The Red Ribbon Pairs national bridge championship is held annually at the Summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). Prior to the 2015 Summer NABC, the Red Ribbon Pairs event was held at the Spring NABC.
The Red Ribbon Pairs is a four-session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the second Thursday of the NABC. The event is restricted to those with fewer than 2,500 masterpoints and have earned a red ribbon qualification.
The Red Ribbon Pairs is an ACBL event with national rating open to players with fewer than 2500 masterpoints. Players earn qualification by placing first or second overall in regionally rated events of at least Flight B status. Neither member of a qualifying pair may hold more than 2500 masterpoints at the time of qualification.
The four-session event began in 1986. The first repeat winner occurred in 2007 when Paul Spear duplicated his win from 1998. The first repeat winning partnership occurred in 2016 when Paul Hattis and James Orleans won their second consecutive Red Ribbon Pairs Championship.
The Bean Trophy was designated by the ACBL Board of Directors in 1996 to honor Percy Bean, ACBL president in 1972 and chairman of the board in 1973.
Bean (1916–1992) represented District 19 on the Board from 1964 until 1988 and served as president of the ACBL Charity Foundation from 1974 until 1981. He was a member of the National Goodwill Committee and the National Board of Governors and general chairman of arrangements for the World Team Olympiad in Seattle in 1984. Bean was the editor of Mad, Mad World of Bridge, a publication that strongly championed players of less than expert class.
| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Wayne Perrin, Martin Newland | Hugh Ogle, Charlie Cargile |
| 1987 | Jim Gaarder, Jimmy Ritzenberg | Charles Moser, Paul Bratton |
| 1988 | Leni Holtz, Guy Green | Anthony Trafecanty, Michael Trafecanty |
| 1989 | Lu Kohutiak, Yvonne Hernandez | 2/3. Charlie Cargile, Warren Haynie 2/3. Bill Goldberg, Bill McKenna |
| 1990 | Phil Gordon, Mike Grodsky | Rajendra Agarwal, Don Chilrud |
| 1991 | Dan Marthaler, Robert Johnstone | Steven Gaynor, Art Ardy Bakshian |
| 1992 | Duncan McCallum, Peter Peng | Andy Goodman, Steve Zolotow |
| 1993 | Ron Weinstock, John Gillette | Hank Meyer, Marty Graf |
| 1994 | T.C. Petty, Steve Altus | Grant Robinson, Joe Walden |
| 1995 | Marc Umeno, Hank Youngerman | Bernie Greenspan, Keith Sechler |
| Percy Bean Trophy inaugurated | ||
| 1996 | Vinay Sarin, Ringo Chung | Burton Lipsky, Arnold Goldstein |
| 1997 | Tony Miller, Diane Miller | Mark Bumgardner, Nagy Kamel |
| 1998 | Paul Spear, Jim Johnsen | David Halasi, Mike Nadler |
| 1999 | Jenni Hartsman, Andrew Rosenthal | Martin Hunter, Andy Stark |
| 2000 | Nie Wei Ping, Christopher Leung | David Yang, Xiaodong Shi |
| 2001 | Brandon Carpenter, LaToss Carpenter | Mike Nadler, Gurhun Baykal |
| 2002 | Rich Atwater, Chris Pesce | Bob Sievers, Georgia Heth |
| 2003 | Chi-Yen Lai, Bin Dai | Edward Leach, Bruce Schwaidelson |
| 2004 | Martin Harris, Jacob Morgan | Mark Brighouse, Harvinder Sidhu |
| 2005 | Yeong-Long Shiue, David Margolin | Jim Lyle, Robert Todd |
| 2006 | Chris Buchanan, B.J. Trelford | Everett Boyer, Mansoor Gowani |
| 2007 | Jack Hawthorne, Paul Spear | Jim Kehoe, Chuck Michalski |
| 2008 | Mike Develin, Li-Chung Chen | Sidney Kanter, Ron Nelken |
| 2009 | Daniel Jackson, Bill Gervais | Steven Towner, Mitch Towner |
| 2010 | Robert Levey, Jimmy Ritzenberg | George Dragich, Rosemary Dragich |
| 2011 | David Amsterdam, Brad Barry | Neil Cohen, Eric Goff |
| 2012 | Daniel Neill, Jason Rotenberg | Steve Hirsch, Gregory Thorpe |
| 2013 | Brian Cummins, Blake Sanders | Rich Brandenburg, Jeff Dater |
| 2014 | Mike Miedema, Ted Bain | Erli Zhou, Zhuo Wang |
| 2015 | Paul Hattis, James Orleans | Jesse Chao, Richard Wimberly |
| 2016 | Paul Hattis, James Orleans | Renee Shunta, Cameron Shunta |
| 2017 | Sudhir Patwardhan, Steve Overholt | Daniel Lev, Samuel Amer |
| 2018 | Michael Kelley, Martina Kelley | Richard Franklin, David Venetianer |
| 2019 | Roy Martin, Denny Cahan | Paul Hattis, James Orleans |
"ACBL - NABC Winners". acbl.com. ACBL. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
List of previous winners, Page 20 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 52–7, March 19, 2009
2009 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 52–9, March 21, 2009, archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2010
North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven days. They comprise both championship and side contests of different kinds in many classes of competition. Host cities in the United States and Canada are selected several years in advance.
The Sally Young LM–1500 Pairs bridge event is held at the Summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship. It is open to all players who have earned Life Master status up to 1,500 masterpoints. The event is held at the same time as the Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs and the Bruce LM-5000 Pairs event.
The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams is a bridge competition held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The North American Pairs (NAP) is a set of annual North American championships for pairs contested over two days at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championships (NABC). The events are restricted to pairs that have qualified through local, regional and district levels within their ACBL Districts.
The Silodor Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Whitehead Women's Pairs bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Lebhar IMP Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Jacoby Open Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Machlin Women's Swiss Teams national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The National 49er Pairs national bridge championship was held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Grand National Teams (GNT) national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Wernher Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs is a national bridge championship held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The event is restricted to those that have won a blue ribbon qualification and is generally considered, with the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs, as one of the two hardest pairs event on the ACBL calendar.
The Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs national bridge championship is held at the Fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The National 199er Pairs national bridge championship was held until 2013 at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The National 99er Pairs national bridge championship was held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC) until discontinued in 2013. The National 99er Pairs was a one-day two-session matchpoint pairs event, restricted to players with under 100 masterpoints and typically started on the second Friday of the NABC.
The Norman Kay Platinum Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The 0-10,000 Fast Pairs or 10K Fast Pairs is held at the Fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).