Saturday, August 4, 2018 Volume 90, Number 9 Daily Bulletin 90th North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Sue Munday Wild action in QF Junior Jet Set The quarterfinal round of the 2018 Spingold KO Junior players from all Teams was the most exciting thus far in the contest. over the world converge on The defending champions led by Marty Fleisher the Wujiang District, China, were defeated by Piotr Gawrys and company 137- next month for the World 112, despite leading Gawrys by 42 IMPs in the first Youth Team Championships. quarter. Gawrys advanced 137-112. Eight teams from the U.S. continued on page 15 and Canada join the fray to compete for four trophies: Street leads Roth quals the Patino Cup for Juniors The squad captained by Paul Street of Delray under 26; the Damiani Cup Beach FL scored 123.16 victory points in the for Juniors under 21, the Koc opening round of the Roth Open Swiss Teams to University Cup for Youth lead the field going into today’s final. Playing with under 16 and the Rona Cup Street are Nicolas L’Ecuyer of Montreal and Thomas for young women under 26. Bessis-Cedric Lorenzini-Frederic Volcker-Jerome In 2013, Joe Stokes Rombaut of France. Their carrover is 85.15 VPs. coordinated the U.S. Bridge Winners of the Junior U.S. Bridge Championships in the Under 26 In second with a carryover of 77.04 VPs is Steve Federation training program category: Ben Kristensen, Adam Kaplan, Zach Grossack, Christian Shirey’s Texas-Oklahoma foursome (Shirey, Robert Jolly, Kevin Rosenberg and Oren Kriegel for Juniors with international Adams, James Thurtell, and John Schwartz). aspirations. “Thanks to help from Boston pair leads many USBF members who are serving as mentors, over Red Ribbon 80 Juniors now have the Michael Feeney and Mary Jo Feeney of the opportunity to practice on Boston area are sitting atop the leader list in the BBO each week,” Joe says. Bean Red Ribbon Pairs after Friday’s qualifying “Groups work with one or round. The Feeney’s scores from the two qualifying two regular mentors.” sessions were convincing: 65.90% and 67.10%. Joe says that the Junior continued on page 15 training program couldn’t have happened without the support of the expert Collegiate Bowl Enters mentors, “and our structured Semifinals training and mentor program In a new format this year, the Collegiate Bridge wouldn’t have happened The USA 2 Under 26 team competing for the Patino Cup Bowl opened with a three-session round-robin to without Michael Rosenberg, in China: Burke Snowden, Sam Amer, Greg Herman, Will reduce the field to four teams. In semifinal action and Barry Zhu, Arjun Dhir and (inset) Yin Yichen this afternoon, Georgia Tech will take on Harvey Goren.” Mudd (Claremont CA), while Columbia University players as mentors. We all appreciate the generosity Currently, Michael is the sole organizer of the does battle with the University of California at of our expert members who are willing to devote training program, according to Joe. “USBF and Berkeley. The final will be played this evening. their time to helping Juniors advance,” says Joe. our Juniors owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Scholarship team awards for the top four squads are Burke Snowden, a junior from Yale, echoes Michael, who not only gives generously of his time $15,000, $10,000, $5000 and $2500. and expertise, but has recruited scores of world-class continued on page 13 Also new this year is the Collegiate Individual: a three-session individual event, with scholarship awards to the top three winners. Drop-ins from the team Eric R. Murray round-robin are permitted. Leading the way at the one- 1928-2018 third mark are Michael Muschella from Winter Springs Bridge titan silver medals in the representing FL and Hakan Berk from Potomac MD. , North America, two bronze medals in the Olympiad arguably the representing Canada, and another bronze in the Mini-Spingold 0-6000: greatest Canadian . player of all time, Murray’s partnership with fellow Canadian Weeks vs. Vander Zanden died May 19. Hall of Famer was one of the most Today’s final of the 0-6000 Mini-Spingold KO Murray, an ACBL powerfully effective combinations in the history of features a match between squads captained by James Grand Life Master, the game. Their skill and stamina (they frequently Weeks and Brad Vander Zanden. was a member of played all or most of the boards in the days-long, Playing with Weeks are Neil Stern, Jim Johnsen both the ACBL and top-level team matches) were an integral part of the and Dorn Bishop. With Vander Zanden are David Canadian Halls of success of any squad of which they were members. Shepler, Marsha Platnick and Keith Hungate. Fame. The 89-year- In addition to Murray’s talent as a player, he In the semifinal round, Weeks defeated Saul old was a resident was also skilled in bridge governance. His Hall of Gross and company 155-109. In the other bracket, of Orangeville ON. Fame on the CBF website notes, “As a bridge Vander Zanden beat William Bailey’s team 135-125. During Murray’s career as a player, he earned continued on page 5 14 NABC titles, five Canadian national victories Mini-Spingold 0-2500: and seven medals in the world championships: four ATTENDANCE through FRIDAY Xiang vs. Liu Teams led by captains Liu Xiang and Jim Liu 9934 tables meet today in the final of the 0-2500 Mini-Spingold Goodwill Message KO. With Xiang are Zhengwen Li, Yike Xie, Xuxuan Chen and Liang Min. Playing on Liu’s team are Tsao-Tung Tsai, Xuhua Lin and Leon Yu. Accept defeat and victory with grace. Xiang defeated David Haydon’s team 145-78 in Sandy DeMartino, Chair the semifinal round, while Liu won in two quarters ACBL Goodwill Committee over the team captained by Buddy Landis, 114-35. Page 2 Saturday, August 4, 2018 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS All events are at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. 5:30-7:30 pm Youth NABC Closing Reception. (Atrium Level, A707) Saturday, August 4 10 am-6:30 pm Youth NABC. (Atrium Level, A707) Sunday, August 5 Noon Memorial . (Marquis Level, M101) 11 am Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Marquis Level, M101) CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Saturday, August 4 Talks will be held in the International Hall on the International Level. 9:15 a.m. Kevin Wilson Fitting Honors HOSPITALITY Saturday, August 4 10:30 p.m. Marquis Level Mini pecan pies, mini sweet potato pies

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Call toll-free, 800–264–2743 original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Time), or regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or or email [email protected]. even a committee-type hearing which could include bridge experts. Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 4, 2018 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS is invitational, not highest. Thinking bridge Blackwood. There are Defensive commentary: #2: If South By Eddie Kantar several ways to accept cashes red-suit winners, discard spades, the suit Defense to a weak two-bid. Responding to an a 4NT invitation. One where your length is known. Do not discard from invitational 4NT. Two-way suit counting. is to bid 6NT directly, shortness, it exposes partner’s holding when you Dlr: East ♠ 7 3 2 another is to hedge show out. Vul: None ♥ K 7 by bidding 5NT, not Play commentary: As South, you have 11 ♦ A Q 5 3 forcing, giving partner top tricks and have to bring in clubs for four ♣ A K 10 2 the last say. A third is tricks. If clubs are 3-3 or the jack drops, no ♠ 6 ♠ K Q J 9 8 5 to name a four-card problem. However, if West has ♣J x x x, the ♥ 10 8 6 4 3 2 ♥ 9 5 minor at the five level, winning play is the king, the queen, and then low ♦ 7 4 ♦ 9 6 2 which is forcing to at to the 10. Clubs is a two-way suit, meaning that ♣ J 8 4 3 ♣ 9 7 least 5NT or six of the (1) clubs should be the last suit played; (2) this ♠ A 10 4 minor. If partner happens to have the matching four- is a counting hand. It can’t hurt to the first ♥ A Q J card minor, you can play slam in your 4-4 fit. A 4-4 spade, win the second and rattle off four diamonds ♦ K J 10 8 fit frequently plays one trick better than notrump. On and three hearts, discarding a spade from dummy. ♣ Q 6 5 this layout, 6♦ is cold, 6NT is not. If you do, you discover that East, the player with West North East South Lead Commentary: A weak two-bid bid is the known long suit, the hand to count, started 2♠ 2NT supposed to show a decent suit, the reason for the with six spades, two hearts, three diamonds and, Pass 4NT Pass 6 NT lead. therefore, two clubs. If East has two clubs, West All Pass Defensive commentary #1: As East, play the has four. Cash the ♣K, return to the ♣Q and lead : ♠6. ♠J at trick one. If the jack holds, return the king. a club to the 10. The has to work! You Bidding commentary: As South, your 2NT Standard third-hand play with three or more equal counted! shows 15-18 HCP. North’s raise to 4NT honors when partner leads the suit is lowest then

New LM Alert! Slow Learner If you make Life Master at this tournament, By Bob Sanner please share! We’d love to take your picture and Twelve months ago at the 2017 Toronto NABC, publish your achievement in the Daily Bulletin. The I kibitzed an interesting deal from a knockout. I gave Daily Bulletin office is located in Room 508 on the the information to the editors of the Daily Bulletin, Lobby Level. Whatever your rank advancement, and it was published a few days later. please stop by and tell us the good news. Top expert was playing against a weaker team and leading by a comfortable margin. Lost and Found He reached 6♠, then left-hand opponent, with Lost and found is located at the Tournament A-J-10-x of , doubled. Geoff ran to 6NT, Information Desk located on the Marquis Level. which made. So the theme of the article was: “Don’t If you find something that appears to have lost its double if the opponents have a place to run.” owner, or you’re an owner in search of something At the other table, the contract was 4♠ making you lost, here’s the place to go. Informaton hours 11 tricks. Instead of losing about 13 IMPs, Hampson through Saturday are: gained about 13. It was a day-long event and 8:30–10 a.m. Hampson won by about 70, so this episode simply Noon–1p.m. changed the winning margin. 2–3 p.m. Fast forward to this tournament. I was playing 6:30–7:30 p.m. on the first day of the Senior Swiss in a seven- match against the eventual winners. Partner was in the bidding and the opponents reached 4♠ in a standard 4–4 fit. I considered, “Could they run?” Holding the K-10-8-x-x- of trump, I doubled and guess what? They soon scored up 4NT, making. Unfortunately this cost the match. NABC Results I think 12 months from now at the Las Vegas by Email/Text 2019 NABC, I will have mastered this concept. Want to be notified when results and the Daily Bulletins from the NABC are posted online? Want to Playing in an see your results in the events you played in? ACBL NABC+ pairs game? Live does just that. With the ACBL Live notification system, you Buy your entry early! will receive emails and/or text messages after each In an effort to speed up the start of all NABC+ session with links that go directly to the information pairs events – which requires additional time for you’re looking for. The email/text message will proper seeding – the ACBL asks participants to contain your score for the session and a link to your please buy their entries at least 15 minutes before results. (These results will also be available on your game time. This is especially true if you expect to be MyResults page at MyACBL.) Players will also a seeded pair. receive a notification to indicate when the Daily Bulletin for that day is available. Page 4 Saturday, August 4, 2018 Daily Bulletin

ROTH OPEN SWISS QUALIFIERS 70 Tables / Based on 131 Tables Carryover 125.00 1 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; , Paris France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Jerome Rombaut, France 85.15 93.75 2 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Robert Adams, Oklahoma City OK; James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 77.04 70.31 3 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; , Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo 05-12 Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 74.91 55.56 4 Roberto Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Miguel Villas-Boas, Salvador 40170- Brazil; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain 74.13 50.00 5 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Will Ehlers, West Orange NJ; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Owen Lien, Oak Park MI; Iulian Rotaru, New York NY; Radu Nistor, Woodside NY 73.23 45.45 6 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 72.69 41.67 7 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Kent Goulding, Germantown MD; Robert Hopkins Jr - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA 72.15 38.46 8 Lynne Tarnopol - John Hurd, New York NY; , Palm Beach Gdns FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; , Astoria NY 71.73 35.71 9 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Phil Clayton, Frisco TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Andrew Gumperz, Berkeley CA 71.45 33.33 10 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA 71.38 31.25 11 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk ; Frank Bakkeren, 5062 Lg Oisterw ; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC 71.01 29.41 12 Yuxiong Shen - Zijian Shao - Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Dawei Chen, Tokyo Japan 70.71 27.78 13 Mike Levine, Pinckney MI; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 69.13 26.32 14 , Taby Sweden; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden; Joaquin Pacareu, Santiago Chile; Antonio Palma - Sam Bahbout, 7000 Evora Portugal; Juan Carlos Ventin, Barcelona 0802 Spain 68.81 25.00 15 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy; Gandogua Alessandro, Rome Italy; Kamil Nowak, Kielce 25-63 Poland; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland 68.65 23.81 16 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Liam Milne, Sidney Australia; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Tor Eivind Grude, Trondheim Norway 67.93 22.73 17 Joyce Hill, Saint Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Melbourne FL; , Charlotte NC; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL 67.75 21.74 18 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; , Dallas TX; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Mark THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT Feldman, Austin TX 67.52 BRACKET 1 20.83 19 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Tom Trachuk, 5 Tables Walnut Creek CA; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 67.25 Dian Petrov - Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; Evan Markowitz, New 20.00 20 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; John Mohan - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; York NY; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN; , Chicago IL 66.76 vs 19.23 21 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan, New York NY; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Yukiko Tokunaga, Japan; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan; Ken Gee, Croatia; Thomas Paske, Hereford Hr1 3E England 66.67 Regina SK; Alfred Lee, San Mateo CA; Edward White, Grand Blanc 18.52 22 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; , Houston TX; Marc Jacobus - Linda MI Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Mike Passell, Plano TX 66.01 17.86 23 Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Thomas THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT BRACKET 2 Peters, Grapeland TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 65.93 5 Tables 17.24 24 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Bob Feller, Bill Malin - Sue Malin, Greensboro GA; Robert Shippy - Sandra Guilderland NY; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Rick Shippy, Statham GA Binder, Waltham MA 65.76 vs 16.67 25 Aubrey Strul - Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL; , Las Vegas NV; Dan Griggs, Big Canoe GA; John Rains, III, Tampa FL; Fred - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 65.65 Tanzer, Land O Lakes FL; Chris Nicholson, Augusta GA 16.13 26 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam ; Bas FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KNOCKOUT Drijver, Capelle Aan Den 64.85 BRACKET 1 15.63 27 Henky Lasut - Agus Kustrijanto, Gansl Jakarta Indonesia; Sia Santoso, 11 Tables Gabsl Jakarta Indonesia; Ronny Eltanto, Batu Sawa Timur Indonesia; Gregory Sellgren, Sarasota FL; Curt Kristensen, Duluth MN; Randall Roberts, Chicago IL; Robert Kruger, Hot Springs NC Youberth Sumatauw, Mawado North Ce Indonesia; Freddy Eddy Manoppo, Manado vs Indonesi Indonesia 64.45 Paul Moss, Millersburg KY; William Harris, Georgetown KY; R 15.15 28 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL; Dick Bruno, Des Blaine Mullins, Frankfort KY; Harold George, Wichita KS Plaines IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; vs Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI 64.33 Joseph Velardita, Clarkston GA; Glenda Beerman - Mary Polly, 14.71 29 Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Dennis Atlanta GA; Laura Sibille, Dunwoody GA Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy 63.69 David Koble, Bartlesville OK; John Connolly, Dublin 16 Ireland; 14.29 30 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Kay Enfield, Michael Donnelly - Stephen Barr, Dublin Ireland Santa Fe NM; , Hammonds Plain NS 63.45 vs Stanley Littlefield, Maitland FL; Gordon Cable Jr, Monroe 13.89 31 Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Township NJ; Liga Byrne - Beverly Geurin, Austin TX Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Tom Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Ari Greenberg, vs San Francisco CA 62.81 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Hal Jones 13.51 32 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Allen Hawkins Jr, Jr, Lorton VA; Jacques Leblanc, Maria QC Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 62.75 13.16 33 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; , New York NY; Gary Cohler, Delray Dorothy Zeide, Stamford CT; Ilene Mankoff, Delray Beach FL; Jan Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag ; Bradley, Atlanta GA; Deanna Birch, Portland OR Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam 62.64 vs 12.82 34 Robert McCaw, Brewster MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Geoffrey Brod, Chuck Schramm - Marilyn Schramm, Marietta GA; Jane Brady - Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 62.36 Gloria Stenzel, Sun City Center FL 12.50 35 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; William Pettis - Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Glenn Terrell - Dottie Terrell, Great Falls VA; Syed Khan - Nooreen William Cole, Silver Spring MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 62.04 Razi, Chantilly VA 12.20 36 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ishmael Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV; Ulf Nilsson, vs Dalby Sweden; Adam Stokka, Taby Sweden 61.62 Jarlath McDonnell - Conor Farrell, Dublin Ireland; Cheng Wang, 11.90 37 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; , Shenzhen Futian People’s Republic of China; Aiyue Ma, Shenzhen Memphis TN; Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 61.56 Chad 11.63 38 Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; Jean Barry, vs Livermore CA; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 60.52 Eleanor Irvin, Shreveport LA; Gregory Gander, Greenwood LA; 11.36 39 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Kauko Robert Dunas, Raleigh NC; Fred Lopp, Greensboro NC Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland 60.17 Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 4, 2018 Page 5

11.11 40 Tim Verbeek, DrieBergen, Utr ; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy; Bart Nab, Tilburg ; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam ; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Danny Murray Molenaar, Den Haag 60.10 continued from page 1 10.87 41 Jerry Goldberg - Jane Dillenberg - Michael Rosen, New York NY; Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY 59.73 administrator, Murray was the president of the 10.64 42 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer, Zwolle Ontario Bridge League in its early days, engineering ; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Drew its union with the ACBL, and was District 2 Casen, Metarie LA 59.68 representative to the ACBL Board of Directors. 10.42 43 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy; He was also the organizing chairman of the 1964 Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy 59.56 Summer NABC. 10.20 44 - Jeffrey Juster, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Rancho “Murray, whose energy and drive are legendary, Mirage CA; Fernando Piedra, Zurich 8002 Switzerland; Bartlomiej Igla, was the prime mastermind behind the creation of the Kusnacht 8700 Switzerland; , Dallas TX 59.54 Canadian Bridge Federation in 1967. In recognition 10.00 45 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Giovanni De of all his contributions to bridge in Canada and his Nitto, Brossard QC; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma 00197 Italy; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 59.31 leading role in the formation of the Canadian Bridge 9.80 46 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; , Seattle Federation, Murray was named Honorary Life WA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY 59.13 Member of the CBF in 2009.” 9.62 47 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Charles Sharf, North Baldwin NY; Dori Cohen, Murray also contributed to bridge theory by Woodbury NY; Rob Gordon, Northport NY 59.09 devising the Murray 2♦ convention and, most 9.43 48 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Steve Garner, Chicago IL; , Varna Bulgaria; Rosen Gunev, Sofia Bulgaria; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington significantly, co-authoring the Hgts IL 58.73 with the eponymous Doug Drury. The now-famous 9.26 49 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Drew Becker, Chicago IL; James Tritt, origin of the convention came about when Drury, Orange CA; Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA 58.67 compelled to protect himself against then-partner 9.09 50 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket Murray’s penchant for opening light in third seat, NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 57.67 came up with a method to determine the strength of 8.93 51 - William Pollack, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Ransomville NY; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, opener’s hand. Columbus OH 57.48 In “civilian” life, Murray was one of Toronto’s 8.77 52 Yan Wang, Richmond Hill ON; Edward Xu, North York ON; Weidong Pei, Brea top trial lawyers for decades. CA; Bo Liu, Irvine CA 57.28 Murray’s status as an iconic figure in the game 8.62 53 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Ira Herman - Allen Kahn, New York NY; David was rooted in more than his technical abilities, Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY 57.23 outstanding as they were. His persona as the urbane, 8.47 54 Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; , Toronto ON; George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdaa cigar-loving raconteur armed with a lethally funny Sk 80-862 Poland; Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC 57.21 sense of humor made him a larger-than-life figure 8.33 55 Peter Trenka - Hjordis Eythorsdottir - Magnus Olafsson, New York NY; wherever he went. Of his four second-place finishes Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria 57.14 in the Bermuda Bowl – with the famed Italian Blue 8.20 56 Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden; Cecilia Rimstedt, Kungsbacka Sweden; Team taking the gold on each occasion – Murray Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark 57.10 quipped, “I know the Italian national anthem by 8.06 57 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; Bill heart.” During the Bermuda Bowl scandal of 1975 Heid, Santa Fe NM; Bill Staats, Southlake TX 56.93 when two Italian players (Gianfranco Facchini and 7.94 58 Dawn Campbell - Jon Bartlett, Portland OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Sergio Zucchelli) were caught passing information Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Columbia Hgts MN 56.92 by tapping toes, Eric wired a message to the 7.81 59 Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL; Robert Bitterman, Harbor Springs MI; Doug American team offering his services: “I play a Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 56.86 7.69 60 Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; John Jones, Santa Fe Spgs CA; Jeffrey Miller, reasonable game, and take a size 14 shoe.” Naperville IL; Larry Sunser, Syracuse NY 56.69 Fellow Hall of Famer Bob Hamman said, 7.58 61 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Curtis Cheek - Huub Bertens, Las Vegas NV; “Murray definitely was the most intense opponent Bauke Muller, Hoorn ; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 56.58 I ever faced. You never beat Eric. On occasion 7.46 62 Bulent Kaytaz - Ilker Ayaz, Istanbul Turkey; Nafiz Zorlu, Izmir Turkey; you might have been ahead when the final buzzer Gokhan Yilmaz, Uskudar/Instanb Turkey 56.47 7.30 63/64 Steven Huhman, Alpharetta GA; Jack LaVigne, Houston TX; Stephen Nellissen, sounded, but beating Eric was not in the realm of Washington Twp NJ; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY; Emory Whitaker, Macon GA; possibility. Intensity was the game, Murray was the Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA 55.94 name. In Eric’s case, they really did throw away the 7.30 63/64 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Charles mold: It will be a long wait for a replacement.” Seelbach, Lexington KY; R Blaine Mullins, Frankfort KY 55.94 7.14 65 Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Janice WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Steven Barcus, Altamonte Spg FL; Charles Silver Medal Miner, Orlando FL 55.31 Bermuda Bowl 6.85 66/70 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1974 Halmstad Sweden; , Palm Bch Gdns FL; Per-Ola Cullin, Bronze Medal Enskededalen 1 Sweden; , Stockholm Sweden 55.15 Olympiad 6.85 66/70 Sheri Winestock - Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Boye Brogeland, 4400 Flekkefjor Norway; 1968, 1972 , Arendal Norway 55.15 Rosenblum Cup 6.85 66/70 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, 1982 Denver CO; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 55.15 NABC TITLES 6.85 66/70 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; , Sarasota FL; , New York NY; , Charlottenlund Denmark; Yinghao Liu, Redmond WA; Linlin Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams Hu, People’s Republic of China 55.15 1956, 1962 6.85 66/70 Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams Argentina; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata, 1962 India; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata, India 55.15 Spingold Knockout Teams 1964, 1965, 1968 FRIDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS Vanderbilt Knockout Teams 7.0 Tables 1961, 1970 A B C 1.98 1 1 1 Linda Weeks, Kennesaw GA; Martha Beth Barron, Acworth GA 75.50% 1959 1.49 2 2 R Yarrington, Lilburn GA; Carl Palmer, Atlanta GA 61.42% Nail Life Master Pairs 1.11 3 3 2 Jane Rogers, Dunwoody GA; Judy Moran, Atlanta GA 60.43% 1963 0.84 4 4 3 Michael Pascal - Rose Pascal, Pittsburgh PA 57.00% 0.63 5 Diane Landis - Kim Koletic, Tampa FL 55.75% 1963 von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 7.0 Tables 1969 A B C 2.55 1 1 1 John Williams - Linda Williams, Hoschton GA 57.08% 1954, 1955 1.91 2 Lynda Barnum - Shirley Driscoll, Tallahassee FL 56.25% CANADIAN TITLES 1.81 3 2 Walter Melson - Diane Melson, Eastman GA 53.75% Canadian National Teams Championship 1.36 4 3 Gail King - Rebecca Yancey, Seneca SC 53.33% 1980, 1981, 1987 1.50 5 4 2 Christopher Myers - Cindy Myers, Dallas OR 52.50% Canadian Senior Teams Championship 1.13 5 3 Min Bai, Cupertino CA; Theron Tock, Mountain View CA 52.08% 2007, 2010 0.84 4 Diane Johnson - Joseph Johnson, Santa Barbara CA 50.83% Page 6 Saturday, August 4, 2018 Daily Bulletin

THURSDAY ZIP KNOCKOUT BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS QUALIFIERS 15 Tables 4.67 1 Marley Cedrone, Framingham MA; Finn 18.0 Tables Carryover Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA; Zach 1 Michael Feeney, Cambridge MA; Mary Jo Feeney, Jamaica Plain MA 61.90 Posternak, Sharon MA 2 Michael Kelley - Martina Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 49.68 3.27 2 Jake Williams - Luke Williams, San Diego CA; 3 David Venetianer, Chadds Ford PA; Richard Franklin, New Canaan CT 45.96 Alexander Frieden, Brookline MA; Nicholas Koskelo, Claremont 4 Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX; Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX 38.34 CA 5 Edwin (Ted) Bain III, Houston TX; Michael Miedema, West Terre Haut IN 37.94 1.87 3/4 Emma Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar 6 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 34.91 Baqai, Irvine CA 7 Xu Wang, Astoria NY; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI 31.29 1.87 3/4 Zachary Wasserman, Farmington Hls MI; Kevin 8 Luen-Jyh Luo, Milpitas CA; Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA 28.26 Marnell, Portland OR; Dan Storch, Memphis TN; Laura de Vesine, 9 Peter Haglich, Virginia Beach VA; Thomas Smith Jr, Newport News VA 27.09 San Jose CA 10 Jacqueline Chang, New York NY; Ettore Bianchi, Dobbs Ferry NY 26.89 11 Michael Heins, Champaign IL; Alex Khrakovsky, Columbus OH 26.11 12 Bo Xiao, Fremont CA; Winston Huang, Los Altos CA 26.01 13 Janice Madsen - Bijoy Anand, Jacksonville FL 25.43 14 Liang Fan, People’s Republic of China; Linda Dunn, Memphis TN 25.33 15 Denny Cahan, Cumming GA; Robert Thorstad, Atlanta GA 24.64 16 Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH; Zachary Wasserman, Farmington Hls MI 23.76 17 Melanie Schaengold - Neil Selvin, Naples FL 21.81 18 James Wicht, Bristol VA; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 19.85 19 Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD; Toni Schultz, New Port Richey FL 19.17 20 Nancy Ferguson - Michael Hartnett, Greenbrae CA 15.35 21 William Harris, Georgetown KY; Paul Moss, Millersburg KY 14.96 22 Michael Flaster, Menlo Park CA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 14.77 23/24 Barbara Devaney, Washington DC; Alexander Stille, Bethesda MD 13.59 23/24 Theo Lichtenstein - Bob Soni, Tallahassee FL 13.59 25 Xinpeng Huang, Foster City CA; Peter Naimoli, Austin TX 12.22 26 Gloria Tamlyn - Ralph Tamlyn, Larchmont NY 11.05 27 Donald Weber - Elinor Hood, Portland OR 10.76 28 Art Quey, San Mateo CA; Kevin Marnell, Portland OR 10.17 Winners of the 0–10,000 Mixed Swiss Teams in 29 Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY; Michael Krevor, Port Washington NY 9.29 2017: Stewart Rubenstein, captain Christina 30 Frank Hsieh, Sammamish WA; Gianni Hsieh, Urbana IL 7.73 Parker, Susan Smith and Michael Smith. 31 Amy Rhodes, New York NY; Bob Rasmussen, Ann Arbor MI 7.63 32 Andi Parham, Queen Creek AZ; Barbara Naschold, Cardiff CA 6.55 0–10,000 Mixed Swiss 33 John Emmerson, Federal Way WA; Tracey Guice, Seattle WA 5.57 plays today 34 Venky Venkataramani, Andover MA; Ajit Pai, Nashua NH 4.99 35 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Darryl Legassie, Milton NH 4.01 The 0–10,000 Mixed Swiss Teams makes its 36 Brad Barry, Phoenixville PA; David Amsterdam, Wayne PA 0.00 fifth appearance on the Summer NABC calendar. Play starts today in the two-day event: two FREEMAN MIXED BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS CORRECTED qualifying rounds followed by two final rounds The masterpoint awards for the Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match that appeared in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin were tomorrow. incorrect. The event overall awards extend only through 15 places, not 21 as reported. Teams must field two male-female pairs. The contest is a gold-point event, but also pays platinum 28 Tables / Based on 60 Tables points at 10% of the overall award, up to a maximum 110.00 1 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Rose Yan, Beijing People’s Republic of China 38.16 of 10 platinum points. Because there is a masterpoint 82.50 2 May Sakr, Ardmore PA; Nikolaos Delimpaltadakis - Vasileios Vroustis, ceiling, winning the event does not count toward Athens Greece; Giorgia Botta, Woodside NY 38.07 Grand Life Master status. 61.88 3 Mike Passell - Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las 2014 Ava Grubman, Elliott Grubman, Linda Vegas NV 36.73 Rothstein, Jeffrey Rothstein 48.89 4 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; , Amsterdam ; Bauke Muller, 2015 Jeffrey Rothstein, Linda Rothstein, Ava Hoorn ; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland; Simon De Wijs, Doorn ; Nikolay Grubman, Elliott Grubman Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL 33.73 2016 Dori Byrnes, , Shan Huang, 44.00 5 Alan Schwartz - Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD; Michael McNamara, Sylwia McNamara Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD 30.60 William Ehlers 40.00 6 William Pollack - Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 30.53 2017 Christina Parker, Stewart Rubenstein, Susan 36.67 7 JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Smith, Michael Smith William Cole, Silver Spring MD 30.17 32.64 8/9 Joe Quinn - Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Ben Kristensen, Duluth MN; Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX 29.93 Electronic device policy 32.64 8/9 Peggy Haigler, Raleigh NC; Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Pamela The electronic device policy Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV 29.93 at NABCs allows players to 29.33 10 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Rita Ellington, Charlotte NC; - John bring electronic devices such Schermer, Seattle WA 29.43 as cell phones into the playing 27.50 11 Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Christal Henner - Uday Ivatury, New York NY; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL 29.33 area provided that such devices 25.88 12 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO; Joseph Silver, Hampstead QC; are turned off. Further, any such Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL; equipment must not be visible Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 28.87 during the session. 24.44 13 Lindsey Weinger, Delray Beach FL; Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX; Michael A violation of the policy Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC; Andrew Russell, St Catharines ON 28.14 will result in an automatic disciplinary penalty of 22.04 14/16 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Victor King, Hartford CT; Les Bart - Gloria Bart, one full board (or 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) Bradenton FL 27.73 for the first offense. A second offense will result in 22.04 14/16 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Gen Geiger - Terry disqualification from the event McHenry, Sarasota FL 27.73 22.04 14/16 Carol Frank, Burbank CA; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Richard Gabriel - Ellen Gabriel, Naples FL; Mary Lee, Macungie PA 27.73 FRIDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 13.5 Tables A B C 5.20 1 Ernie Eayrs - Morris Williams, Dunwoody GA 68.06% 3.90 2 1 Won Yang, Clermont FL; Beatrice Bohm, Kings Park NY 59.60% 2.93 3 Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 59.41% 2.80 4 Hannelore Tschinkel, Fuerstenfeld Austria; Gerald Lackner, Furstenfeld Austria 56.16% 1.96 5 Lily Johannessen, Honolulu HI; Myra Reneau, Chattanooga TN 56.11% 1.40 6 Jan Soule, Chicago IL; Carolyn Rowley, Evanston IL 55.87% 2.85 2 1 Emma Miller, Reno NV; Sean McNally, Minneapolis MN 53.39% 2.14 3 Carla Pierce - Bruce Pierce, Daphne AL 52.94% 1.60 4 Carolyn Wood, Cobbs Creek VA; Kathryn Kimmerling, Blythewood SC 51.28% 1.20 5 Wes Burgar, Ann Arbor MI; Ben Finegold, Saint Louis MO 50.36% 1.46 2 Cynthia Polayes - Carolyn Turek, Chicago IL 49.52% Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 4, 2018 Page 7

78 Tables Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas Spingold Teams – Today’s Pairings NV; , New York NY; Jan Jansma; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 1 Diamond 157 vs 64 Zorlu 71 1 Diamond 127 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Migry Zur 32 (33) Lilienstein 110 Campanile - , New York NY; David 32 Rhys, npc 67 Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; , Chicago IL 33 Lilienstein 141 1 Diamond 149 16 Sonsini, npc 78 Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland; 16 Cheek 127 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Geir Helgemo -Tor 49 INDONESIAN MIXED 76 16 Sonsini, npc 171 Helness, Monaco 17 Berg 74 vs 17 Berg 162 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw 48 Wang 77 1 Diamond 48 76 93 112 Vennep ; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; , London, England; Louk Verhees Jr, 8 (9) Gawrys 6 33 94 137 9 Gawrys 140 Netherlands 56 Helle 70 9 Gawrys 152 80.00 5/8 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Fred 24 (41) Rippey 61 24 Lewis 77 Gitelman - Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Brian 41 Rippey 137 Platnick, Evanston IL; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen 9 Gawrys 204 Lindqvist, Arendal, Norway 8 Cayne 103 25 Mahaffey 123 80.00 5/8 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York 40 Bakkeren 99 NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO; 25 Mahaffey 78 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills 8 Cayne 177 8 Cayne 204 CA 57 Ford 93 80.00 5/8 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, 1 (9) Gawrys Sarasota FL; Roy Welland, New York NY; Sabine Auken, 4 (13) Tulin 5 Pszczola 201 Charlottenlund Denmark; Yinghao Liu, Redmond WA; Lin 60 Cole w/d Lin Hu, Beijing People’s Republic of China 5 Pszczola 85 80.00 5/8 Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View 28 Wildavsky 107 28 Wildavsky 108 CA; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand; Sumit Mukherjee, 37 Rigal 85 5 (28) Wildavsky 115 Kolkata Wb 91 India; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata, India 12 Lall 138 50.00 9/16 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, 21 Kasle 113 Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric 44 Morgan 78 21 Kasle 147 Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; 12 Lall 151 Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ 12 Lall 194 50.00 9/16 Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, 53 Dinkin 102 5 (12) Lall 30 40 53 wd Buenos Aires Argentina; , Aarhus C 4 (13) Tulin 59 116 173 173 Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Giorgio 13 Tulin 138 Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy 52 Clayton 81 13 Tulin 113 50.00 9/16 Aubrey Strul - Richard Coren, Boca 20 Tarnopol 105 Raton FL; Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; Tarek Sadek - 20 Tarnopol 119 Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 45 Sealy 80 13 Tulin 131 50.00 9/16 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan 4 LAVAZZA 85 Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo 29 O’Rourke 152 Versace, Rome Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma 00197 36 Levine 160 29 (36) Levine 89 Italy; Giovanni Donati, Italy 50.00 9/16 Curtis Cheek - Huub Bertens, Las 4 LAVAZZA 120 4 LAVAZZA 194 Vegas NV; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; , 61 F. Kolesnik 41 Carlsbad CA 50.00 9/16 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter 2 Nickell 227 Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; 63 (66) Frieden 47 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; 2 Nickell 155 Mark Feldman, Austin TX 31 (34) Payen 33 31 Verbeek 89 50.00 9/16 Adam Wildavsky - Jeffrey Juster, New 34 Payen 116 York NY; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA; Bob 2 Nickell 91 Hamman, Dallas TX; Bartlomiej Igla, Kusnacht 8700 15 (47) Hyatt, npc 143 15 Street 115 Switzerland; Fernando Piedra, Zurich, Switzerland 50 INDONESIAN SUPER MIXED 144 50.00 9/16 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; 15 (50) INDO. SUPER MIXED 104 Jenny Wolpert, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Marion Michielsen, 18 (47) Hyatt, npc 138 18 Demirev 75 Stockholm Sweden; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, 47 Hyatt, npc 130 Halmstad Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Sweden 2 (47) Hyatt, npc 26 46 87 103 25.00 17/32 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam 7 (10) Rosenthal 24 79 100 138 10 Rosenthal 191 Lev, New York NY; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Joris van Lankveld, 55 Kahn 97 10 Rosenthal 129 Amsterdam ; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag 23 Lebowitz 113 25.00 17/32 Richard Schwartz, Lords Valley PA; 23 Lebowitz 171 , London N31SN ; Simon Hult, Wastervik 42 (61) Fleischmann 110 10 Rosenthal 171 Sweden; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; Jerry 7 Strul 82 Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria 26 Rosenberg 108 25.00 17/32 Roberto Barbosa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 39 INDONESIAN MEN 124 26 (39) INDO. MEN 155 Adriano Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Diego Brenner, 7 Strul 157 L’Eixample Barc Spain; Miguel Villas-Boas, Salvador 7 Strul 179 40170- Brazil 58 Bishel 44 2 (10) Rosenthal 25.00 17/32 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan, 3 (6) Gupta New York NY; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s 6 Gupta 241 Republic of China; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; 59 R. Smith 110 6 Gupta 183 Thomas Paske, Hereford Hr1 3E England 27 Schwartz 133 25.00 17/32 Bernard Payen, France France; Philippe 27 Schwartz 148 Soulet - Michel Lebel, France; Erick Mauberquez, Paris 38 Onstott 86 6 Gupta 138 France; Christophe Oursel, 27620 Gasny Cli France 25.00 17/32 Mike Levine, Pinckney MI; Oren 11 (43) Fireman 57 22 Shen 88 Kriegel, Chicago IL; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; 43 Fireman 126 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Adam Grossack - Zachary 22 (43) Fireman 99 Grossack, Newton MA 11 Mittelman 84 11 Mittelman 115 25.00 17/32 Henky Lasut, ; Freddy Eddy Manoppo, 54 Collins 111 Manado Indonesi Indonesia; Agus Kustrijanto, Gansl 6 Gupta 8 58 112 152 Jakarta Indonesia; Sia Santoso, Gabsl Jakarta Indonesia; 3 Fleisher 59 107 1211 147 14 Hill 151 Ronny Eltanto, Batu Sawa Timur Indonesia; Youberth 51 A. Kolesnik 142 Sumatauw, Mawado North Ce Indonesia 14 Hill 102 25.00 17/32 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito 19 Robinson 142 19 Robinson 126 Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland; 46 Garner 87 Kamil Nowak, Kielce 25-63 Poland; Leonardo Cima, 14 (19) Robinson 92 Roma Italy; Gandogua Alessandro, Rome Italy 3 Fleisher 154 30 Barbosa 167 25.00 17/32 Bert Toar Polii - Michael Hartono, 35 Leong 127 Jakarta Indonesia; Franky Karwur, Manado Sulawesi 30 Barbosa 114 Indonesia; Jemmy Bojoh, Tondano Minahas Indonesia; 3 Fleisher 151 3 Fleisher 208 Conny Eufke Sumampouw, Depok Indonesia; Rury Andhani, Semarang Tawa T Indonesia 62 M. Smith 71 Page 8 Saturday, August 4, 2018 Daily Bulletin

0–2500 MINI SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Remembering 20 Tables By Chuck Said Jim Liu, Saratoga CA; Tsao-Tung Tsai, Cupertino CA; Xuhua Lin, Edison NJ; Leon Yu, Syosset NY In February of 1989 at a regional in Houston dear friend John and his regular partner, Dan Morse. vs TX, I had the fortune of meeting a great bridge Zeke Jabbour and Russ Arnold completed the team. Liu Xiang - Zhengwen Li - Yike Xie, My People’s Republic of player and perhaps one of the finest human beings I We won that inaugural team event and in the China; Xuxuan Chen - Liang Min, Mianyang City People’s Republic ever met. That was John Sutherlin. process, Zeke and I won our first national event and of China That day, neither became Grand Life Masters. John helped us in our 19.20 3/4 Buddy Landis - Davis Grizzard, Chattanooga of us had a game, so quest for that vital championship. TN; Stephanie Felker - John Felker, Mountain TN we decided to play in The years went by and though John and I 19.20 3/4 David Haydon - Lenora Fernandez - Henri Asta - Karyl Asta, Marietta GA the open pairs. The maintained our close friendship, and continuous 8.64 5/8 Stephi Luttrell - Mary Lockhart - Richard Shipp - game went smoothly, contact, the roads of life took us in different Peter Dittner, Oak Ridge TN and I remember directions. 8.64 5/8 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Darryl Legassie, being so impressed Then I was struck by the disturbing news Milton NH; Ru Hong Terajewicz, Newton MA; Rick Whitehead, Knoxville TN with John’s game as that John was diagnosed with cancer. I was truly 8.64 5/8 Bijoy Anand - Janice Madsen - Claire Watson, well as his attitude saddened by that unfortunate illness that struck my Jacksonville FL; Ann Buchholz, Ponte Vedra Bch FL and demeanor. We dear friend. I called him often and tried to be the 8.64 5/8 Alan Godes, Needham MA; William Belanich, Glen Allen VA; Jeremy Lewis, Lexington NC; Holly Campbell, averaged 71% for caring friend that he was to me during my encounter Stevensville MT the two sessions with cancer. I tried my best to comfort him whenever 0-6000 MINI-SPINGOLD TEAMS and won the event we spoke. We chatted about upcoming NABCs, easily. That was hotels we intended to stay in and exchanged ideas 27 Tables / Based on 36 Tables John Sutherlin James Weeks, Palm Desert CA; Neil Stern, Indio CA; Jim Johnsen - the beginning of a about restaurants to go to as well as deals for Dorn Bishop, San Diego CA successful partnership and enduring friendship. discounts. He told me that things were getting better vs Brad Vander Zanden - David Shepler, Knoxville TN; Marsha We hit it off so well that immediately we spoke and I was heartened by this and hoped and prayed Platnick, Bluefield WV; Keith Hungate, Marion VA of playing again. And before long, we planned that this wonderful man beat this dreadful disease. on going to three consecutive regionals: Miami, Last March in Philadelphia during the Spring 34.00 3/4 Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Victoria and Gatlinburg. We were in touch all the NABC, John called me and asked me to come to Lauderdale FL; Barry Spector, Springfield VA; Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM time and had a great deal of fun playing bridge, his room. He said he had something for me. I took 34.00 3/4 William Bailey - Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; eating at nice restaurants and telling stories. the elevator and met him in his room. He opened a Aaron Jones, San Francisco CA; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA John also had a great sense of humor: drawer and pulled out a bag. 15.30 5/8 F. Garson II, Roswell GA; Kish Devaraj - Charles Lipman, Atlanta GA; J Wolfe, Marietta GA; Gabriel Fadel Sometimes he’d wryly tell a story or a one-liner in “Do you remember this shirt?” John said. - Steve Callaham, Alpharetta GA a straight face and other times he’d tell a joke with Of course I remembered the Pistons T-shirt I 15.30 5/8 Lee Ohliger - Joyce Menezes, Ridgewood NJ; his famous laugh even before he’d even finish the gave him back in 1989. James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ; Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY 15.30 5/8 Charles Nemes, Longboat Key FL; Michael delivery. “You know, Chuck,” he said. “I’ve kept this Gibson, Sarasota FL; Dianne Bonney - Jack Bonney, Venice FL; One day during a game in Miami, I overcalled shirt in its original mint condition all these years as David Bogolub, Deerfield IL; Rick Schoenfield, Westchester IL a few times, but to my dismay John had other ideas a cherished gift from a dear friend. I have a feeling 15.30 5/8 A. J. Stephani - Isaac Stephani, Cincinnati OH; and led a different suit. He must have had a reason. that you’ll be around longer than me on this earth, so Jesse Chao, Berkeley CA; Andrew Sinclair, Albany CA; Jakob Karstens, Oakland CA But it bothered me a little a little, so we went aside I want to give it back to you, to keep and to remind and I asked him, “John, it is not like you not to you of our friendship.” lead my overcalled suit.” He looked at me with a We looked at each other for a few moments – Player Memos faint smile on his face and said “I have a solution. they were short in duration but long in impact –and Player memos allow participants to file incident Next time you want a heart lead, overcall 1♠.” We like a film, all the memories, all the wonderful years, reports alleging inappropriate behavior by other laughed. The tension was broken, and he played so all the good times flashed before. I teared up. We contestants. Two player memo stations have been brilliantly we won the event with ease. hugged each other, and I said with a choked voice, set up outside the playing areas on the Marquis After Miami, we met again in Victoria. His “You’re going to be fine.” Level and the Atrium Level for your convenience. lovely wife, Peggy, came along. We had much fun in Then I quickly exited the room with tears Players are encouraged to file Player Memos when that charming city. streaming down my face. I saw a couch by the appropriate. We stayed at this nice little hotel with adjoining elevator. I sat there for a few minutes with my head rooms. John asked me to knock on his door at 8:30 buried in my hands, trying to wipe off the tears 2ND FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS BRACKET 1 a.m. so we could go together to play in the morning and regain my composure. It was perhaps the most 11 Tables knockout. So I knocked at his door. I heard this touching, the most poignant experience. Taufik Asbi, Indonesia; Lusje Olha Bojoh, Tondano Minahas muffled voice saying, “What’s up? That was the last time I saw John Sutherlin, Indonesia; Bill Mondigir, Manado North Su Indonesia; Marcella Lasut, Manado North C Indonesia; Robert Parasian, Jatinegara I said “John, you wanted me to knock,” and quickly this wonderful and classy man, the most endearing Indonesia; Joice Tjeje, Tondano Sulawes Indonesia John replied, “I said to knock at 8:30; it’s only 8:29.” friend I ever had. He is no longer with us, but the vs That was Sutherlin. memories, the fun, the bridge, the bonds will all Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Yukiko Tokunaga, Japan; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan; Keith Heckley, Hamilton ON; Cliff While in Victoria I had a severe case of sinus linger on. Campbell, Thunder Bay ON; Ken Gee, Regina SK drainage that caused irritation in my throat. Upon John will always have a place in my heart. I miss return to Nashville, I had only one day to see a nose- him and will never forget him. Myra Kolton, Boca Raton FL; Ann Baum, Waltham MA; Jonathan and-throat specialist who examined me and decided Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Julie Arbit, Charlotte NC vs out of caution he wanted to do a biopsy. The news COLLEGIATE BRIDGE BOWL Michael Hartono - Bert Toar Polii, Jakarta Indonesia; Franky was alarming. I had a small malignant tumor on the 8 Tables Karwur - Jemmy Bojoh, Tondano Minahas Indonesia; Conny Eufke vocal cords caused by years of smoking. I was told Sumampouw, Depok Indonesia; Rury Andhani, Semarang Tawa T Santhosh Karnik - Cyrus Hettle, Atlanta GA; Arjun Dhir, Indonesia that they caught the tumor and that six weeks of Alpharetta GA; Richard Jeng, Johns Creek GA; Zhuangdi radiation should destroy it. Xu, Sugar Hill GA 2ND FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS BRACKET 2 John Sutherlin was the support that I needed vs 13 Tables so badly with Elaine’s care. I’ll never forget his Emma Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Jake Williams, San Christopher Kohlmiller - Barbara Kohlmiller - Peter Martin, Kennesaw GA; Donald Baker, Alpharetta GA constant calling, checking on me almost every day Diego CA; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Nicholas vs to catch up on my progress. He sent me cards in Koskelo, Claremont CA Perry Poole, Maitland FL; John Moschella, Winter Springs FL; the mail twice a week. I was so overwhelmed and Douglas Grant, San Francisco CA; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA touched by his compassion. Yang Xu - Max Krawczyk - Jing Zhang, New York NY; Jiaheng Hu, Waterville ME Tom Henson, Towanda PA; William Palmer, Brooklyn NY; Doris I remember during the second half of that year, vs Denny, Chapala Jalisco Mexico; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY John went to China. When he came back, he brought vs Chengwei Li, Beijing Congo; Kevin Rosenberg, Nancy Frank, Glencoe IL; Ilene Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Gerald me a nice gift. In return, knowing he was an avid Sunnyvale CA; Mingyang Zhou - Xinchen Zhu, Berkeley Szymski, Westmont IL; Ashley Szymski, Aurora IL sports fan, I gave him a T-shirt that commemorated CA; Armin Askari, Thornhill ON the Detroit Pistons bad boys winning the NBA 2ND FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS BRACKET 3 championship. I wanted John to have something as a 13 Tables J F Lowenstein - Eleanor Onstott - Wayne Weisler, New Orleans symbol of our intimate friendship. LA; Jacob Karno, Metairie LA In 1994, the late Dick Hunt from Las Vegas vs had engaged me to play with him in many open Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO; Laura de Vesine, San Jose CA; William Fogel, San Diego CA; Jim Allen, Gastonia NC and Senior events in his quest to win the 500 race that year. He heard that the ACBL Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; Ronald Wallace - was adding a new national event to start off the Karl Manderscheid, Apollo Beach FL Minneapolis NABC. He asked me to put a team vs Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Hal Jones together for what is now called the Baze Senior Jr, Lorton VA; Jacques Leblanc, Maria QC Knockouts. The first person I thought of was my Saturday, August 4, 2018 Volume 10, Number 3 Daily Bulletin 2018 Youth NABC Editor: Brent Manley TDs draw energy from the Youth NABC crowd Associate National Director David Metcalf has worked hundreds of sessions of bridge in various venues, from clubs to NABCs. He says that if he was given his choice of tournaments, he would pick the Youth NABCs, the 2018 version Kalreta Conyers-Steede with John Burville, leader of which has been going in of efforts to get bridge in schools in Bermuda. Atlanta since Thursday. Deputy Principal on bridge: “This,” says Metcalf, “is where I get my energy for the ‘It put the fire under me’ rest of the year.” At the CedarBridge Academy in Bermuda, the Winner of the Jean faculty tries to assure that students are exposed to a Molnar Award winner in variety of opportunities. Bridge, as it happens, fit the 2016 as ACBL’s top field Tournament directors working the Youth NABC in Atlanta: Director-in- bill just fine. So says Kalreta Conyers-Steede, deputy employee, Metcalf is running his fifth Youth NABC Charge David Metcalf with Carolyn Pinto, Cathy Hildebrand and Jesse principal at the school and a new devotee of the Laird. world’s best game. and still getting a kick out Conyers-Steede knew nothing about bridge but of what he sees. He has been a full-time ACBL gratifying to see the young players return for more. had an open mind about the possibilities when John employee since 2016. “You get to see them grow up year to year. It’s Burville approached CedarBridge about starting “There’s enough energy to power a city,” rewarding work.” bridge teaching. Conyers-Steede said bridge fit Metcalf says, “and it’s cool to see them all over the Hildebrand says she can also see changes in the school’s mandate for students to pursue “co- place one minute and completely focused the next. the players she gets to know. “Bridge gives them curriculum” activities: – undertakings that support You can tell they are really enjoying this.” confidence.” development. “Bridge,” she says, “helps with math Metcalf, who lives in Newton MA, has Laird, working the Youth NABC for a second and problem solving.” Further, she notes, bridge “is assembled what he describes as “a really good team” time, considers the tournament “a great asset for the a niche for students who would love to be part of to run the games and help the players, some very ACBL to have an event for youths to play as peers. something.” young, enjoy the bridge competition and fellowship Our future stars are definitely in this room.” Once Conyers-Steede decided get her feet wet in that comes from a shared, often intense, interest in Pinto, working her third Youth NABC and the game, her interest took off. She is now studying the game of bridge. described by Metcalf as “amazing,” specializes in the game and playing once a week. “It’s a “wonderful Helping Metcalf are TDs Cathy Hildebrand of the youngest players in the Youth NABC field – experience,” she says. “It’s really put the fire under Williamsburg VA, Carolyn Pinto of Fort Worth TX known as “cardrooks” – and is highly protective of me.” and Jesse Laird of Fort Lauderdale FL. her charges. “Watching these young kids is one of Hildebrand says the annual Youth tournament most rewarding parts of my 27 years of playing and “inspires me about bridge. I like to see the directing. I love to watch them play and get to meet enthusiasm. It amazes me.” Hildebrand says it’s different cultures. It’s very good.”

Florida Junior Bridge has been a strong supporter of the Youth NABC for years, sending large groups of players such as this one to help make the experience more meaningful for participants.

YOUTH NORTH AMERICAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE All card play is in Room 707, Atruim level Saturday, August 4 Youth Award Ceremony 10 a.m. & NATIONAL YOUTH SWISS Saturday, August 4 at 5:30 pm 2 p.m. TEAMS Including Sportsmanship Two Sessions (one qualifying and one final session) Award, Baron Barclay Players must be available for both sessions. Youth Pairs Scholarship and National Swiss 10 a.m. Cardrook Pairs* Single Session Teams Scholarship 2 p.m. Cardrook Pairs* Single Session 2 p.m. Consolation Swiss Teams Single Session *Cardrook Pairs are games designed for less-experienced players.

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First North-South in Strat C, Friday morning First North-South in Strat B, Friday morning First East-West in Strat B, Friday morning Cardrook Pairs: Keith Yao and Kevin Dai. Cardrook Pairs: Mary Daniels and Josie Daniels. Cardrook Pairs: Kenneth Quinlan and Liam Hamilton.

First East-West in Strat A, Friday morning First East-West in Strat A, Friday morning First North-South in Strat B, Friday morning Cardrook Pairs: Helen Chow and Nathan Chow. Cardrook Pairs: Momo Sacko and Justin Cardrook Pairs: Ines De Los Santos and Balbina Dapoah. Garza.

First East-West in Strat C, Friday morning First East-West in Strat C, Friday afternoon First North-South in Strat A, Friday morning Cardrook Pairs: Joely Bayless and Dehvin Cardrook Pairs: Madelyn Bedell and Sydney Cardrook Pairs: Aaron Wang and Jamie Wang. Sherrod. Thompson.

First North-South in Strat A, Friday afternoon First East-West in Strat A, Friday morning First North-South in Strat A, Friday afternoon Cardrook Pairs: Tsz Fei Wang and Yunshan Cardrook Pairs: Greyson Fraysur and Prisha Cardrook Pairs: Isabel Daniels and Abby Wang. Narne. Daniels.

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FRIDAY MORNING CARDROOK PAIRS 21.0 Tables A B C 3.15 1 1 Prisha Narne, Altamonte Spg FL; Greyson Fraysur, Cordova TN 70.92% 2.36 2 2 1 Joshua Sikoryak - Jeremy Sikoryak, Loganville GA 70.33% 1.77 3 Nathan Chow - Helen Chow, San Francisco CA 68.18% 1.42 4 3 Sunook Yoon, Winterville NC; Parker Stokes, Greenville NC 65.00% 1.00 5 Gabriella Morano, Satellite Beach FL; Nya Runde, Altamonte Spg FL 60.33% 0.76 6/7 Kevin Dai - Keith Yao, Edison NJ 59.67% 0.76 6/7 Aaron Wang - Jamie Wang, Alpharetta GA 59.67% 1.36 4 2 Kenneth Quinlan - Liam Hamilton, Williamsburg VA 59.50% 1.02 5 3 Yuze Xie - Jingyang Wang, Tianjin People’s Republic of China 59.00% 0.60 6 Yunshan Wang - Tsz Fei Wang, North York ON 58.18% 0.76 4 Dehvin Sherrod, Williamsburg VA; Joely Bayless, Manassas VA 56.83% 0.57 5 Leondina Passucci, Clarence Center NY; William Qu, Williamsville NY 56.50% YOUTH NABC FRIDAY OPEN PAIRS 20.0 Tables / Based on 35 Tables A B C 15.30 1 S Reese Koppel, Metairie LA; Kunal Vohra, Alpharetta GA 72.04% 11.48 2 Michael Serafini, Calgary AB; Darwin Li, Richmond Hill ON 65.57% First East-West in Strat A, Friday afternoon 8.61 3 Yicheng Wang - Juncan Huang, Beijing People’s Republic of China 65.05% Cardrook Pairs: Mary Daniels and Josie 6.45 4 Lucy Zhang, Arcadia CA; Sophia Chang, San Gabriel CA 64.61% Daniels. 5.10 5 Bo Han Zhu, Oakville ON; John Dong, Richmond Hill ON 63.62% 4.37 6 Michael Xu, Palo Alto CA; Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA 63.29% 3.83 7 Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Luke Williams, San Diego CA 62.99% 3.40 8 Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON; Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON 62.23% 3.06 9 Rory Xiao, Fremont CA; Jonathan Yue, San Jose CA 59.48% 2.78 10 Sarah Youngquist - Cornelius Duffie, Palo Alto CA 58.34% 2.62 11 Jasmine Xiong, Markham ON; Brent Xiao, Fremont CA 58.27% 2.35 12 Michael Passucci, Clarence Center NY; Colleen Stewart, Williamsville NY 58.25% 2.19 13 Max Cheng - Cindy Zhang He, Toronto ON 57.78% 2.32 14 Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Martin Zhao, Richmond Hill ON 57.31% 1.91 15 Nathan Gennaro, San Carlos CA; Jonathon Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 54.81% 1.80 16 Eric Lou - Justin Wang, Morganville NJ 54.72% 1.70 17 Samuel Li, North York ON; Han Wu, Markham ON 54.45% 1.61 18 Jeffrey You, Nepean ON; Melody Zheng, Gloucester ON 52.14%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON CONSOLATION PAIRS 13.0 Tables A B C 3.99 1 1 1 Shane Krueger, St David S Bermuda; Adeline Young, Pembroke Bermuda 73.95% 2.99 2 2 Hao Hao Chen - Shi Chen, Hinsdale IL 64.68% 2.24 3 Ivan Marchant - James Marchant, Fairfax CA 64.46% First North-South in Strat B, Baron Barclay 1.68 4 3 2 Kayden Ge, Cupertino CA; Charlie Chen, San Hose CA 64.23% Youth Open qualifying session: Jackson Games 1.49 5 Ezra Mowbray - Ariel Flaster, Menlo Park CA 62.03% and Sungwook Jung. 1.04 6 4 3 Ross Cooper, Smiths Bermuda; Scott Gilbertson, Pembroke Bermuda 59.07% 1.59 5 4 Justin Tong, Naperville IL; Caleb Green, Fenton MI 57.43% 1.11 6 Alec Gladkov, Atlanta GA; Ashley Reddoch, Villa Rica GA 56.64% 1.04 5 Kevin Jiang, Deerfield IL; Meredith Burkett, Apopka FL 55.05%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON CARDROOK PAIRS 21.5 Tables A B C 3.15 1 1 Josie Daniels - Mary Daniels, Vernon Hills IL 78.00% 2.36 2 2 1 Shibo Hao - Mingze Tang, Tianjin People’s Republic of China 72.25% 1.77 3 3 Jingyang Wang - Yuze Xie, Tianjin People’s Republic of China 72.17% 1.33 4 4 Daren Liu - Tyler Mu, Williamsville NY 62.73% 1.00 5 5 Yunshan Wang - Tsz Fei Wang, North York ON 61.82% 1.36 6 6 2 Jeremy Sikoryak - Joshua Sikoryak, Loganville GA 60.67% 1.02 3 Nancy Yu - Chloe Chow, San Francisco CA 57.00% 0.76 4 Eston McDow, Atlanta GA; Cole Patten, 53.33% 0.57 5 Paige Rosenblatt, Bala Cynwyd FL; Edie Tyson, Altamonte Spg FL 52.58%

First East-West in Strat B, Friday Youth Pairs qualifying session: Evan Washington and Sam Lipschutz.

First North-South in Strat B, Friday Youth Pairs final session: Ross Cooper and Scott Gilbertson.

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First East-West in Strat C, Friday Youth Open First North-South in Strat C, Friday Youth Open First North-South in Strat A, Friday Youth Open Pairs qualifying: RJ Lyon and Brady Lyon. Pairs qualifying: Shi Chen and Hao Hao Chen. Pairs final: Justin Tong and Caleb Green.

Zachary Rediske came in first North-South in the Thursday afternoon Cardrook Pairs playing First East-West in Strat B, Friday Youth Open First East-West in Strat A, Friday morning with William Qu, but Zachary was not available Pairs final: Kevin Jiang and Meredith Burkett. Cardrook Pairs: Jingyang Wang and Yuze Xie. for the photo.

First East-West in Strat A, Friday afternoon First East-West in Strat C, Friday Youth Open First North-South in Strat A, Friday Youth Open Cardrook Pairs: Mingze Tang and Shibo Hao. Pairs qualifying: Shane Krueger and Adeline Pairs qualifying: Jacob Freeman and Martin Young. Zhao.

First East-West in Strat A, Friday morning First East-West in Strat B, Friday Youth Open First North-South in Strat A, Thursday morning Cardrook Pairs: Joshua Sikoryak and Jeremy Pairs qualifying: Melody Zheng and Jeffrey You. Cardrook Pairs: Yicheng Wang and Juncan Sikoryak. Huang.

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Junior Teams skills through a series of mentoring and coaching programs. continued from page 1 CBF President Nader Hanna, who oversees the Junior program, says Canada is sending three teams Joe’s gratitude to the expert to China. “We started our preparation and selection players who work with the process almost a year ago. Teams were selected Juniors. “That we have so based on participation and performance in the many high-level players practice sessions over that period. I was responsible volunteering their time is for preparing and selecting the Kids and Youngsters something!” teams, while Bryan Maksymetz had similar Burke is attending responsibilities for the Junior team.” his third world team “They have been working very hard to prepare championships, this time as for these championships and I am very proud of a member of the USA 2 U26 them,” Nader adds. team. He’s traveled overseas Nader and Bryan will be traveling with their teams as npcs. twice as a member of a Winning the right to compete for the Rona Cup: Sophia national U.S. Junior team – Chang, Lucy Zhang, Isha Thapa, Amber Lin and (inset) This is Maria-Albena Vassileva’s third time China in 2012 and Istanbul Emma Kolesnik; not pictured: Anna Ma representing Canada in international competition. in 2014. His team won the A member of the U21 squad, she played in Italy on gold medal competing in the the U16 team two years ago; she also played in the World Youth Open Teams Atlanta in 2013. “I enjoy meeting and seeing players Championship in Atlanta in from other places,” she says, “and I’m hoping it’s 2013. going to be good bridge!” Burke likes the In addition to the Kids Under 15 team pictured “buzz” of the international at left, the Canadian team rosters are: competitions. “It’s like Juniors (U26) ESPN. You walk in, and Sam McIlwain there are multiple vugraphs Darien Cozart everywhere and live Spencer MacDonald commentary – and all these Xu Yang people care about the hands Timothy Jiang you’re playing and how Johnson Chen Zhu you’re doing.” Teams were selected Youngsters (U21) through trials held the week Sarah Youngquist, Kevin Huang, Richard Jeng, Brent Maria-Albena Vassileva between Christmas and Xiao, Cornelius Duffie and (inset) Stella Wan will compete Olivia Laufer New Year’s: the Michael in the Under 21 Damiani Cup competition at the World Jasmine Xiong Seamon Junior U.S. Bridge Bruce Zhu Championships. Jacob Freeman Stokes says, “Although Victor Lamoureux the USBF has no funds for the JUSBC, we raised enough money privately to cover the cost of the tournament as well as airfare and lodging for those who played in Atlanta. We are grateful to the generous donors, who make the event possible.” Each team has a nonplaying captain accompanying them to China, and each pair also The Under 16 squad that will compete for the Koc has a partnership bidding University Cup: Harrison Luba, Rory Xiao, Michael Hu, coach. The non-playing Arthur Zhou, Jonathan Yue and (inset) Michael Xu captains are: Michael Rosenberg (team mentor Geoff Hampson), USA 1 U26; David Caprera, USA 2 U26; Sylvia Shi, U21; Jim Munday, U16; Kent Mignocchi, Young Women U26. Rory Xiao’s U16 team recently made it to the semifinals of the WBF’s 2018 World Youth Team Online Championship, giving them a boost of confidence going into the World Championships. “I’ve met a lot of players online The Canadian Under 16 team: Max Cheng, John Dong, Cindy He and Martin Zhao and I’m looking forward to playing with people from other countries.” five players because Isha Thapa is unable to travel. This is Emma Kolesnik’s first outing as a Because of post-concussion syndrome, Isha has been member of one of the WBF Junior teams. The advised by her doctors to stay home, so her partner Scripps College sophomore is on the U26 Young will play with everybody. Women’s Team. “Isha is our captain, our rock,” Emma says, “so “I’m looking forward to meeting other Junior now we have added the added motivation of playing players from all over the world and getting closer to well for her.” my own team. And playing some really good bridge, The Canadian Bridge Federation, through its I hope!” Junior Program, offers promising Canadian youth The young women’s team has been reduced to the opportunity to further advance their bridge Page 14 Saturday, August 4, 2018 Daily Bulletin

The music goes surround and surround ... 2018 Executive Director Search By Barry Rigal And it comes out at the one-day Swiss: ♠ Q J 9 4 2 The American League is continuing to evolve as a membership organization ♥ K 3 serving more than 165,000 bridge players across the continent. ♦ A 9 5 The Executive Director oversees the entire organization’s operations and leads a team of ♣ 9 7 3 more than 220 people to move the ACBL forward through continuing improvement of processes and technologies. The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors and is responsible for ♠ A K implementing the strategic goals established by the Board. ♥ J 10 7 6 ♦ Q 8 2 Qualifications ♣ A J 5 2 • Executive management experience. Extensive experience in senior management in an North South organization of size and complexity similar to ACBL, preferably in a nonprofit membership 1NT organization. 2♥* 2♠ • Demonstrated success with building, motivating and sustaining a high-performing team 2NT Pass Strong technology background to meet the organization’s strategic objectives West leads the ♦3, fourth best, to the 5, jack and queen. You unblock the ♠A K, both defenders • Demonstrated communications skills following. Now a heart to the king loses to the ace, Ability to grow the ACBL’s membership and back comes the ♣10. What do you play? • East is likely to have Q-10-(8)-x or the like. He • A bridge player who understands the game’s competitive and social culture and is committed may be setting the suit up for himself or trying to set to promoting and expanding its popularity is preferred it up for his partner. So it looks right on balance to cover with the jack. This loses to the king. Are you • Experience working with volunteers and a commitment to volunteer leadership and still paying attention? involvement Now back comes the ♣6 to the 7 and 8. The Relocation to ACBL Headquarters in the greater Memphis area is required way the cards lie, you are down whatever you do • ... unless you remembered to unblock the ♣7 from For a full job description and application information, visit acbl.org/careers. dummy on the first round! If you win, the defenders will win the ♥Q, a second club and exit in diamonds. Application process If you duck, they play back a low club and achieve To apply, email [email protected] with a cover letter detailing qualifications, resume the same result. The full deal: and salary requirement. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. The ACBL is an ♠ Q J 9 4 2 equal opportunity employer. ♥ K 3 ♦ A 9 5 ♣ 9 7 3 ♠ 10 5 3 ♠ 8 7 6 FRIDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS ♥ 8 5 4 2 ♥ A Q 9 38.0 Tables 7 5 2 ♦ K 10 7 4 ♦ J 6 3 12.60 1 1 1 Nels Madsen - Fran Madsen, Auburn AL 61.76% ♣ K 6 ♣ Q 10 8 4 9.45 2 2 Ann Moncure - Katherine Hering, Savannah GA 59.90% ♠ A K 7.09 3 Elizabeth Butler - Michael Butler, Greensboro GA 59.67% ♥ J 10 7 6 6.33 4 3 Jack Sieling, Pinellas Park FL; Andrew Serafini, Calgary AB 59.38% ♦ Q 8 2 4.20 5 Sandra Erickson - Andrea Withers, Atlanta GA 59.08% ♣ A J 5 2 4.75 6 4 Janet Landesberg, Vancouver WA; Paul Rubin, Memphis TN 58.38% If you unblock the ♣7 on the first round and 3.75 7 5 Marci Yunes - Karen Grossman, Boca Raton FL 57.59% cover the return of the ♣6 with the 9 while ducking 2.80 8 Margery Gussak, Manchester CT; Renee Janow, West Hartford CT 57.29% in the closed hand, you have a finesse position 3.01 9/10 6/7 Sara Klugman - Earl Klugman, Knoxville TN 56.40% against West’s ♣8 4! 3.01 9/10 6/7 Paul McGannon - Robert McGannon, Fort Mill SC 56.40% 2.50 11 8 Rachael Brown - Marjorie Marlowe, Atlanta GA 55.80% The defenders were Sam Dinkin (West) and 2.25 12 9 Diana Powell - Janice Zazulak, Metairie LA 55.65% Michael Shuster (East). 3.98 13 10 2 Hwaja Kim, Farmington Hls MI; Naoko Wada, Bloomfield Hls MI 55.36% At the other table, East shifted to a low club at 1.88 14 11 Barbara Spruell, Cumming GA; Pat L O’Grady, Suwanee GA 55.10% trick four, and declarer Karen McCallum played low, 1.75 15 12 Ulla Winkler, Somerville MA; Joyce Leary, Andover MA 54.57% wrapping up nine tricks without a sweat. 2.99 16 13 3 Cynthia Marks, Clearwater FL; David Newell, Safety Harbor FL 54.46% 2.24 17 14 4 Sharon Seidler - Melissa Rubin, Charleston WV 53.87% 1.77 18 15 5 Patricia Hall, Cumming GA; Praja De Silva, Sugar Hill GA 53.57% 1.45 19 16 Sue McKinley - James Knight, Atlanta GA 53.42% 1.52 17 6 Lynn Ricketts, Atlanta GA; Jared Egerer, Barnegat NJ 53.27% 1.68 18 Susan Jones - Tracy Nolan, Naples FL 53.08% 1.33 7 Letha Beckman - Kelly Esbeck, Cumming GA 52.83% 1.53 8 James Dearwester, West Carrollton OH; Joel Bromley, Cincinnati OH 52.53% Use of the — Alerts and Announcements When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time. 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FRIDAY DAYLIGHT SWISS TEAMS Spingold 39 Tables A B C continued from page 1 19.60 1 Stewart Rubenstein - Christina Parker, Chestnut Hill MA; Signe Andrew Rosenthal’s team brought the run of Buus Thomsen, Frederiksberg Denmark; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 88.00 14.70 2 Michael Dworetsky, Bloomfield CT; Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow Hyatt npc to an end when Rosenthal won their match MA; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY 87.00 138-103. 12.00 3 1 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ; Rick Vinita Gupta’s team trailed Marty Fleisher’s Schoenfield, Westchester IL; David Bogolub, Deerfield IL 86.00 squad 59-8 in the first quarter and was still behind 8.27 4 , Las Vegas NV; Howard Parker III, Clements CA; at the half, 107-58. But the Gupta squad owned the Marilyn Adams, Beaumont TX; Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX 81.00 second half and squeaked by Fleisher in the last set 6.53 5 Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Jo Anne Casen, Delray Beach FL; to advance 152-147. Michael Wolf - Molly O’Neill, Fort Lauderdale FL 80.00 Stan Tulin’s team dominated Hemant Lall’s 5.60 6 Frederick Wills, Miami FL; Harriet Eaton Morris, Ponce Inlet FL; squad in their quarterfinal match, leading the contest Nancy Mitchell - Marlise Cusick, Jacksonville FL 77.00 by 76 IMPs at the half, and then by 120 IMPs after 4.90 7 Adrienne Muslin, Tampa FL; Sandra Peterson, Clearwater FL; Marianne Timmons - Gretchen Funk, Safety Harbor FL 72.00 three quarters, prompting Lall’s surrender. Tulin won 4.14 8/9 Annette Wallace, Longs SC; Elaine Cagle - Kathy Brown, 173-53. Georgetown SC; Eileen O’Neill, Pawleys Island SC 71.00 Today’s semifinal pairings are Gawrys vs. Tulin 9.00 8/9 2 Mary Jo Dunnebacke, Leland NC; Lynnette Regan, Norfolk VA; Carol and Gupta vs. Rosenthal. Grizzard, Chapel Hill NC; Darleen Bates, Durham NC 71.00 3.56 10 Susan Rodricks - Nancy Earel, Milford CT; Greta Pineles, Jackson Red Ribbon NJ; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 69.00 5.91 3/4 1 Joan Fittz - Kenneth Fittz - Lee Dowell Jr, Denver NC; T Ted continued from page 1 Jarrell, Charlotte NC 68.00 They start today’s two-session final with a carryover 5.91 3/4 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Sandra Stevens, Paige TX; of 61.90 matchpoints. Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE; Roy Perry, St John’s NL 68.00 In second with a carryover of 49.68 MPs is the 4.00 5 Ricky Dashefsky, Delray Beach FL; George Zimmer, Boynton Beach Chicago-based duo of Michael Kelley and Martina FL; Gary Gordon, Lake Worth FL; Ruth Zowader, Madison NJ 67.00 3.43 6 Terry Brown, Jasper IN; Gina Kirk, San Luis Obispo CA; James Kelley. McCool, Tell City IN; Billie Brown, Evansville IN 66.00 2.56 7/10 Alan Rose - Michelle Rose - Curtis Barbee - Pamela Barbee, Newnan GA 65.00 Remembering Tom Quinlan 2.56 7/10 Victoria Lanier - Patt Corbin, Amelia Island FL; Ellen To the Editors: Flenniken, Fernandina Bch FL; Betty Nielsen, Fernandina FL 65.00 I just saw the sad news in the NABC Daily 2.56 7/10 Connie Haugabook - Janice Haugabook, Montezuma GA; Gail Coogle, Bulletin that TQ passed away in June. What a flood Oglethorpe GA; Sarah Sykes, Brewster MA 65.00 of fond memories! 2.56 7/10 Lee Smart, Olive Branch MS; Susan Ray, Germantown TN; Tom Ebers - Sheryl Gorden, Memphis TN 65.00 As a solitary teenager in the late 1960s, working 3.47 2 Herbert Warner, Kingwood TX; Stephen Bickel, Houston TX; Gary as a to make enough money to play half the See, Naples FL; Wayne Edmonson, Porter TX 63.00 events, Tommy took me under his wing and helped 2.28 3/4 Martha Meyer - Mark Meyer, Winston Salem NC; David Prior - Alice me become a very young ACBL director. This was Prior, Richmond VA 59.00 in days long before computers, and each caddy- 2.28 3/4 Shirley Suttle - Shirley Rhinehart - G Carolyn Moon - Brenda delivered slip was inputted onto long sheets of paper Shavin, Atlanta GA 59.00 by hand and later tallied manually as well. Those folks could add! FRIDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 29.0 Tables / Based on 69 Tables TQ also put me up at a number of tournaments. A B C As a very popular young man himself in 1970-72, 37.10 1 Chuck Said - Elaine Said, Nashville TN 61.68% Tommy rarely reentered his hotel room until the 27.83 2 Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 61.43% very wee hours … when he returned at all. I stayed 20.87 3 Peter J Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Peggy Haigler, Raleigh NC 60.59% with him during Bridge Week in 1971 at the late and 18.49 4 1 Michael Strizhevsky, Dunwoody GA; Mikhail Kreslavskiy, Marietta GA 59.80% lamented Ambassador Hotel, and then at the 1972 12.37 5 Neil Montague - Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA 58.34% Summer Nationals in Denver. At that venue, at the 10.60 6 Rosemary Kelley, San Antonio TX; Mildred Breed, Cypress TX 57.36% top of a bank of escalators, if so inclined, one could 9.28 7 Eric Schwartz - Linda Robinson, Arlington MA 56.99% catch a glimpse of what was left of a hunched-over, 13.87 8 2 Jay Baudler, San Jose CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY 56.28% cigar-chewing, completely demented Charlie Goren. 7.42 9 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Robert L McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL 56.18% 10.40 10 3 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX 55.99% At the end of the tournament, Tommy called 6.50 11 Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY; Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY 55.90% in his marker. He had a transport issue. Monday 5.71 12 Barry Purrington, Eagan MN; Michael Cassel, Roseville MN 55.52% morning found us in a big truck filled to capacity 5.30 13 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 54.52% with folded card tables, hurtling north to Cheyenne 7.80 14 4 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Xin Ge, Cupertino CA 53.95% WY. Later that day we acquired a trailer, stuffed 6.16 15 5 Newton Brightwell - Marilyn Brightwell, Osprey FL 53.90% with more card tables, and started driving in shifts 7.68 6 1 M Melnick - E Melnick, Hilton Head SC 53.21% west to San Francisco. At that point in my life I had 4.62 7 Anne Atwood, Richmond VA; Joy McKenzie-Smith, Chapel Hill NC 52.76% had a driver’s license for all of about six weeks. 4.11 8 Matthew Weingarten, Safety Harbor FL; Jeff Edelstein, Tampa FL 52.41% Midnight found me at the wheel somewhere in 3.70 9 Ed Barnes, Wetumpka AL; Robert Weisberg, Montgomery AL 52.27% the desert west of Salt Lake City. Killing rabbits. 5.76 2 Barbara Fleming - Irene Aronin, Atlanta GA 50.96% 4.32 3 Shari Naman, Dunwoody GA; Frank Pritchard, Marietta GA 50.76% They’d come out onto the road to soak up the heat, 3.24 4 Bing Le, Pembroke ON; Mingmin Zhu, Mississauga ON 49.95% get frozen by the headlights. Bam. One after another. 2.56 5 Lisa Studebaker, Dawsonville GA; Bobbie Sward, Vero Beach FL 49.66% At 2 a.m., still at the wheel, lightning and rain sheeting down. We’re all alone on a big freeway FRIDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS and the trailer is fish-tailing all over the place. Very 8.0 Tables scared, I reach over and prod TQ awake, ask him A B C what to do. He wakes up groggily, sees I’m using the 2.10 1 1 1 Joseph Stein - Patricia Stein, Duluth GA 68.54% entire roadbed as a slalom course, murmurs, “Just 1.58 2 Caroline Hardin - Mildred Spalding, Atlanta GA 65.65% straighten it out and you’ll be okay,” and nods back 1.36 3 2 R Yarrington, Lilburn GA; Carl Palmer, Atlanta GA 63.61% off. Right he was. A day and a half later we and our 1.02 4 3 Betty Case - Georgia Ann Tetrault, Williamsburg VA 60.93% 0.66 5 Dale Zell, Tampa FL; Fred Pfeiffer, Toano VA 57.82% cargo careened into the Bay Area. 1.15 4 2 Gail Timmons - Sue Carruth, Williamsburg VA 48.98% A month or so after that, playing on some of 0.86 5 3 Barbara Nader - Isabel Fernandez, San Pedro G G Mexico 48.72% those same tables at the All Western Regional, in the 0.65 4 Michael Pascal - Rose Pascal, Pittsburgh PA 47.45% middle of a knockout match, a team of FBI agents showed up in the foyer of the Saint Francis hotel to FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS arrest my partner. They also mentioned they’d be 3.5 Tables back later to nab another member of our four man- A B C squad. Which made for quite an interesting evening 2.10 1 1 Min Bai, Cupertino CA; Theron Tock, Mountain View CA 63.54% session. 1.58 2 2 Walter Melson - Diane Melson, Eastman GA 55.21% Who says bridge isn’t an exciting game! 1.04 3/4 Rita Christopher, Atlanta GA; Jarrett King, Smyrna GA 50.00% 1.04 3/4 Dorothy Zeide, Stamford CT; Ilene Mankoff, Delray Beach FL 50.00% TQ – what a great guy. Kevin Castner Kentfield CA Page 16 Saturday, August 4, 2018 Daily Bulletin

Trump By Barry Rigal Dlr: East ♠ — Vul: Both ♥ Q J 10 9 7 5 2 Bd: 20 ♦ 9 7 5 3 ♣ 8 2 ♠ 6 ♠ A Q J 7 3 2 COLLEGIATE INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1ST OF 3 SESSIONS ♥ 8 4 3 ♥ K 4.50 Tables 1 Michael Moschella, Winter Springs FL 62.70% ♦ Q 6 2 ♦ J 10 8 4 2 Hakan Berk, Potomac MD 62.38% ♣ A K 10 9 4 3 ♣ J 7 3 Zeren Shui, Minneapolis MN 61.86% ♠ K 10 9 8 5 4 4 Arda Kabaca, London ON 56.38% ♥ A 6 5 Hongmo Li, Atlanta GA 53.29% ♦ A K 6 Augustine Redington, Orlando FL 52.64% ♣ Q 6 5 7 Allie Clark, Wayzata MN 52.02% On this deal from the second final session of 8 Sarah Eyer, Plymouth MN 50.79% the Wernher Open Pairs, it was more difficult than 9 Kelvin Smith, Birmingham AL 50.00% it might seem for the field to reach 4♥ on the North- South cards – many never bid at all. FRIDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS After the auction: 8.0 Tables A B C West North East South 2.70 1 Peter Zhao, Richmond Hill ON; Mingmin Zhu, Mississauga ON 71.43% 1♠ Pass 2.13 2 1 1 Ezra Mowbray - Michele Madansky, Menlo Park CA 67.26% 1NT Pass 2♠ All Pass 1.60 3 2 2 Yicheng Wang - Juncan Huang, Beijing People’s Republic of China 62.80% All Pass 1.14 4 Andrew Serafini, Calgary AB; Diane Sweet, Des Moines IA 58.33% South cashed the ♦A K, North signaling 1.20 5 3 David Sheiman - Patricia Blackwell, Duluth GA 55.95% discouragement then hearts, and shifted to the ♥A: 3, 0.96 4 3 Gary Higbee - Mary Duffy, Chattanooga TN 54.76% queen, king. Now South erred by playing a second 0.72 5 4 Joseph Stein - Patricia Stein, Duluth GA 53.27% heart. As East, I ruffed and crossed to the ♣K to play a trump. When North discarded, I could let this run FRIDAY SIDE SWISS TEAMS to South, who won and returned a club. The play 29 Tables A B C thso far now argued for winning the ♣A and ruffing 8.32 1 Gary Anderson - Jerry Barrett, Austin TX; Charlene Sands, a club. When South had to follow, I could exit in Pflugerville TX; Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX 62.00 diamonds. South could but was endplayed twice 6.24 2 1 Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY; Merrie Edelston - Jane Melby, to concede three more trump tricks for down one. Atlanta GA; Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY 60.00 Had South shifted to a club after one round 4.68 3 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Lily Johannessen, Honolulu HI; of hearts (the ♣6 would be deception), I suspect I Gregg Van Dyke, Saint Paul MN; Tom Grue, Big Lake MN 58.00 would win and play a trump. Now finding the trump 3.51 4 Lee Ohliger - Joyce Menezes, Ridgewood NJ; James Sundstrom, endplay requires taking the trump finesse, and I Wyckoff NJ; Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY 55.00 doubt I would find that! 4.50 5 2 Evan Marti, Houston TX; Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX; Tony Viidik Down one was a 95% board. - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON 54.00 3.38 6 3 Terry Brown, Jasper IN; James McCool, Tell City IN; Billie Brown, Evansville IN; Gina Kirk, San Luis Obispo CA 53.00 Rising Through the Ranks 1.48 7 Stan Fuhrmann, Madison WI; Barbara Doran, Silver Spring MD; Lisa Mary Jo Dunnebacke of Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Linda Perlman, Milan MI 52.00 2.53 4 Barton Bloom, Clayton NC; Lynda McDaniel - Tom Menges - Mary Leland NC earned her 1000th Katherine Bolch, Raleigh NC 48.00 masterpoint at the Atlanta 2.66 5 1 Bo Han Zhu, Oakville ON; John Dong - Darwin Li - Martin Zhao, NABC to become a Silver Richmond Hill ON 45.00 LM. Dunnebacke was playing 1.25 6/7 Peter Cheung, Fremont CA; Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Daniel Lev, in Friday’s Daylight Flight B New York NY; Jeff Olson, Dallas TX 43.00 Swiss Teams with partner Carol 2.00 6/7 2 Kunal Vohra - Caleb Colburn, Alpharetta GA; Cooper Smith, Grizzard, Darleen Bates and Marquette MI; S Reese Koppel, Metairie LA 43.00 Lynette Regan. 1.50 3 Anna Smith - Fran Hultquist, Auburn AL; Mary Peters, Tallassee Ina Parry of Atlanta AL; Rachel Spoon, Montgomery AL 41.00 became a Ruby Life Master 1.12 4 Mary McJunkin - Melissa Rubin - Sharon Rubin - Sharon Seidler, Charleston WV 35.00 this week when she crossed the 1500-masterpoint threshold. It’s a FRIDAY OPEN PAIRS nice accomplishment, especially 22.5 Tables / Based on 24 Tables as busy as she’s been this week: A B C Parry is the chair for the Welcome 17.00 1 Larry Harding, Hampstead NC; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 58.17% Desk here in Atlanta. 12.75 2 1 Therese Koller, Pueblo CO; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 57.13% Lisa DeCarlo started her LM 9.56 3 Susan Picus, New York NY; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo Japan 55.74% journey in Atlanta five years ago 7.17 4 2 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Steve Ramos Jr, Seal Beach CA 54.82% with 0 and a goal: 5.67 5 3 Randi Adelman, Teaneck NJ; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA 54.27% to earn her gold card by the time 4.86 6 4 Jared Boulds, Tucson AZ; John Rothschild, Elkridge MD 54.22% 4.25 7 5 Marusa Basa, London N31SN ; David Yoon, Bayside NY 53.82% the Atlanta NABC rolled around 3.78 8 Missy Coy, Marietta GA; Tarokh Taefi, Atlanta GA 53.07% again. The new Life Master can 3.40 9 William Garrard - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 53.04% cross that goal off her list! She 5.50 10 Sara Rothmuller, Occidental CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 52.97% earned her gold card playing in the 2.83 11 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Harold George, Wichita KS 52.86% Daylight Swiss Teams with Ruth 2.62 12 Timothy Flaherty, San Diego CA; Junko Hemus, San Clemente CA 52.48% Bruner; both women come from 2.14 6 Larry Adler - Ann Adler, Memphis TN 51.47% Gainesville GA. Their teammates 3.58 1 Laura Schisgall - Stanley Sterenberg, New York NY 47.94% were Marcia Schultz and Mary Stoll from Blairsville GA. FRIDAY EVENING SIDE GAME Annie Moncure from 15.0 Tables A B C Savannah GA got the three times the gold she 5.42 1 1 Patricia Towle, Colorado Sprigs CO; Carroll Frogge, Kansas City MO 60.74% needed to make Life Master in the Daylight Gold 4.07 2 2 Kelly Moses, Biloxi MS; Rick Schoenfield, Westchester IL 58.65% Rush Pairs. She was playing with Kay Hering, also 3.05 3 3 Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL; Julie McLaughlin, Atlanta GA 58.33% from Savannah. 2.29 4 Sally Clark, Montrose AL; Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador 58.01% 3.15 5 4 1 Robert Dunas, Raleigh NC; Fred Lopp, Greensboro NC 56.73% 2.36 6 5 2 Judit Bardi - Istvan Bardi, Pittsburgh PA 56.41% 1.13 6 Kenneth Dye - Betsy Mebane, Cary NC 56.25% 1.77 3 Imtiaz Husain, Midland MI; Robert Lorenzen, Clearwater FL 54.33% 1.33 4 Olivia Schireson, Stanford CA; Stephanie Youngquist, Palo Alto CA 53.21% 1.00 5 Winton King, Decatur GA; Estelle Lavender, Lithonia GA 53.04% Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 4, 2018 Page 17

Spingold Round of 16: Nickell vs. Hyatt The nose knows By Paul Barden By Barry Rigal This deal (rotated) from the first final session Hyatt npc (Hansa Narasimhan, Carlos Pellegrini, West North East South of the Wernher Open Pairs gave declarers with a Michael Whibley, Sumit Mukherjee, Debabrata Mukherjee Rodwell Majumder Meckstroth good “nose” the chance to bring home 4♠ even if not Majumder), originally seeded 47th, led Nickell 1♦ Dbl 1♥ 2♠ doubled: (Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Pass 3NT All Pass Dlr: West ♠ 9 5 3 Rodwell, Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein), the second Majumder was willing to bid 1♥ despite the Vul: N-S ♥ 10 4 seed, by 25 IMPs at the halfway point of their match. weak suit, then Meckstroth elected to bid up in Bd: 18 ♦ A K 7 4 Dlr: West ♠ A J 9 8 7 3 spades. Alas, he found the wrong hand opposite and ♣ A 10 3 2 Vul: E-W ♥ K Q 5 had to guess what to do when Rodwell bid 3NT. ♠ A J 10 4 2 ♠ — Bd: 2 ♦ Q 7 Meckstroth guessed to pass rather than bid 4♠, but ♥ 8 6 ♥ K J 7 5 3 2 ♣ A J no amount of magic by Rodwell could do anything ♦ Q 10 ♦ J 6 3 2 ♠ K Q 6 5 4 ♠ 10 with 3NT, which went three off when he did the ♣ 8 7 6 4 ♣ K Q 5 ♥ 10 8 2 ♥ A 9 7 6 wrong thing in diamonds. ♠ K Q 8 7 6 ♦ 9 8 3 ♦ K J 4 West North East South ♥ A Q 9 ♣ 7 2 ♣ 10 8 6 5 4 Weinstein Pellegrini Levin Whibley ♦ 9 8 5 ♠ 2 1♦ Dbl Pass 1 ♠ ♣ J 9 ♥ J 4 3 2♣ Dbl 2♦ 2 ♥ West North East South ♦ A 10 6 5 2 Pass 4♥ All Pass Pass Pass 3♥ 3♠ ♣ K Q 9 3 In the closed room, Levin made a different Pass 4♥ Pass 4♠ West North East South decision, and North-South had a comfortable auction All Pass Rodwell Majumder Meckstroth Mukherjee to the best game. That made 11 tricks, plus 650, and I was South. The ♥8 lead ran round to the jack Pass Pass 14 IMPs to Hyatt, who took a decisive lead. and queen. I took a club finesse, and East won the 1♠ Pass 1NT Dbl But the players didn’t know the margin, and queen to play back the ♥2. This looked like suit Pass Pass 2♣ Dbl Nickell fought on: preference to me. When I put in the 9 and it held, I All Pass Dlr: North ♠ 5 fell from grace by playing the ♠Q, and the contract Rodwell opened 1♠ in third seat favourable, Vul: Both ♥ K Q J 9 8 6 2 could no longer be made. and Majumder, with all his length in spades, judged Bd: 29 ♦ 6 A better line might be to play a club to the to play for penalty despite the vulnerability. That ♣ K Q 7 5 ace and ruff a club. The two top diamonds and the worked perfectly when Mukherjee, South, was able ♠ Q 9 8 4 2 ♠ A 7 6 3 fourth club. When East discards, you pitch the last to make a passed-hand of 1NT, then ♥ A 4 ♥ 10 diamond. After eight tricks, these cards remain with a penalty double of 2♣. Curiously the 10-count had ♦ A Q 8 3 2 ♦ 9 7 4 seven tricks in the bag: doubled twice while the 17-count passed throughout. ♣ A ♣ 9 8 6 4 2 ♠ 9 5 3 Declarer in 2♣ is entitled to a diamond, a heart ♠ K J 10 ♥ — and a trump. The battle in the play is about whether ♥ 7 5 3 ♦ 7 4 he can make his long heart also. With precise ♦ K J 10 5 ♣ — timing, the defense can stop that either by forcing in ♣ J 10 3 ♠ A J 10 4 2 diamonds, if declarer plays trumps, or by taking two West North East South ♥ — (irrelveant) heart and two diamond tricks, then crossruffing. The Weinstein Pellegrini Levin Whibley ♦ — defense was understandably imperfect in practice, 4 ♥ Pass Pass ♣ — but so was the play, and declarer emerged with the 4♠ Dbl Pass 5♥ ♠ K Q 8 7 three tricks he was entitled to for minus 1100. Dbl Pass 5♠ Dbl ♥ A West North East South All Pass ♦ — Whibley Levin Pellegrini Weinstein Pellegrini opened 4♥ and followed up with an ♣ — Pass Pass action double despite having almost no defense. A spade to the queen might see West fall from 1♠ 1NT Pass 3♦ Whibley couldn’t stand that, but he thought he could grace if he wins the trick. If he does, then whether he Pass 3NT All Pass beat 5♠. plays a high or low trump, he scores only one more Levin preferred to overcall 1NT. Weinstein West North East South trump trick. showed the minors and Levin bid 3NT. He made Mukherjee Rodwell Majumder Meckstroth Curiously, if he ducks the ace, he can ruff the ♥A nine tricks, plus 600, but 11 IMPs to Hyatt. 1♥ Pass 2♥ with the ♠10 and exit with a low trump to ensure his The rest of the set was remarkably flat: Hyatt led 2♠ 4♥ 4♠ Dbl extra trump winner for down one. by 33 IMPs with 15 boards to play. Pass 5♥ Pass Pass 4♠ down one was a half-point below average. IMPs flowed one way then the other in the final Dbl All Pass set, and Nickell was running out of boards: A slower auction in the other room ended in the Dlr: West ♠ A K par contract, which lost . Plus 500 to Hyatt, Notice of binding Vul: N-S ♥ A Q J 9 losing 8 IMPs on the board. Bd: 28 ♦ Q 10 5 3 Hyatt, who played five-handed with Mukherjee arbitration ♣ K Q 2 & Majumder at the table throughout, won the match By becoming an ACBL member or renewing ♠ 6 4 3 ♠ Q 8 5 by 131-99 IMPs. Congratulations to them for a great your membership in the ACBL, you expressly agree ♥ — ♥ K 6 5 4 result against the celebrated No. 2 seed. to waive your right to have disputes between you ♦ A K 9 8 4 2 ♦ J 7 6 and the ACBL resolved in a court of law and agree ♣ A 9 5 4 ♣ 10 8 7 to accept the use of binding arbitration before the ♠ J 10 9 7 2 American Arbitration Association. The binding ♥ 10 8 7 3 2 arbitration provisions are available for review at ♦ — acbl.org/bindingarbitration. ♣ J 6 3 Page 18 Saturday, August 4, 2018 Daily Bulletin

Spingold 2018: Wildavsky v Lall winners, and take a club finesse. But the problem with this line of play is that if West has one more By Shireen Mohandes diamond and one fewer club (as in the layout below), Lall (Hemant Lall, Reese Milner, Roy Welland, switched to the ♣2, which went to the queen, king he can exit with a diamond to dummy (South), and Sabine Auken, Yinghao Liu, Lin Lin Hu) versus and 5. North played the ♥Q (which might have been declarer cannot accomplish the three outstanding Wildavsky (Adam Wildavsky, Jeffrey Juster, Howard a falsecard), and continued the suit. Declarer ruffed tasks of drawing the trump, enjoying the established Weinstein, Bob Hamman, Bartlomiez Igla, Fernando and played another spade, North discarding the ♥J. heart, and taking a club finesse. Piedra). Juster played the ♣10, to cash the other top club trick. This line is right when diamonds are known to Wildavsky had beaten the No. 5 seed, Pszczola, Asked afterward, Auken said, “I would have guessed be 7-1. On the whole, it’s probably best that Sabine on the previous day. They trailed Lall 80-115 going the clubs later, because of the heart signal, so the restrained her Junior impulses. into the last quarter in the round of 16. During the defense didn’t really lose a third undertrick.” Table Asked about the deal afterward, Howard set, 55 IMPs changed hands, but not enough went result: minus 300. Weinstein said, “[Bob made] the right pitch, and Wildavsky’s way, and Lall prevailed 138-112. Meanwhile at the other table: Bob’s subsequent play was completely correct, Dlr: North ♠ 4 West North East South though he could have made it on the actual layout. Vul: N-S ♥ Q J 9 6 3 Piedra Lui Igla Hu Still, a fascinating hand. Bd: 21 ♦ Q 10 9 4 1 ♥ 4♠ 4NT “If West does not split his spades, Bob would ♣ A K 7 Pass 5♦ Pass 5♥ have gone up with the king, as he had too much work ♠ 9 7 ♠ A 10 8 6 5 3 2 All Pass to do to afford the in trump. ♥ 5 4 ♥ 8 Igla preempted at the four level (one higher than “After the club pitch on the third round of hearts ♦ A J 8 6 5 2 ♦ 3 at the other table). Hu, even with his spade holding, and heart ruff, playing a second spade would work ♣ Q J 3 ♣ 9 8 6 5 was concerned that they might be talked out of a slam only because West has no more diamonds to kill ♠ K Q J bonus. Partner’s one key card meant they were high dummy’s entry (and that diamond exit would provide ♥ A K 10 7 2 enough at 5♥. The diamond lead and ruff took the no play other than a stiff ♣K in either hand). Instead, ♦ K 7 contract one down. This 100 to East-West, combined after ruffing the fourth round of hearts, Bob tried ♣ 10 4 2 with the score in the other room, meant 9 IMPs to crossing to the ♦K. If it lives, he would now play the West North East South Wildavsky. Not that they knew it, but they were fifth round of hearts. If West refuses to ruff, then Bob Welland Hamman Auken Juster closing the gap. would pitch the ♣J and play a club to the ace and ruff 1♥ 3♠ 4♥ A few boards later, Hamman found himself in a his last diamond, leaving West helpless. If West ruffs Pass Pass Dbl (1) Redbl (2) small slam that needed careful steering. small, then Bob would overruff and ruff a diamond, 4♠ Dbl All Pass Dlr: North ♠ K 10 5 4 3 still needing the club finesse (irrespective of being (1) Action: “I want to bid 4♠ unless you want us Vul: E-W ♥ Q 4 overruffed or not). Similarly, West could ruff the to defend 4♥ doubled … in which case I have likely Bd: 25 ♦ A 5 3 fifth heart high (while Bob pitches his last diamond), defensive trick.” ♣ A J 3 exit with a trump, which Bob would allow to ride (2) I have my full values bid for 4♥, and enough ♠ Q J 8 7 ♠ 2 to dummy’s 9 and still needing a successful club to defeat them ♥ J 10 6 2 ♥ 8 5 finesse. Opening lead: ♠K. ♦ 10 ♦ Q J 9 8 7 6 2 “If Bob had played a spade after ruffing the Hamman said he was taking the money when he ♣ K 9 6 4 ♣ 10 8 2 fourth round of hearts, it would have worked on the doubled Welland’s 4♠. Juster had an easy lead of the ♠ A 9 6 actual layout since West could not exit a diamond and top spade. After all, dummy may have a surprise ruff ♥ A K 9 7 3 the club finesse is onside. However, unless West has on offer. ♦ K 4 a stiff diamond, he can kill dummy’s diamond entry From Auken’s perspective, she was booked to ♣ Q 7 5 when winning the ♠J, and Bob is effectively reduced lose at least five tricks once spades did not break. When Lui opened the North hand 1NT, that led to needing a stiff ♣K in either hand. Clearly playing Could she avoid losing all three club tricks? For to a comfortable 3NT after partner transferred to a diamond to the king was the proper play. Hamman-Juster, things might not have been so clear. hearts. Igla led the ♦Q; many lines of play would “Pitching a diamond on the third round of hearts Declarer, sitting East, won and continued spades, harvest overtricks. He made plus two, for a score of and playing a diamond to the king before playing a Hamman pitched the ♥3 (discouraging). Juster 460. third round of trumps cannot gain vs. the actual line It was a bit more tense in the other room. and loses in many cases. Pitching a diamond on the Hamman (North) declared 6♠; the auction was third round of hearts and playing a trump after ruffing uncontested. Auken, sitting East, will have noted the out the hearts, again only gains when West has a stiff vulnerability. This might not have been a deterrent diamond and the ♣K.” for other players, especially Juniors. This deal gave Lall 11 IMPs, contributing to their The opening lead was the ♦Q. It looks like a eventual win. reasonable slam. If spades break, declarer’s♥ main chance is hearts breaking 4-2, with the club finesse Charity begins at as Plan B. In both cases, a diamond ruff is the 12th trick. There is a line that allows the contract to make AmazonSmile on the actual layout, but declarer would have to play For every eligible purchase you make on for that, and commit to it early in the play, but there Amazon.com, the AmazonSmile Foundation donates is little reason to do this. .05% of the purchase price (less shipping, gift wrap Declarer won in hand with the ♦K (after all, charges, etc.) to your chosen charity. Why not make entries in dummy would be needed later). He played the ACBL Educational Foundation or the ACBL a spade to dummy’s ace, and continued trumps, Charity Foundation your chosen charity? Welland split his honors, playing the queen. Declarer When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll won in hand with the king, East discarding ♦7. find the exact same low prices and convenient Three rounds of hearts were played (declarer shopping experience as Amazon.com with the added pitched a club from hand on the third round), and a bonus that AmazonSmile will donate a portion heart was ruffed in hand, setting up dummy’s long of the purchase price to your favorite charitable card. This was the six-card ending: organization. Picture this: If every ACBL member ♠ 10 5 were to designate one of the two ACBL charity ♥ — funds as their AmazonSmile recipient and spend ♦ 5 3 $200, $168,000 would flow to the Educational ♣ A J Foundation and the Charity Foundation! ♠ J 8 ♠ — Can I use my existing Amazon.com account on ♥ — ♥ — AmazonSmile? ♦ — ♦ J 9 8 Yes, you use the same account on Amazon.com ♣ K 9 6 4 ♣ 10 8 2 and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, wish list, ♠ 9 wedding or baby registry and other account settings ♥ 9 are also the same. ♦ K How do I select a charitable organization? ♣ Q 7 5 Go to smile.amazon.com using your computer or Hamman had reached a critical point in the deal mobile device. On your first visit to AmazonSmile, (as the cards lie). He played a diamond to the king, you’ll select a charitable organization before you needing it to stand up, but it didn’t. begin shopping. Choose either Had he instead played the ♠5 to the 9, he could • ACBL Charity Foundation or have arranged to draw trumps, cash dummy’s two • ACBL Educational Foundation Daily Bulletin Saturday, August 4, 2018 Page 19

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Sunday, August 5, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Playthrough with 1/2 hour break. Bracketed B Round-Robin Teams (0-3000) 1-2 Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 No player over 3000. Brackets of eight teams by average MPs. Three teams in each bracket earn gold. Playthrough with 1/2 hour break. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single A602, Atrium Level $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single A602, Atrium Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single A602, Atrium Level $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single A602, Atrium Level $15 $19 Sunday, August 5, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Stratified (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Imperial Ballroom A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Sunday, August 5, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 3-4 A602, Atrium Level $16 $20 Sunday, August 5, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F A707, Atrium Level $25 — ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Atrium B, Atrium Level $25 — 0-10,000 MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Imperial Ballroom B, Marquis Level $17 — Sunday, August 5, 2 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single A602, Atrium Level $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single A602, Atrium Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single A602, Atrium Level $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single A602, Atrium Level $15 $19

Unless otherwise noted: Three-flight open events are stratified as A/X (6000+/0-6000), B/C (1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/0-300). Two-flight open events are stratified as A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0-200) 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.

Masterpoint disclaimer Age requirement Vendors Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are For all your bridge-supply needs – whether it’s subject to change because of score adjustments or for Senior events books, clothing, jewelry or games – check out the corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, You must have been born before January 1, vendors on the Marquis Level. therefore, also subject to change. 1959, to qualify to play in ACBL Senior events. Bridge in a Box raffle: The Bridge in a Box vendor is holding a raffle each day of the NABC for a free copy of their new product “Bridge in a Box.” Page 20 Saturday, August 4, 2018 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Saturday, August 4, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning Knockout Teams 3rd Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Morning Swiss Teams single Marquis A, Marquis Level $15 $19 Saturday, August 4, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $15 Saturday, August 4, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight A/X Pairs (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Imperial Ballroom A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Daylight B/C Pairs (3000/1500) 1-2 Imperial Ballroom A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300) 1-2 Salon 1, International Level $16 $20 Daylight Swiss Teams (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Salon 1, International Level $16 $20 Saturday, August 4, Noon & 7 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 SF Atrium A, Atrium Level $25 --- 0-6000 MINI-SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Atrium A, Atrium Level $17 --- 0-2500 MINI-SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Atrium A, Atrium Level $17 --- Saturday, August 4, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd Marquis C, Marquis Level $16 $20 Collegiate Bridge Bowl Championship SF M301, Marquis Level No fee Collegiate Bridge Bowl Individual 2nd M301, Marquis Level No fee Saturday, August 4, 1 & 7:30 p.m. 0-10,000 MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Imperial Ballroom B, Marquis Level $17 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 SF Atrium B, Atrium Level $25 — BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F A602, Atrium Level $17 — Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Marquis C, Marquis Level $16 $20 Saturday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 1-2 Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams 3-4 Marquis A, Marquis Level $16 $20 Saturday, August 4, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $15 Saturday, August 4, 7:30 p.m. Collegiate Bridge Bowl Championship F M301, Marquis Level No fee Collegiate Bridge Bowl Individual 3rd M301, Marquis Level No fee Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single Marquis C, Marquis Level $16 $20 Evening Swiss Teams single Marquis A, Marquis Level $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Salon 4, International Level $15 $15 Saturday, August 4, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Salon 4, International Level $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 (300-750/0-300). Two-flight open events are stratified as A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0-200) 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.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 21.0 Tables A B C 6.72 1 Robert Teel Jr - Jane Teel, Birmingham AL 63.62% 5.04 2 Fera Damayanti - R Riantini, Indonesia 63.40% 3.78 3 Ernis Sefita - Yunita Fytry, Indonesia 61.94% 2.84 4 Suzanne St Thomas, Boise ID; Janise Saul, San Antonio TX 59.91% 2.53 5 Paul Linxwiler, Memphis TN; Harley Bress, Lakewood CO 58.86% 5.42 6 1 Emma Miller - Gilbert Ramirez, Reno NV 57.15% 4.07 7 2 1 Sue Williamson - Robert Williamson, Bay Harbor Is FL 56.75% 3.05 3 Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL; Julie McLaughlin, Atlanta GA 56.47% 2.29 4 Susan Wolfe - J Wolfe, Marietta GA 55.08% 3.00 5 2 William Lowry, Alexandria VA; Kathleen Parkins, Vienna VA 54.35% 1.76 6 Kenneth Dye - Betsy Mebane, Cary NC 53.82% 2.25 3 Carla Pierce - Bruce Pierce, Daphne AL 52.92% 1.69 4 Arda Kabaca, London ON; Heike Koistinen, Helsinki Finland 50.08% 1.27 5 Kathryn Kranen, Menlo Park CA; Susan Zhang, Los Altos Hills CA 49.35% 0.95 6 Per Berg - Russ Leavitt, Palm Coast FL 49.03%