Monday, December 2, 2019 Volume 92, Number 4 Daily Bulletin 92nd Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski Exciting start to Soloway KO phase Leading the contestPiken wire to wire, the winssquad 10K Swiss The round of 32 in the Soloway Knockout Teams captained by Ed Piken won the 0-10,000 Swiss was marked by a significant number of upsets and Teams. Piken of Palos Verdes Peninsula CA played close calls for high seeds in the contest. with Eric Genheimer of Edmond OK, Steve Cohen of No. 1 seed Warren Spector and No. 2 seed Team Las Vegas NV and Ron Feldman of Redondo Beach Lavazza cruised in their respective matches, but the CA. Their four-session total with carryover was No. 3 seed Nick Nickell led by a tiny margin going 133.76 victory points. into the final quarter of their match against Danny This is the first win in a limited NABC contest Molenaar and company before Nickell gained control for Genheimer and Feldman, but the second for in the last set to advance to today’s round of 16. Cohen (who’s won twice with captain Piken), and the Seeds Nos. 4-9 all lost their matches yesterday, fourth for Piken, who has won three 10K events and while No. 10 Zimmermann had no trouble advancing, the Flight A of the . 207-90 against Cheryl Mandala’s squad. Genheimer and Piken were a first-time Peter Crouch’s No. 11 seed overcame a lopsided partnership. first quarter against Guy Mendes De Leon’s team, In second with 118.55 VP was the team led by Winners of the 0-10,000 Swiss Teams: Eric continued on page 15 J.J. Johnsen of San Diego CA. Johnsen played with Genheimer, Ed Piken, npc Kelli Piken, Ron continued on page 14 Feldman and Steve Cohen. Stansby leads BAM The team captained by Lew Stansby got off to a strong start in the Mitchell Open BAM. They lead Meckstroth looks to lock after Sunday’s qualifying sessions with a carryover of five boards, more than a ahead of the Lev team Player of the Decade in second place. As the third race for Player of the Decade winds Stansby is playing with JoAnna Stansby, Crispin down, it appears all but certain that Jeff Meckstroth Barrere and Mark Perlmutter. is playing will win it for a third time. with Daniel Lev, Gary Cohler, David Berkowitz, The race measures platinum points, which are Berend Van Den Bos and Joris van Lenkveld. awarded only in NABC+ events and in limited In third is the squad of Kevin Castner, Christophe amounts in some NABC events. Platinum points were Grosset, Phillip King and Olivier Giard. introduced in 1990, along with the Player of the Year Fifty-six teams qualified for today’s final. race. While Meckstroth has won Player of the Year “only” three times, none of them in the past decade, Assemi, Slinger set pace his consistency year in and year out has made him unbeatable in Player of the Decade. He won about in Super Senior Pairs 5000 platinum points in the 1990s and more than Farid Assemi and James Slinger posted the top 7000 in the 2000s. score in Sunday’s qualifying round of the Super The all-time masterpoint leader with almost Senior Pairs, limited to players 70 and older. Assemi 90,000 points, Meckstroth has 62 NABC titles and of Fresno CA and Slinger of Corralitos CA scored nine world championships. 65.86% in the first session and 57.64% in the second Meckstroth has won 5802.96 platinum points to lead today’s field of qualifiers with a carryover of since the beginning of 2010. While he leads Robert 121.10 matchpoints. Levin by only a little more than 140 points, Levin In second with a carryover of 109.32 are would have a hard time catching him this week. They Lawrence Lau of Westport CT and Faye Marino of continued on page 5 Greenwich CT. Sitting third are Ellie Hanlon and Mary Savko of Tequesta FL with 99.20. Harold Lilie 1947-2019 Grand Life Master Harold Lilie of Las Vegas NV Player Memos and Austin TX died Oct. 5 at age 72. Player Memo stations are located on the “upper” Lilie had five NABC titles, mostly partnering B2 Level in the Marriott next to the Fedex office and or on teams with David Berkowitz, in the 1980s on the lower level opposite Salon 6. and ’90s. He also had two second-place finishes, Some “Recorder Reminders”: including the Vanderbilt. He was an avid poker When filing a Player Memo, please include player, placing 14 times in the World Series of Poker names and compass locations, and please include the since 2010, with winnings of more than $168,000, name of any tournament director involved. and at least once appearing on the broadcast. When an irregularity occurs, call the director. Harold was born March 13, 1947, in Queens NY Do not make your own ruling or allow partner or to Hugo and Anne Lilie. He was an accomplished opponents to do so. commodities trader. His first serious bridge Once hands are removed from the boards, all partnership was with Michael Gurwitz, whom he met began their partnership. “The first thing I learned was calls, questions, comments and plays will be in as a Flight C player at the Eastern States Regional in not to bet against Harold (aka the Rabbit). When one English. Exceptions may be made if all four players New York in 1967, according to Bart Bramley, who opponent announced she was ‘arranging,’ Harold at the table agree to use some common language attended MIT with Gurwitz at the time. offered me the following proposition. When they said understood by all four players. “Harold quickly joined our group of bridge ‘arranging,’ he bet his dollar to my dime, they always friends, and over the next few years he was a regular had exactly 11 HCP. He never lost that bet.” at tournaments that we all attended,” Bramley said. Berkowitz also recalls that when traveling to Goodwill Message “His skill was obvious, along with his quick wit, sectionals around the state of New York with Lilie upbeat attitude and generous spirit.” and his late first wife Joyce that Harold always found Today is Goodwill Day. Remember: Then, years later, came Berkowitz. a terrific place to eat, no matter where they were. It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to “Harold was the first big-time player to take In 1982, Lilie and Berkowitz won the Wernher be nice. a chance on me (and my partner at the time, Bob Open Pairs and the Mitchell Open BAM with Matt Sandy DeMartino, Chair Satorius) when he and Michael Gurwitz invited us to Granovetter and Al Rand. Lilie and Berkowitz twice Goodwill Committee join their teams” Berkowitz said. Shortly after, they continued on page 7 Page 2 Monday, December 2, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Monday, December 2 Tuesday, December 3 8 am–5 pm Best Practices Teacher Assessments. People who complete 9 am–noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education the Best Practices Teacher Workshop can sign up for an course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants assessment during this time. (Pacific D, level 4) must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign up 10 am–noon School Bridge Roundtable. Share common challenges, tips at the door. (Pacific D, level 4) and success stories in a roundtable for K–12 teachers. This 10 am–6 pm meeting. (Pacific E, level 4) open discussion is for veteran and new teachers learning from 10 am–6 pm World Championship. (Sierra H, level 5) each other and developing a network. (Sierra I, level 5) 10 am–noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. Wednesday, December 4 (Foothill H, level 2) 9 am–noon Club Director Refresher Course, session 2. A continuing 10 am–6 pm World Bridge Federation meeting. (Pacific E, level 4) education course for club directors to increase their skills. 10 am–6 pm World Computer Bridge Championship. (Sierra H, level 5) Participants must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both 10:30 am–noon Goodwill Committee meeting. (Sierra J, level 5) days. (Pacific D, level 4) 10:30 am– U.S. Bridge Federation board meeting. (Pacific F, level 4) 10 am–noon Unit/District Disciplinary transition meeting. District 12:30 pm and unit presidents, district recorders and disciplinary chairs 5–7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill are invited to meet with National Recorder Robb Gordon to Committee members only. (Foothill C, level 2) discuss the transition to district control of the disciplinary process. (Pacific F, level 4) 10 am–6 pm World Computer Bridge Championship. (Sierra H, level 5)

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Tuesday, Dec. 3 Talks will be held in the SoMa Room, level 2. Speakers and topics are subject to 9:15 am Jerry Helms change. 6:45 pm Cris Barerre Bridge Maxims Monday, Dec. 2 Wednesday, Dec. 4 9:15 am Robert Todd Problem Opening Bids 9:15 am GS Jade Barrett Law of Three Even and Three Odd 6:45 pm Norman Beck Odd Things to Help with Bridge 6:45 pm Donna Compton Guard the 4

HOSPITALITY AND ENTERTAINMENT Food will be served after the evening session through Saturday, Dec. 7. Tuesday, Dec. 3 Monday, Dec. 2 It’s It ice cream. Beard Papa fresh cream puffs. Wednesday, Dec. 4 Clam chowder soup.

Restrictions for certain Bridge Bucks and You ought to be in pictures Players who attain the rank of Life Master in San events in 2020 check cashing Francisco are invited to stop by the Daily Bulletin Bridge Bucks and check-cashing services will be Players should be aware of the following office to get their photos taken. available on level B2 from 9:30 to 10 a.m. and noon decision by the ACBL Board of Directors which will The office is located in Foothill F on the second to 1 p.m. take effect in 2020. floor of the Marriott. Check-cashing limit is $500. Any player who has won a contest that carries Players who attain Players may purchase Bridge Bucks using all ACBL Grand Life Master eligibility (most open higher ranks such as major credit cards. NABC contests or equivalent events such as world Bronze, Silver or championship titles or the U.S./Canadian team trials) Gold Life Master are will be treated as if they possess at least 10,000 Notice of binding also welcome to get (if they haven’t already acquired that their photos taken. total) for the purposes of flighting, stratification and arbitration The office is open at By becoming an ACBL member or renewing KO bracketing. Essentially, anyone who has won noon each day. an open NABC title can’t play in a masterpoint- your membership in the ACBL, you expressly agree restricted event, including the so-called “10K” events to waive your right to have disputes between you at NABCs, where participation is limited to players and the ACBL resolved in a court of law and agree operators needed with less than 10,000 points. to accept the use of binding arbitration before the Experienced vugraph operators are needed on Additionally, the ACBL Seeding Committee American Arbitration Association. The binding Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for the Soloway KO has updated the eligibility points of many players, arbitration provisions are available for review at acbl. Teams broadcast on BBO. The first session each day especially those from outside North American, which org/bindingarbitration. starts at noon, the second session starts at 7 p.m. may alter player seeding points for top-level events. ACBL pays operators $50 per session. Email notifications of these changes will be sent to Masterpoint disclaimer If you are available, please email Jan Martel at players in January. Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject marteljan at gmail.com, or text her at 530-574-5780, to change because of score changes or corrections. and she will answer any questions you may have. The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also Thousands of BBO spectators around the world will subject to change. appreciate your help! Daily Bulletin Monday, December 2, 2019 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS In order to get a handle on this hand featuring The full deal: Take All Your Chances two red-suit , keep in mind the only way ♠ A K 6 By Eddie Kantar to secure five heart tricks is to find K-x with East. ♥ 9 4 3 2 However, the for four heart tricks is to ♦ 4 3 2 ♠ A K 6 lead the ace protecting against a singleton king with ♣ A Q 9 ♥ 9 4 3 2 West. If both follow and the king doesn’t appear, ♠ Q J 10 8 4 ♠ 9 5 3 ♦ 4 3 2 enter dummy and lead a heart towards the queen. ♥ K ♥ J 10 8 ♣ A Q 9 This works any time the suit is divided 2-2 , East ♦ 10 8 6 5 ♦ K J 9 7 has the king, or West the blank king. ♣ 8 6 3 ♣ 7 5 2 ♠ 7 2 So how many heart tricks do you need? You ♠ 7 2 ♥ A Q 7 6 5 won’t know until you take the diamond ! If ♥ A Q 7 6 5 ♦ A Q the finesse loses, you need five heart tricks so low ♦ A Q ♣ K J 10 4 to the queen. If the finesse wins, you need four, so ♣ K J 10 4 cash the ♥A first. Partner opens 1♣, raises your 1♥ response to 2♥, later Hazel Theodore rarely plays outside her retirement home cuebids spades, and in Honolulu or the club in Aiea. Though she’s been playing you wind up in a most of her life, she wasn’t playing seriously most of that rather “tenuous” 6♥ time because she was too busy when she was teaching contract. It’s not your community college. In 2017 she started playing in local tournaments in Hawaii and has acquired 250 masterpoints. fault that the contract This is just her second time playing outside the Honolulu is rather tenuous. A area, after going to Las Vegas this summer. “Someone good partner would encouraged me to try the nationals, so I’m here,” she said. have stronger hearts. “I’m having quite an interesting time picking up partners.” West leads the ♠Q. On Sunday morning, she played with 10-year-old Aldwyn Plan the play. Lin. Her partner for the evening game was 12.

Parking Finding the extra clue Parking is difficult in San Francisco. The By Tom Carmichael, playing with Ari Greenberg, Marriott offers valet parking only, for $79.99 a day. reported a thoughtful defense by Jade Barrett on this There is a municipal parking garage on Mission deal from the Soloway KO qualifier: between Fourth and Fifth streets. Rates are $3/hour, ♠ 10 with a $34 daily maximum. ♥ 9 ♦ K 7 6 5 2 ♣ K Q J 7 5 4 ♠ A Q 6 2 ♥ A 7 3 ♦ J 10 ♣ 10 8 6 3

West North East South Carmichael Greenberg 1♠ Pass 2NT (1) Pass 4♠ All Pass (1) 8-12 HCP, both minors. When West led the ♥6 (third and low) to the ace, both defenders in this match had to decide on a course of action. One defender cashed the ♠A and played a heart, then eventually won the ♠Q and played another heart. This was the full deal: ♠ 10 ♥ 9 ♦ K 7 6 5 2 ♣ K Q J 7 5 4 ♠ 8 ♠ A Q 6 2 ♥ J 8 6 5 4 2 ♥ A 7 3 ♦ Q 4 3 ♦ J 10 ♣ A 9 2 ♣ 10 8 6 3 ♠ K J 9 7 5 4 3 ♥ K Q 10 ♦ A 9 8 ♣ — That defense failed. Even had East shifted to a diamond at trick six, declarer would have risen with the ♦A and caught West in a minor-suit squeeze. Barrett played a low spade at trick two by contrast. Greenberg won with dummy’s 10, led the Vendors ♣K and ruffed it in hand, then led the ♠K. On this Players are invited to check out the vendors on trick, West discouraged hearts, so Barrett played the the bottom level of the Marriott. Whether you’re in ♦J and then another diamond when in with the ♠Q to the market for bridge-related books, software, dealing break up the squeeze. machines, jewelry or clothing, you’ll find it there. Page 4 Monday, December 2, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY ZIP KO QUALIFIERS IN THE SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 9 Tables 4.40 1 John Ramos, Los Angeles CA; Sarah Youngquist, 39.0 Tables / Based on 74 Tables Carryover Palo Alto CA; Aaron Jones - Jennifer Lin, North Bethesda MD 1 Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; James Slinger, Corralitos CA 121.10 3.08 2 Ariel Flaster - Michael Flaster, Menlo Park CA; 2 Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 109.32 Olivia Schireson, Stanford CA; Nathan Gennaro, San Carlos CA 3 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL 99.20 4 Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ; Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 95.00 SATURDAY-SUNDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 5 Harriel Shea - David Gambelin, San Jose CA 90.27 7 Tables 4.60 1 Toyohiko Ozawa, Kawasaki City Japan; Midori 6 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Peter Lit, Elk CA 89.50 Horikawa - Ishino Hiroko, Tokyo Japan; Ayako Nagayama, Portland 7 Bob Enenstein, Los Altos CA; Richard Spitalnick, Sunnyvale CA 82.94 OR 8 Veronica McMurdie – D. Jones, Sacramento CA 79.98 9 , St. Johnsbury VT; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 79.83 SUNDAY-MONDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 10 Phyllis Rakevich, Yuma AZ; Ronald Woodard, Palm Springs CA 78.91 6 Tables 11 Jeffrey Miller, Peoria AZ; Phil Warden, Madison WI 78.69 Donald Thomas - Gary Miyata - Roz King - Jewel Daniels, San Diego CA 12 Stephen Castellino, Castro Valley CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 77.45 vs 13 Edward Barlow, Sunnyvale CA; Maris Zilant, Miami FL 75.43 James Tanner, Highland CA; Gary Silvius - Stephen Silvius - 14 Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA 74.53 Elizabeth Silvius, San Bernardino CA 15 Jim Leary - Pat Leary, Livermore CA 73.63 16 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jean Barry, Livermore CA 71.50 KUNIO OKUI SATURDAY-SUNDAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS 17 Joe Houde, Vista CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 67.90 12 Tables 21.45 1 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Robert Gardner, 18 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Manfred Michlmayr, Orinda CA 67.41 Glenview IL; Ray Johnson, Park City UT; Craig Gardner, 19 Cliff Campbell, Thunder Bay ON; Alfred Lee, Foster City CA 65.49 Streamwood IL; Chuck Said, Nashville TN 20 Donald Sache - Sheila Sache, West Vancouver BC 65.33 15.02 2 Annetta Patrick - Charles Patrick, Santa Barbara 21 Tony Glynne, Gilroy CA; Dawn Black, Palo Alto CA 65.18 CA; Josh Rosenbluth, Oxnard CA; Christopher Gillmon, Ojai CA 22 Geoff Booth - Robert Sandfield, Houston TX 64.85 8.58 3/4 Henry Kingdon - Gail Haar, San Rafael CA; Benjamin Gale, Mill Valley CA; Ellen Coll, Corte Madera CA 23 Bud Marsh - Marianne Spanier, Scottsdale AZ 63.30 8.58 3/4 David Chan - Pauline Chan, Foster City CA; 24 Gilbert Reeser, Pleasanton CA; Ameen Paul, San Ramon CA 62.96 Nancy Arthur - Michael Arthur, Pearl River LA 25 Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA; Atam Lalchandani, Incline Village NV 61.36 26 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; Richard Chan, Markham ON 60.80 27 Karl Zaman, Strongsville OH; Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 58.42 Disciplinary transition 28 Joan Lewis - Robert Hopkins Jr., Arlington VA 56.22 29 Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX; , Costa Mesa CA 55.85 meeting 30 Michael Kruley, Pleasant Hill CA; Michel Schneider, Pittsburg CA 55.23 District and unit presidents, district recorders 31 Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA; Evelyn Holtz, Santa Rosa CA 52.76 and disciplinary chairs: You are invited to meet 32 Robert Wood, Naples FL; Max Rutherford, Mississauga ON 51.63 with National Recorder Robb Gordon to discuss 33 William Neumann, Columbia MD; Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA 51.09 the transition to district control of the disciplinary 34 Ronald Powell, Santa Clara CA; Bob Sanner, Palo Alto CA 50.54 process. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. 35 Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA 47.65 Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Pacific F on level 4. Bring 36 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Yas Takeda, Hacienda Heights CA 47.37 your own coffee. 37 W. Reynolds, South Pasadena CA; Lance Kerr, Sylmar CA 46.45 38 Michael Kelley - Martina Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 46.43 39 Ted Richmond, San Carlos CA; Robert Ng, Millbrae CA 46.09 40 Steven Smolen, San Francisco CA; Gerald Fox, Napa CA 45.39 41 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI 43.25 42 Judy Cardin - Bruce Greenspan, Estero FL 43.10 43 Ann Nutting - Bill Nutting, Stockton CA 43.07 44 Barbara Prior, Novato CA; Peter Sager, San Rafael CA 41.53 45 John Welte - Martha Welte, Buffalo NY 41.37 46 Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA; Tom Jacobson, Fairfield CA 41.01 47 Bruce Nissim, San Anselmo CA; Cole Powell, Oakland CA 40.58 48 Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA 37.86 49 David Pelka, Los Angeles CA; William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA 37.36 50 Ken Gamble, Capitola CA; Ken Llacera, Santa Cruz CA 34.67 51 Roger Allen - Ron Grove, Victoria BC 34.49 52 Helene Drake - George Drake, Phoenix AZ 31.92 53 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 31.27 54 Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA 30.11 55 Nishat Chishti, Kenosha WI; Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA 28.11 56 Mark Rappaport - Larisa Rappaport, Beverly Hills CA 25.63 57 Sigrid Price - Russell Quinnell, Napa CA 24.91 58 V. Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 24.80 59 Steve Gross, Agoura Hills CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 23.97 60 Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Vds CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 23.83 61 John Kozero - Gary Robinson, Santa Rosa CA 20.19 62 Christopher Smith - Deborah Drury, Vero Beach FL 19.10 63 John Hoffman, Mountain View CA; Suzanne Cook, McKinleyville CA 17.93 64 Bob Etter, Elk Grove CA; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 14.51 65 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 14.36 66 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA 13.30 67 Paul Gelb, Palm Springs CA; Eugene White Jr., Playa Del Rey CA 11.82 68 David Wachsman - Janis Wachsman, Jericho NY 11.79 69 Dorothy Conway, Ottawa ON; William Thorp, Dana Point CA 11.21 70 Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Bunny Lukas, Riverside CT 10.64 71 Jessica Bushman - David Bushman, Fort Lee NJ 10.37 72 Nancy Popkin - Alan Popkin, Saint Louis MO 8.99 73 Mike Bandler - Linda Bandler, Alamo CA 5.95 74 Jacqueline Ortiz, Rohnert Park CA; Patricia Gittings, Windsor CA 5.80 75 Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA; Gary Near, San Francisco CA 4.80 76 Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Naples FL 3.02 77 James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 0.20 78 John O’Brien, Concord CA; Irwin Lichtblau, Lafayette CA 0.00

Playing in an NABC+ pairs Email us Got a hand you’d like to share or a nice story? game? Buy your early! We’d love to see it: [email protected]. In an effort to speed up the start of all NABC+ You’ll also find our email address on the front page pairs events – which require additional time for of the paper under the “Daily Bulletin” between the proper seeding – the ACBL asks participants to date and the editors’ names. please buy their entries at least 15 minutes before This email address won’t be checked with any game time. This is especially true if you expect to be regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please a seeded pair. continue to use our office email addresses for non- tournament–related correspondence. Daily Bulletin Monday, December 2, 2019 Page 5

QUALIFIERS IN THE MITCHELL OPEN BAM 56 Tables / Based on 114 Tables Carryover Player of the Decade 1 Lew Stansby - JoAnna Stansby, Dublin CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; continued from page 1 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 5.00 both play on the Nickell team, as do four of the top 2 Sam Lev - Daniel Lev, New York NY; Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; David Berkowitz, five leaders in the race. Boca Raton FL; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands 3.96 The next four players in spots 6 through 9 are all 3 Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; members of the Fleisher team. Even if Fleisher were Phillip King, Harrow UK; Olivier Giard 3.48 to have a very good tournament, winning both the 4 Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina; , Pebble Beach CA; Maximo Crusizio, Soloway and the , that would net each of Argentina; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL 3.26 them 450 platinum points – barely enough to get Eric 5 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Claude Vogel, Greco ahead of Meckstroth if he were to leave San Chicago IL; John Jones, Santa Fe Springs CA 3.04 Francisco empty-handed. Greco is 429.41 behind, so 6/7 Jun Shang - Jiashen Yin - Yizhuo Zhang, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Yanhui Sun, adding 450 would put him ahead by 20.59. Clearly, People’s Republic of China; Yichao Chen - Junjie Hu, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 2.83 Meckstroth will find more than 20 platinum points 6/7 Margie Cole - Alejandro Bianchedi, New York NY; Giorgia Botta, Brooklyn NY; somewhere. A “bad tournament” for him would leave Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 2.83 8/9 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland; Ken Bercuson, him with somewhere around 100. Las Vegas NV; George Mittelman, Thornhill ON 2.61 That leaves Zia Mahmood, in third place and not 8/9 G. Venkatesh, Carmel CA; Anil Padhye, Mumbay India; Sundarram Srinivasan - P. Sridhar, a member of either the Nickell or Fleisher teams, as Chennai India; Michel Abecassis, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France 2.61 the only person with an outside shot. Zia is behind by 10/11 Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Roberto Scaramuzzi, Woodland Hills CA; 192.53, an awful lot of ground to make up in seven Alexander Kolesnik - John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 2.39 days. Zia is playing in the Soloway on Hemant Lall’s 10/11 Curtis Cheek - Huub Bertens - Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Mark Itabashi, team with , , Murrieta CA; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, New York NY 2.39 and , seeded No. 14. 12/14 Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL; Miroslaw Milaszewski, Lubin Poland; Mariusz Krasnicki, If both Nickell and Lall were to be knocked out of Lodz Poland; Matevsz Sobczak, Poland 2.17 the Soloway today, in time for team members to enter 12/14 Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA; Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; , Dallas TX; , Carlsbad CA; Liam Milne, Sidney Australia; Andy Hung, the Blue Ribbon Pairs tomorrow, a win there would Brisbane Australia 2.17 give Zia 190 points – cutting Meckstroth’s lead to 12/14 Peter Trenka, New York NY; Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Jiang Gu, 2.53 plus whatever he picked up in the same event. Mountain Lakes NJ; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 2.17 Zia would need to have a very good tournament 15 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Romain Tembouret, Asnia¨res France; Laurent Thuillez - while Meckstroth had a very bad one to make up Pascale Thuillez, Villiers St. Frederic France 2.09 the nearly 200-point gap. It’s almost enough to say 16 , Hockenheim Germany; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Meckstroth has the race locked up. Roland Rohowsky, Nueruberg Germany; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 1.96 17/19 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Ettore Bianchi, Dobbs Ferry NY; Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy; 1. Jeff Meckstroth 5802.96 Alessandro Gandoglia, Rome Italy 1.74 2. Robert Levin 5661.82 17/19 Baptiste Combescure - Isabelle Bello, Paris France; Vanessa Reess, Clichy France; Aurelie Thizy, Cachan France; Jeremie Tignel - Corinne Faivre, Castanettolosan France 1.74 3. Zia Mahmood 5610.43 17/19 Maciej Klis, Krakow Poland; Kamil Walczyk, Radom Poland; Stanislaw Pajak, 4. 5587.97 Starachonice Poland; Janusz Gawecki, Kielce Poland 1.74 5. Steve Weinstein 5407.35 20/24 Mihaela Balint, Bucharest Romania; Itamar Ginossar, Romania; Bas Van Engelen, 6. Eric Greco 5373.55 Ijsselstein Netherlands; Frank Van Engelen, Arnhem Netherlands 1.52 7. 5275.53 20/24 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Dan Jacob, 8. Martin Fleisher 5193.99 Vancouver BC; , Toronto ON 1.52 9. Chip Martel 4861.03 20/24 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia; Dan Israeli, Tel Aviv 10. 4612.59 Israel; Aran Warszawski, Rehovot Israel 1.52 20/24 Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO; Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL; Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL 1.52 20/24 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; , Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 1.52 25/26 Daniel Wilderman, New York NY; Eugene Hung, Sunnyvale CA; Howard Liu, San Lorenzo CA; Kenneth Zuckerberg, Acton MA 1.30 25/26 Len Vishnevsky - Jo Ginsberg, San Francisco CA; Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA 1.30 27/31 Jean Fantun - Veronique Ventos, Paris France; Jean-Pierre Desmoulins, Suresnes France; Colin Deheeger, Les Vlis France 1.09 NABC results by 27/31 Michael Cassel, Roseville MN; Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH; Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Chicago IL 1.09 email/text 27/31 Tatiana Dikhnova - Victoria Gromova - Sergey Orlov - Mikhail Krasnoselskii, Moscow Want to be notified when results and the Daily Russia 1.09 Bulletins from the NABC are posted online? Want to 27/31 Michael Kamil - Gabrielle Sherman, Austin TX; David Treitel, Miami FL; see your results in the events you played in? ACBL Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 1.09 Live does just that. 27/31 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; With the ACBL Live notification system, you Owen Lien, Oak Park MI 1.09 32/36 Samuel Gillis, London UK; Erik Saelensminde, Bergen Norway; Per Erik Austberg - will receive emails and/or text messages after each Arild Rasmussen, Norway 0.87 session with links that go directly to the information 32/36 - Michael Polowan, New York NY; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; you’re looking for. The email/text message will , Paradise Valley AZ 0.87 contain your score for the session and a link to your 32/36 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; James Tritt, Orange CA; Robert Giragosian, results. (These results will also be available on your Bakersfield CA; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 0.87 MyResults page at MyACBL.) Players will also 32/36 Adam Parrish - Gail Greenberg, New York NY; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Jill Levin, receive a notification to indicate when the Daily Henderson NV 0.87 Bulletin for that day is available. 32/36 Robert Perlsweig, Pacific Palisades CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Jerry Premo, Noblesville IN; This service is automatic for members unless Jakob Kristinsson, Delray Beach FL 0.87 they have specifically opted out. To receive text 37/41 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz - Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 0.65 messages, go to MyACBL at acbl.org and select 37/41 Ping Zhao - YiYi Chen - HanXing Li - Bo Fu, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Update My Information to enter your email address Xiuting Yu, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Shuai Lan, Los Angeles CA 0.65 and/or cell phone number. 37/41 Donald Kersey, Kingston ON; William Koski, King City ON; Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Also at MyACBL, visit the Privacy Settings tab Toronto ON 0.65 to make sure you’ve selected the Subscribe setting 37/41 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; for General Email Communication and Cell Phone Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA 0.65 Text Communication to receive these notifications. 37/41 Nicole Curetti - Jean Le Poder, Marseille France; Sophie Dauvergne - Bernard Dauvergne, Ramonville France 0.65 42/46 Andy Goodman, Carmel CA; Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 0.43 42/46 Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA; John Hodges, Santa Clara CA; John Twineham, Coos Bay OR 0.43 42/46 Ron Gerard, White Plains NY; Matthias Felmy, Oldenburg Germany; Ira Herman - Allen Kahn, New York NY 0.43 Page 6 Monday, December 2, 2019 Daily Bulletin

42/46 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; Robert Madalena, San Jose CA 0.43 42/46 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Thomas Paske, Manhattan NY; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia 0.43 47 Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA; Claire Jones, Regina SK; Helene Bauman, Las Vegas NV; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 0.30 48/51 Anant Rathi - Ankur Rathi, San Francisco CA; Andrew Gumperz, Berkeley CA; Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA 0.22 48/51 Ray Miller - Michael Christensen - Daniel Poore, Seattle WA; Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA 0.22 48/51 Agnes Snellers - Wubbo De Boer, Groenekan Netherlands; Hans Bouman - Tim van den Bos, Netherlands 0.22 48/51 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Alan Kudisch, East Norwich NY; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 0.22 52/56 H. Jay Sloofman, Tarrytown NY; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ 0.00 52/56 Wei Tian, China People’s Republic of China; Jun Shi, Palo Alto CA; Wei Wang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Sun Xudong, Shang Hai People’s Republic of China 0.00 52/56 Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Hua Poon, Singapore; Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing China 0.00 52/56 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert Fendrick, Marietta GA; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 0.00 52/56 Lei Jun - Yong Xue - Xinguo Fang, Burlingame CA; Xinguo Chen, Richmond BC 0.00

0–10,000 SWISS TEAMS 24 Tables / Based on 45 Tables 70.00 1 Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Pn CA; Eric Genheimer, Edmond OK; Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV; Ron Feldman, Redondo Beach CA 133.76 52.50 2 Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA; Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Margaret Peterson, Larkspur CA; Aaron Jones, North Bethesda MD 118.55 39.38 3 Peggy Haigler – B. Wayne Stuart III, Raleigh NC; Li Yiting, Herndon VA; Signe Buus Thomsen, Valby Denmark; Peter Jepsen, Aarhus Denmark 118.44 31.11 4 Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Chuck Wong, Danville CA 107.89 28.00 5 Thomas Musso, Charleston SC; Kathrine Loh, Walnut Creek CA; Katherine Field, Chapel Hill NC; Simon Ortmann, Allerod Denmark 106.02 25.45 6 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Peter Bonfanti, Oakland CA; Barry Rigal, New York NY; David Yoon, Bayside NY 99.14 23.33 7 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Rhonda Monro - Joe Monro, Beverly Hills MI; Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH 96.58 21.54 8 Gene Kuehneman - Adrienne Kuehneman, Bethesda MD; Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 94.26 20.00 9 Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA; Lisa Fishman, Beaverton OR; David Sackett - Darcy White, Prescott AZ 93.67 18.67 10 Floyd McWilliams, Sunnyvale CA; Scott Benson, Mountain View CA; Joel Singer, Santa Clara CA; Michael Cohen, Seattle WA 93.41 17.50 11 Steve Hubbell, Mountain View CA; Alan Wood - James Howe, San Jose CA; Ron Karr, Sunnyvale CA 90.90 SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 27.0 Tables A B C 8.02 1 Lynne Feldman - Sam Madison-Jammal, San Diego CA 70.37% 6.72 2 1 Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO; Laura de Vesine, San Jose CA 65.31% 5.04 3 2 1 Stephen Silvius - Elizabeth Silvius, San Bernardino CA 64.96% 3.78 4 3 2 Gill Copeland - Tom Copeland, Leeds UK 61.25% 2.84 5 4 Ayako Nagayama, Portland OR; Ishino Hiroko, Tokyo Japan 61.11% 2.16 6 Susan Bailey Carman - Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI 60.97% 2.13 7 5 3 Ben Yang, Warren NJ; Jian Wang, Alameda CA 59.54% 1.15 8/9 Toyohiko Ozawa, Kawasaki City Japan; Midori Horikawa, Tokyo Japan 59.12% 1.70 8/9 6 John Santibanes, San Francisco CA; Sandi Davis, Oakland CA 59.12% 1.20 7 George Browne, West Orange NJ; Jim Parks, Atascadero CA 57.91% 1.40 4 Elsie Shaw - Joanne Gitner, Morgan Hill CA 57.34% 1.05 5 Kathryn Barnard, Redwood City CA; Alex Stagner, Menlo Park CA 50.07% SUNDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 10.5 Tables A B C 4.55 1 1 Rick Holcomb, Miami FL; Merryl Chin, North York ON 67.64% 3.41 2 2 Michael Klemens, Tarzana CA; Don-Min Tsou, Cupertino CA 63.40% 2.56 3 3 Scott Nelson - Carol Nelson, Carlsbad CA 59.23% 1.92 4 4 Deborah Wojtowicz - Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 57.52% 1.44 5 5 Norma Rollins, Longboat Key FL; Michael Miller, New York NY 57.08% 1.23 6 6 Shmuel Greenberg, Israel; Eli Zinner, Nipomo CA 56.35% 2.28 1 James Mosley, Falls Church VA; Harry Potter, Vienna VA 47.87% 1.71 2 Marjorie Hedinger - Robert Hedinger, Naples FL 46.17% Daily Bulletin Monday, December 2, 2019 Page 7

REV MURTHY SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 25.5 Tables Harold Lilie A B C continued from page 1 5.40 1 1 1 Scott Bonomi, Venecia CA; Jenifer Lary, 65.08% won the Freeman Mixed BAM playing with their 4.05 2 2 2 Xuyang Zhang - Suhang Li, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 63.10% 3.04 3 3 Jacqueline Teunissen-Myers - Cheri Bartel, Scottsdale AZ 62.50% wives, Joyce and Lisa. 2.28 4 4 3 James Kaye - Glenys Kaye, Roseville CA 60.71% “Harold saved his best play for the toughest 1.71 5 5 4 Yufan Chen - Jiayi Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 60.59% opponents,” Berkowitz said. “He could always be 1.28 6 Jan Conklin - Howard Neckel, Santa Rosa CA 58.68% counted on to come through in the clutch.” 1.04 6 Evan Scott, Larkspur CA; KC Casey, Novato CA 58.33% In later years, after Joyce’s death, he found love 0.78 5/6 David Niver - Judy Niver, Alamo CA 56.97% again with wife Janis. They traveled the world the 0.78 5/6 Shuoming Ma - Ziqian Wang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 56.97% past six years and played occasionally in NABCs, placing eighth in the Super Senior Pairs in 2017. REV MURTHY SUNDAY AFTERNOON 99ER PAIRS Josh Donn got to know Lilie in recent years when 18.0 Tables they both lived in Las Vegas, playing occasionally in A B C 3.73 1 John Stremel, San Jose CA; Gary Sheerer, Los Altos CA 67.86% club games and private events. “He was really sharp 2.80 2 1 Robert Saken - Brandi Chavin, San Francisco CA 60.12% and really funny,” Donn said. “I can’t remember him 2.10 3 Jane Hyatt - David Graves, Columbia SC 59.82% making a single mistake any of those times, not one.” 1.57 4 Shirley Ehrlich, Mill Valley CA; Judith Duffy, San Francisco CA 59.05% Lilie is survived by his wife, Janis; children, 1.18 5 Jane Drever - Darylan Stratten, Sebastopol CA 57.14% Jayne Furman, Andy Furman, Michael Furman, and 1.52 6 2 Helen Chow - Nathan Chow, San Francisco CA 56.13% Meredith Young; 10 grandchildren; and his beloved 1.42 3 1 Thomas Birge - Kristine Birge, Half Moon Bay CA 55.36% dog Sadie. 0.86 4 Mary Krienke - Scott Krienke, Hartland WI 53.23% 1.07 5 2 Winifred Leeds - Kathy Vita, San Jose CA 52.38% 0.80 3 Paul Ehrlich - Emlen Ehrlich, San Francisco CA 48.81% Splitting hairs By Barry Rigal REV MURTHY SUNDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS In the Soloway KO qualifier, Jacek Kalita of 47.0 Tables / Based on 48 Tables Poland and Fredrik Helness of Norway reached a A B C well-bid grand slam in diamonds. Then all they had 29.00 1 Soma Ono - Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 67.11% 21.75 2 Kenneth Titow - Joanne Titow, Scottsdale AZ 59.91% to do was make it: 16.31 3 Anne Stein, Mill Valley CA; James Griffin, San Rafael CA 59.36% ♠ A J 7 4 12.23 4 Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY; Joan Cremin, Paradise Valley AZ 58.44% ♥ A 5 9.67 5 Bob Klein - Nancy Gunn, Santa Rosa CA 58.27% ♦ A K 4 3 17.25 6 1 1 Jon Lelevier, Cardiff CA; Steve Reid, Carlsbad CA 57.87% ♣ K J 8 7.25 7 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 57.37% 6.44 8 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Peter Mosheim, Miami FL 57.12% ♠ K 5 5.80 9 Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Richard Leonardon, Santa Fe NM 56.48% ♥ K Q 6 12.94 10 2 2 Chun Chang - Maggie Zhao, Palo Alto CA 55.91% ♦ Q J 10 7 9.70 11 3 3 Howard Booth, Summit NJ; David Edelson, Berkeley CA 55.77% ♣ A 10 9 2 7.28 12 4 Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Beaverton OR 55.07% 7.73 13 5 Nadyne Cheary - Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD 54.86% 3.87 14 Elizabeth Reich, New York NY; Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY 54.69% Against 7♦, both declarers received a lead 4.93 15 6 Terry Kee, San Rafael CA; James Kee, Rostock Germany 54.46% and took East’s ♦9 in hand with the ♦10. 3.87 16 Roy Perry, St John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE 54.25% One possibility that both declarers rejected was 4.31 17 7 Kinga Voorhees - Burton Voorhees, Victoria BC 54.22% to pitch a club on the hearts after drawing trumps, 3.83 18 8 Mark Hersko, Windsor CA; Helene Gay, Santa Rosa CA 54.21% then try to pick up the ♣Q. Each correctly reasoned 2.90 19 Brian Hingerty, Knoxville TN; Gloria Larson, Oak Ridge TN 54.12% that ruffing spades in hand would offer the same 2.76 20 Rod Beery, Saint Charles MO; Richard Riezman, Saint Louis MO 54.11% chance of success. 4.06 21 9 4 Yardena Arar - Christian Goetze, San Francisco CA 54.02% They next played the ♦Q, both defenders 2.52 22 Robyn Hedly, Denver CO; Margaret Glasner, Yuma AZ 54.00% following low, the ♠K, the ♠A and a third spade. 3.14 23 10 Dell Berg, Redmond WA; Eri Griffin, Seattle WA 53.99% 2.88 24 11 Arjun Dhir, Johns Creek GA; Linda Robinson, Arlington MA 53.96% When East pitched a heart, they ruffed, crossed to the 2.65 12 Nancy Munson, Danville CA; Mike Munson, La Jolla CA 53.65% ♥A and ruffed the fourth spade, as East discarded a 2.46 13 Arif Janjua, Saratoga CA; Rich Nielsen, Los Altos CA 53.44% club. All that remained was to cross to dummy with 2.63 14 Ralph Moskowitz - Andrea French, Laguna Woods CA 53.39% the ♣K to draw the last trump ... and West ruffed in 2.41 15 Belinda Ledgerwood - Jack Hawks, Walnut Creek CA 53.30% for down one! 2.41 16 Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ; Steve Burnham, Cupertino CA 53.16% Subsequently, both declarers wondered if a 1.92 17 Karen Coe - John Coe, Edmond OK 53.05% magical variation (improvement?) might have saved 2.71 18 5 Sudhir Virmani, Sunnyvale CA; Bharat Kamdar, Monte Sereno CA 52.92% the day. 2.03 6 Marcia Taylor, Nanaimo BC; Elaine Marcail Sforza, Las Vegas NV 52.56% Because their chosen line fails if West can 2.41 7 Debby Rechnitz - Wayne Rechnitz, Orinda CA 52.28% overruff the third spade with the ♦8 (holding three 1.77 8 Susan M Breiddal - Dolf Daam, Victoria BC 52.05% 1.42 9 Malcolm Mendelson - Jacob Rosenberg, Moraga CA 51.92% trumps), it might be better (a) to refrain from drawing a second round of trumps and (b) to the spades high in hand. So declarer wins the ♦10 at trick one, cashes the Age requirement Smoking Policy ♠K, ♠A and ruffs a spade high. Then declarer can Smoking is not permitted in the playing area cross to the trump king. If trumps break, the fourth for Senior events during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This spade is ruffed high, dummy is reentered with the You must at least 60 years old to play in ACBL includes electronic smoking devices. Senior events through 2019. ♥A, the remaining trump is drawn, and declarer can claim. If trumps are 4–1, declarer must draw them and guess who has the ♣Q. Page 8 Monday, December 2, 2019 Daily Bulletin

REV MURTHY SUNDAY DAYLIGHT SWISS TEAMS 41 Tables / Based on 92 Tables A B C 33.23 1 Ruth Fleischmann, New York NY; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Manhattan NY; Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Gokhan Yilmaz, Istanbul Turkey 93.00 24.92 2 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; , Seattle WA; Veri Kiljan, Tilburg Netherlands; Luc Tijssen, Tilburg Netherlands 85.00 16.36 3/4 Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Hiroko Yanagisawa - Junko Tsubaki, Tokyo Japan; Yumiko Oda, Tokyo Japan 80.00 19.13 3/4 1 1 Alan Williams - Sandra Williams, Pleasanton CA; Jack Sieling, Pinellas Park FL; Ralph Meyer, Ridgewood NJ 80.00 14.35 5 2 2 Arthur Zhou - Michael Hu - Linzhi Hu, San Jose CA; Mark Langer, Racine WI 78.00 10.76 6 3 3 Zheng Zhang, Arcadia CA; Ping Hu, Naperville IL; Jim Liu, Saratoga CA; Qing Lu, San Jose CA 77.00 8.31 7 4 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY; Amy Rhodes, New York NY; Janine Buss, Port Washington NY 75.00 7.38 8 Gale Senter, San Clemente CA; Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV; Sooja Kwon, Seoul South Korea 74.00 Winners of last year’s 0–10,000 IMP Pairs were 6.65 9 Jane McLaughlin, San Francisco CA; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; Yuan Wei Wang and Hua Yang. Clay Hamner, Chapel Hill NC; , Las Vegas NV 73.00 6.38 10/11 5 4 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA; Vera Baum, 10K IMP Pairs starts today Los Altos CA; Susan Zhang, Los Altos Hills CA 71.00 The 0–10,000 IMP Pairs, which made its debut 5.79 10/11 Lloyd Arvedon, Hudson NH; Eric Schwartz, Arlington MA; in 2015, starts today. The contest consists of two Dori Cohen - Rob Gordon, Woodbury NY 71.00 qualifying sessions and two final sessions and is 5.47 6 5 Brandon Ge, Cupertino CA; Jonathan Yue, San Jose CA; Rory Xiao, limited to players with less than 10,000 masterpoints. Fremont CA; Aravind Alwan, Milpitas CA 68.00 It pays platinum points at 10% of the overall award 4.78 7 Peter Steiner, Semriach Austria; Manuela Turcsanyi - Andreas Babsch, Vienna Austria; Ulrike Schreckenberger, Berlin Germany 66.00 up to a maximum of 10 platinum points. 4.04 8/9 6 Brian Zhang - Qiang Zhang - Serena Guo, Dublin CA; Olivia Schireson, Stanford CA 64.00 2015 Spencer Jones, Theri Andino 4.04 8/9 Anne Derbes - Robert Schwab - Kimberly Fanady - Elizabeth Noronha, 2016 Ed Piken, Steve Cohen San Francisco CA 64.00 2017 Ron Kay, Bill Grant 2018 Hua Yang, Yuan Wei Wang REV MURTHY SUNDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH SWISS TEAMS 57 Tables 7 3 2 14.07 1 1 1 Guanghao Xiao - Eric Xiao, Shrewsbury MA; Charlie Chen, San Jose CA; Kayden Ge, Cupertino CA 94.00 reminder 9.23 2/3 Robert Barnes, Concord CA; J. Gregg Riehl, Orinda CA; Linda Ingham, Each player is required Lafayette CA; Furqan Naeem, Pittsburgh CA 88.00 to have a convention card 9.23 2/3 2 2 Nathan Yee, Spring TX; Dariusz Murakowski, Cambridge MA; filled out legibly and on Roy Tsai - Wei Chen, San Jose CA 88.00 the table throughout a 5.94 4 Chung Lau, Sunnyvale CA; Siuling Ku - Kenneth Hui, San Mateo CA; session. The convention Edward Lee, San Jose CA 85.00 4.69 5 Stanley Green, Greenbrae CA; Bill Yeast, Mill Valley CA; card must include the first Stephen Levinson - Nancy Levinson, San Rafael CA 79.00 and last name of each 4.02 6 Norman Bregman - Don Garka - David Baerncopf Jr. - member of the partnership, John Liebenberg, Livermore CA 78.00 and the cards must be identical. 4.86 7 3 3 Paul Melodia - Kevin Babcock - David Sweet, San Francisco CA; If a director determines that neither player has Devlin Delaney, Pacifica CA 77.00 a substantially completed card, the partnership may 3.65 8 4 Richard Bryant - Kathy Feeney, Tucson AZ; Andre Landry - play only the Yellow Card and Viviane Landry, Orleans ON 74.00 may use only standard carding. This restriction may 2.88 9 5 Cynthia Marks, Clearwater FL; David Newell, Safety Harbor FL; be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round David Gordon - Rosalind Gordon, Mattituck NY 73.00 after convention cards have been properly prepared 2.46 10/11 Mark Boucher, Centennial CO; Judith Baer, San Francisco CA; Dorothy Lloyd, Discovery Bay CA; Cynthia Kight, Brentwood CA 72.00 and approved by the director. Further, the partnership 2.46 10/11 Paul Davis, Mountain View CA; Geraldine Macdonald - will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each Eiko Lissner, Los Altos CA; Junko Funaki, Cupertino CA 72.00 board played, commencing with the next round and 2.09 12/13 Robyn Williams - Arvis Williams - Thomas Zimmerman - continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team Claire Zimmerman, Pearland TX 70.00 games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the 2.09 12/13 Annette Tham - Ann Schweichler, San Rafael CA; Patricia Ducayet - director. Edwin Ducayet Jr., Dallas TX 70.00 If the director determines the partnership has at 2.58 14 6 4 Herbert Nakagawa - William Stevenson, Honolulu HI; David Ouyang, least one substantially completed convention card Waianae HI; Melanie Ligh, New York NY 69.00 but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, 1.94 7/9 Anna Ravenscroft - Alex Martelli, Sunnyvale CA; Kal Aziz, the director may give warnings or assign such San Mateo CA; Bob Johnson, Burlingame CA 67.00 1.94 7/9 5/6 Chuck Reppas, Leavenworth WA; Kit Morse, San Mateo CA; penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the Gregory Gauthier, Mountain View CA; Eva Cheung, Menlo Park CA 67.00 circumstances. 1.94 7/9 5/6 David Gaddy - Ziheng Yun - Yanlai Yang, Berkeley CA; Kyle Lui, The objective of these warnings and penalties is Morganville NJ 67.00 the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL 1.57 10 7 Kristin Steinmetz, Portland OR; Paul Walker, Oregon City OR; regulations. Darel Hodgson - Janine Hodgson, Palo Alto CA 66.00 Daily Bulletin Monday, December 2, 2019 Page 9

FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES - FINAL 23.50 Tables / Based on 13 Tables 8.05 1/2 Eli Zinner, Nipomo CA 125.10% 8.05 1/2 Shmuel Greenberg, 125.10% 5.79 3 Don-Min Tsou, Cupertino CA 120.63% 3.88 4 Michael Klemens, Tarzana CA 113.02% 5.36 5/6 James Mosley, Falls Church VA 112.53% 5.36 5/6 Harry Potter, Vienna VA 112.53% 3.79 7/8 Carol Nelson, Carlsbad CA 111.91% 3.79 7/8 Scott Nelson, Carlsbad CA 111.91%

FRIDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES - FINAL 96.25 Tables / Based on 28 Tables 13.30 1/2 Tom Copeland, Leeds UK 125.90% 13.30 1/2 Gill Copeland, Leeds UK 125.90% 7.51 3/4 Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland 124.96% 7.51 3/4 Alfred Lee, Foster City CA 124.96% 5.07 5 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR 120.65% 8.01 6/7 Sheryl McEwan, Summit Point WV 118.22% 8.01 6/7 Keith Hafen, Gainesville VA 118.22% 4.36 8 Naresh Kapila, Auburn Hills MI 117.71% 3.04 9 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 114.60% 6.28 10 Don-Min Tsou, Cupertino CA 113.52% 3.27 11/12 Carol Nelson, Carlsbad CA 112.29% 3.27 11/12 Scott Nelson, Carlsbad CA 112.29% 2.69 13/14 John Santibanes, San Francisco CA 112.17% 2.69 13/14 Sandi Davis, Oakland CA 112.17%

REV MURTHY SUNDAY OPEN PAIRS 32.0 Tables A B C 21.00 1 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Columbia Heights MN; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA 60.30% 15.75 2 1 Charles Swart, Alameda CA; Phil Feldman, Los Angeles CA 58.22% 11.81 3 2 Ke Zhao, Edison NJ; Scott Brozell, Half Moon Bay CA 57.49% 8.86 4 Ranald Davidson, Delray Beach FL; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 57.40% 7.07 5 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Serdar Ogut, Darien IL 57.31% 6.00 6 David Moss, New York NY; Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY 56.70% 5.25 7 Alex Kornel - , Toronto ON 56.59% 5.04 8 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 56.56% 4.20 9 Jeff Hand, New York NY; James Hand, Oakland CA 56.20% 3.82 10 Samuel Amer, New York NY; Kerry Kappell, Sunnyside NY 55.41% 3.50 11 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Todd Werby, Tiburon CA 55.39% 6.12 12 3 John Feo, Kennewick WA; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT 54.72% 3.00 13 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL; John Kloke II, Richmond VA 54.21% 4.59 14 4 John Paxton - Gary Orser, Bozeman MT 53.87% 3.63 15 5 Rebecca Wernis, Berkeley CA; Katherine Rehak, Oak Park IL 53.86% 3.11 16 6 Lynn Larson - Paul Christ, Traverse City MI 53.54% 2.72 7 Randy Ryals, Menlo Park CA; Stephanie Singer, Belmont CA 52.82% The past comes alive 3.39 8 J. Michael Hill - Mae Hill, Columbus OH 52.38% Dutch players Frank van Wezel and Hans van 2.37 9 David Strauss, San Francisco CA; Paul Kushner, South Lake Tahoe CA 52.26% de Konijnenberg collect books, magazines and 1.98 10 Claire Black Slotton - Michael Koltnow, Davis CA 51.77% Daily Bulletins about bridge. They especially enjoy 3.94 1 Brenda Hatton, San Jose CA; Eunice Menezes, Cupertino CA 50.86% reading Daily Bulletins from the pre‑internet era – 2.96 2 Larry Whitlow, Saskatoon SK; Andrew Mitchell, Oak Harbor WA 50.81% these periodicals are a treasure trove of wonderful 2.22 3 Diane Schnarr - Paul Schnarr, Salt Lake City UT 49.97% photographs, marvelous sketches, splendid deals and 1.66 4 James Mosley, Falls Church VA; Harry Potter, Vienna VA 49.54% tremendous stories and anecdotes. Van Wezel and van de Konijnenberg decided SUNDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 18.0 Tables that this material should be at the disposal of all A B C bridge players. At the same time, they want to save 6.07 1 1 1 Ted Van Dyke - Franny Van Dyke, Washington DC 63.14% the history of bridge from oblivion. Therefore they 4.55 2 Geir Engebretsen, Valderoy Norway; Solbritt Lindahl, Evenskjer Norway 62.83% launched a free website: www.bridgedailybulletins.nl. 3.73 3 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Suzanne St. Thomas, Boise ID 62.39% On this site you may find thousands of bulletins, 2.61 4 Rita Bichara, San Francisco CA; Metin Guven, Istanbul Turkey 60.89% both from the digital era and before. WBF, EBL and 3.90 5 2 Jim Liu, Saratoga CA; Susan Zhang, Los Altos Hills CA 60.15% ACBL championship bulletins are posted, as well as 1.44 6 Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Alfred Lee, Foster City CA 59.35% many from miscellaneous tournaments around the 1.87 7 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 58.39% world. 2.93 3 2 Carol Ramberg - Irene White, Fair Oaks Ranch TX 57.91% If you have bulletins that they are missing, please 2.88 4 3 Susan Angel - Jerry Angel, Greenbrae CA 56.59% 2.02 5 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Paul Harris, Waltham MA 52.89% contact them. Contact details can be found on the 1.23 6 Kathleen McDougall, Richmond TX; Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 52.56% website. 1.44 4 Jay Margulies, Los Altos CA; Gloria Krusemeyer, Northfield MN 51.91% 1.01 5 Anthony Chiocchi - Damon Suden, New York NY 51.15% Page 10 Monday, December 2, 2019 Daily Bulletin

REV MURTHY SUNDAY EVENING BAM TEAMS Don’t relax! 5 Tables By Barry Rigal A B C The 0-10,000 Swiss Teams qualifier saw this 3.52 1 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Manhattan NY; Gokhan Yilmaz, Istanbul Turkey; Ruth Fleischmann, New York NY; Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY 17.00 amusing deal: 2.86 2 1 Malcolm Morris, London ; Gary Miyata - Donald Thomas, San Diego CA; Dlr: South ♠ A 7 4 John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 16.50 Vul: Both ♥ 9 7 5 ♦ A 10 8 7 4 REV MURTHY SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS ♣ Q 5 8.0 Tables A B C ♠ Q J 8 3 2.70 1 1 1 Joe Jones, Memphis TN; Stephanie Threlkeld, Germantown TN 69.05% ♥ A K 10 8 4 3 2.03 2 2 Ann Trueheart, Palo Alto CA; Kate Walters, Menlo Park CA 57.74% 1.52 3 3 2 Valerie Schlesinger, New Orleans LA; Daniela Tone, Santa Clara CA 55.95% ♦ K 1.14 4 4 3 Ashish Gupta - Andrew Hong, San Francisco CA 54.17% ♣ 10 6 0.85 5 Margo Seymour - Dale Seymour, Los Altos CA 53.87% 0.76 5 Tony Ramsden - Naomi Ramsden, Healdsburg CA 53.27% West North East South 1♥ REV MURTHY SUNDAY A/X/Y SWISS TEAMS 2♦ 3♦ Pass 4♥ 32 Tables / Based on 242 Tables A X Y All Pass 32.22 1 1 Marcia Dean - Robert Dean, San Jose CA; Jody Williams - Each West led a top club. If the defenders cash Richard Williams, San Carlos CA 87.00 a second club and play a diamond, I guess you 24.17 2 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; would win the king and bash out a top trump, falling Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland 83.00 back on restricted choice if necessary should West 18.12 3 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Bill Cook, Louisville KY; Roger Anderson - contribute a heart honor under the ♥A. You’d take the Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 80.00 spade finesse then use the ♠A entry to cash the ♦A, 13.59 4 2 1 Rajeev Jog - Niraj Jain, San Jose CA; Dave Walker, Seattle WA; and if East ruffs in, you overruff and claim. If East Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA 78.00 10.74 5 3 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON; discards, you take the trump finesse. Peter Manzon - Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA; Bonnie Bagley, But at both tables, West shifted to a diamond at Colorado Springs CO 76.00 trick two. Now it looks easy: win the ♦K, cash the ♥A 9.21 6 Jerry Goldberg - Jane Dillenberg - Alene Friedman - Michael Rosen, K, cross to the ♠A and cash the ♦A to pitch a club. New York NY 73.00 Not so fast! East discards, and you can lead a 8.06 7 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Gerald Lackner, Furstenfeld Austria; Kenji Miyakuni - spade to your queen, but you can’t stop East from Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 71.00 getting in with a spade to draw dummy’s last trump. 7.16 8 Ann Borgschulte, San Anselmo CA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; You lose one heart, two spades and a club. Sohail Hasan, Forest Hills NY; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY 70.00 The full deal: 9.67 4 2 Thomas McGuire Jr., Oakland CA; Paul Scheinberg - Larry Wyner - Asher Nathan, Santa Rosa CA 69.00 ♠ A 7 4 7.25 5 3 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Yan Zhang, Jersey City NJ; ♥ 9 7 5 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Randy Okubo, St. Paul MN 68.00 ♦ A 10 8 7 4 4.87 6/7 4/5 Art McHaffie - Joy McHaffie, Santa Fe NM; Catherine Miller - ♣ Q 5 Hugh Miller, Spring TX 61.00 ♠ 10 2 ♠ K 9 6 5 4.87 6/7 4/5 Chris Chung, Belmont CA; N (Kaya) Chua, Chula Vista CA; ♥ J ♥ Q 6 2 Daniel Harting, Hayward CA; David Weinberg, Reno NV 61.00 ♦ Q 9 7 6 3 2 ♦ J ♣ A K J 3 ♣ 9 8 7 4 2 REV MURTHY SUNDAY 0-3000 TEAMS BRACKET 1 9 Tables ♠ Q J 8 3 11.50 1 June White, Hillsborough CA; Linda Schwarz, Los Angeles CA; Edie Wong, ♥ A K 10 8 4 3 San Francisco CA; Mie Thiemmedh, San Bruno CA 101.00 ♦ K 8.63 2 Donna Darvey, Rancho Mirage CA; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC; Ilene Grabel, ♣ 10 6 Palm Desert CA; Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Village MI 97.00 The solution is easy: Don’t cash the second top 6.47 3 John Tippet, Fort Collins CO; Eusebio Menezes, Cupertino CA; Robert Liu, heart. Go to the ♠A to lead the ♦A as before. The Honolulu HI; Loring Harkness III, Kilauea HI 91.00 best East can do is ruff; if he discards, you get your 4.85 4 Robert Williams - Peter Rans, Halifax NS; Scott Rappard, Dartmouth NS; club away and can play spades to make 11 tricks by Carolyn Wood, Cobbs Creek VA 86.00 ruffing the fourth spade to finesse in hearts. REV MURTHY SUNDAY 0-3000 TEAMS BRACKET 2 9 Tables 9.42 1 Rick Wilson, Pleasanton CA; John Engstrom, Dublin CA; Ruisheng Shi, Appealing a ruling San Francisco CA; Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA 121.00 Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal 7.07 2 Valerie Lycette, Issaquah WA; Keith Bauer, San Rafael CA; Melinda Westgate, a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking Mercer Island WA; Janet Crossley, Novato CA 109.00 with the director who delivered the original ruling. 5.30 3 Karen Hudesman - Donald Stark - Ann Romeo - Mirjana Reams, Seattle WA 88.00 The table director will fill out paperwork regarding 3.97 4 Diane Strategos, Sacramento CA; Susan Bogan, Fair Oaks CA; Mariann Kessler - the appeal, and the appellants will explain what Barbara Smith, Walnut Creek CA 83.00 they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. From there, the case may be handled by a variety REV MURTHY SUNDAY 0-3000 TEAMS BRACKET 3 14 Tables of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the 9.36 1 James Hopkin, Orinda CA; Diane Hidy, San Francisco CA; Doug Couchman - case, the circumstances of that particular case will Bettina Brill, Tucson AZ 108.00 determine whether the case can be resolved by the 7.02 2 Susan Morse-Lebow - Monique Thomas, Los Angeles CA; Samantha Macdouglas - original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law or Brian Reynolds, Canoga Park CA 104.00 regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or even 4.61 3/4 Art Quey, San Mateo CA; Janelle Van Rensselaer, Burlingame CA; a committee-type hearing which could include bridge Jo Streich, San Francisco CA; Susan Papilion, Foster City CA 91.00 experts. 4.61 3/4 Glen Dexter - Margie Knickle, Lunenburg NS; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON; Diane Cohen, Clifton NJ 91.00 3.12 5 R. Carmel Bailey - Candace Flemming - Kathryn MacIsaac - Helen Prowse, Halifax NS 89.00 Daily Bulletin Monday, December 2, 2019 Page 11

ROUND OF 16 PAIRINGS IN THE SOLOWAY KO TEAMS

1 Spector 31 64 119 162 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; 32 Pellegrini 17 33 79 123 - Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL; John 1 Spector Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; John Hurd, New York NY; 16 (17) Korbel Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY vs 16 Demirev 7 12 36 w/d , Las Vegas NV; Richard Coren - Diyan 17 Korbel 68 119 147 Danailov, Boca Raton FL; , Toronto ON; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Jerry Stamatov, Sofia Bulgaria

9 Fleisher 43 65 89 110 Lavazza: , Copenhagen Denmark; 24 Ventin 35 73 97 130 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Philippe Cronier, Paris France; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Agustin 9 (24) Ventin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Antonio Sementa, 8 (25) Cayne Parma Italy 8 Hill 18 30 57 105 vs 25 Cayne 23 71 94 132 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - - Jan Jansma, New York NY; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Christian Bakke, Bergen Norway

5 Kasle 31 53 74 120 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge 28 Xu 46 83 110 141 IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Eric 5 (28) Xu Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Robert Levin, Henderson 12 (21) Lebowitz NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ vs 12 Rippey 15 30 70 122 Hemant Lall, Carrollton TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota 21 Lebowitz 41 82 96 126 FL; Roy Welland - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; David Gold, London England

13 Ginossar 25 42 88 102 Pierre Zimmermann - Geir Helgemo - Franck Multon 20 Blass npc 61 105 140 210 - Tor Helness, Monaco; Michal Klukowski, Poland; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland 13 (20) Blass npc vs 4 (29) Onstott Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, 4 Tulin 32 59 70 82 Montreal QC; , Paris France; Frederic 29 Onstott 35 44 58 84 Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France

Peter Crouch, Surrey England; Simon Cope, Hertfordshire UK; Espen Erichsen, Tunbridge Wells 2 Lavazza 45 120 197 244 UK; Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway 31 Questembert 29 31 51 60 vs 2 Lavazza Chen Zhao, Greenbelt MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis 15 Rosenthal MN; Linlin Hu, People’s Republic of China; Yinghao Liu, Hoboken NJ 15 Rosenthal 58 76 125 169 18 Levine 6 56 57 87 Blass, npc: Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den 10 Zimmermann 57 107 154 207 Netherlands 23 Mandala 14 38 60 90 vs John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jacob Morgan, 10 Zimmermann Madison WI; Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer, 7 (26) Street Zwolle Netherlands; Drew Casen, Henderson NV; 7 Gupta 40 85 109 130 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL 26 Street 10 43 82 136 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; , Sunnyvale CA; Johan Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden 6 Zagorin 5 13 20 45 vs 27 Zhao 47 78 100 130 Edward Xu, North York ON; Yan Wang, Richmond 6 (27) Zhao Hill ON; Xin Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of 11 Crouch China; Ming Sheng, Northbrook IL

11 Crouch 7 71 125 149 Juan Carlos Ventin, Barcelona Spain; Frederic 22 De Leon 58 75 89 120 Wrang, Stockholm Sweden; Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain; Miguel Villas-Boas, Salvador Brazil vs 14 Lall 24 66 112 132 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, 19 Pavlicek 33 39 70 90 Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; 14 Lall Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy 3 Nickell

3 Nickell 33 69 79 135 30 Molenaar 19 41 77 82 Page 12 Monday, December 2, 2019 Daily Bulletin

♠ — East won and played the ♦A and the ♦J. South Picking your spots ♥ — ruffed and had reached this position: By Barry Rigal ♦ A 8 7 ♠ Q 6 These two deals from the Soloway KO qualifier ♣ — ♥ K J 5 show an unusual manipulation of the spot cards. One ♠ — ♠ — ♦ — might be considered double-dummy, while the other ♥ — ♥ — ♣ Q 8 7 looks more like correct technique. ♦ J 6 5 ♦ Q 9 4 ♠ 9 8 4 ♠ — Dlr: South ♠ 9 6 4 ♣ — ♣ — ♥ 6 ♥ 9 Vul: None ♥ 10 8 2 ♠ — ♦ 9 ♦ K Q 8 5 ♦ A 8 7 3 ♥ — ♣ J 6 2 ♣ K 9 5 ♣ 10 6 5 ♦ K 10 2 ♠ A K J 5 ♠ J 8 5 3 2 ♠ 7 ♣ — ♥ — ♥ 9 7 ♥ A Q J 6 5 3 To defeat the contract, Pollack found the correct ♦ — ♦ J 6 5 ♦ Q 9 4 technical shift to the ♦Q. This sets the contract ♣ A 10 4 3 ♣ J 9 3 ♣ K Q 7 whenever partner has the ♦J, whereas a low diamond It looks as if declarer can succeed by leading a ♠ A K Q 10 or the ♦9 fails if declarer reads the position. club to the 8. But East can defeat this plan by shifting ♥ K 4 The second deal saw one table opening the East to a heart, and declarer is unable to take more than ♦ K 10 2 hand 2♣ and playing 5♦ undoubled, so the fate of 4♠ one discard. ♣ A 8 4 2 would swing a lot of IMPs: Declarer can, however, succeed by leading the Ross Grabel was West, Bill Pollack East. Dlr: East ♠ Q 6 3 ♣10 from hand! West must cover, and now the clubs Vul: None ♥ K J 10 5 3 play for one loser. West North East South ♦ 10 4 This may be double-dummy (the line would fail 1♣ ♣ Q 8 7 if the ♣J and ♣K were switched), but it is elegant and Pass Pass 2♥ Dbl ♠ 9 8 4 2 ♠ — unusual. Pass 3♣ All Pass ♥ 8 6 2 ♥ A 9 7 As a passed hand, North might have tried 2NT in ♦ 9 6 2 ♦ A K Q J 8 5 3 case there was a 4-4 fit, but 3♣ was playable enough. ♣ J 6 2 ♣ K 9 5 Buy your NABC After a heart to the ace and a second heart, ♠ A K J 10 7 5 declarer tried the ♣A and a second club. Pollack ♥ Q 4 entry online Don’t wait in line! Buy won and played a third heart, ruffed and overruffed. ♦ 7 your entries in advance for Grabel exited with a spade, hoping his partner had a ♣ A 10 4 3 all national-level events at significant spot card. No luck: Declarer won and ran BridgeWinners.com. the spades, Pollack discarding hearts, but he was then West North East South Entries must be thrown in with the master club in this position: 1♦ 1♠ purchased by 10 a.m. the Pass 2♠ Dbl 3♣ day of the event EXCEPT Pass 4♠ All Pass for events that require pre- Stay in touch David Yoon did well to lead a trump as West. registration, in which case Is your email address on file? Is it up to date? Declarer found out the bad news and might have tried the ACBL deadline, or the earlier of the two, applies. Let ACBL know. Call toll-free in the U.S., 800–264– to set up the at once by playing a diamond A nice feature: You can buy entries in advance 2743; outside the U.S. 1–662–253–3191 Monday– next, but instead he played the ♥Q, ducked, and a and be charged for the total number of sessions Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Time). You may second heart. also email [email protected] or update your info at played after the event is over. acbl.com by logging into MyACBL. Daily Bulletin Monday, December 2, 2019 Page 13

HONORING SOLOWAY HONORING SOLOWAY by Gerryby Gerry Nehra Nehra

Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 "Bingo!" 13 14 15 16

4 "Scream" star 17 18 Campbell 19 20 8 Juniper tree 21 22 13 Jeep luxury alternative 23 24 25 26 27

16 With 25D, Honoree 28 29 30 won this contest in 1998 31 32 33 17 Looking up to 34 35 36 18 Dentist's direction 19 Honoree won 9 of 37 38 39 them 40 41 42

20 Old Woman 43 44 45 46 47 21 Blackens 48 49 22 Afternoon service 50 51 23 Easter Island is part of it 52 53 54 25 Laser light Across 31 Sound heard through Down 25 With 16A, Honoree 26 "Flying Down to 1 “Bingo!” a stethoscope 1 Brews won this contest in 1998 4 “Scream” star 32 Set ablaze 2 Door fastener 27 Eyes, poetically ___" 48 Animal catcherCampbell 8 Reactions33 Kind of lettuce to horror 3 The29 “A” Periods of ABM of time28 “How ___!” 8 Juniper tree 34 Modern citation info 4 “Enough already!” 29 Periods of time 28 Macbeth, for one 49 Running13 Jeepfor luxury office 9 Seed35 Ocean’s coverings edge 5 Contents32 Greenland of Pandora’s air 32base Greenland air base alternative 36 Brings down box 33 Honoree won the ___ 16 With 25D, Honoree 37 Tokyo, formerly 6 Peddle Bowl 5 times 29 Cohn and Chagall 50 Worse, aswon excuses this contest in 1998go 10 Honoree38 Insignificant won 6 of 7 .000000133 Honoree joule won the35 They ___ let people off 17 Looking up to 39 Kind of pool 8 Reactions to horror 36 Quarter-barrel 30 Keep out 18 Dentist’s direction them40 Butcher’s discards 9 SeedBowl coverings 5 times 39 Ornament 51 Sealab 19inhabitants Honoree won 9 of 42 Quad building 10 Honoree won 6 of 41 Personnel director, at them 11 Greedily43 Ablaze them35 They let people offtimes 31 Sound heard through 52 Open hearings20 Old Woman in 44 Regard 11 Greedily 42 Charity, often 21 Blackens 48 Animal catcher 12 Margosa tree 43 Christiania, now a stethoscope courts 22 Afternoon service 12 Margosa49 Running for office tree 14 Most36 of aQuarter tooth -barrel44 Delicate 23 Easter Island is part 50 Worse, as excuses go 15 Wine and dine 45 Honoree’s first name 32 Set ablaze 53 Turned blue,of it maybe 14 Most51 Sealab ofinhabitants a tooth 20 Shoreline,39 Ornament often 46 “Beetle Bailey” dog 25 Laser light 52 Open hearings in 22 Canonical hour 47 Home, informally 26 “Flying Down to courts before sext 49 Atlantic catch 33 Kind of lettuce 54 Auction offering___” 15 Wine53 Turned andblue, maybe dine 23 A 41white winePersonnel director, at 28 Macbeth, for one 54 Auction offering 24 Honoree was elected 34 Modern citation info 29 Cohn and Chagall to timesthis body in 2002 30 Keep out 20 Shoreline, often Down 35 Ocean's edge 22 Canonical hour 42 Charity, often 1 Brews 36 Brings down before sext 43 Christiania, now 2 Door fastener Answer on page 14 37 Tokyo, formerly 23 A white wine 44 Delicate 3 The "A" of ABM 38 Insignificant 24 Honoree was elected 45 Honoree's first name 4 "Enough already!" to this body in 2002 39 Kind of pool 46 "Beetle Bailey" dog 5 Contents of Pandora's 25 With 16A, Honoree 40 Butcher's discards 47 Home, informally box won this contest in 1998 42 Quad building 49 Atlantic catch 6 Peddle 27 Eyes, poetically 43 Ablaze 7 .0000001 joule 28 "How ___!" 44 Regard Page 14 Monday, December 2, 2019 Daily Bulletin

10K Swiss Answer to Bridge Crosswords on page 13 continued from page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Margaret Peterson of Larkspur CA, Dawn Campbell A H A N E V E S A V I N of Portland OR and Aaron Jones of North Bethesda 13 14 15 16 MD. L A N D R O V E R C R A N E 17 18 E S T E E M I N G R I N S E 19 20 S P I N G O L D B E L D A M 21 22 T A R S T E A S E T 23 24 25 26 27 C H I L E B E A M R I O 28 29 30 T H A N E M A R C S B A R 31 32 33 R A L E T O R C H B I B B 34 35 36 U R L S H O R E F E L L S 37 38 39 E D O P U N Y D I R T Y 40 41 42 Second in the 0-10,000 Swiss Teams: J.J. O F F A L S D O R M Johnsen, Margaret Peterson, Dawn Campbell 43 44 45 46 47 and Aaron Jones. O N F I R E L O O K U P O N 48 49 S N A R E C A N D I D A T E 50 51 NABC Electronic L A M E R O C E A N A U T S 52 53 54 Device Policy O Y E R S D Y E D L O T Except by permission of the director in charge, any electronic equipment or device capable of receiving or sending an electronic , or capable REV MURTHY SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS of communicating in any way, may not be operated A B C or functioning in any manner in the playing area 5.40 1 1 Vincent Wu, Burlingame CA; Kenneth Wong, Newton MA 66.46% during a session of play. Any such equipment must 4.05 2 2 Florence Glatt - William Glatt, Foster City CA 61.61% not be visible during the session and must remain off 3.04 3 3 Hide Tanigami - Judy Tanigami, Los Altos CA 59.95% at all times. 2.80 4/5 4/5 1/2 Suhang Li - Xuyang Zhang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 58.93% The above restrictions apply to all players, 2.80 4/5 4/5 1/2 Ziqian Wang - Shuoming Ma, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 58.93% captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders 1.80 6 6 3 Lucy Ballard, Redwood City CA; Debbie Carey, Emerald Hills CA 58.33% 1.25 4/5 Joan Taras - Marvis Olson, Calgary AB 57.14% except those persons granted permission by the 1.18 4/5 Dennis Viner - Cyndy Sidore, Princeville HI 57.14% ACBL, and are in force throughout any playing 0.88 6 Barbara Cohen - Norman Cohen, San Mateo CA 56.25% session or segment of play. Further restrictions and requirements apply in events involving live internet REV MURTHY SUNDAY MORNING 99ER PAIRS and/or vugraph coverage. 10.0 Tables A violation of any of the above restrictions will A B C result in an automatic penalty, pursuant to Law 91 of 2.67 1 Patrick Harl, Livermore CA; Carol Gurrad, Concord CA 67.39% the Laws of . 2.00 2 Leslie Engler - Doris McMullen, Moraga CA 61.90% NABC+ events 2.22 3 1 John Stremel, San Jose CA; Kai Eckert, El Granada CA 59.90% • First offense of any kind (ringing, answering or 1.67 4 2 Sandra Crinnion - Loreta Landucci, Walnut Creek CA 59.65% 1.49 5 3 1 Gloria Heredia, Duluth GA; Catherine Peters, Atlanta GA 59.14% initiating a call, texting or browsing) in a session: 0.94 6 4 Raynard Jong - Marjory Jong, Livermore CA 56.80% One full board, 12 IMPs or 20% of the maximum 1.12 5 2 Fay Bigelow - Deborah Penrose, Half Moon Bay CA 54.80% available VPs per match, at the respective form of 0.84 3 Ryan Tock - Jesse Miller, Mountain View CA 47.28% scoring. • Second offense in the same session or third offense REV MURTHY SUNDAY MORNING 0-20 PAIRS within the event, disqualification of the pair or team 5.0 Tables from the event. A B Other events 1.60 1 1 Elsie Kelly, Glenbrook NV; Charlotte Scherman, 64.59% • First offense, in the same session – ringing 1.20 2 2 Susan Margolis, Walnut Creek CA; Bradley Finegold, San Francisco CA 57.35% only: one-quarter board, 3 IMPs or 1 VP, at the 0.90 3 3 Andrew Ehrich, Menlo Park CA; Andrew Purcell, San Francisco CA 55.33% 0.70 4 Eric Guan - Anthony Guan, San Francisco CA 54.45% respective form of scoring; first offense in the same session – answering or initiating a call, texting or REV MURTHY SUNDAY BRIDGE PLUS browsing: one-half board, 6 IMPs or 2 VPs, at the 13.5 Tables respective form of scoring. A B • Second offense in the same session: two full 2.56 1 Kathleen King, Mill Valley CA; Rebecca Susser, San Francisco CA 82.67% boards, 20 IMPs or 50% of the maximum available 1.92 2 Uday Wagle - Kusum Wagle, San Francisco CA 65.50% VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring. 1.78 3/4 1/2 Susan Mann, Walnut Creek CA; Joanne Quijano, Alamo CA 63.33% • Third offense in the event: disqualification of the 1.78 3/4 1/2 Terri Rowe - Stuart Rowe, Brentwood CA 63.33% pair or team from the event. 0.81 5 Linda Gruber, Ross CA; Susie McCormick, Necasio CA 60.00% Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed 1.00 6/7 3/4 Margaret Lerian - Robin Hubinsky, San Francisco CA 58.33% 1.00 6/7 3/4 Megan Sanguinetti - Hans Werner, San Francisco CA 58.33% from the playing area for the remainder of the 0.56 5/6 Patricia McDonnell, Menlo Park CA; Mary O Neill, San Mades CA 53.33% session. 0.56 5/6 Maryly Snow - Ama Torrance, Oakland CA 53.33% This policy applies to all events at NABCs. Daily Bulletin Monday, December 2, 2019 Page 15

sense, of time used and remaining in a segment Slow play in which they are playing regardless of whether a Soloway update Slow play, especially habitual slow play, is a clock is in use or a time announcement has been continued from page 1 violation of law and subject to penalty. When a pair made. An excuse of “no announcement” or “no has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them to make up clock immediately visible” will not be considered losing it 58-7 before retaliating in the second quarter the time lost as quickly as possible whether at fault persuasive. to cut De Leon’s lead to just 4 IMPs in the second or not. All players are expected to make a concerted In consultation with the DIC of the tournament, set. Crouch advanced, however, 149-120. effort to catch up when they have fallen behind, the TD may require that a particular pair not play in a The No. 13 seed led by and the regardless of the reason for their lateness. specified segment, not play against a specified pair or No. 16 seed led by Nick Demirev lost convincingly In the absence of compelling evidence to the not play together as a pair. The foregoing is expected in their respective KO matches, meaning that half contrary, the director should presume that a pair to be applied only due to egregious circumstances or of the higher seeds were ejected from the event finishing a round late by more than two or three to unduly repetitious offenders. yesterday. minutes on more than one occasion during a session An appeal of an action taken by a TD with regard is responsible for the lateness. There is a strong to time may be taken to the Director in Charge of minor late finish. The TD may remove one or more expectation that the director will penalize such a the tournament, and no further. For NABC+ KO boards from a segment. The TD may award no score pair. The size of a penalty will tend to increase for events, the TD is charged with the responsibility to (when neither team is more at fault), an assigned subsequent instances of slow play and for chronic or ensure that each KO match segment finishes within score (when a result already exists at one table which egregious slow play. the allotted time. While a time monitor may be the TD wishes to preserve) or an artificial score in While warnings typically will be given before a employed, the lack of a monitor in no way limits the IMPs. Every effort should be made to remove boards penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way limits TD’s authority to apply one or more of the remedies before they can be played at either table, but not the director’s authority to issue a penalty. listed below. having done so does not preclude removing one or Players are expected to be aware, in a general The TD may choose to ignore an occasional more later.

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Peggy Tatro Day Tuesday, December 3, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Tuesday-Wednesday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Monday-Tuesday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Tom Pajak Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Tuesday, December 3, 10 a.m. Peggy Tatro 299er & 99er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Peggy Tatro 0-20 Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $15 Tuesday, December 3, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Peggy Tatro Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Golden Gate C, Level B2 $20 $24 Peggy Tatro Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Golden Gate A, Level B2 $20 $24 Monday-Tuesday Daylight Knockout Teams 3-4 Golden Gate B, Level B2 $20 $24 Tuesday, December 3, Noon & 7 p.m. SOLOWAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 QF Nob Hill, Bottom Level $30 + fee of $20/team/session Tuesday, December 3, 1 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 3rd single session Pacific A, 4th Floor $20 $24 Tuesday, December 3, 1 & 7:30 p.m. KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Yerba Buena 10, Bottom Level $30 — Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions. WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 Q Yerba Buena 9, Bottom Level $30 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions 0-6000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Yerba Buena 7, Bottom Level $22 — Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions. Limited to players with less than 6000 masterpoints. 0-10,000 IMP PAIRS 1-2 F Foothill C, 2nd Floor $22 — Peggy Tatro Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Yerba Buena 6, Bottom Level $20 $24 Peggy Tatro Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Harvey Brody Memorial Tuesday-Wednesday Knockout Teams 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Monday-Tuesday Knockout Teams 3-4 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Tuesday, December 3, 3 p.m. Peggy Tatro Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single Soma, 2nd Level $20 $24 Peggy Tatro 299er & 99er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Level $15 $19 Tuesday, December 3, 7:30 p.m. Lee Pollak A/X/Y Side Swiss Teams single Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Lee Pollak B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 4th single session Golden Gate C, Level B2 $20 $24 Peggy Tatro 299er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Tuesday, December 3, 11:30 p.m. Peggy Tatro Zip Knockout Teams single Soma, 2nd Floor $16/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750.BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Page 16 Monday, December 2, 2019 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Goodwill Day Monday, December 2, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Sunday-Monday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Monday-Tuesday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Tom Pajak Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 1st single session Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Monday, December 2, 10 a.m. Terry Terzian Memorial 299er & 99er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Terry Terzian Memorial 0-20 Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $15 Monday, December 2, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. SUPER SENIOR PAIRS 1-2 F Yerba Buena 10, Bottom Level $30 — Daylight A/X Open Pairs (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Golden Gate C, Level B2 $20 $24 Daylight B/C Open Pairs (3000/1500) 1-2 Golden Gate C, Level B2 $20 $24 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Golden Gate A, Level B2 $20 $24 Monday-Tuesday Daylight Knockout Teams 1-2 Golden Gate B, Level B2 $20 $24 Monday, December 2, Noon & 7 p.m. SOLOWAY KNOCKOUT TEAMS KO Rd. of 16 Yerba Buena 7, Bottom Level $30 + screen fee of $20/team/session Monday, December 2, 1 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 1st single session Pacific A, 4th Floor $20 $24 Monday, December 2, 1 & 7:30 p.m. MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Yerba Buena 9, Bottom Level $30 — 0-10,000 IMP Pairs 1-2 Q Yerba Buena 9, Bottom Level $22 — 2 qualifying & 2 final sessions. A/X/Y Open Pairs (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Yerba Buena 6, Bottom Level $20 $24 B/C/D Open Pairs (3000/1500/750) 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Monday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Monday-Tuesday Knockout Teams 1-2 Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Monday, December 2, 3 p.m. Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single Golden Gate B, Level B2 $20 $24 Terry Terzian Memorial 299er & 99er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Monday, December 2, 7:30 p.m. A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams single Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams single Yerba Buena 8, Bottom Level $20 $24 Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Golden Gate C, Level B2 $20 $24 Terry Terzian Memorial 299er Pairs single Soma, 2nd Floor $15 $19 Monday, December 2, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single $16/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300- 750/200-300/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750.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.

Today’s Sponsors community, ever ready to help new players feel Tom Pajak Jackie Ortiz If Tom Pajak were a Jackie Ortiz – our own comfortable in an intimidating atmosphere. She is baseball player, he’d handle “Jackie O” – is an amazing easily described as a foundation of District 21. You all nine positions flawlessly woman who makes the will see her at the Information Desk, volunteering as and be revered by teammates Energizer Bunny look lazy. always to ensure the success of our NABC. Thank and opponents alike. She is always there with a you, Marion! You’re the best. Unanimous MVP, with a smile ready smile for everyone she The A/X/Y Open Pairs are named in honor of for everyone and remarkable greets, and her culinary skills Marion Robertson. aplomb in all situations. That are legendary. If a volunteer sums up Tom’s service to is needed, Jackie’s hand goes Unit 502 (and the larger bridge community) over up before the request is completed. Her history of Monitoring ACBL monitors events at North American Bridge several decades, even serving as president of District service includes being president of the District 21 Championships with both visible and concealed 21 for the past two years. The Unit 502 board voted board, president of Unit 509’s board, many terms on real-time cameras in public spaces. The images are unanimously to honor Tom with this token of our previous D21 NABC committees, and other positions recorded and available for later inspection and review thanks and admiration. too numerous to mention. She is not too busy to by ACBL management and tournament officials, The Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game mentor new players, and when she sees a job to be among others, including members of the Anti- Series is named in honor of Tom Pajak. done, she simply does it. When you see her, please Cheating Commission. These recordings are also thank her for her continued service and commitment uploaded to the internet following the NABC. to bridge. She is a big part of what makes our Terry Terzian By general monitoring of the session and tournaments a success. 1957–2019 participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of The Daylight Open Pairs are named in honor of Terry had been teaching information that may be useful in determining facts Jackie Ortiz. bridge since the 1970s. He and settling issues or disputes arising from some was a noted bridge personality types of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. in the Bay Area and helped Marion Roberston Please summon a director if a problem occurs at the many players tour the world San Francisco’s finest: table. This procedure is intended to assure everyone on his cruises. He loved ice Marion Robertson fills the that the playing field is level and that misbehavior skating and tennis in addition bill! With her fine legal will not be tolerated. to bridge. Through his travels, mind, she has presided over he brought much joy and the SF unit board, District interesting adventures to students, partners and 21 board and the Western friends. He is truly missed. Conference for many years, The morning Intermediate/Newcomer games are keeping us informed and on named in memory of Terry Terzian. the critical path forward. She continues her service every day in the San Francisco