Have You Discussed? - American Contract Bridge League

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Daily
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
85th North American Bridge Championships
Bulletin
Volume 85, Number 5
Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler
High honors bestowed
The night was filled with emotion – happiness,
sadness for the departed and joy for the newest
members of the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame. Emcee
George Jacobs said it best: “The game itself should
get the award. It brings us together.”
With seven other members of the Hall of Fame
in attendance, Gail Greenberg and Max Hardy were
celebrated for their contributions to bridge, and
French champions Bénédicte Cronier and Sylvie
Willard were toasted as 2013 recipients of the Sidney
H. Lazard Jr. Sportsmanship Award.
Lowell Andrews, the late Max Hardy’s best
friend, spoke for his friend, honored with the
Blackwood Award for service to bridge.
Andrews said he first met Hardy when the two of
them were assigned to work Bridge Week in L.A., at
the time the best-attended regional in North America.
It was Andrews’ first assignment, Hardy’s second.
Andrews recalled that he and Hardy worked a
room with five or six sections of a side game. At the
time, all scoring was manual, so the TDs had to do
the recaps by hand.
“Max did his sheet,” Andrews said, “and then
took mine, which was half finished, and completed
it.”
The Los Angeles area has lots of sectionals
every year, and most were close to where Hardy and
Andrews lived, so they got to know each other and
became fast friends.
Andrews told one of his favorite stories, about a
time when he and Hardy were playing together at the
Bridge Academy in Tarzana. They were well known
by that time, so there were lots of kibitzers around
continued on page 5
Bragin team leads
Senior Swiss
The Maryland-based squad led by Barry Bragin
topped the field of 94 teams in the qualifying round
of the Truscott/U.S. Playing Card Senior Swiss
Teams. Bragin, playing with Mark Laken, Andrew
Gofreed and Alan Tenenbaum, scored 130 victory
points.
In second with 113 VPs was the team captained
by Dee Adams of Memphis TN. Her squad includes
partner Al Stone and teammates Fred Hamilton, Mark
Itabashi, Dan Morse and John Sutherlin.
The New England squad led by Geoffrey Brod is
third: They scored 109 VPs in the qualifying round.
Brod played with Alan Applebaum, Pat McDevitt,
Victor King, Richard DeMartino and Sheila Gabay.
Fourty-eight teams made the cut to today’s twosession final.
Head-to-head
matches begin in
national KOs
Brad Moss and Jill Levin were on
hand to honor their mother, Gail
Greenberg, on receiving the von
Zedtwitz Award.
Mary Hardy, accompanied
by Max’s son, Ben Hardy, in
accepting the Blackwood
Award for her late husband.
Presenter David Sokolow with
the recipients of the Sidney H.
Lazard Jr. Sportsmanship Award:
Bénédicte Cronier and Sylvie
Willard.
Volunteers honored
at Goodwill meeting
When it comes to promoting
pleasant behavior and ethics at the
bridge table, the Aileen Osofsky
Goodwill Committee is leading
the way. At Monday’s Goodwill
Committee reception, another
form of goodwill – volunteerism –
was recognized.
Bob Heller, who represents
the host district (7) on the ACBL
Board of directors, cited two of the
Mid-Atlantic Bridge Conference’s
most faithful and effective
volunteers.
The first was Pat Seiler of
Hilton Head Island SC. Seiler,
chair of the first four regionals
Bob Heller, who represents District 7 on the ACBL Board of
organized in Hilton Head Island,
Directors, with Len Case and Pat Seiler.
was also MABC treasurer for 16.5
years.
Heller noted that Seiler worked for the
MABC expertly and diligently and never took
a penny for her services. “She might have
used a free play now and then,” he said.
With help from 2012 ACBL President
Sharon Anderson, Heller said he calculated
that Seiler worked 8800 hours in her job as
treasurer.
Another stalwart, Heller said, is Len
Case, husband of Janet Case, one of ACBL’s
top tournament directors. The two – a “tag
team,” according to Heller – live in Charlotte
Aileen Osofsky Goodwill
District 7 Goodwill
Committee Chair Sandy
NC. Len was chairman of the first regional in
Committee Chair Richard
DeMartino.
Brown.
continued on page 17
The opening round of the Spingold Knockout
Teams, the Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams, MiniSpingold I (0-5000) and Mini-Spingold II (0-1500)
reduced each of the respective fields to proper sizes
to allow head-to-head matches in today’s action.
The Spingold, which had 67 entrants, saw the
top 55 teams receive byes, while the remaining 12
squads slugged it out to become seeds 56 through 64.
Team Monaco, the defending Spingold
champions with captain Pierre Zimmermann, Franck
Multon, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Fulvio Fantoni
and Claudio Nunes, is the top seed.
The field in the Wagar was 13 teams, which had
to be reduced to eight. The top two seeds received
byes on Monday, while the 11 other squads vied for
the other six slots.
The No. 1 seed in the event is Sylvia Moss’s
team: Joann Glasson, Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer,
Catherine D’Ovidio and Janice Seamon-Molson.
The pattern was the same for both MiniSpingold I (29 entrants) and Mini-Spingold II (23
entrants). Both contests used a series of byes and
playoffs to reduce the field to 16 teams in each.
We want your photo!
See page 2 for deatils.
WBF reports inside
Today and through the end of the tournament,
the middle four pages of the Daily Bulletin include
reporting from the World Youth Open Bridge
Championships.
Goodwill Message
Leave a tidy table and push in your chair.
Sandy DeMartino, Goodwill Chair
ATTENDANCE
through Monday afternoon
6275 tables
Page 2
Daily Bulletin
SPECIAL EVENTS
MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS
Tuesday, August 6
8:30–9:30 a.m. TourneyTRAX Q&A. Meet with members of the ACBL
staff for an interactive session about TourneyTRAX, the new
tournament information system.B Atrium Tower, level 2,
Conference Suite 222.
9 a.m.–Noon
Club Director Refresher Course. Continuing education
for bridge directors to increase their skills. Continues on
Wednesday, Aug. 7. Must attend both sessions. Sign up at the
door. Fee: $15 covers both sessions. Atrium Tower, level 2,
7-10 p.m.
Zero Tolerance Workshop. Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference
Suite 219. Open to all. Especially valuable for club managers.
You’re welcome to bring food.
9 am–noon
Wednesday, August 7
Club Director Refresher Course. Second day of the
continuing education seminar for bridge directors to
increase their skills. Must attend both sessions (Tuesday and
Wednesday). Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference Suite 226.
Friday, August 9
8:30–9:30 a.m. TourneyTRAX Q&A. Meet with members of the ACBL
staff for an interactive session about TourneyTRAX, the new
tournament information system. Free. Atrium Tower, level 2,
CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM
Be sure to hear these expert lecturers at the Atlanta NABC by some of the bestknown players and teachers at 9:15 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Hanover Hall, LL2.
9:15 am
6:45 pm
9:15 am
6:45 pm
Tuesday, August 6
Harriette Buckman
Coley McGinnis & Linda Hanson
Rights and Responsibilities
Defensive Carding
Wednesday, August 7
Michael Huston
Patty Tucker
Finessing
Double, Double Toil & Trouble
Thursday, August 8
9:15 am
6:45 pm
Kevin Wilson
Billy Miller
Fitting Honors
Dear Billy Live
9:15 am
6:45 pm
Mike Flader
Sam Marks
Ruling the Game
The Use and Abuse of Blackwood
Friday, August 9
ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY
Location: Peach Pit on LL2, unless otherwise noted
Wednesday, August 7
8:15-9:15 a.m. Beginner Yoga (bring a towel)
8:45-9:30 a.m. Dr. David Schulman is the Director, Emory Sleep Laboratory
and Program Director for Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
Medicine at Emory University. He recently was honored with
the 2013 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award. Dave
has also done well in NABCs, coming in second with Steve
Callaham in the Young LM Pairs in 2009. He will speak on
“Sleep as Key to Health” in Suite 222 on the Atrium Level.
2-2:45 p.m.
Stephen Peterkin and Jeffrey Tsang, pianists
2:15-2:45 p.m. Ice cream
6:30–7:30 p.m. Vegetables, dip and assorted cheeses
6:30–9:30 p.m. Cash bar
6:30-8:15 p.m. Mark Larson, The Piano Guy and singer. Come and sing
along with Mark or just enjoy listening to him perform.
8:30 p.m.- till Texas Hold’em
Important notices for
players in national events
Notice to seeded pairs
If you expect to be seeded in an NABC+
event at this tournament, please purchase your
entry at least 15 minutes before game time. Doing
so will help get the game started.
NABC Slideshow
The Atlanta planning committee is putting
together a slideshow of the overall winners of
tournament events. We will take pictures of overall
winners in the Prize Room located on the Exhibit
Level, two floors below the main lobby. The Prize
Room will be open each day between 9:15-9:50
a.m., 2-2:50 p.m. and 6:30-7:20 p.m. We need both
partners from a pair and/or all members of a team to
come to the prize room for the picture if they are the
overall winners of an event. The slideshow will be on
display on the Exhibit Level and will include other
tournament information and presentations you won’t
want to miss.
Say ‘cheese!’
ACBL has retained a professional photographer
to update images for our publications and website.
We are looking for you — Hall of Famers, NABC
winners, tournament staff, Grand Life Masters,
Bulletin contributors, etc. Please look nice. The
photographer will be located in the Kennesaw
room, LL3, Sunday between 9 –10:30 a.m. and by
appointment. Email tracey.yarbro@acbl.org
10:45 p.m.-
Hot dogs
midnight
11 p.m.-midnight Mark Larson, piano and vocals
Thursday, August 8
8:15-9:15 a.m. Zumba
2-2:45 p.m.
Pianist
6:30-8:30 p.m. Robert Meadows will sing country and contemporary songs.
Robert recently released his debut album, Let’s Try That
Again.
9-10 p.m.
Global Dance will be a classic performance inspired by
dances from Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Lebanon, Spain and
India.
10:30 p.m.-
Small, pulled pork barbecue sandwiches and chips
12:30 a.m.
10:30 p.m.-
Robert Meadows, country and contemporary
12:30 a.m.
Check cashing and
bridge bucks
The check-cashing desk, located in the lobby
area on LL1, will be open between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
every day through Friday, Aug. 9.
There is a limit of $500 per day for check
cashing. Members must provide their ACBL
numbers.
Bridge bucks are available for purchase at the
check-cashing desk. Visa, MasterCard and Discover
can be used only to purchase bridge bucks.
Dis-Kennections 5
Dis-Kennections, with appropriate apologies
to Ken Jennings and Parade Magazine, is a daily
feature of the Summer 2013 NABC Bulletin.
Determine the word or phrase suggested by the
five clues below. Then conclude what the common
theme is for those five answers.
1. A popular alternative to dining at a Chinese
restaurant
2. Price you pay for doing the wrong thing
3. In art, the kind of space around or between
elements of the subject
4. Something done with trade accounts and
books
5. Associate of Guildenstern, according to
Shakespeare
(See page 5 for the solution to today’s puzzle.)
Play in a world
championship
The 41st World Teams Championships, which
include the World Transnational Open Teams
Championship, will be held on the island of Bali in
September this year.
The WTOT starts on Tuesday, Sept. 24, and
is open to any player who is a member in good
standing of his or her national bridge organization –
e.g., the ACBL. Because it is a transnational event,
competitors can play with partners or teammates
from other countries.
It’s an enjoyable and exciting event – a real
challenge too, because many of the teams that
participate in the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup and
d’Orsi Seniors Trophy but do not get through to the
knockout phase drop into the Transnational Teams.
This means that teams entering the event get the
opportunity of playing against some of the leading
players in the world. There are few – if any – other
sports where this can happen, and it makes for a truly
great competition.
Add to that the atmosphere of the final stages
of the main championships – the Bermuda Bowl,
Venice Cup and d’Orsi Seniors Trophy, with the
excellent vugraph and all the tension of the finals and
it becomes an unforgettable experience.
Bali is a popular destination because of its
beauty, and the championships are being held in the
attractive resort of Nusa Dua. Come and play then
stay a few extra days to enjoy the wonderful beaches
and the great culture to be found on Bali. We feel
sure you will have a truly wonderful time!
To find out more and to register for this great
championship, visit www.worldbridge.org.
Daily Bulletin
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JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS
Have you discussed?
By Brent Manley
This conversation was overheard at the North
American Bridge Championships in San Diego.
First player: “I don’t like the way you played Board
17. You shouldn’t have pitched a club.” Second
player: “But you played Board 17.” First player:
“Yes, and there was
no way to make it.”
Readers of
yesterday’s column
may think the
waterfront has been
covered on 1NT
openings. Not even
close.
How many
have you discussed
the following
situation?
West
North
East
South
Partner
You
1NT
Pass
2♣ Dbl
?
It virtually every instance, the double of 2♣ is
lead directing, indicating a strong holding in clubs.
You have options here: redouble, Pass, 2♦, 2♥
or 2♠. What are the implications of these choices?
Will your partner know what you intend if you pass
2♣? Does it mean you are happy with that contract?
Does it mean that you have no four-card major? If
so, what would it mean if you bid 2♦? If you have
agreements about these points, you will be ahead of
many pairs, and not just the new players.
Some experts agree that a pass of 2♣ doubled
shows a club stopper. If North wishes to continue
with Stayman, he redoubles. If you have that
agreement, bids of 2♦, 2♥ and 2♠ carry their usual
meanings but deny a club stopper.
You are, of course, free to forge any agreements
with which you and your partner are comfortable.
It’s cliché but it’s true: Even a bad agreement is
better than no agreement.
Here’s another situation: You open 1NT and
partner bids at the three level. Have you discussed
what these bids mean?
Some play that a jump to three of a minor
shows a six-card suit missing one high honor but
with little additional strength in the hand. If opener
has the missing card (often an ace), he can try for
3NT, knowing that he has a great chance for six
tricks from responder’s hand.
A jump to three of a major is often used to
show 5-5 or better in the majors with invitational
Thinking bridge
By Eddie Kantar
Dlr: South
♠K743
Vul: E-W
♥ Q 10 8
♦2
♣87432
♠ 9 6
♥ 7 3 2
♦ A J 8 3
♣ A K Q 9
♠AQJ
♥AKJ96
♦ Q 10 6 5
♣6
♠ 10 8 5 2
♥54
♦K974
♣ J 10 5
West
North
East
South
1♥
Pass
2♥ Pass
4♥
All Pass
Opening lead: ♣A.
Bidding commentary: West has a good hand,
but no convenient way to enter the bidding. A
or game-forcing values
(respectively, 3♥
and 3♠). This is not
necessarily best, but it
is a possibility. Threelevel bids can also be
used to show shortness
with 4-4-4-1, 5-4-3-1
or 5-4-4-0 shape. A
discussion can help
you and partner decide
which method is easiest
to remember and most
likely to come up more
than once a year.
Try this one:
Partner opens 1NT and
you hold:
♠KQJ876
♥K4
♦62
♣ Q 7 4.
What’s the
problem, you say? Just
bid 2♥ and follow with
4♠. You know you have
at least an eight-card
fit. It’s a no-brainer.
Wait a minute: You
were actually dealt:
♠KQJ876
♥AK4
♦62
♣Q7
Now what? Do you
transfer and bid 4♠ and
find partner with:
♠ A 10 4
♥Q53
♦AQ
♣ K J 10 8 5
Barring a club ruff,
partner is cold for 6♠,
but you can’t ask for
aces because you have
two suits in which the
opponents might cash
the first two tricks. It makes no sense to have to bid
the same way with the two hands.
Many partnerships agree that transferring to
the major at the two level and bidding four shows
slam interest. With a hand that does not inspire you
to consider slam, just transfer at the four level and
pass (bid 4♥, a transfer to spades).
Incidentally, have you discussed how to ask for
takeout double with a low doubleton in an unbid
major is off the wall. North does best to support
hearts rather than bid 1♠, an unlimited response. If
possible, limit a weak hand quickly.
Lead commentary: Looks normal. It takes a
brave soul to lead something else when holding
A-K-Q-(x) in a suit.
Defensive commentary: West must realize that
this dummy is good for one thing, and one thing
only: ruffing diamonds. Club tricks, if there are any,
are not going away. West must shift to a trump at
trick two, playing a second trump when in with a
diamond. Because the spades are blocked, declarer
can take no more than five hearts in the closed hand,
one diamond ruff in dummy, and three spades.
Down one. Without the trump shift at trick two,
declarer can ruff two diamonds in dummy and make
the contract.
When a weak dummy tables with a short suit
plus trump support, trump leads are usually called
for.
As a defender, keep length parity with the
dummy. East should not discard a spade holding
four spades and looking at four spades in dummy.
aces (or key cards) after partner opens 1NT and you
bid Stayman or transfer? Many pairs use Gerber
(4♣) to ask for aces or key cards after partner opens
1NT or 2NT. A sequence such as 1NT – 2♣; 2♥
– 4NT is not asking for key cards for hearts. It is
inviting partner to bid a slam with a choice of 6♥
or 6NT if he is on the top of the range for his 1NT
opener.
Dane Margol and Melissa Sovereign
Playing in the Monday afternoon
Intermediate/Newcomer games were Dane
Margol and Melissa Sovereign of Jacksonville
FL. The partners, who play at the St.
Augustine Duplicate Bridge Club at home, are
attending their first NABC.
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Daily Bulletin
The Insider
In the beginning, the Insider wrote columns that
were intended to be informative to NABC players.
Over time, the Insider ran out of things to say that
informed players, and some would say he ran out
of things to say period. So, in a twist on the Old
Testament, the Insider column became “formless
and empty.” Today, the column actually has some
important information that may save you some
money. No, not the dollar-off coupons for the snack
bar — this is something that could save you a lot.
There’s a hotel scam where the scammer calls the
hotel, asks to be connected to a particular guest room,
and tells that person that the front desk had some
trouble with the credit card that is on file and needs
to get all of the guest’s credit card information “right
now.” The scammer then runs up untold charges that
the guest doesn’t find out about until the bill comes
in. This type of call has been received by several
guests at this hotel. The Hyatt — indeed, any hotel
— will never call a room asking for this information
over the phone. A legitimate call from the hotel
would be a request to come down to the front desk to
confirm or correct the information on file. One player
reported that the caller even had her correct name,
thus lending a touch of credibility to the call. Do not
give credit card information to people who call your
room. (It is OK, however, to leave bags of money for
the Insider in the far left corner of the Grand Hall.)
The Insider apologizes to those who love and
support him. He went on a tour of Underground
Atlanta and did not get back to produce a column
in time for the Bulletin’s early, 10 & 3 playingschedule deadline. Yesterday’s column was going
to include a guide to understanding the Laws
concerning insufficient bids in an event played
behind screens during the second session of the
(Tuesday only) quarterfinals of an NABC+ event on
an even-numbered date during the Summer NABC. It
promised to keep you on the edge of your seat while
informing and enlightening. For those who want to
read this treatise, it will be available in the Insider’s
latest book, available soon for Kindle on Amazon
– or leave a bag with $39.95 per copy in the far left
corner of the Grand Hall.
Runners-up in the MacNab GNT Flight C from
District 5: Shakeel Ahmad, Manju Ceylony, Sue
Lan Ma and captain Huei Rong Chern
District 23 wins
GNT Flight C
A five-man squad from District 23 (the Los
Angeles area) won the MacNab Grand National
Teams Flight C on Sunday evening. The team —captain Frederick Upton, Om Chokriwala, Yichi
Zhang, Jack Chang and Nolan Chang —
defeated
their District 5 opponents 220-80. The District 5 team
was captain Huei Rong Chern, Sue Lan Ma, Manju
Ceylony and Shakeel Ahmad.
On this deal (rotated) from the first quarter,
Upton found the right line as declarer to make his
contract.
Dlr: East
♠93
Vul: N-S
♥875
♦Q8652
♣AKQ
♠ A K 8 7 4 2
♠ 10 5
♥ J 6 2
♥ Q 10 4
♦ K 9 7
♦J43
♣ 7
♣ J 10 5 3 2
♠QJ6
♥AK93
♦ A 10
♣9864
West
North
East
South
Chokriwala
Upton
Pass
1♣
1♠
2♦
Pass
2NT
All Pass
A low spade lead will hold declarer to seven
tricks on this layout, but West tried to beat the
contract by cashing the ♠A K and clearing the suit,
as low diamonds were pitched from dummy and the
East hand.
Upton could count seven tricks — one spade, two
hearts, one diamond and three clubs — and finding
an eighth is tricky. The 6-2 spade division meant that
West could no be allowed to regain the lead, making
a low diamond to the queen unattractive. Upton
instead decided to see if clubs or hearts would split
3-3, but the order of doing so is important.
Declarer crossed to dummy with the ♣A and
cashed the ♣K, too, discovering the 5-1 split. The
only chance at this point is to find hearts 3-3 and that
East is forced to win the third round of the suit. That
means that if East is clever enough to try and unblock
the ♥Q early, declarer must duck and allow it to hold.
On a low heart from dummy, East followed low,
so declarer won the ace, returned to dummy with the
♣Q and played another heart. East again followed
low, so declarer went up with the king and crossed
his fingers. East had to win the third round of the
suit, so all was well for declarer. After winning the
♥Q, East cashed two good clubs, but had to return a
diamond to declarer’s ace and the long heart.
Thompson, Spector
Take Bruce LM Pairs
Randy Thompson and Barry Spector, sitting 22nd
after the Saturday semifinal qualifying stage, zoomed
to the top of the field in the first final of the Bruce
Life Master 0-5000 Pairs, and despite what they
estimated to be a poor last round, held on to win.
With 823 points, David and Rita Wakeman from
Irvine CA finished less than a board out of first (19
was top).
Thompson is a retired securities lawyer who hails
from Albuquerque NM. Spector, an energy lawyer, is
from Springfield VA. The two have played together
since 1974 (Spector took a hiatus “for family, etc.,”
Thompson says).
Thompson says they played disciplined bridge
and took advantage of opportunities offered by the
opponents.
Quoting a mentor, Spector says, “’I brung my
basket.’”
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Page 5
Hall of Fame
continued from page 1
In Monday’s issue,
the wrong photo
appeared with the
winners of the 2012
0–1500 Mini-Spingold:
Max Glick, Jin Hu,
Zachary Sherr, Jonathan
Fleischmann, Zachary
Wasserman.
1955 Douglas Drury, Eric Murray
1956 Paul Allinger, James Jacoby
1957 David Carter, John Hubbell
1958 William Grieve, Ira Rubin
This event was held at the Summer North
American Championships until 1963. A similar event
was held at the Spring NABCs 1958-1962 with these
winners:
1958 Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor
1959 James Pestaner, John Swanson
1960 Frank Hoadley, Julius Rosenblum
1961 Morton Rubinow, Tobias Stone
1962 Ivan Erdos, Philip Feldesman
2012 Wernher Open Pairs winners Robert Lebi
and David Lindop
Wernher Open Pairs
begins today
The Wernher Trophy
The Wernher Trophy
was donated in 1934 by
Sir Derrick J. Wernher and
presented to the winners of
the National Men’s Pairs
Championship.
The event was contested
at the Summer NABC until
1962. It moved to the Spring
NABC in 1963 where it
remained for 40 years. In 2004 it returned to the
Summer NABC lineup. From 1969 through 1971, it
was contested as a three-session championship.
In 1992 the event became Open Pairs II, a
four-session event which consists of two qualifying
rounds and two finals rounds.
Wernher (1889-1947) was a resident of London,
England and Deal NJ. A leading personality in
American bridge in the Thirties, Wernher was
president of the American Bridge League in 1933,
chairman of its Master Plan committee and a member
of the board of directors of the American Whist
League.
Wernher placed second in the Asbury Challenge
Teams (now the Spingold Knockout Teams) in 1936
and won the Reisinger (played in conjunction with
the New York regional) in 1930.
History of winners:
1934 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby
1935 Edward Cook, Fred French
1936 Richard Ecker, Fred Kaplan
1937 Edward Cook, John Kunkle
1938 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren
1939 John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby
1940 Merwyn Maier, Robert McPherran
1941 Joseph Low, Simon Rossant
1942 Robert von Engel, Aaron Goodman
1943 Charles Goren, Charles Solomon
1944 Sigmund Dornbusch, Herman Goldberg
1945 Sylvester Gintell, Lee Hazen
1946 Mitchell Barnes, Waldemar von Zedtwitz
1947 Sol Mogal, Tobias Stone
1948 Fred Hirsch, Samuel Katz
1949 Charles Goren, Oswald Jacoby
1950 Phillip Briggs, Richard Revell
1951 Milton Ellenby, Emanuel Hochfield
1952 Arthur Grau, William Rosen
1953 Harold Harkavy, Bill Root
1954 Douglas Drury, Eric Murray
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Harry Fishbein, John Gerber
Jack Blair, William Christian
Philip Feldesman, Ira Rubin
Philip Feldesman, Ira Rubin
Sami Kehela, Wolf Lebovic
Ed Don Weiner, G. Gard Hays
Lawrence Rosler, Jeff Rubens
Barry Crane, Peter Rank
Richard Lawrence, Art Price
Kyle Larsen, Edmond Lazarus
Michael Martino, Frank Vine
Richard Kaye, Richard Walsh
Giorgio Belladonna, Benito Garozzo
Steve Robinson, Kit Woolsey
Jack Kennedy, David Hadden
George Slemmons, George Steiner
Harlow Lewis, Art Waldemann
Gerald Caravelli, Larry Cohen
Joseph Fox, Garey Hayden
Larry Kozlove, John Sheridan
Roy Fox, Paul Swanson
Neil Silverman, Peter Weichsel
Warren Rosner, Allan Stauber
David Berkowitz, Harold Lilie
Marty Bergen, Allan Stauber
Mike Lawrence, Peter Weichsel
Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey
Bob Hamman, Paul Swanson
Darryl Pedersen, George Steiner
Arthur Hoffman, Stephen Shane
Mike Moss, Charles Coon
Steve Sion, Steve Landen
Ken Cohen, Bob Thomas
(became Open Pairs II)
Jeff Meckstroth, Perry Johnson
Gaylor Kasle, Robert Levin
Thomas Peters, John Zilic
Steve Weinstein, Fred Stewart
David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen
Lloyd Arvedon, Allan Falk
Mike Moss, Bjorn Fallenius
Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell
Stephen Landen, Pratap Rajadhyaksha
Chris Willenken, Ron Smith
Curtis Cheek, Eric Greco
Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco
Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes
Nagy Kamel, Nader Hanna
Jianrong Lin, Julie Zhu
Joan Jackson, Petra Hamman
K.R. Venkataraman, Sunit Chokshi
Nikolay Demirev, Nicolas L’Ecuyer
Beatrice Kemp, Richard Burton
Meyer Kotkin, Howard Cohen
Robert Lebi, David Lindop
their table.
At one point, someone walked in and asked why
so many people were at their table. “Oh,” said the
club manager, “that’s Lowell and Hardy.”
Tall and good looking, Hardy was known
for dressing in a tuxedo on Saturday nights at
tournaments, and he was widely known for his
books on bidding. He was also a successful player,
amassing more than 11,000 masterpoints and dozens
of regional wins.
Said Andrews, “Max did it all. He was a great
writer, player and teacher. I still get a great feeling
when I overhear a bridge discussion and someone
says, ‘Well, Hardy says . . .”
In an emotional closing, Andrews said, “I’m
proud to have been Max’s best friend.”
Next was Hardy’s wife, Mary. “Bridge,” she said,
“was Max’s vocation, but more important, it was his
avocation. He loved to write, and we know he would
be so proud if he could only be here.”
Jill Levin, Greenberg’s daughter, was first to
speak for the next presentation. The von Zedtwitz
Award is presented for contributions to bridge with
top-class play.
Levin noted that one of the issues of the Official
Encyclopedia of Bridge has an entry for bridgeplaying families, led by her mother’s family. The list
of champion players, led by Levin and Brad Moss, is
indeed impressive.
Interestingly, said, Levin, “my mother
didn’t want us to learn bridge. She thought she
underachieved at Barnard because she majored in
bridge.”
Levin told the audience how thrilling it was to
win a world championship – the 1996 event known
at the time as the World Team Olympiad – with her
mother.
She also told the story about the time when her
mother played against one of her grandsons, who
doubled her during a competition. Grandmother
looked at grandson and said, “I hope you’re not going
to cry.”
Levin said her mother imparted a love of bridge
to all her children and grandchildren – just for
starters. “Hundreds of people have fallen in love with
her and the game of bridge,” Levin said. “This is a
well deserved and overdue honor. We love you.”
Moss said his mother’s greatness as a player is
well documented. Even more significant, he said,
was her way with people. “She connected with all of
her students,” he said, “and she knew how to get the
most out of people. She is still the best partner and
teammate I have ever met.”
Following his mother’s example, Moss said, “I
strive to be the best person I can be.”
When she took the podium, Greenberg noted that
the occasion was bittersweet for her because Brad’s
wife, Jennifer, is ill, and neither she nor their children
could attend.
Greenberg recalled a conversation with her
mother involving bridge. Her mother was aware of
her keen interest in the game. When her mother asked
if she wanted to be “another Helen Sobel” – a great
player whose life was difficult away from the table
– Greenberg’s response was, “Wow! Do you think I
could be?”
She recalled receiving a gold medal from Grace
Kelly, Princess of Monaco, and playing with Hall
of Famer George Rapée, who told her father after
playing with her that the assessment of her as “great
player” was accurate.
continued on page 7
Solution for
Dis-Kennections 5
(See Page 2 for today’s puzzle)
1.Takeout
2.Penalty
3.Negative
4.Balancing
5.Rosencrantz
Common Theme – All are types of doubles in
bridge, with apologies to George Rosenkranz for the
liberty taken with the spelling.
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you should have bid a hand, or how you should have
played or defended a hand? Well, now you can!
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want to support the charity.
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1:30 p.m.
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6:30 p.m.
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1:30 p.m.
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Atlanta Junior Bridge
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Notice to players
Each player must have an ACBL convention
card filled out and on the table. Please note that
other types of convention cards, such as the WBF
convention card or homemade cards that do not
sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are
not acceptable substitutes.
SUNDAY 3-SESSION KO BRACKET I
6 Tables
21.75
1 Ernesto d’Orsi, Sao Paulo Sp 04 Brazil; Mauricio
Figueiredo, Sau Paulo 05025 Brazil; Miguel Villas-Boas, Sao Paulo
Brazil; Joao Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo 01229 Brazil; Joaquin
Pacareu, Santiago Chile Chile; Benjamin Robles, Santiago Chile
11.53
2 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair,
Canyon TX; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk
Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs,
Doorn Netherlands
SUNDAY 3-SESSION KO BRACKET II
7 Tables
13.69
1 Sara Medlin, Alpharetta GA; Carey Snider,
Woodstock GA; Garry Williams, Roswell GA; Carol Crawford,
Atlanta GA
7.26
2 Cristina Shannon, Alpharetta GA; Estelle
Margolin, Rego Park NY; Arlyne Shockman, Philadelphia PA;
Silvana Bellini, St Petersburg FL
SUNDAY 3-SESSION KO BRACKET III
7 Tables
8.67
1 Carl Rush - N Lally Rush - John Rush Jr - Robert
Rush, Jacksonville FL
4.60
2 Paul Moss, Millersburg KY; William Harris,
Georgetown KY; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA; R Muggia,
Andover MA
SUNDAY-MONDAY EVENING COMPACT KO
15 Tables
Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Fred
Hamilton, Palm Desert CA; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan
vs
Pearle Bishop, Lynn Haven FL; Mary Schilling - Beth McArthur,
Panama City FL; Shelly Hobbs, Panama City Bch FL
Laura Bro, Blythewood SC; Jay Shahani - Bibs Hurt - Roberta Case,
TOURNAMENT APPEALS
In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal results in a timely fashion, the
NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is made to ensure that these
reports are accurate and complete. Before they are published in the NABC Appeals
Casebook, however, revisions may be made.
APPEALS CASE 1
Event: Life Master Pairs
Session: 1st qualifying
Subject: Misinformation
Andrew Stark
Board: 4
♠97643
Vul: Both
♥QJ
Dlr: West
♦K3
♣QJ97
Abe Paul
Charles Hubert
♠ K 5 2
♠ A 10 8
♥ K 10 7 5 3
♥96
♦ Q 10 9 2
♦A874
♣ 2
♣ A K 10 5
Franco Baseggio
♠QJ
♥A842
♦J65
♣8643
West
North
East
South
Pass
Pass
1♣
Pass
1♥
Pass
1NT (1)
Pass
2♣ (2)
Pass
2NT (3)
Pass
3NT
All Pass
(1) 16-18 HCP.
(2) Alerted, new minor forcing.
(3) Maximum.
Contract: 3NT by East
Opening lead: ♠Q
Table result: Making three, North-South minus
600
Director ruling: Down one, North-South plus
100
Committee ruling: Making three, North-South
minus 600
The Facts: At the end of the auction, South
asked about the bids. West made it clear that they had
no firm agreement, but said that past experience led
him to believe that 2NT showed a maximum. North
asked how East would show a minimum and West
said that he thought 2♦ would be weaker.
West led the ♠Q. Declarer won the ace and ran
the ♥9 to North’s queen. The ♣Q return was won by
declarer, who played another hart to the 10 and jack.
The spade exit went to the jack and dummy’s king.
Declarer called for dummy’s ♥K (North pitching a
spade) and South won the ♥A. At trick seven, South
36 Tables
A
B
C
6.98
1 1 1 4.59 2/3 4.59 2/3 4.55
4 2 3.41
5 3 2.56
6 4 1.92
5 1.44
6 2.16
2 1.62
3 1.22
4 4 Tables
exited with the ♦5 to the 10, king and ace.
The director was summoned at the end of play.
The Ruling: East should have attempted to
clarify partner’s explanation. South was in a position
at trick seven where he would have defended
properly if he played declarer to have 15 HCP rather
than 18 HCP. Accordingly, the director assigned a
score of 3NT, down one, North-South plus 100.
The Appeal: East-West appealed the ruling.
South, East and West appeared before the committee.
West made it clear that East-West had no firm
agreement about the auction, and East confirmed that.
East thought that had he bid 2♦ it would have shown
five diamonds. Further, East thought the position of
the ♠10 was clear, and it could not cost for South to
take his other heart winner and play a club.
South did not think it so clear that East-West
had no agreement about 2♦, but that West thought
that East had a maximum. Given that East had
a maximum, he would have the ♦A K, and a
diamond lead could not cost a trick. A club lead was
dangerous, because North would have continued
clubs with Q-J-10-x. South did not think it clear that
East had the spade 10. A diamond lead would make
East work for the tricks.
The screening director determined that the lead
of the ♠Q showed the ♠K or shortness in the suit
(at most two cards). North-South uses upside-down
count and attitude.
The Decision: The Committee determined that
East-West had no firm agreement about whether 2NT
showed a maximum or minimum as stated by West.
East was under no obligation to tell the opponents
what his hand was.
Additionally, if East had held the hand that South
feared:
♠A x x ♥9 x ♦A K x x ♣A K 10 x,
it would have been trivial for declarer to play the
♦10 on South’s diamond switch, guaranteeing two
diamond entries to the dummy to set up and use
the long heart, as well as four sure diamond tricks,
making 3NT.
The Committee determined that North/South
were not damaged by the misinformation and the
table result was allowed to stand, 3NT making three,
North-South minus 600.
The Committee: Douglas Doub (Chair), Mark
Bartusek, Jim Thurtell, E.J Kales and Michael
Huston
SUNDAY 7:30 SIDE STRATIFIED SWISS TEAMS
Kathleen Loeb, Lake Mary FL; Eric Genheimer - Kyle Olson,
Mustang OK; Maureen Loeb - David Loeb, Heathrow FL
Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Kazimierz
Omernik, Gdynia Poland; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC
Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Yi
Ouyang - Ed Herstein, Ann Arbor MI
Eleanor Sherwyn - Donald Varvel, Corpus Christi TX; Sonjia
McHone, Salisbury NC; Caroline Clyburn, N Myrtle Beach SC
Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Boynton Beach
FL; Gail Hanson - Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI
Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI; Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Gail
Dupree, Cary NC; Ann Lockhart, New Bern NC
Donald Weiner, Coral Gables FL; Evelyn Brandon, Myrtle Beach SC;
Susan Duke, Vilas NC; Howard Howe, Beech Mountain NC
Freida Dohrman, Clearwater FL; Adeline Collins, Dunedin FL; Jo
Ann Hazel, Tampa FL; Elizabeth Ghrist, Houston TX
W Daniel Kelsey, Averill Park NY; Richard Bobilin, Fonda NY;
Glen Perry - William Kelsey, Voorheesville NY
Joseph Lieberman, Los Angeles CA; Christopher Welland, New York
NY; Jake Olsen, Portland OR; Amber Lin, Edison NJ
Yu-Huai Hsiao, Fremont CA; Xingping Kang, El Monte CA; Winston
Huang, Los Altos CA; Yu Chang, Milpitas CA
63.00
62.00
62.00
58.00
57.00
55.00
53.00
50.00
48.00
46.00
36.00
SUNDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS TEAMS
A
B
1.98
1 1 Laura Colihan - Scott Dunlop, Smiths Falls ON; Ralph Lipe - Lynda
Lipe, Bellevue WA 44.00
Daily Bulletin
SUNDAY 1 & 7:30 A/X PAIRS
11.0 Tables / Based on 21 Tables
A
X
10.85 1 1 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON
8.14
2 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA
6.10
3 Andrew Rosenthal - David Moss, New York NY
4.97
4 2 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD
3.62
5 Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR
3.10
6 Craig Hemphill - Nancy Mitchell, Jacksonville FL
3.72
3 Mihai Cucuiu, Bucharest Romania; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO
2.79
4 Howard Simpson - Janice Simpson, Surprise AZ
2.21
5 Robert Moorman, Jr - Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL
10.0 Tables
B
6.30
1 5.34
2 4.01
3 3.16 4/5 2.38 4/5 2.25
6 1.78
27.5 Tables
A
5.76
1 5.01
2 3.76
3 2.82
4 1.82
5 2.11
6 1.59
1.19
1.94
1.45
1.09
0.87
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61.69%
58.10%
56.48%
55.09%
53.94%
53.82%
52.08%
49.88%
49.77%
SUNDAY 1 & 7:30 B/C/D PAIRS
C
1 2 3 4 5 D
1 2 3 4 Janice Woodbury, Lake George NY; Karolyn Smith, Atlanta GA
William Anspach, Chicago IL; Robert Block, Deerfield IL
Monica Jung - Donna Casey, Lake Barrington IL
J Jackson - Celia Saylor, Atlanta GA
Carolyn Sullivan - James Sullivan, Richfield OH
George Trost, New York NY; William Sigward, Pelham NY
Bob Sigafus - Cathy Sigafus, Plymouth MN
61.57%
59.14%
56.60%
54.40%
54.40%
53.70%
51.62%
SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME SERIES
B
1 2 3 4 5 6 C
1 2 3 4 5 10.0 Tables
A
B
C
2.83
1 1 2.12
2 1.59
3 1.70
4 2 1.27
5 3 0.84 6/7 4/5 0.84 6/7 4/5 1.18
1 0.89
2 Naveed Ather, Oakville ON; Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY
Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL; Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON
Alan Malloy, West Hollywood CA; Laura de Vesine, Westminster CO
Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI; Larry Simon, Hastingss MI
Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI
Bill Riley - Nancy Riley, Kingwood TX
Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Marianne Claysmith, St Augustine FL
Molly Currie, Sylacauga AL; Charlotte Knight, Alexander City AL
Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA
Shirley Fages - Malcolm Fages, Mt Pleasant SC
Jack Alexander, Atlanta GA; Charles Brown, Denton TX
Miki Cook, Gadsden AL; Wanda Tumlin, Warrior AL
67.98%
66.76%
65.92%
62.28%
60.99%
60.86%
58.92%
58.73%
52.82%
50.06%
48.81%
46.93%
SUNDAY 299ER EVENING PAIRS
Ann Pare - Ronald Pare, The Woodlands TX
Kathleen Keane, Warwick Bermuda; Jane Clipper, Smith’s Parish
Bermuda
Susan Young, Shreveport LA; Donna Oliver, Bossier City LA
Zimeng Xie - Robert Thorstad, Chapel Hill NC
Sylvia Scott - Jean Weatherford, Macon GA
Judith Wagner - Barbara Constance, Belleville IL
Martha Chitwood, Birmingham AL; Lawrence Myers, Auburn AL
Lynn Craft - Lucy Sinopole, Huntsville AL
Pavan Bharadwaj, Suwanee GA; Jeff Zhan, Duluth GA
71.73%
65.48%
63.99%
57.14%
53.87%
53.57%
53.57%
51.19%
49.11%
BRUCE LM-5000 PAIRS (CORRECTED)
75.00 1 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA
56.25 2 David Wakeman - Rita Wakeman, Irvine CA
42.19 3 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC
34.62 4 Robert Houtrow, Delton MI; Lowell Seyburn, Portage MI
32.14 5 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL
30.00 6 Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL
28.13 7 D Pierce, Parkersburg WV; G Stanley Harman, Marietta OH
26.47 8 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ
25.00 9 Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA
23.68 10 Jayendu Patel, Newton MA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA
22.50 11 Freerk Polling, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL
21.43 12 Susan Fraser, Leesburg FL; Nancy Williams, Mount Dora FL
20.45 13 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Mary Tenenbaum, Rockville MD
19.57 14 Richard Olanoff, De Witt NY; Donald Dalpe, Baldwinsville NY
18.75 15 Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA; Richard Kuti, Carteret NJ
18.00 16 Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Samantha Nystrom, Toronto ON
17.31 17 Tod Moses - Arthur Seltzer, Saint Louis MO
16.67 18 Jeffry Reckinger, Chicago IL; Mark Starr, Brookline MA
16.07 19 Brad McKeown, Rock Hill SC; David Cantor, Charlotte NC
15.52 20 George Russell, Moore SC; Richard Smith, Spartanburg SC
15.00 21 R. Arthur Cannamela, Jr, Roswell GA; Stan Politowski Jr, Hackensack NJ
14.52 22 Edward Foran - Nicolas Hammond, Marietta GA
14.06 23 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR
13.64 24 Albert Shrive, Dalton PA; David Meyer, Scranton PA
13.24 25 John Friedl, Signal Mtn TN; Michael Sherman, Elmira NY
12.86 26 Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY; Larry Rosen, Albany NY
12.50 27 Arnold Kohn, Monroe NJ; Charles Rosenblatt, Pompano Beach FL
12.16 28 Robert Ng, Millbrae CA; David Ng, Hillsborough CA
11.84 29 Marshall Kerlin, Americus GA; Bob Jones, Marietta GA
11.54 30 Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Patrick White, Kirkland WA
11.25 31 Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON; Peter Hambly, Hanover ON
18.26 32 Edward Horton, Champaign IL; Hugh Williams, Carbondale IL
12.88 33 Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ; Mark Brighouse, Towaco NJ
10.47 34 Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL
10.23 35 Barbara Vasilevsky - Barbara Dunkley, Las Vegas NV
10.00 36 James Partridge, Birmingham AL; Kristina Oliver, Homewood AL
10.40 37 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO
10.21 38 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA
9.38 39 Francine Feldman, Boca Raton FL; David Kozloff, Pittsburgh PA
11.29 40 Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY
840.27
823.35
803.59
792.52
791.45
786.02
781.23
780.93
779.03
777.65
777.36
776.43
775.73
770.26
768.85
768.70
768.00
766.04
764.10
763.89
762.87
760.78
749.54
748.40
746.27
746.16
742.33
741.46
739.36
734.76
734.47
731.76
730.31
718.00
712.51
712.35
710.16
689.86
644.92
640.40
Columbia SC
vs
James Fordham, Fairburn GA; Joan Braender, Newnan GA; Enrico
Beretta, Martin GA; Larry Rich, Cumming GA
SUNDAY MIDNIGHT KO
15 Tables
3.79
1 Joshua Parks, Charlottesville VA; Robert Brady,
McLean VA; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Alex Dezieck, Wilbraham
MA
2.65
2 William Ehlers, Madison NJ; Stephannie
Russo, New York NY; Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Owen Lien,
Hendersonville NC
1.52
3/4 Bus Beiysterveldt, ; Stephen Drodge, McLean
VA; Sean Gannon, Decatur GA; Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL
1.52
3/4 Enrico Beretta, Martin GA; Brad Barry,
Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA; Larry Rich,
Cumming GA
Hall of Fame
Greenberg’s resume includes five world
championships, including three in the Olympiad
Teams. She has also written several books, and has
completed an update of the Dorothy Truscott classic,
“Winning Declarer Play.”
“I’m particularly grateful,” Greenberg said, “to
receive the von Zedtwitz Award. Bridge has been
the passion of my life. I’m grateful to the ACBL for
giving me the opportunity to give and to receive so
much.”
She also expressed gratitude to her husband,
Jack, who she described as “my most loyal and
enthusiastic supporter.”
David Sokolow was the presenter for Cronier
and Willard, two-time world champions and owners
of multiple gold medals in high-level European
competition. They would be on the short list of top
women’s pairs worldwide.
Willard and Cronier are the first partnership to
earn the honor for outstanding manners and ethics
at the bridge table. Sokolow quoted his wife, Tobi,
as saying Willard and Cronier “are the teammates of
your dreams.”
Sokolow said the two consider their behavior at
the table to be routine. “They are No. 1 in my book,”
he said, “as a class act.”
In true partnership fashion, when Willard and
Cronier took the podium, they read their message of
thanks by taking turns at the microphone: “We are
especially happy and proud to get this award,” they
said, “and our federation was honored. We were on
the front page of every website in France. We are so
happy to play (at NABCs) that it is easy for us to win
this award.”
PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S MINI-SPINGOLD I
KO TEAMS
29 Tables
Stephen Weiner - Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ; Phebe Packer,
Phoenix AZ; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI
vs
Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY; Fleur
Howard, Gates Mills OH; Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights OH
Steven Wallis, L-5339, Moutfor Luxembourg; Tammy Moll, Raleigh
NC; John Gropp, Newburgh NY; Farley Mawyer - Jill Marshall, Port
Chester NY
vs
Yi Ouyang - Ed Herstein, Ann Arbor MI; Li-Hsiang Kuo - KunChieh Wang, Madison WI
Tom Rozinski, Jackson Hts NY; Grigoriy Blekherman, Atlanta GA;
Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH; Connie Sackville, Vero Beach FL
vs
Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Randall Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY; Bill
Begert - Doug Herron, New York NY; Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY;
Doug Anderson, Quincy MA
Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC;
John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Lauren
Friedman, Daly City CA; Larry Lerner, Warren NJ
vs
Jay Hitt, Goodlettsville TN; Anne Tanner, Nashville TN; Kevin
O’Brien, Arlington VA; Bob Allard, Murfreesboro TN
Fred Ferguson, Hilton Head Isl SC; Peter Wolf, Hilton Head Is SC;
Martin Nathan, Atlanta GA; Maureen McGuire, Waleska GA
vs
Doug Millsap - Boris Tenchov, Columbus OH; Larry Jones,
Pickerington OH; Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH
Rory Millson, Bronxville NY; Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY;
Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ
vs
Arjun Dhir, Alpharetta GA; Josh Parks, Charlottesville VA; Alex
Dezieck, Wilbraham MA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT
Richard Smith, Spartanburg SC; George Russell, Moore SC;
Francine Moring, Columbia SC; Betsy Stanton, Hartsville SC
vs
Joseph Meyers - Beverly Pogoda, New York NY; Sid Kreppel, West
Palm Bch FL; Gail Kreppel, West Palm Beach FL
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Hierseman, Fjare hold on
to win Young LM Pairs
Two players who have played together less than
a year, took the lead after the first final session of the
Young Life Master 0-1500 Pairs and hung on to win
by 1.57 matchpoints.
The winners are Alan Hierseman of Prairie
Village KS and Doug Fjare of Bartlesville OK.
Second place went to Murat Berk and Peter van
Zijl.
The winners started the day in fifth place. Their
62.52% game in the morning session put them in
the lead, 14.57 matchpoints ahead of the eventual
runners-up.
Hierseman and Fjare suffered three zeros (9 top)
on their way to a 51.23% afternoon session. They
were saved when an opponent made a questionable
double of 4♥ by Fjare. Plus 590 was a cold top for
them.
The two have known each other for a couple of
years but decided only this year to play together to
practice for the Young LM Pairs.
Hierseman is the owner of a house cleaning
business. Fjare retired from his job as a chemist in
2010, at which time he started playing duplicate.
They play 2/1 with strong 1NT.
This was the deal that helped the winners claim
the championship.
Dlr: North
♠862
Vul: N-S
♥—
♦ K 10 7 5
♣QJ9632
♠ J 10
♠Q9743
♥ Q 9 6 4 2
♥KJ85
♦ 9 8 6 3
♦AQJ
♣ A 4
♣7
♠AK5
♥ A 10 7 3
♦42
♣ K 10 8 5
West
North
East
South
Hierseman
Fjare
Pass
1♠ Pass
1NT
Pass
2♥ Pass
3♥ Pass
4♥ Dbl
All Pass
Perhaps the seemingly tentative auction
convinced South that the opponents were too high.
That was not the case.
South cashed two high spades, then switched to
a club. Fjare won the ace and played a heart. North’s
discard made the play of the suit easy and Fjare was
soon claiming plus 590 for all the tricks. He didn’t
even have to risk the diamond finesse, which would
have worked in any case. He was able to discard
three of dummy’s diamonds on good spades.
Second in the Young Life Master 0-1500 Pairs:
Murat Berk and Peter van Zijl.
Daily Bulletin
JACK & CLAUDIA FEAGIN STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS (CORRECTED)
86.5 Tables
A
28.09 1 21.07 2 15.80 3 11.85 4 16.38 5 8.03
6 7.02
7 6.24
8 7.24
9 5.38 10 4.82 11 4.32 12 4.01 13 5.72 14 12.29 15 6.65 16 3.54 17 2.96 18 6.70 19 9.21
6.91
5.46
4.68
4.10
3.64
3.28
2.98
2.73
2.61
3.09
2.22
B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 C
1 2 3 4 5 6 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; R Jay Becker, New York NY
Walter Schafer Jr, Chula Vista CA; Roy Fox, Murphy NC
Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL
Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA
Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL
Dave McClintock, Bluffton SC; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA
Lisa Berkowitz - Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL
Ellen Kozlove - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL
Li-Hsiang Kuo - Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI
Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN
Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden
Dennis McGarry - Linda McGarry, Stuart FL
Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Melanie Tucker, New York NY
Janet Robertson, Timonium MD; Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD
Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD; Patricia Cummins, Bronx NY
Charles Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS
Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL
Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Gail Greenberg, New York NY
Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA
Alujas Gustano - Alfonsin Julio, Buenos Aires
Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Jin Hu, Wappingers NY
Barry Boyd, Wheeling WV; Conner Boyd, Key West FL
Courtney Stephens - Charles Ott, Greensboro GA
Benjamin Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL; William Granger, Bradenton FL
Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA
Frank Collecchia, Prospect KY; William Toutant, Louisville KY
Dennis Ryan - Barbara Tysdahl, Menomonie WI
James Gray, Murrysville PA; Wayne Obitz, Indiana PA
Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB
Shailesh Gupta, Alison Viejo CA; Dustin Stout, Long Beach CA
Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA
Compact class for learning bridge
62.46%
62.45%
61.79%
61.71%
61.67%
60.91%
60.74%
60.53%
60.43%
59.60%
59.59%
59.36%
58.62%
58.50%
58.48%
58.34%
58.22%
58.15%
57.94%
55.53%
55.43%
55.26%
55.18%
55.04%
54.47%
53.92%
53.56%
53.07%
53.06%
51.67%
50.70%
More than a hundred
people — ranging from
Master Teachers and club
instructors to the daughter
of an international women’s
bridge champion to dozens
who had but a passing
familiarity with a deck of
cards — attended Sunday’s
Learn Bridge in a DAY?
seminar presented by
Whirlwind Bridge.
Patty Tucker and Melissa
Bernhardt, the energy and
passion behind Whirlwind
Bridge, describe the one-day
class as being designed for
Patty Tucker teaches Learn Bridge in a DAY?
new players or players who
want to refresh their understanding of the game.
“You’ll go home today able to amaze and
overwhelm all your friends who play bridge,” Tucker
said as she welcomed the audience. “You’ll leave
with an understanding of the mechanics: dealing,
shuffling, taking tricks, a little bit about bidding and
scoring. For the last 45 minutes, you’ll play bridge.”
Volunteer table helpers assisted participants with
questions as the lesson was in progress.
Dave and Patti Smith and their son Spencer,
from Marquette MI, were eager to learn more
about the game that has captivated the Smith’s
Table helper Kathryn Matthews helps students
other son. “Cooper is playing in the World Youth
with the finer points of taking tricks.
championship,” Patti explained, “so we thought this
again — but they didn’t want to make a huge time
would be fun for us to do.”
commitment. They also told us they wanted a way
In their preface to the student text, the Whirlwind
to practice and grow their skills outside of a formal
women explain how the idea for the seminar grew
class.”
out of repeated requests for concentrated introductory
For more information about the program, visit
learning experience. “So many people told us that
www.whirlwindbridge.com
they wanted to learn to play —or start playing
Daily Bulletin
VON ZEDTWITZ LM PAIRS (CORRECTED)
190.00 1 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA
142.50 2 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY
106.88 3 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA
87.69 4 Zia Mahmood - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY
81.43 5 Godffrey De Tessieres - Julien Gaviard, Paris France
76.00 6 Alexander Hadzhiev, Varna Bulgaria Bulgaria; Rumen Trendafilov, Varna
Bulgaria
71.25 7 Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Josh Sher, Coral Gables FL
67.06 8 Alexander Wernle - Martin Schifko, Vienna Austria
63.33 9 Bruce Rogoff, river vale NJ; Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY
60.00 10 Choon Chou Loo, - Hua Poon, Singapore 57.00 11 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV
54.29 12 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON
51.82 13 Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Boye Brogeland, Norway
49.57 14 Kare Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark
47.50 15 Larry Robbins, Deerfield IL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX
45.60 16 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan
43.85 17 Alison Wilson - Chris Willenken, New York NY
42.22 18 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA
40.71 19 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany
39.31 20 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC
38.00 21 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC
36.77 22 Anton Tsypkin, Ashland MA; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA
35.63 23 Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL
34.55 24 Jenny Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Jill Levin, Henderson NV
33.53 25 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN
32.57 26 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH
31.67 27 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI
30.81 28 Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland
30.00 29 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO
29.23 30 Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland
28.50 31 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA
27.80 32 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; David Grainger, Roseville CA
27.14 33 Louk Verhees, Jr., Voorhou Netherlands; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL
26.51 34 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX
25.91 35 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL
25.33 36 Marc Nathan, New York NY; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY
24.78 37 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD
24.26 38 William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN
23.75 39 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY
23.27 40 Andrew Stark - Franco Baseggio, New York NY
22.80 41 Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes, London N195lh England
22.35 42 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ
21.92 43 Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY; Greg McKellar, Kingston ON
21.51 44 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Martin Fleisher, New York NY
21.11 45 Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA
20.73 46 John Fout - Stephannie Russo, New York NY
20.36 47 Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Laurie Vogel, New York NY
20.00 48 George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA; Nick Straguzzi, Mullica Hill NJ
19.66 49 Fred Gitelman - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV
19.32 50 Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC
19.00 51 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA
18.69 52 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL
18.39 53 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Eric Stoltz, Portland OR
18.10 54 David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO
17.81 55 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD
17.54 56 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA
17.27 57 Scott Levine - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY
17.01 58 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA
16.76 59 Brian Wyman, New Brunswick NJ; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI
16.52 60 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL
16.29 61 John Holland, Stockport England; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom
16.06 62 Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Victor King, Hartford CT
15.83 63 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL
15.62 64 Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT
15.41 65 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; John Miller, Vienna VA
15.20 66 Rajendra Gokhale, Redmond WA; Satya Rami, Morganville NJ
15.00 67 James Melville, Springfield IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL
14.81 68 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY
14.62 69 Emory Whitaker, Macon GA; Jon Nance, Springfield MO
14.43 70 Arnold Malasky, Lenox MA; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD
14.25 71 Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Randall Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY
14.07 72 Randy Pickett - John Lusky, Portland OR
13.90 73 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT
13.73 74 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY
13.57 75 Jack Bryant - Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO
13.41 76 Mihaela Balint, Bucharest Romania; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY
13.26 77 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Stephen Apodaca, Santa Fe NM
13.10 78 Rick Binder, Waltham MA; Alan Watson, Lexington MA
Monitoring
1239.03
1213.88
1209.62
1177.57
1171.38
1145.08
1142.04
1138.98
1129.57
1112.77
1097.21
1092.79
1086.06
1082.48
1068.70
1065.41
1064.78
1064.50
1061.96
1060.76
1060.08
1059.09
1057.77
1056.43
1053.85
1053.31
1048.63
1048.39
1044.32
1042.44
1038.88
1037.13
1031.90
1031.68
1031.32
1030.98
1026.26
1017.89
1015.61
1013.44
1012.64
1012.24
1009.01
1008.36
1000.46
999.93
994.71
994.24
992.22
989.67
989.38
985.66
984.01
983.63
979.98
973.41
972.10
961.67
952.25
950.29
948.72
948.37
946.82
944.49
942.06
918.31
905.21
904.10
892.83
870.58
842.55
833.80
832.04
829.37
828.18
822.91
769.56
766.15
At this and future North American Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ events with visible,
real-time cameras. The images will be recorded and will be available for later official inspection and review.
By general monitoring of the session and participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of information
that may be useful in determining facts and settling issues arising from some types of ethical and behavioral
complaints or actions. Please summon a director if a problem occurs at the table.
This procedure is intended to assure everyone that the playing field is level and that misbehavior will not
be tolerated.
Page 9
Nicolas Hammond - Ed Foran, Marietta GA; Varghese George,
Martinez GA; Jim Gentry, North Augusta SC
vs
Brian Wyman, New Brunswick NJ; Jonathan Fleischmann,
Bloomfield MI; Jin Hu, Wappingers NY; Max Glick, Minneapolis
MN
PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S MINI-SPINGOLD
II KO TEAMS
23 Tables
Jeff Thomas - Sandie Gies, Bluffton SC; Mary Townhill, Lexington
SC; Pluma Bridgers, Hilton Head Isl SC
vs
Kathleen Loeb, Lake Mary FL; Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL; Eric
Genheimer - Kyle Olson, Mustang OK; Bill Page - Regina Sooey,
Jacksonville FL
vs
Jess Jurkovic - Peter Clark - Lindsey Weinger - Justin Blanchard,
New York NY
Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Mike McDonald - Neal Strand, Rochester
Hills MI; Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN
vs
John Felker - Stephanie Felker, Signal Mountain TN; Buddy Landis,
Chattanooga TN; Rick Whitehead, Knoxville TN
vs
Fred Tanzer, Land O’Lakes FL; Dan Griggs, Jasper GA; Chip
Harrell, Atlanta GA; Charles Brooks, Cincinnati OH
Barbara Newman, Nashville TN; Don Turner, Mt Juliet TN; Hannah
Tidman - Yaron Schweizer, Woodbury TN
vs
Bill Granger, Bradenton FL; Ben Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL;
Robert Marcus - Kathy Guinyou, Toronto ON
vs
Bill Campbell - Renae Gunstone-White - Tim White, Mercer Island
WA; Bill Stewart, Bellevue WA
Jesse Laird, N Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Ft Lauderdale FL;
Christina van Leeuwen, Horn Lake MS; Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA
vs
Martin Deneroff - Valerie Deneroff - Charles Pierce - Wes Albinger,
New York NY
vs
Jerry Nolte - Betty Nolte, Oak Hill VA; Tom Jennings, McLean VA;
Tony Robson, Arlington VA
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activities for the purpose of instructing bridge, to
increase the enjoyment of playing and the number
of players. The Foundation has nine members: three
from the Board of Directors and six from the general
bridge membership. Members are elected for threeyear terms, with a two-term limit. The Foundation
meets three times a year at each NABC to consider
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The Educational Foundation is funded by
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Daily Bulletin
PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S SPINGOLD KO TEAMS
67 Tables
Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, Monaco Monaco
vs
David Weinberg, Reno NV; Han-Yu Chang, Palo Alto CA; Lynn
Shannon, Los Gatos CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA
Teachers and
managers
enjoy sliders
and wine
at the club
and teacher
reception.
Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff
Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Robert Levin,
Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY
vs
Art Quey, San Mateo CA; Scott Tumperi, Charlottesville VA; Om
Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Michael Klemens, Tarzana CA
John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric
Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV
vs
Haibo Zhao, Marlboro NJ; Wangying Liu, ; Denis Racine, Pittsburg CA
Marty Fleisher - Zia Mahmood - Chris Willenken, New York NY;
Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Michael
Rosenberg, Cupertino CA
vs
Bob Gorsey, Bedford MA; Neil Montague, Swampscott MA;
Bernard Schneider - Frances Schneider, Riverside CT
Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Adam
Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Bart
Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA
vs
Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA;
Phil Clayton, Mission Viejo CA; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA
Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Norberto
Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina;
Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk
Poland
vs
Robert Brady, McLean VA; Raghavendra Rajkumar - Prahalad
Rajkumar, Ithaca NY; Rajeswaran Rajkumar, Germantown MD;
Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA
Dan Zagorin, Chicago IL; Ricco Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep
Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert
Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Jr., Voorhou
Netherlands; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL
vs
Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford,
Redmond WA; Robert Whitcher, Cedar Park TX
James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Dania FL; Alfredo
Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba
Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel
vs
Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Alan Malloy, West Hollywood CA;
Laura de Vesine - Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO
Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Brad Moss,
Denver CO; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Peter Bertheau, Taby
Sweden; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI
vs
Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes - Paul Lamford, London England;
Stefanie Rohan, Hillsborough NJ
Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; David
Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Michal
Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC
vs
Allen Kahn - Ira Herman - Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; G.
Margie Gwozdzinsky, Lords Valley PA
Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Bjorn Fallenius, New York
NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Johan Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom,
Stockholm Sweden
vs
Stephen Peterkin, Stirling United Kingdom; Samantha Punch,
Stirling Fk United Kingdom; Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR;
Chris Wiegand, Portland OR
Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire
England; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma
Italy; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt
vs
Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Ovunc Yilmaz, Durham NC; Zizhuo
Wang, Minneapolis MN; Erez Hendelman, New York NY
Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus - Roger Bates
- Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Ishmael
Delmonte, New South Wales Australia
vs
Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA;
James Rasmussen - Pamela Miller, Cambridge MA
Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Sam Lev - Brian Glubok, New York NY;
Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA
vs
Isabella De Andrade - Jaqueline Nunes, Rio De Janeiro Brazil;
Stanley Barg, Washington DC; Ana Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Huub
Bertens, Bend OR; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Bauke
Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands
vs
Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA; Andy Muenz, Brookhaven PA;
Richard Morgen - Donna Morgen, Havertown PA
Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland; Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud
Poland; Piotr Tuszynski - Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland
vs
Rajendra Gokhale - Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA; Satya Rami,
Morganville NJ; Jim Aitken, Bellevue WA
Teachers, club managers feted
More than 80 VIPs gathered after last Friday’s
second session to receive a resounding “Thank you!”
from the ACBL The social gathering, held at every
NABC, recognizes club managers and teachers, the
bedrock of ACBL membership.
ACBL chief Robert Hartman welcomed
the crowd. He took grateful note of the clubs’
overwhelming response to The Longest Day —
a fundraising partnership with the Alzheimer’s
Association held on June 21. “Together you raised
an amazing $520,000 for Alzheimer’s Association
21 Tables
7.05
1
5.29
2
3.97
3
2.97
4
2.35
5
2.01
6
research, services and support,” he said.
ABTA President Brenda Simpson congratulated
the organization’s 2013 Master Point Press Teacher
of the Year, David Glandorf. She also introduced
ABTA’s four newest Master Teachers.
The audience was then treated to a sneak preview
of a bridge documentary that is being produced by
John McAllister and Jeremy Goldstein to promote
bridge.
Director of Club and Member Services Carol
Robertson emceed the brief ceremony.
SPINGOLD BYE SWISS
18.0 Tables
A
4.25
1 3.49
2 2.62
3 1.83
4 1.96
5 1.31
6 1.47
2.12
1.59
1.19
8.0 Tables
A
1.89
1 1.24 2/3 1.24 2/3 0.83
4 0.62
5 0.47
Juan Carlos Ventin, 08021 Barcelona Spain; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm
1 Sweden; Jean Quantin - Godffrey De Tessieres, Paris France; Marc
Bompis, Bourg La Reine France; Daniele Gaviard, Paris 75017 France
Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Dennis
Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard 8732 Denmark; Alon
Birman, Tel Aviv 62267 Israel; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel
Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England;
Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy;
Antonio Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy
Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; John Ramos, W
Hollywood CA; Brady Richter, Summit NJ
Jonathan Steinberg - Daniel Miles - Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan,
Markham ON; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT
Jim Aitken, Bellevue WA; Sun-O Ho - Rajendra Gokhale, Redmond WA; Satya
Rami, Morganville NJ
106.00
103.00
94.00
84.00
83.00
MONDAY-TUESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 3
B
1 2 3 4 5 6 C
1 2 3 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX
Jim Lyle - Richard Polangin, Tallahassee FL
Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA; Sandy Kucha, Rancho Santa Fe CA
Margaret Ritchie - Clay Hall, Birmingham AL
Ronald Wingo, Columbus NC; Jim Jackson, Tryon NC
George Matuch, St Simons Is GA; John Ionescu, Irvine CA
Paul Frean, New York NY; Marshall Mah, Spokane WA
Peter Gerrard, Huntersville NC; Maureen Bitler, Boston MA
Larry Baum, Seattle WA; William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ
Mark Ambrose, Louisville KY; Paul Caten Jr, Windham NH
59.89%
58.50%
57.86%
57.84%
57.47%
57.28%
56.26%
54.75%
54.12%
50.19%
MONDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS
B
1 2 3 4 5 C
1 2 18.0 Tables
A
B
C
3.96
1 3.59
2 1 1 2.23
3 2.36 4/5 2/3 2 2.36 4/5 2/3 1.51
6 4 3 1.14
5 4 0.95
6 5 0.79
6 11.5 Tables
A
2.62
1 1.97
2 1.47
3 1.11
4 0.83
5 0.62
6 0.47
107.00
Rebecca Yancey - Gail King, Seneca SC
Virginia Brooks - Barbara Neustadtt, Atlanta GA
Iris Abelson, Signal Mountain TN; Judy Monen, Chattanooga TN
Suzanne Dinur, Atlanta GA; Lourdes Abdon, Sao Paulo 01329 Brazil
Raymond Zhu, Duluth GA; Sidhesh Desai, Alpharetta GA
61.67%
60.42%
60.42%
55.83%
55.00%
54.17%
MONDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS
Felicia Lease, Lakemont GA; John Boshart, Mountain City GA
Judith Shillinglaw, Montreat NC; Lee Wilcox, Black Mountain NC
Dawn Grohs, Biltmore Lake NC; Heinz Grohs, Candler NC
Gwen Nix - Atha Beard, Auburn AL
Debbie Enna - Gainor Eisenlohr, Charlotte NC
Arlene Oscher, Larchmont NY; Barbara Mines, Jupiter FL
Richard Osborn, Gulf Breeze FL; Leslie Debeauvais, Woodland
Hills CA
Catherine Allard, Troy AL; Anna Smith, Auburn AL
63.99%
62.80%
61.31%
58.33%
58.33%
57.14%
56.55%
56.25%
55.65%
MONDAY HAPPY BRIDGE
B
1 2 3 4 5 6 C
1 2 3 4 5 James Baker Jr - Clementine Baker, Woodstock GA
Ronn Young, Sandy Springs GA; Stephen Miller, Tucson AZ
Karyn Stewart, Snellville GA; Virginia Dixon, Convers GA
Joy Becker - Lorne Becker, Dade City FL
Ramona Jones - Marolyn Wells, Atlanta GA
Rita Fullick, Kennesaw GA; Robert McFarland, Cumming GA
Snow Benedict, Smyrna GA; Lynda Wier, Atlanta GA
75.83%
65.00%
63.75%
63.50%
62.00%
60.00%
58.00%
Juniors Pairs Final
Girls Pairs Final
Session 4
Rank Pairs
1
DI FRANCO Massimiliano
ZANASI Gabriele
2
MOSKOVSKY Ellena
TRAVIS Lauren
3
AYDOGDU Erkmen
KOCLAR Akin
4
PRAIRIE Alex
SHI Sylvia
5
HOLLANDS Peter
HOWARD Justin
6
LEE Antony
WESSELS Ryan
7
AGICA Marius
KAPLAN Adam
8
GOBEKLI Altug
GOKCE Berk
9
FERRO Felipe Jose
MONTES DE OCA
Francisco Pablo
10 CAVALIER Andrew
JOLLY Christian
11 LIN Frank
VROOMAN Jacob
12 OZGUR Muhammet
USLUPEHLIVAN
Sarper
13 ETCHEPAREBORDA Juan Cruz RUEDA Santiago
14 HASHIMOTO Koichiro
KIKUCHI Tadahiro
15 ARGUEDAS Leonardo
BROWN Walter
16 SCHWARTZ Jeffrey
TSANG Jeffrey
Nationality%
ITA - ITA
59.11
AUS - AUS 57.50
TUR - TUR 55.18
USA - USA 54.46
AUS - AUS 53.57
USA - USA 53.21
USA - USA 51.25
TUR - TUR 49.82
ARG - ARG 49.46
USA - USA 49.46
USA - USA 48.04
TUR - TUR 47.50
ARG - ARG
JPN - JPN
CRC - CRC
USA - CAN
44.64
44.46
42.86
39.46
Youngsters Pairs Final
Session 4
Session 4
Rank Pairs
1
DE JESUS Karla
SUAREZ Adriana
2
LU Xinying
YU Felicia Xinying
3
BOTTA Giorgia
CHAVARRIA
Margherita
4
ARBIT Julie
THAPA Isha
5
LINZ Marianna
WERNIS Rebecca
6
CHEN Yunpeng
RUAN Xinyao
7
JIN Huiyuan
YUAN Aijia
8
GU Yihao
YANG Xinyi
Rank Pairs
Nationality%
1
HUNT Allison
LADYZHENSKY
USA - USA 60.85
Asya
2
JENG Andrew
JENG Richard
USA - USA 59.26
3
HERMAN Gregory
KRIEGEL Oren
USA - USA 57.94
4
BERK Hakan
SOUKUP David
USA - USA 56.61
5
JIN Tianyi
JIN Kai
CHN - CHN 55.95
6
SHEN Yiling
WU Kaiwen
CHN - CHN 55.29
7
SHA Zhizhou
ZHANG Yiyang
CHN - CHN 55.29
8
KRISTENSEN Benjamin
ROSENBERG Kevin USA - USA 53.17
9
FEI Zelin
ZHAO Yuqiao
CHN - CHN 52.38
10 HARPER Brandon
MILLER Ryan
USA - USA 51.85
11 AMER Samuel
CHANG Nolan
USA - USA 51.06
12 LIN Amber
OLSEN Jake
USA - USA 50.13
13 LIEBERMAN Joseph
WELLAND
USA - USA 48.15
Christopher
14 CHENG Licong
LI Renyu
CHN - CHN 45.24
15 LI Hanchang
SHAO Yiqin
CHN - CHN 43.65
16 BERMAN Evan
SPENCER Cole
USA - USA 41.93
17 DU Zhecheng
SHANG Yijun
CHN - CHN 41.80
18 HART Tyler
KUSCHNER Benjamin USA - USA 41.53
19 HUANG Xu
LIU Yihong
CHN - CHN 40.08
20 FASHINGBAUER Ellie
HSIEH Gianni
USA - USA 37.83
Nationality%
VEN - VEN 60.19
CHN - CHN 56.75
ITA - ITA
56.22
USA - USA
USA - USA
CHN - CHN
CHN - CHN
CHN - CHN
56.08
50.40
48.81
36.51
35.05
Youth Final B
Session 4
Rank Pairs
Nationality%
1
CABRERA Ruben Dario
GRANDA Moises
VEN - VEN 68.11
2
HENBEST Maxim
HOWARD Nathan
AUS - AUS 64.53
3
OYAMA Ryoko
SESHIMO Takumi
JPN - JPN 63.48
4
HARADA Yuki
ITO Kosuke
JPN - JPN 62.95
5
QIN Bin
WANG Penghao
CHN - CHN 62.26
6
MANFIELD Sabrina
MANFIELD Seth
USA - USA 60.71
7
PEREZ Fernando
RODRIGUEZ Carlos VEN - VEN 58.56
8
LIU Siyuan
WANG Yingqi
CHN - CHN 57.81
9
LAMOUREUX Victor
MILLER JASON
CAN - USA 57.24
10 ARGAIN Ariel
SENGIALI
ARG - ARG 56.37
Nicolas Miguel
11 COLBURN Caleb
ZHU Vincent
USA - USA 55.36
12 FANG Yunyi
HUANG Danlei
CHN - CHN 55.03
13 SMITH Cooper
TRAUTWEIN Henry USA - USA 54.88
14 LI Meilun
LIU Wenyu
CHN - CHN 54.49
15 BAI Lu
GONG Kai Lu
CHN - CHN 54.36
16 ALTMAN John
STEPHANI Isaac
USA - USA 53.62
17 CHANG Sophia
ZHANG Lucy
USA - USA 52.01
18 ALLEN Theo
ZHOU Zi Nan
USA - CHN 50.79
19 CUERVO LOPERA Juan Felipe VELEZ Santiago
COL - COL 50.79
20 FONG Brandon
SUNG Alexander
USA - USA 50.67
21 MA Ding Zhi
LIU Xuan Yu
CHN - CHN 49.54
22 BERK Sedef
ROBERTS Jeremy
USA - USA 49.31
23 LU Yijia
QIAN Li
CHN - CHN 47.83
24 CORREA LAGUNA Nicolas
REY ARISMENDY COL - COL 46.95
Luis Alejandro
25 VASSILEVA Albena-Maria
WU Zijun
CAN - CHN 42.66
26 COLBURN Olivia
LAUFER Olivia
USA - CAN 41.56
27 VALENZUELA RIVERA
ZAMORA
COL - COL 38.49
Joan Sebastian
VILLAMIZAR Jose Alejandro
28 GOODWIN Bryan
NOVAK Jett
USA - USA 36.73
29 BOTKINS Hailey
WILLIAMS BernadetteUSA - USA 33.88
30 LAROSEE Matthew
MILLIKIN Emma
USA - USA 33.11
31 ANDREWS Cherish
EDWARDS Sarah
USA - USA 29.99
32 OLIVEIRA Helber
STEPHANI Kristian USA - USA 29.15
33 MAGNUSON Sterling
NOVAK Madelyn
USA - USA 26.03
A Moving Day
The second day of play saw one event
decided. The consolation pairs for those who
failed to qualify for the finals, the Youth Final B,
was won by Ruben Dario Cabrera and Moises
Granda from Venezuela. They finished more than
a board clear of Maxim Henbest and Nathan
Howard from Australia. Third were Ryoko
Oyama and Takumi Seshimo from Japan.
In the Juniors, Youngsters and Girls Pairs
Finals, there are two sessions to be played today
to decide the medal winners. In the Girls, Karla
de Jesus and Adriana Suarez from Venezuela
enjoy a lead of about one-and-a-half boards over
Lu Xinying and Yu Felicia Xinying from China.
But the pairs who are third and fourth, Giorgia
Botta-Margherita Chavarria from Italy and Julie
Arbit-Isha Thapa from the United States, are
certainly still in contention. For any of the other
four pairs to gain a medal, they will have to have
an excellent final day.
The Youngsters Final is being dominated by
the United States, with the first four pairs. The
leaders are Allison Hunt and Asya Ladyzhensky,
who preferred to play in this event than in the
Girl’s. Second are the Jeng brothers, Andrew and
Richard; and third are Gregory Herman and Oren
Kriegel.
The Junior Final is being led by the
experienced Italians Massimiliano di Franco and
Gabriele Zanasi. They are just in front of another
girls pair that opted for open competition, Ellena
Moskovsky and Lauren Travis from Australia.
Third are Erkmen Aydogdu and Akin Koclar
from Turkey. Just behind are one Australian
and three American pairs poised to move up the
rankings.
The three Team Championships will begin
at 4:00 p.m. (16.00), with qualifying play
over one-and-a-half days, Tuesday afternoon
and Wednesday. Each will consist of seven
10-board Swiss team matches. The quarterfinals,
semifinals and finals will each last one day.
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The Pairs Finals Session 1
by Phillip Alder
Just before we get into the deals, try these two
defensive problems.
1. Dlr: West
♠43
Vul: None
♥K42
♦KJ52
♣K754
♠AJ865
♥ -
♦Q643
♣AQ98
West
North
East
South
Pass
Pass
1♠
1NT
2♠
3NT
All Pass
Partner leads the spade ten: three, five
(encouraging), king. South plays a heart to dummy’s
king and you discard an encouraging club nine.
Declarer continues with a diamond to his ten, then
leads the heart ten. West wins with his queen (you
pitch the club eight) and shifts to the club six: king,
ace, three. What would you lead now?
2. Dlr: North
♠ 10 3
Vul: E-W
♥9642
♦AKJ82
♣Q3
♠A764
♥Q5
♦Q7
♣KJ864
West
North
East
South
1♥
Dble
3♦ (1)
3♠
4♥
4♠
Pass
Pass
5♥
Dble
Pass
Pass
Pass
(1) Fit-jump
You lead the spade ace: three, five, nine. What
would you do now, given that partner’s signal is
upside-down count?
The answers will be given later in this article.
There were some dynamite deals in the first
ten boards. This was the second for the girls and
youngsters.
Dlr: East
♠ Q 10 7 5 3
Vul: N-S
♥K4
♦AK43
♣J7
♠ 9 4 2
♠KJ
♥ J 10 8
♥AQ73
♦ Q J 6
♦98752
♣ A 8 5 4
♣63
♠A86
♥9652
♦ 10
♣ K Q 10 9 2
The Italian girls who led the qualifying did very
well against a Chinese pair.
West
North
East
South
Chavarria Jin
Botta
Yuan
Pass
Pass
Pass
1♠
Pass
2♠
Pass
Pass
Pass
Giorgia Botta led the diamond nine: ten,
jack, ace. Jin Huiyuan cashed her diamond king
(discarding a heart from the dummy), but then she
erred by ruffing a diamond. Usually, ruffing in the
shorter trump hand is good, but interestingly, not
here.
Declarer continued with a club to her jack, a
spade to dummy’s ace and the club nine. Margherita
Chavarria (who is the daughter of Mario, the
cameraman you have probably seen taking numerous
videos) took her ace and returned a trump. East won
with her king and gave her partner a diamond ruff.
Then a heart-jack shift scored two tricks in that suit
to hold declarer to her contract.
Minus 110 gave East-West a cold top.
On another BBO table, two American pairs faced
each other.
West
North
East
South
Lin
A. Jeng Olsen
R. Jeng
Pass
Pass
Pass
1♠
Pass
2♣ (1)
Pass
2♦ (2)
Pass
2♠
Pass
3♦
Pass
4♠
Pass
Pass
Pass
(1) Drury
(2) Not a minimum, but insufficient to jump to
four spades
This was the only auction that reached four
spades. Not that it was unbeatable. And Jake Olsen
found one of the killing leads: the club six. However,
when Amber Lin took the trick with her ace (North,
Andrew Jeng, dropped the jack), she did not find the
necessary heart shift. Instead, she returned a club,
hoping her partner would ruff it.
North won in the dummy and played a spade to
his ten. East took the trick with his jack and switched
to a diamond. North won and misguessed spades (not
that it mattered) by leading the queen, which was
covered by the king and ace. Then declarer played
dummy’s three clubs and discarded two hearts and
one diamond. So he lost only two spades and one
club for plus 620 and 16 out of 18 matchpoints. (We
are using the European 2-1 scoring system, not the
American 1-1/2.)
The next deal also exhibited different hand
evaluation.
Dlr: South
♠ 10 7
Vul: E-W
♥ Q 10 8 7 3
♦KQ83
♣KJ
♠ K Q 6 5 4
♠J92
♥ A 9 5
♥64
♦ 2
♦ 10 7 4
♣ A Q 7 2
♣98653
♠A83
♥KJ2
♦AJ965
♣ 10 4
West
North
East
South
Chavarria Jin
Botta
Yuan
1♦
1♠
Dble
Pass
1NT
Dble
2♦
All Pass
West
North
East
South
Lin
A. Jeng Olsen
R. Jeng
1♦
1♠
2♥
Pass
3♥
Pass
4♥
Pass
Pass
Dble
Pass
Pass
Pass
Jin started with a negative double promising only
four hearts. Then she might have redoubled when
West incorrectly thought that she could defeat one
notrump. That contract would have made, declarer
winning the spade lead and driving out the heart ace.
Two diamonds won the obvious ten tricks, but
plus 130 was worth only 2 matchpoints out of 6.
In the Youngsters, Andrew Jeng not only
responded two hearts, but then went on to game after
being raised. Those double fits are magical.
West’s double did not cost much. Plus 590
scored 15 out of 18. (Samuel Amer and Nolan Chang
from the United States made the same contract with
an overtrick.) Plus 420 would have been worth 12
matchpoints.
Now let’s move over to the Junior Pairs, where
the deals were distributional. This was Board 5:
Dlr: North
♠842
Vul: N-S
♥ 10 7 5 4 2
♦9
♣ Q 10 7 3
♠ A 3
♠J97
♥ K Q 9 8
♥AJ3
♦ K 5 3 2
♦ A Q J 10 6 4
♣ A J 8
♣K
♠ K Q 10 6 5
♥6
♦87
♣96542
Only two pairs reached seven notrump. This was
one successful sequence:
3rd World Open Youth Championships
West
North
East
South
Gobelki Howard Gokce
Hollands
Pass
1♦
Pass
1♥
Pass
3♦
Pass
4♦
Pass
4♥
Pass
4NT
Pass
5♠
Pass
5NT
Pass
6♣
Pass
7NT
Pass
Pass
Pass
No doubt five spades showed two key cards and
the diamond queen, and six clubs indicated that king.
Then Altug Gobelki from Turkey could count twelve
tricks and clearly had good chances for a thirteenth.
(No doubt in a team event, he would have bid seven
diamonds.)
With thirteen top tricks, the play took no time.
Plus 1520 was worth 13 out of 14.
Massimiliano di Franco and Gabriele Zanasi
from Italy also reached seven notrump.
Next came:
Dlr: East
♠76
Vul: E-W
♥ J 10 6 5
♦932
♣ J 10 9 4
♠ A K 8 5
♠ Q J 10 9 2
♥ A 4
♥8
♦ J 10 5
♦Q87
♣ K Q 6 5
♣A832
♠43
♥KQ9732
♦AK64
♣7
West
North
East
South
Gobelki HowardGokce Hollands
Pass
1♥
Dble
3♥
4♠
5♥
Dble
Pass
5♠
All Pass
This is a situation every pair should discuss.
When East jumps to four spades at unfavorable
vulnerability, it should be assumed that if the
opponents bid higher, they are sacrificing. This
means that a pass by West over five hearts would be
forcing. And most pairs treat that pass as saying that
West does not mind if East bids five spades; and that
his actual double is warning against bidding higher.
(However, many years ago Paul Lavings of Australia
proposed reversing those meanings. Although it
seems debatable in this situation, it is in principle an
idea that I like. Then West’s double would say that
he wants to bid five spades, but East may pass if he
thinks that would be an error.)
I was surprised when Berk Gokce bid five
spades. He must have been happy when he saw the
dummy, probably believing that five hearts doubled
would have cost only 500 and five spades making
would be worth 650. However, the 4-1 club break
killed five spades.
Plus 100 was worth 13 out 14 matchpoints to
Peter Hollands and Justin Howard from Australia.
This was Board 7:
Dlr: South
♠ 10 9 7 4 3
Vul: Both
♥J7
♦AK5
♣KQ5
♠ 8 6 5
♠AKJ
♥ 6
♥AQ98432
♦ 10 4
♦3
♣ A J 10 9 8 6 3
♣72
♠Q2
♥ K 10 5
♦QJ98762
♣4
West
North
East
South
di Franco Montes
Zanasi
Ferro
de Oca
3♦
Pass
Pass
4♥
Pass
Pass
5♦
Dble
All Pass
A good general principle is that if you are willing
to sacrifice in five diamonds, bid it immediately.
Do not let the opponents exchange information and
be able to make a well-informed decision whether
to double or to bid higher. (Americans call this a
fielder’s choice, a baseball term. You might see one at
the Atlanta Braves game on Friday.)
Five diamonds doubled cost 800, giving EastWest 13 matchpoints. To make matters worse, four
hearts would have gone at least down one.
West
North
East
South
Wessels
HashimotoLee
Kikuchi
3♦
Pass
Pass
4♥
All Pass
Tadahiro Kikuchi from Japan led his singleton
club. Understandably, declarer Antony Lee from
the United States won with dummy’s ace and
immediately played a spade to his jack.
South won and shifted to the diamond queen.
North, Koichiro Hashimoto, overtook with his king,
cashed the club king, and continued with the club
queen. When declarer ruffed with his nine, South
overruffed with the ten and awaited another trick
with his heart king.
Down two gave North-South 11 matchpoints.
The defensive problem given at the beginning
came from Board 8. It also makes an interesting
double-dummy problem. What is the result in three
notrump with best play from both sides?
Dlr: West
♠43
Vul: None
♥K42
♦KJ52
♣K754
♠ 10 9 2
♠AJ865
♥ Q 9 8 7 6 5
♥ - ♦ 9 7
♦Q643
♣ 6 2
♣AQ98
♠KQ7
♥ A J 10 3
♦ A 10 8
♣ J 10 3
West
North
East
South
di Franco Montes
Zanasi
Ferro
de Oca
Pass
Pass
1♠
1NT
2♠
3NT
All Pass
I am guessing that three notrump was Lebensohl,
showing game values while denying four hearts or a
spade stopper.
West led the spade ten. East encouraged with his
five, following the excellent general principle that if
you are trying to establish a suit where declarer has
tricks, make him use up those stoppers as quickly as
possible.
South, Felipe Jose Ferro from Argentina, played
a heart to dummy’s king, and East discarded an
encouraging club nine. Declarer continued with a
diamond to his ten, then led the heart ten. West took
the trick with his queen (East pitched the club eight)
and shifted to the club six: king, ace, three. What
should East, Zanasi, had done now?
This was the position:
♠4
♥4
♦KJ5
♣754
♠ 9 2
♠AJ86
♥ 9 8 7 6
♥ - ♦ 9
♦Q64
♣ 2
♣Q
♠Q7
♥AJ
♦A8
♣ J 10
At the table, East exited with a low diamond.
South won with his ace and drove out the club queen.
East continued with the spade ace and a spade, but
declarer had nine tricks: two spades, three hearts,
three diamonds and one club.
Plus 400 was worth 12 out of 14 matchpoints to
North-South.
Let’s go back to the position above. East should
have established his spades while he had the club
queen as an entry card. But he had to be careful
to lead a low spade. If he had played the ace and
another, two rounds of hearts would have squeezed
East in the minors.
But even after leading a low spade, what must
East throw on the two hearts?
He must unblock the spade jack and ace! If he
releases his low spade, South takes his other heart
and the diamond ace, then endplays East with a spade
or club to lead away from the diamond queen at trick
twelve.
But if East unblocks in spades, West’s nine
becomes an entry while he has two heart winners.
And as the icing on the cake, when West shifted
to a club at trick five, if he had instead chosen to play
another spade, the textbooks would have told him to
lead the nine, the higher of two remaining cards. But
that would have been fatal here, making East prey to
that endplay. West must lead the spade two, keeping
the nine!
West
North
East
South
Wessels
HashimotoLee
Kikuchi
Pass
Pass
1♠
1NT
2♠
3NT
All Pass
West led the spade ten, but here East, presumably
hoping his partner had started with K-10-9, took
his ace and returned the suit. South won with his
king and also misguessed hearts by playing one to
dummy’s king. Here, East discarded a diamond.
Now South could have got home by guessing
diamonds. It looks like the point-count suggests that
East must have the remaining honors, but he did open
in third position nonvulnerable.
Instead, declarer played a heart to his ace and ran
the club jack. (If South thought West had the club
queen, it was surely even more likely that East had
the diamond queen.) East won with the club queen
and established his spades.
When South then gave West his heart trick, a
club to the ace and two spades took the contract
down two.
Plus 100 gave East-West 13 out of 14.
The action continued on Board 9, from which the
second defensive problem came. (I rotated the deal in
the quiz to make South the declarer.)
Dlr: North
♠K92
Vul: E-W
♥ A K J 10 8 7 3
♦5
♣97
♠ Q J 8 5
♠A764
♥ --
♥Q5
♦ 10 9 6 4 3
♦Q7
♣ A 10 5 2
♣KJ864
♠ 10 3
♥9642
♦AKJ82
♣Q3
West
North
East
South
Hollands Zanasi
Howard
di Franco
1♥
Dble
3♦ (1)
3♠
4♥
4♠
Pass
Pass
5♥
Dble
All Pass
(1) Fit-jump
Here was another high-level guessing game.
Seeing all of the cards, East-West could have
made four spades, so five hearts looked like a
good sacrifice. It was going down only two on best
defense, and there was always a chance that the
defenders would slip up. But not these Australians.
East led the spade ace, under which West gave a
count signal.
Now Howard did well, concluding that if declarer
had the club ace, the contract was cold. At trick
two, he shifted to the club king. West again signaled
count, so East played another club for down one.
Surprisingly, plus 100 gave East-West a cold top.
To be honest, I have never been a fan of giving
priority to count signals, but it worked well here.
West
North
East
South
Brown Ozgur ArguedasUslupehlivan
1♥ 2♣
3♣
4♣
4♥
All Pass
East-West were perfect: club to the ace, spadequeen shift to the king and ace, club king, spade to
the jack. Plus 50 gave them 11 out of 14 matchpoints.
And if you thought the last deal would give the
players a rest, think again.
Dlr: East
♠9643
Vul: Both
♥Q2
♦6
♣ K 10 9 4 3 2
♠ J 5
♠ 10 8
♥ A 9 5
♥ K J 10 8 7 6 4
♦ A J 9 8 4 3 2
♦ K Q 10 7
♣ A
♣ -
♠AKQ72
♥3
♦5
♣QJ8765
West
North
East
South
Hollands Zanasi
Howard
di Franco
4♥ 4♠
5♥
5♠
Dble
All Pass
Some Australians have a theory that any hand
with 7-4-2-0 distribution should be opened with a
game-bid. And if the choice is between three hearts
and four hearts, the higher-level opening does look
preferable.
Five spades doubled went down the obvious one,
giving East-West just over average, 8 out of 14.
West
North
East
South
Brown Ozgur ArguedasUslupehlivan
3♥ 4♣ (1)
4♥
4♠
5♥ Pass
6♥ Dble
All Pass
(1) At least 5-5 in spades and clubs
Now East thought that his extra shape justified
rebidding in front of partner. But then West
reasonably deduced that his partner had to have a
singleton or void in spades, so raised to the slam.
South cashed his top spades for down one and 11
matchpoints for North-South.
Careful With a 5-2 Fit
by Murat Molva
This board from the third round of the
qualification for the Juniors Pairs shows careful
declarer play by Sarper Uslupehlivan of Turkey.
Dlr: North
♠Q5
Vul: E-W
♥985
♦Q85
♣AQ632
♠ 8 3
♠K742
♥ Q 7 6 3
♥AKJ42
♦ 9 6 4
♦A73
♣ J 10 7 4
♣9
♠ A J 10 9 2
♥ 10
♦ K J 10 2
♣K85
West NorthEast South
Pass
1♥
1♠
Pass
2♣
Pass
2♥
Dble
2♠
Pass
3♣
Pass
3♥
Pass
4♠
Pass
Pass
Pass
Sarper (South) arrived in four spades. The
defense started with two rounds of hearts. After
ruffing the second, Sarper went to dummy with
the club queen to run the spade queen. When it
was not covered and it won the trick, he correctly
deduced that East had started with four trumps. So
South shifted his attention to diamonds. He played a
diamond to the jack, and when it won, he continued
with a diamond to dummy’s queen.
East won this and forced declarer with a third
round of hearts, thereby reducing South’s trump
holding to ace-jack-doubleton. But declarer was in
control. He cashed a diamond and played the club
king from his hand.
It did not matter if East ruffed, because whatever
card he returned would have given the declarer his
contract. East finally chose to return a fourth round of
hearts. Sarper discarded the last club from his hand
and ruffed in dummy. When the ace of clubs was
played, East had to surrender. Well done.
A Board Moves
Around a Room
by David Stern
This was Board 12 from the fifth and final
qualifying round of the pairs on Sunday.
Dlr: West ♠ 10
Vul: N-S ♥62
♦ 10 8 4 2
♣Q96542
♠ K 8 6 5 4 2
♥ A 4 3
♦ Q 5
♣ A 10
♠AQJ3
♥KJ875
♦6
♣873
♠97
♥ Q 10 9
♦AKJ973
♣KJ
questionable and my favourite, sub-optimal. I have
some other descriptors but need to check on the
status of the defamation and libel policy of the WBF.
In all seriousness, bidding a poorish five-card suit at
the two-level with no possibility of a second place to
play will generally lead to a poor outcome, as it did
here: minus 800.
In terms of the best contracts seeing all four
hands, notrump is a clear winner with ten top tricks
and South having discard problems that could lead to
eleven. Most careful plays will see 5♦ make, while
it takes a heart lead by North and South ducking the
first spade play to beat 4♠ by West.
And for those into abstract analysis, 4♠ by East is
cold with the defense unable to establish a heart trick
before discards on diamonds.
The first ten times the board was played the
frequencies were: +100x2, +50x1, -420x2, -430x1,
-460x1, -490x1 and -800x1.
One of the benefits of being a bridge journalist
is the way in which we can watch a deal being
evaluated at a number of tables during a session.
Enjoy the various treatments of the deal above.
Table 1
West
1♠
2♠
3♥
NorthEast
Pass
2♦
Pass
3♦
Pass
3NT
South
Pass
Pass
All Pass
I think this was a very sound sequence to a
sensible contract. West showed a likely six-card
spade suit and values in hearts, thereby allowing
partner to judge the best contract.
Tables 2 & 3
West
1♠
2♠
3NT
Altug Gobekli – Berk Gokce (Turkey)
North
Pass
Pass
Pass
East
2♦
3♠
Pass
South
Pass
Pass
Pass
by Murat Molva
Table 4
West
1♠
2♠
3NT
North
Pass
Pass
Pass
East
2♦
3♦
Pass
South
Pass
Pass
Pass
Table 5
West
1♠
2♠
3♣
3NT
North
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
East
1NT
2NT
3♦
Pass
South
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
All reasonable auctions leading to the par spot
on the deal. Some cooperative while others simply
judgment calls by West as to the best place to play.
At the following table things went off the track
more than just a little …
Table 6
West
1♠
2♠
4♣
4NT
6♠
Pass
NorthEast
Pass
2♦
Pass
3♠
Pass
4♦
Pass
5♣
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
South
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Dble
Clearly West felt that 3♠ showed a better hand
than his partner actually held! South less than
sportingly expressed his view on the outcome for
what was likely a top board.
“Play with cats and get scratched” goes the
saying.
Table 7
West
1♠
Pass
The Five-Level
Belongs to ...
North
Pass
Pass
East
2♦
Dble
South
2♥
All Pass
As I write this article, I am trying to think of an
appropriate word for the 2♥ bid … hmm … words
than spring to mind include frisky, ill-advised,
Everybody knows how to complete this sentence
when discussing after the session over a cup of
coffee. But it seems easy to yield to temptation at the
table and so difficult to remember this simple “rule”.
Another difficult task is to remember to punish the
opponents who forget the rule at the table.
Dlr:N
♠86
Vul:EW
♥ A K J 10 5
♦2
♣KJ843
♠ J 10 3
♥ 6 3
♦ A K Q J 9 6
♣ A 9
♠AQ9754
♥Q72
♦7
♣Q65
West
2♦
5♦
Pass
North
1♥
2NT
Pass
Pass
East
Pass
4♦
Pass
Pass
♠K2
♥984
♦ 10 8 5 4 3
♣ 10 7 2
South
1♠
4♥
5♥
The bidding looked quite normal until South,
Felipe Jose Ferro (Argentina) bid 4♥. Then West,
Sarper Uslupehlivan (Turkey) decided to raise the
ante by bidding 5♦. This was a perfect demonstration
of dangerous living as the contract would easily go
for -800 if the opponents would stop and look at the
vulnerability.
However, both North and South were probably
preoccupied with their singleton diamond and
nobody was inclined to double. After a bit of thought,
Felipe bid 5♥ and took his Turkish opponents off the
hook. Plus 450 brought a normal matchpoint score to
the Argentinians, but it could have been much better.
Qiu Wei Chang and Lu Xun
Interview With
Qiu Wei Chang
by David Stern
One of the things I like to do as a bridge
journalist is interview players from around the world
to find out more about them as people and bridge in
their countries.
At this tournament I sought out Qiu Wei Chang,
Vice-President of the China Bridge Association
and Chairman of the Shanghai Bridge Association
in an effort to understand where bridge is heading
in China, especially youth bridge as well as some
information on the Chinese delegation.
Mr. Chang learned bridge in school around 1990
and currently plays once a week. Like many bridge
administrators, he sees that the future of the game
lies in youth bridge. As bridge became popular with
members of government in China, so began the
growth of the game to the point where approximately
one million people play the game, and the game’s
popularity continues to increase amongst primary and
high school children.
This push at senior levels of government saw
the establishment two years of an administrative
body whose sole responsibility is to see improved
participation rates in bridge (and chess) through the
establishment of bridge clubs in ten primary and ten
high schools in Shanghai alone.
Outside of Shanghai, bridge is very active as a
youth activity in areas including Beijing, Shenzhen,
and Wuhan in the centre of China. The most likely
reason for bridge in these cities is that a Chinese
minister or senior official plays and has fostered the
growth of bridge.
There is an annual schools tournament for
players aged 8 to 16 that sees around 80 teams from
around China participating. This is in addition to
eight other major annual tournaments for the young
players in Shanghai alone.
At these 3rd World Youth Open Bridge
Championships there are more than forty Chinese
participants including thirty from Shanghai, a team
from Dalian and a team from Beijing.
The thirty players from Shanghai were selected
in June from the one thousand who actively play
in primary and high schools. The selection criteria
were based on their bridge results, commitment to
the game and how much studying they did for their
bridge. All of the participants are self-funded with
small contributions by sponsors, and for nearly all of
them this is their first trip outside of China.
Following selection, the players attended lessons
twice a week for three hours each time until they left
to come to Atlanta. In addition to the face-to-face
play and coaching, the children are encouraged to
participate and practice on BBO, the preferred online
bridge site for young players in China.
While money is generally not a problem in
regard to the promotion of youth bridge in China, the
major problem is the shortage of volunteer teachers
and coaches, something Mr. Chang is working hard
to resolve.
Many older people continue to learn bridge in
China, seeing it as a way of making new friends and
keeping their minds active. Interestingly, bridge is
seen as a cultural activity in China rather than a game
or pastime, and perhaps that is why it may be getting
better traction with educators than it is in the West.
Thanks to Mr. Lu Xun, a volunteer whose
14-year-old daughter is the captain of one of the
Chinese Girls teams, for translating during my
discussions with Mr. Chang.
Daily Bulletin
128.25 Tables
22.18 1/2 22.18 1/2 14.25 3 9.57 4/5 9.57 4/5 7.74 6/7 7.74 6/7 6.27 8/9 6.27 8/9 5.16 10/11
5.16 10/11
3.88 12/13
3.88 12/13
3.28 14/15
3.28 14/15
4.02 16/17
4.02 16/17
4.36 18 3.24 19 2.41 20 2.30 21 87.0 Tables
7
19.84 1 14.88 2 11.16 3 8.37
4 11.13 5 8.35
6 6.26
7 4.19 8/9 4.19 8/9 4.95 10 4.24 11 3.05 12 3.71 13 3.30 14 2.97 15 2.27 16/17
2.81 16/17
2.32 18 1.99 19 2.70
2.47
2.28
2.26
2.36
2.49
1.75
SIDE GAME SERIES 2
Catherine McLeod, Eden NC
Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA
Lech Ekert, Hilton Head SC
Paul Amer, Newark DE
Samuel Amer, Newark DE
Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL
Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON
Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA
Sarah Widhu, Nashua NH
Lamar Daniel, Wetumpka AL
Kristy Knight, Jacksonville FL
Sandi Foreman, White Plains NY
Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY
Halina Jamner, Rye NY
David Yates, Lake Peekskill NY
David Amsterdam, Wayne PA
Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA
Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC
H Hunt, Charlotte NC
Ben Yang, Warren NJ
Clay Hall, Birmingham AL
129.26%
129.26%
127.56%
125.55%
125.55%
124.71%
124.71%
121.46%
121.46%
120.43%
120.43%
119.56%
119.56%
118.12%
118.12%
117.05%
117.05%
116.12%
114.23%
113.30%
113.14%
MONDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS
3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13/15
13/15
13/15
16 Arlene Mahlberg - Benny Mahlberg, Discovery Bay CA
Sherrie Goodman - Alan Goodman, New Orleans LA
Cheryl Piette, Huntsville AL; Karen Richards, Harvest AL
Judith Gwaltney - J Bruce Gwaltney, Wilmington DE
Curtis Erickson - Sharon Erickson, Tampa FL
Dorothy Warke, Sun City Center FL; Gloria Stenzel, Sun City Ctr FL
Beverly Wilkinson - Shelia Shapleigh, Atlanta GA
George Trost, New York NY; William Sigward, Pelham NY
Molly Currie, Sylacauga AL; Charlotte Knight, Alexander City AL
John Thompson II, Atlanta GA; John Newsome, Highlands NC
Bob Crouch - Chuck Palmer, Big Canoe GA
Charlynn Foust, Hendersonville TN; Breezy Salmon, Nashville TN
Terry Bucher - Dennett Hansell, Jasper GA
James Knight, Atlanta GA; Donald Hill, Loganville GA
Ronald Antinori - Susan Antinori, Atlanta GA
George Sullivan - Andrea Sullivan, Round Rock TX
Keith Honnold - Bert Shramko, Chattanooga TN
Del Swanson, Lakeville MN; Gene Brandl, Apple Valley MN
Marilyn Schirm, Peachtree City GA; Betty Urban, Newnan GA
Nathan Moens - Ted Moens, Delta BC
Larry Zwahlen, Canton GA; Edward Paulling, Rome GA
C Kaufman - Jill Kaufman, Cary NC
Alma Vanhull, Kingston TN; Gloria Larson, Oak Ridge TN
Barb Daugherty - Jim Daugherty, Nashville TN
Karla Trobaugh, St Simons Is GA; Teryl McBurney, St Simons Isl GA
Judith Wagner - Barbara Constance, Belleville IL
MONDAY AFTERNOON A/X SWISS TEAMS
11 Tables / Based on 36 Tables
A
X
6.98
1 1 Erin Feldman - Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Janice Anderson - Richard
Anderson, Regina SK
5.24
2 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes
NJ; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Weimin Wang, People’s Republic of China
3.67 3/4 2/3 Agnes Snellers - Wubbo De Boer - Berend Van Den Bos - Joris Van
Lankveld, 3.67 3/4 2/3 Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Uday Ivatury Christal Henner-Welland, New York NY; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA
25 Tables
B
C
D
5.31
1 3.98
2 1 1 2.99
3 2.24
4 2.96
5 2 2.22
6 3 2.16
4 2 1.62
5 3 1.22
4 62.70%
62.65%
61.90%
61.76%
61.46%
61.31%
60.71%
60.57%
60.57%
59.82%
59.67%
58.78%
58.18%
58.10%
57.44%
57.29%
57.29%
57.14%
56.99%
56.85%
56.70%
56.61%
55.80%
55.80%
55.80%
55.65%
58.00
57.00
53.00
53.00
3PM B/C/D SIDE SWISS TEAMS
Charles Swart - Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Portland OR;
Dennis Balfe, University City MO
Dee Steely - Mary Winiarski, Anderson SC; Tobey Roland,
Baltimore MD; Tina Boyer, Montclair NJ
Don Haney, Trussville AL; Julie McLaughlin, Birmingham AL; Ann
Lilly, Tuscaloosa AL; H Albert Lilly, Mobile AL
Adeline Collins, Dunedin FL; Freida Dohrman, Clearwater FL; Jo
Ann Hazel, Tampa FL; Elizabeth Ghrist, Houston TX
Lois Belliveau - Allan Roderiques, Leesburg FL; Paul Harris,
Waltham MA; James Keegan, Cambridge MA
Gloria McCain, Orlando FL; Dorothy Gilreath - Susan Campbell Joan Duffy, Marietta GA
John Boshart, Mountain City GA; Deborah Leach, Sorrento FL;
Patricia Cunningham, Clayton GA; Felicia Lease, Lakemont GA
Tommy Boze - Linda Boze, Gallatin TN; Bill Beaushaw, Pearl River
LA; Bruno Dellamea, Beckley WV
William Allendoerfer, Edwardsville IL; William Riley, Alton IL;
Ron Torre - Lucille Torre, Loganville GA
69.00
56.00
55.00
53.00
51.00
49.00
48.00
47.00
42.00
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John Schermer, Seattle WA; Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Hemant
Lall, Dallas TX; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy
Welland, New York NY; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY
vs
Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA;
Franco Baseggio - Andrew Stark, New York NY; Brady Richter,
Summit NJ; John Ramos, W Hollywood CA
Alex Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg
Germany; Mustafa Cem Tokay - Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey
vs
Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver
BC; Gene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY
Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Diego
Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires
Argentina; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; William Pollack, New York
NY
vs
Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Rick Binder,
Waltham MA; Alan Watson, Lexington MA
Richard Schwartz, Lords Valley PA; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury
VT; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjord Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal
Norway; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz,
Ramat-Gan Israel
vs
Sui Sim Lian - Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore;
Lam Ze Ying,
Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; David Bakhshi, London England;
Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Kevin
Dwyer, Tampa FL
vs
Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung, Las Vegas NV; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston
VA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA
Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Steve Robinson,
Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey,
Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY
vs
Dano De Falco, Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Patricia
Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New York NY; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK
Juan Carlos Ventin, Barcelona Spain; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm
Sweden; Godffrey De Tessieres - Jean Quantin - Julien Gaviard,
Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France
vs
Berend Van Den Bos, The Hague Netherlands; Joris Van Lankveld,
Amsterdam Netherlands; Wubbo De Boer - Agnes Snellers,
Groenekan Netherlands
Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA;
George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ
vs
Jonathan Steinberg - Daniel Miles - Shan Huang, Toronto ON; John
Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; Richard Chan,
Markham ON
Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China;
Patrick Huang, Taipei Taiwan; Josh Donn, Las Vegas NV; Roger
Lee, Pasadena CA
vs
Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Jerry
Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN
Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Tom Hoiland, Korvettveien
Norway; Geir Brekka, Kristiansand Norway; Simon Gillis, London
United Kingdom
vs
Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo
Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel,
Poland
John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Paul
Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Hurd,
New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY
vs
Tom Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park
FL; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA;
Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY
Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY;
Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Bruce Rogoff, river
vale NJ; Josh Parker, Briarcliff NY
vs
John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; George Mittelman, Toronto
ON; Kalin Karaivanov - Rumen Trendafilov - Alexander Hadzhiev,
Varna Bulgaria
Ernesto d’Orsi - Mauricio Figueiredo - Miguel Villas-Boas - Joao
Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo Brazil; Benjamin Robles, Santiago Chile;
Joaquin Pacareu, Santiago Chile Chile
vs
Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Adam Wildavsky,
Longboat Key FL; Doug Doub, W Hartford CT; John Solodar, Palm
Beach Gdns FL; Paul Swanson, Jupiter FL
Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Win Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New
York NY; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo
ON; David Grainger, Roseville CA
vs
Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL;
Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard
Denmark; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel
Martin Bloom - Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon
Australia; Anthony Nunn, Ashfield Australia
vs
Kasper Konow, Frederiksberg Denmark; Michael Askgaard,
Gentofte Denmark; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kare
Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY
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Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA;
Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jenny Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Howard
Weinstein, Omaha NE; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA
vs
Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA;
Christal Henner - Uday Ivatury, New York NY
PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S WAGAR WOMENS
KO TEAMS
12 Tables
Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ; Lynn
Deas, Schenectady NY; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Catherine
D’Ovidio, Courbevoie France; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood
FL
vs
Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL; Annette Lee
McHann, Flowood MS; Peggy Rogers, Jackson MS
Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray
Beach FL; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion
Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Benedicte Cronier - Sylvie Willard,
Paris France
vs
Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland; Kazmucha Danuta, Poznan
Poland; Taczewska Joanna, Katowice Poland; Justyna Zmuda,
Skawina Poland
Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Kerri
Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Jet
Passman - Anneke Simons,
vs
Migry Zur Campanile - Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Nancy Katz,
Carolina PR; Susan Culham, Edmonton AB
Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Cheri
Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY
vs
Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Cecilia Rimstedt, Partille Sweden;
Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping Sweden;
Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden
Convention card reminder
Each player is required to have a convention
card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a
session. Both cards of a partnership must be identical
and include the first and last names of each member
of the partnership.
If a director determines that neither player has
a substantially completed card, the partnership may
play only the Standard American Yellow Card and
may use only standard carding. This restriction may
be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round
after convention cards have been properly prepared
and approved by the director. Further, the partnership
will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each
board played, commencing with the next round and
continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team
games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the
director.
If the director determines the partnership has at
least one substantially completed convention card
but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations,
the director may give warnings or assign such
penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the
circumstances.
The objective of these warnings and penalties is
the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL
regulations.
Electronic Device Policy
The electronic device
policy at NABCs has been
revised to allow players to
bring electronic devices such
as cell phones into the playing
area provided that such devices
are turned off.
Further, any such
equipment must not be visible
during the session.
The policy applies to all pairs, team members,
captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders,
except those designated by the ACBL and are in force
throughout any actual playing session or segment of
play.
A violation of the policy will result in an
automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board (or
12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the first offense.
A second offense will result in disqualification from
the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this
policy will be removed from the playing area for the
remainder of the session.
19.0 Tables
A
4.10
1 3.08
2 2.80
3 2.10
4 1.57
5 1.18
6 0.94
0.87
0.65
7.5 Tables
A
1.89
1 1.42
2 1.06
3 0.80
4 0.60
5 0.76
0.57
MONDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS
B
1 2 3 4 5 6 C
1 2 3 4 5 6 Lawrence Schoenfeld - Leslie Schoenfeld, Fort Myers FL
Carolyn Peters - Mary Peters, Tallassee AL
Robert Thorstad - Kuangda Lu, Chapel Hill NC
Alice Bonner - Deborah Greene, Atlanta GA
Beth Stephens, Marietta GA; Bijan Kasraie, Atlanta GA
George Correia, Devonshire Bermuda; Nelson Lee, Old Tappan NJ
Tim Collopy - Cecilia Collopy, Millbrook NY
Annabelle Wiseman, Jarvis Bay AB; Doreen Radford, Red Deer AB
68.71%
63.10%
61.90%
60.12%
58.71%
58.04%
57.74%
56.63%
55.44%
B
1 2 3 4 C
1 2 6 Tables
A
B
C
2.26
1 1 1 1.49 2/3 1.49 2/3 Gail Ostermann, Atlanta GA; Keith Elrod, Decatur GA
Dianne Weaver, Alpharetta GA; Evelyn Martin, Johns Creek GA
Dorothy McElwee, Chapel Hill NC; Deborah Moss, Gaston SC
Sidhesh Desai, Alpharetta GA; Raymond Zhu, Duluth GA
Carol Harrell - Lillian Terrell, Charlottesville VA
Susan Littell, Austell GA; Barbara Brightwell, Atlanta GA
Virginia Brooks - Barbara Neustadtt, Atlanta GA
64.09%
60.09%
58.09%
57.90%
54.18%
54.09%
52.91%
MONDAY AFTERNOON 299ER SWISS TEAMS
Jeanne Dennis, Marietta GA; Diane Erickson - Patricia Kalin,
Atlanta GA; Roslyn Grossman, Dumwoody GA
Robert Fine - Marsha Goldstein, Atlanta GA; Polly Keller, Naples
FL; Maureen Merker, Mentor OH
Dane Carmichael - Susan Carmichael, Fernandina Bch FL; Xuhua Lin
- Brandon Lin, Edison NJ
MONDAY A/X PAIRS
A
B
34.14 1 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC
25.61 2 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY
19.20 3 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN
14.40 4 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA
11.38 5 Henry Lortz, Seattle WA; Wayne Ohlrich, Carrboro NC
9.75
6 Alfonsin Julio, Buenos Aires; Alujas Gustavo, Buenos Aires AR
8.54
7 Janet Robertson, Timonium MD; R Jay Becker, New York NY
20.83 8 1 Yuan Chen - Peter Wong, Toronto ON
6.83
9 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA
6.21 10 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; R Muggia, Andover MA
5.69 11 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA
5.68 12 Robert Morris - Terry Currie, Houston TX
4.88 13 Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Melanie Tucker, New York NY
4.55 14 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Kelley Hwang, New York NY
5.69 15 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA
4.13 16 Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA
15.62 17 2 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Alison Wilson, New York NY
3.59 18 Joan Dziekanski - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY
11.72 19 3 Somers Collins, Roland AR; Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA
3.43 20 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL
3.10 21 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA
2.97 22 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA
3.42 23 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Andy Kaufman, Fort Washington PA
8.79
4 Luz Ortega, Tampa FL; Hanoi Rondon, 6.94
5 Qucheng Gong, Berkeley CA; Nathaniel Munger, Palo Alto CA
5.95
6 Jane Bachman, Dunwoody GA; Jim Dillon Jr, Atlanta GA
5.21
7 Jianfeng Luo - Melissa Luo, North York ON
4.63
8 E Michael McKee - Robert Yon, Anderson SC
4.17
9 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ
3.79
10 Lisa Adelberg, Camden ME; Jodi Coren, Delray Beach FL
3.47
11 Greg Potter - Linda Hughes, Edmond OK
3.21
12 Brad Vander Zanden - David Shepler, Knoxville TN
2.98
13 Robert Gordon - R Savitt, Miami FL
3.16
14 Kathy Swaine - Rand Pinsky, Valencia CA
2.60
15 Terry Lubman, Riverside CT; Leslie Powell, South Hill VA
38.0 Tables
A
7.28
1 5.92
2 4.10
3 4.44
4 3.33
5 1.73
6 2.50
2.61
1.87
3.03
2.27
1.70
1.28
0.96
1.57
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56.00
44.00
44.00
63.92%
61.23%
61.20%
60.99%
60.76%
60.69%
60.37%
59.65%
59.48%
59.40%
59.24%
59.00%
58.19%
57.88%
57.75%
57.73%
57.34%
57.13%
56.39%
56.23%
56.12%
55.96%
55.86%
55.85%
55.52%
55.40%
54.53%
54.16%
54.15%
53.77%
53.53%
53.35%
53.00%
52.53%
52.52%
MONDAY-TUESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES
B
1 2 3 4 5 6 C
1 2 3 4 5 6 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA
Matt Meckstroth, Gainesville FL; Leila DeNotaristefani, Mendham NJ
Judy Zhu, Naperville IL; Jack Snyder, Rockford IL
Jessica Piafsky, New York NY; Iris Gruemm, Chris Wiegand, Portland OR; Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR
David Yates, Lake Peekskill NY; Halina Jamner, Rye NY
Bijoy Anand, Gainesville FL; Tiger Li Li Williams, Elk Point SD
Torben Rolsted, Birkeroed Denmark; Peggy Hayes, Roswell GA
Phyllis Bausher, West Haven CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT
Lynn Paul, Marietta GA; Paul Caten Jr, Windham NH
Feyzan Erkip - Nesim Erkip, New York NY
Patricia Jackson, Fairburn GA; Tommy Jackson, Palmetto GA
Bill McAvinue, Louisville KY; Linda Hendrix, Montgomery Ave AL
J Roger Pryor, Madeira Bch FL; Dianne Pryor, Madeira Beach FL
Lorraine Siegel - Linda Davidson, Atlanta GA
64.74%
64.27%
64.08%
64.03%
63.58%
63.52%
62.33%
60.80%
60.01%
56.34%
50.65%
50.34%
49.92%
49.15%
48.30%
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QUALIFIERS IN THE TRUSCOTT/USPC SENIOR SWISS TEAMS
48 Tables / Based on 94 Tables
1 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Andrew Gofreed, La Plata
MD; Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD
2 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN; Fred Hamilton, Palm Desert CA; Mark Itabashi,
Murrieta CA; Dan Morse, Houston TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX
3 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Alan Applebaum - Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Victor King,
Hartford CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA
4/5 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Ron Smith, Las Vegas NV; Matt Granovetter - Pamela
Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; John Holland, Stockport England; Gunnar Hallberg,
Brighton United Kingdom
4/5 Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA; Jim Looby, Burbank CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Chris
Moll, Raleigh NC
6 Aubrey Fein, Fort Lauderdale FL; Charlene Predmest - Linda Epstein, Delray Beach
FL; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL
7/8 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Franklin Kasle, Flint MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W
Bloomfield MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH
7/8 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA;
Jim Jacobson, Sioux City IA; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek
Romanski, Goscinna Poland
9 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Randy Pettit, Marietta GA; Joseph Kivel, Newport
Coast CA; Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA
10 Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL; Howard Perlman, Franklin MI; Jeffrey Starr, South
Lyon MI; John Rengstorff - Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL
11 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Warren Cederborg,
Visalia CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA
12 Vinita Gupta - Naren Gupta, Woodside CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Jurek Czyzowicz,
Gatineau QC
13/14 Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Kazimierz Omernik, Gdynia
Poland; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC
13/14 Jeffrey Allen, Armonk NY; Michael Ranis, New York NY; Donald Dalpe, Baldwinsville
NY; Thomas Andrews, Utica NY
15 Mike Marlin - Sandra Marlin, Versailles KY; Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Toni
Bales, Pickerington OH
16/17 John Malley, Pascoag RI; Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA; John McLaughlin, Melrose
MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA
16/17 Craig Robinson - Elaine Landow, Lansdale PA; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Don Kern,
Bay Minette AL
18/19 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Randy Thompson,
Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA
18/19 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; C Reis, Baton Rouge LA; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV;
James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA
20 Martin Scheinberg, Riviera Beach FL; Paul Trent - Sandra Trent, Port St Lucie FL;
Dennis McGarry - Linda McGarry, Stuart FL; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA
21 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA; Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach
VA; Thomas Weik, Reading PA
22/23 Larry Harding, Hampstead NC; Mike Sheldon, Marietta GA; F Garson II, Alpharetta
GA; Kish Devaraj, Atlanta GA
22/23 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY;
Charles Sharf, North Baldwin NY
24/27 Charles Weed, Shreveport LA; Sam Coolik, Atlanta GA; Colby Vernay, Lacon IL; Barry
Schaffer, Frisco TX
24/27 Hank Meyer, Greenbelt MD; Donald Berman, Laurel MD; Hal Hindman, Vienna VA; Clyde
Kruskal, Hyattsville MD
24/27 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Arnold Malasky, Lenox MA; David Ruderman,
Burtonsville MD; Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI
24/27 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Robert Woodard, Dover
NH; Dean Panagopoulos, Lynn MA
28 Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Kathleen Sulgrove - Don
Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH; Robert Alexander, Mentor OH; Michael Huston, Joplin MO
29 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood
MO; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; William Pettis, Silver Spring MD
30/31 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR;
Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA
30/31 Richard Brown - Boyce Robbins, Easley SC; Hugh Hughes, Greenville SC; Jeff Ziemer,
Taylors SC
32/34 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Daisy Goecker, Yardley PA; Robert Heitzman Jr - Helen
Raleigh, Suffern NY
32/34 Margaret Bourke - Tim Bourke, Act Australia; Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Memphis
TN; Jim Miller, Olive Branch MS
32/34 Greg Roberts, Aiken SC; Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Robert Fendrick, Marietta
GA; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL
35/38 William Kulbersh - Jim Stogner, Atlanta GA; Richard Taube, Marietta GA; Richard
Baum, Baltimore MD
35/38 Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC; Bill Wisdom, Salisbury NC; Tom
Rutledge, Charleston SC
Carryover
GOODWILL
4.12
Charlotte and has served District 7 on the executive
committee, as treasurer, president and vice president.
Like Seiler, Heller said, Len took no compensation
for his services other than occasional free plays.
“District 7,” Heller said, “thrives on the volunteer
spirit.”
Goodwill Chair Sandy De Martino started the
meeting by calling on Robert Hartman, ACBL’s
chief executive. “I’ve seen so much goodwill at this
tournament,” he said. “It’s the hallmark of District
7.”
After viewing a trailer of the documentary about
youth bridge, attendees heard from ACBL President
Donald Mamula, who recalled going to his first
NABC – in Chicago more than 30 years ago.
“I had won a Red Ribbon qualification,” Mamula
said, “and I was stoked to go.” He confessed that he
did not win a North American championship, but he
noted that failure to do so over all the years since has
not dimmed his enthusiasm for the sport of bridge.
“Why do we go to NABCs or tournaments?”
he said. “I love competition. I love the challenge of
having my head handed to me by the world’s best –
and by the world’s worst.”
Praising the members of the committee, Mamula
added, “You are the people who truly embody this
spirit. You give more than competition. You give
heart.”
Mamula proposed a toast to everyone present.
“I raise a glass to thank all of you, and remember
the friendship and camaraderie we have toward each
other.”
Among the attendees was Gail Greenberg, whose
election to the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame was
celebrated Monday night. Greenberg was recognized
by DeMartino and took the podium to acknowledge
the applause.
The pin she received noting her membership in
the Hall of Fame is very special, she said, “and I have
equal pride in wearing my Goodwill pin. It is right
up there because of the feelings I have about this
committee and the work that it does.”
Greenberg said she and Aileen Osofsky were
close friends “and I know she would be thrilled to
have Sandy DeMartino as Goodwill chair.”
The meeting concluded with a presentation by
Richard Brown, chair of the District 7 Goodwill
Committee. He made note of the district’s new
campaign to call more attention to goodwill and how
it can affect the game.
“Make Goodwill visible,” is the campaign
slogan, Brown noted as he gave a history of his 25year association with the committee. He urged those
in attendance to figure out ways to recognize acts of
goodwill, create posters and start photo albums of
those who exemplify the spirit of the committee and
promote ethics and friendliness.
“Proudly wear your Goodwill pin,” Brown said,
“and support goodwill in your unit and district.”
4.12
Slow Play
30.00
20.00
17.65
17.06
17.06
16.47
15.29
15.29
13.53
12.35
11.76
11.18
10.59
10.59
10.00
9.41
9.41
8.82
8.82
8.24
7.65
7.06
7.06
6.47
6.47
6.47
6.47
5.88
5.29
4.71
4.71
4.12
2.94
2.94
Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful
play, is discourteous to your opponents, and to all
other competitors as well. Players and pairs who take
more than their allotted time are subject to penalty.
In general, pairs who are rarely late will be
warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or
pay no attention to time limits will be penalized.
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Bid Box Alerts and
Announcements
When using bid boxes, the ACBL requires that
players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same
time.
When making an Announcement, use the
Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the
Alert strip at the same time.
A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must
make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or
Announcement has been made.
♠♥♦♣
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35/38
35/38
39/40
39/40
41/43
41/43
41/43
44/45
44/45
46/47
46/47
48 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Gloria Bart - Les Bart, Bradenton FL; Peter
Friedland, Cupertino CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA
Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Mike Bandler, Alamo CA; Marjorie Michelin,
Laguna Woods CA; Howard Parker, Clements CA; Robert Ng, Millbrae CA
Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Susan Picus, New
York NY; Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA
Elbert Moore - Dorothy Moore, Crofton KY; Julia Bomalaski, Indialantic FL; John
Herrmann, Chattanooga TN
Jack Bryant - Milton Zlatic - Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO
Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN; Don Stack, Overland Park KS; Jack Spear,
Shawnee Mission KS
Leonard Ellis, Franklin NC; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; Jay Cherlow, Arlington
VA; Mark Tonnesen, Woodbridge VA
Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Theodore Spak - Jody
Ledford, Miami FL
Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; G Stanley Harman, Marietta OH; D Pierce, Parkersburg
WV; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI
Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Dennis Thompson, Lake Hiawatha NJ; William
Epperson, Sarasota FL; Richard Kuti, Carteret NJ
Donna Chambers, Schenectady NY; Debra Hyatt, Noblesville IN; Larry Rosen, Albany
NY; Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY
Linda Green, Southaven MS; Madie Brice, Cordova TN; Clair Berry, Germantown TN;
Lyn Yukon, Memphis TN
2.94
2.94
2.35
2.35
1.76
1.76
1.76
1.18
1.18
0.59
0.59
0.00
I’ve got a horse
By Mark Horton
The Grand National is a National Hunt horse
race held annually at Aintree racecourse in Liverpool,
England. First run officially in 1839, it is a handicap
steeplechase over 4 miles, 3½ furlongs (7,141
meters) with horses jumping 30 fences over two
circuits.
It is the top-paying jump race in Europe, with a
prize fund of £975,000. It is popular amongst many
people who do not normally watch or bet on horse
racing at other times of the year.
On the day of the 1928 Grand National, before
the race had begun, Tipperary Tim’s jockey William
Dutton heard a friend call out to him: “Billy boy,
you’ll only win if all the others fall down!” These
words turned out to be true, as 41 of the 42 starters
fell during the race.
The greatest horse to feature in the race is Red
Rum, who achieved an unmatched historic treble
when he won the race in 1973, 1974 and 1977, and
also came second in the two intervening years.
Given their amazing record in the Grand National
Teams it is surely only a matter of time before
someone names a horse “Meckwell.” The partnership
was on the winning team in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004,
2007, 2008, 2011 and 2012 and placed second in
1994, 2003 and 2005. (Jeff Meckstroth also won in
1997)
In this year’s final, the team captained by Warren
Spector was looking for a three-peat.
The match started quietly, Spector leading 4-0
after six deals, but then exploded into action:
Dlr: South
♠ K 10 7 6
Vul: N-S
♥J9
♦8432
♣832
♠ Q 9
♠J83
♥ Q 3
♥A4
♦ K 10 9 5
♦QJ76
♣ Q 10 7 5 4
♣AK96
♠A542
♥ K 10 8 7 6 5 2
♦A
♣J
Open room
West
North
East
South
Lev
Rodwell Glubok
Meckstroth
1♥
Pass
1♠ Dbl
3♠
4♣ All Pass
Facing a limited opening bid, North was not
afraid to respond.
North led the ♥J and declarer put up dummy’s
ace, drew trumps and played the ♦K. The defenders
took their tricks for plus 100.
Closed room
West
North
East
South
Cohler
Polowan Berkowitz Lilienstein
1♥
Pass
1♠ Dbl
4♠
All Pass
This time South went all the way to game. There
is a theory that with a 7-4-1-1 you should play in the
long suit, but personally I like to raise with four-card
support for partner’s suit.
East led the ♣A and switched to the ♦7. Declarer
won in dummy, crossed to the ♠K and advanced the
♥J, putting up dummy’s king when East played low
and exiting with a heart. East took the ace and tried
a club, but declarer ruffed, cashed the ♠A and played
winning hearts, plus 620 and 11 IMPs to Lilienstein.
Dlr: North
♠AK42
Vul: E-W
♥Q3
♦J3
♣ A 10 8 3 2
♠ Q 9 3
♥ 10 7 2
♦ Q 6 2
♣ K J 5 4
♠J8765
♥AK95
♦AK7
♣9
Open room
West
North
Lev
Rodwell
1NT
Pass
2♠
Pass
3♥
Pass
4NT
Pass
5NT
Pass
6♠
♠ 10
♥J864
♦ 10 9 8 5 4
♣Q76
East
Glubok
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
All Pass
South
Meckstroth
2♣
3♦
4♣
5♠
6♥
1NT14-16
3♦ Relay
4♣ Splinter in clubs
4NTRKCB
5♠ 2 keys plus the sxQ
5NT
King ask
6♥ 2 side kings
Had Meckstroth bid 3♥ over 2♠ it would have
shown a more balanced hand type.
Declarer won the diamond lead in dummy,
cashed the top spades and claimed 12 tricks, plus
980.
Closed Room
West
North
Cohler
Polowan
1♣
Pass
2♠ Pass
4♣
Pass
4♠
East
Berkowitz
Pass
Pass
Pass
All Pass
South
Lilienstein
1♠
2NT
4♦
It’s not clear what went wrong – perhaps South
was worried that North’s spades might be weak.
Missing the slam sent the 11 IMPs they had just
gained straight back.
Dlr: East
♠ J 10 9 6
Vul: Both
♥J2
♦J75
♣AQJ3
♠ A 8 2
♠K74
♥ A 6 4
♥K9753
♦ A 10 8 3 2
♦K
♣ 9 8
♣ K 10 6 2
♠Q53
♥ Q 10 8
♦Q964
♣ 754
Open room
West
North
East
Lev
RodwellGlubok
Pass
1♦ Pass
1♥ South
Meckstroth
Pass
All Pass
South led the ♣4 and North took the ace and
switched to the ♠J. When declarer asked about its
meaning North explained, “It’s a bridge play in the
middle of the hand,” and South contributed “nothing
conventional.”
For students of the game North-South lead
Rusinow vs suits at trick one when they are known to
have length in the suit from the auction. In partner’s
suit, king = A-K or K-Q, 9/10 = 0 or 2 higher, jack =
top card. At 5+ level, king from A-K.)
Declarer won in hand, unblocked the ♦K, cashed
the ♣K, ruffed a club, ruffed a diamond, took the top
hearts, ending in dummy, cashed the ♦A, pitching
a club, and ruffed a diamond. With a diamond
established to take care of the losing spade, that was
11 tricks, plus 200.
In the modern era it was surprising to see East
decline to open – and although he was perhaps
unlucky to see the auction stop at 1♥ it gave Spector
another opportunity.
Closed Room
West
North
Cohler
Polowan
2♦
Pass
3♥ Pass
East
Berkowitz
1♥
2NT
4♥ South
Lilienstein
Pass
Pass
All Pass
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South led the ♠3 and declarer won in hand,
unblocked the ♦K, crossed to the ♠A and discarded
his last spade on the ♦A before running the ♣9. When
that held, declarer played another club and North
took the ace and returned the ♠J. Declarer ruffed,
ruffed a club, cashed the top hearts ending in hand
and was plus 650 for a 10-IMP pickup.
Dlr: South
♠AKJ92
Vul: None
♥92
♦6
♣Q9853
♠ Q 8 7 5 3
♥ J 10 5
♦ 5 2
♣ K J 6
♠ 10 6 4
♥A63
♦AJ73
♣ A 10 2
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♠ -♥KQ874
♦ K Q 10 9 8 4
♣74
Open room
West
North
East
Lev
Rodwell Glubok
Pass
1♠ 2♥ 4♥ 4♠ 5♥ All Pass
South
Meckstroth
1♦
Dbl
Dbl
Meckstroth’s first double showed three-card
spade support.
Did West have a cunning plan when he jumped
to 4♥?
It looked as if he had defensive chances against
4♠ (although it is makeable despite the 5-0 break),
but when East came again East-West were in serious
trouble.
South led the ♠10 and declarer ruffed and played
the ♦K. South took the ace and played another spade.
Declarer ruffed North’s jack and played a club to the
king. When that held, he played a diamond and North
ruffed and played a club. South took the ace and
played ace of hearts and a heart.
Down to one trump in each hand declarer tried
the ♦Q, but when North discarded, all he could do
was take a ruff in each hand, South ruffing at trick 12
and playing a spade for four down, minus 800.
Closed room
West
North
East
South
Cohler PolowanBerkowitz Lilienstein
1dx
Pass
1sx
2hx
Dbl*
3hx*
Dbl
Pass
4sx
All Pass
Lilienstein’s first double showed three-card spade
support.
East led the ♥K and declarer won with dummy’s
ace and played a spade to the jack, East discarding
the ♥8.
The critical point of the hand had been reached.
To make 4♠, declarer must guess how to
approach the club suit, and on this layout the
winning line is to play a club to the ace and a club.
Subsequently, declarer will score a second club trick
and be able to ruff a club with the ♠10.
When declarer tried running dummy’s queen,
the die was cast. West won with the king and played
a heart. East took the queen and switched to the ♦K.
Declarer could not avoid two down and Spector
posted another 14 IMPs.
Spector took the first set 51-16 (12-IMP cell
phone penalty against Lilienstein) and had the better
of a low-scoring second session, winning it 31-19.
Lilienstein missed a chance on this deal:
Dlr: East
♠ A K Q 10
Vul: None
♥KJ
♦A8532
♣A8
♠ —
♠8543
♥ Q 9 7 3
♥A8654
♦ K 9
♦QJ6
♣ K 10 9 7 6 3 2
♣5
♠J9762
♥ 10 2
♦ 10 7 4
♣ QJ4
Open room
West
North
East
South
WooldridgeBecker Hurd
Spector
Pass
Pass
1♣ Dbl
1♥ 1♠
2♥
4♠
All Pass
With four cards in a major and a void, West
resisted any temptation to start with a preeempt, even
though he was facing a passed partner.
It paid a dividend, as when he led the ♥7,
declarer was sufficiently impressed as to go up with
dummy’s king. East took the ace and switched to the
♣5, covered by the queen, king and ace. Declarer
continued with the ♦A, followed by the ♠A. When
West discarded the ♣10, declarer played dummy’s ♣8
and East ruffed and returned the ♥4 to West’s queen.
Rather than cash the ♣K, West exited with the ♣3 and
declarer ruffed with dummy’s king and exited with
a diamond. West was forced to win with the king
and concede a ruff and discard, enabling declarer to
escape for one down, minus 50.
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I got a horse
Closed room
West
North
East
South
Rodwell Polowan Meckstroth Lilienstein
Pass
Pass
3♣ Dbl
Pass
3♠
Pass
4♣
Pass
4♠
All Pass
When West crowded the auction North still had
time to make a slam try before subsiding in game.
Once again, West led the ♥7, but declarer
naturally put in the jack and East took the ace and
switched to his club, covered by the queen, king and
ace. When declarer cashed the ♠A, West discarded
the ♣7. Declarer continued with the ♦A and a
diamond and West won and returned the ♣10 for East
to ruff. The ♦Q was the setting trick. No swing.
Suppose declarer draws trumps ending in hand
and ducks a diamond. If West wins and plays a heart
declarer wins and ducks a diamond. If West tries a
club instead declarer wins and plays ace of diamonds
and a diamond, dummy’s king of hearts providing
access to the winning diamonds.
Roland Wald writes a series entitled “World
Class Disasters on BBO” for Bridge Magazine and
this deal might just find its way into one of them:
Dlr: West
♠974
Vul: E-W
♥K8754
♦K95
♣97
♠ K J 5 2
♠Q863
♥ Q 2
♥ A J 10 9 6 3
♦ 3 2
♦74
♣ A Q 5 4 3 ♣6
♠ A 10
♥—
♦ A Q J 10 8 6
♣ K J 10 8 2
Open room
West
North
East
South
WooldridgeBecker Hurd
Spector
1♣
Pass
1♥ 2♦
Pass
Pass
2♥ 3♣
Pass
3♦
All Pass
West led the ♥Q, and declarer ruffed and played
the ♣2. When West played the 3, dummy’s 9 won
and the next club went to the king and ace. Declarer
was safe for 10 tricks, Plus 130.
Second in the Grand National Teams Championship Flight, from District 24: Joel Wooldridge, John
Hurd, Michael Polowan, captain Jared Lilienstein and Brian Glubok. (Not pictured: Sam Lev.)
This District 16 squad was second in the GNT Flight A: captain Anthony Bianchi, Gary King, Robert
Whitcher and Mitch Towner.
Closed room
West
North
East
South
Rodwell Polowan MeckstrothLilienstein
1♦
Pass
1♥ 2♦
Pass
2♠ 3♥ 4♣
4♥ 4♠ Dbl
5♣
Dbl
All Pass
1♦ 10-15, 2+ diamonds
Pass
0-2 hearts
The problem for North-South was that North
thought 2♦ was a Michaels cuebid.
When South bid 5♣, North could have avoided
a catastrophe by bidding 5♦, but perhaps he was still
not sure South had diamonds.
West led the ♥Q, ruffed by declarer. South,
played a diamond to the nine and then ran the ♣9.
West won with the queen and forced declarer with
another heart. The ♣J lost to West’s ace and West
was in the happy position of being able to play any
of his remaining cards for five down. He selected the
♠2 and declarer could take only the ♠A, the master
trump and a diamond. That was minus1100 and 15
IMPs away.
When the third session turned into a rout, Spector
taking it 55-4, Lilienstein had seen enough, and
Spector had their hat trick.
Here are the GNT wins for each member of
the Spector team: Meckstroth 11, Rodwell 10 and
Berkowitz 6. Becker, Cohler and Spector have 5
each.
Runners-up in the GNT Flight B was the District 21 team of Stephen Tu, captain Eugene Hung, Helen
Han-Yu Chang, Lynn Shannon, Steve Chen and David Weinberg
Life Master news
Entering the Bracketed Knockout teams on Monday, Carol
Walden of Morristown TN needed .06 gold points to become a Life
Master. With the help of her partner, Peggy Hull, and teammates
Robbi and Frank Pinkerton, all of Jefferson City TN, Walden is now
a Life Master. For the record, the won 2.06 gold.
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SIDE SERIES 3 MONDAY MORNING SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTIONS G H A
B
C
A
B
C
1 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX
59.89%
1 1 2 1 Jim Lyle - Richard Polangin, Tallahassee FL
58.50%
2 3 George Matuch, St Simons Is GA; John Ionescu, Irvine CA
57.28%
3 2 4 2 Paul Frean, New York NY; Marshall Mah, Spokane WA
56.26%
4 5 3 1 Larry Baum, Seattle WA; William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ
54.12%
5 3 1 6 David Yates, Lake Peekskill NY; Halina Jamner, Rye NY
53.98%
6 4 7 4 David White, Lancaster CA; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA
51.69%
7 5 2 5 Betty Andersen, Sterling Hts MI; Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI
49.56%
6 2 Thomas Roberg, Raleigh NC; Pat Barnett, Glen Allen VA
44.91%
MONDAY A/X PAIRS FIRST SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTIONS RRR WWW A
B
A
B
1 Robert Morris - Terry Currie, Houston TX
61.31%
1 2 Jerry Goldberg - Jane Dillenberg, New York NY 59.54%
2 3 Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Melanie Tucker, New York NY
59.15%
3/4 4 1 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ
56.46%
3/4 5 2 Paul Hagerty - Nancy Hagerty, Oviedo FL
56.00%
5 1 6 Dwight Bender, London ON; Peter Hambly, Hanover ON
55.85%
6 7 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA
55.38%
7 8 3 Jianfeng Luo - Melissa Luo, North York ON
55.15%
8 9 4 Lisa Adelberg, Camden ME; Jodi Coren, Delray Beach FL
54.85%
9/10 10 Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA
53.92%
9/10 2 5 Daniel Fong, Rancho Cordova CA; Joan Garcia, Stockton CA
51.46%
3 6 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB
51.00%
4/5 4/5 6 NORTH-SOUTH
SECTIONS SSS TTT A
B
A
B
1 Janet Robertson, Timonium MD; R Jay Becker, New York NY
66.53%
1 2 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC
66.35%
2 3 Henry Lortz, Seattle WA; Wayne Ohlrich, Carrboro NC
62.11%
3 4 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA
58.30%
4 5 1 Mark Starr, Brookline MA; Jeffry Reckinger, Chicago IL
56.65%
5 6 2 E Michael McKee - Robert Yon, Anderson SC
55.06%
6 7 Connie Smilowitz, Atlanta GA; Stuart Goff, Woodstock GA
55.05%
7 1 8 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN
54.33%
8 2 9 3 Jane Bachman, Dunwoody GA; Jim Dillon Jr, Atlanta GA
53.16%
9 10 4 Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO; Norman Segal, Deerfield IL
51.87%
10/11
3/4 11 Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY; Greg McKellar, Kingston ON
51.68%
10/11
3/4 5 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA
50.16%
5 6 Joseph Keim - William Gottschall, Dayton OH
49.57%
6 NORTH-SOUTH
SECTIONS UUU VVV A
B
A
B
1 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA
62.23%
1 2 Virginia Munafo - Robert Moorman, Jr, Huntsville AL
57.92%
2 3 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA
57.54%
3 1 4 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY
57.08%
4 2 5 Ann Rickard, Simpsonville SC; Michael Oechsler, Charleston SC
56.77%
5 3 6 1 Yu Chang, Milpitas CA; Winston Huang, Los Altos CA
54.85%
6 4 7 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL
54.77%
7 5 8 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA
54.31%
8 9 2 Kathy Swaine - Rand Pinsky, Valencia CA
53.54%
9 6 10 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA
53.08%
10 11 Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA
52.85%
11 3 Alan Bronstein, Christiansted VI; Thomas Shelley, St Croix VI
52.69%
4 Michael Sherman, Elmira NY; John Friedl, Signal Mtn TN
51.92%
5 Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA
50.77%
6 Peter Van Zijl, Ellicott City MD; Murat Berk, Potomac MD
49.69%
Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA; Sandy Kucha, Rancho Santa Fe CA
Margaret Ritchie - Clay Hall, Birmingham AL
Ronald Wingo, Columbus NC; Jim Jackson, Tryon NC
Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS
Peter Gerrard, Huntersville NC; Maureen Bitler, Boston MA
Robert Lupton, Aurora CO; Robert Paris, Denver CO
Mark Ambrose, Louisville KY; Paul Caten Jr, Windham NH
Courtney Stephens - Charles Ott, Greensboro GA
57.86%
57.84%
57.47%
54.88%
54.75%
53.43%
50.19%
49.84%
EAST-WEST
Bob Drijver, 3051 EG, Rotter Netherlands; Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL
Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY
Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA James Melville, Springfield IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL
Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Alison Wilson, New York NY
Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA
Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA
Emory Whitaker, Macon GA; Jon Nance, Springfield MO
Carey Snider, Woodstock GA; Sara Medlin, Alpharetta GA
Delma Murray, Victoria BC; Sandra Stevens, Paige TX
Cordelia Menges, New York NY; Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA
Terry Lubman, Riverside CT; Leslie Powell, South Hill VA
Vincent Koon Kam King - Barry Margolin, Arlington MA
Jayendu Patel, Newton MA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA
EAST-WEST
61.15%
57.54%
57.46%
57.46%
55.85%
55.38%
55.00%
53.15%
52.77%
52.77%
52.46%
51.69%
51.69%
50.77%
Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; R Muggia, Andover MA
Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Andy Kaufman, Fort Washington PA
Joan Dziekanski - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Kelley Hwang, New York NY
Susan Jackowitz, Palm Bch Grdns FL; Lew Walter, New York NY
George Zolovick, Pembroke VA; Donald Williams, Port St Lucie FL
Teri Atkinson, Bakersfield CA; Marion Robertson, San Francisco CA
Qucheng Gong, Berkeley CA; Nathaniel Munger, Palo Alto CA
Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA
Edgar De Souza - Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON Jeff David, Lisle IL; Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL
Gretchen Smith - David Smith, Davidson NC
Karen Barrett, Norwalk CT; Douglas Thompson, Acton MA
EAST-WEST
62.35%
61.27%
60.83%
58.54%
57.54%
56.41%
55.15%
54.06%
53.87%
53.29%
53.29%
52.38%
51.12%
Dave McClintock, Bluffton SC; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA
Alfonsin Julio, Buenos Aires; Alujas Gustavo, Buenos Aires AR
Nelson Brown, Jr - Dana Brown, Houston TX
Yuan Chen - Peter Wong, Toronto ON
Brad Vander Zanden - David Shepler, Knoxville TN Robert Gordon - R Savitt, Miami FL
Luz Ortega, Tampa FL; Hanoi Rondon,
Betty Starzec - Jane Armstrong, Sugar Land TX Andrew Eastwood - Steven Nelson, Snellville GA Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Kathy Logue, Davie FL
Joseph Dibenedetto, Scarsdale NY; Susan Meyers, Mt Kisco NY
66.62%
60.54%
58.08%
55.38%
54.69%
53.54%
52.77%
51.31%
51.15%
50.31%
50.08%
MONDAY MORING 49ER PAIRS
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION BBB A
B
C
A
B
C
1 1 Rebecca Yancey - Gail King, Seneca SC
61.67%
1 2 2 1 Virginia Brooks - Barbara Neustadtt, Atlanta GA
60.42%
2 1 1 3 3 Suzanne Dinur, Atlanta GA; Lourdes Abdon, Sao Paulo 01329 Brazil
55.00%
3 2 3 MONDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION CCC A
B
C
A
B
C
1 Dawn Grohs, Biltmore Lake NC; Heinz Grohs, Candler NC
61.31%
1 2 1 1 Arlene Oscher, Larchmont NY; Barbara Mines, Jupiter FL
56.55%
2 1 1 3 2 2 Catherine Allard, Troy AL; Anna Smith, Auburn AL
55.65%
3 2 2 4 Suzanne Fleischman - Larry Randolph, Leesburg FL
53.87%
4 3 3 Deborah Leach, Sorrento FL; Patricia Cunningham, Clayton GA
53.27%
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION DDD A
B
C
A
B
C
1 1 Debbie Enna - Gainor Eisenlohr, Charlotte NC
58.33%
1 1 1 2 2 1 Richard Osborn, Gulf Breeze FL; Leslie Debeauvais, Woodland Hills CA
56.25%
2 2 2 3 3 Rosalie Phillips, Black Mountain NC; Elizabeth Gibson, Swannanoa NC
55.95%
3 3 3 4 4 Faye Whidbee, Auburn AL; LaFaye Holley, Montgomery AL
55.36%
4 4 2 Tim Collopy - Cecilia Collopy, Millbrook NY
53.27%
MONDAY MORNING HAPPY BRIDGE
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION AAA A
B
C
A
B
C
1 1 1 James Baker Jr - Clementine Baker, Woodstock GA
75.83%
1 1 2 2 2 Karyn Stewart, Snellville GA; Virginia Dixon, Convers GA
63.75%
2 2 3 3 3 Ramona Jones - Marolyn Wells, Atlanta GA
62.00%
3 3 4 4 4 Rita Fullick, Kennesaw GA; Robert McFarland, Cumming GA
60.00%
4 4 1 5 Clara Craig, Riverdale GA; Mary Jean Cooper, Atlanta GA
52.00%
5 2 MONDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS FIRST SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH
ECTION PP 7
3
7
3
1 George Sullivan - Andrea Sullivan, Round Rock TX 65.48%
1 1 2 Marilyn Schirm, Peachtree City GA; Betty Urban, Newnan GA
60.71%
2 2 3 1 Colette Sears - Catherine Rodriguez, Venice FL 56.25%
3 3 4 Susan Buckley-Holland - Sally Pecqueur, Clayton GA
55.95%
4 2 Janet Young - Dee Gerald, Baton Rouge LA
46.43%
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION QQ 7
3
7
3
1 George Trost, New York NY; William Sigward, Pelham NY
63.69%
1 1 2 1 Alma Vanhull, Kingston TN; Gloria Larson, Oak Ridge TN
55.95%
2 2 3 2 Barbara Halaby, Atlanta GA; Emily Gilbert, Kennesaw GA
55.06%
3 3 4 Dianne Smith - Jan Bradley, Atlanta GA
47.32%
4 NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION RR 7
3
7
3
1 1 Bob Crouch - Chuck Palmer, Big Canoe GA
65.77%
1 1 2 Keith Honnold - Bert Shramko, Chattanooga TN 53.57%
2 2 3 2 Amy Brownstein - Janice Alonso, Alpharetta GA 53.27%
3 4 Carol Stephens, Greensboro GA; Colleen Martin, Eatonton GA
52.38%
4 3 NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION SS 7
3
7
3
1 1 Beverly Wilkinson - Shelia Shapleigh, Atlanta GA 60.71%
1 1 2 2 Robert Holbrook - Sharon McKnight, Birmingham AL 53.57%
2 2 3 3 Sheryl Sack - Lana Imerman, Atlanta GA
52.98%
3 3 4 Patricia Fine - Glenda Moon, Atlanta GA
52.38%
4 NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION TT 7
3
7
3
1 Ollie Thomas - Julie Thomas, Chevy Chase MD
59.23%
1 2 1 Barb Daugherty - Jim Daugherty, Nashville TN 54.17%
2/3 3 2 Monica Betler, Bealeton VA; Connie Boyce, Keyser WV
52.68%
2/3 1 4 Ralph Johnston, Cumming GA; M Jackie McGill, Dunwoody GA
52.08%
4 2 3 Jill Benson, Bethesda MD; Margaret Webb, Renton WA
50.89%
3 EAST-WEST
EAST-WEST
Iris Abelson, Signal Mountain TN; Judy Monen, Chattanooga TN
Jennifer Hayes - Catherine Hutchinson, Atlanta GA
Kathryn Matthews - Christina Black, Atlanta GA
60.42%
55.83%
52.08%
51.25%
EAST-WEST
Felicia Lease, Lakemont GA; John Boshart, Mountain City GA
Gwen Nix - Atha Beard, Auburn AL Gordon Rayner - Ella Rayner, Savannah GA
63.99%
58.33%
55.06%
54.46%
EAST-WEST
Judith Shillinglaw, Montreat NC; Lee Wilcox, Black Mountain NC
Roslyn Grossman, Dumwoody GA; Barbara Jacobs, Atlanta GA
Sandra Jones, Brightwaters NY; Lois Mann, Smithtown NY
62.80%
57.14%
52.68%
51.19%
EAST-WEST
Ronn Young, Sandy Springs GA; Stephen Miller, Tucson AZ
Joy Becker - Lorne Becker, Dade City FL
Evelyn Lewis - Bernadette Porche, Atlanta GA
Snow Benedict, Smyrna GA; Lynda Wier, Atlanta GA
Evelyn Broadus - Mary Robinson, Atlanta GA
Eugene Malveaux - Nellie Graham, Atlanta GA
65.00%
63.50%
58.33%
58.00%
56.67%
55.50%
EAST-WEST
James Knight, Atlanta GA; Donald Hill, Loganville GA
Carol Scovic - Rosemary Sheedy, Greensboro GA Anthony Munson - Ann Munson, Sarasota FL
Ronald Antinori - Susan Antinori, Atlanta GA 61.90%
55.06%
51.49%
50.89%
EAST-WEST
Kathryn Arbogast, Berkeley Sprngs WV; James Arbogast, Berkeley Sprgs WV
Libba Wight - Carolyn Luesing, Atlanta GA
Beverly Lefkowitz, Mount Sinai NY; Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY
Cabot Jaffee - Barbara Jaffee, Maitland FL
EAST-WEST
55.95%
54.76%
53.27%
50.30%
Glenda Beerman - Edwin Reitman, Atlanta GA
Terry Bucher - Dennett Hansell, Jasper GA
Judy Annan - Steve Annan, Mt Pleasant SC
Jim Whitmire - Nancy Whitmire, Jacksonville FL Gailyn Thornton - Angela Evert, Atlanta GA
EAST-WEST
59.82%
59.52%
55.36%
54.17%
47.92%
Sherrie Goodman - Alan Goodman, New Orleans LA Dorothy Warke, Sun City Center FL; Gloria Stenzel, Sun City Ctr FL
Judith Kortier, Hudson FL; Janis Foster, Spring Hill FL
Janis Bonvino, Margate FL; Susan Pyner, Coral Springs FL
EAST-WEST
62.50%
58.93%
52.98%
52.08%
Judith Gwaltney - J Bruce Gwaltney, Wilmington DE
Sue Williams, Atlanta GA; Terry Martin, Nashville TN
Patricia Callahan - Barbara Young, Alpharetta GA Judy Pitts, Christiansted VI; R.Terry Handley, Soledad CA
Curtis Erickson - Sharon Erickson, Tampa FL 59.82%
55.36%
55.36%
54.76%
54.46%
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NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION UU 7
3
7
1 1 John Thompson II, Atlanta GA; John Newsome, Highlands NC
54.76%
1 2 Del Swanson, Lakeville MN; Gene Brandl, Apple Valley MN
52.98%
2 3 Frederick Eriksen, Murray NE; Judy St Arnold, Scottsdale AZ
52.38%
3 4 2 James Jenkins, Fayetteville PA; Don David Jr, Mentone AL
51.79%
4 NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION VV 7
3
7
1 1 Judi Carter, Roswell GA; Linda Doherty, Dunwoody GA
55.06%
1 2/3 2 Julia Bon Smith, Chapel Hill NC; Catherine Vinzani, Raleigh NC
54.17%
2 2/3 Meriel Gregory - Audrey Landy, Atlanta GA
54.17%
3 4 Ann Crawford, Gainesville GA; John Jansen, Guelph ON
51.23%
4 NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION OO 7
3
7
1 1 Karla Trobaugh, St Simons Is GA; Teryl McBurney, St Simons Isl GA
57.74%
1 2 2 Sandra Williams, Bluffton SC; Jim Miles, Westminster SC
54.46%
2 3 James Lipe - Jayne Lipe, Mountain View CA
52.68%
3 4/5 Charlynn Foust, Hendersonville TN; Breezy Salmon, Nashville TN
52.38%
4 4/5 Craig Duncan, Rochester NY; Zafar Khan, Crown Point IN
52.38%
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION WW 7
3
7
1 Joanna Johnson - Susan Stephenson, Raleigh NC 66.96%
1 2 Molly Currie, Sylacauga AL; Charlotte Knight, Alexander City AL
60.12%
2 3 1 Joanne Waitkus, Weeki Wachee FL; Alice Jones, Brooksville FL
58.33%
3 4 2 Paul Huddleston - David Gouzie, Atlanta GA
57.44%
4 3 Judith Wagner - Barbara Constance, Belleville IL 53.27%
EAST-WEST
3
1 Paul McGannon - Robert McGannon, Fort Mill SC 2 Joanne Bird, Atoka TN; Joan Chrestman, Bartlett TN
3 Carol Fischer, Marietta GA; Victoria Gutierrez, Bradenton FL
Elizabeth Goldman - Robert Goldman, Sarasota FL EAST-WEST
3
Jean Eidson - William Brooks, Atlanta GA
Ann Van Dyke - Carol Weiss, Purchase NY
1 Katherine Mitchell, Park City UT; Lauren Redeker, Pepper Pike OH
2 Michelle Crane, Pensacola FL; Mary Ann Abrams, Pensacola Beach FL
EAST-WEST
3
1 Nathan Moens - Ted Moens, Delta BC
2 Larry Zwahlen, Canton GA; Edward Paulling, Rome GA
3 Lebby Neal - Mary Elrod, Atlanta GA
Bob Sigafus - Cathy Sigafus, Plymouth MN
60.42%
57.44%
55.06%
52.98%
3
1 2 67.26%
56.25%
55.65%
53.27%
46.13%
45.83%
54.46%
52.68%
52.08%
51.49%
58.63%
54.89%
51.91%
50.17%
EAST-WEST
Cheryl Piette, Huntsville AL; Karen Richards, Harvest AL
Arlene Mahlberg - Benny Mahlberg, Discovery Bay CA
Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Chang-Li Lu, Strongsville OH
Susan Marett, St Simons Is GA; Jane Ghegan, Atlanta GA
Irene Yates - Becky Peace, St Simons Isl GA Tina West, Big Canoe GA; Bruce Toups, Jasper GA MONDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS SECOND SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION SS EAST-WEST
7
3
7
3
1 1 Dorothy Warke, Sun City Center FL; Gloria Stenzel, Sun City Ctr FL
63.69%
1 Stuart Galishoff, Atlanta GA; Stephen Hersch, Johns Creek GA
2 2 Sherrie Goodman - Alan Goodman, New Orleans LA 62.80%
2 1 Alma Vanhull, Kingston TN; Gloria Larson, Oak Ridge TN
3 3 Janelle Pike, Newnan GA; Carol Mitchell, Peachtree City GA
52.08%
3 2 Dianne Smith - Jan Bradley, Atlanta GA
4 Judith Kortier, Hudson FL; Janis Foster, Spring Hill FL
51.79%
4 Diane Bardack - Karen Grablowsky, Atlanta GA NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION QQ EAST-WEST
7
3
7
3
1 1 Cathy Gersh - Sandra Baggett, Hattiesburg MS 58.33%
1 1 Joseph Hicks, Hendersonville NC; Martha Blackman, Spartanburg SC
2 George Trost, New York NY; William Sigward, Pelham NY
57.44%
2 2 Sandra Erickson - Elizabeth Neill, Atlanta GA 3 2 Libba Wight - Carolyn Luesing, Atlanta GA
55.65%
3 Julia Bon Smith, Chapel Hill NC; Catherine Vinzani, Raleigh NC
4 3 Mauricio Anhalt - Carl Coppolino, Atlanta GA 54.76%
4 Tzvetalin Vassilev, North Bay ON; Guy Gundaker, Scottsdale AZ
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION VV EAST-WEST
7
3
7
3
1 Randall Davidson - Eileen Davidson, Madison AL 58.63%
1 1 Beverly Wilkinson - Shelia Shapleigh, Atlanta GA 2 Ann Van Dyke - Carol Weiss, Purchase NY
58.33%
2 2 Bridget Dobson - Carolyn Wilson, Atlanta GA 3 1 Katherine Mitchell, Park City UT; Lauren Redeker, Pepper Pike OH
53.57%
3 3 Sheryl Sack - Lana Imerman, Atlanta GA
4 2 Michelle Crane, Pensacola FL; Mary Ann Abrams, Pensacola Beach FL
50.00%
4 Patricia Fine - Glenda Moon, Atlanta GA
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION OO EAST-WEST
7
3
7
3
1 Charlynn Foust, Hendersonville TN; Breezy Salmon, Nashville TN
65.18%
1 1 Curtis Erickson - Sharon Erickson, Tampa FL 2 1 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 57.74%
2 2 Barb Daugherty - Jim Daugherty, Nashville TN 3 Bob Sigafus - Cathy Sigafus, Plymouth MN
56.25%
3 3 Jill Benson, Bethesda MD; Margaret Webb, Renton WA
4 Lucy Fendig, St Simons Is GA; Shirley Egan, St Simons Isl GA
55.06%
4 4 Marcie Burros - Nelson Burros, New York NY
2 Carl Croft - Ann Croft, Sapphire NC
51.19%
3 Ina Young - Charles Young Jr, Pinehurst NC
45.83%
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION PP EAST-WEST
7
3
7
3
1 1 C Kaufman - Jill Kaufman, Cary NC
65.90%
1 Arlene Mahlberg - Benny Mahlberg, Discovery Bay CA
2 2 Ronald Antinori - Susan Antinori, Atlanta GA 63.99%
2 Molly Currie, Sylacauga AL; Charlotte Knight, Alexander City AL
3 Dee Craft - Russell Craft, Smith’s Parish Bermuda
55.44%
3 1 Judith Wagner - Barbara Constance, Belleville IL 4 3 James Knight, Atlanta GA; Donald Hill, Loganville GA
54.29%
4 2 Bert Ward, Chamblee GA; Elyse Mintz, Atlanta GA NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION RR EAST-WEST
7
3
7
3
1 1 Per Berg - Christopher Forte, Palm Coast FL 59.23%
1 Susan Buckley-Holland - Sally Pecqueur, Clayton GA
2 Jim Whitmire - Nancy Whitmire, Jacksonville FL 58.33%
2 1 Sharra Canan - Marsha Addis, Holden MA
3 2 Terry Bucher - Dennett Hansell, Jasper GA
56.85%
3 Marilyn Schirm, Peachtree City GA; Betty Urban, Newnan GA
4 Judy Annan - Steve Annan, Mt Pleasant SC
55.95%
4 2 Janet Young - Dee Gerald, Baton Rouge LA
3 Michael Fitzpatrick, Palm Court FL; Brandon Flaschner, Palm Coast FL
49.11%
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION TT EAST-WEST
7
3
7
3
1 Judith Gwaltney - J Bruce Gwaltney, Wilmington DE
63.69%
1 1 John Thompson II, Atlanta GA; John Newsome, Highlands NC
2 Ralph Johnston, Cumming GA; M Jackie McGill, Dunwoody GA
57.44%
2 Del Swanson, Lakeville MN; Gene Brandl, Apple Valley MN
3 1 Ruth Fite, Anniston AL; Paula Austin, Oxford AL 53.87%
3 2 Judy Maner, Atlanta GA; Charles Lowe, St Petersburg FL
4 Sue Williams, Atlanta GA; Terry Martin, Nashville TN
52.38%
4 Gwen Hooker - Pinky McInvaille, Fayetteville NC 2 Judy Pitts, Christiansted VI; R.Terry Handley, Soledad CA
45.54%
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION UU EAST-WEST
7
3
7
3
1 Kathleen Smith - Suzanne Batt, Sun City Center FL
62.20%
1 Sarah Widhu, Nashua NH; Phyllis Roddy, San Diego CA
2 Norma Crist, Marietta GA; Ellen Starr, Canton GA 60.71%
2 1 Larry Zwahlen, Canton GA; Edward Paulling, Rome GA
3 1 Nancy Heston - James Heston, Brandon FL
55.65%
3 2 Karla Trobaugh, St Simons Is GA; Teryl McBurney, St Simons Isl GA
4 2 Paul McGannon - Robert McGannon, Fort Mill SC 53.87%
4 3 Nathan Moens - Ted Moens, Delta BC
3 Elizabeth Goldman - Robert Goldman, Sarasota FL 47.32%
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION WW EAST-WEST
7
3
7
3
1 1 Tina West, Big Canoe GA; Bruce Toups, Jasper GA 58.04%
1 Keith Honnold - Bert Shramko, Chattanooga TN 2 Cheryl Piette, Huntsville AL; Karen Richards, Harvest AL
56.55%
2 Gordon Sawyer, Seattle WA; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL
3 Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Chang-Li Lu, Strongsville OH
54.76%
3 1 Nancy Waterfill - Anna Mansfield, Atlanta GA 4 Faye Siegel - Carol Lazerson, Atlanta GA
54.46%
4 2 Bob Crouch - Chuck Palmer, Big Canoe GA
2 Julie Connor, Austin TX; Elizabeth Gompels, Needham MA
49.40%
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION BBB A
B
C
A
B
C
1 1 1 Alice Bonner - Deborah Greene, Atlanta GA
60.12%
1 1 1 2 2 2 Beth Stephens, Marietta GA; Bijan Kasraie, Atlanta GA
58.04%
2 2 3 3 Susan Young, Shreveport LA; Donna Oliver, Bossier City LA
57.44%
3 3 4 4 Lee Wilcox - Rosalie Phillips, Black Mountain NC
55.36%
4 4 2 3 Ellen Gordon, Mashpee MA; Leslee Sinclair, Atlanta GA
52.98%
3 NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION CCC A
B
C
A
B
C
1 1 1 Lynn Craft - Lucy Sinopole, Huntsville AL
58.71%
1 1 2 2 George Correia, Devonshire Bermuda; Nelson Lee, Old Tappan NJ
57.74%
2 3 3 Catherine Binder, Clearwater FL; Joan Woollings, Toronto ON
57.40%
3 2 1 4 4 2 Tim Collopy - Cecilia Collopy, Millbrook NY
56.63%
4 3 2 MONDAY A/X PAIRS 2ND SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTIONS RRR SSS A
B
A
B
1 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA
63.72%
1 1 2 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 61.17%
2 3 1 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Alison Wilson, New York NY
58.90%
3 4 Nathaniel Cook, Atlanta GA; Sarah Goodstein, Decatur GA
56.97%
4 5 2 Leslie Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA
56.44%
5 6 3 Judith Merrill, Wethersfield CT; Carolyn Joseph, Farmington CT
54.12%
6 7 Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA
53.98%
7 2 8 Joan Dziekanski - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 53.60%
8 3 9 Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY
53.30%
9 4 10 4 Cordelia Menges, New York NY; Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA
50.66%
10 5 5 Jeff David, Lisle IL; Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL
49.19%
6 6 Edgar De Souza - Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON 48.63%
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTIONS TTT UUU A
B
A
B
1 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 62.58%
1 2 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC
61.31%
2 3 1 Greg Potter - Linda Hughes, Edmond OK
59.38%
3 1 4 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Kelley Hwang, New York NY
57.38%
4 5 2 Kathleen Linck - Raymond Linck, Lexington KY 56.62%
5 6 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; R Muggia, Andover MA
56.60%
6 7 Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH; Georgette King, Miami Beach FL
56.20%
7 8 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA
55.08%
8 9 3 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 53.88%
9 10 Betty Starzec - Jane Armstrong, Sugar Land TX 53.42%
10 2 11 4 Andrew Eastwood - Steven Nelson, Snellville GA 52.99%
11 3 5 Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD; Toni Schultz, New Port Richey FL
52.33%
4 5 6 NORTH-SOUTH
SECTIONS VVV WWW A
B
A
B
1 1 Yuan Chen - Peter Wong, Toronto ON
63.85%
1 2 Alfonsin Julio, Buenos Aires; Alujas Gustavo, Buenos Aires AR
60.77%
2 3 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA
60.00%
3 4 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL
59.77%
4 5 Bill Harlan, Oklahoma City OK; Janise Saul, San Antonio TX
59.38%
5 6 2 Luz Ortega, Tampa FL; Hanoi Rondon,
58.92%
6 7 Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Kathy Logue, Davie FL
57.85%
7/8 8 Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Melanie Tucker, New York NY
57.08%
7/8 1 9 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA
56.69%
9 10 John Adams, Silver Spring MD; John Miller, Vienna VA
54.77%
10 11 Roy Fox, Murphy NC; Amy Reznik, Tallahassee FL 53.23%
11 2 3 Qucheng Gong, Berkeley CA; Nathaniel Munger, Palo Alto CA
53.15%
3 4 Robert Gordon - R Savitt, Miami FL
52.46%
4 5 Jeffrey Kosnett, Gaithersburg MD; Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD
51.69%
5 6 Anu Goodman, Toronto ON; Charles Arthur, North York ON
50.38%
6 58.63%
55.65%
53.27%
50.89%
60.71%
55.95%
55.36%
55.06%
60.71%
58.93%
57.44%
52.68%
68.45%
57.44%
55.65%
53.87%
69.15%
61.01%
58.04%
51.36%
55.65%
54.17%
53.27%
52.98%
64.88%
61.31%
58.04%
54.46%
56.55%
55.95%
53.87%
53.27%
61.01%
59.52%
55.36%
53.57%
EAST-WEST
Rebecca Ames, Wellesley MA; Lois Haggerty, Belmont MA
Laura Glass - Judy Owings, Atlanta GA
Elizabeth Gibson, Swannanoa NC; Judith Shillinglaw, Montreat NC
Darlene Swofford - Terry Swofford, Franklin NC
EAST-WEST
61.90%
56.85%
55.36%
53.57%
51.19%
Lawrence Schoenfeld - Leslie Schoenfeld, Fort Myers FL
Carolyn Peters - Mary Peters, Tallassee AL
Ella Rayner - Gordon Rayner, Savannah GA
Barbara Mines, Jupiter FL; Arlene Oscher, Larchmont NY
68.71%
63.10%
50.04%
47.83%
EAST-WEST
Somers Collins, Roland AR; Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA Lu Kohutiak - Yvonne Hernandez, Southwest Rnchs FL
Henry Lortz, Seattle WA; Wayne Ohlrich, Carrboro NC
Eric Schwartz, Arlington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA
Barry Senensky - Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON
Robert Morris - Terry Currie, Houston TX
Andrew Hidi - Suzanne Hidi, Toronto ON
Jianfeng Luo - Melissa Luo, North York ON
Terry Lubman, Riverside CT; Leslie Powell, South Hill VA
E Michael McKee - Robert Yon, Anderson SC
Brenda Hawkins - D Keith Henderson, Birmingham AL
64.23%
59.28%
59.25%
59.23%
57.31%
56.53%
56.39%
53.75%
53.50%
53.10%
52.25%
EAST-WEST
David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN
Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA
Jane Bachman, Dunwoody GA; Jim Dillon Jr, Atlanta GA
Melody Gann, Arlington TX; Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Fort Worth TX
Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY; Greg McKellar, Kingston ON
Janet Robertson, Timonium MD; R Jay Becker, New York NY
Mara Tuttle, Orlando FL; Linda Miller, Ormond Beach FL
Ed Hill, Bedminster NJ; Susan Schwartz, Scotch Plains NJ
Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA
Brad Vander Zanden - David Shepler, Knoxville TN Kathy Swaine - Rand Pinsky, Valencia CA
James Gray, Murrysville PA; Wayne Obitz, Indiana PA
Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA
Jim Maxwell, Venice FL; James Gordon, Nokomis FL EAST-WEST
68.07%
63.50%
57.47%
55.60%
54.28%
54.21%
53.93%
53.58%
53.27%
52.01%
51.53%
50.12%
49.97%
48.23%
Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY
Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA
Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL
Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA
Tamas Szabo, Brookfield WI; Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI
Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA
Dwight Bender, London ON; Peter Hambly, Hanover ON
Saeed Shah - Shahnaz Shah, Cordova TN
Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Tomi FitzGerald, Frisco TX
Luen-Jyh Luo, Milpitas CA; Herbert Wilton, Fredericksburg TX
Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA
Lisa Adelberg, Camden ME; Jodi Coren, Delray Beach FL
Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ
Stephen Levine - Rona Levine, New York NY
Yu Chang, Milpitas CA; Winston Huang, Los Altos CA
65.38%
61.38%
57.69%
57.62%
56.38%
55.23%
55.08%
55.08%
54.54%
53.54%
53.08%
52.54%
51.69%
50.85%
48.69%
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SECTION AAA
A
B
C
1 1 Gail Ostermann, Atlanta GA; Keith Elrod, Decatur GA
64.09%
2 2 Dianne Weaver, Alpharetta GA; Evelyn Martin, Johns Creek GA
60.09%
3 Dorothy McElwee, Chapel Hill NC; Deborah Moss, Gaston SC
58.09%
4 3 Sidhesh Desai, Alpharetta GA; Raymond Zhu, Duluth GA
57.90%
5 4 Carol Harrell - Lillian Terrell, Charlottesville VA
54.18%
6 1 Susan Littell, Austell GA; Barbara Brightwell, Atlanta GA
54.09%
2 Virginia Brooks - Barbara Neustadtt, Atlanta GA
52.91%
MONDAY- TUESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES MONDAYAFTERNOON SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTIONS G H I EAST-WEST
A
B
C
A
B
C
1 1 Matt Meckstroth, Gainesville FL; Leila DeNotaristefani, Mendham NJ
64.27%
1 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA
2 Judy Zhu, Naperville IL; Jack Snyder, Rockford IL
64.08%
2 1 Jessica Piafsky, New York NY; Iris Gruemm, 3 2 Chris Wiegand, Portland OR; Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR
63.58%
3 2 Torben Rolsted, Birkeroed Denmark; Peggy Hayes, Roswell GA
4 David Yates, Lake Peekskill NY; Halina Jamner, Rye NY
63.52%
4 3 Phyllis Bausher, West Haven CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT
5 3 Bijoy Anand, Gainesville FL; Tiger Li Li Williams, Elk Point SD
62.33%
5 4 Thomas Walsh, Saskatoon SK; Betty Schuler, Alexandria VA
6 William Higgins, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH
60.46%
6 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Shuba Dey, Fairfax VA
7 4 Jack Bonney - Dianne Bonney, Venice FL
59.84%
7 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Claire Watson, Jacksonville FL
8 5 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Alan Malloy, West Hollywood CA
59.50%
8 Larry Rich, Cumming GA; Gary Stern, Columbus GA
9 6 Judith Harris - Sharon Winters, W Terre Haute IN
57.18%
9 5 1 Lynn Paul, Marietta GA; Paul Caten Jr, Windham NH
10 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA
56.39%
10 6 Josie Mitchell, Decatur GA; Gabriel Fadel, Duluth GA
11 7 Suzanne Nichols - Grady Nichols, Signal Mountain TN
56.36%
11 7 Bruce Miller, Athens GA; William Burks III, Atlanta GA
12 8 Betty Andersen, Sterling Hts MI; Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI
56.12%
12 8 Robena Foland, Grand Island FL; Bruce Scott, San Jose CA
13 9 Nancy Rassbach - Laura de Vesine, Westminster CO
54.13%
13 Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA; Elaine Said, Nashville TN
14 10 Carole Budnick - Mavis Wener, Atlanta GA
53.68%
14 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD
15 Ronald Felton, New York NY; Judith Weisman, Fort Lee NJ
52.94%
15 9 2 Feyzan Erkip - Nesim Erkip, New York NY
11 1 Lorraine Siegel - Linda Davidson, Atlanta GA
48.30%
10 Karen Green - Fran Posnick, New York NY
2 Rondal Vickers - Janet Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL
48.13%
11 3 Patricia Jackson, Fairburn GA; Tommy Jackson, Palmetto GA
3 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Connie Lee, Old Tappan NJ
47.85%
12 Marshall Mah, Spokane WA; Patricia Kolebas, Fort Myers FL
4 Judyann Schnorf, Mt Pleasant SC; Joyce Person, Charleston SC
46.49%
4 Bill McAvinue, Louisville KY; Linda Hendrix, Montgomery Ave AL
64.74%
64.03%
60.80%
60.01%
59.84%
57.52%
57.47%
56.60%
56.34%
53.56%
52.88%
52.45%
52.43%
50.82%
50.65%
50.57%
50.34%
50.31%
49.92%
SUNDAY 1 & 7:30 A/X PAIRS 2 OF 2 SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION UU A
X
A
X
1 1 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 62.04%
1 2 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA
59.95%
2 3 Andrew Rosenthal - David Moss, New York NY
58.80%
3 1 4 2 Robert Moorman, Jr - Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 54.17%
4 3 Saeed Shah - Shahnaz Shah, Cordova TN
47.22%
2 3 56.71%
56.48%
55.56%
52.78%
50.00%
49.54%
EAST-WEST
Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR
Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland; Claude Gouverith, Vannes France Betty Starzec - Jane Armstrong, Sugar Land TX John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN; Carolyn Lewis, Louisville KY
Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD
Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY; Phyllis Vierra, San Jose CA
SUNDAY 1 & 7:30 B/C/D PAIRS 2 OF 2 SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION VV B
C
D
B
C
D
1 Janice Woodbury, Lake George NY; Karolyn Smith, Atlanta GA
58.10%
1 1 1 2 Terry Lubman, Riverside CT; Leslie Powell, South Hill VA
56.48%
2 2 3 1 1 J Jackson - Celia Saylor, Atlanta GA
53.01%
3 3 2 4 2 2 Steve Annan - Judy Annan, Mt Pleasant SC
52.55%
4 4 3 Donald Leventhal, West Palm Beach FL; Stephen Braitman, Palm Beach Gdns FL
51.62%
SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 7:30 PM SESSION
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTIONS QQ RR A
B
C
A
B
C
1 1 1 Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL; Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON
66.76%
1 2 2 Alan Malloy, West Hollywood CA; Laura de Vesine, Westminster CO
65.92%
2 3 3 Percy Wu, Grand Rapids MI; Larry Simon, Hastingss MI
62.28%
3 1 4 Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI
60.99%
4 2 5 4 Bill Riley - Nancy Riley, Kingwood TX
60.86%
5 3 6 5 Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Marianne Claysmith, St Augustine FL
58.92%
6 4 7 6 Molly Currie, Sylacauga AL; Charlotte Knight, Alexander City AL
58.73%
7 5 8 7 Rosalind Flax, Atlanta GA; Bob Jones, Marietta GA
57.37%
8 6 9 Alan Cummings, Los Altos CA; Carol Mahoney, Rochester MN
56.61%
9 10 8 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX
55.59%
10 7 11 9 Jane Helm - Lucy Tillman Jr, The Villages FL
53.85%
11 8 1 2 Miki Cook, Gadsden AL; Wanda Tumlin, Warrior AL
46.93%
9 10 2 3 SUNDAY 299ER EVENING PAIRS
NORTH-SOUTH
SECTION XX A
B
C
A
B
C
1 1 Ann Pare - Ronald Pare, The Woodlands TX
71.73%
1 2 Susan Young, Shreveport LA; Donna Oliver, Bossier City LA
63.99%
2 1 3 2 Judith Wagner - Barbara Constance, Belleville IL
53.57%
3 2 4/5 3 Dane Carmichael - Susan Carmichael, Fernandina Bch FL
49.70%
4 3 4/5 Kirsten Melcher - Shirley Gibbs, Honolulu HI
49.70%
4 1 1 Lawrence Steiner, Altamonte Spgrs FL; Barb Steiner, Altamonte Sprgs FL
48.21%
2 EAST-WEST
William Anspach, Chicago IL; Robert Block, Deerfield IL Monica Jung - Donna Casey, Lake Barrington IL
Bob Sigafus - Cathy Sigafus, Plymouth MN Paul Frean - Sabrina Frean, New York NY 57.41%
55.56%
54.40%
53.94%
EAST-WEST
Naveed Ather, Oakville ON; Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY
Lech Ekert - Steven Gajdalo, Hilton Head SC
Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Judith Auer, Dublin OH Robert Short - Gerene Albrecht, Red Deer AB
Gil Mahla, Hartwell GA; Kay Wallace, Anderson SC
Garth Greene, Playa del Rey CA; Peter Menotti, Los Angeles CA
Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA J F Lowenstein - Beth Todd, New Orleans LA
Kathleen Del Corso - Barry Gorski, Reading PA
Debbie Wagner, Athens GA; Claire Lavery, Atlanta GA
Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA
Leslie Shafer - Charlie Williams, Gaithersburg MD
Philip Kuhn - Jennifer Kuhn, San Mateo CA Shirley Fages - Malcolm Fages, Mt Pleasant SC
Jack Alexander, Atlanta GA; Charles Brown, Denton TX 67.98%
59.37%
57.73%
57.04%
56.45%
54.96%
54.20%
54.18%
54.08%
52.82%
52.82%
52.24%
52.16%
50.06%
48.81%
EAST-WEST
Kathleen Keane, Warwick Bermuda; Jane Clipper, Smith’s Parish Bermuda
Zimeng Xie - Robert Thorstad, Chapel Hill NC
Sylvia Scott - Jean Weatherford, Macon GA Martha Chitwood, Birmingham AL; Lawrence Myers, Auburn AL
65.48%
57.14%
53.87%
53.57%
51.19%
49.11%
Tomorrow’s Bridge Events
Wednesday, August 7, 10 a.m.
Event
Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series
299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs
0-20, 0-5 Pairs
SessionSold
1st single
TBA
single
Hanover Hall, LL2
single
Hanover Hall, LL2
WERNHER OPEN PAIRS
Marvin Shatz Stratified Open Pairs (3000+/0-3000)
Pat Seiler Gold Rush Pairs (300-750/0-300)
Wednesday-Thursday KO Teams
Wednesday Compact KO Teams
Tuesday-Wednesday KO Teams
1-2 F
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
3-4
Wednesday Three-Session KO Teams
Wednesday, August 7, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.
Centennial Ballroom, LL1
Regency Ballroom, LL1
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Wednesday, August 7, 10 a.m., 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
1-3
Grand Hall, LL2
Wednesday, August 7, 10 a.m. & 4 p.m.
Entry/player/session
ACBL members*
$16
$15
$15
Other
$18
$17
$15
$20
$16
$16
$16
$16
$16
—
$18
$18
$18
$18
$18
$16
$18
SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS
WAGAR WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS
Screens, second session at 4:30 p.m.
0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams
Round 3
Round 3
Dunwoody, LL3
$20
$20
—
—
Round 3
Round 3
$17
$17
—
—
North State Unit 119 Open Swiss Teams (3000+/0-3000)
Gold Rush Swiss Teams (300-750/0-300)
1-2
1-2
$16
$16
$18
$18
Strati-Flighted Side Board-a-Match Teams
Stratified 299er Swiss Teams
0-20, 0-5 Pairs
2nd single
single
single
single
single
$16
$15
$15
$15
$15
$18
$17
$17
$17
$15
Wednesday Afternoon/Evening Compact KO Teams
1-4
$16
$18
Tuesday-Wednesday Evening Open Pairs (3000+/0-3000)
Tuesday-Wednesday Evening Gold Rush Pairs (300-750/0-300)
Tuesday-Wednesday Evening Stratified Swiss Teams
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday Evening Compact KO Teams
Stratified Side Swiss Teams
0-20, 0-5 Pairs
2nd
2nd
2nd
3rd
3rd single
single
single
single
single
$16
$16
$16
$16
$16
$15
$15
$15
$15
$18
$18
$18
$18
$18
$17
$17
$17
$15
Wednesday, August 7, 1 & 7:30 p.m.
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Wednesday, August 7, 3 p.m.
TBA
Grand Hall, LL2
Hanover Hall, LL2
Hanover Hall, LL2
Hanover Hall, LL2
Wednesday, August 7, 3 & 7:30 p.m.
Grand Hall, LL2
Wednesday, August 7, 7:30 p.m.
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Wednesday, August 7, 11:30 p.m.
Zip Knockout Teams
single
Grand Hall, LL2
$12/team/match
Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (7501500) and D (0-750) play in their own game.
All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit.
*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.
International Fund
In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate
in international competition.
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Today’s Bridge Events
Tuesday, August 6, 10 a.m.
Event
Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series
0-20, 0-5 Pairs
SessionSold
4th single
single
Hanover Hall, LL2
single
Hanover Hall, LL2
Entry/player/session
ACBL members*
$16
$15
$15
Other
$18
$17
$15
Bernard and Genie Warshauer Stratified Fast Open Pairs
1-2
$16
$18
WERNHER OPEN PAIRS
2 qualifying, 2 final sessions
Morrill Hall Memorial Stratified Open Pairs
Tuesday-Wednesday KO Teams
Lou Bluhm Memorial Monday-Tuesday KO Teams
1-2 Q
$20
—
1-2
1-2
3-4
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
$16
$16
$16
$18
$18
$18
SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS
WAGAR WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS
Screens, second session at 4 p.m.
TRUSCOTT / USPC SENIOR SWISS TEAMS
Open Swiss Teams (3000+/0-3000)
Gold Rush Swiss Teams (300-750/0-300)
Round 2
Round 2
Dunwoody, LL3
$20
$20
—
—
Round 2
Round 2
1-2 F
1-2
1-2
Centennial Ballrooom, LL1
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
$17
$17
$20
$16
$16
—
—
—
$18
$18
Stratified Open Pairs (3000+/0-3000)
Gold Rush Pairs (300-750/0-300)
1-2
1-2
$16
$16
$18
$18
0-20, 0-5 Pairs
5th single
single
single
single
single
$16
$15
$15
$15
$15
$18
$17
$17
$17
$15
Tuesday Afternoon/Evening Compact KO Teams
1-4
$16
$18
Tuesday-Wednesday Evening Open Pairs (3000+/0-3000)
Tuesday-Wednesday Evening Gold Rush Pairs (300-750/0-300)
Tuesday-Wednesday Evening Stratified Swiss Teams
Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday Evening KO Teams
0-20, 0-5 Pairs
1st
1st
1st
2nd
6th single
single
single
single
single
$16
$16
$16
$16
$16
$15
$15
$15
$15
$18
$18
$18
$18
$18
$17
$17
$17
$15
Zip Knockout Teams
single
Tuesday, August 6, 10 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 6, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.
Tuesday, August 6, 10 & 3:30 p.m.
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Tuesday, August 6, 3 p.m.
Grand Hall, LL2
Hanover Hall, LL2
Hanover Hall, LL2
Hanover Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Tuesday, August 6, 7:30 p.m.
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Grand Hall, LL2
Tuesday, August 6, 11:30 p.m.
Grand Hall, LL2
$12/team/match
Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (7501500) and D (0-750) play in their own game.
All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit.
*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.
International Fund
In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate
in international competition.
Today’s game honorees
Bernard and Genie Warshauer
Genie Warshauer served as the Unit 160 Secretary for years, and Bernard was the
District 7 member of the ACBL Board of Directors for many years, as well as a
member of the original ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame Committee. They were both
great mentors to younger players and contributed much to promote interest and
membership in the ACBL. Also, they were both excellent players, well known
and respected at tournaments, particularly in District 7 and Unit 160.
Morrill Hall (1917 – 2011)
Morrill Hall, from Athens, was a member of the District 7 Goodwill Committee
and served as District 7 President, Mid-Atlantic Bridge Conference president and
was a director at the Athens Duplicate Bridge Club. Morrill was a professor at the
University of Georgia from 1960 to 1980 and served as the director of the Center
for Educational Improvement. He loved people and was an avid Georgia Bulldogs
fan, fisherman and master bridge player.

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