Jeff Meckstroth

Jeffrey John (Jeff) Meckstroth (born May 15, 1956) is an American professional contract bridge player. He is a multiple world champion, winning the Bermuda Bowl on USA teams five times. He is one of only ten players who have won the so-called triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad. As of May 16, 2016, he was the fifth-ranking World Grand Master. For decades Meckstroth has been in a regular partnership with Eric Rodwell and together, nicknamed "Meckwell", they are one of the most successful bridge partnerships of all time. They are well known for playing an aggressive and very detailed system that derived from Precision Club.

One of Meckstroth's iconic achievements was winning three of the four available major events contested at the ACBL's 2008 fall championships, the Open Board-A-Match Teams, Blue Ribbon Pairs, and Reisinger Teams.

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. World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1988 World Open Pairs (1) 1986 World Mixed Pairs (1) 2002 North American Bridge Championships (62) Senior Knockout Teams (3) 2013, 2014, 2016 Grand National Teams (14) 1990, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 Jacoby Open Swiss Teams (6) 1989, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009 Blue Ribbon Pairs (3) 1982, 2008, 2016 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1984, 2008 Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1979 Reisinger (9) 1979, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 Rockwell Mixed Pairs (1) 1980 Silodor Open Pairs (3) 1979, 1992, 2016 Spingold (12) 1984, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007 Vanderbilt (7) 1980, 1982, 1985, 2000, 2003, 2014, 2017 Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1999 United States Bridge Championships (13) Open Team Trials (13) 1980, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017 European Open Bridge Championships (1) Open Pairs (1) 2003 Other notable wins: Buffett Cup (1) 2010 Cavendish Invitational Teams (2) 2000, 2003 Cavendish Invitational Pairs (1) 2019 Macallan Invitational Pairs (2) 1995, 1996

Runners-up Bermuda Bowl (2) 1997, 2005 World Open Team Olympiad (1) 1992 Rosenblum Cup (1) 2010 North American Bridge Championships (26) Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2012 Nail Life Master Open Pairs (2) 1985, 1992 Reisinger (1) 1980 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

Publications

"New Minor Forcing & Fourth Suit Forcing & Artificial" (Louisville: Devyn Press, 1985), Championship Bridge no. 28 – pamphlet Win the Bermuda Bowl With Me, Meckstroth and Marc Smith (Toronto: Master Point Press, 2001), , 188 pp.