Alvin Roth (bridge)
AMERICAN BRIDGE PLAYER, WRITER, AND CLUB OWNER (1914-2007)
Alvin L. Roth
Alvin Leon Roth (November 6, 1914 – April 18, 2007) was an American bridge player, considered one of the greatest of all time, and "the premier bidding theorist of his bridge generation". He wrote several books on the game, and invented various bidding conventions that have become commonplace, including five-card majors, negative doubles, forcing notrump, and the unusual notrump.