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Chicago Duplicate Bridge Leads May 2020 Newsletter 4th Floor, 820 N Orleans Street, Chicago, IL 60610 (312) 631-3948 http:/www.bridgewebs.com/chicagodbc Chicago Duplicate Bridge Leads the (Virtual) Way! Chicago Duplicate Bridge, in the person of Board Vice-President Matthew Dyer, has been a leader, and a guinea pig, as ACBL has built out its online programming for stay-at-home bridge. We are fortunate to have Matthew to bring our concerns and our needs to the attention of the decision makers. As early adopters, we sometimes find the glitches before they can be resolved, but the result is that we’re able to offer multiple games each day. In addition, we’ve created working partnerships with several other local clubs that allow us to expand our reach and allow our players more opportunities to play. We can all be proud of the part we’re playing in keeping bridge alive in the Chicago metro area. More info below! And as we can’t say often enough: Stay at home as ordered by the Mayor and Governor, get plenty of rest, and take care of yourself! Upcoming Special Events—All on BBO DAILY – Open ChicagoDB Games at 12:15 pm Monday and Wednesday – 299er ChicagoDB Games at 12:10 pm Tuesday – 499er ChicagoDB Game at 6:30 pm Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs – ChicagoDB at 6:30 pm Friday – Treetowns at 7:30 pm Saturday – Treetowns at 6:30 pm Sunday – UCClub at 3:30 pm Read about the BBO games below, including more detail on how to find specific games. When the stay-at-home order is lifted, CDB will assess the local situation, keeping in mind that we have a particularly vulnerable population. When we are comfortable that we are not putting our players in danger, CDB will go back to our regular schedule of in-person games, including monthly Swiss teams and mentor games, and special events. We will also “make up” missed events (such as the Rank Advancement Party we skipped) as much as possible. Watch this space! Click on Calendar below the News on the Home Page to see the full schedules at http://bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwom/bw.cgi?club=chicagodbc&pid=display_future Thanks So Much—But the Need Is Still There! Chicago Duplicate Bridge members are a wonderful group of people. We all owe a word of thanks to our members who have contributed to the ongoing sustainability of the club. Some people have played—often many times—at the ACBLSYC games. Some have played—again, often many times—at the Virtual Club games. Each of these provide revenue to the club for each game played. Some of you have taken and are planning to take more lessons from Eldad “Gino” Ginossar; Gino is donating 10% of his revenue to the club. And 31 people have donated through our GoFundMe page (search “Chicago Duplicate Bridge”; the name under that is 7NT). A few others have sent contributions directly to the club. If you are playing in our games on BBO, consider donating an additional dollar or two to CDB for every game you play. Whatever you can do, no matter how small, helps. We have been working to get a loan either through the federal PPP initiative or other means, but that has not come through as of yet. We have also been working to negotiate expenses with our large commitments. Chicago Duplicate Bridge Leads the Metro When you play in the Virtual Club games on BBO, a portion of your fee goes back to your “home” club. Many of our members play at multiple venues in the Chicago metro area. To promote local bridge, we have formed official relationships with other local clubs. With Lawson and Treetowns we are operating as a single club. We share our player list with vacb105395 (the Temple Jeremiah family), so you are encouraged to play in their games, as they are in ours. And we are working with vacb275776 (Larry Cohen's family of games-- UCClub). Please “friend” them on BBO and support the games that they are running, most of which are deliberately placed to not conflict with ours, because they are supporting ours. Treetowns runs an open but elite game in Elmhurst on Tuesday nights as well as Friday and Saturday night games now under the joint banner. Consequently, you may see unfamiliar names as opponents in our games; we’re all in this together. As we work out our relationship with these clubs, and when we should run parallel 299er games, things will continue to change. BBO Games that Benefit Chicago Duplicate Bridge Here is how you can play bridge and help financially support Chicago Duplicate Bridge. The ACBL is running 2 kinds of games that cost BBO$, the largest part of which goes back to your home club. To play in these games, you need to have BB$ in your account. To put money in an account, click on the blue BB$ tab, top right on the home page. You can add BBO$ using a smartphone or tablet, but BBO charges a 30% surcharge. There is no surcharge when using a laptop or desktop computer. The menu is self-explanatory. The 2 types of games are ACBL Support Your Club games and Virtual Club games. Both are described below. (1) ACBL “Support Your Club” Games The ACBL is running ACBLSYC (Support Your Club) games three times a day, at 9am, 4:10pm, and 6:30pm (Central). These cost BBO$5 and pay ACBL black Masterpoints. All of these games are selling out—the 4:10 pm game by 2:15 pm. So, for example, both you and your partner need to be logged onto BBO at 2:00 pm to register. There is an additional ACBLSYC individual game for BB$6. Every day at any time of day you can play 18 boards against robots (and you are guaranteed to get the best hand at the table and you never have to be dummy), and earn black points, with $5 going to the club. Find this at the top of the list after you select Competitive, then ACBL Masterpoint Tournaments under Pending. (2) Virtual Club Games on BBO We are very, very lucky to have a close, caring bridge community. At 12:15 every day (all 7 days) and Monday through Saturday evenings, Chicago Duplicate Bridge/Treetowns is running pair games on BBO. These games are “private,” restricted to our players (and those of our partner clubs) and their guests. CDB was one of the first in the country in offering these private games to keep us together during this stressful time. Each game costs $5 BBO. If you have played at CDB or a friend club in the last year, you should be good to go. If not, email your BridgeBase username to [email protected]. Once you are on the list, just sign up on line below. Here’s what you do next: 1) Log on to BBO. 2) Under Featured Areas, select Virtual Clubs 2 hours or less before the game in which you want to play. You can do it up to game time, but it’s helpful if you sign up at least 10 minutes before start time. 3) Select ACBL Virtual Clubs. 4) Select Pending. 5) Identify our game. In the left-hand column you will see vacb270876. Click on the middle column with the game name and time. Please note that the game will be identified as “combined,” “open, “299er,” or other similar description of the intended audience, so be sure you get the game you want. 6) Enter your partner’s BBO username. Your partner must be logged into BBO to see and accept the invitation. 7) At start time, the first set of boards will appear on your screen. Have fun! 8) After the game concludes (that means all tables are finished), the results will appear, showing the pairs ranked and the percentage score. FAQ—Matthew Answers Your Questions Here! Why are there random people from foreign countries in the game? BBO cannot handle sit-outs, so I have to fill the seats by the end of the first round. If I can't find people I know, I fill the seats with anyone available. What is Treetowns, and why are people I don't know playing in our Tuesday night game? The ACBL is concerned about clubs stealing money and players from other clubs. Clubs are allowed to collaborate. After discussion with the owners, we run the Lawson games under a joint banner. Tom Dressing's clubs at Temple Jeremiah have agreed to share players (you can play in their games and they can play in ours). Treetowns in Elmhurst opted to share player lists and play under a joint banner on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday nights. The Treetowns game attracts Chicago's World Class players, and if we have enough players signed up, we will also run an I/N game on Tuesday night. I registered for the game but at gametime I didn't get in. Many of these instances have been investigated. In every single case, the player was recorded as not logged on (or asleep, or playing elsewhere) at gametime. Wiggle your mouse or turn on your phone. I thought I should be B flight, but ended up in A. ACBL ranks everyone playing in each game in decreasing order of ACBL masterpoints (by the player in the pair with the most MPs), and the top 1/3 are A, the second 1/3 are B, and the bottom 1/3 are C.
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