John Diamond (born 1966) [1] is an American bridge player. Diamond won a world championship in 2010 and has won 6 North American Bridge Championships, and is often partnered with his longtime friend and fellow bridge player Brian Platnick. [2]
Diamond is from Daytona Beach, Florida. He graduated from Duke University and University of Maryland. [1]
Michael Rosenberg is an American bridge player.
Mir Zia Mahmood is a Pakistani-American professional bridge player. He is a World Bridge Federation and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. As of April 2011 he was the 10th-ranked World Grand Master.
Cezary Jacek Balicki is a Polish bridge and chess player. After 2014 competition, he ranked 17th among Grand Masters by World Bridge Federation (WBF) masterpoints, five places ahead of his longtime partner Adam Żmudziński. They ranked 26–27th among more than 100 all-time Grand Masters by placing points that do not decay over time. Balicki also holds the chess title of FIDE Master (FM).
Geoff Hampson is a Canadian professional bridge player. Hampson is from Toronto and the son of Sharon Hampson of "Sharon Lois and Bram" and American folk singer Joe Hampson.
Edward M. "Eddie" Wold is an American professional bridge player from Houston, Texas. Wold is a graduate of Rice University. Wold is an accomplished teacher and plays regularly at Houston's Westside Bridge Academy, particularly in that club's Saturday afternoon "common game," where over a thousand pairs from all over the country play identical boards.
Michael Passell is a professional American bridge player from Dallas, Texas.
Eric Alan Greco is an American bridge player. He is from Annandale, Virginia.
Howard M. Weinstein is an American bridge player from Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of University of Minnesota. He is related to Josh Weinstein from Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Charles U. "Chip" Martel is an American computer scientist and bridge player.
Michael Brad Moss is an American bridge player from Berkeley, California and New York City. He is the son of Gail Greenberg.
Bart Bramley is an American bridge player. Bramley is from Chicago, Illinois.
Michael Seamon was an American professional bridge player from Miami Beach, Florida.
George Robert Nail was an American bridge player and a club owner and teacher in Houston, Texas.
Björn Fallenius is a Swedish bridge player, for many years a resident of New York City. He and his late wife Kathy Fallenius operated the Cavendish Bridge Club.
Seymon Deutsch was an American bridge player. He started playing bridge as a student at the Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, alongside Bobby Wolff, but afterwards focused on a career in business. He returned to competitive bridge in 1980s, when he started gaining successes, which include titles in Grand National Teams (1986), the Spingold Knockout Teams (1991) and three Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. He won two world titles: the 1988 World Team Olympiad in Venice and 1994 Rosenblum Cup. Deutsch was 2007 recipient of Sidney H. Lazard Jr. Sportsmanship Award. ACBL Hall of Fame player Zia Mahmood told The New York Times at the time, "There are a few people about whom never a bad word is said ... Seymon is one of them".
Lew Stansby is an American bridge player from Dublin, California. Lew, a former commodities trader lives with wife and fellow national champion JoAnna Stansby. Since his first national win in the Reisinger in 1965, he has won over 35 national championships and seven world championships, accumulating a win in every decade since 1965.
Peter Boyd is a world champion American bridge player. He has won one world championship, finished second in another, and won 17 North American bridge championships.
Steve W. Robinson is an American bridge player from Arlington, Virginia. Robinson has won three world championships and 24 North American Bridge Championships. He was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2003.
George Jacobs is an American bridge player, who lives in Chicago. Jacobs has won 11 North American Bridge Championships.
Brian Platnick is an American bridge player.