Best bidding theorist of all time

[phil_20686]

I don't even remember this thread, and I never voted in it. So I added a vote for Al Roth. But I think several people are missing from the list:

 

Albert Morehead

Norman Squire

Eric Crowhurst

 

Others have mentioned a few, too.

 

Incredibly random necro?

[kenrexford]

I wonder the reason why these are missing on the proposed list:

 

- Harold S. Vanderbilt, creator of club systems

- Eugenio Chiaradia, chief theorist behind Blue Team, which was the most successful team ever

- Bobby Goldman, creator of Scientific Aces which is the basis for the most popular system approach today 2o1

- Lukasz Slawinskii, creator of 8-12/pass systems

 

Most of the persons on the list I see most as moderators of others inventions but not as theorists.

 

Claus Sønderkøge

 

Mats Nilsland also probably deserves a mention?

[Siegmund]

Maybe its time to try a new poll with an improved selection of names :)

 

But it's always going to be hard to get results without everybody knowing who invented what.

[blackshoe]

Incredibly random necro?

Yes. Is there a law against it?

[Phil]

How did I leave Ken Rexford off of here?

[Scarabin]

Results seem weird: No mention of Giorgi Belladonna, surely the recognised leading bidding theoretician of the Blue team? Also seem heavily skewed in favour of present day experts, what about Stern, author of the Vienna system? An awful lot of modern big club, relay systems developed from this. Surely Fred rates a vote before many of the people on the list? :unsure: