Tobias Stone

American bridge player

Tobias Stone (June 8, 1919 – February 15, 2012) was an American bridge player and writer from New York City.^[1]^[2]

Stone was born in Manhattan.^[3] He and Janice Gilbert married in 1955; divorced in 1975.^[2] He retired from bridge and in 1986 moved to Las Vegas,^[3] where he died in 2012.^[4]

Stone was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2003.^[5]

Publications

with Roth, Alvin (1958). Bridge is a Partnership Game: The Roth-Stone System (1st ed.). E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. LCCN 58-9305. 237 pages.
with Roth, Alvin (1989). Bridge is a Partnership Game: The Roth-Stone System (2nd ed.). Ballston Lake, NY: Granovetter Books. OCLC 22757918. 237 pages. Preface revised by Alvin Roth.

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

ACBL Hall of Fame, 2003^[5]

Awards

Fishbein Trophy (1) 1956

Wins

North American Bridge Championships (16)
- Master Individual (1) 1953 ^[6]
- von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1956 ^[7]
- Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1947 ^[8]
- Open Pairs (1928-1962) (1) 1942 ^[9]
- Vanderbilt (3) 1943, 1959, 1960 ^[10]
- Marcus Cup (1) 1960
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1961, 1963 ^[11]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1965 ^[12]
- Reisinger (2) 1952, 1961 ^[13]
- Spingold (3) 1953, 1956, 1957 ^[14]

Runners-up

Bermuda Bowl (1) 1958
North American Bridge Championships
- von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 1942, 1965 ^[7]
- Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1958, 1965 ^[15]
- Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1952 ^[8]
- Hilliard Mixed Pairs (1) 1956 ^[16]
- Open Pairs (1928-1962) (1) 1958 ^[17]
- Vanderbilt (2) 1966, 1969 ^[10]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1952, 1959 ^[11]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1942, 1956 ^[12]
- Spingold (2) 1961, 1963 ^[14]

References

^ Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 750. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
^ ^a ^b "Bridge: Devastating Defense from a Superlative Player" (obituary bridge column). Philip Alder. The New York Times. February 22, 2012. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
^ ^a ^b "Stone, Tobias". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
^ Nevada, Death Index, 1980-2012
^ ^a ^b "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
^ "List of Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League. ^{[full citation needed]}
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Open Pairs Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League. ^{[full citation needed]}
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.
^ "Mixed Pairs Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League. ^{[full citation needed]}
^ "Open Pairs Previous Winners". American Contract Bridge League.