Chip Dombrowski, editor [email protected] Sunday, July 25

Foster, Howard lead Three-Day Open Pairs Jim Foster of Vestavia AL and Bryan Howard of Nashville TN lead the Three-Day Open Pairs after Saturday’s semifinal sessions. In sixth place after qualifying, Foster and Howard scored Ralph Katz, , , Bobby Levin, Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco 52.99% in the third session and 59.41% in the fourth to lead with a cumulative score of 829.92. Nickell crashes Donner party In second are of Clearwater Beach FL and James Gleick of New York. The team captained by Nick Nickell, playing with Starting the day in 23rd place, Meckstroth and Steve Weinstein, Robert Levin, Ralph Katz, Eric Greco and Geoff Hampson, won the summer NAOBC Premier See Open, page 3 Knockout. They defeated the team captained by Gary Donner, playing with Cecilia Rimstedt, Per-Ola Cullin, Atlantans lead 3-day 5K Marion Michielsen, Brad Moss and Joe Grue. See Premier, page 4 Edward Foran and Nicolas Hammond of the Atlanta area are leading the NAOBC Three-Day 0–5000 Pairs after Saturday’s semifinal sessions. Second after Friday’s qualifying sessions, Foran Shnier, Senesky lead and Hammond scored 53.26% in the third session Two-Day Open Pairs and 63.61% in the fourth to take the lead. Their cumulative score is now 390.10, giving them a lead The Toronto-based duo of Barbara Shnier and of 3.16 matchpoints, about a third of a . Barry Senesky turned in two-solid performances – 63.04% and 61.73% – in the opening round of the Two- See Limited, page 3 Day Open Pairs to lead the field in today’s final. In second are Dan Morse of Houston TX and Ira Calif. duo leads 2-day 5k Hessel of San Antonio TX. See Two-Day, page 2 Pangjie Xu of San Jose CA and Winston Huang of Los Altos CA posted the top score in the opening round of the 0–5000 Two-Day Pairs. Canadians lead 0–1500 Pairs The duo scored 59.21% in the first qualifying In the 0–1500 Two-Day Pairs, the Canadian duo session, and capped it with a strong 66.45% in the of Eric Promislow and Satadru Roy lead the field of second set. qualifiers after scoring 64.20% and 54.34% in today’s In second are Serena Guo of Dublin CA and opening sessions. Promsilow is of Vancouver BC and Xin Ge of Cupertino CA, who started with 67.76% Roy of Port Moody BC. See 0–5000, page 2 See 0–1500, page 2

Schedule Regional Pairs Two-Day Pairs Three-Day Pairs See full schedule at acbl.org/naobc. All flights All flights All flights Sunday, July 25 Two sessions Final sessions Final sessions NAOBC Premier KO final scores

1 (9) Donner 21 33 70 72 2 Nickell 46 99 100 144

NAOBC Premier KO – results 1 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Steve Weinstein, Cedar 5/8 Mike Levine, Pinckney MI; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Grove NJ; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Ralph Katz, Burr Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; , Ridge IL; Eric Greco, Northville MI; Geoff Hampson, Las Clearwater FL; Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness, Monaco Vegas NV 5/8 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; 2 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Cecilia Rimstedt, Sweden; Michal Nowosadzki, Poland; Jacek Kalita, Poland; Sjoert Per-Ola Cullin, Sweden; Marion Michielsen, Sweden; Brink - Sebastiaan Drijver, Geneva Switzerland Brad Moss, Denver CO; Joe Grue, New York NY 5/8 Andrew Rosenthal - Chris Willenken - Jan Jansma, 3/4 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Ron Smith, New York NY; Aaron Silverstein, Ridgefield CT; Boye IL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Bart Brogeland - Espen Lindqvist, Norway Bramley, Dallas TX; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 5/8 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Louk Verhees Jr., 3/4 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; Adam Grossack - Netherlands; David Bakhshi, England; Alon Birman - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Agustin Madala, Dror Padon, Israel; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Netherlands Argentina; Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Dennis Bilde, Denmark

0–5000 continued from page 1 Two-Day continued from page 1 In second place are Charlene Coor of Austin Third place is held by Alex Perlin of Metuchen TX and Ronald Kunkel of Leander TX, whose NJ and Dana Berkowitz of New York City. carryover will place them about a board behind Of the 70 pairs that entered the contest, 36 the leaders. qualified for the final. Shnier and Senesky have Im third place are Gregory Gauthier of a carryover of nearly three boards, almost half a Mountain View CA and John Stremel of San board a head of Morse and Hessel. Jose CA. Gauthier and Stremel were second in the Two-Day Pairs contest held on the first weekend of the NAOBC. Twenty-four pairs entered the event; 12 0–1500 continued from page 1 qualified for the final. Promislow and Roy have a but came down to 51.43% in the second session. carryover of more than two boards, half a board ahead of Coor and Kunkel. Third place is occupied by the father-son duo of Guanghao Xiao and Jeff Xiao of Shrewsbury MA. Jeff recently celebrated his 10th birthday. There were 40 pairs in the qualifying round, and 24 of them will play in today’s two-session final. Xu and Huang have a carryover of nearly four boards – almost a board ahead of Guo and Ge. Qualifiers in the NAOBC Three-Day Open Pairs Carryover 1 Jim Foster – Bryan Howard 14.16 13 Kelvin Raywood – Shelley Burns 6.48 2 Jeff Meckstroth – James Gleick 12.10 14 Iulian Rotaru – Jacqueline Chang 5.70 3 Bill Schreiber – Michael Schreiber 11.63 15 Neil Hunter – Randy Thompson 5.52 4 Aaron Silverstein – Andrew Rosenthal 10.53 16 Joshua Donn – Carole Liss 3.94 5 Ming Sheng – Richard Chan 9.95 17 Weishu Wu – Meiyan Duan 3.50 6 Christian Jolly – Julie Arbit 9.40 18 Mike Passell – Steve Zolotow 2.51 7 Ethan Liu – Sathya Bettadapura 9.28 19 Tom Bishel – John Bishel 2.06 8 Jan Assini – Frank Cymerman 8.78 20 Michael Wang – Shigang Liang 1.43 9 Vicki Lerner – Steven Smolen 8.67 21 Peter Cheung – Marusa Gold 1.34 10 Louis-Amaury Beauchet – Irva Neyhart 7.32 22 Fan Yang – David Zhang 0.45 11 Peter Whipple – Ryan Schultz 6.84 23 Joyce Goldstein – Tracy Brines 0.28 12 Sean Ganness – Saul Gross 6.53 24 Joan Millens – Shan Huang 0.00

Qualifiers in the NAOBC Three-Day 0–5000 Pairs Carryover 1 Edward Foran – Nicolas Hammond 11.57 7 A. William Schmidt – Philip Geibel 3.93 2 Amy Rhodes – Mark Blanchard 10.94 8 Juan Felipe Cuervo – Carolyn Bitetti 3.57 3 Kinga Voorhees – Burton Voorhees 10.82 9/10 Eric He – Edward He 2.57 4 Gianni Hsieh – Frank Hsieh 8.80 9/10 Hong Liu – Yu Nadler 2.57 5 Peter Van Zijl – Michael Berard 7.52 11 Ali El-Selehdar – Lynne Castoldi 1.00 6 Jay Cherlow – Eric Branfman 6.80 12 Furqan Naeem – Malcolm Mendelson 0.00

Open continued from page 1 Limited continued from page 1 Gleick were remarkably consistent on Saturday, In second are Amy Rhodes and Mark scoring 57.16% in the third session and dipping Blanchard of New York. They were 11th after ever so slightly to 57.13% in the fourth. They are qualifying but made their way to the top of the 12.23 matchpoints behind the leaders, about half a leaderboard in the third session with a big 66.77%, board. followed by a 55.17% fourth session. Brothers Bill Schreiber of Valley Glen CA and In third are Kingha Voorhies and Burton Michael Schreiber of Plano TX are third with Voohries of Victoria BC, who qualified 12th and 814.94. had the best fourth-session score, 64.35%. Yesterday’s leaders, Mike Passell and Steve Day-one leaders Peter Van Zijl and Michael Zolotow droppoed to 18th. Berend of Maryland dropped to fifth, behind The field for today’s final is reduced to 24 pairs. Gianni Hsieh and Frank Hsieh of Sammamish Foster and Howard have a carryover of 14.16, WA. about one and a quarter boards. Meckstroth and Twelve pairs qualified for today’s final sessions. Gleick’s carryover is 12.10. Foran and Hammond have a carryover of 11.57, about two and one-third boards. The carryover for Rhodes and Blanchard is 10.94. Premier continued from page 1 Donner started out well, going up 15–2 over the first four boards, which included a 10-IMP pickup when Grue – Moss found their spade fit and bid and made a vulnerable game opposite a club partscore played by Katz–Nickell at the other table: Gary Donner, Cecilia Rimstedt, Per-Ola Cullin, Marion Michielsen, Joe Grue, Brad Moss Dlr: West ♠ K Q J 4 holding Nickell to 1 IMP, they scored 37. By the time the Vul: Both ♥ Q 10 8 dust settled, the Nickell lead was cut to 30, certainly ♦ J 8 4 3 possible to stage a comeback. ♣ 10 2 The first board of the final quarter was a push, with ♠ 7 3 ♠ A 10 both sides reaching a no-play 3NT. On board 44, both ♥ A 6 4 3 ♥ J 9 5 2 E–W pairs missed a spade game, but Grue–Moss missed ♦ K Q 7 5 ♦ A 10 9 6 2 playing in spades altogether after interference in their ♣ 9 8 6 ♣ A 3 strong-club auction. They played 3♣ down one, for 6 ♠ 9 8 6 5 2 IMPs to Nickell. After a few more pickups, board 50 was ♥ K 7 the dagger: ♦ — ♣ K Q J 7 5 4 Dlr: East ♠ J Vul: N–S ♥ A K 10 8 2 West North East South ♦ K J 6 4 Weinstein Grue Levin Moss ♣ J 3 2 Pass Pass 1♦ 2♣ ♠ A 10 ♠ K Q 9 7 4 3 Dbl Rdbl (1) 2♥ 2♠ ♥ 5 ♥ J 6 3 3♥ 3♠ Pass 4♠ ♦ 10 7 5 3 2 ♦ A 8 All Pass ♣ K Q 10 6 5 ♣ 8 4 ♠ 8 6 5 2 (1) two clubs with values ♥ Q 9 7 4 ♦ Q 9 Cullin Katz Michielsen Nickell ♣ A 9 7 Pass Pass 1♦ 2♣ Pass 2NT Pass 3♣ Grue Hampson Moss Greco All Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT Dbl 2♠ 3♥ After that, the IMPs just rained in the Nickell column. 3♠ 4♥ All Pass They went on a 44–6 run to close out the quarter up by 25. At the other table, North did not act over the forcing The second quarter started like the first quarter ended 1NT response to 1♠. Weinstein, sitting East, rebid 2♠; –with a torrent of plus scores for Nickell, this time a Levin, in the West seat, raise to the three level, and there 43–6 run over eight boards. By the half, Nickell was up by they played. Win 13. 66; the score was 99–33. Nickell outscored Donner 44–2 in the last set to win The third quarter belonged to Donner, however. While the event 144–72. Qualifiers in the NAOBC Two-Day Open Pairs Carryover 1 Barbara Shnier – Barry Senensky 49.16 19 John Lai – Tak Chun Wong 14.21 2 Dan Morse – Ira Hessel 41.72 20 Owen Lynch – Robert Ring 14.09 3 Alex Perlin – Dana Berkowitz 38.45 21 Chris Moll – Richard Popper 13.08 4 Mark Itabashi – Iftikhar Baqai 30.56 22 Dana Mercer-Guest – Rajan Mehta 12.63 5 Robert Kuhnreich – Elliot Sternlicht 30.45 23 Todd Holes – Joe Albert Garcia 12.52 6 James Holzhauer – Aaron Jones 29.66 24 Hugh Brown Jr. – Robert Fendrick 12.29 7 Wanfeng Mou – Yanong Han 29.43 25 Jin-Ming Liao – Jason Ji 11.50 8 Janie Woo – Joel Wooldridge 28.19 26 Andy Kaufman – Arthur Korth 8.21 9 J. Jay Roll – Brian Gilbert 25.60 27 Dean Panagopoulos – Stephen Gladyszak 6.54 10 Frank Feng – Weizhong Bao 23.45 28 Martin Caley – Diane Graese 5.98 11 Adam Kohut – Claude King 22.55 29 Lee Rautenberg – Jared Lilienstein 5.86 12 Samuel Marks – Jerry Helms 22.10 30 Jiang Gu – Glenn Robbins 4.51 13 David Sabourin – Trisha Malazdrewicz 21.09 31 Heinrich Berger – Davies Guttmann 4.28 14 Sorina Negulescu – David Fleischer 19.06 32 Jonathan Fleischmann – Morrie Kleinplatz 3.83 15 Monique Smith – Merril Hirsh 16.91 33 Stephen Castellino – Mukund Thapa 2.48 16 James Carroll – Helen Johnston 15.45 34 Carrie Liu – Maxim Siline 0.90 17/18 Andrew Gofreed – Muh-Sha Crawford 14.32 35 Joyce Hill – Kevin Dwyer 0.11 17/18 Leonard Holtz – Jeffrey Ferro 14.32 36 Sandra Sarnow – Ariel Smid 0.00

Qualifiers in the NAOBC Two-Day 0–5000 Pairs Carryover 1 Pangjie Xu – Winston Huang 42.63 13 Bindhu Aravapalli – Bing Tong 13.34 2 Serena Guo – Xin Ge 33.03 14 Steve Roberts – Basil Kalymon 8.79 3 Jeff Xiao – Guanghao Xiao 31.40 15 Charlotte Blum – Chip Lawrence 8.30 4 Lucy He – Yanping Zhang 28.63 16 Anil Altindag – Linda Drake 8.13 5 Andrew Chen – Steve Chen 25.87 17/18 George Mansour – Tom Henson 5.69 6 Henry Gibson – Steven Siegel 20.66 17/18 Eric Pan – Xiangdong Meng 5.69 7 Gregory Gorshkov – Stanley Weiss 19.52 19 Daniel Jablonski – Vikram Srimurthy 5.04 8 Alan Rowen – George Bessinger 18.38 20 Charles Riffle – Douglas Grant 3.74 9 Gary Anziani – Bill McCarty 17.73 21 Margarita Dolera – Enrique Cepeda 2.93 10 Irma Hilton – Joan Dziekanski 17.41 22 Eli Jolley – Judith McNutt 1.63 11 Arthur Gong – Eric Xiao 15.94 23 Alan Leaver – Philip Goulding 1.14 12 Peter Peng – Gary Stoller 14.32 24 David Norris – Robert Williams 0.00

Qualifiers in the NAOBC Two-Day 0–1500 Pairs Carryover 1 Eric Promislow – Satadru Roy 10.58 7 Jeffrey Stead – Gilbert Deleeuw 1.56 2 Charlene Coor – Ronald Kunkel 7.80 8 Bob French – Clive Surfleet 1.23 3 Gregory Gauthier – John Stremel 6.69 9 Cornelia Gould – Ed Gould 1.11 4 Kirk Freyermuth – Hugh McSheffrey 4.57 10 Eric Siegel – Michael Albert 0.78 5 Brian Hamrick – Sherry Wu 3.90 11 Andy Zhang – Zheng Zhang 0.45 6 Barbara Devaney – Alexander Stille 3.45 12 Myrtle Herzenberg – Julie Wood 0.00 Results from last weekend’s Two-Day Pairs events Below are the overalls of all three flights of the Two-Day NAOBC Pairs that ended Sunday, July 18. TWO-DAY OPEN PAIRS 1. Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ – Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 833.38 2. Maximo Crusizio, Fort Lauderdale FL – Judy Fox, Virginia Beach VA 777.57 3. Joel Wooldridge, Jackson Heights NY – Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 761.82 4. Shigang Liang, Markham ON – Michael Wang, Richmond Hill ON 756.20 5. Srikanth Kodayam, Danville CA – Farid Assemi, Fresno CA 754.21 6. Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA – Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 751.45 7. Jian Wang, Hopatcong NJ – Jian-Ping Chen, Yorktown VA 746.26 8. Jan Jansma – Chris Willenken, New York NY 743.60 9. Claude Vogel, Chicago IL – George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 733.89 10. Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA – Robert Munson, Danville CA 730.24 11. Louis-Amaury Beauchet, Sherwood OR – Irva Neyhart, Portland OR 724.21 12. Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA – Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 723.88 13. Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD – Lyle Poe Jr., Ellicott City MD 720.58 14. Richard Chan, Markham ON – Peter Peng, North York ON 715.11 15. David Hoffner, Galloway NJ – Philip Goulding, Wexford PA 705.56 16. Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA – Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA 704.03 17. Barbara Shnier - Barry Senensky, Toronto ON 699.22 18. Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA – Franco Baseggio, Sharon CT 699.14 19. Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Fort Lauderdale FL – Talbott Maxey, Palm Beach FL 695.30 20. Ron Smith, Chicago IL – Aaron Jones, North Bethesda MD 691.31 21. Sean Ganness, Miami FL – Silvana Rojko, Maribor, Slovenia 690.52 22. Russell Samuel, Coram NY – Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY 690.02 23. Mike Passell, Plano TX – Andy Goodman, Carmel CA 689.21 24. Monique Smith, Arlington VA – Rusty Krauss, Vienna VA 688.73 25. Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA – Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA 685.22 26. Qinqin Wang - Jiang Chen, Lexington MA 684.03 27. Michael Xu, Palo Alto CA – Finn Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 683.11

TWO-DAY 0–5000 PAIRS 1. Trisha Malazdrewicz – Gerardo Malazdrewicz, Dartmouth NS 334.31 2. Christina Parker – Stewart Rubenstein, Chestnut Hill MA 300.43 3. Edward Foran, Acworth GA – Nicolas Hammond, Alpharetta GA 293.74 4. Deborah King, Creve Coeur MO – Hong Liu, Frontenac MO 291.83 5. Lee Weinberger, Aventura FL – Carol Vogt, Boca Raton FL 290.50 6. Edward Rothenheber, Severn MD – Brian Sutton, Bethesda MD 288.39 7. Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA – William Neumann, Columbia MD 275.77 8. Mark Pinkowski – Nic Hristea, Chicago IL 273.26 9. Alvaro Ronderos, Plymouth Meetng PA – R. David Walker, Radnor PA 272.65 10. Ethan Wood, Dover MA – Jane McLaughlin, San Francisco CA 272.39 11. Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY – David Colligan, Buffalo NY 269.58

TWO-DAY 0–1500 PAIRS 1. Brandon Ge – Xin Ge, Cupertino CA 207.54 2. Gregory Gauthier, Mountain View CA – John Stremel, San Jose CA 184.38 3. Gilbert Deleeuw, Douglassville PA – Craig Bailey, Macungie PA 181.96 4. Hugh McSheffrey, Nelson BC – Kirk Freyermuth, Beaumont CA 179.17 5. Kevin Stansbury, Littleton CO – Glen Okui, Memphis TN 174.94 6. Barbara Devaney, Washington DC – Alexander Stille, Bethesda MD 172.20 7. William Stevenson, Honolulu HI – Gary Haynie, Kailua HI 171.54 8. Judy Burnstin, Seattle WA – Sheila Cesarano, Fort Lauderdale FL 169.26 Online Bridge: Different Mechanics, Same Laws By Robb Gordon, ACBL National Recorder When we play online, we are still playing bridge. The Laws two identical convention of and ACBL Regulations still apply. But cards with their names facing facts, some things are different. Here are a few: on them. The rules apply to BBO as 1. Revoking and leading out of turn are impossible. well, except you need have 2. You must self-Alert. only one card. To make a 3. Because you are Alerting only the opponents, and convention card, log in. asking questions only of one or both opponents, partner Click Account on the right does not “hear” your explanations or questions and tabbed menu and select the that avenue of Unauthorized Information has been Convention Cards heading. eliminated. This saves a lot of arguments and bad It is pretty easy to recall a feelings. saved card or to complete and save a new one. 4. Breaks in are awkward. At the table, if somebody Remember to load your card takes a lot of time, you can see that they (presumably) by completing the Use With are thinking. In online bridge, it could mean that their Partner blank with your partner’s BBO name. tea kettle started whistling and they went to turn off the burner. Law 73E2: 6. The ACBL Convention Charts apply here. Make sure your If the Director determines that an innocent player convention is permitted in the game you are playing. has drawn a false inference from a question, For example, a 2♦ opening that shows a weak hand remark, manner, tempo or the like, of an opponent with length in one of the majors is an Open+ Chart who has no demonstrable bridge reason for the convention and is not permitted in any event in the action, and who could have been aware, at the online regional. time of the action, that it could work to his benefit, 7. It has come to our attention that some players have the Director shall award an adjusted score. more than one BBO user ID. Please only use one ID This rule applies. When you spill coffee or are distracted when playing in ACBL games with human opponents. by a phone call, it is incumbent on you to make sure We are screening for this. the opponents know so they are not deceived by your 8. Because you are playing in an ACBL game against inattention. human opponents, we encourage you to make sure your 5. The ACBL has long had a rule that partnerships have profile displays your real name.

Keep it Clean Most of us are honest and want to play the game properly. When you play against Fees an opponent you suspect is not playing in accordance with the Laws, or violating the Code of Disciplinary Regulations, please file a Player Memo. There is a version Per player per session: streamlined for online play reports available at www.acbl.org/bbomemo/. You may GNTs: Free privately text your director as well, but making a public accusation is itself a violation NAOBC+ events: $20 of the CDR, so please report suspicious conduct in an actively ethical way! NAOBC events: $17 Regional events: $15 “I’ve volunteered to be one of the investigators when there is suspicion of Unauthorized Information during online play. There are a lot of factors to consider, not least of which is the suspected player’s experience level. Accusations of cheating are a serious matter. Anyone can do something strange on one deal; but when a pattern emerges, there is smoke. Where there is smoke, there is often fire. For charges to be filed, more than one investigator has to come to the same conclusion. The game will be better and more popular if we all behave ethically. Big Brother is watching you.” – Larry Cohen BBO Help Desk – How to report a deal When something happens in an online game that seems suspicious to you, you may want to report it. There are several options: You can call the director, you can file a player memo with the ACBL recorder, you can flag the deal for BBO to review, or you can simply save a deal for your own records.

1 2 During or after a game, you can find your played Once you are in the results of either the current deals in the History tab. If it’s during the game, go to game or the past game you are looking for, select My Table. If it’s later, go to Recent tournaments and the board you want to look at by clicking on that line. find the appropriate game. The deal will appear in the bottom of the right panel.

3 4 Focusing on the bottom right corner of the , From this menu, select Export. That will bring up click the triple bar in this area to access the menu. another menu of export options.

5 To flag the deal for BBO, click Send abuse report. 6 A prompt will allow you to enter your comments about the deal. To save the deal for your records, If you want to call the director during a game, click click Save deal as. To file a player memo, click the triple bar in the main section of the screen at Handviewer link. You can copy and paste this link top left. From the menu that appears, select Call into an email, a text file or the player memo form Director. You can also use this menu to view your at acbl.org/bbomemo. opponents’ convention cards.