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The four-session Mixed Board-a-Teams that starts today is named in honor of Grand Life Master Richard Freeman, three-time world champion with 22 North American titles, including eight in the Spingold. The Atlanta resident died in 2009.

Known to friends in Atlanta as Dickie,

he was ACBL’s youngest Life Master at age 18 and a Quiz Kid on NBC Radio. At age 13, he was the youngest student ever enrolled at the University of

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Daily Bulletin Thursday, August 8, 2013 Volume 85, Number 7

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

Goodwill MessageAlways say, “Director, please.” Sandy DeMartino, Goodwill Chair

continued on page 13

Oregon charms Dutch coupleWhen Jeanne van den Meiracker gets out of bed

at home these days, she can go outside and see the snow-capped Cascade Mountains. It’s like nothing she ever saw when she lived in the Netherlands – and she loves it.

Since November of last year, Meiracker and her husband, Huub Bertens, have lived in Bend OR, in high desert part of the state. She is working part-time as a tournament director for the ACBL. He is busy

playing bridge for pay.Before they left for America, Meiracker and

Bertens lived in Tilburg, about 50 miles from Rotterdam. She worked for many years as a medical analyst – commuting three hours a day to and from Rotterdam – before joining the staff of the Dutch Bridge Federation about three years ago.

Because Bertens was traveling to the U.S. frequently to play, they decided it made sense to consider moving across the Atlantic.

A friend offered the use of her house in Bend, and they quickly accepted.

Meiracker says she liked America from the first time she visited. That was in 2006, when Bertens and his regular partner, Ton Bakkeren, won the prestigious Cavendish Invitational Pairs in Las Vegas.

Bend, she says, is perfect for a person with athsma, which she has. Bend is about one-third the size of Tilburg and the dry desert air has helped immensely with her breathing problems.

Meiracker says she and Bertens live in a home out in the country on 20 acres of land. The quiet life when they are in Oregon suits her. “I don’t like big cities,” she says, “and I do like a nice environment.”

The job with the ACBL started in January, about 10 years after TD Bill “Kojak” Schoder suggested that she would be an asset to the ACBL. She still

Huub Bertens and Jeanne van de Meiracker

Top Spingold seed goes down

Powerful Team Monaco, the defending Spingold Knockout Teams champions, are on the sidelines today, defeated 125-120 by the Mitch Dunitz squad. No. 7 Daniel Zagorin suffered the same fate, falling to Bridge24, a Polish squad, 123-119.

Monaco is led by Pierre Zimmermann, playing with Franck Multon, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes. Dunitz’s teammates are Ed Davis, Jill Levin, Jenny Wolpert, Howard Weinstein and Ross Grabel.

Most of the other tops seeds made it to the round of 16 with relative ease, the exception being No. 4 Martin Fleisher, who won by just 3 IMPs over the Ernesto d’Orsi team.

Moss, Fireman inWagar KO final

Teams captained by Sylvia Moss and Phyllis Fireman are in the final of the Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams.

Moss, the No. 1 seed, made it to the championship round with a 116-115 defeat of the Stasha Cohen squad. Moss is playing with Joann Glasson, Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, Catherine D’Ovidio and Janice Seamon-Molson. Cohen’s teammates were Pam Wittes, Cheri Bjerkan and Rozanne Pollack.

Fireman, the No. 2 seed, ousted the Lynn Baker team 121-81. Fireman’s teammates are Shannon Cappelletti, Meike Wortel, Marion Michielsen, Benedicte Cronier and Sylvie Willard. Baker played with Karen McCallum, Kerri Sanborn, Irina Levitina, Jet Passman and Anneke Simons.

Moss won the first quarter 62-16, but Cohen won the second set 42-6. Trailing by just 7 IMPs with a quarter to go, Cohen rallied with a 23-17 fourth quarter, falling just short.

Fireman lost the first set but Fireman roared back to lead at the half and was never threatened from that point.

Mini-Spingolds enter semifinal

roundFour squads remain the both flights of the Mini-

Spingold KO Teams.In Mini-Spingold I (0-5000), Deborah Murphy’s

squad will face Marc Sylvester and company, and in the other bracket, Doug Millsap’s team will meet Arjun Dhir’s squad for a slot in the final.

In the “Micro” Spingold (0-1500), the Tennessee team captained by Barbara Newman will face the New Yoork foursome led by Jess Jurkovic. In the other semifinal bracket, another Tennessee squad, this one captained by John Felker, will battle a Florida-Ontario team led by Bill Granger.

Kovachev–Rosenbaum win Wernher

The Chicago-based duo of Valentin Kovachev and Lynne Rosenbaum put together four solid sessions in the Wernher Open Pairs to win the contest

by more than a board. This is the first NABC title for both players.

In second were Larry Sealy of Huntsville AL and Jim Foster of Birmingham AL.

Kovachev and Rosenbaum won Tuesday’s qualifying round, and in Wednesday’s final, they posted scores of 56.37% and 60.55% in the morning and afternoon sessions to clinch the win.

“It’s not easy to play with me,” said Kovachev, praising his partner. “I took all the risky actions that didn’t work out. She was terrific.”

Rosenbaum is a retired businesswoman. Kovachev, who has represented his native Bulgaria in international contests, immigrated to the U.S. in 2004. He is not technically a Life Master — he has not met the black-point requirement.

In third were Nashville-area players Terry Spector and Bryan Howard.

Wernher Open Pairs champions Valentin Kovachev and Lynne Rosenbaum

Mixed Board-a-Match honors a favorite son

Chicago. He earned a liberal arts degree at 15 and went on to earn an MBA and law degree from George Washington University by age 21.

In the mid-Fifties, Freeman became a tournament director and was legendary for his speed with a pencil in the days when games were scored by hand. He won his first North American Championship in 1955. In 1961, he and his future wife, Louise, won the Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, the event now named for him.

At the time of his passing, Freeman served as senior vice president of Oppenheimer and Company Inc. in Atlanta. He had many diverse interests, including poker and growing roses. He was a devoted Chicago Cubs fan his entire life and he loved old movies – his favorite being The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Mixed BAM history on page 14.

Daily Bulletin Thursday, August 8, 2013

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Friday, August 98:30–9:30 a.m. TourneyTRAX Q&A. Meet with members of the ACBL

staff for an interactive session about TourneyTRAX, the new tournament information system. Free. Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference Suite 222.

Sunday, August 11TBA Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph Theater. Location TBD.

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

Thursday, August 88:15-9:15 a.m. Zumba2-2:45 p.m. Pianist6:30-8:30 p.m. Robert Meadows will sing country and contemporary songs.

Robert recently released his debut album, Let’s Try That Again.

9-10 p.m. Global Dance will be a classic performance inspired by dances from Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Lebanon, Spain and India.

10:30 p.m.- Small, pulled pork barbecue sandwiches and chips12:30 a.m.10:30 p.m.- Robert Meadows, country and contemporary12:30 a.m.

Friday, August 98:15-9:15 a.m. Zumba2-2:45 p.m. Pianist6:30–7:30 p.m. Hot Dogs6:30–9:30 p.m. Cash bar

6:30-10:30 p.m. Stephen Lee Band will perform songs from the Beatles, Elton John, Stevie Wonder and more.

10:45 p.m.- Ice cream12:30 a.m.11 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Music and games

Saturday, August 108:45-9:30 a.m. Dr. Shervin Oskouei is the Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic

Surgery and Director of Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program at Emory University. He is an expert in the treatment of musculoskeletal tumors, total hip and total knee replacements and revisions. Dr. Oskouei will speak on arthritis and treatment options, including stem cell implants. Room 222, Atrium Level

2-2:45 p.m. Pianist2:15-2:45 p.m. Ice cream6:30-8:30 p.m. Craig Gleason, Guitar and Vocals8:30-till Texas Hold’em10:30 p.m.- Craig Gleason, Guitar and Vocals12:30 a.m.

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.

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

Friday, August 99:15 am Mike Flader Ruling the Game6:45 pm Sam Marks The Use and Abuse of Blackwood

Saturday, August 109:15 am GS Jade Barrett Losing and Winning Trick Count6:45 pm Marty Nathan Introduction to Signals

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.

Check cashing and bridge bucks

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

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

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

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 LL2 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.

Thursday, Aug. 81:30 p.m. Ed Schulte Save the Children6:30 p.m. Robert Todd Atlanta Junior Bridge

Friday, Aug. 91:30 p.m. Mike Wounded Warrior Cappelletti, Jr. Project6:30 p.m. Kevin Collins Atlanta Junior Bridge

Saturday, Aug. 101:30 p.m. Jerry Helms American Cancer Society6:30 p.m. David Berkowitz Parkinson’s Disease Foundation

New Life MastersJoanne Kunz of Daytona Beach FL became

a Life Master playing in the three-session KO on Monday. Kunz played with teammates Alice Rumana, Shari Hildebrandt and Carolyn Calloway of Palm Coast FL.

Partners Jim Felch of Bristol NH and Rick Weinstein of Manchester NH each became Life Masters playing in Wednesday’s Compact KO. Felch (who celebrated his birthday on the same day) needed 4.6 gold points, while Weinstein needed 1.1. They earned more than five gold points in the event, enough to make them LMs and Bronze LMs at the same time.

Linda Harris of Macon GA, playing with partner Sheila Paul, won Wednesday’s Gold Rush Pairs, earning almost 18 gold points and making Harris a Life Master.

Restaurant informationPlease note that two restaurants – White Oak

and Max Lager’s – do not accept the $5 restaurant coupons nor offer a discount with your convention card.


JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSHave you discussed?

By Brent Manley

Crazy scores during midnight games – where the beer often flows – are not unusual. One late night, the director thought one particular score was worth notice. After the TD announced that one of the competitors had managed minus 3400, someone from the back of the room yelled, “Could you have made it on a different line of play?”

The hapless declarer in this case might well have started with one of the undisciplined weak two-bids that have gained traction with some players. Granted, they can wreak havoc, but the partnership willing to open 2♦ on six to the jack and a weak hand must have a high tolerance for four-digit minuses.

So, have you and your partner decided on a “style” for your weak two-bids? There are pluses and minuses to both styles. If your approach is too conservative, you will miss out on opportunities to make life difficult for the opponents. If you are too aggressive, you will often find yourself in a top-or-bottom situation, and if your style is really out there, it can be tough on the partnership.

For partnerships committed to weak two-bids that can vary widely in strength and suit quality, there is the convention invented by Harold Ogust.

When partner opens a weak two-bid, 2NT by responder asks for more information. Opener’s responses:

3♣ = minimum strength, poor suit3♦ = minimum strength, good suit3♥ = maximum strength, poor suit3♠ = maximum strength, good suit3NT = solid suit (six to the A-K-Q)In the original version of this convention, the

3♦ and 3♥ bids were reversed.You and your partner should decide what

constitutes a “good” suit – perhaps two of the top three honors or three of the top five. Other items for discussion:

Can any five-card suit can be defined as “good?”

Is it okay to have a four-card major suit on the side? How about a side void?

Is it okay to have a seven-card suit?

Is a new suit by responder forcing? If you play it as non-forcing by an unpassed hand (Alertable, by the way), what does responder do with a strong hand and a strong suit? In such a case, responder would start with 2NT.

When the opponents start with a weak two-bid, do you and partner have agreements about how you compete? Takeout doubles, of course, will necessarily be somewhat aggressive. You can’t sit back and wait for the ideal hand to come along. If you do, you will be recording lots of bad scores.

As for bidding instead of doubling, a handy tool is the Rule of 7 or 8. When you are considering whether to bid directly over an opening two-bid, proceed with the expectation that your partner will have 7 to 8 high-card points. If your hand is worth a bid on that basis, get in there and fight. If partner has the expected high-card strength, he must be careful about raising without good reason – e.g., extra trump support and perhaps a singleton or void. A raise usually shows a bit more than 7-8 HCP.

When you have a hand good enough to be in game if partner has the expected strength, you must make a jump bid over the weak two: e.g., 2♥ – 3♠. This tells partner that if he has the expected HCP and any kind of trump support, he should raise to game.

Thinking bridgeBy Eddie Kantar

Dlr: South ♠ K 8 4 2 Vul: Both ♥ K 7 5 ♦ A Q J 10 2 ♣ A ♠ A 9 6 5 ♠ Q J 10 7 ♥ 2 ♥ 8 ♦ 7 6 4 3 ♦ K 5 ♣ K Q J 9 ♣ 8 7 6 5 3 2 ♠ 3 ♥ A Q J 10 9 6 4 3 ♦ 9 8 ♣ 10 4

West North East South 4♥ Pass 4NT Pass 5♦ Pass 6♥ All Pass

Opening lead: ♣K.Bidding commentary: Strong eight-card suits

with less than opening-bid strength (fewer than 10

HCP) should open four, not three! North checks for aces and bids the slam. South must have a play for slam with the North hand as dummy.

Defensive commentary: When holding the K-Q-J of a suit along with a side-suit ace, the K-Q-J suit is the preferred lead. Also, when dummy tables, East knows that West has an ace.

Play commentary: South has two chances to make this contract, not one! He crosses to the closed hand with a trump and leads a spade, not a diamond! If West has the ♠A, the diamond finesse is not necessary. After West takes the ♠A, the ♠K furnishes a diamond discard. If East has the ♠A, a diamond finesse is still available. In effect, declarer is taking two finesses. If the diamond finesse is taken first and it loses, declarer is down even though West may have the ♠A. Two chances are better than one.

When declarer has a singleton facing a king plus another finesse available in a long suit and declarer can afford to lose one trick, lead the singleton suit first. If the ace is well placed, it may mean no finesse will be necessary in the longer suit.

I/N Top 100 1 14.02 Vinod Shah, Mechanicsville MD 2 14.02 Ila Shah, Mechanicsville MD 3 11.96 Lucy Sinopole, Huntsville AL 4 11.96 Lynn Craft, Huntsville AL 5 11.51 Ronald Pare, The Woodlands TX 6 11.51 Ann Pare, The Woodlands TX 7 11.09 Sandra Weber, Slidell LA 8 11.09 Amy Nolan, Slidell LA 9 9.81 Elizabeth Long, Atlanta GA 10 9.81 Clay Long, Atlanta GA 11 9.55 Janet Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL 12 9.55 Rondal Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL 13 9.34 Lawrence Schoenfeld, Fort Myers FL 14 9.34 Leslie Schoenfeld, Fort Myers FL 15 9.23 Polly Keller, Naples FL 16 9.18 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 17 9.18 Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL 18 8.44 Scott Dunlop, Smiths Falls ON 19 8.44 Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 20 8.24 Marcie Burros, New York NY 21 8.24 Nelson Burros, New York NY 22 8.06 Kuangda Lu, Chapel Hill NC 23 7.90 Atha Beard, Auburn AL 24 7.90 Gwen Nix, Auburn AL 25 7.74 Laura Werner, Chicago IL 26 7.53 Bijan Kasraie, Atlanta GA 27 6.76 Suzanne Dinur, Atlanta GA 28 6.51 Rebecca Yancey, Seneca SC 29 6.51 Gail King, Seneca SC 30 6.43 Jim Miles, Westminster SC 31 6.36 Zimeng Xie, Chapel Hill NC 32 6.35 Floyd Fraser, Mobile AL 33 6.35 Valerie Fraser, Mobile AL 34 6.25 Patricia Booton, Fernandina Bch FL 35 6.25 Caroline Tunkel, Fernandina Beac FL 36 6.14 Juliette Glasser, Miami FL 37 6.13 Judith Shillinglaw, Montreat NC 38 6.09 Lynne Kuglar, Cedartown GA 39 6.09 Thomas Brumby, Cedartown GA 40 6.03 E Hugh Lawson, Metairie LA 41 6.03 Henry Bodenheimer, New Orleans LA 42 6.00 Tim Collopy, Millbrook NY 43 6.00 Cecilia Collopy, Millbrook NY 44 5.87 Lee Wilcox, Black Mountain NC 45 5.72 Joy Becker, Dade City FL


12 TablesSylvia 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 vsPhyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Benedicte Cronier - Sylvie Willard, Paris France

34.29 3/4 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Jet Passman - Anneke Simons, 34.29 3/4 Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY

1 Moss 55 1138 Rainey (9) 19 34 wd

4 Cohen 23 50 63 1135 Nitabach 13 33 55 95

3 Baker 48 95 1686 Zur Campanile 25 29 71 wd

7 Dufrat (8) 38 87 129 1472 Fireman 11 43 98 160

1 Moss4 Cohen

3 Baker2 Fireman

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

Doug Millsap - Boris Tenchov, Columbus OH; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH vsArjun Dhir, Alpharetta GA; Josh Parks, Charlottesville VA; Alex Dezieck, Wilbraham MA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT

8.00 9/16 Yi Ouyang - Ed Herstein, Ann Arbor MI; Li-Hsiang Kuo - Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI

8.00 9/16 Richard Smith, Spartanburg SC; George Russell, Moore SC; Francine Moring, Columbia SC; Betsy Stanton, Hartsville SC 8.00 9/16 Nicolas Hammond - Ed Foran, Marietta GA; Varghese George, Martinez GA; Jim Gentry, North Augusta SC 8.00 9/16 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY; Fleur Howard, Gates Mills OH; Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights OH

PAIRINGS IN MINI-SPINGOLD I KO TEAMS

1 Hammond (16) 17 61 79 105 8 Millsap (21) 18 59 99 119

5 Ouyang 28 68 108 1284 Dhir (26) 33 54 79 133

1 Wyman (29) 32 60 102 107 16 Hammond 14 63 86 109

8 Ferguson 40 55 77 wd9 Millsap (21) 52 120 187

5 Wallis 23 31 55 9012 Ouyang 25 65 85 131

13 Millson 34 52 77 1084 Dhir (26) 20 76 118 159

3 Meyers (27) 33 55 80 8714 Smith 27 43 79 105

6 Rozinski 27 45 70 11311 Sylvester 25 100 135 138

10 Hitt (20) 29 43 59 1137 Murphy 43 93 130 164

15 Merker (18) 30 97 116 1382 Weiner 9 34 54 59

3 Smith (14) 35 44 85 1126 Sylvester (11) 8 75 105 169

7 Murphy 25 63 122 1642 Merker (18) 18 60 69 75

PAIRINGS IN THE MINI-SPINGOLD II

KO TEAMS 23 TablesBarbara Newman, Nashville TN; Don Turner, Mt Juliet TN; Hannah Tidman - Yaron Schweizer, Woodbury TN vsJess Jurkovic - Peter Clark - Lindsey Weinger - Justin Blanchard, New York NY

John Felker - Stephanie Felker, Signal Mountain TN; Buddy Landis, Chattanooga TN; Rick Whitehead, Knoxville TN vsBill Granger, Bradenton FL; Ben Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL; Robert Marcus - Kathy Guinyou, Toronto ON

9.86 5/8 Jeff Thomas - Sandie Gies, Bluffton SC; Mary Townhill, Lexington SC; Pluma Bridgers, Hilton Head Isl SC 9.86 5/8 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Mike McDonald - Neal Strand, Rochester Hills MI; Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN 9.86 5/8 Martin Deneroff - Valerie Deneroff - Charles Pierce - Wes Albinger, New York NY 9.86 5/8 Jerry Nolte - Betty Nolte, Oak Hill VA; Tom Jennings, McLean VA; Tony Robson, Arlington VA

Scores from the quarterfinal round of the Mini-Spingold II (0-1500) KO

1 Thomas 26 72 90 1128 Felker 38 65 120 159

5 Jurkovic (10) 26 65 90 1364 Nolte (20) 36 70 90 105

3 Newman (5) 19 61 126 1546 Deneroff (11) 23 42 52 114

7 Granger (13) 48 86 132 1802 Petersen 25 54 78 91

1 Millsap (21)4 Dhir (26)

3 Sylvester (11)2 Murphy

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It’s hard to find two players who enjoy bridge more than Sandi Jones and Lois Mann, who live on Long Island in New York. They have been playing at Summer NABCs – and having a few adventures away from the table – since 2008. They may not know how to execute a backwash squeeze, but they are grand masters at fun.

On their way to the titleThe team captained by Dee Adams of Memphis

started the second day of the Truscott/U.S. Playing Card Senior Swiss Teams in 14th place.

They had moved up in the standings by the halfway point of the final, and kept the momentum going in the second half. This deal helped them to a near blitz in round five.

The lineup for the Adams team was Mark Itabashi – Fred Hamilton and John Sutherlin – Dan Morse.

Dlr: South ♠ Q 6 Vul: None ♥ A K 10 4 ♦ 10 8 2 ♣ J 7 6 2 ♠ A 8 4 3 ♠ J 10 5 2 ♥ Q J 8 3 ♥ 7 5 2 ♦ K Q 4 ♦ 9 6 5 3 ♣ K 10 ♣ Q 8 ♠ K 9 7 ♥ 9 6 ♦ A J 7 ♣ A 9 5 4 3

West North East South Hamilton Itabashi 1♣ 1NT Dbl Pass Pass Redbl Pass 2♦ Dbl All Pass

Itabashi got off to the good lead of the ♥9, covered by the queen and king. Hamilton shifted to the ♠Q, taken by declarer in dummy with the ace. Declarer had no quick way to get to his hand, so he played the ♦K. Itabashi took the trump ace and continued with his other heart. Hamilton won the ♥10 and fired back a spade. Itabashi won the ♠K and gave Hamilton a ruff. Hamilton then cashed the ♥A and continued the suit. Itabashi ruffed and cashed the ♣A for three down and plus 500. It was a 9-IMP gain because North-South at the other table were plus 110 in 3♣.

Adams won the match easily and scored just as well in the following match, thanks to good judgment by Hamilton in a competitive auction.

Dlr: East ♠ — Vul: Both ♥ J 7 3 2 ♦ K Q J 10 9 8 7 4 ♣ 8 ♠ A J 8 6 5 4 ♠ Q 7 3 2 ♥ 5 ♥ A 9 6 ♦ 6 3 ♦ 5 ♣ K 10 6 2 ♣ A J 7 5 4 ♠ K 10 9 ♥ K Q 10 8 4 ♦ A 2 ♣ Q 9 3

West North East South Hamilton Itabashi 1♣ 1♥ 1♠ 5♦ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass

If East could see all the cards, he would have led the ♥A and given his partner two heart ruffs, getting back in with a club to the ace. Even if East had made the unlikely lead of the ♥A, it would have been tough for him to envision a singleton heart with his partner considering how the bidding went.

It’s worth noting that with South as declarer in 5♥, West has to lead a diamond to set up a ruff, which can be taken by East only if he underleads the ♣A on coming in with the ♥A. That’s strictly double-dummy stuff.

In any case, East led a low spade against 5♦ doubled. Hamilton ruffed, pulled trumps and knocked out the ♥A for plus 750 and a 14-IMP gain. At the other table, East-West bid on to 5♠, which makes (on the bidding, West will almost certainly guess clubs). North then bid on to 6♦, doubled and one down for minus 200. That was 14 IMPs to the eventual winners.

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.

Master teachers namedThe American Bridge Teachers’ Association

annually considers candidates for the association’s highest designation – master teacher. This year, four teachers were awarded the designation. They are:

Sam Marks – Atlanta GAHank Meyer – Greenbelt MDJeff Schuett – Riverwoods ILLinda Tuff – Halifax NS

To become a master teacher, a candidate must demonstrate to a panel of peers that they possess outstanding teaching skills and knowledge of solving bridge problems.


PAIRINGS IN THE SPINGOLD KO TEAMS 67 TablesNick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY vsAlex Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Mustafa Cem Tokay - Okay Gur, Istanbul Turkey

John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV vsBob Hamman, Dallas TX; Sam Lev - Brian Glubok, New York NY; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA

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

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

Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, BielskPoland vsStephen Peterkin, Stirling United Kingdom; Samantha Punch, Stirling Fk United Kingdom; Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR

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

1 Monaco 22364 Weinberg 89

32 Dunitz 13333 Chen 123

16 Mazurkiewicz 16249 Gokhale 40

17 Schermer 16648 Kolesnik 59

9 Grue 14456 Bowles 127

24 Koneru 8541 Steinberg 140

25 Chen 8640 Aker 164

8 Cayne 23857 Bodell 77

5 Lynch 14960 Bettadapura 52

28 Rigal 14637 McAllister 129

21 Ekeblad 18744 Sprung 70

12 Mahaffey 12253 Ekinci 145

13 O’Rourke 23452 Parrish 123

20 Schwartz 22045 Lian 94

29 d’Orsi 15136 Lewis 123

4 Fleisher 18261 Gorsey 110

1 Monaco33 56 92 12032 Dunitz13 42 99 125

16 Mazurkiewicz16 81 93 13917 Schermer 38 66 107 148

9 Grue 39 81 132 15524 Steinberg (41)31 59 76 131

25 Aker (40) 13 38 67 1058 Cayne 33 75 130 141

5 Lynch 51 57 90 12828 Rigal 38 75 79 110

21 Ekeblad 42 121 187 24912 Ekinci (53) 52 68 87 119

13 O’Rourke 36 50 78 12020 Schwartz 23 81 115 145

29 d’Orsi 27 43 79 1344 Fleisher 15 66 113 137

1 Dunitz (32)16 Schermer (17)

9 Grue8 Cayne

5 Lynch12 Ekeblad

13 Schwartz4 Fleisher


PAIRINGS IN THE SPINGOLD KO TEAMSJohn 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 vsMitch 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

Juan Carlos Ventin, Barcelona Spain; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden; Godffrey De Tessieres - Jean Quantin - Julien Gaviard, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France vsJacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Poland

25.00 17/32 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness - Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, Monaco Monaco 25.00 17/32 Dan Zagorin, Chicago IL; Ricco Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Jr., VoorhouNetherlands; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL 25.00 17/32 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 25.00 17/32 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 25.00 17/32 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 25.00 17/32 Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland; Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland; Piotr Tuszynski - Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland 25.00 17/32 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; WilliamPollack, New York NY 25.00 17/32 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 25.00 17/32 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

25.00 17/32 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 25.00 17/32 Ernesto d’Orsi - Mauricio Figueiredo - Miguel Villas-Boas - Joao Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo Brazil; Benjamin Robles, Santiago Chile; Joaquin Pacareu, Santiago Chile Chile 25.00 17/32 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Win Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York NY; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; David Grainger, Roseville CA 25.00 17/32 Kasper Konow, Frederiksberg Denmark; Michael Askgaard, Gentofte Denmark; Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kare Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY 25.00 17/32 Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN 25.00 17/32 Jonathan Steinberg - Daniel Miles - Shan Huang, Toronto ON; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; Richard Chan, Markham ON 25.00 17/32 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Ovunc Yilmaz, Durham NC; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN; Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA

2 Nickell 19663 Quey 96

31 Bloom 11834 Konow 148

15 Berg 19550 Kahlenberg 119

18 Assael 16047 Marcinski 108

10 Gordon 16655 Kahn 106

23 Chablis 16942 Bos 102

26 Saelensminde 6539 Bridge24 160

7 Zagorin 17558 Towner 93

6 Gromov 22059 Brady 58

27 Kranyak 18838 Carmichael 72

22 Kasle 17443 De Falco 87

11 Rosenthal 10254 Peterkin 151

14 Hamman 17651 De Andrade 89

19 Meltzer 8646 Dinkin 69

30 Hinze 12435 Street 108

3 Diamond 16862 Zhao 167

2 Nickell 53 62 95 15131 Konow (34) 24 46 70 74

15 Berg 26 44 54 10918 Assael 22 75 99 128

10 Gordon 6 28 47 8023 Team Chablis 47 67 116 144

26 Bridge24 (39) 34 59 96 1237 Zagorin 24 61 115 119

6 Gromov 35 87 135 18527 Kranyak 24 29 51 103

22 Kasle 28 87 135 16311 Peterkin (54) 53 104 149 184

14 Hamman 41 81 127 17019 Meltzer 23 26 58 93

30 Hinze46 77 58 773 Diamond 19 34 86 126

2 Nickell15 Assael (18)

10 Team Chablis7 Bridge24 (39)

6 Gromov11 Peterkin (54)

14 Hamman3 Diamond


Last year’s winners in the National 199er Pairs: Andrew and Pedro Salom

National 199er Pairs starts today

The National 199er Pairs, limited to players with fewer than 200 masterpoints, gets underway today.

The event will consist of two sessions. Overall awards are part red and part gold.Previous winners and runners-up:1998 1. John Javella, Madelyn Bachman; 2. Parames Laosinchia, Ron Trimmer1999 1. Mauro Viale, Tom Henry;

2. Gail Himmelstein, Fran Bernstein2000 1. Trevor Warren, Cobe Venner;

2. Scott Gorsuch, Clinton Gorsuch2001 1. Bernie Mayer, David Cohen;

2. Jim Betts, Ross Holden2002 1. Calvin Cobb, Chip King;

2. Bob Sturm, Tom Marcelino2003 1. Gus Haggstrom, Mitchell Tuller;

2. Maureen Warman, Jessica Lai2004 1. Matthew Bresler, Steve Winer;

2. Larry Goldstein, David Katzman2005 1. Ellen Cohen, Genny Whitaker;

2. William Mauldin, David Banh2006 1. Honor Mogul, Leonard Dubin;

2. Jon Ullman, Don Recht2007 1. Tom Graff, Roger Koeppe;

2. Sean Gannon, Rick Gannon2008 1. Terri Miladinovich, Mitch Miladinovich;

2. Connie Jones, Mel Fineberg2009 1. Kenneth Marshall, Roy Robson;

2. Nick Trobovic, Richard Malus2010 1. Gwendolyn Baker, James Baker;

2. Lenny Li, Brian Hamrick2011 1. George Trost, William Sigward;

2. Allan Thomas, David Denomy2012 1. Andrew Salom, Pedro Salom;

2. Henry van Handle, Daniel Will

TUESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME SERIES 22.0 Tables A B C 4.85 1 1 Lech Ekert, Hilton Head SC; S Graham Kelly, Hudson OH 63.47% 3.64 2 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 62.50% 3.19 3 2 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA 61.67% 2.05 4 Anna Sarniak, 01494 Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC 60.28% 2.43 5 3 1 Frank Hsieh - Gianni Hsieh, Naperville IL 59.44% 2.09 6 Judy Zhu, Naperville IL; Jack Snyder, Rockford IL 58.75% 1.90 4 Marie Lewis - Mildred Turner, Macon GA 56.67% 1.34 5 J F Lowenstein - Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 56.53% 1.36 6/7 Evelyn Gilliard, East Point GA; Josie Mitchell, Decatur GA 55.56% 0.89 6/7 Gerene Albrecht - Robert Short, Red Deer AB 55.56% 1.82 2 Eric Shelton, Atlanta GA; Donna Shelton, Arlington Hts IL 51.94% 1.37 3 Suri Kukkapalli, Hyderabad 50007 India; Joseph Gedan, Honolulu HI 49.72% 1.03 4 Benjamin Kuschner, Concord MA; Douglas Kuschner, Santa Clarita CA 47.92%

1 & 7:30 PM A/X PAIRS 9.0 Tables / Based on 28 Tables A B 13.30 1 1 Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI; Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN 58.22% 9.98 2 2 Terry Jones, Falls Church VA; Cecil Henry, Brethren MI 56.60% 7.48 3 Ronald Felton, New York NY; Judith Weisman, Fort Lee NJ 56.13% 5.61 4 Howard Simpson - Janice Simpson, Surprise AZ 54.40% 4.43 5 3 Claudia Tinajero - Jorge Nischli, Mexico Mexico 53.94% 3.17 4 Anne Fidelman, Houston TX; Janet Fidelman, Arlington MA 53.13%

1 & 7:30 PM GOLD RUSH PAIRS 19.0 Tables 7 3 7.17 1 1 Connie Haugabook - Susan Easterlin, Montezuma GA 60.52% 5.38 2 Susan Buckley-Holland - Sally Pecqueur, Clayton GA 59.52% 4.03 3 J Michael Gregory - Helen Gregory, Athens GA 58.27% 3.02 4 Susan Stephenson - Joanna Johnson, Raleigh NC 57.10% 3.82 5 2 George Schatz, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Gail Santoro, Ponte Vedra FL 55.29% 2.86 6 3 Diane Seymour - Stephanie Lohri, Charlotte NC 55.06% 2.15 4 Marcia Miller - Elaine Sheldon, Marietta GA 54.46% 1.70 5 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 54.42% 1.65 6 Jim Daugherty - Barb Daugherty, Nashville TN 54.02%

7:30 PM STRATIED SIDE SWISS TEAMS 29 Tables A B C 5.92 1 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; McKenzie Myers, Beaverton OR; Ken Horwedel, Memphis TN 68.00 3.89 2/3 Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS; Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL; Peggy Rogers, Jackson MS 57.00 3.89 2/3 Gary Helman, Syosset NY; Kiran Gulati - Subhash Gulati, Bloomfield MI; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 57.00 2.50 4 Gail Dupree, Cary NC; Ann Lockhart, New Bern NC; Vivian Woodsum, Greenville NC; Fran Twisdale, Raleigh NC 55.00 5.01 5 1 Clement Greene, Jr, Valdosta GA; Carolyn Wolf, Pensacola FL; Doris Needham - Brenda Starnes, Navarre FL 51.00 1.40 6 Ken Gee, Regina SK; John Russell, North Barringto IL; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 50.00 3.76 2 Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX; Ben Yang, Warren NJ; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 49.00 2.82 3 Garold Adamson - Susan Adamson, Houston TX; Jo Anne Kelley - Charles Kelley, Pacific Plsades CA 48.00 3.19 4 1 Carol Scovic - Rosemary Sheedy - Carol Stephens, Greensboro GA; Colleen Martin, Eatonton GA 45.00 2.39 5 2 Bart Danielsen - Ford Danielsen, Raleigh NC; Isaac Stephani - Julian Kurtzman, Cincinnati OH; Arjun Dhir, Alpharetta GA 44.00 1.79 6 3 Gene Brandl, Apple Valley MN; Del Swanson, Lakeville MN; Curtis Kristensen, Duluth MN; David Cohen, East Hampton NY 43.00 1.35 4 William Allendoerfer, Edwardsville IL; William Riley, Alton IL; Randy Earle, McKinney TX; Susan Bates, Dallas TX 41.00

TUESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 11.5 Tables A B C 3.11 1 Lynn McGill, Roswell GA; Connie Melgaard, Atlanta GA 67.71% 2.33 2 1 Deborah Hubert, Atlanta GA; Margaret Barfield, Marietta GA 63.28% 1.75 3 Pamela Bank, Ocean Isle Beac NC; Sue Sandidge, Ocean Isle NC 58.60% 1.52 4 2 George Correia, Devonshire Bermuda; Andy Carne, Hamilton Bermuda 55.83% 1.47 5 3 1 Rondal Vickers - Janet Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL 55.51% 1.10 6 4 2 Anuj Das - Nisarg Shah, Alpharetta GA 55.37% 0.83 5 3 Alec Zhan - Kunal Vohra, Alpharetta GA 53.94%

TUESDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS TEAMS 6 Tables 2.26 1 Nathaniel Hipsman, Marietta GA; Joshua Baiel - Peter Lifland, Redmond WA; Adam Gann, Falls Church VA 57.00 1.70 2 Rebecca Callahan, Tiger GA; Shirley Larkey, Lakemont GA; Dot Goodwin, Rabun Gap GA; Christine Malarkey, Homosassa FL 49.00

TUESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 9 Tables 8.31 1 Norman Marks, Oakland CA; Norman Marks II, Jacksonville FL; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA; Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA 5.82 2 Cecelia Karway - Linda Kitts - Martha Russo, St Augustine FL; Linda Hait, Melbourne FL 3.74 3 Donald Weiner, Coral Gables FL; Evelyn Brandon, Myrtle Beach SC; Howard Howe, Beech Mountain NC; Susan Duke, Vilas NC 2.91 4 Adeline Collins, Dunedin FL; Jo Ann Hazel, Tampa FL; Freida Dohrman, Clearwater FL; Elizabeth Ghrist, Houston TX

TUESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 9 Tables 5.68 1 Charles Kelly - Fred Lawrence - H Bell, Anniston AL; Charles Markley, Jacksonville AL 3.98 2 Carol Clemenz - Fred Clemenz, Lexington SC; Cheryl Clark - Sharon Tomnitz, Dallas TX 2.56 3 William Kinneman - Beverly Kinneman, Little Rock AR; David Copi - Barbara Copi, Ann Arbor MI 1.99 4 Cynthia Cone, Sumter SC; Claire Lavery - Vicki Bell, Atlanta GA; Debbie Wagner, Athens GA

TUESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 3 9 Tables 4.45 1 John Gerretsen - Assunta Gerretsen, Kingston ON; Beryl Hedrick, Alabaster AL; Donna Sigrist, Hoover AL 3.12 2 Cabot Jaffee - Barbara Jaffee, Maitland FL; Carl Croft - Ann Croft, Sapphire NC 2.00 3 Mary Hamlett - Loretta Gibbens - Sherry Howell, Nashville TN; Karen Kendrick, Brentwood TN 1.56 4 Burt Echtenkamp - Linda Echtenkamp, Boise ID; Martha Farmer - Jack Farmer, Salem OR

TUESDAY EVENING ZIP KO 11 Tables 3.19 1 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY 2.23 2 Douglas Kuschner, Santa Clarita CA; Benjamin Kuschner, Concord MA; A. Lernle, Vienna Australia; M Schipro, Steyr Australia

Larry Gould1942 - 2013

Larry Gould one of the Mid-Atlantic Bridge Conference’s top players, died Tuesday in Raleigh NC after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 70.

Gould was a member of the winning Spingold Knockout Teams in 1974 with Lou Bluhm, Richard Shepard and Steve Goldberg. Gould is survived by his wife, Jo, and sons Matthew and Howard.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

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Junior Swiss TeamsSession 7

Rank Team VPs1 WAR OF ROSES 102.652 TURKIYE 88.323 JAPAN 80.944 AUSTRALIA 77.645 ITALIA 77.166 CALIFORNIAN ACES 72.797 VENEZUELA 70.478 ARGENTINA 69.079 USA JOLLY 66.7710 WERNIS 63.5011 USA MANFIELD 52.4912 FCBC 16.20

Youngsters Swiss TeamsSession 7

Rank Team VPs1 CHINA XNWY 106.182 USA JENG 92.243 BERK 87.544 CHINA SX CLUB 85.705 KRISTENSEN 82.216 CHINA WFL 76.677 LIN 75.578 BERMAN 69.799 GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL 68.3910 BERK S 68.2611 CHINA GIRLS SX CLUB 67.6812 ZHIHAOLE SCHOOL 64.1713 CHINA QFL 63.5914 BRIDGEMATES 36.3715 MIDNIGHT SUNS 19.64

Junior TeamsARGENTINA Juan Cruz ETCHEPAREBORDA, Nicolas Miguel SENGIALI,

Francisco Pablo MONTES DE OCA, Felipe Jose FERRO, Santiago RUEDA, Ariel ARGAIN

AUSTRALIA Peter HOLLANDS, Justin HOWARD, Nathan HOWARD, Lauren TRAVIS, Maxim HENBEST, Ellena MOSKOVSKY

CALIFORNIAN Kevin ROSENBERG, Frank LIN, Antony LEE, Ryan WESSELS ACESFCBC Santiago VELEZ, Joan Sebastian VALENZUELA RIVERA,

Jose Alejandro ZAMORA VILLAMIZAR, Nicolas CORREA LAGUNA, Juan Felipe CUERVO LOPERA, Luis Alejandro REY ARISMENDY,

ITALIA Giorgia BOTTA, Massimiliano DI FRANCO, Margherita CHAVARRIA, Gabriele ZANASI, Zachary BRESCOLL

JAPAN Tadahiro KIKUCHI, Kosuke ITO, Koichiro HASHIMOTO, Takumi SESHIMO, Yuki HARADA, Ryoko OYAMA

TURKIYE Akin KOCLAR, Muhammet OZGUR, Sarper USLUPEHLIVAN, Erkmen AYDOGDU, Altug GOBEKLI, Berk GOKCE

USA JOLLY Dennis KRIVENTSOV, Anant RATHI, Andrew CAVALIER, Christian JOLLY

USA MANFIELD Jeffrey TSANG, Qucheng GONG, Nathaniel MUNGER, Sabrina MANFIELD, Seth MANFIELD

VENEZUELA Karla DE JESUS, Ruben Dario CABRERA, Carlos RODRIGUEZ, Adriana SUAREZ, Fernando PEREZ, Moises GRANDA

WAR OF ROSES Adam GROSSACK, Kevin DWYER, Owen LIEN, Adam KAPLAN, Marius AGICA, Zachary GROSSACK

WERNIS Luz Carolina ORTEGA, Isha THAPA, Marianna LINZ, Rebecca WERNIS, Julie ARBIT, Rachna GOYAL

Youngsters TeamsBERK Hakan BERK, David SOUKUP, Samuel AMER, Nolan CHANG,

Jake OLSENBERK S Ellie FASHINGBAUER, Gianni HSIEH, Victor LAMOUREUX,

JASON MILLER, Sedef BERK, John ALTMANBERMAN Murphy GREEN, Asya LADYZHENSKY, Evan BERMAN, Jeffrey

SCHWARTZBRIDGEMATES Bryan GOODWIN, Jett NOVAK, Albena-Maria VASSILEVA,

Olivia COLBURN, Olivia LAUFERCHINA GIRLS Yunpeng CHEN, Xinyao RUAN, Yijia LU , Xinying LU, Aijia SX CLUB YUAN, Huiyuan JINCHINA QFL Yihao GU, Xinyi YANG, Yunyi FANG, Danlei HUANG, Li QIAN,

Yingqi WANGCHINA SX CLUB Licong CHENG, Renyu LI, Yiyang ZHANG, Zhecheng DU, Yijun

SHANG, Yihong LIUCHINA WFL Yiqin SHAO, Hanchang LI, Bin QIN, Penghao WANG, Siyuan

LIU, Xu HUANGCHINA XNWY Tianyi JIN, Zhizhou SHA, Kaiwen WU, Kai JIN, Felicia Xinying

YU, Yiling SHENGREEN PRIMARY Lu BAI, Kai Lu GONG, Xuan Yu LIU, Ding Zhi MA, Zi Nan SCHOOL ZHOUKRISTENSEN Benjamin KRISTENSEN, Brandon HARPER, Gregory HERMAN,

Ryan MILLERLIN Amber LIN, Theo ALLEN, Joseph LIEBERMAN, Christopher

WELLANDMIDNIGHT SUNS Sterling MAGNUSON, Madelyn NOVAK, Cherish ANDREWS,

Sarah EDWARDSUSA JENG Andrew JENG, Richard JENG, Burke SNOWDEN, Oren KRIEGELZHIHAOLE Wenyu LIU, Xieen JI, Yuqiao ZHAO, Zelin FEI, Zijun WU, Meilun SCHOOL LI

Knockout Matches Junior TeamsWAR OF ROSES Adam GROSSACK, Kevin DWYER, Owen LIEN, Adam

KAPLAN, Marius AGICA, Zachary GROSSACKJAPAN Tadahiro KIKUCHI, Kosuke ITO, Koichiro HASHIMOTO, Takumi

SESHIMO, Yuki HARADA, Ryoko OYAMA

TURKIYE Akin KOCLAR, Muhammet OZGUR, Sarper USLUPEHLIVAN, Erkmen AYDOGDU, Altug GOBEKLI, Berk GOKCE

AUSTRALIA Peter HOLLANDS, Justin HOWARD, Nathan HOWARD, Lauren TRAVIS, Maxim HENBEST, Ellena MOSKOVSKY

Knockout Matches Youngsters Teams2. CHINA XNWY Tianyi JIN, Zhizhou SHA, Kaiwen WU, Kai JIN, Felicia Xinying

YU, Yiling SHEN1. BERMAN Murphy GREEN, Asya LADYZHENSKY, Evan BERMAN, Jeffrey

SCHWARTZ

1. USA JENG Andrew JENG, Richard JENG, Burke SNOWDEN, Oren KRIEGEL

2. LIN Amber LIN, Theo ALLEN, Joseph LIEBERMAN, Christopher WELLAND

2. BERK S Ellie FASHINGBAUER, Gianni HSIEH, Victor LAMOUREUX, JASON MILLER, Sedef BERK, John ALTMAN

1.CHINA WFL Yiqin SHAO, Hanchang LI, Bin QIN, Penghao WANG, Siyuan LIU, Xu HUANG

2. CHINA SX CLUB Licong CHENG, Renyu LI, Yiyang ZHANG, Zhecheng DU, Yijun SHANG, Yihong LIU

1. KRISTENSEN Benjamin KRISTENSEN, Brandon HARPER, Gregory HERMAN, Ryan MILLER

Knockout FormatsIn the Junior Knockout, there will be one-day, 48-board semifinals and final

with no carryovers.In the Youngster Knockout, there will be 32-board quarterfinals, semifinals

and final, also with no carryovers.So both events will finish on Friday, allowing all teams to play for at least two

days in the Board-a-Match Teams that begins this morning and ends on Sunday.

Thursday, August 8, 2013 3rd World Open Youth Championships

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Nine Ever Ten Never

by Murat Molva

In the second round of the Junior Swiss Teams, this was Board 15:

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

West North East South Seshimo Kaplan Oyama Agica 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass 2♥ Pass 3♥ All Pass

Put yourself into South player Marius Agica’s (USA) shoes. You have a nice six-card suit and useful looking side values in the other suits, and your partner invites you to game. You are vulnerable, so a nice game bonus is waving to you. It is teams, so you are not worried about any pairs strategies or the rest of the field. You only have to think about your teammates at the other table. Would you not be tempted to bid four hearts? I am sure many of us would. Well Agica did not. And he was dead on target. Although dummy appeared with excellent values too, nine tricks were the limit. Well judged.

At the other table, the Japanese pair Hashimoto–Kikuchi had exactly the same auction, but at the point where Agica passed, Kikuchi bid four hearts. He just needed trumps to split 3-2. Not today. Down one and 6 IMPs to the team War of Roses.

Marius Agica (War of Roses - USA)

Adam Kaplan (War of Roses - USA)

Tadahiro Kikuchi (Japan)

Koichiro Hashimoto (Japan)

Slam? What Slam?

by Murat Molva

It has happened to all of us. After the session, teammates ask if we could find the slam on a particular, and we reply “Slam? What slam?”

This was Board 6 of the fourth round of the Swiss.

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

As you can see, six clubs is on for East-West with a total combined high-card-point total of only sixteen.

Aside from the spade king-queen being onside, the key point of the deal is that even if a heart is led against the slam, South, when he gets in with his spade trick, will not be able to cash a heart trick, and declarer will discard West’s heart loser on the established spade winners.

The frequency charts show two six diamonds doubled contracts, so we could assume that Australia and Argentina were able to bid the slam. Well done.

This board created some tension at the table I was watching:

West North East South Linz Hashimoto Wernis Kikuchi Pass 1♦ Pass 1♥ Dble 3♦ Pass 4♣ Pass 4♠ Pass 5♦ All Pass

Probably, the three-diamond bid combined with the adverse vulnerability prevented West, Marianna Linz (USA), from overcalling on the first round, but she could have come closer to bidding something at her second turn after her partner, Rebecca Wernis, indicated length in both black suits. (And, yes, perhaps East should have intervened with one notrump to show at least 5-5 in the unbid suits.) But anyway, the Japanese pair reached a normal five-diamond contract.

West first led her spade ace and then her club ace. Correctly deciding that if the heart ace was cashing there was no rush to take it, she continued with the spade nine.

Tadahiro Kikuchi took this with his king and, without ruffing his second club, played three rounds of trumps ending in dummy. Since there were only hearts remaining in dummy, he led a heart to West’s ace. West continued with a spade, which declarer ruffed! South then played a few more trumps and claimed the remainder conceding a club. But the spade queen was clearly visible in his hand. The girls were quick to call the TD, who started investigations during which I was consulted as a witness. Declarer was given a two-trick penalty and the final result was down four.

Rather than ruffing a trick that already belonged to him, Kikuchi would have been better advised to ruff one of the aces that West cashed. That –- in theory – would have allowed him to make the contract. J

A Jolly Good Slam

by Murat Molva

Any slam that makes can be classified as belonging to the jolly good category. At least for the declaring side anyway. This was Board 9 in the fourth round of the Swiss:

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

This good slam was reached by only two pairs in the Juniors, and none of the Youngsters could bid it. (Yes, all right, it is better played by West, but how would one manage that when using a natural system? That East hand is too strong for Namyats.)

West North East South Koclar Aydogdu Pass 1♠ 2♥ Dble Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT Pass 4♠ Pass 5♠ Pass 6♠ All Pass

Erkmen Aydogdu (Turkey) showed a good hand with his three-heart cue-bid. But how good? When he heard his partner remove three notrump to four spades, Akin Koclar reasoned that if they did not have two quick heart losers, and if the trump quality was good, there should be a good play for slam. So he came up with a five-spade raise to convey his thoughts. East had all that was required, so he just bid the slam.

West North East South Jolly Cavalier Pass 1♠ 3♥ 3NT Pass 4♣ Pass 5♣ Pass 6♠ All Pass

Here, the bid of three notrump by Christian Jolly (USA) gave East, Andrew Cavalier, more hopes to reach a slam. But what to bid? Andrew found a four-club rebid that the NASA engineers are still trying to analyze. Is it a fake control-bid (cue-bid) to inhibit a club lead? Or is it a high-tech conventional bid that says “Partner I have no controls in clubs and diamonds, but I just love the rest of my hand”? West, meanwhile, was quite satisfied with the way things were going. He showed his club support by raising to five clubs. Now Cavalier probably thought that things could get out of hand if he found another technical bid. So he just blasted the slam, and all was well.

East’s bidding was cavalier, but in the end he and his partner were jolly happy with the result!

Thursday, August 8, 20133rd World Open Youth Championships

Back to the Pas in the Pairs

by Phillip Alder

There were several other interesting boards in the three pair events.

Let’s start with surely the biggest plus score we will see at this tournament -- if not this year. It occurred on Board 10 of the first final session in the junior event.

First, though, let’s set the scene. On the previous deal, against the normal contract of four hearts by North, East had made the abnormal lead of a low spade from ace-fourth. This had conceded an overtrick, partner having queen-jack-fourth and declarer king-third. A second overtrick had been surrender with inaccurate discarding. Minus 480 was a bottom for East-West. Sylvia Shi admitted that she was “on tilt,” determined to get the matchpoints back.

Dlr: East ♠ 9 6 4 3 Vul: Both ♥ Q 2 ♦ 6 ♣ K 10 9 4 3 2 ♠ J 5 ♠ 10 8 ♥ A 9 5 ♥ K J 10 8 7 6 4 ♦ A J 9 8 4 3 2 ♦ K Q 10 7 ♣ A ♣ – ♠ A K Q 7 2 ♥ 3 ♦ 5 ♣ Q J 8 7 6 5

West North East South Shi Prairie 4♥ 4♠ 6♥ 6♠ Pass Pass 7♥! Dble Pass Pass Redble! Pass Pass Pass

West had a tough choice over four spades because she did not have a bid that invited a slam and asked partner for a spade control. But, as a four-heart opening bid often includes short spades, West decided to jump to slam.

Then North, trusting his opponent, sacrificed in six spades.

After two passes, Shi was up at the plate again. She knew that she could double six spades and probably get 500 or 800, but that would not compensate for 1430 in six hearts.

Still “on tilt,” Shi bid seven hearts.North, with no defensive tricks, surprisingly

doubled this.After two more passes, Shi decided that seven

hearts doubled and down one was probably going to be a zero. So she raised the ante by redoubling. She also wondered if this might persuade her opponents to bid seven spades. But no. And now South was on lead.

Reasonably assuming that West had to be void in spades, and perhaps wondering if his partner’s double was a Lightner, South led a club.

Seven hearts redoubled plus two vulnerable is 3740, but the overtricks were not permitted. Still, plus 2940 was a nice top and resulted in an exactly average two-board round!

In the Girls Final, the winners, Giorgia Botta and Margherita Chavarria from Italy, began the last day in third place. But they started perfectly on the first board of the penultimate session.

Dlr: East ♠ 8 5 Vul: Both ♥ Q 5 ♦ A J 7 6 5 2 ♣ A 4 3 ♠ J 10 9 6 2 ♠ A K Q 4 3 ♥ 9 3 2 ♥ A J 7 6 ♦ 9 4 ♦ K 3 ♣ 8 5 2 ♣ 10 7 ♠ 7 ♥ K 10 8 4 ♦ Q 10 8 ♣ K Q J 9 6

West North East South Chavarria Jin Botta Yuan 1♠ 2♣ 3♠ Dble Pass 4♥ Pass 5♣ Dble All Pass

South should have made a takeout double over one spade. But when she overcalled two clubs, Chavarria produced a very brave pre-emptive three-spade raise. When one makes that bid with so few high-card points, one usually has a singleton or a void somewhere. But it worked well. North doubled to show some points, South hoped her partner had four or five hearts, and Botta happily doubled North’s five-club rescue.

South lost one spade, one heart and one diamond, East cashing her heart ace when in with the diamond king.

Plus 200 was 6 out of 6 for East-West.The next two boards were flat. In the second

set, the first board was also average. But then the Italians got a top when one of their opponents passed a forcing bid. The auction went one diamond-(one heart)- two clubs-all pass. Plus 130 did not trouble the scorers when the other three pairs were bidding and making game. What was even more strange was that the opener had 15 high-card points, three aces and one king. So she would have been worth a move toward game opposite a nonforcing two-club response (what is known as a negative free bid).

Boards 19 and 20 helped the cause of the American bronze medalists. First, Isha Thapa got a favorable lead that let her take twelve tricks in three clubs, for 5 matchpoints out of 6. Then North made a textbook error.

Dlr: West ♠ J 5 3 Vul: Both ♥ 9 8 2 ♦ A Q J 9 8 7 ♣ 3 ♠ K 9 7 6 2 ♠ Q 10 ♥ 10 6 5 3 ♥ A K Q ♦ 3 ♦ K 10 5 ♣ Q 8 5 ♣ K J 10 9 2 ♠ A 8 4 ♥ J 7 4 ♦ 6 4 2 ♣ A 7 6 4

West North East South Thapa Arbit Pass 2♦ Dble 3♦ 3♠ Pass 3NT All Pass

South led the diamond four. North, who knew declarer had the king, should have played her jack. And if she were allowed to take the trick, she should have continued with a low diamond (or the queen). When declarer has one stopper in the suit you are trying to establish, work to make her use it up as quickly as possible.

However, North won the first trick with her ace and returned the jack. When she took that trick too, she shifted to the heart nine. Julie Arbit won and drove out the club ace. South took the third round and returned a heart. East finished the clubs, then led the spade queen to establish her ninth trick.

Plus 600 was a cold top.The final board of the girls event helped the

silver medalists.

Dlr: East ♠ 4 2 Vul: None ♥ Q 9 8 6 ♦ K Q J 6 5 ♣ 9 5 ♠ A K J 10 8 7 ♠ Q 9 6 ♥ 10 7 3 ♥ A ♦ 8 7 ♦ 10 9 4 3 2 ♣ A 4 ♣ K 8 6 2 ♠ 5 3 ♥ K J 5 4 2 ♦ A ♣ Q J 10 7 3

West North East South Jin Suarez Yuan de Jesus Pass 1♥ 1♠ 4♥ All Pass

This contract went the obvious down two, but minus 100 was worth 5 matchpoints out of 6 to North-South.

North did well to drive straight to game, but East should have risked a card-showing double. Then West, who knewsher partner was very short in hearts, would probably have converted to four spades, which you will have noticed could have been made with an overtrick even after a trump lead.

Stern at the Five-Levelby David Stern

This is an expression my partner has for my passion for bidding over the opponents at the five-level – usually incorrectly, I might add. The following caught my attention for some good five-level action in Round 3 of the Teams.

Dlr: West ♠ K J 9 8 7 6 4 2 Vul: None ♥ – ♦ 10 7 ♣ A 7 3 ♠ 10 5 3 ♠ Q ♥ A K Q 4 2 ♥ J 10 9 8 6 5 3 ♦ K 5 ♦ 9 6 2 ♣ 6 5 2 ♣ K 10 ♠ A ♥ 7 ♦ A Q J 8 4 3 ♣ Q J 9 8 4

Frequencies: +510x3, +450x1, +300x1, +100x3, +50x3, -420x1

The auctions that I watched varied, but the

following was common.

West North East South 1♥ 4♠ 5♥ Dble Pass Pass Pass

This was the sequence at another table:

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

Clearly North hadn’t eaten his power food for breakfast, electing to bid just one spade with his eight-card suit.

A popular treatment over the four-heart response in this auction is four notrump showing two places to play, rather than the “guessing” five-club bid chosen by South holding five clubs and six diamonds.

West North East South 1♥ 3♠ 4♥ 4♠ Pass Pass 5♥ Pass Pass 5♠ All Pass

South created a “winning” score when she didn’t double five hearts, perhaps discouraged from doing so by partner’s three-spade rather than four-spade bid.

They do say that pre-emptors should not bid twice, but having undercooked the hand with the initial three-spade bid, I don’t think we can blame North for bidding five spades after his partner supported spades and failed to double five hearts.

Journalists tend to shy away from Deep Finesse and rely on their own analytical skills,1 but I like to use DF as a backup for my less-than-perfect analytical skills. DF says you can make six spades only by South -- can you see why?

A diamond lead from East will excommunicate your dummy and prevent you from being able to throw your club losers away on diamonds provided West wins with the diamond king and continues with a diamond.


Swingy Setby David Stern

Round 5 of the Swiss (KO) Teams proved to be a wild affair with an average swing of just over 5 IMPs per board at each of the six tables in the Junior Teams. The first board was right on target as pairs guessed what the best spot was and what should be trumps.

Dlr: North ♠ K J 8 7 2 Vul: None ♥ K 8 ♦ 9 8 6 5 2 ♣ 3 ♠ 10 9 5 4 3 ♠ A Q ♥ A J 9 ♥ Q 6 4 3 ♦ K 4 ♦ 10 ♣ A K J ♣ 10 8 6 5 4 2 ♠ 6 ♥ 10 7 5 2 ♦ A Q J 7 3 ♣ Q 9 7

At the Open Room table where California Aces played Turkiye:

West North East South Koclar Lee Aydogdu Wessels Pass Pass Pass 1NT 2♦ Dble 4♦ 4♠ Pass 5♣ All Pass

East won the spade lead and took dummy’s two top clubs. Now he had to go down one.

In the Closed Room they stopped in four clubs after:

West North East South Rosenberg Osgur Lin Uslupehlivan Pass Pass 1♦ 1NT 3♦ 4♣ All Pass

Declarer took the same ten tricks.

Board four was a lost opportunity for the California Aces:

Dlr: West ♠ 7 6 2 Vul: Both ♥ A 6 ♦ 9 8 7 3 ♣ K 9 8 3 ♠ T 9 5 ♠ J 4 3 ♥ K Q 8 3 2 ♥ J 9 7 4 ♦ 4 ♦ K Q J 6 5 ♣ Q T 7 2 ♣ J ♠ A K Q 8 ♥ T 5 ♦ A T 2 ♣ A 6 5 4

Something strange happened on this board. The Open Room auction seemed simple and normal and perhaps likely to lead to a pickup when North-South avoided a three-notrump game with their combined 24-count, taking eight tricks in one notrump for plus 120.

West North East South Koclar Lee Aydogdu Wessels Pass Pass 1♦ 1NT Pass Pass Pass

In the Closed Room, however:

West North East South Rosenberg Osgur Lin Uslupehlivan

Pass Pass Pass 1♣ 1♥ 2♣ 3♥ Dble Pass 3NT All Pass

East chose to lead the diamond king. This was not immediately fatal, but when North ducked, East continued with the diamond queen. The declarer won and played a third diamond to establish the diamond nine as his ninth trick after spades broke. I have some sympathy for East persisting with diamonds, but as my sage mother says, “You never have to apologise for leading partner’s suit.”

Board 9 featured a big swing in three of the six matches. Murat Molva describes the action at the two tables where the slam made in his article titled A Jolly Good Slam. Please excuse the small amount of repetition here.

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

West North East South Koclar Lee Aydogdu Wessels Pass 1♠ 2♥ Dble Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT Pass 4♠ Pass 5♠ Pass 6♠ All Pass

The three-heart inquiry for a stopper followed by the bid of four spades without support from partner showed mild slam interest, which West eagerly accepted with limited heart values. This made the obvious 12 tricks after the heart-king lead.

In the Closed Room, Rosenberg’s more unilateral action substantially reduced the chances of reaching slam.

West North East South Rosenberg Osgur Lin Uslupehlivan Pass 1♠ 2♥ 3NT Pass Pass Pass

I’m not sure I could think of an auction that would result in a final contract of three spades, but we’ll leave that for another time.

After the trading of IMPs in this match, California Aces beat Turkiye 39-33 to put them in second place.

Muhammet Osgur-Sarper Uslupehlivan

Antony Lee-Ryan Wessels

Kevin Rosenberg-Frank Lin

Akin Koclar-Erkmen Aydogdu

Cont. Decl. Lead Tricks NS EW Home Res.

Vis Res.

4♠ W ♦9 6 200 12

3NT W 10 430 2♠ W ♦9 6 100

-- -- 3♦ S ♣A 9 110 5♣ E ♠6 10 50

5 4♣ E ♠6 10 130 3♦ S ♣A 9 110

2 3NT W ♦9 8 50 4♦x N ♠A 9 100

4 4♥ E ♠6 9 50 2♠ W ♣3 8 110

5 3NT W ♦2 7 100

Cont. Decl. Lead Tricks NS EW Home Res.

Vis Res.

3NT S ♥3 8 100 6

1NT S ♥2 8 120 1NT S ♥3 8 120

-- -- 2♠ S ♦4 8 110

1NT S ♥2 8 120 10

3NT N ♦K 9 600 1NT S ♥3 8 120

-- -- 1NT S ♥3 8 120 3NT S ♦4 9 600

12 3NT S ♥5 8 100 1NT S ♥3 8 120

1 2NT S ♦4 9 150

Cont. Decl. Lead Tricks NS EW Home Res. Vis Res.

5♠ E ♥K 12 680 -- --

4♠ E ♥Q 12 680 3♠ E ♣6 10 170

11 4♠ E ♥K 13 710 6♠ E ♥K 12 1430

13 3NT W ♥9 10 630 4♠ E ♣6 12 680

2 3NT W ♥9 9 600 5♠ E ♣6 12 680

13 6♠ E ♣6 12 1430 4♠ E ♥K 12 680

-- -- 4♠ E ♥K 12 680

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2012 Fast Open Pairs winners Ed Schulte and Tom Kniest

Start Your Engines!The NABC+ Fast Open Pairs, which requires

players to finish their two-board rounds in 11 minutes, begins today. The event consists of two qualifying sessions followed by two final sessions tomorrow. Previous winners are:

2000 Chris Willenken, Aaron Silverstein2001 Jim Robison, Mark Itabashi2002 Alan Kleist, Leo LaSota2003 Joel Wooldridge, John Hurd2004 Peter Weiden, Rick Zucker2005 Chris Willenken, Ralph Buchalter2006 Robert Lebi, Nick L’Ecuyer2007 Robert Levin, Geoff Hampson2008 Doug Doub, Adam Wildavsky2009 Dick Bruno, Peggy Kaplan2010 Dan Jacob, Nagy Kamel2011 Geoff Hampson, John Diamond2012 Ed Schulte and Tom Kniest

Learn Bridge in a Day?® hits the road…

The ACBL Education Foundation is partnering with Whirlwind Bridge to bring this

popular introductory bridge seminar to North America. Ten locations will be chosen from applications received from sponsoring units, districts or communities that demonstrate a genuine interest in promoting the growth of bridge. For more information, visit www.whirlwindbridge.com.

SIDE SERIES 3 (CORRECTED)110.00 Tables / Based on 33 Tables 10.54 1/2 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX 129.42% 10.54 1/2 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 129.42% 9.55 3/4 Jane Formet, Orlando FL 127.16% 9.55 3/4 Chris Kindt, Orlando FL 127.16% 6.19 5/6 Jack Snyder, Rockford IL 122.83% 6.19 5/6 Judy Zhu, Naperville IL 122.83% 5.67 7 Paul Darin, San Diego CA 120.13% 8.19 8 Jim Munday, Southaven MS 119.62% 2.30 9/10 Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH 118.36% 2.30 9/10 William Higgins, Cincinnati OH 118.36%

works at big tournaments organized by the World Bridge Federation and the European Bridge League, and at the Cavendish, which will take place this year in Monaco.

She is in Atlanta working as a TD at the Summer NABC. Bertens is playing in the Spingold Knockout Teams on the Mary Ann Berg squad.

Thanks to help from American bridge players, Meiracker and Bertens possess the coveted “green cards” that allow them to work in the U.S., and she recently received a promotion from the ACBL.

One of Meiracker’s most memorable moments as a TD occurred during the Bermuda Bowl in Monte Carlo in 2003. The Nick Nickell team, trailing Italy by 22 IMPs with two boards to play in the event, had scored 11 IMPs on the penultimate board and were in a position to win as they defended 5♦ doubled (Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell were plus 400 against 4♥ in the other room). Two down for plus 300 meant 12 IMPs and a win for Nickell. One down and the match would have been tied, forcing an eight-board playoff.

In the room where Meiracker was working, Lorenzo Lauria was playing the dummy himself after his partner, Alfredo Versace, had left the room.

Near the end of the deal, Paul Soloway was on lead to declarer’s left and could have assured two down by cashing a heart, Lauria having to follow. Instead, Soloway shocked the vugraph audience by playing a spade to dummy, which held the good ♠Q and four low spades. Lauria had no spades, so

his losing heart could have gone on the queen, but because he and everyone else was expecting a heart from Soloway, Lauria pulled the ♠7 from dummy and was surprised when Hamman covered with the 10. The Americans were back to down two and a victory in the Bermuda Bowl.

A TD was called, and it was Meiracker. She ruled that because Lauria had touched the ♠7, he could not change his play to the queen. The ruling was appealed and upheld, and the Nickell team had another world championship, 304-303.

Meiracker says the ruling was initially difficult because Soloway and Hamman were silent about what happened, and there was no video of the play or other witnesses.

As Meiracker was walking back to her hotel after the awards ceremony, a big car pulled up beside her in the street. Giorgio Duboin, a member of the Italian team, got out. He hugged Meiracker and told her, “You made the right ruling.”

At home in Oregon, Meiracker is playing a bit of bridge and working at tournaments in the West. She is also on the TD list for the ACBL’s three big tournaments each year and has been working with other directors answering rulings questions from members.

Bertens has his eye on next year’s United States Bridge Championship, which will select teams to represent the U.S. in the 2014 World Bridge Series Championships. He has been playing in NABC’s and other ACBL tournaments for nearly a decade.

Their new life in America has them excited about the future. Says Bertens, “We should have done this 10 years ago.”

PAT SEILER GOLD RUSH PAIRS 64.0 Tables 7 3 17.86 1 Shelia Paul - Linda Harris, Macon GA 62.95% 13.40 2 Arlene Mahlberg - Benny Mahlberg, Discovery Bay CA 61.90% 11.02 3 1 Diane Strickland, Norcross GA; Duke Bhatia, Atlanta GA 61.76% 8.27 4 2 Ted Moens - Nathan Moens, Delta BC 61.65% 6.20 5 3 Beth Dresher, Atlanta GA; Sally Hughes, Marietta GA 60.71% 4.79 6/7 Felicia Lease, Lakemont GA; Kimberly Willis, Savannah GA 60.12% 4.79 6/7 4 Rebecca Overton, Tallahassee FL; Elizabeth Lawler, Blowing Rock NC 60.12% 3.97 8 5 Chuck Palmer - Bob Crouch, Big Canoe GA 58.93% 3.57 9 Sheryl Sack - Lana Imerman, Atlanta GA 58.70% 3.12 10/11 Sandi Rossman, Dunwoody GA; Edward Rocereta, Warm Springs GA 58.63% 3.12 10/11 Ellen Flenniken, Fernandina Beac FL; Elizabeth Monroe, Amelia Island FL 58.63% 2.75 12 Brady Lotridge - Leanne Lotridge, New Orleans LA 57.97% 2.55 13 Nancy Alexander - Ruth Symington, Atlanta GA 57.95% 2.31 14/15 Chang-Li Lu, Strongsville OH; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH 57.89% 3.15 14/15 6 William Toler, Bay Village OH; Ann Kostell, Westlake OH 57.89% 2.36 16 Mary Heiney, Laguna Beach CA; Joseph Dibenedetto, Scarsdale NY 57.33% 2.76 17 7 Larry Zwahlen, Canton GA; Edward Paulling, Rome GA 56.85% 2.45 8 Geoffrey Hadlock - Michael Heimann, Warsaw IN 56.70% 2.20 9 Martha Blackman, Spartanburg SC; Joseph Hicks, Hendersonville NC 56.27% 2.15 10 Arthur Burgess, Buford GA; Thomas Slaughter, Roswell GA 56.10% 1.84 11 Janet Edwards, Dunwoody GA; Brenda Shavin, Atlanta GA 55.99% 2.36 12 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 55.82%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SERIES 39.0 Tables A B C 7.43 1 1 1 Benny Patton, Atlanta GA; Michelle Barnes, Marietta GA 67.31% 5.57 2 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 65.19% 4.18 3 Steve Clark - Louise Clark, Glencoe IL 64.56% 4.67 4 2 Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA; Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA 64.45% 2.35 5 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 63.47% 1.76 6 Margaret Ritchie - Clay Hall, Birmingham AL 60.56% 3.50 3 Sandy Yu, Alpharetta GA; Linda Holman, Atlanta GA 58.99% 2.80 4 Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 58.31% 2.05 5 Gail Hanson, Lake Orion MI; Starr Hagenmeyer, Roscommon MI 57.41% 1.48 6 Leif Thusholt, Dragor 2791 Denmark; Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 54.75% 2.62 2 Eugenia Weaver, Pembroke Pines FL; Nan Lindsey, Lithia Springs GA 54.72% 1.96 3 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Lourdes Abdon, Sao Paulo 01329 Brazil 53.91% 1.47 4 Rona Lake, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Spgs FL 52.78% 1.10 5 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA 50.08% 1.40 6 Mary Calise - Nick Calise, Scottsdale AZ 48.19%

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Dutch couple

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET I 12 Tables 32.52 1 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Weimin Wang, People’s Republic of China 22.76 2 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 13.01 3/4 Mym Young - Clay Young, Atlantic Beach NC; Martha Young, Dallas TX; Jay Gibson, Richardson TX 13.01 3/4 Gayle Covey - Steven Devico, Hendersonville NC; Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET II 16 Tables 24.12 1 James Stevens - Sandra Stevens, Paige TX; Elinor Hood, Portland OR; Thomas Schmalz, Galveston TX; Robert Curl, Houston TX; David Curl, Fort Worth TX 16.88 2 Charles Swart, Portland OR; Dennis Balfe, University City MO; Phil Feldman, Los Angeles CA; David Feldman, New York NY 9.65 3/4 Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; David Schulman, Atlanta GA; Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Anton Habash, Oxford OH 9.65 3/4 R Dee McDonald - Judy McDonald, Lavonia GA; Robert Yon - E Michael McKee, Anderson SC

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET III 16 Tables 18.73 1 Carl Rush - N Lally Rush - John Rush Jr - Robert Rush, Jacksonville FL 13.11 2 Betty Roper - Marilyn O’Neill - Judy Cobb, Greensboro GA; Penny Bramblett, Eatonton GA 7.49 3/4 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Douglas Grant, San Francisco CA 7.49 3/4 Clement Greene, Jr, Valdosta GA; A Karen Gardner - Carolyn Wolf - Ted Gardner, Pensacola FL

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET IV 16 Tables 15.84 1 Greg Schepens - Terry Richardson, Austin TX; Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Jason Daming, New Orleans LA 11.09 2 Judith Melchiorre - Martha Glassmeyer - Karen Adelman, Vero Beach FL; Lynn Bayman, Valparaiso IN 6.34 3/4 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA; Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA; Mark Ambrose, Louisville KY 6.34 3/4 J Barnes - Louise Garcia - John Alford - Ruth Short, Greensboro NC


The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, one of the oldest ACBL events, begins play today.

The event, first played in 1929, is a four-session event with two qualifying and two final sessions.

At stake is the Richard Freeman Memorial Trophy, which was put into play in 2010 by Freeman’s longtime partner, Nick Nickell.

Winners and runners-up:1929 1. Max Cohen, Mrs. M.K. Alexander, Rose

Fleischer, R. Frankenstein (no runner-up listed)

1930 1. Winfield Liggett, Dorothy Rice Sims, P. Hal Sims, Sir Derrick Wernher; 2. W. Cleveland Cogswell, J. Arnold Farrar, Doris Fuller, George Reith

1931 1. Mrs. G.A. Bennett, Doris Fuller, Charles Lochridge, George Reith; 2. E.M. Baker, Margaret Beech, William McKenney, Mrs. H. D. Stahl

1932 1. Marie Black, Huber Boscowitz, Sam Fry, Olga Hilliard; 2. Mrs. L. Bloomberg, Bernard Cone, Louis Gotthelf, Mrs. Thomas Stern

1933 1. David Burnstine, Elinor Murdoch, Mrs. Ivan Stengel, Edwin Wetzler; 2. Dorothy Rice Sims, P. Hal Sims, Margaret Wagar, Waldemar von Zedtwitz

1934 1. Lester Bachner, Mrs. Lester Bachner, James Lemon, Martha Lemon; 2. Mitch Barnes, Barbara Collyer, Doris Fuller, Henry Vogel

1935 1. Helen Bonwit, Howard Schenken, Ruth Sherman, Louis Watson; 2. Mary Clement, Mary Zita Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Waldemar von Zedtwitz

1936 1. Hortense Evans, Louis Haddad, Robert McPherran, Elizabeth Whitney; 2. B. Jay Becker, Helen Bonwit, Howard Schenken, Sally Young

1937 1. Philip Abramsohn, Estelle Drescher, Morrie Elis, Ann Naiman; 2. S. Garton Churchill, Phyllis Gardner, Travers LeGros, Dorothy Roberts

1938 1. Doris Fuller, Charles Goren, Henry Vogel, Sally Young; 2. Eleanor Hirsch, John Kunkel, Helen Pendelton Rockwell, Milton Vernoff

1939 1. Robert Chatkin, Valerie Klein, Alvin Landy, Florence Stratford; 2. Edward Ellenbogen, Peggy Golder, Helen Mitchell, Charles Solomon

1940 1. Marie Black, Henry Chanin, Olive Peterson, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Edward Ellenbogen, Peggy Golder, Helen Mitchell, Charles Solomon

1941 1. Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel, Sally Young; 2. Oswald Jacoby, Louise Wainwright, Sherman Stearns, Mrs. William A. Tucker

1942 1. John Crawford, Olive Peterson, Margaret Wagar, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Philip Abramsohn, Kay Rhodes, Edith Seligman, Tobias Stone

1943 1. Charles Goren, Olive Peterson, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. Edith Hammond, Pat Lightner, Walter Malowan, Stuyvestant Wainwright

1944 1. Charles Goren, Olive Peterson, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. Marie Basher, Edward Cohn, John Crawford, Margaret Wagar

1945 1. John Crawford, Ruth Sherman, Margaret Wagar, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Estelle Elis, Harry Fishbein, Alvin Roth, Edith Seligman

1946 1. Samuel Katz, Alicia Kempner, Evelyn Lebhar, Bertram Lebhar Jr.; 2. Charles Goren, Emily Folline, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel

1947 1. Harry Fishbein, Ruth Goldberg, Ludwig Kabakjian, Edith Seligman; 2-3. Emily Folline, Peter Leventritt, David Warner, Sally Young; 2-3. Harold Harkavy, Jane Jaeger, Lewis Jaeger, Mrs. G. Strasser

1948 1. John Crawford, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar; 2. Harry Fishbein,

Ruth Goldberg, Ludwig Kabakjian, Edith Seligman

1949 1. Peter Leventritt, Charles Solomon, Peggy Solomon, Sally Young; 2. John Crawford, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar

1950 1. Peter Leventritt, Charles Solomon, Peggy Solomon, Sally Young; 2. John Crawford, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar

1951 1. Jane Jaeger, Richard Kahn, Leo Roet, Ruth Sherman; 2. Myron Field, Agnes Gordon, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel

1952 1. Anne Burnstein, Harold Harkavy, Alvin Roth, Edith Seligman; 2. John Crawford, Emma Jean Hawes, George Rapee, Olive Peterson, Sidney Silodor

1953 1. Anne Burnstein, Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth; 2. Emanual Hochfeld, Mary Jane Kauder, Lew Mathe, Gloria Turner

1954 1. Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar; 2. Marianne Boschan, Gertrude Eberson, David Murray, Lewis Tubbs

1955 1. Gratian Goldstein, Harold Harkavy, Terry Michaels, Alvin Roth; 2. Mary Bowden, Douglas Drury, Robert Freedman, Agnes Gordon, Eric Murray

1956 1. Mary Bowden, Douglas Drury, Robert Freedman, Agnes Gordon, Eric Murray; 2. Barbara Brier, Jan Stone, Tobias Stone, Waldemar von Zedtwitz

1957 1. John Crawford, Milton Ellenby, Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Gloria Turner; 2. Sam Fry, Dorothy Hayden, Sally Johnson, Ira Rubin

1958 1. Leland Ferer, Gratian Goldstein, Eunice Rosen, William Rosen; 2. B. Jay Becker, Bee Gale, Betty Goldberg, Howard Schenken

1959 1. Peter Leventritt, Robert Jordan, Charles Solomon, Peggy Solomon, Sally Young; 2. Leonard Harmon, Edgar Kaplan, Peggy Rotzell, Alfred Sheinwold, Betty Sheinwold

1960 1. William Grieve, Alicia Kempner, George Rapee, Betty Ann Welch; 2. B. Jay Becker, Dorothy Hayden, Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor, Sylvia Stein

1961 1. Richard Freeman, Emanuel Hochfield, Louise Robinson, Gloria Turner; 2. John Fisher, Jean Frankel, Lou Gurvich, Boots Kendrick, Sidney Lazard

1962 1. Charles Coon, Agnes Gordon, Eric Murray, Helen Portugal; 2. Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor, Sylvia Stein, Margaret Wagar

1963 1. Sidney Lazard, Betty Kaplan, Edgar Kaplan, Stella Rebner; 2. Israel Cohen, Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels, Alvin Roth

1964 1. John Fisher, John Gerber, Emma Jean Hawes, Margaret Wagar; 2-3. Martin Cohn, Hampton Hume, Bernadine Jenkins, Mary Philley; 2-3. Harold Harkavy, Virginia Heckel, Edith Kemp, Cliff Russell, Jerome Yavitz

1965 1. Barbara Brier, Alvin Roth, Jan Stone, Tobias Stone, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Burt Norton, Carol Norton, Alan Press, William Rosen, Sylvia Stein, Carol Stolkin

1966 1. Jimmy Cayne, Judy Dryer, Paul Soloway, Eunice Rosen, William Rosen; 2. Barbara Rappaport, Alvin Roth, Bee Schenken, Howard Schenken

1967 1. Mike Cappelletti, Kathie Cappelletti, Mike Moss, Gail Shane; 2-4. John Gerber, Norman Kay, Carol Klar, George Rosenkranz, Edith Rosenkranz; 2-4. B. Jay Becker, John Fisher, Dorothy Hayden, Emma Jean Hawes; 2-4. Leland Ferer, Gratian Goldstein, Fred Hamilton, Sylvia Stein

1968 1. Minda Brachman, James Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Helen Sobel Smith; 2. Betty Kaplan, Edgar Kaplan, George Rapee, Carol Stolkin

1969 1. Janice Cohn, Flo Orner, Charles Peres, Dan Rotman, Ivar Stakgold, Alice Stakgold; 2. Barry Crane, Jules Farell, Mary Jane Farell, Marilyn Johnson, Peter Rank

1970 1. Dorothy Bare, Gerald Bare, Eugenie Mathe, Lew Mathe; 2-3. Ken Barbour, William Daly, Mickey Rosenthal, Helen Strasberg, Dave Strasberg; 2-3. Betty Adler, Julian Adler, Dave Sachs, Sue Sachs

1971 1. John Anderson, Ron Andersen, Marilyn McCrary, Sue Picus; 2. Dorsey Brooks, Zerrene Brooks, Joan Remey, Vincent Remey

1972 1. Gail Moss, Mike Moss, Marietta Passell, Bill Passell; 2. B. Jay Becker, John Fisher, Emma Jean Hawes, Alan Truscott, Dorothy Hayden Truscott

1973 1. Ellen Alfandre, Philip Feldsman, Edith Sacks, Stanley Tomchin; 2-5. Betty Adler, Julian Adler, David Sachs, Sue Sachs; 2-5. Doug Fraser, Sandra Fraser, Barbara Saltsman, Joey Silver; 2-5. Mark Berger, Sallie Johnson, Amos Kaminsky, Jack Saltz, Mona Stocknoff; 2-5. Carol Crawford, John Crawford, Barbara Rappaport, Alvin Roth

1974 1. Edith Kemp, Jerome Yavitz, Rita Seamon, William Seamon; 2. Robert Lipsitz, Jo Morse, Peggy Parker, Steve Parker, Steve Robinson

1975 1. Gerald Caravelli, Nancy Gruver, Jim Linhart, Helen Utegaard; 2-3. Shirlee Lazarus, Eugenie Mathe, Lew Mathe, Joan Remey, Vincent Remey, Jim Zimmerman; 2-3. Carol Crawford, John Crawford, Barbara Rappaport, Alvin Roth

1976 1-2. Richard Katz, Carol Sanders, Paul Swanson, Marion Weed; 1-2. Fred Hamilton, John Sutherlin, Peggy Sutherlin, Rhoda Walsh, Nancy Weichsel, Peter Weichsel

1977 1. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark Lair, Sidney Lazard; 2. Ethel Dayboch, Morrie Freier, Richard Paulsen, Sue Thornton

1978 1. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark Lair, Sidney Lazard; 2. Betty Adler, Julian Adler, David Sachs, Sue Sachs

1979 1-3. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark Lair, Sidney Lazard; 1-3. Betty Bloom, Steven Bloom, Mark Cohen, Edith Sacks; 1-3. Lynne Feldman, Mark Feldman, Ed Nagy, Sharon Smith

1980 1. Barry Crane, Jose John Hamui, Elias Konstantinovsky, Laura Mariscal, Kerri Shuman; 2. Gerald Caravelli, Dennis McGarry, Joan Remey, Vincent Remey, Helen Utegaard

1981 1. Doug Fraser, Sandra Fraser, Ralph Katz, Paul Lewis, Linda Peterson, Esta Van Zandt; 2. Bill Cole, Lynn Deas, Norb Kremer, Beth Palmer

1982 1-2. Tommy Sanders, Carol Sanders, Sidney Lazard, Joan DeWitt; 1-2. Lynn Deas, Norb Kremer, Beth Palmer, Bill Cole

1983 1. Alan Kudisch, Judy Landau, Drew Casen, Karen Allison; 2. Kathie Wei, Judi Radin, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth

1984 1. Susan Sternberg, Bernie Chazen, Juanita Skelton, Allan Cokin, Barbara Sion, Steve Sion; 2. Edith Rosenkranz, George Rosenkranz, Carol Sanders, Mark Lair, Lynn Deas, Eddie Wold

1985 1. Bill Pollack, Rozanne Pollack, Alan Truscott, Dorothy Truscott, Evelyn Levitt, Dave Treadwell; 2. Rich Schmieder, Jyme Tropila, Martin Miller, Carol Dietz

1986 1. Mark Cohen, Stasha Cohen, Harold Lilie, Joyce Lilie, David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz; 2. Carol Simon, Bob Etter, Min Ross, Hugh Ross, Paul Kern, Claire Kern

1987 1-2. Jim Mahaffey, Linda Perlman, Joan Remey, Paul Soloway; 1-2. Bob Hamman, Kerri Shuman, Rama Linz, Robert Levin

1988 1-2. Robert Radwin, Helen Utegaard, Flo Rotman, Dan Rotman; 1-2. Ken Cohen, Jo Anne Manfield, Robert Woodard, Ev Cogan

1989 1. Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel, Gladys Collier, Juanita Chambers; 2-3. Marty Bergen, Dori Cohen, Mary Oshlag, Richard Oshlag; 2-3. Chester Hirsch, Mary Jane Farell, Jacqui Mitchell, Victor Mitchell

Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams


October 21-25: Teams 21-22, Pairs 23-24-25http://www.cavendishmonaco.com

2012 Freeman Mixed BAM winners Joan Eaton, Michael Roche, Nader Hanna, Karen Cumpstone

1990 1. Edith Rosenkranz, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Marinesa Letizia, Kerri Shuman, Mark Lair; 2. Jim Becker, Ellee Lewis, Howard Chandross, Vivian Whalen

1991 1. John Carruthers, Katie Thorpe, Brad Moss, Bronia Gmach, Jared Lilienstein; 2. Robert Thomson, Asya Kamsky, Rozanne Pollack, Michael Radin, Marty Bergen, Dori Cohen

1992 1. Gabriel Chagas, Marinesa Letizia, Dennis Clerkin, Juanita Chambers, Mike Lawrence, Beth Palmer; 2. Bjorn Fallenius, Kathy Anday, Shirlee Meckstroth, Jeff Meckstroth

1993 1. Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz, Beth Palmer, William Pettis; 2. Nancy Molesworth, Stephen Schneer, Robbie Hopkins, Joan Lewis

1994 1. Mike Lucas, Michael Seamon, Renee Mancuso, Steve Sion, Barbara Sion; 2. George Rosenkranz, Sabine Zenkel, Eddie Wold, Kerri Sanborn, Larry Cohen

1995 1. Joyce Lilie, Harold Lilie, David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz; 2. Jeff Schuett, Ginny Schuett, Tom Kniest, Karen Walker,

Florine Walters, Mark Feldman1996 1. Gaylor Kasle, Barabara Kasle, Nancy Passell, Garey Hayden; 2. Jimmy Cayne, Jacqui Mitchell, Amalya Kearse, Mike Passell, Chuck Burger, Suzy Burger1997 1. Marc Low, Sandra Low, Sue Sachs, David Sachs; 2. Kit Woolsey, Sally Woolsey, Jo Anne Casen, Larry Mori, Martha Katz, Ralph Katz1998 1. David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz, Jim Bjerkan, Cheri Bjerkan; 2. Rita Shugart, Geir Helgemo, Kitty Munson, Andrew Robson1999 1. Lynn Baker, Karen McCallum, Zia Mahmood, Matthew Granovetter; 2. Richard

Gabriel, Ellen Gabriel, Rhoda Prager, Brian Ellis

2000 1. Barry Rigal, Sue Picus, Sylvia Moss, Judi Radin, Alex Ornstein, Jeff Ferro; 2. Mel Colchamiro, Janet Colchamiro, Betty Bloom, Steve Bloom, Kitty Munson Cooper, Steven Cooper

2001 1. Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Chip Martel, Jan Martel, Lew Stansby, JoAnna Stansby; 2. Lou Ann O’Rourke, Joan Stein, Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Curtis Cheek, Billy Miller

2002 1. Michael Rosenberg, Debbie Rosenberg, Lisa Berkowitz, Larry Cohen, Richard Schwartz, Margie Gwozdzinsky; 2. Paul Lewis, Linda Lewis, Bob Glasson, Joann Glasson

2003 1. Fulvio Fantoni, Hemant Lall, Donna Compton, Petra Hamman; 2. Richard Zeckhauser, Mildred Breed, Eddie Wold, Hjordis Eythorsdottir

2004 1. Steve Robinson, Lynn Deas, Bill Pollack, Rozanne Pollack, Beth Palmer, Bill Pettis; 2.

Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Lew Stansby, Jo Anna Stansby, Jan Martel, Chip Martel

2005 1. Peggy Kaplan, Petra Hamman, Rozanne Pollack, Steve Beatty, Hemant Lall, Marty Fleisher; 2. Barbara Sonsini, John Sutherlin, Tobi Sokolow, Mark Lair, Rhoda Walsh

2006 1. Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, William Pettis, Rozanne Pollack, William Pollack; 2. Richard Schwartz, Margie Gwozdzinsky, Walid Elahmady, Daniela von Arnim, Teri Casen, Drew Casen

2007 1. Don Stack, Linda Eakes, Jack Spear, Nancy Spear; 2. Stephen Goldtein, Leslie Paryzer, John Stiefel, Sheila Gabay

2008 1. Chris Willenken, Migry Zur Campanile, JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby; 2. Garey Hayden, Barbara Kasle, Jo Morse, Gaylor Kasle

2009 1. Robert Hampton, Jenny Wolpert, Sylvie Willard, John Hurd, Sabine Auken, Joel Wooldridge; 2. Linda Smith, Ron Smith, Stella Rainey, Jim Foster

2010 1. Gary Cohler, Jill Meyers, JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby; 2. Les Bart, Gloria Bart, Sally Woolsey, Kit Woolsey

2011 1. Hemant Lall, Petra Hamman, Peggy Kaplan, Winthrop Allegaert, Judith Bianco; 2. David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz, Josef Blass, Anna Sarniak, Marcin Lesniewski, Ewa Harasimowicz

2012 1. Joan Eaton, Michael Roche, Nader Hanna, Karen Cumpstone; 2. Gabrielle Sherman, Joel Wooldridge, Debbie Rosenberg, Richard Zeckhauser

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.


WERNHER OPEN PAIRS 65.0 Tables / Based on 125 Tables125.00 1 Valentin Kovachev - Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 2140.97 93.75 2 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 2078.91 70.31 3 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 2025.92 55.56 4 Michael Radin - Judi Radin, New York NY 2002.73 50.00 5 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 1997.71 45.45 6 Dave Westfall - Charles Bennett, Spokane WA 1983.90 41.67 7 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 1971.92 38.46 8 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 1963.66 35.71 9 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 1963.54 33.33 10 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 1959.11 31.25 11 William Ehlers, Madison NJ; Corey Krantz, Philadelphia PA 1956.93 29.41 12 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 1955.36 27.78 13 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 1940.11 26.32 14 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL 1929.36 25.00 15 Emory Whitaker, Macon GA; Jon Nance, Springfield MO 1914.89 23.81 16 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA 1914.83 22.73 17 Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Alexander Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 1899.41 21.74 18 Xiaoqian Liu - Maxim Siline, Hudson MA 1899.28 20.83 19 Charles Nauen, Saint Paul MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 1889.30 20.00 20 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 1880.28 19.23 21 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 1876.15 18.52 22 Thomas Walsh, Saskatoon SK; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 1874.60 17.86 23 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 1874.38 17.24 24 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL 1873.55 16.67 25 Linda Hanson, Brentwood TN; Coley McGinnis, Nashville TN 1869.33 16.13 26 Annie Schwartz - Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 1869.07 15.63 27 George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL 1866.81 15.15 28 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 1862.52 16.53 29 David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO 1860.19 14.29 30 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY 1859.21 13.89 31 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 1858.46 13.51 32 Sharon Hait - William Hait, Livingston NJ 1856.88 13.16 33 Kenji Miyakuni - Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan 1853.06 12.82 34 Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 1852.11 12.50 35 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 1850.65 13.45 36 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 1849.50 11.90 37 Donald Spaulding, Mountain View CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 1841.71 11.63 38 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 1833.06 14.57 39 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 1827.72 11.11 40 Lew Walter - Marin Marinov, New York NY 1827.10 10.87 41 Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 1823.28 11.73 42 Bruce Ohmann, Flagler Beach FL; Robert Dennard, Orlando FL 1818.45 10.42 43 Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA; William Grant, San Diego CA 1816.64 10.20 44 Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; John Jones, Santa Fe Sprgs CA 1814.27 10.00 45 Jayendu Patel, Newton MA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 1813.94 9.80 46 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 1813.51 9.62 47 Richard Maybin, Hendersonville NC; James Gumbert, Flat Rock NC 1804.89 9.43 48 Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL; Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL 1799.09 9.26 49 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 1792.59 9.09 50 Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI 1791.21

3PM SIDE B-A-M TEAMS 50 Tables A B C 10.01 1 Stephen Weiner - Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Phebe Packer, Phoenix AZ 17.50 6.57 2/3 Stuart Goff, Woodstock GA; James Satterfield, Marietta GA; Sanjeev Pathak, Roswell GA; David Zeckets, Atlanta GA 16.50 6.57 2/3 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 16.50 4.22 4 Bos Berend - Joris Lankveld - Aagnes Snellens - Boer Wubbo, 16.00 2.78 5/6 Richard Taube - Mike Sheldon, Marietta GA; William Kulbersh, Atlanta GA; Larry Harding, Hampstead NC 15.50 6.51 5/6 1 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Barry Margolin, Arlington MA 15.50 4.27 2/3 Steven Wallis, L-5339, Moutfor Luxembourg; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; John Gropp, Newburgh NY; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY 15.00 4.27 2/3 1 Pearle Bishop, Lynn Haven FL; Shelly Hobbs, Panama City Bch FL; Mary Schilling - Beth McArthur, Panama City FL 15.00 2.75 4 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; David Schulman, Atlanta GA; Anton Habash, Oxford OH; Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA 14.50 2.75 5 2 LeRoy Burnside, Pawleys Island SC; Sandra Murphy - James Braunworth, Luray VA; Colin Steele, Murrells Inlet SC 14.00 1.54 6 Ken Parker - Donna Parker - Edward Crane, Newnan GA; Michael McGowan, Peachtree Cty GA 13.50 2.06 3 Sonjia McHone, Salisbury NC; Tina Boyer, Montclair NJ; Caroline Clyburn, N Myrtle Beach SC; Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD 12.50 1.55 4 Carolyn Donovan - Patty Ronning - Camille Searcy - Linda Elliott, Savannah GA 12.00

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 8.0 Tables A B C 1.89 1 1 Janet Focazio - Sharon Hyslop, Alpharetta GA 63.33% 1.42 2 2 1 Timothy Embry - Kay Embry, Duluth GA 62.50% 1.06 3 Lynda Barnum - Shirley Driscoll, Tallahassee FL 62.08% 0.83 4 3 Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH; Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH 60.00% 0.67 5 4 Marcia Christie, McCormick SC; Betty Winkler, McCirmic SC 58.75% 0.48 5 Lynn Craft - Lucy Sinopole, Huntsville AL 56.67% 0.57 2 Charlotte Cash - June Buckley, Ponte Vedra Bea FL 50.42%

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET V 16 Tables 11.90 1 Richard Muntz, Riverview MI; Susan Yester, Birmingham MI; Dana McWilliams, Brownstown MI; Kathleen Beatty, Loganville GA 8.33 2 Victoria Lanier - Patt Corbin, Amelia Island FL; Betty Nielsen, Fernandina Beac FL; Barbara Weinstein, Pittsburgh PA 4.76 3/4 Judy Maner, Atlanta GA; Susan Wellman - June Willingham, Monroe GA; Gregory Anderson, Highlands NC 4.76 3/4 Charles Buchta - Marjorie Buchta, New London NC; Ellen Harris, Harrisburg NC; Craig Poplin, Concord NC

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET I 12 TablesJi Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Patrick Huang, Taipei Taiwan; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Roger Lee, Pasadena CA vsAaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, 11427 Stockholm Sweden; Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden

Martin Bloom, Sydney 2031 Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia; Anthony Nunn, Ashfield NSW 2 Australia vsScot Reis, ; John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET II 12 TablesSteven Gajdalo - Lech Ekert - Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC; Dinesh Doshi, Evans GA vsJan Stewart - Andrew Risman, Toronto ON; Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON

Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Dale Demerchant, Oliver BC; Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA vsPaul Dole, Antioch TN; Nancy Evins, Lebanon TN; Douglas Hirt - Melanie Hirt, Nashville TN

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET III 16 TablesDavid Haydon - Lenora Fernandez - Susan Campbell - Joan Duffy, Marietta GA vsMargie Ruben - Lynthia Strong - Chris Nicholson, Augusta GA; William Kelly, Anderson SC

Lynn Brown, Palm Coast FL; Don Dvorak, Jacksonville FL; Lawton Hutchison - Barbara Hutchison, Austin TX vsRichard Morris - Katherine Morris, Portland OR; Marsha Gerstein, Somerville MA; Mark Heumann, Watertown MA

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET IV 16 TablesWilliam Kinneman - Beverly Kinneman - Ti Davis - Richard Kalkbrenner, Little Rock AR vsByron Southern - Ellen Coffield - Anne Lea Patterson, Little Rock AR; Kam Harrell, Mayflower AR

Beth Todd - J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA; Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry, Metairie LA vsKathleen Loeb, Lake Mary FL; Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL; Eric Genheimer - Kyle Olson, Mustang OK

WEDNESDAY 10 AM & 3 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET I 16 Tables 26.81 1 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes, London N195lh England 18.77 2 Dano De Falco, 35030 Rubano (P Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New York NY 12.06 3 Isabella De Andrade - Jaqueline Nunes, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Stanley Barg, Washington DC; Ana Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 9.38 4 Don Stack, Overland Park KS; Linda Eakes, Leawood KS; Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN

WEDNESDAY 10 AM & 3 PM COMPACT KO BRACKEI II 12 Tables 14.87 1 Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Erin Feldman - Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Shane Blanchard, New York NY 10.41 2 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Ida Groenkvist, Orebro 70360 Sweden 6.69 3 Judy Zhu, Naperville IL; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL; Jack Snyder, Rockford IL; Richard Beye, Mehlville MO 5.20 4 Jack Bonney - Dianne Bonney, Venice FL; Edward Spear, Bangor ME; Nie Lih Kalat, Sarasota FL

WEDNESDAY 10 AM & 3 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET III 12 Tables 10.88 1 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA; A J Stephani - Arun Goyal, Cincinnati OH 7.62 2 Leila DeNotaristefani, Mendham NJ; Matt Meckstroth - Patty Barnett, Gainesville FL; Cindy Sealy, Huntsville AL 4.90 3 James Fox - Judy Fox, Virginia Beach VA; Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY; Donna Chambers, Schenectady NY 3.81 4 Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE; Roy Perry, St. John’s NL; Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY; Spencer Kiernan, Chadds Ford PA


Thursday InsiderThe Insider’s columns have been hit or miss,

shorter than usual, and they have fallen below the normal low bar for journalistic adequacy he has previously established for himself. The easy reason for this is that Daily Bulletin space is somewhat restricted due to coverage of the WBF event. The printer has limited the Bulletin Boys to a maximum of 24 pages. The WBF has been promised four pages for coverage of their event. With many, many events to report, as well as results from thousands of tables of play and the usual important information to share (a box everyday on page one telling you to go to page two for details, another box with the table count through Monday, the ads for Monaco, Bermuda, Cuba and Panama Canal and, of course, the mostly complete bridge play schedules), there just hasn’t been room for the Insider’s random thoughts and observations. The Insider will be back at full power come Phoenix.

For now, the Insider has been limited to 325 words per column. And these words have to be ones that the average NABC attendee can recognize – the Insider has had to refrain from his usual practice of making up words to fit the storyline. So with that in mind, AMG will have a flip chart at her station today: Stop by and share your favorite word that describes bridge, the NABCs or life on the tournament trail. Write down a regular word in a different context, some arcane word that describes life in the bridge world or just make up a word for the entertainment of all of us. She’ll want the word and your definition of it. Keep it (relatively) clean and have fun. She’ll keep the flip chart up through Friday to give everyone a chance to contribute. The Insider will contribute several of his own words to seed the pot. The best words will be “borrowed” for inclusion in Saturday’s Insider. (325 words exactly!)

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 19.5 Tables A B C 4.24 1 1 Ronald Gutzwiller - Deborah Gutzwiller, Mason OH 65.77% 3.18 2 2 1 Deana Haugabook, Oglethorpe GA; Susan Easterlin, Montezuma GA 65.49% 2.39 3 3 2 Beth Stephens, Marietta GA; Bijan Kasraie, Atlanta GA 63.94% 1.79 4 4 3 Ron Cowen - Marcia Cowen, Greenville SC 61.01% 1.34 5 Kathi Byrne - John Byrne, Atlanta GA 58.84% 1.18 6 5 4 Gil Hudnall - Ann Salo, Atlanta GA 58.33% 0.89 6 5 Janet Connell, Spanish Fort AL; Delores Courtney, Mobile AL 56.55% 0.99 6 Sheldon Fages, Duluth GA; Robert McFarland, Cumming GA 55.65%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER SWISS TEAMS 12 Tables A B C 3.11 1 1 Will Holmes - Dianne McLean, Athens GA; Leigh Malcom, Monroe GA; Linda Rakowski, Loganville GA 57.00 2.33 2 2 1 Suzanne Anderson - Elliott Goldstein, Atlanta GA; Charles Perry, Marietta GA; John Ritsema, Mableton GA 53.00 1.75 3 3 2 Patricia Temple, Bonita Springs FL; Anne Price - Susan Horn - Dianne Boswell, Greensboro GA 51.00 1.15 4/5 4/5 Pam Szabo, Marietta GA; Jan Noll, Dunwoody GA; Teresa Noa, Jersey City NJ; Jennifer Magid, Atlanta GA 47.00 1.20 4/5 4/5 3 Yolande Dumont - Wilfred Dumont - Dorothy Sherwood - Richard Sherwood, Naples FL 47.00

MARVIN SHATZ A/X PAIRS 88.0 Tables / Based on 152 Tables A B 33.18 1 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 65.65% 24.89 2 Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Sheila Pies, Osprey FL 63.75% 18.75 3 1 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA 62.63% 14.00 4 Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 60.59% 11.06 5 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 59.52% 9.48 6 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA 59.04% 14.06 7 2 Jill Fisch - John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA 58.65% 7.37 8 Pamela Miller - James Rasmussen, Cambridge MA 58.65% 6.64 9 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 58.42% 6.03 10 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Jeff McKee, Nevada TX 57.71% 5.53 11 Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; Mark Tonnesen, Woodbridge VA 57.65% 5.10 12 Jon Rice, Whitsett NC; B Wayne Stuart III, Raleigh NC 57.65% 10.55 13 3 Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA; Somers Collins, Roland AR 57.53% 4.88 14 Phil Clayton, Mission Viejo CA; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA 57.40% 4.15 15 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 57.08% 4.37 16 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 57.00% 5.87 17 Susan Picus, New York NY; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 56.90% 4.31 18 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 56.87% 3.59 19 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 56.84% 5.13 20 Brooks McNeely, Knoxville TN; Mark Jones, Birmingham AL 56.81% 3.16 21 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 56.37% 2.89 22 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 56.19% 7.91 4 Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 55.36% 6.25 5 Jeff David, Lisle IL; Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL 54.61% 5.36 6 David Moss, New York NY; Henry Moss, Glenview IL 54.61% 4.69 7 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 54.46% 4.17 8 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA 53.62% 3.75 9 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Linda Bush, Marietta GA 53.30% 4.39 10 Vincent Koon Kam King, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 52.45% 3.13 11 Rona Levine - Stephen Levine, New York NY 51.88% 2.88 12 Andrew Hidi - Suzanne Hidi, Toronto ON 51.88% 2.68 13 Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasoto FL 51.54%

WEDNESDAY 10 AM & 3 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET IV 12 Tables 8.97 1 Ben Yang, Warren NJ; Katherine Rabenstein, Washington DC; Melanie Manfield, Chevy Chase MD; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 6.28 2 Gail Berman, Sandy Springs GA; Virginia Saul - Eva Ratonyi, Atlanta GA; Virginia Rosen, Winter Haven FL 4.04 3 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA 3.14 4 Barry Segal - Casey Segal, Boynton Beach FL; Phyllis Vierra, San Jose CA; Shirley Ramspeck, Sarasota FL

WEDNESDAY 10 AM & 3 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET V 16 Tables 7.79 1 Jane Chadwick, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Bill Gilmore - Jim Whitmire - Nancy Whitmire, Jacksonville FL 5.45 2 James Felch, Bristol NH; Merrick Weinstein, Manchester NH; Carol Armstrong, Mount Holly NC; June Beers, Newnan GA 3.51 3 Peggy Haigler - Diane Rodger - Mary Ann Singer - Rhonda Patterson, Raleigh NC 2.73 4 Janet Jordan, Aledo TX; Karen Collins - Kathy Coleman - Carolyn Marks, Fort Worth TX

WEDNESDAY 10 AM & 3 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET VI 16 Tables 5.55 1 Nathaniel Hipsman, Marietta GA; Adam Gann, Falls Church VA; Joshua Baiel - Peter Lifland, Redmond WA 3.89 2 Mary Helen Harris, Marietta GA; John Ford, Franklin TN; Rosemary McCloskey - Chuck McCloskey, Raleigh NC 2.50 3 Peggy Jordan - Harriett Palmer - Jane Keith, Newnan GA; Patricia Jackson, Fairburn GA 1.94 4 Sandra Williams, Bluffton SC; Jim Miles, Westminster SC; Jeff Wood, Dahlonega GA; Linda Hacker, Gainesville GA

PAT SEILER GOLD RUSH PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION A EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Felicia Lease, Lakemont GA; Kimberly Willis, Savannah GA 65.48% 1 1 Victoria Gutierrez, Bradenton FL; Debra Hinds, Stone Mountain GA 57.74% 2 Sandi Rossman, Dunwoody GA; Edward Rocereta, Warm Springs GA 58.63% 2 2 Michelle Rose - Elizabeth Demers, Newnan GA 54.76% 3 1 Patricia Fine - Karin Baldzer, Atlanta GA 53.87% 3 Jill Benson, Bethesda MD; Margaret Webb, Renton WA 51.49% 4 Nancy Elsea - Peggy Heinisch, Atlanta GA 51.49% 4 Honore Thynne - Judy Orthwein, Atlanta GA 50.89% 2 Ray Sanow, Weaverville NC; Sandra Boozell, Asheville NC 49.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION B EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Sam Maloy - Cristina Shannon, Alpharetta GA 61.01% 1 1 Larry Zwahlen, Canton GA; Edward Paulling, Rome GA 63.39% 2 2 Beth Dresher, Atlanta GA; Sally Hughes, Marietta GA 58.33% 2 Karl McMillin - Barbara Tankersley, Marietta GA 59.52% 3 Lucy Fendig, St Simons Is GA; Shirley Egan, St Simons Isl GA 55.36% 3 2 Elizabeth Goldman - Robert Goldman, Sarasota FL 55.95% 4 3 Flo Vining - Martha Martin, St Simons Is GA 53.27% 4 Ann Van Dyke - Carol Weiss, Purchase NY 54.76% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION C EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Diane Strickland, Norcross GA; Duke Bhatia, Atlanta GA 63.69% 1 Arlene Mahlberg - Benny Mahlberg, Discovery Bay CA 63.10% 2 Shelia Paul - Linda Harris, Macon GA 61.01% 2 Judy Annan - Steve Annan, Mt Pleasant SC 61.61% 3 2 Ann Monk, Newnan GA; Christine West, Athens GA 55.95% 3 1 Rebecca Overton, Tallahassee FL; Elizabeth Lawler, Blowing Rock NC 58.33% 4 June Drennen - Elizabeth Goldthwait, Youngstown OH 50.00% 4 Dixie Wade, Atlanta GA; Lylah Gillespie, Plano TX 54.76% 2 Margaret Cole - Elizabeth Refshauge, Spartanburg SC 50.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION D EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Stanley Goldstein, Boynton Beach FL; James Jenkins, Fayetteville PA 60.71% 1 1 Steven Zimmerman - Julie Zimmerman, Winter Park FL 58.63% 2 1 Gloria Larson, Oak Ridge TN; Alma Vanhull, Kingston TN 57.74% 2/3 2 Arthur Burgess, Buford GA; Thomas Slaughter, Roswell GA 52.98% 3 2 Mary Jo Allman - Robert Allman, Mt Pleasant FL 55.65% 2/3 Ellen Flenniken, Fernandina Beac FL; Elizabeth Monroe, Amelia Island FL 52.98% 4 Jean Eidson, Atlanta GA; Barry Steinberg, Roswell GA 50.30% 4 Sandra Baggett - Cathy Gersh, Hattiesburg MS 49.70% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION G EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Lea Black - Robert Black, Athens AL 53.74% 1 1 Janet Edwards, Dunwoody GA; Brenda Shavin, Atlanta GA 68.10% 2 2 Frannie Dowling - Linda Hogg, Atlanta GA 53.36% 2 Sheryl Sack - Lana Imerman, Atlanta GA 60.59% 3 Eileen Griffin, Hilton Head SC; Marcia Cornell, Hilton Head Isl SC 53.02% 3 Nancy Alexander - Ruth Symington, Atlanta GA 60.38% 4 Mary Elrod, Atlanta GA; Linda Corbett, Smyrna GA 51.38% 4 2 Geoffrey Hadlock - Michael Heimann, Warsaw IN 53.87% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION H EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Martha Blackman, Spartanburg SC; Joseph Hicks, Hendersonville NC 60.71% 1 Chang-Li Lu, Strongsville OH; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH 67.56% 2 Connie Haugabook, Montezuma GA; Gail Coogle, Oglethorpe GA 56.55% 2 1 William Toler, Bay Village OH; Ann Kostell, Westlake OH 57.44% 3 Brady Lotridge - Leanne Lotridge, New Orleans LA 54.76% 3 Melinda Hawkins - Phyllis Pettijohn, West Palm Beach FL 57.14% 4 Karen Richards, Harvest AL; Betsy Graham, Northport AL 52.68% 4 Kathleen Adams - Tod Pontius, Austin TX 52.08% 2 Shelia Leventhal, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Susan Braitman, Palm Beach Gdns FL 52.38% 2 Joseph Bosworth - Ann Bosworth, Dawsonville GA 47.02%

Thanks, Play BridgeThe Atlanta NABC Planning Committee would

like to recognize and thank Ina Parry and the many volunteers from the Play Bridge club in Atlanta who have worked not only on their designated day (August 5), but have given generously of their time throughout the tournament. The club recruited more

volunteers than any other club. It really does make a difference!

Collect your section top prizes

Reminder: Section top winners are asked to pick up their prizes at the Prize Desk on LL2.


NORTH-SOUTH SECTION I EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 58.70% 1 1 Ted Moens - Nathan Moens, Delta BC 66.11% 2 2 Harriet Shaffer - Susan Croft, Atlanta GA 54.72% 2 Bert Einloth, Bluffton SC; Elizabeth Ambler, Hilton Head Is SC 57.32% 3 Chris Trower, Atlanta GA; John Dillon, Cashiers NC 54.13% 3 Mary Heiney, Laguna Beach CA; Joseph Dibenedetto, Scarsdale NY 55.91% 4 Joanne Waitkus, Weeki Wachee FL; Alice Jones, Brooksville FL 53.10% 4 2 Ginger Duncan - Mary Morton, Baton Rouge LA 51.86%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SERIES NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS TT UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 65.19% 1 1 1 Benny Patton, Atlanta GA; Michelle Barnes, Marietta GA 67.31% 2 Steve Clark - Louise Clark, Glencoe IL 64.56% 2 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 63.47% 3 Margaret Ritchie - Clay Hall, Birmingham AL 60.56% 3 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL 58.88% 4 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 58.10% 4 2 Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA; Sandy Kucha, Rancho Santa Fe CA 54.26% 5 1 Gail Hanson, Lake Orion MI; Starr Hagenmeyer, Roscommon MI 57.41% 5 3 Kate Smith, Stone Mountain GA; Jane Dickerson, Atlanta GA 53.50% 6 William Cunningham, Tucker GA; Sara Medlin, Alpharetta GA 56.02% 6 4 Silvana Bellini, St Petersburg FL; Arlyne Shockman, Philadelphia PA 53.43% 7 2 1 Eugenia Weaver, Pembroke Pines FL; Nan Lindsey, Lithia Springs GA 54.72% 7 5 Tom Platt - Johanna Platt, Mississauga ON 53.29% 8 Diana Holt, Palm Beach FL; Kitty Omura, North Palm Bch FL 48.69% 8 6 2 Rona Lake, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Spgs FL 52.78% 3 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI; Thomas Gaudin, Chamblee GA 47.89% 3 Peggy Tierney - Paul Tierney, Needham Heights MA 46.42% 4 Judith Bailie, Bishop GA; Debbie Wagner, Athens GA 47.33% 5 Phyllis Burnette, Greenville SC; Jo Tutt, Easley SC 47.27% 2 Joan Paskert - Jeannette Folsom, Naples FL 43.33% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS VV SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 58.31% 1 1 Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA; Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA 64.45% 2 Elizabeth Ivey, Clarksville TN; Dennis Luft, Trussville AL 56.78% 2 2 Sandy Yu, Alpharetta GA; Linda Holman, Atlanta GA 58.99% 3 2 David Cantor, Charlotte NC; S Natelson, Knoxville TN 54.53% 3 Dan Morse - Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 58.69% 4 3 1 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Lourdes Abdon, Sao Paulo 01329 Brazil 53.91% 4 3 Leif Thusholt, Dragor 2791 Denmark; Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 54.75% 5 Brenda Keller, Palm Springs CA; Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA 53.64% 5 4 Mickey Groggel, Mobile AL; Perry Poole, Maitland FL 54.07% 6 4 Donald Brown, Titusville FL; Elizabeth Wilcox, Macon GA 53.13% 6 Marianne Goff, Margate City NJ; Margaret Coe, Linwood NJ 53.89% 7 5 Betty Andersen, Sterling Hts MI; Charles Rosenblatt, Pompano Beach FL 52.76% 7 5 Bruce Thiher, Lady Lake FL; David Stentz, The Villages FL 52.09% 8 6 Donzetta Mills, Peachtree City GA; Anita Graham, Newnan GA 52.45% 8 6 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; John Wang, Beltsville MD 51.83% 2 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA 50.08% 7 Mary Scholl - Martha Marshall, Charlotte NC 49.69% 1 Mary Calise - Nick Calise, Scottsdale AZ 48.19% 2 Brandon Fong, Mt Laurel NJ; Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA 47.97% 3 David Bebko - Helen Bebko, Snellville GA 47.36%

WERNHER OPEN PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS P Q R S T EAST-WEST 1 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 64.03% 1 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 60.73% 2 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL 60.82% 2 Michael Radin - Judi Radin, New York NY 60.31% 3 Valentin Kovachev - Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 60.67% 3 Joseph Keim - William Gottschall, Dayton OH 60.04% 4 Sharon Hait - William Hait, Livingston NJ 59.68% 4 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 59.41% 5 Dave Westfall - Charles Bennett, Spokane WA 59.50% 5/6 Richard Maybin, Hendersonville NC; James Gumbert, Flat Rock NC 58.26% 6 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 59.34% 5/6 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 58.26% 7 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 58.62% 7 Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY 56.64% 8 Kenji Miyakuni - Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan 58.08% 8 Charles Nauen, Saint Paul MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 56.55% 9 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 57.78% 9 Annie Schwartz - Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 56.16%10/11 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX 57.45% 10 Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 55.95%10/11 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 57.45% 11 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; R Muggia, Andover MA 55.02% 12 Lew Walter - Marin Marinov, New York NY 57.24% 12 William Ehlers, Madison NJ; Corey Krantz, Philadelphia PA 54.72% 13 Jayendu Patel, Newton MA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 56.76% 13 Linda Hanson, Brentwood TN; Coley McGinnis, Nashville TN 54.27% 14 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 55.05% 14 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 53.97% 15 Thomas Walsh, Saskatoon SK; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 54.63% 15 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Shuba Dey, Fairfax VA 53.61% 16 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 54.15% 16 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 53.58% 17 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 53.97% 17 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 53.22% 18 Glenn Cossey, Innisfail AB; Nazir Ahmad, Red Deer AB 53.37% 18/19 George Zolovick, Pembroke VA; Donald Williams, Port St Lucie FL 53.19% 19 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL 53.28% 18/19 Donald Spaulding, Mountain View CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 53.19% 20 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 53.25% 20 P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 53.06% 21 Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Alexander Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 52.31% 21 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 52.88% 22 B Marshall, Tulsa OK; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 51.89% 22/23 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 52.31% 23 Iris Gruemm, ; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 51.83% 22/23 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD 52.31% 24 Sandra Fleischman, Bradenton FL; Harriette Buckman, University Park FL 51.77% 24 Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Tamas Szabo, Brookfield WI 52.28% 25 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 51.20% 25 Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Peter Wong, Toronto ON 52.19% 26 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 51.08% 26 Joan Dziekanski - Michael Polowan, New York NY 51.95%

3PM SIDE B-A-M TEAMS SECTIONS OO PP A B C 1 Stephen Weiner - Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Phebe Packer, Phoenix AZ 17.50 2 Stuart Goff, Woodstock GA; James Satterfield, Marietta GA; Sanjeev Pathak, Roswell GA; David Zeckets, Atlanta GA 16.50 3 Bos Berend - Joris Lankveld - Aagnes Snellens - Boer Wubbo, 16.00 4/6 1 Steven Wallis, L-5339, Moutfor Luxembourg; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; John Gropp, Newburgh NY; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY 15.00 4/6 Roisin O’Hara - Paul O’Hara, Oakville ON; Joan Stephens - Robin Stephens, Toronto ON 15.00 4/6 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach VA; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 15.00 7/8 Bill Wisdom, Salisbury NC; Tom Rutledge, Charleston SC; Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 14.50 7/8 Warren Oberfield - Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA; Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Susan Stark, Cleveland OH 14.50 9 2 Ken Parker - Donna Parker - Edward Crane, Newnan GA; Michael McGowan, Peachtree Cty GA 13.50 10 3 Jenny Slay, Daphne AL; Christie Sellers - Daniel Sellers, Jr, Jacksonville FL; Sue Nelson, Bay Minette AL 13.00 4/5 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI 12.50 4/5 Carole Metzger - Ron Barze - Joyce Williams - Sikina Ehmer, Atlanta GA 12.50 6/7 A Ramsey, Atlanta GA; Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA; Catherine Passailaigue, Columbus GA; Janice Haugabook, Montezuma GA 11.50 6/7 Laura Tolkow - Bonnie Gellas, New York NY; Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Germany; Estera Lisker, East Quogue NY 11.50 1 Julie Connor, Austin TX; Margarett Whilden, Washington DC; Janice Hall, Highlands NC; Mary Mc Millan, Jackson MS 11.00 2 Ardes Durden - Jeannie McGinnis, Newnan GA; Sarah Connors - Connie Porch, Fayetteville GA 8.50 SECTIONS QQ RR A B C 1 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 16.50 2/3 Richard Taube - Mike Sheldon, Marietta GA; William Kulbersh, Atlanta GA; Larry Harding, Hampstead NC 15.50 2/3 1 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Barry Margolin, Arlington MA 15.50 4 2 1 Pearle Bishop, Lynn Haven FL; Shelly Hobbs, Panama City Bch FL; Mary Schilling - Beth McArthur, Panama City FL 15.00 5 3 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; David Schulman, Atlanta GA; Anton Habash, Oxford OH; Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA 14.50 6 4 2 LeRoy Burnside, Pawleys Island SC; Sandra Murphy - James Braunworth, Luray VA; Colin Steele, Murrells Inlet SC 14.007/10 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Kazimierz Omernik, Gdynia Poland 13.007/10 5 Michael Myers, Ottawa ON; Gennifer Binder - Evan Markowitz, New York NY; Jennifer Richter, Summit NJ 13.007/10 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Burrell Humphreys, Wayne NJ; James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ 13.007/10 Aubrey Fein, Fort Lauderdale FL; Bernard Gorkin - Mary Gorkin, Baldwinsville NY; Charlene Predmest, Delray Beach FL 13.00 6/7 Evelyn Gilliard, East Point GA; Roberta Skibicki, Marietta GA; Estelle Lavender, Birmingham AL; Larry Rich, Cumming GA 12.50 6/7 3 Sonjia McHone, Salisbury NC; Tina Boyer, Montclair NJ; Caroline Clyburn, N Myrtle Beach SC; Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD 12.50

MARVIN SHATZ A/X PAIRS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 68.08% 1 Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA 61.62% 2 Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC; Kenneth King, Pleasanton CA 59.46% 2 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 60.69% 3 James Partridge, Birmingham AL; Kristina Oliver, Homewood AL 58.69% 3 Lisa Berkowitz - Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL 58.46% 4 1 Jill Fisch - John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA 58.08% 4 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 56.69% 5 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 57.31% 5 1 Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasoto FL 56.00% 6 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 56.92% 6 Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; Mark Tonnesen, Woodbridge VA 55.00% 7 Pat Peterson, Hernando FL; Sharron Rosenberg, St Charles IL 54.92% 7 2 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 54.38% 8 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC 54.15% 8 3 George Powell, Roswell GA; Jay Miller, Milwaukee WI 52.85% 9 John Adams, Silver Spring MD; John Miller, Vienna VA 53.46% 9/10 4 Alan Bronstein, Christiansted VI; Thomas Shelley, St Croix VI 52.54% 10 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL 53.00% 9/10 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Martin Hunter, Mississauga ON 52.54% 11 2 Wendy Margraff - Thomas Margraff, St Petersburg FL 51.92% 11 William Allison, Decatur GA; Charles Galloway, Thornhill ON 52.31% 12 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA 51.77% 12 John Russell, North Barringto IL; John Seng, Champaign IL 52.23% 3 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 50.31% 5 Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA; Frederick Eriksen, Murray NE 51.23% 4 Marshall Kerlin, Americus GA; Denny Cahan, Roswell GA 49.23% 5 Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL; John Simms, Marietta GA 47.62% 6 Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA; Judy Fendrick, Marietta GA 47.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F M EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Sheila Pies, Osprey FL 64.27% 1 Joanne Weingold - Jack Weingold, Boca Raton FL 59.71% 2 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 62.22% 2 1 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Linda Bush, Marietta GA 59.61% 3 1 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA 61.10% 3 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 56.91% 4 Jon Rice, Whitsett NC; B Wayne Stuart III, Raleigh NC 60.37% 4 Charles Martineau, Brossard QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 56.82% 5 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA 57.74% 5 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 56.50% 6 2 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA 56.86% 6 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 55.17% 7 Fred Strickland, Marietta GA; Gabriel Fadel, Duluth GA 55.11% 7 2 Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA; Somers Collins, Roland AR 54.82% 8 3 David Moss, New York NY; Henry Moss, Glenview IL 54.37% 8 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 54.34% 9 Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD; Rosanne Schabinger, Mount Prospect IL 52.75% 9 3 Raymond Linck - Kathleen Linck, Lexington KY 53.73% 10 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 52.46% 10 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Helen Corbin, Palo Alto CA 53.68% 11 4 John Segal, Wilton CT; Jennifer Williams, Lexington KY 51.69% 11 Rebecca Lowen, Nashville TN; Judith Armonat, Mount Juliet TN 52.50% 12 5 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 50.89% 12 4 Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; S Graham Kelly, Hudson OH 52.23% 6 Rory Millson, Bronxville NY; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 49.95% 5 Rona Levine - Stephen Levine, New York NY 50.46% 6 Nancy Lowry, Virginia Beach VA; Lynnette Regan, Norfolk VA 49.56% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS N O EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Susan Picus, New York NY; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 59.59% 1 Pamela Miller - James Rasmussen, Cambridge MA 62.05% 2 Fred Hawa, White Plains NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 58.55% 2 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 59.02% 3 Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 58.42% 3 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 57.84% 4 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Burbank CA 57.23% 4 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA 57.77% 5 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Jeff McKee, Nevada TX 55.72% 5 1 Vincent Koon Kam King, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 54.32% 6 Debbie Mineault - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 54.60% 6 2 Zachary Brescoll - Allison Hunt, Charlotte NC 53.77% 7 1 Lanette Moore - George Blankenship, Atlanta GA 52.59% 7 Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC; Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC 53.05% 8 David Berent - Shirley Berent, Aventura FL 52.15% 8 3 Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 52.83% 9 2 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 51.92% 9 4 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA 52.46% 10 Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY; Janet Robertson, Timonium MD 51.90% 10 Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY; Jeffrey Allen, Armonk NY 52.45% 11 3 Judith Merrill, Wethersfield CT; Carolyn Joseph, Farmington CT 51.41% 11 Eric Schwartz, Arlington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA 51.43% 4 Anita Asch, Roslyn NY; Carolyn Lewis, Louisville KY 50.71% 5 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 50.12% 5 Gloria McCain - William Worrall, Orlando FL 49.18% 6 Andrew Hidi - Suzanne Hidi, Toronto ON 49.82%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Timothy Embry - Kay Embry, Duluth GA 62.50% 1 1 Janet Focazio - Sharon Hyslop, Alpharetta GA 63.33% 2 2 Marcia Christie, McCormick SC; Betty Winkler, McCirmic SC 58.75% 2 Lynda Barnum - Shirley Driscoll, Tallahassee FL 62.08% 3 3 Lynn Craft - Lucy Sinopole, Huntsville AL 56.67% 3 2 Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH; Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH 60.00% 3 1 Charlotte Cash - June Buckley, Ponte Vedra Bea FL 50.42%


Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsFriday, August 9, 10 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherFriday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single TBA $16 $18299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $15

Friday, August 9, 10 & 1:30 p.m.NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 F Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $20 ---

Friday, August 9, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.FREEMAN MIXED BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $20 --- Strati-Flighted A/X Pairs 1-2 Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $16 $18Strati-Flighted B/C/D Pairs 1-2 Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $16 $18Friday-Saturday KO Teams 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Friday Compact KO Teams 1-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Thursday-Friday KO Teams 3-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18

Friday, August 9, 10 a.m & 3:30 p.m.SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 5 Dunwoody, LL3 $20 --- Screens, second session at 4 p.m.0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams F 1-2 Dunwoody, LL3 $17 --- Screens, second session at 3:30 p.m.0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams F 1-2 Dunwoody, LL3 $17 --- Screens, second session at 3:30 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.

Friday, August 9, 1 & 7:30 p.m.Bob Bisplinghoff 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

Friday, August 9, 3 p.m.Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single TBA $16 $18Stratified Side Board-a-Match 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

Friday, August 9, 7:30 p.m.Thursday-Friday Evening Compact KO Teams 3-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Thursday-Friday Evening Round-Robin Swiss Teams 2nd Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd 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

Friday, August 9, 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.

TUESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME SERIES NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OO PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Lech Ekert, Hilton Head SC; S Graham Kelly, Hudson OH 63.47% 1 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 62.50% 2 Judy Zhu, Naperville IL; Jack Snyder, Rockford IL 58.75% 2 1 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA 61.67% 3 2 Marie Lewis - Mildred Turner, Macon GA 56.67% 3 Anna Sarniak, 01494 Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC 60.28% 4 3 Evelyn Gilliard, East Point GA; Josie Mitchell, Decatur GA 55.56% 4 2 1 Frank Hsieh - Gianni Hsieh, Naperville IL 59.44% 5 4 David Neiman, Minneapolis MN; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 54.31% 5 3 J F Lowenstein - Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 56.53% 6 5 Elizabeth Wilcox, Macon GA; Hazel Hewitt, St Marys ON 54.03% 6 4 Gerene Albrecht - Robert Short, Red Deer AB 55.56% 7 Merle Stetser - Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 53.47% 7 Marianne Goff, Margate City NJ; Margaret Coe, Linwood NJ 54.86% 8/9 6/7 1 Eric Shelton, Atlanta GA; Donna Shelton, Arlington Hts IL 51.94% 8 5 Neil Selvin, Naples FL; Howard Grunin, Mc Lean VA 51.39% 8/9 6/7 Suzanne Nichols - Grady Nichols, Signal Mountain TN 51.94% 9 6 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Boynton Beach FL; Marianne Claysmith, St Augustine FL 50.56% 8 David Cantor, Charlotte NC; S Natelson, Knoxville TN 50.56% 2 Benjamin Kuschner, Concord MA; Douglas Kuschner, Santa Clarita CA 47.92% 2 Suri Kukkapalli, Hyderabad 50007 India; Joseph Gedan, Honolulu HI 49.72%

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY EVENING GOLD RUSH PAIRS TUESDAY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Sarah Falgoust - Penny Saunders, Atlanta GA 69.35% 1 Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Chang-Li Lu, Strongsville OH 63.10% 2 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA 58.04% 2 Carol Weiss, Purchase NY; Joseph Dibenedetto, Scarsdale NY 57.74% 3 2 Nathan Moens - Ted Moens, Delta BC 55.95% 3 1 Janet Edwards - Jan Noll, Dunwoody GA 52.98% 4 3 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; Tina Boyer, Montclair NJ 55.65% 4 2 Elizabeth Goldman - Robert Goldman, Sarasota FL 52.68% 5 Eric Starzinger, Marietta GA; Robert Lumbert, Severn MD 55.36% 5 3 Geoffrey Hadlock - Michael Heimann, Warsaw IN 52.08%

1 & 7:30 PM A/X PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI; Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN 55.56% 1 1 Sandy Palmer - Dennis Hawtin, Shorewood WI 64.12% 2/4 Howard Simpson - Janice Simpson, Surprise AZ 53.94% 2 David Berent - Shirley Berent, Aventura FL 61.81% 2/4 2/3 Barbara Fingerhut, Clifton NJ; Andrea Luckey, Kinnelon NJ 53.94% 3 2 Terry Jones, Falls Church VA; Cecil Henry, Brethren MI 60.42% 2/4 2/3 Claudia Tinajero - Jorge Nischli, Mexico Mexico 53.94% 4 3 Anne Fidelman, Houston TX; Janet Fidelman, Arlington MA 52.31%

1 & 7:30 PM GOLD RUSH PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Paula Austin, Oxford AL; Ruth Fite, Anniston AL 58.04% 1 1 Linda Hult - Barbara Tureen, Atlanta GA 58.63% 2 2 Randolph Elkins, Merrifield VA; Mary Jane Griffin, St Augustine FL 57.74% 2 Susan Buckley-Holland - Sally Pecqueur, Clayton GA 57.14% 3 3 Diane Seymour - Stephanie Lohri, Charlotte NC 56.25% 3 Pinky McInvaille - Gwen Hooker, Fayetteville NC 55.36% 4 Martha Ludewig, St. Louis MO; Patricia Koncki, O’Fallon MO 54.17% 4 2 Pete Kaeding - Susan Kaeding, McCormick SC 52.68% 3 Marcia Miller - Elaine Sheldon, Marietta GA 50.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 J Michael Gregory - Helen Gregory, Athens GA 59.99% 1 1 Connie Haugabook - Susan Easterlin, Montezuma GA 63.90% 2 1 George Schatz, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Gail Santoro, Ponte Vedra FL 58.80% 2 2 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 57.95% 3 2 Judy Pitts, Christiansted VI; R.Terry Handley, Soledad CA 55.44% 3 Kathleen Adams - Tod Pontius, Austin TX 52.68% 4 Susan Stephenson - Joanna Johnson, Raleigh NC 54.97% 4 3 Rosalie Murphy, Sun City Center FL; Marion Winsor, Sun City Ctr FL 50.72%

TUESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LL EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Lynn McGill, Roswell GA; Connie Melgaard, Atlanta GA 67.71% 1 1 Deborah Hubert, Atlanta GA; Margaret Barfield, Marietta GA 63.28% 2 1 George Correia, Devonshire Bermuda; Andy Carne, Hamilton Bermuda 55.83% 2 Pamela Bank, Ocean Isle Beac NC; Sue Sandidge, Ocean Isle NC 58.60% 3 2 1 Rondal Vickers - Janet Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL 55.51% 3 2 1 Alec Zhan - Kunal Vohra, Alpharetta GA 53.94% 4 3 2 Anuj Das - Nisarg Shah, Alpharetta GA 55.37% 4 Edward Hartlieb, Waleska GA; Margaret Cannon, Atlanta GA 53.81% 5 Ann Law, Piedmont AL; Cathy Maffett, Myrtle Beach SC 52.14% 5 Ronald Gutzwiller - Deborah Gutzwiller, Mason OH 53.47% 2 Martin Powell - Paula Powell, Mobile AL 50.52%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Ron Cowen - Marcia Cowen, Greenville SC 61.01% 1 1 Ronald Gutzwiller - Deborah Gutzwiller, Mason OH 65.77% 2 2 2 Sheldon Fages, Duluth GA; Robert McFarland, Cumming GA 55.65% 2 2 1 Gil Hudnall - Ann Salo, Atlanta GA 58.33% 3 3 Vicki Anckner - Mary Hubbard, Savannah GA 54.17% 3 3 2 Janet Connell, Spanish Fort AL; Delores Courtney, Mobile AL 56.55% 4 4 Wei Hsia - Jessie Hsia, Tuscaloosa AL 53.87% 4 4 3 Tim Collopy - Cecilia Collopy, Millbrook NY 55.06% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Beth Stephens, Marietta GA; Bijan Kasraie, Atlanta GA 63.94% 1 1 1 Deana Haugabook, Oglethorpe GA; Susan Easterlin, Montezuma GA 65.49% 2 Daniel Solow - Arthur Heuer, Cleveland OH 56.76% 2 Kathi Byrne - John Byrne, Atlanta GA 58.84% 3 2 Susan Freund, Pound Ridge NY; Judy Harralson, Princeton KY 54.93% 3 2 2 David McConkey, Norfork AR; Cheryl McConkey, Norfolk AR 53.66% 4 3 Sue Herrin - Kay Halligan, Savannah GA 53.05% 4 3 Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 53.17% 2 Phyllis Lazarus - Linda Greenwald, Atlanta GA 52.42% 4 3 Armand Champagne - Walter Ritkenhead, Villa Rica GA 51.95%


Today’s Bridge Events

Today’s game honoreesEdgar Gay (1923-1981) Edgar loved bridge. He played, directed and

taught whenever and wherever there was a need. From community centers to senior centers to venues opened specifically for bridge, he was there. As a player, he became a Life Master in 1966, an accomplishment of which he was extraordinarily proud. In addition to playing and teaching bridge, he began directing tournaments and actively participated on the board of Unit 114, including one term as president in the late 1960s. Edgar changed the course of tournament bridge in Atlanta when he became tournament chairman and dramatically increased attendance and player enjoyment.

Edgar was born in Berlin. In 1938 his family decided to leave Germany. They were scheduled to sail to Cuba on the SS St. Louis, but they arrived at the dock early and left on another ship, the Iberia,

which took them safely to Cuba. As it turned out, the St. Louis was not allowed to dock anywhere and was returned to Germany.

Edgar owned a clothing store in Atlanta. As a father, he coached both boys’ baseball and girls’ softball, and when Druid Hills High School first organized a soccer team, he attended practices as a coach/consultant and assisted the school’s first team coming in third in the State.

Edgar Gay was inducted into the Georgia Bridge Hall of Fame in 1984, earning a spot because of his extraordinary contributions and service to Georgia bridge, more so than for his accomplishments as a player. Nonetheless, Edgar was proud of every one of his lifetime total of 890.12 master points.

Nancy Hetsko (1954-2012)Nancy was a true ambassador of bridge. She

served as a board member of the Duplicate Bridge Association of Atlanta, Unit 114 Secretary and President, and served on the board of District 7 and the Mid-Atlantic Bridge Conference. She started playing duplicate in the late 1980s and was a Diamond Life Master.

Nancy was a CPA. She also assisted her long-time partner, Larry Rich, in the operation of the Alpharetta Duplicate Bridge Club. Besides directing, she taught lessons to new players and advancing players. She was very proud of the newcomers she mentored.

Although very competitive, Nancy was a true lady at and away from the table. She was a wonderful partner and teammate, never criticizing any results, a rare find in the bridge world!

Thursday, August 8, 10 a.m.Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherWednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 4th single Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $15

Thursday, August 8, 10 & 1:30 p.m.NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $20 --- 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions

Thursday, August 8, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.FREEMAN MIXED BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 Q Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $20 --- 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsNational 199er Pairs 1-2 Hanover Hall, LL2 $17 ---Edgar Gay Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Regency Ballroom, LL1 $16 $18Wednesday-Thursday KO Teams 3-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Thursday-Friday KO Teams 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18

Thursday, August 8, 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 4 Regency Ballroom, LL1 $20 --- Screens, second session at 4 p.m.WAGAR WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS F 1-2 Dunwoody, LL3 $20 --- Screens, second session at 4 p.m.0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams SF 1-2 Dunwoody, LL3 $17 --- Screens, second session at 3:30 p.m.0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams SF 1-2 Dunwoody, LL3 $17 --- Screens, second session at 3:30 p.m.Nancy Hetsko Memorial Open Swiss Teams (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Nancy Hetsko Memorial Gold Rush Swiss Teams (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18

Thursday, August 8, 1 & 7:30 p.m.Strati-Flighted A/X Pairs 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Strati-Flighted B/C/D Pairs 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18

Thursday, August 8, 3 p.m.Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 5th single Grand Hall, LL2 $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

Thursday, August 8, 3 & 7:30 p.m.Thursday Afternoon/Evening Compact KO Teams 1-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18

Thursday, August 8, 7:30 p.m.Thursday-Friday Evening Compact KO Teams 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Thursday-Friday Evening Round-Robin Swiss Teams 1st Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18Wednesday-Thursday 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

Thursday, August 8, 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.

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