User:P64/Bridge/Championships/Sunday Times Invitational Pairs

Cavendish Invitational Pairs

Macallan Macallan/Sunday Times and so on

Except 1968 and 1969, all winning pairs were co-national.
 * Winners

This list covers 27 tournaments with 27 winners. Double winners (compiled by hand and eye) include at least the three pairs Sven-Olov Flodqvist–Per Olof Sundelin, Jeff Meckstroth–Eric Rodwell, Geir Helgemo–Tor Helness, and three individuals Alan Sontag, Barnet Shenkin, Gabriel Chagas.

🇫🇷 FRA 1963 Pierre Jaïs, Roger Trézel 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG 1964 Terence Reese, Boris Schapiro 🇫🇷 FRA 1966 Gérard Desrousseaux, Georges Théron --not in PL, FR 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG 1967 Claude Rodrigue, Louis Tarlo --not in PL, FR 1968 Claude Delmouly, Léon Yallouze 🇫🇷 FRA 🇪🇬 EGY fr:Claude Delmouly --not in PL 1969 Jean Besse, John D. Collings SWI 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG 1970 Nico Gardener, Tony Priday 🇵🇱 POL 1971 Łukasz Lebioda, Andrzej Wilkosz pl:Łukasz Lebioda, pl:Andrzej Wilkosz 🇺🇸 USA 1972 Steve Altman, Alan Sontag

🇮🇹 ITA 1974 Gianfranco Facchini, Sergio Zucchelli 🇺🇸 USA 1975 Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel SCO 1976 Michael Rosenberg, Barnet Shenkin 🇫🇷 FRA 1977 Jean-Michel Boulenger, Henri Szwarc fr:Henri Szwarc --not in PL, FR 🇸🇪 SWE 1978 Sven-Olov Flodqvist, Per Olof Sundelin --not in PL 🇧🇷 BRA 1979 Pedro Paulo Assumpção, Gabriel Chagas --even Chagas is unique at EN.wiki SCO 1980 Victor Goldberg, Barnet Shenkin 🇸🇪 SWE 1981 Sven-Olov Flodqvist, Per Olof Sundelin

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG 1990 Tony Forrester, Andrew Robson 🇫🇷 FRA 1991 Paul Chemla, Michel Perron pl:Michel Perron --not in FR 🇧🇷 BRA 1992 Marcelo Branco, Gabriel Chagas 🇺🇸 USA 1993 Gaylor Kasle, Bobby Levin 🇵🇱 POL 1994 Cezary Balicki, Adam Żmudziński

🇺🇸 USA 1995 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 🇺🇸 USA 1996 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 🇮🇹 ITA 1997 Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace 🇳🇴 NOR 1998 Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness 🇳🇴 NOR 1999 Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness


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 * my source for Winners
 * "usually limited to 16 to 22 leading pairs"
 * "Sunday Times Pairs"; 1995 subheading 'Sponsored by Macallan Whisky (1995–1999)'

Fred Gitelman, Canadian Bridge Canadien
 * 2a, 2b
 * 1996. "1996 Macallan Pairs Championship Diary". Reprint at BridgeBase.
 * "The event was reborn in 1990, with Macallan as the main sponsor. The Times and Sunday Times are still associated with the tournament and provided extensive coverage."
 * contested Jan 24-26, 16 pairs inclg Gitelman and George Mittelman --one week after Cap Volmac Invitational in The Hague, 16 pairs
 * "Tournament organizers, Helen Schapiro and Paul Mendelson"
 * complete final standings; some account of all 15 matches


 * Spring 1997. "The 1997 Macallan International Bridge Pairs Championship". Reprint at BridgeBase.
 * "Thanks to the efforts of Macallan, Helen Schapiro, and Paul Mendelson this event was reborn in 1990 as The Macallan International Bridge Pairs Championship."
 * "The organizers of the 1997 Macallan took a bold initiative this year in that only natural systems were allowed. There were to be no strong club systems ... Since we will all benefit if the general public embraces bridge, let's hope the organizers are on to something!"
 * final standings #1-8; some account of several interesting deals

Omar Sharif–Christian Mari, fifth place