Jacqui Mitchell

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Jacquelyn M. "Jacqui" Mitchell (born 1936) [1] is an American bridge player from New York City and was the wife of Victor Mitchell who, like her, played in international events. [2] According to Alan Truscott, writing in The New York Times in early 1987, in September 1986 she became the World Bridge Federation (WBF) highest-ranked woman player. [3] She has won five world titles, four of them when partnering Gail Moss.

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Career

Mitchell was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2003. [4] At the time she was a busy professional teacher as well as player. [1]

In 1981–2 and 1983, she took part in Grand Slam , two televised matches between teams representing the US and Britain, arranged by the BBC. The 1983 match was featured in a book that described her thus: [5]

Jackie [sic] Mitchell... is as utterly self disciplined at the table as she is away from it... She passes much of her time at the table doing embroidery as though determined to remain detached, but those who trifle with her do so at their peril. If her bidding sometimes appears orthodox, or a little too conservative, her card play and defence are of the very highest quality.

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

Wins

Runners-up

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mitchell, Jacqui" Archived 2017-07-26 at the Wayback Machine . Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 694. ISBN   0-943855-48-9. LCCN   96188639.
  3. ↑ "BRIDGE; Jacqui Mitchell, a New Number One" Retrieved 24 December 2014
  4. 1 2 "Induction by Year" Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine . Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. ↑ Jeremy James, Jeremy Flint, and Derek Rimington, Grand Slam, London: Country Life , 1983, ISBN   0-600-36878-5, p. 7.
  6. 1 2 "List of Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 27 March 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  7. 1 2 "List of Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 29 March 2014. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  8. 1 2 "List of Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 21 July 2014. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Women's BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 1 December 2013. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "List of Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League.
  11. ↑ "List of Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 24 July 2014. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
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