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ACBL Staff
May 30, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #63: 1962 Hand of the Year
By Al Sobel ♠ 10 7 3 ♥ K 8 ♦ A K Q J ♣ A K Q 5...
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ACBL Staff
May 29, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #62: Olympiad Open Series Finals
Both Great Britain and Italy had gone through the qualifying rounds without defeat and as the luck of the draw...
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ACBL Staff
May 25, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #61: 1960 Olympiad Qualifying Rounds
At the outset, the teams were divided into three sections of ten, ten and nine, from each of which the...
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ACBL Staff
May 23, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #60: The First Olympiad
Twenty-nine teams from twenty-five countries entered the first World Bridge Olympiad. Fourteen of those countries also sent women’s teams to...
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ACBL Staff
May 21, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #59: 1958 Spring NABC Wrap-up
The 48 teams that entered the Vanderbilt were seeded by masterpoints into three brackets. Thursday morning a storm knocked out...
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ACBL Staff
May 17, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #58: 1958 Spring NABC Cont.
The tournament began on Saturday afternoon, March 15, 1958 with 43 teams in the Commercial and Industrial Team Championship. The...
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ACBL Staff
May 15, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #57: The First Spring NABC
Three players greeted the new Spring NABC by winning their first national championships – twice. Phyllis Novak, of Shreveport, Leonard...
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ACBL Staff
May 11, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #56: Intercity Defense
By Richard Frey The spectators applauded when Schenken and Rapee conducted a beautiful defense on the following deal: ♠ Q...
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ACBL Staff
May 10, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #55: Intercity Holdup
By Lew Mathe Today’s hand is a paradox in that a holdup play, or safety play, should not be made....
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ACBL Staff
May 9, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #54: Intercity Match Deals
By Alfred Sheinwold The difference in the style of the two cities is shown by their management of this hand:...
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ACBL Staff
May 4, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #53: Intercity Challenge Match
The first Intercity Challenge Match for the Sports Illustrated Trophy was played between Los Angeles and New York at the...
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ACBL Staff
May 2, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #52: Ace Gutowsky Jr.
Recently, the ACBL museum received a matchbook cover featuring Detroit Lion Ace Gutowsky Jr. The matchbook was donated by Roger...
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ACBL Staff
April 30, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #51: Goren Hits The Airwaves
They said it couldn’t be done. “Too much going on for a small TV screen to handle”, “They play too...
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ACBL Staff
April 27, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #50: 1957 Summer Nationals
The 29th annual Summer National Championships were conducted at the Penn-Sheraton Hotel, Pittsburgh PA, July 27 – Aug. 4, 1957....
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ACBL Staff
April 25, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #49: Tournament Kibitzing
Kibitzing at a tournament is an entirely different affair than at a social game. In a tournament setting, the only...
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ACBL Staff
April 23, 2012
ACBL Bridge Beat #48: Kibitzer Ranks
The kibitzer, the highest rank, is a man of experience, maturity and wisdom. He may sit behind any of the...
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