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Daily Bulletin Monday, August 5, 2013 Volume 85, Number 4

85th North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley, Paul Linxwiler and Sue Munday

WBF reports insideToday and through the end of the tournament,

the middle four pages of the Daily Bulletin include reporting from the World Youth Open Bridge Championships.

Alan Hierseman and Doug Fjare won the Young Life Master 0-1500 Pairs by 1.57 matchpoints.

Championship Day in AtlantaPhotos only for NABC events today. Full reports will appear later this week.

ACBL Hall of Fame story and photos will appear in the Tuesday edition.

District 9 repeats as winners of the Championship Flight: Eric Rodwell, David Berkowitz, Jeff Meckstroth, Michael Becker, captain Warren Spector and Gary Cohler.

District 22 won the Goldman Flight A by a single IMP: Bo Liu, Xiao-yan Gong, Weishu Wu, captain Soichi Yoshihiro and Philip Hiestand.

Winners of the Sheinwold Flight B from District 11: (front) Lori Harner and Donna Moore; (back) William Gottschall, captain Joseph Keim, Larry Jones and Douglas Millsap.

District 23 captured the MacNab Flight C crown: Yichi Zhang, Om Chokriwala, Nolan Chang, Fred Upton and Jack Chang.

Mark Itabashi and Ross Grabel: winners of the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs.

Randy Thompson and Barry Spector won the Bruce LM-5000 Pairs.

Daily Bulletin Monday, August 5, 2013

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Monday, August 59–11 a.m. ACBLScore+. Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference Suite 222.10 a.m.-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant. Free game follows

(see below). Regency Ballroom VII, LL1.1–3 p.m. Bridge-Plus+. Free game for new players. Regency Ballroom

VII, LL1.7–8:30 p.m. Goodwill Committee Reception. Regency Ballroom VII, LL1.7:30–9 p.m. GNT/NAP Coordinators. Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference

Suite 219.8:30–10:30 p.m. Competition & Conventions Committee. Roswell, LL3.9–10:30 p.m. USBF Board meeting. Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference

Suite 226.Tuesday, August 6

8:30–9:30 a.m. TourneyTRAX Q&A. Meet with members of the ACBL staff for an interactive session about TourneyTRAX, the new

tournament information system.B Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference Suite 222.

9 a.m.–Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Continuing education for bridge directors to increase their skills. Continues on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Must attend both sessions. Sign up at the door. Fee: $15 covers both sessions. Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference Suite 226.

7-10 p.m. Zero Tolerance Workshop. Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference Suite 219. Open to all. Especially valuable for club managers. You’re welcome to bring food.

Wednesday, August 79 am–noon Club Director Refresher Course. Second day of the

continuing education seminar for bridge directors to increase their skills. Must attend both sessions (Tuesday and Wednesday). Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference Suite 226.

ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITYLocation: Peach Pit on LL2, unless otherwise noted

Monday, August 58:15-9:15 a.m. Beginner Yoga (bring a towel)8:45-9:30 a.m. Julia Forbes from the High Museum of Art will give a

presentation on the museum’s exhibition of Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis. The exhibition highlights the artistic genius of Dutch Golden Age painters. Forbes’s presentation will be in the Heritage Room on LL3.

1:30-2:30 p.m. Ice cream2-2:45 p.m. Stephen Peterkin and Jeffrey Tsang, pianists6:30–7:30 p.m. Chicken and cheese quesadillas with salsa6:30–9:30 p.m. Cash bar6:30-7:30 p.m. Mark Irish, hypnotist/illusionist is America’s most sought-

after hypnotist and the winner of the International Guild of Stage Hypnotists Comedy Competition in London.

9-10:30 p.m. Mark Irish, hypnotist/illusionist10:30 p.m.- Craig Gleason, guitar and vocals12:30 a.m.

Wednesday, August 78:15-9:15 a.m. Beginner Yoga (bring a towel)8:45-9:30 a.m. Dr. David Schulman is the Director, Emory Sleep Laboratory

and Program Director for Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at Emory University. He recently was honored with the 2013 Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award. Dave has also done well in NABCs, coming in second with Steve Callaham in the Young LM Pairs in 2009. He will speak on “Sleep as Key to Health” in Suite 222 on the Atrium Level.

2-2:45 p.m. Stephen Peterkin and Jeffrey Tsang, pianists2:15-2:45 p.m. Ice cream6:30–7:30 p.m. Vegetables, dip and assorted cheeses6:30–9:30 p.m. Cash bar6:30-8:15 p.m. Mark Larson, The Piano Guy and singer. Come and sing

along with Mark or just enjoy listening to him perform. 8:30 p.m.- till Texas Hold’em10:45 p.m.- Hot dogsmidnight11 p.m.-midnight Mark Larson, piano and vocals

Be sure to hear these expert lecturers at the Atlanta NABC by some of the best-known players and teachers at 9:15 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Hanover Hall, LL2.

Monday, August 59:15 am Lisa Berkowitz Playing to Trick One 6:45 pm Ken Monzingo Hand Patterns

Tuesday, August 69:15 am Harriette Buckman Rights and Responsibilities6:45 pm Coley McGinnis & Defensive Carding Linda Hanson

Wednesday, August 79:15 am Michael Huston Finessing6:45 pm Patty Tucker Double, Double Toil & Trouble

Thursday, August 89:15 am Kevin Wilson Fitting Honors6:45 pm Billy Miller Dear Billy Live

Notice to playersEach player must have an ACBL convention

card filled out and on the table. Please note that other types of convention cards, such as the WBF convention card or homemade cards that do not sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes.

Say ‘cheese!’ACBL has retained a professional photographer

to update images for our publications and website. We are looking for you — Hall of Famers, NABC winners, tournament staff, Grand Life Masters, Bulletin contributors, etc. Please look nice. The photographer will be located in the Kennesaw room, LL3, Sunday between 9 –10:30 a.m. and by appointment. Email [email protected]

NABC SlideshowThe Atlanta planning committee is putting

together a slideshow of the overall winners of tournament events. We will take pictures of overall winners in the Prize Room located on the Exhibit Level, two floors below the main lobby. The Prize Room will be open each day between 9:15-9:50 a.m., 2-2:50 p.m. and 6:30-7:20 p.m. We need both partners from a pair and/or all members of a team to come to the prize room for the picture if they are the overall winners of an event. The slideshow will be on display on the Exhibit Level and will include other tournament information and presentations you won’t want to miss.

Important notices for players in national events

Notice to seeded pairsIf you expect to be seeded in an NABC+

event at this tournament, please purchase your entry at least 15 minutes before game time. Doing so will help get the game started.

Check cashing and bridge bucks

The check-cashing desk, located in the lobby area on LL1, will be open between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. every day through next Friday.

There is a limit of $500 per day for check cashing. Members must provide their ACBL numbers.

Bridge bucks are available for purchase at the check-cashing desk. Visa, MasterCard and Discover can be used only to purchase bridge bucks.

Goodwill MessageSmile often.Sandy DeMartino, Goodwill Chair

Convention card reminderEach player is required to have a convention

card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a session. Both cards of a partnership must be identical and include the first and last names of each member of the partnership.

If a director determines that neither player has a substantially completed card, the partnership may play only the Standard American Yellow Card and may use only standard carding. This restriction may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round after convention cards have been properly prepared and approved by the director. Further, the partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each board played, commencing with the next round and continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the director.

If the director determines the partnership has at least one substantially completed convention card but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, the director may give warnings or assign such penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the circumstances.

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

Found A man’s leather portfolio, including address

book, calendar and pen was found in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency. Please contact hotel security for information.


JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSHave you discussed?

By Brent ManleyThis actually happened at a bridge tournament.

The bidding went 1♥ – Pass – 2♥ – Pass; 5NT – All Pass. Opener scolded her partner. “You can’t pass 5NT!” The befuddled responder asked, “What kind of bid is 5NT?” Said opener, “I was asking for kings.” “But you didn’t ask for aces! “I didn’t have to,” said opener. “I had all four of them.”

Just as everyone knows about Blackwood 4NT, everyone knows about Stayman, right? Easy as pie: Partner opens 1NT, next player passes and you bid 2♣ to see if partner has a four-card major. What could be simpler?

Hang on: What if partner bids 2♠? Does that deny four cards in hearts? Have you discussed which suit to bid first if opener has both majors? In general, it will be better to bid hearts first, giving responder the opportunity to bid 2♠, showing a raise to 2NT (invitational) with four spades. On the occasions when the two hands will make only eight tricks in spades (bad breaks, ruffs . . . whatever), you will be happy to have this agreement. You can’t have it, of course, if you haven’t discussed it.

Nowadays, many partnerships use a direct bid of 2NT as a transfer (usually to diamonds), so they have to go through Stayman to invite game in notrump. If you are really fond of using 2NT in this way, skip to the next paragraph. If not, consider that over the long haul the opponents will have many opportunities to double 2♣ for the lead. These are opportunities they would not have if you played 2NT as simply natural.

Down from the soapbox now.Okay, what if the bidding goes 1NT – 2♣; 2♥ –

3NT? Does this promise four spades? Logically, it should. Otherwise, why bother with Stayman? You will be more confident if you talk it over to be sure.

Here’s another auction: 1NT – 2♣; 2♠ – 3♣. What does 3♣ mean? Is it forcing? Weak? How about 3♦?

Well, consider what you would do with this hand after partner opens 1NT:

♠A 7 ♥Q J 8 5 ♦6 ♣K Q J 10 6 4Wouldn’t you want to at least explore slam in

clubs if partner bids 2♦ (no major) or 2♠ (denying four hearts)? This could be one of those deals where you are cold for 6♣ and going down in 3NT.

If you have a weak hand with clubs, there are other ways to show it, so logically 3♣ should be forcing with slam interest. Same with 3♦ in that sequence. It’s best, of course, not to spring this on partner for the first time in the middle of the auction.

The following is slightly advanced, but one day it might be useful.

Here’s another topic for discussion: Partner opens 1NT and you have 5-4 or 6-4 in the majors and game values. What do you do? Have you and partner discussed the Smolen transfer?

Transfers are used when partner opens 1NT (strong) or 2NT in order to keep the strong hand concealed and to force the opening lead into the strong hand rather than through it. When you have both majors – 5-4 or 6-4 either way – you could transfer into the longer suit and bid 3NT, but then you might miss your 4-4 fit. What to do?

The late Mike Smolen devised a solution: bid Stayman and raise to game if partner bids a major. If the response is 2♦ (no major), you simply jump in the shorter suit to show four of the suit you’re jumping in and five (occasionally six) of the other major. Partner, with only two of the longer suit, can prefer 3NT or, with three of responder’s four-card suit, decide to play a 4-3 fit instead. When

responder has 4-6 shape, he can transfer to the longer suit over 3NT, assuring that the strong hand will be concealed. For example: 1NT – 2♣; 2♦ – 3♥; 3NT – 4♥; 4♠ – Pass. This bidding shows that responder has six spades and four hearts.

As part of your discussion of this convention, be sure to promise each other that it’s okay to forget the convention the first two or three times it comes up. The jump sounds so natural that it’s easy to forget what it means. Can you guess how I know so much about this part of playing Smolen?

Thinking bridgeBy Eddie Kantar

Dlr: North ♠ A Q 10 2 Vul: Both ♥ A K 6 2 ♦ J ♣ A Q J 6 ♠ 7 ♠ 6 5 3 ♥ Q J 10 8 ♥ 9 4 ♦ Q 10 7 6 3 2 ♦ A 9 8 5 4 ♣ 8 5 ♣ 7 3 2 ♠ K J 9 8 4 ♥ 7 5 3 ♦ K ♣ K 10 9 4 West North East South 1♣ Pass 1♠ Pass 3♦ Pass 4♣ Pass 4NT Pass 5♣ Pass 6♠ All Pass

Opening lead: ♥Q.Bidding commentary: 3♦ is a splinter jump.

It describes a game-forcing spade raise with a

singleton diamond. South’s 4♣ is a cuebid and 4NT is Roman Key Card Blackwood, the trump king counting as one of the five key cards. The 5♣ response shows one key card (the ♠K), and North bids slam expecting South to have both black kings.

Defensive commentary: A diamond lead would have defeated the contract, but a heart lead looks normal.

Play commentary: It looks for all the world as if there is a diamond and a heart loser, but there is a chance! Declarer must hope that the defender with the ♦A has fewer than three hearts. Declarer wins the opening lead, draws trump, plays four rounds of clubs, cashes a second heart (key play) and exits with a diamond, an equal-length suit. Sure enough, East, the player with the ♦A, started with two hearts and is forced to lead a diamond, allowing West to discard his remaining heart while ruffing in dummy.

Holding the A-K-x-(x)-(x) opposite x-x-x in a side suit in a trump contract does not necessarily mean a loser! If you can eliminate one or more suits and cash a couple of tricks in the suit you’re worried about, you can throw an opponent in and, if you’re

Oh, Brother!Playing in Sunday’s Intermediate/Newcomer games were brothers Stan Hudson of Acworth Ga and Steve Hudson of Mobile AL. Steve has been playing duplicate for several years, but Stan is a new player, enjoying his second-ever session of duplicate bridge.

lucky, force him to give you a ruff-sluff for your contract. Something to think about.


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Ask the ExpertWould you like to get an expert opinion on how

you should have bid a hand, or how you should have played or defended a hand? Well, now you can!

Every day of the Atlanta NABC, a bridge expert will be available at the Ask the Expert booth on LL1 from 1:30-2:15 p.m. and again at 6:30-7:15 p.m. The cost per question is $3, which goes to the charity designated by the expert, as shown below. The time frame per question is about three minutes to allow for as many people as possible to get their questions answered. Bring your questions to the Ask the Expert booth and feel free to donate more than the $3 if you want to support the charity.

Monday, Aug. 51:30 p.m. Joe Grue/ Alzheimer’s

John Kranyak Foundation of America

6:30 p.m. Scott Stearns Wounded Warrior Project

Tuesday, Aug. 61:30 p.m. Jan Martel Save the Children6:30 p.m. Emory Whitaker American Cancer

SocietyWednesday, Aug. 7

1:30 p.m. Ron & Parkinson’s Disease Linda Smith Foundation

6:30 p.m. Curtis Cheek Junior BridgeThursday, Aug. 8

1:30 p.m. Jerry Helms Save the Children6:30 p.m. Robert Todd Atlanta Junior

BridgeFriday, Aug. 9

1:30 p.m. Mike Cappelletti, Jr. Wounded Warrior Project

6:30 p.m. Kevin Collins Atlanta Junior Bridge

Saturday, Aug. 101:30 p.m. Ed Schulte American Cancer

Society6:30 p.m. David Berkowitz Parkinson’s Disease

Foundation

Slow PlaySlow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful

play, is discourteous to your opponents, and to all other competitors as well. Players and pairs who take more than their allotted time are subject to penalty.

In general, pairs who are rarely late will be warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or pay no attention to time limits will be penalized.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY EVENING BRACKETED SWISS 8 Tables / Based on 30 Tables 14.00 1 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Blair Seidler, Fair Lawn NJ; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 0 Poland; Jacek Romanski, Goscinna 7/33 Poland 90.00 10.50 2 William McFall, New Berlin WI; Tamas Szabo, Brookfield WI; Katherine Rabenstein, Washington DC; Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL 88.00 7.88 3 Bill Waters, Knoxville TN; Michael Morris, Oak Ridge TN; Peter Misslin - Julia Misslin, Vonore TN 65.00

FRIDAY-SATURDAY EVENING BRACKETED SWISS 8 Tables / Based on 22 Tables 9.07 1 Martha Russo - Cecelia Karway - Linda Kitts, St Augustine FL; Linda Hait, Melbourne FL 89.00 6.80 2 Madhusree Biswas - Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Paul Moss, Millersburg KY; William Harris, Georgetown KY 88.00 5.10 3 Charles Swart - Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Portland OR; Dennis Balfe, University City MO 70.00

FRIDAY-SATURDAY EVENING BRACKETED SWISS 14 Tables 6.00 1 W Daniel Kelsey, Averill Park NY; Richard Bobilin, Fonda NY; Glen Perry - William Kelsey, Voorheesville NY 97.00 4.50 2 Lee Wilcox, Black Mountain NC; Judith Shillinglaw, Montreat NC; Elizabeth Gibson, Swannanoa NC; William Pratt, Asheville NC 85.00 3.38 3 Paul Boisvert - John Obrzut, Tallahassee FL; Wesley Albinger - Charles Pierce, New York NY 75.00 2.53 4 Barbara Mitchell, Blue Ridge GA; Jean Pittman, East Ellijay GA; Maureen Viaclovsky, Friendswood TX; Anik Waters, League City TX 70.00 2.00 5 Albert Wieners - Paula Tracy - Timothy Mooney - Carolyn Steelman, Savannah GA 66.00

Electronic Device Policy The electronic device

policy at NABCs has been revised to allow players to bring electronic devices such as cell phones into the playing area provided that such devices are turned off.

Further, any such equipment must not be visible during the session.

The policy applies to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, except those designated by the ACBL and are in force throughout any actual playing session or segment of play.

A violation of the policy will result in an automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board (or 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the first offense. A second offense will result in disqualification from the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed from the playing area for the remainder of the session.


Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams

begins play todayTwo qualifying

sessions are scheduled today in the Truscott/U.S. Playing Card Senior Swiss Teams with two final rounds slated for tomorrow. Players must be 55 or older to participate.

The trophy for the contest, named in memory of ACBL Hall of Fame member and former bridge editor of The New York Times Alan Truscott, was put into play in 2006 by the United States Playing Card Company.

Previous winners:1997 Harry Ross, John Gustafson, Helen Gustafson, Jerry Gaer, Marilyn Hemenway, Mike Albert1998 Mike Levine, Zeke Jabbour, Richard Reisig, Fred Hamilton, Arnie Fisher, P.O. Sundelin1999 Corinne Kirkham, Jim Kirkham, Richard Potter, John Potter, Marc Low, Sandra Low2000 Trudi Nugit, Hamish Bennett, Gene Simpson, Mike Shuman2001 Mike Levine, P.O. Sundelin, Zeke Jabbour, Arnie Fisher, Randy Pettit, Allan Siebert2002 Roger Clough, Rebecca Clough, Louise Freed, Gene Freed, Derrell Childs, Nels Erickson2003 Carolyn Bjorklund, Fred Hamilton, Ed Barlow, Evan Bailey, Arnie Fisher2004 Hamish Bennett, Gene Simpson, Bruce Noda, Fran Dickman, Mike Shuman2005 Jerry Bare, Gene Freed, Jim Murphy, Mike Savage2006 Geof Brod, Steve Earl, Richard DeMartino, John Stiefel2007 Geof Brod, Pat McDevitt, Richard DeMartino, John Stiefel2008 Mark Lair, Fred hamilton, John Carruthers, Reanette Frobouck, Allan Graves2009 Karen Allison, Michael Ledeen, Lea Dupont, Benito Garozzo, Beta Nahapetian (npc)2010 Rick Rowland, Neal Satten, Thomas Weik, Ken Cohen2011 Leonard Melander, Mark Dahl, Richard Oshlag, Mary Oshlag2012 Bob Heller, Robert Fendrick, John Herriot, Larry Harding

2012 Senior Swiss winners Bob Heller, Robert Fendrick, John Herriot and Larry Harding

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 10.0 Tables A B C 2.83 1 Evan Berman, Sarasota FL; Cole Spencer, Fayetteville AR 61.31% 2.12 2 Dorothy Norwood, Montgomery Al AL; LaFaye Holley, Montgomery AL 59.23% 1.59 3 Patricia Booton, Fernandina Bch FL; Caroline Tunkel, Fernandina Beac FL 58.63% 2.10 4 1 James Nowill, Florence MA; Anne McCune, Keene NH 57.44% 1.58 5 2 1 Louise Blanchard, Montgomery AL; Rebecca Evans, Greenville SC 55.36% 1.18 6 3 Karen Jones, Seabrook TX; Marion McKernan, Pearland TX 54.17% 1.19 4 2 Susan Washington, Marietta GA; Mary Amundson-Miller, Mableton GA 52.98% 0.89 5 3 Vinod Shah - Ila Shah, Mechanicsville MD 52.08%

SATURDAY EVENING SIDE SERIES 25.0 Tables A B C 5.31 1 1 Lech Ekert - Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC 68.19% 3.98 2 George Zolovick, Pembroke VA; Donald Williams, Port St Lucie FL 64.46% 3.27 3 Philippe Galaski, Amherst MA; Myriam Milgrom, Port St Lucie FL 63.10% 3.30 4 2 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 62.85% 1.68 5 Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 58.36% 2.73 6/7 3 1 Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL; Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON 57.95% 1.97 6/7 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Betty Schuler, Alexandria VA 57.95% 1.90 4 Robert Lupton, Aurora CO; Sung Mae Bleck, Englewood CO 57.52% 2.05 5 2 Ewa Grabowska, Cold Spring Har NY; Wosteu Gawel, NY 57.11% 1.54 6 3 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 56.86% 1.15 4 Suri Kukkapalli, Hyderabad 50007 India; Joseph Gedan, Honolulu HI 55.01% 1.48 5 J Alex Maloney, Mahomet IL; Brian Maloney, Champaign IL 54.55%

7:30 PM STRATIFIED SIDE SWISS 33 Tables A B C 6.52 1 1 John McConnell, Cedar Hill TX; Charles Brown, Denton TX; Boyce Robbins, Easley SC; E Michael McKee, Anderson SC 67.00 4.28 2/3 Torben Rolsted, Birkeroed Denmark; Joan Braender, Newnan GA; Merle Stetser - Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 57.00 4.28 2/3 Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 57.00 4.44 4 2 Stephen Wiesenfeld - Barbara Lehrer, Asheville NC; Nicholas Frost, Swannanoa NC; Leslie Powell, South Hill VA 56.00 3.33 5 3 Bruce Altshuler, Los Angeles CA; Ernest Wong, Arcadia CA; Xingping Kang, El Monte CA; Dan Osburn, Dacula GA 53.00 3.45 6/7 4/5 1/2 Lynda Denberg, Sullivans Isl SC; Jane Meyerson - Rebecca Nirenblatt, Charleston SC; Susie Anderson, Summerville SC 51.00 3.45 6/7 4/5 1/2 Greg Schepens - Terry Richardson, Austin TX; Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Jason Daming, New Orleans LA 51.00 1.40 6 Wes Bailey Jr - Lynda Hempel, Anderson SC; Sandra Rosenblum, Tampa FL; Steven Wallis, L-5339, Moutfor Luxembourg 50.00 2.22 3 Regina Sooey - Bill Page, Jacksonville FL; Nancy Martin, Neptune Beach FL; Mark Franzoni, Jax Beach FL 49.00 1.66 4 Teryl McBurney - Becky Peace - Irene Yates, St Simons Isl GA; Karla Trobaugh, St Simons Is GA 43.00 1.25 5 Robert Rush, Jacksonville FL; Linda Schanz - Meg Harrington, Las Vegas NV; Cindi Siegel, Bayside NY 42.00

SATURDAY 1 & 7:30 A/B PAIRS 16.0 Tables / Based on 65 Tables A B 25.43 1 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 68.74% 19.07 2 Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 60.49% 14.30 3 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA 57.97% 10.73 4 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 56.33% 15.06 5 1 Dimitri Bourilkov - Malay Ghosh, Gainesville FL 55.94% 11.30 6 2 Pete Edwards - Steven Ackerman, Salt Lake City UT 54.21% 6.36 7 Mary Orock - Jacqueline Montgomery, Fort Worth TX 52.77% 5.65 8 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Joyce Penn, Columbus OH 52.44% 5.09 9 Carolyn Lewis, Louisville KY; John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN 52.37% 8.47 10 3 Terry Lubman, Riverside CT; Jan Stewart, Toronto ON 52.13% 4.24 11 Allison Howard, Cookeville TN; Molly O’Neill, Ft Lauderdale FL 52.00% 3.91 12 Terry James, Upper Arlington OH; George St Pierre, Columbus OH 51.97% 6.35 4 Jacqueline Altschuler - Stuart Altschuler, Naples FL 51.33% 5.02 5 Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD; Toni Schultz, New Port Richey FL 49.95%

SATURDAY 1 & 7:30 GOLD RUSH PAIRS 47.5 Tables 7 3 14.34 1 Dee Craft - Russell Craft, Smith’s Parish Bermuda 63.69% 10.76 2 Patricia Linnemeyer - Frederick Linnemeyer, Franklin Lakes NJ 63.54% 8.07 3 Bert Einloth, Bluffton SC; Carol Duffy, Wilmette IL 61.16% 6.05 4 Jim Ricker - Patti Ricker, Knoxville TN 59.69% 4.78 5 Ben Caldwell, Baton Rouge LA; Sarah Caldwell, Atlanta GA 59.38% 4.10 6 Edward Connell, III, Ferandina Beach FL; Gregory Bardes, Tampa FL 58.70% 8.90 7 1 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 57.89% 6.68 8 2 Dorothy Johnson, Independence MO; Ted Winkler, Grain Valley MO 57.82% 2.87 9 Carol Foster - Gary Waldron, Laguna Beach CA 57.14% 2.67 10 Ken Short, West Jordan UT; Lee Sporleder, North Salt Lake UT 56.99% 2.39 11 Sandra Stults, Springfield IL; Carol Sue McNaught, Auburn IL 56.47% 5.01 12 3 Paul Boeggeman - William Fleischman, Leesburg FL 56.40% 2.36 13 Bob Sigafus - Cathy Sigafus, Plymouth MN 56.25% 3.75 4 Nathan Moens - Ted Moens, Delta BC 55.36% 2.76 5/6 Zimeng Xie - Kuangda Lu, Chapel Hill NC 55.21% 2.76 5/6 Bridgette Standback, College Park GA; Nadia Zarour, Atlanta GA 55.21% 2.11 7/8 Heinz Grohs, Candler NC; Dawn Grohs, Biltmore Lake NC 55.06% 2.11 7/8 Jeff Wood, Dahlonega GA; Linda Hacker, Gainesville GA 55.06% 1.78 9 John Thompson II, Atlanta GA; Jan Noll, Dunwoody GA 54.47%

Bid Box Alerts and Announcements

When using bid boxes, the ACBL requires that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time.

When making an Announcement, use the Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the Alert strip at the same time.

A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made.


LM Pairs champsMark Itabashi and Ross Grabel won the von

Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs Sunday evening and shared the following deals. Dlr: North ♠ 8 Vul: N-S ♥ K Q 6 4 3 Bd: 9 ♦ Q J 7 3 2 ♣ 8 4 ♠ A K Q J ♠ 7 5 4 3 ♥ A J 10 ♥ 8 ♦ 9 8 5 ♦ A K 6 ♣ 6 5 3 ♣ K J 10 9 7 ♠ 10 9 6 2 ♥ 9 7 5 2 ♦ 10 4 ♣ A Q 2 West North East South Grabel Itabashi Pass 2♣(1) Pass Pass 2♦(2) Pass 2♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass

(1) Natural, 11-15 HCP.(2) Inquiry.Itabashi, South, led the ♦10 to the ace. Declarer thought it would be smooth sailing until

an expected occurred surprise mid-deal. After two rounds of trumps revealed the mildly annoying 4-1 split, declarer played a club to the 10, which held(!). Believing that there was an easy 11 tricks at this point, declarer crossed to another trump in dummy and played a club to the 9. Itabashi won the queen and played another diamond, essentially killing declarer’s hand. Whether drew the last trump or knocked out the ♣A first, there was no way to avoid an eventual down two. Dlr: East ♠ 10 7 6 Vul: E-W ♥ A K Q 10 6 Bd: 22 ♦ 10 4 2 ♣ K Q ♠ K J ♠ Q 9 4 2 ♥ J 9 8 2 ♥ 7 5 ♦ A J 9 3 ♦ Q 6 ♣ J 10 7 ♣ A 6 5 4 3 ♠ A 8 5 3 ♥ 4 3 ♦ K 8 7 5 ♣ 9 8 2 West North East South Grabel Itabashi Pass Pass 1♦ 1♥ Dbl 1NT All Pass

West led the ♣J to the queen and ace, and the ♣4 return went to the ♣7 and dummy’s king.

Taking stock, declarer noticed the very revealing spot cards in clubs. It looked very much as if West started with ♣J 10 7, so the suit is likely blocked. That means the only important matter is how to play hearts, but wanting to get more information first, declarer ducked a low spade to West’s jack.

The ♣10 was cashed, as a diamond was pitched from dummy. West then exited with the ♥8, and declarer had to guess West’s pattern.

West opened 1♦, but led a club, and that suit seemed to be 5-3. East’s negative double suggested that he held four spades, meaning that West had two. Conclusion: West’s original pattern is likely to have been 2-4-4-3, so Itabashi called for dummy’s ♥10. With the finesse proved to be successful, declarer ran the hearts to reach this ending: ♠ 10 7 ♥ — ♦ 10 4 ♣ — ♠ K ♠ Q 9 ♥ — ♥ — ♦ A J 9 ♦ Q 6 ♣ — ♣ — ♠ A 8 ♥ — ♦ K 8 ♣ —

A low spade was played from dummy, and Itabashi ducked to West’s king. West was forced to give declarer a diamond trick, and Itabashi soon scored plus 120.

Spingold Kno ckout TeamsHistory of the SpingoldThe Spingold Master Knockout Teams was

originally known as the Masters Teams-of-Four, and it was first contested in September 1934 as a separate event held in conjunction with the Masters Individual. Although not contested in 1935, it was again contested with the Masters Individual in 1936 and 1937. In 1938, the event became known as the Spingold Master Knockout Teams and was included in the summer schedule.

At one time the Spingold was a double elimination event scored by total points, usually lasting nine or ten sessions, restricted to players of Senior Master rank (100 or more masterpoints) and higher. Beginning in 1958, all matches were scored by IMPs (international matchpoints). In 1965, the double elimination method was replaced by three qualifying sessions (subsequently reduced to two), followed by single elimination knockout matches. The preliminary qualifying sessions were dropped in 1970.

The Spingold Trophy, donated by Nathan B. Spingold in 1934; the Vanderbilt Trophy, awarded to the winners of the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams at the Spring NABC, and the Reisinger Memorial Trophy, donated by the Greater New York Bridge Association in memory of Curt H. Reisinger and awarded to the winners of the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, are ACBL’s most highly prized team trophies.

Spingold (1886-1958), a New York publicist, motion picture executive and patron of the arts, was one of the most influential men in bridge administration from 1937 to 1943.

Born in Chicago, he became a reporter on The Chicago Examiner, The Chicago Record Herald and The Chicago Tribune. Spingold’s interest in show business brought him to New York City in the Thirties.

In 1932 he joined Columbia Pictures in a public relations capacity. He was named to the board of directors in 1940 and three years later was appointed vice president in charge of advertising, publicity and development. He became a vice president of the company in 1954.

Active in bridge from its earliest days, Spingold was named ABL Honorary Member in 1936. He was instrumental in effecting a peaceful merger between the American Bridge League and the United States Bridge Association in 1937 and became president of the newly formed American Contract Bridge League the following year.

He served for many years on the League’s Board of Governors and Board of Directors. Spingold was also president of the Cavendish Club in New York.

Previous winnersWinners, Asbury Park Trophy

1930 1. Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson, Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Michael Gottlieb, Willard Karn, Lee Langdon, P. Hal Sims

1931 1. David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims; 2. S. Garton Churchill, Travers LeGros, Dorothy Roberts, Phillip Stockvis

1932 1. Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Louis H. Watson; 2. B. Jay Becker, Herbert Lent, George Reith, Anne Rosenfield

1933 1. David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Richard Frey, Howard Schenken; 2. Sam Fry, Edward Hymes, Louis H. Watson, Waldemar von Zedtwitz

1934 1. Aaron Frank, Jeff Glick, William Hopkins, Charles Porter; 2. Josephine Culbertson, Theodore Lightner, Alphonse Moyse Jr., Sherman Stearns

1935 1. Sam Fry, Edward Hymes, Theodore Lightner, Merwyn Maier, Louis H. Watson; 2. Mitch Barnes, Hubert Boscowitz, Charles Lochridge, Johnny Rau

1936 1. Lewis Bernard, Louis Haddad, Alvin Landy, Matthew Reilly, Philip Steiner; 2. Melvin Goddard, Sidney Silodor, Henry Vogel, Sir Derrick Wernher

1937 1. David Burnstine, Charles Goren, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken; 2. Phil Abramsoh, Mitch Barnes, Henry Chanin, Morrie Elis, Fred Kaplan

Winners, Masters Teams-of-Four1934 1. David Burnstine, Richard Frey, Michael

Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken; 2. Aaron Frank, Jeff Glick, Louis Haddad, Charles Hall

1936 1. B. Jay Becker, David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken; 2. Sam Fry, Edward Hymes, Merwyn Maier, Waldemar von Zedtwitz

1937 1. Sam Fry, Edward Hymes, Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Phil Abramsohn, Lewis Bernard, Morrie Elis, Harry Fishbein, Herbert Goldberg

Winners, Spingold Knockout Teams1938 1. B. Jay Becker, David Burnstine, Oswald

Jacoby, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken; 2. Mitch Barnes, Morrie Elis, Fred Kaplan, Charles Lochridge

1939 1. Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Merwyn Maier, Robert McPherran, Howard Schenken; 2. John Crawford, Myron Fuchs, Charles Goren, Charles Solomon, Sally Young

1940 1. Oscar Brotman, Bertram Lebhar, Samuel Katz, Alvin Roth; 2. Sam Fry, Myron Fuchs, Edward Hymes, Charles Lochridge, Waldemar von Zedtwitz

1941 1. Mitch Barnes, Sam Fry, Edward Hymes, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. B. Jay Becker, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken

1942 1. Sigmund Dornbusch, Richard Frey, Lee Hazen, Sam Stayman; 2. Jay Feigus, Charles Harvey, Samuel Katz, Edward Marcus

1943 1. John Crawford, Charles Goren, Edward Hymes, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor; 2. B. Jay Becker, Harry Fishbein, George Rapee, Alvin Roth, Helen Sobel

1944 1. B. Jay Becker, George Rapee, Helen Sobel, Sam Stayman; 2. Simon Becker, Edward Ellenbogen, Stanley Frenkel, Peggy Golder

1945 1. Sam Fry, Edward Hymes, Oswald Jacoby, Theodore Lightner, Howard Schenken; 2. Harry Fishbein, Lee Hazen, Alvin Roth, Waldemar von Zedtwitz

1946 1. William Christian, Mark Hodges, Sol Mogal, Margaret Wagar; 2. Jeff Glick, Arthur Goldsmith, Alvin Landy, Elmer Schwartz

1947 1. B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Lee Hazen, Helen Sobel, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Sam Stayman

1948 1. John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman, Margaret Wagar; 2. Julius Bank, Arthur Glatt, Robert Halpin, Oswald Jacoby, Ralph Kempner

1949 1. Jeff Glick, Arthur Goldsmith, Bruce Gowdy, Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal; 2. Henry Chanin, David Clarren, Oswald Jacoby, Jack Krause, Waldemar von Zedtwitz

1950 1. John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman; 2. B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel, Waldemar von Zedtwitz

1951 1. Myron Field, Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. Ambrose Casner, Charles Hall, Allen Harvey, Frank Weisbach

1952 1. B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman; 2. Jeff Glick, Arthur Goldsmith, Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal, Edwin Smith

1953 1. Clifford Bishop, Milton Ellenby, Don Oakie, William Rosen, Doug Steen; 2-5. Ed Burns, David Clarren, Bertram Lebhar, Sam Katz, Albert Weiss; 2-5. F. Ayers Bombeck, David Carter, John Hubbell, Arthur Kincaid, Bobby Nail; 2-5. Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2-5. Ivan Erdos, Edward Fischauer, Lew Mathe, Meyer Schleifer

1954 1. Clifford Bishop, Milton Ellenby, Lew Mathe, John Moran, William Rosen; 2-4. F. Ayers Bombeck, David Carter, John Gerber, John Hubbell, Harold Rockaway; 2-4. Eddie Burns, Ambrose Casner, Allen Harvey, Cliff Russell; 2-4. Sidney Lazard, Cyrus Newman, Lewis Rosen, Julius Rosenblum, Robert Rothlein

1955 1. Myron Field, Lee Hazen, Richard Kahn, Charles Solomon, Sam Stayman; 2. B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor

1956 1-3. Charles Goren, Peter Leventritt, Boris


Spingold Kno ckout TeamsKoytchou, Harold Ogust, William Seamon, Helen Sobel; 1-3. Harold Harkavy, Victor Mitchell, Alvin Roth, Ira Rubin, Tobias Stone; 1-3. Robert Abeles, Kalman Apfel, Francis Begley, Louis Kelner, Ronald Rosenberg

1957 1. B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Rapee, Alvin Roth, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone; 2. Milton Ellenby, Ivan Erdos, Emanuel Hochfeld, Jim Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Ira Rubin

1958 1. Paul Allinger, William Hanna, Sidney Lazard, Cyrus Neuman, Robert Rothlein; 2. Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry, Leonard Harmon, Lee Hazen, Ivar Stakold

1959 1. William Grieve, Oswald Jacoby, Victor Mitchell, Ira Rubin, Morton Rubinow, Sam Stayman; 2. Richard Freeman, Andy Gabrilovitch, Frank Hoadley, Mike Michaels, Jan Stone, Richard Walsh

1960 1. Charles Goren, Peter Leventritt, Boris Koytchou, Harold Ogust, Howard Schenken, Helen Sobel; 2. B. Jay Becker, William Grieve, Ralph Hirschberg, Norman Kay, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor

1961 1. Andy Gabrilovitch, Eddie Kantar, Marshall Miles, William Root; 2. John Crawford, Norman Kay, Alvin Roth, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone

1962 1. Leonard Harmon, Eddie Kantar, Marshall Miles, Ivar Stakgold; 2. David Carter, John Hubbell, Jim Jacoby, Gerald Michaud, Bobby Nail

1963 1. Russ Arnold, Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Cliff Russell, William Seamon; 2. Sami Kehela, Richard Kahn, William Root, Tommy Sanders, Tobias Stone, Waldemar von Zedtwitz

1964 1. Bruce Elliott, Sami Kehela, Eric Murray, Percy Sheardown; 2. Marvin Altman, Bruce Gowdy, Fred Hoffer, Ray Jotcham

1965 1. Bruce Elliott, Sami Kehela, Eric Murray, Percy Sheardown; 2. B. Jay Becker, Dorothy Hayden, Norman Kay, Edgar Kaplan

1966 1. William Root, Alvin Roth, Ira Rubin, Curtis Smith; 2. William Grieve, Sidney Lazard, Paul Levitt, Harold Ogust, George Rapee

1967 1. Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, William Root, Alvin Roth; 2. John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Dan Morse, George Rosenkranz, Bobby Wolff

1968 1. Sami Kehela, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sidney Lazard, Eric Murray, George Rapee; 2. Steve Altman, B. Jay Becker, Michael Becker, Dorothy Hayden

1969 1. Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Jim Jacoby, Bobby Wolff; 2. Phil Feldesman, William Grieve, Victor Mitchell, Ira Rubin, Sam Stayman, Jeff Westheimer

1970 1. Steve Altman, Tom Smith, Dave Strasberg, Joel Stuart, Peter Weichsel; 2. Billy Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff

1971 1. Steve Altman, Eugene Neiger, Tom Smith, Joel Stuart, Peter Weichsel; 2. Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Don Krauss, Lew Mathe

1972 1. B. Jay Becker, Michael Becker, Andy Bernstein, Jeff Rubens; 2. Pat Brennan, Byron Greenberg, Edith Kemp, Cliff Russell, Curtis Smith, Albert Weiss

1973 1. Larry Cohen, Billy Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Richard Katz, Bud Reinhold; 2. Minda Brachman, Sidney Lazard, Jim Jacoby, Paul Soloway, John Swanson

1974 1. Lou Bluhm, Larry Gould, Steve Goldberg, Richard Shepherd; 2. Harlow Lewis, Lew Mathe, Peter Pender, William Root, Harry Stappenbeck, Arthur Waldman

1975 1. Grant Baze, John Fejervary, Lew Stansby, Piyush Vakil, Ron Von der Porten; 2. Ira Cohen, Harold Guiver, Marty Shallon, Bill Sides

1976 1. Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, John Mohan, George Rosenkranz; 2. Dave Berkowitz, Mark Blumenthal, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, George Rapee, John Solodar

1977 1. Lou Bluhm, Dan Morse, Cliff Russell, Curtis Smith, Tommy Sanders, Eddie Wold; 2. Ken

Cohen, Larry Gould, Larry Kozlove, John Sheridan

1978 1. Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway; 2. Steve Altman, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Richard Pavlicek, William Root, Tom Smith

1979 1. Fred Hamilton, Bob Hamman, Ira Rubin, Bobby Wolff; 2. Ed Manfield, Steve Robinson, Eric Rodwell, John Sheridan, Kit Woolsey

1980 1. Mike Becker, Kyle Larsen, Ron Rubin, Alan Sontag, Ron Von der Porten, Peter Weichsel; 2. Rich Friesner, Brian Glubok, Mike Lawrence, George Rapee, Michael Rosenberg, John Solodar

1981 1. Larry Cohen, Ron Gerard, Ralph Katz, Warren Rosener, Allan Stauber, John Sutherlin; 2. Bart Bramley, Rich Friesner, Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey

1982 1. Ron Rubin, Mike Becker, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel; 2. Mark Molson, Billy Cohen, Eric Kokish, Peter Nagy

1983 1. Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Wolff, Bobby Goldman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Ron Andersen; 2. Luella Slaner, Marty Bergen, Brian Glubok, Larry Cohen, Mark Cohen, Jerry Goldfein

1984 1. George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Marty Bergen, Larry Cohen; 2. Alan Sontag, Allan Cokin, Jim Sternberg, Bernie Chazen, Steve Sion

1985 1. Tom Mahaffey, Jack Denny, Bill Passell, Russ Arnold, Ira Rubin, Chuck Burger; 2. Ron Rubin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Mike Lawrence, Peter Weichsel

1986 1. Malcolm Brachman, Bobby Goldman, Ron Andersen, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Paul Soloway; 2. Brian Glubok, Billy Cohen, John Schermer, Neil Chambers

1987 1. Brian Glubok, Dan Rotman, Harry Stappenbeck, Jaggy Shivdasani; 2. Tom Mahaffey, Jack Denny, Russ Arnold, Bernie Chazen, Roy Fox, Michael Seamon

1988 1. Jim Mahaffey, Ron Andersen, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth; 2. Ron Rubin, Michael Becker, Peter Weichsel, Bart Bramley, Robert Levin, Lou Bluhm

1989 1. Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Burger, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Mike Passell, Mark Lair; 2. Jon Wittes, Ross Grabel, Mark Cohen, Mark Feldman

1990 1. Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Burger, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff; 2. Jim Mahaffey, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Ron Andersen, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell

1991 1. Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. Cliff Russell, Peter Weichsel, Robert Levin, Sam Lev, Alan Sontag, Eddie Kantar

1992 1. Ron Rubin, Russ Ekeblad, Mike Becker, Ron Sukoneck, Robert Levin, Peter Weichsel; 2. Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Lew Stansby, Kit Woolsey, Neil Silverman, Chip Martel

1993 1. Richard Freeman, Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Bobby Wolff, Bob Hamman; 2. Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon Deutsch, Hemant Lall, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby

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

1995 1. Richard Freeman, Nick Nickell, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby

1996 1. Richard Freeman, Nick Nickell, Bob Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. Richard Schwartz, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Steve Robinson, Alan Sontag, Ron Smith

1997 1. Grant Baze, Tipton Golias, Adam Zmudzinski, Marek Szymanowski, Marcin Lesniewski, Cezary Balicki; 2. Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Burger, Mike Passell, Michael Seamon, Mark Feldman, Alan

Sontag1998 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman,

Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. Grant Baze, Michael Whitman, Adam Zmudzinski, Marek Szymanowski, Marcin Lesniewski, Cezary Balicki

1999 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. John Onstott, Steve Beatty, Billy Eisenberg, Garey Hayden

2000 1. Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Alan Sontag, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Kyle Larsen; 2. Roy Welland, Brad Moss, Marc Jacobus, Fred Gitelman, Magnus Lindkvist, Peter Fredin

2001 1. George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Giorgio Duboin, Norberto Bocchi, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace; 2. Mike Moss, Fred Chang, Kerry Smith, Jeff Schuett

2002 1. George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Giorgio Duboin, Norberto Bocchi, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace; 2. Mike Moss, Martin Shifko, Allan Graves, Bryan Maksymetz

2003 1. Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zdmudzinski; 2. Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Kyle Larsen, Alan Sontag, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby

2004 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. Mark Feldman, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith, Gavin Wolpert, Warren Spector, Vincent Demuy

2005 1. Russ Ekeblad, Ron Rubin, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson, Fred Gitelman, Brad Moss; 2. Tom Carmichael, Michael White, Joel Wooldridge, John Hurd, Bryan Maksymetz, Dan Gerstman

2006 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. James Cayne, Michael Seamon, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria

2007 1. Nick Nickell, Hemant Lall, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. Andrew Gromov, Aleksander Dubinin, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski

2008 1. Andrew Gromov, Aleksander Dubinin, Adam Zmudzinski, Cezary Balicki; 2. Roy Welland, Brian Glubok, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein

2009 1. Russ Ekeblad, Jan Jansma, Matthew Granovetter, Ron Rubin, Ricco van Prooijen, Louk Verhees; 2. Rose Meltzer, Kyle Larsen, Alan Sontag, Tor Helness, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz

2010 1. John Diamond, Brian Platnick, Fred Gitelman, Brad Moss, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson; 2. Rose Meltzer, Kyle Larsen, Alan Sontag, David Berkowitz, Claudio Nunes, Fulvio Fantoni

2011 1. Pierre Zimmermann, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Tor Helness, Gier Helgemo, Franck Multon; 2. Nick Nickell, Eric Rodwell, Ralph Katz, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Zia Mahmood, Donna Compton (npc), Eric Kokish (coach)

2012 1. Tor Helness, Franck Multon, Pierre Zimmermann, Geir Hegemo, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes; 2. Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Steve Weinstein, Robert Levin

ACBL President Sharon Anderson presents the Spingold Trophy to the 2012 winners: Pierre Zimmermann, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Tor Helness, Gier Helgemo, Franck Multon.


EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 8 Tables 32.25 1 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA; John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 17.09 2 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Fred Hamilton, Palm Desert CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 8 Tables 14.89 1 David Cantor - H Hunt - Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC; Brad McKeown, Rock Hill SC 7.89 2 Don Haney, Trussville AL; Julie McLaughlin, Birmingham AL; Ann Lilly, Tuscaloosa AL; H Albert Lilly, Mobile AL

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KNOCKOUT BRACKET 3 8 Tables 10.16 1 James Cunningham, Durham NC; Andrea Roitman, Cary NC; Thomas Roberg - Peggy Haigler, Raleigh NC 5.38 2 Barry Dehlin, Dresher PA; Carl Perchonock, Jenkintown PA; Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA 2.29 3/4 Molly Currie, Sylacauga AL; Charlotte Knight, Alexander City AL; Andrew Richardson, Chesterfield VA; Linda Hendrix, Montgomery Ave AL

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KNOCKOUT BRACKET 4 8 Tables 7.01 1 Henry Ennis - Fay Ennis, Englewood FL; Lynda Ebden - John Ebden, Markham ON 3.72 2 John Altman - Isaac Stephani - Julian Kurtzman, Cincinnati OH; Ford Danielsen, Raleigh NC

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Mini-Spingolds I and II (one for players with 0-5000 masterpoints, the other for players with 0-1500 masterpoints) will begin play today.

The Mini-Spingolds will run concurrently with the Spingold Knockout Teams and continue for not more than five days. The length of a match will be similar to the length of regional knockout events. Screens may be used as appropriate in later rounds.

Winners of the 2012 0–1500 Mini-Spingold: Jin Hu, Jonathan Fleischmann, Max Glick, Zachary Sherr

Previous winners, Mini-Spingold I (0-5000):2001 1. Brian Johnston, John Lloyd, Bill

Woodcock, Gary Whiteman, Brooke Nelles, Dale Freeman; 2. Howard Gianera, Barry Purrington, Vernon Evans, Monte Evans, John Koch, Tony Ames

2002 1. Howard Einberg, Michael Mikyska, Alan Myerson, Jim Glickman, David Sokolow; 2. John Hodges, Lynn Johannesen, Dale Johannesen, Franklin Lowenthal

2003 1. Barbara Wallace, Mark Yaeger, Lisa Kow, Rich Pavlicek Jr., Brian Gunnell; 2. Marjorie Michelin, David Anding, Kenneth Titow, Ed Ulman, Andrew Vinock

2004 1. Larry Mohr, Alex Hong, Shi Yan, Hao Ge, Yi Liu; 2. Keith Connolly, Andrew de Sosa, Bob Rebelein, Morrie Kleinplatz

2005 1. Walt Murphy, Julie Murphy, Steve DeVico, Gayle Covey, Elliott Grubman, Ava Grubman; 2. Richard Wegman, Arnold Malasky, Gloria Silverman Bart, Jim Russell

2006 1. Martin Harris, Jacob Morgan, Jim Melville, Will Engel; 2. Paul Stern, Daniel Levin, James O’Neil, Christopher Mansour

2007 1. Brian Alexander, Karl Hicks, Jim Gordon, Mike Betts; 2. Randy Okubo, Nathan Glasser, Bud Biswas, Susan Winkler

2008 1. David Grainger, Jon Rice, Joyce Hampton, Mike Rice, Lucas Lebioda; 2. Dayou Zhou, Stephen Tu, Greg Michaels, Warren Cederborg

2009 1. Jay Whipple, Kevin Dwyer, David Grainger, Owen Lien, Jon Rice; 2. Garth Yettick, Jon Brandon, McKenzie Myers, Michael Sherman, Peggy Ware, Spencer Jones

2010 1. Morrie Kleinplatz, John Boyer, Robert Stayman, Mark Leonard; 2. Mark Jones, Jim Russell, Nancy Spear, Stephen Stewart

2011 1. John Lewis, Susan Fuller, Maris Zilant, Howard Einberg, Saul Gross, David Sokolow; 2. Gary Donner, Deborah Murphy,

Mini-Spingolds play todayLauren Friedman, Larry Lerner

2012 1. Peter Wong, Edward Xu, Jianfeng Luo, Yan Wang; 2. Albert Shekhter, George Krizel, Igor Milman, Oleg Rubinchik

Peter Wong, Edward Xu, Jianfeng Luo, Yan Wang won the 0–5000 Mini-Spingold in 2012.

Mini-Spingold II (0-1500):2001 1. Bob Hollow, Motaz Farag, Jim Brickman,

Bill Kertes, Leo Takefman, Irving Goodman; 2. Larry Friedman, Jennifer Gianera, Jerry Poliquin, Larry Delefs, Ala Sobol, Meleva Jobin

2002 1. Bob Hollow, Motaz Farag, Gabriel Tawil, Theo Lichtenstein; 2. Maeve Mahon, John Segal, Russell Friedman, Allan Wolf

2003 1. Matt Meckstroth, Rob Meckstroth, Rich Regan, James Hawkes, Andrew Hurd; 2. Bruce Blakely, Fred Stout, Nancy Ferguson, David Bryant

2004 1. Mark Teaford, Norton Rimer, Myron Rimer, Ronald Resnick; 2. Doris Banks, Christine Woodring, Paul Lenoble, Lew Kroll

2005 1. Nancy Ferguson, David Bryant, Bruce Blakely, Dmitri Shabes; 2. Nicolas Hammond, Martin Nathan, Maureen McGuire, Edward Foran, John Hassett, Robert Ternosky

2006 1. Steve Callaham, John Hassett, Edward Foran, Nicolas Hammond; 2. Eric Hendrickson, Richard Lawson, Matthew Bribitzer-Stull, Jason Bribitzer-Stull

2007 1. Matt Meckstroth, Robert Glickman, Sam Katz, Daniel Goldfein; 2. Owen Lien, Eric Mayefsky, Eric Sieg, David Coberly, Zach Brescoll, Mike Develin

2008 1. Brian Duran, Ivanie Yeo, Lon Sunshine, Gloria Tsoi; 2. Thomas Shulman, John Scibelli, Sali Ma, Justine Hancock

2009 1. Eric Hendrickson, Andy Caranicas, Matthew Bribitzer-Stull, Jason Bribitzer-Stull; 2. Sandy Johnson, Victor Hsu, Ted Wilson, Paul Fagan

2010 1. Jonathan Pines, Belinda Gu, Jennifer Gu, Adam Portley; 2. Steve Callaham, David Schulman, Patrick Corn, Megan Corn

2011 1. Yuan Chen, Kaiyu Qian, Sam Yu, Wenbo Zhang; 2. Jean La Traverse, Josette Levesque, Richard Collette, Sylvie Levesque

2012 1. Jin Hu, Jonathan Fleischmann, Max Glick, Zachary Sherr, Zachary Wasserman; 2. Perry Poole, Stan Weiner, Claude Le Feuvre, Ping Hu

No overtrick?This deal was played by Peter Rank, ACBL’s

chief lawyer, in the team game involving staff, board members and spouses before the NABC got started. Rank’s partner was CEO Robert Hartman. Dlr: South ♠ A 10 3 Vul: N-S ♥ A 5 ♦ 4 3 2 ♣ A 9 8 7 3 ♠ 6 5 ♠ Q 9 8 7 ♥ J 10 7 ♥ 9 8 4 2 ♦ A J 6 5 ♦ Q 10 8 7 ♣ K 6 5 2 ♣ Q ♠ K J 4 2 ♥ K Q 6 3 ♦ K 9 ♣ J 10 4 West North East South 1♣ Pass 2♣ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Hartman’s 2♣ was “inverted,” showing limit-raise or better values.

West started the defense off well by leading the ♠6. Rank played low in dummy, and when East contributed the 7, Rank won the trick with the king!

At trick two, Rank ran the ♣J to East’s singleton queen, and East made the killing switch of the ♦7, which must have looked high (no interest), because when Rank put up the king, West won the ♦A and continued with the ♠5.

Rank won dummy’s ♠A, cashed three round of hearts, ending in hand, and ran the ♣10. When East showed out, Rank was able to claim for plus 400 and a win on the board (North-South were in 3♣ at the other table).

Before Rank could pull his hand from the next board, a kibitzer said, “Couldn’t you have made another trick if you had won the jack of spades?”

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Time for East-West to get their revenge. You hold♠A K 5 ♥10 3 ♦J 4 3 ♣K 9 7 4 3. Your RHO opens 2♥, which is followed by three passes.

When you are dealt an ace-king, your first reaction should be to assume it’s in your interest to put an ace or king on the table at trick one. Against that, the chances of giving partner a spade ruff are low, and the loss of tempo can be critical, which was the case with this deal: Dlr: South ♠ Q 7 4 3 Vul: Both ♥ K 9 7 ♦ K 9 5 2 ♣ Q 5 ♠ A K 5 ♠ 10 9 8 2 ♥ 10 3 ♥ Q 8 ♦ J 4 3 ♦ Q 10 7 ♣ K 9 7 4 3 ♣ A J 10 8 ♠ J 6 ♥ A J 6 5 4 2 ♦ A 8 6 ♣ 6 2

You can see that the lead of either minor suit gives you the chance to take five tricks. A top spade lead lets declarer establish a spade for plus 140.

The paths of gloryBy Barry Rigal

♠ K Q 7 5 ♥ 6 4 ♦ A Q 10 6 3 ♣ 8 4

♠ A J ♥ A 5 ♦ J 9 7 6 4 2 ♣ A Q J

When North opens 1♦ (Precision), East doubles and you end up not in 6♦ but 3NT. We could tell you the auction, but then we’d have to kill you – and anyone can make 6♦.

West, of course, leads a fourth-highest ♥3. Plan the play.

There are two obvious lines: 1) Take the first or second heart, unblock spades, lead a diamond to the ace, cash the spades and play a club; 2) Take the first or second heart, play the ♠A and over take a spade, take the club finesse then try to guess diamonds.

Both of these lines fail, and the winning answer is not only reasonable, you may feel you should have spotted it.

Win the ♥A, cash the ♠A and ♠J, then cut loose with a heart. After four rounds of hearts, the opponents will have to lead a spade or a club (West is void in diamonds) and give you the extra dummy entry you need.

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

Thanks to Kit Woolsey for providing the problem.

Leading the wayBy Barry Rigal

Four straight lead problems came up on Friday in the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs. The first three were for North-South, the last for East-West. If you got the majority right (or were the beneficiary of your opponents’ getting them wrong), you were probably on your way to a decent score.

As South, holding ♠7 6 2 ♥A 8 6 4 3 ♦A Q 4 ♣Q 10,what would you lead against this auction? West North East South 1♠ Pass 1NT Pass 3♦ Pass 3♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass

I suspect I would have led a trump at the table. The full deal: Dlr: West ♠ 5 3 Vul: Both ♥ Q 9 5 2 ♦ J 5 ♣ J 9 7 5 4 ♠ 9 4 ♠ A K Q J 10 8 ♥ 10 7 ♥ K J ♦ 6 3 2 ♦ K 10 9 8 7 ♣ A K 8 6 3 2 ♣ -- ♠ 7 6 2 ♥ A 8 6 4 3 ♦ A Q 4 ♣ Q 10

You can see what happens on a trump lead. After two rounds of trumps, ending in dummy, declarer pitches his hearts on the top clubs and gives up two diamonds.

Among others, Glenn Milgrim and R. Jay Becker led the ♥A and continued the suit. Now declarer can pitch two diamonds on clubs, but is still left with three diamond losers unless he guesses extremely well!

Next, you pick up♠4 ♥A J 10 9 4 ♦7 6 3 2 ♣10 9 3and hear this auction:

West North East South Pass 1♠ Pass 2♠ Pass 3♣ Pass 4♠ Pass 6♠ All Pass

Would you lead the ♥A? It worked on the last deal. The full deal: Dlr: North ♠ 9 8 7 Vul: N-S ♥ K Q 7 6 ♦ K ♣ Q 8 5 4 2 ♠ K 6 5 ♠ A Q J 10 3 2 ♥ 8 5 3 ♥ 2 ♦ Q 10 9 8 5 4 ♦ A J ♣ J ♣ A K 7 6 ♠ 4 ♥ A J 10 9 4 ♦ 7 6 3 2 ♣ 10 9 3

As you can see, if you don’t lead the ♥A, you will take no tricks. Declarer’s heart goes on a diamond winner – a bad score becomes a terrible one.

Now the spotlight switches to North. You hold♠8 5 ♥K J 2 ♦Q 6 5 2 ♣K 10 8 4.

What do you lead after your right-hand opponent opens 2NT and LHO bids 3NT?

The full deal: Dlr: East ♠ 8 5 Vul: E-W ♥ K J 2 ♦ Q 6 5 2 ♣ K 10 8 4 ♠ A 6 4 ♠ K J ♥ A Q 10 9 8 ♥ 7 4 ♦ A J ♦ K 10 9 8 ♣ A J 2 ♣ Q 9 7 5 3 ♠ Q 10 9 7 3 2 ♥ 6 5 3 ♦ 7 4 3 ♣ 6

As you can see, by far the best lead is the doubleton spade. After the first trick goes to the jack and queen, West will surely duck. Now if South shifts to the ♥6, declarer will finesse, and when a spade comes back, declarer will have his work cut out to make more than nine tricks.

Glossary of bridge terms, part 2

Rookie, masterpoints, stratified pairs -- these terms may be confusing to new members of the American Contract Bridge League. Here’s a list of terms and their meanings:

Masterpoints: the unit which measures bridge achievement in competition. Masterpoints are awarded at ACBL clubs and tournaments in amounts proportional to the size and classification of the event and the rating of the club or tournament.

Black points: awarded at club games. Some special club games award red, gold or silver points.

Red points: awarded for section placements at regional tournaments and NABCs. Also awarded at clubs for special events such as the qualifying rounds of the North American Open Pairs and the Grand National Teams.

Gold points: awarded for section firsts and overall placing in regionally rated events that have no upper masterpoint restrictions.

Platinum points: awarded for NABC+ events.Gold points are also awarded for sectional firsts

and overall placing in regional events of two or more sessions that have a masterpoint limit of 750 or more points.

One gold point is awarded to section winners in the annual ACBL Instant Matchpoint Game in sections of seven or more tables.

In addition, new players may now win gold points in their own NABC events: 1.50 gold in the National 199er Pairs at the Summer NABC and 1.00 gold in the National 99er Pairs at the Fall NABC (the remainder of the award is in red points).

A major source of gold points is the Bracketed Knockout Teams. The overall awards for the top brackets are all gold while the lower brackets may receive a percentage of gold points and the remainder in red points.

Silver points: awarded for sectional firsts and overall placing at sectional tournaments. Also awarded at Sectional Tournaments at Clubs (StaC).

ENTRANTS IN THE WAGAR WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Catherine D’Ovidio, Courbevoie France; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 2 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Benedicte Cronier - Sylvie Willard,Paris France 3 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Jet Passman - Anneke Simons, 4 Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 5 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Cecilia Rimstedt, Partille Sweden; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping Sweden; Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden 6 Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA; Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Sally Clark, Carlsbad CA; Mihaela Balint, Bucharest Romania 7 Migry Zur Campanile - Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR; Susan Culham, Edmonton AB 8 Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland; Kazmucha Danuta, Poznan Poland; Taczewska Joanna, Katowice Poland; Justyna Zmuda, Skawina Poland 9 Lorraine Holub, Hilton Head Is SC; Donna Brinkley, Hilton Head SC; Lowry Miller, Bluffton SC; Merry Gerber, Okatie SC 10 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL; Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS; Peggy Rogers, Jackson MS 11 Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN; Brenda Jacobus - Teri Casen, Las Vegas NV; Allison Howard, Cookeville TN 12 Martha Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Gabrielle Sherman, W Long Branch NJ 13 Rosalind Howell - Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA; Sue Kimbrell, Houston TX; Judy Fendrick, Marietta GA

MonitoringAt this and future North American

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

By general monitoring of the session and participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of information that may be useful in determining facts and settling issues arising from some types of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon a director if a problem occurs at the table.

This procedure is intended to assure everyone that the playing field is level and that misbehavior will not be tolerated.


BRUCE LIFE MASTER-5000 PAIRS 20.0 Tables / Based on 81 Tables 75.00 1 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 839.77 56.25 2 David Wakeman - Rita Wakeman, Irvine CA 822.85 42.19 3 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 804.09 34.62 4 Robert Houtrow, Delton MI; Lowell Seyburn, Portage MI 792.02 32.14 5 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 790.95 30.00 6 Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL 785.52 28.13 7 D Pierce, Parkersburg WV; G Stanley Harman, Marietta OH 781.73 26.47 8 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 781.43 25.00 9 Richard Olanoff, De Witt NY; Donald Dalpe, Baldwinsville NY 780.76 23.68 10 Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 778.53 22.50 11 Jayendu Patel, Newton MA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 777.15 21.43 12 Susan Fraser, Leesburg FL; Nancy Williams, Mount Dora FL 776.93 20.45 13 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Mary Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 776.23 19.57 14 Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Samantha Nystrom, Toronto ON 769.20 18.75 15 Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA; Richard Kuti, Carteret NJ 768.35 18.00 16 Tod Moses - Arthur Seltzer, Saint Louis MO 767.50 17.31 17 Freerk Polling, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 766.86 16.67 18 Jeffry Reckinger, Chicago IL; Mark Starr, Brookline MA 765.54 16.07 19 George Russell, Moore SC; Richard Smith, Spartanburg SC 764.89 15.52 20 Brad McKeown, Rock Hill SC; David Cantor, Charlotte NC 764.60 15.00 21 R. Arthur Cannamela, Jr, Roswell GA; Stan Politowski Jr, Hackensack NJ 763.37 14.52 22 Edward Foran - Nicolas Hammond, Marietta GA 761.28 14.06 23 Albert Shrive, Dalton PA; David Meyer, Scranton PA 749.40 13.64 24 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 748.54 13.24 25 John Friedl, Signal Mtn TN; Michael Sherman, Elmira NY 746.77 12.86 26 Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY; Larry Rosen, Albany NY 746.66 12.50 27 Arnold Kohn, Monroe NJ; Charles Rosenblatt, Pompano Beach FL 741.83 12.16 28 Robert Ng, Millbrae CA; David Ng, Hillsborough CA 740.96 11.84 29 Marshall Kerlin, Americus GA; Bob Jones, Marietta GA 738.86 11.54 30 Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON; Peter Hambly, Hanover ON 734.97 11.25 31 Kevin Bolan, Snohomish WA; Patrick White, Kirkland WA 734.26 18.26 32 Edward Horton, Champaign IL; Hugh Williams, Carbondale IL 732.26 12.88 33 Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ; Mark Brighouse, Towaco NJ 729.81 10.47 34 Michael Wolf, Coral Springs FL; Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL 717.00 10.23 35 Barbara Vasilevsky - Barbara Dunkley, Las Vegas NV 713.01 10.00 36 James Partridge, Birmingham AL; Kristina Oliver, Homewood AL 711.85 10.40 37 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 710.66 10.21 38 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA 690.36 9.38 39 Francine Feldman, Boca Raton FL; David Kozloff, Pittsburgh PA 645.42 11.29 40 Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY 639.90

YOUNG LIFE MASTER-1500 PAIRS 10.0 Tables / Based on 36 Tables 48.50 1 Douglas Fjare, Bartlesville OK; Alan Hierseman, Prairie Village KS 408.21 36.38 2 Peter Van Zijl, Ellicott City MD; Murat Berk, Potomac MD 406.64 27.28 3 Rich Pestien - Charles Young, Peoria IL 399.08 22.38 4 Roy Martin - Guy Martin, Birmingham AL 388.90 20.79 5 A J Stephani - Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH 388.28 19.40 6 Jay Cherlow, Arlington VA; Albert Lauber, Washington DC 388.17 18.19 7 Jeffery Scott, Bedford MA; David Cohen, East Hampton NY 384.82 17.12 8 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; Jan Popiel, Lexington MA 376.47 16.17 9 Stephan Juliusburger, Dania FL; Rachael Gosling, Paget Bermuda 375.47 15.32 10 Richard Bobilin, Fonda NY; Glen Perry, Voorheesville NY 373.99 14.55 11 Paul Jacobson, Marietta GA; Thomas Stefani, Roswell GA 370.47 13.86 12 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 366.57 13.23 13 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Jay Shah, St Louis MO 366.40 12.65 14 Kerry Cotterell, Clifton Park NY; Richard Underwood, Voorheesville NY 364.96 12.13 15 Jess Jurkovic - Peter Clark, New York NY 362.13 11.64 16 John Felker - Stephanie Felker, Signal Mountain TN 354.50 11.19 17 Jesse Laird, N Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Ft Lauderdale FL 354.46 10.78 18 Neil Selvin, Naples FL; Howard Grunin, Mc Lean VA 349.17 10.39 19 Sheila Katz - Jeffrey Katz, Stamford CT 344.21 10.03 20 Mark Gospodnetic, Richmond VA; Dale Sanders, Washington DC 337.08

SIDE SERIES 2 21.0 Tables A B C 4.70 1 Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA; Catherine McLeod, Eden NC 71.57% 4.25 2 1 Timothy Casey Jr - Suzanne Casey, Tampa FL 66.23% 3.19 3 2 Kristy Knight, Jacksonville FL; Lamar Daniel, Wetumpka AL 61.22% 2.39 4 3 Denny Cahan, Roswell GA; Geraldine Cahan, Asheville NC 60.24% 2.43 5 4 1 Felicia Lease, Lakemont GA; John Boshart, Mountain City GA 59.59% 1.82 6 5 2 Robert Nellis - Anne Nellis, Independence MO 57.19% 1.01 6 Richard Myers - Elizabeth Myers, Decatur GA 55.34% 1.37 3 Ralph Henderson - David Castles, Portland OR 55.01% 1.03 4 Matthew Farber, Fort Wayne IN; A Lindop, CD 50.44%

SUNDAY MORNING 0-50 PAIRS 11.0 Tables A B C 2.21 1 1 Rebecca Yancey - Gail King, Seneca SC 64.68% 1.66 2 2 Sidhesh Desai, Alpharetta GA; Raymond Zhu, Duluth GA 60.71% 1.24 3 Marianna Chamberlain, Buford GA; Veronica Dekozan, Flowery Branch GA 59.13% 0.93 4 3 Meckin Scott, Tuscaloosa AL; E Kristen Frederick, West Yarmouth MA 58.33% 0.88 5 4 1 Dot Stewart, Athens GA; Beverlee Ruark, Colbert GA 57.94% 0.46 6/7 Andy Carne, Hamilton Bermuda; Irene Chew, Warwick Bermuda 55.16% 0.57 6/7 5 Annette Meyer - Stacia Blau, Atlanta GA 55.16% 0.66 2 Judy Marani - Barbara Myers, Atlanta GA 53.57% 0.50 3 Jane Siegel, West Newton MA; Fiorella Triaca, Natick MA 48.81% 0.33 4/5 Marsha Baxter - Susan Pike, Athens GA 43.65% 0.33 4/5 Mimi Anapolle - Vic Anapolle, Marietta GA 43.65%

RUSS ARNOLD 10 & 3 KNOCKOUT BRACKET 1 16 Tables 63.33 1 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland 44.33 2 Ira Hessel - Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Kenneth Schutze, Austin TX 25.33 3/4 Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Kathleen Sulgrove - Don Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Robert Alexander, Mentor OH 25.33 3/4 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; John Rengstorff, New York NY; Gloria Bart - Les Bart, Bradenton FL

RUSS ARNOLD 10 & 3 KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 14 Tables 46.46 1 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Weimin Wang, People’s Republic of China 32.52 2 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA 18.58 3/4 Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD; Brad Theurer, Gaithersburg MD; Andrew Gofreed, La Plata MD; Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD 18.58 3/4 Michael Radin - Susan Wexler - Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY

RUSS ARNOLD 10 & 3 KNOCKOUT BRACKET 3 16 Tables 37.81 1 Mike Marlin - Sandra Marlin, Versailles KY; Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 26.47 2 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Boynton Beach FL; Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI; Tom Grue - John Scibelli, Las Vegas NV 15.12 3/4 Linda Green, Southaven MS; Madie Brice, Cordova TN; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Bruce Blakely, San Rafael CA 15.12 3/4 Clay Hall - D Keith Henderson, Birmingham AL; Frank Cook - Perry Richardson, Montgomery AL

RUSS ARNOLD 10 & 3 KNOCKOUT BRACKET 4 16 Tables 30.70 1 David Walker, Salem VA; Kevin Wilson - Brad Vander Zanden - David Shepler, Knoxville TN 21.49 2 Roger Webb - Philippe Galaski, Amherst MA; Sheila Balson, San Francisco CA; Myriam Milgrom, Port St Lucie FL 12.28 3/4 Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Jason Rosenfeld, San Francisco CA; Michael Prahin, Irvington NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 12.28 3/4 Robert Abrams - Joanne Walker, Atlanta GA; Jeff Ruben, Wilmington DE; Andrew Stayton, Rehoboth Beach DE

RUSS ARNOLD 10 & 3 KNOCKOUT BRACKET 5 16 Tables 27.06 1 Stephen Nellissen, Ramsey NJ; Charlie Williams, Gaithersburg MD; Stephen Levine - Rona Levine, New York NY 18.94 2 Bill Begert - Doug Herron - Randi Adelman - Ryan Connors, New York NY 10.82 3/4 Losia McCann, Marietta GA; Luanne Russell, Alexander City AL; Sarah Price, Montgomery AL; Kate Smith, Stone Mountain GA 10.82 3/4 Bill Waters, Knoxville TN; Michael Morris, Oak Ridge TN; Julia Misslin - Peter Misslin, Vonore TN

RUSS ARNOLD 10 & 3 KNOCKOUT BRACKET 6 16 Tables 23.56 1 Eric Hendrickson, Minneapolis MN; Paul Gutterman, Eagan MN; Richard Lawson, Plymouth MN; Andrew Caranicas, St Paul MN 16.49 2 Peter Martin, Kennesaw GA; Nancy Smith - Michael Riley - John Simms, Marietta GA 9.42 3/4 Brian Zaugg - Liliana Diaconescu, Burien WA; Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA 9.42 3/4 Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Naperville IL; Lisa Ogut - Serdar Ogut, Darien IL

RUSS ARNOLD 10 & 3 KNOCKOUT BRACKET 7 16 Tables 19.60 1 Steven Day, Shawnee KS; John Hickey, Lawrence KS; Sitaraman Sathiamoorthy, Olathe KS; Krishna Saha, Overland Park KS 13.72 2 Marilyn Ritter, Livingston NJ; Judith Back, White Plains NY; Gwen Wurtzel, Floral Park NY; Anita Manes, Boca Raton FL 7.84 3/4 Sue Kimbrell, Houston TX; Rosalind Howell, Atlanta GA; Fred Tanzer, Land O’Lakes FL; Dan Griggs, Jasper GA 7.84 3/4 Jim Wall, Perry GA; Wendy Leverett, Lincolnton GA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Jule Greene, Macon GA; Sean Gannon, Decatur GA

RUSS ARNOLD 10 & 3 KNOCKOUT BRACKET 8 16 Tables 16.44 1 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Douglas Grant, San Francisco CA 11.51 2 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Mary Mertz, Overland Park KS; Norman Kahn Jr, Prairie Village KS; Max Kahn, Shawnee Mission KS 6.58 3/4 Jason Daming, New Orleans LA; Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Terry Richardson - Greg Schepens, Austin TX 6.58 3/4 George Atherton - Susan Atherton, Baton Rouge LA; Robert Brown - Candace Brown, Duluth GA

RUSS ARNOLD 10 & 3 KNOCKOUT BRACKET 9 16 Tables 13.45 1 Kathleen Loeb, Lake Mary FL; Eric Genheimer - Kyle Olson, Mustang OK; Regina Sooey - Bill Page, Jacksonville FL 9.42 2 Larry Baum, Seattle WA; Mary Hudson - William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ; Dan Faulkner, Oro Valley AZ 5.38 3/4 William Campbell - Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA; Bill Stewart, Bellevue WA 5.38 3/4 Anne Ballard - Robert Dodd - Bridget Dobson - Jerome Dobson, Atlanta GA

Monday, August 5, 2013

Juniors Pairs QualifierSession 5

Rank Pairs Nationality %1 AYDOGDU Erkmen KOCLAR Akin TUR - TUR 57.592 PRAIRIE Alex SHI Sylvia USA - USA 57.353 AGICA Marius KAPLAN Adam USA - USA 56.864 DI FRANCO Massimiliano ZANASI Gabriele ITA - ITA 56.795 MOSKOVSKY Ellena TRAVIS Lauren AUS - AUS 56.196 HASHIMOTO Koichiro KIKUCHI Tadahiro JPN - JPN 56.157 LIN Frank VROOMAN Jacob USA - USA 55.728 GOBEKLI Altug GOKCE Berk TUR - TUR 54.929 CAVALIER Andrew JOLLY Christian USA - USA 54.5510 ETCHEPAREBORDA Juan Cruz RUEDA Santiago ARG - ARG 54.3111 OZGUR Muhammet USLUPEHLIVAN TUR - TUR 53.21 Sarper12 FERRO Felipe Jose MONTES DE OCA ARG - ARG 52.45 Francisco Pablo13 LEE Antony WESSELS Ryan USA - USA 52.2814 ARGUEDAS Leonardo BROWN Walter CRC - CRC 52.1615 HOLLANDS Peter HOWARD Justin AUS - AUS 51.2716 SCHWARTZ Jeffrey TSANG Jeffrey USA - CAN 51.2517 HENBEST Maxim HOWARD Nathan AUS - AUS 50.8418 HARADA Yuki ITO Kosuke JPN - JPN 50.1419 BOMBER Benjamin SNOWDEN Burke USA - USA 49.7220 MANFIELD Sabrina MANFIELD Seth USA - USA 49.5221 KRIVENTSOV Dennis RATHI Anant USA - USA 48.2122 GROSSACK Adam GROSSACK Zachary USA - USA 48.0623 GONG Qucheng MUNGER Nathaniel USA - USA 46.3524 PEREZ Fernando RODRIGUEZ Carlos VEN - VEN 46.1925 CABRERA Ruben Dario GRANDA Moises VEN - VEN 46.0126 OYAMA Ryoko SESHIMO Takumi JPN - JPN 45.1527 ARGAIN Ariel SENGIALI ARG - ARG 44.20 Nicolas Miguel28 ALLEN Theo JAMESON Charles USA - USA 42.3529 CUERVO LOPERA Juan Felipe VELEZ Santiago COL - COL 42.2030 ORTEGA Luz Carolina TRABAUDO Billy USA - USA 40.2531 VALENZUELA RIVERA ZAMORA COL - COL 39.21 Joan Sebastian VILLAMIZAR Jose Alejandro32 CORREA LAGUNA Nicolas REY ARISMENDY COL - COL 38.56 Luis Alejandro

Youngsters Pairs QualifierSession 5

Rank Pairs Nationality %1 AMER Samuel CHANG Nolan USA - USA 69.612 KRISTENSEN Benjamin ROSENBERG Kevin USA - USA 65.293 CHENG Licong LI Renyu CHN - CHN 64.244 JENG Andrew JENG Richard USA - USA 61.175 JIN Tianyi JIN Kai CHN - CHN 60.406 HERMAN Gregory KRIEGEL Oren USA - USA 59.577 DU Zhecheng SHANG Yijun CHN - CHN 57.788 SHA Zhizhou ZHANG Yiyang CHN - CHN 56.759 HUNT Allison LADYZHENSKY USA - USA 56.73 Asya10 SHEN Yiling WU Kaiwen CHN - CHN 56.7111 FEI Zelin ZHAO Yuqiao CHN - CHN 56.4212 FASHINGBAUER Ellie HSIEH Gianni USA - USA 55.7813 LIEBERMAN Joseph WELLAND USA - USA 54.83 Christopher14 HARPER Brandon MILLER Ryan USA - USA 54.7415 HUANG Xu LIU Yihong CHN - CHN 54.2416 BERMAN Evan SPENCER Cole USA - USA 54.2217 LI Hanchang SHAO Yiqin CHN - CHN 54.1318 LIN Amber OLSEN Jake USA - USA 53.5719 HART Tyler KUSCHNER Benjamin USA - USA 51.1920 BERK Hakan SOUKUP David USA - USA 51.0721 FORTE Christopher HEADING Raianne USA - USA 50.5322 VASSILEVA Albena-Maria WU Zijun CAN - CHN 50.3323 QIN Bin WANG Penghao CHN - CHN 50.2724 LAMOUREUX Victor MILLER JASON CAN - USA 49.6225 ALTMAN John STEPHANI Isaac USA - USA 47.8326 BAI Lu GONG Kai Lu CHN - CHN 47.4227 MA Ding Zhi LIU Xuan Yu CHN - CHN 45.8828 COLBURN Caleb ZHU Vincent USA - USA 45.3929 LIU Siyuan WANG Yingqi CHN - CHN 45.1830 LI Meilun LIU Wenyu CHN - CHN 44.9031 FONG Brandon SUNG Alexander USA - USA 44.6432 SMITH Cooper TRAUTWEIN Henry USA - USA 42.6033 BERK Sedef ROBERTS Jeremy USA - USA 40.8134 GOODWIN Bryan NOVAK Jett USA - USA 37.9535 OLIVEIRA Helber STEPHANI Kristian USA - USA 37.3736 LAROSEE Matthew MILLIKIN Emma USA - USA 35.2937 MAGNUSON Sterling NOVAK Madelyn USA - USA 35.1738 ANDREWS Cherish EDWARDS Sarah USA - USA 34.1439 BOTKINS Hailey WILLIAMS Bernadette USA - USA 34.0240 GERRARD Marc GERRARD Sara USA - USA 32.21

Girls Pairs QualifierSession 5

Rank Pairs Nationality %1 BOTTA Giorgia CHAVARRIA ITA - ITA 63.41 Margherita2 LINZ Marianna WERNIS Rebecca USA - USA 58.863 DE JESUS Karla SUAREZ Adriana VEN - VEN 58.414 CHEN Yunpeng RUAN Xinyao CHN - CHN 56.145 JIN Huiyuan YUAN Aijia CHN - CHN 53.186 GU Yihao YANG Xinyi CHN - CHN 50.457 ARBIT Julie THAPA Isha USA - USA 50.458 LU Xinying YU Felicia Xinying CHN - CHN 46.369 FANG Yunyi HUANG Danlei CHN - CHN 42.7310 LU Yijia QIAN Li CHN - CHN 42.2711 CHANG Sophia ZHANG Lucy USA - USA 41.1412 COLBURN Olivia LAUFER Olivia USA - CAN 36.59

Getting Underwayby Phillip Alder

The opening ceremony on Saturday evening was more interesting than usual. There were two particular highlights. First was the five-minute taste of the movie about bridge presented by Jeremy Goldstein and David McAllister. It left everyone longing to see all 90 minutes, which should be ready by the fall.

Second was the performance of “We Are The World” by about 30 of the Chinese youth players, all dressed in attractive blue and white attire. As Gainarrigo Rona said, they won the first gold medal of the games.

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Monday, August 5, 2013 3rd World Open Youth Championships

As play starts at this year’s World Youth Open Championships, let’s look back to the exciting final session of last year’s 80-board Junior Teams Final between Israel and the Netherlands.

These were the two teams:Israel: Lotan Fisher, Gal Gerstner, Moshe

Meyouhas, Dror Padon, Eyal Erez and Lee RosenthalNetherlands: Aarnout Helmich, Gerbrand Hop,

Berend van der Bos, Joris van Lankveld, Ernst Wackwitz and Chris Westerbeek

The last 16 boards began with Israel ahead by 7.3 IMPs.

That margin nearly doubled on the first deal, Board 65. Dlr: North ♠ Q J 9 6 Vul: None ♥ K 6 4 ♦ A 9 2 ♣ 10 6 3 ♠ 7 4 ♠ 2 ♥ Q J 7 2 ♥ A 10 8 5 3 ♦ Q J 5 ♦ K 10 8 7 ♣ Q 9 8 7 ♣ A K J ♠ A K 10 8 5 3 ♥ 9 ♦ 6 4 3 ♣ 5 4 2 West North East South Meyouhas v d Bos Padon v Lankveld Pass 1♥ 2♠ 3♥ 3♠ 4♥ All Pass

West North East South Hop Gerstner Helmich Fisher Pass 1♥ 1♠ 2♥ 2NT (a) 4♥ 4♠ Pass Pass Pass(a) Good spade raise

Four hearts made without difficulty. Four spades went down three without difficulty. Since the Dutch had not doubled the sacrifice, Israel gained 7 IMPs instead of losing 3.

The Netherlands regained that ground immediately. Dlr: East ♠ J 4 3 Vul: N-S ♥ A J 8 4 ♦ J 2 ♣ K J 7 2 ♠ Q 6 2 ♠ 10 9 8 ♥ 5 3 2 ♥ Q 7 6 ♦ K Q 10 7 ♦ 9 6 4 3 ♣ A 8 4 ♣ Q 10 6 ♠ A K 7 5 ♥ K 10 9 ♦ A 8 5 ♣ 9 5 3 West North East South Meyouhas v d Bos Padon v Lankveld Pass 1♣ Pass 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♦ (a) Pass 2♥ (b) Pass Pass Pass

(a) Fourth-suit forcing, but not game-forcing(b) Forcing in principle

West North East South Hop Gerstner Helmich Fisher Pass 1♣ Pass 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♣ (a) Pass 2♦ Dble 2NT (b) Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass

(a) Puppet to two diamonds(b) InvitationalBoth Norths used conventional rebids. And

normally when you have two balanced hands with 25 combined points, you bid three notrump. That is what Gerstner and Padon did, but found that they were too high. Helmich led a diamond, Hop winning and switching to a club. East took declarer’s jack with his queen and went back to diamonds. When declarer then misguessed hearts, he went down two.

The Dutch stopped safely when van den Bos could not think of anything to bid over two hearts. He then brought home an overtrick, losing one spade,

one diamond and two clubs. That gave 8 IMPs to the Netherlands.

The next deal was a flat partscore. Then Israel gained 2 IMPs on another partscore board.

On Board 69, Hop-Helmich bid to three notrump, which had nine top tricks when diamonds were 3-3. Meyouhas-Padon got to five clubs, which had only two losers when diamonds were 3-3.

An overtrick IMP to the Netherlands leveled the score for the session at 9-9.

Then came a big swing. Dlr: South ♠ A J 9 8 5 4 Vul: Both ♥ A 9 8 2 ♦ — ♣ 8 7 4 ♠ K Q 10 7 ♠ 6 3 ♥ 4 ♥ 7 6 5 3 ♦ 8 6 4 3 ♦ A Q 10 5 ♣ K Q 10 2 ♣ 9 6 5 ♠ 2 ♥ K Q J 10 ♦ K J 9 7 2 ♣ A J 3 West North East South Meyouhas v d Bos Padon v Lankveld 1♦ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♥ Pass 3♥ Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥ All Pass

West North East South Hop Gerstner Helmich Fisher 1♦ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♣ Pass 3♠ Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass

van Lankveld happily reversed despite having only 15 high-card points and a singleton in his partner’s suit. But now at least they reached the least bad game. When Meyouhas failed to lead a trump, understandably preferring the king of clubs, declarer won with his ace, played a spade to the and took the next eight tricks on a crossruff for plus 620.

Three notrump was no fun for Fisher. West led the king of clubs, then switched to the king of spades. Declarer won with dummy’s ace and ran the jack of spades to West’s queen. West switched to a diamond, East winning and returning a club. South won, cashed his hearts and lost the rest for down three, minus 300.

That was a huge 14 IMPs for the Netherlands, putting them back in front by 6.7.

After two quiet deals came: Dlr: East ♠ 10 8 Vul: Both ♥ K 10 ♦ A Q J 9 8 7 3 2 ♣ 10 ♠ A 4 3 ♠ J 5 ♥ A J 9 3 ♥ 8 6 5 4 ♦ — ♦ K 10 6 ♣ A Q 7 4 3 2 ♣ K J 8 5 ♠ K Q 9 7 6 2 ♥ Q 7 2 ♦ 5 4 ♣ 9 6 West North East South Meyouhas v d Bos Padon v Lankveld Pass 2♦ (a) 3♣ 5♦ Pass Pass Dble Pass Pass Pass

(a) Weak two-bid in a major, or a game-force either balanced or with five-plus diamonds West North East South Hop Gerstner Helmich Fisher Pass Pass 1♣ 4♦ Dble All Pass

Against five diamonds doubled, West led the ace of clubs, cashed the ace of hearts and played another heart. North still had to lose one spade and one diamond to go down two.

Against four diamonds doubled, East led the jack of spades. West took dummy’s queen with his ace, cashed the ace of clubs and played a second club. North ruffed, cashed the ace of diamonds and continued with the queen of diamonds. East won with his king and ... returned his last trump. Declarer claimed, his heart losers disappearing on dummy’s spades.

Plus 500 and plus 710 gave Israel 15 IMPs and the lead by 9.3.

The tension was palpable. On the next board, six diamonds by South was on the diamond finesse, which was working. Both pairs stopped in five diamonds.

Then, a flat board, 2 IMPs to the Netherlands for staying one level lower and therefore having one fewer undertrick, and both Souths failed in five clubs. With three boards to go, Israel still led by 7.3. Dlr: East ♠ J 10 8 6 Vul: None ♥ J 5 4 2 ♦ K ♣ 7 6 5 2 ♠ 9 4 3 ♠ 7 ♥ Q 10 9 7 3 ♥ K 8 ♦ 9 4 3 ♦ Q J 10 8 6 5 2 ♣ A Q ♣ J 9 8 ♠ A K Q 5 2 ♥ A 6 ♦ A 7 ♣ K 10 4 3 West North East South Meyouhas v d Bos Padon v Lankveld Hop Gerstner Helmich Fisher 3♦ Dble 4♦ Pass Pass 4♠ Pass Pass Pass

Both Wests led a diamond, East signaling with his queen under dummy’s king. The two declarers played a heart to his ace (Helmich played low, Padon put up the king), cashed the ace of diamonds (discarding a club) and drew trumps ending in the dummy.

Fisher now played a club to his king, which looks like the wrong play based on the bidding and was the wrong play here. Hop won with his ace and played a heart to his partner’s king. Helmich returned his nine of clubs, West winning and leading the queen of hearts. Declarer had to lose another club trick to go down one.

van Lankveld did much better. Aided by East’s honor plays, he knew who had the ace of clubs. He played a club to his ten. West won with his queen and led the ten of harts, ducked around. Then came the nine of hearts. South ruffed and led a low club to bring down the ace. van Lankveld was home.

That was 10 IMPs to the Netherlands, now ahead by 2.7. Dlr: South ♠ J 10 9 Vul: N-S ♥ J 10 7 5 4 ♦ A K Q 3 ♣ 9 ♠ Q ♠ A K 8 6 5 ♥ Q 6 2 ♥ 9 ♦ 10 7 ♦ J 9 8 6 ♣ K Q J 10 7 4 2 ♣ 8 6 5 ♠ 7 4 3 2 ♥ A K 8 3 ♦ 5 4 2 ♣ A 3 West North East South Meyuchas v d Bos Padon v Lankveld 1♦ 3♣ 3♠ (a) 4♠ Pass Pass 5♦ Pass 5♥ Pass Pass Pass

(a) Hearts

West North East South Hop Gerstner Helmich Fisher Pass 3♣ Pass 4♣ All Pass

Four clubs drifted the obvious down one.van Lankveld opened because he had ace-king,

ace; who cares about having to bid a 5-4-2 suit?If someone had doubled four spades, no doubt

Padon would have run to five clubs, but that would have still gone down two. North, though, believed his hand would be very useful to his partner.

Against five hearts, West led the queen of spades and switched to the king of clubs. South won, cashed his top hearts, ruffed his last club in the dummy and played four rounds of diamonds, ruffing the last. Now West made a bad play. He overruffed, leaving himself endplayed. On his forced club return, declarer threw a spade from the dummy and ruffed in his

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hand. South was out for down one. If West had not overruffed, the contract would have had to go down two.

Israel gained 4 IMPs to retake the lead by 1.3, but it could have been 6 IMPs. Would the 2 IMPs matter?

This was the final deal: Dlr: West ♠ A K 9 Vul E-W ♥ A Q 8 ♦ J 7 5 4 ♣ J 10 6 ♠ J 10 7 6 ♠ Q 8 3 ♥ K 5 4 ♥ 7 2 ♦ A 10 8 ♦ K Q 3 2 ♣ A 9 5 ♣ K Q 3 2 ♠ 5 4 2 ♥ J 10 9 6 3 ♦ 9 6 ♣ 8 7 4 West North East South Meyuchas v d Bos Padon v Lankveld 1♣ Dble Redble 1♥ Pass Pass 3♣ All Pass

West North East South Hop Gerstner Helmich Fisher 1♣ Pass 2♣ (a) Pass 2NT Pass Pass Pass

(a) Inverted raiseThe Closed Room was well ahead of the Open.

Against two notrump, North played three rounds of spades. Hop cashed the king of clubs, crossed to his ace of clubs, took the jack of spades, and continued the clubs, throwing a heart from his hand. North, in order to keep four diamonds, was forced down to the bare ace of hearts.

Now West could have ducked a heart to bring down the ace, but being only in two notrump, he cashed the king of diamonds and played a diamond to his ace to give this position: ♠ — ♥ A ♦ J 7 ♣ — ♠ — ♠ — ♥ K 5 ♥ 7 ♦ 10 ♦ Q 3 ♣ — ♣ — ♠ — ♥ 10 9 6 ♦ — ♣ —

West led the ten of diamonds.North, who was clearly very tired, bizarrely

did not cover with his jack -- in a way, a Grosvenor Gambit. However, West worked out what was happening. He ran the ten of diamonds and exited with a heart to North’s ace. North had to concede the final trick to dummy’s queen of diamonds. That was ten tricks, plus 180.

In the Open Room, the Israeli East-West had to score at least plus 140 to win the match.

After East’s redouble, the jump to three clubs ought to have been forcing; with only game-invitational values, he would have rebid two clubs. But West passed anyway.

Now Meyouhas had to take 11 tricks, which was impossible. North led the ace of spades and switched to a trump. Declarer drew trumps, knocked out the king of spades, won the spade return, pitched a heart on his last spade, played his three top diamonds, and claimed his contract exactly.

The Netherlands had gained 2 IMPs to win by 0.67!

If Hop had taken only nine tricks, Israel would have won by 0.33. Will we see any events that close here in Atlanta?

The Man Who Knew Too Muchby Murat Molva

The second session of the pairs qualification brought this nice board with three voids around the table. Dlr: South ♠ K Vul:N-S ♥ A K J 9 6 4 2 ♦ 9 ♣ A K J 9 ♠ 10 7 5 2 ♠ J 9 6 4 ♥ -- ♥ — ♦ Q J 7 ♦ K 10 6 5 3 2 ♣ 7 6 5 4 3 2 ♣ Q 10 8 ♠ A Q 8 3 ♥ Q 10 8 7 5 3 ♦ A 8 4 ♣ —

At one table, North, Erkmen Aydogdu (Turkey), was surprised to hear his partner, Akin Koclar, open 1♥. Erkmen took the shortcut and launched Roman Key Card Blackwood. When his partner admitted to two keycards and the trump queen (bidding 5♠), Erkmen could count at least 12 tricks. Hoping for the ♠Q to appear in dummy or the club finesse to work for the thirteenth trick, he bid 7NT. This made easily for about 80% of the matchpoints.

At another table, South, Sarper Uslupehlivan (Turkey), opened 1♥, and his partner, Muhammet Ozgur, also employed RKCB. Now, the paths diverged. South decided that it might be useful to show his void rather than the trump queen, and bid 5NT (showing two keycards and a void).

Now, North “knew” that he would not be able to take a club finesse. So rather than gambling on the ♠Q, or something good to happen in diamonds, Muhammet played safe and bid 7♥. This made easily too, but brought only 40% to his side.

Another proof that knowing too much could get you into trouble.

Differing OpinionsBy David Stern

As bridge journalists, we seek out hands of beauty rich and rare, but sometimes it’s the simple things of life that are worthy of comment. Here is the first board from the opening session of the pairs: Dlr: North ♠ J 8 7 Vul: None ♥ Q 8 ♦ 7 6 4 ♣ A Q 9 5 3 ♠ A 5 4 3 ♠ K 9 6 2 ♥ A 7 2 ♥ K 10 5 4 3 ♦ A Q 10 3 ♦ 9 2 ♣ J 10 ♣ K 7 ♠ Q 10 ♥ J 9 6 ♦ K J 8 5 ♣ 8 6 4 2 West North East South Pass Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2♦ Pass 2♥ Pass 2♠ Pass 4♠ Pass Pass Pass West North East South Pass Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2♦ Pass 2♥ Pass 2♠ Pass 3♠ Pass 3NT Pass 4♥ Pass Pass Pass

West North East South Pass Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2♦ Pass 2♥ Pass 2♠ All Pass

Frequency: -120x1, -170x1, -200x1, -420x13The first auction seems like a logical path to

the best contract. While 2♠ is invitational and West is minimum, the key controls in partner’s suits, doubleton club and the finessing possibilities in diamonds make it worth an upgrade.

In the play East, Fernando Perez from Venezuela showed nice technique by playing a spade to the ace and inserting the ♠9 on the second round to protect against North’s holding ♠ Q-J-8-7.

On the second auction, 3♠ suggested a four-card raise, while 4♥ offered partner a choice of contracts suggesting 4-3 in the majors. East should probably have accepted bridge wisdom that a 4-4 fit is preferable to a 5-3.

On the last auction, West failed to appreciate the full value of the three sharp cards and fitted suits. He passed partner’s invitational bid based on the minimum strength 1NT opening – not something recommended in the bid-em-up youth games!

Muhammet Ozgur

Board-3 Pairs Round-Q1by Murat Molva

Board 3 produced lively action and different results at the five tables I watched. Dlr: South ♠ A K J 7 6 Vul: E-W ♥ K 8 3 ♦ A K 10 ♣ 6 4 ♠ Q 4 3 ♠ 10 8 5 ♥ Q J 9 6 ♥ A 7 5 4 ♦ Q J 9 7 2 ♦ 3 ♣ Q ♣ J 10 9 7 5 ♠ 9 2 ♥ 10 2 ♦ 8 6 5 4 ♣ A K 8 3 2

West North East South Pass Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT Pass 2♦ Pass 2♥ Pass 3NT All Pass

This was the auction at the first table I watched. South’s 2♥ was a puppet to 2♠ to show a hand in the 5-7 HCP range, but North went straight on to 3NT. West, Nathaniel Munger (USA), found the best lead of the ♥Q, and when the declarer, Akin Koclar (Turkey), ducked, West continued with the ♥J to collect the first four tricks and hold the declarer to 9

tricks.

Nathaniel Munger (USA)

West North East South Pass Pass 1♣ Pass 1♦ Pass 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass

The strong-club auction left North, Jacob Vrooman (USA), playing the contract from the North

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seat. Not fearing a switch to hearts, he ducked the club lead, and right he was! West switched to the ♦Q. Now nine tricks were there. Declarer grabbed his ♦A, went to dummy with a club, and took the spade finesse. He realized, probably to his horror, that the ♣A was stranded in dummy. After struggling a bit more, he had to concede down one.

Jacob Vrooman (USA)

West North East South Pass Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass

West led ♦Q and declarer Maxim Henbest (Australia) took the finesses for the ♠J and the ♦J to land ten tricks – the best result so far.

Maxim Henbest (Australia)

West North East South Pass Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3♣ Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass

South, Jeffrey Schwartz (USA), was also one of the declarers blessed with the ♦Q lead. So he seemed to be on his way to ten tricks. But he received another gift too. While crossing to hand in clubs to take the spade and diamond finesses, East consumed all of his high club spots; and while discarding on spades and diamonds, he came down to the bare ♥A. So, when declarer exited with the low heart off dummy, East had to surrender the eleventh trick to the ♣8. Plus 460 was now best result so far.

Jeffrey Schwartz (USA)

West North East South 3♣ Dble Redble Pass Pass 3♦ Dble 3♥ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

Would you believe that this girl sitting South, Lauren Travis (Australia), with her bright smiling face, could open 3♣ on a five carder? The favorable vulnerability surely brings out the monster in everyone. West chose a double that might not have been everyone’s choice, and then had to decide over the redouble that came back to him. What did partner’s pass mean? Was it “Let’s play in 3♣ redoubled partner” or just “I have nothing to say”? West finally took himself out to 3♦ and a contract of 3♥ doubled was reached. When declarer could not figure out the trump situation, he went down two to concede 500. The very best result so far.

Lauren Travis (Australia)

This was the companion Board 4: Dlr: West ♠ A 9 5 2 Vul: Both ♥ A Q 9 7 3 ♦ A J ♣ K 7 ♠ 7 6 ♠ K Q J 3 ♥ 8 4 ♥ 5 ♦ K 5 4 ♦ Q 9 6 ♣ Q J 10 5 4 2 ♣ A 9 8 6 3 ♠ 10 8 4 ♥ K J 10 6 2 ♦ 10 8 7 3 2 ♣ —

At three of the tables I watched, each West passed and the players sitting North either started with 1♥ or a strong club, after which a normal 4♥ contract was reached. None of the East-West pairs at these three tables was able to locate the eleven-card club fit. But there was action at the other two tables.

West North East South Pass 1♥ Dble 4♥ 5♣ Dble All Pass

West, Nathaniel Munger (USA), who had found the good ♥Q lead on the previous deal against 3NT, swiftly bid 5♣. North doubled and the contract drifted off one, a good save against the making 4♥. Plus 200 to North-South looked like the par score as 5♥ seemed to be going down (losing two spades and one diamond). Or was it?

There seems to be constant action when Lauren Travis (Australia) is at the table. After destroying her opponents on Board 3, she struck again here.

West North East South 3♣ Dble Pass 3♥ Pass 4♥ 5♣ 5♥ Pass Pass Dble All Pass

After painfully experiencing the devastating effects of Lauren’s 3♣ opening (with a five-card suit) on the previous board, West was presumably hoping for revenge, and he started proceedings with a vulnerable 3♣ sacrifice. It was not so clear why East elected to pass first and bid 5♣ at his second turn, but Lauren was convinced that the five-level belonged to her. She bid 5*H and was doubled of course, but West was not sure if his partner’s double was some sort of a Lightner double or just a normal “I will kill you” double.

The spade lead could not be found and Lauren just established her diamond suit to record plus 850. Way to go Lauren Travis.

Which Blackwood is Better?

By David SternThis was the second board in the first session of

the pairs: Dlr: East ♠ A 7 5 Vul:N-S ♥ J 10 6 ♦ 10 5 ♣ J 10 8 5 4 ♠ 10 9 6 3 ♠ K Q J 8 2 ♥ Q 8 7 ♥ A K 9 ♦ K 7 6 3 ♦ A Q 9 4 2 ♣ A Q ♣ — ♠ 4 ♥ 5 4 3 2 ♦ J 8 ♣ K 9 7 6 3 2

Frequency: +100x1, +50x1, -450x1, -920x1, -980*10, -990x1

All the tables I watched reached 6♠, but interestingly a number used Exclusion Blackwood. After 1♠ by East and a spade raise by West, 5♣ asked for key cards excluding the ♣A.

I question whether this was a good choice on this hand as there was a slightly better argument for normal Roman Key Card Blackwood rather than Exclusion Blackwood. Under ‘normal’ RKCB should partner happen to show the ♣A, then there will be no heart loser and the deal will come down to the diamond suit. But if you adopt Exclusion Blackwood, apart from testing partner’s system knowledge, you aren’t any better informed when partner shows no key cards.

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SUNDAY MORNING 0-300 PAIRS 28.0 Tables A B C 5.37 1 1 1 Janet Vickers - Rondal Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL 67.80% 4.03 2 2 2 Ila Shah - Vinod Shah, Mechanicsville MD 62.88% 3.02 3 3 3 Mary Hill, Cumming GA; Lorna Stribos, Roswell GA 62.31% 2.27 4 4 4 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 61.17% 1.70 5 5 5 Yinghan Ding, Salt Lake City UT; Jie Gu, Hudson NH 60.98% 1.27 6 6 6 Eleanor Malone - Angela Jardina, Atlanta GA 60.23%

3 PM SIDE BAM TEAMS 44 Tables A B C 9.01 1 Matt Granovetter - Pamela Granovetter - William Higgins, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH 19.50 6.76 2 Berend Van Den Bos, The Hague Netherlands; Wubbo De Boer - Agnes Snellers, Groenekan Netherlands; Joris Van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands 19.00 5.07 3 Andrew Hidi - Robin Stephens - Suzanne Hidi, Toronto ON; Roisin O’Hara, Oakville ON 17.00 3.80 4 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Warren Cederborg - Suzanne Cederborg, Visalia CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 16.50 2.85 5 Danuta Kazmucha - Justyna Zmuda - Joanna Taczelwska - Katarzyna Dufrat, 16.00 5.70 6/8 1/2 H Patricia Hanna, Lexington MA; Art Quey, San Mateo CA; Helena Fine, Naples FL; Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY 15.50 5.70 6/8 1/2 Donna Parker - Ken Parker, Newnan GA; Eden Persons - Len Perkins, Macon GA 15.50 1.65 6/8 Joel Schwartz, Las Vegas NV; John Gassenheimer - Jill Fisch, Wynnewood PA; Charles Davis, Duluth GA 15.50 2.82 3/5 Andrew Stayton, Rehoboth Beach DE; Robert Abrams - Joanne Walker, Atlanta GA; Jeff Ruben, Wilmington DE 14.00 3.67 3/5 1 Bert Einloth, Bluffton SC; Carol Duffy, Wilmette IL; Craig Duncan, Rochester NY; Elizabeth Ambler, Hilton Head Is SC 14.00 2.82 3/5 Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; Deirdre Nickel - Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 14.00 1.35 6/7 Buck Martin, Crossville TN; James Rash, Bellefontaine OH; Tom Williams, Sunset Beach NC; Michael Pierce, Jamestown TN 13.50 2.75 6/7 2 Julian Kurtzman, Cincinnati OH; Elizabeth Gompels, Needham MA; Ford Danielsen, Raleigh NC; Vincent Koon Kam King, Arlington MA 13.50 1.81 3/4 Mark Ambrose, Louisville KY; Rick Flucke, Mountain View CA; Zheng Zhang, Arcadia CA; Rick Gannon, Decatur GA 12.50 1.81 3/4 Jerry Nolte - Elizabeth Nolte, Oak Hill VA; Jean Pittman, East Ellijay GA; Barbara Mitchell, Blue Ridge GA 12.50

JACK & CLAUDIA FEAGIN STRATIFIED OPEN 86.5 Tables A B C 28.09 1 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; R Jay Becker, New York NY 64.42% 21.07 2 Walter Schafer Jr, Chula Vista CA; Roy Fox, Murphy NC 62.52% 15.80 3 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 61.79% 11.85 4 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 61.71% 16.38 5 1 Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL 61.69% 8.03 6 Dave McClintock, Bluffton SC; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 60.89% 7.02 7 Lisa Berkowitz - Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL 60.69% 6.24 8 Ellen Kozlove - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 60.58% 7.24 9 Li-Hsiang Kuo - Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI 60.43% 5.38 10 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 59.65% 4.82 11 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden 59.61% 4.32 12 Dennis McGarry - Linda McGarry, Stuart FL 59.36% 4.01 13 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 59.11% 3.75 14 Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 58.67% 5.72 15 Janet Robertson, Timonium MD; Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD 58.48% 12.29 16 2 Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD; Patricia Cummins, Bronx NY 58.45% 6.62 17 Charles Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 58.29% 2.96 18 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Gail Greenberg, New York NY 58.10% 6.70 19 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 57.91% 9.21 3 1 Alujas Gustano - Alfonsin Julio, Buenos Aires 55.55% 6.91 4 Barry Boyd, Wheeling WV; Conner Boyd, Key West FL 55.24% 5.46 5 2 Courtney Stephens - Charles Ott, Greensboro GA 55.16% 4.68 6 Benjamin Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL; William Granger, Bradenton FL 55.06% 4.10 7 Steven Huhman, Larchmont NY; Sim Therrell, Memphis TN 54.93% 3.64 8 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 54.49% 3.28 9 Frank Collecchia, Prospect KY; William Toutant, Louisville KY 53.87% 4.00 10 3 Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Jin Hu, Wappingers NY 53.53% 2.73 11 Dennis Ryan - Barbara Tysdahl, Menomonie WI 53.53% 2.59 12 James Gray, Murrysville PA; Wayne Obitz, Indiana PA 53.07% 2.61 4 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 53.06% 3.09 5 Shailesh Gupta, Alison Viejo CA; Dustin Stout, Long Beach CA 51.64% 2.22 6 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 50.73%

RUSS ARNOLD 10 & 3 KNOCKOUT BRACKET 10 12 Tables 8.67 1 Michelle Crane - Alexa Canady-Davis - Mary Cummins, Pensacola FL; Mary Ann Abrams, Pensacola Beach FL 6.07 2 Anik Waters, League City TX; Faye Siegel - Mavis Wener, Atlanta GA; Maureen Viaclovsky, Friendswood TX 3.47 3/4 Mac Ryland - Judy Ryland, Atlanta GA; Harvey Jones, Roswell GA; Janette Edmonds, Dunwoody GA 3.47 3/4 Ronald Antinori - Susan Antinori, Atlanta GA; Suzanne Proctor, Hollister CA; Karen Logan, Georgetown TX

SUNDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT 1 16 Tables 25.44 1 Isabella De Andrade - Jaqueline Nunes, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Stanley Barg, Washington DC; Ana Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 17.81 2 Luke Gillespie, Wayland MA; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL; James Streisand, Sudbury MA; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 11.45 3 David Lindop - Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Paul Swanson, Jupiter FL; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 8.90 4 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker - Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA

SUNDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT 2 15 Tables 14.87 1 Bonnie Gellas - Cathy Nathan, New York NY; Mary Vickers, Apex NC; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 10.41 2 James Fordham, Fairburn GA; Joan Braender, Newnan GA; Jean Choi - Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 6.69 3 Bill Parrish - Beth Parrish, Birmingham AL; Ronald Cadora - Deborah Cadora, Gainesville GA 5.20 4 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ; Ed Hill, Bedminster NJ; Susan Schwartz, Scotch Plains NJ

SUNDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT 3 16 Tables 11.71 1 Steven Wallis, L-5339, Moutfor Luxembourg; Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD; Tammy Moll, Raleigh NC 8.20 2 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Alan Malloy, West Hollywood CA; Elianna Meyerson, San Jose CA; Laura de Vesine, Westminster CO 5.27 3 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Susan Duval, Irvington NY; Julian Laderman, Bronx NY; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY 4.10 4 Kenneth Hardcastle - Gladys Hardcastle, Atlanta GA; Jeffrey Kosnett, Gaithersburg MD; Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD

SUNDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT 4 16 Tables 9.32 1 Thomas Roberg - Peggy Haigler, Raleigh NC; Andrea Roitman, Cary NC; James Cunningham, Durham NC 6.52 2 Deborah Steffen - Candace Dauphinot - Etty Yenni - Ronald Morris, Santa Barbara CA 4.19 3 Fred Lawrence - Charles Kelly, Anniston AL; David Kellogg, Jacksonville AL; Marion Robertson, San Francisco CA 3.26 4 Shane Garner - Robert Hartman - Ilene Markell, Memphis TN; Kathy Buford, Laguna Beach CA

SUNDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT 5 16 Tables 6.97 1 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Paul Harris, Waltham MA; Ira Cooper - Catherine Cooper, Woburn MA 4.88 2 Gary Waldron - Carol Foster, Laguna Beach CA; James George - Susan George, San Clemente CA 3.14 3 Russell Craft - Dee Craft, Smith’s Parish Bermuda; Paul Thompson, Warwick Bermuda; Richard Wimberley, Evans GA 2.44 4 Paul Beebe - Kay Beebe, Fairview NC; Sue Kennedy - Tom Kennedy, Landrum SC

SUNDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT 6 15 Tables 5.16 1 Dale Grady - Val Grady, Pearland TX; Julie Connor, Austin TX; Shyam Bhatia, Sugar Land TX 3.61 2 Larry Randolph - Suzanne Fleischman - William Fleischman - Paul Boeggeman, Leesburg FL 2.32 3 Judith Kortier, Hudson FL; Janis Foster, Spring Hill FL; Shirley Turner, New Port Richey FL; Romie Sachs, Colorado Sprgs CO 1.81 4 Leon Galecki, Langston AL; Frederick Eriksen, Murray NE; Richard Sontag - Sue Compton, Escondido CA


SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 40.0 Tables A B C 7.58 1 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner-Welland, New York NY 67.41% 5.69 2 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Sarah Widhu, Nashua NH 66.45% 6.22 3 1 1 Randall Davidson - Eileen Davidson, Madison AL 65.69% 4.67 4 2 Michael Morris, Oak Ridge TN; Bill Waters, Knoxville TN 64.22% 2.40 5 Varghese George, Martinez GA; James Gentry Jr, North Augusta SC 61.84% 3.83 6 3 Kitty McMaster - Ursula Ramey, Charleston SC 59.87% 2.68 4 Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA; Stuart Sechriest, San Diego CA 59.82% 1.97 5 Kristy Knight, Jacksonville FL; Lamar Daniel, Wetumpka AL 59.21% 2.51 6 2 Edward Hales, Atlanta GA; Pete Burke, Hartwell GA 59.16% 1.88 3 Sharon Stich - Faye Whidbee, Auburn AL 57.29% 1.73 4 Bernard Windham - Sue Evans, Tallahassee FL 55.72% 1.06 5 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Connie Lee, Old Tappan NJ 54.71% 1.21 6 Ilana Seror, New York NY; Xu Wang, Fresh Meadows NY 53.85%

VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 39.0 Tables / Based on 168 Tables190.00 1 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 1239.03142.50 2 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 1214.38106.88 3 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 1209.62 87.69 4 Zia Mahmood - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 1176.57 81.43 5 Godffrey De Tessieres - Julien Gaviard, Paris France 1171.38 76.00 6 Alexander Hadzhiev, Varna Bulgaria Bulgaria; Rumen Trendafilov, Varna Bulgaria 1145.08 71.25 7 Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Josh Sher, Coral Gables FL 1142.54 67.06 8 Alexander Wernle - Martin Schifko, Vienna Austria 1138.48 63.33 9 Bruce Rogoff, river vale NJ; Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY 1129.57 60.00 10 Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore; Hua Poon, Singapore Singapore 1112.77 57.00 11 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 1097.21 54.29 12 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 1092.79 51.82 13 Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Boye Brogeland, Norway 1086.06 49.57 14 Kare Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark 1082.48 47.50 15 Larry Robbins, Deerfield IL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 1068.20 45.60 16 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 1065.41 43.85 17 Alison Wilson - Chris Willenken, New York NY 1064.78 42.22 18 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 1064.50 40.71 19 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany 1061.96 39.31 20 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC 1060.76 38.00 21 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 1060.08 36.77 22 Anton Tsypkin, Ashland MA; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 1058.09 35.63 23 Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 1057.77 34.55 24 Jenny Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 1057.43 33.53 25 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN 1054.85 32.57 26 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH 1052.81 31.67 27 Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland 1048.39 30.81 28 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 1048.13 30.00 29 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 1044.32 29.23 30 Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland 1041.44 28.50 31 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 1038.38 27.80 32 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; David Grainger, Roseville CA 1037.13 27.14 33 Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Netherlands; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 1031.90 26.51 34 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 1031.68 25.91 35 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL 1031.32 25.33 36 Marc Nathan, New York NY; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 1030.98 24.78 37 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 1026.26 24.26 38 William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 1018.89 23.75 39 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY 1016.11 23.27 40 Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes, London N195lh England 1012.64 22.80 41 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ 1011.24 22.35 42 Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY; Greg McKellar, Kingston ON 1009.51 21.92 43 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Martin Fleisher, New York NY 1007.36 21.51 44 Andrew Stark - Franco Baseggio, New York NY 1004.44 21.11 45 Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA 1000.96 20.73 46 John Fout - Stephannie Russo, New York NY 999.93 20.36 47 George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA; Nick Straguzzi, Mullica Hill NJ 994.24 20.00 48 Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Laurie Vogel, New York NY 994.21 19.66 49 Fred Gitelman - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV 992.22 19.32 50 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 989.38 19.00 51 Thomas Peters, Grapeland TX; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 989.17 18.69 52 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 985.66 18.39 53 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Eric Stoltz, Portland OR 984.51 18.10 54 David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO 983.13 17.81 55 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 979.98 17.54 56 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 973.91 17.27 57 Scott Levine - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 972.10 17.01 58 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA 961.67 16.76 59 Brian Wyman, New Brunswick NJ; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI 952.25 16.52 60 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 950.29 16.29 61 John Holland, Stockport England; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom 948.72 16.06 62 Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 948.37 15.83 63 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 946.82 15.62 64 Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 944.49 15.41 65 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; John Miller, Vienna VA 943.06 15.20 66 Rajendra Gokhale, Redmond WA; Satya Rami, Morganville NJ 918.31 15.00 67 James Melville, Springfield IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL 905.21 14.81 68 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 904.10 14.62 69 Emory Whitaker, Macon GA; Jon Nance, Springfield MO 893.33 14.43 70 Arnold Malasky, Lenox MA; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 870.58 14.25 71 Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Randall Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY 842.55 14.07 72 Randy Pickett - John Lusky, Portland OR 833.80 13.90 73 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 832.04 13.73 74 Lew Walter - Richard Weissman, New York NY 829.37 13.57 75 Jack Bryant - Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis MO 829.18 13.41 76 Mihaela Balint, Bucharest Romania; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 822.91 13.26 77 Rick Binder, Waltham MA; Alan Watson, Lexington MA 775.15 13.10 78 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Stephen Apodaca, Santa Fe NM 769.56

Scores from the final round of the Grand National

TeamsMorehead Championship FlightSpector (D9) 51 82 137Lilienstein (D24) 16 35 39 wd

Goldman Flight ABianchi (D16) 20 61 101 120Yoshihiro (D 22) 11 46 84 121

Sheinwold Flight BKeim (D11) 40 66 92 144Hung (D21) 36 60 77 90

MacNab Flight CChern (D5) 32 42 66 80Upton (D23) 51 75 136 220

New Life MastersSandra Williams of Bluffton SC needed 2.5

points of any color to become a Life Master, and she earned those playing in the Strati-Flighted Swiss Teams on Saturday. Her partner was Jim Miles of Westminster SC, and their teammates were Sally Dix of Spartanburg SC and Lance Taylor of Cornelius NC.

Alice Weagle of Shrewsbury MA became a Silver Life Master playing in Saturday’s B/C/D Pairs with partner Howard Canan of Holden MA.

Spencer Kiernan of Chadds Ford PA became a Life Master when he earned the last few masterpoints he needed in Sunday’s Bracketed B Swiss Teams with partner Barbara Rhoades of Wilmington DE and teammates Roy Perry of Newfoundland and Paul Amer of Wilmington DE.

MOREHEAD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 16 Tables100.00 1 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Michael Becker - David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL 75.00 2 Jared Lilienstein - Sam Lev - Brian Glubok - John Hurd - Michael Polowan, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 50.00 3/4 Robert Lebi - John Guoba - Martin Kirr - David Lindop - Leslie Amoils - George Mittelman, Toronto ON 50.00 3/4 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster - Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 22.50 5/8 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Roger Lee, Pasadena CA 22.50 5/8 Will Engel, Freeport IL; Michael Halvorsen, Champaign IL; Richard Blumenthal, Crystal Lake IL; Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL 22.50 5/8 William Higgins - Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH 22.50 5/8 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN; Happoldt Neuffer, Columbia SC; Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC

GOLDMAN GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT A 16 Tables 75.00 1 Shoichi Yoshihiro - Philip Hiestand - Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Xiao-Yan Gong, Laguna Niguel CA; Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA 56.25 2 Anthony Bianchi - Gary King, Houston TX; Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Robert Whitcher, Cedar Park TX 37.50 3/4 Shan Huang - Peter Wong, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON; Edward Xu - Jianfeng Luo, North York ON 37.50 3/4 Edward Piken, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA; Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Howard Einberg - Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 16.88 5/8 Bill Begert - Doug Herron - Susan Wexler - Michael Radin, New York NY 16.88 5/8 Eric Hendrickson, Minneapolis MN; Paul Gutterman, Eagan MN; Andrew Caranicas, St Paul MN; Richard Lawson, Plymouth MN 16.88 5/8 Donald Tofte - Jon Bartlett - Irene Pickett - Dewitt (Hal) Montgomery III, Portland OR; Flo Savage, Beaverton OR 16.88 5/8 Zachary Grossack - Amnon Gabay, Newton MA; Donald Caplin, Waltham MA; Charles Polay, Chelmsford MA; James Rasmussen - Pamela Miller, Cambridge MA

SHEINWOLD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT B 16 Tables 60.00 1 Joseph Keim - William Gottschall - Lori Harner - Donna Moore, Dayton OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH 45.00 2 Eugene Hung - Han-Yu Chang, Palo Alto CA; David Weinberg, Reno NV; Steve Chen, Fremont CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA


SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 28.0 Tables A B C 5.37 1 1 Glenda Beerman, Atlanta GA; Howard Gibbs, Marietta GA 67.26% 4.03 2 2 Alma Vanhull, Kingston TN; Gloria Larson, Oak Ridge TN 66.07% 2.65 3/4 3/4 Nelson Burros - Marcie Burros, New York NY 62.50% 2.98 3/4 3/4 1 Gwen Nix - Atha Beard, Auburn AL 62.50% 1.70 5 5 Carol Fischer - Patricia Thompson, Marietta GA 60.35% 1.96 6/8 6/8 2/3 Wangjing Liu - Haibo Zhao, Marlboro NJ 60.12% 1.96 6/8 6/8 2/3 Stan Hudson, GA; Steve Henson, Al GA 60.12% 1.14 6/8 6/8 Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 60.12% 1.34 4 Rondal Vickers - Janet Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL 59.49% 0.95 5 Joseph Bosworth - Ann Bosworth, Dawsonville GA 56.25% 0.83 6 Tim Collopy - Cecilia Collopy, Millbrook NY 54.64%

SUNDAY 49ER PAIRS 10.0 Tables A B C 2.10 1 1 Lynn Craft - Lucy Sinopole, Huntsville AL 59.82% 1.58 2 Iris Abelson, Signal Mountain TN; Judy Monen, Chattanooga TN 59.23% 1.18 3 Veronica Dekozan, Flowery Branch GA; Marianna Chamberlain, Buford GA 58.63% 0.89 4 Cynthia Seaman, Cleveland GA; Jill Hazen, Sauteenacoochee GA 58.04% 1.10 5 2 1 Aline Paxton, Athens OH; John Rush, Jacksonville FL 57.14% 0.50 6 Janice Farnsworth - Marlyn Gladieux, Cary NC 56.55% 0.83 3 2 Kathryn McCloud, Atlanta GA; Anne Ghegan, Naples FL 52.68% 0.62 4 3 Richard Genirberg - Marolyn Wells, Berkeley CA 51.49% 0.47 5 Rebecca Yancey - Gail King, Seneca SC 50.30% 0.37 4/5 Dot Stewart, Athens GA; Beverlee Ruark, Colbert GA 48.51% 0.33 4/5 Ramona Jones - Geraldine Jimpson, Atlanta GA 48.51%

SUNDAY 299ER SWISS 22 Tables A B C 4.52 1 1 1 Douglas Riley - Sheryl Riley, Vestavia Hills AL; Lawrence Myers, Auburn AL; Martha Chitwood, Birmingham AL 58.00 3.39 2 2 Robert Fine - Marsha Goldstein, Atlanta GA; Polly Keller, Naples FL; Laura Werner, Chicago IL 57.00 2.54 3 3 Laura Colihan - Scott Dunlop, Smiths Falls ON; Nathan Moens - Ted Moens, Delta BC 55.00 1.91 4 Jan Noll - Alice Jamieson, Dunwoody GA; Elyse Mintz - Beverly Wilkinson, Atlanta GA 54.00 1.79 5 4 2 Lee Wilcox - Rosalie Phillips, Black Mountain NC; Elizabeth Gibson, Swannanoa NC; Judith Shillinglaw, Montreat NC 51.00 1.11 6/7 5/6 Barbara Meyer - Jennifer Magid - Laura Jackson, Atlanta GA; Janet Brewer, Tucker GA 50.00 1.34 6/7 5/6 3 Martin Vernick - Mary Vernick - Pam Bigelow - Michael Bigelow, Savannah GA 50.00 1.00 4 Kathleen Rejent - Ellen Copeland - Linda Douglas, Marietta GA; Susan Turner, Alpharetta GA 47.00

ROUND ROBIN SWISS - 1 8 Tables / Based on 42 Tables 15.66 1 Melissa Price - Richard Price, Glenn Dale MD; Robert Levey - Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 100.00 11.75 2 Roy Perry, St. John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE; Paul Amer, Newark DE; Spencer Kiernan, Chadds Ford PA 94.00 8.81 3 Mel Yudkin, Annandale VA; Debnarayan Dhar, Oak Hill VA; Gregory Bright, Westminster MD; John Christensen, Baltimore MD 80.00

ROUND ROBIN SWISS - 2 8 Tables / Based on 26 Tables 10.33 1 Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Germany; Laura Tolkow - David Feldman, New York NY; Estera Lisker, East Quogue NY 82.00 7.75 2 Buddy Waller, Marietta GA; Richard Hurd - Eleanor O’Connor, Trumansburg NY; Mitti Sakai, Atranta GA 80.00 5.81 3 Richard Morris - Katherine Morris - Charles Swart, Portland OR; Dennis Balfe, University City MO 73.00

ROUND ROBIN SWISS - 3 8 Tables / Based on 23 Tables 9.10 1 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale - Nesim Erkip - Feyzan Erkip, New York NY 95.00 6.83 2 Charles Brooks, Cincinnati OH; Chip Harrell, Atlanta GA; Bruce Kenner, Lexington SC; Abdul Ghaffar, Columbia SC 90.00 5.12 3 Douglas Snow, Paducah KY; Ray Lytle - Sandy Linn, Savannah GA; Margi Dyer, Mayfield KY 75.00

ROUND ROBIN SWISS - 4 8 Tables / Based on 21 Tables 8.02 1 Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA; Christina Parker, Newton Centre MA; Craig Snowden, Fort Collins CO; Howard Canan, Holden MA 110.00 6.02 2 Michael Wavada, Enfield CT; Robert Derrah - Shirley Derrah, Springfield MA; Michael Dworetsky, Bloomfield CT 83.00 4.51 3 Valerie Deneroff - Martin Deneroff, New York NY; Joseph Gedan, Honolulu HI; Suri Kukkapalli, Hyderabad 50007 India 82.00

ROUND ROBIN SWISS - 5 8 Tables / Based on 18 Tables 6.89 1 Yu Chang, Milpitas CA; Yu-Huai Hsiao, Fremont CA; Xingping Kang, El Monte CA; Winston Huang, Los Altos CA 105.00 5.17 2 Norman Segal, Deerfield IL; Carol Lazerson - Barbara Goldman, Atlanta GA; Shridhar Joshi, Sugar-Hill GA 79.00 3.88 3 Toni Adler - Joel Adler, Atlanta GA; Jan Banks, Norcross GA; Marion Madoff, New York NY 75.00

30.00 3/4 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Michael McDonald - Neal Strand, Rochester Hills MI; Xingyu Zhang, Ypsilanti MI; Ying Yuan, Kalamazoo MI; Richard Menczer, Bloomfield MI 30.00 3/4 Dustin Stout, Long Beach CA; Ian Wilson - Nitin More - Ninad More, Irvine CA; Shailesh Gupta, Alison Viejo CA 13.50 5/8 Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Naperville IL; Lisa Ogut - Serdar Ogut, Darien IL 13.50 5/8 Frederick Linnemeyer - Patricia Linnemeyer, Franklin Lakes NJ; Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY; Jan Weber - George Weber, Hamburg NJ 13.50 5/8 Risa Campbell, Brownsville TN; Lelvin Crowe - Joyce McMonagle - Brian Cummins, Cordova TN; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR 13.50 5/8 Krishna Saha, Overland Park KS; Sitaraman Sathiamoorthy, Olathe KS; John Hickey, Lawrence KS; Steven Day, Shawnee KS

MACNAB GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, FLIGHT C 16 Tables 40.00 1 Frederick Upton, Van Nuys CA; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Yichi Zhang, Pasadena CA; Jack Chang - Nolan Chang, San Gabriel CA 30.00 2 Huei Rong Chern, Westlake OH; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Manju Ceylony - Shakeel Ahmad, Clarence Center NY 20.00 3/4 Matthew Rudary - James Southern IV - Ilana Seror, New York NY; Xu Wang, Fresh Meadows NY 20.00 3/4 Yu Chang - Luen-Jyh Luo, Milpitas CA; Tsao-Tung Tsai, Cupertino CA; Yu-Huai Hsiao, Fremont CA; Winston Huang, Los Altos CA 9.00 5/8 Corey Powell - Michael Bastedo - Justin Canniff, Ann Arbor MI; Stephen Rosenquist, Homer MI 9.00 5/8 Gary Waldron - Carol Foster, Laguna Beach CA; James George - Susan George, San Clemente CA 9.00 5/8 Judy St Arnold, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Dyer, Paradise Valley AZ; Brenda Huff, Phoenix AZ; Lori Sunderland, Mesa AZ 9.00 5/8 Suvabrata Biswas, Katy TX; Val Grady - Dale Grady, Pearland TX; Shyam Bhatia, Sugar Land TX

ENTRANTS IN THE MINI SPINGOLD I KO TEAMS 1 Dennis Luft, Trussville AL; Judith Armonat, Mount Juliet

TN; Liz Ivey, Clarksville TN; Rebecca Lowen, Nashville TN 2 Stephen Weiner - Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ; Phebe

Packer, Phoenix AZ; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI 3 Bob Jones - Carl Wolinsky, Marietta GA; Marshall Kerlin,

Americus GA; Donna Silver - Rob Epstein - Walter Reeves Jr, Atlanta GA

4 Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI; Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI

5 Steven Wallis, L-5339, Moutfor Luxembourg; Tammy Moll, Raleigh NC; John Gropp, Newburgh NY; Farley Mawyer - Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY

6 Tom Rozinski, Jackson Hts NY; Grigoriy Blekherman, Atlanta GA; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH; Connie Sackville, Vero Beach FL

7 Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA; Larry Lerner, Warren NJ

8 Fred Ferguson, Hilton Head Isl SC; Peter Wolf, Hilton Head Is SC; Martin Nathan, Atlanta GA; Maureen McGuire, Waleska GA

9 John Baker, North Augusta SC; Gordon Lien, Augusta GA; Linda Bush, Marietta GA; John Cotty, McCormick SC

10 Jennifer Williams, Lexington KY; John Segal, Wilton CT; Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; Kurt Brescoll - Janet Brescoll, Versailles KY

11 Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Randall Rubinstein, Brooklyn NY; Bill Begert - Doug Herron, New York NY; Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA

12 Yi Ouyang - Ed Herstein, Ann Arbor MI; Li-Hsiang Kuo - Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI

13 Rory Millson, Bronxville NY; Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ

14 Richard Smith, Spartanburg SC; George Russell, Moore SC; Francine Moring, Columbia SC; Betsy Stanton, Hartsville SC

15 Stu Goodgold - Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA; Dan Raider, San Mateo CA; Rajan Jeyakumar, Fremont CA

16 Nicolas Hammond - Ed Foran, Marietta GA; George Varughese, Chapel Hill NC; Jim Gentry, North Augusta SC

17 Gayle Quiros - Judith Washor, Scottsdale AZ; Sam Phillips, Largo FL; George Nichols, Columbia SC

18 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY; Fleur Howard, Gates Mills OH; Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights OH

19 Andy Risman - Jan Stewart, Toronto ON; Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON

20 Jay Hitt, Goodlettsville TN; Anne Tanner, Nashville TN; Kevin O’Brien, Arlington VA; Bob Allard, Murfreesboro TN

21 Doug Millsap - Boris Tenchov, Columbus OH; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH

22 Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; David Schulman, Atlanta GA; Anton Habash, Oxford OH; Bob Fisk, Cincinnati OH

23 Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD; Patricia Cummins, Bronx NY; Kathy Rabenstein, Washington DC; Melanie Manfield, Chevy Chase MD

24 Terry Jones, Falls Church VA; Cecil Henry, Brethren MI; Judy McDonald - R Dee McDonald, Lavonia GA

25 Mary McIntyre - Larry McIntyre, St Paul MN; Dick Briggs, Fripp Island SC; Stanley Hurwitz, Bluffton SC

26 Arjun Dhir, Alpharetta GA; Josh Parks, Charlottesville VA; Alex Dezieck, Wilbraham MA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT

27 Joseph Meyers - Beverly Pogoda, New York NY; Sid Kreppel, West Palm Bch FL; Gail Kreppel, West Palm Beach FL


BARB BORAH A/X SWISS 87 Tables / Based on 157 Tables A X 33.47 1 Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Marjorie Michelin - Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Stephen Peterkin, Stirling United Kingdom; Samantha Punch, Stirling Fk United Kingdom; Marin Marinov, New York NY 113.00 25.10 2 Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Richard Anderson - Janice Anderson, Regina SK 103.00 18.83 3 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Harley Bress, McGrath AK; Garth Yettick, Denver CO; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 96.00 12.64 4/5 Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Espen Lindqvist, 4838 Arendal Norway; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan Israel; Richard Schwartz, Lords Valley PA; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia 95.00 24.66 4/5 1 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; Linda Ivanoff - Robert Priest, Harrisburg PA 95.00 8.97 6/7 Bob Hamman - Chris Hamman - John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Ron Smith - Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 94.00 8.97 6/7 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Thomas Bessis, Paris 75015 France; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 94.00 6.74 8/10 Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Benedicte Cronier - Sylvia Williard, Paris 75018 France; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France; Catherine D’Ovidio, Courbevoie 9240 France 92.00 6.74 8/10 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; C Reis, Baton Rouge LA; Howard Parker, Clements CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV 92.00 6.74 8/10 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Blair Seidler, Fair Lawn NJ; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 0 Poland; Jacek Romanski, Goscinna 7/33 Poland 92.00 5.37 11/12 Paul Trent - Sandra Trent, Port St Lucie FL; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Martin Scheinberg, Riviera Beach FL; Charles Weed, Shreveport LA; Sam Coolik, Atlanta GA 89.00 5.37 11/12 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL; Ginny Schuett - Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL; Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL 89.00 4.34 13/16 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 88.00 4.34 13/16 Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY 88.00 4.34 13/16 Larry Harding, Hampstead NC; Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Greg Roberts, Aiken SC; Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA 88.00 18.50 13/16 2 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR; Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR 88.00 3.72 17 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard 8732 Denmark; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Alon Birman, Tel Aviv 62267 Israel 87.00 3.44 18/19 Jeffrey Rothstein - Allen Kahn - Ira Herman, New York NY; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Lords Valley PA 86.00 3.44 18/19 Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung, Las Vegas NV; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; William Ehlers, Madison NJ; Corey Krantz, Philadelphia PA 86.00 3.12 20/21 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Roger Lee, Pasadena CA; Judith Bianco - Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY 84.00 3.12 20/21 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk 09-230 Poland; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland 84.00 2.91 22 Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Ed Schulte - Kevin Dwyer, Tampa FL; Robert Bitterman - Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 83.00 13.87 3 Samuel Gillis, London United Kingdom; Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Tom Hoiland, Korvettveien 61 Norway; Geir Brekka, kristiansand Norway 80.00 9.31 4/5 Gary McDole, Lees Summit MO; David Shipman, Columbia MO; Gregory Jecker, Stilwell KS; Fred Dischman, Kansas City MO 75.00 9.31 4/5 Nancy Stanton, Frisco TX; Beth Coker, Bryan TX; Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX; Laura Delfeld, Austin TX 75.00 6.23 6/8 Kenneth Vancleve, Traverse City MI; Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI 74.00 6.23 6/8 Jon Rice, Whitsett NC; Doug Dey, Raleigh NC; Michael Gill, Columbia MD; Noble Shore, Germantown MD 74.00 6.23 6/8 E Michael McKee, Anderson SC; Boyce Robbins, Easley SC; Robert Lass - Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 74.00 4.71 9/10 Leila DeNotaristefani, Mendham NJ; Matt Meckstroth, Gainesville FL; Richard Hyken, Morristown NJ; Julie Cohan, Montville NJ 72.00 4.71 9/10 James Bridges, Bradenton FL; Bill Gilmore, Jacksonville FL; Naveed Ather, Oakville ON; Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY 72.00 4.11 11 David Loeb - Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL; Riki Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Andrew Garnett, Winterpark FL 71.00 3.79 12 Peter Stein, Hillsborough NJ; Stephen Arshan, Jackson NJ; Richard Ross, Highland Park NJ; Dennis Thompson, Lake Hiawatha NJ 70.00 3.52 13 Stuart Goodgold - Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA; Daniel Raider, San Mateo CA; Rajan Jeyakumar, Fremont CA 69.00

ROUND ROBIN SWISS - 6 8 Tables / Based on 15 Tables 5.88 1 Bertram Maxwell III - Margery Maxwell - Gary Meadors, Macon GA; Bonnie Minton, Barnesville GA 112.00 4.41 2 Thomas Jennings - Wayne Bardsley, McLean VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA; Kellen Leister, Mc Lean VA 88.00 3.31 3 Rick Scott - Brian Sheres - Shirley Carroll, Marietta GA; Barbara Halaby, Atlanta GA 78.00

28 Barry Segal - Casey Segal, Boynton Beach FL; Mac Raczkiewicz - Lech Ekert, Hilton Head SC

29 Brian Wyman, New Brunswick NJ; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Jin Hu, Wappingers NY; Max Glick, Minneapolis MN

ENTRANTS IN THE MINI SPINGOLD II KNOCKOUTS TEAMS 1 Jeff Thomas - Sandie Gies, Bluffton SC; Mary Townhill,

Lexington SC; Pluma Bridgers, Hilton Head Isl SC 2 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Mike McDonald - Neal Strand,

Rochester Hills MI; Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN 3 John Jernigan, Jackson GA; Tom Gaudin, Chamblee GA;

Hazel Hewitt, St Marys ON; Dianne Aves, Waterloo ON 4 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsades CA; Sue

Adamson - Gary Adamson, Houston TX 5 Barbara Newman, Nashville TN; Don Turner, Mt Juliet TN;

Hannah Tidman - Yaron Schweizer, Woodbury TN 6 Jesse Laird, N Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Ft

Lauderdale FL; Christina van Leeuwen, Horn Lake MS; Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA

7 Marsha Gerstein, Somerville MA; Mark Heumann, Watertown MA; Howard Canan, Holden MA; Alice Weagle, Shrewsbury MA

8 John Felker - Stephanie Felker, Signal Mountain TN; Buddy Landis, Chattanooga TN; Rick Whitehead, Knoxville TN

9 Fred Tanzer, Land O’Lakes FL; Dan Griggs, Jasper GA; Chip Harrell, Atlanta GA; Charles Brooks, Cincinnati OH

10 Jess Jurkovic - Peter Clark - Lindsey Weinger - Justin Blanchard, New York NY

11 Martin Deneroff - Valerie Deneroff - Charles Pierce - Wes Albinger, New York NY

12 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stan Weiner, Las Vegas NV; Wendy Leverett, Lincolnton GA; Courtney Stephens, Greensboro GA; Tom Eidson, Atlanta GA

13 Bill Granger, Bradenton FL; Ben Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL; Robert Marcus - Kathy Marcus, Toronto ON

14 Jason Daming, New Orleans LA; Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Greg Schepens - Terry Richardson, Austin TX

15 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Mary Mertz, Overland Park KS; Norman Kahn Jr, Prairie Village KS; Max Kahn, Shawnee Mission KS

16 Karyl Asta - Henri Asta - Fram Dalal - Jeroo Dalal, Marietta GA

17 Kathleen Loeb, Lake Mary FL; Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL; Eric Genheimer - Kyle Olson, Mustang OK; Bill Page - Regina Sooey, Jacksonville FL

18 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA; Sheryl McEwan - Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA

19 Jane Melby - Chris Trower - Ed Hales, Atlanta GA; Becky Butler, Alpharetta GA; Rich Brody, Sandy Springs GA; Pete Burke, Hartwell GA

20 Jerry Nolte - Betty Nolte, Oak Hill VA; Tom Jennings, McLean VA; Tony Robson, Arlington VA

21 Bill Campbell - Renae Gunstone-White - Tim White, Mercer Island WA; Bill Stewart, Bellevue WA

22 Ray Sanow, Weaverville NC; Sandra Boozell - Ed Osada - Cathy Osada, Asheville NC

23 Curtis Kristensen, Duluth MN; David Cohen, East Hampton NY; Ford Danielsen - Bart Danielsen, Raleigh NC

ENTRANTS IN THE SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Geir Helgemo - Tor

Helness - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, Monaco Monaco 2 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL;

Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY

3 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV

4 Marty Fleisher - Zia Mahmood - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA

5 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA

6 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland

7 Dan Zagorin, Chicago IL; Ricco Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Jr., Voorhou Netherlands; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL

8 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Dania FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel

9 Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI

10 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC

11 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Johan Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden

12 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt

13 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus - Roger Bates - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Ishmael Delmonte, New South Wales Australia

14 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Sam Lev - Brian Glubok, New York NY; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA

15 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands


ROUND ROBIN SWISS - 7 8 Tables / Based on 13 Tables 5.08 1 Peggy Jordan, Newnan GA; R Dolores Daniel, Williamson GA; Patricia Jackson, Fairburn GA; Tommy Jackson, Palmetto GA 101.00 3.81 2 Andra Gyor, Lexington KY; Nancy Garriott, Richmond KY; Susan Angel, Greenbrae CA; Tzvetalin Vassilev, North Bay ON 93.00 2.86 3 Gail Chambers - Diane Curington, Gainesville GA; Lisa Studebaker, Dawsonville GA; James Kirby, Westminster SC 83.00

ROUND ROBIN SWISS - 8 14 Tables 5.01 1 Andrew Jacobson, Hobe Sound FL; Robert Weiner, Bayside NY; Ann Kostell, Westlake OH; William Toler, Bay Village OH 92.00 3.76 2 Robert Thorstad - Zimeng Xie - Kuangda Lu, Chapel Hill NC; Jeremy Adelman, Clark Summit PA; Betty Andersen, Sterling Hts MI 89.00 2.82 3 Jeff Wood, Dahlonega GA; Linda Hacker - Robin Harben - Ruth Bruner, Gainesville GA 87.00 2.11 4 Patricia Coker, St Augustine FL; Don Coker - John Byrne - Kathi Byrne, Atlanta GA 81.00 1.67 5 Ruth Fly, Ridgeland MS; Betty Herrman, Marietta GA; Carol Stephens, Greensboro GA; Sherrie Goodman, New Orleans LA 79.00

16 Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland; Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Piotr Tuszynski - Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland

17 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY

18 Alex Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Mustafa Cem Tokay - Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey

19 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; William Pollack, New York NY

20 Richard Schwartz, Lords Valley PA; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjord Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan Israel

21 Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; David Bakhshi, London England; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Kevin Dwyer, Tampa FL

22 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY

23 Juan Carlos Ventin, Barcelona Spain; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden; Godffrey De Tessieres - Jean Quantin - Julien Gaviard, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France

24 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Mark Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ

25 Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Patrick Huang, Taipei Taiwan; Josh Donn, Las Vegas NV; Roger Lee, Pasadena CA

26 Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Tom Hoiland, Korvettveien Norway; Geir Brekka, Kristiansand Norway; Simon Gillis, London United Kingdom

27 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY

28 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Bruce Rogoff, river vale NJ; Josh Parker, Briarcliff NY

29 Ernesto d’Orsi - Mauricio Figueiredo - Miguel Villas-Boas - Joao Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo Brazil; Benjamin Robles, Santiago Chile; Joaquin Pacareu, Santiago Chile Chile

30 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Win Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York NY; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; David Grainger, Roseville CA

31 Martin Bloom - Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon Australia; Anthony Nunn, Ashfield Australia

32 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jenny Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA

33 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Christal Henner - Uday Ivatury, New York NY

34 Kasper Konow, Frederiksberg Denmark; Michael Askgaard, Gentofte Denmark; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kare Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY

35 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel

36 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL; Doug Doub, W Hartford CT; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Paul Swanson, Jupiter FL

37 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; George Mittelman, Toronto ON; Kalin Karaivanov - Rumen Trendafilov - Alexander Hadzhiev, Varna Bulgaria

38 Tom Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY

39 Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Poland

40 Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN

41 Jonathan Steinberg - Daniel Miles - Shan Huang, Toronto ON; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; Richard Chan, Markham ON

42 Berend Van Den Bos, The Hague Netherlands; Joris Van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Wubbo De Boer - Agnes Snellers, Groenekan Netherlands

43 Dano De Falco, Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New York NY; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK

44 Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung, Las Vegas NV; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA

45 Sui Sim Lian - Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore; Lam Ze Ying,

46 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Rick Binder, Waltham MA; Alan Watson, Lexington MA

47 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC; Gene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY

48 Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Franco Baseggio - Andrew Stark, New York NY; Brady Richter, Summit NJ; John Ramos, W Hollywood CA

49 Rajendra Gokhale - Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA; Satya Rami, Morganville NJ; Jim Aitken, Bellevue WA

50 Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA; Andy Muenz, Brookhaven PA; Richard Morgen - Donna Morgen, Havertown PA

51 Isabella De Andrade - Jaqueline Nunes, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Stanley Barg, Washington DC; Ana Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro Brazil

52 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; James Rasmussen - Pamela Miller, Cambridge MA

53 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Ovunc Yilmaz, Durham NC; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN; Erez Hendelman, New York NY

54 Stephen Peterkin, Stirling United Kingdom; Samantha Punch, Stirling Fk United Kingdom; Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR

55 Allen Kahn - Ira Herman - Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Lords Valley PA

56 Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes - Paul Lamford, London England; Stefanie Rohan, Hillsborough NJ

57 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Alan Malloy, West Hollywood CA; Laura de Vesine - Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO

58 Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Robert Whitcher, Cedar Park TX

59 Philippe Galaski - Roger Webb, Amherst MA; Chantal Dube, Montreal QC; Frederic Pollack, Laval QC

60 Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA; Phil Clayton, Mission Viejo CA; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA

61 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; Robert Priest - Linda Ivanoff, Harrisburg PA

62 Bob Gorsey, Bedford MA; Neil Montague, Swampscott MA; Bernard Schneider - Frances Schneider, Riverside CT

63 Charles Lipman, Dunwoody GA; Steven Huhman, Larchmont NY; Roger Roemmich, Roswell GA; J Wolfe, Marietta GA

64 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Raghavendra Rajkumar - Prahalad Rajkumar, Ithaca NY; Rajeswaran Rajkumar, Germantown MD; Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA

65 David Weinberg, Reno NV; Han-Yu Chang, Palo Alto CA; Lynn Shannon, Los Gatos CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA

66 Art Quey, San Mateo CA; Scott Tumperi, Charlottesville VA; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Michael Klemens, Tarzana CA

67 Haibo Zhao, Marlboro NJ; Wangying Liu, ; Hai Gates, Arlington TX; Denis Racine, Pittsburg CA

A Look back at the Atlanta NABC in 2005

From the annals of “Greed is a terrible thing . . . ” (2005)

By Barry RigalPeter Fredin of Sweden is always quick to tell

a story about himself. On this deal from the first semifinal session of the 2005 Life Master Pairs, he turned 100 percent of the matchpoints into zero in one fell swoop. Dlr: East ♠ K 10 8 4 Vul: E–W ♥ Q 8 2 ♦ 6 ♣ 8 6 5 3 2 ♠ A J ♠ 9 6 5 2 ♥ A K J 9 7 6 ♥ 10 3 ♦ A 9 4 3 ♦ Q J 10 5 ♣ A ♣ J 10 9 ♠ Q 7 3 ♥ 5 4 ♦ K 8 7 2 ♣ K Q 7 4 West North East South 2♣ Pass 2♦ Pass 2♥ * Pass 2♠ ** Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT Pass 4♥ All Pass

* Kokish relay** ForcedNorth led his fourth-highest club to the ♣9, queen

and ace, and Fredin had a choice of plays.He was only due to make 10 tricks, but he guessed well to lead the ♥9 from his hand, trying to force an entry to dummy. North gave the matter mature consideration and ducked, so Fredin overtook with the ♥10 to reach the dummy at no cost.

Now, he ran the ♦Q, which held. He could have cashed out for 11 tricks, but he was sure that hearts were breaking 4–1, so he repeated the diamond finesse. Disaster! North ruffed the diamond and exited with a club, ruffed by Fredin. Now Fredin was back to 10 tricks, and he wanted that 11th trick back. He ran all his trumps to reach this ending: ♠ K 10 8 4 ♥ — ♦ — ♣ — ♠ A J ♠ 9 6 5 ♥ — ♥ — ♦ A 9 ♦ — ♣ — ♣ J ♠ Q 7 ♥ — ♦ K 8 ♣ —

Fredin cashed the ♠A and South unblocked the ♠Q. Fredin exited with the ♠J, hoping South held the ♠K or ♠10 and would now have to lead a diamond. In either case, he would be back to 11 tricks. No luck. North won the ♠K and cashed out — down one.

Even worse, Fredin realized that he could have made 12 tricks after he won the ♥10 at trick two. He could have taken the ruffing finesse in clubs, then drawn trumps and given up a diamond to South. That would allow East’s club winner to take care of the spade loser.

Notrump city (2005)By Mark Horton

IF you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two imposters just the same; Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And — which is more — you’ll be a Man, my son!

— Rudyard Kipling

When the game is matchpoints there is a tendency to steer towards notrump. The following three deals from day one of the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs represent two disasters and one triumph. There was a sensational start when the Rabbi, Leonard Helman, found himself in a position to apply the world famous “Rabbi’s Rule” coined by Milton Shattner (“When the king is singleton offside, play

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SIDE SERIES 2 SUNDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F G EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Kristy Knight, Jacksonville FL; Lamar Daniel, Wetumpka AL 61.22% 1 Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA; Catherine McLeod, Eden NC 71.57% 2 2 Denny Cahan, Roswell GA; Geraldine Cahan, Asheville NC 60.24% 2 1 Timothy Casey Jr - Suzanne Casey, Tampa FL 66.23% 3 Arnold Selig, Cheltenham PA; Stephen Miller, Tucson AZ 56.32% 3 2 1 Felicia Lease, Lakemont GA; John Boshart, Mountain City GA 59.59% 4 David Yates, Lake Peekskill NY; Halina Jamner, Rye NY 55.77% 4 3 2 Robert Nellis - Anne Nellis, Independence MO 57.19% 5 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Sarah Widhu, Nashua NH 55.01% 5 4 Richard Myers - Elizabeth Myers, Decatur GA 55.34% 6 3 Gary Watson - Bobby Henderson, Montgomery AL 53.92% 6 5 Donald Clayton, Seneca SC; Zygmunt Przedpelski, Salem SC 55.12% 7 4 Nicholas Frost, Swannanoa NC; Kris Boswinkel, Asheville NC 53.49% 7 6 Ralph Henderson - David Castles, Portland OR 55.01% 8 5 Xingyu Zhang, Ypsilanti MI; Ying Yuan, Kalamazoo MI 53.16% 8 7 Walter Schenker, Pine Brook NJ; Maxwell Hughes, Vero Beach FL 53.81% 6 Betty Andersen, Sterling Hts MI; Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI 52.29% 8 Barbara Murphy, Newton MA; James Keegan, Cambridge MA 50.65% 1 Sharon Stich - Faye Whidbee, Auburn AL 50.11% 2 Katrina Van Pelt - Jane Clipper, Smith’s Parish Bermuda 48.91%

BRUCE LM-5000 PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION D EAST-WEST 1 Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 60.73% 1 Robert Houtrow, Delton MI; Lowell Seyburn, Portage MI 58.30% 2 Brad McKeown, Rock Hill SC; David Cantor, Charlotte NC 56.68% 2 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 56.28% 3 Freerk Polling, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 53.64% 3 Jayendu Patel, Newton MA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 55.67% 4 Edward Horton, Champaign IL; Hugh Williams, Carbondale IL 52.94% 4 Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON; Peter Hambly, Hanover ON 55.16% 5 Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL 52.63% 5 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 54.25% 6 Jeffry Reckinger, Chicago IL; Mark Starr, Brookline MA 52.13% 6 Albert Shrive, Dalton PA; David Meyer, Scranton PA 52.94% 7 Tod Moses - Arthur Seltzer, Saint Louis MO 51.72% 7 Robert Ng, Millbrae CA; David Ng, Hillsborough CA 52.23% 8 R. Arthur Cannamela, Jr, Roswell GA; Stan Politowski Jr, Hackensack NJ 51.52% 8 Marshall Kerlin, Americus GA; Bob Jones, Marietta GA 51.92%

YOUNG LM-1500 PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION E EAST-WEST 1 Peter Van Zijl, Ellicott City MD; Murat Berk, Potomac MD 58.23% 1 Douglas Fjare, Bartlesville OK; Alan Hierseman, Prairie Village KS 61.52% 2 Stephan Juliusburger, Dania FL; Rachael Gosling, Paget Bermuda 53.29% 2 Jay Cherlow, Arlington VA; Albert Lauber, Washington DC 57.61% 3 A J Stephani - Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH 53.09% 3 Paul Jacobson, Marietta GA; Thomas Stefani, Roswell GA 55.76% 4 Neil Selvin, Naples FL; Howard Grunin, Mc Lean VA 52.47% 4/6 Rich Pestien - Charles Young, Peoria IL 50.41% 4/6 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Jay Shah, St Louis MO 50.41% 4/6 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 50.41%

SUNDAY MORNING 0-50 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Rebecca Yancey - Gail King, Seneca SC 64.68% 1 Marianna Chamberlain, Buford GA; Veronica Dekozan, Flowery Branch GA 59.13% 2 2 Sidhesh Desai, Alpharetta GA; Raymond Zhu, Duluth GA 60.71% 2 1 Meckin Scott, Tuscaloosa AL; E Kristen Frederick, West Yarmouth MA 58.33% 3 3 1 Dot Stewart, Athens GA; Beverlee Ruark, Colbert GA 57.94% 3 2 Annette Meyer - Stacia Blau, Atlanta GA 55.16% 4 Andy Carne, Hamilton Bermuda; Irene Chew, Warwick Bermuda 55.16% 4 3 1 Judy Marani - Barbara Myers, Atlanta GA 53.57% 2 Marsha Baxter - Susan Pike, Athens GA 43.65% 4/5 Mary Pawlak - Peter Pawlak, Newman GA 48.81% 4/5 2 Jane Siegel, West Newton MA; Fiorella Triaca, Natick MA 48.81%

SUNDAY MORNING 0-300 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 61.17% 1 1 1 Janet Vickers - Rondal Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL 67.80% 2 2 2 Yinghan Ding, Salt Lake City UT; Jie Gu, Hudson NH 60.98% 2 2 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL 58.52% 3 3 3 Eleanor Malone - Angela Jardina, Atlanta GA 60.23% 3 3 2 Liz Bustamante - Sherry Sims, Hendersonville NC 54.73% 4 4 Nancy Hirsch, Dunwoody GA; Roslyn Grossman, Dumwoody GA 55.49% 4 Judy Maner, Atlanta GA; Charles Lowe, St Petersburg FL 54.55% 5 5 William McClelland - Hilary McClelland, Vass NC 55.11% 5 4 3 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 54.36% 6 Maureen Bitler, Boston MA; Judy Pitts, Christiansted VI 50.19% 6 5 Laura Jackson - Elliott Goldstein, Atlanta GA 53.03% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Valerie Fraser - Floyd Fraser, Mobile AL 59.66% 1 1 1 Ila Shah - Vinod Shah, Mechanicsville MD 62.88% 2 2 2 Catherine Allard, Troy AL; Anna Smith, Auburn AL 57.20% 2 2 2 Mary Hill, Cumming GA; Lorna Stribos, Roswell GA 62.31% 3 3 Michael Tait - Jean Thompson, Hamilton Bermuda 56.25% 3 3 3 Anna Guffey - Tom Guffey, Hampton Cove AL 54.55% 4 Guy Gundaker, Scottsdale AZ; D Sinha, Augusta GA 54.73% 4 Heinz Grohs, Candler NC; Dawn Grohs, Biltmore Lake NC 52.27% 5 4 Dorothy Norwood, Montgomery Al AL; LaFaye Holley, Montgomery AL 51.70% 5 4 Gwen Nix - Atha Beard, Auburn AL 50.95% 6 Caroline Tunkel, Fernandina Beac FL; Patricia Booton, Fernandina Bch FL 51.52% 6 5 Polly Keller, Naples FL; Laura Werner, Chicago IL 50.38% 3 Michael Bigelow - Pam Bigelow, Savannah GA 49.81%

VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C EAST-WEST 1 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 66.81% 1 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 65.66% 2 Godffrey De Tessieres - Julien Gaviard, Paris France 61.87% 2 Alexander Hadzhiev, Varna Bulgaria Bulgaria; Rumen Trendafilov, Varna Bulgaria 63.75% 3 Zia Mahmood - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 60.95% 3 Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Josh Sher, Coral Gables FL 63.36% 4 Anton Tsypkin, Ashland MA; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 59.62% 4 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 57.32% 5 Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 60027 Singapore; Hua Poon, Singapore 31022 Singapore 57.36% 5 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC 56.63% 6 Kare Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark 56.52% 6 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 54.78% 7 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Martin Fleisher, New York NY 54.89% 7 John Fout - Stephannie Russo, New York NY 54.69% 8 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 54.35% 8 Alison Wilson - Chris Willenken, New York NY 54.38% 9 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 52.21% 9 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 53.63% 10 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN 52.15% 10 Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Boye Brogeland, Norway 53.28% 11 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL 51.77% 11 Bruce Rogoff, river vale NJ; Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY 53.03% 12 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH 51.69% 12 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 52.77% 13 Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 51.42% 13 Louk Verhees, Jr., 2215 Sh Voorhou Netherlands; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 52.74% 14 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 51.07% 14 Fred Gitelman - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV 51.93% 15 Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland 51.05% 15 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Eric Stoltz, Portland OR 51.66% 16 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 50.80% 16 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 51.64%

JACK & CLAUDIA FEAGIN STRATIFIED OPEN 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SSS VVV WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 66.26% 1 Dave McClintock, Bluffton SC; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 67.33% 2 Ellen Kozlove - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 64.60% 2 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; R Jay Becker, New York NY 65.23% 3 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 64.42% 3 1 Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL 63.35% 4 John Adams, Silver Spring MD; Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA 62.90% 4 Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 59.99% 5 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA 59.93% 5 Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 59.84% 6 Dennis McGarry - Linda McGarry, Stuart FL 59.27% 6 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Joe Degaetano, Atkinson NH 59.68% 7 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 58.31% 7 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Gail Greenberg, New York NY 59.49% 8 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 57.01% 8 Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 59.07% 9 1 Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD; Patricia Cummins, Bronx NY 56.49% 9 2 James Gray, Murrysville PA; Wayne Obitz, Indiana PA 58.96% 10 2 1 Shailesh Gupta, Alison Viejo CA; Dustin Stout, Long Beach CA 55.65% 10 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; Robert Sherman, Lafayette CO 58.78% 11 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI 55.58% 11 Richard Brown, Easley SC; Richard Maybin, Hendersonville NC 57.82% 12 3 Benjamin Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL; William Granger, Bradenton FL 53.92% 12 3 Jeffrey Thomas, Bluffton SC; Mary Townhill, Lexington SC 57.59% 13 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 53.33% 13 4 Douglas Thompson, Acton MA; Karen Barrett, Norwalk CT 57.03% 14 4 2 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 53.04% 14 Gabrielle Sherman, W Long Branch NJ; Susan Picus, New York NY 56.41% 15 Charles Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 52.95% 15 Walter Sobol, Savannah GA; Carol Hamilton, Sarasota FL 55.86% 16 5 Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 52.66% 16 Bob Soni - Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 53.71% 17 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 52.20% 17 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY 53.60% 18 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Peter Mosheim, Asheville NC 52.17% 18 Ayako Miyakuni - Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan 53.36% 6 Howard Litsky - Miriam Litsky, Dunwoody GA 50.59% 5 Alan Bronstein, Christiansted VI; Thomas Shelley, St Croix VI 52.35% 7 Jacqueline Altschuler - Stuart Altschuler, Naples FL 50.53% 6 Joan Sheldon - Thomas LaForge, Marietta GA 48.38% 8 Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX 50.47% 7 Robert Marcus - Kathy Guinyou, Toronto ON 45.66% 9 3 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 50.30% 8 1 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL 45.35% 2 Monica Betler, Bealeton VA; Connie Boyce, Keyser WV 44.83% 3 Judy St Arnold, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Dyer, Paradise Valley AZ 43.90% 4 Tina West, Big Canoe GA; Carolyn Brown, Lake City FL 43.17% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS TTT UUU RRR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Janet Robertson, Timonium MD; Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD 64.52% 1 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 67.81% 2 Jeffrey Starr, South Lyon MI; Howard Perlman, Franklin MI 61.34% 2 1 1 Alujas Gustano - Alfonsin Julio, Buenos Aires 62.85% 3 Joe Harris - Linda Hays, Albuquerque NM 60.83% 3 Lisa Berkowitz - Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL 62.30% 4 Walter Schafer Jr, Chula Vista CA; Roy Fox, Murphy NC 59.41% 4 George Zolovick, Pembroke VA; Donald Williams, Port St Lucie FL 58.60% 5 Andy Kaufman, Fort Washington PA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 59.36% 5 Li-Hsiang Kuo - Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI 57.84% 6 1 Kathy Logue, Davie FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 59.31% 6 Jane Dillenberg - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY 57.54% 7 2 Frank Collecchia, Prospect KY; William Toutant, Louisville KY 58.60% 7 2 Barry Boyd, Wheeling WV; Conner Boyd, Key West FL 57.19% 8 Petra Hamman - Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX 56.12% 8 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Meng-Horton, Dade City FL 56.58% 9 William Kulbersh - Chris Trower, Atlanta GA 56.02% 9 Dewitt (Hal) Montgomery III - Jon Bartlett, Portland OR 56.53% 10 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 54.00% 10 Abbie Cole - Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY 56.43% 11 Arlene Conway, Woodstock GA; Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL 53.85% 11 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden 56.28% 12 Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 53.44% 12 3 Paul Lewis - Fred Hawa, White Plains NY 54.55% 13 3 Janet Wickersham, Sierra Madre CA; Danielle Le Blanc, Pasadena CA 53.34% 13 Elaine Landow, Lansdale PA; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 54.30% 14 4 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 53.04% 14 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 54.00% 15 5 Dennis Ryan - Barbara Tysdahl, Menomonie WI 52.73% 15 4 2 Courtney Stephens - Charles Ott, Greensboro GA 53.49% 16 6 Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD; Toni Schultz, New Port Richey FL 52.23% 16 Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA; Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 53.39% 17 Georgette King, Miami Beach FL; Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH 51.92% 17 Beatrice Kemp, Dacula GA; Harold Task, Atlanta GA 53.09% 7 Luen-Jyh Luo, Milpitas CA; Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO 48.43% 5 Claire Watson, Jacksonville FL; Lanette Moore, Atlanta GA 50.66% 8 Raymond Linck - Kathleen Linck, Lexington KY 48.18% 6 Nancy Riley - Bill Riley, Kingwood TX 50.25% 1 David Maze - Emily Marcus, Somerville MA 43.37% 7 3 Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Jin Hu, Wappingers NY 50.10% 2 Betty Kowalzyk - Dennis Kowalzyk, Fayetteville GA 43.22% 8 Jim Miller, Olive Branch MS; Christina Van Leeuwen, Horn Lake MS 49.65% 9 Paul O’Hara, Oakville ON; Joan Stephens, Toronto ON 48.08%


SUNDAY 1 PM B/C/D PAIRS 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST B C D B C D 1 Janice Woodbury, Lake George NY; Karolyn Smith, Atlanta GA 65.05% 1 1 1 William Anspach, Chicago IL; Robert Block, Deerfield IL 60.88% 2 1 1 George Trost, New York NY; William Sigward, Pelham NY 58.33% 2 2 2 J Jackson - Celia Saylor, Atlanta GA 55.79% 3 2 Monica Jung - Donna Casey, Lake Barrington IL 57.64% 3 3 David Johnson, Milledgeville GA; Michael Baker, Adamsville RI 52.78% 4 Carolyn Sullivan - James Sullivan, Richfield OH 55.56% 4 4 Mike Davis - Lyn Davis, Richardson TX 51.16% 3 2 Elizabeth Goldthwait - June Drennen, Youngstown OH 52.55%

SUNDAY 1 PM A/X PAIRS 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A X A X 1 1 Howard Simpson - Janice Simpson, Surprise AZ 56.94% 1 1 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 61.34% 2 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 56.25% 2 2 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 60.19% 3/4 Andrew Rosenthal - David Moss, New York NY 54.17% 3 Craig Hemphill - Nancy Mitchell, Jacksonville FL 57.87% 3/4 John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN; Carolyn Lewis, Louisville KY 54.17% 4 3 Mihai Cucuiu, Bucharest Romania; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 57.18% 2 Donald McCullough Jr, Fort Myers FL; Scot Smith, Ft Myers Bch FL 53.47% 4 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA 52.55%

BRUCE LIFE MASTER-5000 PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION SECTIONS D F 1 David Wakeman - Rita Wakeman, Irvine CA 62.04% 2 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 60.83% 3 Susan Fraser, Leesburg FL; Nancy Williams, Mount Dora FL 59.92% 4/5 Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Samantha Nystrom, Toronto ON 57.39% 4/5 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 57.39% 6 Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 56.38% 7/8 Richard Olanoff, De Witt NY; Donald Dalpe, Baldwinsville NY 56.28% 7/8 D Pierce, Parkersburg WV; G Stanley Harman, Marietta OH 56.28% 9 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 56.17% 10 Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL 55.53% 11 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 54.25% 12 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Mary Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 53.95% 13 George Russell, Moore SC; Richard Smith, Spartanburg SC 52.83%14/15 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 52.33%14/15 R. Arthur Cannamela, Jr, Roswell GA; Stan Politowski Jr, Hackensack NJ 52.33% 16 Edward Foran - Nicolas Hammond, Marietta GA 52.23%

YOUNG LIFE MASTER-1500 PRS 2ND FINAL SESSION SECTION E 1 Roy Martin - Guy Martin, Birmingham AL 61.73% 2/3 Peter Van Zijl, Ellicott City MD; Murat Berk, Potomac MD 56.58% 2/3 Rich Pestien - Charles Young, Peoria IL 56.58% 4 Jeffery Scott, Bedford MA; David Cohen, East Hampton NY 54.94% 5 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; Jan Popiel, Lexington MA 53.29% 6 John Felker - Stephanie Felker, Signal Mountain TN 52.47% 7 A J Stephani - Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH 51.65% 8 Douglas Fjare, Bartlesville OK; Alan Hierseman, Prairie Village KS 51.23%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 5TH OF 6 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H I EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Sarah Widhu, Nashua NH 66.45% 1 Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner-Welland, New York NY 67.41% 2 1 1 Randall Davidson - Eileen Davidson, Madison AL 65.69% 2 1 Kitty McMaster - Ursula Ramey, Charleston SC 59.87% 3 2 Michael Morris, Oak Ridge TN; Bill Waters, Knoxville TN 64.22% 3 2 Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA; Stuart Sechriest, San Diego CA 59.82% 4 Varghese George, Martinez GA; James Gentry Jr, North Augusta SC 61.84% 4 Clay Hall - D Keith Henderson, Birmingham AL 58.35% 5 3 Kristy Knight, Jacksonville FL; Lamar Daniel, Wetumpka AL 59.21% 5 Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA; Catherine McLeod, Eden NC 57.69% 6 4 2 Edward Hales, Atlanta GA; Pete Burke, Hartwell GA 59.16% 6 Monika Weber, New Haven CT; Gail Hanson, Lake Orion MI 57.59% 7 Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA; John Malley, Pascoag RI 59.06% 7/8 3/4 Buddy Landis, Chattanooga TN; Rick Whitehead, Knoxville TN 56.43% 8 David Yates, Lake Peekskill NY; Halina Jamner, Rye NY 57.89% 7/8 3/4 Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC; Lewis Brescoll, Versailles KY 56.43% 9 5 John Jernigan, Jackson GA; Susan Kestenbaum, Huntingdon Vy PA 57.79% 9/10 5/6 Lynn Brown, Palm Coast FL; Joe Black, Austin TX 55.77% 10 Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC; Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC 57.69% 9/10 5/6 Charles Lamb, Red Deer AB; Thomas Walsh, Saskatoon SK 55.77% 11 6 3 Sharon Stich - Faye Whidbee, Auburn AL 57.29% 11 7 1 Bernard Windham - Sue Evans, Tallahassee FL 55.72% 12 7 Per Berg - John Keyes, Palm Coast FL 56.78% 12 8 Thomas Crawley, Carmel CA; Jack Bierig, Chicago IL 55.31% 13 Harry Nuckols - Mary Poplawski, Vestal NY 56.17% 13 9 Lawton Hutchison - Barbara Hutchison, Austin TX 54.86% 14 8 4 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Connie Lee, Old Tappan NJ 54.71% 14 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Michael Prahin, Irvington NY 54.05% 15 9 Suanne Blair, Morehead KY; John Jensen, Maysville KY 54.61% 15 10 2 Ilana Seror, New York NY; Xu Wang, Fresh Meadows NY 53.85% 16 10 Rosemary Boden, Fort Lauderdale FL; Bernadette Revicky, Ft Lauderdale FL 53.85% 16/17 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 53.54% 11 Carole Stribling, Clayton GA; Nancy Pruitt, Lakemont GA 52.28% 16/17 Donna Silver, Atlanta GA; Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI 53.54% 12 5 Ronald Antinori - Susan Antinori, Atlanta GA 51.11% 11 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Anne Martin, Nashville TN 52.58% 12 Kate Smith, Stone Mountain GA; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL 51.77% 13 3 Andy McKinnon, Snellville GA; Jane Melby, Atlanta GA 50.76% 4 Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Brian Snell, Columbus OH 50.71%

3 PM SIDE BAM TEAMS SECTIONS OO PP A B C 1 Matt Granovetter - Pamela Granovetter - William Higgins, Cincinnati OH; Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH 19.50 2 Berend Van Den Bos, The Hague Netherlands; Wubbo De Boer - Agnes Snellers, Groenekan Netherlands; Joris Van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands 19.00 3/4 1/2 H Patricia Hanna, Lexington MA; Art Quey, San Mateo CA; Helena Fine, Naples FL; Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY 15.50 3/4 1/2 Donna Parker - Ken Parker, Newnan GA; Eden Persons - Len Perkins, Macon GA 15.50 5 Brian Hingerty - Geo. Fred Williams III, Knoxville TN; Tony Petronella, Boca Raton FL; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS 15.00 6 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Kazimierz Omernik, Gdynia Poland 14.50 7 3 Andrew Stayton, Rehoboth Beach DE; Robert Abrams - Joanne Walker, Atlanta GA; Jeff Ruben, Wilmington DE 14.008/10 Elizabeth Ivey, Clarksville TN; Judith Armonat, Mount Juliet TN; Dennis Luft, Trussville AL; Rebecca Lowen, Nashville TN 12.508/10 4/5 1/2 Mark Ambrose, Louisville KY; Rick Flucke, Mountain View CA; Zheng Zhang, Arcadia CA; Rick Gannon, Decatur GA 12.508/10 4/5 1/2 Jerry Nolte - Elizabeth Nolte, Oak Hill VA; Jean Pittman, East Ellijay GA; Barbara Mitchell, Blue Ridge GA 12.50 6 Elizabeth Wilcox - Evelyn Ogden, Macon GA; Elsie Hathorn, Conyers GA; Carmina Diaz, Fort Mill SC 12.00 SECTIONS QQ RR A B C 1 Andrew Hidi - Robin Stephens - Suzanne Hidi, Toronto ON; Roisin O’Hara, Oakville ON 17.00 2 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Warren Cederborg - Suzanne Cederborg, Visalia CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 16.50 3 Danuta Kazmucha - Justyna Zmuda - Joanna Taczelwska - Katarzyna Dufrat, 16.00 4 Joel Schwartz, Las Vegas NV; John Gassenheimer - Jill Fisch, Wynnewood PA; Charles Davis, Duluth GA 15.50 5 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jonathan Steinberg - Daniel Miles, Toronto ON; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX 15.00 6/7 1/2 1 Bert Einloth, Bluffton SC; Carol Duffy, Wilmette IL; Craig Duncan, Rochester NY; Elizabeth Ambler, Hilton Head Is SC 14.00 6/7 1/2 Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA; Deirdre Nickel - Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 14.008/10 3/4 Buck Martin, Crossville TN; James Rash, Bellefontaine OH; Tom Williams, Sunset Beach NC; Michael Pierce, Jamestown TN 13.508/10 Robert Teel Jr - Mary Conaway, Birmingham AL; Dorothy Moore - Elbert Moore, Crofton KY 13.508/10 3/4 2 Julian Kurtzman, Cincinnati OH; Elizabeth Gompels, Needham MA; Ford Danielsen, Raleigh NC; Vincent Koon Kam King, Arlington MA 13.50 5 Eric Schwartz - Alan Frank, Arlington MA; Cecil Henry, Brethren MI; Terry Jones, Falls Church VA 12.50 6 Don Haney, Trussville AL; H Albert Lilly, Mobile AL; Julie McLaughlin, Birmingham AL; Ann Lilly, Tuscaloosa AL 12.00 3 Martha Thompson, Oakwood GA; Margie Patterson, Spring TX; Charlotte Glaser, Jasper GA; Vicky Martinez, Montgomery TX 11.00

JACK & CLAUDIA FEAGIN STRATIFIED OPEN 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SSS VVV WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Naren Gupta, Woodside CA 62.54% 1 Charles Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 63.73% 2 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN 60.89% 2 Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Tomi FitzGerald, Frisco TX 61.57% 3 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; R Jay Becker, New York NY 60.63% 3 Charles Arthur, North York ON; John Laufer, Toronto ON 60.87% 4 1 Mark Friedlander, Deerfield IL; Howard Engle, Highland Park IL 59.99% 4 1 Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD; Patricia Cummins, Bronx NY 60.46% 5 Dennis McGarry - Linda McGarry, Stuart FL 59.46% 5 2 Daniel Fong, Rancho Cordova CA; Joan Garcia, Stockton CA 58.61% 6 Lee Atkinson - Mark Yaeger, Hollywood FL 59.16% 6 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 57.81% 7 Jeff Hand - Cynthia Colin, New York NY 58.38% 7 3 Annette Caron - Sidney Caron, Northfield IL 57.30% 8 Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 58.16% 8 Ellen Kozlove - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 56.52% 9 2 Joan Sheldon - Thomas LaForge, Marietta GA 57.62% 9 4 Benjamin Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL; William Granger, Bradenton FL 56.20% 10 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Gail Greenberg, New York NY 56.75% 10 5 1 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 55.81% 11 Fred Strickland, Marietta GA; Lee Parham, Highlands NC 56.27% 11 6 Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX 55.61% 12 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 55.64% 12 Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 54.81% 13 Janyne Provencher - Sylvain Mayer, Montreal QC 54.39% 13 Dave McClintock, Bluffton SC; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 54.44% 14 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA 54.27% 14 Herbert Wilton, Fredericksburg TX; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 54.43% 15 3 Alan Bronstein, Christiansted VI; Thomas Shelley, St Croix VI 53.34% 15 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA 54.43% 16 Richard Brown, Easley SC; Richard Maybin, Hendersonville NC 52.00% 16 Bob Soni - Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 53.62% 17 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Joe Degaetano, Atkinson NH 51.49% 17 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI 53.38% 18 Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 51.12% 18/19 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Peter Mosheim, Asheville NC 53.05% 4 Thomas Andrews, Utica NY; Michael Ranis, New York NY 49.16% 18/19 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 53.05% 5 1 Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON; Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL 48.07% 7 Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 52.65% 6 2 Bill Collins - Roger Hill, Myrtle Beach SC 48.04% 8 Gabriel Tawil, Glendale WI; George Kaiser, Milwaukee WI 51.96% 7 3 Shailesh Gupta, Alison Viejo CA; Dustin Stout, Long Beach CA 47.68% 9 Nelson Brown, Jr - Dana Brown, Houston TX 51.06% 8 James Gray, Murrysville PA; Wayne Obitz, Indiana PA 47.19% 2 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 48.47% 3 Peter Clay - Kathleen Clay, Wellesley MA 45.24% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS TTT UUU RRR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Walter Schafer Jr, Chula Vista CA; Roy Fox, Murphy NC 65.48% 1 Li-Hsiang Kuo - Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI 63.01% 2 James Clifford Jr - Carol Clifford, Miami FL 62.85% 2 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden 62.90% 3 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 62.44% 3 1 Steven Huhman, Larchmont NY; Sim Therrell, Memphis TN 59.72% 4 1 1 Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Jin Hu, Wappingers NY 60.76% 4 Tom Edwards, Grand Prairie TX; Bryan Storey, Frisco TX 58.47% 5 2 Douglas Kuschner, Santa Clarita CA; Ian Wilson, Irvine CA 59.21% 5 2 George Powell, Roswell GA; William Allison, Decatur GA 57.55% 6 Lisa Berkowitz - Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL 59.19% 6 Rajan Iyer, Aiken SC; Baskaran Sankaran, Alpharetta GA 57.24% 7 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 58.55% 7 Chris Panagopoulos, Franklin TN; Dot Blue, Nashville TN 57.19% 8 3 2 Courtney Stephens - Charles Ott, Greensboro GA 56.88% 8 Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 56.74% 9 Jane Dillenberg - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY 56.27% 9 Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA; Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 56.60% 10 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 55.61% 10 Andy Kaufman, Fort Washington PA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 56.38% 11 4 3 Debbie Enna - Gainor Eisenlohr, Charlotte NC 53.60% 11 3 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 55.90% 12 5 Barry Boyd, Wheeling WV; Conner Boyd, Key West FL 53.34% 12 Dewitt (Hal) Montgomery III - Jon Bartlett, Portland OR 55.62% 13 Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr, Birmingham AL 52.68% 13 George Zolovick, Pembroke VA; Donald Williams, Port St Lucie FL 55.53% 14 Abbie Cole - Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY 52.65% 14 4 Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; Anton Habash, Oxford OH 55.15% 15 Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA; Jim Aitken, Bellevue WA 51.65% 15 5 Dennis Ryan - Barbara Tysdahl, Menomonie WI 54.38% 16 William Kulbersh - Chris Trower, Atlanta GA 51.50% 16 Jeffrey Starr, South Lyon MI; Howard Perlman, Franklin MI 54.37% 17 6 Nancy Riley - Bill Riley, Kingwood TX 51.25% 17 Kent Massie, Lexington VA; Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA 53.01% 7 Paul Lewis - Fred Hawa, White Plains NY 50.96% 6 Edward Ashworth - Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 53.01% 8 Claire Watson, Jacksonville FL; Lanette Moore, Atlanta GA 50.66% 7 1 David Maze - Emily Marcus, Somerville MA 52.77% 8 Jim Lyle - Richard Polangin, Tallahassee FL 50.31% 2 Edgar Butler - Margaret Butler, Buena Vista CO 41.97%


SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Dorothy Norwood, Montgomery Al AL; LaFaye Holley, Montgomery AL 59.23% 1 Evan Berman, Sarasota FL; Cole Spencer, Fayetteville AR 61.31% 2 1 1 Susan Washington, Marietta GA; Mary Amundson-Miller, Mableton GA 52.98% 2 Patricia Booton, Fernandina Bch FL; Caroline Tunkel, Fernandina Beac FL 58.63% 3 2 2 Carol Teem - Pamela Howard, Atlanta GA 51.79% 3 1 James Nowill, Florence MA; Anne McCune, Keene NH 57.44% 4 Marsha Addis - Sharra Canan, Holden MA 50.00% 4 2 1 Louise Blanchard, Montgomery AL; Rebecca Evans, Greenville SC 55.36% 3 Karen Jones, Seabrook TX; Marion McKernan, Pearland TX 54.17%

SATURDAY EVENING SIDE SERIES 3 OF 6 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SS TT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Philippe Galaski, Amherst MA; Myriam Milgrom, Port St Lucie FL 63.10% 1 1 Lech Ekert - Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC 68.19% 2/3 1 1 Ranjan Bhaduri, Chicago IL; Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON 57.95% 2 George Zolovick, Pembroke VA; Donald Williams, Port St Lucie FL 64.46% 2/3 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Betty Schuler, Alexandria VA 57.95% 3 2 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 62.85% 4 2 Robert Lupton, Aurora CO; Sung Mae Bleck, Englewood CO 57.52% 4 Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 58.36% 5 3 2 Ewa Grabowska, Cold Spring Har NY; Wosteu Gawel, NY 57.11% 5 Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Jodi Coren, Delray Beach FL 55.53% 6 4 3 Xinyu Feng - Dingbin Feng, Moncton NB 56.86% 6 3 1 J Alex Maloney, Mahomet IL; Brian Maloney, Champaign IL 54.55% 7 5 Randolph McDow, Atlanta GA; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 56.21% 7 4 2 Douglas Kuschner, Santa Clarita CA; Benjamin Kuschner, Concord MA 54.25% 8 6 Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; Emerita Hayward, Leonardtown MD 55.91% 8 5 3 Susie Wilke, Cullman AL; Harry Roach, Logan AL 53.16% 9 7 Ben Yang, Warren NJ; Dennis Wick, Greencastle PA 55.66% 9 6 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA 52.51% 10 8 Dana Hastings - Edward Ashworth, Baton Rouge LA 55.47% 10 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; John Gropp, Newburgh NY 51.93% 7 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX 50.14% 8 John Knarr - Stephen Saker, Longwood FL 49.56%

SATURDAY 1 & 7:30 A/B PAIRS 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 65.69% 1 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Josh Feldstein, Gainesville FL 63.77% 2 1 Rand Pinsky - Kathy Swaine, Valencia CA 56.26% 2 Carolyn Lewis, Louisville KY; John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN 60.83% 3 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA 56.00% 3 1 Pete Edwards - Steven Ackerman, Salt Lake City UT 58.75% 4 2 Dimitri Bourilkov - Malay Ghosh, Gainesville FL 54.98% 4 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 55.93% 5 3 Matthew Farber, Fort Wayne IN; A Lindop, CD 52.98% 5 Mary Orock - Jacqueline Montgomery, Fort Worth TX 53.46% 6 Terry James, Upper Arlington OH; George St Pierre, Columbus OH 52.50% 6 Allison Howard, Cookeville TN; Molly O’Neill, Ft Lauderdale FL 52.08% 2 Jacqueline Altschuler - Stuart Altschuler, Naples FL 48.65% 3 David Smith - Gretchen Smith, Davidson NC 47.69%

SATURDAY 1 & 7:30 GOLD RUSH PAIRS 2ND OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Patricia Linnemeyer - Frederick Linnemeyer, Franklin Lakes NJ 66.96% 1 Richard Wimberley, Evans GA; Paul Thompson, Warwick Bermuda 58.04% 2 Bert Einloth, Bluffton SC; Carol Duffy, Wilmette IL 58.33% 2 Ken Short, West Jordan UT; Lee Sporleder, North Salt Lake UT 55.95% 3 1 Heinz Grohs, Candler NC; Dawn Grohs, Biltmore Lake NC 57.14% 3 Gregg Oliver, Hoover AL; Linda Oliver, Birmingham AL 54.46% 4 Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry, Metairie LA 55.06% 4 Sarah Widhu, Nashua NH; Paul Caten Jr, Windham NH 53.57% 2 Mary Watson - Raymon Watson, Dunwoody GA 47.92% 1 Laura Werner, Chicago IL; Polly Keller, Naples FL 50.89% 2 Lawrence Myers, Auburn AL; Martha Chitwood, Birmingham AL 49.70% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Bob Sigafus - Cathy Sigafus, Plymouth MN 57.14% 1 1 Maryellen Leister - Kellen Leister, Mc Lean VA 59.52% 2 1 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 55.65% 2 2 Nathan Moens - Ted Moens, Delta BC 58.33% 3/4 2 Jeff Wood, Dahlonega GA; Linda Hacker, Gainesville GA 54.46% 3 Ben Caldwell, Baton Rouge LA; Sarah Caldwell, Atlanta GA 56.55% 3/4 Brenda Huff, Phoenix AZ; Lori Sunderland, Mesa AZ 54.46% 4 Mokhtar Elbassuni, Stroudsburg PA; Ronald Dennison, Pawleys Isl SC 53.87% 3 Rhonda Dixon-Perry - William Perry, Nashville TN 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 61.31% 1 Carol Foster - Gary Waldron, Laguna Beach CA 64.58% 2 Elizabeth Nolte - Jerry Nolte, Oak Hill VA 58.93% 2 1 Zimeng Xie - Kuangda Lu, Chapel Hill NC 55.95% 3 2 Douglas Riley - Sheryl Riley, Vestavia Hills AL 56.85% 3 2 Barbara Halaby, Atlanta GA; Emily Gilbert, Kennesaw GA 54.46% 4 3 Richard Sontag - Sue Compton, Escondido CA 52.98% 4 3 Mary Winiarski - Dee Steely, Anderson SC 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Joyce Feher, Signal Mt TN; Ray Feher, Signal Mountain TN 56.67% 1 Jim Ricker - Patti Ricker, Knoxville TN 62.54% 2 1 Janis Bonvino, Margate FL; Susan Pyner, Coral Springs FL 55.04% 2 Sandra Stults, Springfield IL; Carol Sue McNaught, Auburn IL 59.36% 3 2 Harriette Hereford, Signal Mountain TN; Dee Patterson, Killen AL 53.79% 3 1 John Thompson II, Atlanta GA; Jan Noll, Dunwoody GA 56.55% 4 Edward Connell, III, Ferandina Beach FL; Gregory Bardes, Tampa FL 53.11% 4 2 Colette Sears - Catherine Rodriguez, Venice FL 55.07% 3 Dorothy Johnson, Independence MO; Ted Winkler, Grain Valley MO 51.96% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Dee Craft - Russell Craft, Smith’s Parish Bermuda 63.69% 1 1 Marcia Miller - Elaine Sheldon, Marietta GA 56.25% 2 1 Bridgette Standback, College Park GA; Nadia Zarour, Atlanta GA 63.10% 2 Penny Lounsberry - Babs Thacker, Clearwater FL 55.65% 3 2 Betty Camp - Ruta Allen, Spartanburg SC 55.06% 3 2 Stephen Edwards - Henry Cantrell, Raleigh NC 53.87% 4 3 Bette Jo Walgren, Minerva OH; Sara Furey, North Canton OH 52.98% 4 Pieter Vanbennekom, Wilmington DE; Christine Matus, West Chester PA 52.98%

YOUNG LM-1500 PRS 1ST SEMIS SESSION SECTION J 1 Rich Pestien - Charles Young, Peoria IL 61.25% 2 Stephan Juliusburger, Dania FL; Rachael Gosling, Paget Bermuda 58.80% 3 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 57.87% 4 John Felker - Stephanie Felker, Signal Mountain TN 57.86% 5 Peter Van Zijl, Ellicott City MD; Murat Berk, Potomac MD 57.75% 6 Jay Cherlow, Arlington VA; Albert Lauber, Washington DC 57.67% 7 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; Jan Popiel, Lexington MA 57.43% 8 Neil Selvin, Naples FL; Howard Grunin, Mc Lean VA 57.19% 9 Richard Bobilin, Fonda NY; Glen Perry, Voorheesville NY 57.04% 10 Jesse Laird, N Lauderdale FL; Peter Jargowsky, Ft Lauderdale FL 56.73% 11 Jess Jurkovic - Peter Clark, New York NY 54.69% 12 William Granger, Bradenton FL; Benjamin Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL 54.42% 13 Jeffery Scott, Bedford MA; David Cohen, East Hampton NY 52.43% 14 Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Rich Brandenburg, Coppell TX 52.35%

VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTETR PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C EAST-WEST 1 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 63.41% 1 Alexander Wernle - Martin Schifko, Vienna Austria 61.08% 2 Bruce Rogoff, river vale NJ; Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY 58.50% 2 Larry Robbins, Deerfield IL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 58.81% 3 Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes, London N195lh England 57.49% 3 Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Laurie Vogel, New York NY 58.76% 4 Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 56.98% 4 Daniel Suty, Houston TX; Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI 56.93% 5 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 56.73% 5 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany 56.43% 6 Jenny Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 55.87% 6 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 55.01% 7 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 55.82% 7 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 54.91% 8/9 Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 54.71% 8 Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland 54.71% 8/9 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC 54.71% 9 George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA; Nick Straguzzi, Mullica Hill NJ 54.55% 10 William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 53.49% 10/11 Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON 53.59% 11 Godffrey De Tessieres - Julien Gaviard, Paris France 53.44% 10/11 Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland 53.59% 12 Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Boye Brogeland, Norway 52.94% 12 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; David Grainger, Roseville CA 53.29% 13 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 52.43% 13 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 52.88% 14 Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Peter Rank, Palm Springs CA 51.62% 14 Zia Mahmood - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 52.83%15/16 Alexander Hadzhiev, Varna Bulgaria Bulgaria; Rumen Trendafilov, Varna Bulgaria 51.27% 15 Marc Nathan, New York NY; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 52.07%15/16 Alison Wilson - Chris Willenken, New York NY 51.27% 16 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH 51.77%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Alma Vanhull, Kingston TN; Gloria Larson, Oak Ridge TN 66.07% 1/2 1/2 Nelson Burros - Marcie Burros, New York NY 62.50% 2 Lynn McGill, Roswell GA; Connie Melgaard, Atlanta GA 57.44% 1/2 1/2 1 Gwen Nix - Atha Beard, Auburn AL 62.50% 3 2 1 Joseph Bosworth - Ann Bosworth, Dawsonville GA 56.25% 3 3 2 Wangjing Liu - Haibo Zhao, Marlboro NJ 60.12% 4 3 2 David Sutherlin - Donna Huddleston, Charlotte NC 53.87% 4 D Sinha, Augusta GA; Guy Gundaker, Scottsdale AZ 51.79% 4 Liz Bustamante - Sherry Sims, Hendersonville NC 48.81% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Glenda Beerman, Atlanta GA; Howard Gibbs, Marietta GA 67.26% 1/2 1/2 1 Stan Hudson, GA; Steve Henson, Al GA 60.12% 2 Starr Oberg, Bluffton SC; Phyllis Westerman, Hilton Head Isl SC 51.79% 1/2 1/2 Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 60.12% 3 2 1 Judith Wagner - Barbara Constance, Belleville IL 50.30% 3 3 2 Maureen Merker, Mentor OH; Cathy Maffett, Myrtle Beach SC 53.87% 4 3 2 Beverley Katz, Alpharetta GA; Wendy Kraitzick, Atlanta GA 50.00% 4 Sonjia Alsobrooks - Karla St Luke, Acworth GA 49.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FFF EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Rondal Vickers - Janet Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL 59.49% 1 1 Carol Fischer - Patricia Thompson, Marietta GA 60.35% 2 2 Bill Frank, Richmond TX; Ronald Wingo, Columbus NC 57.44% 2 2 Catherine Bardsley, McLean VA; Maryellen Leister, Mc Lean VA 58.78% 3 3 2 Ann Pare - Ronald Pare, The Woodlands TX 52.62% 3 3 1 Tim Collopy - Cecilia Collopy, Millbrook NY 54.64% 4 Norman Sorensen - Bonnie Aaron, Marietta GA 51.67% 4 4 Jane Chadwick, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Elizabeth Mebane, Cary NC 53.73% 2 Gil Hudnall - Carolyn Sexton, Atlanta GA 52.31%

SUNDAY 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Veronica Dekozan, Flowery Branch GA; Marianna Chamberlain, Buford GA 58.63% 1 1 Lynn Craft - Lucy Sinopole, Huntsville AL 59.82% 2 Cynthia Seaman, Cleveland GA; Jill Hazen, Sauteenacoochee GA 58.04% 2 Iris Abelson, Signal Mountain TN; Judy Monen, Chattanooga TN 59.23% 3 1 1 Aline Paxton, Athens OH; John Rush, Jacksonville FL 57.14% 3 Sylvia Scott - Jean Weatherford, Macon GA 56.25% 4 Janice Farnsworth - Marlyn Gladieux, Cary NC 56.55% 4 Alice Griffith, Denver CO; Cathy Skowronski, Marietta GA 52.98% 2 2 Richard Genirberg - Marolyn Wells, Berkeley CA 51.49% 2 1 Kathryn McCloud, Atlanta GA; Anne Ghegan, Naples FL 52.68% 3 Dot Stewart, Athens GA; Beverlee Ruark, Colbert GA 48.51% 3 Rebecca Yancey - Gail King, Seneca SC 50.30% 2 Ramona Jones - Geraldine Jimpson, Atlanta GA 48.51%


Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsTuesday, August 6, 10 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherMonday-Tuesday Side Game Series 4th single TBA $16 $18299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $15

Tuesday, August 6, 10 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.Bernard and Genie Warshauer Stratified Fast Open Pairs 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18

Tuesday, August 6, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.WERNHER OPEN PAIRS 1-2 Q LL1 $20 --- 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsMorrill Hall Memorial Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Tuesday-Wednesday KO Teams 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Lou Bluhm Memorial Monday-Tuesday KO Teams 3-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18

Tuesday, August 6, 10 & 3:30 p.m.SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 LL1 $20 --- WAGAR WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 LL3 $20 --- Screens, second session at 4 p.m.0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round 2 LL1 $17 --- 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round 2 LL1 $17 --- TRUSCOTT / USPC SENIOR SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F LL1 $20 --- Open Swiss Teams (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Gold Rush Swiss Teams (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18

Tuesday, August 6, 1 & 7:30 p.m.Stratified Open Pairs (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Gold Rush Pairs (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18

Tuesday, August 6, 3 p.m.Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 5th single TBA $16 $18Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $17Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $17299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $15

Tuesday, August 6, 3 & 7:30 p.m.Tuesday Afternoon/Evening Compact KO Teams 1-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18

Tuesday, August 6, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday-Wednesday Evening Open Pairs (3000+/0-3000) 1st Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Tuesday-Wednesday Evening Gold Rush Pairs (300-750/0-300) 1st Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Tuesday-Wednesday Evening Stratified Swiss Teams 1st Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday Evening Compact KO Teams 2nd Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 6th single Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $17Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $17299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $15

Tuesday, August 6, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game.All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit.*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International 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.

the ace.”) on the very first board he faced. Dlr: South ♠ J 10 Vul: E–W ♥ — ♦ A 10 5 ♣ A Q 9 8 6 5 4 3 ♠ A Q 9 8 5 3 ♠ 7 6 4 ♥ 8 7 ♥ J 10 9 6 5 4 ♦ K 8 6 ♦ J 4 2 ♣ 7 2 ♣ K ♠ K 2 ♥ A K Q 3 2 ♦ Q 9 7 3 ♣ J 10

West North East South Horton Helman 1♥ 2♠ 3♣ Pass 3NT

It was very tempting to bid on with the North cards, but the void in partner’s suit was a minus, and in a club contract the lead would be through partner. West led the ♠8 and the Rabbi overtook the 10 with the king and advanced the ♣10. When West played low, so did declarer . and the defenders cashed out for two down. I have been playing with the Rabbi in the NABCs since 1999, and this is the only time he has failed to drop the ♣K offside!

James Rosenbloom of New York City, playing with Jo Morse, found a good lead on this deal: Dlr: West ♠ K 9 8 2 Vul: Both ♥ A K Q J 9 4 ♦ 9 5 ♣ 5 ♠ Q ♠ 10 7 6 4 ♥ 5 2 ♥ 10 6 3 ♦ A J 8 4 3 2 ♦ Q 6 ♣ K 8 4 2 ♣ A Q 9 6 ♠ A J 5 3 ♥ 8 7 ♦ K 10 7 ♣ J 10 7 3

West North East South Rosenbloom Horton Morse Helman 2♦ 2♥ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

If West had been kind enough to lead a mundane fourth-best diamond, declarer would have made 11 tricks. Rosenbloom’s choice of the ♣2 worked much better. His partner won with the ace and switched to the ♦Q, giving the defenders six quick tricks. Dlr: West ♠ A 5 2 Vul: N–S ♥ A K 7 5 4 ♦ 8 5 ♣ K Q 2 ♠ 10 ♠ Q 9 8 4 3 ♥ 9 8 2 ♥ Q 6 3 ♦ A Q 10 ♦ J 2 ♣ A 10 8 7 6 5 ♣ J 4 3 ♠ K J 7 6 ♥ J 10 ♦ K 9 7 6 4 3 ♣ 9

West North East South Horton Helman 1♣ 1NT 2♥(1) 3♦ Pass 3NT All Pass

(1) Transfer to spades.

3NT was bid on the principle that you might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.

East led the ♠4, and the entry situation was such that declarer could not afford the luxury of playing low in case West had the singleton queen. When the ♠J held, declarer ran the ♥J, and East won with the queen.

With declarer known to have the ♠A, presumably something in hearts and a club stopper, it should not have been impossible for East to find the switch to the ♦J. When East played a second spade, declarer was in the game. He won with dummy’s king, unblocked the ♥10 and played a club. West had to play low, so declarer won and cashed his major-suit winners, causing West a considerable amount of discomfort. It was not too difficult for declarer to read the ending — a diamond exit, forcing West to provide the game-going trick when she reduced to ♦A Q and ♣A 10.

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A look back


Today’s Bridge Events

Goodwill DayMonday, August 5, 10 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherMonday-Tuesday Side Game Series 1st single Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $16 $18299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hanover Hall $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hanover Hall $15 $15Happy Bridge single Regency Ballroom VII, LL1 Free Free Free lesson, then 14 deals, no card fee.

Monday, August 5, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Stratified Open Pairs (3000+, 0-3000) 1-2 Regency Ballroom, LL1 $16 $18Gold Rush Pairs (300-750, 0-300) 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Lou Bluhm Memorial Monday-Tuesday KO Teams 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Spingold/Wagar Bye Swiss 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 Open only to teams who have a first-round bye in the Spingold or Wagar Knockout Teams

Monday, August 5, 10 a.m., 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Sunday Three-Session KO Teams 1-3 Grand Hall $16 $18

Monday, August 5, 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $20 --- WAGAR WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Dunwoody, LL3 $20 --- 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round 1 Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $17 --- 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams Round 1 Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $17 --- TRUSCOTT / U.S. PLAYING CARD SENIOR SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $20 --- 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions

Monday, August 5, 1 & 7:30 p.m.Flight A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Flight B Round-Robin Swiss Teams 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Brackets of eight teams, three gold overall places per bracket. Teams may not drop out after one session. No player over 3000 MPs.

Monday, August 5, 3 p.m.Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 2nd single Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $16 $18Strati-Flighted Side Swiss Teams single Grand Hall, LL1 $15 $17Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $17299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $15

Monday, August 5, 3 & 7:30 p.m.Monday Afternoon/Evening Compact KO 1-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18

Monday, August 5, 7:30 p.m.Sunday-Monday Evening Open Swiss Teams (3000+/0-3000) 2nd Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Sunday-Monday Evening Gold Rush Swiss Teams (300-750/0-300) 2nd Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Sunday-Monday Evening Compact KO Teams 2nd Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday Evening Compact KO Teams 1st Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 3rd single Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $17299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $15

Monday, August 5, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game.All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit.*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International 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.

Lou Bluhm (1940-1990)Lou Bluhm of Atlanta was a bridge professional

and one of the leading American players, known for his high standard of ethics and comportment. He was a Grand Life Master with 13,000 masterpoints and the only recipient of the ACBL’s Distinguished Player Award. Bluhm had numerous national titles including the Reisinger, Spingold, Vanderbilt, Blue Ribbon Pairs, Men’s Teams, Open Pairs and Life Master Pairs. Lou is remembered as being the perfect

partner by those who were fortunate enough to have played with him, and those who regularly played against him knew him to be one of the nicest and strongest players you would ever play against.

Margaret Wagar (1902-1990)The Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams is

named in honor of Margaret Wagar, one of the all-time great players. Wagar became Life Master #37 in 1943, the fifth woman to earn the rank. She and Kay Rhodes share one of the most

remarkable achievements in ACBL history: They won the Women’s Pairs four consecutive years from 1955-1958. Wagar’s impressive record includes seven Women’s Team championships, the Reisinger (1941), the Spingold (1946, 1948), five wins in the Master Mixed Teams, the Open Pairs in 1947 and 1948, the Mixed Pairs in 1948 and 1949 and the Life Master Women’s Pairs in 1962. She was inducted into the Bridge Hall of Fame in 1999.

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