Jeff Meckstroth

Career

As of December 2011 he was the 6th-ranking World Grand Master. They are well known for playing an aggressive and very detailed system that derived from Precision Club. He became ACBL"s all time leading masterpoint holder when he went past Paul Soloway"s long held record during the Indianapolis Winter Regional in March 2010.

Meckstroth was born in Springfield, Ohio.

Wins Runners-up Bermuda Bowl (2) 1997, 2005 World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1992 Rosenblum Cup (1) 2010 North American Bridge Championships (20) Vanderbilt (4) 1979, 1991, 1996, 2002 Spingold (4) 1985, 1990, 2011, 2012 Reisinger (1) 1980 Grand National Teams (3) 1994, 2003, 2005 Open Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1998, 1999 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 2005 Master Mixed Teams (2) 1983, 1992 Life Master Pairs (1) 1983 Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1992 Life Master Men"s Pairs (1) 1985 United States Bridge Championships (4) Open Team Trials (4) 1982, 1984, 1985, 1997 Other notable 2nd places: Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1997 Cap Volmac World Top Invitational Pairs (1) 1994 Sunday Times–Macallan Invitational Pairs (1) 1993 Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 1984.

Achievements

• ACBL Player of the Decade 1990s, 2000s ACBL Player of the Year 1992, 2004 Barry Crane Top 500 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 Mott-Smith Trophy 1979, 1980, 1985, 2000, 2009 Fishbein Trophy 1996, 2004, 2007 Herman Trophy 1980, 1982, 1995, 2004 ACBL King of Bridge 1974 Le Bridgeur Award (Best Played Hand of the Year) 1998 IBPA Award (Best Played Hand of the Year) 1999 Bermuda Bowl (5) 1981, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2009 World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1988 World Open Pairs (1) 1986 World Mixed Pairs (1) 2002 North American Bridge Championships (51) Vanderbilt (5) 1980, 1982, 1985, 2000, 2003 Spingold (12) 1984, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 Reisinger (9) 1979, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 Grand National Teams (10) 1990, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 Open Board-a-Match Teams (1) 2008 Men"s Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1984 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (5) 1994, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009 North American Men"s Swiss Teams (1) 1989 Blue Ribbon Pairs (2) 1982, 2008 Life Master Men"s Pairs (1) 1979 Open Pairs (1) 1979 Open Pairs II (2) 1992, 1999 Mixed Pairs (1) 1980 United States Bridge Championships (11) Open Team Trials (11) 1980, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012 European Open Bridge Championships (1) Open Pairs (1) 2003 Other notable wins: Buffett Cup (1) 2010 Cavendish Invitational Teams (2) 2000, 2003 Macallan Invitational Pairs (2) 1995, 1996.