Friday, December 6, 2019 Volume 92, Number 8 …Friday, Dec. 6 Beard Papa fresh cream puffs....

Several top-level partnerships have discovered Joyjit Sensarma is the go-to guy for helping them practice their methods and getting better results. Sensarma of New Dehli has coached top pairs and teams from India for many years, and he developed a process for doing so that has started to gain attention in other parts of the world.

Sensarma, a retired vice president of information technology for a Fortune 200 company, says that bridge has always been his hobby, but his interest in system development in the corporate world led him to think of ways that top-level bridge partnerships might benefit from a more formal approach to developing their convention cards and bidding systems.

ATTENDANCEthrough Thursday7856 tables

Daily BulletinFriday, December 6, 2019 Volume 92, Number 8

92nd Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski

Goodwill MessageEveryone plays to win; when it’s not your turn to

head the list, let your sportsmanship shine. Winning is only part of being a champion.

Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky Goodwill Committee

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Mark your calendars for The Great World Bridge Day on Thursday, Dec. 12. The event will be celebrated on Bridge Base Online and Funbridge where players can enjoy two daylong tournaments (one IMPs, one matchpoints). The games will be free of charge. Prizes and online masterpoints will be awarded to the winners.

The Great World Bridge Day will also serve as the launch of the first World Online Championship (WOC). The WOC will bring together online bridge players from all around the globe in a unique event. With $500,000 (U.S.) in cash prizes – including $100,000 to the winner – this will be the biggest prize pool ever seen in a bridge tournament. In addition, the winner(s) will be awarded titles of World Online Champion. National and international masterpoints and titles will also be allocated.

Great World Bridge Day is Dec. 12The WOC will take place from March to

November 2020 on BBO, Funbridge and China Bridge Online platforms.

The WOC is open to all bridge players in the world, and will take place in two phases:

1. Qualification phase from March to August 2020.

2. Live final phase over three days in November 2020 with up to 500 qualifiers invited to the venue (travel and accommodation provided).

Zia Mahmood says, “Bridge players around the world are waking up to the news of the upcoming World Online Championship. The brainchild of José Damiani, this novel event looks like it will be the largest tournament ever held. I know I will join thousands of others in chasing the $500,000 prize fund. This event will be too good to miss, but, please, don’t play in it ... I want a better chance of winning the $100,000 myself!”

Hi-tech Coach“I first created a series of six bidding modules

that allows pairs to explore their methods in more detail. Each takes about two hours for the pairs to go through, and the modules bring up topics for the pairs to discuss or reveal weak spots that the partnership might have,” he said.

Next, if a pair wants to practice hands that focus on a specific topic, such as, say, high-level competitive bidding, continuations in inverted minor auctions, or slam cuebidding, Sensarma will search online archives from recent top-level play to find hands that match the requested topic. The partnership can then practice, using the deals that Sensarma has curated for that purpose.

“It’s not enough just to examine the first and second round of conventional sequences. Top players need for their agreements to extend to later rounds of bidding. My job is not to suggest to these experts what to play, but rather help them examine their own system preferences in detail and help build up partnership trust,” he said.

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The Soloway KO Teams champions: Bas Drijver, Michal Nowosadzki, Jacek Pszczola, Jacek Kalita, Sjoert Brink. Josef Blass (not pictured) is non-playing captain.

Phil Clayton on Frisco TX and Jonathan Cohn of Gilette WY won the 0–6000 Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs on Thursday. They were second going into each of the final sessions, having qualified ninth on Tuesday. They scored a 56.00% and a 51.14% in the final to

Clayton, Cohn win Mini-Blues

Winners of the 0–6000 Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs: Phil Clayton and Jonathan Cohn

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Roger Lee and Wei Wang triumphed in the prestigious, six-session Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, finishing about a half board ahead of runners-up Richard Pavlicek and Jim Munday.

Lee, Wang win Blue Ribbon Pairs

Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs winners Roger Lee and Wei Wang

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After trailing their opponents for the first three quarters of the match, Josef Blass npc defeated Nick Nickell’s squad in the final of the Soloway Knockout Teams, 123-102.

Blass, down 20 IMPs after the first three sets, unleashed a 51-10 run in the final quarter to defeat Nickell by 21 IMPs in the inaugural running of the contest.

Playing for Blass was Jacek Pszczola, Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki, Sjoert Brink and Sebastiaan Drijver.

Nickell’s lineup was Ralph Katz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Robert Levin and Steve Weinstein.

Blass rallies in Q4 to win Soloway KO

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Li, Dekkers sprint to lead in 10K Fast Pairs

Li Yiting of Herndon VA and Laura Dekkers of Rotterdam, Netherlands, posted the top result in yesterday’s opening round of the 0-10,000 Fast Pairs. The duo scored 62% in the first qualifying session and a healthy 69% in the second to start today’s

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Travis, Treiber lead Senior Mixed

Diane Travis of Cincinnati OH and Frank Treiber of Toledo OH topped the qualifying round of the Senior Mixed Pairs on Thursday, scoring 61.54% and 62.13% respectively in the afternoon and evening sessions.

In second are Markland Jones of Phoenix AZ and Patricia Dovell of Gainesville FL, while third place currently belongs to Daniel Rubinfeld of Berkeley CA and Hall of Famer Judi Radin of New York City.

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Friday, Dec. 69:15 am Jennifer Jones Tips for Success at Bridge6:45 pm Adam Parrish When to Bid Notrump

Saturday, Dec. 79:15 am Ellen Kent How to Bid a Minor-Suit Slam

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Friday, December 610 am–6 pm World Computer Bridge Championship. (Sierra H, level 5)

Saturday, December 710 am–6 pm World Computer Bridge Championship. (Sierra H, level 5)

Sunday, December 8TBA Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (outside Yerba Buena 8,

Lower Level)

HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENTFood will be served after the evening session through Saturday, Dec. 7.

Friday, Dec. 6 Beard Papa fresh cream puffs.

Saturday, Dec. 7 Fresh fruit.

ParkingParking is difficult in San Francisco. The

Marriott offers valet parking only, for $79.99 a day. There is a municipal parking garage on Mission between Fourth and Fifth streets. Rates are $3/hour, with a $34 daily maximum.

Restrictions for certain events in 2020

Players should be aware of the following decision by the ACBL Board of Directors which will take effect in 2020.

Any player who has won a contest that carries ACBL Grand Life Master eligibility (most open NABC contests or equivalent events such as world championship titles or the U.S./Canadian team trials) will be treated as if they possess at least 10,000 masterpoints (if they haven’t already acquired that total) for the purposes of flighting, stratification and KO bracketing. Essentially, anyone who has won an open NABC title can’t play in a masterpoint-restricted event, including the so-called “10K” events at NABCs, where participation is limited to players with less than 10,000 points.

Additionally, the ACBL Seeding Committee has updated the eligibility points of many players, especially those from outside North American, which may alter player seeding points for top-level events. Email notifications of these changes will be sent to players in January.

Lilie MemorialA gathering to honor the memory of Harold Lilie

will be held Friday night after the evening session in Room 1443 at the Marriott. Players are encouraged to attend to share memories of Harold.

Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Talks will be held in the SoMa Room, level 2. Speakers and topics are subject to change.

Recorder RemindersSome tips from the ACBL National Recorder:

• The writing on your convention card should be legible.

• Gossiping about another player’s poor ethics is a violation of the Code of Disciplinary Regulations. If you have reason to believe that another player is unethical, put your information in a Player Memo.

• Most director rulings are appealable. While you may politely voice disagreement with the ruling to the director, arguing in a hostile manner isn’t permissible. In addition, loud discussions of the ruling may provide unauthorized information to the tables around you.

• Carelessly allowing the scores in your convention card to be visible is almost as bad as trying to look at somebody else’s scores.

• A Multi 2♦ (showing a weak two-bid in either major) is permitted in segments of at least 6 boards in Open+ Chart events only. When permitted, such a bid must be pre-Alerted, and the ACBL approved defenses must be made available to the opponents.

• When your right-hand opponent makes a bid higher than the minimum level in that strain (a skip bid), you are obligated to pause for approximately 10 seconds. Failure to do so may constitute unauthorized information and could result in an adjusted score.

You ought to be in picturesPlayers who attain the rank of Life Master in San

Francisco are invited to stop by the Daily Bulletin office to get their photos taken.

The office is located in Foothill F on the second floor of the Marriott.

Players who attain higher ranks such as Bronze, Silver or Gold Life Master are also welcome to get their photos taken.

The office is open at noon each day.

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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 they believe to be 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.

If diamonds are 4-2, cross to the ♠K and ruff another diamond, setting up dummy’s fifth diamond. Now draw trumps and hope spades are 3-2. If so, dummy’s fifth diamond will provide a resting place for your losing heart, using the ♥A as the entry to wrap it all up.

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

This line of play basically requires spades to be 3-2 (68%) if diamonds are 4-2 because you are going to have to ruff three times in your hand (two diamonds and a club). However, if diamonds are 3-3, you can even handle 4-1 spades. But you do come home lame if diamonds are 5-1 (15%) and the ♥Q was with East all along. Nonetheless, the play of the ♥K at trick five is far and away a better play than sticking in the jack or playing low.

Bridge Bucks and check cashing

Bridge Bucks and check-cashing services will be available on level B2 from 9:30 to 10 a.m. and noon to 1 p.m.

Check-cashing limit is $500.Players may purchase Bridge Bucks using all

major credit cards.

JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSTake All Your Chances

By Eddie Kantar North (Partner) ♠ K 6 ♥ A 3 2 ♦ A Q 5 4 2 ♣ J 5 2

South (You) ♠ A Q J 10 9 2 ♥ K J 5 ♦ 9 3 ♣ 7 3

You respond 1♠ to partner’s 1♦ opening bid and leap to 4♠ after partner rebids 1NT.

West starts out with the ♣K Q and a club to East’s ace. You ruff and lead a diamond to the queen, trying to set up a diamond for a heart discard while dummy remains with side-suit entries. East wins the ♦K (otherwise this hand wouldn’t be in here!) and exits with a low heart. Plan the play.

Well, you can stick in the jack, and if it holds, you have 10 tricks, but what it if is covered? Now you must use your ♥A entry to dummy to take the trick. This is the entry you need to set up the diamonds. You have just put all of your eggs in the heart-finesse basket, the wrong basket. You will go down if West has the ♥Q even if diamonds are 3-3 or 4-2 because you won’t be able to draw trumps ending in dummy if the diamonds set up.

The stronger play is the ♥K followed by the ♦A and a diamond ruff. If diamonds are 3-3, draw trumps and discard a losing heart on a winning diamond, using the ♥A as the final dummy entry.

Kent Taylor of Half Moon Bay started playing rubber bridge four years ago. This summer he happened to be in Las Vegas at the same time as the NABC and decided to try duplicate. “I just stumbled into it and found the I/N room,” he said. “They said, ‘You can play for free,” and I said, ‘Really!?’ I got the bug.” When he got home, he started playing at the club in Half Moon Bay every week. By the time 0–5 day rolled around last Friday, he had 4.98 masterpoints. “So I got to play for free again.” At this tournament, he’s been having a lot of success in the 0–20 games, placing second five times with five different partners, usually getting a section top. He had his best game so far on Thursday with Barbara Posch of Belmont CA, who has been taking lessons at the club in Half Moon Bay for a year but has rarely played in any games outside the lessons. Playing in her first tournament game ever, they scored 61.9%.

STEM contacts neededThe ACBL Educational Foundation is

searching for ACBL members who have may have contacts with national STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) accreditation bodies. The Ed Foundation’s plan is to create bridge modules that can be integrated into STEM curriculums at schools in the U.S.

Members with information or leads should contact Project Committee Chair Barbara Heller at [email protected].

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.

Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in the playing area

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

Buy your NABC entry online

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


A bridge partnership in 2020: Columbus and

GatlinburgCiting their close proximity on the map and on

the calendar, organizers for the Columbus NABC (Mar. 19-29) and the Gatlinburg Regional (Apr. 20-26) have teamed up to entice players to attend both events next year.

The local host committees for in Columbus and Gatlinburg – the largest regional in the ACBL – believe they have a successful formula not only to increase player enjoyment at these events but also increase overall attendance.

Players who participate in at least five events at the Columbus NABC and the Gatlinburg Regional will be eligible for two special raffles – one for players with less than 750 MPs and one for players with more. A first-, second- and third-place award will be made worth $400, $200 and $100 to a player in each of these categories at the conclusion of the Gatlinburg tournament with winners notified by email.

Next, three separate, random drawings will be made at the conclusion of the Columbus NABC awarding a week’s free stay at one of the host hotels in Gatlinburg. The more you play, the more chances you have to win the free week.

Also, a separate raffle for an attractions pass for two will be made at the conclusion of the Columbus NABC. This pass entitles the winner to visit all attractions in Gatlinburg (valued at $1200 and offered by the Gatlinburg Visitor and Convention Bureau).

Additional raffles are being planned for the Columbus NABC, and special events will be held for District 7 players in Columbus.

VendorsPlayers are invited to check out the vendors on

the bottom level of the Marriott. Whether you’re in the market for bridge-related books, software, dealing machines, jewelry or clothing, you’ll find it there.

QUALIFIERS IN THE SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 48.0 Tables Carryover 1 Diane Travis, Cincinnati OH; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH 141.24 2 Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ; Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 125.39 3 Daniel Rubinfeld, Berkeley CA; Judi Radin, New York NY 120.78 4 Elizabeth Marcus - Harlan Hullinger, San Francisco CA 102.14 5 Sylvie Willard, Paris France; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 101.06 6 Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 96.43 7 Wallace Young - Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 92.74 8 Helene Bauman, Las Vegas NV; Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 85.04 9 Joan Jackson - Norman Beck, Dallas TX 80.50 10 Marolyn Imaoka, San Jose CA; Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA 80.05 11 Tobi Sokolow - David Sokolow, Austin TX 79.66 12 Bette Strauch - John Strauch, San Diego CA 78.23 13/14 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 76.42 13/14 Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC; Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC 76.42 15 Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Donna Dulet, Ocean NJ 73.70 16 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 73.25 17 Vicki Lerner - Don Friedman, San Francisco CA 71.43 18 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Steve Hubbell, Mountain View CA 70.98 19 Tom Jacobson, Fairfield CA; Panette Talia, Kelseyville CA 70.15 20 Sidney Lorvan, Pacifica CA; Audrey Rennels, Laguna Woods CA 70.07 21 Nancy Lowry, Virginia Beach VA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 68.57 22 Susan Stubinski - Bruce Wick, Houston TX 64.63 23 Solbritt Lindahl, Evenskjer Norway; Geir Engebretsen, Valderoy Norway 64.18 24 Michael Wolf - Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 63.27 25 Jeremy Willans - Jill Skinner, Ticehurst Wad UK 62.37 26/27 Mindy Foos - Michael Fleisher, Campbell CA 61.46 26/27 Bill Irvine, Delray Beach FL; Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL 61.46 28 Ron Ashbacher, St. Louis MO; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 61.13 29 Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 59.94 30 Barbara Heller - Don Laycock, Knoxville TN 59.89 31 Susan Fuller - Michael Ranis, Miami FL 58.74 32 Craig Kavin, Newbury Park CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 58.49 33 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 58.29 34 Abe Pineles, Palm Desert CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 56.93 35 Suzi Subeck - Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 52.39 36 Glenn Eisenstein - Peggy Ellis, New York NY 50.84 37 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Sasakatoon SK 50.21 38 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 50.12 39 Bill Halliday - Kathie Macnab, Halifax NS 49.02 40 Michael Kelley - Martina Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 47.86 41 Lee Ohliger - Joyce Menezes, Ridgewood NJ 47.40 42 Janet Becker – R. Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 46.95 43 Herman Louie - Ming Louie, Henderson NV 45.19 44 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Bob Heller, Knoxville TN 44.23 45 Jo Morse, Boise ID; William Arlinghaus, Meridian MS 38.79 46/47 Bruce Luttrell - Barbara Luttrell, San Jose CA 38.34 46/47 Joan Lewis - Robert Hopkins Jr., Arlington VA 38.34 48/49 Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 36.52 48/49 Steve Gross, Agoura Hills CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 36.52 50 Pamela Nisbet, Kanata ON; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX 36.07 51 Muriel Altus - Philip Altus, Tampa FL 35.27 52 Mary Ose, Incline Village NV; Harold George, Wichita KS 34.24 53/54 Edward Frymoyer, Bainbridge Isle WA; Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA 32.90 53/54 William Van Dame - Lesly Van Dame, Houston TX 32.90 55 Bruce Blakely, San Rafael CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA 32.70 56 Roy Perry, St John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE 31.83 57 Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA; Carol Hamilton, Sarasota FL 27.91 58 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, North Richland Hills TX 27.59 59 Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 26.27 60 Susan Glasspiegel - Robert Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT 26.15 61 C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Peninsula CA; Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires Argentina 25.19 62 Christopher Smith, Vero Beach FL; Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 25.04 63 Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Chicago IL 24.73 64 Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 24.39 65 Richard Williams - Jody Williams, San Carlos CA 22.01 66 Felicity Moore - William Kass, Albuquerque NM 21.11 67 Patricia Griffin, San Rafael CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 20.94 68 Maris Zilant, Miami FL; Roger Passal, Woodside CA 20.20 69 David Johnson, Calgary AB; Lynn Blumenthal, Santa Rosa CA 17.48 70 Linda Rothstein - Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY 16.57 71 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS 15.21 72 Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY; Michael Rosen, New York NY 14.76 73 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 13.40 74 Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 12.96 75 Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA; Robert Perlsweig, Pacific Palisades CA 12.95 76 Phyllis Rakevich, Yuma AZ; Ronald Woodard, Palm Springs CA 12.43 77 John Meinking, Maineville OH; Lorna Davis, West Chester OH 12.04 78 Paul Cozzi, Toronto ON; Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA 11.59 79 Allan Graves, St. Johnsbury VT; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 10.80 80 Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 9.77 81 Robert Ng, Millbrae CA; Susan Zhang, Los Altos Hills CA 9.46 82 Jacqueline Ortiz, Rohnert Park CA; Paul Gelb, Palm Springs CA 9.32 83 Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 8.99 84 Sigrid Price - Russell Quinnell, Napa CA 8.11 85 Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; John Chan, Sacramento CA 7.51 86 Diane Schnarr - Paul Schnarr, Salt Lake City UT 6.94 87 Jack Waller, Dana Point CA; Chiye Horiguchi, Gardena CA 6.60 88 Karen Turner - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 6.36 89 Donald Kersey - Paddy Allan, Kingston ON 6.31 90 David Gambelin, San Jose CA; Diane Shannon, Campbell CA 6.14 91 Phil Warden - Mary Warden, Madison WI 4.33


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World Bridge Day

Former WBF President José Damiani says, “I am very proud of this new initiative which will combine the WBF and its national bridge organizations with the biggest online bridge platforms in a new major event, which represents a key milestone for the development of the bridge. We are also very happy to partner with Bridge Base Online, Funbridge and CBO who will provide a state-of-the-art technology platform where bridge players all over the world are playing and having fun.”


Blue Ribbon


Mini-Blue

win by 4.73 matchpoints, about a quarter of a board.It’s Cohn’s first win in a limited NABC event.

Clayton has previously won the NABC 0–10,000 Pairs last year and the NABC Robot Individual last week.

“It’s a war of attrition,” Clayton said. “All the good games did poorly and all the poor games did well. We had a solid last round that pushed us up from sixth to first.”

In second were Leila Sink of Los Gatos CA and John Hoffman of Mountain View CA. It’s their third time finishing second in a limited NABC event.

Runners-up in the 0–6000 Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs: Leila Sink and John Hoffman

KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 36.0 Tables / Based on 144 Tables190.00 1 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Wei Wang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 1123.36142.50 2 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 1107.78106.88 3 John Ramos, Los Angeles CA; Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA 1075.07 87.69 4 David Gold, London England; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 1065.27 81.43 5 Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ; Philippe Cronier, Paris France 1049.84 76.00 6 Ron Gerard, White Plains NY; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 1041.63 71.25 7 Phillip King, Harrow UK; Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA 1028.75 67.06 8 Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 1025.89 63.33 9 Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel; Dennis Bilde, Copenhagen Denmark 1024.36 60.00 10 Mihaela Balint - Itamar Ginossar, Bucharest Romania 1019.42 57.00 11 David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 1015.49 54.29 12 Mikhail Krasnoselskii - Sergey Orlov, Moscow Russia 1013.57 51.82 13 Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake MN; Serdar Ogut, Darien IL 1011.59 49.57 14 Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Iain Sime, Edinburgh 1000.45 47.50 15 Sanna Clementsson, Stockholm Sweden; Alexander Sandin, 996.97 45.60 16 Howard Liu, San Lorenzo CA; Eugene Hung, Sunnyvale CA 993.07 43.85 17 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA 989.48 42.22 18 Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 987.78 40.71 19 Qiang Zhang, Dublin CA; Xiao Hu, Kunming People’s Republic of China 986.44 39.31 20 Tom Carmichael, Marysville WA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 981.92 38.00 21 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 980.16 36.77 22 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 974.35 35.63 23 Tom Bishel - John Bishel, Columbus OH 973.97 34.55 24 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Glenn Robbins, New York NY 968.42 33.53 25 Wenfei Wang, Shanghai China; Morris Chang, Santa Clara CA 966.97 32.57 26 Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 965.62 31.67 27 Yan Wang, Richmond Hill ON; Edward Xu, North York ON 965.01 30.81 28 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA 961.75 30.00 29 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA 961.27 29.23 30 Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL; Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL 960.97 28.50 31 Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY 953.22 27.80 32 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 950.68 27.14 33 Larry Sealy, Owens Cross Roads AL; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 945.16 26.51 34 John Kissinger, San Clemente CA; Lee Maddocks, Modesto CA 944.42 25.91 35 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 943.50 25.33 36 Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 942.07 24.78 37 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 941.64 24.26 38 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 937.92 23.75 39 Makiko Sato - Dawei Chen, Tokyo Japan 934.24 23.27 40 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 932.09 22.80 41 Guy Mendes De Leon, Amsterdam Netherlands; Thibo Sprinkhuizen, Rotterdam Netherlands 931.94 22.35 42 Prahalad Rajkumar, Chennai India; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE 928.33 21.92 43 Ishmael Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 927.39 21.51 44 Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 923.51 21.11 45 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner, New York NY 916.33 20.73 46 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI 913.21 20.36 47 Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA; Edward Nagy, Danville CA 910.07 20.00 48 Michael Kamil, Austin TX; David Treitel, Miami FL 909.39 19.66 49 Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 908.03 19.32 50 Tracy Capal, Manchester ; David Sherman, London 900.59 19.00 51 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England 892.31 18.69 52 Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 891.96 18.39 53 Michael Christensen, Seattle WA; Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA 889.80 18.10 54 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Edward Zuckerberg, Los Altos Hills CA 888.90 17.81 55 Ranald Davidson, Delray Beach FL; John McAllister, Keswick VA 880.71 17.54 56 Muh-Sha Crawford, Virginia Beach VA; Andrew Gofreed, La Plata MD 877.30 17.27 57 Paul Cornelius, Mountain View CA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 874.98 25.55 58 Kamel Fergani, Montreal QC; Frederic Pollack, Laval QC 868.35 19.72 59 Debbie Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA 864.65 16.52 60 Joe Grue - Gillian Miniter, New York NY 861.05 16.29 61 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Janusz Gawecki, Kielce Poland 860.79 16.06 62 Jason Rosenfeld, Seaattle WA; Drew Becker, Chicago IL 859.44 15.83 63 Laurie Vogel - Iulian Rotaru, New York NY 858.63 15.62 64 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Dick Jones, Sacramento CA 856.40 15.41 65 Gonzalo Rubio, Santiago Chile; Alexis Pejacsevich, Buenos Aires Argentina 835.16 15.20 66 Nicole Curetti - Jean Le Poder, Marseille France 820.85 15.22 67 Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria 790.79 14.81 68 Aran Warszawski, Rehovot Israel; Dan Israeli, Tel Aviv Israel 748.13 14.62 69 Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 747.75 14.43 70 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Victor King, Hartford CT 736.44 20.16 71 Jon Bartlett, Happy Valley OR; Howard Epley, Kent WA 638.47

92 Linda Robinson - Eric Schwartz, Arlington MA 2.97 93 Ken Monzingo, San Diego CA; Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Springs CO 2.71 94 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens, Little Rock AR 2.06 95 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Nancy Jonske, Portland OR 1.53 96 Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Rose Boot, Los Angeles CA 0.00

Second in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs: Richard Pavlicek and Jim Munday.

Lee and Wang, who went into Thursday’s final in 39th place, shot to the top of the leader list with a 59% game in the first final session and a 62% in the second. Their six-session score with carryover was 1123.36 (35 top).

Lee, of Las Vegas NV, previously won the event in 2011, and now has three open NABC titles. This is Wang’s second NABC win. She lives in Shanghai, China.

Pavlicek, of Fort Lauderdale FL, and Munday, of Southaven MS, finished with 1107.78.

In third were John Ramos, of Los Angeles CA, and 15-year-old Finn Kolesnik of Ventura CA with 1075.07.


Claiming lost valuablesPlayers who may have forgotten their credit cards

at one of the bars or restaurants in the Marriott should claim them at the front desk of the hotel.

Lost something else of value? Visit the Welcome Desk on the lower level (typically open one hour before game time).

Age requirement for Senior events

You must at least 60 years old to play in ACBL Senior events through 2019.

WEDNESDAY ZIP KO 8 Tables 3.36 1 Peter Clay - Kathleen Clay, Wellesley MA; Maximilian Stepper, Berlin Germany; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA 2.35 2 Matthew Rudary – L. Allison Rudary - Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY; John Fout, Fairfield CA 1.34 3/4 Jess Jurkovic, New York NY; Eric Genheimer, Edmond OK; Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY; Amber Lin, San Francisco CA 1.34 3/4 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Yusuf Husain, Midland MI; Jenni Carmichael, Marysville WA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 9 Tables 10.97 1 Ray Johnson, Park City UT; Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Chuck Said, Nashville TN 7.68 2 Janice Gullarian - Jim Duport - Judy Duport - Ed Flowers, Santa Rosa CA 4.94 3 James Tanner, Highland CA; David Kennedy - Elizabeth Silvius, San Bernardino CA; Bipin Patel, Redlands CA 3.84 4 David Jamison - Eve Thompson - Stuart Pollak - Lee Pollak, San Francisco CA

THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 10 TablesChristian Gilles - James Bechtel - Randy Franciose - Suzee Grant, Santa Barbara CA vsJune White, Hillsborough CA; Mie Thiemmedh, San Bruno CA; Robert Crosby, San Mateo CA; Edie Wong, San Francisco CA

Alfred Lee, Foster City CA; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Sasakatoon SK; Cliff Campbell, Thunder Bay ON vsFarley Mawyer, Port Chester NY; O. Gordon Lien III, Augusta GA; Shirley Liss, Fairbanks AK; Teresa Martin, Bathurst Australia

QUALIFIERS IN THE NABC 0–10,000 FAST PAIRS 18.0 Tables Carryover 1 Li Yiting, Herndon VA; Laura Dekkers, Rotterdam Netherlands 68.00 2 David Rodney, Fairfax VA; Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 52.89 3 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX 49.60 4 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Mark McCarthy, San Francisco CA 43.60 5 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Irina Kislitsyna, Miami FL 39.70 6 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 37.20 7 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 32.21 8 William Samuels, Lafayette CA; Robert Zeckhauser, South Orange NJ 29.28 9 Aaron Jones, North Bethesda MD; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 29.07 10 Len Vishnevsky - Jo Ginsberg, San Francisco CA 27.86 11 Brian Eisenberg - Thomas Franklin III, Martinez CA 27.13 12 Ben Yang, Warren NJ; Jian Wang, Alameda CA 26.84 13 Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland; Sharon Goldman, New York NY 24.75 14 Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ 24.10 15 B. Wayne Stuart III - Peggy Haigler, Raleigh NC 22.72 16 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 22.46 17 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, New York NY 20.34 18 Tim Benoit, Esbon KS; Nicolas Hammond, Alpharetta GA 18.02 19 Bridget Poizner, San Diego CA; Arda Kabaca, Toronto ON 17.28 20 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; H. Hunt, Kiawah Island SC 16.81 21 Marusa Gold, London England; Peter Cheung, Fremont CA 16.42 22 Jeff Dater - Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX 16.34 23 Fred Seipp, Dallas TX; Kevin Cline, Seattle WA 13.37 24 Douglas McCormac, North Dartmouth MA; Frank Wharton, London England 13.32 25 Corey Cole, Oakhurst CA; Robert Law, Tigard OR 12.75 26 Weishu Wu - Mariko Kakimoto, Irvine CA 11.63 27 Amy Casanova, Portland OR; Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA 9.33 28 Randall Dougherty - Lynne Newman, San Diego CA 8.37 29 Aster Wu, Foster City CA; Stan Chow, San Francisco CA 7.54 30 Peter Jepsen, Aarhus Denmark; Signe Buus Thomsen, Valby Denmark 7.51 31 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 7.27 32 Stewart Rubenstein - Christina Parker, Chestnut Hill MA 4.79 33 Debra Hyatt, Lakewood CO; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 4.50 34 Hiroyuki Hagihira, Meguro-Ku Tokyo Japan; Emi Sakata, Japan 2.99 35 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Radu Nistor, Woodside NY 0.06 36 Ruben Cabrera, Venezuela; Alamiro Pinoargote, Ecuador 0.00

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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.

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MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 18.0 Tables / Based on 72 Tables 75.00 1 Phil Clayton, Frisco TX; Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY 530.74 56.25 2 Leila Sink, Los Gatos CA; John Hoffman, Mountain View CA 526.01 42.19 3 Ray Robert - Edward Lee, Portland OR 516.19 34.62 4 Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA 515.80 32.14 5 Nic Hristea - Mark Pinkowski, Chicago IL 514.97 30.00 6 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; David Yoon, Bayside NY 510.50 28.13 7 Edward Alcoff, Fort Myers FL; Lisa Mita, Berwyn PA 495.25 26.47 8 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 494.00 27.11 9 Giorgia Botta, Brooklyn NY; Siqing Yu, New York NY 489.56 23.68 10 Jill Burtram - Mary Udell, Albuquerque NM 485.41 22.50 11 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 481.82 30.57 12 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Aaron Mohrman, Seattle WA 474.25 21.65 13 J. Michael Hill - Mae Hill, Columbus OH 472.42 19.57 14 Marc Renson, San Mateo CA; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA 469.34 18.75 15 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Ed Freeman, Tacoma WA 467.63 18.00 16 James Weeks, Palm Desert CA; Neil Stern, Napa CA 467.60 17.31 17 William Neumann, Columbia MD; Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA 461.11 16.67 18 Marina Seppius - Dmitri Stukalov, Palo Alto CA 460.36 16.07 19 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Joye Sidoti, Oakland CA 451.42 15.52 20 Leonardo Fruscoloni - John Stimmel, New York NY 448.82 15.00 21 Ben Tucker, Vashon WA; Robert Bell, New Providence NJ 447.35 14.52 22 Alex Stagner, Menlo Park CA; John Rollin, Hayward CA 443.48 14.06 23 Luen-Jyh Luo, Milpitas CA; Tsao-Tung Tsai, Cupertino CA 440.47 18.04 24 Steven Forsythe - Sandra Forsythe, Centerville OH 439.32 13.62 25 Charles Messenger, Salinas CA; Bill Cohen, Pebble Beach CA 438.94 12.86 26 Adam Parrish - Leslie Weisbrod, New York NY 437.47 12.50 27 David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Peter Lit, Elk CA 435.44 12.16 28 John Dickenson, North Wales PA; Susan Morse, Flourtown PA 434.63 11.84 29 Robert Williams, Halifax NS; Scott Rappard, Dartmouth NS 431.70 11.54 30 Avril Shutts - William Bartley, San Diego CA 428.85 11.25 31 William Strauss, Urbana IL; Marsha Woodbury, Champaign IL 418.49 10.98 32 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN 413.29 12.85 33 Jane De Briyn, Santa Rosa CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA 404.49 10.47 34 Dana Brown, Coulterville CA; Jack Verson, San Jose CA 403.32 10.23 35 Dan Wong, Pleasanton CA; Ameen Paul, San Ramon CA 391.22 10.00 36 Sonja Smith, North Granby CT; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 347.48


Ex-squeez-ee moiLynn Deas reported the following deal (rotated)

from the second semifinal session of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs. Deas was playing with Peter Weichsel. Dlr: West ♠ Q 4 3 2 Vul: None ♥ J 8 2 Bd: 14 ♦ K 10 7 3 ♣ A 4 ♠ 10 9 8 7 6 ♠ J ♥ 7 5 4 ♥ K Q 10 9 6 ♦ J 6 ♦ 8 4 2 ♣ 8 7 6 ♣ Q 10 5 2 ♠ A K 5 ♥ A 3 ♦ A Q 9 5 ♣ K J 9 3

West North East South Weichsel Deas Pass Pass Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

On the lead of the ♠10, Deas won in hand with the ace, cashed the ♠K, discovering the 5-1 split, as East pitched a heart. Next, Deas ran the diamonds, noting that East pitched another heart, as West let go of a spade and a heart. After taking the ♣A, declarer played a club to the jack, which won. This was the position: ♠ Q 4 ♥ J 8 2 ♦ — ♣ — ♠ 10 9 ♠ — ♥ 7 5 ♥ K Q 10 ♦ — ♦ — ♣ 8 ♣ Q 10 ♠ 5 ♥ A 3 ♦ — ♣ K 9

When Deas played a spade to dummy’s queen, East pitched the ♥10. But when Deas played dummy’s last spade, East was squeezed. A club discard allows declarer to return to hand with the ♥A and cash two club tricks, while if East discards a heart honor (the defender’s actual choice) declarer just pitches the ♣9. West wins the spade trick, but declarer has the rest of the tricks, as the hearts are now running.

Making 12 tricks was worth 79% of the matchpoints.

UNIT 512 WINE COUNTRY THURSDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 19.0 Tables A B C 6.28 1 1 Shirley Llacera - Ken Llacera, Santa Cruz CA 66.98% 4.71 2 2 Ann Goldberg, Fort Lauderdale FL; Anne Stuckler, Bayside NY 66.25% 3.53 3 3 Penny Kallaus - Patrick Kallaus, Holualoa HI 62.22% 3.38 4 4 Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS; James Keegan, Cambridge MA 62.10% 3.30 5 5 1 Christopher Gorton - Cynthia Gorton, Boston MA 58.85% 2.37 6 6 Art McHaffie - Joy McHaffie, Santa Fe NM 57.64% 1.69 7 7 Carol Reiss, Albertson NY; Jan Frey, Lake Worth FL 56.39% 2.48 2 Janet Dunlap - Joan Kroener, Cardiff CA 52.64% 1.86 3 Andy Scott, San Jose CA; Irene Hashfield, Los Altos CA 52.36% 1.39 4 Carla Francis, Castro Valley CA; Linda Decquir, Wildomar CA 49.58% 1.04 5 Diana Beaver, Sidman PA; Robert Flynn, McDonald PA 48.87%

THURSDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 23.0 Tables A B C 4.95 1 1 Guy Martin, Ville Saguenay QC; Sabin Harvey, Alma QC 67.64% 3.71 2 2 1 Lynn Gurnee, Fremont CA; Vickie Renbarger, Livermore CA 62.80% 2.78 3 3 Mimi Clarke – P. Perring, Tiburon CA 61.31% 2.09 4 4 2 Swan Day - Kathy Ann Wilson, Napa CA 61.23% 1.57 5 5 3 Timothy Byrnes, Perpigna France; Joe Huddleston, Peoria AZ 59.52% 1.38 6 6 4 Gary Effren - Barry Alhadeff, Saratoga CA 58.93% 0.80 5 Andrew Hong, San Francisco CA; David Gelles, West Richland WA 57.02%

THURSDAY MORNING 99ER PAIRS 9.0 Tables A B C 2.53 1 1 Nancy Mulligan - Marjory Jong, Livermore CA 59.65% 1.90 2 2 1 Gary Sheerer, Los Altos CA; David Leaver, Los Altos Hills CA 59.44% 1.42 3 3 2 Daryl Babbitt, San Francisco CA; Marymargaret Ward, Novato CA 58.12% 1.07 4 Michael Whitaker, Moraga CA; William Schultz, Oakland CA 57.91% 0.80 5 Margaret Senneff - Katherine Schram, Santa Rosa CA 57.65% 0.89 4 John Stremel, San Jose CA; Carl Ebeling, Redwood City CA 56.52% 0.66 5 Deepak Abbhi, Miami FL; Penny Herzog, San Diego CA 53.99% 0.96 3 Luann Schwab, Palo Alto CA; Ying Chow, Los Altos CA 51.19% 0.72 4 Polly Bell - Deneys Purcell, Los Angeles CA 49.11%

THURSDAY MORNING NEWCOMER PAIRS 8.5 Tables A B 2.03 1 1 Carole Seed - Francene Tabak, Stockton CA 62.97% 1.52 2 2 Kent Taylor, Half Moon Bay CA; Barbara Posch, Belmont CA 61.91% 1.14 3 Arlene Holt, Sonoma CA; Mary Francis, Somoma CA 61.18% 0.86 4 Susan Beech, Tiburon CA; Deihleen Claffey, San Francisco CA 55.01% 0.64 5 Wally Manheimer - Eileen Manheimer, Allendale NJ 51.84% 0.86 3 Margaret Lerian - Robin Hubinsky, San Francisco CA 51.15% 0.65 4 Cheryl Schoenstein, Belmont CA; Dobbie Quinones, Corte Madera CA 50.64%

TOM PAJAK MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - FINAL39.50 Tables / Based on 17 Tables 9.45 1/2 Mari Stuart, Greenwich CT 115.64% 9.45 1/2 Jaquett Heck, Hobe Sound FL 115.64% 6.08 3 Craig Smith, Luzern Switzerland 111.39% 4.08 4/5 Gilbert Ramirez, Reno NV 110.70% 4.08 4/5 Shmuel Greenberg 110.70% 3.95 6/7 Douglas Grant, San Francisco CA 110.14% 3.95 6/7 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 110.14% 2.40 8 Kathryn Von Dohre, Concord CA 110.00% 2.66 9 Hal Jones Jr., Lorton VA 109.91%

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT A/X OPEN PAIRS 35.0 Tables / Based on 122 Tables A X 44.53 1 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; William Pollack, New York NY 64.34% 33.40 2 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Eric Stoltz, Portland OR 62.72% 25.05 3 1 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 59.89% 18.79 4 Brad Carmichael, Shawnee KS; Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS 58.94% 14.84 5 Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA; Jim Darvey, Rancho Mirage CA 58.05% 12.72 6 Joe Houde, Vista CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 57.37% 11.13 7 Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; John Onstott, New Orleans LA 57.21% 9.90 8 Philip Goulding, Wexford PA; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 56.59% 16.70 9 2 Pierre Franceschetti, Paris France; Hilda Setton, Italy 56.38% 8.10 10 Jim Leary - Pat Leary, Livermore CA 55.90% 7.42 11 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV 55.47% 12.52 12 3 David Moss, New York NY; Kenneth Zuckerberg, Acton MA 54.33% 6.36 13 Nancy Gunn - Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 53.90% 9.39 14 4 Arlie Lamb, San Mateo CA; Yan Song, Lincolnshire IL 53.77% 7.42 15 5 Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Gunnar Niemi, Emeryville CA 53.56% 5.24 16 Richard Riezman, St. Louis MO; James Griffin, San Rafael CA 53.48% 6.36 17 6 Rodney Organt - Judy Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT 53.15% 5.57 18 7 Ronna Galin - Robert Raf, West Bloomfield MI 53.13% 4.95 8 Robert Barrington - Lynne Koeppel, New York NY 52.86% 4.45 9 Wagner Van Vlack, Carmel IN; Larry Hudgens, Tucson AZ 52.72% 4.07 10 Anant Rathi - Ankur Rathi, San Francisco CA 52.53%

Zia Mahmood, David Gold, and Reese Milner and Hemant Lall are among the players that Sensarma has worked with. Sensarma is currently the coach of the Lall team which played in the Soloway KO here in San Francisco.

Sensarma differentiates what he does as a coach from the role mentors play.

“Mentors are experienced players who work with less-experienced students one on one, frequently playing with them to help the student improve. As a coach, my role is to work with pairs (or several pairs on a team) to help them with their system development. I provide a service of supplying hands on specific topics or running computer simulations of hand-types that are desired. My job is to highlight areas of their existing systems that may not have been thoroughly discussed.”


Coach

two-session final with a carryover of 68 matchpoints, almost a full board ahead of the Virginia-based duo of David Rodney and Rusty Krauss who have a carryover of 52.89.

In third with 49.60 are Hua Yang and Yan Song of Plano TX.


10K Fast Pairs


The winners of last year’s North American Swiss Teams were Bo Fu, Yichao Chen, Yan Sun, Junjie Hu and (not pictured) captain Jun Zhang.

North American Swiss Team action begins today

Play begins today in the six-session Keohane North American Swiss Teams, with semifinal matches on Saturday and the final matches on Sunday.

Players will be vying for the Keohane Trophy, donated by Ethel Keohane in 1973 in memory of her husband, William H. Keohane, one of the leading New England bridge personalities.

Bill Keohane (1896–1972) was a consulting engineer, bridge teacher and bridge administrator. He served as chairman of the 1970 Summer NABC in Boston and, for many years, was chairman of the New England Individual Championship.

Keohane was elected in 1972 to a one-year term as the first District Director of the newly created District 25 (New England). He died later that year, just before he was to attend his first Board meeting.

The Keohane Trophy was presented for the Open Individual Championship until it was re-designated in 1995 by the ACBL Board of Directors for the North American Swiss Teams.

Previous winners and runners-up:1977 1. Neil Chambers, Jim Donaldson, Bruce

Ferguson, Clarence Goppert, John Schermer; 2. Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin, John Herrmann, Ken Schutze

1978 1. Barry Crane, Bob Kehoe, Mike Smolen, Charles Weed, Billy Cohen; 2. Ira Chorush, Thomas Peters, Ely Solomon, John Zilic, Virginia Zilic

1979 1. Hermine Baron, R. Jay Becker, Paul Ivaska, Jim Robison; 2. Gerald Caravelli, Mark Cohen, Ralph Katz, Harvey Miller, Ken Schutze, Russell Shoup

1980 1-2. Steve Becker, Philip Cowan, Rich DeMartino, Judy Rich; 1-2. Dale Beers, William Epperson, Dave Furman, Dave Treitel

1981 1. Ron Beall, Bob Etter, Ann Jacobson, Bob Thomson; 2. Lea duPont, Benito Garozzo,

Glenn Lublin, Claire Tornay1982 1. Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden, Garnet

Snyder, Martha Beecher, David Ashley, Dave Treadwell; 2. Andy Bernstein, Jim Foster, Tom Sanders, John Sutherlin

1983 1. Sylvia Summers, Harve Waken, Robert Radwin, Gene Simpson, Steve Sturm; 2-3. Philip Cowan, Michael Kapera, Alan Miller, John Heller, George Berger; 2-3. Richard Capps, John Onstott, Dan Requard, Syd Levey

1984 1. Grant Baze, Rhoda Walsh, Lea duPont, Benito Garozzo; 2. William Laubenheimer, Stephen Kanzee, Marc Renson, Hamish Bennett

1985 1. Jack Coleman, Rhoda Walsh, Jim Jacoby, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden; 2. Nadine Wood, Jonathan Steinberg, Eric Hochman, Mike Cappelletti

1986 1. Marc Jacobus, Joey Silver, Jim McDonough, George Mittelman, Allan Graves; 2. Jack Coleman, Rhoda Walsh, Mark Itabashi, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden

1987 1. Henry Bethe, Kitty Bethe, Alan Truscott, Dorothy Hayden Truscott; 2. Jill Meyers, Beverly Rosenberg, Stelios Touchtidis, Steve Cohen, Pan Wittes, Carol Pincus

1988 1. John Zilic, David Siebert, Allan Siebert, Sylvia Summers, Paul Munafo; 2. Rita Rand, Gerald Caravelli, Joel Friedberg, Ethan Stein, Jerry Goldfein

1989 1. Eugene Gardner, Kenneth Meyer, Ed Shapiro, Bruce Silverstein; 2. Joel Friedberg, Rita Rand, Ethan Stein, Gerald Caravelli, Jerry Goldfein

1990 1-2. Larry Mori, Kitty Bethe, Juanita Chambers, Jim Robison; 1-2. George Rosenkranz, Miguel Reygadas, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden, Roger Bates, John Grantham

1991 1. Keith Wilson, Gary Peterson, Dennis Hesthaven, Ralph Letizia, Benton Wheeler; 2. Jack Coleman, Judi Radin, Fred Hamilton, Dennis Sorensen, Mike Shuman

1992 1. Lewis Kaplan, Boris Baran, Geoff Hampson, Mark Molson, Mark Stein; 2. Jack Coleman, Mike Shuman, Larry Cohen, Dan Rotman, Fred Hamilton

1993 1. Alan Le Bendig, Tom Clarke, Joe Quinn, Shawn Womack; 2. Lynn Blumenthal, Steve Bruno, Loren Hawkins, Darrell Keel, Sue Lyski

1994 1. Jack Coleman, Drew Cannell, Mark Molson, Boris Baran, Mark Stein; 2. Barry Rigal, JoAnn Manfield, Alan Truscott, Dorothy Truscott

1995 1. Jack Coleman, Drew Cannell, Mark Molson, Boris Baran, Mark Stein; 2. Irina Levitina, Judy Tucker, Benito Garozzo, Lea Dupont, Karen Allison, Mike Ledeen

1996 1. Rita Rand, Gerald Caravelli, Arnie Fisher, Steve Garner, Richard Colker; 2. John Begley, Mike Lawrence, John Sutherlin, Dan Morse, Hugh Ross

1997 1. John Malley, Dan Colatosti, Bill Hunter, Shome Mukherjee; 2. Jacob Podbilevich, Gonzalo Herrera, Jim Looby, Cameron Doner

1998 1. Steve Beatty, John Onstott, Bobby

Goldman, Mark Lair ; 2. Jack Coleman, Chris Compton, Boris Baran, Mike Shuman, Mark Molson Henry

1999 1. David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen, Jeff Wolfson, Neil Silverman; 2. Billy Miller, Curtis Cheek, Brian Gunnell, Kyle Larsen

2000 1. Steven Cooper, Kitty Munson-Cooper, Mel Colchamiro, Janet Colchamiro, Betty Bloom, Steve Bloom; 2. Benito Garozzo, Lea Dupont, Steve Levinson, Barnet Shenkin

2001 1. Richard Coren, Billy Eisenberg, Larry Cohen, Drew Casen; 2. Richard Haplerin, Colin Revell, Leonard Ernst, Paul Erb, George Pisk

2002 1. Mark Gordon, Richard Zucker, Winthrop Allegaert, Jaggy Shivdasani, Mark Molson, Boris Baran; 2. Robert Hollman, Marc Jacobus, Gaylor Kasle, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson

2003 1. David Siebert, Allan Siebert, Greg Hinze, Nagy Kamel; 2. Ron Feldman, B. Wayne Stuart, Steve Cohen, Drew Casen, Larry Cohen, Wafik Abdou

2004 1. Larry Mori, Venkatrao Koneru, Marty Fleisher, Vincent Demuy, Barnet Shenkin, Gavin Wolpert; 2. Piotr Tuszynski, Jaroslaw Piasecki, Farid Assemi, Eduard Wojewoda, Waldemar Frukacz, Apolinary Kowalski

2005 1. Barry Rigal, Pam Granovetter, Joe Quinn, Shawn Quinn, Becky Rogers, Renee Mancuso; 2. Dan Morse, Ira Hessel, Nagy Kamel, Greg Hinze

2006 1. Tony Kasday, Disa Eythorsdottir, Jon Baldursson, Thorlakur Jonsson, Bjarni Einarsson, Sigurbjorn Haraldsson; 2. Carolyn Lynch, Dennis Dawson, Eddie Wold, Mike Passell, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz

2007 1. Larry Mori, Rick Kaye, Kazuo Furuta, Hiroki Yokoi, Kelley Hwang, Leonard Melander; 2. William Watson, Ed Barlow, Bill Harker, Ronald Powell, Yul Inn, Rob Stevens

2008 1. Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold, Bart Bramley, Joe Grue, Curtis Cheek; 2. Jacek Kalita, Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Ron Zambonini, Waldemar Frukacz

2009 1. Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Andrew Gromov, Cezary Balicki, Aleksander Dubinin, Adam Zmudzinski; 2. Judith Bianco, Justin Lall, Winthrop Allegaert, Hemant Lall, Jaggy Shivdisani, Lapt Chan

2010 1. Mike Levine, Dennis McGarry, David Siebert, Jerry Clerkin, Dennis Clerkin, Chuck Said; 2. Michal Kwiecien, Rafal Jagniewski, Krzysztof Martens, Krzysztof Jassem

2011 1. Les Bart, Gloria Bart, Nader Hanna, Piotr Klimowicz; 2. Justine Cushing, Jiang Gu, Meilh Ozdil, Xiaodong Shi, Jian-Jian Wang

2012 1. Reese Milner, Apolinary Kowalski, Dennis Bilde, Jacek Romanski, Anders Hagen, Lars Blakset; 2. Paul Fireman, Gavin Wolpert, John Kranyak, Krzysztof Buras, Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Vincent Demuy

2013 1. Rose Meltzer, John Mohan, Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Carlos Pellegrini, Diego Brenner; 2. Ron Zambonini, Jan Jansma, John Valliant, Michael Polowan, Darren Wolpert, Shan Huang

2014 1. Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Cezary


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Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski, Garey Hayden; 2. Marcin Lesiewski, Jacek Kalita, Josef Blass, Piotr Tuczynski, Bartosz Chmurski, Michal Nowosadzki

2015 1. Stan Tulin, Kevin Dwyer, Alon Birman, Dror Padon, Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki; 2. Josef Blass, Marcin Lesniewski, Piotr Tuczynski, Bartosz Chmurski, Marc Jacobus, Mike Passell

2016 1. Mike Levine, Louk Verhees Jr., Cornelis Van Prooijen, Jerry Clerkin, Dennis Clerkin, Eddie Wold; 2. Stan Tulin, Kevin Dwyer, Alon Birman, Dror Padon, Michal Nowosadzki, Jacek Kalita

2017 1. Agnes Snellers, Wubbo De Boer, Joris van Lankveld, Berend Van Den Bos; 2. Tim Verbeek, Danny Molenaar, Bob Drijver, Bart Nab, Patricia Cayne, Dano De Falco

2018 1. Jun Zhang, Junjie Hu, Yichao Chen, Yan Su, Bo Fu; 2. Joyce Hill, Kevin Dwyer, Shan Huang, Justin Lall, Kevin Bathurst

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT B/C PAIRS 46.0 Tables / Based on 47 Tables B C 21.38 1 Deborah Levine, Belvedere CA; Penny Berman, Poway CA 59.29% 16.04 2 Susan Boyers, Oakland CA; Robert Johnson, Tempe AZ 59.06% 12.03 3 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 58.12% 9.02 4 Stephanie Singer, Belmont CA; Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA 57.78% 7.13 5 Felix Springer, West Hartford CT; Michael Wavada, Enfield CT 57.75% 9.01 6 1 Christy Hartsell, Palo Alto CA; Frederick Tierney Jr., Fremont CA 57.37% 5.69 7 H. Vince Mueller - Peggy Tatro, San Rafael CA 57.33% 4.78 8 Janine Buss, Port Washington NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 57.26% 6.76 9 2 Craig Smith, Luzern Switzerland; Kathryn Von Dohre, Concord CA 56.54% 3.91 10 Steve Burnham, Cupertino CA; Karen Rice, San Jose CA 56.51% 3.56 11 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Josephine Ventura, San Mateo CA 56.00% 5.07 12 3 Michael Peirce, San Francisco CA; Wes Peirce, The Woodlands TX 55.90% 5.58 13 4 Dawn Ligon - David Roe, Santa Barbara CA 55.77% 2.85 14 Amy Brisson, Arlington VA; Michael Sherman, Elmira NY 55.15% 3.00 15 5 Sharon Kreitzer, Cincinnati OH; Kathy Gilman, Shoreline WA 55.13% 4.23 16 6 Shirley Foreman, Santa Clara CA; Raja Smadi, Saratoga CA 55.02% 3.85 17 7 Daniel Groves, Bloomington IN; Drew Todd, Albany CA 54.74% 2.59 18 8 Diane Simpson, Bethel Island CA; Lynn Gast, Pleasanton CA 54.29% 2.14 19 9 Eric Schneider, Boca Raton FL; Wayne Hall, Sooke BC 53.93% 2.05 20 10 H. Paul Davis, Cupertino CA; Fay Zerbo, San Jose CA 53.89% 1.94 21 11 Raluca Dobrescu, Woodside NY; Brooke Cohen, New York NY 53.16% 2.51 22 12 Laurie Herchenroeder - James Herchenroeder, Harrodsburg KY 53.10% 1.78 23 13 Hal Saunders - N. Dennis Berg, Santa Barbara CA 53.03% 1.71 24 Naresh Kapila, Auburn Hills MI; Lakshmi Vora, Bloomfield Hills MI 52.97% 1.20 14 Russ Kirschenbaum - Steven Drucker, Oakland CA 52.39% 1.75 15 Edward Easley, Sacramento CA; Gary Mankin, San Francisco CA 52.09% 1.68 16 Richard Michelsen - Kairong Michelsen, Walnut Creek CA 51.99% 1.04 17/18 Paul Hummel - Stan Weinstein, Santa Fe NM 51.69% 0.98 17/18 Norma Bozzini, San Mateo CA; Chuck Lane, Los Altos CA 51.69%

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 71.0 Tables 7 3 2 19.67 1 Malcolm Mendelson, Moraga CA; Furqan Naeem, Pittsburgh CA 69.97% 14.75 2 1 1 Elliott Zeller, Albany CA; Robert Dawson, Littleton CO 64.45% 11.06 3 Kathi Byrne - John Byrne, Atlanta GA 60.61% 8.61 4 2 2 Frank Silver - Tom Willging, Oakland CA 60.10% 6.56 5 Marion Keyworth, Carmel CA; Judith Ritchie, Pebble Beach CA 59.47% 6.46 6 3 3 Suhang Li - Xuyang Zhang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 59.19% 4.92 7 Laura Kopp, Wading River NY; Patricia Lessard, Port Jefferson NY 59.14% 4.84 8 4 Ken Pelowski - Lori Mirek, Atherton CA 58.94% 3.93 9 Gerda Janos - Shahla Verrall, Berkeley CA 58.88% 3.83 10 5 4 Ziqian Wang - Shuoming Ma, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 58.86% 3.28 11 6 5 Gretchen Shively - Chuck Shively, Seattle WA 58.82% 3.03 12 7 6 Kenneth Luskey - Ken Wirt, Saratoga CA 58.38% 2.81 13 Barbara Norman, Healdsburg CA; Linda Marin, Calistoga CA 57.04% 2.62 14 8 Felicity Warner - Al Warner, Lafayette CA 57.01% 2.46 15 9 Liz Koh, San Mateo CA; Sari Staver, San Francisco CA 56.46% 2.31 16 10 Katherine Kwong - Jeanie Kwong, Foster City CA 56.39% 2.20 17 Barbara Patterson, Palm Desert CA; Sally Ackerman, San Marcos CA 56.25% 2.07 18 11 Kathy Wheeler, Half Moon Bay CA; Stephanie Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 56.16% 1.97 19 Andrea Ventris, Tiburon CA; Chatarina Andersson, Kungalv Sweden 56.07% 2.05 20 12 David Ouyang, Waianae HI; Herbert Nakagawa, Honolulu HI 55.97% 1.79 21 Jana Cushman, Mountain View CA; Kerry Fanwick, Palo Alto CA 55.83% 2.30 22 Alvin Farrar, El Dorado CA; John Bowman, Placerville CA 55.62% 2.07 23 Donna Abersman, Dana Point CA; Panna Chaudhari, Laguna Niguel CA 55.57% 1.88 24 13 7 Mark Sumner - Mark Issacs, San Francisco CA 55.28% 1.53 25 14 Cynthia Marks - David Newell, Safety Harbor FL 55.25% 2.30 26 15 8 Lisa Merenbach, Belmont CA; Therese Kristensen, Los Altos CA 54.89% 2.07 27 Carol Ramberg - Irene White, Fair Oaks Ranch TX 54.79% 1.45 28 16 9 Rita Vachani, Lexington MA; Carolyn Bitetti, Belmont MA 54.29% 1.31 29 17 10 Carolyn Loe - Nanette Prolo, Benicia CA 53.99% 1.53 30 18 Harriet Lewit, Upper Marlboro MD; Susan Papilion, Foster City CA 53.86% 1.53 31/32 Bill Dougherty, Saratoga CA; Bette Hirsch, Palo Alto CA 53.75% 1.21 31/32 Benson Mitchell, Newberg OR; Barbara Nelson, McMinnville OR 53.75% 1.16 33 Bruce Poster, Walnut Creek CA; Gary Lowenthal, Santa Fe NM 53.67% 1.54 34 19 11 Michael Hoellwarth, Honigtal Austria; Karl Pack, Hartberg Austria 53.62% 1.63 35 20 Jackie De Nevers, Greenbrae CA; Suzanne Johnson, Mill Valley CA 53.52% 1.11 36 12 Jiayi Shi - Yufan Chen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 53.33%


PrizesDon’t forget to collect your prizes! The folks

in San Francisco are giving out bottles of wine as awards for people who win section tops or make the overalls in any event. They also have keychains if you don’t want wine. Collect yours at the Prize Desk (North Registraton) located on the lower level. Hours are:

• 8:30–9:45 a.m.• 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.• 6–7:15 p.m.

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.

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.

The objective of these warnings and penalties is the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL regulations.

Last year’s winners of the Senior Mixed Pairs were Becky Rogers and John Grantham.

Senior Mixed Pairs began yesterday

The Senior Mixed Pairs, an NABC+ event open to mixed partners age 60 and older, began play on Thursday. This is a four-session event consisting of a two-session qualifier and two-session final.2011 1. Polly Dunn, Pat Dunn;

2. Doug Fraser, Sandra Fraser2012 1. Kitty Cooper, Steve Cooper;

2. Sally Meckstroth, Ed Schulte2013 1. Ginny Schuett, Jeff Schuett;

2. Sandra Fraser, Doug Fraser2014 1. Ginny Schuett, Jeff Schuett;

2. Kerri Sanborn, Lew Finkel2015 1. Billy Eisenberg, Connie Goldberg;

2. Pat McDevitt, Margie Sullivan2016 1. Lee Atkinson, Mark Yaeger;

2. Bill Eason, Jane Eason2017 1. Gerry McCully, Rhonda Foster;

2. Francisco Bernal, Sylvie Willard2018 1. John Grantham, Rebecca Rogers;

2. Michael Prahin, Elena Prahin

THURSDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 28.0 Tables A B C 8.23 1 Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Alfred Lee, Foster City CA 62.46% 6.17 2 James Tanner, Highland CA; Philip Pearl, Fountain Valley CA 58.85% 4.63 3 Chris Moll, Durham NC; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL 58.54% 6.26 4/5 1/2 Robert Webster, Ripon WI; Charles Dahlke, Oshkosh WI 57.77% 6.26 4/5 1/2 1 Jaquett Heck, Hobe Sound FL; Mari Stuart, Greenwich CT 57.77% 4.02 6 3 Stephen Lubeck, Redwood City CA; Frances Bennett, Palo Alto CA 57.54% 1.55 7 Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX 57.15% 1.55 8 Donald Cline - Anne Cline, Ventura CA 56.38% 3.02 4 Connie True - Steve Dickason, Little Rock AR 56.15% 2.26 5 Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB; Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA 56.08% 1.70 6 Teresa Martin, Bathurst Australia; Kathie Hoehne, Anchorage AK 55.00% 1.81 7 Thomas Stillman - Elizabeth Noronha, San Francisco CA 53.00% 2.63 2 Lisa Assoni, Walnut Creek CA; Rosemary Boss, Benicia CA 52.77% 1.73 3/4 Mel Chaplin - Marilyn Chaplin, Brentwood CA 52.38% 1.73 3/4 Julie Greenberg, San Diego CA; Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA 52.38% 1.11 5 Susan Bailey, Emeryville CA; Catherine Warren, Berkeley CA 52.31% 0.83 6 David Fotland - Wendy Fotland, San Jose CA 51.31%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 15.0 Tables A B C 3.75 1 1 Joyce Ellenberg, Moraga CA; Vijaya Kamath, Concord CA 61.25% 2.81 2 2 Ray Mok - Karen Mok, Pebble Beach CA 59.58% 1.63 3/5 3/4 John Winston - Jeffrey Dielle, San Francisco CA 59.23% 1.63 3/5 Melinda Hall, Walnut Creek CA; Jamie Ney, Lafayette CA 59.23% 1.63 3/5 3/4 Judy Weil - Betty Schafer, San Francisco CA 59.23% 1.03 6 5 Sabin Harvey, Alma QC; Guy Martin, Ville Saguenay QC 57.08% 0.69 6/7 Leslie Altick, Portola Valley CA; Jay Margulies, Los Altos CA 55.65% 0.74 6/7 Mimi Clarke – P. Perring, Tiburon CA 55.65% 2.13 1 Maria DeGennaro, Indian Wells CA; Kathleen Danforth, Los Altos CA 53.57% 1.60 2 Dee Poujade, Portland OR; Wil Dopkins, Carmichael CA 53.33% 1.20 3 Jacky Poulsen, Livermore CA; Lynn Gurnee, Fremont CA 52.68% 0.90 4 Michael Breslow - Lucille Breslow, San Francisco CA 49.17%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON 99ER PAIRS 12.0 Tables A B C 2.93 1 1 1 Carolyn Stern, Berkeley CA; Peggy Torpey, San Francisco CA 68.65% 2.20 2 Ann Wyatt, Alamo CA; Thomas Miller, Brentwood CA 66.67% 1.65 3 2 2 Gary Sheerer, Los Altos CA; David Leaver, Los Altos Hills CA 61.90% 1.24 4 3 3 Richard Jacobs - Bruce Pollock, Piedmont CA 61.51% 0.93 5 4 Andrew Eidelhoch - Sarah Eidelhoch, San Francisco CA 57.54% 0.70 6 5 4 Carole Seed, Stockton CA; Mary Westin, Lodi CA 56.75%

Second in the Soloway KO Teams: Robert Levin, captain Nick Nickell, Steve Weinstein, Jeff Meckstroth, coach Eric Kokish, Ralph Katz and Eric Rodwell.


Soloway KO

The Blass team is on a hot streak, claiming their second major victory this year: They won the Spingold KO Teams at the Summer NABC in Las Vegas. The team members each have multiple NABC and world titles.

Nickell took a 20-IMP lead in the first quarter,

pared to 14 IMPs at halftime. At the end of three quarters, their lead had returned to the 20-IMP margin, before Blass caught fire in the final stanza.

The eponymous Soloway had been a member of the Nickell team prior to his death in 2007.


SOLOWAY KO TEAMS

16 Demirev w/d17 Korbel 147

9 Fleisher 11024 Ventin 130

8 Hill 10525 Cayne 132

5 Kasle 12028 Xu 141

12 Rippey 12221 Lebowitz 126

13 Ginossar 10220 Blass npc 210

4 Tulin 8229 Onstott 84

2 Lavazza 24431 Questembert 60

15 Rosenthal 16918 Levine 87

10 Zimmermann 20723 Mandala 90

7 Gupta 13026 Street 136

6 Zagorin 4527 Zhao 130

11 Crouch 14922 De Leon 120

14 Lall 13219 Pavlicek 90

3 Nickell 13530 Molenaar 82

1 Spector 12916 (17) Korbel 87

9 (24) Ventin 1138 (25) Cayne 70

5 (28) Xu w/d12 (21) Lebowitz 130

13 (20) Blass npc 1514 (29) Onstott 68

2 Lavazza 10015 Rosenthal 121

10 Zimmermann 1287 (26) Street 80

6 (27) Zhao 6811 Crouch 128

14 Lall 903 Nickell 143

1 Spector 1468 (24) Ventin w/d

5 (21) Lebowitz 119 4 (20) Blass npc 166

2 (15) Rosenthal 1467 (10) Zimmermann 119

6 (11) Crouch 953 Nickell 126

1 Spector 16232 Pellegrini 123

32 Tables250.00 1 Josef Blass (npc); Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Sjoert Brink - Sebastiaan Drijver, Geneva Switzerland180.00 2 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ125.00 3/4 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY125.00 3/4 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken - Jan Jansma, New York NY; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Christian Bakke, Bergen Norway 80.00 5/8 Pierre Zimmermann - Geir Helgemo - Franck Multon - Tor Helness, Monaco; Michal Klukowski, Poland; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland 80.00 5/8 Peter Crouch, Surrey England; Simon Cope, Hertfordshire UK; Espen Erichsen, Tunbridge Wells UK; Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway 80.00 5/8 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Johan Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden 80.00 5/8 Juan Carlos Ventin, Barcelona Spain; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden; Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain; Miguel Villas-Boas, Salvador Brazil 50.00 9/16 Lavazza: Dennis Bilde, Copenhagen Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Philippe Cronier, Paris France; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy 50.00 9/16 Hemant Lall, Carrollton TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Roy Welland - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; David Gold, London England 50.00 9/16 Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; Richard Coren - Diyan Danailov, Boca Raton FL; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Jerry Stamatov, Sofia Bulgaria 50.00 9/16 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy 50.00 9/16 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France 50.00 9/16 Chen Zhao, Greenbelt MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Linlin Hu, People’s Republic of China; Yinghao Liu, Hoboken NJ 50.00 9/16 Edward Xu, North York ON; Yan Wang, Richmond Hill ON; Xin Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of China; Ming Sheng, Northbrook IL 50.00 9/16 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer, Zwolle Netherlands; Drew Casen, Henderson NV; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL

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1 Spector 24 45 82 113 4 (20) Blass npc 35 95 119 135

2 (15) Rosenthal 16 57 65 753 Nickell 27 57 62 93

1 (20) Blass npc 28 64 72 123

2 (3) Nickell 48 78 92 102


Competition for the Reisinger Trophy (the Chicago Trophy until 1965) starts today. The event is a six-session open team event scored by board-a-match with two qualifying sessions, two semifinal sessions and two final sessions. It was contested as a four-session championship until 1966. The event is generally thought to be the toughest on the ACBL tournament calendar.

The event began in 1929 as the North American Open Team Championship and the prize was the Chicago Trophy, donated by the Auction Bridge Club of Chicago. (In 1928, the open team competition was for the Harold S. Vanderbilt Cup.)

The Chicago Trophy was replaced in 1965 by the Reisinger Memorial Trophy, donated by the Greater New York Bridge Association in memory of Curt H. Reisinger.

Reisinger (1891–1964), of New York City, was a principal patron of contract bridge and the American Contract Bridge League in the early years of both.

Reisinger was a great-grandson of Anheuser and a grandson of Busch, co-founders of the brewery from which he inherited great wealth. That wealth enabled him to become a stalwart financial supporter of the game, as well as a noted philanthropist on a far larger scale.

In the years when there was often a struggle to meet the League’s modest payroll, Reisinger was often called upon and never failed to help with a loan or an outright gift. His support made possible several early contract bridge tournaments, clubs and books.

Among the positions in which he served were director of the United States Bridge Association, president of the Greater New York Bridge Association and chairman of the ACBL. In 1953, Reisinger was named ACBL Honorary Member.

Winners and runners-up:1929 1. Max M. Cohen, Louis J. Haddad, Robert

W. Halpin, Nils M. Wester; 2. Carlton R. Drake, James Kelly, Paul D. Parcells, Charles Rilling

1930 1. William K. Barrett, W. James Carpenter, Ely Culbertson, Johnny Rau; 2. Mary Clement, Dorothy Rice Sims, P. Hal Sims, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz

1931 1. Elizabeth Banfield, Cmdr. Winfield S. Liggett Jr., Frances Newman, George Unger; 2. David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard S. Karn, P. Hal Sims

1932 1. B. Jay Becker. S. Garton Churchill, George Reith, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz; 2. Ely Culbertson, Michael T. Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore A. Lightner

1933 1. Charles A. Hall, Albert Steiner, Philip Steiner, Richard M. Wildberg; 2. B. Jay Becker, S. Garton Churchill, P. Hal Sims, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz

1934 1. Henry S. Dinkelspiel Jr., Lewis Jaeger, Bernard Rabinowitz, Maurice Seiler; 2. Theodore A. Lightner, Merwyn D. Maier, Jean P. Mattheys, Sherman Stearns

1935 1. F. Roland Buck, Joseph E. Cain, Lawrence J. Welch, Edson T. Wood; 2. Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, Richard L. Frey, Albert H. Morehead

1936 1. Marge Anderson, Donald G. Farquharson, Mrs. J.A. Faulkner, Percy E. Sheardown; 2. Arthur Glatt, Laura Heiner, John R. Smith, Albert Weiss

1937 1. John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young; 2. Oscar J. Brotman, William Perry, Alvin Roth, S.S. Vorzimer

1938 1. John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren,

Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young; 2. A. Mitchell Barnes, Mary Clement, Benedict Jarmel, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz

1939 1. B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young; 2-4. Jay Cushing, Seymour Kaplan, Al Leibowitz, Edward N. Marcus; 2-4. Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn D. Maier, Robert A. McPherran, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz; 2-4. Henry Auslander, Joseph Davis, Jacob D. Lindy, Catherine W. Samberg

1940 1. Henry Feinberg, Jeff Glick, Maury J. Glick, Louis Newman; 2. Alfred R. Dick, C. William Potts, James Sheern, Edward R. Thomas

1941 1. Peter A. Leventritt, Simon Rossant, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar; 2. A. Mitchel Barnes, S. Garton Churchill, Lee Hazen, Charles S. Lockridge, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz

1942 1. B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, John R. Crawford; 2. S. Garton Churchill, Harry J. Fishbein, Lee Hazen, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz

1943 1. B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. Samuel Katz, Bertram Lebhar Jr., Peter A. Leventritt, Simon Rossant

1944 1. Simon Becker, Peggy Golder, Ruth Sherman, Charles J. Solomon; 2. B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel

1945 1. Lee Hazen, George Rapee, Samuel M. Stayman, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz; 2. Ambrose Casner, Harold J. Harkavy, Ralph Hirschberg, Harold A. Ogust, Jack Shore

1946 1. A. Mitchel Barnes, John R. Crawford, Alvin Roth, Edith Seligman; 2. Simon Becker, Stanley O. Fenkel, Fred D. Karpin, Louis Newman

1947 1-3. Paula Bacher, Jane Jaeger, Kay Rhodes, Sally Young; 1-3. John R. Crawford, Theodore A. Lightner, George Rapee, Samuel M. Stayman; 1-3. Robert Appleyard, Morris Berliant, Malcolm A. Lightman, Simon Rossant

1948 1. George Boeckh, C. Bruce Elliott, Agnes Gordon, Charlotte Sidway; 2. John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Samuel M. Stayman

1949 1. Lee Hazen, Larry Hirsch, Richard Kahn, Peter A. Leventritt, Jack Shore; 2-3. Sidney Aronson, Emily Folline, Benjamin O. Johnson, Ludwig J. Kabakjian, Edward N. Marcus; 2-3. Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Goldsmith, Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal, Elmer I. Schwartz

1950 1. B. Jay Becker, Myron F. Field, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Edward N. Marcus, Howard Schenken, Samuel M. Stayman

1951 1. Corti Boland, C. Bruce Elliot, Micky M. Miller, Percy E. Sheardown; 2. B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Myron F. Field, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel

1952 1. Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone; 2. Edward H. Cohen, Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Goldsmith, Elmer I. Schwartz

1953 1. B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Samuel M. Stayman; 2. Harry J. Fishbein, Peter A. Leventritt, Ruth Sherman, Charles J. Solomon, Peggy Solomon

1954 1. B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor; 2. Israel Cohen, Paul Kibler, Alvin Roth, William Seamon

1955 1. Ben Fain, George Heath, Paul Hodge, James Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby; 2. William V. Lipton, Victor Mitchell, W. Miller Nelson, Joseph G. Ripstra

1956 1. B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George

Rapee, Sidney Silodor; 2. Ben Fain, Paul Hodge, Oswald Jacoby, Dick Sutton

1957 1. Charles H. Goren, Harold A. Ogust, William S. Root, Howard Schenken, Helen Sobel; 2. Robert Y. Barrett, Ben Fain, Harry J. Fishbein, John Gerber, Paul Hodge

1958 1. Leonard B. Harmon, Ralph Hirschberg, Edgar Kaplan, Alfred Sheinwold, Ivar Stakgold; 2. Arthur M. Miller, John H. Moran, David Strasberg, Jay Wendt

1959 1. Lewis L. Mathe, Donald A. Oakie, Meyer Schleifer, Edward O. Taylor; 2. Harry J. Fishbein, John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Charles J. Solomon

1960 1. Ollie Adams, William Hanna, Sidney H. Lazard, Lewis L. Mathe; 2. Oswald Jacoby, Mervin Key, G. Robert Nail, Curtis Smith

1961 1. John R. Crawford, Norman Kay, Alvin Roth, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone; 2-3. Charles Coon, Robert F. Jordan, Eric R. Murray, Arthur G. Robinson; 2-3. Harold B. Guiver, Carol Sanders, Thomas K. Sanders, Michael Shuman

1962 1-2. Paul Allinger, Harold B. Guiver, Lewis L. Mathe, Ron Von der Porten, Erik Paulsen, Edward O. Taylor; 1-2. Robert D. Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Donald P. Krauss, Marshall Miles, Bill Eisenberg

1963 1. Charles H. Goren, Peter A. Leventritt, Harold A. Ogust, Howard Schenken; 2. Donald R. Faskow, William L. Flannery, Herbert Sachs, Paul Swanson

1964 1. John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Mervin Key, Harold Rockaway; 2. Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Cliff Russell, Curtis K. Smith, Bobby Wolff, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz

1965 1. Eddie Kantar, Michael S. Lawrence, Marshall Miles, Lew Stansby; 2. Michael Engel, Phil Feldesman, Richard Freeman, Ira S. Rubin

1966 1. Robert F. Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Arthur G. Robinson; 2-3. Gerald W. Bare, Harold B. Guiver, Lewis L. Mathe, Mike McMahan, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross; 2-3. William S. Root, Alvin Roth, Bee Schenken, Howard Schenken

1967 1. Robert F. Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Arthur G. Robinson, William S. Root, Alvin Roth; 2. Steve Altman, Michael M. Becker, Charles Peres, Daniel Rotman

1968 1. Kyle Larsen, Erik Paulsen, Peter A. Pender, Hugh Ross, Howard Schenken; 2. Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Robert D. Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Sidney Lazard, George Rapee

1969 1. Philip Feldesman, William Grieve, Ira Rubin, Jeff Westheimer; 2. Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami R. Kehela, Sidney Lazard, Eric R. Murray, George Rapee

1970 1-2. Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Robert D. Hamman, James Jacoby, Michael S. Lawrence, Bobby Wolff; 1-2. Grant S. Baze, Anthony H. Dionisi, William P. Grieve, Harlow S. Lewis, Peter A. Pender, George Rapee

1971 1. William Grieve, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Donald P. Krauss, Lewis L. Mathe, George Rapee; 2. Grant S. Baze, Anthony H. Dionisi, Harlow S. Lewis, Peter A. Pender

1972 1. Lou Bluhm, Steve Goldberg, Steven J. Parker, Stephen W. Robinson; 2. William Grieve, Sami R. Kehela, Eric R. Murray, George Rapee

1973 1. Larry Cohen, Dr. Richard H. Katz, Bud Reinhold, Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel; 2. Jack Blair, Byron L. Greenberg, Thomas K. Sanders, Paul Swanson

1974 1. Fred Hamilton, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Ira S. Rubin; 2. Stephen Goldstein, Marc S. Jacobus, J. Merrill, Steve Sion, Judi Solodar

1975 1. Fred Hamilton, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross,

Reisinger BAM starts today


Ira S. Rubin; 2. Richard E. Doughty, Frank M. Hoadley, Jack LaNoue, Sidney H. Lazard

1976 1. Malcolm K. Brachman, Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway; 2. Matt Granovetter, Robert H. Lipsitz, Steven J. Parker, Samuel M. Stayman

1977 1. Jim Cayne, Alan Greenberg, James Jacoby, Kyle Larsen, Michael S. Lawrence; 2. Matt Granovetter, Robert H. Lipsitz, Neil Silverman, Samuel M. Stayman

1978 1. Ira G. Corn Jr., Fred Hamilton, Robert D. Hamman, Ira S. Rubin, Bobby Wolff; 2. Allan Graves, Gaylor Kasle, Mark Lair, George Mittelman, Barney O’Malia, Ron Smith

1979 1-2. Russ Arnold, Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell; 1-2. Ira G. Corn Jr., Fred Hamilton, Robert D. Hamman, Ira S. Rubin, Bobby Wolff

1980 1. Ron E. Andersen, Malcolm K. Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Michael S. Lawrence, Paul Soloway; 2-3. Mark Lair, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, Eric Rodwell, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold; 2-3. Roy Fox, Ed Manfield, Paul Swanson, Kit Woolsey

1981 1. Chip Martel, Peter A. Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby; 2-3. Roger Bates, Chuck F. Burger, Jim Cayne, Bill Eisenberg, Alan Greenberg; 2-3. Evan Bailey, L. Andrew Campbell, Joel Hoersch, David J. Weiss

1982 1. Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay; 2. Mark Molson, Eric Kokish, Paul Lewis, Robert Lebi, George Mittelman, Drew Cannell

1983 1. Oswald Jacoby, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek; 2-3 Ron Rubin, Mike Becker, Bill Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Mike Lawrence, Peter Weichsel; 2-3. Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross

1984 1-4. Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay; 1-4. Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein, Allan Stauber, Mike Smolen; 1-4. Sam Stayman, Richard Reisig, George Tornay, Saul Bronstein; 1-4. Jim Robison, Jon Wittes, Ross Grabel, Stelios Touchtidis

1985 1-2. Chip Martel, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby; 1-2. George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen

1986 1. Steve Robinson, Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Peter Boyd, Peter Pender, Lew Stansby; 2. Bud Reinhold, Ron Andersen, Tom Sanders, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman

1987 1. Zia Mahmood, Jaggy Shivdasani, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith; 2. Walter Johnson, Mark Cohen, Ralph Katz, Bill Pollack, Dave Berkowitz, Howard Weinstein

1988 1. Jimmy Cayne, Bob Hamman, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Chuck Berger, Bobby Wolff; 2. Tom Fox, Dick Melson, Jim Hall, David Lehman

1989 1. Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Sam Lev, Chris Compton, Mark Molson;

2. Jillian Blanchard, Robert Blanchard, Jon Greenspan, Kerri Shuman, Margie Gwozdzinsky, Glenn Eisenstein

1990 1. Richard Pavlicek, William Root, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Brian Glubok; 2. Malcolm Brachman, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Mark Lair, Eddie Wold

1991 1. Cliff Russell, Sam Lev, Larry N. Cohen, David Berkowitz, Marty Bergen, Bjorn Fallenius; 2. Mike Cappelletti Jr., Mike Cappelletti Sr., Lawrence Hicks, Rob Crawford

1992 1. James Cayne, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Chuck Burger, Gabriel Chagas, Marcelo Branco; 2. Jim Mahaffey, Alan Sontag, Eddie Kantar, Ron Andersen, Tony Forrester

1993 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Burger, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Mark Lair

1994 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. James Cayne, Bobby Goldman, Mark Lair, Mike Passell, Chuck Burger, Paul Soloway

1995 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. Peter Nagy, Bruce Ferguson, Howard Weinstein, Ralph Katz, Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein

1996 1. Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby; 2. James Cayne, Mark Feldman, Chuck Burger, Michael Seamon, Mike Passell, Alan Sontag

1997 1. Bart Bramley, Howard Weinstein, Sidney Lazard, Steve Garner; 2. George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Adam Zmudzinski, Marek Szymanowski, Marcin Lesniewski, Cezary Balicki

1998 1. Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester; 2. George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace, PeterWeichsel, Alan Sontag

1999 1. Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester; 2. Dano DeFalco, Giorgio Duboin, Guido Ferraro, Norberto Bocchi

2000 1. George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin; 2. Mike Cappelletti Jr., Gary Cohler, Richard Finberg, Mark Lair, Jerry Goldfein

2001 1. Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Brad Moss, Fred Gitelman, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein; 2. George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin

2002 1. Steve Landen, Dan Morse, Bobby Wolff, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Adam Wildavsky, Doug Doub; 2. Richard Schwartz, Michael Becker, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg

2003 1. Malcolm Brachman, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson; 2. Roy

Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski

2004 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2.* Richard Schwartz, Michael Becker, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz

2005 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg

2006 1. Jacek Pszczola, Gary Cohler, Curtis Cheek, Joe Grue; 2. Russ Ekeblad, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Fred Gitelman, Brad Moss

2007 1.* James Cayne, Michael Seamon, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria; 2. Aubrey Strul, Michael Becker, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz, Lew Stansby, Chip Martel

2008 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Zia Mahmood, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. Roy Welland, Brian Glubok, Ron Smith, Billy Cohen, Howard Weinstein, Steve Garner

2009 1. Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Bob Hamman, Zia Mahmood, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. Michal Kwiecien, Alexander Smirnov, Rafal Jagniewski, Josek Piekarek

2010 1. James Cayne, Giorgio Duboin, Alfredo Versace, Antonio Sementa, Lorenzo Lauria, Michael Seamon; 2. Josef Piekarek, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein, Roy Welland, Alexander Smirnov, Cristal Henner-Welland

2011 1. James Cayne, Giorgio Duboin, Alfredo Versace, Antonio Sementa, Lorenzo Lauria, Michael Seamon; 2.* Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Franck Multon, Pierre Zimmerman

2012 1.* Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon, Tor Helness, Geir Helgemo; 2. Roy Welland, Sabine Auken, Lew Stansby, Bart Bramley.

2013 1.* Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon, Tor Helness, Geir Helgemo; 2. Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein

2014 1.* Allan Graves, Richard Schwartz, Espen Lindqvist, Boye Brogeland; 2. Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein

2015 1. Vytautas Vainikonis, Wojtek Olanski, Boguslaw Gierulski, Jerzy Skrzypczak, Pawel Zatorski, Ron Pachtmann; 2. Mark Gordon, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, David Berkowitz, Alan Sontag, Michael Rosenberg, Jacek Pszczola

2016 1. Michael Becker, Aubrey Strul, Tarek Sadek, Walid Elahmady, Michael Kamil, Richard Coren; 2. Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco, John Diamond, Brian Platnick, Kevin Bathurst, Justin Lall

2017 1. Yuxiong Shen, Zijian Shao, Jack Zhao, Yinghao Liu; 2. George Mittelman, Ken Bercuson, Ron Pachtmann, Piotr Pawl Zatorski

2018 1. Josef Blass npc, Jacek Pszczola, Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki, Sjoret Brink, Bas Drijver; 2. George Mittelman, Ken Bercuson, Ron Pachtmann, Piotr Pawel Zatorski* This team originally contained other

members were later stripped of their titles.

2018 ACBL President Jay Whipple presents the Reisinger Trophy to winners: Sjoret Brink, michal Nowosadzki, Jacek “Pepsi” Pszczola, Bas Drijver, Jacek Kalita and (not pictured) npc Josef Blass.

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Good techniqueBy Barry Rigal

On this deal from the first semifinal session in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, Brian Senior, playing with Nigel Bird, declared a diamond partscore and made a series of nice plays to bring home the maximum.

Dlr: West ♠ A 10 8 2 Vul: E-W ♥ 10 9 Bd: 16 ♦ K 4 3 ♣ Q 5 3 2 ♠ Q J 4 3 ♠ K 7 ♥ J 8 3 ♥ K ♦ Q J 5 ♦ A 10 8 7 6 ♣ A 7 6 ♣ K J 10 9 4 ♠ 9 6 5 ♥ A Q 7 6 5 4 2 ♦ 9 2 ♣ 8

West North East South Pass Pass 1♦ 3♥ Dbl Pass 4♣ Pass 4♦ All Pass

On the lead of the ♣8, Senior passed the first test, rising with the ace and unblocking the 9 from hand. Then he ran the ♦Q, followed by the jack. North covered, and Senior won in hand, drew the last trump, and then advanced the ♥K. South won and played back a spade. Senior took the last hurdle in his stride, putting up the jack from dummy. When North played the ace, Senior dropped the king. Now he could ruff the next heart, and go to the ♠Q to pass the ♣7. Thanks to the unblock at trick one, he could remain in dummy to repeat the club finesse and wrap up 11 tricks.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SWISS TEAMS 32 Tables A B C 7.84 1 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk Poland 67.00 5.88 2 Hemant Lall, Carrollton TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Joyjit Sensarma, Oakland CA; Natasha Khandheria, Corte Madera CA 65.00 6.48 3 1 Byron Southern - Ellen Coffield, Little Rock AR; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS; James Keegan, Cambridge MA 63.00 4.86 4 2 David Snyder, Emeryville CA; Marcia Wasserman - Andy Wasserman, Piedmont CA; Cole Powell, Oakland CA 54.00 2.48 5 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; C. L’Ecuyer, Saint-Bruno QC; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 53.00 3.65 6 3 1 Beverly Bloss, Sausalito CA; Janet Crossley - Rita Schaulat - Miriam Kaegi, Novato CA 52.00 2.39 7/8 4/5 Joelle Benioff - Sara Foster, San Francisco CA; Nancy Herzog, Kentfield CA; Linda Danzig, Tiburon CA 50.00 2.39 7/8 4/5 Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Delray Beach FL; Susan Eisenberg - Benjamin Eisenberg, Boca Raton FL 50.00 2.12 6 2 Judy Duning - Nanette Hittmeier, Olympia WA; Marilyn Knipp, Delta BC; Gale Gropp, Bellingham WA 44.00 1.01 7/8 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; W. Oates – P. Oates, Brighton MI 43.00 1.01 7/8 Andreas Babsch - Manuela Turcsanyi, Vienna Austria; Ulrike Schreckenberger, Berlin Germany; Peter Steiner, Semriach Austria 43.00 1.39 3/4 Lorna Verdone, West Sayville NY; Suzanne Nussbaum, Port Jefferson Station NY; Joanne Chalifoux, Bay Shore NY; Beverly Lefkowitz, Mount Sinai NY 40.00 1.39 3/4 Christian Gilles - James Bechtel - Suzee Grant - Randy Franciose, Santa Barbara CA 40.00 0.89 5 Arvis Williams - Robyn Williams - Thomas Zimmerman - Claire Zimmerman, Pearland TX 38.00

SCOTT EWING MEMORIAL THURSDAY OPEN PAIRS 44.0 Tables / Based on 45 Tables A B C 27.50 1 Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV 63.60% 20.63 2 Edward Wojewoda, Tempe AZ; Leszek Rabiega, Watsonville CA 61.66% 15.47 3 1 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Sheng Li, New York NY 60.76% 11.60 4 2 Clark Millikan, Santa Clara CA; Arif Janjua, Saratoga CA 58.95% 9.17 5 Florian Alter, Leipzig Germany; Lauritz Streck, Berlin Germany 57.41% 7.86 6 Tezcan Sen - Bulent Kaytaz, Istanbul Turkey 56.69% 6.88 7 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA 56.62% 6.11 8 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 56.34% 5.50 9 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 55.99% 5.00 10 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 55.81% 5.91 11 3 Sumit Daftuar, San Marino CA; Carol Frank, Burbank CA 55.53% 4.23 12 Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 55.19% 3.93 13 Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 55.12% 3.67 14 Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA; James Holzhauer, Las Vegas NV 54.73% 4.43 15 4 Paul Nelson, Santa Clara CA; Ken Imboden, San Jose CA 54.70% 4.20 16 5 1 Jianming Zhang, Union City CA; Jian Wang, Hopatcong NJ 54.64% 3.06 17 6 Marius Agica, Bucharest Romania; Maria Tsoukalas, Las Vegas NV 54.59% 2.89 18 Paul Janicki, Markham ON; Imtiaz Husain, Midland MI 54.28% 2.75 19 Alex Kornel - Barbara Seagram, Toronto ON 54.06% 2.62 20 Anthony Barre, Sunnyvale CA; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 53.94% 7.44 21 7 Kamil Walczyk, Radom Poland; Kacper Kopka, Sochaczew Poland 53.78% 2.60 22 Chantal Dube, Montreal QC; Andre Houde, Laval QC 53.68% 2.29 23 Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 53.52% 3.15 8 2 Doug Couchman, Tucson AZ; James Hopkin, Orinda CA 53.02% 2.10 9 Stephannie Culbertson - Matthew Rudary, New York NY 51.83% 2.36 3 Foster Tom, Berkeley CA; Rhian Davies, San Francisco CA 49.88% 1.77 4 Mark Spiro, Encinitas CA; Steve Reid, Carlsbad CA 48.42%

THURSDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 21.0 Tables A B C 6.72 1 Eric Robinson, Park City UT; Richard Friesner, New York NY 67.32% 5.85 2 1 Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA; Stephanie Singer, Belmont CA 64.58% 4.39 3 2 John Gassenheimer - Jill Fisch, Wynnewood PA 61.83% 2.84 4 Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA; William Velick, Laguna Beach CA 58.98% 3.29 5 3 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 58.75% 2.47 6 4 Gloria Peston, Elsternwick Australia; Nancy Frank, Glencoe IL 58.23% 2.98 7 5 1 Bridget Poizner, San Diego CA; Arda Kabaca, Toronto ON 56.72% 1.39 6 Linda Dunn, Memphis TN; Joe Rottmann, Vancouver WA 56.52% 2.24 7 2 Ruth Ng - Patrick Chen, San Diego CA 55.92% 1.68 3 Christian Goetze - Kate Jeffus, San Francisco CA 53.17% 1.26 4 Sharon Lee - Bruce Osterweil, San Francisco CA 53.13% 0.94 5 Bob Gagnon - Devra Drysdale, Calgary AB 52.02%

THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 7.0 Tables A B C 2.55 1 1 1 Mark Sawchuk - Forrest Rice, San Francisco CA 58.75% 1.91 2 Jamie Ney, Lafayette CA; Melinda Hall, Walnut Creek CA 56.25% 1.43 3 Carol Snyder - John Snyder, Goleta CA 54.58% 1.60 4 2 Mark Kogan - Patti Kogan, Orinda CA 53.75% 0.81 5 Lili Bassett, Piedmont CA; Marilyn Bookbinder, Berkeley CA 53.33% 1.30 3/4 2 Timothy Byrnes, Perpigna France; Joe Huddleston, Peoria AZ 51.67% 1.05 3/4 Ray Mok - Karen Mok, Pebble Beach CA 51.67%


No beer for youOmer Ekinci of Astoria NY found a great line on

this 3NT deal from the one-session BAM Teams on Saturday. Ekinci was playing with Gokhan Yilmaz of Turkey. Dlr: South ♠ A 7 3 Vul: E-W ♥ A K 8 2 ♦ 10 2 ♣ K Q 6 2 ♠ Q J 9 4 ♠ 6 5 2 ♥ Q 10 9 6 2 ♥ J 4 ♦ A 6 4 ♦ Q J 7 5 ♣ 4 ♣ J 10 7 3 ♠ K 10 8 ♥ 7 5 ♦ K 9 8 3 ♣ A 9 8 5

West North East South Yilmaz Ekinci Pass Pass 1♣ (1) Pass 1♠ (2) Dbl 2♣ (3) Pass 3NT All Pass

(1) Strong or unbalanced with clubs(2) No four-card major, 8+(3) Clubs, 15+After an unusual auction, South (Ekinci) became

declarer in 3NT, and West led the ♥6. Ekinci rose with the ♥A (ducking is bad as it allows for a spade switch, which destroys the timing on the hand, as we shall see) and called for dummy’s ♦2. East played low, and Ekinci inserted the ♦9. West ducked this trick (best), so declarer crossed to the ♣K and played the ♦10 to the queen, king and ace. When West continued with a low heart, declarer ducked in dummy, as East won the ♥J.

On the spade exit (suggesting 5-2 hearts), declarer won the ace in dummy, cashed the ♣Q, discovering the 4-1 split. This was the position: ♠ 7 3 ♥ K 8 ♦ — ♣ 6 2 ♠ Q J 4 ♠ 6 5 ♥ Q 10 9 ♥ — ♦ — ♦ J 7 ♣ — ♣ J 10 ♠ K 10 ♥ — ♦ 8 3 ♣ A 9

When declarer played dummy’s ♥K, East was squeezed in three suits. If he discarded a spade (which is what happened at the table), declarer pitches a spade, crosses to the ♠K, plays the ♣A and exits a club to East. Reduced to the ♦J 7, all East could do was cash the ♦J and surrender the ♦7 – the beer card – to declarer’s ♦8.

Making three was a win on the board.

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THURSDAY EVENING A/X/Y SWISS TEAMS 15 Tables / Based on 26 Tables A X Y 10.88 1 Richard Coren - Diyan Danailov - Jerry Stamatov, Boca Raton FL; Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV 59.00 8.16 2 1 1 Misook Jung - Daniel Kroll, Berkeley CA; Malcolm Morris, London England; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 55.00 6.12 3 2 2 Somers Collins, Little Rock AR; Bo Liu, Irvine CA; Sherman Gao, Brea CA; Jim Liu, Saratoga CA 52.00 4.59 4 3 Thomas Burg - Sylvia Terraneo - Terry Weigkricht, Vienna Austria; Peter Zelnik, Austria 51.00 3.44 5 Roland Rohowsky, Nueruberg Germany; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Daniela von Arnim, Hockenheim Germany 48.00 2.04 4 3 Lawrence Sherman - Thomas Herzog - Jane Petering - Kathleen Byrne, San Diego CA 46.00

THURSDAY EVENING B/C/D SWISS TEAMS 11 Tables B C D 4.20 1 1 Kathleen Young - Donna Barker, Walnut Creek CA; Michael Ravera - David Sisson, Fremont CA 65.00 3.15 2 2 1 Judith Remmers, Manteca CA; Barbara Page - Sharon Cole - Sherrie Barakatt, Modesto CA 49.00 2.36 3 3 2 Ron Grove, Victoria BC; Dee Fulton, Holualoa HI; Daryl Prouty - John Schroeder, Placerville CA 47.00 1.77 4 4 Debbie Machlin - Donna Raynor, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA; Debbie Lundahl, San Carlos CA 46.00

Platinum point leadersPoints won in San Francisco through Thursday

1. 250.00 Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 250.00 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC 250.00 Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland 250.00 Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands 250.00 Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands6. 228.71 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV7. 194.00 Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA8. 190.98 Wei Wang, Shanghai China9. 180.00 Robert Levin, Henderson NV 180.00 Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ 180.00 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 180.00 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 180.00 Nick Nickell, New York NY 180.00 Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL15. 173.99 Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA16. 173.71 Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA 173.71 Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL18. 169.04 John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 169.04 Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA20. 147.54 Jim Munday, Southaven MS 147.54 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL22. 144.01 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX23. 143.71 Andy Hung, Brisbane Australia 143.71 Liam Milne, Sidney Australia25. 141.81 Iulian Rotaru, New York NY26. 137.69 Zia Mahmood, New York NY 137.69 David Gold, London England28. 131.43 Philippe Cronier, Paris France29. 125.98 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY30. 125.00 Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL 125.00 Christian Bakke, Bergen Norway 125.00 Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 125.00 Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens FL 125.00 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL 125.00 Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway 125.00 Jan Jansma, New York NY 125.00 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 125.00 Chris Willenken, New York NY 125.00 John Hurd, New York NY 125.00 Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 125.00 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV

42. 117.00 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ43. 114.67 Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ44. 113.33 Dennis Bilde, Copenhagen Denmark45. 113.06 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ46. 110.19 Peter Gill, Sydney Australia47. 106.65 HanXiao Li, Shanghai China48. 106.12 Bo Fu, Shanghai China49. 105.00 Giorgia Botta, Brooklyn NY 105.00 Alejandro Bianchedi, New York NY 105.00 Margie Cole, New York NY52. 102.84 Eric Leong, Oakland CA 102.84 Owen Lien, Oak Park MI54. 101.51 Adam Wildavsky, New York NY55. 91.33 Ron Gerard, White Plains NY56. 83.07 Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA 83.07 Phillip King, Harrow UK58. 81.67 Edward Xu, North York ON 81.67 Yan Wang, Richmond Hill ON60. 81.40 Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine 81.40 Michel Abecassis, Paris France62. 80.87 P. Sridhar, Chennai India 80.87 Sundarram Srinivatan, Chennai India64. 80.34 G Venkatesh, Carmel CA 80.34 Anil Padhye, Mumbay India66. 80.00 Michal Klukowski, Poland 80.00 Miguel Villas-Boas, Salvador Brazil 80.00 Juan Carlos Ventin, Barcelona Spain 80.00 Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland 80.00 Peter Crouch, Surrey UK 80.00 Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA 80.00 Adam Grossack, Newton MA 80.00 Tor Helness, Monaco 80.00 Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 80.00 Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway 80.00 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA 80.00 Geir Helgemo, Monaco 80.00 Franck Multon, Monaco 80.00 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 80.00 Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden 80.00 Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden 80.00 Simon Cope, Hertfordshire UK 80.00 Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal 80.00 Espen Erichsen, Tunbridge Wells UK 80.00 Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain 80.00 Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco


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HARVEY BRODY THURSDAY COMPACT KO 1 16 Tables 33.10 1 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Luc Tijssen - Veri Kiljan, Tilburg Netherlands 23.17 2 Margie Cole - Alejandro Bianchedi, New York NY; Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden 14.90 3 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Ransomville NY 11.59 4 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA; Daniel Poore - Ray Miller, Seattle WA

HARVEY BRODY THURSDAY COMPACT KO 2 12 Tables 17.83 1 P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Stanley Landers, Old Westbury NY; Michael Radin, New York NY; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY 12.48 2 David Wachsman - Janis Wachsman, Jericho NY; Todd Wachsman, Delray Beach FL; Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL 8.02 3 Winston Huang, Los Altos CA; Ming Sheng, Northbrook IL; Xin Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of China; Yanong Han, Milpitas CA 6.24 4 Albert Votolato, Attleboro MA; Steven Paxhia, Milton MA; Grace Charron, Fall River MA; Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA

HARVEY BRODY THURSDAY COMPACT KO 3 12 Tables 11.38 1 David Weinberg, Reno NV; Han-Yu Chang, Sunnyvale CA; N. (Kaya) Chua, Chula Vista CA; Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY 7.97 2 Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA; Dex Stuberg - Dave Walker, Seattle WA; Ken Wilk, Palo Alto CA 5.12 3 Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; Dan Faulkner, Tucson AZ; Ivy Steinberg - Allan Quaile, Stouffville ON 3.98 4 Douglas Hong, San Jose CA; Pat Larin - Barbara Gallagher, Rancho Mirage CA; Wayne Rapp, Orange CA

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ACBL CROSSWORD # 43By Alan Olschwang

Across 1. Broadway rosters 6. Zeno’s birthplace10. Silver State’s second city14. Island greeting15. Alternative to Landy16. Financial subj.17. Mathe is a ___ (See 26A)20. Blacken on a grill21. Bitsy22. Friend of Pooh and Roo23. ___-Locka (Miami suburb)25. 1960s civil-rights org.26. against a strong one club ___31. ___-da (pretentious)35. Be sociable36. Small protuberance37. Make murky38. Japanese cartoon style40. Hairy Himalayan beast41. “David Copperfield” character

Heep42. Private response?43. Alleges as fact

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Down 1. Dishonorable types 2. Windward’s opposite 3. Nap site 4. “Monster” Oscar-winner Charlize 5. Start of many California city

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Abbr.62. “Starpeace” recorder63. Pro-___ (some bridge events)

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Answer to Bridge Crosswords on page 17 NABC Electronic Device Policy

Except by permission of the director in charge, any electronic equipment or device capable of receiving or sending an electronic signal, or capable of communicating in any way, may not be operated or functioning in any manner in the playing area during a session of play. Any such equipment must not be visible during the session and must remain off at all times.

The above restrictions apply to all players, captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders except those persons granted permission by the ACBL, and are in force throughout any playing session or segment of play. Further restrictions and requirements apply in events involving live internet and/or vugraph coverage.

A violation of any of the above restrictions will result in an automatic penalty, pursuant to Law 91 of the Laws of Duplicate Bridge.

NABC+ events• First offense of any kind (ringing, answering or

initiating a call, texting or browsing) in a session: One full board, 12 IMPs or 20% of the maximum available VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring.

• Second offense in the same session or third offense within the event, disqualification of the pair or team from the event.

Other events• First offense, in the same session – ringing

only: one-quarter board, 3 IMPs or 1 VP, at the respective form of scoring; first offense in the same session – answering or initiating a call, texting or browsing: one-half board, 6 IMPs or 2 VPs, at the respective form of scoring.

• Second offense in the same session: two full boards, 20 IMPs or 50% of the maximum available VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring.

• Third offense in the event: disqualification of the pair or team from the event.

Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed from the playing area for the remainder of the session.

This policy applies to all events at NABCs.

Player MemosPlayer Memo stations are located on the “upper”

B2 Level in the Marriott next to the Fedex office and on the lower level opposite Salon 6.

Some “Recorder Reminders”:When filing a Player Memo, please include

names and compass locations, and please include the name of any tournament director involved.

When an irregularity occurs, call the director. Do not make your own ruling or allow partner or opponents to do so.

Once hands are removed from the boards, all calls, questions, comments and plays will be in English. Exceptions may be made if all four players at the table agree to use some common language understood by all four players.

Charity begins at AmazonSmile

For every eligible purchase you make on Amazon.com, the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5% of the purchase price (less shipping, gift wrap charges, etc.) to your chosen charity. Why not make the ACBL Educational Foundation or the ACBL Charity Foundation your chosen charity?

When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com with the added bonus that AmazonSmile will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization. Picture this: If every ACBL member were to designate one of the two ACBL charity funds as their AmazonSmile recipient and spend $200, $168,000 would flow to the Educational Foundation and the Charity Foundation!

Can I use my existing Amazon.com account on AmazonSmile?

Yes, you use the same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, wish list, wedding or baby registry and other account settings are also the same.

How do I select a charitable organization?Go to smile.amazon.com using your computer or

mobile device. On your first visit to AmazonSmile, you’ll select a charitable organization before you begin shopping. Choose either

ACBL Charity Foundation orACBL Educational Foundation

CURE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO 1 16 Tables 65.00 1 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Johan Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden; Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA 45.50 2 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland 26.00 3/4 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Vesa Fagerlund, Helsinki Faeroe Islands; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Hua Poon, Singapore Singapore; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 26.00 3/4 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy

CURE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO 2 13 Tables 32.79 1 Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Thomas Paske, Manhattan NY; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC 22.95 2 Li-Hsiang Kuo, Ann Arbor MI; Yu-Shiang Cheng, New Taipei City Taiwan; Yi Ouyang, Albany CA; Kun-Chieh Wang, Sunnyvale CA 13.12 3/4 Giuseppina Di Dio - Gianni Balbi - Franco Caviezel, Venice Italy; Peter Schneider, New York City NY 13.12 3/4 Katherine Field, Chapel Hill NC; Thomas Musso, Charleston SC; Kathrine Loh, Walnut Creek CA; Simon Ortmann, Allerod Denmark

CURE MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO 3 14 Tables 16.88 1 Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY; Richard Rogers - Stephanie Rogers - Chris Chen, San Francisco CA 11.82 2 Glen Dexter - Margie Knickle, Lunenburg NS; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON; Patty Michael, San Diego CA 6.75 3/4 Michael Lynch, Edwards CO; Bill Multack, Miami Beach FL; Jacqueline Hurlbutt - Karen Johnson, Scottsdale AZ 6.75 3/4 Debbie Lundahl, San Carlos CA; Donna Raynor - Debbie Machlin, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA


Tomorrow’s Bridge Events

Slow playSlow play, especially habitual slow play, is a

violation of law and subject to penalty. When a pair has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them to make up the time lost as quickly as possible whether at fault or not. All players are expected to make a concerted effort to catch up when they have fallen behind, regardless of the reason for their lateness.

In the absence of compelling evidence to the contrary, the director should presume that a pair finishing a round late by more than two or three minutes on more than one occasion during a session is responsible for the lateness. There is a strong expectation that the director will penalize such a pair. The size of a penalty will tend to increase for subsequent instances of slow play and for chronic or egregious slow play.

While warnings typically will be given before a penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way limits the director’s authority to issue a penalty.

Players are expected to be aware, in a general sense, of time used and remaining in a segment in which they are playing regardless of whether a clock is in use or a time announcement has been made. An excuse of “no announcement” or “no clock immediately visible” will not be considered persuasive.

In consultation with the DIC of the tournament, the TD may require that a particular pair not play in a specified segment, not play against a specified pair or not play together as a pair. The foregoing is expected

Saturday, December 7, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24Morning Swiss Teams single Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Unit 512 Wine Country Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24

Saturday, December 7, 10 a.m.Sonoma Duplicate Bridge Club 299er & 99er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19Sonoma Duplicate Bridge Club 0-20 Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $15 Note: Games NOT played at the Sonoma Duplicate Bridge Club

Saturday, December 7, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Golden Gate C, Level B2 $20 $24Stu Goodgold Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Golden Gate C, Level B2 $20 $24

Saturday, December 7, Noon & 7 p.m.REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 SF Yerba Buena 7, Bottom Level $30 —

Saturday, December 7, 1 p.m.Jackie Zayac Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Golden Gate A, Level B2 $20 $24

Saturday, December 7, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 SF Yerba Buena 10, Bottom Level $30 —NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Yerba Buena 9, Bottom Level $30 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsPaul McDaniels Memorial Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Golden Gate A, Level B2 $20 $24Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.Tom Quinlan Memorial Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams 3-4 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24

Saturday, December 7, 3 p.m.Sonoma Duplicate Bridge Club 299er & 99er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Note: Games NOT played at the Sonoma Duplicate Bridge Club

Saturday, December 7, 7:30 p.m.Evening Swiss Teams single Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24Jackie Zayac Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Golden Gate A, Level B2 $20 $24299er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19

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 (300-750/200-300/0-200). 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 (300-750/200-300/0-200). 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.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY DAYLIGHT KO 1 9 TablesEvan Marti, Houston TX; Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX; Lily Andre - James Andre, Mercer Island WA vsValentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Ahu Zobu, Tarabya Istanbu Turkey; Viktor Aronov, Sofia Bulgaria

Scott Hiller, Naples FL; Wayne Gorski, Mission Viejo CA; Alfred Tuckman, Laguna Woods CA; Sharon Christenson, Sun City AZ vsPaula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Pascale Thuillez - Laurent Thuillez - Anna Tartarin, Villiers St. Frederic France; Romain Tembouret, Asnia¨res France

THURSDAY-FRIDAY DAYLIGHT KO 2 15 TablesSteve Chen - Sarah Chen - Charlie Chen - Andrew Chen, San Jose CA vsJan Loftin - William Smith - Kathy Carmichael - John Carmichael, Lincoln NE

Loring Harkness III, Kilauea HI; Randy Jones, Los Altos CA; John Tippet, Fort Collins CO; Janice Nakao, San Mateo CA vsNathalie Tabor, Brookline MA; Bart Bussink, Cambridge MA; Barbara McLagan, Sarasota FL; Chuck Greenslit, Framingham MA

THURSDAY-FRIDAY DAYLIGHT KO 3 14 TablesBrenda Griffiths - Doug Darnley, Pickering ON; Cindy Scheinfeld - Jill Jacobs, New York NY vsArt Quey - Kal Aziz, San Mateo CA; Patricia Wong, Foster City CA; Bob Johnson, Burlingame CA

William Fleming - Martha Potter - Jim Stickman, Seattle WA; William Etnyre, Salt Lake City UT vsPatrick Staley - Brian Castle, San Diego CA; Linda Atkinson, Encinitas CA; Ramey Farah, La Jolla CA

to be applied only due to egregious circumstances or to unduly repetitious offenders.

An appeal of an action taken by a TD with regard to time may be taken to the Director in Charge of the tournament, and no further. For NABC+ KO events, the TD is charged with the responsibility to ensure that each KO match segment finishes within the allotted time. While a time monitor may be employed, the lack of a monitor in no way limits the TD’s authority to apply one or more of the remedies listed below.

The TD may choose to ignore an occasional minor late finish. The TD may remove one or more boards from a segment. The TD may award no score (when neither team is more at fault), an assigned score (when a result already exists at one table which the TD wishes to preserve) or an artificial score in IMPs. Every effort should be made to remove boards before they can be played at either table, but not having done so does not preclude removing one or more later.

Vugraph operators neededExperienced vugraph operators are needed on

Sunday for the final of the Reisinger BAM broadcast on BBO. The first session each day starts at 11 a.m., the second session starts at 5 p.m. ACBL pays operators $50 per session.

If you are available, please email Jan Martel at marteljan at gmail.com, or text her at 530-574-5780, and she will answer any questions you may have. Thousands of BBO spectators around the world will appreciate your help!


Unit 512: Wine Country Unit 512 serves Solano County, Napa County

and the Vintage Duplicate Bridge Club in Sonoma, with a membership of 270 players. We are pleased to support clubs in Napa, Rio Vista and Sonoma.

Despite our relatively small membership, we have been recognized the last several years for our amazing fundraising efforts for The Longest Day. We hope you are enjoying the Side Game Series! The Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game is sponsored by Unit 512.

Unit 498: San MateoUnit 498 San Mateo

is known for great bridge games, opportunities to learn, the promotion of goodwill, and a strong sense of community and volunteerism.

The Morning Intermediate-Newcomer games are sponsored by Unit 498.

Today’s Sponsors

Today’s Bridge Events

Jackie Zayac, District 21 DirectorWelcome to District 21

and the final weekend of the San Francisco NABC!

It is my pleasure to contribute to the success of the San Francisco NABC. A big thank you to all of the volunteers who have given their time and energy to make this a great tournament.

I hope everyone who is visiting has a wonderful time in our city by the bay!

The Friday-Sunday Side Game is sponsored by Jackie Zayac

Harvey Brody 1939–2018Harvey Brody loved San

Francisco, and lived here for almost five decades. He was born on Sept. 16, 1939, in Kalamazoo MI and liked to joke that he flunked out of the University of Michigan three times because he found bridge to be so much more interesting than his classes. Eventually, he got his degree in finance, and moved to San Francisco where he worked as an accountant until he became a full time bridge pro in 1988. He amassed over 19,750 masterpoints and earned the title of Grand Life Master when he won the Lebhar IMP Pairs at the 1991 Las Vegas NABC. When diagnosed with ALS two years ago, Harvey handled it his way, and passed quietly in his sleep in January 2018. Today’s Open Pairs are named in memory of Harvey Brody.

MonitoringACBL monitors events at North American Bridge

Championships with both visible and concealed real-time cameras in public spaces. The images are recorded and available for later inspection and review by ACBL management and tournament officials, among others, including members of the Anti-Cheating Commission. These recordings are also uploaded to the internet following the NABC.

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 or disputes 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.

Friday, December 6, 9 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24Thursday-Friday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24Unit 512 Wine Country Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game 2nd single session Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24

Friday, December 6, 10 a.m.Unit 498 San Mateo 299er & 99er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19Unit 498 San Mateo 0-20 Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $15

Friday, December 6, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Golden Gate C, Level B2 $20 $24Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Golden Gate C, Level B2 $20 $24Thursday-Friday Daylight Knockout Teams 3-4 Golden Gate B, Level B2 $20 $24

Friday, December 6, 1 p.m.Jackie Zayac Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session Yerba Buena 6, Bottom Level $20 $24

Friday, December 6, 1 & 4:30 p.m.0-10,000 FAST OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F Nob Hill, Bottom Level $22 —

Friday, December 6, 1 & 7:30 p.m.REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 Q Yerba Buena 7, Bottom Level $30 — Pre-registration required by 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions.KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Yerba Buena 9, Bottom Level $30 — 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessionsSENIOR MIXED PAIRS 1-2 F Yerba Buena 10, Bottom Level $30 —Harvey Brody Memorial Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Golden Gate A, Level B2 $20 $24Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24

Friday, December 6, 3 p.m.Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single Golden Gate B, Level B2 $20 $24299er & 99er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19

Friday, December 6, 7:30 p.m.Evening Swiss Teams single Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24Jackie Zayac Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session Golden Gate A, Level B2 $20 $24299er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19

Friday, December 6, 11:45 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Soma, 2nd Floor $16/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 (300-750/200-300/0-200). 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 (300-750/200-300/0-200). 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.

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