Friday, July 26, 2019 Volume 91, Number 8 Daily Bulletin 91st North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler, Chip Dombrowski, Sue Munday Nickell ousted from Spingold Paske takes Mixed BAM title The No. 2 seed in the Spingold Knockout The squad captained Teams – the perennial powerhouse captained by by Thomas Paske won the Nick Nickell – was defeated by the No. 15 seed Freeman Mixed Board-a- led by Warren Spector, 122-109. Match Teams by one board, Hemant Lall and company (No. 8) is also on edging out the team lead by the sidelines after losing to the No. 9 seed led by Glenn Robbins. Tim Verbeek, 122-90. Paske, of New York The defending champions – Pierre City, played with Migry Zur Zimmermann’s No. 1 team – had no trouble Campanile, also of NYC, against Mike Levine’s No. 16 squad, winning 133- Christina Madsen of Denmark 64. and Veri Kiljan of the The all-French team led by Eric Gautret (No. Netherlands. After qualifying 9) defeated Bart Bramley’s No. 12 squad, 118-96. tied for eighth place, they Rose Meltzer (No. 4) crushed Joyce Hill’s No. scored 20 wins in the first final 13 squad 160-54 in three quarters. session and 15 in the second to No. 7 Lavazza stayed in control of the match claim the victory. Their four- session total with carryover continued on page 7 was 37.60. The Robbins squad Winners of the Freeman Board-a-Match Teams: Veri Kiljan, finished with 36.60. Playing Mini-Spingolds Christina Madsen, Migry Zur Campanile and Thomas Paske. with Robbins of New York enter QF, SF rounds City was Jiang Gu of Mountain Lakes NJ, and because that title has been stripped, this is my The field in the Mini-Spingold 0-6000 KO Wenfei Wang and Shen Qi of China. ‘first’ North American win. I’m glad to have won Teams has ben reduced to the eight quarter-finalist For the winners, this was the first NABC title this; I stopped referring to myself as an NABC squads. for Kiljan, a member of the Dutch Junior team, champion after the cheating conviction of my In the 0-2500 Mini-Spingold, four teams and also for Madsen ... technically. former teammates, but now I can claim the title remain. The semifinal matchups: Scott Nason vs. “I previously won an NABC team event again thanks to the very nice teammates I played Robin Elliott and Richard Franklin vs. Jordan with a pair that was convicted of cheating, and with today!” Lampe. College bragging Bitterman, Bendure rights on the line A field of 14 college teams was reduced to are Wernher champs four yesterday by means of a qualifying Swiss. In The Michigan duo of Bob Bitterman and Mark this afternoon’s semifinal action, the University Bendure won the Wernher Open Pairs, finishing a of Chicago faces off against Northwestern while half board ahead of runners-up Frederic Pollack the Georgia Tech Gold squad goes up against the and Kamel Fergani of Quebec. University of California at Berkeley. Tonight, the The winners, who qualified 65th in winners will compete for the Collegiate Bowl title. Wednesday’s opening round, scored 59.17% in the first final session and capped it with a 63.95% in the second final to win the event. This is the first NABC title for the winners. They were frequent partners in the late 1980s, but after a long break, they have recently renewed their partnership. Bitterman and Bendure had a four-session total with carryover of 2977.50 (90 top), while Pollack and Fergani finished with 2924.99. Winners of the Wernher Open Pairs: Bob In third place were Eitan Orensten and Aba Bitterman and Mark Bendure. Kalish of Israel with 2855.17. Louis MMXIX The kids are back! The Youth NABC started They call started learning when he was 8. He played in a yesterday. For results and pictures, see pg. 11. him King Louis. weekly club game, but never any tournaments, It’s almost until his family moved to Portland OR when he like it was his was 14. destiny to be Soon after, he scored a 70% his first time Goodwill Message King of Bridge. playing in a local regional and began to catch Louis the attention of the area’s top players, gaining Accept the decisions of your Beauchet, 18, is opportunities to play with them. In summer 2016, director with politeness and grace. sure about one as a 15-year-old, Beauchet went to Washington DC Sandy DeMartino, Chair thing: It was to play on District 20’s GNT Flight C team. Later Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee his destiny to in the tournament he wound up on a team in the become a bridge Freeman Mixed BAM, playing on Jade Barrett’s player. team with Karen Barrett, Donna Lombardini and ATTENDANCE As a shy, Dan Hoekstra. They placed third. intellectual child A year later in San Diego, he placed 20th through Thursday growing up in France (his name is pronounced in the Blue Ribbon Pairs playing with Portland Louie), Beauchet longed to spend time with adults. pro Jon Bartlett after starting the third day in 10,895.5 tables Bridge looked like a good way to do that, and he continued on page 5 Page 2 Friday, July 26, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS All meetings are at The Cosmopolitan. 5:30–7:30 pm Youth NABC Closing Reception. Condesa 5, second Friday, July 26 floor 10 am–6 pm Youth NABC. Brera 4, third floor Sunday, July 28 Saturday, July 27 TBA Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA) 10 am–5:30 pm Youth NABC. Brera 4, third floor CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Brera 2 on the third floor of The Cosmopolitan. Friday, July 26 Saturday, July 27 9:15 a.m. Harriette Buckman Rights and Responsibilities 9:15 a.m. GS Jade Barrett Power of Fits 6:45 p.m. Tom Carmichael New Minor Forcing Friends

HOSPITALITY Food will be served nightly following the evening session in the Gracia Commons on the third floor. Friday, July 26 Saturday, July 27 Ice cream. Roasted tomato bruschetta.

Calling all new Vendors Life Masters The vendors for the Summer NABC are Did you make Life Master at this tournament, located on the fourth floor directly outside or achieve another major Life Master milestone? the Belmont Ballroom. There you can find a Let’s celebrate! We’d love to include your name variety of goods from books to jewelry. and picture in the Daily Bulletin to make sure all your friends hear that you’ve climbed the next rung of the ladder. Bridge Bucks and Come by our office. The best time to find us is after 1 p.m. The Bulletin office is located check cashing on the second level in the Condessa Commons Bridge Bucks and check-cashing services will – Condessa Room 7, to be exact. You’ll see the be available outside the Gracia Ballroom on the Daily Bulletin sign on an easel outside the door. third floor from 9:30 – 10 a.m. and noon to 1 p.m. We look forward to sharing the good news. Check-cashing limit is $500. Players may purchase Entry fees Bridge Bucks using all major A valid ACBL player number is required to credit cards. play in all events at the NABC. Players must be ACBL members whose service fees or dues are current in order to compete in any of the following nationally ranked events: Grand National Teams (Championship Flight), von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, Spingold Knockout Teams, Wagar Women’s Pairs, Truscott/ USPC Senior Swiss Teams, Wernher Open Pairs, Freeman Mixed Board-A-Match Teams and the Roth Open Swiss Teams. The entry fees for these contests are $30 per player per session. For team events, this means $120 per team per session for four-person teams, $150 per team per session for Check out five-person teams, and $180 per team per session our interactive for six-person teams. When screens are in use, there is an additional fee of $10 per pair or $20 per restaurant map at team per session. acbl.org/foodmap Note: Only ACBL members are eligible to play in NABC+ events. $1.50 per person per session benefits the International Fund. Players must also be current ACBL members to play in the Grand National Teams (Flights Parking A, B & C), the 0–6000 and 0–2500 Mini- Parking is free for registered guests at The Spingold Knockouts, the 0–10,000 NABC Pairs, Cosmopolitan. For others, parking is $15 per day the 0–10,000 Mixed Swiss Teams, the Bruce for self-parking or $20 per day for valet, or $10 LM–6000 Pairs, the Young 0–2500 Pairs and the and $15 for up to four hours. At Planet Hollywood, Bean Red Ribbon Pairs. The entry fee is $22 per parking is free for everyone. player per session. For the team events, this means $88 per team per session for teams of four, $110 per team per session for teams of five, and $132 Cash concessions per team per session for teams of six. (The GNT The cash concessions stand is open from Flights A, B & C have no fee the first two days of 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the fourth floor of the the contest.) When screens are in use, there is an Cosmopolitan, outside the Belmont Ballroom, and additional fee of $10 per pair or $20 per team per from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside Gracia Ballroom on session. the third level. Regional events are $20 per player per session for ACBL members, and $24 for lapsed members. Smoking Policy For multi-session team events of three sessions or Smoking is not permitted in the playing area more, the entry fee is $80, $100 or $120 for teams during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This of four, five or six, respectively. For team events includes electronic smoking devices. of one or two sessions, the entry fee is $80 per Daily Bulletin Friday, July 26, 2019 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS The full deal: he decided to Take All Your Chances ♠ A Q J feign strength Eddie Kantar ♥ 4 3 2 in diamonds by ♦ A 8 4 3 leading the ♦Q ♠ A Q J ♣ 7 6 5 from dummy with ♥ 4 3 2 ♠ 5 4 3 ♠ 7 6 2 great confidence. ♦ A 8 4 3 ♥ J 7 ♥ 10 9 8 6 It held the trick! ♣ 7 6 5 ♦ K 6 5 2 ♦ 10 9 7 Undaunted, he ♣ K 10 8 2 ♣ A J 3 led the jack and ♠ K 10 9 8 ♠ K 10 9 8 that held the trick ♥ A K Q 5 ♥ A K Q 5 as well! Now it ♦ Q J ♦ Q J was safe to let the ♣ Q 9 4 ♣ Q 9 4 opponents in, and Harold made yet another The opponents are getting tired of defending See the diamonds in your hand? Harold impossible 3NT contract. After the hand, he so many 3NT hands, but here comes another Harkavy, a wonderful bridge player of yesteryear, apologized to his partner: “Partner, if I only had after 1NT–3NT. supported himself by playing professionally. He the ten of diamonds, I could have run the entire West leads a low club from K–10–x–x and frequently found himself in some bizarre 3NT suit!” the opponents cash the first four club tricks, contracts because his partners were not allowed East discarding a low spade on the fourth club, to bid notrump. On one of them, this was his dummy a low heart. And you, what do you diamond stopper, only his contract was 4NT! discard on the fourth club? North If you discard a heart, you are giving up on ♦ Q J 3–3 hearts (36%), but if you discard a diamond, West East you are giving up on the diamond finesse (50%). ♦ A 10 8 3 ♦ K 6 5 4 Discard a heart. South (Harold) Also, if East had the ♦K, he might have ♦ 9 7 2 discarded an encouraging diamond. Negative Harold had to knock out an ace and knew inferences go a long way in this game. the opponents would switch to diamonds, so

Roberta Fernandez and Monica Gutierrez are part of a contingent of 12 members of the Centro De Bridge Margara Garza Sada who traveled together to the NABC from Monterrey, Mexico. As Monica says, “We play for the fun of the game!” A group from the club – adults and youth – also attended last year’s Summer NABC in Atlanta.

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WERNHER OPEN PAIRS New Life Master 91.0 Tables / Based on 175 Tables Congratulations 125.00 1 Robert Bitterman, Harbor Springs MI; Mark Bendure, Grosse Pointe MI 2977.50 to Ingrid Sturm 93.75 2 Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Kamel Fergani, Montreal QC 2924.99 of Las Vegas, who 70.31 3 Eitan Orensten - Aba Kalish, Haifa Israel 2855.17 earned her gold card 55.56 4 Oleg Rubinchik, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Vineland NJ 2811.09 by finishing second in 50.00 5 Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland OR 2810.56 45.45 6 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 2807.33 the Friday–Saturday 41.67 7 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England 2805.51 Knockouts. Needing 38.46 8 William Harker, Santa Fe NM; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 2798.06 2.43 gold points, she 35.71 9 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 2795.22 actually picked more 33.33 10 Gene Benedict, Toledo OH; Ron Feldman, Redondo Beach CA 2779.47 than 11. She and 31.25 11 Eric Sieg, Seattle WA; Thomas Devine, Ferndale WA 2756.43 her partner, Renato 29.41 12 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Jack LaVigne, Houston TX 2747.46 Ascoli, teamed up 27.78 13 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 2746.69 with Rolf Houtkooper and Rick Lepscier to form 26.32 14 Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 2743.27 an all-Las Vegas squad. “I don’t play in many 25.00 15 Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ; Douglas Dye, Wyndmoor PA 2734.46 tournaments and I don’t travel much,” Ingrid said, 23.81 16 Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL 2712.39 22.73 17 Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Ben Kristensen, Duluth MN 2712.23 “so when the nationals were scheduled to come 21.74 18 Bobby Wolff, Las Vegas NV; Morris Chang, Santa Clara CA 2712.02 here, I knew I better do it.” 21.94 19 John Koch, Saint Cloud MN; Terry Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN 2705.81 20.84 20 Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake MN; Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN 2694.69 COLLEGIATE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP 23.41 21 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 2691.37 4 Tables 18.52 22 Shome Mukherjee, Braintree MA; Lew Gamerman, Randolph MA 2685.72 U Chicago: Ilan Wolff, Great Neck NY; Boris Fang, People’s 17.86 23 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 2674.00 Republic of China; Cynthia Huang - Raphael Hallerman, Chicago 17.24 24 Peter J. Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Brian Glubok, New York NY 2673.91 IL; Zihan Tan, Evanston IL vs 16.67 25 Maya Alela, Kayenta AZ; Pedro Miguel Durao, Lisbon Portugal 2672.69 Northwestern: Kyle Rockoff, Gilbert AZ; Sarik Goyal - Daniel 16.13 26 Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ 2668.30 Weiss, Evanston IL; Liwei Zeng, Chicago IL 15.63 27 Alexander Labry, Austin TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 2650.21 19.47 28 Yan Wang, Richmond Hill ON; Edward Xu, North York ON 2647.93 GA Tech Gold; Santhosh Karnik - Cyrus Hettle, Atlanta GA; 14.71 29 Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 2641.21 Shengding Sun, Carrboro NC; Zhuangdi Xu, Sugar Hill GA; 14.29 30 Gregg Van Dyke, Saint Paul MN; Tom Grue, Las Vegas NV 2640.27 Richard Jeng, Johns Creek GA vs 13.89 31 Jack Lee, Richmond BC; Zheng Zhang, Toronto ON 2638.27 Berkeley; Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Armin Askari, 13.51 32 Gonzalo Goded, Madrid, Spain; Luis Lantaron, Madrid, Spain 2637.81 Thornhill ON; Jesse Chao, Oakland CA; Foster Tom, Berkeley 13.16 33 Ioannis Papakyriakopoul - Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis, Athens, Greece 2635.87 CA; Stella Q. Wan, Palo Alto CA 12.82 34 Qucheng Gong, Newark CA; William Zhu, San Francisco CA 2634.07 12.50 35 Yanong Han, Milpitas CA; Wanfeng Mou, Sugar Land TX 2633.86 15.06 36 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 2632.85 Use of the bidding box – 11.90 37 Chris Moll, Durham NC; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK 2625.32 Alerts and Announcements 11.63 38 Frank Hsieh, Sammamish WA; Zhu Liu, Princeton NJ 2618.87 When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires 11.48 39 Bob Todd, Winnipeg MB; Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC 2613.23 11.11 40 Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA; Gerry Marshall, Calgary AB 2606.90 that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at 10.87 41 Marc Renson, San Mateo CA; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA 2602.31 the same time. 10.64 42 Daniel Tataru, Walnut Creek CA; Dmitri Shabes, San Ramon CA 2595.93 When making an Announcement, use the 18.94 43 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 2595.38 Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and 10.20 44 Sam Goldberg, Dix Hills NY; Matthew Weingarten, Safety Harbor FL 2594.17 tap the Alert strip at the same time. A player 11.65 45 Eric Stoltz, Portland OR; Cameron Doner, Surrey BC 2591.53 who Alerts or Announces a bid must make 11.37 46 Tom Bishel - John Bishel, Columbus OH 2591.44 sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or 9.84 47 Shane Blanchard, New York NY; James Holzhauer, Las Vegas NV 2585.65 Announcement has been made. 18.83 48 Jeff Hand, New York NY; Gregory Woods, Westport CT 2585.14 9.26 49 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 2584.56 9.09 50 Kay Beck, Noblesville IN; Sveinn Eiriksson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 2584.45 17.94 51 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New York NY 2583.81 8.77 52 Richard McCombs, Santa Fe NM; John Pendergrass, Albuquerque NM 2583.04 11.08 53 Vic Quiros, Phoenix AZ; Ned Kohler, Scottsdale AZ 2582.39 8.47 54 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 2573.76 10.77 55 Arthur Zhou - Michael Hu, San Jose CA 2572.20 8.20 56 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden 2568.24 8.06 57 Jason Chiu, San Jose CA; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia, Bulgaria 2566.46 7.94 58 Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Ron Gerard, White Plains NY 2559.55 7.81 59 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Debra Eaves, Northville MI 2553.98 7.69 60 Cheng Wang, People’s Republic of China; Aiyue Ma, People’s Republic of China 2552.77 7.58 61 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 2548.01 7.46 62 David Yang, Darien IL; Marin Marinov, New York NY 2536.16 8.50 63 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Sheng Li, New York NY 2535.41 13.36 64 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 2530.58 8.16 65 Bartlomiej Igla, Switzerland; Fernando Piedra, Switzerland 2528.21 7.04 66 Simone Tanaka, Sao Paolo Brazil; Joao Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo Brazil 2518.52 6.94 67 Donald Faskow, Hollywood FL; John Albright, Plantation FL 2518.32 8.32 68 Xi Lin, Northbrook IL; Xudong Sun, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 2500.30 You raised nearly $1 million for 6.76 69 Qian Ren, North York ON; Shihong You, Germantown MD 2498.07 Alzheimer’s research and care. 6.67 70 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 2493.78 6.58 71 Jason Rosenfeld, Seaattle WA; Jennifer Gu, Palo Alto CA 2493.15 The total is still rising as donations 6.49 72 Ivanie Yeo - Lon Sunshine, Merrimack NH 2487.11 and table fees are counted, but over 14.38 73 Michael Christensen, Seattle WA; Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA 2486.08 the past seven years, you've help 6.33 74 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Michael Massimilla, Syosset NY 2486.01 raise more than $5.5 million 6.25 75 Anant Rathi - Ankur Rathi, San Francisco CA 2479.77 to support the work of the 19.08 76 Aaron Jones, North Bethesda MD; Jeff Roman, Bend OR 2474.82 Alzheimer's Association. 6.10 77 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Allan Deserpa, Tempe AZ 2472.54 6.02 78 Lance Shull, Raleigh NC; John Cobb Jr, Morrisville NC 2468.48 6.40 79 Chris Pesce, Seattle WA; Rex Tu, Bellevue WA 2465.06 15.63 80 Robert White, Raleigh NC; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 2464.29 14.40 81 Jerry Weinstein - Mike Lucas, Las Vegas NV 2464.09 5.75 82 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Nancy Frank, Glencoe IL 2461.82 5.68 83 Michael Berkowitz, Brooklyn NY; David Moss, New York NY 2458.71 5.62 84 Alan Malloy, Mountain View CA; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 2458.09 5.56 85 Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN; Allison L Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 2447.06 11.79 86 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 2446.89 5.43 87 Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN; Bob Heller, Knoxville TN 2436.84 Daily Bulletin Friday, July 26, 2019 Page 5

FREEMAN MIXED BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 52 Tables / Based on 104 Tables King of Bridge 110.00 1 Thomas Paske, Manhattan NY; Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Christina continued from page 1 Madsen, Denmark; Veri Kiljan, Netherlands 37.60 second place. Beauchet also lists among his 82.50 2 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Wenfei Wang - Shen Qi, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China 36.60 accomplishments having never gotten angry with 61.88 3 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV; Anne Brenner - David Caprera, a partner. Denver CO 35.30 One thing not on his resume: any involvement 48.89 4 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles with the Junior program. CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 34.90 “I’ve never enjoyed being with people my 44.00 5 Jean-Charles Allavena, Monaco Monaco; Palau Jean-Jacques, France; age,” Beauchet says. “Young people who play Pierr-Yves Guillaumin, France; Nathalie Frey, Monaco; bridge have something in common with me,” but Vanessa Reess, France 34.10 not enough for his tastes. “I’ve been asked to join 40.00 6 Daniel Miles, Toronto ON; Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV; Barry Rigal, New York Junior teams and programs. I always say I’m not NY; Laura Dekkers, Netherlands; Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Li interested.” Yiting, Herndon VA 34.00 36.67 7 Jared Lilienstein - William Pollack - Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Janice Instead Beauchet has formed many friendships Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA; Cheri with people three or four times his age through Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 32.90 bridge. He feels more comfortable in their 33.85 8 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep ; William company. “I think older people are a lot more Watson - Debbie Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA 32.40 steady, calmer, smarter, have more experience,” he 30.38 9/10 Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Chicago IL; Sandy McCay, Naples FL; Thomas says. “I feel like I’m like them.” Turgeon, Memphis TN 32.30 Beauchet graduated from high school early 30.38 9/10 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Uday Ivatury - Christal Henner, New York NY; a year ago and took a gap year. He’s thinking Victor King, Hartford CT 32.30 about starting college this year, probably online 27.50 11 David Treitel, Miami FL; Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati – the King of Bridge award is a scholarship – but OH; Gabrielle Sherman, Tucson AZ 32.20 25.88 12 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva - Sergey Orlov, Moscow Russia; doesn’t have any specific plans. He’s interested Evgeny Rudakov, Novgorod Russia 32.10 in economics, sociology and philosophy. He’s 24.44 13 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Steve Cohen - already playing bridge professionally and plans John Jeffrey, Las Vegas NV; Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA 31.50 to continue that. Someday he’d like to start a 23.16 14 Vasileios Vroustis, Athens, Greece; Gigi Simpson, Sarasota FL; May Sakr, business, but he doesn’t have anything particular Ardmore PA; Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ 31.20 in mind. He also golfs at least once a week. 22.00 15 John Carruthers, Kingsville ON; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; JoAnna For two years Beauchet wrote a quarterly Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 31.10 column on bridge strategy for The District 20 20.95 16 Maximo Crusizio, Argentina; James Fox - Judy Fox, Virginia Beach VA; Trumpet. Late last year, he took over directing the Monica Jajoo, Gurgaon India 30.70 Saturday game at The Ace of Clubs in the Portland 20.00 17 Claire Alpert - Irina Kislitsyna, Miami FL; Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL 30.20 suburbs and boosted attendance. He sometimes 19.13 18 Hailong Zhao, People’s Republic of China; Ke Jin - Ping Zhu - Wei makes crepes for his players and is also the club’s Wang, People’s Republic of China; Ming Sheng, Northbrook IL 30.00 webmaster. Recently he has started mentoring and 17.97 19/20 Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA; Nunzio Martorina, Laguna Woods CA; Fran playing with students. White, Fallbrook CA; Steve Bruno, Oceanside CA 29.10 Beauchet hasn’t noticed much of a difference 17.97 19/20 David Butler, Keswick VA; Leah Shao, Harrisonburg VA; Brian Schoenfeld - between American and French bridge players after Muh-Sha Crawford, Virginia Beach VA 29.10 playing about the same amount of time in each 16.92 21 Lee Maddocks, Modesto CA; Debbie Gailfus, Carlsbad CA; V Jay Tipton - country. He says bridge players are nice, smart Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 29.00 and interesting everywhere. “This is why I love 16.30 22 Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; bridge,” Beauchet says. “You get to meet some of Fiona Brown, Yorkshire ; Michael Byrne, Stateline NV 28.90 15.71 23 Louis-Amaury Beauchet, Sherwood OR; Laurie Rowe, Eugene OR; Jon Bartlett, the smartest people ever.” Happy Valley OR; Irva Neyhart, Corvallis OR 28.80 Among his favorite experiences was playing 15.17 24 Joan Jackson - Norman Beck, Dallas TX; Tobi Sokolow - David Sokolow, with Bartlett in the Blue Ribbon Pairs. “We had Austin TX; Ellen Hessel - Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 28.10 never played together before. We didn’t have a 14.67 25 Ranald Davidson, York ON; K. Fung, Edmonton AB; Dana Berkowitz, New York single bidding misunderstanding the whole event.” NY; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 27.80 Beauchet said it was a great surprise and a 14.19 26 Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; Monique Smith, Arlington VA; William Pettis, huge honor to be chosen for the award by the Chevy Chase MD; Barbara Ames, Bethesda MD 27.70 ACBL Educational Foundation. It may seem ironic that someone who doesn’t like to play with his fellow young people has been THURSDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES 23.0 Tables selected as the face of youth bridge. But the job A B C of King of Bridge is to promote the game, and 7.15 1 1 Richard Jeng, Johns Creek GA; Brent Xiao, Fremont CA 66.81% Beauchet does that. Bridge is his passion. And the 5.36 2 2 1 Ethan Wood, Dover MA; Jonathan Yue, San Jose CA 59.77% social aspect of bridge is helping him overcome 4.02 3 J. Melvin Norton, Burlington ON; Christopher Cowan, Oakville ON 59.56% his shyness, he says. 3.02 4 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Fran Columbus, White Plains NY 58.84% “It’s always been my destiny,” Beauchet said 3.53 5 3 Morris Jones, Monrovia CA; Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA 57.41% of bridge. “Right now I don’t have much else in 2.65 6 4 Dolf Daam, Victoria BC; Margi Redden, Portland OR 56.11% my life. Bridge gives me everything I need to be 1.93 7 George Bleskachek, Eau Claire WI; Tony Ames, Minnetonka MN 56.06% happy.” 2.84 5 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Jung Hu, San Jose CA 55.83% 1.99 6 2 Dianne Crunk - Penny Bourne, Mammoth Lakes CA 55.69% 1.42 7 Ian Kirk - Deanna Birch, Portland OR 54.56% 1.48 3 Paul Reback - Sharon Reback, N. Palm Beach FL 51.71% 1.11 4 Jonathan Bourne, Mammoth Lakes CA; Grace Lohr, Bishop CA 49.31%

THURSDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 17.5 Tables A B C 4.20 1 1 1 Herminia Villarreal, Mexico; Ana Hauser, Mexico 67.86% 3.15 2 2 Bill Webster - Bruce Block, Tucson AZ 63.39% 2.36 3 Enriqueta Belden, Mexico; Elsa Manzotti, Mexico 61.24% 2.15 4 3 Reid Sherwin, Klamath Falls OR; Ray Kinney, Goodyear AZ 61.05% 1.70 5 4 2 Bo Chian, Ukiah CA; Mingmin Zhu, Mississauga ON 58.93% 1.25 6 5 Michael Belzer, West Harttford CT; Ann Belzer, West Hartford CT 55.91% 0.91 6 Jodi Biederer - Gary Biederer, Deerfield IL 55.64% 1.28 3 Malgorzata Koziol - Karen Coble, Las Vegas NV 53.56% 0.96 4 Jo Ann Hamlin - Sonja Waldin, Albuquerque NM 50.60% 0.72 5 Judith Perry, Las Vegas NV; Debeliah Anthony, Pacific Grove CA 49.87%

Second in the Wernher Open Pairs: Kamel Fergani and Frederic Pollack Page 6 Friday, July 26, 2019 Daily Bulletin

THURSDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS Old trick 8.5 Tables By Barry Rigal A B C “It’s an old trick, but it just might work ...” 2.22 1 1 1 Ariane Stark, Atlanta GA; Steven Creech, Cumming GA 73.61% 1.67 2 2 Jack Tabbush - Linda Tabbush, Tarzana CA 59.58% That’s what the Wild West movies say, and 1.25 3 Candace Wilkes - Coralie Wilkes, Walnut Creek CA 58.63% I’m nothing if not a cowboy. 0.96 4 3 Peggy Bailey - Edith Lee, Las Vegas NV 57.33% This deal is from the first qualifying session of 0.70 5 Margaret Garms - Allan McAllister, Oakland CA 53.35% the Freeman Mixed BAM Teams: 0.72 4 Rita Sturgeon, Pacific Grove CA; Jane Houston Jones, Monrovia CA 52.32% Dlr: North ♠ J 5 1.07 2 Bart Balocki - Zhongxia Qi, San Francisco CA 51.90% Vul: None ♥ 7 2 0.80 3 Andrew Eidelhoch - Sarah Eidelhoch, San Francisco CA 50.24% Bd: 1 ♦ A K J 10 4 2 ♣ 5 4 2 THURSDAY DAYLIGHT A/X/Y SWISS ♠ K 9 7 6 ♠ A Q 4 2 42 Tables / Based on 116 Tables ♥ Q 10 3 ♥ K 9 8 4 A X Y ♦ Q 9 3 ♦ 7 6 35.10 1 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Allan ♣ A K 10 ♣ J 8 3 Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland; ♠ 10 8 3 Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw, Poland; Drew Casen, Henderson NV 118.00 ♥ A J 6 5 26.33 2 1 Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY; Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Peter Petruzzellis, Scarborough ON 106.00 ♦ 8 5 19.74 3 2 1 Luen-Jyh Luo, Milpitas CA; Tsao-Tung Tsai - Leila Mattinger, ♣ Q 9 7 6 Cupertino CA; Ken Imboden, San Jose CA 102.00 The room could not stay out of game here, 13.26 4/5 3/4 2/3 Edward Zuckerberg, Los Altos Hills CA; Clifford Nebel, Hastings with 3NT doomed on a top diamond lead, and Hudson NY; Arif Janjua, Saratoga CA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 98.00 South getting in sooner or later for the diamond 13.26 4/5 3/4 2/3 Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA; Bill St. Clair, Houston TX; continuation. James Glickman, Las Vegas NV; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT 98.00 Like most people, I played 4♠: 10.03 6 Shawn Quinn - Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Petra Hamman, West North East South Carrollton TX; Phillip Grothus, Houston TX 97.00 2♦ Pass Pass 8.29 7/8 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA; Robert Munson - 2NT Pass 3♣ Pass Nancy Munson, Danville CA 96.00 8.29 7/8 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL; Jerry Helms, Charlotte 3♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass NC; Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA 96.00 North led a top diamond, and the trump 7.02 9 5 David Cantor - Vinay Apte, Charlotte NC; Dennis Newman, promotion on the third diamond seemed sure to Scarsdale NY; Brad McKeown, Rock Hill SC 95.00 follow. The only chance is a slim one — but slim 6.02 10/12 6 Arnold Kohn - Fredric Weiner, Monroe Township NJ; Betty Cox, is better than zero: Drop the ♦Q under the second Randolph NJ; Elizabeth Evans, Mountainside NJ 94.00 top diamond. Maybe North wil trust you more than 5.88 10/12 Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia his partner? Tucker, Atlanta GA; Rob Gordon, Northport NY 94.00 I’m not saying it was a subtle play, but at the 5.88 10/12 Richard Gabriel, Naples FL; Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL; table, North did shift to a heart ... and it’s results Jack Weingold - Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL 94.00 that count. 6.21 7 4 Nancy Conger, Long Beach CA; Stanley Littlefield, Maitland FL; Liga Byrne, Austin TX; Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI 93.00 4.90 8 5 Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY; Haskell Deutsch - Massages offered Linda Deutsch, Henderson NV 90.00 Enjoy a relaxing chair back massage from 4.20 6 John Berry, Manhasset NY; Allen Greenbaum, Old Bethpage NY; Carol Reiss, Albertson NY; Susan Calabro, New York NY 87.00 Michelle in the vendors area on the fourth floor near the Belmont Ballroom. The service is free but a gratuity is very much appreciated.

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THURSDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED ROUND-ROBIN SWISS B 1 13 Tables Spingold 16.80 1 Allan Palansky, Henderson NV; David Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA; Neal Kleiner, continued from page 1 San Pedro CA; David Peim, Torrance CA 99.00 11.03 2/3 Charles Burke - Caron Peck - Karen Caton, Arlington TX; Richard Langland, against No. 10 Andrew Gromov, winning 162-118. Irving TX 95.00 After a huge first quarter win, No. 6 Andrew 11.03 2/3 Gary Waldron - Carol Foster, Laguna Beach CA; Steven Jackson - Yann Rosenthal had an easy time against No. 11 Alison Jackson, Laguna Niguel CA 95.00 Wilson, advancing 188-79. 7.09 4 Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN; Bert Sheldon, Houston TX; Scott McClure, Greenwood Blass npc (No. 3) had an even match against Vlg CO; Phillip Yorston, Abiquiu NM 89.00 No. 14 Daniel Zagorin in the first half of their 5.60 5 Janet Matthews - Russ Pearly, The Villages FL; Jack Grier - Alina Grier, match, but Blass pulled away in the second half, Bridgman MI 86.00 winning 106-66. THURSDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED ROUND-ROBIN SWISS B 2 9 Tables 0-2500 MINI-SPINGOLD 12.08 1 Karen Kimes - Ingrid Sturm, Las Vegas NV; Trudi Williams, Osprey FL; 21 Tables Marilyn Snodell, Nokomis FL 115.00 Scott Nason - Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Nancy Heck - Alexander Wiles, Los Angeles CA 9.06 2 Rachael Gosling - John F. W. Glynn, Paget Bermuda; Stephan Juliusburger, vs Miami FL; Kevin Comeau, Oakville ON 98.00 Robin Elliott - Sally Ann Rhea - Gregory Newcomb, Boulder CO; 6.80 3 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Jim Hutter, Broomfield CO; Mike Arnheim, Daphne Davenport, Broomfield CO Saint Louis MO; Howard Kalender, Scottsdale AZ 93.00 5.10 4 Giorgia Botta, Brooklyn NY; Melissa Fawer - Brooke Cohen, New York NY; Richard Franklin, New Canaan CT; David Venetianer, Chadds Ford PA; Eric Gettleman, Ellicott City MD; Paul Holmes, Raluca Dobrescu, Woodside NY 90.00 Wadsworth OH vs THURSDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED ROUND-ROBIN SWISS B 3 Jordan Lampe - Jacqueline Chang - Christopher Moh - Siqing Yu, 9 Tables New York NY 11.03 1 Andy Scott, San Jose CA; Irene Hashfield, Los Altos CA; Vivian Betcher, Panama City FL; Brenna Wundram, Los Gatos CA 96.00 9.05 5/8 Christine Denny, Encinitas CA; Thomas Rush, Houston TX; William Bidermann, San Diego CA; Larry Wagner, 8.27 2 Bev Drill - Arnold Drill, Kaneohe HI; Gay Yamagiwa, Honolulu HI; Judy Cupertino CA Soong, San Francisco CA 92.00 9.05 5/8 Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL; Ben Yang, 6.20 3 Dawn Ligon - Charles Patrick - Hal Saunders - Carol Carpenter, Santa Warren NJ; Kirk Freyermuth, Beaumont CA; Maurie Studin, Barbara CA 88.00 Carmichael CA 4.65 4 David Johnson, Milledgeville GA; Michael Baker, Adamsville RI; Jody 9.05 5/8 Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA; Aaron Connors, Vero Beach FL; Lynn Bayman, Valparaiso IN 86.00 Mayerson, Redwood City CA; Cindy Casson - Brian Rink, Las Vegas NV 9.05 5/8 Qiang Zhang - Brian Zhang, Dublin CA; Sarah THURSDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED ROUND-ROBIN SWISS B 4 Chen - Charlie Chen, San Jose CA; Kayden Ge, Cupertino CA 9 Tables 10.23 1 Linda Hanson, Tucson AZ; Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA; Dorothy Mersereau - MINI SPINGOLD I KO TEAMS Mary Anne Crookes, Calgary AB 113.00 40 Tables / Based on 47 Tables 7.67 2 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA; Michael Newman - Sherry George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Shawn Abernethy, Seattle WA; Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI Newman, Encino CA 90.00 vs 5.75 3 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; John Crittenden - Ann Gruidel, Monica Angus - Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC; Kai Zhou, Boulder CO; Mark Marty, Oakley CA 86.00 Burnaby BC; Sidney Yang - Guoxu Zhang, Richmond BC 4.32 4 John Hagman, Long Beach CA; Thad Mikols, Huntington Bch CA; Linda Monroe, Rancho Santa Fe CA; Drucilla Field, Encinitas CA 84.00 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Alyssa Kennedy, Marina Del Rey CA; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; Gerard Geremia, La Verne CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Henri Farhi, Chula THURSDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED ROUND-ROBIN SWISS B 5 Vista CA 9 Tables vs 9.34 1 Carol Porter - Gordon Gair - Penny Gair, Calgary AB; Roger Staneslow, Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Ingi Agnarsson, S Burlington VT; Airdrie AB 111.00 Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA; Gudjon Sigurjonsson, Reykjavik 7.01 2 David Ho - Elizabeth Sprague, Calgary AB; Susan Kraght, Sun Lakes AZ; Iceland Will Anthony, Lubbock TX 104.00 Hank Youngerman, Reading PA; Arthur Crystal - Debbie Benner, 5.25 3 John Early - Barry Daubenspeck, Lansdale PA; Bernadette Williams, Fairfield CT; David Standig, Beach Haven NJ Williamsburg VA; Carolyn Wood, Cobbs Creek VA 86.00 vs 3.94 4 James Nulty - Randi Nulty, Sun Lakes AZ; Bill Goodman - Marty Goodman, Kerry Cotterell, Freeland WA; Richard Underwood, Voorheesville Troy MI 83.00 NY; Katherine Pollock, East Amherst NY; Joel Schiff, Calabasas CA

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED ROUND-ROBIN SWISS B 6 Craig Henderson, Chicago IL; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA; 9 Tables Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ 8.26 1 Larry Shannon, Yorba Linda CA; Thomas Lill, Chino CA; David Ochroch, vs Claremont CA; Lynne Castoldi, La Quinta CA 114.00 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Miriam Harris-Botzum – John 6.20 2 Moses Liskov, Lexington MA; David Hogan, Marlborough MA; Maryam Fraser, N Botzum, Orefield PA; Greg Michaels, Cleveland OH Palm Beach FL; Howard Montemurro, Vineland ON 93.00 9/16 Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Juan Castillo, 4.65 3 Kathy High, Modesto CA; Candace Garvey, Sedona AZ; William Wegener - Fort Lauderdale FL; Barry Spector, Lewes DE; Randy Thompson, Barbara Wegener, La Quinta CA 90.00 Albuquerque NM 3.48 4 Sandy Lemon - Jude Wallace, Santa Fe NM; Cheryl Lurie, Avondale AZ; Mark 9/16 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter - Andrews, Mapleton ND 83.00 Suman Agarwal - Boris Tenchov, Columbus OH 9/16 Michael Botwin, Rockville Ctr NY; Barry Plotkin, Mesa AZ; Andy Goodman, Carmel CA; Steve Zolotow, THURSDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED ROUND-ROBIN SWISS B 7 Las Vegas NV 9 Tables 9/16 O. Gordon Lien III - Chris Nicholson, Augusta 7.45 1 Charlie Drotar, Parker CO; Marilyn O Neil, Castle Rock CO; Wally Erbes - GA; Sandra Wirtz, Lecanto FL; Bruce Maier, Tampa FL Sandy Buckstein, Denver CO 103.00 9/16 Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jacob 5.59 2 Georgia Lambert - Susan Huber - John Mount, Brentwood CA; Marilynn Karno - Kathy Logue, Metairie LA; Mina Akhnoukh, Fort Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA 97.50 Lauderdale FL 9/16 Marusa Gold, London N31SN Great Britain; 4.19 3 Ann Johnson, Framingham MA; Gary Peterson, Marlborough MA; Sam Taylor, Peter Cheung, Fremont CA; R. David Walker, Radnor PA; Dara Colorado Spgs CO; Conrad Waggener, Pueblo CO 93.00 Dinner, Wayne PA 3.14 4 Gary Piazzoni - Elizabeth Piazzoni, Chula Vista CA; Bob Krause - Linda 9/16 Spencer Sun, Redwood City CA; Christopher Krause, Hacienda Heights CA 86.00 Kolner, Eden Prairie MN; William Chen, Lafayette Hill PA; Jerrod Ankenman, Bala Cynwyd PA THURSDAY DAYLIGHT BRACKETED ROUND-ROBIN SWISS B 8 9 Tables 6.43 1 Jeannette Stern, Carmel By Sea CA; Carol Sendell, Pacific Grove CA; Leon Heller, Marina CA; Susan Mazzei, Aptos CA 112.00 Email us 4.82 2 David Sloane, Glen Cove NY; Victor Poon, Stony Brook NY; Lee Lin - Pei Got a hand you’d like to share or a nice story? Lin, New York City NY 101.00 We’d love to see it: NABCDailyBulletin@acbl. 3.62 3 Claire Zimmerman - Thomas Zimmerman - Robyn Williams - Arvis Williams, org. You’ll also find our email address on the Pearland TX 96.00 front page of the paper under the “Daily Bulletin” 2.71 4 William Pearman - Candace Taylor - Claudia Maddalena, Honolulu HI; David between the date and the editors’ names. Ouyang, Waianae HI 85.00 This email address won’t be checked with any regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please continue to use our office email addresses for non-tournament–related correspondence. Page 8 Friday, July 26, 2019 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT THURSDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 9 Tables 33.0 Tables Gail Steffan - Margaret Wahlborg – N. Dennis Berg - Julie Nadel, A B C Santa Barbara CA vs 9.32 1 Robert Lass - Tom Fogarty, Chicago IL 67.62% Donald Caplin, Waltham MA; Daniel AlbertRozenberg, 6.99 2 Louk Verhees Jr., Netherlands; Lucia Menezes, Brazil 67.15% Cambridge MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, 6.50 3 1 Sandra Krahmer - Virginia Reinier, Lubbock TX 62.85% St. Paul MN 4.88 4 2 William Pollett, Bermuda; Barbara Mikkelson, Las Vegas NV 61.73% vs 3.43 5 Ken Scholes - Sandra Scholes, Bellevue WA 61.46% Paul Holmes, Wadsworth OH; Eric Gettleman, Ellicott City MD; 2.21 6 Ilan Herbst, Haifa, Israel; Liat Hen Herbst 59.33% Avram Ninyo - Susan Ninyo, Rancho Santa Fe CA 1.66 7 John Dickenson, North Wales PA; Alison Shoemaker, Wyndmoor PA 58.12% WEDNESDAY EVENING ZIP KNOCKOUT 2.45 8 Eliot Ostrow, Orange CA; Julie Sheerin, Woodland Hills CA 57.94% 8 Tables 1.12 9 Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX; Marilyn Adams, Beaumont TX 57.88% 3.36 1 Morgan Johnstone - Sean McNally - Jackson 3.66 3 1 John Garritsen - Rose Garritsen, Toronto ON 56.30% Wahl - Sarah Emmons, Minneapolis MN 2.74 4 Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL; Julie McLaughlin, Atlanta GA 56.10% 2.35 2 Amber Lin, Edison NJ; Ben Kristensen, Duluth MN; Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Emma Kolesnik, 2.06 5 Randal Burns, Washington DC; Jane De Briyn, Santa Rosa CA 55.99% Calabasas CA 1.54 6 N. Dennis Berg - Margaret Wahlborg, Santa Barbara CA 55.40% 1.34 3/4 Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Lew Gamerman, 1.16 7 Robert Rouch Jr - Allyson Farrell, Visalia CA 55.09% Randolph MA; Peter J. Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Jason 1.97 2 Stacie Bowman, Sunnyvale CA; Elizabeth Strasen, Petaluma CA 51.21% Chiu, San Jose CA 1.48 3 Marilyn Philips - Ivor Philips, Bellevue WA 49.03% 1.34 3/4 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Marley 1.11 4 Nancy Wampler, Callaway VA; Elaine Scott, North Las Vegas NV 47.17% Cedrone, Framingham MA; Matthew Dyer - Philip McPeek, Chicago IL THURSDAY DAYLIGHT B/C PAIRS 30.0 Tables / Based on 69 Tables B C The Stop Card 27.83 1 Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY; David Colligan, Buffalo NY 59.23% The Stop Card should not be used. No 20.87 2 1 Hubert Howe Jr, Westhampton NY; Jonathan Howe, Sag Harbor NY 57.23% verbal or visual Skip-Bid Warning is required. 15.65 3 Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA; Mike Fierman, Encino CA 57.00% Following the Skip Bid, LHO is obligated to 10.51 4/5 Randolph Hammock - Paul Allman, Los Angeles CA 56.88% wait approximately 10 seconds (while giving 12.09 4/5 2 Bonnie Hertzog, Tucson AZ; Nancy Perez, Richmond IN 56.88% the appearance of studying his hand and not 7.95 6 Gail Cannold, Rye NY; Dennis Glazer, Bronxville NY 56.62% in excess time to determine a choice of bids) 6.96 7 Ronald Gould, Mequon WI; Donald Scholz, Grafton WI 55.81% before making a call. 9.07 8 3 Xin Ge - Brandon Ge, Cupertino CA 55.77% 5.57 9 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Joye Sidoti, Oakland CA 55.73% 5.06 10 Faye Vincent, The Woodlands TX; Patricia Updegraff, Las Vegas NV 55.62% Notice of binding 6.80 11 4 Nicholas Krall - Diane Krall, Del Mar CA 55.54% 5.37 12 5 Brenda Hatton, San Jose CA; Eusebio Menezes, Cupertino CA 55.31% arbitration 4.61 13 6 Craig Snowden, Fort Collins CO; Monika Senf, Denver CO 55.19% By becoming an ACBL member or renewing 4.03 14 7 Charles Rauch, Monterey CA; Joanne Wicker, Morgan Hill CA 54.85% your membership in the ACBL, you expressly 3.58 15 8 Bridget Poizner, San Diego CA; Arda Kabaca, Toronto ON 54.81% agree to waive your right to have disputes between 3.22 9 John Bakovic, Springfield VA; Richard Bakovic, San Pedro CA 54.69% you and the ACBL resolved in a court of law 2.93 10 Lisa Mita, Berwyn PA; Susan Morse, Flourtown PA 54.15% and agree to accept the use of binding arbitration 2.69 11 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 53.46% before the American Arbitration Association. The THURSDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS binding arbitration provisions are available for 11.5 Tables review at acbl.org/bindingarbitration. A B C 3.30 1 1 Bill Webster - Bruce Block, Tucson AZ 63.91% 2.48 2 2 1 Yuchen Xu, Nashville TN; Yufan Liao, People’s Republic of China 63.26% 1.86 3 3 2 Steven Creech, Cumming GA; Ariane Stark, Atlanta GA 59.17% 1.39 4 4 3 Jackson Wahl - Sarah Emmons, Minneapolis MN 58.75% 1.04 5 5 Ingrid Fitzgerald - Victoria Hodes, Henderson NV 58.74% 0.78 6 6 Reid Sherwin, Klamath Falls OR; Ray Kinney, Goodyear AZ 58.13% 0.90 4 Stefan Lopatkiewicz, Washington DC; Susan Trebach, Chevy Chase MD 55.41%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 7.0 Tables A B C 1.98 1 Michael Schoenhals - Barbara Schoenhals, Tucson AZ 65.25% 1.60 2 1 Andrew Eidelhoch - Sarah Eidelhoch, San Francisco CA 64.33% 1.20 3 2 Pawan Agrawal - Rosie Agrawal, Fort Mahave AZ 57.00% 0.84 4 Greg Shaw, Henderson NV; Michael Brucker, Germantown TN 55.67% 0.90 5 3 Linda Plein - Len Boscarine, Albuquerque NM 53.75% 0.68 4 Rita Sturgeon, Pacific Grove CA; Jane Houston Jones, Monrovia CA 49.67%

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 52.0 Tables 7 3 2 14.24 1 1 1 Adam Cohen, Island Park NY; Karen Pershkow, Davie FL 63.25% 10.68 2 2 2 Yuan Li, Markham ON; Yongtao Li, Toronto ON 61.25% 8.01 3 3 3 Charles Royer - Susan Royer, Grosse Pointe MI 60.21% 6.01 4 C Michael Deaton - Patricia Dumbacher, Surprise AZ 59.62% 4.75 5 Sheila Pechinski, Scarborough ME; Marguerite Pinkers, Santa Clarita CA 59.19% 4.07 6 4 4 Michael Isserman, Saint Louis MO; Richard Wolfe, Calgary AB 58.06% 3.56 7 David Hopkins - Charles Butros, Shelton WA 57.99% 3.16 8 Sharon Snyder - Jeffrey Phillips, Grand Junction CO 57.74% 2.85 9 5 5 Michael Luckenbach, Kingsland TX; Richard Day, Horseshoe Bay TX 57.22% 2.59 10 Stan Snyder, Calabasas CA; Janet Crossley, San Rafael CA 56.84% 2.37 11 6 Don Judge - Carlene Judge, Sarasota FL 56.30% 2.19 12 William Thompson, Las Vegas NV; Daniel Thompson, Egan SD 55.59% 2.03 13 7 Bruce Thornburgh, Boise ID; Bob Matthews, The Villages FL 55.16% 1.94 14 Sam Earnhardt - Suresh Gadad, Walnut Creek CA 54.94% 1.78 15 Jill Kolody, Pasadena MD; Victoria Hess, Jackson WY 54.87% 2.12 16 6 Maggie Zhao, Palo Alto CA; Michele Liu, Cupertino CA 54.71% 2.18 17 George Trost - Mack Caldwell III, Key West FL 54.53% 1.50 18 Jennifer Royal, Boulder CO; Maria Black, Santa Barbara CA 54.23% 2.40 19 Phyllis Nield - Nadine Bouckhout, Calgary AB 54.14% 1.70 20 Dwaine Hawley, Huntington Bch CA; Gary Zoss, Coronado CA 54.08% 1.71 21 Geraldine Macdonald, Los Altos CA; Paul Davis, Mountain View CA 53.74% 1.76 22 7 Anne Graves, La Jolla CA; Lifun Cohen, Solana Beach CA 53.67% 1.99 23 Rita Wilhelmi, Bullhead City AZ; Linda Luedke, Minot ND 53.62% 1.38 24 Kathryn Tillson - Walter Rudd, Baton Rouge LA 53.58% 1.43 25 Craig Miller, Lake Wylie SC; Cathy Miller, Clover SC 53.35% 1.05 26 Linda Baker - Michele Pope, Spokane WA 53.28% Daily Bulletin Friday, July 26, 2019 Page 9

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT A/X PAIRS 45.0 Tables / Based on 114 Tables BAM bridge A X By Barry Rigal 38.19 1 1 Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON; Ken Murray, Pickering ON 60.54% Dlr: East ♠ 10 9 7 28.64 2 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX 59.67% Vul: Both ♥ 10 9 8 6 5 21.48 3 2 Anne LaCour, Georgetown TX; Robert L McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 59.21% 16.11 4 Michael Schreiber - Amy Downing, Plano TX 59.16% Bd: 26 ♦ 4 12.73 5 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Charles Miner, Orlando FL 57.97% ♣ 10 9 7 3 12.89 6 3 Louis Shen, Fullerton CA; Kim Wang, Torrance CA 57.89% ♠ Q 6 ♠ J 8 2 9.55 7 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 57.70% ♥ A J 3 ♥ K 9.67 8 4 Bob Stitt - Stefanie Stitt, Dayton OH 56.91% ♦ 9 8 6 ♦ A Q J 7 3 2 7.64 9 Ahmed Yousry, West Palm Beach FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 56.81% ♣ K Q J 6 4 ♣ 8 5 2 6.94 10 William Ng, Chatsworth CA; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 56.62% ♠ A K 5 4 3 6.37 11 Stephen Nellissen, Washington Twp NJ; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 56.14% ♥ Q 7 4 2 7.64 12 5 Grant Robinson - Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 56.12% ♦ K 10 5 8.18 13 6 Alan Schneider, Beverly Hills CA; Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA 55.79% ♣ A 5.09 14 Jonathan Green, Melbourne FL; Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 55.59% 4.77 15 Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA; David Macrae, Smyrna GA 55.26% West North East South 8.18 16 7 Fred Gaines - Rustin Weimer, Raleigh NC 55.13% 1♦ Dbl 4.24 17 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 55.09% Redbl 1♥ 2♦ 2♥ 4.02 18 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Tim Archdeacon, Oyster Bay NY 54.66% 3NT All Pass 5.09 19 8 Robert Carroll - Sandra Carroll, Los Angeles CA 54.57% 4.58 20 9 Mindy Fleder - Joan Dziekanski, New York NY 53.89% On this deal from the first qualifying session 4.17 21 10 Jerry Himes - Pam Himes, Albuquerque NM 53.80% of the Mixed BAM Teams, both tables played/ 3.82 22 11 Arun Savara, Honolulu HI; Martha Hawley, Carmel Valley CA 53.52% defended 3NTon the lead of the ♥10 rather than the 3.18 23 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 53.50% killing spade. 3.52 12 Randy Zeibert, Las Vegas NV; Karen Heath, Henderson NV 52.39% It was natural to win the ♥K to play a club. 3.27 13 Ann Nordeng - Richard Nordeng, Waunakee WI 52.19% 3.05 14 Caryl Selchert - Michael Selchert, Fitchburg WI 52.10% Each South won perforce and played spades. If the 2.86 15 Pamela Page, Palm Bay FL; Julia Bomalaski, Melbourne FL 52.01% defenders play three rounds of the suit, then after all the clubs South is down to ♦K x and must keep THURSDAY BRACKETED SWISS 1 ♥Q x, whereupon he will be endplayed or declarer 9 Tables can simply finesse in diamonds, holding him to 12.57 1 Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; Dan Faulkner - John McKethen - Eleanor one trick. Furtak, Tucson AZ 130.00 At our table, South shifted to a low spade after 9.43 2 Frank Wharton, London Nw3 England; Patricia Foutz, Christiansburg VA; winning the ♣A, and dummy’s jack won. It was Joyce Remsen, Sparks NV; Thomas Quint, Reno NV 115.00 7.07 3 Lianne Walliser, Golden CO; Carolyn Staab, Laguna Woods CA; Avice easy to run the clubs, and when North erred by Osmundson, La Habra CA; Margaret Musgrove, Denver CO 77.00 pitching a spade, the best South could do was pitch 5.30 4 Daniel Lev - Carolyn Carter - Leslie Weisbrod, New York NY; Samuel Amer, down to this ending: Long Island NY 73.00 ♠ 10 ♥ 9 8 6 5 THURSDAY BRACKETED SWISS 2 ♦ 4 7 Tables ♣ — 8.07 1 Paul Hattis, Newton MA; Steven Fox, Kensington MD; Gail Shaps, Northbrook ♠ Q ♠ 8 2 IL; Jack Bierig, Chicago IL 94.00 ♥ A J ♥ — 6.05 2 Jerold Rose, Calabasas CA; Tracy Boys, Sherman Oaks CA; Ruth Baker, ♦ 9 8 6 ♦ A Q J 7 Valencia CA; Cece Lichtenstein, Atlantic Beach FL 69.00 4.54 3 Stephen Mast - Holli Mast, Corning NY; Robert Babb - Laurie Hartline-Babb, ♣ — ♣ — Georgetown TX 68.00 ♠ A K 3 ♥ Q 4 THURSDAY EVENING SWISS ♦ K 10 23 Tables ♣ — A B C At this point, South still has to discard. The 7.04 1 1 1 Randal Burns - Maxwell Burns, Washington DC; Olivia Schireson, low spade allows me to endplay him in just Stanford CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA 60.00 about any suit. His choice of a low heart would 5.28 2 Jim Dick, Harlingen TX; James Gullo, Tonawanda NY; James have allowed me to cash the ♥A J for a repeating Polonsky, Basking Ridge NJ; Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY 58.00 squeeze, but I immediately led a spade and made 4.05 3 2 2 Carol Knowles, San Mateo CA; Janelle Van Rensselaer, Burlingame CA; Jo Streich, San Francisco CA; Susan Papilion, Foster City CA 56.00 only nine tricks. 2.97 4 Andrew Risman, Toronto ON; Merryl Chin, North York ON; Joan Had North retained her spade, South’s defense Viidik - Tony Viidik, Waterloo ON 53.00 would have paid dividends. On my spade exit, 3.04 5 3 Gayle Larson, San Luis Obispo CA; Ron Schwarer, Pismo Beach CA; South wins and underleads in spades. North can Patrick Howlett, Nipomo CA; H Lyle Supp, Morgan Hill CA 52.00 shift to a diamond to lock me in dummy to set the 2.28 6/7 4 Jacqueline Bergman - Arthur Bergman, Panama City FL; Dianne contract. Crunk - Penny Bourne, Mammoth Lakes CA 51.00 Then again, if I had been awake, I might have 1.46 6/7 Rebecca Lowen - Judith Armonat, Nashville TN; Robert Lass - Tom won the ♠Q at trick three and preserved dummy’s Fogarty, Chicago IL 51.00 spade holding to prevent this possibility. 1.71 5 Barbara Benson, Santa Ana CA; Cynthia Greer, Mission Viejo CA;

Barbara Sue Seal, Palm Desert CA; James Knopf, Roslyn NY 44.00 1.42 3 Phillip Brown, Atkinson NH; Eric Schultz - Lawrence Hershoff - Alan Suvalle, Sunset Beach NC 39.00 Age requirement or Senior events You must at least 60 years old to play in ACBL Senior events. Page 10 Friday, July 26, 2019 Daily Bulletin

Beware the temptress By Barbara Seagram Red Ribbon Pairs begins today I was playing with my husband, Alex Kornel, 1997 1. Tony Miller, Diane Miller; 2. Mark in the Regional Open Pairs on Tuesday afternoon. Bumgardner, Nagy Kamel On Board 6, as South, I picked up: 1998 1. Paul Spear, Jim Johnsen; 2. David ♠J 8 7 5 2 ♥K 8 6 ♦Q J 8 6 ♣J Halasi, Mike Nadler East dealt and passed, as did I. West opened 1999 1. Jenni Hartsman, Andrew Rosenthal; 2. 1♥ and my partner doubled. Pass by RHO. I bid 2♠ Martin Hunter, Andy Stark and partner raised to 7♠. 2000 1. Nie Wei Ping, Christopher Leung; 2. ♠ A K Q 10 3 David Yang, Xiaodong Shi ♥ — 2001 1. LaToss Carpenter, Brandon Carpenter; ♦ A 5 2. Mike Nadler, Gurhun Baykal ♣ A K 9 8 5 3 2002 1. Rich Atwater, Chris Pesce; 2. Bob Winners of the Red Ribbon Pairs in 2018: Sievers, Georgia Heth ♠ J 8 7 5 2 Michael Kelley and Martina Kelley. 2003 1. Chi-Yen Lai, Bin Dai; 2. Edward Leach, ♥ K 8 6 The Red Ribbon Pairs, an ACBL event with Bruce Schwaidelson ♦ Q J 8 6 national rating open to players with less than 2500 2004 1. Martin Harris, Jacob Morgan; 2. Mark ♣ J masterpoints, gets underway today. Before 2015, it Brighouse, Harvinder Sidhu West found the only lead to give me grief: was on the spring schedule. 2005 1. Yeong-Long Shiue, David Margolin; 2. Irina Kislitsyna (playing with partner, Claire Players earn qualification by placing first or Jim Lyle, Robert Todd Alpert) led the ♦10. second overall in regionally rated events of at least 2006 1. Chris Buchanan, B.J. Trelford; 2. Tough to be put to the test at trick one when Flight B status. Neither member of a qualifying Everett Boyer, Mansoor Gowani the club suit in dummy begs to be established, pair may hold more than 2500 masterpoints at the 2007 1. Jack Hawthorne, Paul Spear; 2. Jim providing three diamond pitches! And with any time of qualification. Kehoe, Chuck Michalski other lead, I would have the timing to take all The four-session event began in 1986 and 2008 1. Mike Develin, Li-Chung Chen; 2. my chances. While West rated to have the ♦K, winners are honored by the Percy X. Bean Trophy. Sidney Kanter, Ron Nelken she was, after all, in third seat, and who would The trophy was designated by the ACBL 2009 1. Daniel Jackson, Bill Gervais; 2. Steven underlead a king against a grand slam? Board of Directors in 1996 to honor Bean, ACBL Towner, Mitch Towner I failed the test and put all my hopes and president in 1972 and chairman of the Board in 2010 1. Bob Levey, Jim Ritzenberg; 2. George dreams in the club suit. Alas, clubs broke 5–1 and 1973. Dragich, Rosemary Dragich it was not to be. A cunning lead by Irina. I shall Bean (1916–1992) represented District 19 2011 1. Brad Berry, David Amsterdam; 2. Eric beware of her the next time we meet. on the Board from 1964 until 1988 and served as Goff, Neil Cohen Here is the full deal: president of the ACBL Charity Foundation from 2012 1. Daniel Neill, Jason Rotenberg; 2. Steve ♠ A K Q 10 3 1974 until 1981. He was a member of the National Hirsch, Gregory Thorpe ♥ — Goodwill Committee and the National Board of 2013 1. Brian Cummins, Blake Sanders; 2. Jeff ♦ A 5 Governors and general chairman of arrangements Dater, Rich Brandenburg ♣ A K 9 8 5 3 for the World Team Olympiad in Seattle in 1984. 2014 1. Ted Bain, Mike Miedema; 2. Erli Zhou, ♠ 6 ♠ 9 4 Bean and his wife, Anne, were named Zhou Wang ♥ A J 7 3 2 ♥ Q 10 9 5 4 ACBL Honorary Members for 1992, the first 2015 1. Paul Hattis, James Orleans; 2. Lelvin ♦ K 10 9 4 3 2 ♦ 7 time that honor was bestowed on a husband-wife Crowe, Sam Graham ♣ 2 ♣ Q 10 7 6 4 combination. 2016 1. Paul Hattis, James Orelans; 2. Renee ♠ J 8 7 5 2 Bean was the editor of Mad, Mad World of Shunta, Cameron Shunta ♥ K 8 6 Bridge, a publication that strongly championed 2017 1. Sudhir Patwardhan, Steve Overholt; 2. ♦ Q J 8 6 players of less than expert class. Daniel Lev, Samuel Amer ♣ J 2018 1. Michael Kelley, Martina Kelley; 2. Most were in 6♠ only and those in 7♠ did not Winners and runners-up: David Venetianer, Richard Franklin have the temptress on lead. 1986 1. Wayne Perrin, Martin Newland; 2. Hugh Ogle, Charlie Cargile 1987 1. Jim Gaarder, Jimmy Ritzenberg; 2. Monitoring Appealing a ruling Charles Moser, Paul Bratton ACBL monitors events at North American Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal 1988 1. Leni Holtz, Guy Green; 2. Anthony Bridge Championships with both visible and a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking Trafecanty, Michael Trafecanty concealed real-time cameras in public spaces. with the director who delivered the original ruling. 1989 1. Lu Kohutiak, Yvonne Hernandez; 2-3. The images are recorded and available for later The table director will fill out paperwork regarding Warren Haynie, Charlie Cargile; 2-3. Bill inspection and review by ACBL management and the appeal, and the appellants will explain what Goldberg, Bill McKenna tournament officials, among others, including they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. 1990 1. Philip Gordon, Mike Grodsky; 2. members of the Anti-Cheating Commission. These From there, the case may be handled by a variety Rajendra Agarwal, Don Chilrud recordings are also be uploaded to the internet of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the 1991 1. Dan Marthaler, Robert Johnstone; 2. following the NABC. case, the circumstances of that particular case will Steven Gaynor, Art Ardy Bakshian By general monitoring of the session and determine whether the case can be resolved by the 1992 1. Duncan McCallum, Peter Peng; 2. Andy participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law Goodman, Steve Zolotow of information that may be useful in determining or regulation, for instance), 1993 1. Ron Weinstock, John Gillette; 2. Hank facts and settling issues or disputes arising from a panel of directors, or even Meyer, Marty Graf some types of ethical and behavioral complaints a committee-type hearing 1994 1. T.C. Petty, Steve Altus; 2. Grant or actions. Please summon a director if a problem which could include bridge Robinson, Joe Walden occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to experts. 1995 1. Marc Umeno, Hank Youngerman; 2. assure everyone that the playing field is level and Bernie Greenspan, Keith Sechler that misbehavior will not be tolerated.” 1996 1. Vinay Sarin, Ringo Chung; 2. Burton Lipsky, Arnold Goldstein

acbl.org/bridgefeed Friday, July 26, 2019 Volume 11, Number 2 Daily Bulletin 2019 Youth NABC Editor: Chip Dombrowski New York kids dive into bridge Seattle kids NABC champion. “My family and I would travel all over for tournaments during the summer,” she said. “I was win online always asking my dad to teach me how to play, and when I was old enough, he must have gotten tired of me asking so he sent me to Cavendish to learn.” tournament The pair have partnered at three Youth NABCs and got their first taste of national competition during the tournament held in Toronto in 2017. They also played together in Atlanta in 2018. “Toronto was really fun, because it was the first time we were ever really exposed to more experienced youth bridge players,” Hwang said. “There are really a lot of great kids involved and getting to see them year after year is a lot of fun.” Boge enjoys attending the Youth NABC Jack Boge and Katie Hwang are playing in because it gives him the opportunity to combine their third Youth NABC together. two of his passions: bridge and travel. New York native Jack Boge, 12, was first “It’s nice to be able to travel and play bridge Jessie Cai, Nathan Gong, Arthur Gong and introduced to bridge as part of his school’s and not just go sightseeing,” he said. “But, there’s Helena Hsieh won a three-month online team curriculum. He was immediately taken with it usually always time to get to see some of the city tournament for youth who are part of the U.S. and soon decided to dive further into the game by while you’re there for the tournament.” Overseas Chinese Bridge Association. joining the youth program at Cavendish Bridge Boge and Hwang – both Club Masters – believe The U.S. Overseas Chinese Bridge Association Club. their personalities complement each other at the organizes online tournaments for their members “I played chess for about six months, but I bridge table. in the U.S. along with players in China who are found it boring,” Boge said. “With bridge, you get “Jack talks a lot, but he is fun to play with and invited to participate. In May, four Seattle-area to start over with a new hand every eight minutes, knows what he is doing,” Hwang said. “I’m a little kids won a youth online team tournament that took and it’s team-oriented with more math skills quieter at the table, so we tend to balance each other place over three months. involved.” out.” Jessie Cai and Helena Hsieh, both 15, played It was at one of the Sunday afternoon games The pair plan to continue playing together in with brothers Nathan Gong, 12, and Arthur Gong, where Boge was first introduced to Katie Hwang, youth tournaments for as long as they can and hope 10. The tournament started after Chinese New Year his regular partner. Hwang, 14, is the daughter of in February with a round robin, with qualifiers Kelley Hwang, a Grand Life Master and two-time continued on Youth back page advancing to a knockout phase. It was played on BBO. There were two divisions, and they won the A full house one for non-Life Masters. The girls have also been teaching a class of eight beginning bridge students ages 7 to 13 since April at Northwest Chinese School. They started out assisting Seattle youth bridge organizer Anne Farmer with a larger class, and then their students were selected for additional classes based on the potential they showed in the first class. “We each have a topic and teach our topic,” Helena said. And then each of the girls sits with one of the two tables. If someone is missing and there are only three kids at a table, they’ll swap out for whoever is dummy. They’ve taught lessons on topics such as hand evaluation and defense. “Different tricks to play defense better, signaling systems to communicate with partner,” Helena explained. The four are part of larger contingent of players More than 200 players ages 6 to 19 packed the Brera Ballroom for the first day of the Youth NABC from the Seattle area, and some of their students on Thursday. “If this doesn’t get you excited and give you hope,” said director Carolyn Pietro, are playing in the cardrook games. Jessie’s father, “nothing will.” Roger Cai, is one of the volunteers assisting. YOUTH NORTH AMERICAN BRIDGE The online tournament was unusual because all the players were their age, she said. “Usually CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE we play online with adults, but this time it was all All games are in the Brera Ballroom, third floor kids.” and one final). Players must be Nathan had a lot of fun playing in the event. “I Friday, July 26 don’t think it was as stressful as playing in person,” 10 a.m. & BARON BARCLAY NATIONAL available for both sessions. 10 a.m. Cardrook Pairs (single session) he said. “It was exciting every time we won.” 2 p.m. YOUTH OPEN PAIRS On Thursday, a director noticed that Nathan Two sessions (one qualifying 2 p.m. Cardrook Pairs (single session) Consolation Swiss Teams (single was thanking and complimenting his opponents at and one final). Players must be every table. He says it’s a regular habit. available for both sessions. session) 10 a.m. Cardrook Pairs (single session) Cardrook Pairs are games designed for less- 2 p.m. Cardrook Pairs (single session) experienced players. Consolation Open Pairs (single Youth Award Ceremony ATTENDANCE session) Saturday, July 27, at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, July 27 Including Master Point Press Sportsmanship through Thursday 10 a.m. & National Youth Swiss Teams Award, Baron Barclay Youth Pairs Scholarship 2 p.m. Two sessions (one qualifying and National Swiss Teams Scholarship 105 tables YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC Youth Open Pairs Youth Open Swiss Teams

First overall: Alex Zheng, Michael Zheng, Jonathan Shi and Lucas Huang

First overall: Han Wu and Samuel Li

First in B: Colleen Stewart, Michael Passucci, Daren Liu and Tyler Mu

First in B: Nicole Qian and Sharon Mi

First in C: Andrew Tobin, Ethan Lacey, Zahra Wilson and Katiah Rogers

First in C: Katarina Rance and Salayah Stange

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THURSDAY MORNING YOUTH PAIRS 31.0 Tables A B C Cardrook Pairs 9.29 1 Samuel Li, North York ON; Han Wu, Markham ON 70.12% 6.97 2 1 Sharon Mi, Mississauga ON; Nicole Qian, Gainesville FL 68.80% 5.23 3 2 Michael Zheng - Alex Zheng, San Jose CA 68.71% 3.92 4 S. Reese Koppel, Metairie LA; Rohan Srivastava, Piedmont CA 68.30% 2.94 5 Yichen Cai, Bellevue WA; Helena Hsieh, Sammamish WA 68.26% 2.20 6 Jonathan Shi - Lucas Huang, Palo Alto CA 66.72% 1.65 7 Katherine Yang, Scarborough ON; Yolanda Ling, Markham ON 66.34% 1.84 8 3 Yufan Liao, Beijing China; Yuchen Xu, Nashville TN 65.54% 1.03 9 Michael Haas, Haddonfield NJ; Ethan Xie, Williamsville NY 64.24% 1.38 4 Jack Boge - Katherine Hwang, New York NY 60.76% 2.08 5 Quan Nguyen, Palo Alto CA; Ryan Tock, Mountain View CA 58.79% 0.78 6 Yunshan Wang - Tsz Fei Wang, North York ON 57.46% 1.55 1 Salayah Stange, Pembroke Bermuda; Katarina Rance, Devonshire Bermuda 55.64% 1.16 2 Maximilian Santiago, St. George Bermuda; Gareth Cooper, Smiths Bermuda 50.44% 0.87 3 Zachary Johnson - Shane Johnson, Santa Barbara CA 46.60% 0.65 4 Ellie Mustard - Anthony Ritter, Reno NV 45.33% 0.49 5 Brett Baumgartner, Pembroke Bermuda; Shane Krueger, St. David Bermuda 44.45%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON YOUTH SWISS TEAMS 31.0 Tables A B C 7.43 1 Alex Zheng - Michael Zheng, San Jose CA; Jonathan Shi - Lucas Huang,Palo Alto CA 57.00 First overall, all flights, morning 5.57 2 1 Colleen Stewart - Daren Liu - Tyler Mu, Williamsville NY; Michael Passucci, Clarence Center NY 47.00 session: Eddy Qi and Nolan Balocki 4.18 3 Ethan Xie, Williamsville NY; Michael Haas, Haddonfield NJ; Lauren Liu, Princeton NJ; Brandon Fong, Mount Laurel NJ 45.00 3.13 4 Katherine Yang, Scarborough ON; Garrett Liu - Hao Li, Oakville ON; Yolanda Ling, Markham ON 44.00 2.35 5 2 Olivia Schireson, Stanford CA; James Marchant - Ivan Marchant, No photo available Fairfax CA; Aldwyn Lin, Sunnyvale CA 41.00 1.76 6 3 Lucy Huang, Cupertino CA; Quan Nguyen, Palo Alto CA; Nathan Gennaro, San Carlos CA; Ryan Tock, Mountain View CA 40.00 1.37 7/8 4 1 Ethan Lacey - Andrew Tobin, Paget Bermuda; Zahra Wilson, Pembroke Bermuda; Katiah Rogers, Devonshire Bermuda 39.00 First overall, afternoon session: Ashley 1.16 7/8 Zain Mahmood, London England; Marley Cedrone, Framingham MA; Chen and Richard Chan Anders Brogeland, Flekkefjord Norway; Jeffrey Silver, Pasadena CA 39.00 0.83 5 Yunshan Wang - Tsz Fei Wang, North York ON; Nicole Qian, Gainesville FL; Sharon Mi, Mississauga ON 37.00 0.54 6/7 Jack Boge - Katherine Hwang, New York NY; Levi Katriel, Del Mar CA; Johnathan Trader, Chula Vista CA 36.00 0.54 6/7 Elise Bedell - Meredith Burkett, Apopka FL; Jamie Chepenik – Brooke Chepenik, Maitland FL 36.00 1.03 2 Ross Cooper, Smiths Bermuda; Scott Gilbertson, Pembroke Bermuda; Charlotte Emery-King, Paget Bermuda; Kirsty Pollett, Warwick Bermuda 33.00 0.68 3/4 Owen Jiang, Deerfield IL; Dehvin Sherrod - Olivia Rabinowitz, Williamsburg VA; Aidan Silber, Seattle WA 20.00 0.68 3/4 Ellie Mustard - Anthony Ritter - Daphne Quint - Alexandria Mustard, Reno NV 20.00

THURSDAY MORNING CARDROOK PAIRS 22.0 Tables A B C 2.60 1 1 1 Nolan Balocki - Eddy Qi, San Francisco CA 69.17% 1.95 2 Kirsty Pollett, Warwick Bermuda; Charlotte Emery-King, Paget Bermuda 68.33% 1.46 3 2 Piper Reynolds - Nikkia Bosch, Seattle WA 67.50% 0.96 4/5 3/4 2/3 Eric Guan - Anthony Guan, San Francisco CA 66.67% 0.96 4/5 3/4 2/3 Nancy Yu - Joey Qi, San Francisco CA 66.67% 0.62 6 5 Geoffrey Yu, Redmond WA; Alex Zhou, Woodinville WA 64.17% 0.46 6 Slov-Ander Adme - Jeremiah Charles, Orange NJ 63.33% 0.51 4 Derrick Zhao, Westfield NJ; Jessica Lily Kies, Los Angeles CA 56.00% First in B and C, afternoon session: Eric He and Edward He THURSDAY AFTERNOON CARDROOK PAIRS 21.0 Tables A B C 2.21 1 Ashley Chen - Richard Chan, Arcadia CA 77.50% 1.66 2 Caleb Green, Fenton MI; Shi Chen, Hinsdale IL 73.33% 1.84 3 1 1 Eric He - Edward He, Bellevue WA 69.17% 0.93 4 Slov-Ander Adme - Jeremiah Charles, Orange NJ 67.67% 1.38 5 2 Leo Wang - Nicholas Wang, Redmond WA 65.67% 1.04 6 3 2 Erin Li - Ethan Li, Arcadia CA 62.50% 0.78 4 3 Nancy Yu - Joey Qi, San Francisco CA 62.00% 0.58 5 Precious Onyeagocha - Rahshanae Williams, Orange NJ 60.73% 0.44 6 Momo Sacko - Justin Dapoah, Orange NJ 60.33% 0.50 4 Autumn Tarver - Aryssa Black, Orange NJ 58.55% 0.49 5 Eric Guan - Anthony Guan, San Francisco CA 58.33%

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New York kids continued from Youth front page Who got you into bridge? to continue participating when they go to college. During lunchtime at the Youth NABC, we asked players this question: Who got you into bridge? Here But for now, they have their sights set on one prize are their answers. in particular. “It would be really cool to win one of those big trophies,” Boge said, speaking of the top prize presented to the winners of the Baron Barclay National Youth Open Pairs. Hwang added, “Oh, yeah! That would be so awesome.”

The big trophy “My grandparents. “School. It was extra “My dad and my “My teacher. She They’re super bridge credit so we all just friend’s dad. They forced said we would travel and fanatics. One day my joined.” me.” meet different people cousin Shane and I were Ellie Mustard, 18 Vera Qian, 10 and have a lot of fun at their house and they Reno NV Oakville ON doing it.” taught us.” A’Rina Black, 14 with a table of four Zachary Johnson, 13 Orange NJ all in the same class Santa Barbara CA

The Master Point Press “My great-grandma. “My great- “I think it was my “It was my teacher. Sportsmanship Award will She was playing party grandmother taught me grandparents. I was 5 One day a club was be voted on and given out at bridge. I sat on her lap bridge on a cruise for or 6. I stayed with my getting set up and she Saturday’s closing ceremony. and she taught me the her 100th birthday I grandparents after school encouraged me. We basics. Then she started just played a few times because my parents learned together. She a children’s bridge club.” on the cruise, and then worked. I got hooked as didn’t know how to play Johnathan Trader, 14 didn’t play for a year. a kid. My mom found either.” San Diego CA But then she passed a group when I was in Nya Runde, 13 away a year later and I second or third grade.” Altamonte Springs FL wanted to learn more.” Collin Ritchie, 17 Dealing out a Nathan Susser, 17 San Francisco CA big 'thank you' San Francisco CA to our

“My mom signed me “My grandma. I’ve “My friend “My friend Ryan.” up for a club.” been playing since I was Madeline. She plays so I Mike Morocho, 11 Hao Li, 14 8.” started.” Orange NJ Oakville ON Levi Katriel, almost 13 Kaylin Lehman, 10 San Diego CA Orlando FL

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“One of the teachers “My sister. She “My teacher. I “I think it was my in my school. She started played a few years back had a high grades. friend’s mom. She’s my a bridge club at school.” and told me about it.” She was interested in Chinese tutor.” Prisha Narne, 12 Dehvin Sherrod, 10 getting people good at Nolan Balocki, 10 Altamonte Springs FL Williamsburg VA academics into bridge.” San Francisco CA Martha Johnson- Jackson, 14 Orange NJ

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98 Tables Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw, Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland; Tor Helness, Monaco; Krzysztof SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Martens, Rzeszow, Poland; Franck Multon, Monaco 1. Zimmermann 186 vs 64. Markowicz 64 Tim Verbeek, Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Netherlands; Bob 1. Zimmermann 124 Drijver, Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg ; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton 32. Zhao 134 32. Zhao 73 FL; Dano De Falco, Italy 33. Pavlicek w/d 1. Zimmermann 9 40 89 133 Blass npc, Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw, 16. Levine 18 30 38 64 Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Poland; Sjoert Brink, Netherlands; Bas 17. Korbel 131 Drijver, Netherlands 48. Rippey 111 17. Korbel 61 vs Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York 16. Levine 109 16. Levine 141 NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse ; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen 49. Schireson 80 Lindqvist, Norway 1. Zimmermann 8. (24) Verbeek 9. Wolfson 61 Lavazza: Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona, Spain; Philippe Cronier, France; Giorgio Duboin, Italy; 56. (73) Lee 153 9. (73) Lee 92 Agustin Madala, Argentina; Antonio Sementa, Italy 24. Verbeek 129 vs 24. Verbeek 144 Warren Spector, Chilmark MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens 41. Allavena w/d 9. (24) Verbeek 7 44 65 122 FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 8. Lall 21 44 74 90 25. Wildavsky 104 40. Goldberg 124 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights 25. (40) Goldberg 100 IL; Piotr Wiankowski, Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw, Poland; 8. Lall 148 8. Lall 135 Artur Wasik - Andrzej Knap, Madrid, Spain vs 57. (72) Kolesnik 92 Eric Gautret - Marc Mus - Catherine Mus, Montpellier, France; Michel Abecassis - Pierre Franceschetti, Paris, France; Jerome 5. Robinson 170 Rombaut, France 60. Gipson 72 5. Robinson w/d 50.00 9/16 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr 28. (37) Gautret 136 28. O’Rourke w/d Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Eric Rodwell, 37. Gautret 135 Clearwater FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, 5. (37) Gautret 13 52 92 118 Montclair NJ 12. (21) Bramley 17 35 59 96 21. Bramley 157 50.00 9/16 Hemant Lall, Carrollton TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Sabine Auken, Denmark; Roy Welland - Zia Mahmood, 44. Flip-Flop 132 21. Bramley 144 New York NY; David Gold, London, England 12. Mittelman 115 50.00 9/16 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, 12. Mittelman 245 Taby Sweden; Antonio Palma, Portugal; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm, 53. (76) Sieg 149 5. (37) Gautret Sweden; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad, Sweden 50.00 9/16 Mike Levine, Pinckney MI; Eddie Wold, 4. (29) Meltzer 13. Mahaffey 152 Houston TX; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Mike Passell, Plano TX; 52. (77) Hetz 79 Simon De Wijs, Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Netherlands 13. Mahaffey 81 50.00 9/16 Joyce Hill, Saint Augustine FL; Shan Huang 20. Hill 110 20. Hill 157 - Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Justin Lall, Little Elm TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gardens FL 45. China Ladies 96 13. (20) Hill 15 23 54 w/d 50.00 9/16 Bart Bramley - Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Kit 4. (29) Meltzer 57 105 160 160 Woolsey, Kensington CA; Nabil Edgtton, Sydney Australia; Andy 29. Meltzer 106 Hung, Brisbane Australia; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV 36. Rigal 102 29. Meltzer 151 50.00 9/16 Andrew Gromov - Anna Gulevich - Aleksander Dubinin - Vadim Kholomeev - Yuri Khyuppenen - Jouri Khokhlov, 4. Fleisher 144 4. Fleisher 145 Moscow, Russia 61. (68) Chu w/d 50.00 9/16 Alison Wilson, New York NY; Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer, Zwolle ; Ida Groenkvist, Bromma, Sweden; 2. Nickell 269 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Mikael Groenkvist, Orebro, Sweden 25.00 17/32 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip 63. Barrett 57 2. Nickell 144 Martel, Davis CA; Eric Greco, Northville MI; Geoff Hampson, Las 34. Leong 135 Vegas NV; Brad Moss, Denver CO 31. Lo w/d 25.00 17/32 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, 34. Leong 136 2. Nickell 34 51 60 109 Darnestown MD; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL 15. Spector 35 70 101 122 18. Lebowtiz 141 25.00 17/32 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, 47. Texan Aces 138 Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; 18. Lebowtiz 117 Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy 15. Spector 141 15. Spector 104 25.00 17/32 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdaa Sk 80-862 Poland; Ron 50. Carmichael w/d 2. (15) Spector Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel 7. Lavazza 25.00 17/32 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Gary Cohler, 10. Cayne 120 Delray Beach FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Berend Van Den Bos, 55. Rosenberg 103 10. Cayne 95 Den Haag ; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 23. Gromov 204 23. Gromov 121 25.00 17/32 Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; Jerry Stamatov 42. (57) Murphy 99 - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; 10. (23) Gromov 19 38 71 118 Darren Wolpert - Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON 7. Lavazza 56 113 131 162 26. Lewis 159 25.00 17/32 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Johan Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, 39. Payen 100 26. Lewis 131 Stockholm Sweden; Zachary Grossack - Adam Grossack, Newton 7. Lavazza 152 MA 7. Lavazza 128 25.00 17/32 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, 58. (71) Shugart w/d San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Rafal Jagniewski, Poland; Wojciech 6. Rosenthal 133 Gawel, Wroclaw, Poland 59. Miller 108 25.00 17/32 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis - Curtis Cheek - Huub 6. Rosenthal 157 Bertens, Las Vegas NV; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, New York NY; Mark 27. Kasle w/d 27. Kasle 73 Itabashi, Murrieta CA 25.00 17/32 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Piotr Tuczynski, 38. Narasimhan w/d 6. Rosenthal 70 99 120 188 Poznan, Poland; Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Michal 11. (54) Wilson 7 43 76 79 Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan, Poland; 22. Street 129 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 43. (56) Amalia 175 22. (56) Amalia 100 25.00 17/32 Chen Zhao, Greenbelt MD; Jing Liu, Stanford CA; Yinghao Liu, Redmond WA; Linlin Hu, People’s Republic of 11. (54) Wilson 130 11. Tulin 85 China 54. Wilson 91 25.00 17/32 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney 6. Rosenthal Australia; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI 3. Blass 14. Zagorin 151 25.00 17/32 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Hua Poon - Kien Fong - Yukun Zhang, Singapore; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo, 51. (78) Schultz 78 14. Zagorin 158 Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland 19. Berg w/d 25.00 17/32 Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA; Phillip 19. Berg 150 King, Harrow ; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Stefan 46. Bakkeren 95 14. Zagorin 24 31 54 66 Skorchev, Sofia, Bulgaria 25.00 17/32 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Alexander 3. Blass 39 40 80 106 30. Zaleski 116 Ornstein, New York NY; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL; Bryan 35. (64) Rogoff 121 Howard, Nashville TN; Larry Sealy, Owens Cross Roads AL; Wafik 30. (64) Rogoff 127 Abdou, Bakersfield CA 3. Blass 139 3. Blass 196 25.00 17/32 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City 62. Kahn w/d CA Page 16 Friday, July 26, 2019 Daily Bulletin

THURSDAY A/X/Y SWISS 58 Tables / Based on 440 Tables A X Y 38.45 1 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Michel Bessis - Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Tom Hanlon, Dublin, Ireland 113.00 28.84 2 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Johan Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden 107.00 21.63 3 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag 106.00 12.41 4/7 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Meng Kang, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Xiaojing Wang, People’s Republic of China 102.00 12.41 4/7 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Hua Poon - Yukun Zhang - Kien Fong, Singapore Singapore; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo, Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere, Finland 102.00 On point 12.41 4/7 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Hansa Narasimhan, How exciting to win points in your first- Mountain View CA; Sumit Mukherjee, India; Michael Whibley, New ever session at your first-ever NABC! Certainly Zealand; Matthew Brown, New Zealand; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata, Dianne Zimmerman thinks so. Playing with David India 102.00 12.41 4/7 David Abelow, La Jolla CA; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD; Zapatka, she finished eighth in the A strat in the Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA 102.00 Sunday evening side game. Dianne plays in 49er 20.88 8/9 1 1 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC; Yoko Sobel, and 99er games at her home club, the Sun Lakes Brooklyn NY; Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON 101.00 Bridge Club in Arizona. Dianne will learn – if she 8.12 8/9 Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA; Phillip King, Harrow ; Stefan hasn’t already – that points aren’t always that easy Skorchev, Sofia, Bulgaria; Christophe Grosset, france 101.00 to come by. 6.99 10 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; John Mohan - Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Ron Smith, Chicago IL 99.00 The Rabbi Was Wrong 6.41 11 Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; Yehudit Hasin-Brumshten, By Robin Hillyard Foster City CA; Carol Frank, Burbank CA; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 98.00 My partner for the Wernher Open Pairs is 5.92 12 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Leonardo 17-year-old Ethan Wood from Dover MA, and Cima, Roma Italy; Alessandro Gandoglia, Rome Italy; Woaciech this is his first foray into an NABC+ event. He’s Strzemecki, Poland; Kamil Nowak, Poland 95.00 a typical Junior: He plays fast, bids exuberantly 5.31 13/14 Rosemary Boden - Bella Ionis-Sorren - Robert Ramos, Fort and, of course, he loves to double. There’s a strong Lauderdale FL; Rita Bichara, San Francisco CA 93.00 15.66 13/14 2 Shelly Dunietz, Santa Rosa CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; rivalry amongst the Juniors, and as we approached Sohail Hasan, Harwich MA; Kerry Kappell, Sunnyside NY 93.00 a table in the first final session, he asked me to be 4.67 15/16 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; on the lookout for ways to score off of one of his Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan, fellows. All very friendly. Poland; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan, This deal was from the first final session of the Poland 92.00 Wernher: 11.75 15/16 3 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Dlr: East ♠ A J 10 7 3 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 92.00 Vul: Both ♥ A K Q 10 9 2 8.81 4 Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA; Bill Rose, Seattle WA; Bd: 26 ♦ — Patricia Civale, Chesterfield NJ; Daisy Goecker, Yardley PA 88.00 ♣ K 10 6.96 5 Ray Miller - Scott Chupack - Bryan Delfs, Seattle WA; Todd Fisher, Lincolnwood IL 87.00 ♠ K 5 ♠ 8 5.97 6 Alan Johnson, Happy Valley OR; Lynne Schaeffer - Leslie ♥ 8 7 5 3 ♥ 6 Kelinson, Portland OR; Gerard Hallee, Hillsboro OR 86.00 ♦ J 10 7 6 3 ♦ K Q 9 8 5 4 2 7.96 7/8 2 Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA; Rory Xiao, Fremont CA; Bo Han Zhu, ♣ 6 2 ♣ A Q 8 4 Oakville ON; John Dong, Richmond Hill ON 83.00 ♠ Q 9 6 4 2 4.93 7/8 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Richard ♥ J 4 Morgen, Havertown PA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 83.00 ♦ A 3.67 9/12 Dorn Bishop, San Diego CA; Richard Gold, Oceanside CA; Neil ♣ J 9 7 5 3 Stern, Indio CA; James Weeks, Palm Desert CA 82.00 Ethan was sitting East, his rival South. 4.66 9/12 3/5 Deirdre Nickel - Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Marc All vulnerable, Ethan dealt and opened 1♦. Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Jin Hu, New York NY 82.00 4.66 9/12 3/5 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT; Barton South overcalled 1♠, and I raised to 2♦. Cutting to Buffington, North Kingstown RI; David Binney, Seattle WA 82.00 the chase, North closed to the proceedings with 6♠. 4.66 9/12 3/5 Difan Wang, Scarborough ON; Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Mike I led a pedestrian fifth-best diamond, and Xiao-Fang Xue, Markham ON; Andrew Zheng, Vaughan ON 82.00 dummy shed a club. Which card would you play 3.03 6 Rami Yadadov - Gersh Shapochnik, Hadera Israel; Ehud as East? Most of us would plays the queen, but Friedlander, Haifa 39523 Israel; Bobby Carter, Cincinnati OH 81.00 not Ethan. He played the king, denying the queen. (Fortunately, I had not led the jack, or the whole THURSDAY EVENING 299ERS ruse would have been spoiled.) 6.0 Tables Now South knew that for East’s opening bid, A B C Ethan presumably had the ♣A Q and the ♦K (J). He 2.40 1 Barbara Starrett - Jo Ann Ellison, Tucson AZ 67.92% 2.00 2 1 Jackson Wahl - Sarah Emmons, Minneapolis MN 62.08% surely must have the ♠K, too. The Rabbi’s Rule, 1.50 3 2 Stefan Lopatkiewicz, Washington DC; Susan Trebach, Chevy Chase MD 57.92% however, (play the ace when the king is singleton) 1.13 4 3 Emil Cornejo - Joseph Campbell, Las Vegas NV 55.83% failed to pick up the ♠K, and that was down one. 1.52 4 1 Melinda Lawson - Mark Lawson, Goodyear AZ 53.33% That was a difference of 60 matchpoints on a 1.14 2 Jack Boge, New York NY; Avery Silverstein, Ridgefield CT 50.83% 90 top! Daily Bulletin Friday, July 26, 2019 Page 17

Soloway KO premieres this fall The inaugural Soloway Knockout Teams takes place at the Fall 2019 NABC in San Francisco. Second in the The new, top-tier (“NABC+”) contest begins with Freeman BAM a two-day Swiss qualifying round, reducing the Teams: Shen Qi, field to 32 squads, followed by five days of head- Glenn Robbins, to-head knockout matches to produce a single Wenfei Wang, winner. Jiang Gu The contest awards platinum points, which are even available from match awards in the Swiss qualifier. The Soloway KO will begin on the first Friday of the Fall NABC, Nov. 29., and concludes on Thursday, Dec. 5. The contest will not conflict with the venerable Reisinger Board-a-Match THURSDAY OPEN PAIRS Teams, which begins Dec. 6, but teams who 54.0 Tables successfully advance to the quarterfinal round of A B C the Soloway will be unable to play in the Kaplan 32.00 1 1 Candace Scott - Bernice Barnett, Albuquerque NM 61.84% Blue Ribbon Pairs, which runs Dec. 3–5. 24.00 2 Robert Thomson, San Rafael CA; B Wayne Stuart III, Raleigh NC 61.78% The new contest is named in honor of late 18.00 3 Vern Swing, Minneapolis MN; Bruce Boje, Chanhassen MN 61.75% 13.50 4 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Barbara Nist, Seatac WA 60.72% Hall of Famer Paul Soloway, a multiple world and 10.67 5 2 Xiaoqian Liu - Maxim Siline, Hudson MA 59.52% NABC champion, as well as the all-time ACBL 9.14 6 Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD 59.50% masterpoint leader until his death in 2007. 8.00 7 Jess Jurkovic, New York NY; Gunnar Helgason, Reykjavik Iceland 59.16% 9.23 8 Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL; Daniel Boye, East Syracuse NY 59.04% 6.40 9 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Craig Kavin, Newbury Park CA 58.88% Entries 5.82 10 Bruce Altshuler - Danny Kleinman, Los Angeles CA 57.73% A valid ACBL player number is required to 8.76 11 3 Edward So, Pleasanton CA; Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA 57.42% play in all events at the NABC. 5.70 12 4 Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA; James Perkins, Los Angeles CA 56.95% All North American championships with no 4.57 13 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 56.31% upper masterpoint limit: $30 per player per session 5.82 14 Steven Smolen - Vicki Lerner, San Francisco CA 55.91% (For team events, this means $120 per team 4.50 15 5 1 Lucy Zhang - Joseph Kuan, Cambridge MA 55.65% per session for four-person teams, $150 per team 3.76 16 William Wood, Meridian ID; R Ian Martindale, Boise ID 55.50% 3.56 17 Imtiaz Husain, Midland MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Parma OH 55.26% per session for five-person teams, and $180 per 3.37 18 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 55.23% team per session for six-person teams. Only ACBL 3.20 19 Lynn Blumenthal, Santa Rosa CA; David Johnson, Calgary AB 55.19% members current on their dues and service fees 3.05 20 Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Carol Hamilton, Sarasota FL 54.96% are eligible to play in NABC+ events. $1.50 per 3.86 21 6 James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ; Diana Tenery, Indianapolis IN 54.57% person per session benefits the International Fund.) 2.78 22 Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA; Paul Foster, Oceanside CA 54.52% Other North American championships: 2.67 23 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 54.47% $22 per player per session 2.56 24 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; David Brower, Portland OR 54.45% (For the team events, this means $88 per team 2.86 25 Melanie Tucker, New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, Kungsbacka, Sweden 54.16% per session for teams of four, $110 per team per 2.37 26 Gary Kessler, Springfield IL; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 54.05% session for teams of five, and $132 per team per 2.29 27 Don Stack, Kansas City KS; Linda Eakes, Overland Park KS 53.92% 3.38 7 Jay Segal, New York NY; Greg Berry, Saint George UT 53.54% session for teams of six. Only ACBL members 4.05 8 Chris Lubesnik, Bronx NY; Gary Moore, Toluca Lake CA 53.34% current on their dues and service fees are eligible 2.70 9 Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 52.86% to play in these events.) 2.45 10 John D Aguiar, Calgary AB; Warren Cummings, Bonsall CA 52.33% Regional championships: $20 for ACBL 2.25 11 Gerald Burdeski, Moorhead MN; Kurt Zhang, College Station TX 51.88% members, $24 for inactive members per player per 3.42 12 Jianming Zhang, Union City CA; Wenjia Yan, Cerritos CA 51.86% session 1.93 13 Michael Cohen, Seattle WA; Joel Singer, Santa Clara CA 51.27% (For multi-session team events of three 2.96 2 Todd Hertzberg, Pittsburgh PA; Martin Greenberg, Wexford PA 49.98% sessions or more, the entry fee is $80, $100 or 2.22 3 Jonathan Yue, San Jose CA; Darwin Li, Richmond Hill ON 43.65% $120 for teams of four, five or six, respectively. 1.66 4 Richard Smith, Saint George UT; Sharlyn Marsh, Camarillo CA 42.92% For team events of one or two sessions, the entry THURSDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS fee is $80.) 22.0 Tables Events with a masterpoint limit of 300 or A B C lower: $15 for ACBL members, $19 for inactive 6.93 1 Marta Monheim, West Hills CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 63.39% members per player per session 5.20 2 Bill Papa, Upland CA; James Griffin Jr, Cathedral City CA 62.71% Screen fees $10 per session per pair and $20 3.90 3 Timothy Flaherty, San Diego CA; Gregory Vernon, Ridgecrest CA 61.73% per session per team is added to events when 3.73 4 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Edmonds WA 61.60% screens are in use. 5.42 5 1 1 Paul Davis, Mountain View CA; Geraldine Macdonald, Los Altos CA 61.08% 4.07 6 2 Suellen Solodar, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Howard Sloan, Delray Beach FL 59.73% 1.31 7 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Lily Johannessen, Honolulu HI 59.28% 3.05 3 Petko Petkov, Ellsworth ME; Ivan Tzonthev, Schaumburg IL 57.09% 2.29 4 Dawn Perreault - Richard Perreault, North Salt Lake UT 55.60% 2.50 5 2 Keith Hilzendeger, Phoenix AZ; Robert Dyer, Paradise Valley AZ 55.58% 1.87 6 3 Stacie Bowman, Sunnyvale CA; Elizabeth Strasen, Petaluma CA 55.06% 1.40 4 Bob Matthews, The Villages FL; Malgorzata Koziol, Las Vegas NV 51.01% 1.05 5 Yuchen Xu, Nashville TN; Yufan Liao, People’s Republic of China 50.93% Page 18 Friday, July 26, 2019 Daily Bulletin

Toil and Trouble Roth Open Swiss starts today By Shireen Mohandes 2007 1. Lou Ann O’Rourke, Marc Jacobus, Spingold Round of 32: Nickell vs. Leong, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Geoff Fourth Quarter Hampson, Eric Greco; 2. George Klemic, Going into the last set, the Leong team was Drew Becker, Jason Rosenfeld, Angeliki just ahead 99–94. With only three flat boards, Magklara and two tiny swings, the players must have been 2008 1. Philip Gordon, Josh Donn, Jason ready to give their back teeth for knowledge of the Feldman, Terje Aa, Joergen Molberg; 2. running score. George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Robert Levin, Two boards generated eye-watering swings: Steve Weinstein, Walid Elahmady, Tarek Dlr: East ♠ 10 6 4 3 Sadek Vul: E-W ♥ 8 6 2009 1. Robert Hampton, Gavin Wolpert, Bd: 22 ♦ 9 4 3 2 2018 Roth Open Swiss winners: Magdalena Joel Wooldridge, John Hurd, Krzysztof ♣ K 10 9 Ticha, Jim Krekorian, Drew Casen, captain Buras, Grzegorz Narkiewicz; 2. Lou Ann ♠ Q 8 7 5 2 ♠ A K J 9 John Onstott, Bruce Ferguson, assistant O’Rourke, Marc Jacobus, Eddie Wold, ♥ 2 ♥ K Q 7 5 3 Marie France Benoit and Richard Ritmeijer. Roger Bates, Antonio Sementa, Giorgio ♦ K 8 7 ♦ 6 Duboin ♣ 8 5 4 2 ♣ Q J 6 The six-session Open Swiss Teams, named 2010 1. Steve Weinstein, Lew Stansby, Chip ♠ — in honor of ACBL Hall of Famer Al Roth, begins Martel, Bobby Levin, Martin Fleisher ♥ A J 10 9 4 with today’s two-session qualifier. The nationally and Mike Kamil; 2. Alon Apteker, Craig ♦ A Q J 10 5 rated event was first held in 2005. Gower, Phillipe Cronier, Jacob Morgan, ♣ A 7 3 Al Roth (1914–2007) is generally considered Adam Wildavsky and Michael Polowan West North East South the premier bidding theorist of his bridge 2011 1. Mark Gordon, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Meckstroth Lien Rodwell Nilsson generation, perhaps of all time. He and longtime Alan Sontag, Terje Aa, David Berkowitz, 1♣(1) 1♥ partner Tobias Stone are credited with developing Jorgen Molberg, Allan Cokin (coach); Dbl (2) Pass 1NT 3♦ the negative double, the unusual notrump, 1NT 2. Aaron Silverstein, Chris Willenken, Dbl 4♦ Pass 5♦ forcing and weak two‑bid. Andrew Rosenthal, Michael Rosenberg, Dbl Pass Pass Redbl An ACBL Grand Life Master with more than Bjorn Fallenius, Peter Fredin All Pass 12,000 masterpoints, Roth won 26 national titles, 2012 1. Geoff Hampson, John Diamond, Fred (1) Strong, artificial, forcing including the Spingold five times, the Vanderbilt Gitelman, Eric Greco, Brad Moss; 2. (2) Artificial, 6 to 7 three times and the Reisinger twice. Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Andrew So before we move onto the play, visualize He represented North America in the Bermuda Gromov, Aleksander Dubinin, Cezary the scenario: You are the underdogs in the last set Bowl in 1955, 1958 and 1967. A WBF Life Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski of a closely fought match. And the Mighty Jeff Master, he placed second in the World Team 2013 1. Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Meckstroth expresses an opinion on your contract. Olympiad in 1968. Adam Zmudzinski, Cezary Balicki, Ulf Nilsson knew that you can’t back down against During his first world championship Bart Bramley, Lew Stansby; 2. Martin the superstars — you have to stand up to them, and appearance, Roth was declaring a 2♠ contract Fleisher, Michael Kamil, Zia Mahmood, if you do so well, even they can become rattled. and felt he played the hand before – but as a Chip Martel, Michael Rosenberg, Chris Any lead but a diamond defeats the redoubled defender. The director, Al Sobel, did not believe Willenken contract. Meckstroth led the ♥2, and the ♥6 was him because the hands had been dealt at the table. 2014 1. Paul Fireman, John Kranyak, Vince played from dummy. If Eric Rodwell chooses Sobel made Roth call out all the cards in each Demuy, Gavin Wolpert, John Hurd, to not play a top heart, the contract is defeated hand – including the spots – before he threw Joel Wooldridge; 2. Tom Breed, Darren (because although he is gifting an immediate out the board. No one ever discovered how this Wolpert, Jeff Roman, Daniel Korbel, Chris trick in hearts, he’s denying declarer’s ability to happened. Compton, David Grainger establish the suit, and leaves him with a loser on Roth retired from active bridge competition in 2015 1. Brian Platnick, John Diamond, Kevin this layout). But Rodwell played his queen, and the ’70s but remained active as a staff member of Bathurst, Justin Lall, Geoff Hampson, declarer won with the ace. Nilsson played the Bridge Today and on panels of The Bridge World, Eric Greco; 2. Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, ♦A Q. West won and switched to a club, hoping Bridge Today and Australian Bridge. Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Steve to find good things in partner’s hand. Declarer He was the author of “The Roth‑Stone Weinstein, Robert Levin drew trumps and conceded a heart, establishing System,” “Al Roth on Bridge” and “Picture 2016 1. John Onstott, Drew Casen, Mike the suit for a club pitch, and made his contract. Bidding” and co-author of “Bridge Is a Partnership Passell, Chris Compton, Joshua Donn; 2. The usually unflappable Meckstroth looked mildly Game,” “Modern Bridge Complete” and “Bridge Stan Tulin, Kevin Dwyer, Jacek Kalita, perturbed. for Beginners.” Michal Nowosadzki, Alon Birman, Dror Meckwell are famous for their last-segment A longtime resident of New York, where Padon heroics, but perhaps not today. Ulf’s job was done. he owned and managed the Mayfair Club, Roth 2017 1. Ai-Tai Lo, William Cole, Beth Palmer, Could his teammates also withstand the immense retired to Boca Raton FL. William Pettis; 2. Mike Levine, Eddie pressure? Wold, David Grainger, Greg Hinze, Mike West North East South Previous winners and runners-up: Passell, Chris Compton Gill Weinstein Leong Levin 2005 1. Christal Henner-Welland, Michael 2018 1. John Onstott, Magdalena Ticha, Richard 1♥ 2♦ Kamil, Claudio Nunes, Fulvio Fantoni, Ritmeijer, James Krekorian, Bruce Pass 4♦ Dbl 6♦ Frederik Nystrom, Peter Bertheau; 2. Ferguson, Drew Casen; 2. Nick Nickell, Dbl All Pass Matin Harris, Jacob Morgan, Steve Ralph Katz, Steve Weinstein, Robert Australian Peter Gill sitting West made the Landen, Pratap Rajadhyaksha Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell same lead as Meckstroth, the ♥2, and dummy’s ♥6 2006 1. Christal Henner-Welland, Roy Welland, was played. Again, if Eric Leong ducks (remember Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski, that he’s defending 6♦ doubled, so a tough position Antonio Sementa, Bjorn Fallenius; 2. for him to take), Levin is slated to go two off for Nader Hanna, Nagy Kamel, Greg Hinze, 300. But like Rodwell, he understandably played Ira Hessel, Ellen Hessel (npc)

Be Scent-sitive! Some people have an extreme sensitivity to fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The ACBL has not issued an official policy on the matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of its members to refrain from using fragrances. Because duplicate bridge requires players to be in close proximity to each other, individuals who suer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid those who are wearing them. Among the commonly reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine suerers) or breathing-related problems. For these individuals, the issue is much more serious than simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health problem. The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue serious consideration. If you’re going to play in a club or a tournament, please don’t wear cologne, perfume or scented lotions. Daily Bulletin Friday, July 26, 2019 Page 19 the queen. Declarer won and could now get out holding. Levin won with the ♦A and switched for one down by playing diamonds from hand. to a spade. Now, the entries are there to set up Convention card reminder Unwilling to give up on his contract so early, diamonds (ruffing out the ♦K, and a ruffing finesse Each player is required to have a convention however, he next led the ♥4. Gill could ruff and against the 10) and to reach them. But Gill fell card filled out legibly and on the table throughout take the contract two off, but he chose to discard. from grace, mismanaged his pips, and went down. a session. The convention card must include After that start, declarer later took a losing trump He told his countryfolk in Australia, “I had an the first and last name of each member of the finesse and was back to one down. aberration – please don’t look up the hands.” partnership, and the cards must be identical. 14 IMPs to Leong on the deal. West North East South If a director determines that neither player has Meckstroth Lien Rodwell Nilsson a substantially completed card, the partnership Dlr: East ♠ 9 Pass Pass may play only the Standard American Yellow Card Vul: Both ♥ 10 4 1♣ (1) 5♣ Dbl Pass and may use only standard carding. This restriction Dlr: 26 ♦ K 5 5♠ Pass Pass 6♣ may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent ♣ A K J 10 7 4 3 2 6♠ Dbl All Pass round after convention cards have been properly ♠ A K J 10 8 5 4 3 ♠ Q 7 6 (1) Strong, artificial, forcing prepared and approved by the director. Further, the ♥ A J 5 3 ♥ Q 8 2 Lien led the same card as in the other room. partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint ♦ 9 ♦ Q J 8 7 3 2 Declarer ruffed and started on diamonds, North penalty for each board played, commencing with ♣ — ♣ 5 playing his ♦K at trick two. He tried the ♥10 the next round and continuing until the restriction ♠ 2 which went to the queen, king and ace. That was is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at ♥ K 9 7 6 helpful, but there was still work to do. He now had the discretion of the director. ♦ A 10 6 4 to choose between ruffing out the ♦A in North and If the director determines the partnership has ♣ Q 9 8 6 trying a ruffing finesse. He chose the latter because at least one substantially completed convention Meckstroth inferred that if North had the ♦A K, card but has not fully complied with ACBL West North East South he would have led a diamond. Now all that was regulations, the director may give warnings or Gill Weinstein Leong Levin indicated was to ruff out the ♦10 and cross back assign such penalties as he deems to be appropriate Pass Pass with his third trump entry to cash the diamonds. under the circumstances. 4♠ (1) 5♣ Pass Pass Nickell gained 18 IMPs on the deal. Nickell The objective of these warnings and penalties Dbl (2) Pass 5♠ 6♣ won the final set 51–37 to win the match by 9 is the encouragement of full compliance with 6♠ Pass Pass Dbl IMPs. ACBL regulations. All Pass (1) Wide range in third seat (2) Action double Masterpoint disclaimer Weinstein led the ♣K, which declarer ruffed. Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are As it happens, only a trump lead from North subject to change because of score changes or defeats the doubled slam (by consuming an entry corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, to dummy prematurely, valuable for trying to set therefore, also subject to change. up diamonds). Declarer ran the ♦9 at trick two. Weinstein played low from his king-doubleton Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Saturday, July 27, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Morning Swiss Teams single Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday, July 27, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 Saturday, July 27, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight A/X Pairs (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Mont-Royal, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight B/C Pairs (3000/1500) 1-2 Mont-Royal, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Outside Belmont 5, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight Swiss Teams (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Nolita, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday, July 27, Noon & 7 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 6 Castellana, 3rd floor $30 0-6000 MINI-SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 5 Castellana, 3rd floor $22 All: Screen fees of $20/ 0-2500 MINI-SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 5 Castellana, 3rd floor $22 } session/team apply Saturday, July 27, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday, July 27, 1 & 7:30 p.m. 0-10,000 MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Outside Gracia 4, 3rd floor $22 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 SF Gracia, 3rd floor $30 — BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Inside Belmont 4, 4th floor $22 — Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 1-2 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams 3-4 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Collegiate Stratified Open Pairs Championship 1–2 Outside Gracia 3, 3rd floor No fee Saturday, July 27, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 Saturday, July 27, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Evening Swiss Teams single Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 Saturday, July 27, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $16/team/match Unless otherwise noted: Three-flight open events are stratified as A/X (6000+/0-6000), B/C (1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight open events are stratified as A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200) or as A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000) and B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/0-750) if there is no Gold Rush. One-flight open events are stratified as A (3000+), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). Stratification is based on averaging the masterpoints of a pair or team. Eligibility for limited events will be based on the point holding of the highest player, so no player with more than 3000 may play in B/C events nor the Bracketed B Teams, no player with more than 750 may play in Gold Rush events, and no player with more than 300 may play in 299er events. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. **International Fund In 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. Page 20 Friday, July 26, 2019 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Friday, July 26, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Thursday-Friday Morning Compact KO Teams 2nd Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Wednesday-Friday Morning KO Teams 3rd Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Friday, July 26, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 Friday, July 26, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Mont-Royal, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Outside Belmont 5, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight Swiss Teams (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Nolita, 4th floor $20 $24 Friday, July 26, Noon & 7 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 5 Castellana, 3rd floor $30 ­ 0-6000 MINI-SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 4 Castellana, 3rd floor $22 All: Screen fees of $20/ 0-2500 MINI-SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 4 Castellana, 3rd floor $22 } session/team apply Friday, July 26, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Friday, July 26, 1 & 7:30 p.m. ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Gracia, 3rd floor $30 — 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal & 2 final sessions BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Inside Belmont 4, 4th floor $22 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions. Pre-qualification required. Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Friday-Saturday KO Teams 1-2 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Collegiate Bridge Bowl Championship SF & F Outside Gracia 4, 3rd floor No fee Collegiate Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Outside Gracia 4, 3rd floor No fee Friday, July 26, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 Friday, July 26, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Evening Swiss Teams single Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 Friday, July 26, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $16/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: Three-flight open events are stratified as A/X (6000+/0-6000), B/C (1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight open events are stratified as A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200) or as A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000) and B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/0-750) if there is no Gold Rush. One-flight open events are stratified as A (3000+), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). Stratification is based on averaging the masterpoints of a pair or team. Eligibility for limited events will be based on the point holding of the highest player, so no player with more than 3000 may play in B/C events nor the Bracketed B Teams, no player with more than 750 may play in Gold Rush events, and no player with more than 300 may play in 299er events. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. **International Fund In 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.

While warnings typically will be given before Charge of the tournament, and no further. For Slow play a penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way NABC+ KO events, the TD is charged with the Slow play, especially habitual slow play, is limits the director’s authority to issue a penalty. responsibility to ensure that each KO match a violation of law and subject to penalty. When Players are expected to be aware, in a general segment finishes within the allotted time. While a pair has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them sense, of time used and remaining in a segment a time monitor may be employed, the lack of a to make up the time lost as quickly as possible in which they are playing regardless of whether a monitor in no way limits the TD’s authority to whether at fault or not. All players are expected clock is in use or a time announcement has been apply one or more of the remedies listed below. to make a concerted effort to catch up when they made. An excuse of “no announcement” or “no The TD may choose to ignore an occasional have fallen behind, regardless of the reason for clock immediately visible” will not be considered minor late finish. The TD may remove one or their lateness. persuasive. more boards from a segment. The TD may award In the absence of compelling evidence to the In consultation with the DIC of the no score (when neither team is more at fault), an contrary, the director should presume that a pair tournament, the TD may require that a particular assigned score (when a result already exists at finishing a round late by more than two or three pair not play in a specified segment, not play one table which the TD wishes to preserve) or an minutes on more than one occasion during a against a specified pair or not play together as artificial score in IMPs. Every effort should be session is responsible for the lateness. There is a a pair. The foregoing is expected to be applied made to remove boards before they can be played strong expectation that the director will penalize only due to egregious circumstances or to unduly at either table, but not having done so does not such a pair. The size of a penalty will tend to repetitious offenders. preclude removing one or more later. increase for subsequent instances of slow play and An appeal of an action taken by a TD with for chronic or egregious slow play. regard to time may be taken to the Director in

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