Jacoby Open Swiss Teams


The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship.
The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams is a four session Swiss Teams event with two qualifying and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the second Saturday of the NABC. The event is open.

History

The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams is a four-session event --- consisting of two qualifying sessions and two final sessions—with the Jacoby Trophy going to the winners.
The event began in 1982 and was then named the North American Men's Swiss Teams. In 1990, it was changed to become the Open Swiss with the Jacoby Trophy awarded to the winners.
The trophy is named for Oswald and Jim Jacoby --- one of the premier father-son pairs in ACBL history, the first father-son to win a national championship together and the first father-son to be elected to the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame.
The senior Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, won his first major title --- the National Team Championship of the American Whist League --- in 1929 and his last major title --- the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams --- in 1983.
In between, he won the McKenney Trophy four times. He was the first player to win 1,000 masterpoints in a single year and the first player to earn 10,000 masterpoints.
Jacoby won seven Spingolds, seven Vanderbilts, two Reisingers and more than a dozen other major titles. He was named to the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame in 1965.
He and son Jim are the co-authors of Jacoby Transfer Bids, Jacoby 2NT and other bidding ideas. Together, they won the Reisinger in 1955 --- when Jim was 22 --- and the Vanderbilt in 1965.
Jim Jacoby, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1997, won the Bermuda Bowl in 1970 and 1971, the World Mixed Teams in 1972 and the World Team Olympiad in 1988. He won more than 14 NABC titles and captured the Barry Crane Top 500 in 1988 --- the same year he won the Olympiad title.
He is one of only three players to win the masterpoint title and a world championship in the same year --- Charles Goren won the Bermuda Bowl and the McKenney in 1950 while Barry Crane won the World Mixed Pairs and the McKenney in 1978.

Winners

YearWinnersRunners-Up
1982Allan Stauber, Jan Janitschke, Ross Grabel, Mike Smolen2-3. Si Frome, Marc Renson, Hamish Bennett, Bob Etter; 2-3. Jim Robison, Stelios Touchtidis, Jon Wittes, Steve Cohen, Paul Ivaska, Paul Lewis
1983Mike Albert, Ira Rubin, Grant Baze, Barry CraneGeorge Ateljevich, Sidney Lazard, Sidney Lazard Jr., John Zilic, Norb Kremer
1984Bart Bramley, Mark Cohen, Milt Rosenberg, Ralph KatzTom Mahaffey, Andy Bernstein, Richard Pavlicek, Bill Passell, Bill Root
1985John Devine, Alan Sontag, John Mohan, Roger BatesDavid Ashley, David Sacks, Mike Shuman, Ed Davis, Jon Wittes, Steve Cohen
1986Mark Cohen, Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson, Kit WoolseyBob Jones, Jim Krekorian, Ethan Stein, Drew Casen, Al Rand
1987Eddie Kantar, Alan Sontag, Roger Bates, John Mohan, John DevineClaude Vogel, David Lehman, Tom Fox, Michael Schreiber
1988Ron Sukoneck, Doug Fraser, Kamel Fergani, Bill PettisJim Jacoby, Gerald Michaud, Bobby Nail, Fred Hamilton, Walt Walvick, Erik Paulsen
1989Jim Mahaffey, Ron Andersen, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell2-3. Rob Stevens, Ron Powell, Sidney Brownstein, Mark Singer; 2-3. Jan Janitschke, Craig Janitschke, Marc Jacobus, Peter Nagy, Joey Silver

YearWinnersRunners-Up
1990John Sutherlin, Bart Bramley, Gerald Michaud, Larry Richardson, Bob HammanGrant Baze, Jim Krekorian, Drew Casen, Mike Smolen
1991George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Mark Lair, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby GoldmanBart Bramley, Per Olof Sundelin, John Sutherlin, Dan Morse, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay
1992Richard Schwartz, Drew Casen, Michael Seamon, Richard Pavlicek, Fred Stewart, Steve WeinsteinMorris Chang, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Michael Rosenberg, Zia Mahmood
1993Tony Kasday, Michael Seamon, Steve Sion, Billy Cohen, Ron SmithMartin Scheinberg, Benito Garozzo, Lea Dupont, Billy Eisenberg
1994Perry Johnson, Jeff Meckstroth, Chip Martel, Eric RodwellGrant Baze, Tipton Golias, Hugh Ross, Bart Bramley, Mike Lawrence
1995Ralph Cohen, Billy Cohen, Peter Nagy, George Mittelman, Marty Sklar, Hugh RossMark Feldman, Jim Looby, Sharon Osberg, Cameron Doner
1996Jimmy Cayne, Björn Fallenius, Brian Glubok, Chuck Burger, Mats Nilsland, Mike PassellPaul Hackett, Jason Hackett, Justin Hackett, Brigitte Mavromichalis
1997Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Brian Glubok, Bart Bramley, Walter Schafer Jr., Geir HelgemoVaris Carey, Nicolas L'Ecuyer, Jeffrey Blond, Michael Shuster, Curtis Cheek, Michael Schreiber
1998Edith Rosenkranz, Ralph Cohen, Ron Smith, Bob Etter, Bob MorrisEddie Wold, George Rosenkranz, Magnus Magnusson, Jon Baldursson, Berry Westra, Henri Leufkens
1999Sam Lev, Brian Glubok, Michael Polowan, John Mohan, Barnet ShenkinGrant Baze, Tipton Golias, Krzysztof Martens, Marek Szymanowski, Adam Żmudziński, Cezary Balicki
2000Mike Cappelletti Jr., Gary Cohler, Mark Lair, Richard FinbergRose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby
2001George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio DuboinGerald Sosler, Kay Schulle, Massimo Lanzarotti, Andrea Buratti, Antonio Sementa, Benito Garozzo
2002Perry Johnson, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Paul SolowayBrad Moss, Roy Welland, Björn Fallenius, Fred Gitelman, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein
2003Peter Bertheau, Fredrik Nystrom, Christal Henner-Welland, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Fred GitelmanEddie Wold, Mike Passell, George Rosenkranz, Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco
2004Jacek Pszczoła, Michał Kwiecień, Piotr Gawryś, Sam Lev, Michael Polowan, Chris WillenkenPeter Bertheau, Christal Henner-Welland, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Michael Kamil, Fredrik Nystrom
2005James Cayne, Michael Seamon, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Robert Levin, Steve WeinsteinPerry Johnson, Jeff Meckstroth, Paul Soloway, Eric Rodwell
2006Bob Hamman, Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Paul Soloway, Steve WeinsteinLou Ann O'Rourke, Marc Jacobus, Giorgio Duboin, Norberto Bocchi, Peter Fredin, Magnus Lindkvist
2007Kalin Karaivanov, Marin Marinov, David Maidman, Roumen TrendafilovPeter Fredin, Michael Moss, Brian Glubok, Agustin Madala
2008Perry Johnston, Chris Compton, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric RodwellRobert Hollman, Bruce Ferguson, Jerry Clerkin, Dennis Clerkin, Krzysztof Buras, Grzegorz Narkiewicz
2009Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman, Zia MahmoodLou Ann O'Rourke, Marc Jacobus, Espen Lindqvist, Boye Brogeland, Giorgio Duboin, Antonio Sementa
2010John Diamond, Fred Gitelman, Brian Platnick, Brad Moss, Eric Greco, Geoff HampsonJeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman, Zia Mahmood
2011Greg Hinze, Jacob Morgan, Dan Morse, Michael Polowan, Steve Shirey, David YangRoger Bates, Sjoert Brink, Bas Drijver, Marc Jacobus, Lou Ann O'Rourke, Eddie Wold
2012Gaylor Kasle, Larry Kozlove, Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson, Fred Stewart, Kit WoolseyMichael Askgaard, Kasper Konow, Gregers Bjarnarson, Anders Hagen
2013Richard Schwartz, Allan Graves, Thorlakur Johnsson, Espen Lindqvist, Boye Brogeland, Jon BaldurssonJim Mahaffey, Tony Forrester, Piotr Gawrys, Alexander Smirnov, Sam Lev, Josef Piekarek
2014Sabine Auken, Roy Welland, Josef Piekarek, Christina Madsen, Alexander SmirnovMartin Fleisher, Steve Garner, Zia Mahmood, Chris Willenken, Michael Rosenberg, Chip Martel
2015Richard Schwartz, Allan Graves, Ron Schwartz, Lotan Fisher, Boye Brogeland, Espen LindqvistTom Hanlon, Leslie Amoils, Brad Moss, Joe Grue, Fred Gitelman, Justin Lall
2016Richard Schwartz, Allan Graves, Daniel Korbel, Huub Bertens, Boye Brogeland, Espen LindqvistJeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein
2017Tim Verbeek, Danny Molenaar, Bob Drijver, Bart Nab, Dano De Falco, Patricia CayneNoberto Bocchi, Alejandro Bianchedi, Dennis Bilde, Giorgio Duboin, Agustin Madala, Antonio Sementa