ERIC KOKISH
Mr. Eric O. Kokisch was born 1947 of Montreal,
Canada. He is a Bridge Professional, a Bridge writer and magazine contributor, a
Bridge teacher and coach, and a successful Bridge player.
Mr. Eric O. Kokisch has held or holds several
positions, such as serving as the Judiciary chairman for District 1, which is comprised
of the Canadian Province of New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward
Island, Quebec, and a portion of Eastern Ontario. He also represents or has represented
the Zone II Canadian Bridge Federation, which the visitor can find at: http://www.cbf.ca/. He has served as President of Unit 151,
which is known as the Montreal Bridge League, and as the Coordinator for the GN Teams
for District 1, and is a member of the National Goodwill Committee.
Among his many achievements are: Contributor
and Writer for the World Championship Books, Editor for the Melange de Bridge, a
review of which can be found at: http://www.bridgeworld.com/reviews/reviewofxmel7.html, the newspaper for Unit 151, writer and contributor for
the weekly bridge column for the Montreal Gazette, Associate Editor for the International
Popular Bridge World, Director of the Master Solvers Club for The Bridge World,
Contributor of bridge articles for the ACBL Bulletin, The Bridge World, IMP Magazine
in Holland, and for other bridge publications around the world.
Mr. Eric O. Kokisch has authored several conventions
which include the Kokish Relay, Reject, Kokish Rebids after 1D-2C, and the Montreal Relay.
His awards include the Bols Brilliancy Prize
in 1980 and the Romex Best Bid Hand Award. He is a World Bridge Federation Life Master.
Mr. Eric Kokish is the ACBL Honorary Member of the Year for the Year 2002.
A review of the 1995 Bermuda Bowl, held in
Bejing, China, plus several other newspaper articles.
1995 - Beijing, China. For the first time in the history of the Bermuda Bowl, two North American teams met in the final. These championships were marked by tremendous press and TV coverage including the live broadcasting of the semi-final and the final on CCTV.
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The USA (Dick Freeman, Robert Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Robert S. Wolf and Edgar Kaplan as non-playing captain) defeated Canada (Boris Baran, Fred Gitelman, Eric Kokish, George Mittelman, Mark Molson, Joseph Silver and Litvak Irving as non-playing captain) by 338-295. The bronze medal went to France.
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Toronto Star
August 23, 1999
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The Star's new bridge column starts today and will appear seven days a week. The Bridge Beat is written by the husband-and-wife team of Eric Kokish and Beverly Kraft, who have won several medals at the bridge World Championships.
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Daily News From Iceland
The annual Reykjavík bridge meet continues to break attendance records as a new arrangement has made it possible to increase the number of pairs to 120, and of those 35 come from outside Iceland. The Icelandair team meet looks set to break the 100-team mark.
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Among those arriving from outside of Iceland are the Canadians Eric Kokish and Joe Silver, who will be coming to the country for the first time. Kokish is one of the world's foremost bridge journalists and is also a sought-after trainer. Prior to the world championships in China, for instance, he assisted the national teams of six countries and played on the Canadian national team, which landed in second place.
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Also arriving from Canada is Georg Mittelman. He will be partnered with Rita Shugart, who played in last year's meet in Reykjavík. On their team will be Zia Mahmood, who will be partnered with the Dane Lars Blasket.
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His many victories at the bridge table include:
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1978 |
World Open Pairs, Placed Second | |
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1982 |
Rosenblum Teams, Placed Third | |
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1990 |
Rosenblum Teams, Placed Third | |
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1978 |
Rosenblum Teams, Placed Fifth | |
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1986 |
Rosenblum Teams, Placed Ninth | |
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1974 |
World Championship, Represented | |
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1978 |
World Championship Mixed Pairs,Placed Thirteen | |
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1980 |
World Championship, Represented | |
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1986 |
World Championship, Represented | |
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1979 |
Pan-Am International Competition, Placed Third | |
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1981 |
Maccabiah, Bronze Medal | |
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1979 |
Deauville Tournament of Champions, Placed First | |
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1985 |
World Intercity Teams Tokyo, Placed First | |
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1985 |
World Intercity Teams Calcutta, Placed First | |
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1989 |
CDN International Pairs, Placed First | |
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Staten Bank/Cap Gemini, Invitational Teams 6 times | |
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1981 |
London Sunday Times Pairs, Placed First | |
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1974 |
Vanderbilt | |
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1978 |
Mens Teams | |
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1974 |
Mens Teams, Placed Second | |
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1980 |
Vanderbilt | |
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1982 |
Spingold | |
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1982 |
Reisinger | |
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1980 |
Canadian National Team Championship | |
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1981 |
Canadian National Team Championship | |
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1984 |
Canadian National Team Championship, Placed Second | |
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1985 |
Canadian National Team Championship | |
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1990 |
Rosenblum Cup, Semi-Finalist | |
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1995 |
Bermuda Bowl, Silver Medal |