Ron Andersen

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Ronald Eugene Andersen (May 26, 1941 – July 3, 1997)[1][2][3] was an American bridge player. He won 11 "national"-rated events at North American Bridge Championships, thrice-annual 10-day meets organized by the American Contract Bridge League, where he became known best as a superior live commentator in the vugraph room.

Andersen was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and studied at the University of Iowa before beginning a professional bridge career. Eventually he owned a seat on the Chicago Board Options Exchange and he died in a Chicago hospital at age 56.[3]

Andersen finally became a favorite commentator for European Bridge League and World Bridge Federation championships, as well as major ACBL tournaments. In the month before his death, June 1997, he worked the European Championships in Italy, from which he was flown home to Chicago after suffering two strokes in consequence of kidney failure.[3]

Andersen co-wrote seven books related to the Precision Club bidding system with C. C. Wei, inventor of the system, or Kathie Wei.[3]

Andersen and Sabine Zenkel traveled the world as a partnership during 1991–1992, based in Chicago.[4] They also wrote a book, Preempts from A to Z (1993; 2nd, 1996).

Publications

with C. C. Wei
  • Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.— (1976). Match Point Precision. New York City, New York: Monna Lisa Precision Corporation. Newly revised and expanded in 1978. Template:ISBN
  • Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.— (1976). Bidding Precisely Volume 2/Making the Most of Limited Openings. New York City, New York: Monna Lisa Precision Corporation.
  • Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.— (1977). Profits from Preempts/Bidding Precisely Volume 3. New York City, New York: Monna Lisa Precision Corporation. Reprinted in 1992 by Devyn Press, Louisville KY. Template:ISBN
  • Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.— (1978). Perfect Your No Trump Bidding/Bidding Precisely Volume 4. New York City, New York: Monna Lisa Precision Corporation.
with Sabine Zenkel

Bridge accomplishments

Awards

  • Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1974
  • ACBL annual masterpoints leader (4): McKenney Trophy 1977, 1980, 1983; Barry Crane Trophy, 1986[3]

Wins

Runners-up

References

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  1. ^ Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Social Security Administration.
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  3. ^ a b c d e "Ron Andersen, Bridge Titlist and Commentator, Dies at 56". Alan Truscott. The New York Times. July 13, 1997. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  4. ^ "Bridge: How a small deception earned a Chicago partnership an extra trick and a major victory". Alan Truscott. The New York Times. January 18, 1992. Page 17.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."von Zedtwitz LM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-06-18. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  6. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Blue Ribbon Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-03. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Life Master Open Pairs Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-11-29. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jacoby Open Swiss Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-29. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  9. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  11. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  12. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rockwell Mixed Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-25. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-27. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wernher Open Pairs Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-22. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-24. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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