Fast Open Pairs


The Fast Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship.
The Fast Open Pairs is a four session MP pairs event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions.
Each set of two sessions is played on one day.
The event typically starts on the second Thursday of the NABC.
The event is open.
Players are required to play each two round board in eleven minutes.
Typically, there is only a small break between the two sessions.

History

The NABC+ Fast Open Pairs is a matchpoint event where tables are permitted 11 minutes to finish their two-board rounds, rather than the standard 15 minutes. The event consists of two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. It was first contested in 2000 in Anaheim, California.

Winners

In the first 16 renditions to 2015, the pair Doug Doub–Adam Wildavsky had one win and two seconds. Geoff Hampson and Chris Willenken both had two wins with different partners.
YearWinnersRunners-up
2000Aaron Silverstein, Chris WillenkenLinda Lewis, Paul Lewis
2001Jim Robison, Mark ItabashiRobert Bell, Earl Glickstein
2002Alan Kleist, Leo LaSotaRon Smith, Chris Willenken
2003John Hurd, Joel WooldridgeEd Schulte, Joseph Godefrin
2004Peter Weiden, Rick ZuckerDoug Doub, Adam Wildavsky
2005Ralph Buchalter, Chris WillenkenJiang Gu, Xiaodong Shi
2006Robert Lebi, Nicolas L'EcuyerDoug Doub, Adam Wildavsky
2007Geoff Hampson, Bobby Levin Eldad Ginossar, Ron Pachtmann
2008Doug Doub, Adam WildavskyJohn Diamond, Brian Platnick
2009Dick Bruno, Peggy KaplanBob Etter, John Hodges
2010Dan Jacob, Nagy KamelSteve Shirey, Allan Stauber
2011John Diamond, Geoff HampsonLew Gamerman, Robert McCaw
2012Tom Kniest, Ed SchulteThomas Bessis, Ishmael Del'Monte
2013Jim Munday, Larry SealyKrzysztof Jassem, Marcin Mazurkiewicz
2014Adam Grossack, Zachary GrossackKrzysztof Jassem, Marcin Mazurkiewicz
2015Igor Savchenko, Irina KislitsynaRobert Lebi, Jeff Roman
2016Marty Nelson, Gil CohenTerry Beckman, John Koch
2017Richard Oshlag, Mark DahlStanford Christie, Dave Westfall
2018Richard Oshlag, Mark DahlLeo LaSota, Brad Theurer
2019David Yang, Marin MarinovRichard Oshlag, Mark Dahl