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
- Allen Kahn, David Rosenberg
- David Treitel, Brian Glubok
2017
- Arch McKellar, Greg McKellar
- Richard Popper, Randall Rubenstein
2018
- Stephen Nellissen, Adam Wildavsky
- Peter Trenka, Magnus Olafsson
2019
- Lloyd Arvedon, Glenn Robbins
- Richard Popper, Samuel Ehrlichman