Lebhar IMP Pairs


The Lebhar IMP Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship.
The Lebhar IMP Pairs is a four-session IMP pairs event with two qualifying and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the second Thursday of the NABC. The event is open.

History

The Lebhar IMP Pairs is a four-session event --- two qualifying sessions followed by two final sessions. The winners have their names inscribed on the Lebhar Trophy. Scoring is by International Match Points.
The trophy was donated by Bertram Lebhar Jr. in 1948 in memory of his wife, Evelyn. The trophy was previously given to winners of the Mixed Teams but re-designated for the IMP Pairs by the ACBL Board of Directors. Lebhar, under the name of Bert Lee, earned a national reputation as a sportscaster and later as a bridge player and administrator. In private life, he owned radio and television stations in Florida. Lebhar was one of the founders of the Greater New York Bridge Association and was elected its first president in 1948. Lebhar was also a player: he won the Spingold in 1940 and the Master Mixed Teams in 1946. His team was his wife Evelyn along with Samuel Katz and Alicia Kemper.

Winners

YearWinnersRunners-up
1987 Robb Gordon, Linda DanasPeter Weichsel, Richard Katz
1988Gene Freed, Mike PassellCorinne Gellman, Jim Kirkham
1989Richard Schwartz, Fred HamiltonBud Reinhold, Michael Seamon
1990Ralph Cohen, Renee MancusoRichard Schwartz, Drew Casen
1991Harvey Brody, Ralph BuchalterRon Freldman, Marty Shallon
1992Vera Gama, Marcelo BrancoDavid Midkiff, Tom Oppenheimer
1993Bob Klein, David RudermanWin Allegaert, Gary Gottlieb
1994Tom Fox, Walter Schafer Jr.Howard Chandross, Lee Rautenberg
1995Steve Sion, Harold LilieBrad Moss, Elizabeth Reich
1996Mike Albert, Marilyn HemenwaySteve Beatty, Adam Wildavsky
1997Tom Carmichael, Joel WooldridgeDick Bruno, Kenji Miyakuni
1998Jim Robison, Gene FreedJeanne Rahmey, Gary Cohler
1999George Jacobs, Ralph KatzRob Crawford, Spike Lay
2000Ashley Bach, Stephen BurgessSteve Beatty, George Steiner
2001Peter Boyd, Steve RobinsonNeil Chambers, Norb Kremer
2002Ai-Tai Lo, Alan SchwartzWilliam Ehlers, Rich DeMartino
2003Steve Weinstein, Bobby LevinMitch Dunitz, Iftikhar Baqai
2004Jiang Gu, Nikolay DemirevPeter Boyd, Steve Robinson
2005Blair Seidler, Kevin WilsonJón Baldursson, Þorlákur Jónsson
2006Fred Gitelman, Geoff HampsonMichael Rosenberg, Ralph Katz
2007Boye Brogeland, Ishmael Delmonte Jonathan Weinstein, Robert Heitzman Jr.
2008Doug Doub, Adam WildavskyMarc Nathan, Dan Gerstman
2009Nikolay Demirev, Nicolas L'EcuyerGreg Hinze, Nagy Kamel
2010Pablo Lambardi, Pablo RavennaJón Baldursson, Þorlákur Jónsson
2011Runar Lillevik, Oyvind LudvigsenJón Baldursson, Þorlákur Jónsson
2012Hailong Ao, Jian-Jian WangAlexander Ladyzhensky, Irina Ladyzhensky
2013Kent Mignocchi, Joel WooldridgeLewis Gamerman, Robert McCaw
2014Radu Nistor, Iulian RotaruHans Christian Graverson, Henrik Casperson
2015Sylvia Shi, Aaron JonesRoger Bates, Dennis Kasle
2016Kevin Dwyer, Stan TulinCurtis Cheek, Arthur Crystal
2017Chen Zhao. Jing LiuBarry Bragin, Fred King
2018Mark Jones, Clay HallMarty Seligman, Eric Rodwell
2019Gregory Bright, Bob ZellarLeo Weniger, Ronald Mak