Joshua Samuel Donn (born June 1, 1982 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is a multi national champion and a gold medal world junior champion in contract bridge. He is known as a bridge lecturer[1][2][3] as well as author. He is the all-time leader of Richard Pavlicek's monthly polls that ran from 2000-2006 and had thousands of participants from over 90 countries.[4] He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada with his daughter.[5]
Publications edit
Donn authored a popular online column called "Breakin' the Rules" from 2011 to 2015.[6] He also co-authored a book called More Breaking the Rules: Second Hand Play with Barry Rigal in 2013.[7]
Bridge accomplishments edit
Awards edit
- Joan Gerard Youth Award, World Bridge Federation[8]
- Finalist, International Bridge Press Association "Yeh Bros. 2014 Best Bid Deal of the Year" for Josh Donn & Adam Kaplan in "Grand Bidding" by Sue Munday[9]
- Finalist, International Bridge Press Association "2014 Master Point Press Book of the Year" for More Breaking the Rules - Second-Hand Play by Barry Rigal and Josh Donn[9]
Wins edit
- World Youth Bridge Team Championships 2006[10]
- Roth Open Swiss Teams 2008[11]
- Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs 2011[12]
- Roth Open Swiss Teams 2016[13]
- Roth Open Swiss Teams 2019[14]
Runners-up edit
External links edit
References edit
- ^ Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 89, July 25, 2017
- ^ "Bridge Base Online". www.facebook.com.
- ^ "Slam Bidding by Joshua Donn - Youth World Bridge". youth.worldbridge.org. 9 November 2017.
- ^ "2000-2006 Bidding Polls". www.rpbridge.net.
- ^ "Joshua Donn Bridge Winners profile". Bridge Winners.
- ^ "In the Well: Josh Donn". Bridge Winners. 25 February 2013.
- ^ Rigal, Barry; Donn, Josh (November 15, 2013). More Breaking the Rules: Second Hand Play. Palenville, New York: HNB Publishing. ISBN 978-0982887431. OCLC 1043829894.
- ^ "Joan Gerard Youth Awards | World Bridge Federation".
- ^ a b http://bridge-tips.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IBPA-Handbook.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "11th World Youth Bridge Team Championships".
- ^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2008/02/bulletins/db11.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2011/03/bulletins/db8.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2016/02/bulletins/db11.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2019/02/bulletins/db11.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ https://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2016/03/bulletins/db11.pdf.
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