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Kitty  TELTSCHER

Kitty è nata a Bombay in India da genitori ungheresi ed ha studiato a Tel Aviv e a Vienna.

Nel 1963 si è trasferita in Inghilterra dove al St. Clare's College di Oxford ha conosciuti il suo primo marito David Mc Lintock che era un suo professore che è anche il padre di Julia.

 Dopo il divorzio, nel 1991 ha sposato dopo molti anni di convivenza Bernard Teltscher, anche lui eccellente bridgista. La coppia si è divisa nel 2006 pur restando in amicizia fino alla scomparsa di Bernard.

 Kitty ha imparato a giocare a bridge con i genitori ed i loro amici viennesi sulla veranda del loro bungalow in Bombay, poi, negli anni '50 quando viveva a Vienna, ha passato molto del suo tempo a fare l'angolista al famoso Cafe Pruecki.

 Nel 2000 i suoi primi grandi successi: le medaglie d'argento olimpiche conquistate in coppia con il marito nel Coppie Miste e con Shireen Mohandes nel Coppie Femminili.  Nel 2004 arriva poi il bronzo nelle Olimpiadi a Squadre Femminili.

Per diversi anni è stata corrispondente di Bridge Plus curando la rubrica "Bridge with Panache".

Kitty Teltscher was born in Bombay, of Hungarian parents, and educated in Tel Aviv and Vienna. She came to England in 1963 to go to St Clare's College, Oxford and while there met her first husband, David McLintock, an Oxford don. Their marriage produced a daughter Julia.

After the divorce, in 1991 he married after many years of coexistence Bernard Teltscher, also an excellent bridgista. The couple split in 2006 while remaining in friendship until Bernard's disappearance.

Kitty's parents were keen bridge players and her first memory of a bridge game is of them sitting on the verandah of their large bungalow on the outskirts of Bombay, playing bridge with Viennese friends. In the late 50's Kitty used to kibitz regularly at the Cafe Prueckl in Vienna. The standard was poor, but she was hooked.

She played primarily rubber bridge for stakes at Stefan's Bridge Circle, The Acol, St John's Wood Bridge Club, St James and latterly TGR's. In 2002 she formed a partnership with Lizzie Godfrey and played as a team with Nicola Smith and Heather Dhondy, Michelle Brunner and Rhona Goldenfeld. They won the Trials and the Lady Milne and competed in Montreal.

In 2003, Lizzie and Kitty played with Nicola and Heather and Sally Brock partnering Kath Nelson. They competed in Menton.

In 2004 Sally and Kitty linked up and are looking forward to a successful partnership.

Kitty has been writing a popular column in Bridge Plus for the past 6 or 7 years, called "Bridge with Panache"