Английская Википедия:Eric Kokish
Шаблон:Short description Eric O. Kokish (May 19, 1947 – June 10, 2023) was a Canadian professional bridge player, writer, and coach from Montreal.[1]
Biography
Kokish was born in Montreal on May 19, 1947.[2] He graduated from McGill University.[1]
In 1978, Kokish finished second in the World Open Pairs.
Kokish was the coach of Nick Nickell's professional team for many years. He first worked as coach for the Brazil national team in 1985 and later coached the Indonesia team briefly, a stint interrupted by political unrest in Jakarta. Around the Indonesia job he and his family relocated from Montreal to Toronto.[3]
Kokish was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2011.[4] Kokish was inducted into the Canadian Bridge Federation's Hall of Fame.[5]
In major Шаблон:Gcb competition, he was a five-time winner of the Canadian National Teams Championship (Flight A), all during the time from 1980 to 1999 when the winner routinely represented Canada in that year's or next year's world championship tournament, or in a preliminary Tri-Country Playoff with Mexico and Bermuda. Thus he played on Canada teams in the 1980 Olympiad, 1982 Rosenblum, 1986 Rosenblum, 1995 Bermuda Bowl, and 1996 Olympiad. Those teams won a bronze medal in the 1982 Rosenblum Cup and a silver medal in the Bermuda Bowl. George Mittelman was also a member of all five teams.[6]
Kokish died on June 9, 2023, at the age of 76.[7][8]
Bridge accomplishments
Honors
- ACBL Hall of Fame, 2011[4]
Awards
- Blackwood Award 2011 [9]
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (2)
- Vanderbilt (1) 1974 [10]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1978 [11]
Runners-up
- World Open Pairs Championship (1) 1978
- North American Bridge Championships
- Vanderbilt (1) 1980 [10]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1974 [11]
- Reisinger (1) 1982 [12]
- Spingold (1) 1982 [13]
References
External links
- Шаблон:ACBLhof – with audio-video interview
- Шаблон:WBFpeople
- Bridge Kids: Eric Kokish, the top bridge coach in the world audio-video recording at YouTube (uploaded August 8, 2010)
- Eric Kokish interviewed at the 14th Red Bull World Bridge Series held in Sanyo, Japan (uploaded October 30, 2014)
- Шаблон:LCAuth
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:OEB
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
<ref>; для сносокACBLhofне указан текст - ↑ 4,0 4,1 "Induction by Year". Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ "History of the CNTC Flight A". Canadian Bridge Federation La Fédération Canadienne de Bridge (cbf.ca). Retrieved 2014-11-06.
- ↑ Eric Kokish 1947 – 2023
- ↑ Eric Kokish Memorial
- ↑ Foundation for the Preservation and Advancement of Bridge - Blackwood Award
- ↑ 10,0 10,1 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 11,0 11,1 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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