# Silodor Open Pairs

The Silodor Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Silodor Open Pairs is a four session matchpoint (MP) 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

Winners of Open Pairs (1958–1991) :
| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
| 1958 | Leonard Harmon, Ivar Stakgold | Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone |
| 1959 | Lew Mathe, Edward Taylor | Harry Fishbein, Charles Solomon |
| 1960 | Robert Jordan, Alvin Roth | Carol Sanders, Tommy Sanders |
| 1961 | Mark Hodges, Hampton Hume | Jack Denny, John Simon |
| 1962 | Robert Jordan, Arthur Robinson | Mike Michaels, Mike Shuman |
| 1963 | Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor | Daniel Rotman, Ivar Stakgold |
| 1964 | Barry Crane, Oswald Jacoby | Ivan Erdos, Lew Mathe |
| 1965 | John Biddle, James Wisemiller | Ivan Erdos, Tobias Stone |
| 1966 | Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay | Alvin Roth, Bill Root |
| 1967 | Harvey Cohen, Maury Genud | Philip Feldesman, Lew Mathe |
| 1968 | Ronald Blau, Richard Spero | Harry Fishbein, Charles Solomon |
| 1969 | Richard Freedman, James Mathis | David Sachs, Sue Sachs |
| 1970 | Barry Crane, John Fisher | Gerald Michaud, Bobby Nail |
| 1971 | 1/2. Barry Crane, John Fisher 1/2. Joan Remey, Vincent Remey | 1/2. Barry Crane, John Fisher 1/2. Joan Remey, Vincent Remey |
| 1972 | 1/2. Barry Crane, John Fisher 1/2. Matt Granovetter, Merle Tom | 1/2. Barry Crane, John Fisher 1/2. Matt Granovetter, Merle Tom |
| 1973 | Michael Hoffman, Jack Rhatigan | Charlie Peres, Daniel Rotman |
| 1974 | Barry Crane, John Fisher | Ron Andersen, Hugh MacLean |
| 1975 | Garey Hayden, Daniel Hyland | Don Piafsky, Dave Saltsman |
| 1976 | Terry Hause, Ernest Ivey | Barry Crane, John Fisher |
| 1977 | Barry Crane, Peter Rank | John Ashton, Troy Horton |
| 1978 | Bobby Levin, Mike Passell | Marty Arndt, Thomas Peters |
| 1979 | Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | Larry N. Cohen, Dan Zirker |
| 1980 | Paul Lewis, Michael Schreiber | Jim Robison, Stelios Touchtidis |
| 1981 | Dan Gerstman, Marc Nathan | Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey |
| 1982 | Gerald Caravelli, Craig Janitschke | Dan Gerstman, Marc Nathan |
| 1983 | Barry Crane, Mike Passell | Dave Berkowitz, Dan Gerstman |
| 1984 | Lou Bluhm, Bart Bramley | Barry Crane, Gerald Caravelli |
| 1985 | Jim Robison, Joey Silver | John Roberts, Dave Berkowitz |
| 1986 | Lew Stansby, Ralph Katz | Robb Gordon, John Rengstorff |
| 1987 | Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey | Lyle Poe, Steve Carton |
| 1988 | Ron Rubin, Michael Becker | Bob Hamman, Paul Lewis |
| 1989 | Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield | Ed Nagy, Jeff Polisner |
| 1990 | Don Campbell, Barry Harper | Randy Joyce, Glenn Lublin |
| 1991 | Larry Mori, Henry Bethe | Zia Mahmood, Fred Chang |
Winners of Open Pairs I (1992–) :
| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
| 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, Zachary Grossack |
| 2015 | Steve Weinstein, Bobby Levin | Wael Mohsen, Reda Wasfi Yaacoub |
| 2016 | Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell | John Kranyak, Phyllis Fireman |
| 2017 | Mikael Rimstedt, Zachary Grossack | Alon Birman, Dror Padon |
| 2018 | Simon Cope, Peter Crouch | Robert Schachter, Paul Meerschaert |
| 2019 | Richard Oshlag, Mark Dahl | Michael Rosenberg, Adam Grossack |

## Sources

"ACBL - NABC Winners". acbl.com. ACBL. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
List of previous winners, Page 8 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 52–1, March 13, 2009
2009 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 52–3, March 15, 2009, archived from the original (PDF) on November 29, 2014