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Points awarded by bridge organizations to individuals
master points plus their ACBL masterpoints. For tournament seeding, the ABA uses 200% of a person's ACBL masterpoints (if less than 5,000) plus their
Masterpoints
North American sports governing body
tournaments to award masterpoints. Players who finish at or near the top in ACBL-sanctioned events are awarded specified numbers of masterpoints, which are recorded
American Contract Bridge League
American_Contract_Bridge_League
American gaming company
tournaments award ACBL masterpoints©. Masterpoints awarded for online play can be combined with other types of ACBL masterpoints, which helps players achieve
Bridge_Base_Online
North American contract bridge tournaments
less than 5,000 masterpoints, and a Mini-Spingold II (0–1500) ("Micro-Spingold") restricted to those with less than 1,500 masterpoints. Reisinger Memorial
North American Bridge Championships
North_American_Bridge_Championships
North American bridge championship
000 masterpoints. No player on a flight B team can have more than 2,500 masterpoints. No player on a flight C team can have more than 500 masterpoints, or
Grand_National_Teams
American Contract Bridge League trophy
represent a record-breaking number of masterpoints. Boldface numerals represent a record-breaking number of masterpoints. Mott-Smith Trophy Fishbein Trophy
Goren_Trophy
American bridge player
then has won the annual masterpoints race, which is now recognized by the Barry Crane Trophy after her longtime masterpoints partner Barry Crane. Sanborn
Kerri_Sanborn
Barry Crane Top 500 masterpoint race is won by the player who earns the most colored masterpoints during the year. Masterpoints won on-line do not count
List of bridge competitions and awards
List_of_bridge_competitions_and_awards
Contract bridge tournament
15 minutes. The event is restricted to players with fewer than 10,000 masterpoints. The inaugural 10K Fast Pairs was held in 2015 at the Fall NABC in Denver
0-10,000_Fast_Pairs
Contract bridge tournament
sessions. The event is restricted to players with fewer than 10,000 masterpoints. The inaugural 10K NABC Pairs was held in 2014 at the Summer NABC in
0-10,000_NABC_Pairs
Competitive event in Bridge
North American Pairs. Flight B, restricted to players with 0 to 2500 masterpoints, is formally the Golder North American Pairs. Flight C, restricted to
North_American_Pairs
Scandal in international professional contract bridge
consequence, Fisher and Schwartz were expelled from the ACBL, and all their masterpoints, titles, ranks and privileges declared forfeit. Further, their partners
Fisher and Schwartz cheating scandal
Fisher_and_Schwartz_cheating_scandal
American contract bridge competition
is open to all players who have earned Life Master status up to 5,000 masterpoints. The event is held at the same time as the Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs
Bruce_LM–5000_Pairs
Form of tournament for games and sports
ladder system is the Masterpoints rating system used for contract bridge by the American Contract Bridge League. The Masterpoints system, unlike the Elo
Ladder_tournament
Topics referred to by the same term
Dutch auto racing team Marka polska, a historical Polish money unit Masterpoints, awarded for successful performance at contract bridge; see Glossary
MP
eventually have one winner. The grouping is often done on the basis of masterpoints. Break (Noun) The distribution of cards in a suit between the two opponents'
Glossary of contract bridge terms
Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms
American producer, director, and bridge player
player who accumulates the most masterpoints in a single year to the Barry Crane Trophy, and the list of high masterpoint attainers to the Barry Crane Top
Barry_Crane
the Year is awarded to the ACBL player accumulating the most platinum masterpoints in the calendar year. The Canadian Bridge Federation (CBF) is the national
List of contract bridge people
List_of_contract_bridge_people
Hungarian chemist (1916 – 2019)
Life Master at his hobby of duplicate bridge, with more than 13,000 masterpoints and 12 NABC titles (below). He wrote or co-wrote more than 10 books on
George_Rosenkranz
Bridge convention
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Jacoby_2NT
National bridge championship
of the NABC. The event is restricted to those with fewer than 3,000 masterpoints and have earned a red ribbon qualification. The Red Ribbon Pairs is an
Red_Ribbon_Pairs
Polish bridge player (born 1956)
he ranked 22nd among Grand Masters by World Bridge Federation (WBF) masterpoints, five places behind his longtime partner Cezary Balicki. They ranked
Adam_Żmudziński
American bridge player (1986–2020)
1986 – August 19, 2020) was an American bridge player. He won his first masterpoints in 1997, and became a Life Master in 1999. In 2012, Lall became the youngest
Justin_Lall
Tournament bridge organization
national tournaments each year. The ABA has its own masterpoints system, similar to the ACBL masterpoints system. American Contract Bridge League United States
American_Bridge_Association
American bridge player (born 1947)
American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Top 500 listings with over 77,000 masterpoints (as of January 18 2025). He is an ACBL Grand Life Master and World Bridge
Mark_Lair
Card game
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Contract_bridge
Polish bridge player
he ranked 17th among Grand Masters by World Bridge Federation (WBF) masterpoints, five places ahead of his longtime partner Adam Żmudziński. They ranked
Cezary_Balicki
American bridge player
October), she ranked 6th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 10th by placing points that do not decay over time. Levin has
Jill_Levin
American bridge player
Life Master of the American Contract Bridge League with over 27,000 masterpoints and a World Grand Master of the World Bridge Federation. Katz, who was
Ralph_Katz
National bridge championship
Thursday of the NABC and was restricted to players with fewer than 200 masterpoints. "ACBL - NABC Winners". acbl.com. ACBL. Archived from the original on
National_199er_Pairs
American bridge championship
masterpoints. In 2017, the masterpoint limit was raised to 2,500 masterpoints. In 2025, the masterpoint limit was raised to 3,000 masterpoints. "Archived copy"
Mini-Spingold
Bridge convention
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DONT
American bridge player (1928–2019)
American Contract Bridge League gives to the player earning the most masterpoints in a calendar year. Rosen won the Spingold tournament twice in a row
Billy_Rosen
American bridge player (born 1957)
it. Although he has not actively pursued masterpoints as a goal, he is one of the all-time top masterpoint holders in the American Contract Bridge League
Eric_Rodwell
American bridge player
the 1990s and is now 39th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP), and 23rd by placing points that do not decay over time. In world
Karen_McCallum
Playing card with an elevated rank
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Trump_(card_games)
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Tarek_Sadek
American bridge player and writer
age 22 in 1955, and he was the most successful ACBL tournament player (masterpoints leader) during 1988. Jacoby may have inherited talent and interest in
James_Jacoby
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List_of_defenses_to_1NT
American bridge player
2023. He was the ACBL Player of the Year (winner of the most platinum Masterpoints in North American Bridge Championship) for 2022. World Bridge Championships
Zachary_Grossack
American lawyer, bridge player, and poker player (1938–2013)
Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master with more than 24,000 masterpoints. He won a bronze medal in the 1974 World Mixed Teams. Cappelletti also
Mike_Cappelletti
Convention in bridge card games
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Jacoby_transfer
European golf club owner and official, contract bridge official and Swiss player
High card by suit History of contract bridge Laws of Duplicate Bridge Masterpoints Minibridge Neuberg formula Rubber bridge Screen Singaporean bridge Suit
Jaime_Ortiz-Patiño
English journalist and bridge player (1967–2025)
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Susanna_Gross
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Norman_four_notrump
American poker player (born 1970)
he won the Red Ribbon Pairs, an event restricted to players with 2000 masterpoints or less. At the 2008 Summer NABC in Las Vegas, Gordon was on the team
Phil_Gordon_(poker_player)
Conventional overcall in bridge
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Unusual_notrump
Icelandic bridge player
player. He won the Bermuda Bowl in 1991 in Japan. He remains the top masterpoint winner in Iceland. Jón is in the European Bridge Hall of fame in 2019
Jón_Baldursson
American bridge player (1943–2019)
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Richard_Schwartz_(bridge)
Israeli bridge player
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Sam_Lev
Polish bridge player
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Krzysztof_Buras
English author (1831–1899)
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Henry_Jones_(writer)
Businessman
is a two-day event open to ACBL Life Masters with no more than 1500 masterpoints. He finished second in the Victor Daly KO Teams at the summer American
Nicolas_Hammond
Contract bridge bidding convention
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Cappelletti_convention
North American bridge championship
Wednesday of the NABC. It was restricted to those with fewer than 50 masterpoints. The National 49er Pairs was a one-day matchpoint event in which players
National_49er_Pairs
American bridge player
Trophy (now the Barry Crane Top 500) for earning the greatest number of masterpoints in American Contract Bridge League-sanctioned play during the year. Kay
Norman_Kay_(bridge)
Set of bidding conventions and agreements used in the game of contract bridge
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Strong_club_system
Trophy awarded by the American Contract Bridge League
Fishbein Trophy is awarded to the player who wins the greatest number of masterpoints at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge
Fishbein_Trophy
Scoring of contract bridge
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Bridge_scoring
Conventional bid in contract bridge
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Michaels_cuebid
Assigning relative values to playing cards of equal rank based on their suit
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High_card_by_suit
Bidding convention in contract bridge
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Meckwell_convention
American bridge player
October), she ranked 7th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 1st by placing points that do not decay over time. Meyers was
Jill_Meyers
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Gambling_3NT
Canadian bridge player and publisher
Contract Bridge League. p. 675. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639. Player Masterpoint History Archived 2007-12-19 at the Wayback Machine. "Rockwell Mixed Pairs
Linda_Lee_(bridge)
American sportswoman, aviator, journalist, and socialite (1889–1960)
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Dorothy_Rice_Sims
2015 contract bridge cheating scandal
ACBL masterpoints, titles, ranks and privileges. Further, their partners and teammates were subject to mandatory forfeiture of all masterpoints, titles
Fantoni and Nunes cheating scandal
Fantoni_and_Nunes_cheating_scandal
Flight C, an event limited to teams of Non-Life-Masters with under 500 masterpoints. His highest finishes in unlimited North American Bridge Championship
Max_Schireson
Encyclopedia
comprises eight chapters of biographical entries and three appendices on Masterpoints, achievements, and tournament results. Brent Manley, Editor Mark Horton
The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge
The_Official_Encyclopedia_of_Bridge
American bridge player
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Steve_Sion
American bridge player
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Sylvia_Shi
Bidding convention in contract bridge
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Blackwood_convention
German bridge player
October), she ranked 24th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 4th by placing points that do not decay over time. She was born
Sabine_Auken
American bridge player
the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2001. At the time of his death he held 17,880 masterpoints. He was born in 1933, and was from Atlanta, Georgia. He was a radio Quiz
Richard_Freeman_(bridge)
Soviet and American chess and bridge player
October), Levitina ranked 15th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 5th by placing points that do not decay over time. In 1986,
Irina_Levitina
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WBF_Open_Ranking
Bridge (game) strategy
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Unusual_vs._unusual
American bridge player, teacher, writer, and official
Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master with more than 25,000 masterpoints and a World Bridge Federation (WBF) World Grand Master. He was active
Bobby_Goldman
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Fragment_bid
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Texas_transfer
Card game of the trick-taking family
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Auction_bridge
Mathematical probabilities in the game of bridge
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Contract_bridge_probabilities
Bridge convention
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Bergen_raises
North American bridge championship
International Match Points and was restricted to players with 100 or more masterpoints. In 1965, the double elimination method was replaced by three qualifying
Spingold
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Ghestem
Convention in contract bridge
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Woolsey_convention
British bridge player and writer
Nevena Senior ranked 18th among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP). At least for the SportAccord World Mind Games in December 2011
Brian_Senior
for 2013, awarded annually to the member who earns the most platinum masterpoints in the calendar year. Fleisher was inducted into the Bridge Hall of Fame
Marty_Fleisher
Type of bid within contract bridge
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Negative_double
American journalist
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Gary_Pomerantz
German-American bridge player
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Waldemar_von_Zedtwitz
Contract bridge bidding convention
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New_minor_forcing
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Ogust_convention
American bridge player and figure skater (1936–1990)
ACBL Life Master in 11 weeks. They finished first and second in total masterpoints earned during the calendar year, recognized by the annual McKenney Trophy
Peter_Pender
Card game
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Rubber_bridge
five, or six members who must be ACBL Members with fewer than 10,000 masterpoints. The inaugural 10K Knockout teams was held at the 2014 Spring NABC in
Mini-Vanderbilt (10K) Knockout Teams
Mini-Vanderbilt_(10K)_Knockout_Teams
Bidding convention in contract bridge
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Walsh_convention
Slam bidding convention in contract bridge
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Gerber_convention
Austrian-British bridge player
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Fritzi_Gordon
American bridge player
October), Radin ranked 33rd among 73 Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (MP) and 21st by placing points that do not decay over time. Radin is
Judi_Radin
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Muslim
A well of a person
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A river, River Vyas
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German, Hindu, Indian
Friend
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Tamil
Vibhishan | விபீஷநÂ
A character from the epic ramayana
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Australian, Latin
Another Name for Jupiter
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Muslim
Intuitive
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Slave, Maid servant, Female servant
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Pet form of Old High German Heinrich, HEINE means "home-ruler."
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Farmer.
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Dark.
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