The Silodor Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the spring American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Silodor Open Pairs is a four session matchpoint (MP) pairs event with two qualifying and two final sessions. The event typically starts on the first Friday of the NABC. The event is open.
The Silodor Open Pairs is a four-session event consisting of two qualifying and two final sessions. The winners' names are engraved on the Silodor Trophy, presented in memory of Sidney Silodor, winner of the Bermuda Bowl, the McKenney Trophy and more than 30 North American championships.
Silodor, a member of the team that won the first Bermuda Bowl World Championship in 1950, won the Vanderbilt eight times, the Reisinger six times, the Spingold, the Open Pairs and the Master Mixed Teams three times each and the Mixed Pairs five times --- a record.
Silodor was an original member of the ACBL Hall of Fame, elected in the Sixties when the institution was the province of its creator, The Bridge World magazine.
The trophy was presented in 1963 in memory of Silodor and made retroactive to include winners of the event, which began in 1958.
| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone | |
| 1959 | Lew Mathe, Edward Taylor | Harry Fishbein, Charles Solomon |
| 1960 | Carol Sanders, Tommy Sanders | |
| 1961 | Mark Hodges, Hampton Hume | Jack Denny, John Simon |
| 1962 | Robert Jordan, Arthur Robinson | Mike Michaels, Mike Shuman |
| 1963 | Daniel Rotman, Ivar Stakgold | |
| 1964 | Ivan Erdos, Lew Mathe | |
| 1965 | John Biddle, James Wisemiller | Ivan Erdos, Tobias Stone |
| 1966 | Alvin Roth, Bill Root | |
| 1967 | Harvey Cohen, Maury Genud | Philip Feldesman, Lew Mathe |
| 1968 | Ronald Blau, Richard Spero | Harry Fishbein, Charles Solomon |
| 1969 | Richard Freedman, James Mathis | David Sachs, Sue Sachs |
| 1970 | Barry Crane, John Fisher | Gerald Michaud, Bobby Nail |
| 1971 | 1/2. Barry Crane, John Fisher 1/2. Joan Remey, Vincent Remey | |
| 1972 | 1/2. Barry Crane, John Fisher 1/2. Matt Granovetter, Merle Tom | |
| 1973 | Michael Hoffman, Jack Rhatigan | Charlie Peres, Daniel Rotman |
| 1974 | Barry Crane, John Fisher | Ron Andersen, Hugh MacLean |
| 1975 | Garey Hayden, Daniel Hyland | Don Piafsky, Dave Saltsman |
| 1976 | Terry Hause, Ernest Ivey | Barry Crane, John Fisher |
| 1977 | Barry Crane, Peter Rank | John Ashton, Troy Horton |
| 1978 | Marty Arndt, Thomas Peters | |
| 1979 | Larry N. Cohen, Dan Zirker | |
| 1980 | Paul Lewis, Michael Schreiber | Jim Robison, Stelios Touchtidis |
| 1981 | Dan Gerstman, Marc Nathan | Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey |
| 1982 | Gerald Caravelli, Craig Janitschke | Dan Gerstman, Marc Nathan |
| 1983 | Dave Berkowitz, Dan Gerstman | |
| 1984 | Barry Crane, Gerald Caravelli | |
| 1985 | Jim Robison, Joey Silver | John Roberts, Dave Berkowitz |
| 1986 | Robb Gordon, John Rengstorff | |
| 1987 | Lyle Poe, Steve Carton | |
| 1988 | Ron Rubin, Michael Becker | Bob Hamman, Paul Lewis |
| 1989 | Ed Nagy, Jeff Polisner | |
| 1990 | Don Campbell, Barry Harper | Randy Joyce, Glenn Lublin |
| 1991 | Larry Mori, Henry Bethe | Zia Mahmood, Fred Chang |
| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Bernie Miller, Mike Lucas | Geoff Hampson, Mark Molson |
| 1993 | Richard Schwartz, Drew Casen | |
| 1994 | Lloyd Arvedon, Allan Falk | Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg |
| 1995 | Evan Bailey, John Strauch | Seymon Deutsch, Tony Forrester |
| 1996 | Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey | |
| 1997 | Tony Forrester, Geir Helgemo | |
| 1998 | Mike Becker, Mike Kamil | |
| 1999 | Bob Hamman, Petra Hamman | |
| 2000 | Mike Cappelletti Jr., Larry Hicks | Walter Johnson, Doug Simson |
| 2001 | Jim Tritt, Richard Meffley | Henry Bethe, Varis Carey |
| 2002 | Jörgen Molberg, Boerre Lund | David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen |
| 2003 | Marty Fleisher, Mike Kamil | |
| 2004 | David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen | Roger Lord, Jacqueline Sincoff |
| 2005 | George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace | |
| 2006 | Fred Chang, Zia Mahmood | |
| 2007 | Richard Freeman, Zia Mahmood | |
| 2008 | Robert Lebi, Dan Jacob | Ralph Buchalter, Migry Zur Campanile |
| 2009 | Xiaodong Shi, David Yang | |
| 2010 | Joe Kivel, Chris Larsen | |
| 2011 | Jill Levin, Jill Meyers | |
| 2012 | Dennis Bilde, Hans Christian Graverson | Boye Brogeland, Erik Saelensminde |
| 2013 | David Bakhshi, Billy Cohen | Robert Giragosian, Larry Robbins |
| 2014 | Richard Budd, Zachary Grossack | |
| 2015 | Wael Mohsen, Reda Wasfi Yaacoub [1] | |
| 2016 | John Kranyak, Phyllis Fireman [2] | |
| 2017 | Alon Birman, Dror Padon [3] | |
| 2018 | Simon Cope, Peter Crouch | Robert Schachter, Paul Meerschaert [4] |
| 2019 | Richard Oshlag, Mark Dahl | Michael Rosenberg, Adam Grossack |
Web site: ACBL - NABC Winners . acbl.com . ACBL . 16 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204184033/http://www.acbl.org/play/nabc-winners.html . 4 February 2012.
List of previous winners, Page 8
2009 winners, Page 1