Jeff Meckstroth

Jeffrey John (Jeff) Meckstroth (born May 15, 1956)[1] is an American professional contract bridge player. He is a multiple world champion, winning the Bermuda Bowl on USA teams five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad. As of May 16, 2016, he was the fifth-ranking World Grand Master.[2] For decades Meckstroth has been in a regular partnership with Eric Rodwell and together, nicknamed "Meckwell", they are one of the most successful bridge partnerships of all time. They are well known for playing an aggressive and very detailed system that derived from Precision Club.

One of Meckstroth's iconic achievements was winning three of the four available major events contested at the ACBL's 2008 fall championships, the Open Board-A-Match Teams, Blue Ribbon Pairs, and Reisinger Teams.

He became ACBL's all-time leading masterpoint holder when he went past Paul Soloway's long held record during the Indianapolis Winter Regional in March 2010.[3]

Meckstroth was born in Springfield, Ohio. He is a full-time bridge professional and currently lives in Clearwater Beach, Florida with his wife, Sally Chapleau-Meckstroth.

Bridge accomplishments

Awards

Wins

Runners-up

Publications

References

  1. The 1st World Mind Sports Games. info.2008wmsg.chinaqiyuan.com
  2. World Bridge Federation, Open World Grand Masters
  3. "Meckstroth passes Soloway to become masterpoint king". Reno NABC staff. Daily Bulletin 53:1 (March 12, 2010), pp. 1, 7. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  4. World Team Championship Winners
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  6. 1 2 "GNT Previous Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  7. 1 2 "Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
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  9. 1 2 "Mitchell BAM Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  10. 1 2 "Life Master Open Pairs Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  11. 1 2 "Reisinger Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  12. "Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  13. "Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  14. 1 2 "Spingold Previous Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  15. 1 2 "Vanderbilt Previous Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  16. "Wernher Open Pairs Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  17. "Mixed BAM Previous Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  18. "Platinum Pairs Previous Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  19. "von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs Previous Winners". ACBL. Retrieved 2016-07-31.

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