Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Alvin Leon \"Al\" 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. Roth was considered a fascinating theorist but was described by one partner, Richard \"Dick\" Freeman, as \"very tough to sit opposite—unless you were so thick-skinned that no insult was severe enough to hurt, or you were willing to make extreme sacrifices to get on a winning side.\""@en }
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- Alvin_Roth_(bridge) abstract "Alvin Leon \"Al\" 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. Roth was considered a fascinating theorist but was described by one partner, Richard \"Dick\" Freeman, as \"very tough to sit opposite—unless you were so thick-skinned that no insult was severe enough to hurt, or you were willing to make extreme sacrifices to get on a winning side.\"".