North American Pairs are here:

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Zeus

 2018 North American Pairs Final  October 28th

You need to have qualified at a club ( don’t ask, it wasn’t me that decided that 50% at any of a series of club games was some sort of  mark of previously-concealed greatness ).

You also need to be a resident of our “District” ( ie, NYC or Long Island ). Or willing to lie about it. You know who you are.

I won’t be there, since my lame-ass partner will be tied up doing something non-bridge related.  There’s a lesson there somewhere.

If you don’t know whether you qualified, you can check  here. But I’m not going to bet on you winning the final if you need the assist.  The good new is that this list isn’t comprehensive, so if you’re not on it and somehow feel you belong on it, contact the club you think you played at and maybe they’ll agree that you qualified after all. It isn’t like anyone is going to check your credentials.

And just for fun, here’s a great article on pizza slices in NYC.   Mmmmmm.  https://www.seriouseats.com/2018/10/best-ny-pizza-slices-2018.html

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Youth Bridge Tournament results

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Uday Ivatury

The Youth Bridge Tournament was held on May 27th during the Regional.
7 tables, and here are the results:

mps A B
1.39 Red 1 50.50 72.14 Benji Binday Mason Sklar
1.12 Red 2 1 49.00 70.00 Jack Boge Katherine Hwang
0.84 Red 3 2 43.75 62.50 Isaac Fishman Lex Kappell
0.63 Red 4 3 39.08 55.83 Brad Derfner Connor Wolff
0.47 Red 5/6 4 35.58 50.83 Avery Silverstein Emma-Jane Terny
0.39 Red 5/6 35.58 50.83 Adin Moses Steven Borodkin

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Goldman Pairs

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Zeus

The Goldman Pairs at the Eastern States Regional is bridge’s  oldest continuous 4-session  championship going back to 1929.   This event with a 2 session qualifier on Saturday May 26and Final on May 27 is an amazing opportunity to test yourselves against some of the best players in New York and the  country.    The list of past winners reads like a who’s who of bridge [https://www.gnyba.org/winners/goldman]

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Fight Hunger Charity Game

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Zeus

Tuesday evening, May 22, the GNYBA will be holding a special charity game in partnership with City Harvest to raise money for their Skip Lunch, Fight Hunger campaign. Money raised will be used by City Harvest to provide meals over the summer months for kids who would otherwise be eligible for school
breakfasts and lunches. [Click Here for more info]

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March 20 – 26 STAC Results

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Zeus

March 20 – 26 STaC Results:

http://tournaments.acbl.org/schedule.php?tourid=24429#schedule

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Hail Columbia! (University, that is)

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Uday Ivatury

The Columbia University bridge team, represented by: Yang Xu (Simon), Jiaheng Hu (Jeff), Max Krawczyk and Jing Zhang, earned themselves a 4th spot – and an all-expense paid trip to Atlanta – to the Collegiate Bridge Bowl which will take place during the summer NABCs in Atlanta.

Full results here.

The first qualification tournament for the Collegiate Bridge Bowl took place Sunday, March 4th. The teams played 8 matches of 6 boards each and Columbia team won 5 of their 8 matches by large margins, losing by a few imps to Georgia Tech and Princeton (which finished 1st and 3rd respectively) and defeating Berkley, which finished 2nd. The Princeton team included 2 up and coming GNYBA players: Nathan Finkle and Sam Berman.

In the next qualification round 4 more teams will go through to Atlanta and then the final 2 spots will be determined via a series of daily BBO games awarding points to individual players (top 2 teams that accumulate most points will get the last 2 spots for the final).

The four players, along with other Columbia students, have been meeting and practicing – with the help of Giorgia Botta and the GNYBA – to improve their collegiate record and bring home the win in the upcoming tournament.

The final event will be played August 2nd through 4th in Atlanta. Stay tuned for results.

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May Regional – back at the Hilton

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Uday Ivatury

The May Regional (May 22-28) at the Hilton Midtown (54th & 6th) will feature a Fight Hunger Charity Game to kick off the event. Join us for this great cause.

This regional will feature a charity pairs and a youth tournament, We also have a Bulletin Board for players looking for partners. Check out the partnership desk.

Tournament information and schedule

Results

Bulletins

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How close are you to your next rank?

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Uday Ivatury

Jay Whipple, the guy who brought us The Common Game, hosts a web page that analyzes your ACBL Rank and tells you what you need, and where to go get it.

No, no, not that, I’m talking about Silver, Red and Gold – the three legs of our frustrating Life Master tripod.

Curious? Enter your ACBL number in the form below. It’s like Googling yourself, but not as weird.

ACBL Number

Our forthcoming Regional (in May, at the midtown Hilton) will be one such source of advancement. The District 3 regional in Tarrytown is right around the corner as well ( Jan 22-28 ) and you don’t need to wait.

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Herman/Gwirtzman/Cole win Player of the year

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Uday Ivatury

2017 is out. The results of the GNYBA Player of the year races are in.

Ira Herman, Bob Gwirtzman and Margie Cole are the winners in our three categories.

Click for details

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Party during regional. Maybe you’re invited.

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Uday Ivatury

Our illustrious President ( no, not that one, ours says his name is David Moss ) said

The GNYBA will be hosting a party and Barometer Game on Saturday night  Dec 30 at 7pm at Aces.

Aces Bridge Club
244 West 54th Street, suite 705
NYC 10019
212-586-0417

When pressed for detail, he said  “We will have more details at the tournament itself.”

Probably the GNYBA will supply snacks and soda. I’m planning to bring my own beer.

The Saturday game will be hosted by Rachael Moller & David Gurvich, and modeled after David’s usual (invitational) monthly games.

If you can’t show up to this one, try to cadge an invitation to the normal monthly game. David & Rachael have managed to recreate something long missing from NY bridge.

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