The Fast Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Fast Open Pairs is a four session MP pairs event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. Each set of two sessions is played on one day. The event typically starts on the second Thursday of the NABC. The event is open. Players are required to play each two board round in eleven minutes. Typically, there is only a small (30–45 minutes) break between the two sessions.
The NABC+ Fast Open Pairs is a matchpoint event where tables are permitted 11 minutes to finish their two-board rounds, rather than the standard 15 minutes. [1] The event consists of two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. It was first contested in 2000 in Anaheim, California.
In the first 16 renditions to 2015, the pair Doug Doub–Adam Wildavsky had one win and two seconds. Geoff Hampson and Chris Willenken both had two wins with different partners.
| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Aaron Silverstein, Chris Willenken | Linda Lewis, Paul Lewis |
| 2001 | Jim Robison, Mark Itabashi | Robert Bell, Earl Glickstein |
| 2002 | Alan Kleist, Leo LaSota | Ron Smith, Chris Willenken |
| 2003 | John Hurd, Joel Wooldridge | Ed Schulte, Joseph Godefrin |
| 2004 | Peter Weiden, Rick Zucker | Doug Doub, Adam Wildavsky |
| 2005 | Ralph Buchalter, Chris Willenken | Jiang Gu, Xiaodong Shi |
| 2006 | Robert Lebi, Nicolas L'Ecuyer | Doug Doub, Adam Wildavsky |
| 2007 | Geoff Hampson, Bobby Levin | Eldad Ginossar, Ron Pachtmann |
| 2008 | Doug Doub, Adam Wildavsky | John Diamond, Brian Platnick |
| 2009 | Dick Bruno, Peggy Kaplan | Bob Etter, John Hodges |
| 2010 | Dan Jacob, Nagy Kamel | Steve Shirey, Allan Stauber |
| 2011 [1] | John Diamond, Geoff Hampson | Lew Gamerman, Robert McCaw |
| 2012 | Tom Kniest, Ed Schulte | Thomas Bessis, Ishmael Del'Monte |
| 2013 | Jim Munday, Larry Sealy | Krzysztof Jassem, Marcin Mazurkiewicz |
| 2014 | Adam Grossack, Zachary Grossack | Krzysztof Jassem, Marcin Mazurkiewicz |
| 2015 | Igor Savchenko, Irina Kislitsyna | Robert Lebi, Jeff Roman |
| 2016 | Marty Nelson, Gil Cohen | Terry Beckman, John Koch |
| 2017 | Richard Oshlag, Mark Dahl | Stanford Christie, Dave Westfall |
| 2018 | Richard Oshlag, Mark Dahl | Leo LaSota, Brad Theurer |
| 2019 | David Yang, Marin Marinov | Richard Oshlag, Mark Dahl |
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 Reisinger national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
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 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 North American bridge championship is held at the spring 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 Roth Open Swiss Teams is a national bridge championship Swiss Teams event held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams North American bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Nail Life Master Open Pairs is a North American bridge championship held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Smith Life Master Women's Pairs North American bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs national bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams bridge championship is held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC) and is a four session board-a-match event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the first Sunday of the NABC and is restricted to female players.
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 Keohane North American Swiss Teams 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 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.
List of previous winners, Page 18 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 80–7, July 24, 2008[ permanent dead link ]
2008 winners, Page 1 Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 80–9, July 26, 2008[ permanent dead link ]