Kit Woolsey
Kit Woolsey is one of the top backgammon players in the world and a world class bridge player. He was the winner of the Rosenblum Teams, the world bridge team championship. He was also runner-up in the 1989 Bermuda Bowl and won the Senior Teams at the 2000 World Team Olympiad, and another gold at the 2003 Senior Bowl, as well as approximately a dozen ACBL national championships including the Blue Ribbon Pairs, Reisinger Teams, and Vanderbilt Teams. Many of his successes were in partnership with Ed Manfield. In backgammon he was runner-up in the 1996 World Cup, and is (as of 2007) ranked the 5 backgammon player in the world.
Woolsey authored many bridge and backgammon books, and contributed to the bridge bidding theory with innovations like the two way checkback convention and a defense system against opposing notrump openings. He won the 1977 International Bridge Press Association award for Best article on a System or Convention.
Since 1984 Woolsey has been one of four (six as of 2005) directors of The Bridge World's Master Solvers Club.
Gammonlien, the online backgammon magazine, was created by Kit Woolsey in 1999. He is a 1964 Oberlin College graduated.
- Wins
- Rosenblum Cup (1) 1986
- Senior Bowl (1) 2003
- Olympiad Seniors Team (1) 2000
- North American Bridge Championships (15)
- Open Pairs (2) 1987, 1989
- Men's Pairs (2) 1972, 1985
- Mixed Pairs (1) 1967
- Blue Ribbon Pairs (3) 1973, 1975, 1990
- North American Men's Swiss Teams (1) 1986
- Men's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1978, 1986, 1989
- Open Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1994
- Grand National Open Teams (1) 1984
- Vanderbilt Knockout Teams (1) 1991
- USBC Bermuda Bowl qualifiers (1) 1989
- Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1990
- Cavendish Invitational Pairs (2) 1979, 1994
- Backgammon Bibliography
- New Ideas in Backgammon (with Hal Heinrich)
- How to Play Tournament Backgammon
- Backgammon: Master Versus Amateur, vol. 1
- MatchQiz Book: Greiner vs Phillip Marmorstein
- MatchQiz Book: Hal Heinrich vs. Mika Lidov
- MatchQiz Book: Joe Sylvester vs. Nack Ballard
- Understanding Backgammon (with Tami Jones)
- 52 Great Backgammon Tips (with Patti Beadles)