Tobias Stone

Tobias Stone (June 8, 1919 – February 15, 2012) was an American bridge player and writer from New York City.^[1][2]

Stone was born in Manhattan.^[3] He and Janice Gilbert married in 1955; divorced in 1975.^[2] He retired from bridge and in 1986 moved to Las Vegas,^[3] where he died in 2012.^[4]

Stone was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2003.^[5]

Publications

• with Roth, Alvin (1958). Bridge is a Partnership Game: The Roth-Stone System (1st ed.). E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. LCCN 58-9305. 237 pages.
• with Roth, Alvin (1989). Bridge is a Partnership Game: The Roth-Stone System (2nd ed.). Ballston Lake, NY: Granovetter Books. OCLC 22757918. 237 pages. Preface revised by Alvin Roth.

Bridge accomplishments

Honors

• ACBL Hall of Fame, 2003^[5]

Awards

• Fishbein Trophy (1) 1956

Wins

• North American Bridge Championships (16)
  • Master Individual (1) 1953 ^[6]
  • von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (1) 1956 ^[7]
  • Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1947 ^[8]
  • Open Pairs (1928-1962) (1) 1942 ^[9]
  • Vanderbilt (3) 1943, 1959, 1960 ^[10]
  • Marcus Cup (1) 1960
  • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1961, 1963 ^[11]
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1965 ^[12]
  • Reisinger (2) 1952, 1961 ^[13]
  • Spingold (3) 1953, 1956, 1957 ^[14]

Runners-up

• Bermuda Bowl (1) 1958
• North American Bridge Championships
  • von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (2) 1942, 1965 ^[7]
  • Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1958, 1965 ^[15]
  • Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1952 ^[8]
  • Hilliard Mixed Pairs (1) 1956 ^[16]
  • Open Pairs (1928-1962) (1) 1958 ^[17]
  • Vanderbilt (2) 1966, 1969 ^[10]
  • Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1952, 1959 ^[11]
  • Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (2) 1942, 1956 ^[12]
  • Spingold (2) 1961, 1963 ^[14]