Mini-Spingold


Mini-Spingold national bridge championships are held at the summer American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship. They were introduced in 2001 and are held at the same time as the main Spingold knockout team championship.
The Mini-Spingold comprises two simultaneous knockout team events. The Mini-Spingold I typically lasts 6 days with each day being a round consisting of two sessions of 28 boards. Since 2006 the Mini-Spingold II has been limited to 5 days, so teams may play two matches on the first day.

Mini-Spingold I (0-5000)

This event is restricted to those with less than 5,000 masterpoints. As of 2017, the masterpoint limit has been raised to 6000.
YearCityNumber of teamsWinnersRunners-Up
2001Toronto72Brian Johnston, John Lloyd, Bill Woodcock, Gary Whiteman, Brooke Nelles, Dale FreemanHoward Gianera, Barry Purrington, Vernon Evans, Monte Evans, John Koch, Tony Ames
2002Washington63Howard Einberg, Michael Mikyska, Alan Myerson, Jim Glickman, David SokolowJohn Hodges, Lynn Johannesen, Dale Johannesen, Franklin Lowenthal
2003Long Beach41Barbara Wallace, Mark Yaeger, Lisa Kow, Rich Pavlicek Jr., Brian GunnellMarjorie Michelin, David Anding, Kenneth Titow, Ed Ulman, Andrew Vinock
2004New York40Larry Mohr, Alex Hong, Shi Yan, Hao Ge, Yi LiuKeith Connolly, Andrew de Sosa, Bob Rebelein, Morrie Kleinplatz
2005Atlanta51Walt Murphy, Julie Murphy, Steve DeVico, Gayle Covey, Elliott Grubman, Ava GrubmanRichard Wegman, Arnold Malasky, Gloria Silverman Bart, Jim Russell
2006Chicago51Martin Harris, Jacob Morgan, Jim Melville, Will EngelPaul Stern, Daniel Levin, James O’Neil, Christopher Mansour
2007Nashville61Brian Alexander, Karl Hicks, Jim Gordon, Mike BettsRandy Okubo, Nathan Glasser, Bud Biswas, Susan Winkler
2008Las Vegas99Joyce Hampton, Lukasz Lebioda, Jon Rice, Mike Rice, David GraingerWarren Cederborg, Greg Michaels, Dayou Zhou, Stephen Tu
2009Washington59Jay Whipple III, Kevin Dwyer, Owen Lien, Jon Rice, David GraingerMcKenzie Myers, Garth Yettick, Peggy Ware, Spencer Jones, Jon Brandon, Michael Sherman
2010New Orleans38Morrie Kleinplatz, Mark Leonard, Robert Stayman, John BoyerJim Russell, Nancy Spear, Mark Jones, Stephen Stewart
2011Toronto62John Lewis, David Sokolow, Howard Einberg, Maris Zilant, Susan Fuller, Saul GrossGary Donner, Deborah Murphy, Lauren Friedman, Larry Lerner
2012Philadelphia38Yan Wang, Edward Xu, Peter Wong, Jianfeng Luo, Nongyu LiGeorge Krizel, Albert Shekhter, Oleg Rubinchik, Igor Milman
2013Atlanta29Max Aeschbacher, Josh Parks, Arjun Dhir, Alex DezieckRandall Rubenstein, Marc Sylvester, Bill Begert, Doug Herron, Lorraine Cable, Doug Anderson
2014Las Vegas51Mark Friedlander, Richard Fellars, Howard Engle, Mark WeismanWenbo Zhang, Jiawei Luo, Robert Hou, Yuan Chen
2015Chicago47Steve Zolotow, Anam Tebha, Christian Jolly, Oren Kriegel, Sean GannonJonathan Fleischmann, Xu Wang, Brad Dracka, Jin Hu, Jordan Kaye
2016Washington52Edmund Wu, Jesse Chao, Alex Dezieck, Zhuo Wang, William ZhuRobert Bernstein, Jay Barron, Doris Van Delft, Merel Bruijnsteen
2017TorontoJohn McWhinnie, Henry Caspar, Debbie Feldman, Doug Barnes, Terry Richardson, Christopher CowanBrad Bart, Detlef Ladewig, Terrence Rego, Andy Stark
2018AtlantaNeil Stern, James Weeks, Dorn Bishop, Jim JohnsenDavid Shepler, Marsha Platnick, Brad Vander Zanden, Keith Hungate
2019Las VegasGreg Michaels, Martin Harris, John Botzum, Miriam Harris-BotzumArti Bhargava, Ingi Agnarsson, Gudjon Sigurjonsson, Mark Leonard

Mini-Spingold II (0-1500)

This event is restricted to those with less than 1,500 masterpoints. In 2017, the masterpoint limit was raised to 2,500 masterpoints.
YearCityNumber of teamsWinnersRunners-Up
2001Toronto36Bob Hollow, Motaz Farag, Jim Brickman, Bill Kertes, Leo Takefman, Irving GoodmanLarry Friedman, Jennifer Gianera, Jerry Poliquin, Larry Delefs, Ala Sobol, Mileva Jobin
2002Washington53Bob Hollow, Motaz Farag, Gabriel Tawil, Theo LichtensteinMaeve Mahon, John Segal, Russell Friedman, Allan Wolf
2003Long Beach36Matt Meckstroth, Rob Meckstroth, Rich Regan, James Hawkes, Andrew HurdBruce Blakely, Fred Stout, Nancy Ferguson, David Bryant
2004New York32Mark Teaford, Norton Rimer, Myron Rimer, Ronald ResnickDoris Banks, Christine Woodring, Paul Lenoble, Lew Kroll
2005Atlanta34Nancy Ferguson, David Bryant, Bruce Blakely, Dmitri ShabesNicolas Hammond, Martin Nathan, Maureen McGuire, Edward Foran, John Hassett, Robert Ternosky
2006Chicago43Steve Callaham, John Hassett, Edward Foran, Nicolas HammondEric Hendrickson, Richard Lawson, Matthew Bribitzer-Stull, Jason Bribitzer-Stull
2007Nashville41Matt Meckstroth, Robert Glickman, Sam Katz, Daniel GoldfeinOwen Lien, Eric Mayefsky, Eric Sieg, David Coberly, Zach Brescoll, Mike Develin
2008Las Vegas45Brian Duran, Gloria Tsoi, Lon Sunshine, Ivanie YeoJohn Scibelli, Thomas Shulman, Justine Hancock, Sali Ma
2009Washington61Eric Hendrickson, Matthew Bribitzer-Stull, Jason Bribitzer-Stull, Andy CaranicasVictor Hsu, Ted Wilson, Paul Fagan, Sandy Johnson
2010New Orleans27Jennifer Gu, Adam Portley, Belinda Gu, Jonathan PinesSteve Callaham, David Schulman, Patrick Corn, Megan Corn
2011Toronto31Yuan Chen, Wenbo Zhang, Sam Yu, Kaiyu QianJean La Traverse, Josette Levesque, Richard Collette, Sylvie Levesque
2012Philadelphia30Max Glick, Zach Scherr, Jin Hu, Zach Wasserman, Jonathan FleischmannClaude Le Feuvre, Perry Poole, Stan Weiner, Ping Hu
2013Atlanta23Buddy Landis, John Felker, Stephanie Felker, Rick WhiteheadBarbara Newman, Don Turner, Hannah Tidman, Yaron Schweizer
2014Las Vegas33Om Chokriwala, Fred Upton, Kevin Lane, Steve Ramos, JrMary Ose, Gary Ansok, Arti Bhargava, Todd Werby
2015Chicago23Hunter McClain, Benjamin Kompa, Xiyuan Ge, Kenneth RamaleyKenneth Hopke, Jerry Nolte, Elizabeth Nolte, Phil Feldman
2016Washington29Curt Kristensen, Gregory Sellgren, Ti Davis, Brian RinkWinston Chang, Joe Albert Garcia, Wayne Gorski, Frank Lin, Kenny Pan