The Silodor Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).

The Silodor Open Pairs is a four session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the first Friday of the NABC. The event is open.

History The Silodor Open Pairs is a four-session event consisting of two qualifying and two final sessions. The winners' names are engraved on the Silodor Trophy, presented in memory of Sidney Silodor, winner of the Bermuda Bowl, the McKenney Trophy and more than 30 North American championships.

Silodor, a member of the team that won the first Bermuda Bowl World Championship in 1950, won the Vanderbilt eight times, the Reisinger six times, the Spingold, the Open Pairs and the Master Mixed Teams three times each and the Mixed Pairs five times --- a record.

Silodor was an original member of the ACBL Hall of Fame, elected in the Sixties when the institution was the province of its creator, The Bridge World magazine.

The trophy was presented in 1963 in memory of Silodor and made retroactive to include winners of the event, which began in 1958.

Winners

+Winners of Open Pairs (1958–1991) Year Winners Runners-up  1958  Leonard Harmon, Ivar Stakgold Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone 1959 Lew Mathe, Edward Taylor Harry Fishbein, Charles Solomon 1960 Robert Jordan, Alvin Roth Carol Sanders, Tommy Sanders 1961 Mark Hodges, Hampton Hume Jack Denny, John Simon 1962 Robert Jordan, Arthur Robinson Mike Michaels, Mike Shuman 1963 Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor Daniel Rotman, Ivar Stakgold 1964 Barry Crane, Oswald Jacoby Ivan Erdos, Lew Mathe 1965 John Biddle, James Wisemiller Ivan Erdos, Tobias Stone 1966 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay Alvin Roth, Bill Root 1967 Harvey Cohen, Maury Genud Philip Feldesman, Lew Mathe 1968 Ronald Blau, Richard Spero   Harry Fishbein, Charles Solomon   1969   Richard Freedman, James Mathis   David Sachs, Sue Sachs 1970 Barry Crane, John Fisher Gerald Michaud, Bobby Nail 1971 1/2. Barry Crane, John Fisher 1/2. Joan Remey, Vincent Remey 1972 1/2. Barry Crane, John Fisher 1/2. Matt Granovetter, Merle Tom 1973 Michael Hoffman, Jack Rhatigan Charlie Peres, Daniel Rotman 1974 Barry Crane, John Fisher Ron Andersen, Hugh MacLean 1975 Garey Hayden, Daniel Hyland Don Piafsky, Dave Saltsman 1976 Terry Hause, Ernest Ivey Barry Crane, John Fisher 1977 Barry Crane, Peter Rank John Ashton, Troy Horton 1978 Bobby Levin, Mike Passell Marty Arndt, Thomas Peters 1979 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell Larry N. Cohen, Dan Zirker 1980 Paul Lewis, Michael Schreiber Jim Robison, Stelios Touchtidis 1981 Dan Gerstman, Marc Nathan Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey 1982 Gerald Caravelli, Craig Janitschke Dan Gerstman, Marc Nathan 1983 Barry Crane, Mike Passell Dave Berkowitz, Dan Gerstman 1984 Lou Bluhm, Bart Bramley Barry Crane, Gerald Caravelli 1985 Jim Robison, Joey Silver John Roberts, Dave Berkowitz 1986 Lew Stansby, Ralph Katz Robb Gordon, John Rengstorff 1987 Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey Lyle Poe, Steve Carton 1988 Ron Rubin, Michael Becker Bob Hamman, Paul Lewis 1989 Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield Ed Nagy, Jeff Polisner 1990 Don Campbell, Barry Harper Randy Joyce, Glenn Lublin 1991 Larry Mori, Henry Bethe Zia Mahmood, Fred Chang

+Winners of Open Pairs I (1992–) Year Winners Runners-up  1992  Bernie Miller, Mike Lucas Geoff Hampson, Mark Molson 1993 Russ Ekeblad, Peter Weichsel Richard Schwartz, Drew Casen 1994 Lloyd Arvedon, Allan Falk Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg 1995 Evan Bailey, John Strauch Seymon Deutsch, Tony Forrester 1996 Ralph Katz, Howard Weinstein Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey 1997 Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson Tony Forrester, Geir Helgemo 1998 Tony Forrester, Geir Helgemo Mike Becker, Mike Kamil 1999 Mike Passell, Michael Seamon Bob Hamman, Petra Hamman 2000 Mike Cappelletti Jr., Larry Hicks Walter Johnson, Doug Simson 2001 Jim Tritt, Richard Meffley Henry Bethe, Varis Carey 2002 Jörgen Molberg, Boerre Lund David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen 2003 Ralph Katz, Michael Rosenberg Marty Fleisher, Mike Kamil 2004   David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen   Roger Lord, Jacqueline Sincoff 2005 Bob Morris, Eddie Wold George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace 2006 David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen Fred Chang, Zia Mahmood 2007 Giorgio Duboin, Roy Welland Richard Freeman, Zia Mahmood 2008 Robert Lebi, Dan Jacob   Ralph Buchalter, Migry Zur Campanile 2009 David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen Xiaodong Shi, David Yang 2010 Nicolas L Ecuyer, Steve Landen Joe Kivel, Chris Larsen 2011 Gavin Wolpert, Joel Wooldridge Jill Levin, Jill Meyers 2012 Dennis Bilde, Hans Christian Graverson Boye Brogeland, Erik Saelensminde 2013 David Bakhshi, Billy Cohen Robert Giragosian, Larry Robbins 2014 John Diamond, Geoff Hampson Richard Budd, Zachary Grossack 2015 Steve Weinstein, Bobby Levin Wael Mohsen, Reda Wasfi Yaacoub 2016 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell John Kranyak, Phyllis Fireman 2017 Mikael Rimstedt, Zachary Grossack Alon Birman, Dror Padon 2018 Simon Cope, Peter Crouch Robert Schachter, Paul Meerschaert 2019Richard Oshlag, Mark DahlMichael Rosenberg, Adam Grossack

Sources

List of previous winners, Page 8

2009 winners, Page 1

References

External links ACBL official website