in either direct or balancing position, and it may also be used against strong or weak one notrump openings. The Meyerson convention is named after its inventor, Adam Meyerson of Los Angeles, California. The convention is quite similar to another convention known alternatively as Woolsey, after Kit Woolsey , or Robinson, after Steve Robinson of Arlington, Virginia. The Meyerson convention was originally developed as an American Contract Bridge League ACBL General Convention Chart alternative to Woolsey Robinson, which is not allowed in many ACBL sanctioned events. See also List of defenses to 1NT WPCBIndex Category Bridge conventions ... more details
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NABC is an initialism that may refer to any of the following National Association of Basketball Coaches , a trade association of men s college basketball coaches in the United States Native American Bible College , an Assemblies of God bible college located in Shannon, North Carolina North American Boxing Council , a sanctioning body for boxing in North America North American Bridge Championships , American Contract Bridge League ACBL sanctioned contract bridge tournaments North American Baptist Conference , an association of Baptist Congregations in the United States and Canada of German ethnic heritage. North American Bengali Conference , a Bengal i cultural organisation Needs, Approaches, Benefits, Competition , key words for business opportunitiy analysis New Albanian Brewing Company , a microbrewery located in New Albany, Indiana . disambig ... more details
Philip Hal Sims November 8, 1886 &ndash February 26, 1949 ref cite web date 1949 02 28 url http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F30F15FB3E5B167B93CAAB1789D85F4D8485F9 title P. Hal Sims Dead Bridge Expert, 62 publisher The New York Times Company work nytimes.com ref was an American contract bridge bridge player. In the early game, he was considered one of the best players in the United States. ref name Time cite web date 1932 03 21 url http www.time.com time magazine article 0,9171,743395,00.html?iid chix sphere title First Ten publisher Time Magazine work time.com ref In 1931, he formed the Four Horsemen team composed of himself, Oswald Jacoby , Willard S. Karn and David Bruce David Burnstine Bruce , winning the Vanderbilt Trophy Vanderbilt and Spingold Ashbury Park tropies in 1932 and the Reisinger in 1933 ref The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge . ACBL New York , 6th Edition, 2001, ISBN 0 943855 44 6, page 165. ref . In 1996, Sims was the first recipient of the von Zedtwitz Award . ref name acbl http www.acbl.org about hall of fame biography.php?id 72 ACBL Hall of Fame ref Honors ACBL Hall of Fame von Zedtwitz Award 1996 ABL Honorary Member of the Year 1934 Wins North American Bridge Championships 7 Vanderbilt Trophy Vanderbilt 2 1931, 1932 Spingold Asbury Park Trophy 1 1931 Chicago Mixed Board a Match Master Mixed Teams 1 1930 Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs Life Master Pairs 1 1930 Fall National Open Pairs 2 1931, 1932 Runner ups North American Bridge Championships 7 Vanderbilt Trophy Vanderbilt 1 1930 Reisinger Chicago now the Reisinger 3 1930, 1931, 1933 Spingold Asbury Park Trophy 1 1930 Chicago Mixed Board a Match Master Mixed Teams 1 1933 Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs Life Master Pairs 1 1933 References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sims, P. Hal ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Contract bridge player of the 1930 s DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1886 PLACE OF BIRTH Selma, Alabama Selma , Alabama , USA DATE OF DEATH Februar ... more details
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The National 199er Pairs national Contract bridge bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League ACBL North American Bridge Championships North American Bridge Championship NABC . The National 199er Pairs is a one day two session Glossary of contract bridge terms matchpoint matchpoint pairs event. The event typically starts on the second Thursday of the NABC. The event is restricted to players with fewer than 200 masterpoints . Winners class wikitable style text align center Winners of National 199er Pairs Year Winners Runners Up 1998 John Javella, Madelyn Bachman Parames Laosinchia, Ron Trimmer 1999 Mauro Viale, Tom Henry Gail Himmelstein, Fran Bernstein 2000 Trevor Warren, Cobe Venner Scott Gorsuch, Clinton Gorsuch 2001 Bernie Mayer, David Cohen Jim Betts, Ross Holden 2002 Calvin Cobb, Chip King Bob Sturm, Tom Marcelino 2003 Gus Haggstrom, Mitchell Tuller Maureen Warman, Jessica Lai 2004 Matthew Bresler, Steve Winer Larry Goldstein, David Katzman 2005 Ellen Cohen, Genny Whitaker William Mauldin, David Banh 2006 Honor Mogul, Leonard Dubin Jon Ullman, Don Recht 2007 Tom Graff, Roger Koeppe Sean Gannon, Rick Gannon 2008 Terri Miladinovich, Mitch Miladinovich Connie Jones, Mel Fineberg 2009 Kenneth Marshall, Roy Robson Richard Malus, Nick Trobovic 2010 Jim Baker, Gwen Baker Sources cite web url http www.acbl.org play nabc winners.html title ACBL NABC Winners work acbl.com publisher ACBL accessdate 17 July 2011 List of previous winners, Page 8 Citation title Daily Bulletin journal volume 80 7 issue 7 date July 24, 2008 url http www.acbl.org nabc 2008 02 bulletins db7.pdf format PDF 2008 winners, Page 1 Citation title Daily Bulletin journal volume 80 8 issue 8 date July 25, 2008 url http www.acbl.org nabc 2008 02 bulletins db8.pdf format PDF External links http www.acbl.org ACBL official website Category North American Bridge Championships ... more details
Life Master in the American Contract Bridge League ACBL and traveled extensively to play in matchpoint ... 35,135.80 &ndash which are awarded by the ACBL for success in tournament play &ndash than any ... to Crane, the ACBL renamed the award given to the player who accumulates the most Masterpoints ... Crane Top 500 . ref http web2.acbl.org codification CHAPTER 201 20Section 20B.pdf ACBL passes memorial resolution, renaming trophy ref Crane was elected to the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1995. Crane ... ACBL Hall of Fame 1995 Awards McKenney Trophy 1952, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1978 Mott Smith Trophy ... imdb name 0186305 Barry Crane http www.acbl.org about hall of fame biography.php?id 9 ACBL Hall of Fame ... more details
ranks are class wikitable style text align center ACBL Masterpoint ranks members who joined before ... class wikitable style text align center ACBL Masterpoint ranks members who joined, or renewed a lapsed ... in value. The ACBL awards new ACBL members 10 of their ABA masterpoints up to a maximum of 200 ACBL black points and 20 of their WBF masterpoints. For tournament seeding, the ACBL uses 50 of a person s ABA masterpoints plus their ACBL masterpoints. For tournament seeding, the ABA uses 200 of a person s ACBL masterpoints if less than 5,000 plus their ABA masterpoints. If the player has 5,000 ACBL ... more details
ACBL . They were ordered to play, as most, including themselves, anticipated they would be. The Italians ... the President of the Board of Directors of the ACBL. Sheinwold decided to defer informing Mathe ... of the ACBL s Laws Commission. Sheinwold was vindicated in 1977 when, during an affair involving cheating ... regarding supposedly secret negotiations. The Bridge World wrote at the time A member of the ACBL Board ... Sherman Oaks , California at the age of 85. Bridge accomplishments Honors ACBL Hall of Fame 1996 ACBL Honorary Member of the Year 1983 Awards Romex Award Best Bid Hand of the Year 1995 Winning ... Reflist External links http www.acbl.org about hall of fame biography.php?id 70 ACBL Hall of Fame ... more details
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