Blue Ribbon Pairs

Blue Ribbon Pairs

The Blue Ribbon Pairs national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

The Blue Ribbon Pairs is a six session MP pairs event, two qualifying sessions, two semi-final sessions and two final sessions that takes place over three days.The event typically starts on the first Tuesday of the NABC.The event is restricted to those that have won a blue ribbon qualification.It is generally considered the hardest pairs event on the ACBL calendar.

History

The Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs was introduced in 1963 and ranks with the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (Summer NABC) as one of the most prestigious -- and toughest -- pair events on the ACBL calendar. Like the LM Pairs, the Blue Ribbon Pairs is played over three days and includes two qualifying, two semifinal and two final sessions.

Entry is restricted to winners and runners-up in regional championships -- plus high finishers in North American championships, members of current Grand National district championship teams, members of current official teams representing ACBL and the top 100 lifetime masterpoint holders.

The Blue Ribbon Pairs was renamed the Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs in 1999 to honor one of bridge’s all-time great players, writers, administrators and the authority on the laws of the game.

Kaplan was recognized as the world’s foremost authority 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.

The event is contested for the Cavendish Trophy, awarded for the National Open Pair Championship and donated by the Cavendish Club of New York in 1928. Since 1963, the trophy has been awarded to winners of the Blue Ribbon Pairs.

Winners

ources

List of previous winners, Page 5Citation
title = Daily Bulletin
journal =
volume = 79-6
issue = 6
date = Wednesday, November 22, 2006
year = 2006
url = http://web2.acbl.org/nabcbulletins/2006fall/db6.pdf

2007 winners, Page 1Citation
title = Daily Bulletin
journal =
volume = 80-8
issue = 7
date = Friday, November 30, 2007
year = 2007
url = http://www.acbl.org/nabc/SanFrancisco2007/bulletins/db8.pdf

External links

* [http://www.acbl.org/ ACBL official website]


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