LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwired – Aug 5, 2014) – The world-famous bridge master Alvin Leon Roth would have turned 100 this year. He left behind a legacy in a form of the renowned “Roth-Stone system,” a bridge playing method that is still used in bridge tournaments around the world today, such as five-card majors, a one-no-trump response to a one-heart or one-spade opening that is forcing for one round, and negative doubles. Roth was considered one of the greatest bridge players of all times and is known to be a fascinating theorist. This led to his publication of several books, the most famous one being “Al Roth on Bridge: The Roth-Stone System,” which was released in 1953. Al Roth played in three Bermuda Bowl world team championships between 1955 and 1967 and won a silver medal with the US team in the 1968 World Team Olympiad. In 1995, he was inducted into the American Contract Bridge League Hall of Fame to honor his success.

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