Goldman Pairs

First contested in 1929, the Goldman Pairs is the country’s oldest regional pairs competition and the premier event of the Eastern States Regional in New York. This event had the status of a national championship during the Thirties.

1929
Oswald Jacoby, George Reith

1930
Geoffrey Mott-Smith, Richard Frey

1931
W. Cleveland Cogswell, Norman Bonney

1932
Winfield Liggett, Sidney Lenz

1933
Grace Perpall, F.E. Bailey

1934
Oswald Jacoby, David Burnstine

1935
Harry Raffel, Mel Alexander

1936
Jules Wetzler, Sterns Cunningham

1937
Harry Fishbein, Lewis Bernard

1938
Robert Chatkin, Myron Fuchs (Field)

1939
Fred Kaplan, Harold Ziman

1940
Charles Lochridge, Merwyn Maier

1941
Helen Sobel, Charles Goren

1942
Alphonse “Sonny” Moyse, Richard Frey

1943
Abraham Goldstein, Jules Tilles

1944
Mrs. Kenneth Beghold, Eugene Smith

1945
Jerry Friedlander, Ned Drucker

1946
Harry Harkavy, Ambrose Casner

1947
Richard Kahn, Charles Whitebrook

1948
Dr. Kalman Apfel, Frances Begley

1949
Abe Goldstein, Boris Raymond

1950
Jules Tilles, E. I. Phillips

1951
Edgar Kaplan, Boris Raymond

1952
Bertram Lebhar, Simon Rossant

1953
Oswald Jacoby, Harry Fishbein

1954
Jules Tilles, Boris Raymond

1955
Oswald Jacoby, Alfred Sheinwold

1956
Alan Leeds, Eugene Thumim

1957
Tobias Stone, Jan Stone

1958
Jacqui Gallaher, Victor Mitchell

1959
Howard Berger, Dr. George Rothenberg

1960
Lawrence Rosler, Roger Stern

1961
Tobias Stone, Al Roth tied with
Sol Seidman, Norman Neiger

1962
Victor Shen, Bernard Borak

1963
Ray Jotcham, Jacques Guertin

1964
Eli Jaye, Simon Becker

1965
Fred Bickel, Ronny Rosenberg

1966
James Kauder, Ann Nichols

1967
Boris Raymond, Steve Altman

1968
Chuck Burger, Jimmy Cayne

1969
Andy Bernstein, Ralph Chafetz

1970
Victor Chernoff, Clagett Bowie

1971
Joe Asber, Anthony Dionisi

1972
Richard Freedman, David Loomis

1973
Carol Krupp, Paul Trent

1974
Paul Berger, Sam Hanna

1975
Neil Silverman, Merle Tom

1976
Carl Lindenman, Keith Garber

1977
Al Roth, Barbara Rappaport (Haberman)

1978
Al Roth, Barbara Rappaport(Haberman)

1979
Al Roth, Barbara Rappaport (Haberman)

1980
Carl Lindenman, Keith Garber

1981
1.Bob Jones, Dan Zirker
2. Barry Goren, Michael Kopera

1982
1. Steve Weinstein, Fred Stewart
2. John Lowenthal, Kit Woolsey

1983
1. Larry Cohen, Marty Bergen
2. Phil Martin, John Lowenthal

1984
1. Rick Zucker, Drew Casen
2. Jill Blanchard, Bob Blanchard

1985
1. Jill Blanchard, Bob Blanchard
2. Beth Zucker, S.J. Browne

1986
1. Allen Kahn, David Rosenberg
2. John Lowenthal, Chuck Lamprey

1987
1. Carleton Lett, Lapt Chan
2. Ron McConnell, Carol Simon

1988
1. Gene Prosnitz, Ira Ewen
2. Joseph Celebucki, Stephen Shane

1989
1. Carol Simon, Michael Radin
2. Winthrop Allegaert, Allen Kahn

1990
1. Paul Morris, James Sampson
2. Jill Blanchard, Bob Blanchard

1991
1. Ira Ewen, Eugene Prosnitz
2. Larry Cohen, Steve Weinstein

1992
1. Steve Becker, Richard DeMartino
2. Jeffrey Selbst, Garry Goldberg

1993
1. Ira Herman, R. Jay Becker
2. James Gingrich, Dale Beers

1994
1. Carleton Lett, David Gurvich
2. Lynda Horn, Marvin Rosenblatt

1995
1. Robb Gordon, Linda Gordon
2. Carl Berenbaum, Rich Rothwarf

1996
1. Rick Zucker, Rose Johnson
2. Bob Blanchard, Jim Krekorian

1997
1. David Gurvich, Carleton Lett

1998
1. Margaret Williams, Victor King
2. Ava Grubman, Elliott Grubman

1999
1. Sam Lev, Albert Rahmey
2. Glenn Milgrim, Aaron Silverstein

2000
1. Chris Willenken, Aaron Silverstein
2. Linda Gordon, Robb Gordon

2001
1. Chris Willenken, Aaron Silverstein
2. Eugene Saxe, Thomas Smith

2002
1. Charles Moy, Boris Merson
2. Glenn Milgrim, Michael Polowan

2003
1. Richard Schwartz, Michael Polowan
2. Steve Becker, Richard De Martino

2004
1. Andrew Rosenthal, David Moss
2. Andrew Stark, Franco Baseggio

2005
1. Arch McKellar, Greg McKellar
2. Walter Lee, Alex Perlin

2006
1. Jason Feldman, Ron Smith
2. Albert Shekhter, Yuri Yurachkivsky

2007
1. Joe Grue, Kevin Bathurst
2. Marvin Deneroff, Bobby Levin

2008
1. R Jay Becker, Michael Rosenberg
2. Jiang Gu, James Dong

2009
1. R Jay Becker, Michael Rosenberg
2. David Herman, Artur Malinowski

2010
1. Yiji Starr, Douglas Doub
2. Judi Radin, Sylvia Moss

2011
1. Jared Lilienstein, Michael Polowan
2. Michael Moss, Brian Glubok

2012
1.  Franco Basseggio, Andrew Stark
2.  Albert Shekhter, George Krizel

2013
1.  Alison Wilson, Chris Willenken
2.  Alex Perlin, Walter Lee

2014

1. Albert Shekhter, George Krizel
2. Arch McKellar, Greg McKellar

2015

1. Ed Freeman, Stanley Landers
2. Rica Tarnoff, Jacqui Mitchell

2016

  1. Allen Kahn, David Rosenberg
  2. David Treitel, Brian Glubok

2017

  1. Arch McKellar, Greg McKellar
  2.  Richard Popper, Randall Rubenstein

2018

  1. Stephen Nellissen, Adam Wildavsky
  2. Peter Trenka, Magnus Olafsson

2019

  1. Lloyd Arvedon, Glenn Robbins
  2. Richard Popper, Samuel Ehrlichman