- 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), New York City, was a principal patron of contract bridge and the American Contract Bridge League in the early years of both.
Reisinger 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 far larger scale.
Winners
ources
List of previous winners, Page 7Citation
title = Daily Bulletin
journal =
volume = 79-8
issue = 4
date = Friday, November 24, 2006
year = 2006
url = http://web2.acbl.org/nabcbulletins/2006fall/db8.pdf2007 winners, Page 1Citation
title = Daily Bulletin
journal =
volume = 80-11
issue = 11
date = Monday, December 3, 2007
year = 2007
url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/SanFrancisco2007/bulletins/db11.pdfExternal links
* [http://www.acbl.org/ ACBL official website]
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