The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams is a bridge competition held at the summer American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
From 2010 the event is officially the Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, as it is contested for the Richard Freeman Memorial Trophy, named for Richard Freeman (1933–2009). This is the fourth trophy in play, following Lebhar, Barclay, and Chicago.
The event is a board-a-match team event. The event typically last 2–3 days with each day being a round consisting of two sessions of 26 boards. The event is open.
The Mixed Teams championship is one of the oldest ACBL events, first played in 1929. It is a four-session event with two qualifying and two final sessions. At one time it was restricted to players with at least 100 masterpoints (thus the name to 1995, "Master Mixed Teams") but now is an open event.
It was originally known as the Master Mixed Teams. In 1996, the name changed to the present designation. From 1946 to 1955, a separate event with national rating was held on the West Coast.
The winners have their names inscribed on the Chicago Trophy.
At least four champion Mixed Teams defended their titles successfully and without change in personnel, in 1944, 1950, 1953, and 1978. The 1977–78 winners finished in a 3-way tie in 1979.
Charles Goren won the event six times from 1938 to 1954 and Helen Sobel six times from 1941 to 1968, five times as teammates.
| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Max Cohen, Mrs. M. K. Alexander, Rose Fleischer, R. Frankenstein | (unknown) |
| 1930 | Winfield Liggett, Dorothy Rice Sims, P. Hal Sims, Derrick Wernher | W. Cleveland Cogswell, J. Arnold Farrar, Doris Fuller, George Reith |
| 1931 | E. M. Baker, Margaret Beech, William McKenney, Mrs. H. D. Stahl | |
| 1932 | Marie Black, Huber Boscowitz, Sam Fry, Olga Hilliard | Mrs. L. Bloomberg, Bernard Cone, Louis Gotthelf, Mrs. Thomas Stern |
| 1933 | David Burnstine, Elinor Murdoch, Mrs. Ivan Stengel, Edwin Wetzlar | Dorothy Rice Sims, P. Hal Sims, Margaret Wagar, Waldemar von Zedtwitz |
| 1934 | Lester Bachner, Mrs. Lester Bachner, James Lemon, Martha Lemon | Mitch Barnes, Barbara Collyer, Doris Fuller, Henry Vogel |
| 1935 | Mary Clement, Mary Zita Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Waldemar von Zedtwitz | |
| 1936 | Hortense Evans, Louis Haddad, Robert McPherran, Elizabeth Whitney | B. Jay Becker, Helen Bonwit, Howard Schenken, Sally Young |
| 1937 | Philip Abramsohn, Estelle Drescher, Morrie Elis, Ann Naiman | S. Garton Churchill, Phyllis Gardner, Travers LeGros, Dorothy Roberts |
| 1938 | Eleanor Hirsch, John Kunkel, Helen Pendelton Rockwell, Milton Vernoff | |
| 1939 | Robert Chatkin, Valerie Klein, Alvin Landy, Florence Stratford | Edward Ellenbogen, Peggy Golder, Helen Mitchell, Charles J. Solomon |
| 1940 | Edward Ellenbogen, Peggy Golder, Helen Mitchell, Charles J. Solomon | |
| 1941 | Oswald Jacoby, Louise Wainwright, Sherman Stearns, Mrs. William A. Tucker | |
| 1942 | Philip Abramsohn, Kay Rhodes, Edith Seligman, Tobias Stone | |
| 1943 | Edith Hammond, Pat Lightner, Walter Malowan, Stuyvestant Wainwright | |
| 1944 | Marie Basher, Edward Cohn, John R. Crawford, Margaret Wagar | |
| 1945 | Estelle Elis, Harry Fishbein, Al Roth, Edith Seligman | |
| 1946 | Charles Goren, Emily Folline, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel | |
| 1947 | 2/3. Emily Folline, Peter Leventritt, David Warner, Sally Young 2/3. Harold Harkavy, Jane Jaeger, Lewis Jaeger, Mrs. G. Strasser | |
| 1948 | Harry Fishbein, Ruth Goldberg, Ludwig Kabakjian, Edith Seligman | |
| 1949 | John R. Crawford, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar | |
| 1950 | John R. Crawford, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar | |
| 1951 | Myron Field, Agnes Gordon, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel | |
| 1952 | John R. Crawford, Emma Jean Hawes, George Rapée, Olive Peterson, Sidney Silodor | |
| 1953 | Emmanual Hochfeld, Mary Jane Kauder, Lew Mathe, Gloria Turner | |
| 1954 | Marianne Boschan, Gertrude Eberson, David Murray, Lewis Tubbs | |
| 1955 | Mary Bowden, Doug Drury, Robert P. Freedman, Agnes Gordon, Eric Murray | |
| 1956 | Barbara Brier, Jan Stone, Tobias Stone, Waldemar von Zedtwitz | |
| 1957 | John R. Crawford, Milton Ellenby, Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Gloria Turner | Sam Fry, Dorothy Hayden, Sally Johnson, Ira Rubin |
| 1958 | B. Jay Becker, Bee Gale, Betty Goldberg, Howard Schenken | |
| 1959 | Leonard Harmon, Edgar Kaplan, Peggy Rotzell, Alfred Sheinwold, Betty Sheinwold | |
| 1960 | William Grieve, Alicia Kempner, George Rapée, Betty Ann Welch | B. Jay Becker, Dorothy Hayden, Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor, Sylvia Stein |
| 1961 | Richard Freeman, Emmanuel Hochfeld, Louise Robinson, Gloria Turner | John Fisher, Jean Frankel, Lou Gurvich, Boots Kendrick, Sidney Lazard |
| 1962 | Charles Coon, Agnes Gordon, Eric Murray, Helen Portugal | Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor, Sylvia Stein, Margaret Wagar |
| 1963 | Israel Cohen, Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels, Alvin Roth | |
| 1964 | 2/3. Martin Cohn, Hampton Hume, Bernadine Jenkins, Mary Philley 2/3. Harold Harkavy, Virginia Heckel, Edith Kemp, Cliff Russell, Jerome Yavitz | |
| After 1964 the historic Chicago Trophy (see Reisinger) became< | --was relegated to be--> the prize for winning this event. | |
| 1965 | Burt Norton, Carol Norton, Alan Press, Billy Rosen, Sylvia Stein, Carol Stolkin | |
| 1966 | Barbara Rappaport, Al Roth, Bee Schenken, Howard Schenken | |
| 1967 | 2/4. John Gerber, Norman Kay, Carol Klar, George Rosenkranz, Edith Rosenkranz 2/4. B. Jay Becker, John Fisher, Dorothy Hayden, Emma Jean Hawes 2/4. Leland Ferer, Gratian Goldstein, Fred Hamilton, Sylvia Stein | |
| 1968 | Betty Kaplan, Edgar Kaplan, George Rapée, Carol Stolkin | |
| 1969 | Janice Cohn, Flo Orner, Charles Peres, Dan Rotman, Ivar Stakgold, Alice Stakgold | Barry Crane, Jules Farell, Mary Jane Farell, Marilyn Johnson, Peter Rank |
| 1970 | 2/3. Ken Barbour, William Daly, Mickey Rosenthal, Helen Strasberg, Dave Strasberg 2/3. Betty Adler, Julian Adler, Dave Sachs, Sue Sachs | |
| 1971 | Dorsey Brooks, Zerrene Brooks, Joan Remey, Vincent Remey | |
| 1972 | Gail Moss, Mike Moss, Marietta Passell, Bill Passell | B. Jay Becker, John Fisher, Emma Jean Hawes, Alan Truscott, Dorothy Hayden Truscott |
| 1973 | Ellen Alfandre, Phil Feldesman, Edith Sacks, Stanley Tomchin | 2/5. Betty Adler, Julian Adler, David Sachs, Sue Sachs 2/5. Doug Fraser, Sandra Fraser, Barbara Saltsman, Joey Silver 2/5. Mark Berger, Sallie Johnson, Amos Kaminsky, Jack Saltz, Mona Stocknoff 2/5. Carol Crawford, John R. Crawford, Barbara Rappaport, Al Roth |
| 1974 | Robert Lipsitz, Jo Morse, Peggy Parker, Steve Parker, Steve Robinson | |
| 1975 | 2/3. Shirlee Lazarus, Eugenie Mathe, Lew Mathe, Joan Remey, Vincent Remey, Jim Zimmerman 2/3. Carol Crawford, John R. Crawford, Barbara Rappaport, Al Roth | |
| 1976 | 1/2. Richard H. Katz, Carol Sanders, Paul Swanson, Marion Weed 1/2. Fred Hamilton, John Sutherlin, Peggy Sutherlin, Rhoda Walsh, Nancy Weichsel, Peter Weichsel | |
| 1977 | Ethel Dayboch, Morrie Freier, Richard Paulsen, Sue Thornton | |
| 1978 | Betty Adler, Julian Adler, David Sachs, Sue Sachs | |
| 1979 | 1/3. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark Lair, Sidney Lazard 1/3. Betty Bloom, Steven Bloom, Mark Cohen, Edith Sacks 1/3. Lynne Feldman, Mark Feldman, Ed Nagy, Sharon Smith | |
| 1980 | Gerald Caravelli, Dennis McGarry, Joan Remey, Vincent Remey, Helen Utegaard | |
| 1981 | Doug Fraser, Sandra Fraser, Ralph Katz, Paul Lewis, Linda Peterson, Esta Van Zandt | Bill Cole, Lynn Deas, Norb Kremer, Beth Palmer |
| 1982 | 1/2. Tommy Sanders, Carol Sanders, Sidney Lazard, Joan DeWitt 1/2. Lynn Deas, Norb Kremer, Beth Palmer, Bill Cole | |
| 1983 | Alan Kudisch, Judy Landau, Drew Casen, Karen Allison | Kathie Wei, Judi Radin, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth |
| 1984 | Edith Rosenkranz, George Rosenkranz, Carol Sanders, Mark Lair, Lynn Deas, Eddie Wold | |
| 1985 | Bill Pollack, Rozanne Pollack, Alan Truscott, Dorothy Truscott, Evelyn Levitt, Dave Treadwell | Rich Schmieder, Jyme Tropila, Martin Miller, Carol Dietz |
| 1986 | Carol Simon, Bob Etter, Min Ross, Hugh Ross, Paul Kern, Claire Kern | |
| 1987 | 1/2. Jim Mahaffey, Linda Perlman, Joan Remey, Paul Soloway 1/2. Bob Hamman, Kerri Shuman, Rama Linz, Bobby Levin | |
| 1988 | 1/2. Robert Radwin, Helen Utegaard, Flo Rotman, Dan Rotman 1/2. Ken Cohen, JoAnn Manfield, Robert Woodard, Ev Cogan | |
| 1989 | 2/3. Marty Bergen, Dori Cohen, Mary Oshlag, Richard Oshlag 2/3. Chester Hirsch, Mary Jane Farell, Jacqui Mitchell, Victor Mitchell | |
| 1990 | Jim Becker, Ellee Lewis, Howard Chandross, Vivian Whalen | |
| 1991 | John Carruthers, Katie Thorpe, Brad Moss, Bronia Gmach, Jared Lilienstein | Robert Thomson, Asya Kamsky, Rozanne Pollack, Michael Radin, Marty Bergen, Dori Cohen |
| 1992 | Gabriel Chagas, Marinesa Letizia, Dennis Clerkin, Juanita Chambers, Mike Lawrence, Beth Palmer | Björn Fallenius, Kathy Anday, Shirlee Meckstroth, Jeff Meckstroth |
| 1993 | Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz, Beth Palmer, William Pettis | Nancy Molesworth, Stephen Schneer, Robbie Hopkins, Joan Lewis |
| 1994 | Mike Lucas, Michael Seamon, Renee Mancuso, Steve Sion, Barbara Sion | George Rosenkranz, Sabine Zenkel, Eddie Wold, Kerri Sanborn, Larry Cohen |
| 1995 | Jeff Schuett, Ginny Schuett, Tom Kniest, Karen Walker, Florine Walters, Mark Feldman | |
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, for the Chicago Trophy, 1996 to 2009 | ||||
| 1996 | Jimmy Cayne, Jacqui Mitchell, Amalya Kearse, Mike Passell, Chuck Burger, Suzy Burger | |||
| 1997 | Marc Low, Sandra Low, Sue Sachs, David Sachs | Kit Woolsey, Sally Woolsey, JoAnne Casen, Larry Mori, Martha Katz, Ralph Katz | ||
| 1998 | Rita Shugart, Geir Helgemo, Kitty Munson, Andrew Robson | |||
| 1999 | Richard Gabriel, Ellen Gabriel, Rhoda Prager, Brian Ellis | |||
| 2000 | Barry Rigal, Sue Picus, Sylvia Moss, Judi Radin, Alex Ornstein, Jeff Ferro | Mel Colchamiro, Janet Colchamiro, Betty Bloom, Steve Bloom, Kitty Munson Cooper, Steven Cooper | ||
| 2001 | Lou Ann O'Rourke, Joan Stein, Hjördis Eythorsdottir, Curtis Cheek, Billy Miller | |||
| 2002 | Michael Rosenberg, Debbie Rosenberg, Lisa Berkowitz, Larry Cohen, Richard Schwartz, Margie Gwozdzinsky | Paul Lewis, Linda Lewis, Bob Glasson, Joann Glasson | ||
| 2003 | Richard Zeckhauser, Mildred Breed, Eddie Wold, Hjördis Eythorsdottir | |||
| 2004 | Steve Robinson, Lynn Deas, Bill Pollack, Rozanne Pollack, Beth Palmer, Bill Pettis | Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Lew Stansby, JoAnna Stansby, Jan Martel, Chip Martel | ||
| 2005 | Barbara Sonsini, John Sutherlin, Tobi Sokolow, Mark Lair, Rhoda Walsh | |||
| 2006 | Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, William Pettis, Rozanne Pollack, Bill Pollack | Richard Schwartz, Margie Gwozdzinsky, Walid Elahmady, Daniela von Arnim, Teri Casen, Drew Casen | ||
| 2007 | Don Stack, Linda Eakes, Jack Spear, Nancy Spear | Stephen Goldstein, Leslie Paryzer, John Stiefel, Sheila Gabay | ||
| 2008 | Gaylor Kasle, Barbara Kasle, Jo Morse, Garey Hayden | |||
| 2009 | Jim Foster, Stella Rainey, Linda Smith, Ron L. Smith | |||
| Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, for the Richard Freeman Memorial Trophy, 2010 to present | ||||
| 2010 | Gloria Bart, Les Bart, Sally Woolsey, Kit Woolsey | |||
| 2011 [1] [2] | David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz, Josef Blass, Ewa Harasimowicz, Anna Sarniak, Marcin Leśniewski | |||
| 2012 | Joan Eaton, Michael Roche, Nader Hanna, Karen Cumpstone | Debbie Rosenberg, Richard Zeckhauser, Joel Wooldridge, Gabrielle Sherman | ||
| 2013 | Win Allegaert, Petra Hamman, David Grainger, Judy Bianco | Robert Brady, Craig Ganzer, Dana Berkowitz, Mihaela Balint | ||
| 2014 | Joan Eaton, Michael Roche, Nader Hanna, Karen Cumpstone | 2/3. Robert Brady, Craig Ganzer, Dana Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz 2/3. Beth Palmer, Robin Taylor, Alan Sontag, William Cole, Michael Polowan, Lynn Deas | ||
| 2015 | Paul Fireman, Shannon Cappelletti, John Hurd, Vincent Demuy, Sylvie Willard, Benedicte Cronier | |||
| 2016 | Victor King, Linda Lewis, Paul Lewis, Sheila Gabay | |||
| 2017 | May Sakr, Ivan Tsonchev, Rose Meltzer, Justyna Zmuda, Nikolay Demeriv, Valdimir Marashev | |||
| 2018 | Douglas Doub, Yiji Starr, Jiang Gu, Rose Yan | May Sakr, Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis, Vasileios Vroustis, Giorgia Botta | ||
| 2019 | Veri Kiljan, Christina Madsen, Migry Zur Campanile, Thomas Paske | Glenn Robbins, Shen Qi, Wenfei Wang, Jiang Gu | ||
| 2020 | Not held | Not held | ||
| 2021 | Not held | Not held | ||
| 2022 | Joyce Hill, Signe Buus Thomsen, Mikael Rimstedt, Kevin Dwyer, Amber Lin, Shan Huang | John McAllister, Alexander Wernle, Jovanka Smederevac, Michael Xu, Olivia Schireson | ||
From 1946 to 1955, a separate event with national rating was held on the West Coast.
| Year | Winners |
|---|---|
| 1946 | Nell Wells, George Wells, Kay Dunn, James Dunn |
| 1947 | Rose Eidem, Meyer Schleifer, Betty Bysshe, Detmar Walther |
| 1948 | Alma Rosekrans, Waldemar von Zedtwitz, Maurice Seiler, Mrs. Maurice Seiler |
| 1949 | Arnold Kauder, Mary Jane Kauder, Helen Cale, Jack Ehrlenbach |
| 1950 | Arnold Kauder, Mary Jane Kauder, Helen Cale, Jack Ehrlenbach |
| 1951 | Ruth Smith, Casey Million, Nell Wells, John Hancock |
| 1952 | Don Oakie, Mrs. James Moffatt, Stella Rebner, Doug Steen |
| 1953 | Barry Cohen, Stella Rebner, Malvine Klausner, Edward Frischauer |
| 1954 | Harrient Rethers, Clarence Strouse, Alicia Kempner, Barry Crane |
| 1955 | Arnold Kauder, Mary Jane Kauder, Nell Wells, Ernest Rovere |