Bobby Wolff

Robert S. (Bobby) Wolff (born October 14, 1932, San Antonio, Texas ) is an American bridge player, writer, and administrator. He is the only person to win world championships in five different categories. He is a graduate of Trinity University. ACBL Honorary Member of the Year, 1995

Awards Mott-Smith Trophy 1973 Fishbein Trophy 1979

Wins Bermuda Bowl (7) 1970, 1971, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1995 World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1988 World Open Pairs (1) 1974 Olympiad Mixed Teams (1) 1972 Senior International Cup (1) 2000 North American Bridge Championships (31) Vanderbilt (2) 1971, 1973 Spingold (10) 1969, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Reisinger (8) 1970, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002 Grand National Teams (3) 1975, 1977, 1986 Men's Board-a-Match Teams (4) 1968, 1972, 1973, 1988 Senior Knockout Teams (3) 2002, 2003, 2005 Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1984 United States Bridge Championships (16) Open Team Trials (12) 1969, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1979 (Dec), 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1992, 2003 Senior Team Trials (4) 2000, 2001, 2007, 2009 Other notable wins: Pan American Invitational Open Teams (3) 1974, 1976, 1977

Runners-up Bermuda Bowl (4) 1973, 1974, 1975, 1997 World Open Team Olympiad (3) 1972, 1980, 1992 North American Bridge Championships (15) Vanderbilt (3) 1970, 1981, 1996 Spingold (2) 1967, 1970 Chicago (now Reisinger) (1) 1964 Men's Board-a-Match Teams (4) 1969, 1980, 1984, 1989 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (1) 1992 Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2007 Life Master Pairs (2) 1960, 1968 Men's Pairs (1) 1976 United States Bridge Championships (4) Open Team Trials (3) 1974, 1979 (Jan), 1997 Senior Team Trials (1) 2008 Other notable 2nd places: Forbo-Krommenie Nations Cup (1) 1997 Sunday Times–Macallan Invitational Pairs (1) 1992 Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 1988

Publications

Sacrifices (Louisville: Devyn Press, 1985), Championship Bridge no. 30 – pamphlet Bidding Challenge: South hands (Devyn, 1986), 21 pp. Bidding Challenge: world championship hands, set 1, Wolff and the Aces (Devyn, 1986), 43 pp. The Lone Wolff: autobiography of a bridge maverick (Master Point Press, 2008), 287 pp., ,

Audo-video Bobby Wolff's Secrets of Successful Bridge (Dallas, 1987)