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Schwartz Takes Jacoby Open Swiss Title Lavazza Cruises To Monday, March 21, 2016 Volume 59, Number 11 Daily Bulletin 59th Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Sue Munday and Brent Manley Lavazza cruises to Vanderbilt victory ACBL President Ken Monzingo presents the Vanderbilt Trophy to the winners of the knockout event: Alejandro Bianchedi, Diego Brenner, Giorgio Duboin, Zia Mahmood and Agustin Madala. Not pictured: Norberto Bocchi. Lavazza beat Cayne 164-111. Second in the Vanderbilt went to Antonio Sementa, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace and Mustafa Cem Tokay. Not pictured are team captain James Cayne and Michael Seamon. Schwartz takes Jacoby Open Swiss title The Richard Schwartz team had the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams won with a round to go. The team: Boye Brogeland, Espen Lindkvist, Schwartz, Daniel Korbel, Huub Bertens and Allan Graves. Second in the Swiss teams went to Nickell (npc): Steve Weinstein, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell. Meckstroth edges Ferm for Women’s Swiss victory In a photo finish, the Sally Meckstroth team won the Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams by 0.23 victory points. The winners: Cecilia Rimstedt, Marion Michielsen, Meckstroth, Meike Wortel and Ida Groenkvist. Second in the Women’s Swiss: Juanita Chambers, Migry Zur Campanile, team captain Barbara Ferm, Jill Levin and Jill Meyers. Not pictured: Judi Radin Mott-Smith Trophy Nelson, Cohen are Fast Pairs champs Geoff Hampson and Eric Greco finished with 315.71 masterpoints to win the Mott- Smith Trophy, given to the player who accumulates the most masterpoints at the Spring NABC. The pair picked up 200 points with their win in the prestigious Norman Kay Platinum Marty Nelson and Gil Cohen had two big Second in the Fast Pairs: Terry Beckham and Pairs, and 80 more when their Vanderbilt team boards on the final round of the NABC+ Fast John Koch. advanced to the quarterfinal round before being Open Pairs to win the event. knocked out. They tacked on 35 more on Sunday with a ninth-place finish in the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams. FINAL TABLE COUNT: 11,642.5 continued on page 4 Page 2 Monday, March 21, 2016 Daily Bulletin VANDERBILT KO TEAMS Reading RG71Q Great Britain; Julius Sigurjonsson, 201 Kopavogur 69 Tables Iceland; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Excelsior MN 101.19 250.00 1 Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Zia 27.78 13 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Fredrik Nystrom - Mahmood, New York NY; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C Denmark; Morten Buenos Aires, Argentina Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark 100.62 180.00 2 James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo 26.32 14 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland; Brian Glubok, New Lauria, Rome Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma 00197 Italy York NY; Erik Berg, Meldal Sor-Tron Norway; Steffen Simonsen, Oslo Norway 99.45 125.00 3/4 Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle 25.00 15 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Joel Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Hurd, New 125.00 3/4 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Jan York NY 99.29 Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin 23.81 16 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Jacek Pszczola, France Chapel Hill NC; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; David Berkowitz, Boca NABC+ FAST PAIRS Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 99.25 39.0 Tables / Based on 71 Tables 22.73 17 Marc Lachapelle, Saint-Laurent QC; Pascale Gaudreault - Marc-Andre 100.00 1 Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD; Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA 1244.71 Fourcaudot, Montreal QC; Ronald Carriere, Kirkland QC 99.23 75.00 2 Terry Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN; John Koch, Saint Cloud MN 1241.94 21.74 18 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Edward Nagy, 56.25 3 Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC; Neil Kimelman, Winnipeg MB 1239.46 Danville CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 99.21 44.44 4 Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD; Shan Huang, Toronto ON 1234.91 20.83 19 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Dan Morse, Houston TX; Neil Chambers, 40.00 5 Dmitri Shabes, San Ramon CA; Jessica Lai, Oakland CA 1221.79 Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; 36.36 6 Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 1210.10 David Grainger, Roseville CA 99.13 33.33 7 John Rayner - Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 1205.80 20.00 20 Levy Stern, Rehovot Israel; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Ehud Friedlander, 30.77 8 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 1191.80 Haifa Israel; Inon Liran, Tel Aviv Israel; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 28.57 9 Brandon Sheumaker, Santa Ana CA; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA 1177.17 Japan; Dawei Chen, Tokyo Japan 98.44 26.67 10 Jeff Hand, New York NY; James Hand, Oakland CA 1165.90 19.23 21 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Richard 25.00 11 Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 1164.85 Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 98.42 23.53 12 Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA; John Jefferson, Davis CA 1162.34 18.52 22 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Peter Gill, Sydney 22.22 13 Thomas Devine, Ferndale WA; Robert Bjorge, Bellingham WA 1159.45 Australia; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 95.36 21.05 14 Jim Johnsen, San Mateo CA; Paul Darin, San Diego CA 1121.53 17.55 23/24 Eric Robinson, New York NY; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Lloyd Arvedon, 20.00 15 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI 1114.94 Woburn MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 93.89 19.05 16 Gregory Vance, Pacifica CA; Grant Vance, Oakland CA 1107.98 17.55 23/24 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Alon Birman - Dror 18.18 17 Marius Moldovan, Pointe-Claire QC; Alan Kudisch, East Norwich NY 1098.17 Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, 17.39 18 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON 1089.16 Wroclaw Poland 93.89 29.65 19 Thomas Stern - Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 1087.18 16.67 25 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Kamil Nowak, Kiellt Poland; Grazyna Brewiak - 16.00 20 Marin Marinov, New York NY; David Yang, Darien IL 1086.90 Jaroslaw Piasecki, Mundelein IL 93.46 15.38 21 David Walker, Salem VA; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 1084.68 16.13 26 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington 14.81 22 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL 1082.02 DE; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland 92.65 14.29 23 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 1077.07 15.63 27 Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; John McAllister, 13.79 24 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 1075.70 Charlottesville VA; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 90.50 13.33 25 Nels Erickson, Reno NV; Conrad Evans, Sparks NV 1070.80 15.15 28 Mathias Bruun, Hellerup, Denmark; Knut Blakset, Frederiksberg Denmark; 12.90 26 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Pete Pluhta, Pullman WA 1062.31 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 89.16 16.49 27 Robert Thomson, San Rafael CA; Paul Kushner, So Lake Tahoe CA 1058.65 14.71 29 Michael Hughes, San Jose CA; Arif Janjua, Saratoga CA; Ben Tucker, Vashon 12.12 28 Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 1055.73 WA; Robert Bell, New Providence NJ 88.85 11.76 29 Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV; Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA 1053.00 14.29 30 Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; 17.64 30 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 1052.61 Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; 12.23 31 Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV 1051.14 Justin Howard, Melbourne Australia 88.30 10.81 32 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 1050.46 MACHLIN WOMEN’S SWISS 10.53 33 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 1045.58 10 Tables / Based on 17 Tables 10.26 34 Ari Sippola, Irving TX; Suvabrata Biswas, Katy TX 1045.37 38.50 1 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Cecilia Rimstedt, Vastra Frolunda 10.00 35 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 1044.82 Sweden; Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm 9.76 36 William Schreiber, Valley Glen CA; Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN 1039.44 Sweden; Meike Wortel, Oslo Norway 86.05 JACOBY SWISS TEAMS 28.88 2 Barbara Ferm - Juanita Chambers, Dallas TX; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; 66 Tables / Based on 133 Tables Judi Radin - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 85.82 125.00 1 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Daniel 21.66 3 Joanne Weingold, Boca Raton FL; Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Sheri Winestock, Korbel, Hamilton ON; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Las Vegas NV; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Tatiana Ponomareva - Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway 143.36 Victoria Gromova, Moscow Russia 79.47 93.75 2 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Robert 17.11 4 Georgiana Gates - Pat Levy - Mary Pat Gentry, Houston TX; Pat Leary, Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 117.20 Livermore CA 76.69 70.31 3 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Krzysztof Buras, 15.40 5 Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN; Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN; Anam Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz,
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