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Daily BulletinTuesday, November 29, 2016 Volume 89, Number 5

89th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Brent Manley

ATTENDANCEthrough Monday3908 tables

Goodwill MessageAt the table, set the tone: When

you are nice, others will follow suit.Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee

Social player honored by Goodwill Committee

On the first Monday of every NABC, the Aileen Osofsky Goodwill Committee meets to celebrate progress in promoting friendliness at the bridge table and to recognize ACBL members who contribute to the effort.

At each NABC, it is customary for director of the host district to select a member of the district to recognize for significant contributions to the game, particularly in the area of goodwill. At this tournament, District 9 Director Jay Whipple made the choice.

He selected Maggy Simony, who made a name for herself late in life by publishing book about social bridge, with a strong emphasis on the fun aspect of the game.

Unfortunately, the 96-year-old author and blogger died of heart problems 10 days before she was to receive the honor. It was presented to her daughter, Maria Agid; her granddaughter Caroline Agid and Simony’s regular bridge partner, Sylvia Zembower.

Simony’s daughter said her mother had been informed that she was to receive the honor at the Fall NABC but was not told what it was. “She was very curious about it,” Agid said, “and she was really trying hard to make it to the tournament. She played bridge for two hours the week before she died.”

Said Zembower, “Maggy loved people and social bridge. She tried to get others to start social clubs.”

Whipple praised Simony for all she did. “We lost her at age 96,” he said, “but we still want to celebrate her.”

Al Levy, who wrote an article for the ACBL Bridge Bulletin about meeting Simony in 2014, quoted her as saying. “Science is telling us these days that for a dementia-free old age, it’s better to

have played bridge badly than never to have played at all. That’s because learning to play bridge – badly or expertly – is one of the best life skills you can acquire to reach 90, dementia-free, enjoying life.” He also read quotes about her from several bridge luminaries, including Audrey Grant and English star Andrew Robson.

A special guest at the meeting was Eddie Wold, ACBL’s latest Honorary Member of the Year. It is one of ACBL’s highest honors, presented to a member who has made significant contributions to

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Super Senior Pairs champions Ed Schulte and Tom Kniest.

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Schulte-Kniest win Super Senior Pairs

Ed Schulte and Tom Kniest paired 64% games in the final of the Super Senior Pairs to win the contest by almost two boards. Schulte of Tampa and Kniest of the St. Louis area were in second place after Sunday’s qualifying round, but quickly moved into the lead during the final. The winners’

Accepting a certificate honoring the late Maggy Simony are, from left, her daughter, Maria Agid; granddaughter Caroline Agid and Simony’s close friend Sylvia Zembower.

Eddie WoldSr. KO final:

Nickell vs. LewisThe squads captained by Nick Nickell and Paul

Lewis will square off in today’s final of the Baze Senior KO Teams. Nickell is playing with Ralph Katz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman and Bart Bramley. Lewis is playing with Linda Lewis, Mitch Dunitz, Iftikhar Baqai, Drew Casen and Jim Krekorian.

In the semifinal round, Nickell was in complete control against John Schermer’s team, 127-68. In the other bracket, Lewis defeated Victor Markowicz and company, 140-129.

Jim Sternberg congratulates the winners of the Marsha May Sternberg Women’s BAM Teams: Sylvia Shi, Li Yiting, captain Dori Byrnes, Beth Palmer and Lynn Deas.

Byrnes takes Women’s BAM crown

The team captained by Dori Byrnes narrowly edged out two other squads to win the Marsha May Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match Teams. Byrnes, of Morris Plains NJ, played with Beth Palmer, Chevy

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Score change gives Tulin Open BAM titleThe team captained by Stan Tulin, apparently

third after all the scores were posted in the Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams, discovered that an opponent had entered an incorrect score on one of the boards. The new score turned a zero into a win, enough for Tulin and company to jump into first place by .14 boards.

Second place went to the Richard Schwartz team, the winners until the scoring change occurred.

Tulin’s teammates were Kevin Dwyer, Alon Birman, Dror Padon, Michal Nowosadzki and Jacek Kalita. Schwartz played with David Bakhshi, Daniel Korbel, Boye Brogeland, Espen Lindqvist and David Gold.

Third place went to the John Diamond squad, the leaders by nearly three boards after the first final session, having scored 19 out of 26 to go with their carryover of 3.81. Diamond scored just 13.75 in the second final session to drop to third.

On the board that determined the outcome, two members of the winning team, playing East-West, doubled the non-vulnerable opponents in 4♥ and defeated it three tricks for plus 500. When the opponents scored the board, it was entered in the

Winners of the Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams: front, Alon Birman, Jacek Kalita and Michal Nowosadzki; rear, Dror Padon, Stan Tulin, Kevin Dwyer.

Bridgemate as East-West in the same contract with the same outcome. East-West were vulnerable, so their score was minus 800.

Florida duo leads 10K IMP Pairs

Irina Kislitsyna and Michel Rapoport of Aventura FL topped the qualifying round of the 0-10,000 IMP Pairs. In second are Dexter Senft of Saratoga Springs NY and Michael McNamara of While Plains NY.

Tuesday, November 29, 2016 Daily Bulletin

Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Talks will be held in Southern Hemisphere 1. Speakers and topics are subject to change.

Tuesday, Nov. 299:15 a.m. Ellen Kent The Director Gets Called6:45 p.m. Larry Cohen LAWful Preemption

Wednesday, Nov. 309:15 a.m. Phillip Alder Improve Your Bidding Judgment6:45 p.m. GS Jade Barrett The Power of Fits

Thursday, Dec. 19:15 a.m. Robert Todd Hand Evaluations6:45 p.m. Emily Harrell Mental Skills Training

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Meetings are at the Walt Disney World Dolphin.Tuesday, November 29

9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign up at the door. (Europe 1)

Wednesday, November 309 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing

education course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. (Europe 1)

Sunday, December 4TBA Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA)

ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITYThe Orlando NABC Host Committee is delighted to serve orange juice daily

beginning at 8:45 a.m. near the cash concessions on the first and fifth levels. Tuesday, Nov. 29

10:30 p.m. Sliders. Convention foyer, lobby level.Wednesday, Nov. 30

10:30 p.m. Turkey wrap. Convention foyer, lobby level.

Bridge Bucks and Check Cashing

From Saturday, Nov. 26, through Saturday, Dec. 3, Bridge Bucks/Check Cashing services will be available on the lobby level across from the Bridge Registration Desk. The hours of operation will be 9:30 to 10 a.m., and Noon to 1 p.m.

Players may use VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express to purchase Bridge Bucks. There is a $500 limit on check cashing.

VendorsLooking for books, jewelry, clothing, software or

dealing machines? The vendors for the Fall NABC are located on the first level, between the Atlantic and Pacific Ballrooms.

Masterpoint disclaimerResults reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject

to change because of score changes or corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also subject to change.

Parking validationParking validation tickets are available at the

Information Desk on the lobby level.

Information Desk The daily hours of operation for the Information

Desk are as follows:8:20-9:55 amNoon-12:55 pm4:15-5:00 pm6:30-7:25 pm

Buy your NABC entry online

Don’t wait in line! Buy your entries in advance for all national-level events in Orlando at BridgeWinners.com.

Entries must be purchased by 10 a.m. the day of the event EXCEPT for events that require pre-registration, in which case the ACBL deadline, or the earlier of the two, applies.

A nice feature: You can buy entries in advance and be charged for the total number of sessions played after the event is over.

Note: Players may not redeem ACBL coupons, free plays or Bridge Bucks to purchase entries online.

Electronic Device Policy 1.11.1 The electronic device policy at NABCs

allows players to bring electronic devices into the playing area. Except for health-related equipment and/or by permission of the Director-in-Charge of the tournament, all such devices must be inoperable and turned off.

1.11.2 Any device capable of either sending or receiving electronic signals must not be visible during the session.

1.11.3 This policy applies to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, play recorders and kibitzers with the exception of those persons designated by the

ACBL. This policy is in force throughout any actual playing session or segment of play.

1.11.4 A violation of the policy will result in an automatic penalty pursuant to Law 91 of the Laws of Duplicate Bridge of one full board at matchpoints/board-a-match scoring, 12 IMPs at IMP pairs/knockouts or 20% maximum of VPs available per match in a Swiss team event for the first offense. A second offense will result in disqualification from the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy will be required to leave the playing area for the remainder of that session.

Stay in touchIs your email address on file? Is it up to date?

Let ACBL know. Call toll-free, 800–264–2743 (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Time), or email [email protected].

Vugraph operators neededVugraph operators are needed for the final of the

Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams on Sunday, Dec. 4. Interested parties should contact Jan Martel at [email protected]. Ten operators are needed. The first session begins at 11 a.m. and the second session begins at 5 p.m Vugraph operators are paid $50 per session.

MonitoringAt this and future North American

Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ events with visible, real-time cameras. The images will be recorded and available for later inspection and review by officials.

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.


JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSDo’s and Don’ts to help

your game – Part 5By Brent Manley

DOGive count

to keep declarer from running a long suit. Here’s the situation: The opponents have bid to 3NT (your left-hand opponent opened 1NT) and partner, bless him, gets off to a heart lead. Dummy ♠ 8 7 6 ♥ A 2 ♦ J 6 5 ♣ K Q J 10 9 You ♠ Q 5 3 ♥ K 7 6 4 ♦ Q 9 7 ♣ 7 6 2

Partner’s brilliant lead essentially takes out the only sure entry to dummy. Declarer plays low, hoping your partner has led away from the ♥K, but you win and return a heart. Declarer’s next move is to play the ♣K. Now what?

The card you play to this trick could be the difference between beating the contract and letting it make. You must play the ♣2. Partner surely has the ♣A. If declarer had that card, he probably would have claimed by now.

Partner is relying on you to give count with the card you play. If you and your partner have not discussed this defensive agreement, I encourage you to do so before your next session together.

To indicate an even number of cards, play a high one and follow with a low one, e.g., the 8 from 8-7-5-4. If you have an odd number of cards, play low-high, e.g., the 2 from 6-5-2.

When you follow with the ♣2, partner –

holding ♣A 8 4 – will know you have an odd number of cards, i.e., one or three. If you have just one, declarer will have four and will be able to knock out partner’s ace while retaining a club to get to dummy.

If you have three clubs, declarer has only two, so partner must hold up just once. Ducking a second time would give declarer two club tricks, which might be enough for him to make his contract.

It is vital for you and your partner to be on the same page in situations like this. I urge you to discuss this thoroughly with your partner.

DON’TGive count without some reason to do so.

Some partnerships agree to give count as defenders from the first trick to the last. This is losing strategy. If you are a known count-giver, declarer will pick up all kinds of tricks, finessing left and right as you aid him in figuring out the distribution of your hand and partner’s.

Apart from trying to strand a long suit in dummy, there are times when it’s important to give count. For example, if declarer in a suit contract has a strong side suit and is, say, pulling trumps, it could be useful for the player “behind” that strong suit to give count so that when declarer leads that suit, partner might be able to read declarer’s card as a singleton and take his ace rather than ducking and losing your side’s only trick in that suit.

Take all your chances, No. 5

By Eddie Kantar

Dlr: South ♠ K 10 2 Vul: Both ♥ A 6 3 ♦ A K 10 ♣ Q J 7 6

♠ A Q J 9 8 5 ♥ 5 4 2 ♦ J 4 3 ♣ 8

You open 2♠, weak, in first seat. West passes, partner bids 4♠, everyone passes and West leads the ♣10 to dummy’s jack, East’s king and your 8. East makes the expected shift to the ♥Q. Plan the play. Both opponents follow to the first round of spades.

Solution The idea on this one is to appreciate the value

of your lower club spot cards once the 10, jack and the king are out of play. At this point, the two highest remaining clubs in the opponents’ hands are the ace and 9 and your side remains with the Q-7-6. What does it all mean? Watch. Notice you have four possible losers, two hearts, a club and a

diamond. Win the ♥A, draw as many trump as necessary,

ending in dummy, and lead the ♣Q, which will be covered by the ace (or else you will discard a heart and have 10 tricks). Say it is covered and you ruff. Now cross to a high diamond and lead the ♣7, intending to discard a heart if it is not covered. If East has the ♣9 and covers, you ruff, cross to dummy with a diamond and discard a red-suit loser on the ♣6. If West has the ♣9, he will win the trick, be able to cash one heart (all you have left) and your possible diamond loser vanishes on the ♣6, no diamond finesse needed. Loser on loser plays like this abound.

Florida players are flocking to the NABC: Partners Dianna Stolpmann and Sue Subin of St. Augustine FL played in yesterday’s 49er Pairs.

The full deal: ♠ K 10 2 ♥ A 6 3 ♦ A K 10 ♣ Q J 7 6 ♠ 7 6 ♠ 4 3 ♥ K 8 7 ♥ Q J 10 9 ♦ 8 7 6 2 ♦ Q 9 5 ♣ 10 9 5 3 ♣ A K 4 2 ♠ A Q J 9 8 5 ♥ 5 4 2 ♦ J 4 3 ♣ 8


Second in the Super Senior Pairs: Richard DeMartino and Pat McDevitt.lead was substantial enough to hold off a late charge by runners-up Pat McDevitt of Brookline MA and Richard DeMartino of Riverside CT. McDevitt and DeMartino, who won the World Senior Pairs title in 2010, posted a 73% in the second final session.

The Super Senior Pairs, restricted to players 70 and older, is the second NABC title for the Schulte-Kniest partnership. They won the NABC Fast Open Pairs in 2012.

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Super Seniors

Use of the bidding box — Alerts and Announcements

When using bidding 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.

SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 28.0 Tables / Based on 58 Tables 60.00 1 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 967.59 45.00 2 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 918.69 33.75 3 Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 871.39 26.67 4 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 861.63 24.00 5 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Richard Budd, Portland ME 856.88 21.82 6 Paul Munafo - Owen Lynch, Huntsville AL 848.29 20.00 7 Jane Ball, Doylestown PA; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ 832.75 18.46 8 Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY 806.46 17.14 9 John Hassett, Johns Creek GA; Charles Davis, Duluth GA 795.52 16.00 10 David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA 771.52 15.00 11 Marietta Huggard, Sarasota FL; Carolyn Holcomb, Englewood FL 770.64 14.12 12 Jim Russell, Sarasota FL; Robert Brent, Venice FL 769.51 13.33 13 George Tornay Jr, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 766.98 12.63 14 Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT; Larry Bausher, West Haven CT 760.70 12.00 15 Ann Rickard, Greer SC; Michael Oechsler, Greenville SC 759.06 11.43 16 Helene Mathieu, Sherbrooke QC; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 755.68 10.91 17 Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 753.39 10.43 18 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 748.31 10.00 19 Alan Braunstein, Brandon FL; William Schwarz, Tampa FL 748.26 9.60 20 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Teresa Sackett, Rochester MN 745.84 9.23 21 Edward Maier - Susan Gilbert, Sarasota FL 743.57 8.89 22 Jay Levy, Amherst NY; Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY 740.05 12.47 23 Sedat Nassi, Aventura FL; David Reiter, Dania FL 736.59 8.28 24 Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH; Jeanne Martin, Worcester MA 731.96 8.00 25 Cecily Larmon, Hobe Sound FL; Gail Nye, Palm City FL 726.29 7.74 26 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 724.73 7.50 27 Aubrey Fein, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL 724.34 7.27 28 Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA; Edward Rauch, Fort Lauderdale FL 723.77 7.06 29 Craig Hemphill - Alexander Weiss, Jacksonville FL 717.78

MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S B-A-M TEAMS 9 Tables / Based on 19 Tables 42.70 1 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD; Li Yiting, Herndon VA 32.11 32.03 2 Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX; Migry Zur Campanile - Judi Radin, New York NY; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 32.00 24.02 3 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 31.91 18.98 4 Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Gail Greenberg - Susan Picus, New York NY 28.00 17.08 5 Jan Assini, Pittsburgh PA; Victoria Gromova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia; Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 27.00 15.53 6 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY; Linda Perlman, Wellington FL 26.91

QUALIFIERS IN THE 0-10,000 IMP PAIRS 20.0 Tables / Based on 42 Tables Carryover 1 Irina Kislitsyna - Michel Rapoport, Aventura FL 25.10 2 Dexter Senft, Saratoga Spgs NY; Michael McNamara, White Plain NY 22.77 3 Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 22.11 4 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 21.24 5 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT 18.75 6 Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV 17.54 7 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; David Cantor, Charlotte NC 16.74 8 Gonzalo Herrera, Naucalpan Mexico; Patricia Herrera, Mexico Mexico 16.04 9 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Lesley Davis, La Jolla CA 12.77 10 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 11.78 11 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 10.32 12 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 8.92 13 Marc Lachapelle, Saint-Laurent QC; Xavier Combey, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 8.71 14 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 8.60 15 Scott Hiller, Naples FL; Mary Anne Geppert, Fort Myers FL 7.89 16 Morris Jones, Monrovia CA; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA 7.38 17 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 6.87 18 Detlef Ladewig, Toronto ON; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON 6.49 19 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 5.78 20 Anthony Barre, Marco Island FL; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 5.74 21 Keith White, Jacksonville FL; Gudrun Wallace, Fort Myers FL 5.61 22 Lesley Decker Lucas - Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY 5.53 23 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 5.10 24 Lynne Newman - Randall Dougherty, San Diego CA 4.96 25 Dallas Moore, Trotwood OH; Brian Ross, Charlestown IN 4.88 26 Edward Schusler, Lady Lake FL; John Moschella, Winter Springs FL 4.85 27 Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Rob Gordon, Northport NY 4.74 28 Jeffrey Goldman, Norwalk CT; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT 3.87 29 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Hal Hindman, Centreville VA 3.68 30 Pamela Nisbet, Kanata ON; Diane K.M. Gordon, St Catharines ON 3.54 31 Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 2.79 32 Freerk Polling - Betty Parker, Palm Bch Gdns FL 2.68 33 Philip Benner - Carolyn Benner, El Dorado Hills CA 2.60 34 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 2.48 35 Alvin Levy, Commack NY; George Retek, Montreal QC 2.29 36 David Rogers - Sandy McCay, Naples FL 1.26 37 Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico; Alberto Cohen, Naucalpah Mexico 0.53 38 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Minneapolis MN; Dawn Campbell, Portland OR 0.40 39 John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Malcolm Morris, London 0.23 40 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA 0.00



Goodwill

the game over a long period. “He has given,” said DeMartino, “without thought of reward.”

Also honored at the meeting was Eldon Clayman, 2017 Goodwill Member of the Year. The formal presentation of the honor will take place at the Spring NABC in Kansas City MO next year.

Clayman, of Valdese NC, is a transplant from Michigan who has been working for bridge in a variety of capacities for more than a quarter century. He has served as Mid-Atlantic Bridge Conference president and vice president and as president and treasurer of Unit 244.

Goodwill Chair Sandy DeMartino said the nomination form for Clayman noted that “he always put people first, is a tireless worker and is constantly looking for ways to improve the players’ bridge experience.”

Also recognized at the meeting were new members of the committee, notably ACBL staff members: TDs Nancy Boyd, Tom Marsh and Brian Russell, plus Meeting Planner Wendy Sullivan and Carol Robertson, manager of Club and Member Services at ACBL.

ACBL President Ken Monzingo addressed the group and thanked the committee members for what they do to promote a friendly atmosphere at bridge tournaments. “You are the ACBL,” he said. “You are our face. What the players see in your face hopefully is what they will see of us as a whole.” Monzingo said that, except for the births of his children, being ACBL President this year “has been the highlight of my life.”

DeMartino thanked Canadians Richard and Janice Anderson for their contributions to bridge and the ACBL, and she did the same for Dan Morse, who has represented District 16 on the ACBL board for decades. He is leaving the board at the end of the year.

DeMartino concluded the meeting by recalling the quote from Osofsky about spreading goodwill: “It is nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice.”

Aileen Osfosky Goodwill Chair Sandy DeMartino.

Appealing a ruling Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal a

director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking with the director who delivered the original ruling. The table director will fill out paperwork regarding the appeal, and the appellants will explain what is wrong with the initial ruling. From there, the case may be handled by a variety of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the case, the circumstances of that particular case will determine whether the case can be resolved by the original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law or regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or even a committee-type hearing which could include bridge experts.

Renew onlineDue to new laws that prevent ACBL staff from

manually recording credit card information, we ask that members who wishes to renew or reinstate their memberships using a credit card to do so online at www.acbl.org/join.

MONDAY EVENING A/X/Y SWISS TEAMS 33 Tables / Based on 91 Tables A B C 13.30 1/2 1 1 Staniscals Pajak, Starachowice Poland; Maciej Klis, 30-513 Krakow Poland; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Krakow Poland 68.00 13.30 1/2 Yuxiong Shen - Zijian Shao - Ran Jingrong, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC 68.00 8.55 3 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan 60-433 Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 58.00 6.41 4 P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Adrian Schwartz, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Pinhas Romik, Rehovot 76303 Israel 55.00 6.35 5 2 Colin Harrington - Diane Bourdeau, Cambridge ON; David Baker, Kitchener ON; Adrian Record, Fergus ON 53.00 3.61 6 J-f Allix, Asnia France; Wilfried Libbrecht, Clichy France; Joanna Zochowska, Boulogne France; Pierre Schmidt, Beaumont Le Rog France 52.00 4.76 7 3 Claire Kern, Voorhees NJ; Margaret Coe, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; Carole Craige, Pomona NJ; Carol Foley, Mount Laurel NJ 48.00 2.03 8 G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 47.00 4.56 4 2 Harold George - Polly Schoning, Wichita KS; Maxime Nault, Montreal QC; Paulin Nault, Saint-Anicet QC 45.00 2.68 5 Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA; Alfred Lee, Rancho Palo Vds CA; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI 43.00 3.42 6 3 Anne Landry - Peggy Higginbotham, Jacksonville FL; Shirley Seals - Kim Martin, Ponte Vedra FL 42.00 1.98 4/6 Steven Paxhia, Milton MA; Robert Sagor, Greenfield MA; Judith Hyde, Northampton MA; Daryl Gahm, Madison AL 40.00 1.98 4/6 Karl Kaiser, ; Martin Rokyta, Wien Sweden; Gerald Lackner - Senta Lackner, Graz Austria 40.00 1.98 4/6 Michael Strong - Johanna Strong, Winfield IL; Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Aurora IL 40.00

MONDAY EVENING B/C/D SWISS TEAMS 38 Tables B C D 7.35 1/2 1 Barbara Olsen, Marana AZ; Mary Lou Kerr, York ON; Julia Price, Toronto ON; Catharine Gilmour, Charlotte NC 61.00 7.35 1/2 Cyrinda Forth, Peterborough ON; Gail Lambacher, Oakville ON; Donna Williams, Niagara-Lk ON; Grace Charron, Fall River MA 61.00 4.73 3 2 Barry Segal - Casey Segal, Boynton Beach FL; Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA 56.00 3.54 4 Jane Wininger, Glasgow KY; Marjorie Smink, Fort Myers FL; Craig Wakefield, Des Plaines IL; Lynne Marley, Downers Grove IL 54.00 2.33 5/6 Wendy Margraff - Thomas Margraff, St Petersburg FL; Ellen Coffield - Byron Southern, Little Rock AR 51.00 2.84 5/6 3 Steve Graves - Brenda Thomas, Venice FL; Karen Lahn - Gerard Lahn, North Venice FL 51.00 2.82 7 4 1 Clara Bunning - David Zwonitzer - Kym Zwonitzer - Gordy Vondrak, Cheyenne WY 50.00 1.03 8/9 Darlene Scott - Michael Kammermayer, Oakville ON; Rose-Marie Bullis, Clearwater FL; Richard Wan, Pinellas Park FL 49.00 1.03 8/9 Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Tai Chan, Troy MI; Rick Holcomb, Malden MA; Shirley Mueller, Louisville KY 49.00 1.59 5 Christine Matus - Pieter Vanbennekom - Ann Bottelli - Richard Bottelli, Vero Beach FL 48.00 2.12 6 2 James Mosley - Harry Potter, Herndon VA; Sally McKinney, Henderson NV; Marilyn Batra, Lake Ridge VA 47.00 1.59 3 Judith Arbus, Toronto ON; Janet Crossley, San Rafael CA; Andre Landry - Viviane Landry, Zephyrhills FL 41.00 1.19 4 Nancy Watts - Elizabeth Spence, Marianna FL; Judy Duell - Judith Harrison, Alford FL 36.00 0.89 5 Lulie Eide, Naples FL; Susan Kett, Placida FL; Deirdre Laveran, Radnor PA; Patsy Warner, Hobe Sound FL 35.00

MONDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 6.5 Tables A B C 1.74 1 1 Nancy Waddell - Glenda Lukinuk, Peterborough ON 66.58% 1.31 2 2 1 Paul Murr - Linda Tubbiolo, Williamsburg VA 64.50% 0.98 3 Patrick Lysaught - Patricia Lysaught, Overland Park KS 62.50% 0.79 4 3 Joe Jones, Memphis TN; Stephanie Threlkeld, Germantown TN 56.33% 0.95 5 4 2 Cynthia Marks, Clearwater FL; Vicki Sorensen, Longwood FL 52.00% 0.71 3 Thomas Rogers - Nancy Butler-Rogers, North Venice FL 50.58%

NAVEL ORANGES 299ER PAIRS 16.0 Tables A B C 3.41 1 Terri Coil - Becky Kelley, Atlanta GA 66.07% 3.10 2 1 Betty Lemon - Marilyn Ankenmann, Toronto ON 63.69% 2.33 3 2 Steve Despot, Bradenton FL; Sherry Pies, Lakewood Ranch FL 63.10% 2.22 4 3 1 Enid Marcus - Linda Simon, Boynton Beach FL 60.71% 1.08 5 David Evans - Yvonne Evans, Greensboro NC 58.93% 1.01 6/8 4/6 Fay Lukoskie, Fairfield Glade TN; Homer Jeffers, Crossville TN 55.95% 1.01 6/8 4/6 Alan Richmond - Charles Morn, Atlanta GA 55.95% 1.01 6/8 4/6 David Fredlund - Carol Fredlund, Minneapolis MN 55.95% 1.67 2 Anthony Chiocchi - Damon Suden, New York NY 55.36% 1.25 3 Veronica Berlin - Franklin Gomes, Walnut Creek CA 54.46% 0.82 4/5 Eileen Norris - Jackie Sanders, Beaverton OR 51.49% 0.82 4/5 Shirley Tanner, Cottonwood Hgts UT; Judy Gibson, South Jordan UT 51.49%


The 2015 winners of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs were John Hurd and Joe Grue.

Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs

The eventThe Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs ranks with

the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs in the summer and the Platinum Pairs in the spring as the most prestigious — and toughest — pair events on the ACBL calendar. Like the LM Pairs and Platinum Pairs, the Blue Ribbon Pairs is played over three days and includes two qualifying, two semifinal and two final sessions.

Entry is restricted to winners and runners-up in regional championships — plus high finishers in North American championships, members of current Grand National district championship teams, members of current official teams representing ACBL and the top 100 lifetime masterpoint holders.

The Blue Ribbon Pairs was renamed the Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs in 1999 to honor one of bridge’s all-time great players, writers, administrators and the authority on the laws of the game.

Kaplan (1925–1997) won his first North American championship in 1953 – the Vanderbilt – and his last in 1997 – the Open Swiss Teams at the Spring NABC in Dallas.

Kaplan was recognized as the world’s foremost authority on the laws of duplicate and rubber bridge. He became co-chairman of the ACBL Laws Commission in 1978 and was co-chairman of the WBF Laws Commission at the time of his death.

He was named ACBL Honorary Member in 1993. In 1995 he was inducted into the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame and the WBF Hall of Fame.

The trophyThe event is contested for the Cavendish Trophy,

awarded for the National Open Pair Championship and donated by the Cavendish Club of New York in 1928. Since 1963, the trophy has honored the winners of the Blue Ribbon Pairs.

Winners and runners-up:1963 1. B. Jay Becker, Dorothy Hayden;

2. Harold Harkavy, Cliff Russell1964 1. Robert D. Hamman, Lewis L. Mathe;

2. Gunther Polak, Robert G. Sharp1965 1. Chuck Henke, John H. Moran;

2. Michael S. Lawrence, Ron Von der Porten1966 1. Charles Coon, Richard Zeckhauser;

2. Leland Ferer, Gratian Goldstein1967 1. Sami R. Kehela, Baron Wolf Lebovic;

2. Phil Feldesman, Lewis L. Mathe1968 1. Larry Cohen, Richard H. Katz;

2. Bobby Goldman, Michael S. Lawrence1969 1. Erik Paulsen, Alex Tschekaloff;

2-4. Sami R. Kehela, Eric R. Murray; 2-4. Tom Hodapp, Robert F. Morris; 2-4. Larry Cohen, Richard H. Katz

1970 1. Chuck F. Burger, Ira S. Rubin; 2. Richard Freeman, Cliff Russell

1971 1. Roger Bates, John M. Grantham; 2. Hermine Baron, Michael S. Lawrence

1972 1. Richard Khautin, Warren Kornfeld; 2. Garey Hayden, Mark Lair

1973 1. Steve Robinson, Kit Woolsey; 2. Kathie Cappelletti, Mike Cappelletti

1974 1. Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay;

2. Roger Bates, George Rosenkranz1975 1. Steve Robinson, Kit Woolsey;

2. Ron E. Andersen, Hugh C. MacLean1976 1. Jay Apfelbaum, Bill Edelstein;

2. James Jacoby, David Berkowitz1977 1. Lou Bluhm, Thomas K. Sanders;

2. Kathie Cappelletti, Mike Cappelletti1978 1. Ron E. Andersen, David Berkowitz;

2. Ted Horning, Peter Nagy1979 1. Robert Levin, Ron Smith;

2. James Bennett, Chester Davis1980 1. Warren Rosner, Allan Stauber;

2. Dan Morse, G. Robert Nail1981 1. Larry N. Cohen, Ron Gerard;

2. Chip Martel, Lew Stansby1982 1. Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth;

2-3. Robert Blanchard, Drew Casen; 2-3. Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson

1983 1. Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen; 2. Peter Weichsel, Mike Lawrence

1984 1-2. Jack Kennedy, Bobby Wolff; 1-2. David Funk, Mark Lair

1985 1. Eric Rodwell, Walter Johnson; 2. Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield

1986 1. Bob Hamman, Ron Von der Porten; 2. Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield

1987 1. Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein; 2. Kerri Shuman, Robert Levin

1988 1. Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen; 2. Robert Levin, Ron Smith

1989 1. Mark Molson, Robert Lebi; 2. Gaylor Kasle, Roger Bates

1990 1. Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield; 2. Brian Glubok, Sam Lev

1991 1. Bob Hamman, Nick Nickell; 2. Mark Tolliver, Marc Zwerling

1992 1. Haig Tchamitch, Adam Wildavsky; 2. Brad Moss, Ravindra Murthy

1993 1. Bob Hamman, Michael Rosenberg; 2. Martin De Bruin, Steve Price

1994 1. Mark Lair, Alexander Weiland; 2. Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein

1995 1. David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen; 2. Paul Kiefer, Jerry Helms

1996 1. Jim Krekorian, Bob Blanchard; 2. Larry Cohen. David Berkowitz

1997 1. Adam Wildavsky, Allan Falk; 2. Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester

1998 1. Zia Mahmood, Howard Weinstein; 2. Eric Rodwell, Marty Seligman

1999 1. Jill Meyers, John Mohan; 2. John Sutherlin, Russ Ekeblad

2000 1. Richard Coren, Marc Jacobus; 2. Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein

2001 1. Salvador Assael, Nafiz Zorlu; 2. Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Steve Landen

2002 1. Sidney Lazard, Bart Bramley; 2. Kit Woolsey, Fred Stewart

2003 1. Michael Seamon, Geir Helgemo; 2. Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson

2004 1. Tarek Sadek, Walid Elahmady; 2. Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein

2005 1. Gavin Wolpert, Jenny Ryman; 2. Sabine Auken, Daniela von Arnim

2006 1. Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes; 2. Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian

2007 1. Steve Landen, Pratap Rajadhyaksha; 2. Ernesto Muzzio, Alejandro Bianchedi

2008 1. Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth; 2. Frederic Wrang, Martin De Knijff

2009 1. Bart Bramley, Bjorn Fallenius; 2. John Hurd, Joel Wooldridge

2010 1. Jay Borker, Jan Jansma; 2. Bas Drijver, Sjoert Brink

2011 1. Josh Donn, Roger Lee; 2. Billy Cohen, Brad Moss

2012 1. Brian Platnick, John Diamond; 2. Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco

2013 1. Steve Weinstein, Agustin Madala; 2. Bar Tarnovski, Dror Padon

2014 1. John Hurd, Justin Lall; 2. Nick Demirev, Eldad Ginossar

2015 1. John Hurd, Joe Grue; 2. Thomas Bessis, Frederic Volcker

SUNDAY MIDNIGHT ZIP KO TEAMS 8 Tables 1.20 1 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Eric Schwartz, Arlington MA; Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Ranjan Bhaduri, Dundas ON 0.84 2 Zhuo Wang, Jersey City NJ; Liwei Zeng - Lu Gan - Zihan Tan, Evanston IL

MONDAY-TUESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 9 TablesHarriet Smith, Solana Beach CA; Marilyn Kalabsa, Ramona CA; Paul Darin - Sam Madison-Jammal, San Diego CA vsMary Ose - Katherine Ewing, Sacramento CA; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA

Michael Curley, Grand Rapids MI; Dave Fred, Interlochen MI; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Jakob Kristinsson, Deerfield Beach FL vsGerard Turcotte - Robert Tremblay - Alain Dufour, Quebec QC; Denis Lafrance, Shannon QC

MONDAY-TUESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 9 TablesClaude Le Feuvre - Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Robert Garin - Marie Garin, San Diego CA vsJohn Garner, Fernandina Bch FL; Nadine Sabatier, Ponte Vedra FL; Lynn Leisy, Amelia Island FL; Ann Buchholz, Ponte Vedra Bch FL

Milferd Jones - Virginia Jones, Clearwater FL; Lynda Culley, St Petersburg FL; Michael Williamson, Belleair FL vsRoberta Meyers - Diana Richards - Karen Pekkanen - Elaine Johnston, The Villages FL

SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KO 1 8 TablesEric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia vsAnn Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Won Yang, Clermont FL

MONDAY-TUESDAY DAYLIGHT KO BRACKET 1 12 TablesEdward Goldwater - Marilyn Goldwater, Delray Beach FL; Allen Selling - Aaron Simon, Boynton Beach FL vsWilliam Pollans, Lutz FL; Carl Mathiesen, Parrish FL; Norman Poythress, Tampa FL; Forrest Wardwell Jr, Bucksport ME


MONDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 12.5 Tables A B C 4.36 1 1 Amy Rhodes, New York NY; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 62.33% 3.27 2 2 Roz Silverstein - Philip Silverstein, Bronx NY 62.00% 2.45 3 3 Scott Rappard, Dartmouth NS; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS 58.30% 1.88 4 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Simone Scumpia, Austin TX 57.85% 1.60 5 4 John White - Lynne White, Lincoln CA 56.99% 1.53 6 5 Iris Libby, Cincinnati OH; Carol Cottam, Concord CA 55.14% 2.09 6 1 Arjune Bose, Houston TX; Ranjit Bose, Albuquerque NM 53.92% 1.57 2 William Campbell, Mercer Island WA; Tracey Guice, Seattle WA 51.17%

MONDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 4.0 Tables A B C 1.43 1 1 Nancy Waddell - Glenda Lukinuk, Peterborough ON 60.42% 1.07 2 2 Cynthia Marks, Clearwater FL; Vicki Sorensen, Longwood FL 54.17% 0.80 3 W Douglas Schuler - Rita Schuler, N Fort Myers FL 52.08%

MONDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 15.0 Tables A B C 3.28 1 1 Jan Amara - Paula Hagan, Venice FL 63.07% 2.46 2 Eric Shoberg, Oro Valley AZ; Virginia Brier, Tucson AZ 59.66% 2.33 3 2 Carlos Maeztu - Gayle Michalak, Gainesville FL 58.14% 1.74 4 3 Marilyn Ankenmann - Betty Lemon, Toronto ON 56.44% 2.45 5 4 1 Cynthia Der Hagopian, Winter Park FL; Bonnie King, Orlando FL 55.30% 1.84 6 5 2 Shirley Tanner, Cottonwood Hgts UT; Judy Gibson, South Jordan UT 54.92% 1.38 6 3 Betsy Chalal - Richard Chalal, Franklin TN 54.73% 1.03 4 Stephen Curry, Celebration FL; Tonja Curry, Morris CT 54.17% 0.78 5 Judy Wilhite - Jeanette Parker, Auburn AL 53.41% 0.58 6 Thomas Rogers - Nancy Butler-Rogers, North Venice FL 52.84%

MONDAY AFTERNOON GOLD RUSH PAIRS 77.0 Tables 7 5 2 17.70 1 1 Bruce Burns, Palm Harbor FL; Jack Sieling, Pinellas Park FL 62.58% 13.28 2 2 Jane Elliott, Tampa FL; Kathy McKay, Lady Lake FL 62.33% 9.96 3 3 Roger Newell - Marie Lachance, Viera FL 61.61% 7.47 4 4 1 Peter Van Gaasbeek - Debra Van Gaasbeek, New Port Richey FL 61.56% 5.90 5 5 Fiona Armson, Inman SC; Glory Stack, Hendersonville NC 60.76% 4.75 6/7 6/7 Ron Walenius, Toronto ON; Harry Eaglesham, Unionville ON 60.12% 4.75 6/7 6/7 Tina West, Big Canoe GA; Delores O’Connell, Gainesville FL 60.12% 3.93 8 8 Carrie Osborne, Livonia MI; Maria Conti, Dearborn Hgts MI 59.52% 3.54 9 Jill Alvarez - Anthony Alvarez, Mission Viejo CA 59.23% 3.09 10/11 Michael Simpson - Mark Bruce, Ocala FL 58.93% 3.09 10/11 Tom Rusk, Sanford FL; Edwin Hall, Deland FL 58.93% 3.12 12 9 Ann McKenzie, Jaffrey NH; Mark McKenzie, Shaftsbury VT 57.74% 2.84 13 10 Bill Lau - Sheila Naylor, The Villages FL 57.29% 2.60 14/15 11 Margaret Flynn - Arlene Scollar, Deerfield Beach FL 56.70% 2.29 14/15 Marshall Williams - Marguerite Gousie, Woonsocket RI 56.70% 2.08 16 Paul Boeggeman - William Fleischman, Leesburg FL 56.55% 2.14 17 Warren Smith - Gloria Smith, Wichita KS 56.40% 1.86 18 Janine Buss, Port Washington NY; Erich Taylor, West Palm Beach FL 56.39% 2.04 19 Pamela Ames - Kadie Davis, Maryville IL 56.25% 1.84 20 Rosalyn Millar - Malcolm Millar, Summerside PE 56.10% 4.04 21 12 2 Debra Mueller - Gerard Mueller, Stuart FL 55.95% 2.09 22/24 13/15 Ralph Roberge - Stephen Eddy, Lakeland FL 55.65% 3.03 22/24 13/15 3 John Heaton - Ann Heaton, Orlando FL 55.65% 2.60 22/24 13/15 Patricia Holmes - Robert Vicars Jr, The Villages FL 55.65% 1.36 25 Joseph Curley, Estero FL; Charles Curley, Wakefield MA 55.36% 1.84 26/27 16 James Mosley - Harry Potter, Herndon VA 55.21% 1.45 26/27 Dee Daigle, Lafayette LA; Jane Ardoin, Eunice LA 55.21% 1.74 28 17 Casey Holscher - Judith Cortese, Melbourne FL 54.76% 2.16 29/30 18/19 Stephen Saker, Longwood FL; Karin Thomas, Winter Park FL 54.61% 1.97 29/30 18/19 Phyllis Furst, Boca Raton FL; Beverly Boris, Great Neck NY 54.61% 2.60 31 20 Douglas Smith, Terre Haute IN; Craig Smith, Luzern Switzerland 54.46% 1.53 32 21 Mary Cummins, Leesburg FL; Michelle Crane, Pensacola FL 54.17% 1.53 33/34 22 Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY 53.72% 1.24 33/34 Bob Ondo, Ann Arbor MI; Jane Gardner, Northville MI 53.72% 1.67 23/25 Suzette Greep, New Port Richey FL; Suzanne Boyer, Tarpon Springs FL 53.42% 2.27 23/25 4 Anastasia Tsavaris, St Petersbirg FL; Christine Honadle, St Petersburg FL 53.42% 2.07 23/25 Kate Khanna, Rye NY; Patti Bunston-Gunn, Toronto ON 53.42% 1.80 26/27 5 Jessica Styers, Amelia Island FL; Mary Massman, Fernandina FL 53.27% 1.14 26/27 Jane Bailey, Syracuse IN; Marilyn Stoces, Chesterfield MO 53.27% 1.08 28 Robin Brendell, Roslyn Heights NY; Glen Dworkin, Coconut Creek FL 52.85% 1.54 29/31 6 George Guarino - Brenda Davis, The Villages FL 52.83% 1.53 29/31 Phyllis Roddy, San Diego CA; Batia Kvashny, La Jolla CA 52.83% 1.01 29/31 Dan Woodward - Betty Woodward, Fairview TX 52.83% 1.62 7 Jill French, St John’s NL; Brenda Tobin, 52.10% 1.20 8 Susan Jennings - Steven Jennings, Nacogdoches TX 52.08% 1.08 9 Douglas Smith - Andrew Kelly, The Villages FL 51.93%

Eileen Abramson, Palm Beach FL; James Sampson, New York NY; Steven Caplan, Boca Raton FL; James Milam, Idaho Falls ID vsGeorge Mansour, Scranton PA; Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA; Patti Martin, Richmond VA; Norman Dressler, Kingston PA

MONDAY-TUESDAY DAYLIGHT KO BRACKET 2 17 TablesW Daniel Kelsey, Averill Park NY; William Kelsey, Voorheesville NY; Alan Godes, Needham MA; Lynda Flanger, Cohoes NY vsRobert Gray - Jane Rusch, Jupiter FL; Marvin Skaggs - Cecile Skaggs, Memphis TN

Joan Dann, Orlando FL; James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Patricia Poitras - James Poitras, Narcoossee FL vsFrederick Linnemeyer - Patricia Linnemeyer, Franklin Lakes NJ; Joanne Klaus - John Klaus, Up Saddle River NJ

Jane Reifler - Ronald Reifler, Baltimore MD; Joan Renzoni, Toronto ON; Barbara Phillips, Stuart FL vsWilliam McClure - Elaine McClure - Peter Tracy - Sherry Tracy, Longboat Key FL

MONDAY-TUESDAY DAYLIGHT KO BRACKET 3 16 TablesLarry Murray, Windsor ON; Ira Grumet, Delray Beach FL; Isaac Hassan, Palm Harbor FL; Royald Zell, Tampa FL vsSandy Desilets, Daytona Beach FL; Rhoda Chickering, East Montpelier VT; Jon Rankin - Emily Rankin, Nichols NY

Eric Marshall - Judith Marshall, Middleton NS; Jane Walker - Bruce Walker, Wilmont NS vsBeatrice Bohm - Barbara Rein, Sun City Center FL; Salina Poon, Ellenton FL; David Robinson, Granbury TX

MONDAY-TUESDAY DAYLIGHT KO BRACKET 4 15 TablesDana Bauer - Vance Bauer - Mary Cady, Lakewood Ranch FL; Carol Franklin, Bradenton FL vsDonna Brown - William Brown - Mary Rowe - Nicholas Pund, The Villages FL

Jean Tipton - Debbie Schell - Patricia Geary - Linda Hacker, Naples FL vsCabot Jaffee, Maitland FL; Carl Croft - Joel Greenberg, Winter Park FL; Mike O’Connor, Sanford FL

Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in the playing area

during any bridge playing event at an NBAC. This includes electronic smoking devices.

Senior KO VugraphA vugraph presentation of the Baze Senior

Knockout Teams is available in the foyer of the Northern Hemisphere Ballroom on the fifth level.


Mini-Blue champs from 2015: Grant Robinson and Teresa Boyd.

Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs The Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs, a national-

rated event limited to players with less than 5000 masterpoints, begins today. The contest features a two-session qualifier, a two-session semifinal and a two-session final.

Players must have earned a Blue Ribbon qualification to participate. Players from outside North America must be granted a waiver to enter.

Previous winners:2005 1. Marty Harris, Jacob Morgan; 2. Frank

Wharton, Paul Walker2006 1. Joe Houde, Divakar Bhargava; 2. John

Klayman, Lawrence Lau2007 1. Patricia Menefee, Andre De Leon; 2.

Metin Gokcen, Sadik Arf2008 1. Chris Coffman, Roger Coffman; 2. Gene

Maki, Arne Maki2009 1. Harold Huffaker, Ronald Huffaker; 2.

Gerrie Owen, Leonard Schaen2010 1. Mark Jones and Doug Levene; 2. Dean

Panagopoulos and Yiji Starr2011 1. Susan Fulton, John Hogan; 2. William

Grant, Andrew Loh2012 1. Kevin Young, Peter Worby; 2. Vic Quiros,

Harvinder Sidhu2013 1. Suman Agarwal, Harjinder Ajmani; 2.

Terry Schleppegrell, Marion Kelly2014 1. Ina Demme, Bill Kertes; 2. Christina van

Leeuwen, David MacRae2015 1. Teresa Boyd, Grant Robinson; 2. Joan

Rubin, Om Chokriwala

MONDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 24.0 Tables A B C 6.45 1 1 Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Pamela Ziegel, Petoskey MI 66.99% 4.84 2 Joan Webb - Keith Harrison, Trinity FL 63.29% 3.63 3 Karl Kaiser, Wien; Martin Rokyta, Wien Sweden 61.76% 3.84 4 2 Robert Tremblay - Gerard Turcotte, Quebec QC 59.91% 2.88 5 3 Jane Wininger, Glasgow KY; Marjorie Smink, Fort Myers FL 59.80% 2.16 6 4 John Guerra, Naples FL; Gerald Beaubien, Estero FL 59.15% 1.62 7 5 Jeremy Lewis, Glen Allen VA; Marv Norden, Peachland BC 58.82% 1.22 6 Stephanie McAdam, Scottsdale AZ; William McAdam, Naperville IL 57.84% 2.14 1 Susan Kett, Placida FL; Lulie Eide, Naples FL 55.88% 1.61 2 F Peter Szafran - Penelope Szafran, New Port Richey FL 55.45% 1.20 3 Sam Litovsky, Los Angeles CA; Dennis Cogan, Palmetto FL 50.54%

MONDAY AFTERNOON SIDE IMP PAIRS 23.0 Tables A B C 7.70 1 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Jaenita Johansson, Uuas Sweden 60.80 6.56 2 1 Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Delray Beach FL 46.29 4.92 3 2 Eileen Eastman, Emeryville CA; Dileep Bal, Kapaa HI 41.94 3.69 4 3 1 Joanne Lloyd, Palm City FL; Dale Desmond, Florham Park NJ 39.65 2.77 5 4 2 Betty Wheeler - Robert Wheeler, Bonita Springs FL 35.85 2.08 6 5 David Ticen, Victoria TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX 32.82 1.37 7 Kenneth Titow, Scottsdale AZ; John Van Ness, Carbondale CO 32.76 1.56 8 6 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Brandon Fong, Mount Laurel NJ 32.35 1.64 7 David Lodge - Nance Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA 15.62 1.55 3 Dar Webb, St Petersburg FL; Polly Webb, Lakewood Ranch FL 9.12 1.16 4 Rona Lake, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Springs FL 3.47 0.87 5 Judy Morris - Sarah Knapp, Grand Rapids MI 3.09

LAKE WALES DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 58.0 Tables / Based on 98 Tables A B C 36.47 1 Russell Johnson - Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 62.12% 27.35 2 David Yoon, Bayside NY; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 61.27% 20.51 3 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 59.46% 15.39 4 1 Sonja Smith, North Granby CT; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 58.50% 12.16 5 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 58.38% 10.42 6 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam 58.27% 9.12 7 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Raleigh NC 58.12% 8.10 8 George Russell, Moore SC; Nancy Colter, Dublin GA 57.50% 7.29 9 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Nataly Goldin, Chestnut Hill MA 57.27% 6.63 10 Marti Cowie - Maria Moore, Lakeland FL 56.96% 6.29 11 Pamela Gorbics, Pinellas Park FL; Andrew Lohan, Mahwah NJ 56.88% 5.23 12/14 Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO; Judy Hummel, Colorado Spgs CO 56.65% 5.29 12/14 Gary Neisler, N Richland Hls TX; Robert Buchanan, Arlington TX 56.65% 5.37 12/14 Jim Maxwell, Venice FL; Ann Turner, Nokomis FL 56.65% 10.26 15 2 Arthur Hoffman - Philip Waldman, Boynton Beach FL 56.27% 4.29 16 Nie Lih Kalat - Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 55.92% 7.70 17 3 Lou Rabinowitz, Bradenton FL; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasota FL 55.88% 3.84 18 Brian Schoenfeld - Howard Miller, Virginia Beach VA 55.73% 3.65 19 Dorothy Johnson, Jacksonville FL; Barbara McCallon, Saint Augustine FL 55.31% 3.47 20 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Mara Tuttle, Orlando FL 54.69% 3.32 21 Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA; Roderic Kerr, Palm City FL 54.65% 6.04 22 4 1 Ray Mitchell, Vero Beach FL; R Minehart, N Barrington IL 54.38% 3.04 23 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA 54.35% 2.92 24 Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 54.23% 5.83 25 Harry Nuckols - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 54.19% 2.92 26 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 54.04% 2.61 27 Vincent Grande Jr, Jupiter FL; Stan Schretter, Palm Bch Gdns FL 53.92% 2.70 28 Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 53.88% 4.56 29 5 Victor Rodwell - Meredith Rodwell, Clearwater FL 53.58% 3.91 6 Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 53.38% 4.53 7 2 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 53.19% 5.40 8/9 3/4 Silvana Zangri, Syosset NY; Richard Morici, Port Washington NY 52.88% 3.03 8/9 3/4 Newton Brightwell - Marilyn Brightwell, Osprey FL 52.88% 2.49 10 5 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 52.54% 2.28 11 Izrail Gorian, Port Charlotte FL; James Gordon, Nokomis FL 52.08% 5.83 12 Marian Howarth - Darrow Neves, Sun City Center FL 52.04% 1.95 13 Jeffery Jones, Vero Beach FL; Michael Zeller, York PA 51.88% 1.82 14 Christina van Leeuwen, Media PA; Scott Chupack, Seattle WA 51.73% 1.71 15 Doug Darnley, Pickering ON; Bing Wong, Whitby ON 51.69% 4.03 6 Ellen Walsdorf, Chicago IL; Alice Flynn, Green Cove Spgs FL 51.65% 1.69 7 Sheila Fleming - Peggy Sciotto, Columbia TN 51.38%


Age requirement for Senior events

You must have been born before January 1, 1959, to qualify to play in ACBL Senior events.

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Second in the Sternberg Women’s BAM: Jill Levin, captain Barbara Ferm, Migry Zur-Campanile and Jill Meyers. Not pictured is Judi Radin.

Chase MD, Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY, Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD, and Li Yiting, Herndon VA. It was the first NABC title for Byrnes, and the first win in the event for her, Shi and Yiting.

The winners finished with a score 32.11, just ahead of Barbara Ferm’s team, who posted a

final score of 32.00. Ferm played with Migry Zur Campanile, Judi Radin, Jill Levin and Jill Meyers.

The third-place team led by Cheri Bjerkan finished with 31.91. Bjerkan played with Ljudmila Kamenova, Rozanne Pollack and Pam Wittes.


Women’s BAM

Convention card reminderEach player is required to have a convention

card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a session. The convention card must include the first and last name of each member of the partnership, and the cards must be identical.

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.

Stop!Using the Stop card during the auction requests

the next bidder to pause 10 seconds after a jump in the bidding. TD Matt Koltnow explains that using the Stop card is optional, and that while the procedure is included in the regulations and is not a law, employing the Stop card helps players comply with Law 73D: “It is desirable for players to maintain steady tempo and unvarying manner.”

The purpose of the Stop card is two-fold:1. It helps the opponents avoid transmitting

Unauthorized Information by acting too slowly or too quickly.

2. It helps all four players “play bridge” by looking at the auction rather than reading meanings into fast bids and hesitations.

Players who employ the Stop card must consistently use it in all jump-bid situations, lest the inconsistency be interpreted as information. For example, a consistent Stop card user must employ it preceding 3NT in an auction such as 1NT–(Pass)–3NT, and the next bidder should still pause and look at their cards before making a call.

“Taking time, even in an easy auction, allows you to use that same 10 seconds that you’re legally entitled to after any skip bid,” says Koltnow.

Like the Alert card, the Stop card is used for the benefit of the opponents, not partner. Koltnow says that more experienced players are expected to take time after a jump in the bidding whether or not a Stop card is used.

Youth and Junior entriesCoupons will be made available for junior

members in good standing for entry into events at NABCs:

Any player under the age of 26 years who is a full-time student (must provide proof of eligibility) will be entitled to coupons that can be used for any event. These coupons will have a value of $10 per session.

Any player under the age of 21 years will be entitled to coupons that can be used for any event.

These coupons will have a value of $10 per session.

Any player 19 years and under will be granted free plays for each session of regionally rated events.

Players under the age of 26 years

named to teams to represent Zone 2 NBOs in world competitions for NABCs occurring between the time they are named to the team and the world championship will receive free plays at NABCs when playing with members of their team or members of another team representing a Zone 2 NBO.

Richard Popper of Wilmington DE was elected chairman of the ACBL Board of Governors at its meeting on Sunday. Popper’s two-year term begins Jan. 1.


The 2015 Whitehead Women’s Pairs champs were Emily Harrell and Benedicte Cronier.

Women’s Pairs compete for Whitehead Trophy

Play begins today in the Whitehead Women’s Pairs with two qualifying sessions, followed by two final sessions tomorrow.

This is the 79th Women’s Pairs. At stake is the Whitehead Trophy, donated in 1930 by Wilbur C. Whitehead of New York, a great bridge authority and a member of the team that won the Vanderbilt Cup in 1928, the first year it was in play.

Whitehead (1866–1931) was president of the Simplex Automobile Company, but bridge held such a fascination for him that he retired from business in 1910 to devote his life to bridge.

He was the inventor of many bidding and play conventions, the quick-trick table of card values, the Whitehead system of requirements for original bids and responses and the Whitehead table of preferential leads.

Whitehead was instrumental in standardizing procedures in auction bridge and later in contract bridge.

This event was for many years played at the Spring NABC until moving to the fall last year.

Previous winners:1930 Olive Peterson, Maud Zontlein1931 Vivi Hanson, Elinor Murdoch1932 Mrs. Jay S. Jones, Olive Peterson1933 Doris Fuller, Mrs. Courtand Smith1934 Helen Bonwit, Helen White1935 Bertine Teichman, Mable Ulbrich1936 Mrs. Jay S. Jones, Sally Young1937 Mable Ervin, Doris Fuller1938 Helen Sobel, Sally Young1939 Helen Sobel, Sally Young1940 Edith Atkinson, Mrs. John Waidlich1941 Mae P. Rosen, Edith Seligman1942 Mae P. Rosen, Edith Seligman1943 Mae P. Rosen, Edith Seligman1944 Ruth Sherman, Margaret Wagar1945 Peggy Golder, Olive Peterson1946 Edith Seligman, Sally Young1947 Gratian Goldstein, Josephine Gutman1948 Gratian Goldstein, Josephine Gutman1949 Kay Rhodes, Ruth Sherman1950 Mrs. John Kelly, Dorothy Thompson1951 Alwina M. Dunphy, Mrs. Edward Minear

1952 Shirley Fairchild, Elaine Lee1953 Mrs. Harold P. Swearingen, Barbara Weiner1954 Margaret Alcorn, Sally Neely1955 Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar1956 Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar1957 Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar1958 Betty Nail, Phyllis Novak1959 Betty Adler, Dorothy Hayden1960 Mary Jane Farell, Peggy Solomon1961 Agnes Gordon, Betty Haddad1962 Carol Sanders, Sylvia Stein

A similar event was held at the Spring NABC 1958-1962 with these winners:1958 Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar1959 Bert Epstein, Blossom Grossblatt1960 Gretchen Feldstein, Jane Mueller1961 May Belle Long, Effie Woods1962 Clarice Holt, Mrs. Greeley Warner

1963 Mrs. K. L. Sargent, Mrs. Ray Tobin1964 Margaret Alcorn, Lucille Patterson1965 Nancy Gruver, Sue Sachs1966 Virginia Heckel, Edith Kemp1967 Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels1968 Hermine Baron, Rhoda Walsh1969 Gale Clarke, Gloria Noszka1970 Robin Klar, Tina Rockaway1971 Amalya Kearse, Jacqui Mitchell1972 Kerri Davis, Rhoda Walsh1973 Ann Economidy, Vivian Williamson1974 Pat Leary, Jan Stansby1975 Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss1976 Gail Schaab, Barbara Staton1977 Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss1978 Babs Charney, Flo Rotman1979 Anne Burnstein, Edith Kemp1980 Mildred Boyce, Barbara Norwood1981 Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden

Truscott1982 Hermine Baron, Beverly Rosenberg1983 Evelyn Levitt, Jo Morse1984 Judy Tucker, Jacqui Mitchell1985 Dale Dermer, JoAnne Caplan1986 Edith Freilich, Nancy Gruver1987 Tobi Deutsch, Kay Schulle1988 Sally Wheeler, Georgiana Gates1989 Nadine Wood, Jeanne Elkner1990 Tobi Deutsch, June Deutsch1991 Leslie Paryzer, Nancy Widman1992 Cheri Bjerkan, Janice Seamon1993 Carol Sanders, Betty Ann Kennedy1994 Corinne Kirkham, Ann Kluewer1995 Lila Perlstein, Juanita Chambers1996 Nancy Widman, Leslie Paryzer1997 Susan Wexler, Margie Gwozdzinsky1998 Judi Radin, Valerie Westheimer1999 Harriet Eaton, Ellen Crawford2000 Joan Stein, Eunice Rosen2001 Judi Radin, Sylvia Moss2002 Cheri Bjerkan, Sue Weinstein2003 Joan Eaton, Candace Griffey2004 Jacqui Mitchell, Amalya Kearse2005 Gail Greenberg, Laurie Vogel2006 Sylvia Moss, Judy Radin2007 Kamla Chawla, Irina Ladyzhevsky2008 Chris Benson, Lynne Feldman2009 Lisa Berkowitz, Joann Glasson2010 Suzy Burger, Linda Lewis2011 Diana Schuld, Marjorie Michelin2012 Patricia Norman, Georgiana Gates2013 Jan Assini, Joanne Weingold2014 Ran Jingrong, Wen Wang2015 Benedicte Cronier, Emily Harrell

VALENCIA ORANGES COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET 1 15 Tables 26.78 1 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Barry Rigal, New York NY; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden 18.75 2 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Abraham Fisher, Concord MA; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Adam Grossack, Newton MA 12.05 3 Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Gary Cohler - Larry Cohen, Delray Beach FL; Marty Bergen, Palm Bch Gdns FL 9.37 4 Melanie Tucker - Hjordis Eythorsdottir, New York NY; Radu Nistor - Iulian Rotaru, Sunnyside NY

VALENCIA ORANGES COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 13 Tables 17.49 1 Mark Fitzmorris, Saint Augustine FL; Michael Dalton, Palm Coast FL; Linda Green, Southaven MS; Martin Hester, Aubrey TX 12.24 2 Andrew Russell, St Catharines ON; Arno Hobart, Markham ON; Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Aventura FL 7.87 3 Steven Price, Scottsdale AZ; Martin de Bruin - Betty Scull, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; Anna Dosseva, Pickering ON 6.12 4 Caru Vidigal - Jaqueline Nunes - Marcio Domenico, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Vilma Domenico, Anapolis

VALENCIA ORANGES COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET 3 16 Tables 14.36 1 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; David Binney, Seattle WA; Dan Morgenstern - Jack Mahoney, Brunswick ME 10.05 2 Paul Matheson, The Villages FL; Charles Showalter, Lady Lake FL; Frank Wharton, London NW3 England; Douglas McCormac, North Dartmouth MA 6.46 3 Thea Davis, Eden Mills ON; Jan Garthe, Suttons Bay MI; William Nason, Andover MA; Margot Stockie, Waterloo ON 5.03 4 Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL; Carolyn Lewis, Louisville KY; Jack Price, Freeport NY; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY

VALENCIA ORANGES COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET 4 16 Tables 8.83 1 Don Dettmore - Alexander Vinokurov, Winter Springs FL; Charles Hall, Smiths Parish Bermuda; Howard Montemurro, Vineland ON 6.18 2 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Gloria Bennett, Lakeway TX; Liz Jacobson, Fort Worth TX; Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX 3.97 3 Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA; Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Ping Hu, Naperville IL; Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT 3.09 4 Donald Rancourt - Russ Pearly - Paul Hassett - Janet Matthews, The Villages FL

MONDAY-TUESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 1 9 TablesSue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON; Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON vsLou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Dan Morse, Houston TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV

Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina Argentina; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Maximo Crusizio, Argentina; Guillermo Minutti, vsJustine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland

MONDAY-TUESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 12 TablesJohn Peer - James Rowen, Indianapolis IN; Bev Olsen - Alice Hovde, Carmel IN vsNorman Cannon - Robin Spriggle, Fort Myers FL; Gilda Reynolds, Cape Coral FL; Fran Smith, Estero FL

Abe Jakob, Fort Lauderdale FL; Joel Thomas, Charleston SC; Merle Lundy - Edmund Lundy, Cooper City FL vsScott Roland, Grand Rapids MI; Ted Defilippo, Hernando FL; Terry Mangold, Lecanto FL; Connie Queller, Hudson FL

MONDAY-TUESDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 4 14 TablesJohn Welte - Martha Welte, Buffalo NY; Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON; Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY vsEben Stevens - Patricia Stevens, Greenville SC; Jo Ellen Amrine - Frank Amrine, Moore SC

Ronald Wallace - John Eza - Karl Manderscheid, Apollo Beach FL; C Allan Chapple, Chatham ON vsMargie Spraggins - Linda McEwan, Orlando FL; Patricia Rodilosso, Naples FL; Loretta Westler, Coconut Creek FL


24 TablesFrank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Bob Hamman - Bart Bramley, Dallas TX vsPaul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Drew Casen, Metarie LA; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL

53.20 3/4 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI 53.20 3/4 Victor Markowicz - Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL; Julian Klukowski - Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland; Shalom Zeligman, Bat-Yam Israel 34.20 5/8 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Dan Morse, Houston TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV

34.20 5/8 Jeffrey Wolfson - Steve Garner - Ron Smith, Chicago IL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Aventura FL 34.20 5/8 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN 34.20 5/8 Serge Chevalier, Laval QC; Paul Klarreich, Chagrin Falls OH; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC; Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC

PAIRING IN TODAY’S BAZE SENIOR KO TEAMS

3 O’Rourke 24 84 114 15714(19) Fendrick 23 35 71 95

11 Beatty 54 75 77 826 Lewis 46 61 82 116

7 Markowicz 31 81 110 16010 Kasle 32 39 60 72

15(18) Chevalier 31 61 92 1392 Weinstein 32 66 91 124

3 O’Rourke 27 41 61 756 Lewis 27 82 101 141

7 Markowicz 33 99 130 189

2(18) Chevalier 49 56 62 106

1 Nickell 19 65 114 13716(17) Beckman 30 47 64 73

9 Finkel 33 51 71 1028 Levine 27 57 97 103

5 Wolfson 26 52 100 16112 DeMartino 11 80 98 123

13 Dovell 13 58 66 784 Schermer 31 76 119 186

1 Nickell 39 64 100 139 8 Levine 19 25 69 103

5 Wolfson 40 55 86 106

4 Schermer 30 70 99 116

1 Nickel 40 60 9 127

4 Schermer 21 36 50 68

3 (6) Lewis 31 74 104 140

2 (7) Markowicz 14 39 74 129

1 Nickel

2 (6) Lewis

In a matchpoint event, we are always looking for that extra trick or playing in a risky major suit or notrump rather than a poorer-scoring, but safer, minor suit. Why? Because it pays off big time when it works.

We may even risk our contract to make a play for an overtrick. On defense we strive not to blow a trick rather than beat a contract.

In IMP scoring, however, the considerations change drastically. Now just making or beating a contract can give us a big score, but extra tricks are chump change. (OK, I know we have all won or lost a match by 1 IMP.)

Winning IMP strategies include:Make your contract. Do not worry about

overtricks or undertricks. If you are in the right spot, things will usually work out in your favor.

Trust your bidding system. Even at pairs, you will be a winner if you are in the right suit at the right level despite blowing an overtrick once in a while.

Stretch to bid a game. If vulnerable, game should be bid even if it is as a low as a 40% chance. If not vulnerable, it should be a 50% prospect.

If you bid three vulnerable games that your opponents do not bid and you make only one of them, you break even. If you are in an auction and the decision is now in your hands whether to bid game or not --- if you have to think about it, bid game.

Do not double their partial. You better have them down two in your own hand before you chance a double of a bid below game. And ‘down two in your own hand’ means you have a fistful of trump tricks. Do not count on your partner for many of these tricks.

Do not go for numbers. Don’t make some wild,

preemptive bid just because you have six or seven (or more) cards in one suit. It is not worth it.

Your competitive bidding should be more constructive at IMP scoring. Upgrade your overcalls by at least a queen. This means that if you would overcall with 8 points at pairs, overcall with 10 or more at IMPs.

Play your safest contract. If in the bidding your find you have a better fit in a minor than a major, play in the minor, especially at a partial. You want to make whatever contract you bid. Plus 110 is only a bit worse than plus 140 and it may not even make any difference sometimes.

This also applies to game and slam bidding. If partner opens 1NT and you have a four-card major with at least invitational values, bid Stayman. Plus 620 and plus 630 are the same at IMPs.

Do not stretch to bid slams. Bid slams only when they have at least 75% probability of success.

Do not stretch to bid slams. Oh, is this a repeat? Well, good. The point needs extra emphasis.

You have partners at the other table. Don’t make a risky bid or play because you think you are down in a match.

Once, in a seven-board match, we bid a slam down two vulnerable for minus 200, bid 3NT with a combined 21 high-card points after a bidding misunderstanding --- which my partner played well for down one and minus 100 --- and doubled them in 4♥, making five for minus 990. We thought we were slaughtered. Wrong. We won IMPs on all three boards and blitzed the other team.

Don’t be a hero. Do not make a confusing bid that (1) may be passed when it is forcing or (2) shows extra values that you don’t have. Make the call that

shows your strength.Take out insurance. In every team game, there

will be a hand where both sides can make game. Usually it is a wild hand with lots of distribution, doubles fits and long suits. It is usually right to bid one more – unless you are sure they are going down and you cannot make your bid.

On defense, strive at all costs to beat the contract when when it means giving up an overtrick. You may take risks that you would never dream of at matchpoints – such as leading the king from K-x, hoping to find your partner with the ace of that suit or the queen and a quick entry in trumps. Sometimes you give up an overtrick, so you lose 1 IMP. If your bold play sets a contract just one time in 10, you are ahead.

If it’s hard for you, it’s hard for them. The player sitting in your seat at the other table is holding the same cards you are. This guiding principle will help you on several of the points already listed.

Steven Gaynor is an Emerald Life Master who lives in Minneapolis MN. He is a member of the national Charity and Goodwill committees.

IMP Strategy (for Swiss teams, knockout teams and IMP pairs)By Steven Gaynor

Notice to playersEach 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.


RUBY RED 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 Brian Mc Namara - Richard Barth, Washington DC 63.69% 1 Jennifer James - Paul Freud, Doylestown PA 60.42% 2 1 1 Damon Suden - Anthony Chiocchi, New York NY 55.36% 2 Karen Birck, Wilton CT; Virginia Brier, Tucson AZ 54.46% 3 2 Kim Gandy - Cate Frezza, Silver Spring MD 53.87% 3 Tom Goodwin, Northville MI; Carl Gentile, Dallas TX 53.27% 4 Lee Greif, Prairie Village KS; John Klingner, Quincy IL 52.38% 4 1 Jessica Styers, Amelia Island FL; Mary Massman, Fernandina FL 52.98% 3 2 Michael Johnson - Patricia Johnson, Winter Springs FL 51.79% 2 Cheryl Shields - Barbara Augustson, Townsend DE 52.08% 1 Patricia Blank - James Blank, Pinehurst NC 50.89% 2 John Moschella, Winter Springs FL; Jennifer Krueger, Rosedale MD 49.70%

GROVE HOUSE A/X/Y PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS M O N EAST-WEST A X Y A X Y 1 1 Greg Caucutt, Rochester MN; Kathy Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN 62.21% 1 Jakob Kristinsson, Deerfield Beach FL; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 63.05% 2 John Russell, N Barrington IL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 58.91% 2 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 62.53% 3 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA 58.36% 3 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL 60.91% 4 2 1 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens, Little Rock AR 58.25% 4 D Keith Henderson, Birmingham AL; Joan Braender, Newnan GA 60.46% 5 3 Rashid Khan - Vera Carpenter, York ON 57.79% 5 Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 59.41% 6 4 2 Catherine Caplan - Paul Caplan, White Oak PA 57.42% 6 Sarah Anne Cressy, Falls Church VA; Vonnie Lavender, Burke VA 58.96% 7 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 55.83% 7 Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 58.23% 8 5 3 Theri Andino, Niceville FL; Conner Boyd, Key West FL 54.97% 8 Boyce Robbins, Greenville SC; Richard Brown, Easley SC 57.30% 9 Tina Tessaro, Miami FL; Darcy Parker, Hendersonville NC 54.19% 9 1 Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 57.12% 10 James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 54.08% 10 2 Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE; Sellers McKee, Jupiter FL 57.11% 11 6 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Karl Zaman, Strongsville OH 53.92% 11 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 57.10% 12 7 4 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Elizabeth Gompels, Cambridge MA 53.78% 12 Kay Beck - Jerry Premo, Noblesville IN 56.69% 13 8 5 Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL; Charles Nemes, Longboat Key FL 53.75% 13 3 1 Louise Berthiaume - Jean La Traverse, Montreal QC 56.11% 14 9 Maris Zilant, North Miami FL; Susan Fuller, Miami FL 53.42% 14 4 Iype Koshy, Gretna LA; Tim Joder, Lanesboro MA 55.25% 15 10 6 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 53.36% 15 Janice Anderson - Richard Anderson, Toronto ON 55.10% 16 Dwight Bender, London ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 53.35% 16 5 2 Lance Marrou, Orlando FL; Ping Chen, Winter Springs FL 53.60% 17 John Herrmann, North Port FL; Rene Wallace, Mission TX 53.21% 17 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 52.85% 18 11 7 Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; Mary Ose, Sacramento CA 53.10% 18 6 3 Catherine Gay, Kalamazoo MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI 52.49% 19 12 Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA; Nancy Gunn, Santa Rosa CA 52.83% 19 Michael Huston, Joplin MO; Eugene Kales, East Lansing MI 51.82% 20 13 Bob Drake, Wassenaar ; Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague 52.74% 20 Jerry Weinstein - Sue Weinstein, Las Vegas NV 51.63% 21 8 Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ; Jane Youngberg, Surrey BC 52.62% 21 Michael Creager, Bedford OH; Kenneth Kranyak, Parma OH 51.52% 7 Jamie Portell, Vero Beach FL; Myriam Milgrom, Port St Lucie FL 51.42% 8 Kent Hartman, San Diego CA; Mark McCarthy, San Francisco CA 50.19% 9 4 Dennis Carman - Susan Bailey Carman, Plainwell MI 48.82% 10 5 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Michael Christensen, Redmond WA 48.82% 11 6 Art Linderman, Anaheim CA; Barbara Morgan, New Braunfels TX 48.74% 12 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; William Bailey, Palo Alto CA 48.51% 13 7 Katherine Ewing - Edwin Ewing, Sacramento CA 47.45% 8 William Fitch, Rockingham VA; Gerald Botkin, Staunton VA 47.42% 9 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 47.39%

The Past Comes AliveDutch players Frank van Wezel and Hans van

de Konijnenberg collect books, magazines and Daily Bulletins about bridge. They especially enjoy reading Daily Bulletins from the pre-Internet era B these periodicals are a treasure trove of wonderful photographs, marvelous sketches, splendid deals and tremendous stories and anecdotes.

Van Wezel and van de Konijnenberg decided that this material should be at the disposal of all bridge players. At the same time, they want to save the history of bridge from oblivion. Therefore they launched a free website: www.bridgedailybulletins.nl

On this site you may find thousands of bulletins, both from the digital era and before. WBF, EBL and ACBL championship bulletins are posted, as well as many from miscellaneous tournaments around the world.

If you have bulletins that they are missing, please contact them. Contact details can be found on the website.

Runners-up in the Mitchell Open Board-a-Match teams: David Gold, Boye Brogeland, David Bakhshi, Daniel Korbel, Richard Schwartz and Espen Lindqvist.


MONDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 2ND OF 6 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SS TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jacob Kehl - Trine Binderkrantz, Denmark Denmark 63.69% 1 1 Robert Raf - Ronna Galin, West Bloomfield MI 63.38% 2 Dianne Bonney, Venice FL; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 61.54% 2 Jim McKeown, State College PA; Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA 63.00% 3 1 Hadi Abushakra, Kensington MD; Jay Cherlow, Arlington VA 59.54% 3 Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN 61.85% 4 2 Andrew Hidi - Suzanne Hidi, Toronto ON 59.23% 4 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Mark Boswell, Clarkson Valley MO 59.54% 5 3 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Michael Marcucci, San Gabriel CA 57.46% 5 Walter Bell, Orefield PA; Robert Grover, Cape Coral FL 59.46% 6 4 Phil Dowd, Toronto ON; Leo Cardillo, Clifton VA 55.46% 6 2 Karen Coe - John Coe, Ewing IL 56.77% 7 Richard Gross, Owens Cross Rds AL; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI 55.38% 7 3 Jim Dick, Harlingen TX; John Koschik, Livonia MI 56.69% 8 5 1 Patricia Bassett - Suzie Moore, Hobe Sound FL 54.77% 8 Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT; Joel Wolfe, West Hartford CT 56.62% 9 6 2 Susan O’Shea, Saint James NY; Eileen Feldman, Port Jefferson NY 54.31% 9 Joan Webb - Keith Harrison, Trinity FL 56.46% 10 Elaine Gordon, Myrtle Beach SC; Don Haney, Trussville AL 54.08% 10 4 Susan Airth - Mary Bywater, Orlando FL 54.62% 11 7 Richard Rogers - Stephanie Rogers, San Francisco CA 51.31% 11/12 5/6 1 Fiona Armson, Inman SC; Glory Stack, Hendersonville NC 52.15% 3 Linda Rodrigue, Ponchatoula LA; Mary Morton, Baton Rouge LA 50.69% 11/12 5/6 John White - Lynne White, Lincoln CA 52.15% 7 Phillip Yorston, Abiquiu NM; Valerie McClintock, Bedford NS 50.92% 2 Michael Bird, Wyoming MI; Margaret Getman, Saint Paul MN 41.46%

AMERICAN FARMER B/C/D PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS DDD EEE EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 Josee Hammill - Jill Foran, Toronto ON 61.92% 1 Joe Mundy - Nora Mundy, West Hill ON 63.62% 2 1 Sherman Gao, Lagunawoods CA; Andrew Collins, Little Rock AR 60.69% 2 1 Hind Blick, Bedford NS; Gary Brown, Wolfville NS 62.38% 3 Andrew Lee, Richmond BC; Ann McDougal, Houston TX 59.85% 3 2 Gina Austin Fresh - Robert Ellison, Wichita KS 62.15% 4 2 Chris Pesce, Seattle WA; Kathy Gilman, Shoreline WA 58.54% 4 Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA; Mike Munson, La Jolla CA 61.62% 5 3 1 Donald Freedman, St Petersburg FL; Janice Dashler, Belleair FL 58.31% 5 3 Bernard Bernstein, Kissimmee FL; Richard Margolis, Melbourne FL 61.08% 6 Millie Garrison, Riverside CA; Joy McKenzie-Smith, Chapel Hill NC 57.23% 6 4 Alan Kudisch - Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 55.69% 7 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Elizabeth Harris, Auburndale FL 54.38% 7 Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; Irwin Lichtblau, Lafayette CA 55.46% 8 4 2 Donald Kurson - Sandra Kurson, Chestnut Hill MA 53.31% 8 Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Won Yang, Clermont FL 53.77% 9 5 3 Jerry Keeran - Paul Harris, Rio Rancho NM 52.23% 9 5 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY 53.23% 10 6 Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Janice L Wild, Briarcliff NY 51.69% 10 6 Albert Stock - Roy Ladd, Valencia CA 52.77% 11 7 Nelson Daigle - Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 51.46% 11 7 Iris Libby, Cincinnati OH; Carol Cottam, Concord CA 52.23% 8 Jayne Silver - Linda Finklestein, West Palm Beach FL 51.23% 8 Linda Ahrens - Joseph Brouillard, Lincoln RI 50.69% 1 John Knarr, Longwood FL; Elizabeth Bridges, Sanford FL 48.15% 2 Marie Hamilton, Saint-Lambert QC; Elizabeth Kavanagh, Candiac QC 47.77%

MITCHELL OPEN B-A-M TEAMS 2ND FINAL SESSION SECTIONS A D 1 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Thomas Bessis - Jean Quantin, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France 19.00 2 Daniel Korbel, Rockville MD; David Bakhshi, London England; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; David Gold, Reading Great Britain 18.50 3 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 17.50 4 Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 17.00 5/6 Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Xin Li - Xian Liang Ou, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 16.50 5/6 Jenny Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 16.50 7 Bernard Dauvergne - Sophie Dauvergne, Ramonville France; Corinne Faivre - Ja Ra Mie Tignel, Castanettolosan France 15.50 8 Pierre Zimmermann - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness, Monaco; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Dominik Filipowicz, Kalisz Poland; Tatiana Dikhnova, Moscow Russia 15.00 9 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den ; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam 14.50 10 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 14.25 SECTIONS B C 1 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gdns FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 20.50 2 James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy 16.75 3 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 15.75 4 Bob Drijver, Rotterdam ; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy; Tim Verbeek, ; Bart Nab, Tilburg ; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag ; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL 15.50 5/6 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland 15.25 5/6 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; David Yang, Darien IL; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 15.25 7/9 Billy Miller - Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 14.50 7/9 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland; Harold Lilie - Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland 14.50 7/9 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland - Joe Grue - Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 14.50 10 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Johan Sylvan - Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden 14.04

0-10,000 IMP PAIRS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I J K EAST-WEST 1 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Minneapolis MN; Dawn Campbell, Portland OR 37.46 1 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT 35.39 2 Irina Kislitsyna - Michel Rapoport, Aventura FL 34.71 2 Nadine Levine, Alameda CA; Kathryn Von Dohre, Concord CA 31.29 3 Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 34.49 3 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 30.78 4 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; David Cantor, Charlotte NC 26.83 4 Lynne Newman - Randall Dougherty, San Diego CA 24.34 5 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Lesley Davis, La Jolla CA 24.54 5 Keith White, Jacksonville FL; Gudrun Wallace, Fort Myers FL 23.59 6 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 23.66 6 Michael Curley, Grand Rapids MI; Dave Fred, Interlochen MI 22.44 7 Anthony Barre, Marco Island FL; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 22.49 7 Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV 18.49 8 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 19.02 8/9 Gonzalo Herrera, Naucalpan Mexico; Patricia Herrera, Mexico Mexico 18.44 9 Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 18.61 8/9 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 18.44 10 Marc Lachapelle, Saint-Laurent QC; Xavier Combey, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 17.63 10 Dave Anderson, Westchase FL; Linda Miller, Ormond Beach FL 14.63 11 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 16.66 11 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 13.00 12 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 11.39 12/13 Dallas Moore, Trotwood OH; Brian Ross, Charlestown IN 12.34 13 Jo Anne Vatter - Richard Vatter, Cadillac MI 10.59 12/13 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 12.34 14 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 8.24 14 Morris Jones, Monrovia CA; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA 11.88 15 Alvin Levy, Commack NY; George Retek, Montreal QC 6.90 15 Qucheng Gong, Daly City CA; Antony Lee, Berkeley CA 10.51 16 Muriel Altus - Philip Altus, Tampa FL 6.32 16 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 6.68 17 Leonardo Fruscoloni - Margie Cole, New York NY 6.27 17 Detlef Ladewig, Toronto ON; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON 6.56

MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S BAM TEAMS 2ND FINAL SESSION SECTION Y 1 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD; Li Yiting, Herndon VA 15.50 2 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 15.00 3 Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Gail Greenberg - Susan Picus, New York NY 13.00 4 Jan Assini, Pittsburgh PA; Victoria Gromova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia; Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 12.00


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Easy does itEd Schulte and Tom Kniest won the Super Senior

Pairs Monday night, and on this deal from the first final session, Schulte found the best contract by resisting the temptation to jump to the “obvious” spot:

With both sides vulnerable, Schulte picked up: ♠A K Q J 6 4 3 2 ♥Q 8 4 3 ♦10 ♣ —

Dealer, on his left, opened 1♣. Partner Kniest overcalled 1♦, and RHO passed. Many of the players holding Schulte’s cards either blasted to 4♠ directly or bid 1*S followed by jumping to 4♠ on the next round. Schulte decided instead to cuebid 2♣ first to find out more about his partner’s hand.

LHO bid 3♣, and Kniest bid 3♥. Whether this was intended as heart length as a chunky fragment, it didn’t matter to Schulte who nextn jumped to 6♠ after RHO passed. His wait-and-see approach – and Kniest’s nice 3♥ call – was rewarded when this was the full layout: ♠ 7 ♥ A 10 5 ♦ A Q J 6 4 3 2 ♣ 5 4 ♠ 9 ♠ 10 8 5 ♥ K J 9 ♥ 7 6 2 ♦ K 7 ♦ 9 8 5 ♣ A J 10 8 7 6 3 ♣ K Q 9 2 ♠ A K Q J 6 4 3 2 ♥ Q 8 4 3 ♦ 10 ♣ —

Declarer ruffed the opening club lead, drew trumps and took the diamond finesse. When the ♦A dropped the ♦K, Schulte had all the tricks.

Every other declarer had 13 tricks in spades, too, but most of them scored just plus 710. Plus 1460 was a tie for top, earning Schulte and Kniest 26.5 out of 27 matchpoints.

You’re invited to Italy Over the past couple of years, European Bridge

League President Yves Aubrey has become a semi-regular visitor to the U.S., mostly to cities where NABCs are organized.

He was in Orlando for about five days with several goals in mind.

First, he wanted to make contact with ACBL executives in person to continue improving relations between the two largest bridge organizations in the world. Between them, the ACBL and EBL represent more than 85% of the world’s tournament players.

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The city is located in Tuscany, where the weather is mild during the summer, featuring high temperatures in the mid-70s. Tuscany is known for its landscapes, traditions, history, artistic legacy and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contains well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace.

Aubrey said the EBL will arrange special rates in many hotels of Montecatini Terme available through a travel agency (Ranieri Tour Operator at [email protected]). He said all the hotels are within easy walking distance of the two tournament venues: the Palazzo dei Congresso and Teatro Verdi. “You can go everywhere on foot,” he said.

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Aubrey said bridge play will end each day between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. All events will be limited to 50 deals per day.

The EBL president said the tournament is continuation of the inaugural open championship in 2003, when the first was organized in Menton, France. U.S. players won two events at that tournament and have done well at others. “There are many Americans who are now European champions,” Aubrey said. The championships take place in odd-numbered years.

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MONDAY MORNING SIDE GAME NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Amy Rhodes, New York NY; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 62.33% 1 1 Roz Silverstein - Philip Silverstein, Bronx NY 62.00% 2 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Simone Scumpia, Austin TX 57.85% 2 2 Scott Rappard, Dartmouth NS; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS 58.30% 3 2 Iris Libby, Cincinnati OH; Carol Cottam, Concord CA 55.14% 3 3 John White - Lynne White, Lincoln CA 56.99% 4 Marty Bergen, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Stephen Massman, Beverly Hills CA 55.00% 4 4 Richard Gross, Owens Cross Rds AL; Steven Paxhia, Milton MA 53.06% 5 3 1 Arjune Bose, Houston TX; Ranjit Bose, Albuquerque NM 53.92% 5 Jeanne Land, Fort Myers FL; Barbara Moran, Tilghman MD 51.70% 4 Audrey Frank, Coconut Grove FL; Barbara McLagan, Sudbury MA 52.22% 1 Morris Johnson - Gloria Johnson, Brooklyn NY 46.53% 2 William Campbell, Mercer Island WA; Tracey Guice, Seattle WA 51.17%

MONDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS SECTION VVV A B C 1 1 Nancy Waddell - Glenda Lukinuk, Peterborough ON 60.42% 2 2 1 Cynthia Marks, Clearwater FL; Vicki Sorensen, Longwood FL 54.17% 3 W Douglas Schuler - Rita Schuler, N Fort Myers FL 52.08%

MONDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Eric Shoberg, Oro Valley AZ; Virginia Brier, Tucson AZ 59.66% 1 1 Jan Amara - Paula Hagan, Venice FL 63.07% 2 1 Carlos Maeztu - Gayle Michalak, Gainesville FL 58.14% 2 2 1 Cynthia Der Hagopian, Winter Park FL; Bonnie King, Orlando FL 55.30% 3 2 Marilyn Ankenmann - Betty Lemon, Toronto ON 56.44% 3 3 2 Shirley Tanner, Cottonwood Hgts UT; Judy Gibson, South Jordan UT 54.92% 4 3 1 Betsy Chalal - Richard Chalal, Franklin TN 54.73% 4 4 3 Stephen Curry, Celebration FL; Tonja Curry, Morris CT 54.17% 5 4 2 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Theresa Raines, Fort Washington MD 52.27% 5 5 4 Judy Wilhite - Jeanette Parker, Auburn AL 53.41% 6 5 Maryann Bishop, Washington DC; Barbara Show, Leesburg VA 51.52% 6 6 Thomas Rogers - Nancy Butler-Rogers, North Venice FL 52.84% 6 3 Eileen Norris - Jackie Sanders, Beaverton OR 50.95% 4 Maureen Simpson, Ocala FL; Carolyn Long, Montgomery AL 50.76%

LAKE WALES DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS JJJ LLL EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Nataly Goldin, Chestnut Hill MA 66.77% 1 Russell Johnson - Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 61.23% 2 Randolph Johnson - Ann Hudson, Suffield CT 60.77% 2 Jim Maxwell, Venice FL; Ann Turner, Nokomis FL 61.08% 3 1 1 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN 58.69% 3 Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO; Judy Hummel, Colorado Spgs CO 59.92% 4 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 56.62% 4 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam 57.08% 5 2 2 Newton Brightwell - Marilyn Brightwell, Osprey FL 55.08% 5 Dorothy Johnson, Jacksonville FL; Barbara McCallon, Saint Augustine FL 55.15% 6 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Mara Tuttle, Orlando FL 54.92% 6 George Zolovick, Pembroke VA; Donald Williams, Port St Lucie FL 54.77% 7 Gary Neisler, N Richland Hls TX; Robert Buchanan, Arlington TX 54.46% 7 1 1 Pamela Page - Monty Page, Palm Bay FL 54.62% 8 3 Christina van Leeuwen, Media PA; Scott Chupack, Seattle WA 54.31% 8 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD 54.46% 9 4 Lou Rabinowitz, Bradenton FL; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasota FL 54.08% 9 2 2 Ray Mitchell, Vero Beach FL; R Minehart, N Barrington IL 53.08% 10 Lech Ekert, Bluffton SC; George Matuch, Saint Simons Is GA 53.85% 10 3 Kara Beck - Judy Tracton, Boynton Beach FL 53.00%11/12 5/6 Mindy Fleder - Joan Dziekanski, New York NY 52.62% 11 4 Doug Darnley, Pickering ON; Bing Wong, Whitby ON 52.85%11/12 5/6 Russell Craft - Dee Craft, St Petersburg FL 52.62% 12 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; John Klayman, Haymarket VA 52.77% 5 Izrail Gorian, Port Charlotte FL; James Gordon, Nokomis FL 52.69% 6 Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 52.15% 3 Robert Hevener - Christine Hevener, San Mateo CA 49.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MMM U EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 66.31% 1 1 1 Silvana Zangri, Syosset NY; Richard Morici, Port Washington NY 61.46% 2 Nie Lih Kalat - Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 62.92% 2 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 60.38% 3 Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 59.77% 3 David Yoon, Bayside NY; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 59.31% 4 1 Victor Rodwell - Meredith Rodwell, Clearwater FL 57.92% 4 Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA; Roderic Kerr, Palm City FL 58.77% 5 2 Arthur Hoffman - Philip Waldman, Boynton Beach FL 57.62% 5 2 Sonja Smith, North Granby CT; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 57.92% 6 Brian Schoenfeld - Howard Miller, Virginia Beach VA 55.85% 6 3 2 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 56.46% 7 George Russell, Moore SC; Nancy Colter, Dublin GA 55.46% 7 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Raleigh NC 54.54% 8 Daryl Gahm, Madison AL; Virginia Munafo, Huntsville AL 53.77% 8 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 54.31% 9 Jane Eason - Bill Eason, Nesbit MS 53.69% 9 Marti Cowie - Maria Moore, Lakeland FL 54.00% 10 Samuel Baskinger, Totowa NJ; Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ 53.62% 10 Ronda O’Farrell - Mary Rutledge, Sun City Center FL 53.08%11/12 Pamela Gorbics, Pinellas Park FL; Andrew Lohan, Mahwah NJ 50.46% 11 Yukiko Tokunaga, Japan; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 52.62%11/12 3 Dale Sweetwood, Tempe AZ; John Mackay, St Catharines ON 50.46% 4 John Stafford - Sonia Ostroff, Newcastle ON 49.62% 4 Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA; Paul Wacks, Peabody MA 47.92% 5 1 Ellen Walsdorf, Chicago IL; Alice Flynn, Green Cove Spgs FL 47.69% 6 2 Freida Dohrman, Clearwater FL; Anne Person, Tampa FL 45.69%

MID SWEET ORANGES GOLD RUSH PAIRS 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NNN EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Carrie Osborne, Livonia MI; Maria Conti, Dearborn Hgts MI 62.80% 1 1 Ralph Roberge - Stephen Eddy, Lakeland FL 66.07% 2 Jill Alvarez - Anthony Alvarez, Mission Viejo CA 59.82% 2 2 1 Jessica Styers, Amelia Island FL; Mary Massman, Fernandina FL 56.85% 3 2 1 Phillip Nolen - Mary Jo Yates, Tampa FL 55.36% 3 3 Stephen Saker, Longwood FL; Karin Thomas, Winter Park FL 53.87% 4 3 Jeanne Thomas - Maureen Sutton, Ocala FL 52.38% 4 4 Judy Greengrass - Marty Greengrass, Lutz FL 52.68% 4 George Guarino - Brenda Davis, The Villages FL 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 1 John Heaton - Ann Heaton, Orlando FL 58.63% 1 1 Phyllis Roddy, San Diego CA; Batia Kvashny, La Jolla CA 64.88% 2 2 Patricia Holmes - Robert Vicars Jr, The Villages FL 54.76% 2 Michael Simpson - Mark Bruce, Ocala FL 55.06% 3 3 Jane Bailey, Syracuse IN; Marilyn Stoces, Chesterfield MO 54.17% 3 2 Suzette Greep, New Port Richey FL; Suzanne Boyer, Tarpon Springs FL 52.68% 4 Joseph Sackett, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Katherine Schiffman, Jacksonville FL 52.08% 4 3 Marion Winsor - Anita Perrier, Sun City Center FL 52.08% 2 Carl Ingebretsen, Lake Worth FL; Jane Ingebretsen, Fredericksburg VA 49.70% 4 1 Thomas Fox - Birdie Fox, Atlantic Beach FL 48.51% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Bill Lau - Sheila Naylor, The Villages FL 60.42% 1 1 Roger Newell - Marie Lachance, Viera FL 64.88% 2 Warren Smith - Gloria Smith, Wichita KS 58.33% 2 2 1 Susan Jennings - Steven Jennings, Nacogdoches TX 56.55% 3 2 Dan Woodward - Betty Woodward, Fairview TX 57.44% 3 3 Judy Walk, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Etta Taylor, Hobe Sound FL 53.57% 4 3 Robert Wagner, Orlando FL; Sylvia Blamberg, Westbrook CT 52.08% 4 Gail Davis - Kathy McArthur, Baton Rouge LA 51.19% 4 Debra Murphy - Janice Baker, Jupiter FL 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Tina West, Big Canoe GA; Delores O’Connell, Gainesville FL 59.82% 1 1 Margaret Flynn - Arlene Scollar, Deerfield Beach FL 58.63% 2 2 Beth McArthur, Panama City FL; Melinda Berke, Strongsville OH 58.04% 2 2 Ron Walenius, Toronto ON; Harry Eaglesham, Unionville ON 58.33% 3 3 Sally Kellar, North York ON; Herbert Heller, Pittsburgh PA 54.17% 3 3 James Mosley - Harry Potter, Herndon VA 57.74% 4 4 Grace Meehan, Clearwater FL; Barb Ferrera, Dearborn MI 52.68% 4 4 1 Debra Mueller - Gerard Mueller, Stuart FL 57.44% 1 Donald Smith - Shirley Jarecki, Woodbridge VA 47.92% 2 Barbara Ryburn - Glenn Ryburn, The Villages FL 51.19%


NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Bruce Burns, Palm Harbor FL; Jack Sieling, Pinellas Park FL 65.34% 1 1 Joe Zaksas - Mary Jo Zaksas, Sarasota FL 59.39% 2 2 1 Peter Van Gaasbeek - Debra Van Gaasbeek, New Port Richey FL 60.32% 2 2 Fiona Armson, Inman SC; Glory Stack, Hendersonville NC 59.31% 3 Janine Buss, Port Washington NY; Erich Taylor, West Palm Beach FL 58.61% 3 3 Woody Haynes - R Paul Urbanick, Chicago IL 56.83% 4 3 Robin Brendell, Roslyn Heights NY; Glen Dworkin, Coconut Creek FL 57.48% 4 4 Jane Elliott, Tampa FL; Kathy McKay, Lady Lake FL 55.32% 4 Dustin Hoover - Karl Sokalski, Pittsburgh PA 52.43% 1 Jill French, St John’s NL; Brenda Tobin, 51.83% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SSS EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; Thomas Koslovsky, Huntington NY 61.90% 1 1 Douglas Smith, Terre Haute IN; Craig Smith, Luzern Switzerland 55.06% 2 2 Kathryn Riess, Naples FL; Susan Schweppe, Boulder CO 55.36% 2 2 Dee Gerald - Janet Young, Baton Rouge LA 54.76% 3/4 3/4 Steven Zimmerman - Julie Zimmerman, Winter Park FL 52.38% 3 3 1 Anastasia Tsavaris, St Petersbirg FL; Christine Honadle, St Petersburg FL 53.87% 3/4 3/4 Phyllis Furst, Boca Raton FL; Beverly Boris, Great Neck NY 52.38% 4 Rosalyn Millar - Malcolm Millar, Summerside PE 53.27% 4 Elaine Iwinski, Safety Harbor FL; David Lau, Dunedin FL 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Kate Khanna, Rye NY; Patti Bunston-Gunn, Toronto ON 57.74% 1 1 Ann McKenzie, Jaffrey NH; Mark McKenzie, Shaftsbury VT 55.06% 2 Lori Hays - Mark Hays, Arroyo Grande CA 56.85% 2 Pamela Ames - Kadie Davis, Maryville IL 53.27% 3 Joseph Curley, Estero FL; Charles Curley, Wakefield MA 54.76% 3 2 Casey Holscher - Judith Cortese, Melbourne FL 52.08% 4 2 Janet Farrell - Caryl Mackay, Leesburg FL 52.38% 4 Marshall Williams - Marguerite Gousie, Woonsocket RI 51.49% 3 Patricia Jones, Pickerington OH; Maureen Merker, Mentor OH 48.51% 3 1 Thomas Zimmerman - Claire Zimmerman, Pearland TX 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION V EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Paul Boeggeman - William Fleischman, Leesburg FL 64.29% 1 Tom Rusk, Sanford FL; Edwin Hall, Deland FL 63.39% 2 Carolyn Gornowicz - Jerry Gornowicz, Winter Garden FL 56.25% 2 Starr Oberg - Kenneth Oberg, Bluffton SC 53.57% 3 Dennis Walsh - Eleonore Freihofer, Osprey FL 54.76% 3 1 Richard Buttermore - Wendy Buttermore, Royal Oak MI 52.98% 4 Bob Ondo, Ann Arbor MI; Jane Gardner, Northville MI 54.46% 4 Takeko Toyama, Pinecrest FL; Nancy Cogen, Miami FL 52.08% 1 Janet Rogers - Edith Fiore, Sarasota FL 47.32%

SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GGG HHH EAST-WEST 1 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Richard Budd, Portland ME 60.54% 1 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 63.89% 2 Edward Maier - Susan Gilbert, Sarasota FL 59.33% 2 Paul Munafo - Owen Lynch, Huntsville AL 61.25% 3 Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 58.33% 3 Jane Ball, Doylestown PA; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ 60.11% 4 Jay Levy, Amherst NY; Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY 54.42% 4 Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH; Jeanne Martin, Worcester MA 58.48% 5 George Tornay Jr, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 53.35% 5 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 58.33% 6 Jim Russell, Sarasota FL; Robert Brent, Venice FL 52.71% 6 Helene Mathieu, Sherbrooke QC; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 54.49% 7 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA 52.49% 7 Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 54.42% 8 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 51.64% 8 Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Mike Bandler, Alamo CA 52.64% 9 Marietta Huggard, Sarasota FL; Carolyn Holcomb, Englewood FL 51.50% 9 Ann Rickard, Greer SC; Michael Oechsler, Greenville SC 52.49% 10 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Ruth Stober, Floral Park NY 51.00% 10 John Hassett, Johns Creek GA; Charles Davis, Duluth GA 52.21% 11 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Harriette Buckman, University Park FL 50.93% 11 Aubrey Fein, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL 52.14%

0-10,000 IMP PAIRS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I J K EAST-WEST 1 David Rogers - Sandy McCay, Naples FL 42.68 1 Dexter Senft, Saratoga Spgs NY; Michael McNamara, White Plain NY 58.32 2 Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 40.98 2 Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico; Alberto Cohen, Naucalpah Mexico 50.27 3 Scott Hiller, Naples FL; Mary Anne Geppert, Fort Myers FL 37.37 3 Irina Kislitsyna - Michel Rapoport, Aventura FL 34.98 4 Gonzalo Herrera, Naucalpan Mexico; Patricia Herrera, Mexico Mexico 27.95 4 Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV 31.41 5 Lesley Decker Lucas - Stephen Lucas, Woodbury NY 22.68 5 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD 30.76 6 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA 20.76 6 Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Rob Gordon, Northport NY 30.68 7 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 20.29 7 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 29.80 8 Edward Schusler, Lady Lake FL; John Moschella, Winter Springs FL 18.73 8 Betsy Downs, Chicago IL; Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB 29.37 9 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT 18.10 9 Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA 27.39 10 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 15.46 10 Jeffrey Goldman, Norwalk CT; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT 26.15 11 Detlef Ladewig, Toronto ON; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON 14.88 11 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; David Cantor, Charlotte NC 21.00 12 Freerk Polling - Betty Parker, Palm Bch Gdns FL 14.71 12 Saeed Shah - Shahnaz Shah, Cordova TN 16.51 13 Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA; Lesley Davis, La Jolla CA 13.27 13 Pamela Nisbet, Kanata ON; Diane K.M. Gordon, St Catharines ON 13.95 14 Morris Jones, Monrovia CA; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA 11.90 14 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 10.61 15 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Hal Hindman, Centreville VA 8.68 15 Marc Lachapelle, Saint-Laurent QC; Xavier Combey, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 9.22 16 Philip Benner - Carolyn Benner, El Dorado Hills CA 7.78 16 Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 7.20 17 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 4.51 17 John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Malcolm Morris, London 7.12


MONDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME SESSION 1 OF 6 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SS TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Pamela Ziegel, Petoskey MI 66.99% 1 Joan Webb - Keith Harrison, Trinity FL 63.29% 2 2 Robert Tremblay - Gerard Turcotte, Quebec QC 59.91% 2 Karl Kaiser, Wien; Martin Rokyta, Wien Sweden 61.76% 3 Gail Hanson, Deerfield Beach FL; Gerty Nassi, Aventura FL 58.17% 3 1 Jane Wininger, Glasgow KY; Marjorie Smink, Fort Myers FL 59.80% 4 3 Jacqueline Altschuler - Stuart Altschuler, Naples FL 57.08% 4 2 John Guerra, Naples FL; Gerald Beaubien, Estero FL 59.15% 5 4 Harold George, Wichita KS; Stephen Wright, Edgewater FL 56.54% 5 3 Jeremy Lewis, Glen Allen VA; Marv Norden, Peachland BC 58.82% 6 5 Rawy Shediac, Englewood FL; Dale Rands, Palm Beach FL 56.21% 6 4 Stephanie McAdam, Scottsdale AZ; William McAdam, Naperville IL 57.84% 7 6 1 Susan Kett, Placida FL; Lulie Eide, Naples FL 55.88% 7 Joel Wolfe, West Hartford CT; Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT 56.21% 8 7 2 F Peter Szafran - Penelope Szafran, New Port Richey FL 55.45% 8 Lindsey Weinger, Delray Beach FL; Signe Buus Thomsen, Frederiksberg Denmark 53.81% 9 Robert Sagor, Greenfield MA; Steven Paxhia, Milton MA 51.53% 9 5 Roz Silverstein - Philip Silverstein, Bronx NY 52.94% 10 Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL; Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL 49.67% 10/11 6/7 William Laslo, Valrico FL; Mark Smith, Tampa FL 51.85% 10/11 6/7 Donald Carr, Lakewood Ranch FL; George Subt, Southampton NJ 51.85% 1 Sam Litovsky, Los Angeles CA; Dennis Cogan, Palmetto FL 50.54%

AMERICAN FARMER B/C/D PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS DDD EEE EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 1 Albert Stock - Roy Ladd, Valencia CA 61.69% 1 1 1 Marie Hamilton, Saint-Lambert QC; Elizabeth Kavanagh, Candiac QC 57.77% 2 2 Richard Bredemeyer, Fort Wayne IN; Sandy Craft, Ponte Vedra Bch FL 60.46% 2 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Elizabeth Harris, Auburndale FL 57.00% 3 3 Bonnie Kay Yetter - Edward Yetter, Garland TX 60.23% 3 Josee Hammill - Jill Foran, Toronto ON 56.62% 4 Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Won Yang, Clermont FL 57.31% 4 Andrew Lee, Richmond BC; Ann McDougal, Houston TX 56.31% 5 4 Nelson Daigle - Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 57.15% 5 Linda Miller, Williamsburg VA; William Belanich, Glen Allen VA 54.69% 6 Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS; Anne Mahoney, Moncton NB 55.69% 6 2 Linda Ahrens - Joseph Brouillard, Lincoln RI 54.62% 7 5 Bernard Bernstein, Kissimmee FL; Richard Margolis, Melbourne FL 55.38% 7 3 Aaron Hillel - Sarah Hillel, Toronto ON 54.31% 8 6 1 Marge Hassett - Louise Rancourt, The Villages FL 51.69% 8 4 Carmen Gawish, Brossard QC; Margaret McTavish, Candiac QC 53.31% 9 7 2 James Rash, Bellefontaine OH; Patricia Whalen, Melbourne FL 51.54% 9 Lawrence Sherman, San Diego CA; Mike Munson, La Jolla CA 53.08% 10 8 3 Hellar Nakonechny, Carman MB; Gloria Woloshyn, Winnipeg MB 51.00% 10 Millie Garrison, Riverside CA; Joy McKenzie-Smith, Chapel Hill NC 52.92% 11 Robert Garin - Marie Garin, San Diego CA 50.85% 11 5 Sherman Gao, Lagunawoods CA; Andrew Collins, Little Rock AR 52.46% 6 2 Tracey Guice, Seattle WA; William Campbell, Mercer Island WA 51.77% 7 3 Marcia Rabb - Toni Kuxhausen, Sarasota FL 51.31%

MITCHELL OPEN B-A-M TEAMS 1ST FINAL SESSION SECTIONS A C 1 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Johan Sylvan - Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden 17.00 2/3 Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ 16.00 2/3 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland - Joe Grue - Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 16.00 4 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Spartanburg SC; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 15.75 5/7 Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 15.50 5/7 Lynn Baker - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 15.50 5/7 Richard Ferrin, Washington DC; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ann Lindley - Alfred Duncker, Gaithersburg MD 15.50 8 Bob Drijver, Rotterdam ; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy; Tim Verbeek, ; Bart Nab, Tilburg ; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag ; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL 14.50 9 Stefan Skorchev, London Bulgaria; Gabrielle Sherman - Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; David Treitel, Miami FL 14.0010/11 Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Xin Li - Xian Liang Ou, Guangdong People’s Republic of China 13.5010/11 Barry Bragin, Prospect CT; Joe Rickman, Maryville TN; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN 13.50 SECTIONS B D 1 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL 19.00 2 Aaron Jones, Oceanside CA; Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 18.00 3/4 Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Howard Liu, Burlingame CA 16.00 3/4 Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle - Walter Schuster, Vienna Austria; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Bernardo Biondo, Rome Italy 16.00 5/7 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 15.50 5/7 Daniel Korbel, Rockville MD; David Bakhshi, London England; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; David Gold, Reading Great Britain 15.50 5/7 Jenny Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen 1 Sweden; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 15.50 8 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse ; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 15.009/10 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 14.509/10 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Thomas Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY 14.50

MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S B-A-M TEAMS 1ST FINAL SESSION SECTION Y 1 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX; Migry Zur Campanile - Judi Radin, New York NY 17.00 2 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 16.00 3/4 Jan Assini, Pittsburgh PA; Victoria Gromova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia; Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 15.00 3/4 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY; Linda Perlman, Wellington FL 15.00

GROVE HOUSE A/X/Y PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS M N O EAST-WEST A X Y A X Y 1 1 1 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 61.78% 1 1 Rashid Khan - Vera Carpenter, York ON 63.90% 2 2 2 Katherine Ewing - Edwin Ewing, Sacramento CA 61.74% 2 2 Maris Zilant, North Miami FL; Susan Fuller, Miami FL 60.62% 3 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 61.07% 3 Tina Tessaro, Miami FL; Darcy Parker, Hendersonville NC 59.94% 4 Kay Beck - Jerry Premo, Noblesville IN 60.06% 4 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 58.81% 5/6 3 Terry James, Upper Arlington OH; Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 59.01% 5 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 58.80% 5/6 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 59.01% 6 3 Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 58.73% 7 Sarah Anne Cressy, Falls Church VA; Vonnie Lavender, Burke VA 58.85% 7 James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 58.26% 8 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA 58.06% 8 4 1 George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ; Igor Milman, Brooklyn NY 56.69% 9 4 David Rodney, Fairfax VA; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 57.17% 9 5 2 Lance Marrou, Orlando FL; Ping Chen, Winter Springs FL 56.33% 10 5 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; William Bailey, Palo Alto CA 56.59% 10 6 3 Babak Shafii, Orlando FL; Andrew Wilkin, Casselberry FL 56.29% 11 Michael Creager, Bedford OH; Kenneth Kranyak, Parma OH 56.37% 11 Karen Hoffner, Smithville NJ; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 55.33% 12 Chuck Malcolm, Olathe KS; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 55.73% 12 7 4 Catherine Caplan - Paul Caplan, White Oak PA 55.08% 13 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 55.69% 13 Jerry Weinstein - Sue Weinstein, Las Vegas NV 54.85% 14 6 Iype Koshy, Gretna LA; Tim Joder, Lanesboro MA 55.61% 14 Dwight Bender, London ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 54.45% 15 7 Bob Drake, Wassenaar ; Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague 55.40% 15 8 5 Warren Nelson, Cloquet MN; John Dukellis, Colorado Spgs CO 54.33% 16 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; James Melville, Springfield IL 54.49% 16 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan 54.24% 17 8 3 Marcel Dadon, France; Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA 53.81% 17/18 9/10 6/7 Naren Gupta, Woodside CA; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA 53.37% 18 9 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 53.53% 17/18 9/10 6/7 Rita Ghosn Bichara - Maan El Hachem, New York NY 53.37% 19 10 4 Tarokh Taefi, Atlanta GA; Ann-Marie Crabbe, Toronto ON 53.45% 19 11 8 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Michael Christensen, Redmond WA 53.17% 20 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL 52.84% 20 12 Molly O’Neill - Michael Wolf, Fort Lauderdale FL 52.64% 21 11 5 Judy Fendrick, Marietta GA; Jackie Brown, McCormick SC 52.52% 21 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens, Little Rock AR 51.76% 12 6 Paul Freiberg - Jack Brawner Jr, Naples FL 52.38% 13 7 Kathy Guinyou - Robert Marcus, North York ON 52.08% 14 8 Bob Marett - Ward Schaumberg, Saint Simons Is GA 49.84%


MONDAY AFTERNOON SIDE IMP PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WW XX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Jaenita Johansson, Uuas Sweden 60.80 1 1 Eileen Eastman, Emeryville CA; Dileep Bal, Kapaa HI 41.94 2 1 Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Delray Beach FL 46.29 2 2 1 Betty Wheeler - Robert Wheeler, Bonita Springs FL 35.85 3 2 1 Joanne Lloyd, Palm City FL; Dale Desmond, Florham Park NJ 39.65 3 3 David Ticen, Victoria TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX 32.82 4 Kenneth Titow, Scottsdale AZ; John Van Ness, Carbondale CO 32.76 4 4 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Brandon Fong, Mount Laurel NJ 32.35 5 Ivee Fromkin, Jupiter FL; James Marsh Sternberg, Palm Bch Gdns FL 26.82 5 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 26.12 6 3 David Lodge - Nance Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA 15.62 6 5 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 14.50 7 4 Leslie Cassoff - Arlyne Shockman, Philadelphia PA 13.02 7 6 Jon Lusk - Sally Lusk, Ypsilanti MI 14.18 8 5 Barbara Libman, Lake Worth FL; Helen Topkis, New Hyde Park NY 5.71 8 Pamela Furtsch, Armonk NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY 13.82 9 6 2 Rona Lake, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Springs FL 3.47 9 7 2 Dar Webb, St Petersburg FL; Polly Webb, Lakewood Ranch FL 9.12 7 3 Judy Morris - Sarah Knapp, Grand Rapids MI 3.09 8 Ann Taylor - Patricia Prather, Port St Lucie FL 6.41 8 Serl Zimmerman - Steven Lipson, Palm Desert CA 2.18 3 Barbara Green, Ponte Vedra FL; Nancy Hanna, Jacksonville FL -3.17

MONDAY AFTERNOON GOLD RUSH PAIRS 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NNN EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Robert Witham - Audrey Witham, Clearwater FL 55.65% 1 1 Patricia Holmes - Robert Vicars Jr, The Villages FL 56.55% 2 1 Stephen Saker, Longwood FL; Karin Thomas, Winter Park FL 55.36% 2 Bob Basch - Judy Basch, Williamsburg MI 55.06% 3/4 2/3 Charlotte Barnard - John Barnard, Timberlake NC 54.17% 3/4 2/3 Judith Collins, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Lise Dutil, Palm City FL 52.98% 3/4 2/3 1 George Guarino - Brenda Davis, The Villages FL 54.17% 3/4 2/3 1 Judy Webster - John Webster, Saint Augustine FL 52.98% 4 Ronald Boyers, Casselberry FL; Karen Doddridge, Winter Springs FL 52.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Michael Simpson - Mark Bruce, Ocala FL 62.80% 1 Jill Alvarez - Anthony Alvarez, Mission Viejo CA 58.63% 2 1 1 Marilee Pecorelli, Vero Beach FL; Shirley Wagner, Fitchburg MA 59.23% 2 1 Vicki Valley, Edwardsville IL; Joyce Edwards, Glen Carbon IL 57.44% 3 2 Darlene Zinnen - Marcia Pandjiris, Naples FL 56.85% 3 2 Carrie Osborne, Livonia MI; Maria Conti, Dearborn Hgts MI 56.25% 4 3 Suzette Greep, New Port Richey FL; Suzanne Boyer, Tarpon Springs FL 54.17% 4 3 1 Michael Johnson - Patricia Johnson, Winter Springs FL 54.46% 4 2 Eileen Hunt, Manalapan FL; Deirdre Osofsky, Palm Beach FL 51.49% 4 Dorothy Kemp - Monica Phillips, Key Largo FL 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Roger Newell - Marie Lachance, Viera FL 58.33% 1/2 Rosalyn Millar - Malcolm Millar, Summerside PE 58.93% 2 2 1 Janice Hilyard - Rhonda Norfleet, Wichita KS 55.36% 1/2 Janice Barnes, Lecanto FL; Diane Halloran, Hernando FL 58.93% 3 3 Gail Davis - Kathy McArthur, Baton Rouge LA 53.87% 3 1 Phyllis Furst, Boca Raton FL; Beverly Boris, Great Neck NY 56.85% 4 Elizabeth Aguerrevere, Orlando FL; Margaret Bauerle, Winter Springs FL 53.57% 4 2 Diane Wellstein, Perrysburg OH; Laura Palmer, Auburn AL 50.30% 3 Steven Zimmerman - Julie Zimmerman, Winter Park FL 49.11% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SSS EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Mary Cummins, Leesburg FL; Michelle Crane, Pensacola FL 57.74% 1 1 Lorne Becker - Joy Becker, Dade City FL 54.76% 2 2 Douglas Smith, Terre Haute IN; Craig Smith, Luzern Switzerland 53.87% 2 Warren Smith - Gloria Smith, Wichita KS 54.46% 3/4 3/4 1/2 Anastasia Tsavaris, St Petersbirg FL; Christine Honadle, St Petersburg FL 52.98% 3 2 Bill Lau - Sheila Naylor, The Villages FL 54.17% 3/4 3/4 1/2 Geraldine Hadley, Sun City Center FL; Tom Richard, Dover FL 52.98% 4 3 Marilyn Gusky, Navarre FL; Linda Zdenek, Shalimar FL 53.87% 4/5 Betty Vermillion, Winter Park FL; Dianne Schupak, Orlando FL 50.30% 4/5 Debra Murphy - Janice Baker, Jupiter FL 50.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Ron Walenius, Toronto ON; Harry Eaglesham, Unionville ON 61.90% 1 1 1 Peter Van Gaasbeek - Debra Van Gaasbeek, New Port Richey FL 62.80% 2 2 1 Howard Levenson - Melany Levenson, Naples FL 55.06% 2 2 Bruce Burns, Palm Harbor FL; Jack Sieling, Pinellas Park FL 59.82% 3 3 Margaret Flynn - Arlene Scollar, Deerfield Beach FL 54.76% 3 3 2 Joanne Ahearn, Tarpon Springs FL; Mary Didier, Palm Harbor FL 59.52% 4 4 James Mosley - Harry Potter, Herndon VA 52.68% 4 Janine Buss, Port Washington NY; Erich Taylor, West Palm Beach FL 54.17% 4 Barbara Inskeep - Frances Melia, Naples FL 49.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Jane Elliott, Tampa FL; Kathy McKay, Lady Lake FL 69.35% 1 1 Tina West, Big Canoe GA; Delores O’Connell, Gainesville FL 60.42% 2 2 Fiona Armson, Inman SC; Glory Stack, Hendersonville NC 62.20% 2 2 1 Douglas Smith - Andrew Kelly, The Villages FL 60.12% 3 3 Marilyn Chaplin - Mel Chaplin, Brentwood CA 55.06% 3 3 2 Debra Mueller - Gerard Mueller, Stuart FL 54.46% 4 4 1 Jill French, St John’s NL; Brenda Tobin, 52.38% 4 4 Howard Seybold - Kay Seybold, Longwood FL 54.17% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Ann McKenzie, Jaffrey NH; Mark McKenzie, Shaftsbury VT 60.42% 1 Dee Daigle, Lafayette LA; Jane Ardoin, Eunice LA 57.74% 2 Pamela Ames - Kadie Davis, Maryville IL 59.23% 2 1 Cindy Schaefer - Alan Schaefer, Houston TX 53.57% 3 2 Casey Holscher - Judith Cortese, Melbourne FL 57.44% 3 Bob Ondo, Ann Arbor MI; Jane Gardner, Northville MI 52.98% 4 Joseph Curley, Estero FL; Charles Curley, Wakefield MA 55.95% 4 Roberta Sylvia - Marion Martin, Vero Beach FL 52.68% 3 Brenda Griffiths, Pickering ON; Mary Wong, Whitby ON 51.79% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MMM EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Cynthia Blanchard - Ginger Hebert, Lafayette LA 60.12% 1 Marshall Williams - Marguerite Gousie, Woonsocket RI 61.90% 2 Tom Rusk, Sanford FL; Edwin Hall, Deland FL 54.46% 2/3 1/2 Mary Ellen Kammert, Altamonte Spg FL; Robert Shaffer, Orlando FL 52.38% 3 Starr Oberg - Kenneth Oberg, Bluffton SC 52.08% 2/3 1/2 Janet Farrell - Caryl Mackay, Leesburg FL 52.38% 4 1 Janet Rogers - Edith Fiore, Sarasota FL 50.00% 4 3 Kate Khanna, Rye NY; Patti Bunston-Gunn, Toronto ON 49.11% 1 Thomas Zimmerman - Claire Zimmerman, Pearland TX 46.43%

MONDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Nancy Waddell - Glenda Lukinuk, Peterborough ON 66.58% 1 1 1 Paul Murr - Linda Tubbiolo, Williamsburg VA 64.50% 2 2 Joe Jones, Memphis TN; Stephanie Threlkeld, Germantown TN 56.33% 2 Patrick Lysaught - Patricia Lysaught, Overland Park KS 62.50% 3 1 Cynthia Marks, Clearwater FL; Vicki Sorensen, Longwood FL 52.00% 3 Patricia Foley, Wakefield MA; Richard Mead, Winter Park FL 51.40% 2 Thomas Rogers - Nancy Butler-Rogers, North Venice FL 50.58% 2 2 Jan Ladd - Tomoko Stock, 48.00%

NAVEL ORANGES 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Steve Despot, Bradenton FL; Sherry Pies, Lakewood Ranch FL 63.10% 1/2 1/2 Fay Lukoskie, Fairfield Glade TN; Homer Jeffers, Crossville TN 55.95% 2 David Evans - Yvonne Evans, Greensboro NC 58.93% 1/2 1/2 Alan Richmond - Charles Morn, Atlanta GA 55.95% 3 2 1 Eileen Norris - Jackie Sanders, Beaverton OR 51.49% 3 3 Jan Amara - Paula Hagan, Venice FL 55.65% 3 2 Patricia Banfield, St Petersburg FL; Diane Fitzgibbon, Clearwater FL 50.30% 1 Veronica Berlin - Franklin Gomes, Walnut Creek CA 54.46% 2 Cynthia Der Hagopian, Winter Park FL; Bonnie King, Orlando FL 46.13% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Terri Coil - Becky Kelley, Atlanta GA 66.07% 1 1 Betty Lemon - Marilyn Ankenmann, Toronto ON 63.69% 2 1 1 Enid Marcus - Linda Simon, Boynton Beach FL 60.71% 2 2 David Fredlund - Carol Fredlund, Minneapolis MN 55.95% 3 2 Maryann Bishop, Washington DC; Barbara Show, Leesburg VA 53.57% 3 3 1 Anthony Chiocchi - Damon Suden, New York NY 55.36% 3 Mohammad Yadegari - Priscilla Yadegari, Schenectady NY 48.81% 2 Shirley Tanner, Cottonwood Hgts UT; Judy Gibson, South Jordan UT 51.49% 2 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Theresa Raines, Fort Washington MD 44.35%


Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsBridge is Great in Unit 128

Wednesday, November 30, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Wednesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 2nd Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Atlantic Hall C, 1st level $16 $20

Wednesday, November 30, 10 a.m.Bridge Reference Decks 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Bridge Reference Decks 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Wednesday, November 30, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.Russ Arnold Memorial Stratified Fast Open Pairs 1-2 Northern Hemisphere A, 5th level $16 $20

Wednesday, November 30, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.The Bidding Box Strati-Flighted Daylight A/X/Y Swiss Teams 1-2 Southern Hemisphere III, 5th level $16 $20Strati-Flighted Daylight B/C/D Swiss Teams 1-2 Southern Hemisphere III, 5th level $16 $20

Wednesday, November 30, 1 p.m.Martha McGhee Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 5th single session Pacific Hall B, 1st level $16 $20

Wednesday, November 30, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 SF Northern Hemisphere B, 5th level $25 —0-5000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 SF Northern Hemisphere C, 5th level $17 —WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F Northern Hemisphere E, 5th level $25 —Jayne Thomas Memorial Wednesday-Thursday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Cessy Rubinson Strati-Flighted A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Strati-Flighted B/C Swiss Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Gold Rush 750/300 Swiss Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20 Gold points for 750.Spike & Duffy Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Pacific Hall B, 1st level $16 $20

Wednesday, November 30, 3 p.m.Bridge Reference Decks 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Bridge Reference Decks 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Wednesday, November 30, 7:30 p.m.Stratified Side Board-a-Match Teams single Pacific Hall B, 1st level $15 $19 Open to Swiss drop-ins and new entrantsMonday-Wednesday Side Game Series 6th single session Pacific Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Bridge Reference Decks 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Bridge Reference Decks 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Wednesday, November 30, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $12/team/match

Note: Entry for the REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS required by 9 p.m. Thursday.

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events.*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International FundIn 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.

LAKE WALES DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS JJJ LLL EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Harry Nuckols - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 63.92% 1 1 Marian Howarth - Darrow Neves, Sun City Center FL 60.08% 2 Russell Johnson - Gregory Trautman, Olympia WA 63.00% 2 Gary Neisler, N Richland Hls TX; Robert Buchanan, Arlington TX 58.85% 3 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam 59.46% 3 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 57.23% 4 1 Lou Rabinowitz, Bradenton FL; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasota FL 57.69% 4 Bart Reiss, New York City NY; Marin Marinov, New York NY 57.15% 5 Pamela Wilton - Jesus Arias, New York NY 57.08% 5 Brian Schoenfeld - Howard Miller, Virginia Beach VA 55.62% 6 2 Gregory Bardes - Adel Eryan, Tampa FL 56.00% 6 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 52.62% 7 3 1 Ray Mitchell, Vero Beach FL; R Minehart, N Barrington IL 55.69% 7 Jim Maxwell, Venice FL; Ann Turner, Nokomis FL 52.23% 8 Dorothy Johnson, Jacksonville FL; Barbara McCallon, Saint Augustine FL 55.46% 8 2 Steve Zolotow - Janis Lilie, Las Vegas NV 51.31% 9 4 Jeffery Jones, Vero Beach FL; Michael Zeller, York PA 54.92% 9 Fred Hawa, White Plains NY; Roonie Kennedy, Bronxville NY 51.00% 10 Rita Gilliland, Rockledge FL; Judith Groover, Fort Myers FL 54.38% 10 3 1 Penny Lounsberry - Babs Thacker, Clearwater FL 50.92% 11 Pam Himes - Jerry Himes, Albuquerque NM 53.62% 11 Mark Tang, Seal Beach CA; Roderic Kerr, Palm City FL 50.54% 12 Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO; Judy Hummel, Colorado Spgs CO 53.38% 12 4 Anton Habash, Oxford OH; Laura Owens, Loveland OH 49.92% 5 Arlene McIntosh - Susan Frisch, The Villages FL 52.08% 5 Peter Peng, Tierra Verde FL; Michael Varhalamas, Pinellas Park FL 49.38% 6 Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY; Junko Hemus, Windermere FL 51.62% 6 Victor Rodwell - Meredith Rodwell, Clearwater FL 49.23% 2 Gilbert Lege - Leslie Lege, Crossville TN 46.15% 2 Peter Lenhart - Robert McClelland, Kissimmee FL 48.92% 3 Russell Craft - Dee Craft, St Petersburg FL 43.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS U V EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Raleigh NC 61.69% 1 Pamela Gorbics, Pinellas Park FL; Andrew Lohan, Mahwah NJ 63.31% 2 Marti Cowie - Maria Moore, Lakeland FL 59.92% 2 David Yoon, Bayside NY; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 63.23% 3 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA 59.15% 3 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 60.15% 4 1 Sonja Smith, North Granby CT; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 59.08% 4 George Russell, Moore SC; Nancy Colter, Dublin GA 59.54% 5 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 58.77% 5 Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 58.38% 6 2 1 Sheila Fleming - Peggy Sciotto, Columbia TN 57.62% 6 1 1 Ellen Walsdorf, Chicago IL; Alice Flynn, Green Cove Spgs FL 55.62% 7 David Platnick, Charlottesville VA; Marsha Platnick, Bluefield WV 56.23% 7 2 Arthur Hoffman - Philip Waldman, Boynton Beach FL 54.92% 8 Vincent Grande Jr, Jupiter FL; Stan Schretter, Palm Bch Gdns FL 55.85% 8 3 Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 54.62% 9 3 Patricia Estes, Maitland FL; Bob Kern, Atlantic Beach NC 54.31% 9 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Mara Tuttle, Orlando FL 54.46% 10 Gary Schwartz, Huntsville AL; Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC 54.15% 10 R. Arthur Cannamela, Jr - Mary Lou Cannamela, Roswell GA 52.08% 11 Daryl Gahm, Madison AL; Virginia Munafo, Huntsville AL 52.54% 11 Peggy Yeager - Raymond Depew, Naples FL 51.46% 4 2 Lucy Tillman - Terry Carpenter, The Villages FL 52.15% 4 2 Newton Brightwell - Marilyn Brightwell, Osprey FL 50.69% 5 John Stafford - Sonia Ostroff, Newcastle ON 50.54% 5 Doug Darnley, Pickering ON; Bing Wong, Whitby ON 50.54% 6 Edward Dickman, Trinity FL; Jerry Kissel, Clearwater FL 50.00% 3 Carmon Lee Woodley, Niceville FL; Sylvia Jackson, Edmond OK 47.92%

SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GGG HHH EAST-WEST 1 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 63.96% 1 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 72.86% 2 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 61.54% 2 Alan Braunstein, Brandon FL; William Schwarz, Tampa FL 57.12% 3 Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY 60.04% 3 Marietta Huggard, Sarasota FL; Carolyn Holcomb, Englewood FL 57.05% 4 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Richard Budd, Portland ME 58.40% 4 Paul Munafo - Owen Lynch, Huntsville AL 54.77% 5 Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 57.48% 5 John Hassett, Johns Creek GA; Charles Davis, Duluth GA 54.56% 6 Craig Hemphill - Alexander Weiss, Jacksonville FL 54.77% 6 David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA 53.21% 7 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 53.99% 7 Sedat Nassi, Aventura FL; David Reiter, Dania FL 52.78% 8 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Teresa Sackett, Rochester MN 52.85% 8 Cecily Larmon, Hobe Sound FL; Gail Nye, Palm City FL 52.49% 9 Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA; Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA 52.71% 9 Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA; Edward Rauch, Fort Lauderdale FL 51.99% 10 Helene Mathieu, Sherbrooke QC; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 52.07% 10 Jim Russell, Sarasota FL; Robert Brent, Venice FL 51.78%11/12 Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 51.99% 11 Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT; Larry Bausher, West Haven CT 51.28%11/12 George Tornay Jr, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 51.99%


Bridge is Great in Unit 128Tuesday, November 29, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 1st Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Sunday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 3rd Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Monday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Atlantic Hall C, 1st level $16 $20

Tuesday, November 29, 10 a.m.Sue Smith of Pensacola 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19Sue Smith of Pensacola 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Tuesday, November 29, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Marty Baff Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Southern Hemisphere III, 5th level $16 $20Monday-Tuesday Daylight Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Southern Hemisphere III, 5th level $16 $20

Tuesday, November 29, Noon & 7 p.m.BAZE SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Europe 5, 3rd level $25 —

Tuesday, November 29, 1 p.m.John Morris Memorial Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Pacific Hall C, 1st level $16 $20

Tuesday, November 29, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Northern Hemisphere B, 5th level $25 — Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions.0-5000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Northern Hemisphere C, 5th level $17 — Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions. Limited to players with fewer than 5000 masterpoints.WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 Q Pacific Hall C, 1st level $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions0-10,000 IMP PAIRS 1-2 F Northern Hemisphere E, 5th level $17 —Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Monday-Tuesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Arthur L. Willis Memorial Strati-Flighted A/B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Pacific Hall B, 1st level $16 $20Geoffrey R. Cross Memorial Gold Rush 750/500/200 Pairs 1-2 Pacific Hall B, 1st level $16 $20

Tuesday, November 29, 3 p.m.St. Augustine DBC 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19St. Augustine DBC 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15 Note: Events NOT played at the St. Augustine DBC!

Tuesday, November 29, 7:30 p.m.Strati-Flighted A/X/Y Side Swiss Teams single Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $15 $19Strati-Flighted B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Atlantic Hall B, 1st level $15 $19Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 4th single session Pacific Hall C, 1st level $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $15 $15

Tuesday, November 29, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Southern Hemisphere I, 5th level $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events.*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International FundIn 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 Bridge Events

Notice to Players Who Live Outside North AmericaParticipation in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs is limited to those ACBL members who have earned a Blue Ribbon qualification (or those members on the

Lifetime Top 100 masterpoint list). Foreign players who have not earned a Blue Ribbon qualification but feel they are otherwise qualified must receive a waiver prior to the commencement of these contests. Previously granted waivers will not be honored for the Blue Ribbon Pairs.

For waiver information, please arrive early and see the Director-in-Charge at the selling site.

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