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Pszczola Wins Open Swiss March 18-28, 2004 47th Spring North American Bridge Championships Reno, Nevada DailyVolume 47, Number 11 Monday, March 29, 2004Bulletin Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Henry Francis Pszczola wins Open Swiss The multinational squad captained by Jacek Pszczola needed a blitz in the last round of the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams to catch the defending champions in the event led by Peter Bertheau, and that’s exactly what happened. Pszczola, playing with teammates Michal Kwiecien, Piotr Gawrys, Sam Lev, Michael Polowan and Chris Willenken, had a score of 116 at the end of the next- to-last round. The Bertheau team of Fredrik Nystrom, Christal Henner-Welland, Michael Kamil, Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes finished their final match early and reported a score 134. Therefore, for Bertheau to finish second it would require the Pszczola — the only team within striking distance — to win by enough to earn at least 19 Victory Points. Open Swiss Team champs: Piotr Gawrys, Sam Lev, Michal Kwiecien, Pszczola over-achieved, blitzing their last-round opponents to grab the top Michael Polowan, Chris Willenken (back) and Jacek Pszczola. spot with a final score of 136. Fantoni, Nunes tops Sulgrove takes in points won here Women’s Swiss Kathy Sulgrove last won a national Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes of Italy, championship in 1984 and then gave up the game reigning World Open Pairs champions, tied for for almost two decades. She came back with a first in the battle for the Mott-Smith Trophy, force, leading her squad to victory in the Machlin awarded to the player who scores the most Women’s Swiss Teams. Playing with Sulgrove masterpoints at the Spring NABC. They won were JoAnn Sprung, Peggy Sutherlin and Karen the Open Pairs II ,finished second in the Jacoby Allison. Swiss Teams and tied for ninth in the The foursome — which featured the first-time Vanderbilt. The leaders: They won the Women’s Swiss Teams: (seated) partnership of Sulgrove and Sprung — posted a 1 363.82 Fulvio Fantoni Karen Allison and Peggy Sutherlin; (standing) 363.82 Claudio Nunes Kathy Sulgrove and JoAnn Sprung. final score of 137.25. 3 329.97 Ralph Katz In second with 131.72 was the team of Valerie 4 310.00 David Berkowitz Westheimer (captain), Judi Radin, Mildred Breed, 310.00 Larry Cohen D10 pair wins Continued on page 4 6 255.39 Giorgio Duboin 7 253.36 George Jacobs NAP Flight B 253.36 Alfredo Versace 9 250.00 Lorenzo Lauria The District 10 duo of Dayn Beam and Jim 250.00 Norberto Bocchi Alison are the new North American Pair Flight B 11 228.25 Richard Schwartz champions. 12 208.89 Michael Becker Beam and Alison both live in Huntsville AL, 13 207.77 Peter Boyd 207.77 Steve Robinson and both are lawyers. 15 203.32 Michael Polowan They have previously played in several NAP 16 198.26 Kit Woolsey Flight C contests, and in one they finished second. 198.26 Fred Stewart This is the fourth time the pair has played in the 18 197.82 Chris Willenken Flight B championship. 19 190.70 Eddie Wold “We finally got it right,” said Beam. North American Pairs Flight C champions 190.70 Mike Passell Daniel Wilderman and Ryan Connors. 21 187.78 Michael Rosenberg This is also the last NAP Flight B in which the 22 185.80 Michal Kwiecien pair will play since Alison has surpassed the 2000- 185.80 Jacek Pszczola masterpoint threshold. NAP Flight C title 24 183.15 John Stiefel In second, less than a board behind, was the 25 175.07 Malcolm Brachman 26 174.76 Gawrys Plotr District 12 pair of Jacqueline DeRouin of Okomos goes to D24 MI and Jan Garthe of Suttons Bay MI. 27 173.22 Shome Mukherjee A late appeal in the North American Pairs 173.22 William Hunter Flight C pushed the District 24 pair of Daniel 29 159.94 Martin Fleisher 30 159.90 Michael Kamil Wilderman and Ryan Connors into first place. 31 159.44 Joe Grue Wilderman, 26, lives in New York City and 159.44 Curtis Cheek works for a hedge fund company. Connors, 25, also 33 157.41 Paul Soloway lives in New York and is a law student at NYU. 34 157.18 Walter Fontaine They have been playing together for a year. 35 156.00 Bjorn Fallenius 156.00 Roy Welland Less than a board back was the District 3 duo 37 154.76 Zia Mahmood of Jacek Leznicki of Verona NJ and Jerry Owczarek 38 153.71 Jeff Meckstroth Winners of the North American Pairs Flight B of Union NJ. Leznicki and Owczarek were the 39 152.18 Peggy Sutherlin were Dayn Beam and Jim Alison. 2002 NAP Flight C champions. 40 151.84 Dennis Dawson Page 2 Daily Bulletin SATURDAY-SUNDAY KNOCKOUTS NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS FLIGHT B Bracket 1 12 Teams 28 Pairs 36.80 1 Bonnie Bagley - Toshiko Yingst - Dennis 45.00 1 Jim Alison - Dayn Beam, Huntsville AL 426.31 Goldston - Chris Champion - Shirley Scott, 33.75 2 Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI; Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI 417.73 Colorado Springs CO 25.31 3 Kevin Young - Peter Worby, Regina SK 391.44 27.60 2 Donald Mamula, Mill Creek WA; Ramji 20.00 4 Elizabeth Grooms - G Grooms, Taylors SC 390.96 Tewari, Calgary AB; Paul Sorensen - Allan 18.00 5 Yixin Tang, Boston MA; Juan Castillo, Providence RI 382.13 Sorensen, Berwyn AB 16.36 6 Roman Kaski - Henryk Nowak, Mississauga ON 381.45 18.40 3/4 Dan Romm - Robert Hitchens, Seattle WA; 15.00 7 Bill Kertes, Toronto ON; Ina Demme, Maple ON 379.47 Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA; Helen Abbott, 13.85 8 Rachel Chittaro, Kildeer IL; Edward Nield, Westchester IL 371.46 Mercer Island WA 12.86 9 Max Minzner, Brooklyn NY; Peter Bonfanti, New York NY 368.95 18.40 3/4 Ruth-Anne Mazer - Allan Mazer, Towson MD; 12.00 10 Jon Nance, Springfield MO; Paul Ross, Fair Grove MO 368.43 Walter Smith, West Sand Lake NY; Robert 11.25 11 Diane Miller, Ridgecrest CA; John Boackle Jr, Poway CA 368.42 Hickey, East Sandwich MA 10.59 12 Vernon De Jong, Sharon PA; Chet Mody, Greenville PA 364.40 10.00 13 Dianne Jones - Dick Jones, El Paso TX 364.30 Bracket 2 12 Teams 9.47 14 Marc Passman, Skokie IL; Samuel Miller, Glencoe IL 362.70 25.97 1 Yas Takeda - Jim Culbertson - Joan 12.10 15 Tom Wylie, Woodland Hills CA; Steven Yaffe, Sherman Oaks CA 361.97 9.25 16 Alex Staykov, Concord CA; Dmitri Shabes, San Ramon CA 361.58 Culbertson, Hacienda Heights CA; Sabina 8.18 17 Beve Smith, Shepherdsville KY; Danny Barnett, Corbin KY 360.47 Lim, Orange CA; Gayle Andrews, Stanton 7.83 18 Suresh Agrawal, Mesquite TX; Bob Scallan, Dallas TX 352.88 CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 7.50 19 David Walters - Bette Wrona, San Diego CA 352.62 19.48 2 Gregory Chaffee - David Oakley - Lynne 7.20 20 W Fisher, Rochester NY; John Donovan, Gainesville FL 344.60 O’Neill - Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA 6.92 21 Cliff Pleatman, Cincinnati OH; Lorna Davis, West Chester OH 338.20 12.99 3/4 Norm Gordon, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Ahmed 6.67 22 Mark Brighouse, Towaco NJ; Harvinder Sidhu, Neshantic Station NJ 335.58 Sorathia, Chino CA; Mariko Kakimoto, 6.43 23 Randolph Hammock, Los Angeles CA; Brian Egan, Marina del Rey CA 334.03 Newport Coast CA; Alfred Lee, Rancho Palos 6.21 24 Lawrence Harding, Hampstead NC; John Markey II, Raleigh NC 325.87 Verdes CA 6.00 25 Steven Johnson - Ruth Clements, Wichita KS 320.69 12.99 3/4 Jack Margid, San Francisco CA; Zac Cohen, San Lorenzo CA; Cole Powell, Oakland CA; V Everett Boyer, San Bruno CA NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS FLIGHT C 28 Pairs Bracket 3 12 Teams 30.00 1 Ryan Connors - Daniel Wilderman, New York NY 418.11 21.74 1 Nancy Stewart, North York ON; Donna 22.50 2 Jacek Leznicki, Verona NJ; Jerry Owczarek, Union NJ 415.29 Marks, Atlanta GA; Grant Mackinnon, 16.88 3 Eric Phifer - Eric Shreiber, Getzville NY 407.20 Burlington ON; William Woodfine, 13.33 4 Robert Todd - Bob Soni, Tallahassee FL 400.80 Toronto ON 12.00 5 Andrew Cotton, Berkeley CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 393.24 10.91 6 Min Zheng - Fan Zhang, Redmond WA 385.46 16.31 2 Patricia Fowlkes - James Fowlkes, Garner NC; 10.00 7 Robert Forster - Sumit Daftuar, Pasadena CA 382.58 Gretchen Smith - David Smith, Davidson NC 9.23 8 Edward Freeman - Ted Runstein, Portland OR 381.40 10.87 3/4 Marcia West - Phyllis Gravitz, Mercer Island 8.57 9 Hayri Kuterdem - David Kempe, Seattle WA 378.67 WA; Helene Fornia, Clyde Hill WA; Carol 8.00 10 Patricia English, Cincinnati OH; John Stoppiello, Hamilton OH 363.50 Zogg, Bellevue WA 7.50 11 Bob Bailey - Joshua Bailey, Burton OH 363.30 10.87 3/4 Sherry Steigmann - Robert Steigmann, Urbana 7.06 12 Daniel Osman, Prairie Village KS; Olivier Urruty, Lawrence KS 361.30 IL; Jackie Barker, Harrison AR; Gloria 6.67 13 Curt Merrill, Montclair NJ; Linda Tedeschi, Essex Fells NJ 359.00 Krauter, Ardmore OK 6.32 14 Christine Foy, Aiken SC; Owen Lien, Hickory NC 355.16 6.00 15 Richard Bauman - Thomas Overmire, Ann Arbor MI 354.65 Bracket 4 16 Teams 6.86 16 Brian Duran, Cambridge MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 352.51 19.57 1 Richard Chase, Lady Lake FL; Phyllis 5.45 17 Robert Boorman, Chevy Chase MD; Christon Johnson, Falls Church VA 344.45 Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Martha Hawley, 5.22 18 Walton Francis, Fairfax VA; William Prosser, Mc Lean VA 344.11 Monterey CA; Mitchell Snyder, Earlington PA 5.00 19 Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON; Ian More, Toronto ON 338.98 14.68 2 Ronald Heron, Winnipeg MB; Gregory 4.80 20 Steven Day, Shawnee KS; James Kelley Jr, Shawnee Mission KS 335.05 Vernon, Ridgecrest CA; Rob Lorck - Sue Ann 4.62 21 David Warner - Larry Smith, Austin TX 333.29 Moore, Colorado Springs CO 4.44 22 Stephen King - Daniel Groves, Bloomington IN 332.95 9.79 3/4 Marielle Brentnall - Wendy Richardson - 4.29 23 John Kirby - Alan Godfrey, Raleigh NC 329.69 Barbara Lillie - W James Ball, Winnipeg MB 9.79 3/4 Walter Tauber, Longmeadow MA; Molly LAST FAST PAIRS Harris, Portland OR; Patricia Laflin, Camas 116
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