Joshua Donn

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. Donn is an American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. 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

Donn authored a popular online column called "Breakin' the Rules" from 2011 to 2015.[6] He co-authored a book called More Breaking the Rules: Second Hand Play with Barry Rigal in 2013.[7] He also has moderated and written a column in the ACBL Bridge Bulletin called "The Bidding Box" since 2021.[8]

Bridge accomplishments

Awards

  • Joan Gerard Youth Award, World Bridge Federation[9]
  • 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[10]
  • 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[10]

Wins

  • World Youth Bridge Team Championships 2006[11]
  • Roth Open Swiss Teams 2008[12]
  • Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs 2011[13]
  • Roth Open Swiss Teams 2016[14]
  • Roth Open Swiss Teams 2019[15]

Runners-up

  • NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams 2016[16]
  • Grand National Teams 2016[17]
  • North American Pairs Flight A 2024[18]

Service

  • ACBL Hall of Fame Committee[19]
  • USBF Credentials Committee[20]
  • "International record for Joshua Donn". World Bridge Federation.

References

  1. ^ Daily Bulletin (PDF), vol. 89, July 25, 2017
  2. ^ "Bridge Base Online". www.facebook.com.
  3. ^ "Slam Bidding by Joshua Donn - Youth World Bridge". youth.worldbridge.org. 9 November 2017.
  4. ^ "2000-2006 Bidding Polls". www.rpbridge.net.
  5. ^ "Joshua Donn Bridge Winners profile". Bridge Winners.
  6. ^ "In the Well: Josh Donn". Bridge Winners. 25 February 2013.
  7. ^ Rigal, Barry; Donn, Josh (November 15, 2013). More Breaking the Rules: Second Hand Play. Palenville, New York: HNB Publishing. ISBN 978-0982887431. OCLC 1043829894.
  8. ^ "Josh Donn Bridge Winners profile". Bridge Winners. 11 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Joan Gerard Youth Awards | World Bridge Federation".
  10. ^ a b http://bridge-tips.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/IBPA-Handbook.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  11. ^ "11th World Youth Bridge Team Championships".
  12. ^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2008/02/bulletins/db11.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2011/03/bulletins/db8.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ https://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2016/02/bulletins/db11.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ^ https://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2019/02/bulletins/db11.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ https://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2016/03/bulletins/db11.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ^ https://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2018/02/bulletins/db4.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ^ https://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2024/03/bulletins/db1.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ^ "Josh Donn Bridge Winners profile". Bridge Winners. 11 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Josh Donn Bridge Winners profile". Bridge Winners. 11 May 2024.