Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs
- Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs
The von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs is a six session open pairs event.It is restricted to Life Masters.
History
The Life Master Pairs is a six-session event with two qualifying, two semi-final and two final sessions. It is restricted to Life Masters. At stake is the von Zedtwitz Gold Cup.In 1930, Waldemar von Zedtwitz donated the Gold Cup, which was presented to the winners of the Life Master Pairs. The first winners: von Zedtwitz and P. Hal Sims.
The trophy was initially contested by master players who had qualified by winning a national championship. It was a four-session event, and the field was limited to 64 players so that a complete movement could be played.
The trophy was originally presented on the basis that three wins by one player would secure him outright possession of the trophy. This feat was achieved by Howard Schenken in 1934. (Schenken won in 1931 and 1933 with David Burnstine and in 1934 with Richard Frey. He also won in 1941 with Merwyn Maier and in 1943 with John Crawford.The cup, put back into competition by the donor, was stolen in 1954 while in the possession of John Hubbell, who held the LM Pairs title. The theft followed a television appearance during which Hubbell had exhibited the trophy and given the address of his bridge club where the cup was normally displayed.
The trophy was never recovered and the present cup is an exact replica.Mary Jane Farell and Marilyn Johnson are the only women’s partnership to win the event. Their victory came in 1978.
The record score for the event belongs to S. Garton Churchill and Cecil Head, who won in 1948 --- scoring 65% as an average for four sessions and 77.4% in a single session.
Winners
ources
List of previous winners, Page 6Citation
title = Daily Bulletin
journal =
volume = 80-1
issue = 1
date = Friday, July 18, 2008
year = 2008
url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/02/bulletins/db1.pdf
2008 winners, Page 1Citation
title = Daily Bulletin
journal =
volume = 80-4
issue = 4
date = Monday, July 21, 2008
year = 2008
url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2008/02/bulletins/db4.pdf
External links
* [http://www.acbl.org/ ACBL official website]
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