Kit Woolsey (born 1943) 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.

Woolsey authored many bridge and backgammon books, and contributed to the bridge bidding theory with innovations like the two way checkback convention and a defense system against opposing notrump openings. 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 is editor of the online backgammon magazine GammonU. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1964.

Winner :

Rosenblum Cup (1) 1986

Senior Bowl (1) 2003

Olympiad Seniors Team (1) 2000

North American Bridge Championships (15)

Open Pairs (2) 1987, 1989

Men's Pairs (2) 1972, 1985

Mixed Pairs (1) 1967

Blue Ribbon Pairs (3) 1973, 1975, 1990

North American Men's Swiss Teams (1) 1986

Men's Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1978, 1986, 1989

Open Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1994

Grand National Open Teams (1) 1984

Vanderbilt Knockout Teams (1) 1991

Other notable wins:

USBC Bermuda Bowl qualifiers (1) 1989

Cavendish Invitational Teams (1) 1990

Cavendish Invitational Pairs (2) 1979, 1994

Runner-ups:

Bermuda Bowl (1) 1989

Rosenblum Cup (1) 1982

North American Bridge Championships (19)

Open Pairs (1) 1981

Open Pairs I (1) 1996

Men's Pairs (2) 1973, 1974

Open Pairs II (1) 2004

Blue Ribbon Pairs (3) 1985, 1986, 2002

Life Master Men's Pairs (2) 1971, 1972

Mixed Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1997

Grand National Open Teams (2) 1977, 2006

Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1980

Vanderbilt Knockout Teams (2) 1992, 1999

Spingold Knockout Teams (3) 1979, 1981, 1992