2012 BRIDGE BULLETIN INDEX

ACBL BRIDGE HALL OF FAME. May pg. 63 (Kyle Larsen, Jan Martel, Grant Baze); Sept. pgs. 24–25 (Honor Roll)

ACBL OF DIRECTORS. Listed monthly, pg. 9

ACBL BOARD HIGHLIGHTS. June pg. 62; Oct. pg. 67

ACBL CHARITY COMMITTEE. March pg. 61

ACBL DISTRICT-WIDE ELECTIONS. Dec. pg. 67

ACBL GOODWILL COMMITTEE. March pg. 61

ACBL INTERNATIONAL FUND GAME. April pg. 66; Aug. pg. 64; Nov. pg. 53

ACBL LIFETIME TOP MP HOLDERS. Nov. pgs. 62–63

ACBL PATRON MEMBER LIST. Jan pgs. 64–65

ACBL PRESIDENT. Jan. pg. 24. Sharon Anderson (New ACBL President Seeks team effort for bridge); June pg. 55; Sept. pgs. 62–63 (Strategic Advantage)

ACBL STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES. May pgs. 66–67

ACBL-WIDE CHARITY PAIRS. March pg. 62; June pg. 63

ACBL-WIDE SENIOR PAIRS. June pg. 63

ACE OF CLUBS. April pgs. 20–22

A GAME FOR ALL AGES. Jan. pg. 28; Feb. pg. 69, by Joe and Marina Scott; April pg. 58, by Yuen DeAnda; June pg. 46, by Leah Jay; Aug. pg. 52; Sept. pg. 52, by Marilynn Norenberg; Oct. pgs. 20–22; Nov. pg. 30; Dec. pgs. 24–25, by Black Widow

ASK JERRY. Monthly Q&A with Jerry HELMS for New players. Jan.–Aug., Nov. pg. 40; Sept. pg. 39; Oct., Dec. pg. 41

BARRY CRANE TOP 500. March pgs. 12–15. Chris Compton (Compton captures Crane crown); Nov. pgs. 69, 74–75

BETTER BRIDGE WITH BERGEN. Monthly column by Marty BERGEN for Intermediate players. Jan., Oct. pg. 51; Feb.–Sept. pg. 50; Nov.–Dec pg. 48

BIDDING BOX, THE. Monthly pgs. 31–33. Jan. (Mark Dahl, David Butler, Polly Dunn, Pat Dunn); Feb. (Eric Leong, , Gaylor Kasle, Larry Kozlove); March (Michael Kamil, Marty Fleisher, Roger Lee, Josh Dunn); April (Kevin Bathurst, Daniel Zagorin, Stan Tulin, David Berkowitz); May (Hailong Ao, Jian-Jian Wang, Pat McDevitt, Sheila Gabay); June (Patricia Norman, Georgiana Gates, Jim Sternberg, Fred Hamilton); July (Barry Senensky, Jordan Cohen, Alexander Ladyzhensky, Irina Ladyzhensky); Aug. (Jason Rotenberg, Daniel Neill, Steve Hirsch, Gregory Thorpe); Sept. (Bob Fendrick, Bob Heller, Larry Harding, John Herriot); Oct. (Ron Tacchi, , Micke Melander, Carina Westlin); Nov. (Jin Hu, Max Glick, Zach Wasserman, Jonathan Fleischmann); Dec. (Bob Etter, Alex Kolesnik, Nader Hanna, Joan Eaton)

BIDDING MATTERS. Monthly column for Advanced players by Karen WALKER. Jan.–Oct., Dec. pg. 54; Nov. pg. 52

BIG GAMES. Jan. pg. 27; Feb. pg. 27; March pg. 46; April pg. 46; May pg. 62; June pg. 65; July pg. 27; Aug. pg. 46; Oct. pgs. 22, 38; Nov. pg. 50; Dec. pg. 49

BOEHM ON BRIDGE. Monthly column by August BOEHM for Intermediate players. Jan.–Oct., Dec. pg. 47; Nov. pg. 45

BOOK REVIEWS. Jan. pg. 29 (The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, 7th Edition) by Brent Manley; May pg. 26 (Who Has the Queen?) by Frank Stewart; May pgs. 26–27 (Breaking the Bridge Rules – First Hand Play) by Barry Rigal; May pg. 27 (Clever Plays in the Suit) by ; May pgs. 27–28 (The Complete Guide to Passed Hand Bidding – Second Edition) by Mike Lawrence; May pg. 28 (The Amazing Queen: Winning With Your Queens) by Clement Wong; May pg. 28 (Better Bridge with Bernard Magee) by Bernard Magee; Nov. pg. 24 (Winning Notrump Leads) by David Bird and Taf Anthias; Nov. pgs. 24–25 (The Contested Auction) by ; Nov. pg. 25 (Larry Teaches 2 over 1 Game Forcing) by ; Nov. pgs. 25–26 (Bridge at the Edge) by and David Bird; Nov. pg. 26 (Getting Into the Bidding: A Bridge Toolkit) by Bill Treble; Nov. pgs. 26–27 (A First Book of Bridge Problems) by Patrick O’Connor; Nov. pg. 27 (It’s All in the Game: The Fun Side of Winning Bridge) by Bob Ewen and Jeff Rubens; Nov. pgs. 27–28 (Surviving ) by Kathleen Vishner; Nov. pg. 28 (Marty Bergen’s Secrets to Winning Bridge) by Marty Bergen; Nov. pgs. 28–29 (Really (R.U.N.T.), (Overcalling Opponent’s 1NT) by Ken Rexford; Dec. pg. 20 (The Complete Book on in – Revised Edition) by Mike Lawrence; Dec. pgs. 20-21 (Shades of Grey (A Pemberton Bridge Club Mystery)) by Ken Allen; Dec. pg. 21 (Boehm’s Card Play Essentials – If You Learn Nothing Else...) by August Boehm; Dec. pg. 23 ( Revealed) by Bill Jacobs

BRIDGE PLAYER’S SURVIVAL KIT. Monthly column for New players by Leslie SHAFER. Jan.–April, June–Aug., Dec. pg. 42; May pg. 43; Sept., Nov. pg. 41; Oct. pg. 40

BRIDGE WITH THE ABBOT. Monthly column by special contributor David BIRD. Jan.–March, June, Aug., Oct., Nov. pg. 58; May, Sept., Dec. pg. 59; April, July pg. 60

BUFFETT CUP. Dec. pg. 46 (Omaha Stakes)

CANADIAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS. July pgs. 20–22 (A Tournament of Firsts); Aug. pgs. 22–24 (Demme, Silver Earn Spots in World Championships) by Paul Thurston

CANADIAN BRIDGE HALL OF FAME. July pgs. 16–19 (Four added to Canadian Bridge Hall of Fame) by John Carruthers

CARTOON. Out of Hand by Bill BUTTLE. Jan.–Aug, Oct.–Dec. pg. 30; Sept. pg. 40

CHALK TALK. Monthly column by Eddie KANTAR for Intermediate players. Jan., Oct., Dec. pg. 50; Feb.–Sept. pg. 51; Nov. pg. 49

CLUB NEWS. Jan. pgs. 26–27; Feb. pgs. 26-27; March pg. 46; April pg. 46; May pg. 61; June pgs. 64–65; July pgs. 26–27; Aug. pg. 46; Sept. pgs. 28–30; Oct. pgs. 26–27; Dec. pg. 26

COLLEGE BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP. Oct. pg. 52

DEAR BILLY. Monthly Q&A with Billy MILLER. Jan.–April, June, Aug.–Nov. pg. 59; May, July, Dec. pg. 58

FALL NABC. See SEATTLE NABC (2011), SAN FRANCISCO NABC (2012)

FEATURE STORIES. Jan. pgs. 18, 19, 23 (Significant Influence); Feb. pgs. 22–24 (The Top 52); Feb. pgs. 66–68 (Bridge in the Menagerie) by – reprint; March pgs. 22–25 (The Top 52); April pgs. 14–17 (The Top 52); May pgs. 24–25 (Double Trouble) by Larry Cohen; June pgs. 26–27 (Double Trouble – part 2) by Larry Cohen; June pgs. 28–30 (Pre-balancing: Good practice – or bad?) by Frank Stewart and Larry Cohen; July pgs. 23–25 (The Language of Bridge) by Simon Cocheme; July pgs. 28–29 (Double Trouble – part 3) by Larry Cohen; Aug. pgs. 28–29 (Double Trouble – part 4) by Larry Cohen; Sept. pgs. 26–27, 57 (Double Trouble – part 5) by Larry Cohen; Oct. pgs. 28–29 (Double Trouble – part 5 (6)) by Larry Cohen; Oct. pg. 61 (A Deep ) by Herbert C. Wilton; Nov. pgs. 22–23 (Double Trouble – part 6 (7)) by Larry Cohen; Dec. pgs. 18–19 (Bridge Players Draw to a Full House); Dec. pgs. 28–30 (Double Trouble – part 7 (8)) by Larry Cohen; Dec. pgs. 62–63 (Henrietta’s Christmas) by Frank Stewart – reprint

FISHBEIN TROPHY. Oct. pg. 19.

FOR ADVANCED PLAYERS. Monthly. Includes MY BRIDGE AND YOURS, BIDDING MATTERS, TEST YOUR PLAY and MIKE’S ADVICE

FOR INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS. Monthly. Includes BOEHM ON BRIDGE, THE REAL DEAL, MISPLAY THESE HANDS WITH ME, CHALK TALK and BETTER BRIDGE WITH BERGEN

FOR NEW PLAYERS. Monthly. Includes PUZZLE PAGE, ASK JERRY, BRIDGE PLAYER’S SURVIVAL KIT, MIKE’S BRIDGE LESSON, UPGRADING YOUR GAME and PLAY & LEARN

FROM THE CEO. Robert Hartman. Monthly. pg. 9

GARRISON, ZACH. April pg. 18, Youngest Life Master (Whiz Kid)

GEORGE’S WORLD. Monthly humor column by George JACOBS. Jan.–March, May–June, Aug.–Dec. pg. 60; April pg. 61; July pg. 59

GOODWILL MEMBER OF THE YEAR. March pg. 26. John Federico, Theresa Federico

GOREN TROPHY. Awarded to the player who wins the most at the Fall NABC. Feb. pg. 20. , Jimmy Cayne

GRASS ROOTS FUNd. Oct. pg. 62 (Let’s have FUN!”)

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE YEAR. March pg. 26. Greg Johnson

IN MEMORIAM. Jan. pg. 66; Feb. pg. 65; March pg. 66; April pg. 67; May pg. 52; June pg. 61; July pg. 46; Aug. pg. 66; Sept. pg. 67; Oct. pg. 66; Nov. pg. 66; Dec. pg. 66

IT'S YOUR CALL. Monthly. pgs. 34-37. Also available online.

JANE JOHNSON AWARDS. Oct. pg. 45

KING/QUEEN OF BRIDGE. Oct. pg. 46

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Monthly pgs. 6–8.

LIFE MASTER MILESTONES. Members’ rank advancements, monthly. Jan. pgs. 62–63, 65, 75 (Garey Hayden, Marc Jacobus, , Diane Shannon, William Arlinghaus, Carolyn Peters); Feb. pgs. 62–64, 72–75 (, Alan Sontag, Gene Simpson, Janice Seamon-Molson, Debbie Rosenberg, Kevin Collins, Rhonda Foster, Tom Kniest, Patrick Dunn, Polly Dunn, Paul Pressly); March pgs. 64–65, 69, 76 (Jerry Helms, Martin Hirschman, Edith Denenberg, Jon Greenspan, Timothy Flaherty, Andrew Gofreed); April pgs. 64–66, 75–76 (Fred Hamilton, Gail Greenberg, Thomas Peters, Daniel Gerstman, Dennis McGarry, Ernie Ivey, Alan Schwartz, Victor King, Jeffrey Miller); May pgs. 64–66, 73 (Mark Itabashi, Kyle Larsen, Carolyn Lynch, Geoffrey Brod, Howard Piltch, Gerry McCully, Adrian Dovell); June pgs. 66–67, 74, 76–77 (John Mohan, Hamish Bennett, Beth Palmer, Renee Mancuso, , Thomas Weik, Sheila Gabay, Dan Fowler); July pgs. 66–68 (Mike Cappelletti, Shome Mukherjee, Bruce Noda, Mike Levine, John Kranyak); Aug. pgs. 62–64, 75–76 (, Sheila Gabay, Steven Cooper, Linda Perlman, David Caprera, Donna Swarthout); Sept. pgs. 64–65, 68, 72–76 (Robert Levin, Chris Compton, Jacob Morgan, Phillip Becker, JoAnn Sprung, Georgiana Gates, Rod Van Wyk, Lester Sokolower, Ronald Tracy, Paul E. Kelley Jr.); Oct. pgs. 64–65, 71, 74, 75, 77, 78 (Gaylor Kasle, , Jerry Clerkin, Michael Becker, Eric Greco, Bob Heller, Ross Grabel, Randy Joyce, Craig Robinson, Yas Takeda); Nov. pgs. 64–65, 67 (, , Susi Ross, Ginny Schuett, Andre Chartrand); Dec. pgs. 64–65, 71, 76–78 (Allan Cokin, Michael Schreiber, Earl Glickstein, Leo LaSota, Shiv Arora)

LINXWILER, PAUL. Managing Editor, Moderator of monthly .

LOG ON FOR BRIDGE. Monthly column about online play. Jan. pg. 30; Feb. pgs. 28–29; May pgs. 29–30; June pg. 52, by Al Levy; July pg. 62; Aug. pg. 30; Sept. pg. 46; Nov. pgs. 56–57, by Al Levy

MANLEY, BRENT. See VIEWPOINT.

MASTERPOINT RACES. April pgs. 26–27; Aug. pg. 61

MEMPHIS NABC. May pgs. 14–16, 18–20, 22–23 (Ruffing on the River); June pgs. 14–17, 62 (Ruffing on the River), 18–20, 22–25 (They’re Not Singing the Blues)

MIKE’S ADVICE. Monthly column by Mike LAWRENCE for Advanced players. Jan.–Oct., Dec. pg. 56; Nov. pg. 54

MIKE’S BRIDGE LESSON. Monthly column by Mike LAWRENCE for New players. Jan.–April, June–Dec. pg. 43; May pg. 42

MINI-MCKENNEY. April pgs. 23–25

MISPLAY THESE HANDS WITH ME. Monthly column by Mark HORTON in Intermediate players section. Jan.–Sept., Dec. pg. 49; Oct. pg. 48; Nov. pg. 47

MOTT-SMITH TROPHY. June pg. 25. and Ishmael Del’Monte

MUNDAY, SUE. Associate Editor, Director of monthly IT’S YOUR CALL

MY BRIDGE AND YOURS. Monthly column by Frank STEWART in Advanced players section. Jan.–Oct., Dec. pg. 53; Nov. pg. 51

NEW LIFE MASTERS. Jan. pg. 61; Feb. pg. 61; March pg. 63; April pg. 63; May pg. 68; June pg. 68; July pgs. 52, 70, 72, 76; Aug. pg. 65; Sept. pg. 66; Oct. pg. 63; Nov. pg. 61; Dec. pgs. 61, 69

OBITUARIES. Jan. pg. 66 (Dorothy Oram, Daniel Voorhies); Feb. pgs. 25, 65 (Thomas K. Sanders, June Deutsch, James R. Greer); March pgs. 25, 62, 66 (Russ Arnold, Violette “Vy” Word Ammons, Faith Pritchard, Bob Bratcher); April pgs. 22, 25, 67 (Robert Crosby, Tobias Stone, Beverly Rosenberg, Val J. Habicht); May pgs. 52, 68 (Gerald A. Caravelli, Michael Slaven, Lea Du Pont); June pg. 61 (Hazel (Nickerson) Smith, Bob Carteaux); July pgs. 19, 46, 56, 63 (Jack Schwencke, Joe Godefrin, Hal Keller, Don Hennings); Aug. pgs. 55, 66 (Sharon Rae Rushing Glassman, Jayne Thomas); Oct. pgs. 24, 49, 57, 66, 67 (Ethel Hirsch Major, Ann Rodgers, Eugene “Gene” Roy, Millard Nachtwey); Nov pgs. 29, 57, 66 (, Lura Crossley, Mildred L. Frederick); Dec. pgs. 22, 23 (Joy Humphreys, John (Jack) McCormack)

PHILADELPHIA NABC. April pgs. 10–13 (Finessing’s Fun in Philly!); May pgs. 10–13 (Finessing’s Fun in Philly); June pgs. 10–12 (Finessing’s Fun in Philly!); July pgs. 10-11; Sept. pgs. 14-22 (The Philadelphia Story); Oct. pgs. 13–19 (The Philadelphia Story, Part 2); Nov. pgs. 11–14 (Team Building); Nov. pgs. 16, 17, 23 (Westheimer Wins Wager)

PLAY & LEARN. Monthly new player advice from Pat HARRINGTON. Jan.–Sept. pg. 45; Oct.–Dec. pg. 44

PLAYER OF THE YEAR. Feb. pg. 12

PUZZLE PAGE. Jan.–Aug, Oct.–Dec. pg. 30; Sept. pg. 40

REAL DEAL, THE. Monthly column by Larry COHEN for Intermediate players. Jan.–Sept. pg. 48; Oct. pg. 49; Nov. pg. 46; Dec. pg. 51

RULING THE GAME. TD Mike Flader answers members’ questions about rulings. Monthly pg. 38

SAN FRANCISCO NABC. Aug. pgs. 10–13 (Headed for the Frisco Bay); Sept. pgs 10–13 (Golden Gate Grand Slam); Oct. pgs. 10–12 (The Streets of San Francisco); Nov. pg. 10 (San Francisco Treat)

SCHEDULE OF NATIONALLY RATED EVENTS AT UPCOMING NABCs. Jan. pg. 52

SEATTLE NABC. Jan. pgs. 14–17 (Peerless in Seattle); Feb. pgs. 14–20 (Peerless in Seattle); March pgs. 16-19 (Peerless in Seattle)

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD (SIDNEY LAZARD, JR.). March pg. 27. Michael Kamil

SPORTACCORD MIND GAMES. March pgs. 28–29. Beijing, China (First of its kind) by ; April pgs. 28–29. Beijing China (One on One) by

SPRING NABC. See MEMPHIS NABC, ST. LOUIS NABC

ST. LOUIS NABC. Dec. pgs. 10–13 (Fun’s a-brewin’ in St. Louis)

STAR RECRUITERS. June pg. 64

SUMMER NABC. See PHILADELPHIA NABC

TEAM TRIALS. See UNITED STATES BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP

TEST YOUR PLAY. Monthly column featuring dummy-play problems by Eddie KANTAR for Advanced players. Jan.–Oct., Dec. pgs. 55, 57; Nov. pgs. 53, 55

TOURNAMENT DIRECTORY. Monthly list of upcoming tournaments.

UNITED STATES BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP. July pgs. 12-15 (Tough Game, Familiar Winners); Aug. pgs. 14–17 (Strong as a Horse); Aug. pgs. 18–21 (Ooh la la! What a Finish!)

UPGRADING YOUR GAME. Monthly column by Lynn BERG for New players. Jan.–Sept. pg. 44; Oct.-Nov. pg. 42; Dec. pg. 40

VIEWPOINT. Monthly editorial by Executive Editor Brent MANLEY, pg. 6

VOLUNTEER MEMBER OF THE YEAR. March pg. 27. Charles Gill

WINSOME & LOATHSOME. Semi-regular humor column by Zeke JABBOUR. April pg. 62; July pg. 61

WORLD BRIDGE TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS. Jan. pgs. 20–23 (Back on the Podium); Oct. pg. 25 (Hardware hauls from France and China); Nov. pgs. 18–21, 23 (Youth Movement); Dec. pgs. 14–17 (Fortnight in France)

WORLDWIDE BRIDGE CONTEST. Aug. pgs. 26–27 (Play Locally, Score Globally); Sept. pg. 61 (district winners)

WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS. Nov. pgs. 30, 55 (USA U21 shines silver in China)

YOUTH NABC. Oct. pgs. 20–22 (Youth is Not Wasted!)

2012 CONTRIBUTOR INDEX

Arranged by author

BERG, Lynn: See UPGRADING YOUR GAME

BERGEN, Marty: See BETTER BRIDGE WITH BERGEN

BIRD, David: See BRIDGE WITH THE ABBOT

BOEHM, August: See BOEHM ON BRIDGE

COHEN, Larry: See THE REAL DEAL

FLADER, Mike: See RULING THE GAME

HARRINGTON, Pat: See PLAY & LEARN

HELMS, Jerry: See ASK JERRY

JABBOUR, Zeke: See WINSOME & LOATHSOME

JACOBS, George: See GEORGE’S WORLD

JONES, Jennifer: Jan. pg. 25 (Losing Trick Count – part 2); Feb. pg. 52 (Losing Trick Count – part 3); March pg. 52 (Losing Trick Count – part 4); April pg. 52 (Losing Trick Count – part 5); May pg. 46 (Losing Trick Count – part 6)

KANTAR, Eddie: See CHALK TALK and TEST YOUR PLAY

LAWRENCE, Mike: See MIKE’S ADVICE and MIKE’S BRIDGE LESSON.

MILLER, Billy: See DEAR BILLY

SEAGRAM, Barbara: Feb. pg. 46 (Underleading aces)

SHAFER, Leslie: See BRIDGE PLAYER’S SURVIVAL KIT

STEWART, Frank: See MY BRIDGE AND YOURS

WALKER, Karen: Scorer for IT’S YOUR CALL. See BIDDING MATTERS