Silodor Open Pairs
The Silodor Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship.
The Silodor Open Pairs is a four session matchpoint 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
| Year | Winners | Runners-ip |
| 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, Zach Grossack |
| 2015 | Steve Weinstein, Bobby Levin | Wael Mohsen, Reda Wasfi Yaacoub |
| 2016 | Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | John Kranyak, Phyllis Fireman |
| 2017 | Mikael Rimstedt, Zach Grossack | Alon Birman, Dror Padon |
| 2018 | Simon Cope, Peter Crouch | Robert Schachter, Paul Meerschaert |