The Fast Open Pairs national bridge championship is held at the summer American Contract Bridge League

American Contract Bridge League

The American Contract Bridge League is the largest contract bridge organization in North America. It promotes the game of bridge in the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, and Canada, and is a member of the World Bridge Federation...

 (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship

North American Bridge Championships

North American Bridge Championships are three annual bridge conventions sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League . The "Spring", "Summer", and "Fall" NABCs are usually scheduled in March, July, and November for about eleven days. They comprise both championship and side contests of...

 (NABC).

The Fast Open Pairs is a four session MP pairs event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions.
Each set of two sessions is played on one day.
The event typically starts on the second Thursday of the NABC.
The event is open.
Players are required to play each two round board in eleven minutes.
Typically, there is only a small (30-45 minutes) break between the two sessions.

History

The NABC+ Fast Open Pairs is a matchpoint event where tables are permitted 11 minutes to finish their two-board rounds, rather than the standard 15 minutes. The event consists of two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. It was first contested in 2000 in Anaheim, California.

Winners

After 11 renditions, the pair Doug Doub–Adam Wildavsky have one win and two seconds. Geoff Hampson and Chris Willenken both have two wins with different partners.

Winners of Fast Open Pairs

Year	Winners	Runners-up
2000	Aaron Silverstein, Chris Willenken	Linda Lewis, Paul Lewis
2001	Jim Robison, Mark Itabashi	Robert Bell, Earl Glickstein
2002	Alan Kleist, Leo LaSota	Ron Smith, Chris Willenken
2003	John Hurd, Joel Wooldridge	Ed Schulte, Joseph Godefrin
2004	Peter Weiden, Rick Zucker	Doug Doub, Adam Wildavsky
2005	Ralph Buchalter, Chris Willenken	Jiang GU, Xiaodong SHI
2006	Robert Lebi, Nicolas L'Ecuyer	Doug Doub, Adam Wildavsky
2007	Geoff Hampson, Bobby Levin Bobby Levin Robert J. Levin is an American professional bridge player. He is best known as the youngest winner of the world championship for national teams, namely the 1981 Bermuda Bowl, and as five-time winner of the Cavendish Invitational with his regular partner Steve Weinstein...	Eldad Ginossar Eldad Ginossar Eldad Ginossar is a professional bridge player from Israel.Ginossar won the European Open Teams Championship in Antalya, Turkey in June 2007 with his partner Ron Pachtman, and with the French father-son combination of Michel and Thomas Bessis as teammates.Ginossar won both the Israeli Open Pairs... , Ron Pachtmann
2008	Doug Doub, Adam Wildavsky	John Diamond, Brian Platnick
2009	Dick Bruno, Peggy Kaplan	Bob Etter, John Hodges
2010	Dan Jacob, Nagy Kamel	Steve Shirey, Allan Stauber
2011	John Diamond, Geoff Hampson	Lew Gamerman, Robert McCaw

Sources

List of previous winners, Page 18
2008 winners, Page 1