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- Larry
Cohen's Bridge Books & CDs
About Larry
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- Larry was born 4/14/59 in New
York City. He now resides with his wife, Maria, in Boca Raton,
Florida.
Personal: Former
computer-programmer and options trader, but presently makes living
from lecturing, writing/publishing bridge books/articles and playing
bridge professionally. Larry has played bridge in a dozen different
countries in special invitational tournaments. His biggest
passion/hobby is golf and watching sports, especially his beloved
Yankees.
Bridge career: Learned
at age 6 from his grandparents. Started playing duplicate at age 14
and in tournaments at age 15. Life Master at 17. Won first National
Championship at age 22. Winner of 23 national championships
including the Vanderbilt, 2 Spingolds, 2 Reisingers, 2 Life Master
Pairs, and 4 Blue Ribbon Pairs. Two-time winner of Cavendish
Invitational Pairs. Winner of the 1999 Cap Gemini World Top 16 Pairs
Tournament in the Hague. Winner
of Silver Medal in 1998 World Pairs Championships. Bronze
Medal, 2000 Olympiad Teams. 2002 ACBL Player of the Year.
Books-CDs:
Authored To Bid
or Not to Bid about the LAW Of Total Tricks, and it was the
best-selling bridge book of the 90's with more than 75,000 copies
sold in a total of six different languages. The sequel, Following
the LAW has also been a best-seller. Author of other books and
many magazine articles. Wrote and published CD's– Play Bridge
with Larry Cohen (1999 Life Master Pairs) -- Days 1,2,3 and My
Favorite 52 (2005).
Other
Bridge activities: Director of the prestigious Bridge
World Master
Solvers Club. Worldwide lecturer on bridge on land and at sea.
National Appeals Committee Member and casebook panelist. Viewgraph
commentator at national championships and on BBO. Former chairman of
the ACBL Hall-of-Fame Committee.
Career Details
1981 1st place in Spingold
1981 1st place in Blue Ribbon Pairs
1983 1st place in Cavendish Invitational Pairs
1983 1st place in Blue Ribbon Pairs
1983 2nd in Spingold
1983 1st place in Life Master Mens Pairs
1984 1st place in Spingold
1984 1st place in National Mens BAM
1985 1st place in Reisinger
1987 1st place in Life Master Pairs
1988 1st place in Cavendish Invitational Pairs
1988 1st place in Blue Ribbon Pairs
1988 1st place in Life Master Pairs
1990 2nd in Vanderbilt
1990 1st place in Fall Open BAM Teams
1991 1st place in Reisinger Teams
1991 1st place in Open BAM Teams
1991 2nd in North American Open Teams
1992 1st place in Pan-American Open Teams
1993 Semi-Final Bermuda Bowl, Santiago
1993 2nd in Vanderbilt Teams
1995 1st place in Grand National Teams
1996 1st place in Blue Ribbon Pairs
1996 1st place in National Open Pairs
1996 1st place in Life Master Pairs
1998 2nd in U.S. Team Trials
1998 Silver Medal in World Open Pairs, Lille
1999 1st place in Cap Gemini in the Hague
1999 1st place in North American Swiss Teams
2000 1st place in U.S. Team Trials
2000 Bronze Medal in Team Olympiad, Maastricht
2002 1st place in Master Mixed BAM Teams
2002 2nd in Reisinger Teams
2002 ACBL Player of the Year
2003 2nd in U.S. Team Trials
2003 ACBL Sportsman of the Year
2004 1st place in National Open Pairs
2004 2nd in Vanderbilt Teams
2004 2nd in Reisinger Teams
2005 1st place in Vanderbilt Knockout Teams
2006 1st place in National Open Pairs
2006 2nd in National Swiss Teams
2007 1st place in Grand National Teams
2007 1st place in Open BAM Teams
2007 2nd place in Reisinger BAM Teams
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