Monday, March 12, 2018 Volume 61, Number 4 Daily Bulletin 61st Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Chip Dombrowski Levin-Weinstein grab Platinum win Rogers-Grantham Robert Levin and Steve Weinstein won the six-session Kay Platinum Pairs, capitalizing on a top qualifiers in commanding performance in the first final session. Entering Sunday’s final in 16th place, Levin and Silver Ribbon Weinstein posted a 66.21% score in the first set of The sister-brother duo of Rebecca Rogers the final to push them into the lead. Their second- and John Grantham set the pace in the opening session score of 53.40% was enough for them to round of the Levetritt Silver Ribbon Pairs. Rogers hold off a challenge from runners-up Dror Padon and Grantham scored 64.08% and 57.15% in the and Vincent Demuy, who finished a half qualifying sessions to start today’s final with a behind the winners. carryover of 197.29 matchpoints. Narrowly behind in third place were Ishmael In second with a carryover of 190.33 are Claudia Del’Monte and Ashley Bach. and Jack Feagin of Atlanta. Although Levin and Weinstein are among the In third are Californians Edward Nagy and Gene most successful partnerships in the world, this Simpson with 188.55. was their first victory in the Platinum Pairs as a partnership. Levin won the event in 2014 playing Winners of the 2018 Kay Platinum Pairs: Steve with Richard Coren. Weinstein and Robert Levin District 16 pair Yes Man leads Flight B NAP Jeff Dater and Scott Nason of Dallas topped Pete Misslin is 2017 Volunteer of the Year the qualifying round of the Golder North American By Sue Munday Pairs, Flight B. Representing District 16, Dater and Volunteering starts with a single (By comparison, the 2017 Spring NABC Nason have a carryover of 92.47 matchpoints for word: Yes. in Kansas City drew 8700 tables.) today’s two-session final – more than three and a Pete Misslin has said yes many Marlene Wass and Judy Nolan, half boards on a 25 top. times through the years, and look the first winners of the Nadine Wood In second with 82.37 are Californians Shailesh where he is now: He is the 2017 Volunteer of the Year award in 2004, Gupta and Dustin Stout from District 22, while Nadine Wood Volunteer of the Year. co-chaired the Gatlinburg Regional for third place is occupied by Michael Shaw and Terry A man of several hats, Pete 24 years. Visentin of Winnipeg MB, who represent District 2. has been known for the past six “When Judy and I decided to retire, Fifty-two pairs qualified for the final. years primarily for co-chairing I was looking for someone else foolish the gargantuan Gatlinburg (TN) enough to take it on,” says Wass. “I Regional. (The tournament this year considered several people, but didn’t get is April 16–22.) the right vibes. Then I watched Pete as District 25 pair 2017 ACBL President Bob Heller calls Pete’s he ran a sectional near here. So I approached him, appointment an easy choice. “There are great and he immediately responded, ‘Yes, I will run it.’ It leads NAP Flight C volunteers throughout the League,” Heller says, “but was amazing how quickly he accepted!” A District 25 pair is leading the North American the magnitude of Pete’s commitment stands out. Pete says Wass popped the question in 2009, and Pairs Flight C after Sunday’s qualifying sessions. What he does with Gatlinburg is like chairing an he and his wife, Julia, agreed that they would accept Susan Lincoln of Boxford MA and two-time Mini- NABC every year.” the Gatlinburg committment “under Marlene’s McKenney bracket winner Keith Kimball of Nashua Traditionally held in mid-April, Gatlinburg is guiding wings” for two years. Wass compiled a NH start today’s final sessions with a four-board frequently called the fourth North American Bridge comprehensive how-to notebook for the new chairs carryover on a 25 top. In second are New Yorkers Championship. Last year, more than 3200 players before pushing the nestlings out to fly on their own Yoko Sobel and Harry Faivus from District 24, flocked to the small mountain-resort town 39 miles in 2011. whose carryover is 97.90. southeast of Knoxville; the table count was 7936. continued on page 5 On the room Boardwalk For the first time ever at a North American See photos Championship, there is a rubber bridge room. It will from Sunday have continuous bridge play from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. night’s Atlantic Monday through Friday. is free, but ACBL City Boardwalk membership is required. Temporary memberships entertainment are available at the door for $8 if you are not yet one in the online of us. version of From 10 to noon each day, some of the best today’s Daily Bulletin. Go to players in the world will sit in and play a few hands ACBL Live or – Gary Cohler, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman, Zia, BridgeFeed to Jeff Meckstroth, Sylvia Shi, Jerry Helms, just to see it. name a few. Here’s your chance to play a hand or two with a bridge luminary. Players can cut in at any time. Tom Smith will be hosting the room, which is located in Room 403 on the fourth floor of the Marriott.

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for national knockouts Today is Goodwill Day. Maintain a courteous ATTENDANCE Teams entering the 0–10,000 Knockout must attitude toward both your partner and opponents; pre-register no later than 10 a.m. Monday, March 12 through Sunday treat others as you would treat yourself. (the day of the event). Pre-register with TD Brian Sandy DeMartino, Chair Russell in Franklin Hall A, 4th floor Marriott. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee 3685 tables Page 2 Monday, March 12, 2018 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Meetings are at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. 11 am-Noon USBF Board meeting. (Conference Suite 2, 3rd floor) 5-7 pm Goodwill Reception. Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Monday, March 12 Committee members only. (Liberty Ballroom, 3rd Floor) 10 am-Noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. (Conference Suite 1, 3rd floor) Tuesday, March 13 10 am-2 pm Rubber Bridge Room. Enjoy relaxed bridge, where you can 9 am-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. A continuing education come and go as you please. There are no game fees for ACBL course for club directors to increase their skills. Participants members. Nonmembers can buy a temporary membership for must attend both sessions. Fee: $15 covers both days. Sign up at $7.99 that will cover you for the entire month. Everyone is the door. (Room 310) welcome. Top experts from around the world will be on hand 10 am-Noon ACBL Hall of Fame Committee. (Conference Suite 3, 3rd between 10 a.m. and noon to play and discuss hands. (Room floor) 403) 10 am-2 pm Rubber Bridge Room. Enjoy relaxed bridge, where you can 10:30 am-Noon Club Managers: Eliminate Sit-outs Using BBO Robots. come and go as you please. There are no game fees for ACBL Eliminate sit-outs using BBO Robots to fill in half tables. With members. Nonmembers can buy a temporary membership for two laptops or tablet computers, it is an easy process to have $7.99 that will cover you for the entire month. Everyone is two robots fill in at your club games to avoid irritating and long welcome. Top experts from around the world will be on hand sit-outs. Learn the process, see it in action, and hear from clubs between 10 a.m. and noon to play and discuss hands. (Room that are already doing it. Besides the developers of the process, 403) we will have representatives from The Common Game and BBO to answer any questions at this free seminar. Designed for club owners, managers and directors. (Room 307) CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Tuesday, March 13 Room: Franklin 5-8, 4th floor. Speakers and topics are subject to change. 9:15 a.m. John Dickenson Responses and Rebids Monday, March 12 6:45 p.m. TBA TBA 9:15 a.m. Ala Hamilton-Day Upside-Down Discards 6:45 p.m. Jeff Hand Notrump

HOSPITALITY Late night snacks will be served nightly, following the evening session, in the pre-function space outside the Marriott ballroom on the fifth floor. Tonight, build your own hot dog.

Getting to the Entertainment Philadelphia Sightseeing Tours Convention Center See Philadelphia The shortest route to the playing area in the – $20 discount tickets Convention Center is to exit the Marriott through the (usually $32) – with doors near the front desk. Make a left going west on ACBL . Filbert Street Convention Center Get tickets at the Hotel and then a Tour Desk in the lobby ARCH ST right onto of the Marriott. Board 13th Street the Big Bus on 12th Street outside the front door of and go one the Marriott at 10:15 and hourly thereafter.

block north to N 13th ST Arch Street. FILBERT ST The best Convention Marriott Center entrance to use is on the northwest corner of 13th and Arch. This is a short walk, less than a quarter of a mile. We strongly suggest that you do not use the skybridge from the Marriott to enter the Convention Center. This will take you to a part of the building Counterparts that makes it difficult to find the bridge play. After the evening sessions Wednesday through Friday, enjoy a 30-minute show by a cappella group Counterparts. They are from the University Attention daylight players of and they are amazing! The show The coupons you receive at your games are good combines bridge parodies with other tunes to enjoy. only the day they are given. If you try to use them on Wednesday will be a special performance – ACBL a later day, they will not be valid. President Jay Whipple will be a guest star! Entry to the Counterparts shows are free and open to all bridge players. There is no reserved The Vanderbilt history and the list seating, but a ticket is required to guarantee a seat. of entrants for this year’s Vanderbilt Tickets can be picked up at the Information Desk on KO Teams is available in the online the fifth floor of the Marriott, including on the day of the show. The Information Desk is open daily at the version of today’s issue of the following times: 8:30–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.to 1 p.m., Bridge Bulletin. Visit ACBL Live or 2–3 p.m., 4:45–6 p.m. and 6:30–7:30 p.m. BridgeFeed to view the pdf version. Please note that the shows each day vary somewhat, so you might enjoy a repeat performance. Players are welcome to come to any and all shows, ALSO available; photos from Sunday but will need a separate, day-specific ticket for each night’s Atlantic City Boardwalk show. entertainment. Shows are at 11 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Marriott. Daily Bulletin Monday, March 12, 2018 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS West North East South Play Thinking bridge Pass 1NT commentary: As By Eddie Kantar Pass 3NT All Pass South, you have Responding to 1NT, third-hand play, holdup : ♠J two stoppers in the play Bidding commentary: North opts, correctly suit that has been in my opinion, not to use Stayman with this led, and two high Dlr: East ♠ 7 5 2 distribution. cards to drive out: Vul: None ♥ A 8 7 2 Lead commentary: What else? the ♦A and ♦K. ♦ Q 5 3 Defensive commentary: As East, play the This scenario calls ♣ K J 5 ♠K at trick one for two reasons. (1) to unblock the for a first-round ♠ J 10 9 6 4 ♠ K 8 suit for partner’s greater length; (2) partner might holdup play. Look ♥ Q J 6 ♥ 10 9 3 be leading from an A-J-10 combination, in which at the deal closely ♦ A 7 2 ♦ K 4 case you may be able to take the first five spade to see why. If you win the first spade and lead a ♣ 9 6 ♣ 10 8 7 4 3 2 tricks! General Third-Hand Rule to Live By: diamond, East wins and returns the ♠8. Now it is ♠ A Q 3 When partner leads an honor card and third hand too late to . West overtakes, clears spades ♥ K 5 4 has a doubleton honor, it is almost always right to and eventually gets in with the ♦A to cash the ♦ J 10 9 8 6 overtake or unblock the honor. In other words, play setting tricks in spades. You lose three spades ♣ A Q it! and two diamonds. Now back up to trick one and the ♠K, win the spade return and lead a high diamond. If East wins, guess what? East has no Wanda Romano, Pat Davis, spade to return and you have time to drive out the Lauren Dougherty and Marilyn ♦A while you have another spade stopper. If West Robinson were excited about wins the first diamond and clears spades, East has winning their strat in the Morning 299er Swiss Teams no spade to lead when he gets in with the ♦K. and the trophies they received. Words to live by: As declarer, when holding The four play regularly at Ami two stoppers in the suit they lead (say, spades) Bridge Club in Langhorne PA, and two high cards to drive out (say two aces or where club manager Barbara perhaps an ace and a king in the same suit) duck Patterson encouraged them the first trick, win the second and drive out one of to come to their first NABC. the missing high cards. If either opponent started “We’ve all taken lessons from with a doubleton in the suit they attacked, and the (Tournament Co-Chair) Joann two entries are split, you are home. The player Glasson there. She’s excellent,” with the doubleton is out of that suit and unable to said Davis. “We feel really lucky that we made good friends at return it when on lead. that club. Everybody here has been really gracious, too.”

Play the ‘Philly 14’ contest Your Gold Medal Fourteen original U.S. bridge greats hail from is Within Reach Philadelphia, and their pictures Realize your dreams are on display on the third floor of winning a world of the Marriott. How many can championship medal when the you name? Your answers could hosts win you $100! the 2018 World Bridge Series Fill out a blue entry form in Orlando FL Sept. 22– found near the display. A winner from among the Oct. 6. forms with the most correct answers will be drawn The World Bridge on March 18, and the winner notified by email. Series offers a variety of Entries can be returned to the Information Desk championships, all of which (fifth floor Marriott) or put in the box at the display. are transnational – enabling You can read the full content details on the entry players from anywhere in form. You do not have to be present to win. the world to come together as teammates or in Check back in the Daily Bulletin over the next partnership to compete. three days for a new hint about one of the pictures The venue is the magnificent Marriott Orlando and learn more about Philly bridge player history. World, where the WBF has obtained special rates. Good luck! The opening ceremony will be held on Friday, Today’s Philly 14 hint: “I donated the original Sept. 21. The first events to be contested are the funds to develop what would become the .” Open, Women’s and Senior Team Championships; the Rosenblum Open Teams will start on Saturday, Sept. 22, and the McConnell Women’s Teams and New Life Masters the Rand Senior Teams start a day later. Players who become Life Masters in The team championships are followed by the Philadelphia should come by the Daily Bulletin Open, Women’s and Senior Pairs. office (Meeting Room 407 in the Marriott) after In addition to these and other championship noon to have their photos taken. Other rank changes events, there will be a number of WBF events of one (Bronze, Silver, etc.) are welcome, too. or two days’ duration (pairs or Swiss) available for those wishing to participate in shorter tournaments. Carol Fountain of Players in good standing with their national Chelmsford MA became a bridge organizations are eligible to compete in any Life Master playing in the of these events, provided they meet all the WBF Saturday Gold Rush Pairs eligibility requirements. with Muggsie Rocco of Please go to worldbridge.org for more Carlisle MA. Fountain earned information. 12.36 gold points in the event, erasing the 11.50 gold-point Smoking Policy deficit that stood between her Smoking is not permitted in the playing area and her gold card. during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This includes electronic smoking devices. Page 4 Monday, March 12, 2018 Daily Bulletin

LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON - QUALIFIERS What Happened to 78.0 Tables / Based on 153 Tables Carryover 1 Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 197.29 My Player Memo? 2 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr., Atlanta GA 190.33 By Robb Gordon, National Recorder 3 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 188.55 So you filed a player memo and you got a 4 Ron Gerard, White Plains NY; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 178.40 canned acknowledgment. What happens next? 5 Michael D’Alioto, Birmingham MI; Sheldon Kirsch, West Bloomfield MI 174.72 6 Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 173.63 The answer depends on three things: 7 Alan Schwartz - Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 170.65 1. How long ago was the incident? Unless the 8 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, IL 163.92 alleged violation is very serious (like cheating) or 9 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Richard Chan, Markham ON 160.66 part of a pattern of (mis)conduct we have detected, 10 Andrew Gofreed, La Plata MD; Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 158.51 we cannot do anything with a memo that you file 11 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA 154.93 12 Robert Hopkins Jr. - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA 153.59 beyond 120 days after the incident. 13 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr., Needham MA 152.47 2. Did you waive confidentiality? If not, it may 14 Naren Gupta, Woodside CA; Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA 142.62 limit our ability to act on the complaint. 15 Joe Houde, Vista CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 140.58 3. If the accused is guilty of everything you 16 Barry Bragin, Fort Pierce FL; Brad Theurer, Gaithersburg MD 139.41 allege, is it a violation of our Code of Disciplinary 17 Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico; Adriana Salinas, Mexico City Mexico 134.35 Regulations? If not, we just file the report as there is 18 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Joe Quinn, Sugar Land TX 133.39 19 Lynn Blumenthal, Santa Rosa CA; Frances Schneider, Riverside CT 132.94 no basis for discipline. 20 Charles Sharf, North Baldwin NY; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 132.88 Let’s say your Player Memo passed these 21 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 132.67 three tests. Then the recorder investigates. This 22 Joan Dziekanski - Michael Radin, New York NY 128.51 investigation will involve the following: 23 Maris Zilant, North Miami FL; Susan Fuller, Miami FL 124.90 1. An interview with you. 24 Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Mark Moss, Piedmont CA 123.12 25 Mark Shaw, Columbia MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 122.32 2. An interview with the subject of the complaint. 26 Eric Hendrickson, MN; Paul Gutterman, Eagan MN 119.63 3. An interview with any tournament director 27 Arthur Korth, Galloway NJ; Andrew Markowitz, Lahaska PA 119.22 involved in the incident, and a determination 28 Jerry Goldberg - Jane Dillenberg, New York NY 116.79 whether a Zero Tolerance or procedural penalty 29 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 114.46 was assigned. 30 Marcelo Caracci - Loreto Cuevas, Santiago Chile 113.52 4. An interview with any witnesses. 31 Tudor Trifan, Hollidaysburg PA; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 110.22 32 David Neuman, CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 107.76 5. A review of the deal, sometimes consulting 33 Stephen Nellissen, Washington Twp NJ; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 102.87 expert players (or players of your caliber in 34 George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ; Jerzy Stepka, Philadelphia PA 102.35 some cases) for their opinion (with no disclosure 35 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA 99.50 of who was involved). 36 Mark Cohen - Stasha Cohen, West Orange NJ 98.66 6. Involvement of the Anti-Cheating Commission 37 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Richard Katz, North Versailles PA 98.38 if appropriate. 38 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 97.49 39 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Dewayne Jones, Sandston VA 93.82 7. A written summary of the investigation provided 40 Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 93.53 to the charging party. It will include evidence 41 Judi Radin, New York NY; Daniel Rubinfeld, Berkeley CA 92.90 and a recommendation regarding whether the 42 Steven Devico - Gayle Covey, Hendersonville NC 91.79 subject should face a disciplinary committee. 43 Jan Assini - Frank Cymerman, PA 89.87 If the complaint is about an incident at a 44 Linda Tipton – V. Jay Tipton, Irvine CA 87.61 45 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 85.85 tournament still taking place, the charging party 46 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 82.89 is the director-in-charge. If not at a tournament, 47 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL 82.19 the charging party is the unit or district 48 Judy Fox - James Fox, Virginia Beach VA 81.92 president where the incident took place or the 49 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Alfred Lee, San Mateo CA 81.58 subject’s unit or district. If the case goes to the 50 Robert Katz, Ann Arbor MI; Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL 81.27 ACBL Disciplinary Committee or the Ethical 51 Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 79.82 52 David Rosenstein, Henderson NV; Robert Johnson, Tigard OR 79.01 Oversight Committee, the charging party is 53 Barry Passer, Newfield NY; William Palmer, Brooklyn NY 78.70 ACBL management. The proper charging party 54 Lynne Schaeffer, Portland OR; Don Lowry, Wilsonville OR 77.03 after a tournament is spelled out in the Code of 55 James Thurtell, Dallas TX; John Schwartz, Plano TX 75.79 Disciplinary Regulations. 56 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Lewis Finkel, Palm Beach Gardens FL 75.25 8. If the charging party decides to bring charges, 57 Stephen Shane, White Plains NY; Eugene Davidson, Boynton Beach FL 75.22 58 Buddhadeb Biswas - Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA 74.68 the chair of the appropriate disciplinary 59 Louis Sachar - Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX 74.20 committee is contacted, and the disciplinary 60 Barry Falgout, Silver Spring MD; Lyle Poe Jr., Ellicott City MD 73.95 process begins. You are no longer a participant 61 Elaine Weintraub - Joan Warren, Philadelphia PA 73.68 in the formal disciplinary process, except that 62 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL 73.50 you may be called as a witness. If the charging 63 Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr., Birmingham AL 71.25 party decides to send the matter to a tournament 64 Thomas Kriz, Breinigsville PA; David Kresge, Spinnerstown PA 70.94 65 Joel Mashbaum, Ellicott City MD; Robert Dewey, Columbia MD 68.27 disciplinary committee, the charging party is 66 Jean Boettcher - Steven Gaynor, Minneapolis MN 67.50 solely responsible for “prosecuting” the case. 67 Marie Duval - Sylviane Hyvrier, Montreal QC 67.18 Note: At the Philadelphia NABC, player 68 Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; William Ravreby, Merion Station PA 67.16 memo stations may be found in the pre-function 69 Janet Becker – R. Jay Becker, Delray Beach FL 65.51 areas on the fourth and fifth floors of the 70 Paul Irvine, Allentown PA; Michael Mullendore, Ellicott City MD 64.59 Marriott. 71 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Dennis Kasle, Scottsdale AZ 64.46 72 David Katzen, Sparta NJ; Stephen Garreffa, Randolph NJ 64.15 73 Gordon Campbell - Allan Simon, Calgary AB 63.86 74 Martin de Bruin, Egg Harbor Township NJ; David Hoffner, Galloway NJ 63.16 CEO Meet and Greet 75 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX 62.33 Bahar Gidwani, the ACBL’s chief executive, will 76 Pamela Nisbet, Kanata ON; Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL 61.57 hold sessions to meet with members in Philadelphia. 77 Betty Scull, Egg Harbor Township NJ; Jerry Horn, Margate City NJ 60.86 Come find him in 13 Restaurant at this time: 78 Gregory Woods, Westport CT; John Rengstorff, New York NY 59.44 Monday, March 12 10:30–11:30 p.m. 79 Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Edward Piken, Palos Verdes Peninsula CA 58.49 Daily Bulletin Monday, March 12, 2018 Page 5

80 Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA 58.33 81 Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 57.47 Volunteer of the Year 82 Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 57.37 continued from page 1 83 Bill Cook Jr., Madison MS; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 56.48 84 Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 55.47 “Volunteers in bridge come from all walks 85 Charles Miner, Orlando FL; Junko Hemus, Windermere FL 53.94 of life,” Pete says, “and they do what they do for 86 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; David Sokolow, Austin TX 53.71 nothing but the love of the game.” 87 Donna Morgen, Havertown PA; Bill Parks, Phoenix AZ 53.32 Pete says that when he sees the smile of 88 Larry Bausher, West Haven CT; Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT 52.34 someone new to the game who’s earned their first 89 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 52.15 90 Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 51.95 , “it is so worth it. I get excited seeing 91 Happoldt Neuffer, Columbia SC; Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC 51.48 people have a good time. When it makes their day, it 92 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA 51.45 makes my day.” 93 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 50.61 Heller and Pete both feel that last year’s 94 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 50.50 tournament attendance was impacted by the wildfires 95 Gene Kuehneman - Adrienne Kuehneman, Bethesda MD 49.97 96 D. Keith Henderson - Neil Thomas, Birmingham AL 48.84 that swept through Gatlinburg in the fall of 2016. 97 Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI; Debra Eaves, Northville MI 48.06 When the fires broke out, bridge players far and 98 David Whitehouse, Grand Rapids MI; John Koschik, Livonia MI 47.30 wide were moved to help the affected residents and 99 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe Degaetano, Delray Beach FL 45.50 businesses. 100 Molly O’Neill - Michael Wolf, Fort Lauderdale FL 44.73 “I worked with Bill Waters, the president of Unit 101 Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 44.13 165, to challenge the Knoxville Bridge Club,” Pete 102 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 43.64 103 Kenneth Kranyak, Parma OH; Barbara Cunliffe, Bentleyville OH 43.46 says. The club rose to the challenge and then some, 104 Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD; Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA 43.36 raising $30,000 for relief efforts. 105 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 42.93 Pete and Heller organized a special District 106 Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Jean Barry, Livermore CA 42.07 7 charity STaC for Gatlinburg aid, and within 24 107 Ethan Stein, Irvington NY; Jay Apfelbaum, Philadelphia PA 41.19 hours, eight districts had followed suit. 108 Jack Alhale - Herb Freedman, New York NY 41.13 109 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; James Keegan, Cambridge MA 40.14 Waters, Misslin and two ACBL staffers 110 David Binney, Seattle WA; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA 38.06 were invited by the Dollywood Foundation 111 Daniel McGuire, Epsom NH; Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH 36.57 to ceremonially present the ACBL Charity 112 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 35.81 Foundation’s $25,000 check to country music icon 113 Sohail Hasan, Forest Hills NY; Richard Lash, St John’s NL 35.37 Dolly Parton. (Bridge Bulletin, February 2017, pg. 114 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Lou Reich, Wheaton MD 30.26 9) 115 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Scott Levine, New York NY 28.75 116 Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 24.83 “I got calls from all over the country from 117 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 24.56 people asking, ‘What can we do?’” Pete says. When 118 Anita Torrence, Bexley OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 24.34 everything was said and done, relief contributions 119 Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 22.70 from the bridge community totaled around $165,000. 120 Linda Bryant - Jack Bryant, St. Louis MO 22.43 “We got a lot of positive press for what we’d 121 Harry Sapienza, Minnetonka MN; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 21.45 done,” says Pete, who notes the tremendous 122 Arthur Loring, Palm Beach FL; Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA 20.82 123 James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA 20.45 outpouring of support for a city that doesn’t have a 124 Richard Carle, Longview WA; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA 20.43 single ACBL-sanctioned bridge club! 125 Lisa Berkowitz - Sally Strul, Boca Raton FL 18.68 Misslin grew up in a whist-playing household 126 Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 17.93 that advanced to , and didn’t come to 127 Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Clay Hall, Vestavia AL 17.73 until later in life. Julia dipped her 128 Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 17.63 129 Patricia Civale, Chesterfield NJ; Daisy Goecker, Yardley PA 17.39 toe in the pool first, then she and a friend “dragged” 130 John Samsel, Chesterfield MO; Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL 16.18 Pete in. 131 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Julie Kraus, Southfield MI 15.98 They played at The Bridge Connection in 132 Tania Reyes Hiller, Bedford Corners NY; Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 15.72 until Pete retired. The couple moved to East 133 Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY 14.43 Tennessee, where they live about 45 miles southwest 134 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Naples FL 13.99 of Knoxville. 135 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 13.80 136 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 13.03 Julia “dragged” Pete to help manage the 137 Stan Dub, Shaker Heights OH; Greg Michaels, OH 11.29 partnership desk at the Pigeon Forge (TN) sectional, 138 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 11.16 then the tournament chairs tapped them to take over. 139 Daniel Leightman, TX; Mildred Breed, Cypress TX 11.06 The Misslins retired in January from Pigeon Forge 140 Owen Lynch, Huntsville AL; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 9.78 after 10 years at the helm. 141 Michael Prahin, Irvington NY; Robert Heitzman Jr., Allendale NJ 9.69 142 Jack Jones, Lauderdale By-the-sea FL; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 8.88 Last summer, Heller asked Pete to serve on 143 Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL; Charles Nemes, Longboat Key FL 7.19 the District 7 board and Pete predictably said yes. 144 Kate Hill - Evelyn Holtz, Santa Rosa CA 7.07 Pete’s term as vice president began Jan. 1. One 145 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; Larry Harding, Hampstead NC 7.04 of the duties of the post is chairing the district’s 146 Regena Edwards, Laurel MD; Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL 5.91 Tournament Operations Committee. 147 Jack LaVigne - Phillip Grothus, Houston TX 5.26 Pete and Julia have two daughters who live in 148 Donald Faskow, Hollywood FL; John Albright, Plantation FL 4.98 149 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 4.03 Columbus OH, and each has a son and a daughter. 150 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, San Francisco CA 3.95 “My biggest frustration is that I can’t get my 151 Bryan Howard, Nashville TN; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 3.91 kids and grandkids to play bridge,” Pete says. “But I 152 John Jones, Santa Fe Springs CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 3.48 haven’t given up yet.” 153 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA 3.31 154 Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD; Lynn Jones, Timonium MD 2.10 155 Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ 0.01 156 Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 0.00 Parking Discounted parking tickets are available for two GOLDER FLIGHT B - QUALIFIERS nearby garages at the Information Desk. 26.0 Tables Carryover 12th & Filbert – immediately across Filbert 1 Jeff Dater - Scott Nason, Dallas TX 92.47 Street from the entrance to the Marriott – $16/day. 2 Shailesh Gupta, Aliso Viejo CA; Dustin Stout, Huntington Beach CA 82.37 12th & Walnut – entrance on the west side of 3 Michael Shaw - Terry Visentin, Winnipeg MB 75.00 4 Paula Byrkett - Don Byrkett, Oxford OH 70.19 12th at Sansom Street – $12/day. 5 Cory Perkers - Kevin Choi, Chicago IL 65.23 These discounts have been arranged through 6 Malik Magdon-Ismail, Albany NY; Kamal Gupta, Latham NY 63.14 Parkway Corporation. 7 Richard Troth, Columbia MO; Gregory Barnes, Jefferson City MO 61.63 The Information Desk is open daily at the 8 John Taylor - Peggy Ammon, Burlington KY 59.28 following times: 8:30–10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 9 Bob Enenstein, Los Altos CA; Alan Wood, San Jose CA 56.25 2–3 p.m., 4:45–6 p.m., 6:30–7:30 p.m. When you 10 Michael Lieberman, Somerville MA; Reid Barton, Arlington MA 54.63 11 Jerry Owczarek, Hackettstown NJ; Jacek Leznicki, Verona NJ 46.48 arrive at the Marriott or the Convention Center, stop 12 Michael Reeslund, Nashville TN; Kevin Clark, Franklin TN 42.47 by the desk and pick up a ticket. When you return 13 Milt Epstein, Urbana IL; Gary Dell, Champaign IL 41.43 to the garage, first insert the ticket you received 14 Michael Miedema, West Terre Haute IN; Henjin Chi, Terre Haute IN 40.23 when you pulled into the garage, and then insert 15 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, North Richland Hills TX 39.98 our discounted ticket to get the correct rate. Then 16 Arun Savara, Honolulu HI; Alan Kosansky, Kailua HI 39.74 you can pay. 17 Jack Mahoney - Dan Morgenstern, Brunswick ME 39.02 18 Dick Tuttle, Cazenovia NY; Tom Aridgides, Manlius NY 38.76 If you are playing in the Convention Center, 19 Jim Gaarder, Columbia MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 38.56 parking tickets will be available at the Partnership 20 Ryan Daniels, Vernon Hills IL; James Abbott, Chicago IL 37.34 Desk one hour before each session. Page 6 Monday, March 12, 2018 Daily Bulletin

21 William Creech, Bainbridge Isle WA; George Bennett, Bellevue WA 35.58 22 Edward Ceglia, Flushing NY; Gary Moskowitz, Levittown NY 34.94 23 Saul Blum, Monroe NJ; Fredric Weiner, Monroe Township NJ 34.14 24 Igor Milman - Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY 32.53 25 Edward Yosses, Aurora CO; Paul Perkowski, Highlands Ranch CO 29.49 26 Richard Rosenthal, Katonah NY; Ruth Yeselson, Highland Park NJ 28.69 27 R. Turner, CA; Alyssa Kennedy, Marina Del Rey CA 26.66 28 Joe Siqueira - Peter Haglich, Virginia Beach VA 26.37 29 Rosalind Lin, Chapel Hill NC; Jui Wang, Durham NC 26.36 30 Alberto Feilhaber - Kenny Pan, Irvine CA 25.15 31 Victoria Lanier, Amelia Island FL; Bobbie Fost, Fernandina FL 25.09 32 Christian Hemphill, New York NY; Giorgia Botta, Woodside NY 22.76 33 Amy Casanova, Portland OR; Paul Wrigley, Troutdale OR 21.07 34 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Jerry Barrett, Austin TX 20.83 35 Judy Ruehl, Batavia OH; Albert Beaupre, Cincinnati OH 20.67 36 Jean Picone - Christopher Wang, Pittsburgh PA 17.79 37 Ed Kinlaw, Midlothian VA; Govind Narayan, Richmond VA 16.03 38 Donna Givner, Golden CO; William Kutscher, Arvada CO 14.90 39 Robert Kitchen - Mark Golding, Salisbury NB 13.94 40 J. Wesley Clements, Flowood MS; James Tullos, Brandon MS 13.05 41 Hugh Hendrickson, Renton WA; Kenneth Hovda, Bothell WA 12.27 42 Tanaaz Timblo - Jayendu Patel, Vista CA 10.10 43 Jean Bellemarre, Montreal QC; Robert Guerard, Brossard QC 8.17 44 Norman Trabulus, New York NY; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 6.41 45 Donald Joseph, Glencoe IL; Norman Rosenstein, Winnetka IL 5.77 46 David Peim, Torrance CA; Neal Kleiner, San Pedro CA 2.72 47 Adrian Record, Fergus ON; Diane Bourdeau, Cambridge ON 2.08 48 Kenneth Leopold, Avon CT; Felix Springer, West Hartford CT 2.00 49 Rick Jasper - John Wachsman, San Jose CA 1.31 50 Judy Hansen, Eagan MN; Grant Boadwine, Preston MN 0.96 51 Tim Rilling, Vancouver WA; Don Herring, Lake Oswego OR 0.64 52 Marilyn Drever - Donald Drever, Fort Qu’Appelle SK 0.00 NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS PRESIDENT’S CUP FLIGHT C - QUALIFIERS 26.0 Tables Carryover 1 Susan Lincoln, Boxford MA; Keith Kimball, Nashua NH 100.00 2 Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Harry Faivus, New York NY 97.90 3 Paul Prez, Chicago IL; Nishat Chishti, Kenosha WI 91.50 4 Guilherme De Souza - Felipe Souza, Bellevue WA 80.86 5 Roger Thomas, West Linn OR; Jon Gassaway, Beaverton OR 77.30 6 Mark Hugger, Dexter MI; Bob Ondo, Lincoln Park MI 77.22 7 Donna Snover - Ned Sanders, Greeneville TN 74.57 8 Rich Oom - Sharon Oom, Kentwood MI 73.26 9 Linda Fried - Bruce Stephen, Pittsburgh PA 65.87 10 Paul Durda - Saul Franklin, Needham MA 62.72 11 Bradley Rind - Terry Jacobson, Mercer Island WA 54.70 12 Stanley Goodman, Winter Springs FL; Heather Wood, Maitland FL 54.33 13 Skip Page, Rye NH; James Hickey, Londonderry NH 54.10 14 Leila Mattinger, Cupertino CA; Jung Hu, San Jose CA 49.32 15 Shane Savage - Rose Savage, Moncton NB 45.58 16 Douglas Riley - Sheryl Riley, Vestavia Hills AL 44.97 17 Regina Sommer - Thomas Rosenthal, Johns Island SC 44.11 18 Craig Stewart - Peter Watson, Ottawa ON 43.46 19 Richard Lazaroff - Patricia Lazaroff, St. Louis MO 42.80 20 Marc Elster - Joane Nagel, Lawrence KS 39.75 21 Lewis Lefkowitz - Michael Fried, Edison NJ 36.63 22 Henry Zhang, Novi MI; Yanping Zhang, Livonia MI 36.12 23 Jason Mook - Tommy Mook, Shreveport LA 35.81 24 Jonathan Thompson, Montclair NJ; Dominick D’Ascoli, Lake Hiawatha NJ 33.77 25 Lawrence Adams - Victoria Adams, The Villages FL 33.30 26 Emma Kolesnik - Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA 32.80 27 Mary Ball, Clarence Center NY; Joyce Frayer, East Amherst NY 32.05 28 Arthur Levine, Goleta CA; N. Dennis Berg, Santa Barbara CA 30.38 29 Edward Andrews Jr., Skillman NJ; Julie Grossman, Hopewell NJ 29.13 30 Andrea Ventris, Tiburon CA; Jocelyn Startz, San Francisco CA 28.71 31 Robin Elliott - Gregory Newcomb, Boulder CO 27.99 32 Joseph Lebaron, McLean VA; Myron Goldstein, Silver Spring MD 27.85 33 Todd Hertzberg, Pittsburgh PA; Martin Greenberg, Wexford PA 27.27 34 Ed Lyons - Jean Lyons, South Plainfield NJ 26.21 35 Donnie Walsh, Richmond VA; Jack Spooner, Manakin Sabot VA 24.33 36 Arthur Keefe, Randolph MA; Jon Kasdan, Sharon MA 19.64 37 Jan Mogged - Charles Mogged Jr., Colleyville TX 18.83 38 Bob Tate, Chattanooga TN; Robert Chapman, Dayton TN 18.40 39 Patrick Chesley - Nancy Chesley, Springfield IL 17.50 40 Nicholas Erpelding, Minnetonka MN; John Schlundt, Eden Prairie MN 16.53 41 Lun Kuen Wong, Sarnia ON; Paul Charpentier, London ON 16.51 42 Jeff Grotenhuis, Redondo Beach CA; Wenjia Yan, Cerritos CA 14.00 43 Robert Hudson - Richard Price, Naples FL 13.91 44 Victoria Tarleton, Bear Creek Township PA; Joe Distini, Clarks Summit PA 12.55 45 Jim Nixon - Ross Ramsey, Flower Mound TX 9.32 46 Pauline Pettinato - Richard Houston, Durango CO 8.60 47 Stuart Ray - Beth Dlutowski, Louisville KY 7.12 48 Jean-Pierre Becotte - Simon-Pierre Goulet, Montreal QC 4.74 49 Leigh Primerano, Helotes TX; Janina Kuzma, San Antonio TX 2.71 50 Steven Mark Lewis - Jolanta Janowski, Kirkland WA 0.98 51 Roy Tsai, San Jose CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 0.07 52 Marty Greengrass - Judy Greengrass, Lutz FL 0.00

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Tomorrow’s Bridge Events

Tuesday, March 13, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Monday-Tuesday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Bridgelady DBC Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Note: NOT played at Bridgelady DBC Tuesday, March 13, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Tuesday, March 13, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Jane Segal Daylight Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Daylight Compact KO Teams 1-4 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Tuesday, March 13, 1 p.m. Phyllis Wachsman Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 3rd single session Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Tuesday, March 13, 1 & 7:30 p.m. 1-2 Q Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor $25 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $25 — 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 2 Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor $17 — A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Room 119, Convention Center $16 $20 Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Gold for 0-750. Arnie Fisher Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Tuesday, March 13, 3 p.m. Afternoon Side Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 p.m. Flight A/X/Y Evening Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Flight B/C/D Evening Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Monday-Tuesday Evening Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 2nd Room 119, Convention Center $16 $20 Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 4th single session Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

KAY PLATINUM PAIRS 14.0 Tables / Based on 56 Tables 200.00 1 Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Robert Levin, Henderson NV 423.57 150.00 2 Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL 418.67 112.50 3 Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Ashley Bach, Germany 412.73 92.31 4 Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL 397.50 85.71 5 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 394.64 80.00 6 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 384.75 75.00 7 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV 377.53 70.59 8 Mike Passell, Plano TX; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 375.06 66.67 9 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 373.92 63.16 10 Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Thomas Bessis, Paris France 365.30 60.00 11 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia 362.89 57.14 12 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 362.34 54.55 13 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY 362.11 52.17 14 Allan Livgard, Norway Norway; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway 362.00 50.00 15 JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 360.34 48.00 16 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL 359.68 46.15 17 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 358.71 Second in the Kay Platinum Pairs: Dror Padon 44.44 18 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 357.67 and Vincent Demuy. 42.86 19 Glenn Milgrim, Ransomville NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 341.42 41.38 20 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Ireland 329.39 40.00 21 Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 328.22 Masterpoint disclaimer 38.71 22 Cheryl Mandala - Yul Inn, Cupertino CA 327.60 Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject 37.50 23 Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Long Lake MN 322.55 to change because of score changes or corrections. 36.36 24 Stefan Skorchev, London Bulgaria; Thomas Paske, Hereford England 321.86 The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, 35.29 25 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Chip Martel, Davis CA 314.07 34.29 26 R. Rubinstein, Astoria NY; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE 306.83 also subject to change. 33.33 27 David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Ron Smith, Chicago IL 303.77 32.43 28 Joe Grue, New York NY; Brad Moss, CO 301.35 Page 8 Monday, March 12, 2018 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Goodwill Day Monday, March 12, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Monday-Tuesday Morning Compact KO Teams 1-2 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Bridgelady DBC Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 1st single session Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Note: NOT played at the Bridgelady DBC Phil Krauss Sunday-Monday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 401K Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Monday, March 12, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Monday, March 12, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Emma Beck Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/1500) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Phil Krauss Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/500/200) 1-2 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Gold for 0-750 Retirement Planning Daylight Compact KO Teams 1-4 Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Monday, March 12, 1 p.m. Phyllis Wachsman Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 1st single session Room 119, Convention Center $16 $20 Monday, March 12, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor Marriott $25 — Entry required by 6 p.m. Sunday, March 11. All-day matches until complete. LEVENTRITT SILVER RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Grand Ballroom E, 5th floor Marriott $25 — 0–10,000 KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 1 Grand Ballroom H, 5th floor Marriott $17 — Entry required by 10 a.m., March 12. All-day matches until complete. GOLDER NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT B 1-2 F Grand Ballroom D, 5th floor Marriott No fee PRESIDENT’S CUP NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS, FLIGHT C 1-2 F Grand Ballroom D, 5th floor Marriott No fee Asset Asking Flight A/X Open Pairs (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Asset Asking Flight B/C Open Pairs (3000/1500) 1-2 Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Asset Asking Gold Rush Pairs (750/300) 1-2 Room 118, Convention Center $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. Retirement Planning Senior Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Room 119, Convention Center $16 $20 Open to players born before Jan. 1, 1959. Retirement Planning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Rusty Krauss Sunday-Monday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $16 $20 Monday, March 12, 3 p.m. Retirement Squeeze Side Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Monday, March 12, 7:30 p.m. Monday-Tuesday Evening Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1st Room 119, Convention Center $16 $20 A/X/Y Evening Side Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 B/C/D Evening Side Swiss Teams (3000/1500/750) single Franklin A, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Monday-Tuesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Room 119, Convention Center $16 $20 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $15 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $15 $19 Monday, March 12, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single Franklin B, 4th floor Marriott $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (unlimited/6000) separate from B/C (3000/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided: A/X/Y (Unlimited/6000/4000), B/C/D (3000/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/3000/1500), Gold Rush (750/500/200). Open events: A (Unlimited), B (750–3000) and C (0–750). In B/C and B/C/D events, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD , UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

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NABC Event Histories Vanderbilt Knockout Teams The premier event of the Spring North American Championships is the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. The history of the prestigious contest stretches back to 1928 when the man who invented contract bridge, Harold S. Vanderbilt, put the trophy bearing his name into play. The winners list is a who’s who of bridge, a parade of the titans of the game. As part of the ACBL’s ongoing archiving project, photos of some of the winners are included with this history.

The The Vanderbilt Trophy for the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams was donated in 1928 by Harold S. Vanderbilt, who won the event in 1932 and 1940. The Vanderbilt was contested annually in New York – as a separate championship – until 1958 when it became part of the Spring North American Championships. Vanderbilt winners receive replicas of the trophy 2017 ACBL President Bob Heller presents the Vanderbilt Trophy to the Nickell team: Jeff Meckstroth, Steve Weinstein, captain Nick Nickell, coach Erick Kokish, Ralph Katz, Robert Levin – a practice initiated by Vanderbilt from the first and Eric Rodwell. running of the event and perpetuated by a $100,000 trust fund administered by ACBL under the terms of 1951 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Vanderbilt’s will. Rapee, On display at ACBL Headquarters in Horn Lake 1952 Ned Drucker, Irvin Kass, Sidney Mandell, MS are the Vanderbilt Trophy, as well as replicas Milton Moss, Jesse Sloan donated by the families of Caroline Taylor, who won 1953 Richard Kahn, , Peter the Vanderbilt in 1928, and Helen Sobel Smith, a Leventritt, William Lipton, Vanderbilt winner in 1944 and 1945. 1954 Kalman Apfel, Francis Begley, Ned Drucker, Previous winners: Sidney Mandell, Milton Moss 1928 Ralph Richards, Gratz Scott, Edwin Wetzlar, 1955 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Wilbur Whitehead tied with Abraham Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor Brown, Mrs. Sidney Lovell, Caroline Taylor, 1956 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Nils Wester Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor 1929 Michael Gottlieb, Lee Langdon, Jean 1957 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, George Mattheys, Harry Raffel Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sidney Silodor 1930 , , 1958 Harry Fishbein, Sam Fry Jr., Leonard Theodore Lightner, Waldemar von Zedtwitz Harmon, Lee Hazen, Ivar Stakgold 1931 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard 1959 B. Jay Becker, John Crawford, , Karn, P. Hal Sims George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone 1932 Willard Karn, P. Hal Sims, Harold S. 1960 John Crawford, Norman Kay, Sidney Vanderbilt, Waldemar von Zedtwitz Silodor, Tobias Stone 1933 Phil Abramsohn, Benjamin Feuer, Francis 1961 Charles Coon, Robert Jordan, Eric Murray, 1977 Mike Becker, Mark Blumenthal, Fred Rendon, Sydney Rusinow Arthur Robinson Hamilton, Mike Lawrence, Ron Rubin, John 1934 David Burnstine, Richard Frey, Michael 1962 Larry Kolker, Carolyn Levitt, Jerry Levitt, Swanson Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken Garrett Nash, George de Runtz 1978 , Bobby Goldman, Eddie 1935 David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald 1963 Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Roth, Kantar, Billy Eisenberg, Mike Passell, Paul Jacoby, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns Clifford Russell, William Seamon, Albert Soloway 1936 Phil Abramsohn, Irving Epstein, Harry Weiss 1979 Lou Bluhm, Richard Freeman, Mark Lair, Fishbein, Fred Kaplan 1964 Bob Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Don Krauss, Cliff Russell, Tom Sanders, Eddie Wold 1937 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn Peter Leventritt, Lew Mathe, Howard 1980 Russ Arnold, Bobby Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns Schenken Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell 1938 David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Merwyn 1965 Philip Feldesman, John Fisher, James 1981 B. Jay Becker, Michael Becker, Edgar Maier, Howard Schenken, Sherman Stearns Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby, Ira Rubin, Albert Kaplan, Norman Kay, Ron Rubin 1939 Melville Alexander, Sigmund Dornbusch, Weiss 1982 James Jacoby, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Syl Gintell, Lee Hazen, Harry Raffel 1966 Philip Feldesman, Bob Hamman, Sami Passell, Eric Rodwell, George Rosenkranz, 1940 Edward Hymes Jr., Charles Lochridge, Kehela, Lew Mathe, Ira Rubin Eddie Wold Robert McPherran, Harold S. Vanderbilt, 1967 James Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Lew Mathe, 1983 Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Norman Kay, Waldemar von Zedtwitz Bobby Nail, Ron Von der Porten, Lew Edgar Kaplan 1941 John Crawford, Myron Fuchs, Robert Stansby 1984 Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, Hugh Ross, Peter McPherran, Sherman Stearns 1968 Bobby Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Pender 1942 Lester Bachner, Sigmund Dornbusch, Arthur Robinson, Bill Root, Alvin Roth 1985 Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Ron Rubin, Richard Frey, Lee Hazen, Sam Stayman 1969 Gerald Hallee, Paul Soloway, John Mike Lawrence, Michael Becker, Peter 1943 Harry Fagin, Harry Fishbein, Fred Kaplan, Swanson, Richard Walsh Weichsel Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone 1970 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Sami Kehela, 1986 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root, 1944 B. Jay Becker, , Sidney Sidney Lazard, Eric Murray, George Rapee Richard Pavlicek Silodor, Helen Sobel 1971 Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Bob 1987 Peter Pender, Peter Boyd, Lew Stansby, 1945 B. Jay Becker, Charles Goren, Sidney Hamman, Jim Jacoby, Mike Lawrence, Hugh Ross, Steve Robinson, Chip Martel Silodor, Helen Sobel Bobby Wolff 1988 Eddie Kantar, Alan Sontag, John Mohan, 1946 John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby, George 1972 Steven Altman, Eugene Neiger, Thomas Roger Bates Rapee, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman Smith, Alan Sontag, Joel Stuart, Peter 1989 Ron Rubin, Michael Becker, Bart Bramley, 1947 David Clarren, Harry Feinberg, Harry Weichsel Robert Levin, Lou Bluhm, Peter Weichsel Fishbein, Larry Hirsch, Joseph Low 1973 Mark Blumenthal, Bobby Goldman, Bob 1990 Dan Morse, John Sutherlin, Michael Kamil, 1948 Robert Appleyard, Jay T. Feigus, William Hamman, Mike Lawrence, Bobby Wolff Ron Gerard, Tom Sanders, Bill Pollack Lichtenstein, Harry Sonnenblick, Albert 1974 David Crossley, Robert Crossley, Eric 1991 Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Kit Woolsey, Weiss Kokish, Joey Silver Ed Manfield 1949 Morrie Elis, Harry Fishbein, Lee Hazen, 1975 Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, 1992 Andy Goodman, John Mohan, Roger Bates, Larry Hirsch, Charles Lochridge John Mohan, George Rosenkranz John Schermer, Neil Chambers 1950 John Crawford, George Rapee, Howard 1976 Roger Bates, Larry Cohen, Richard Katz, 1993 Howard Weinstein, Peter Nagy, Dan Morse, Schenken, Sidney Silodor, Sam Stayman John Mohan, George Rosenkranz John Sutherlin, Tom Sanders, Russ Arnold Page 10 Monday, March 12, 2018 Daily Bulletin

NABC Event Histories 1994 Seymon Deutsch, Gaylor Kasle, Michael 2002 Reese Milner, Marc Jacobus, Sam Lev, John 2010 Pierre Zimmerman, Michel Bessis, Thomas Rosenberg, Zia Mahmood, Chip Martel, Mohan, Jacek Pszczola, Piotr Gawrys Bessis, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Franck Lew Stansby 2003 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Multon 1995 Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Michael Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, 2011 Martin Fleisher, Lew Stansby, Bobby Levin, Polowan, Marc Jacobus Eric Rodwell Mike Kamil, Chip Martel, Steve Weinstein 1996 Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Seymon 2004 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Lorenzo Lauria, 2012 Les Amoils, Joe Grue, Darren Wolpert, Deutsch, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby Alfredo Versace, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Curtis Cheek, Ismael Del’Monte, Thomas 1997 Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Steve Duboin Bessis Robinson, Peter Boyd, Paul Soloway, Bobby 2005 Richard Schwartz, Michael Becker, Larry 2013 Sabine Auken, Roy Welland, Morten Bilde, Goldman Cohen, David Berkowitz Dennis Bilde 1998 Richard Schwartz, Mark Lair, Chip Martel, 2006 Fred Chang, Seymon Deutsch, Gunnar 2014 Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Steve Weinstein, Lew Stansby, Paul Soloway, Bobby Hallberg, Jack Zhao, Fu Zhong Bobby Levin, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth Goldman 2007 Christal Henner-Welland, Antonio Sementa, 2015 Giorgio Duboin, Zia Mahmood, Norberto 1999 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Peter Weichsel, Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Cezary Bocchi, Agustin Madala Alan Sontag, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski 2016 Norberto Bocchi, Diego Brenner, Zia Versace 2008 Boguslaw Gierulski, Krzysztof Jassem, Mahmood, Giorgio Duboin, Alejandro 2000 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Krzysztof Martens, Jerzy Skrzypczak Bianchedi, Agustin Madala Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, 2009 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Bobby Levin, 2017 Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Steve Weinstein, Eric Rodwell Steve Weinstein, Tarek Sadek, Walid Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 2001 Andrei Gromov, Aleksander Petrunin, Elhamady Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski

VANDERBILT KO TEAMS 24 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach 50 Nader Hanna - Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON; 1 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Gardens FL; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Palm Beach Gardens FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel 51 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Peter Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Wooldridge, Astoria NY Gill, Sydney Australia; Adam Stokka, Umea Sweden Beach FL 25 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus - John 52 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Walter Lee, Sudbury 2 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis Mohan - Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Wojciech Gawel, MA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Jim Munday, Southaven CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Wroclaw Poland; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland MS Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 26 Chen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua 53 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; 3 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore Miriam Harris-Botzum - John Botzum, Orefield PA Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal 27 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; 54 Xin Li, Guangdong People’s Republic of China; Ming Sheng, Norway JoAnna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA Chicago IL; Bin Shi, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; 4 Agustin Madala - Alejandro Bianchedi, Buenos Aires 28 Tim Verbeek, Utrecht Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Yanpei Zhao, Beijing China Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Antonio Haag Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart 55 Hilda Setton, New York NY; Christophe Grosset, Issy- Sementa, Parma Italy; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy; Les-Moulin France; Quentin Robert, Paris France; Pierre 5 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL Franceschetti, Montpellier France; Nicholas Lhuissier, Rueil Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy; Giovanni Donati, Italy; 29 Ji Chen - Fu Zhong - Jie Li - Xu Hou, Beijing People’s Malmaison France; Lionel Sebbane, Clichy France Lorenzo Lauria - Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy Republic of China; Lidang Dong, Shaanxi People’s Republic 56 Stefan Skorchev, Bulgaria; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Peter 6 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New of China Crouch, Surrey England; Simon Cope, Hertfordshire York NY; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; David Berkowitz, Boca 30 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; William Pollack, New York NY; 57 Miguel Teixeira - Paulo Sarmento - Joad Barbosa - Carlos Luiz Raton FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; - Reinaldo Timoteo, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 7 Richard Coren - Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 58 Jeffrey Juster, New York NY; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield FL; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Tarek Sadek - Walid 31 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan, New York NY; Drew CT; Michael Barel, Tel Aviv Israel; Yaniv Zack, Kiryat Bialik Elahmady, Cairo Egypt Casen, Metarie LA; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL Israel 8 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, 32 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des- 59 Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Carlos Pellegrini, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Sjoert Ormeaux QC; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; John Buenos Aires Argentina; Sumit Mukherjee, Kolkata India; Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Schermer, Seattle WA; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Simon Michael Whibley, Auckland New Zealand; Debabrata Netherlands Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden Majumder, Kolkata India 9 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; 33 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield 60 Paul Gipson, Duns England; Alex Gipson, Orpington England; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse CT; Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Migry Zur Campanile, New Aran Warszawski, Rehovot Israel; Dan Israeli, Tel Aviv Israel Netherlands; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm York NY 61 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Bernard Fudor, Sweden 34 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia; Murrysville PA; Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; Kent Goulding, 10 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Roy Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Dominik Filipowicz, Germantown MD Welland, New York NY; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Kalisz Poland 62 Michael Cassel, Roseville MN; Andy Kaufman, Upper Denmark; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Stockholm Sweden 35 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Rose Meltzer, Chapel Gwynedd PA; Robert Schachter, Eden Prairie MN; Paul 11 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Piotr Hill NC; Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria; Rosen Gunev, Meerschaert, Long Lake MN Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Poland; Michael Sofia Bulgaria; Vladimir Marashev, Sofia Bulgaria; Ivan 63 Josh Sher, Coral Gables FL; Alexander Kolesnik - John Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV Tsonchev, Sofia Bulgaria Ramos, Los Angeles CA; Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ; C. 12 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas 36 Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Allan Livgard, Norway; Jostein Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA NV; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Sorvoll, Oslo Norway; Sverre Koch, Norway 64 Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark; Cecilia Rimstedt, Gdansk Poland; Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Massimiliano 37 Bjorn Fallenius - Michael Moss - Shane Blanchard - Robert Onsala Sweden; Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden; Nick Jacob, Di Franco, Italy Blanchard, New York NY New Zealand; Odin Svendsen - Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway 13 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Tor Helness - Geir 38 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Allan Graves, Hammonds 65 Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA; Alan Kudisch, East Norwich Helgemo, Monaco; Aleksander Dubinin - Andrew Gromov, Plain NS; Oren Kriegel - Ron Smith, Chicago IL; Maarten NY; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Mark Leonard, Long Beach Moscow Russia Schollaardt, Netherlands; Tom Van Overbeeke, Utrecht CA 14 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Daniel Korbel - Curtis Cheek, Netherlands 66 Yin Yichen, Boston MA; Che Shen, Beijing People’s Republic Las Vegas NV; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Simon De Wijs, 39 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Ransomville NY; of China; Chang Liu, Cambridge MA; Jiahao Shi, Hoboken NJ Doorn Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; 67 John Fout, Monticello NY; Stephannie Culbertson, New 15 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Louk Verhees Jr., Voorhout Allan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland OR York NY; Nicolas Hammond, Alpharetta GA; Eric Laurant, Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep 40 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Overasselt Netherlands; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel; David Beach Gardens FL; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad 68 Yukun Zhang - Kien Fong, Singapore Singapore; Mingyang Bakhshi, London England Sweden; Jacco Hop, Rotterdam Netherlands; Meike Wortel, Zhou - Xinchen Zhu, Berkeley CA 16 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Oslo Norway 69 Daniel Wilderman - Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Kenneth Thomas Bessis - Jean Quantin, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, 41 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker - Olin Hubert, Zuckerberg, Chicago IL; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR; Eric Issy Les Moulin France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France Atlanta GA; Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL Sieg, Seattle WA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 17 Gary Cohler, Delray Beach FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman 42 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; 70 Edward Benda - Paul Stanko - Monique Thomas, Los Angeles Oaks CA; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Thomas Carmichael, Mill Creek WA; Ari Greenberg, San CA; Brian Reynolds, Canoga Park CA Barcelona Spain Francisco CA; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Robert 71 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; Thomas Paske, Hereford 18 Joyce Hill, Saint Augustine FL; Kevin Dwyer - Shan Huang, Lebi, Toronto ON England; Artur Malinowski, Harrow England; Phillip King, Melbourne FL; Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Kevin Bathurst, 43 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Jeff Harrow Middlesex England Palm Bch Gdns FL Roman, Bend OR; Karlis Rubins, Riga Region Latvia 72 Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA; 19 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; John McAllister, Keswick VA; 44 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Sally Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Elisabeth Sylvester, Jacob Roen, Copenhagen Denmark; Peter Fredin, Malmo Brock, London England; Fiona Brown, Yorkshire England; Paddington Australia Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden Kerri Sanborn - Stephen Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 73 Robin Fellus - Alessandro Gandoglia, Rome Italy; Adolfo 20 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; David Gold, London England; 45 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Laurence Lebowitz, Boston Madala, Capital Federal Argentina; Giacomo Percario, Livorno Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Michael Bell, MA; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Liam Milne, Sidney Australia; Italy; Giuseppe Delle Cave, Rome Italy London England Tor Eivind Grude - Lars Arthur Johansen, Trondheim Norway 74 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; 21 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; 46 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Daniela von Arnim, Hockenheim Clyde Kruskal, College Park MD; Michael Richey, Springfield Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Germany; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Richard Meffley, VA Chapel Hill NC; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland; Marcin Fresno CA 75 Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Piotr Kucharski, Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland 47 Roberto Barbosa - Adriano Rodrigues - Marcello La Rovere, Krakow Poland; Janusz Gawecki, Kielce Poland; Maciej Klis, 22 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Stefano Tommasini, Santa Catarina Krakow Poland Passell, Plano TX; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Greg Hinze, Brazil 76 Caru Vidigal - Maria Lucia Menezes - Isa Koogan Breitman - San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 48 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Juliana De Oliveira, Rio De Janeiro Brazil 23 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Tom Hanlon, Dublin Leonardo Cima, Roma Italy; Kamil Nowak, Kielce Poland; 77 Olivia Laufer - Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Albena-Maria Ireland; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Ishmael DelMonte, Woaciech Strzemecki, Poland Vassileva, North Bay ON; Martin Zhao, Richmond Hill ON Las Vegas NV; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Ashley Bach, Sydney 49 GS Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Donna Lombardini, Alcester Australia SD; Thomas Maccormac, Dublin Ireland; James Heneghan, Washington DC Daily Bulletin Monday, March 12, 2018 Page 11

NABC Event Histories 0–10,000 Knockout Teams Play starts today in the 0–10,000 Knockout Teams. Open only to players with less than 10,000 masterpoints, the event pays 10 percent platinum to those placing in the overalls. While it has a national rating, a win in the event does not serve as a Grand Life Master qualification.

2014 Robert Todd, Garth Yettick, Peggy Ware, Spencer Jones 2015 Donald Rumelhart, Jonathan Flesichmann, Ned Irving, Morrie Kleinplatz, Stephen Mackay, Ray Jotcham 2016 James Melville, Vladislav Isporski, Stephen Stewart, Mark Jones 2017 Viktor Anikovich, David Pelka, Alan Daniels, Igor Milman, Bob Kent, Ellen Kent

Winners of last year’s 0–10,000 Knockout Teams: Alan Daniels, Igor Milman, Viktor Anikovich, Ellen Kent, Bob Kent and David Pelka.