Thursday, August 8, 2013 Volume 85, Number 7 Daily Bulletin 85th North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler Moss, Fireman in Kovachev–Rosenbaum Wagar KO final Teams captained by Sylvia Moss and Phyllis win Wernher Fireman are in the final of the Wagar Women’s The Chicago-based duo of by more than a . This is the first NABC title for Knockout Teams. and Lynne Rosenbaum put together four solid both players. Moss, the No. 1 seed, made it to the sessions in the to win the contest In second were Larry Sealy of Huntsville AL and championship round with a 116-115 defeat of the Jim Foster of Birmingham AL. Stasha Cohen squad. Moss is playing with Joann Kovachev and Rosenbaum won Tuesday’s Glasson, Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, Catherine qualifying round, and in Wednesday’s final, they D’Ovidio and Janice Seamon-Molson. Cohen’s posted scores of 56.37% and 60.55% in the morning teammates were Pam Wittes, Cheri Bjerkan and and afternoon sessions to clinch the win. Rozanne Pollack. “It’s not easy to play with me,” said Kovachev, Fireman, the No. 2 seed, ousted the Lynn Baker praising his partner. “I took all the risky actions that team 121-81. Fireman’s teammates are Shannon didn’t work out. She was terrific.” Cappelletti, , , Rosenbaum is a retired businesswoman. Benedicte Cronier and . Baker played Kovachev, who has represented his native Bulgaria with Karen McCallum, , Irina Levitina, in international contests, immigrated to the U.S. in Jet Passman and Anneke Simons. 2004. He is not technically a Life Master — he has Moss won the first quarter 62-16, but Cohen won not met the black-point requirement. the second set 42-6. Trailing by just 7 IMPs with In third were Nashville-area players Terry a quarter to go, Cohen rallied with a 23-17 fourth Spector and Bryan Howard. quarter, falling just short. Wernher Open Pairs champions Valentin Fireman lost the first set but Fireman roared back Kovachev and Lynne Rosenbaum to lead at the half and was never threatened from that point. Oregon charms Dutch couple When Jeanne van den Meiracker gets out of bed playing bridge for pay. Top seed at home these days, she can go outside and see the Before they left for America, Meiracker and snow-capped Cascade Mountains. It’s like nothing Bertens lived in Tilburg, about 50 miles from goes down she ever saw when she lived in the Netherlands – and Rotterdam. She worked for many years as a medical Powerful Team Monaco, the defending Spingold she loves it. analyst – commuting three hours a day to and from Knockout Teams champions, are on the sidelines Since November of last year, Meiracker and her Rotterdam – before joining the staff of the Dutch today, defeated 125-120 by the Mitch Dunitz squad. husband, Huub Bertens, have lived in Bend OR, in Bridge Federation about three years ago. No. 7 Daniel Zagorin suffered the same fate, falling high desert part of the state. She is working part-time Because Bertens was traveling to the U.S. to Bridge24, a Polish squad, 123-119. as a tournament director for the ACBL. He is busy frequently to play, they decided it made sense to Monaco is led by Pierre Zimmermann, playing consider moving across the Atlantic. with Franck Multon, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, A friend offered the use of her house in Bend, and . Dunitz’s and they quickly accepted. teammates are Ed Davis, Jill Levin, , Meiracker says she liked America from the first Howard Weinstein and Ross Grabel. time she visited. That was in 2006, when Bertens Most of the other tops seeds made it to the round and his regular partner, Ton Bakkeren, won the of 16 with relative ease, the exception being No. 4 prestigious Pairs in Las Vegas. Martin Fleisher, who won by just 3 IMPs over the Bend, she says, is perfect for a person with Ernesto d’Orsi team. athsma, which she has. Bend is about one-third the size of Tilburg and the dry desert air has helped immensely with her breathing problems. Mini- Meiracker says she and Bertens live in a home out in the country on 20 acres of land. The quiet life enter semifinal when they are in Oregon suits her. “I don’t like big cities,” she says, “and I do like a nice environment.” round The job with the ACBL started in January, about Four squads remain the both flights of the Mini- 10 years after TD Bill “Kojak” Schoder suggested Spingold KO Teams. that she would be an asset to the ACBL. She still In Mini-Spingold I (0-5000), Deborah Murphy’s Huub Bertens and Jeanne van de Meiracker continued on page 13 squad will face Marc Sylvester and company, and in the other bracket, Doug Millsap’s team will meet Mixed Board-a-Match Arjun Dhir’s squad for a slot in the final. In the “Micro” Spingold (0-1500), the Tennessee team captained by Barbara Newman will face the honors a favorite son New Yoork foursome led by Jess Jurkovic. In the The four-session Chicago. He earned a liberal arts degree at 15 and other semifinal bracket, another Tennessee squad, this Mixed Board-a-Teams went on to earn an MBA and law degree from George one captained by John Felker, will battle a Florida- that starts today is Washington University by age 21. Ontario team led by Bill Granger. named in honor of In the mid-Fifties, Freeman became a tournament Grand Life Master director and was legendary for his speed with a Richard Freeman, pencil in the days when games were scored by hand. three-time world He won his first North American Championship in champion with 22 1955. In 1961, he and his future wife, Louise, won Goodwill Message North American titles, the Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, the event now including eight in the named for him. Always say, “Director, please.” Spingold. The Atlanta At the time of his passing, Freeman served as Sandy DeMartino, Goodwill Chair resident died in 2009. senior vice president of Oppenheimer and Company Known to friends Inc. in Atlanta. He had many diverse interests, ATTENDANCE in Atlanta as Dickie, including poker and growing roses. He was a devoted he was ACBL’s youngest Life Master at age 18 and Chicago Cubs fan his entire life and he loved old 8912.5 tables a Quiz Kid on NBC Radio. At age 13, he was the movies – his favorite being The Treasure of the Sierra youngest student ever enrolled at the University of Madre. Mixed BAM history on page 14. Page 2 Thursday, August 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Friday, August 9 Sunday, August 11 8:30–9:30 a.m. TourneyTRAX Q&A. Meet with members of the ACBL TBA Peter Pender Memorial Theater. Location TBD. staff for an interactive session about TourneyTRAX, the new tournament information system. Free. Atrium Tower, level 2, Conference Suite 222. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these expert lecturers at the Atlanta NABC by some of the best- Friday, August 9 known players and teachers at 9:15 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Hanover Hall, LL2. 9:15 am Mike Flader Ruling the Game Thursday, August 8 6:45 pm Sam Marks The Use and Abuse of Blackwood 9:15 am Kevin Wilson Fitting Honors Saturday, August 10 6:45 pm Billy Miller Dear Billy Live 9:15 am GS Jade Barrett Losing and Winning Trick Count 6:45 pm Marty Nathan Introduction to Signals

ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY Location: Peach Pit on LL2, unless otherwise noted 6:30-10:30 p.m. Stephen Lee Band will perform songs from the Beatles, Elton Thursday, August 8 John, Stevie Wonder and more. 8:15-9:15 a.m. Zumba 10:45 p.m.- Ice cream 2-2:45 p.m. Pianist 12:30 a.m. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Robert Meadows will sing country and contemporary songs. 11 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Music and games Robert recently released his debut album, Let’s Try That Saturday, August 10 Again. 8:45-9:30 a.m. Dr. Shervin Oskouei is the Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic 9-10 p.m. Global Dance will be a classic performance inspired by Surgery and Director of Orthopaedic Surgery Residency dances from Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Lebanon, Spain and Program at Emory University. He is an expert in the India. treatment of musculoskeletal tumors, total hip and total knee 10:30 p.m.- Small, pulled pork barbecue sandwiches and chips replacements and revisions. Dr. Oskouei will speak on arthritis 12:30 a.m. and treatment options, including stem cell implants. Room 10:30 p.m.- Robert Meadows, country and contemporary 222, Atrium Level 12:30 a.m. 2-2:45 p.m. Pianist Friday, August 9 2:15-2:45 p.m. Ice cream 8:15-9:15 a.m. Zumba 6:30-8:30 p.m. Craig Gleason, Guitar and Vocals 2-2:45 p.m. Pianist 8:30-till Texas Hold’em 6:30–7:30 p.m. Hot Dogs 10:30 p.m.- Craig Gleason, Guitar and Vocals 6:30–9:30 p.m. Cash bar 12:30 a.m.

NABC Slideshow Ask the Expert New Life Masters The Atlanta planning committee is putting Would you like to get an expert opinion on how Joanne Kunz of Daytona Beach FL became together a slideshow of the overall winners of you should have bid a hand, or how you should have a Life Master playing in the three-session KO tournament events. We will take pictures of overall played or defended a hand? Well, now you can! on Monday. Kunz played with teammates Alice winners in the Prize Room located on the Exhibit Every day of the Atlanta NABC, a bridge expert Rumana, Shari Hildebrandt and Carolyn Calloway of Level, two floors below the main lobby. The Prize will be available at the Ask the Expert booth on LL2 Palm Coast FL. Room will be open each day between 9:15-9:50 from 1:30‑2:15 p.m. and again at 6:30‑7:15 p.m. The Partners Jim Felch of Bristol NH and Rick a.m., 2-2:50 p.m. and 6:30-7:20 p.m. We need both cost per question is $3, which goes to the charity Weinstein of Manchester NH each became Life partners from a pair and/or all members of a team to designated by the expert, as shown below. The time Masters playing in Wednesday’s Compact KO. come to the prize room for the picture if they are the frame per question is about three minutes to allow Felch (who celebrated his birthday on the same day) overall winners of an event. The slideshow will be on for as many people as possible to get their questions needed 4.6 gold points, while Weinstein needed 1.1. display on the Exhibit Level and will include other answered. Bring your questions to the Ask the Expert They earned more than five gold points in the event, tournament information and presentations you won’t booth and feel free to donate more than the $3 if you enough to make them LMs and Bronze LMs at the want to miss. want to support the charity. same time. Thursday, Aug. 8 Linda Harris of Macon GA, playing with Check cashing and 1:30 p.m. Ed Schulte Save the Children partner Sheila Paul, won Wednesday’s Gold Rush 6:30 p.m. Robert Todd Atlanta Junior Bridge Pairs, earning almost 18 gold points and making bridge bucks Friday, Aug. 9 Harris a Life Master. The check-cashing desk, located in the lobby 1:30 p.m. Mike Wounded Warrior area on LL1, will be open between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Cappelletti, Jr. Project Restaurant information every day through Friday, Aug. 9. 6:30 p.m. Kevin Collins Atlanta Junior Bridge There is a limit of $500 per day for check Please note that two restaurants – White Oak Saturday, Aug. 10 cashing. Members must provide their ACBL and Max Lager’s – do not accept the $5 restaurant 1:30 p.m. Jerry Helms American Cancer numbers. coupons nor offer a discount with your convention Society Bridge bucks are available for purchase at the card. 6:30 p.m. David Berkowitz Parkinson’s check-cashing desk. Visa, MasterCard and Discover Disease Foundation can be used only to purchase bridge bucks. Daily Bulletin Thursday, August 8, 2013 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Is it okay to Have you discussed? have a four-card By Brent Manley on the side? How about a Crazy scores during midnight games – where side ? the beer often flows – are not unusual. One late Is it okay to night, the director thought one particular score was have a seven-card worth notice. After the TD announced that one of suit? the competitors had Is a new suit by managed minus responder forcing? 3400, someone If you play it as from the back of non-forcing by the room yelled, an unpassed hand “Could you have (Alertable, by the made it on a way), what does different line of responder do with play?” a strong hand and a strong suit? In such The hapless a case, responder declarer in this case would start with might well have 2NT. started with one of the undisciplined weak two- bids that have gained traction with some players. When the Granted, they can wreak havoc, but the partnership opponents start with willing to open 2♦ on six to the jack and a weak a weak two-bid, hand must have a high tolerance for four-digit do you and partner minuses. have agreements So, have you and your partner decided on a about how you “style” for your weak two-bids? There are pluses compete? Takeout and minuses to both styles. If your approach is too doubles, of course, conservative, you will miss out on opportunities to will necessarily make life difficult for the opponents. If you are too be somewhat aggressive, you will often find yourself in a top- aggressive. You or-bottom situation, and if your style is really out can’t sit back and there, it can be tough on the partnership. wait for the ideal hand to come along. If you do, I/N Top 100 For partnerships committed to weak two-bids you will be recording lots of bad scores. 1 14.02 Vinod Shah, Mechanicsville MD that can vary widely in strength and suit quality, As for bidding instead of doubling, a handy 2 14.02 Ila Shah, Mechanicsville MD there is the convention invented by Harold Ogust. tool is the Rule of 7 or 8. When you are considering 3 11.96 Lucy Sinopole, Huntsville AL When partner opens a weak two-bid, 2NT by whether to bid directly over an opening two-bid, 4 11.96 Lynn Craft, Huntsville AL responder asks for more information. Opener’s proceed with the expectation that your partner will 5 11.51 Ronald Pare, The Woodlands TX responses: have 7 to 8 high-card points. If your hand is worth 6 11.51 Ann Pare, The Woodlands TX 3♣ = minimum strength, poor suit a bid on that basis, get in there and fight. If partner 7 11.09 Sandra Weber, Slidell LA 3♦ = minimum strength, good suit has the expected high-card strength, he must be 8 11.09 Amy Nolan, Slidell LA 3♥ = maximum strength, poor suit careful about raising without good reason – e.g., 9 9.81 Elizabeth Long, Atlanta GA 3♠ = maximum strength, good suit extra support and perhaps a singleton or void. 10 9.81 Clay Long, Atlanta GA 3NT = solid suit (six to the A-K-Q) A raise usually shows a bit more than 7-8 HCP. 11 9.55 Janet Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL In the original version of this convention, the When you have a hand good enough to be in 12 9.55 Rondal Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL 3♦ and 3♥ bids were reversed. game if partner has the expected strength, you must 13 9.34 Lawrence Schoenfeld, Fort Myers FL You and your partner should decide what make a jump bid over the weak two: e.g., 2♥ – 3♠. 14 9.34 Leslie Schoenfeld, Fort Myers FL constitutes a “good” suit – perhaps two of the top This tells partner that if he has the expected HCP 15 9.23 Polly Keller, Naples FL three honors or three of the top five. Other items for and any kind of trump support, he should raise to 16 9.18 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA discussion: game. 17 9.18 Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL Can any five-card suit can be defined as 18 8.44 Scott Dunlop, Smiths Falls ON “good?” 19 8.44 Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 20 8.24 Marcie Burros, New York NY HCP) should open four, not three! North checks for 21 8.24 Nelson Burros, New York NY Thinking bridge aces and bids the slam. South must have a play for 22 8.06 Kuangda Lu, Chapel Hill NC By Eddie Kantar slam with the North hand as dummy. 23 7.90 Atha Beard, Auburn AL Defensive commentary: When holding the 24 7.90 Gwen Nix, Auburn AL Dlr: South ♠ K 8 4 2 K-Q-J of a suit along with a side-suit ace, the K-Q-J 25 7.74 Laura Werner, Chicago IL Vul: Both ♥ K 7 5 suit is the preferred lead. Also, when dummy tables, 26 7.53 Bijan Kasraie, Atlanta GA ♦ A Q J 10 2 East knows that West has an ace. 27 6.76 Suzanne Dinur, Atlanta GA ♣ A Play commentary: South has two chances to 28 6.51 Rebecca Yancey, Seneca SC ♠ A 9 6 5 ♠ Q J 10 7 make this contract, not one! He crosses to the closed 29 6.51 Gail King, Seneca SC ♥ 2 ♥ 8 hand with a trump and leads a spade, not a diamond! 30 6.43 Jim Miles, Westminster SC ♦ 7 6 4 3 ♦ K 5 If West has the ♠A, the diamond is not 31 6.36 Zimeng Xie, Chapel Hill NC ♣ K Q J 9 ♣ 8 7 6 5 3 2 necessary. After West takes the ♠A, the ♠K furnishes 32 6.35 Floyd Fraser, Mobile AL ♠ 3 a diamond discard. If East has the ♠A, a diamond 33 6.35 Valerie Fraser, Mobile AL ♥ A Q J 10 9 6 4 3 finesse is still available. In effect, declarer is taking 34 6.25 Patricia Booton, Fernandina Bch FL ♦ 9 8 two . If the diamond finesse is taken first 35 6.25 Caroline Tunkel, Fernandina Beac FL ♣ 10 4 and it loses, declarer is down even though West may 36 6.14 Juliette Glasser, Miami FL have the ♠A. Two chances are better than one. 37 6.13 Judith Shillinglaw, Montreat NC West North East South When declarer has a singleton facing a king plus 38 6.09 Lynne Kuglar, Cedartown GA 4♥ another finesse available in a long suit and declarer 39 6.09 Thomas Brumby, Cedartown GA Pass 4NT Pass 5♦ can afford to lose one trick, lead the singleton 40 6.03 E Hugh Lawson, Metairie LA Pass 6♥ All Pass suit first. If the ace is well placed, it may mean no 41 6.03 Henry Bodenheimer, New Orleans LA finesse will be necessary in the longer suit. 42 6.00 Tim Collopy, Millbrook NY : ♣K. 43 6.00 Cecilia Collopy, Millbrook NY Bidding commentary: Strong eight-card suits 44 5.87 Lee Wilcox, Black Mountain NC with less than opening-bid strength (fewer than 10 45 5.72 Joy Becker, Dade City FL Page 4 Thursday, August 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Scores from the quarterfinal round WAGAR WOMENS KO TEAMS of the Mini-Spingold II (0-1500) KO 12 Tables 34.29 3/4 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ; Lynn NH; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; 1 Thomas 26 72 90 112 Deas, Schenectady NY; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Catherine Jet Passman - Anneke Simons, 8 Felker 38 65 120 159 D’Ovidio, Courbevoie France; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL 34.29 3/4 Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ; Pam Wittes, Venice vs CA; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Rozanne Pollack, New York NY Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray 5 Jurkovic (10) 26 65 90 136 Beach FL; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion 4 Nolte (20) 36 70 90 105 Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Benedicte Cronier - Sylvie Willard, Paris France 3 Newman (5) 19 61 126 154 6 Deneroff (11) 23 42 52 114

7 Granger (13) 48 86 132 180 2 Petersen 25 54 78 91 1 Moss 3 Baker 55 113 48 95 168 PAIRINGS IN THE 8 Rainey (9) 6 Zur Campanile MINI-SPINGOLD II 19 34 wd 25 29 71 wd KO TEAMS 23 Tables Barbara Newman, Nashville TN; Don Turner, Mt Juliet TN; Hannah Tidman - Yaron Schweizer, Woodbury TN vs Jess Jurkovic - Peter Clark - Lindsey Weinger - Justin Blanchard, New York NY 1 Moss 3 Baker John Felker - Stephanie Felker, Mountain TN; Buddy Landis, Chattanooga TN; Rick Whitehead, Knoxville TN 4 Cohen 2 Fireman vs Bill Granger, Bradenton FL; Ben Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL; Robert Marcus - Kathy Guinyou, Toronto ON

9.86 5/8 Jeff Thomas - Sandie Gies, Bluffton SC; Mary Townhill, Lexington SC; Pluma Bridgers, Hilton Head Isl SC 9.86 5/8 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Mike McDonald - 4 Cohen 7 Dufrat (8) Neal Strand, Rochester Hills MI; Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN 9.86 5/8 Martin Deneroff - Valerie Deneroff - Charles 23 50 63 113 38 87 129 147 Pierce - Wes Albinger, New York NY 5 Nitabach 2 Fireman 9.86 5/8 Jerry Nolte - Betty Nolte, Oak Hill VA; Tom 13 33 55 95 11 43 98 160 Jennings, McLean VA; Tony Robson, Arlington VA

PAIRINGS IN MINI-SPINGOLD I KO TEAMS 29 Tables 8.00 9/16 Richard Smith, Spartanburg SC; George Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Gary Donner, Doug Millsap - Boris Tenchov, Columbus OH; Larry Russell, Moore SC; Francine Moring, Columbia SC; Betsy Bluffton SC; John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL; Saul Gross, Jones, Pickerington OH; Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH Stanton, Hartsville SC Miami Beach FL; Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA; Larry vs 8.00 9/16 - Ed Foran, Marietta Lerner, Warren NJ Arjun Dhir, Alpharetta GA; Josh Parks, Charlottesville GA; Varghese George, Martinez GA; Jim Gentry, North vs VA; Alex Dezieck, Wilbraham MA; Max Aeschbacher, Augusta SC Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA; Randall Rubinstein, Salt Lake City UT 8.00 9/16 Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Nicholas Brooklyn NY; Bill Begert - Doug Herron, New York NY; Hartung, Astoria NY; Fleur Howard, Gates Mills OH; Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Doug Anderson, Quincy 8.00 9/16 Yi Ouyang - Ed Herstein, Ann Arbor MI; Charles Scholl, Shaker Heights OH MA Li-Hsiang Kuo - Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI

1 Wyman (29) 3 Meyers (27) 32 60 102 107 33 55 80 87 16 Hammond 14 Smith 14 63 86 109 27 43 79 105

1 Hammond (16) 3 Smith (14) 17 61 79 105 35 44 85 112 8 Millsap (21) 6 Sylvester (11) 18 59 99 119 8 75 105 169

8 Ferguson 6 Rozinski 40 55 77 wd 27 45 70 113 9 Millsap (21) 1 Millsap (21) 11 Sylvester 52 120 187 4 Dhir (26) 25 100 135 138

5 Wallis 3 Sylvester (11) 10 Hitt (20) 23 31 55 90 2 Murphy 29 43 59 113 12 Ouyang 7 Murphy 25 65 85 131 43 93 130 164

5 Ouyang 7 Murphy 28 68 108 128 25 63 122 164 4 Dhir (26) 2 Merker (18) 1 33 54 79 133 8 60 69 75 15 Merker (18) 13 Millson 30 97 116 138 34 52 77 108 2 Weiner 4 Dhir (26) 9 34 54 59 20 76 118 159 Daily Bulletin Thursday, August 8, 2013 Page 5

Dlr: East ♠ — On their way to the title Vul: Both ♥ J 7 3 2 The team captained by Dee Adams of Memphis ♦ K Q J 10 9 8 7 4 started the second day of the Truscott/U.S. Playing ♣ 8 Card Senior Swiss Teams in 14th place. ♠ A J 8 6 5 4 ♠ Q 7 3 2 They had moved up in the standings by the ♥ 5 ♥ A 9 6 halfway point of the final, and kept the momentum ♦ 6 3 ♦ 5 going in the second half. This deal helped them to a ♣ K 10 6 2 ♣ A J 7 5 4 near blitz in round five. ♠ K 10 9 The lineup for the Adams team was Mark ♥ K Q 10 8 4 Itabashi – and – Dan ♦ A 2 Morse. ♣ Q 9 3

Dlr: South ♠ Q 6 West North East South Vul: None ♥ A K 10 4 Hamilton Itabashi ♦ 10 8 2 1♣ 1♥ ♣ J 7 6 2 1♠ 5♦ Pass Pass ♠ A 8 4 3 ♠ J 10 5 2 Dbl All Pass ♥ Q J 8 3 ♥ 7 5 2 If East could see all the cards, he would have led ♦ K Q 4 ♦ 9 6 5 3 the ♥A and given his partner two heart ruffs, getting ♣ K 10 ♣ Q 8 back in with a club to the ace. Even if East had made ♠ K 9 7 the unlikely lead of the ♥A, it would have been tough ♥ 9 6 for him to envision a singleton heart with his partner It’s hard to find two players who enjoy bridge ♦ A J 7 more than Sandi Jones and Lois Mann, who live considering how the bidding went. ♣ A 9 5 4 3 on Long Island in New York. They have been It’s worth noting that with South as declarer in playing at Summer NABCs – and having a few 5♥, West has to lead a diamond to set up a , which adventures away from the table – since 2008. West North East South can be taken by East only if he underleads the ♣A on They may not know how to execute a backwash Hamilton Itabashi coming in with the ♥A. That’s strictly double-dummy squeeze, but they are grand masters at fun. 1♣ stuff. 1NT Dbl Pass Pass In any case, East led a low spade against 5♦ Redbl Pass 2♦ Dbl doubled. Hamilton ruffed, pulled trumps and knocked Master teachers named All Pass out the ♥A for plus 750 and a 14-IMP gain. At the The American Bridge Teachers’ Association Itabashi got off to the good lead of the ♥9, other table, East-West bid on to 5♠, which makes (on annually considers candidates for the association’s covered by the queen and king. Hamilton shifted to the bidding, West will almost certainly guess clubs). highest designation – master teacher. This year, four the ♠Q, taken by declarer in dummy with the ace. North then bid on to 6♦, doubled and one down teachers were awarded the designation. They are: Declarer had no quick way to get to his hand, so for minus 200. That was 14 IMPs to the eventual Sam Marks – Atlanta GA he played the ♦K. Itabashi took the trump ace and winners. Hank Meyer – Greenbelt MD continued with his other heart. Hamilton won the Jeff Schuett – Riverwoods IL ♥10 and fired back a spade. Itabashi won the ♠K and Linda Tuff – Halifax NS gave Hamilton a ruff. Hamilton then cashed the ♥A Notice to players and continued the suit. Itabashi ruffed and cashed the Each player must have an ACBL convention To become a master teacher, a candidate must ♣A for three down and plus 500. It was a 9-IMP gain card filled out and on the table. Please note that demonstrate to a panel of peers that they possess because North-South at the other table were plus 110 other types of convention cards, such as the WBF outstanding teaching skills and knowledge of solving in 3♣. or homemade cards that do not bridge problems. Adams won the match easily and scored just as sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are well in the following match, thanks to good judgment not acceptable substitutes. by Hamilton in a competitive auction.

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67 Tables Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; , Las Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge Vegas NV; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; IL; - , Clearwater Bch Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; , Dallas FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; , TX; , Dublin CA Andes NY vs vs Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; , Alex Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; , London England; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Russell Hamburg Germany; Mustafa Cem Tokay - Okay Gur, Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Kevin Dwyer, Tampa FL Istanbul Turkey - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Russia; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Evanston IL; , Wynnewood PA; Geoff Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; , Hampson, Las Vegas NV Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk vs Poland , Dallas TX; - Brian Glubok, vs New York NY; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, Stephen Peterkin, Stirling United Kingdom; Sherman Oaks CA Samantha Punch, Stirling Fk United Kingdom; Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR; Chris Wiegand, Marty Fleisher - - , Portland OR New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA James Cayne, New York NY; , Dania vs FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Richard Schwartz, Lords Valley PA; , Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; , Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjord Moshav Zofit Israel Norway; , Arendal Norway; Lotan vs Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; , Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV; , Toronto Ramat-Gan Israel ON; Brad Moss, Denver CO; , Paris France; , Taby Sweden; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI

1 Monaco 223 64 Weinberg 89 1 Monaco 33 56 92 120 32 Dunitz 32 Dunitz 133 33 Chen 123 13 42 99 125 1 Dunitz (32) 16 Schermer (17) 16 Mazurkiewicz 162 49 Gokhale 40 16 Mazurkiewicz 16 81 93 139 17 Schermer 17 Schermer 166 38 66 107 148 48 Kolesnik 59

9 Grue 144 56 Bowles 127 9 Grue 39 81 132 155 24 Steinberg (41) 24 Koneru 85 31 59 76 131 41 Steinberg 140 9 Grue 8 Cayne 25 Chen 86 25 Aker (40) 40 Aker 164 13 38 67 105 8 Cayne 33 75 130 141 8 Cayne 238 57 Bodell 77

5 Lynch 149 5 Lynch 60 Bettadapura 52 51 57 90 128 28 Rigal 38 75 79 110 28 Rigal 146 37 McAllister 129 5 Lynch 12 Ekeblad

21 Ekeblad 187 44 Sprung 70 21 Ekeblad 42 121 187 249 12 Ekinci (53) 12 Mahaffey 122 52 68 87 119 53 Ekinci 145

13 O’Rourke 234 52 Parrish 123 13 O’Rourke 36 50 78 120 20 Schwartz 20 Schwartz 220 23 81 115 145 45 Lian 94 13 Schwartz 29 d’Orsi 151 29 d’Orsi 4 Fleisher 36 Lewis 123 27 43 79 134 4 Fleisher 15 66 113 137 4 Fleisher 182 61 Gorsey 110 Daily Bulletin Thursday, August 8, 2013 Page 7 PAIRINGS IN THE SPINGOLD KO TEAMS

John Schermer, Seattle WA; , Los Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Michal 25.00 17/32 , New York NY; Glenn Angeles CA; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; , Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Michael Becker - Aubrey Charlottenlund Denmark; , New York Hill NC Strul, Boca Raton FL; Bruce Rogoff, river vale NJ; NY; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY 25.00 17/32 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley Josh Parker, Briarcliff NY vs CA; Marc Jacobus - Roger Bates - , 25.00 17/32 Ernesto d’Orsi - Mauricio Figueiredo - Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Ed Davis, Seal Las Vegas NV; , Houston TX; Ishmael Miguel Villas-Boas - Joao Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo Beach CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jenny Wolpert, Delmonte, New South Wales Australia Brazil; Benjamin Robles, Santiago Chile; Joaquin Jupiter FL; Howard Weinstein, Omaha NE; Ross 25.00 17/32 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Pacareu, Santiago Chile Chile Grabel, Palm Desert CA Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; 25.00 17/32 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Win Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Bauke Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York NY; Darren Juan Carlos Ventin, Barcelona Spain; Frederic Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Wolpert, Thornhill ON; , Waterloo ON; Wrang, Stockholm Sweden; Godffrey De Tessieres Netherlands David Grainger, Roseville CA - Jean Quantin - Julien Gaviard, Paris France; Marc 25.00 17/32 Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Poland; 25.00 17/32 Kasper Konow, Frederiksberg Bompis, Bourg La Reine France , Puszczykoud Poland; Piotr Denmark; Michael Askgaard, Gentofte Denmark; vs Tuszynski - Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland Anders Hagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Kare Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, 25.00 17/32 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; John Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY Wejherowo Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample 25.00 17/32 Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Poland Barc Spain; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Simson, Columbus OH; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Argentina; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; William Clerkin, Bloomington IN 25.00 17/32 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon Pollack, New York NY 25.00 17/32 Jonathan Steinberg - Daniel Miles - - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness - Fulvio Fantoni - 25.00 17/32 - Larry Kozlove, Boca Shan Huang, Toronto ON; John Stiefel, Wethersfield Claudio Nunes, Monaco Monaco Raton FL; , Arlington VA; Peter CT; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX; Richard Chan, 25.00 17/32 Dan Zagorin, Chicago IL; Ricco Boyd, Darnestown MD; , Kensington Markham ON Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Bas CA; , Bloomington NY 25.00 17/32 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Ovunc Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, 25.00 17/32 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Yilmaz, Durham NC; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis Rotterdam Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Jr., Voorhou Demuy, Laval QC; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; MN; Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Herbert Netherlands; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gdns FL , Jupiter FL; John Hurd, New York Jordan, Miami FL; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA 25.00 17/32 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap NY; , Astoria NY Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; David Berkowitz, Boca

2 Nickell 196 2 Nickell 63 Quey 96 53 62 95 151 31 Konow (34) 24 46 70 74 31 Bloom 118 34 Konow 148 2 Nickell 15 Assael (18) 15 Berg 195 15 Berg 50 Kahlenberg 119 26 44 54 109 18 Assael 18 Assael 160 22 75 99 128 47 Marcinski 108

10 Gordon 166 10 Gordon 55 Kahn 106 6 28 47 80 23 Team Chablis 47 67 116 144 23 Chablis 169 42 Bos 102 10 Team Chablis 7 Bridge24 (39) 26 Saelensminde 65 26 Bridge24 (39) 39 Bridge24 160 34 59 96 123 7 Zagorin 24 61 115 119 7 Zagorin 175 58 Towner 93

6 Gromov 220 6 Gromov 59 Brady 58 35 87 135 185 27 Kranyak 24 29 51 103 27 Kranyak 188 38 Carmichael 72 6 Gromov 11 Peterkin (54) 22 Kasle 22 Kasle 174 28 87 135 163 43 De Falco 87 11 Peterkin (54) 53 104 149 184 11 Rosenthal 102 54 Peterkin 151

14 Hamman 14 Hamman 176 41 81 127 170 51 De Andrade 89 19 Meltzer 23 26 58 93 19 Meltzer 86 46 Dinkin 69 14 Hamman 3 Diamond 30 Hinze 124 30 Hinze 35 Street 108 46 77 58 77 3 Diamond 19 34 86 126 3 Diamond 168 62 Zhao 167 Page 8 Thursday, August 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

TUESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME SERIES 22.0 Tables A B C 4.85 1 1 Lech Ekert, Hilton Head SC; S Graham Kelly, Hudson OH 63.47% 3.64 2 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 62.50% 3.19 3 2 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA 61.67% 2.05 4 Anna Sarniak, 01494 Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC 60.28% 2.43 5 3 1 Frank Hsieh - Gianni Hsieh, Naperville IL 59.44% 2.09 6 Judy Zhu, Naperville IL; Jack Snyder, Rockford IL 58.75% 1.90 4 Marie Lewis - Mildred Turner, Macon GA 56.67% 1.34 5 J F Lowenstein - Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 56.53% 1.36 6/7 Evelyn Gilliard, East Point GA; Josie Mitchell, Decatur GA 55.56% 0.89 6/7 Gerene Albrecht - Robert Short, Red Deer AB 55.56% 1.82 2 Eric Shelton, Atlanta GA; Donna Shelton, Arlington Hts IL 51.94% 1.37 3 Suri Kukkapalli, Hyderabad 50007 India; Joseph Gedan, Honolulu HI 49.72% 1.03 4 Benjamin Kuschner, Concord MA; Douglas Kuschner, Santa Clarita CA 47.92%

1 & 7:30 PM A/X PAIRS 9.0 Tables / Based on 28 Tables Last year’s winners in the National 199er Pairs: A B Andrew and Pedro Salom 13.30 1 1 Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI; Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN 58.22% 9.98 2 2 Terry Jones, Falls Church VA; Cecil Henry, Brethren MI 56.60% National 199er Pairs 7.48 3 Ronald Felton, New York NY; Judith Weisman, Fort Lee NJ 56.13% 5.61 4 Howard Simpson - Janice Simpson, Surprise AZ 54.40% starts today 4.43 5 3 Claudia Tinajero - Jorge Nischli, Mexico Mexico 53.94% The National 199er Pairs, limited to players with 3.17 4 Anne Fidelman, Houston TX; Janet Fidelman, Arlington MA 53.13% fewer than 200 , gets underway today. The event will consist of two sessions. Overall 1 & 7:30 PM GOLD RUSH PAIRS awards are part red and part gold. 19.0 Tables Previous winners and runners-up: 7 3 7.17 1 1 Connie Haugabook - Susan Easterlin, Montezuma GA 60.52% 1998 1. John Javella, Madelyn Bachman; 5.38 2 Susan Buckley-Holland - Sally Pecqueur, Clayton GA 59.52% 2. Parames Laosinchia, Ron Trimmer 4.03 3 J Michael Gregory - Helen Gregory, Athens GA 58.27% 1999 1. Mauro Viale, Tom Henry; 3.02 4 Susan Stephenson - Joanna Johnson, Raleigh NC 57.10% 2. Gail Himmelstein, Fran Bernstein 3.82 5 2 George Schatz, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Gail Santoro, Ponte Vedra FL 55.29% 2000 1. Trevor Warren, Cobe Venner; 2.86 6 3 Diane Seymour - Stephanie Lohri, Charlotte NC 55.06% 2. Scott Gorsuch, Clinton Gorsuch 2.15 4 Marcia Miller - Elaine Sheldon, Marietta GA 54.46% 2001 1. Bernie Mayer, David Cohen; 1.70 5 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 54.42% 2. Jim Betts, Ross Holden 1.65 6 Jim Daugherty - Barb Daugherty, Nashville TN 54.02% 2002 1. Calvin Cobb, Chip King; 2. Bob Sturm, Tom Marcelino 7:30 PM STRATIED SIDE SWISS TEAMS 29 Tables 2003 1. Gus Haggstrom, Mitchell Tuller; A B C 2. Maureen Warman, Jessica Lai 5.92 1 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; 2004 1. Matthew Bresler, Steve Winer; McKenzie Myers, Beaverton OR; Ken Horwedel, Memphis TN 68.00 2. Larry Goldstein, David Katzman 3.89 2/3 Annette Lee McHann, Flowood MS; Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, 2005 1. Ellen Cohen, Genny Whitaker; Tuscaloosa AL; Peggy Rogers, Jackson MS 57.00 2. William Mauldin, David Banh 3.89 2/3 Gary Helman, Syosset NY; Kiran Gulati - Subhash Gulati, 2006 1. Honor Mogul, Leonard Dubin; Bloomfield MI; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 57.00 2. Jon Ullman, Don Recht 2.50 4 Gail Dupree, Cary NC; Ann Lockhart, New Bern NC; Vivian Woodsum, 2007 1. Tom Graff, Roger Koeppe; Greenville NC; Fran Twisdale, Raleigh NC 55.00 2. Sean Gannon, Rick Gannon 5.01 5 1 Clement Greene, Jr, Valdosta GA; Carolyn Wolf, Pensacola FL; Doris Needham - Brenda Starnes, Navarre FL 51.00 2008 1. Terri Miladinovich, Mitch Miladinovich; 1.40 6 Ken Gee, Regina SK; John Russell, North Barringto IL; Serge de 2. Connie Jones, Mel Fineberg Muller, Fribourg Switzerland; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; 2009 1. Kenneth Marshall, Roy Robson; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 50.00 2. Nick Trobovic, Richard Malus 3.76 2 Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX; Ben Yang, Warren NJ; 2010 1. Gwendolyn Baker, James Baker; John Herriot, Los Angeles CA 49.00 2. Lenny Li, Brian Hamrick 2.82 3 Garold Adamson - Susan Adamson, Houston TX; Jo Anne Kelley - 2011 1. George Trost, William Sigward; Charles Kelley, Pacific Plsades CA 48.00 2. Allan Thomas, David Denomy 3.19 4 1 Carol Scovic - Rosemary Sheedy - Carol Stephens, Greensboro GA; 2012 1. Andrew Salom, Pedro Salom; Colleen Martin, Eatonton GA 45.00 2. Henry van Handle, Daniel Will 2.39 5 2 Bart Danielsen - Ford Danielsen, Raleigh NC; Isaac Stephani - Julian Kurtzman, Cincinnati OH; Arjun Dhir, Alpharetta GA 44.00 1.79 6 3 Gene Brandl, Apple Valley MN; Del Swanson, Lakeville MN; Curtis TUESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 Kristensen, Duluth MN; David Cohen, East Hampton NY 43.00 9 Tables 1.35 4 William Allendoerfer, Edwardsville IL; William Riley, Alton IL; 8.31 1 Norman Marks, Oakland CA; Norman Marks II, Randy Earle, McKinney TX; Susan Bates, Dallas TX 41.00 Jacksonville FL; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA; Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA 5.82 2 Cecelia Karway - Linda Kitts - Martha Russo, St TUESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS Augustine FL; Linda Hait, Melbourne FL 11.5 Tables 3.74 3 Donald Weiner, Coral Gables FL; Evelyn A B C Brandon, Myrtle Beach SC; Howard Howe, Beech Mountain NC; 3.11 1 Lynn McGill, Roswell GA; Connie Melgaard, Atlanta GA 67.71% Susan Duke, Vilas NC 2.33 2 1 Deborah Hubert, Atlanta GA; Margaret Barfield, Marietta GA 63.28% 2.91 4 Adeline Collins, Dunedin FL; Jo Ann Hazel, 1.75 3 Pamela Bank, Ocean Isle Beac NC; Sue Sandidge, Ocean Isle NC 58.60% Tampa FL; Freida Dohrman, Clearwater FL; Elizabeth Ghrist, 1.52 4 2 George Correia, Devonshire Bermuda; Andy Carne, Hamilton Bermuda 55.83% Houston TX 1.47 5 3 1 Rondal Vickers - Janet Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL 55.51% 1.10 6 4 2 Anuj Das - Nisarg Shah, Alpharetta GA 55.37% TUESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 0.83 5 3 Alec Zhan - Kunal Vohra, Alpharetta GA 53.94% 9 Tables 5.68 1 Charles Kelly - Fred Lawrence - H Bell, Anniston TUESDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS TEAMS AL; Charles Markley, Jacksonville AL 6 Tables 3.98 2 Carol Clemenz - Fred Clemenz, Lexington SC; 2.26 1 Nathaniel Hipsman, Marietta GA; Joshua Baiel - Peter Lifland, Redmond WA; Cheryl Clark - Sharon Tomnitz, Dallas TX Adam Gann, Falls Church VA 57.00 2.56 3 William Kinneman - Beverly Kinneman, Little 1.70 2 Rebecca Callahan, Tiger GA; Shirley Larkey, Lakemont GA; Dot Goodwin, Rock AR; David Copi - Barbara Copi, Ann Arbor MI Rabun Gap GA; Christine Malarkey, Homosassa FL 49.00 1.99 4 Cynthia Cone, Sumter SC; Claire Lavery - Vicki Bell, Atlanta GA; Debbie Wagner, Athens GA TUESDAY EVENING ZIP KO Larry Gould TUESDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 3 11 Tables 1942 - 2013 9 Tables 3.19 1 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Barry 4.45 1 John Gerretsen - Assunta Gerretsen, Kingston Margolin, Arlington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Lorraine Larry Gould one of the Mid-Atlantic Bridge ON; Beryl Hedrick, Alabaster AL; Donna Sigrist, Hoover AL Cable, Elmhurst NY Conference’s top players, died Tuesday in Raleigh 3.12 2 Cabot Jaffee - Barbara Jaffee, Maitland FL; Carl 2.23 2 Douglas Kuschner, Santa Clarita CA; Benjamin NC after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was Croft - Ann Croft, Sapphire NC Kuschner, Concord MA; A. Lernle, Vienna Australia; M Schipro, 2.00 3 Mary Hamlett - Loretta Gibbens - Sherry Howell, Steyr Australia 70. Nashville TN; Karen Kendrick, Brentwood TN Gould was a member of the winning Spingold 1.56 4 Burt Echtenkamp - Linda Echtenkamp, Boise ID; Knockout Teams in 1974 with Lou Bluhm, Richard Martha Farmer - Jack Farmer, Salem OR Shepard and Steve Goldberg. Gould is survived by his wife, Jo, and sons Matthew and Howard. Thursday, August 8, 2013 Junior Swiss Teams Youngsters Swiss Teams Session 7 Session 7 Rank Team VPs Rank Team VPs 1 WAR OF ROSES 102.65 1 CHINA XNWY 106.18 2 TURKIYE 88.32 2 USA JENG 92.24 3 JAPAN 80.94 3 BERK 87.54 4 AUSTRALIA 77.64 4 CHINA SX CLUB 85.70 5 ITALIA 77.16 5 KRISTENSEN 82.21 6 CALIFORNIAN ACES 72.79 6 CHINA WFL 76.67 7 VENEZUELA 70.47 7 LIN 75.57 8 ARGENTINA 69.07 8 BERMAN 69.79 9 USA JOLLY 66.77 9 GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL 68.39 10 WERNIS 63.50 10 BERK S 68.26 11 USA MANFIELD 52.49 11 CHINA GIRLS SX CLUB 67.68 12 FCBC 16.20 12 ZHIHAOLE SCHOOL 64.17 13 CHINA QFL 63.59 14 BRIDGEMATES 36.37 15 MIDNIGHT SUNS 19.64 Junior Teams Youngsters Teams ARGENTINA Juan Cruz ETCHEPAREBORDA, Nicolas Miguel SENGIALI, BERK Hakan BERK, David SOUKUP, Samuel AMER, Nolan CHANG, Francisco Pablo MONTES DE OCA, Felipe Jose FERRO, Santiago Jake OLSEN RUEDA, Ariel ARGAIN BERK S Ellie FASHINGBAUER, Gianni HSIEH, Victor LAMOUREUX, AUSTRALIA Peter HOLLANDS, Justin HOWARD, Nathan HOWARD, Lauren JASON MILLER, Sedef BERK, John ALTMAN TRAVIS, Maxim HENBEST, Ellena MOSKOVSKY BERMAN Murphy GREEN, Asya LADYZHENSKY, Evan BERMAN, Jeffrey CALIFORNIAN Kevin ROSENBERG, Frank LIN, Antony LEE, Ryan WESSELS SCHWARTZ ACES BRIDGEMATES Bryan GOODWIN, Jett NOVAK, Albena-Maria VASSILEVA, FCBC Santiago VELEZ, Joan Sebastian VALENZUELA RIVERA, Olivia COLBURN, Olivia LAUFER Jose Alejandro ZAMORA VILLAMIZAR, Nicolas CORREA CHINA GIRLS Yunpeng CHEN, Xinyao RUAN, Yijia LU , Xinying LU, Aijia LAGUNA, Juan Felipe CUERVO LOPERA, Luis Alejandro REY SX CLUB YUAN, Huiyuan JIN ARISMENDY, CHINA QFL Yihao GU, Xinyi YANG, Yunyi FANG, Danlei HUANG, Li QIAN, ITALIA Giorgia BOTTA, Massimiliano DI FRANCO, Margherita Yingqi WANG CHAVARRIA, Gabriele ZANASI, Zachary BRESCOLL CHINA SX CLUB Licong CHENG, Renyu LI, Yiyang ZHANG, Zhecheng DU, Yijun JAPAN Tadahiro KIKUCHI, Kosuke ITO, Koichiro HASHIMOTO, Takumi SHANG, Yihong LIU SESHIMO, Yuki HARADA, Ryoko OYAMA CHINA WFL Yiqin SHAO, Hanchang LI, Bin QIN, Penghao WANG, Siyuan TURKIYE Akin KOCLAR, Muhammet OZGUR, Sarper USLUPEHLIVAN, LIU, Xu HUANG Erkmen AYDOGDU, Altug GOBEKLI, Berk GOKCE CHINA XNWY Tianyi JIN, Zhizhou SHA, Kaiwen WU, Kai JIN, Felicia Xinying USA JOLLY Dennis KRIVENTSOV, Anant RATHI, Andrew CAVALIER, YU, Yiling SHEN Christian JOLLY GREEN PRIMARY Lu BAI, Kai Lu GONG, Xuan Yu LIU, Ding Zhi MA, Zi Nan USA MANFIELD Jeffrey TSANG, Qucheng GONG, Nathaniel MUNGER, Sabrina SCHOOL ZHOU MANFIELD, Seth MANFIELD KRISTENSEN Benjamin KRISTENSEN, Brandon HARPER, Gregory HERMAN, VENEZUELA Karla DE JESUS, Ruben Dario CABRERA, Carlos RODRIGUEZ, Ryan MILLER Adriana SUAREZ, Fernando PEREZ, Moises GRANDA LIN Amber LIN, Theo ALLEN, Joseph LIEBERMAN, Christopher WAR OF ROSES Adam GROSSACK, Kevin DWYER, Owen LIEN, Adam WELLAND KAPLAN, Marius AGICA, Zachary GROSSACK MIDNIGHT SUNS Sterling MAGNUSON, Madelyn NOVAK, Cherish ANDREWS, WERNIS Luz Carolina ORTEGA, Isha THAPA, Marianna LINZ, Rebecca Sarah EDWARDS WERNIS, Julie ARBIT, Rachna GOYAL USA JENG Andrew JENG, Richard JENG, Burke SNOWDEN, Oren KRIEGEL ZHIHAOLE Wenyu LIU, Xieen JI, Yuqiao ZHAO, Zelin FEI, Zijun WU, Meilun SCHOOL LI

Knockout Matches Junior Teams Knockout Matches Youngsters Teams WAR OF ROSES Adam GROSSACK, Kevin DWYER, Owen LIEN, Adam 2. CHINA XNWY Tianyi JIN, Zhizhou SHA, Kaiwen WU, Kai JIN, Felicia Xinying KAPLAN, Marius AGICA, Zachary GROSSACK YU, Yiling SHEN JAPAN Tadahiro KIKUCHI, Kosuke ITO, Koichiro HASHIMOTO, Takumi 1. BERMAN Murphy GREEN, Asya LADYZHENSKY, Evan BERMAN, Jeffrey SESHIMO, Yuki HARADA, Ryoko OYAMA SCHWARTZ

TURKIYE Akin KOCLAR, Muhammet OZGUR, Sarper USLUPEHLIVAN, 1. USA JENG Andrew JENG, Richard JENG, Burke SNOWDEN, Oren Erkmen AYDOGDU, Altug GOBEKLI, Berk GOKCE KRIEGEL AUSTRALIA Peter HOLLANDS, Justin HOWARD, Nathan HOWARD, Lauren 2. LIN Amber LIN, Theo ALLEN, Joseph LIEBERMAN, Christopher TRAVIS, Maxim HENBEST, Ellena MOSKOVSKY WELLAND

2. BERK S Ellie FASHINGBAUER, Gianni HSIEH, Victor LAMOUREUX, JASON MILLER, Sedef BERK, John ALTMAN Knockout Formats 1.CHINA WFL Yiqin SHAO, Hanchang LI, Bin QIN, Penghao WANG, Siyuan LIU, Xu HUANG In the Junior Knockout, there will be one-day, 48-board semifinals and final 2. CHINA SX CLUB Licong CHENG, Renyu LI, Yiyang ZHANG, Zhecheng DU, Yijun with no carryovers. SHANG, Yihong LIU In the Youngster Knockout, there will be 32-board quarterfinals, semifinals 1. KRISTENSEN Benjamin KRISTENSEN, Brandon HARPER, Gregory HERMAN, and final, also with no carryovers. Ryan MILLER So both events will finish on Friday, allowing all teams to play for at least two days in the Board-a-Match Teams that begins this morning and ends on Sunday.

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Nine Ever Ten Never Slam? What Slam? A Jolly Good Slam

by Murat Molva by Murat Molva by Murat Molva

In the second round of the Junior Swiss Teams, It has happened to all of us. After the session, Any slam that makes can be classified as this was Board 15: teammates ask if we could find the slam on a belonging to the jolly good category. At least for particular, and we reply “Slam? What slam?” the declaring side anyway. This was Board 9 in the Dlr: South ♠ A Q 8 2 This was Board 6 of the fourth round of the fourth round of the Swiss: Vul: N-S ♥ J 10 Swiss. ♦ A 9 8 7 Dlr: North ♠ J 4 3 ♣ 9 3 2 Dlr: East ♠ 6 3 Vul: E-W ♥ 9 8 ♠ 9 6 5 3 ♠ J 10 7 Vul: E-W ♥ K Q 10 8 7 6 2 ♦ 10 6 3 ♥ 7 ♥ K Q 9 8 ♦ Q 8 3 ♣ A 9 8 7 5 ♦ Q 6 5 2 ♦ K 4 ♣ Q ♠ 2 ♠ A K Q 10 8 6 5 ♣ K 10 7 4 ♣ Q 8 6 5 ♠ A 9 8 ♠ J 10 7 5 4 ♥ J 10 7 3 ♥ A ♠ K 4 ♥ A 9 ♥ 5 4 3 ♦ A Q 8 2 ♦ 7 5 4 ♥ A 6 5 4 3 2 ♦ 5 4 2 ♦ – ♣ K Q 3 2 ♣ J 10 ♦ J 10 3 ♣ A 9 4 3 2 ♣ K 10 7 6 5 ♠ 9 7 ♣ A J ♠ K Q 2 ♥ K Q 6 5 4 2 ♥ J ♦ K J 9 West North East South ♦ A K J 10 9 7 6 ♣ 6 4 Seshimo Kaplan Oyama Agica ♣ J 8 1♥ This good slam was reached by only two pairs Pass 1♠ Pass 2♥ As you can see, six clubs is on for East-West in the Juniors, and none of the Youngsters could bid Pass 3♥ All Pass with a total combined high-card-point total of only it. (Yes, all right, it is better played by West, but how sixteen. would one manage that when using a natural system? Put yourself into South player Marius Agica’s Aside from the spade king-queen being onside, That East hand is too strong for .) (USA) shoes. You have a nice six-card suit and the key point of the deal is that even if a heart is led useful looking side values in the other suits, and your against the slam, South, when he gets in with his West North East South partner invites you to game. You are vulnerable, so spade trick, will not be able to cash a heart trick, Koclar Aydogdu a nice game bonus is waving to you. It is teams, so and declarer will discard West’s heart loser on the Pass 1♠ 2♥ you are not worried about any pairs strategies or established spade winners. Dble Pass 3♥ Pass the rest of the field. You only have to think about 3NT Pass 4♠ Pass your teammates at the other table. Would you not The frequency charts show two six diamonds 5♠ Pass 6♠ All Pass be tempted to bid four hearts? I am sure many of doubled contracts, so we could assume that Australia us would. Well Agica did not. And he was dead on and Argentina were able to bid the slam. Well done. Erkmen Aydogdu (Turkey) showed a good hand target. Although dummy appeared with excellent with his three-heart cue-bid. But how good? When values too, nine tricks were the limit. Well judged. This board created some tension at the table I he heard his partner remove three notrump to four was watching: spades, Akin Koclar reasoned that if they did not At the other table, the Japanese pair Hashimoto– have two quick heart losers, and if the trump quality Kikuchi had exactly the same auction, but at the West North East South was good, there should be a good play for slam. So point where Agica passed, Kikuchi bid four hearts. Linz Hashimoto Wernis Kikuchi he came up with a five-spade raise to convey his He just needed trumps to split 3-2. Not today. Down Pass 1♦ thoughts. East had all that was required, so he just bid one and 6 IMPs to the team War of Roses. Pass 1♥ Dble 3♦ the slam. Pass 4♣ Pass 4♠ Pass 5♦ All Pass

Probably, the three-diamond bid combined with the adverse vulnerability prevented West, Marianna Linz (USA), from overcalling on the first round, but she could have come closer to bidding something at her second turn after her partner, Rebecca Wernis, indicated length in both black suits. (And, yes, perhaps East should have intervened with one Marius Agica (War of Roses - USA) notrump to show at least 5-5 in the unbid suits.) But anyway, the Japanese pair reached a normal five- diamond contract.

West first led her spade ace and then her club ace. Correctly deciding that if the heart ace was cashing there was no rush to take it, she continued with the spade nine. Tadahiro Kikuchi took this with his king and, West North East South without ruffing his second club, played three rounds Jolly Cavalier of trumps ending in dummy. Since there were only Pass 1♠ 3♥ Adam Kaplan (War of Roses - USA) hearts remaining in dummy, he led a heart to West’s 3NT Pass 4♣ Pass ace. West continued with a spade, which declarer 5♣ Pass 6♠ All Pass ruffed! South then played a few more trumps and claimed the remainder conceding a club. But the Here, the bid of three notrump by Christian Jolly spade queen was clearly visible in his hand. The girls (USA) gave East, Andrew Cavalier, more hopes were quick to call the TD, who started investigations to reach a slam. But what to bid? Andrew found a during which I was consulted as a witness. Declarer four-club rebid that the NASA engineers are still was given a two-trick penalty and the final result was trying to analyze. Is it a fake control-bid (cue-bid) to down four. inhibit a club lead? Or is it a high-tech conventional Rather than ruffing a trick that already belonged bid that says “Partner I have no controls in clubs and to him, Kikuchi would have been better advised diamonds, but I just love the rest of my hand”? West, Tadahiro Kikuchi (Japan) to ruff one of the aces that West cashed. That –- meanwhile, was quite satisfied with the way things in theory – would have allowed him to make the were going. He showed his club support by raising to contract. J five clubs. Now Cavalier probably thought that things could get out of hand if he found another technical bid. So he just blasted the slam, and all was well.

East’s bidding was cavalier, but in the end he and his partner were jolly happy with the result!

Koichiro Hashimoto (Japan) ♠♥♦♣ 3rd World Open Youth Championships Thursday, August 8, 2013

West North East South This contract went the obvious down two, but Back to the Pas Chavarria Jin Botta Yuan minus 100 was worth 5 matchpoints out of 6 to in the Pairs 1♠ 2♣ North-South. 3♠ Dble Pass 4♥ North did well to drive straight to game, but East by Phillip Alder Pass 5♣ Dble All Pass should have risked a card-showing double. Then West, who knewsher partner was very short in hearts, South should have made a over would probably have converted to four spades, which There were several other interesting boards in the one spade. But when she overcalled two clubs, you will have noticed could have been made with an three pair events. Chavarria produced a very brave pre-emptive three- overtrick even after a trump lead. Let’s start with surely the biggest plus score spade raise. When one makes that bid with so few we will see at this tournament -- if not this year. It high-card points, one usually has a singleton or a occurred on Board 10 of the first final session in the void somewhere. But it worked well. North doubled junior event. to show some points, South hoped her partner had First, though, let’s set the scene. On the previous Stern at the Five-Level four or five hearts, and Botta happily doubled North’s deal, against the normal contract of four hearts by David Stern five-club rescue. by North, East had made the abnormal lead of a South lost one spade, one heart and one diamond, low spade from ace-fourth. This had conceded an This is an expression my partner has for my East cashing her heart ace when in with the diamond overtrick, partner having queen-jack-fourth and passion for bidding over the opponents at the king. declarer king-third. A second overtrick had been five-level – usually incorrectly, I might add. The Plus 200 was 6 out of 6 for East-West. surrender with inaccurate discarding. Minus 480 was following caught my attention for some good five- The next two boards were flat. In the second a bottom for East-West. admitted that she level action in Round 3 of the Teams. set, the first board was also average. But then the was “on tilt,” determined to get the matchpoints back. Italians got a top when one of their opponents passed Dlr: West ♠ K J 9 8 7 6 4 2 a . The auction went one diamond-(one Dlr: East ♠ 9 6 4 3 Vul: None ♥ – heart)- two clubs-all pass. Plus 130 did not trouble Vul: Both ♥ Q 2 ♦ 10 7 the scorers when the other three pairs were bidding ♦ 6 ♣ A 7 3 and making game. What was even more strange ♣ K 10 9 4 3 2 ♠ 10 5 3 ♠ Q was that the opener had 15 high-card points, three ♠ J 5 ♠ 10 8 ♥ A K Q 4 2 ♥ J 10 9 8 6 5 3 aces and one king. So she would have been worth a ♥ A 9 5 ♥ K J 10 8 7 6 4 ♦ K 5 ♦ 9 6 2 move toward game opposite a nonforcing two-club ♦ A J 9 8 4 3 2 ♦ K Q 10 7 ♣ 6 5 2 ♣ K 10 response (what is known as a ). ♣ A ♣ – ♠ A Boards 19 and 20 helped the cause of the ♠ A K Q 7 2 ♥ 7 American bronze medalists. First, Isha Thapa got a ♥ 3 ♦ A Q J 8 4 3 favorable lead that let her take twelve tricks in three ♦ 5 ♣ Q J 9 8 4 clubs, for 5 matchpoints out of 6. Then North made a ♣ Q J 8 7 6 5 textbook error. Frequencies: +510x3, +450x1, +300x1, +100x3, West North East South +50x3, -420x1 Dlr: West ♠ J 5 3 Shi Prairie Vul: Both ♥ 9 8 2 4♥ 4♠ The auctions that I watched varied, but the ♦ A Q J 9 8 7 6♥ 6♠ Pass Pass following was common. ♣ 3 7♥! Dble Pass Pass ♠ K 9 7 6 2 ♠ Q 10 Redble! Pass Pass Pass West North East South ♥ 10 6 5 3 ♥ A K Q 1♥ 4♠ 5♥ Dble ♦ 3 ♦ K 10 5 West had a tough choice over four spades Pass Pass Pass ♣ Q 8 5 ♣ K J 10 9 2 because she did not have a bid that invited a slam ♠ A 8 4 and asked partner for a spade control. But, as a four- This was the sequence at another table: ♥ J 7 4 heart opening bid often includes short spades, West ♦ 6 4 2 decided to jump to slam. West North East South ♣ A 7 6 4 Then North, trusting his opponent, sacrificed in 1♥ 1♠ 4♥ 5♣ six spades. 5♥ Pass Pass Dble West North East South After two passes, Shi was up at the plate Pass Pass Pass Thapa Arbit again. She knew that she could double six spades Pass 2♦ Dble 3♦ and probably get 500 or 800, but that would not Clearly North hadn’t eaten his power food for 3♠ Pass 3NT All Pass compensate for 1430 in six hearts. breakfast, electing to bid just one spade with his Still “on tilt,” Shi bid seven hearts. eight-card suit. South led the diamond four. North, who knew North, with no defensive tricks, surprisingly A popular treatment over the four-heart response declarer had the king, should have played her jack. doubled this. in this auction is four notrump showing two places to And if she were allowed to take the trick, she should After two more passes, Shi decided that seven play, rather than the “guessing” five-club bid chosen have continued with a low diamond (or the queen). hearts doubled and down one was probably going to by South holding five clubs and six diamonds. When declarer has one stopper in the suit you are be a zero. So she raised the ante by redoubling. She trying to establish, work to make her use it up as also wondered if this might persuade her opponents West North East South quickly as possible. to bid seven spades. But no. And now South was on 1♥ 3♠ 4♥ 4♠ However, North won the first trick with her ace lead. Pass Pass 5♥ Pass and returned the jack. When she took that trick too, Reasonably assuming that West had to be void in Pass 5♠ All Pass she shifted to the heart nine. Julie Arbit won and spades, and perhaps wondering if his partner’s double drove out the club ace. South took the third round was a Lightner, South led a club. South created a “winning” score when she didn’t and returned a heart. East finished the clubs, then led Seven hearts redoubled plus two vulnerable is double five hearts, perhaps discouraged from doing the spade queen to establish her ninth trick. 3740, but the overtricks were not permitted. Still, so by partner’s three-spade rather than four-spade Plus 600 was a cold top. plus 2940 was a nice top and resulted in an exactly bid. The final board of the girls event helped the average two-board round! silver medalists. They do say that pre-emptors should not bid twice, but having undercooked the hand with the In the Girls Final, the winners, Giorgia Botta and Dlr: East ♠ 4 2 initial three-spade bid, I don’t think we can blame Margherita Chavarria from Italy, began the last day Vul: None ♥ Q 9 8 6 North for bidding five spades after his partner in third place. But they started perfectly on the first ♦ K Q J 6 5 supported spades and failed to double five hearts. board of the penultimate session. ♣ 9 5 ♠ A K J 10 8 7 ♠ Q 9 6 Journalists tend to shy away from Deep Finesse Dlr: East ♠ 8 5 ♥ 10 7 3 ♥ A and rely on their own analytical skills,1 but I like Vul: Both ♥ Q 5 ♦ 8 7 ♦ 10 9 4 3 2 to use DF as a backup for my less-than-perfect ♦ A J 7 6 5 2 ♣ A 4 ♣ K 8 6 2 analytical skills. DF says you can make six spades ♣ A 4 3 ♠ 5 3 only by South -- can you see why? ♠ J 10 9 6 2 ♠ A K Q 4 3 ♥ K J 5 4 2 ♥ 9 3 2 ♥ A J 7 6 ♦ A A diamond lead from East will excommunicate ♦ 9 4 ♦ K 3 ♣ Q J 10 7 3 ♣ 8 5 2 ♣ 10 7 your dummy and prevent you from being able to throw your club losers away on diamonds provided ♠ 7 West North East South West wins with the diamond king and continues with ♥ K 10 8 4 Jin Suarez Yuan de Jesus a diamond. ♦ Q 10 8 Pass 1♥ ♣ K Q J 9 6 1♠ 4♥ All Pass Page 12 Thursday, August 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Pass Pass Pass 1♣ Swingy Set 1♥ 2♣ 3♥ Dble by David Stern Pass 3NT All Pass

Round 5 of the Swiss (KO) Teams proved to be East chose to lead the diamond king. This was a wild affair with an average swing of just over 5 not immediately fatal, but when North ducked, East IMPs per board at each of the six tables in the Junior continued with the diamond queen. The declarer won Teams. The first board was right on target as pairs and played a third diamond to establish the diamond guessed what the best spot was and what should be nine as his ninth trick after spades broke. I have some Muhammet Osgur-Sarper Uslupehlivan trumps. sympathy for East persisting with diamonds, but as my sage mother says, “You never have to apologise

Dlr: North ♠ K J 8 7 2 for leading partner’s suit.” Vul: None ♥ K 8 Home Cont. Decl. Lead Tricks NS EW Vis Res. ♦ 9 8 6 5 2 Res. 3NT S ♥3 8 100 ♣ 3 6 1NT S ♥2 8 120 ♠ 10 9 5 4 3 ♠ A Q 1NT S ♥3 8 120 -- -- ♥ A J 9 ♥ Q 6 4 3 2♠ S ♦4 8 110 1NT S ♥2 8 120 10 ♦ K 4 ♦ 10 3NT N ♦K 9 600 1NT S ♥3 8 120 ♣ A K J ♣ 10 8 6 5 4 2 -- -- 1NT S ♥3 8 120 3NT S ♦4 9 600 ♠ 6 12 3NT S ♥5 8 100 ♥ 10 7 5 2 1NT S ♥3 8 120 1 ♦ A Q J 7 3 2NT S ♦4 9 150 ♣ Q 9 7 Antony Lee-Ryan Wessels

Board 9 featured a big swing in three of the six At the Open Room table where California Aces matches. Murat Molva describes the action at the played Turkiye: two tables where the slam made in his article titled A Jolly Good Slam. Please excuse the small amount of West North East South repetition here. Koclar Lee Aydogdu Wessels Pass Pass Pass Dlr: North ♠ J 4 3 1NT 2♦ Dble 4♦ Vul: E-W ♥ 9 8 4♠ Pass 5♣ All Pass ♦ 10 6 3 ♣ A 9 8 7 5 East won the spade lead and took dummy’s two ♠ 2 ♠ A K Q 10 8 6 5 top clubs. Now he had to go down one. ♥ J 10 7 3 ♥ A In the Closed Room they stopped in four clubs ♦ A Q 8 2 ♦ 7 5 4 after: ♣ K Q 3 2 ♣ J 10 Kevin Rosenberg-Frank Lin ♠ 9 7 West North East South ♥ K Q 6 5 4 2 Rosenberg Osgur Lin Uslupehlivan ♦ K J 9 Pass Pass 1♦ ♣ 6 4 1NT 3♦ 4♣ All Pass West North East South Declarer took the same ten tricks. Koclar Lee Aydogdu Wessels

Home Pass 1♠ 2♥ Cont. Decl. Lead Tricks NS EW Vis Res. Res. Dble Pass 3♥ Pass 4♠ W ♦9 6 200 12 3NT W 10 430 3NT Pass 4♠ Pass 2♠ W ♦9 6 100 -- -- 5♠ Pass 6♠ All Pass 3♦ S ♣A 9 110 5♣ E ♠6 10 50 5 4♣ E ♠6 10 130 3♦ S ♣A 9 110 The three-heart inquiry for a stopper followed by 2 3NT W ♦9 8 50 the bid of four spades without support from partner 4♦x N ♠A 9 100 4 4♥ E ♠6 9 50 showed mild slam interest, which West eagerly Akin Koclar-Erkmen Aydogdu 2♠ W ♣3 8 110 5 accepted with limited heart values. This made the 3NT W ♦2 7 100 obvious 12 tricks after the heart-king lead.

Board four was a lost opportunity for the In the Closed Room, Rosenberg’s more unilateral California Aces: action substantially reduced the chances of reaching slam. Dlr: West ♠ 7 6 2 Vul: Both ♥ A 6 West North East South 2 over 1 Game ♦ 9 8 7 3 Rosenberg Osgur Lin Uslupehlivan ♣ K 9 8 3 Pass 1♠ 2♥ Force ♠ T 9 5 ♠ J 4 3 3NT Pass Pass Pass by Audrey Grant and Eric Rodwell ♥ K Q 8 3 2 ♥ J 9 7 4 Home ♦ 4 ♦ K Q J 6 5 Cont. Decl. Lead Tricks NS EW Vis Res. Learn the system from a top teacher and Res. ♣ Q T 7 2 ♣ J 5♠ E ♥K 12 680 arguably the best player in the game -- -- ♠ A K Q 8 4♠ E ♥Q 12 680 3♠ E ♣6 10 170 and 11 ♥ T 5 4♠ E ♥K 13 710 6♠ E ♥K 12 1430 Bridge Master, the Best ♦ A T 2 13 3NT W ♥9 10 630 of 4♠ E ♣6 12 680 ♣ A 6 5 4 2 3NT W ♥9 9 600 5♠ E ♣6 12 680 From 13 Something strange happened on this board. The 6♠ E ♣6 12 1430 4♠ E ♥K 12 680 -- -- This is a celebration of the contributions of Open Room auction seemed simple and normal and 4♠ E ♥K 12 680 perhaps likely to lead to a pickup when North-South Edgar Kaplan to the game of bridge avoided a three-notrump game with their combined I’m not sure I could think of an auction that 24-count, taking eight tricks in one notrump for plus would result in a final contract of three spades, but copies of books will be 120. FREE BOTH we’ll leave that for another time. available to West North East South After the trading of IMPs in this match, YOUNG PLAYERS ONLY Koclar Lee Aydogdu Wessels California Aces beat Turkiye 39-33 to put them in today (Thursday) at Pass Pass 1♦ 1NT second place. Pass Pass Pass The World Youth Open Bridge Championship In the Closed Room, however: 2 over 1 signed by Eric Rodwell West North East South Stop by the front desk for your copies and Rosenberg Osgur Lin Uslupehlivan enjoy your gift from the Championships Daily Bulletin Thursday, August 8, 2013 Page 13

Dutch couple his losing heart could have gone on the queen, but because he and everyone else was expecting a heart continued from page 1 from Soloway, Lauria pulled the ♠7 from dummy and works at big tournaments organized by the World was surprised when Hamman covered with the 10. Bridge Federation and the , The Americans were back to down two and a victory and at the Cavendish, which will take place this year in the . in Monaco. A TD was called, and it was Meiracker. She She is in Atlanta working as a TD at the Summer ruled that because Lauria had touched the ♠7, he NABC. Bertens is playing in the Spingold Knockout could not change his play to the queen. The ruling Teams on the Mary Ann Berg squad. was appealed and upheld, and the Nickell team had Thanks to help from American bridge players, another world championship, 304-303. Meiracker and Bertens possess the coveted “green Meiracker says the ruling was initially difficult cards” that allow them to work in the U.S., and she because Soloway and Hamman were silent about recently received a promotion from the ACBL. what happened, and there was no video of the play or One of Meiracker’s most memorable moments as other witnesses. 2012 winners Ed Schulte and a TD occurred during the Bermuda Bowl in Monte As Meiracker was walking back to her hotel after Tom Kniest Carlo in 2003. The Nick Nickell team, trailing Italy the awards ceremony, a big car pulled up beside her by 22 IMPs with two boards to play in the event, had in the street. Giorgio Duboin, a member of the Italian Start Your Engines! scored 11 IMPs on the penultimate board and were in team, got out. He hugged Meiracker and told her, The NABC+ Fast Open Pairs, which requires a position to win as they defended 5♦ doubled (Jeff “You made the right ruling.” players to finish their two-board rounds in 11 Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell were plus 400 against At home in Oregon, Meiracker is playing a bit minutes, begins today. The event consists of two 4♥ in the other room). Two down for plus 300 meant of bridge and working at tournaments in the West. qualifying sessions followed by two final sessions 12 IMPs and a win for Nickell. One down and the She is also on the TD list for the ACBL’s three big tomorrow. Previous winners are: match would have been tied, forcing an eight-board tournaments each year and has been working with 2000 Chris Willenken, Aaron Silverstein playoff. other directors answering rulings questions from 2001 Jim Robison, Mark Itabashi In the room where Meiracker was working, members. 2002 Alan Kleist, Leo LaSota Lorenzo Lauria was playing the dummy himself after Bertens has his eye on next year’s United States 2003 Joel Wooldridge, John Hurd his partner, Alfredo Versace, had left the room. Bridge Championship, which will select teams to 2004 Peter Weiden, Rick Zucker Near the end of the deal, was on represent the U.S. in the 2014 World Bridge Series 2005 Chris Willenken, Ralph Buchalter lead to declarer’s left and could have assured two Championships. He has been playing in NABC’s and 2006 , Nick L’Ecuyer down by cashing a heart, Lauria having to follow. other ACBL tournaments for nearly a decade. 2007 Robert Levin, Instead, Soloway shocked the vugraph audience Their new life in America has them excited about 2008 Doug Doub, by playing a spade to dummy, which held the good the future. Says Bertens, “We should have done this 2009 Dick Bruno, Peggy Kaplan ♠Q and four low spades. Lauria had no spades, so 10 years ago.” 2010 Dan Jacob, Nagy Kamel 2011 Geoff Hampson, John Diamond SIDE SERIES 3 (CORRECTED) 2012 Ed Schulte and Tom Kniest 110.00 Tables / Based on 33 Tables 10.54 1/2 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX 129.42% 10.54 1/2 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 129.42% Learn Bridge in a Day?® 9.55 3/4 Jane Formet, Orlando FL 127.16% 9.55 3/4 Chris Kindt, Orlando FL 127.16% hits the road… 6.19 5/6 Jack Snyder, Rockford IL 122.83% The ACBL Education Foundation is partnering 6.19 5/6 Judy Zhu, Naperville IL 122.83% with Whirlwind Bridge to bring this 5.67 7 Paul Darin, San Diego CA 120.13% popular introductory bridge seminar to North 8.19 8 Jim Munday, Southaven MS 119.62% America. Ten locations will be chosen from 2.30 9/10 Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH 118.36% applications received from sponsoring units, districts 2.30 9/10 William Higgins, Cincinnati OH 118.36% or communities that demonstrate a genuine interest in promoting the growth of bridge. For more PAT SEILER GOLD RUSH PAIRS information, visit www.whirlwindbridge.com. 64.0 Tables 7 3 TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET I 17.86 1 Shelia Paul - Linda Harris, Macon GA 62.95% 12 Tables 13.40 2 Arlene Mahlberg - Benny Mahlberg, Discovery Bay CA 61.90% 32.52 1 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; 11.02 3 1 Diane Strickland, Norcross GA; Duke Bhatia, Atlanta GA 61.76% Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL; Weimin 8.27 4 2 Ted Moens - Nathan Moens, Delta BC 61.65% Wang, People’s Republic of China 6.20 5 3 Beth Dresher, Atlanta GA; Sally Hughes, Marietta GA 60.71% 22.76 2 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV; John Grantham, 4.79 6/7 Felicia Lease, Lakemont GA; Kimberly Willis, Savannah GA 60.12% Bentonville AR 4.79 6/7 4 Rebecca Overton, Tallahassee FL; Elizabeth Lawler, Blowing Rock NC 60.12% 13.01 3/4 Mym Young - Clay Young, Atlantic Beach NC; 3.97 8 5 Chuck Palmer - Bob Crouch, Big Canoe GA 58.93% Martha Young, Dallas TX; Jay Gibson, Richardson TX 3.57 9 Sheryl Sack - Lana Imerman, Atlanta GA 58.70% 13.01 3/4 Gayle Covey - Steven Devico, Hendersonville 3.12 10/11 Sandi Rossman, Dunwoody GA; Edward Rocereta, Warm Springs GA 58.63% NC; Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY 3.12 10/11 Ellen Flenniken, Fernandina Beac FL; Elizabeth Monroe, Amelia Island FL 58.63% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET II 2.75 12 Brady Lotridge - Leanne Lotridge, New Orleans LA 57.97% 16 Tables 2.55 13 Nancy Alexander - Ruth Symington, Atlanta GA 57.95% 24.12 1 James Stevens - Sandra Stevens, Paige TX; Elinor 2.31 14/15 Chang-Li Lu, Strongsville OH; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH 57.89% Hood, Portland OR; Thomas Schmalz, Galveston TX; Robert Curl, 3.15 14/15 6 William Toler, Bay Village OH; Ann Kostell, Westlake OH 57.89% Houston TX; David Curl, Fort Worth TX 2.36 16 Mary Heiney, Laguna Beach CA; Joseph Dibenedetto, Scarsdale NY 57.33% 16.88 2 Charles Swart, Portland OR; Dennis Balfe, 2.76 17 7 Larry Zwahlen, Canton GA; Edward Paulling, Rome GA 56.85% University City MO; Phil Feldman, Los Angeles CA; David Feldman, New York NY 2.45 8 Geoffrey Hadlock - Michael Heimann, Warsaw IN 56.70% 9.65 3/4 Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; David 2.20 9 Martha Blackman, Spartanburg SC; Joseph Hicks, Hendersonville NC 56.27% Schulman, Atlanta GA; Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Anton Habash, 2.15 10 Arthur Burgess, Buford GA; Thomas Slaughter, Roswell GA 56.10% Oxford OH 1.84 11 Janet Edwards, Dunwoody GA; Brenda Shavin, Atlanta GA 55.99% 9.65 3/4 R Dee McDonald - Judy McDonald, Lavonia GA; 2.36 12 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 55.82% Robert Yon - E Michael McKee, Anderson SC TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET III WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SERIES 16 Tables 39.0 Tables 18.73 1 Carl Rush - N Lally Rush - John Rush Jr - Robert A B C Rush, Jacksonville FL 7.43 1 1 1 Benny Patton, Atlanta GA; Michelle Barnes, Marietta GA 67.31% 13.11 2 Betty Roper - Marilyn O’Neill - Judy Cobb, 5.57 2 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 65.19% Greensboro GA; Penny Bramblett, Eatonton GA 7.49 3/4 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las 4.18 3 Steve Clark - Louise Clark, Glencoe IL 64.56% Vegas NV; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Douglas Grant, San 4.67 4 2 Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA; Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA 64.45% Francisco CA 2.35 5 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 63.47% 7.49 3/4 Clement Greene, Jr, Valdosta GA; A Karen 1.76 6 Margaret Ritchie - Clay Hall, Birmingham AL 60.56% Gardner - Carolyn Wolf - Ted Gardner, Pensacola FL 3.50 3 Sandy Yu, Alpharetta GA; Linda Holman, Atlanta GA 58.99% 2.80 4 Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 58.31% TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET IV 16 Tables 2.05 5 Gail Hanson, Lake Orion MI; Starr Hagenmeyer, Roscommon MI 57.41% 15.84 1 Greg Schepens - Terry Richardson, Austin TX; 1.48 6 Leif Thusholt, Dragor 2791 Denmark; Lillian Johannessen, Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Jason Daming, New Orleans LA Honolulu HI 54.75% 11.09 2 Judith Melchiorre - Martha Glassmeyer - Karen 2.62 2 Eugenia Weaver, Pembroke Pines FL; Nan Lindsey, Lithia Springs GA 54.72% Adelman, Vero Beach FL; Lynn Bayman, Valparaiso IN 1.96 3 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Lourdes Abdon, Sao Paulo 01329 Brazil 53.91% 6.34 3/4 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA; Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA; Mark Ambrose, Louisville 1.47 4 Rona Lake, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Spgs FL 52.78% KY 1.10 5 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA 50.08% 6.34 3/4 J Barnes - Louise Garcia - John Alford - Ruth 1.40 6 Mary Calise - Nick Calise, Scottsdale AZ 48.19% Short, Greensboro NC Page 14 Thursday, August 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, one of the Ruth Goldberg, Ludwig Kabakjian, Edith 1970 1. Dorothy Bare, Gerald Bare, Eugenie oldest ACBL events, begins play today. Seligman Mathe, ; 2-3. Ken Barbour, The event, first played in 1929, is a four-session 1949 1. Peter Leventritt, Charles Solomon, Peggy William Daly, Mickey Rosenthal, Helen event with two qualifying and two final sessions. Solomon, ; 2. John Crawford, Strasberg, Dave Strasberg; 2-3. Betty Adler, At stake is the Richard Freeman Memorial , Helen Sobel, Julian Adler, Dave Sachs, Sue Sachs Trophy, which was put into play in 2010 by 1950 1. Peter Leventritt, Charles Solomon, Peggy 1971 1. John Anderson, , Marilyn Freeman’s longtime partner, Nick Nickell. Solomon, Sally Young; 2. John Crawford, McCrary, Sue Picus; 2. Dorsey Brooks, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar Zerrene Brooks, Joan Remey, Vincent Remey Winners and runners-up: 1951 1. Jane Jaeger, Richard Kahn, Leo Roet, Ruth 1972 1. Gail Moss, Mike Moss, Marietta Passell, 1929 1. Max Cohen, Mrs. M.K. Alexander, Rose Sherman; 2. Myron Field, , Bill Passell; 2. B. Jay Becker, John Fisher, Fleischer, R. Frankenstein (no runner-up Charles Goren, Helen Sobel Emma Jean Hawes, Alan Truscott, Dorothy listed) 1952 1. Anne Burnstein, , Alvin Hayden Truscott 1930 1. Winfield Liggett, , Roth, Edith Seligman; 2. John Crawford, 1973 1. Ellen Alfandre, Philip Feldsman, Edith P. Hal Sims, Sir Derrick Wernher; 2. W. Emma Jean Hawes, George Rapee, Olive Sacks, Stanley Tomchin; 2-5. Betty Adler, Cleveland Cogswell, J. Arnold Farrar, Doris Peterson, Julian Adler, David Sachs, Sue Sachs; Fuller, George Reith 1953 1. Anne Burnstein, Harold Harkavy, Edith 2-5. Doug Fraser, Sandra Fraser, Barbara 1931 1. Mrs. G.A. Bennett, Doris Fuller, Charles Kemp, Alvin Roth; 2. Emanual Hochfeld, Saltsman, Joey Silver; 2-5. Mark Berger, Lochridge, George Reith; 2. E.M. 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Eleanor Hirsch, John Kunkel, Dorothy Hayden, , Sidney Nagy, Sharon Smith Helen Pendelton Rockwell, Milton Vernoff Silodor, Sylvia Stein 1980 1. , Jose John Hamui, Elias 1939 1. Robert Chatkin, Valerie Klein, Alvin 1961 1. Richard Freeman, Emanuel Hochfield, Konstantinovsky, Laura Mariscal, Kerri , Florence Stratford; 2. Edward Louise Robinson, Gloria Turner; 2. John Shuman; 2. Gerald Caravelli, Dennis Ellenbogen, Peggy Golder, Helen Mitchell, Fisher, Jean Frankel, Lou Gurvich, Boots McGarry, Joan Remey, Vincent Remey, Charles Solomon Kendrick, Sidney Lazard Helen Utegaard 1940 1. Marie Black, Henry Chanin, Olive 1962 1. , Agnes Gordon, Eric 1981 1. Doug Fraser, Sandra Fraser, Ralph Katz, Peterson, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Edward Murray, Helen Portugal; 2. Norman Kay, Paul Lewis, Linda Peterson, Esta Van Zandt; Ellenbogen, Peggy Golder, Helen Mitchell, Sidney Silodor, Sylvia Stein, Margaret Wagar 2. Bill Cole, Lynn Deas, Norb Kremer, Beth Charles Solomon 1963 1. Sidney Lazard, Betty Kaplan, Edgar Palmer 1941 1. Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Kaplan, Stella Rebner; 2. Israel Cohen, 1982 1-2. Tommy Sanders, Carol Sanders, Sidney Sobel, Sally Young; 2. Oswald Jacoby, Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels, Alvin Lazard, Joan DeWitt; 1-2. Lynn Deas, Norb Louise Wainwright, , Mrs. Roth Kremer, Beth Palmer, Bill Cole William A. Tucker 1964 1. John Fisher, , Emma Jean 1983 1. Alan Kudisch, Judy Landau, Drew Casen, 1942 1. John Crawford, Olive Peterson, Margaret Hawes, Margaret Wagar; 2-3. Martin Cohn, Karen Allison; 2. Kathie Wei, Judi Radin, Wagar, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Philip Hampton Hume, Bernadine Jenkins, Mary Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth Abramsohn, Kay Rhodes, Edith Seligman, Philley; 2-3. Harold Harkavy, Virginia 1984 1. Susan Sternberg, Bernie Chazen, Juanita Tobias Stone Heckel, Edith Kemp, Cliff Russell, Jerome Skelton, Allan Cokin, Barbara Sion, 1943 1. Charles Goren, Olive Peterson, Sidney Yavitz ; 2. Edith Rosenkranz, George Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. Edith Hammond, 1965 1. Barbara Brier, Alvin Roth, Jan Stone, Rosenkranz, Carol Sanders, Mark Lair, Lynn Pat Lightner, Walter Malowan, Stuyvestant Tobias Stone, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Deas, Eddie Wold Wainwright Burt Norton, Carol Norton, Alan Press, 1985 1. Bill Pollack, Rozanne Pollack, Alan 1944 1. Charles Goren, Olive Peterson, Sidney William Rosen, Sylvia Stein, Carol Stolkin Truscott, Dorothy Truscott, Evelyn Levitt, Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. Marie Basher, 1966 1. Jimmy Cayne, Judy Dryer, Paul Soloway, Dave Treadwell; 2. Rich Schmieder, Jyme Edward Cohn, John Crawford, Margaret Eunice Rosen, William Rosen; 2. Barbara Tropila, Martin Miller, Carol Dietz Wagar Rappaport, Alvin Roth, Bee Schenken, 1986 1. Mark Cohen, Stasha Cohen, Harold 1945 1. John Crawford, , Margaret Howard Schenken Lilie, Joyce Lilie, David Berkowitz, Lisa Wagar, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Estelle 1967 1. Mike Cappelletti, Kathie Cappelletti, Mike Berkowitz; 2. Carol Simon, , Min Elis, , Alvin Roth, Edith Moss, Gail Shane; 2-4. John Gerber, Norman Ross, Hugh Ross, Paul Kern, Claire Kern Seligman Kay, Carol Klar, George Rosenkranz, Edith 1987 1-2. Jim Mahaffey, Linda Perlman, Joan 1946 1. Samuel Katz, Alicia Kempner, Evelyn Rosenkranz; 2-4. B. Jay Becker, John Fisher, Remey, Paul Soloway; 1-2. Bob Hamman, Lebhar, Bertram Lebhar Jr.; 2. Charles Dorothy Hayden, Emma Jean Hawes; Kerri Shuman, Rama Linz, Robert Levin Goren, Emily Folline, Sidney Silodor, Helen 2-4. Leland Ferer, Gratian Goldstein, Fred 1988 1-2. Robert Radwin, Helen Utegaard, Flo Sobel Hamilton, Sylvia Stein Rotman, Dan Rotman; 1-2. Ken Cohen, Jo 1947 1. Harry Fishbein, Ruth Goldberg, Ludwig 1968 1. Minda Brachman, , Oswald Anne Manfield, Robert Woodard, Ev Cogan Kabakjian, Edith Seligman; 2-3. Emily Jacoby, Helen Sobel Smith; 2. Betty Kaplan, 1989 1. Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel, Gladys Folline, Peter Leventritt, David Warner, Sally Edgar Kaplan, George Rapee, Carol Stolkin Collier, Juanita Chambers; 2-3. Marty Young; 2-3. Harold Harkavy, Jane Jaeger, 1969 1. Janice Cohn, Flo Orner, Charles Peres, Bergen, Dori Cohen, , Richard Lewis Jaeger, Mrs. G. Strasser Dan Rotman, Ivar Stakgold, Alice Stakgold; Oshlag; 2-3. Chester Hirsch, Mary Jane 1948 1. John Crawford, Charles Goren, Helen 2. Barry Crane, Jules Farell, Mary Jane Farell, Jacqui Mitchell, Sobel, Margaret Wagar; 2. Harry Fishbein, Farell, Marilyn Johnson, Peter Rank Daily Bulletin Thursday, August 8, 2013 Page 15

Florine Walters, Mark Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Lew Stansby, Feldman Jo Anna Stansby, Jan Martel, Chip Martel 1996 1. Gaylor Kasle, 2005 1. Peggy Kaplan, , Rozanne Barabara Kasle, Nancy Pollack, Steve Beatty, Hemant Lall, Marty Passell, ; 2. Fleisher; 2. Barbara Sonsini, John Sutherlin, Jimmy Cayne, Jacqui Mitchell, , Mark Lair, Amalya Kearse, Mike Passell, 2006 1. Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, William Pettis, Chuck Burger, Suzy Burger Rozanne Pollack, William Pollack; 2. 1997 1. Marc Low, Sandra Richard Schwartz, Margie Gwozdzinsky, Low, Sue Sachs, David Sachs; Walid Elahmady, , Teri 2. Kit Woolsey, , Casen, Drew Casen Jo Anne Casen, Larry Mori, 2007 1. Don Stack, Linda Eakes, Jack Spear, Martha Katz, Ralph Katz Nancy Spear; 2. Stephen Goldtein, Leslie 1998 1. David Berkowitz, Paryzer, John Stiefel, Sheila Gabay Lisa Berkowitz, Jim Bjerkan, 2008 1. Chris Willenken, Migry Zur Campanile, Cheri Bjerkan; 2. , JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby; 2. Garey Geir Helgemo, Kitty Munson, Hayden, Barbara Kasle, Jo Morse, Gaylor Kasle 1999 1. Lynn Baker, 2009 1. Robert Hampton, Jenny Wolpert, Sylvie 2012 Freeman Mixed BAM winners Joan Eaton, Michael Roche, Nader Karen McCallum, Zia Willard, John Hurd, Sabine Auken, Joel Hanna, Karen Cumpstone Mahmood, Matthew Wooldridge; 2. Linda Smith, , Granovetter; 2. Richard Stella Rainey, Jim Foster 1990 1. Edith Rosenkranz, George Rosenkranz, Gabriel, Ellen Gabriel, Rhoda Prager, Brian 2010 1. Gary Cohler, Jill Meyers, JoAnna Stansby, Eddie Wold, Marinesa Letizia, Kerri Ellis Lew Stansby; 2. Les Bart, Gloria Bart, Sally Shuman, Mark Lair; 2. Jim Becker, Ellee 2000 1. Barry Rigal, Sue Picus, Sylvia Moss, Judi Woolsey, Kit Woolsey Lewis, Howard Chandross, Vivian Whalen Radin, Alex Ornstein, Jeff Ferro; 2. Mel 2011 1. Hemant Lall, Petra Hamman, Peggy 1991 1. John Carruthers, Katie Thorpe, Brad Moss, Colchamiro, Janet Colchamiro, Betty Bloom, Kaplan, Winthrop Allegaert, Judith Bianco; Bronia Gmach, Jared Lilienstein; 2. Robert Steve Bloom, Kitty Munson Cooper, Steven 2. David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz, Josef Thomson, Asya Kamsky, Rozanne Pollack, Cooper Blass, Anna Sarniak, Marcin Lesniewski, Michael Radin, , Dori Cohen 2001 1. Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Chip Ewa Harasimowicz 1992 1. Gabriel Chagas, Marinesa Letizia, Dennis Martel, Jan Martel, Lew Stansby, JoAnna 2012 1. Joan Eaton, Michael Roche, Nader Hanna, Clerkin, Juanita Chambers, , Stansby; 2. Lou Ann O’Rourke, Joan Stein, Karen Cumpstone; 2. Gabrielle Sherman, Beth Palmer; 2. Bjorn Fallenius, Kathy Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Curtis Cheek, Billy Joel Wooldridge, Debbie Rosenberg, Richard Anday, Shirlee Meckstroth, Jeff Meckstroth Miller Zeckhauser 1993 1. Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz, 2002 1. Michael Rosenberg, Debbie Rosenberg, Beth Palmer, William Pettis; 2. Nancy Lisa Berkowitz, , Richard Molesworth, Stephen Schneer, Robbie Schwartz, Margie Gwozdzinsky; 2. Paul Hopkins, Joan Lewis Important notices for Lewis, Linda Lewis, Bob Glasson, Joann 1994 1. Mike Lucas, Michael Seamon, Renee Glasson players in national events Mancuso, Steve Sion, Barbara Sion; 2. 2003 1. Fulvio Fantoni, Hemant Lall, Donna George Rosenkranz, Sabine Zenkel, Eddie Notice to seeded pairs Compton, Petra Hamman; 2. Richard Wold, Kerri Sanborn, Larry Cohen If you expect to be seeded in an NABC+ Zeckhauser, Mildred Breed, Eddie Wold, 1995 1. Joyce Lilie, , David event at this tournament, please purchase your Hjordis Eythorsdottir Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz; 2. Jeff Schuett, at least 15 minutes before game time. Doing 2004 1. Steve Robinson, Lynn Deas, Bill Pollack, Ginny Schuett, Tom Kniest, Karen Walker, so will help get the game started. Rozanne Pollack, Beth Palmer, Bill Pettis; 2.

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TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET V 16 Tables WERNHER OPEN PAIRS 11.90 1 Richard Muntz, Riverview MI; Susan Yester, 65.0 Tables / Based on 125 Tables Birmingham MI; Dana McWilliams, Brownstown MI; Kathleen 125.00 1 Valentin Kovachev - Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 2140.97 Beatty, Loganville GA 93.75 2 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 2078.91 8.33 2 Victoria Lanier - Patt Corbin, Amelia Island FL; 70.31 3 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 2025.92 Betty Nielsen, Fernandina Beac FL; Barbara Weinstein, Pittsburgh 55.56 4 Michael Radin - Judi Radin, New York NY 2002.73 PA 4.76 3/4 Judy Maner, Atlanta GA; Susan Wellman - June 50.00 5 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 1997.71 Willingham, Monroe GA; Gregory Anderson, Highlands NC 45.45 6 Dave Westfall - Charles Bennett, Spokane WA 1983.90 4.76 3/4 Charles Buchta - Marjorie Buchta, New London 41.67 7 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 1971.92 NC; Ellen Harris, Harrisburg NC; Craig Poplin, Concord NC 38.46 8 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 1963.66 35.71 9 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 1963.54 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET I 33.33 10 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 1959.11 12 Tables Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China; 31.25 11 William Ehlers, Madison NJ; Corey Krantz, Philadelphia PA 1956.93 Patrick Huang, Taipei Taiwan; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Roger 29.41 12 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 1955.36 Lee, Pasadena CA 27.78 13 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 1940.11 vs 26.32 14 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL 1929.36 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal - Bjorn Fallenius, New 25.00 15 Emory Whitaker, Macon GA; Jon Nance, Springfield MO 1914.89 York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, 11427 Stockholm Sweden; Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden 23.81 16 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA 1914.83 22.73 17 Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Alexander Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 1899.41 Martin Bloom, Sydney 2031 Australia; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; 21.74 18 Xiaoqian Liu - Maxim Siline, Hudson MA 1899.28 Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia; Anthony Nunn, Ashfield 20.83 19 Charles Nauen, Saint Paul MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 1889.30 NSW 2 Australia 20.00 20 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 1880.28 vs 19.23 21 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 1876.15 Scot Reis, ; John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; James Krekorian, 18.52 22 Thomas Walsh, Saskatoon SK; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 1874.60 Pensacola FL 17.86 23 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 1874.38 17.24 24 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL 1873.55 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET II 16.67 25 Linda Hanson, Brentwood TN; Coley McGinnis, Nashville TN 1869.33 12 Tables 16.13 26 Annie Schwartz - Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 1869.07 Steven Gajdalo - Lech Ekert - Mac Raczkiewicz, Hilton Head SC; 15.63 27 George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL; , Palm Bch Grdns FL 1866.81 Dinesh Doshi, Evans GA vs 15.15 28 Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH; Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 1862.52 Jan Stewart - Andrew Risman, Toronto ON; Tony Viidik - Joan 16.53 29 David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO 1860.19 Viidik, Waterloo ON 14.29 30 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY 1859.21 13.89 31 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 1858.46 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; 13.51 32 Sharon Hait - William Hait, Livingston NJ 1856.88 Dale Demerchant, Oliver BC; Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA vs 13.16 33 Kenji Miyakuni - Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan 1853.06 Paul Dole, Antioch TN; Nancy Evins, Lebanon TN; Douglas Hirt - 12.82 34 Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 1852.11 Melanie Hirt, Nashville TN 12.50 35 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 1850.65 13.45 36 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 1849.50 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET III 11.90 37 Donald Spaulding, Mountain View CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 1841.71 16 Tables 11.63 38 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; , Cambridge MA 1833.06 David Haydon - Lenora Fernandez - Susan Campbell - Joan Duffy, Marietta GA 14.57 39 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 1827.72 vs 11.11 40 Lew Walter - Marin Marinov, New York NY 1827.10 Margie Ruben - Lynthia Strong - Chris Nicholson, Augusta GA; 10.87 41 , Redmond WA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 1823.28 William Kelly, Anderson SC 11.73 42 Bruce Ohmann, Flagler Beach FL; Robert Dennard, Orlando FL 1818.45 10.42 43 Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA; William Grant, San Diego CA 1816.64 Lynn Brown, Palm Coast FL; Don Dvorak, Jacksonville FL; Lawton 10.20 44 Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; John Jones, Santa Fe Sprgs CA 1814.27 Hutchison - Barbara Hutchison, Austin TX vs 10.00 45 Jayendu Patel, Newton MA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 1813.94 Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Portland OR; Marsha Gerstein, 9.80 46 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL 1813.51 Somerville MA; Mark Heumann, Watertown MA 9.62 47 Richard Maybin, Hendersonville NC; James Gumbert, Flat Rock NC 1804.89 9.43 48 Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL; Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL 1799.09 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET IV 9.26 49 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 1792.59 16 Tables William Kinneman - Beverly Kinneman - Ti Davis - Richard 9.09 50 Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI 1791.21 Kalkbrenner, Little Rock AR vs 3PM SIDE B-A-M TEAMS Byron Southern - Ellen Coffield - Anne Lea Patterson, Little Rock 50 Tables AR; Kam Harrell, Mayflower AR A B C 10.01 1 Stephen Weiner - Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ; Jerrold Beth Todd - J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA; Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry, Metairie LA Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Phebe Packer, Phoenix AZ 17.50 vs 6.57 2/3 Stuart Goff, Woodstock GA; James Satterfield, Marietta GA; Kathleen Loeb, Lake Mary FL; Maureen Loeb, Heathrow FL; Eric Sanjeev Pathak, Roswell GA; David Zeckets, Atlanta GA 16.50 Genheimer - Kyle Olson, Mustang OK 6.57 2/3 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 16.50 WEDNESDAY 10 AM & 3 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET I 4.22 4 Bos Berend - Joris Lankveld - Aagnes Snellens - Boer Wubbo, 16.00 16 Tables 26.81 1 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Richard Popper, 2.78 5/6 Richard Taube - Mike Sheldon, Marietta GA; William Kulbersh, Wilmington DE; Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes, London N195lh Atlanta GA; Larry Harding, Hampstead NC 15.50 England 6.51 5/6 1 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; 18.77 2 Dano De Falco, 35030 Rubano (P Italy; Gabriella James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Barry Margolin, Arlington MA 15.50 Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New 4.27 2/3 Steven Wallis, L-5339, Moutfor Luxembourg; Paul Burnham, Wilton York NY 12.06 3 Isabella De Andrade - Jaqueline Nunes, Rio De CT; John Gropp, Newburgh NY; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY 15.00 Janeiro Brazil; Stanley Barg, Washington DC; Ana Vidigal, Rio de 4.27 2/3 1 Pearle Bishop, Lynn Haven FL; Shelly Hobbs, Panama City Bch FL; Janeiro Brazil Mary Schilling - Beth McArthur, Panama City FL 15.00 9.38 4 Don Stack, Overland Park KS; Linda Eakes, 2.75 4 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; David Schulman, Atlanta GA; Anton Leawood KS; Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN Habash, Oxford OH; Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA 14.50 2.75 5 2 LeRoy Burnside, Pawleys Island SC; Sandra Murphy - James WEDNESDAY 10 AM & 3 PM COMPACT KO BRACKEI II 12 Tables Braunworth, Luray VA; Colin Steele, Murrells Inlet SC 14.00 14.87 1 Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Erin Feldman - 1.54 6 Ken Parker - Donna Parker - Edward Crane, Newnan GA; Michael Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Shane Blanchard, New York NY McGowan, Peachtree Cty GA 13.50 10.41 2 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra 2.06 3 Sonjia McHone, Salisbury NC; Tina Boyer, Montclair NJ; Caroline Rimstedt, New York NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Clyburn, N Myrtle Beach SC; Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD 12.50 Ida Groenkvist, Orebro 70360 Sweden 1.55 4 Carolyn Donovan - Patty Ronning - Camille Searcy - Linda 6.69 3 Judy Zhu, Naperville IL; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL; Jack Snyder, Rockford IL; Richard Beye, Mehlville MO Elliott, Savannah GA 12.00 5.20 4 Jack Bonney - Dianne Bonney, Venice FL; Edward Spear, Bangor ME; Nie Lih Kalat, Sarasota FL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 8.0 Tables WEDNESDAY 10 AM & 3 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET III A B C 12 Tables 10.88 1 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry 1.89 1 1 Janet Focazio - Sharon Hyslop, Alpharetta GA 63.33% Spector, Springfield VA; A J Stephani - Arun Goyal, Cincinnati OH 1.42 2 2 1 Timothy Embry - Kay Embry, Duluth GA 62.50% 7.62 2 Leila DeNotaristefani, Mendham NJ; Matt 1.06 3 Lynda Barnum - Shirley Driscoll, Tallahassee FL 62.08% Meckstroth - Patty Barnett, Gainesville FL; Cindy Sealy, Huntsville 0.83 4 3 Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH; Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH 60.00% AL 0.67 5 4 Marcia Christie, McCormick SC; Betty Winkler, McCirmic SC 58.75% 4.90 3 James Fox - Judy Fox, Virginia Beach VA; Steven 0.48 5 Lynn Craft - Lucy Sinopole, Huntsville AL 56.67% Shaye, Slingerlands NY; Donna Chambers, Schenectady NY 3.81 4 Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE; Roy Perry, 0.57 2 Charlotte Cash - June Buckley, Ponte Vedra Bea FL 50.42% St. John’s NL; Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY; Spencer Kiernan, Chadds Ford PA Daily Bulletin Thursday, August 8, 2013 Page 17

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS WEDNESDAY 10 AM & 3 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET IV 19.5 Tables 12 Tables A B C 8.97 1 Ben Yang, Warren NJ; Katherine Rabenstein, Washington DC; Melanie Manfield, Chevy Chase MD; John Herriot, 4.24 1 1 Ronald Gutzwiller - Deborah Gutzwiller, Mason OH 65.77% Los Angeles CA 3.18 2 2 1 Deana Haugabook, Oglethorpe GA; Susan Easterlin, Montezuma GA 65.49% 6.28 2 Gail Berman, Sandy Springs GA; Virginia Saul - 2.39 3 3 2 Beth Stephens, Marietta GA; Bijan Kasraie, Atlanta GA 63.94% Eva Ratonyi, Atlanta GA; Virginia Rosen, Winter Haven FL 1.79 4 4 3 Ron Cowen - Marcia Cowen, Greenville SC 61.01% 4.04 3 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah 1.34 5 Kathi Byrne - John Byrne, Atlanta GA 58.84% WA; Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA 1.18 6 5 4 Gil Hudnall - Ann Salo, Atlanta GA 58.33% 3.14 4 Barry Segal - Casey Segal, Boynton Beach FL; Phyllis Vierra, San Jose CA; Shirley Ramspeck, Sarasota FL 0.89 6 5 Janet Connell, Spanish Fort AL; Delores Courtney, Mobile AL 56.55% 0.99 6 Sheldon Fages, Duluth GA; Robert McFarland, Cumming GA 55.65% WEDNESDAY 10 AM & 3 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET V 16 Tables WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER SWISS TEAMS 7.79 1 Jane Chadwick, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Bill 12 Tables Gilmore - Jim Whitmire - Nancy Whitmire, Jacksonville FL 5.45 2 James Felch, Bristol NH; Merrick Weinstein, A B C Manchester NH; Carol Armstrong, Mount Holly NC; June Beers, 3.11 1 1 Will Holmes - Dianne McLean, Athens GA; Leigh Malcom, Monroe GA; Newnan GA Linda Rakowski, Loganville GA 57.00 3.51 3 Peggy Haigler - Diane Rodger - Mary Ann Singer 2.33 2 2 1 Suzanne Anderson - Elliott Goldstein, Atlanta GA; Charles Perry, - Rhonda Patterson, Raleigh NC Marietta GA; John Ritsema, Mableton GA 53.00 2.73 4 Janet Jordan, Aledo TX; Karen Collins - Kathy 1.75 3 3 2 Patricia Temple, Bonita Springs FL; Anne Price - Susan Horn - Coleman - Carolyn Marks, Fort Worth TX Dianne Boswell, Greensboro GA 51.00 WEDNESDAY 10 AM & 3 PM COMPACT KO BRACKET VI 1.15 4/5 4/5 Pam Szabo, Marietta GA; Jan Noll, Dunwoody GA; Teresa Noa, 16 Tables Jersey City NJ; Jennifer Magid, Atlanta GA 47.00 5.55 1 Nathaniel Hipsman, Marietta GA; Adam Gann, 1.20 4/5 4/5 3 Yolande Dumont - Wilfred Dumont - Dorothy Sherwood - Richard Falls Church VA; Joshua Baiel - Peter Lifland, Redmond WA Sherwood, Naples FL 47.00 3.89 2 Mary Helen Harris, Marietta GA; John Ford, Franklin TN; Rosemary McCloskey - Chuck McCloskey, Raleigh NC 2.50 3 Peggy Jordan - Harriett Palmer - Jane Keith, MARVIN SHATZ A/X PAIRS Newnan GA; Patricia Jackson, Fairburn GA 88.0 Tables / Based on 152 Tables 1.94 4 Sandra Williams, Bluffton SC; Jim Miles, A B Westminster SC; Jeff Wood, Dahlonega GA; Linda Hacker, 33.18 1 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 65.65% Gainesville GA 24.89 2 Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Sheila Pies, Osprey FL 63.75% 18.75 3 1 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA 62.63% Thursday Insider 14.00 4 Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 60.59% The Insider’s columns have been hit or miss, 11.06 5 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 59.52% shorter than usual, and they have fallen below the 9.48 6 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA 59.04% normal low bar for journalistic adequacy he has 14.06 7 2 Jill Fisch - John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA 58.65% previously established for himself. The easy reason 7.37 8 Pamela Miller - James Rasmussen, Cambridge MA 58.65% 6.64 9 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 58.42% for this is that Daily Bulletin space is somewhat 6.03 10 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Jeff McKee, Nevada TX 57.71% restricted due to coverage of the WBF event. The 5.53 11 Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; Mark Tonnesen, Woodbridge VA 57.65% printer has limited the Bulletin Boys to a maximum 5.10 12 Jon Rice, Whitsett NC; B Wayne Stuart III, Raleigh NC 57.65% of 24 pages. The WBF has been promised four pages 10.55 13 3 Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA; Somers Collins, Roland AR 57.53% for coverage of their event. With many, many events 4.88 14 Phil Clayton, Mission Viejo CA; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA 57.40% to report, as well as results from thousands of tables 4.15 15 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 57.08% of play and the usual important information to share 4.37 16 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; , Little Rock AR 57.00% (a box everyday on page one telling you to go to 5.87 17 Susan Picus, New York NY; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 56.90% page two for details, another box with the table count 4.31 18 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 56.87% through Monday, the ads for Monaco, Bermuda, 3.59 19 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 56.84% 5.13 20 Brooks McNeely, Knoxville TN; Mark Jones, Birmingham AL 56.81% Cuba and Panama Canal and, of course, the mostly 3.16 21 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 56.37% complete bridge play schedules), there just hasn’t 2.89 22 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 56.19% been room for the Insider’s random thoughts and 7.91 4 Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 55.36% observations. The Insider will be back at full power 6.25 5 Jeff David, Lisle IL; Bob Fashingbauer, Belvidere IL 54.61% come Phoenix. 5.36 6 David Moss, New York NY; Henry Moss, Glenview IL 54.61% For now, the Insider has been limited to 325 4.69 7 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 54.46% words per column. And these words have to be ones 4.17 8 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA 53.62% that the average NABC attendee can recognize – the 3.75 9 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Linda Bush, Marietta GA 53.30% Insider has had to refrain from his usual practice of 4.39 10 Vincent Koon Kam King, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 52.45% making up words to fit the storyline. So with that in 3.13 11 Rona Levine - Stephen Levine, New York NY 51.88% 2.88 12 Andrew Hidi - Suzanne Hidi, Toronto ON 51.88% mind, AMG will have a flip chart at her station today: 2.68 13 Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasoto FL 51.54% Stop by and share your favorite word that describes bridge, the NABCs or life on the tournament trail. Write down a regular word in a different context, Thanks, Play Bridge volunteers than any other club. It really does make a some arcane word that describes life in the bridge difference! world or just make up a word for the entertainment of The Atlanta NABC Planning Committee would all of us. She’ll want the word and your definition of like to recognize and thank Ina Parry and the many Collect your section it. Keep it (relatively) clean and have fun. She’ll keep volunteers from the Play Bridge club in Atlanta top prizes the flip chart up through Friday to give everyone who have worked not only on their designated day Reminder: Section top winners are asked to pick a chance to contribute. The Insider will contribute (August 5), but have given generously of their time up their prizes at the Prize Desk on LL2. several of his own words to seed the pot. The best throughout the tournament. The club recruited more words will be “borrowed” for inclusion in Saturday’s Insider. (325 words exactly!) PAT SEILER GOLD RUSH PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION A EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Felicia Lease, Lakemont GA; Kimberly Willis, Savannah GA 65.48% 1 1 Victoria Gutierrez, Bradenton FL; Debra Hinds, Stone Mountain GA 57.74% 2 Sandi Rossman, Dunwoody GA; Edward Rocereta, Warm Springs GA 58.63% 2 2 Michelle Rose - Elizabeth Demers, Newnan GA 54.76% 3 1 Patricia Fine - Karin Baldzer, Atlanta GA 53.87% 3 Jill Benson, Bethesda MD; Margaret Webb, Renton WA 51.49% 4 Nancy Elsea - Peggy Heinisch, Atlanta GA 51.49% 4 Honore Thynne - Judy Orthwein, Atlanta GA 50.89% 2 Ray Sanow, Weaverville NC; Sandra Boozell, Asheville NC 49.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION B EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Sam Maloy - Cristina Shannon, Alpharetta GA 61.01% 1 1 Larry Zwahlen, Canton GA; Edward Paulling, Rome GA 63.39% 2 2 Beth Dresher, Atlanta GA; Sally Hughes, Marietta GA 58.33% 2 Karl McMillin - Barbara Tankersley, Marietta GA 59.52% 3 Lucy Fendig, St Simons Is GA; Shirley Egan, St Simons Isl GA 55.36% 3 2 Elizabeth Goldman - Robert Goldman, Sarasota FL 55.95% 4 3 Flo Vining - Martha Martin, St Simons Is GA 53.27% 4 Ann Van Dyke - Carol Weiss, Purchase NY 54.76% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION C EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Diane Strickland, Norcross GA; Duke Bhatia, Atlanta GA 63.69% 1 Arlene Mahlberg - Benny Mahlberg, Discovery Bay CA 63.10% 2 Shelia Paul - Linda Harris, Macon GA 61.01% 2 Judy Annan - Steve Annan, Mt Pleasant SC 61.61% 3 2 Ann Monk, Newnan GA; Christine West, Athens GA 55.95% 3 1 Rebecca Overton, Tallahassee FL; Elizabeth Lawler, Blowing Rock NC 58.33% 4 June Drennen - Elizabeth Goldthwait, Youngstown OH 50.00% 4 Dixie Wade, Atlanta GA; Lylah Gillespie, Plano TX 54.76% 2 Margaret Cole - Elizabeth Refshauge, Spartanburg SC 50.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION D EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Stanley Goldstein, Boynton Beach FL; James Jenkins, Fayetteville PA 60.71% 1 1 Steven Zimmerman - Julie Zimmerman, Winter Park FL 58.63% 2 1 Gloria Larson, Oak Ridge TN; Alma Vanhull, Kingston TN 57.74% 2/3 2 Arthur Burgess, Buford GA; Thomas Slaughter, Roswell GA 52.98% 3 2 Mary Jo Allman - Robert Allman, Mt Pleasant FL 55.65% 2/3 Ellen Flenniken, Fernandina Beac FL; Elizabeth Monroe, Amelia Island FL 52.98% 4 Jean Eidson, Atlanta GA; Barry Steinberg, Roswell GA 50.30% 4 Sandra Baggett - Cathy Gersh, Hattiesburg MS 49.70% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION G EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Lea Black - Robert Black, Athens AL 53.74% 1 1 Janet Edwards, Dunwoody GA; Brenda Shavin, Atlanta GA 68.10% 2 2 Frannie Dowling - Linda Hogg, Atlanta GA 53.36% 2 Sheryl Sack - Lana Imerman, Atlanta GA 60.59% 3 Eileen Griffin, Hilton Head SC; Marcia Cornell, Hilton Head Isl SC 53.02% 3 Nancy Alexander - Ruth Symington, Atlanta GA 60.38% 4 Mary Elrod, Atlanta GA; Linda Corbett, Smyrna GA 51.38% 4 2 Geoffrey Hadlock - Michael Heimann, Warsaw IN 53.87% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION H EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Martha Blackman, Spartanburg SC; Joseph Hicks, Hendersonville NC 60.71% 1 Chang-Li Lu, Strongsville OH; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH 67.56% 2 Connie Haugabook, Montezuma GA; Gail Coogle, Oglethorpe GA 56.55% 2 1 William Toler, Bay Village OH; Ann Kostell, Westlake OH 57.44% 3 Brady Lotridge - Leanne Lotridge, New Orleans LA 54.76% 3 Melinda Hawkins - Phyllis Pettijohn, West Palm Beach FL 57.14% 4 Karen Richards, Harvest AL; Betsy Graham, Northport AL 52.68% 4 Kathleen Adams - Tod Pontius, Austin TX 52.08% 2 Shelia Leventhal, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Susan Braitman, Palm Beach Gdns FL 52.38% 2 Joseph Bosworth - Ann Bosworth, Dawsonville GA 47.02% Page 18 Thursday, August 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION I EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 58.70% 1 1 Ted Moens - Nathan Moens, Delta BC 66.11% 2 2 Harriet Shaffer - Susan Croft, Atlanta GA 54.72% 2 Bert Einloth, Bluffton SC; Elizabeth Ambler, Hilton Head Is SC 57.32% 3 Chris Trower, Atlanta GA; John Dillon, Cashiers NC 54.13% 3 Mary Heiney, Laguna Beach CA; Joseph Dibenedetto, Scarsdale NY 55.91% 4 Joanne Waitkus, Weeki Wachee FL; Alice Jones, Brooksville FL 53.10% 4 2 Ginger Duncan - Mary Morton, Baton Rouge LA 51.86%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SERIES NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS TT UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 65.19% 1 1 1 Benny Patton, Atlanta GA; Michelle Barnes, Marietta GA 67.31% 2 Steve Clark - Louise Clark, Glencoe IL 64.56% 2 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 63.47% 3 Margaret Ritchie - Clay Hall, Birmingham AL 60.56% 3 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL 58.88% 4 Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 58.10% 4 2 Paul Foster, Carlsbad CA; Sandy Kucha, Rancho Santa Fe CA 54.26% 5 1 Gail Hanson, Lake Orion MI; Starr Hagenmeyer, Roscommon MI 57.41% 5 3 Kate Smith, Stone Mountain GA; Jane Dickerson, Atlanta GA 53.50% 6 William Cunningham, Tucker GA; Sara Medlin, Alpharetta GA 56.02% 6 4 Silvana Bellini, St Petersburg FL; Arlyne Shockman, Philadelphia PA 53.43% 7 2 1 Eugenia Weaver, Pembroke Pines FL; Nan Lindsey, Lithia Springs GA 54.72% 7 5 Tom Platt - Johanna Platt, Mississauga ON 53.29% 8 Diana Holt, Palm Beach FL; Kitty Omura, North Palm Bch FL 48.69% 8 6 2 Rona Lake, Naples FL; Georgia Pope, Bonita Spgs FL 52.78% 3 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI; Thomas Gaudin, Chamblee GA 47.89% 3 Peggy Tierney - Paul Tierney, Needham Heights MA 46.42% 4 Judith Bailie, Bishop GA; Debbie Wagner, Athens GA 47.33% 5 Phyllis Burnette, Greenville SC; Jo Tutt, Easley SC 47.27% 2 Joan Paskert - Jeannette Folsom, Naples FL 43.33% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS VV SS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 58.31% 1 1 Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA; Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA 64.45% 2 Elizabeth Ivey, Clarksville TN; Dennis Luft, Trussville AL 56.78% 2 2 Sandy Yu, Alpharetta GA; Linda Holman, Atlanta GA 58.99% 3 2 David Cantor, Charlotte NC; S Natelson, Knoxville TN 54.53% 3 Dan Morse - Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 58.69% 4 3 1 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Lourdes Abdon, Sao Paulo 01329 Brazil 53.91% 4 3 Leif Thusholt, Dragor 2791 Denmark; Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI 54.75% 5 Brenda Keller, Palm Springs CA; Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA 53.64% 5 4 Mickey Groggel, Mobile AL; Perry Poole, Maitland FL 54.07% 6 4 Donald Brown, Titusville FL; Elizabeth Wilcox, Macon GA 53.13% 6 Marianne Goff, Margate City NJ; Margaret Coe, Linwood NJ 53.89% 7 5 Betty Andersen, Sterling Hts MI; Charles Rosenblatt, Pompano Beach FL 52.76% 7 5 Bruce Thiher, Lady Lake FL; David Stentz, The Villages FL 52.09% 8 6 Donzetta Mills, Peachtree City GA; Anita Graham, Newnan GA 52.45% 8 6 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; John Wang, Beltsville MD 51.83% 2 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA 50.08% 7 Mary Scholl - Martha Marshall, Charlotte NC 49.69% 1 Mary Calise - Nick Calise, Scottsdale AZ 48.19% 2 Brandon Fong, Mt Laurel NJ; Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA 47.97% 3 David Bebko - Helen Bebko, Snellville GA 47.36%

WERNHER OPEN PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS P Q R S T EAST-WEST 1 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 64.03% 1 Terry Spector, Franklin TN; Bryan Howard, Nashville TN 60.73% 2 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL 60.82% 2 Michael Radin - Judi Radin, New York NY 60.31% 3 Valentin Kovachev - Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL 60.67% 3 Joseph Keim - William Gottschall, Dayton OH 60.04% 4 Sharon Hait - William Hait, Livingston NJ 59.68% 4 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 59.41% 5 Dave Westfall - Charles Bennett, Spokane WA 59.50% 5/6 Richard Maybin, Hendersonville NC; James Gumbert, Flat Rock NC 58.26% 6 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, Charleston SC 59.34% 5/6 Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 58.26% 7 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 58.62% 7 Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY 56.64% 8 Kenji Miyakuni - Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan 58.08% 8 Charles Nauen, Saint Paul MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 56.55% 9 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; , Dallas TX 57.78% 9 Annie Schwartz - Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA 56.16% 10/11 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX 57.45% 10 Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 55.95% 10/11 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 57.45% 11 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; R Muggia, Andover MA 55.02% 12 Lew Walter - Marin Marinov, New York NY 57.24% 12 William Ehlers, Madison NJ; Corey Krantz, Philadelphia PA 54.72% 13 Jayendu Patel, Newton MA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 56.76% 13 Linda Hanson, Brentwood TN; Coley McGinnis, Nashville TN 54.27% 14 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 55.05% 14 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 53.97% 15 Thomas Walsh, Saskatoon SK; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 54.63% 15 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Shuba Dey, Fairfax VA 53.61% 16 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 54.15% 16 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 53.58% 17 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 53.97% 17 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Lynne Tarnopol, New York NY 53.22% 18 Glenn Cossey, Innisfail AB; Nazir Ahmad, Red Deer AB 53.37% 18/19 George Zolovick, Pembroke VA; Donald Williams, Port St Lucie FL 53.19% 19 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL 53.28% 18/19 Donald Spaulding, Mountain View CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 53.19% 20 Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 53.25% 20 P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 53.06% 21 Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Alexander Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 52.31% 21 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Arthur Lowen, Nashville TN 52.88% 22 B Marshall, Tulsa OK; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 51.89% 22/23 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 52.31% 23 Iris Gruemm, ; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 51.83% 22/23 Alan Osofsky, Palm Beach FL; Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD 52.31% 24 Sandra Fleischman, Bradenton FL; Harriette Buckman, University Park FL 51.77% 24 Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI; Tamas Szabo, Brookfield WI 52.28% 25 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC 51.20% 25 Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Peter Wong, Toronto ON 52.19% 26 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 51.08% 26 Joan Dziekanski - Michael Polowan, New York NY 51.95%

3PM SIDE B-A-M TEAMS SECTIONS OO PP A B C 1 Stephen Weiner - Renay Danto Weiner, Scottsdale AZ; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Phebe Packer, Phoenix AZ 17.50 2 Stuart Goff, Woodstock GA; James Satterfield, Marietta GA; Sanjeev Pathak, Roswell GA; David Zeckets, Atlanta GA 16.50 3 Bos Berend - Joris Lankveld - Aagnes Snellens - Boer Wubbo, 16.00 4/6 1 Steven Wallis, L-5339, Moutfor Luxembourg; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; John Gropp, Newburgh NY; Farley Mawyer, Port Chester NY 15.00 4/6 Roisin O’Hara - Paul O’Hara, Oakville ON; Joan Stephens - Robin Stephens, Toronto ON 15.00 4/6 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach VA; Thomas Weik, Reading PA 15.00 7/8 Bill Wisdom, Salisbury NC; Tom Rutledge, Charleston SC; Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 14.50 7/8 Warren Oberfield - Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA; Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Susan Stark, Cleveland OH 14.50 9 2 Ken Parker - Donna Parker - Edward Crane, Newnan GA; Michael McGowan, Peachtree Cty GA 13.50 10 3 Jenny Slay, Daphne AL; Christie Sellers - Daniel Sellers, Jr, Jacksonville FL; Sue Nelson, Bay Minette AL 13.00 4/5 Judith Auer, Dublin OH; Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI 12.50 4/5 Carole Metzger - Ron Barze - Joyce Williams - Sikina Ehmer, Atlanta GA 12.50 6/7 A Ramsey, Atlanta GA; Nancy Motes, Kennesaw GA; Catherine Passailaigue, Columbus GA; Janice Haugabook, Montezuma GA 11.50 6/7 Laura Tolkow - Bonnie Gellas, New York NY; Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Germany; Estera Lisker, East Quogue NY 11.50 1 Julie Connor, Austin TX; Margarett Whilden, Washington DC; Janice Hall, Highlands NC; Mary Mc Millan, Jackson MS 11.00 2 Ardes Durden - Jeannie McGinnis, Newnan GA; Sarah Connors - Connie Porch, Fayetteville GA 8.50 SECTIONS QQ RR A B C 1 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI; Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH 16.50 2/3 Richard Taube - Mike Sheldon, Marietta GA; William Kulbersh, Atlanta GA; Larry Harding, Hampstead NC 15.50 2/3 1 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Kathy Pollock, East Amherst NY; James Keegan, Cambridge MA; Barry Margolin, Arlington MA 15.50 4 2 1 Pearle Bishop, Lynn Haven FL; Shelly Hobbs, Panama City Bch FL; Mary Schilling - Beth McArthur, Panama City FL 15.00 5 3 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; David Schulman, Atlanta GA; Anton Habash, Oxford OH; Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA 14.50 6 4 2 LeRoy Burnside, Pawleys Island SC; Sandra Murphy - James Braunworth, Luray VA; Colin Steele, Murrells Inlet SC 14.00 7/10 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Kazimierz Omernik, Gdynia Poland 13.00 7/10 5 Michael Myers, Ottawa ON; Gennifer Binder - Evan Markowitz, New York NY; Jennifer Richter, Summit NJ 13.00 7/10 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Burrell Humphreys, Wayne NJ; James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ 13.00 7/10 Aubrey Fein, Fort Lauderdale FL; Bernard Gorkin - Mary Gorkin, Baldwinsville NY; Charlene Predmest, Delray Beach FL 13.00 6/7 Evelyn Gilliard, East Point GA; Roberta Skibicki, Marietta GA; Estelle Lavender, Birmingham AL; Larry Rich, Cumming GA 12.50 6/7 3 Sonjia McHone, Salisbury NC; Tina Boyer, Montclair NJ; Caroline Clyburn, N Myrtle Beach SC; Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD 12.50

MARVIN SHATZ A/X PAIRS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 68.08% 1 Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA 61.62% 2 Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC; Kenneth King, Pleasanton CA 59.46% 2 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 60.69% 3 James Partridge, Birmingham AL; Kristina Oliver, Homewood AL 58.69% 3 Lisa Berkowitz - Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL 58.46% 4 1 Jill Fisch - John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA 58.08% 4 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR 56.69% 5 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA 57.31% 5 1 Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasoto FL 56.00% 6 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 56.92% 6 Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; Mark Tonnesen, Woodbridge VA 55.00% 7 Pat Peterson, Hernando FL; Sharron Rosenberg, St Charles IL 54.92% 7 2 Richard Dubrovsky - Leora Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 54.38% 8 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC; Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC 54.15% 8 3 George Powell, Roswell GA; Jay Miller, Milwaukee WI 52.85% 9 John Adams, Silver Spring MD; John Miller, Vienna VA 53.46% 9/10 4 Alan Bronstein, Christiansted VI; Thomas Shelley, St Croix VI 52.54% 10 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL 53.00% 9/10 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Martin Hunter, Mississauga ON 52.54% 11 2 Wendy Margraff - Thomas Margraff, St Petersburg FL 51.92% 11 William Allison, Decatur GA; Charles Galloway, Thornhill ON 52.31% 12 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Chris Larsen, Laguna Woods CA 51.77% 12 John Russell, North Barringto IL; John Seng, Champaign IL 52.23% 3 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 50.31% 5 Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA; Frederick Eriksen, Murray NE 51.23% 4 Marshall Kerlin, Americus GA; Denny Cahan, Roswell GA 49.23% 5 Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL; John Simms, Marietta GA 47.62% 6 Carol Crawford, Atlanta GA; Judy Fendrick, Marietta GA 47.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F M EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Sheila Pies, Osprey FL 64.27% 1 Joanne Weingold - Jack Weingold, Boca Raton FL 59.71% 2 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 62.22% 2 1 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Linda Bush, Marietta GA 59.61% 3 1 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesvle VA 61.10% 3 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 56.91% 4 Jon Rice, Whitsett NC; B Wayne Stuart III, Raleigh NC 60.37% 4 Charles Martineau, Brossard QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 56.82% 5 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA 57.74% 5 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA 56.50% 6 2 Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA 56.86% 6 Barbara Heller, Knoxville TN; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 55.17% 7 Fred Strickland, Marietta GA; Gabriel Fadel, Duluth GA 55.11% 7 2 Bo Liu, Santa Ana CA; Somers Collins, Roland AR 54.82% 8 3 David Moss, New York NY; Henry Moss, Glenview IL 54.37% 8 Stella Rainey - Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 54.34% 9 Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD; Rosanne Schabinger, Mount Prospect IL 52.75% 9 3 Raymond Linck - Kathleen Linck, Lexington KY 53.73% 10 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH 52.46% 10 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Helen Corbin, Palo Alto CA 53.68% 11 4 John Segal, Wilton CT; Jennifer Williams, Lexington KY 51.69% 11 Rebecca Lowen, Nashville TN; Judith Armonat, Mount Juliet TN 52.50% 12 5 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 50.89% 12 4 Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA; S Graham Kelly, Hudson OH 52.23% 6 Rory Millson, Bronxville NY; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 49.95% 5 Rona Levine - Stephen Levine, New York NY 50.46% 6 Nancy Lowry, Virginia Beach VA; Lynnette Regan, Norfolk VA 49.56% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS N O EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Susan Picus, New York NY; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 59.59% 1 Pamela Miller - James Rasmussen, Cambridge MA 62.05% 2 Fred Hawa, White Plains NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 58.55% 2 Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 59.02% 3 Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL 58.42% 3 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 57.84% 4 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Burbank CA 57.23% 4 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA 57.77% 5 Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Jeff McKee, Nevada TX 55.72% 5 1 Vincent Koon Kam King, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 54.32% 6 Debbie Mineault - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 54.60% 6 2 Zachary Brescoll - Allison Hunt, Charlotte NC 53.77% 7 1 Lanette Moore - George Blankenship, Atlanta GA 52.59% 7 Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC; Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC 53.05% 8 David Berent - Shirley Berent, Aventura FL 52.15% 8 3 Sankar Reddy, Cerritos CA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 52.83% 9 2 Joanne Merry - John Jefferson, Davis CA 51.92% 9 4 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA 52.46% 10 Ruth Grant, Tarrytown NY; Janet Robertson, Timonium MD 51.90% 10 Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY; Jeffrey Allen, Armonk NY 52.45% 11 3 Judith Merrill, Wethersfield CT; Carolyn Joseph, Farmington CT 51.41% 11 Eric Schwartz, Arlington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA 51.43% 4 Anita Asch, Roslyn NY; Carolyn Lewis, Louisville KY 50.71% 5 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 50.12% 5 Gloria McCain - William Worrall, Orlando FL 49.18% 6 Andrew Hidi - Suzanne Hidi, Toronto ON 49.82%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Timothy Embry - Kay Embry, Duluth GA 62.50% 1 1 Janet Focazio - Sharon Hyslop, Alpharetta GA 63.33% 2 2 Marcia Christie, McCormick SC; Betty Winkler, McCirmic SC 58.75% 2 Lynda Barnum - Shirley Driscoll, Tallahassee FL 62.08% 3 3 Lynn Craft - Lucy Sinopole, Huntsville AL 56.67% 3 2 Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH; Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH 60.00% 3 1 Charlotte Cash - June Buckley, Ponte Vedra Bea FL 50.42% Daily Bulletin Thursday, August 8, 2013 Page 19

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Ron Cowen - Marcia Cowen, Greenville SC 61.01% 1 1 Ronald Gutzwiller - Deborah Gutzwiller, Mason OH 65.77% 2 2 2 Sheldon Fages, Duluth GA; Robert McFarland, Cumming GA 55.65% 2 2 1 Gil Hudnall - Ann Salo, Atlanta GA 58.33% 3 3 Vicki Anckner - Mary Hubbard, Savannah GA 54.17% 3 3 2 Janet Connell, Spanish Fort AL; Delores Courtney, Mobile AL 56.55% 4 4 Wei Hsia - Jessie Hsia, Tuscaloosa AL 53.87% 4 4 3 Tim Collopy - Cecilia Collopy, Millbrook NY 55.06% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Beth Stephens, Marietta GA; Bijan Kasraie, Atlanta GA 63.94% 1 1 1 Deana Haugabook, Oglethorpe GA; Susan Easterlin, Montezuma GA 65.49% 2 Daniel Solow - Arthur Heuer, Cleveland OH 56.76% 2 Kathi Byrne - John Byrne, Atlanta GA 58.84% 3 2 Susan Freund, Pound Ridge NY; Judy Harralson, Princeton KY 54.93% 3 2 2 David McConkey, Norfork AR; Cheryl McConkey, Norfolk AR 53.66% 4 3 Sue Herrin - Kay Halligan, Savannah GA 53.05% 4 3 Forrest Schneider, Northbrook IL; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 53.17% 2 Phyllis Lazarus - Linda Greenwald, Atlanta GA 52.42% 4 3 Armand Champagne - Walter Ritkenhead, Villa Rica GA 51.95% TUESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME SERIES NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OO PP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Lech Ekert, Hilton Head SC; S Graham Kelly, Hudson OH 63.47% 1 Jeff McKee, Nevada TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 62.50% 2 Judy Zhu, Naperville IL; Jack Snyder, Rockford IL 58.75% 2 1 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA 61.67% 3 2 Marie Lewis - Mildred Turner, Macon GA 56.67% 3 Anna Sarniak, 01494 Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC 60.28% 4 3 Evelyn Gilliard, East Point GA; Josie Mitchell, Decatur GA 55.56% 4 2 1 Frank Hsieh - Gianni Hsieh, Naperville IL 59.44% 5 4 David Neiman, Minneapolis MN; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 54.31% 5 3 J F Lowenstein - Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 56.53% 6 5 Elizabeth Wilcox, Macon GA; Hazel Hewitt, St Marys ON 54.03% 6 4 Gerene Albrecht - Robert Short, Red Deer AB 55.56% 7 Merle Stetser - Jean Choi, Honolulu HI 53.47% 7 Marianne Goff, Margate City NJ; Margaret Coe, Linwood NJ 54.86% 8/9 6/7 1 Eric Shelton, Atlanta GA; Donna Shelton, Arlington Hts IL 51.94% 8 5 Neil Selvin, Naples FL; Howard Grunin, Mc Lean VA 51.39% 8/9 6/7 Suzanne Nichols - Grady Nichols, Signal Mountain TN 51.94% 9 6 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Boynton Beach FL; Marianne Claysmith, St Augustine FL 50.56% 8 David Cantor, Charlotte NC; S Natelson, Knoxville TN 50.56% 2 Benjamin Kuschner, Concord MA; Douglas Kuschner, Santa Clarita CA 47.92% 2 Suri Kukkapalli, Hyderabad 50007 India; Joseph Gedan, Honolulu HI 49.72%

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY EVENING GOLD RUSH PAIRS TUESDAY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Sarah Falgoust - Penny Saunders, Atlanta GA 69.35% 1 Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Chang-Li Lu, Strongsville OH 63.10% 2 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA 58.04% 2 Carol Weiss, Purchase NY; Joseph Dibenedetto, Scarsdale NY 57.74% 3 2 Nathan Moens - Ted Moens, Delta BC 55.95% 3 1 Janet Edwards - Jan Noll, Dunwoody GA 52.98% 4 3 Tobey Roland, Baltimore MD; Tina Boyer, Montclair NJ 55.65% 4 2 Elizabeth Goldman - Robert Goldman, Sarasota FL 52.68% 5 Eric Starzinger, Marietta GA; Robert Lumbert, Severn MD 55.36% 5 3 Geoffrey Hadlock - Michael Heimann, Warsaw IN 52.08%

1 & 7:30 PM A/X PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Jakob Kristinsson, Lake Orion MI; Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN 55.56% 1 1 Sandy Palmer - Dennis Hawtin, Shorewood WI 64.12% 2/4 Howard Simpson - Janice Simpson, Surprise AZ 53.94% 2 David Berent - Shirley Berent, Aventura FL 61.81% 2/4 2/3 Barbara Fingerhut, Clifton NJ; Andrea Luckey, Kinnelon NJ 53.94% 3 2 Terry Jones, Falls Church VA; Cecil Henry, Brethren MI 60.42% 2/4 2/3 Claudia Tinajero - Jorge Nischli, Mexico Mexico 53.94% 4 3 Anne Fidelman, Houston TX; Janet Fidelman, Arlington MA 52.31%

1 & 7:30 PM GOLD RUSH PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Paula Austin, Oxford AL; Ruth Fite, Anniston AL 58.04% 1 1 Linda Hult - Barbara Tureen, Atlanta GA 58.63% 2 2 Randolph Elkins, Merrifield VA; Mary Jane Griffin, St Augustine FL 57.74% 2 Susan Buckley-Holland - Sally Pecqueur, Clayton GA 57.14% 3 3 Diane Seymour - Stephanie Lohri, Charlotte NC 56.25% 3 Pinky McInvaille - Gwen Hooker, Fayetteville NC 55.36% 4 Martha Ludewig, St. Louis MO; Patricia Koncki, O’Fallon MO 54.17% 4 2 Pete Kaeding - Susan Kaeding, McCormick SC 52.68% 3 Marcia Miller - Elaine Sheldon, Marietta GA 50.89% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 J Michael Gregory - Helen Gregory, Athens GA 59.99% 1 1 Connie Haugabook - Susan Easterlin, Montezuma GA 63.90% 2 1 George Schatz, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Gail Santoro, Ponte Vedra FL 58.80% 2 2 Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 57.95% 3 2 Judy Pitts, Christiansted VI; R.Terry Handley, Soledad CA 55.44% 3 Kathleen Adams - Tod Pontius, Austin TX 52.68% 4 Susan Stephenson - Joanna Johnson, Raleigh NC 54.97% 4 3 Rosalie Murphy, Sun City Center FL; Marion Winsor, Sun City Ctr FL 50.72%

TUESDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LL EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Lynn McGill, Roswell GA; Connie Melgaard, Atlanta GA 67.71% 1 1 Deborah Hubert, Atlanta GA; Margaret Barfield, Marietta GA 63.28% 2 1 George Correia, Devonshire Bermuda; Andy Carne, Hamilton Bermuda 55.83% 2 Pamela Bank, Ocean Isle Beac NC; Sue Sandidge, Ocean Isle NC 58.60% 3 2 1 Rondal Vickers - Janet Vickers, Saint Petersbur FL 55.51% 3 2 1 Alec Zhan - Kunal Vohra, Alpharetta GA 53.94% 4 3 2 Anuj Das - Nisarg Shah, Alpharetta GA 55.37% 4 Edward Hartlieb, Waleska GA; Margaret Cannon, Atlanta GA 53.81% 5 Ann Law, Piedmont AL; Cathy Maffett, Myrtle Beach SC 52.14% 5 Ronald Gutzwiller - Deborah Gutzwiller, Mason OH 53.47% 2 Martin Powell - Paula Powell, Mobile AL 50.52% Tomorrow’s Bridge Events

Friday, August 9, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single TBA $16 $18 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $15 Friday, August 9, 10 & 1:30 p.m. NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 F Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $20 --- Friday, August 9, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. FREEMAN MIXED BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $20 --- Strati-Flighted A/X Pairs 1-2 Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $16 $18 Strati-Flighted B/C/D Pairs 1-2 Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $16 $18 Friday-Saturday KO Teams 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Friday Compact KO Teams 1-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Thursday-Friday KO Teams 3-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Friday, August 9, 10 a.m & 3:30 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 5 Dunwoody, LL3 $20 --- Screens, second session at 4 p.m. 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams F 1-2 Dunwoody, LL3 $17 --- Screens, second session at 3:30 p.m. 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams F 1-2 Dunwoody, LL3 $17 --- Screens, second session at 3:30 p.m. Flight A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Flight B Round-Robin Swiss Teams 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Brackets of eight teams, three gold overall places per bracket. Teams may not drop out after one session. No player over 3000 MPs. Friday, August 9, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Bob Bisplinghoff Stratified Open Pairs (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Gold Rush Pairs (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Friday, August 9, 3 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single TBA $16 $18 Stratified Side Board-a-Match Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $17 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $15 Friday, August 9, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday Evening Compact KO Teams 3-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Thursday-Friday Evening Round-Robin Swiss Teams 2nd Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $17 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $15 Friday, August 9, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750- 1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *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 20 Thursday, August 8, 2013 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Thursday, August 8, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 4th single Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $15 Thursday, August 8, 10 & 1:30 p.m. NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $20 --- 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Thursday, August 8, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. FREEMAN MIXED BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 Q Centennial Ballroom, LL1 $20 --- 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions National 199er Pairs 1-2 Hanover Hall, LL2 $17 --- Edgar Gay Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Regency Ballroom, LL1 $16 $18 Wednesday-Thursday KO Teams 3-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Thursday-Friday KO Teams 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Thursday, August 8, 10 a.m. & 3:30 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 4 Regency Ballroom, LL1 $20 --- Screens, second session at 4 p.m. WAGAR WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS F 1-2 Dunwoody, LL3 $20 --- Screens, second session at 4 p.m. 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams SF 1-2 Dunwoody, LL3 $17 --- Screens, second session at 3:30 p.m. 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams SF 1-2 Dunwoody, LL3 $17 --- Screens, second session at 3:30 p.m. Nancy Hetsko Memorial Open Swiss Teams (3000+/0-3000) 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Nancy Hetsko Memorial Gold Rush Swiss Teams (300-750/0-300) 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Thursday, August 8, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Strati-Flighted A/X Pairs 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Strati-Flighted B/C/D Pairs 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Thursday, August 8, 3 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 5th single Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $17 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Hanover Hall, LL2 $15 $15 Thursday, August 8, 3 & 7:30 p.m. Thursday Afternoon/Evening Compact KO Teams 1-4 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Thursday, August 8, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday Evening Compact KO Teams 1-2 Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Thursday-Friday Evening Round-Robin Swiss Teams 1st Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Wednesday-Thursday Side Game Series 6th single Grand Hall, LL2 $16 $18 Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $17 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Grand Hall, LL2 $15 $15 Thursday, August 8, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Grand Hall, LL2 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750- 1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *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 game honorees Edgar Gay (1923-1981) which took them safely to Cuba. As it turned out, the Nancy Hetsko (1954-2012) Edgar loved bridge. He played, directed and St. Louis was not allowed to dock anywhere and was Nancy was a true ambassador of bridge. She taught whenever and wherever there was a need. returned to Germany. served as a board member of the From community centers to senior centers to Edgar owned a clothing store in Atlanta. As Association of Atlanta, Unit 114 Secretary and venues opened specifically for bridge, he was there. a father, he coached both boys’ baseball and girls’ President, and served on the board of District 7 and As a player, he became a Life Master in 1966, an softball, and when Druid Hills High School first the Mid-Atlantic Bridge Conference. She started accomplishment of which he was extraordinarily organized a soccer team, he attended practices as a playing duplicate in the late 1980s and was a proud. In addition to playing and teaching bridge, he coach/consultant and assisted the school’s first team Diamond Life Master. began directing tournaments and actively participated coming in third in the State. Nancy was a CPA. She also assisted her long- on the board of Unit 114, including one term as Edgar Gay was inducted into the Georgia Bridge time partner, Larry Rich, in the operation of the president in the late 1960s. Edgar changed the course Hall of Fame in 1984, earning a spot because of his Alpharetta Duplicate Bridge Club. Besides directing, of tournament bridge in Atlanta when he became extraordinary contributions and service to Georgia she taught lessons to new players and advancing tournament chairman and dramatically increased bridge, more so than for his accomplishments as a players. She was very proud of the newcomers she attendance and player enjoyment. player. Nonetheless, Edgar was proud of every one of mentored. Edgar was born in Berlin. In 1938 his family his lifetime total of 890.12 master points. Although very competitive, Nancy was a true decided to leave Germany. They were scheduled to lady at and away from the table. She was a wonderful sail to Cuba on the SS St. Louis, but they arrived at partner and teammate, never criticizing any results, a the dock early and left on another ship, the Iberia, rare find in the bridge world!