Kit Woolsey

Kit Woolsey is a world class bridge player as well as one of the top backgammon players in the world. In bridge he was the winner of the 1986 Rosenblum Teams, the world team championship. He was also runner-up in the 1989 Bermuda Bowl and won the Senior Teams at the 2000 World Team Olympiad, and another gold at the 2003 Senior Bowl, as well as approximately a dozen ACBL national championships including the Blue Ribbon Pairs, Reisinger Teams, and Vanderbilt Teams. Many of his successes were in partnership with Ed Manfield. In backgammon he was runner-up in the 1996 World Cup, and is (as of 2007) ranked the 5 backgammon player in the world.

Kit Woolsey published many backgammon books and created the Gammonline.com website. He won the 1977 International Bridge Press Association award for Best article on a System or Convention.

Since 1984 Woolsey has been one of four (six as of 2005) directors of The Bridge World's Master Solvers Club.

Kit Woolsey was the editor of the online backgammon magazine Gammonline. in 1964 he graduated from Oberlin College.