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Eric Rodwell

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Eric Victor Rodwell is an American contract bridge player born May 1, 1957, in San Francisco, California, who has won the Bermuda Bowl world team championship five times representing the United States, in 1981, 1995, 2000, 2003 and 2009. He is one of only ten players to have achieved bridge's triple crown of winning the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs Championship and the World Team Olympiad, and for decades he has partnered Jeff Meckstroth in the pairing known as Meckwell, co-creating a widely used Precision-based bidding system.

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Birth Year
1957 1
Birth Date
1957-05-01 1
Nationality
American 1
Career Highlight
Won the Bermuda Bowl five times with USA teams (1981, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2009) and is one of only ten players to have won bridge's triple crown: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Mixed or Doubles 1
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What is RM Precision, the bidding system Eric Rodwell plays with Jeff Meckstroth?

It is the aggressive and detailed Precision-based system Rodwell and Meckstroth play.

RM Precision, named for Rodwell and Meckstroth, is the aggressive and very detailed bidding system that their partnership, known as Meckwell, plays. Eric Rodwell is its principal theorist and author. He first learned basic Precision at age 14 but did not get serious about developing his own version until 1982, and most of RM Precision was developed in the early 1980s.
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Eric Victor Rodwell (born May 1, 1957) is an American professional bridge player.
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  • opening sentence
    Eric Victor Rodwell (born May 1, 1957) is an American professional bridge player.
  • opening paragraph, career summary sentence
    He has won the Bermuda Bowl representing the United States five times and is one of ten players who have won the triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Eric Victor Rodwell (born May 1, 1957) is an American professional bridge player.
  • Competed In: Bermuda Bowl, lead paragraph, competed-in
    He has won the Bermuda Bowl representing the United States five times and is one of ten players who have won the triple crown of bridge: the Bermuda Bowl, the World Open Pairs and the World Team Olympiad.
  • Plays: Bridge, Lead sentence
    is an American professional bridge player.
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