Steve Nellissen, R.I.P.

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Adam Wildavsky

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Mar 7, 2021, 8:31:54 PM3/7/21

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KS proponent and KS list subscriber Steve Nellissen succumbed to lung cancer Friday. He was comfortable and surrounded by his family. One of my first regular bridge partners, Steve was a fixture on the NY, NJ, and New England tournament circuits. A good friend and a good partner, he left us much too soon. Here’s a short article I wrote after Steve and I won the Goldman Pairs in NYC in 2018:

https://adamsbridgeblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-2018-goldman-pairs-in-nyc.html

Steve is survived by his wife, Amy, proprietor of The Bridge Table in Bergen County, NJ, and their two daughters April and Emily.

Here's an article showing one advantage of KS, though the deal diagram is sadly not included: