Daily Bulletin Monday, March 20, 2017 Volume 60, Number 11

60th Spring North American Bridge Championships NABCDailyBulletin@acbl.org Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski

ATTENDANCE FINAL

8691 tables

Richard Oshlag and Mark Dahl convincingly won the NABC Fast Pairs by a margin of more than three boards. Oshlag, of Memphis TN, and Dahl, of Richmond VA, qualified third in the opening round and scored almost 69% in the first final session—they had 23 plus scores in the set – to take a commanding lead in the contest. This is the second NABC victory for the winners. Their first occurred as teammates in the Senior Swiss Teams in 2011.

Oshlag, Dahl blow past field in Fast Pairs

Second in the NABC Fast Pairs: Dave Westfall of Spokane WA and Stan Christie of Kirkland WA.

Led by Li, “Chinese Hope” wins Women’s Swiss

“Chinese Hope” won the Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams Sunday night, edging out Loretta Rivers’s squad by almost 5 victory points.

The winners, are from left, npc Yuan Yujie, Li Yiting, Xia Mei, Liu Shuoyan, Wang Wei and

coach Jianjian Wang. This is the third NABC title for Li, of Herndon VA, but the first for each of her teammates, from Shanghai.

Chinese Hope finished with 117.71 VP, while Rivers scored 112.75 VP.

Second in the Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams: Sandra Rimstedt, captain Loretta Rivers, Cecilia Rimstedt, Nina Taselaar and Ida Groenkvist.

Verbeek first in Jacoby Open Swiss

The squad captained by Tim Verbeek captured first place in the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams with 119.87 VP, ahead of Team Lavazza, the runners-up, who posted 113.79 VP.

Playing for the Verbeek team are, from left, Bob Drijver, Dano De Falco, Patricia Cayne, captain Tim Verbeek (kneeling), Bart Nab and Danny Molenaar.

Second in the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams was Team Lavazza: captain Norberto Bocchi, Antonio Sementa, Augustin Madala, Giorgio Duboin, Alejandro Bianchedi and Dennis Bilde.

Meckstroth wins Mott-Smith Trophy

Jeff Meckstroth earned 400 masterpoints at the NABC in Kansas City to capture the Mott-Smith trophy, awarded annually to the player who earns the most masterpoints at the spring tournament.

Meckstroth earned 250 points for his win in the Vanderbilt and 150 for his second-place finish in the Kay Platinum Pairs.

MP Leaders: 1 400.00 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater

Beach FL 2 373.75 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark 3 320.59 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 4 310.00 Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 5 304.55 Robert Levin, Henderson NV 6 252.12 Justin Lall, Charlotte NC 7 251.99 Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 251.99 Frank Nickell, New York NY 9 248.43 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA10 245.00 Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel

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NABC+ FAST PAIRS 39.0 Tables / Based on 68 Tables100.00 1 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 1349.01 75.00 2 Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 1227.02 56.25 3 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 1201.81 44.44 4 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 1191.47 40.00 5 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 1190.51 36.36 6 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 1190.17 33.33 7 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 1176.21 30.77 8 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 1148.65 28.57 9 Hjordis Eythorsdottir - Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 1146.56 26.67 10 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 1146.45 25.00 11 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 1139.24 23.53 12 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 1122.15 22.22 13 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 1121.23 21.05 14 Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA 1119.60 20.00 15 Robert Bjorge, Bellingham WA; Thomas Devine, Ferndale WA 1114.81 19.05 16 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Marty Seligman, Philadelphia PA 1110.62 18.22 17 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 1110.29 17.39 18 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, St. Paul MN 1104.06 16.67 19 Zhuo Wang, New York NY; Zihan Tan, Chicago IL 1097.97 16.00 20 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 1094.16 15.38 21 Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 1091.70 16.05 22 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA 1082.64 18.23 23 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 1081.92 13.79 24 Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 1078.55 13.33 25 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Kurt Dasher, Petersburg MI 1077.39 12.90 26 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Kerry Kappell, Astoria NY 1074.04 12.50 27 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 1071.75 12.12 28 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 1071.37 11.96 29 Judy Zhu, Romeoville IL; Jack Snyder, Naperville IL 1067.52 11.43 30 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 1067.29 11.11 31 Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 1062.95 10.81 32 Ding-Hwa Hsieh - Lin-Huan Chen, Kirksville MO 1060.86 10.53 33 Bill Irvine - Joe Degaetano, Delray Beach FL 1058.54 12.25 34 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 1056.20

RUTH DEUSCHLE SUNDAY FAST OPEN PAIRS 30.0 Tables A B C 17.50 1 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 62.37% 13.13 2 Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 61.78% 9.84 3 Brian Glubok - Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY 60.82% 7.38 4 Bob Simkins, Decatur GA; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 58.43% 5.83 5 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Bob Feller, Guilderland NY 58.38% 7.35 6 1 Andrew Clements, La Vista NE; Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY 57.72% 7.01 7 Martha Roth, San Diego CA; David Abelow, La Jolla CA 57.22% 5.51 8 2 1 Zheng Han, Wheaton IL; Huixin Pan, Bolingbrook IL 55.67% 4.91 9 Rajan Mehta, Salina KS; Ronald Traudt, Wichita KS 55.45% 3.70 10 Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA; D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA 55.05% 2.92 11 Scott Humphrey, Pflugerville TX; Doree Sobel, Fair Lawn NJ 54.23% 2.69 12 Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 53.85% 2.50 13 Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA 53.77% 2.33 14 Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA; Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA 53.75% 2.19 15 Donald Weil, Glencoe IL; Yinghao Liu, Minneapolis MN 53.28% 4.13 3 Michael Christensen, Redmond WA; Eric Sieg, Seattle WA 52.88% 3.10 4 Kerry Cotterell - Ellen Cotterell, Clifton Park NY 52.72% 2.45 5 Ruth Deuschle, Prairie Village KS; Herbert Rosen, Overland Park KS 52.42% 2.10 6 Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS 51.12% 2.90 7 Alan Kudisch - Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 50.93% 2.24 2 Barbara Williford, Raleigh NC; Richard Dixon, Frontenac KS 49.14%

GREATER KANSAS CITY REALTY SUNDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B C 2.84 1 1 1 James Tunnell - Gayle Tunnell, San Francisco CA 56.00% 1.87 2/3 Maria Lucia Menezes - Caru Vidigal, Rio De Janeiro Brazil 54.00% 1.99 2/3 2 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Brian McGuire, London Great Britain 54.00% 1.49 4 3 David Rhea, Overland Park KS; Charles Devoe, Kansas City MO 53.50% 1.57 2 Anthony Chiocchi - Damon Suden, New York NY 52.00%

SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B C 1.97 1 Martin Mueller - Rodney Anderson, Omaha NE 65.63% 1.68 2 1 Todd Stimmel, New York NY; Allison Ryan, Florence MA 60.88% 1.11 3 Margaret MacDonald - Mareke Campbell, Overland Park KS 59.13% 1.26 4 2 Rita Clark - Paula Sauder, Emporia KS 59.00% 1.33 3 1 David Cliff - Helen Cliff, Wayland MA 55.50% 1.00 2 Susan Miller, Mission Hills KS; Brenda Buckles, Prairie Village KS 44.88%

SUNDAY MORNING 299ER SWISS TEAMS 4 Tables 1.47 1 Mark Denker, Garland TX; Nina Williams - Jeff Mermin - Lisa Mantini, Stillwater OK 41.00

SUNDAY A/X/Y SWISS TEAMS 46 Tables / Based on 127 Tables A X Y 31.54 1 1 H. Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Timothy Baird, White Plains NY; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 103.00 23.66 2 GS Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD; Thomas Maccormac, Dublin Ireland; Robert Solick, Berthoud CO 102.00 17.74 3 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Miriam Harris-Botzum - John Botzum, Orefield PA 99.00 13.31 4 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Adam Mesbur, Dublin Ireland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland 93.00 10.51 5 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden 91.00 7.97 6/8 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Shan Huang - Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 85.00 7.97 6/8 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov - Rosen Gunev, Sofia Bulgaria; Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL 85.00 11.36 6/8 2 1 Hua Yang - Kun He - Yan Song - Tiger King, Plano TX 85.00 6.31 9 Bryan Howard, Nashville TN; Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA; Peter J.Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL 83.00 5.73 10 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 81.00 5.06 11/12 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 80.00 5.06 11/12 Kenneth Kranyak, Parma OH; Jack Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Tom Breed, Kingwood TX 80.00 8.52 3 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; C. Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; John Ramos - Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ 78.00 6.39 4 2 Brian Schroeder, Holt MI; James Berglund, Chesterfield MO; Carol Frank, Burbank CA; Sumit Daftuar, Scarsdale NY 77.00 5.05 5 3 Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN; Robert McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL; Howard Kalender, Overland Park KS; Mike Arnheim, St. Louis MO 76.00 3.83 6/8 Gary McDole - William Karnaze Jr., Lees Summit MO; Fred Dischman, Kansas City MO; Jim Wart, Bentonville AR 71.00 3.83 6/8 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA 71.00 3.83 6/8 Claire Alpert - Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS; Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Michael Ranis, Miami FL 71.00 2.39 4 Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC; Jill Thompson, Toronto ON; Sherman Gao, Laguna Woods CA; Anne Lamport, Lane Cove Australia 69.00

SUNDAY BRACKETED FLIGHT B SWISS 1 8 Tables 10.80 1 Justin Graver - Rick Ackermann, Omaha NE; Jeffrey Buckwalter, Papillion NE; Matthew Campbell, Lincoln NE 96.00 8.10 2 Edward Rubac, Oklahoma City OK; Kathleen Corbin - Robert Olson, Leawood KS; Stephen Swatek, Platte City MO 82.00 6.08 3 Chris Murphy - Jim Murphy - Helen Dillen - Gamil Tadros, Calgary AB 80.00

SUNDAY BRACKETED FLIGHT B SWISS 2 8 Tables 8.26 1 Robert Murphy - Kathleen Kelly, Englewood CO; Clyde Coon, Boise ID; William Cook, Twin Falls ID 103.00 6.20 2 Josee Hammill, Toronto ON; Andrea Killackey, Calgary AB; Larry Yarger, West Point NE; Tim Jones, Overland Park KS 80.00 4.65 3 Carol Marks, Leawood KS; Alan Spohn, Olathe KS; Mike Combs - Mary Combs, Omaha NE 78.00

SUNDAY BRACKETED FLIGHT B SWISS 3 8 Tables 5.63 1/2 Norman Kahn Jr, Prairie Village KS; Max Kahn, Shawnee Mission KS; Samuel Lane, Overland Park KS; Bernie Fromm, Kansas City MO 105.00 5.63 1/2 John Connolly - Nathan Doyle - Daniel Varley - Aaron Bolger - Michael Donnelly, Dublin Ireland; Michael Hughes, Jefferson City MO 105.00 3.62 3 Burt Echtenkamp - Linda Echtenkamp, Boise ID; Valarie Remmers - Dale Remmers, Plano TX 68.00

SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO 7 Tables 15.62 1 Richard Brummer, Effingham IL; Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Linda Dunn, Memphis TN; William Evans, Bonne Terre MO 10.93 2 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Jakob Kristinsson, Deerfield Beach FL; Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA; Robert Thomson, San Rafael CA

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SUNDAY BRACKETED FLIGHT B SWISS 4 7 Tables 4.66 1 Vard Nelson - Frances Nelson, Evergreen CO; Roger France - Mary France, Buena Vista CO 84.00 3.50 2 Jack Weimer - Timothy Luce, Springfield MO; Joyce Zeldin - Stanford Zeldin, Kansas City MO 68.00 2.62 3 John Klingner, Quincy IL; David Stagg - Shannon Hennessy - Tamara Ewing, Kansas City MO 63.00

GREATER KANSAS CITY REALTY SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 8.0 Tables A B C 3.41 1 Ed Lazarus - Diane Lazarus, Baltimore MD 63.69% 2.65 2 1 1 Duddow Cooney, Regina SK; Stephen Li, Winston- Salem NC 61.90% 2.10 3 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA 60.71% 1.26 4/5 La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr., Keller TX 56.55% 1.47 4/5 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 56.55% 1.99 2 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA 50.30% 1.64 3 2 Barbara Smith, Dallas TX; Beth Castleberry, Richardson TX 50.00%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B C 1.97 1 Monika Burris, Gladstone MO; Jane Pettinger, Kansas City MO 63.94% 1.74 2 1 1 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Theresa Raines, Fort Washington MD 60.76% 1.11 3 Martin Mueller - Rodney Anderson, Omaha NE 58.66% 1.31 4 2 Joyce Riley, Prairie Village KS; Rick Bond, Kansas City MO 57.56% 0.98 3 Margaret MacDonald - Mareke Campbell, Overland Park KS 57.09% 1.14 2 Rita Clark - Paula Sauder, Emporia KS 48.19%

GREATER KANSAS CITY REALTY FRIDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES - FINAL49.25 Tables / Based on 19 Tables 8.88 1/2 Duddow Cooney, Regina SK 113.40% 8.88 1/2 Stephen Li, Winston Salem NC 113.40% 5.00 3/4 John Jensen, Maysville KY 111.46% 5.00 3/4 Suanne Blair, Morehead KY 111.46% 3.31 5/6 Jeanie Brown, Lake Quivira KS 110.73% 3.31 5/6 Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO 110.73% 2.87 7/8 Gloria McCain, Orlando FL 110.21% 2.87 7/8 James Easterling, Casselberry FL 110.21% 1.97 9/10 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 109.93% 1.97 9/10 Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 109.93%

JACOBY SWISS TEAMS 54 Tables / Based on 75 Tables125.00 1 Tim Verbeek - Danny Molenaar - Bob Drijver – Bart Nab, Netherlands; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL 119.87 93.75 2 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy 113.79 70.31 3 Thomas Paske, London England; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing China; Michael Polowan, New York NY; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 112.99 55.56 4 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardns FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 112.20 50.00 5 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Richard Coren, Aventura FL; Michael Kamil, Spartanburg SC; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 111.24 45.45 6 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Will Ehlers, Madison NJ; Iulian Rotaru, New York NY; Radu Nistor, Sunnyside NY; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC 111.09 41.67 7 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV 109.34 38.46 8 Thomas Carmichael - Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; William Pollack, New York NY; David Caprera, Denver CO 103.31 35.71 9 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Mustafa Cem Tokay - Giovanni Donati, Rimini Italy; Alfredo Versace – Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy 101.48 33.33 10 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Stockholm Sweden; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL 100.84 31.25 11 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Alon Birman – Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 100.77 29.41 12 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Krishnan Ramaratnam, Jersey City NJ; Sumit Mukherjee - Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata India 100.08 27.78 13 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia 97.81 26.32 14 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue - Roy Welland, New York NY; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Chip Martel, Davis CA 97.05 25.00 15 Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 96.35 23.81 16 Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY; Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland OR 95.56 22.73 17 Ron Zambonini - Nader Hanna - John Rayner, Toronto ON; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Michael Roche, Victoria BC; Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC 93.96 21.74 18 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; iotr Tuczynski, Poznan Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk Poland 93.69 20.83 19 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Cornelis Van Prooijen - Louk Verhees Jr., Netherlands; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN 93.65 20.00 20 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA; Michael D Alioto, Birmingham MI; Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL 93.33 19.23 21 Don Stack, Kansas City KS; William Muir, Kansas City MO; Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Pierre Flatowicz, Omaha NE 92.71 18.52 22 Jeffrey Wolfson - Ron Smith - Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 91.98 17.86 23 Lynn Baker - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 90.00 17.24 24 John Schermer, Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain 89.94 16.67 25 Kent Goulding, Germantown MD; Robert Hopkins Jr., Arlington VA; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; John Miller, Discovery Bay CA 89.64 16.13 26 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Thomas Bessis - Jean Quantin, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France 88.82

2016 Summer NABCWashington, DCJuly 21–31, 2016

All events will be played at theMetro Toronto Convention Centre

225 Front St. West • Toronto ON$164 CAD/night plus tax

Other accommodations:Fairmont Royal York100 Front St. West

$164 CAD/night plus tax

Westin Harbour Castle 1 Harbour Square

$164 CAD/night plus tax

Don’t forgetyour passport

U.S. Players are reminded to obtain a passport and should do so well in advance of the tournament to allow sufficient time for their applications to be processed.

Reservations can be made through ACBL’s website or call

855-992-3353Summer NABC ♥ Toronto ON

July 20–30, 2017

MACHLIN WOMEN’S SWISS TEAMS 8 Tables / Based on 10 Tables 35.00 1 Li Yiting, Herndon VA; Wei Wang - Shuoyan Liu - Mei Xia, Shanghai China 117.51 26.25 2 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Nina Taselaar - Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Sweden; Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden 112.75 19.69 3 Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX; Migry Zur Campanile - Judi Radin, New York NY; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 96.33 15.56 4 Joanne Weingold - Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 93.47

See you in Toronto ON for the Summer NABC July 20–30 and the Youth NABC July 27–29.

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See you in Toronto ON for the Summer NABC July 20–30 and the Youth NABC July 27–29.

NABC+ FAST PAIRS FIRST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C EAST-WEST 1 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 61.08% 1 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 68.78% 2 Hjordis Eythorsdottir - Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 59.92% 2 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 62.90% 3 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 58.55% 3 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Marty Seligman, Philadelphia PA 59.01% 4 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 58.10% 4 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 56.98% 5 Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 56.43% 5 Robert Barrington - Raluca Dobrescu, New York NY 55.01% 6 Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL; Michael Pitonak, Valley Park MO 56.28% 6 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Kurt Dasher, Petersburg MI 54.91% 7 Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 55.36% 7 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 54.20% 8 Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA 54.91% 8 Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD; Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 53.90% 9 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 54.05% 9 Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 53.44%10/11 Wei Tian, China; Bin Shi, Shanghai China 53.90% 10 Robert Bjorge, Bellingham WA; Thomas Devine, Ferndale WA 53.39%10/11 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 53.90% 11 Carrie Touslee, Roseville CA; Ann McClelland, Lincoln CA 53.29% 12 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA 53.49% 12 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 53.09% 13 James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 53.39% 13 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 53.04% 14 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 52.78% 14 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 52.53% 15 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN 52.18% 15 Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 52.28% 16 Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 51.62% 16 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Kerry Kappell, Astoria NY 50.46%

NABC+ FAST PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C EAST-WEST 1 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 60.53% 1 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA 59.16% 2 Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 59.21% 2 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ 57.09% 3 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 59.06% 3 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 57.03% 4 Bill Irvine - Joe Degaetano, Delray Beach FL 58.30% 4/5 Ding-Hwa Hsieh - Lin-Huan Chen, Kirksville MO 56.12% 5 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 58.20% 4/5 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 56.12% 6 Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Columbia MD 57.34% 6 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Kerry Kappell, Astoria NY 55.47% 7 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 55.06% 7 Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA 55.31% 8 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 54.96% 8 Zhuo Wang, New York NY; Zihan Tan, Chicago IL 55.21% 9 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 54.91% 9 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 54.50% 10 Donna Swarthout - Dave Swarthout, San Antonio TX 54.20% 10 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 54.05%11/13 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN 54.00% 11 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 53.95%11/13 Robert Bjorge, Bellingham WA; Thomas Devine, Ferndale WA 54.00% 12 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; McKenzie Myers, Irondale AL 53.59%11/13 Judy Zhu, Romeoville IL; Jack Snyder, Naperville IL 54.00% 13 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 52.83% 14 Hjordis Eythorsdottir - Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 52.99% 14 Serdar Ogut, Darien IL; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 52.78% 15 G. Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 52.63% 15 Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 52.68% 16 George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ; Igor Milman, Brooklyn NY 52.07% 16 Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 52.02%

RUTH DEUSCHLE SUNDAY FAST OPEN PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS M N O EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 61.36% 1 Martha Roth, San Diego CA; David Abelow, La Jolla CA 58.93% 2 1 Michael Christensen, Redmond WA; Eric Sieg, Seattle WA 57.98% 2 Rajan Mehta, Salina KS; Ronald Traudt, Wichita KS 58.73% 3 Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 57.79% 3 Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA; D Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA 58.57% 4 Brian Glubok - Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY 57.37% 4 Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA; Sun-O Ho, Redmond WA 56.33% 5 2 Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS 56.87% 5/6 1 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA 55.71% 6 3 David Olson, Owings Mills MD; James Olson, Charleston WV 56.79% 5/6 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Bob Feller, Guilderland NY 55.71% 7 4 Andrew Clements, La Vista NE; Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY 55.47% 7 2 Kerry Cotterell - Ellen Cotterell, Clifton Park NY 55.62% 8 5 1 Zheng Han, Wheaton IL; Huixin Pan, Bolingbrook IL 55.29% 8 Bob Simkins, Decatur GA; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 55.04% 9 Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH 54.39% 9 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL 54.70% 10 David Walker, Salem VA; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 53.66% 10 Suman Agarwal - Brian Snell, Columbus OH 54.64% 11 6 Ruth Deuschle, Prairie Village KS; Herbert Rosen, Overland Park KS 53.45% 11 Paul Darin - Mac Busby, San Diego CA 53.72% 12 Scott Humphrey, Pflugerville TX; Doree Sobel, Fair Lawn NJ 52.62% 12 Nancy Gunn, Santa Rosa CA; Lisa Evans, Danville CA 51.91% 2 Barbara Williford, Raleigh NC; Richard Dixon, Frontenac KS 49.37% 3 Alan Kudisch - Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 50.26% 4 Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Theresa Venhuis, Denver CO 50.12% 5 Ari Sippola, Irving TX; Suvabrata Biswas, Katy TX 48.06% 1 Lisa Hebert, Ottawa ON; Chelane Priller, Mason MI 45.25%

RUTH DEUSCHLE SUNDAY FAST OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS M N O EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 63.37% 1 Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 65.76% 2 Bob Simkins, Decatur GA; Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 61.83% 2 Brian Glubok - Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY 64.28% 3 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Bob Feller, Guilderland NY 61.05% 3 1 Andrew Clements, La Vista NE; Jonathan Cohn, Gillette WY 59.96% 4 Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA 59.57% 4 Donald Weil, Glencoe IL; Yinghao Liu, Minneapolis MN 57.79% 5 Leo Cardillo, Clifton VA; Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD 57.89% 5 2 1 Zheng Han, Wheaton IL; Huixin Pan, Bolingbrook IL 56.04% 6 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA 55.98% 6 Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 55.89% 7 Martha Roth, San Diego CA; David Abelow, La Jolla CA 55.52% 7 Scott Humphrey, Pflugerville TX; Doree Sobel, Fair Lawn NJ 55.84% 8 Timothy Flaherty, San Diego CA; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 55.07% 8 Gili Bar, Ramat-Gan Israel; David Arbel, Kfar Tavor Israel 54.97% 9 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 54.97% 9 Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY; Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA 54.71% 10 1 Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO; Therese Koller, Pueblo CO 52.13% 10 Gediminas Poska - Daiva Vitukynaite, Pallos Hills IL 53.03% 11 2 Alan Kudisch - Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 51.61% 11 Rajan Mehta, Salina KS; Ronald Traudt, Wichita KS 52.17% 12 Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA; D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA 51.54% 12 3 Renee Shunta - Cameron Shunta, Grand Haven MI 51.90% 3 Ruth Deuschle, Prairie Village KS; Herbert Rosen, Overland Park KS 51.39% 4 2 Barbara Williford, Raleigh NC; Richard Dixon, Frontenac KS 48.91% 4 Chuck Ettelson - Jane Ettelson, Saint Louis MO 50.09% 5 Paul Frean, New York NY; Polly Schoning, Wichita KS 48.68% 5 Kerry Cotterell - Ellen Cotterell, Clifton Park NY 49.82% 6 Ari Sippola, Irving TX; Suvabrata Biswas, Katy TX 49.45% 1 Hong Chen, Overland Park KS; Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA 41.48%

GREATER KANSAS CITY REALTY SUNDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION P EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Maria Lucia Menezes - Caru Vidigal, Rio De Janeiro Brazil 54.00% 1 1 1 James Tunnell - Gayle Tunnell, San Francisco CA 56.00% 2 1 David Rhea, Overland Park KS; Charles Devoe, Kansas City MO 53.50% 2 2 Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Brian McGuire, London Great Britain 54.00% 2 1 Duddow Cooney, Regina SK; Stephen Li, Winston Salem NC 51.50%

SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Todd Stimmel, New York NY; Allison Ryan, Florence MA 60.88% 1 Martin Mueller - Rodney Anderson, Omaha NE 65.63% 2 Margaret MacDonald - Mareke Campbell, Overland Park KS 59.13% 2 1 Rita Clark - Paula Sauder, Emporia KS 59.00% 2 1 David Cliff - Helen Cliff, Wayland MA 55.50% 2 1 Susan Miller, Mission Hills KS; Brenda Buckles, Prairie Village KS 44.88%

GREATER KANSAS CITY REALTY SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION P EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Ed Lazarus - Diane Lazarus, Baltimore MD 63.69% 1 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA 60.71% 2 1 1 Duddow Cooney, Regina SK; Stephen Li, Winston-Salem NC 61.90% 2 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 56.55% 3 La Quitta Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr., Keller TX 56.55% 3 Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK; Jack Waller, Dana Point CA 52.68% 2 2 Barbara Smith, Dallas TX; Beth Castleberry, Richardson TX 50.00% 1 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA 50.30%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Monika Burris, Gladstone MO; Jane Pettinger, Kansas City MO 63.94% 1 Martin Mueller - Rodney Anderson, Omaha NE 58.66% 2 1 1 Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA; Theresa Raines, Fort Washington MD 60.76% 2 1 Joyce Riley, Prairie Village KS; Rick Bond, Kansas City MO 57.56% 2 Margaret MacDonald - Mareke Campbell, Overland Park KS 57.09% 2 1 Rita Clark - Paula Sauder, Emporia KS 48.19%