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World Junior Board-A-Match Team Winners Lynch Strong in Roth Final Monday, August 12, 2013 Volume 85, Number 11 Daily Bulletin 85th North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler Lynch strong in Roth final Polish squad rallies in OT Carolyn Lynch’s team combined a strong performance in the final of the Roth Open Swiss Teams with a healthy carryover from the qualifying round to win the for Spingold KO victory contest by 6 victory points. Lynch, playing with Mike Passell, Adam Zmudzinski, Cezary Balicki, Bart The four-man Polish squad known as Bridge 24 shrugged off a missed Bramley and Lew Stansby, finsished with a four-session total of 136.29 VPs (117 opportunity on the first board of overtime and scored two big swings against Joe in the final plus a carryover of 19.29). Lynch finished second in last year’s Open Grue and company to win the Spingold Knockout Teams 134-113. Swiss, with Andrew Gromov and Aleksander Dubinin in the lineup instead of The winners are Jacek Kalita, Michal Nowosadzki, Rafal Jagniewski and Bramley and Stansby. Wojciech Gawel. Grue played with Les Amoils, Brad Moss, Thomas Bessis, Peter In second with 130.29 VPs was the squad led by Martin Fleisher — Michael Bertheau and Jacob Morgan. Kamil, Zia Mahmood, Chip Martel, Chris Willenken and Michael Rosenberg (116 It took a game swing for Bridge 24 on the last deal of the 64-board final to VPs in the final, carryover 14.29). force the eight-board playoff, but on the first board, a bad opening lead against 6♣ by North let the contract through. North-South at the other table actually made it a 1-IMP swing to Bridge 24 by bidding the cold 6NT from the South side, helping the team win the overtime 22-1. Winners of the Roth Open Swiss Teams: Mike Passell, Adam Zmudzinski, Cezary Balicki, Bart Bramley and Lew Stansby. Inset: captain Carolyn Lynch. ACBL President Donald Mamula presents the Spingold Trophy to Rafal Jagniewski, Michal Nowosadzki, Jacek Kalita and Wojciech Gawel. Second in the Roth Open Swiss: Chip Martel, Chris Willenken, Michael Runners-up in the Spingold KO: captain Joe Grue, Jacob Morgan, Brad Rosenberg, captain Marty Fleisher and Michael Kamil. Not pictured: Zia Moss, Peter Bertheau, Thomas Bessis and Les Amoils. Mahmood. Itabashi wins Fishbein Trophy Mark Itabashi of Murietta CA is the 2013 winner of the Fishbein Trophy, MP leaders in Atlanta: 272.12 Carolyn Lynch given annually to the player who earns the most masterpoints at the Summer 1 326.70 Mark Itabashi 272.12 Mike Passell NABC. Itabashi earned more than 326 masterpoints in Atlanta, the bulk of 2 281.01 Jacek Jerzy Kalita 272.12 Adam Zmudzinski which came from his two NABC victories — the von Zedtwitz Life Master 281.01 Michal Nowosadzki 11 256.96 Ross Grabel Pairs (190) and the Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams (100). 4 275.90 Bart Bramley 12 250.00 Wojciech Gawel Tied for second place were Jacek Kalita and Michal Nowosadzki, partners 275.90 Lew Stansby 250.00 Rafal Jagniewski on the winning Spingold KO squad. 6 272.50 Steve Weinstein 14 244.66 Larry Sealy 7 272.12 Cezary Balicki 15 238.97 Leslie Amoils World Junior Board-a-Match Team Winners First place winners: Turkey team of Erkmen Second place winners: Australia team of Justin Third place winners: Californian Aces (USA) AYDOGDU, Berk GOKCE, Altug GOBEKLI, Umit HOWARD, Max HENBEST, Ellena MOSKOVSKY, team of Anthony LEE, Kevin ROSENBERG, Ryan TARHAN (NPC), Sarper USLUPEHLIVAN, Akin Lauren TRAVIS, Nathan HOWARD and Peter WESSELS and Frank LIN. KOCLAR and Muhammet OZGUR. HOLLANDS. See results on back page. Page 2 Monday, August 12, 2013 Daily Bulletin ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 7:30 PM SATURDAY STRATIFIED SIDE SWISS TEAMS 80 Tables / Based on 154 Tables 14 Tables 125.00 1 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Adam Zmudzinski, A B C Katowice Poland; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Cezary 3.19 1/2 1/2 Nancy Strohmer - Hans Strohmer, Houston TX; Balicki, Smolec Poland 136.29 93.75 2 Martin Fleisher - Zia Mahmood - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Burt O’Dell - Linda O’Dell, Ponte Vedra FL 53.00 Holmdel NJ; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 130.29 3.19 1/2 1/2 Beth Todd - J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA; 70.31 3 Fulvio Fantoni - Geir Helgemo - Claudio Nunes - Tor Helness - Pierre Zimmermann Michelle Murphy, London ON; Jo Shah, Irving TX 53.00 - Franck Multon, 98000 Monaco 125.71 2.05 3 3 Mary McIntyre - Larry McIntyre, St Paul MN; Stanley 55.56 4 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Hurwitz, Bluffton SC; Paul Cuffe, Fripp Island SC 50.00 Kfar Saba Israel 121.29 1.54 4 Larry Rich, Cumming GA; Bill Parrish, Birmingham 50.00 5 Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; AL; Donald Baker, Alpharetta GA; Bob Simkins, Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Marcin Lesniewski, Decatur GA 46.00 Zakopane Poland 119.57 45.45 6 Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Patrick Huang, 1.41 5 4 Dinesh Doshi, Evans GA; Wendy Leverett, Lincolnton Taipei Taiwan; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Roger Lee, Pasadena CA 117.57 GA; Richard Smith, Spartanburg SC; Steven Gajdalo, 41.67 7 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL; John Hilton Head SC 44.00 Adams, Silver Spring MD; John Miller, Vienna VA; Jim Jacobson, Sioux City IA; 2.12 1 J Gray McAllister III - Susan McAllister, Raleigh NC; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA 115.43 38.46 8 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Vincent Demuy, Ejaz Qureshi, Scarsdale NY; Sam Shah, Irving TX 38.00 Laval QC; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 114.29 SATURDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 35.71 9 Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Weimin Wang, 12.0 Tables People’s Republic of China; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 111.71 33.33 10 Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; A B C Jean Quantin - Julien Gaviard - Godffrey De Tessieres, Paris France; Marc Bompis, 3.34 1 Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC; Martin Johnson Bourg La Reine France 111.29 Jr, Folly Beach SC 65.18% 31.25 11 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL Dror Padon, Tel 3.03 2 1 Stephi Luttrell - Mary Lockhart, Oak Ridge TN 62.20% Aviv Israel; Alon Birman, Tel Aviv 62267 Israel; Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark 111.00 2.05 3 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Mark Itabashi, 29.41 12 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England; Giorgio Murrieta CA 61.01% Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy; Walid Elahmady - 1.41 4 Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE; Estelle Margolin, Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt 110.29 Rego Park NY 55.95% 27.78 13 Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland; Piotr Tuszynski - Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Krzysztof Jassem, Puszczykoud Poland 110.14 2.27 5 2 Frederick Eriksen, Murray NE; Peter Cleaves, 26.32 14 Joao Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo 01229 Brazil; Miguel Villas-Boas, Sao Paulo Brazil; Sarasota FL 55.36% Benjamin Robles, Santiago Chile; Joaquin Pacareu, Santiago Chile Chile 107.00 2.28 6 3 1 Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Linda Hanson, 25.00 15 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Cecilia Rimstedt, Partille Capitola CA 54.76% Sweden; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden 106.00 23.81 16 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Peter Friedland, 1.28 4 Jan Stewart - Andrew Risman, Toronto ON 54.46% Cupertino CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 105.86 1.71 5 2 Christopher Welland, New York NY; Joseph 22.73 17 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Lieberman, Los Angeles CA 54.17% Benedicte Cronier, Paris 75018 France; Sylvie Willard, Paris France; Meike Wortel, 1.28 6 3 Linda Coons - Gordon Coons, Wheaton IL 52.38% Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 105.00 21.74 18 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Longboat Key FL; Richard 1.24 4 Jimmy Eastham - Cathy Henson, Atlanta GA 49.70% Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Michael Polowan, New York NY 104.86 SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 20.83 19 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk 4.0 Tables Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 104.00 D E F 20.00 20 Samantha Punch, Stirling Fk United Kingdom; Stephen Peterkin, Stirling United 1.98 1 1 1 R.Terry Handley, Soledad CA; Christopher Hawker, Kingdom; Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR 102.00 Baltimore MD 72.92% 19.23 21 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL; Irina Ladyzhensky - Alexander 1.49 2 2 2 Marsha Addis - Sharra Canan, Holden MA 58.33% Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 100.43 18.19 22/23 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; C Reis, Baton 1.11 3 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; Tina Boyer, Rouge LA; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV 98.29 Montclair NJ 51.39% 18.19 22/23 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Fredrik 1.05 3 Joseph Grill - Daniel Lieb, Charlotte NC 48.61% Nystrom, 11427 Stockholm Sweden; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Johan Upmark, Stockho Sweden 98.29 16.96 24/25 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Jurek Czyzowicz, 1 & 7:30 PM BRACKETED SWISS 1 Gatineau QC; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; 8 Tables / Based on 21 Tables Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE 97.29 9.77
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