Friday, December 5, 2014 Volume 87, Number 8 Daily Bulletin 87th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Paul Linxwiler and Brent Manley Hurd and Lall win

John Hurd and JustinBlue Lall, the leaders Ribbon in the Pairs Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs after four qualifying sessions, upped their lead in the first final session with a 63.96% game on their way to victory by more than a board. Two Chicago-area players – Nick Demirev and Eldad Ginossar – were second. Hurd and Lall, playing together for only the second time, led by 2.82 matchpoints at the start of Jeff and Ginny Schuett, winners of the Senior play Thursday. They increased their lead to 29.08 Mixed Pairs. midway through the final and scored 53.84% score in the evening session to win comfortably. Top Schuetts repeat as was 35. Their final margin over the runners-up was Senior Mixed champs 43.87 matchpoints. Ginny Schuett and Jeff Schuett successfully Hurd and Lall are first-time winners of the Blue Ribbon Pairs, but they have separate victories John Hurd and Justin Lall, winners of the defended their title in the Senior Mixed Pairs, Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs. becoming the first pair to repeat as champions in in the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs – Hurd with the four-year-old contest. Joel Wooldridge in 2011, Lall with Bob Hamman briefly after the 11th round when it was necessary in 2012. Hurd now has five North American titles, to call for medical assistance for one of the Blue continued on page 7 Lall four. Ribbon finalists. The player did not return to the The only other time Hurd and Lall played game. The two pairs who did not get to play the together was at a regional in Las Vegas last final two rounds were given average-plus on the summer. four boards they did not get to play. There was no The second final session was interrupted word on the condition of the player who became ill. President–elect Subeck sets sights on 2015 At the fall playing bridge. meeting of the “I realized early that I’d never see Stan if I Board of Directors didn’t learn how to play,” she says, and the duo has last week, District been active in Chicago-area duplicate ever since. 13’s Suzi Subeck At 4-foot-9, the diminutive Subeck might be was elected ACBL mistaken for someone’s kindly, doting grandmother Winners of the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs, Ina president for 2015. (which, in fact, she is: “My sweet 8-year-old Demme and Bill Kertes. A life-long resident granddaughter is as tall as I am!”), but those who of the Chicago area, know her understand that it’s a mistake to judge Demme, Kertes win Subeck has been her by her size. Her love for the game and hopeful Mini-Blues in squeaker actively involved in concern for its future are strong, and she is clear Ina Demme and Bill Kertes narrowly won the bridge governance in articulating her views on how the ACBL should 0-5000 Blue Ribbon Pairs, edging out the second- for many years, most visibly as past president of proceed in the short term. place pair by less than a matchpoint. Demme, of Unit 123 (Chicago) and as editor for a variety of “I want ACBL to focus on communication. We bridge publications at the unit and district level, need to do a better job of telling players what we’re continued on page 7 including Unit 123’s The Kibitzer. doing to improve their experience of the game Subeck, serving her second term as a district as well as the services we provide.” Subeck says director, has been married to Stan Subeck for the ACBL has learned the hard way about social 45 years, the same length of time Suzi has been continued on page 7 Pre-registration required for Reisinger Teams that wish to enter the Reisinger Board-a- On Friday morning, players may pre-register in Match Teams mus pre-register no later than 11 a.m. Room 555 on the 5th Floor. on Friday, Dec. 5.

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SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Sunday, Dec. 7 Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph Theater presentation. Room:TBA. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss the following free lectures: Saturday, December 6 Friday, December 5 9:15 am Lisa Berkowitz Playing to Trick One 9:15 am Emily Harrell How to Talk to Yourself 6:45 pm Donna Compton Let the Opponents Do the Work 6:45 pm Lloyd Arvedon Getting in Sync with Your Partner

ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY In general, morning/afternoon hospitality is on the 3rd Floor of the Rhode Friday, Dec. 5 Island Convention Center (RICC), Exhibition Hall A. Evening hospitality is 8:15 am Warm donut holes. 3rd Floor, RICC. on the 5th Floor, outside of the “House of Cards” Players’ Lounge. 10:30 pm Mac & cheese display, cash bar. 5th Floor, RICC.

Mike was right Parking Information Registration and On this deal from the second qualifying session Discounted parking is available at the RI of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, Cameron Doner Convention Center Garage. The discounted daily Prize Desks thought he was getting taken to the cleaners – and rate for parking from 7 a.m. to midnight is just $8. The following are the times for the Registration he was right. Players must obtain a parking discount voucher and Prize Desks. In the postmortem, he could do no more than (worth $4) at the Registration Desk in the lobby 8:15 am – 9:55 am recall the memorial to the late Mike Cappelletti or the NABC Shirt Sales Desk outside Exhibition 11:30 am – 12:55 pm earlier at the NABC. During that tribute, someone Hall C. This voucher must be used when exiting 6:30 pm – 7:25 pm. noted that Cappelletti often said he never got a bad the garage and will reduce the parking fee from result for minus 250. the normal event rate of $12 to the discounted Vugraph operators Dlr: East ♠ A K 6 3 rate of $8. The overnight rate at the Convention Vul: N-S ♥ K Q J 7 Center Garage is $18 per 24-hour period. Discount needed ♦ K 9 8 vouchers cannot be used for overnight parking. Volunteers for vugraph are needed this ♣ 7 5 weekend. Please contact Jan Martel at marteljan@ ♠ 8 2 ♠ Q J 9 7 5 gmail.com for details. ♥ 10 9 5 3 ♥ 8 4 Check cashing and ♦ J 10 6 ♦ Q 3 2 ♣ 10 9 6 2 ♣ K Q 4 Bridge Bucks Restaurant specials Players will be able to cash checks and The following restaurants are offering ♠ 10 4 purchase Bridge Bucks daily through Saturday, additional deals to the ones listed in the Providence ♥ A 6 2 Dec. 6, between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. outside Ball Schedule & Restaurant Guide with the presentation ♦ A 7 5 4 Room A on the fifth floor of the convention center. of a convention card. ♣ A J 8 3 You may use a credit card to purchase Bridge Shula’s 347 Grill, located in the Hilton, is West North East South Bucks. offering 10% off all salads and sandwiches from 2♠ Pass noon to 3 p.m. Also, players can enjoy a glass of 3♠ All Pass any varietal of Rhode Island’s Jamestown Vineyard Doner, North, suspected that the opponents Corrections wine for just $4. were taking advantage of the vulnerability to jack In the Thursday article noting that Dan Morse The Dorrance (60 Dorrance St., Downtown) him around, and he thought about bidding 3NT but passed 25,000 masterpoints (page 6), his best finish offers bridge players a special three-course dinner feared it might be a disastrously wrong decision. in major pairs events was misstated. Morse and menu for $35. The offer is good for diners who Declarer took four tricks for five down, John Sutherlin won the von Zedtwitz Life Master arrive between 5 and 6 p.m. (The restaurant opens proving Cappelletti right again. Plus 250 earned Pairs in 1993. promptly at 5 p.m.) The Dorrance promises quick Doner and his partner 2 matchpoints out of 77. In the notes about the 2015 ACBL Hall of Fame nominees (Wednesday, front page), the service, allowing players to finish dinner in less number of North American championships credited than 90 minutes. to Peter Boyd was incorrect. He has 15 NABC wins. Daily Bulletin Friday, December 5, 2014 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS

dummy, your queen is good. If he plays low, you Common errors and how can put up the queen and it will win. Thinking bridge to avoid them It is a finesse, just not the kind you are used By Eddie Kantar to seeing, as in playing low to the A-Q. Just to be By Brent Manley Dlr: West ♠ K J 10 4 clear, a finesse is a play made to gain a trick by Vul: Both ♥ 6 3 2 taking advantage of the placement of a higher- George ♦ 7 5 2 ranking card or cards. For example, if dummy has Lebovitz of San ♣ A 9 4 ♥Q 6 3 and you have ♥7 4 2, you can win a trick in Antonio TX ♠ 9 7 5 2 ♠ 8 3 the suit by leading toward the queen twice, hoping recalled playing ♥ Q ♥ J 10 8 LHO has the ace and the king. in a game that ♦ A Q 6 3 ♦ J 10 8 You can win two tricks in a suit with three to featured half a ♣ Q J 10 7 ♣ K 8 5 3 2 the ace in one hand and queen-doubleton in the dozen deals in a ♠ A Q 6 other, as in this layout row where they ♥ A K 9 7 5 3 ♠A 8 2 lacked the ace of ♦ K 9 4 trumps in each ♣ 6 ♠ Q 6 contract. West North East South In this case, you do not play the ace first. As their Pass Pass Pass 1♥ Instead, go to dummy in another suit and lead a next opponents sat down, Lebovitz’s partner Dbl 2♥ Pass 4♥ low card from the ace toward your queen. If RHO announced, “It seems that we’re playing a All Pass system where we bid only suits that are missing has the king, he will probably play it, promoting your queen to a winner. If you are lucky enough to the ace.” Opening lead: ♣Q. have the suit led by LHO and he has the king, you One of the opponents said, “Doesn’t that Bidding commentary: West has a normal will win your queen that way, too. Even if RHO have to be Alerted?” passed-hand takeout double: 9-11 high-card wins the king when you play low, your queen has points with shortness in opener’s suit. been promoted to a winner. Poor finessing South’s hand loses a little of its luster after You will play similarly with other You are declarer with ♦Q 5 4 in your hand the double because the ♠Q and ♦K may not be combinations. Try this one: and ♦A 6 2 in the dummy. You need two tricks as good as they look. As it happens, the ♠Q is ♦A K 6 5 in the suit. What is your plan? working but the ♦K may be in jeopardy. I have seen too many new players putting Play commentary: For South, there is ♦J 6 2 the ♦Q on the table and hoping that if left-hand good news and bad news. The good news is You may be tempted to play the jack and run it opponent holds the king it won’t be played. This that dummy’s ♣A is facing your singleton, so if LHO plays low. This is the same as playing the play might work if LHO has never heard about nothing is wasted there. More good news is that queen in the first example. You hope RHO has the covering an honor with an honor. You might get the North’s spades will surely afford a diamond queen, so you enter dummy and play a low card away with this once in a blue moon, but the play discard for declarer. toward your jack. of the queen in this situation cannot win. The bad news is the diamond situation. If It’s different if your honors have some Think about it. If LHO has the king, he will East can get in early to lead a diamond through “support.” You can play the jack toward the cover the queen in almost all cases and you will your king, you could lose three diamond tricks. A-K-x-x if you have the 10 with the jack or win only the ace. If RHO has it, lefty will play Consider East the danger hand. possibly A-K-10-9 in dummy. The same can apply low and the queen will lose to the king, Again, Further play commentary: The only way to other finessing situation. Similarly, if you have just one trick. East can get in to lead a diamond is with a trump. Q-J-9 (or 10) facing two or three to the ace, it’s The way to get two tricks in this suit is to For example, if you play the ♥A and the ♥K and okay to put her highness on the table and hope for play a diamond to the ace and continue the suit East winds up with a winning heart, you are the best. from dummy, hoping that RHO has the king. probably going down. When you try to pitch a Tomorrow: More card play technique. If he plays the king when you lead low from diamond on a spade, East ruffs the third spade and fires the ♦J through your king. Curtains for 15-16. James Anderson, Mystic CT 6.80 you. 15-16. Samuel Cuscovitch, Coventry CT 6.80 Masterpoint leaders The answer is to try to make sure that East from IN events in 17-18. Sheila O’Donnell, Rochester NY 6.69 doesn’t get in with a heart. At trick two, lead a Providence 17-18. Kathy George, Rochester NY 6.69 low heart from dummy. If East plays the 8, insert 1-2. Sam Singhvi, Princeton NJ 20.33 19-20. Rosemary Chojnacki, Aurora CO 6.66 the 9. West wins, but cannot put East in for a 1-2. Robert Bratzler, Concord MA 20.33 19-20. Robert Chojnacki, Aurora CO 6.66 diamond play and you emerge with 10 tricks: five 3. Roger Zessis, Westwood MA 15.62 21. Susan Lincoln, Boxford MA 6.31 hearts, four spades and the ♣A. Had East played a 4. Frank Jenkins, Sherbon MA 10.82 22-23. Lawrence Schweitzer, heart honor at trick two, win the king (noting the 5-6. May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA 10.38 Newtown CT 6.08 fall of West’s queen), lead a low spade to the jack 5-6. Patrick Chalard 10.38 22-23. Beth Schweitzer, Newtown CT 6.08 (or the queen to the king) and lead a second heart. 7-8. Mayank Mehta, 24-25. Merry Leblond, Mendham NJ 6.05 If East plays the 8, insert the 9. If East plays a second honor, win the ace and hope hearts are South Glastonbu CT 9.80 24-25. Wayne Leblond, Mendham NJ 6.05 2-2. If East shows out, play the ♥A and a heart, 7-8. Aarati Mehta, South Glastonbu CT 9.80 26. Lucy Sachs, Lincoln MA 5.97 giving up the lead to West and you have your 10 9-10. Sandra Mulcahy, BrisbaneQueen 8.45 27-28. Carolyn Carter, New York NY 5.70 tricks. 9-10. Doris Beaton, Oklahoma City OK 8.45 27-28. Lori Black, New York NY 5.70 29. Betty Wilder, Reading MA 5.66 Declarer is in trouble if East holds Q-J-10 or 11-12. Cornelia Gould, Incline Village NV 7.97 Q-J-10-8, but with the latter holding East might 30-31. Guy Tanner, Crystal River FL 5.53 11-12. Ed Gould, Incline Village NV 7.97 have doubled the final contract. 13-14. Ted Moore, Marblehead MA 7.85 30-31. Joan Nardi Tanner, 13-14. Richard Carlson, Marblehead MA 7.85 Crystal River FL 5.53 Reisinger BAM starts today

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Reisinger BAM starts today Competition for the Reisinger Trophy (the 1937 1. John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, 1953 1. B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George Chicago Trophy until 1965) starts today. The event Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young; 2. Oscar Rapee, Samuel M. Stayman; 2. Harry J. is a six-session open team-of-four event scored by J. Brotman, William Perry, Alvin Roth, S. S. Fishbein, Peter A. Leventritt, Ruth Sherman, board-a-match with two qualifying sessions, two Vorzimer Charles J. Solomon, Peggy Solomon semifinal sessions and 1938 1. John R. Crawford, Charles H. Goren, 1954 1. B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George two final sessions. It Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young; 2. A. Rapee, Sidney Silodor; 2. Israel Cohen, Paul was contested as a four- Mitchell Barnes, Mary Clement, Benedict Kibler, Alvin Roth, William Seamon session championship Jarmel, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz 1955 1. Ben Fain, George Heath, Paul Hodge, until 1966. The event is 1939 1. B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, Charles James Jacoby, Oswald Jacoby; 2. William V. generally thought to be H. Goren, Charles J. Solomon, Sally Young; Lipton, Victor Mitchell, W. Miller Nelson, the toughest on the ACBL 2‑4. Jay Cushing, Seymour Kaplan, Al Joseph G. Ripstra tournament calendar. Leibowitz, Edward N. Marcus; 2‑4. Oswald 1956 1. B. Jay Becker, John R. Crawford, George The event began Jacoby, Merwyn D. Maier, Robert A. Rapee, Sidney Silodor; 2. Ben Fain, Paul in 1929 as the North McPherran, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz; 2‑4. Hodge, Oswald Jacoby, Dick Sutton American Open Team Henry Auslander, Joseph Davis, Jacob D. 1957 1. Charles H. Goren, Harold A. Ogust, Championship and the Lindy, Catherine W. Samberg William S. Root, Howard Schenken, Helen prize was the Chicago Trophy, donated by the Auction 1940 1. Henry Feinberg, Jeff Glick, Maury J. Sobel; 2. Robert Y. Barrett, Ben Fain, Harry J. Bridge Club of Chicago. (In 1928, the open team Glick, Louis Newman; 2. Alfred R. Dick, Fishbein, John Gerber, Paul Hodge competition was for the Harold S. Vanderbilt Cup.) C. William Potts, James Sheern, Edward R. 1958 1. Leonard B. Harmon, Ralph Hirschberg, The Chicago Trophy was replaced in 1965 by the Thomas Edgar Kaplan, Alfred Sheinwold, Ivar Reisinger Memorial Trophy, donated by the Greater 1941 1. Peter A. Leventritt, Simon Rossant, Helen Stakgold; 2. Arthur M. Miller, John H. Moran, New York Bridge Association in memory of Curt H. Sobel, Margaret Wagar; 2. A. Mitchel Barnes, David Strasberg, Jay Wendt Reisinger. S. Garton Churchill, Lee Hazen, Charles S. 1959 1. Lewis L. Mathe, Donald A. Oakie, Meyer Reisinger (1891–1964), New York City, was a Lockridge, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz Schleifer, Edward O. Taylor; 2. Harry J. principal patron of contract bridge and the American 1942 1. B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Fishbein, John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Charles J. Contract Bridge League in the early years of both. Silodor, John R. Crawford; 2. S. Garton Solomon Reisinger was a great-grandson of Anheuser and Churchill, Harry J. Fishbein, Lee Hazen, 1960 1. Ollie Adams, William Hanna, Sidney H. a grandson of Busch, co-founders of the brewery Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz Lazard, Lewis L. Mathe; 2. Oswald Jacoby, from which he inherited great wealth. That wealth 1943 1. B. Jay Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Mervin Key, G. Robert Nail, Curtis Smith enabled him to become a stalwart financial supporter Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. Samuel Katz, 1961 1. John R. Crawford, Norman Kay, Alvin of the game, as well as a noted philanthropist on a far Bertram Lebhar, Jr., Peter A. Leventritt, Roth, Sidney Silodor, Tobias Stone; 2‑3. larger scale. Simon Rossant Charles Coon, Robert F. Jordan, Eric R. In the years when there was often a struggle to 1944 1. Simon Becker, Peggy Golder, Ruth Murray, Arthur G. Robinson; 2‑3. Harold B. meet the League’s modest payroll, Reisinger was Sherman, Charles J. Solomon; 2. B. Jay Guiver, Carol Sanders, Thomas K. Sanders, often called upon and never failed to help with a loan Becker, Charles H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Michael Shuman or an outright gift. His support made possible several Helen Sobel 1962 1‑2. Paul Allinger, Harold B. Guiver, Lewis L. early contract bridge tournaments, clubs and books. 1945 1. Lee Hazen, George Rapee, Samuel M. Mathe, Ron Von der Porten, Erik Paulsen, Among the positions in which he served were Stayman, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz; 2. Edward O. Taylor; 1‑2. Robert D. Hamman, director of the United States Bridge Association, Ambrose Casner, Harold J. Harkavy, Ralph Eddie Kantar, Donald P. Krauss, Marshall president of the Greater New York Bridge Association Hirschberg, Harold A. Ogust, Jack Shore Miles, Bill Eisenberg and chairman of the ACBL. In 1953, Reisinger was 1946 1. A. Mitchel Barnes, John R. Crawford, 1963 1. Charles H. Goren, Peter A. Leventritt, named ACBL Honorary Member. Alvin Roth, Edith Seligman; 2. Simon Harold A. Ogust, Howard Schenken; 2. Winners and runners-up: Becker, Stanley O. Fenkel, Fred D. Karpin, Donald R. Faskow, William L. Flannery, 1929 1. Max M. Cohen, Louis J. Haddad, Robert Louis Newman Herbert Sachs, Paul Swanson W. Halpin, Nils M. Wester; 2. Carlton R. 1947 1‑3. Paula Bacher, Jane Jaeger, Kay Rhodes, 1964 1. John Gerber, Paul Hodge, Mervin Key, Drake, James Kelly, Paul D. Parcells, Charles Sally Young; 1‑3. John R. Crawford, Harold Rockaway; 2. Harold Harkavy, Edith Rilling Theodore A. Lightner, George Rapee, Samuel Kemp, Cliff Russell, Curtis K. Smith, Bobby 1930 1. William K. Barrett, W. James Carpenter, M. Stayman; 1‑3. Robert Appleyard, Morris Wolff, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz Ely Culbertson, Johnny Rau; 2. Mary Berliant, Malcolm A. Lightman, Simon 1965 1. Eddie Kantar, Michael S. Lawrence, Clement, Dorothy Rice Sims, P. Hal Sims, Rossant Marshall Miles, Lew Stansby; 2. Michael Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz 1948 1. George Boeckh, C. Bruce Elliott, Agnes Engel, Phil Feldesman, Richard Freeman, Ira 1931 1. Elizabeth Banfield, Cmdr. Winfield S. Gordon, Charlotte Sidway; 2. John R. S. Rubin Liggett, Jr., Frances Newman, George Unger; Crawford, George Rapee, Sidney Silodor, 1966 1. Robert F. Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman 2. David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby, Willard Samuel M. Stayman Kay, Arthur G. Robinson; 2‑3. Gerald W. S. Karn, P. Hal Sims 1949 1. Lee Hazen, Larry Hirsch, Richard Kahn, Bare, Harold B. Guiver, Lewis L. Mathe, 1932 1. B. Jay Becker. S. Garton Churchill, George Peter A. Leventritt, Jack Shore; 2‑3. Sidney Mike McMahan, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross; Reith, Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz; 2. Ely Aronson, Emily Folline, Benjamin O. 2‑3. William S. Root, Alvin Roth, Bee Culbertson, Michael T. Gottlieb, Oswald Johnson, Ludwig J. Kabakjian, Edward N. Schenken, Howard Schenken Jacoby, Theodore A. Lightner Marcus; 2‑3. Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Goldsmith, 1967 1. Robert F. Jordan, Edgar Kaplan, Norman 1933 1. Charles A. Hall, Albert Steiner, Philip Alvin Landy, Sol Mogal, Elmer I. Schwartz Kay, Arthur G. Robinson, William S. Root, Steiner, Richard M. Wildberg; 2. B. Jay 1950 1. B. Jay Becker, Myron F. Field, Charles Alvin Roth; 2. Steve Altman, Michael M. Becker, S. Garton Churchill, P. Hal Sims, H. Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel; 2. Becker, Charles Peres, Daniel Rotman Waldemar K. von Zedtwitz John R. Crawford, George Rapee, Edward 1968 1. Kyle Larsen, Erik Paulsen, Peter A. 1934 1. Henry S. Dinkelspiel, Jr., Lewis Jaeger, N. Marcus, Howard Schenken, Samuel M. Pender, Hugh Ross, Howard Schenken; 2. Bernard Rabinowitz, Maurice Seiler; 2. Stayman Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Robert Theodore A. Lightner, Merwyn D. Maier, 1951 1. Corti Boland, C. Bruce Elliot, Micky M. D. Hamman, Eddie Kantar, Sidney Lazard, Jean P. Mattheys, Sherman Stearns Miller, Percy E. Sheardown; 2. B. Jay Becker, George Rapee 1935 1. F. Roland Buck, Joseph E. Cain, Lawrence Charles H. Goren, Myron F. Field, Sidney 1969 1. Philip Feldesman, William Grieve, Ira J. Welch, Edson T. Wood; 2. Ely Culbertson, Silodor, Helen Sobel Rubin, Jeff Westheimer; 2. Edgar Kaplan, Josephine Culbertson, Richard L. Frey, Albert 1952 1. Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, Alvin Norman Kay, Sami R. Kehela, Sidney Lazard, H. Morehead Roth, Tobias Stone; 2. Edward H. Cohen, Eric R. Murray, George Rapee 1936 1. Marge Anderson, Donald G. Farquharson, Jeff Glick, Arthur S. Goldsmith, Elmer I. 1970 1‑2. Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman, Robert Mrs. J. A. Faulkner, Percy E. Sheardown; 2. Schwartz D. Hamman, James Jacoby, Michael S. Arthur Glatt, Laura Heiner, John R. Smith, Lawrence, Bobby Wolff; 1‑2. Grant S. Baze, Albert Weiss Daily Bulletin Friday, December 5, 2014 Page 5

Feldman, Chuck Burger, Michael Seamon, Mike Passell, Alan Sontag ACBL President 1997 1. Bart Bramley, Howard Weinstein, Sidney Bill Cook (left) Lazard, Steve Garner; 2. George Rosenkranz, presents the Reisinger Board- Eddie Wold, Adam Zmudzinski, Marek a-Match Teams Szymanowski, Marcin Lesniewski, Cezary trophy to the 2013 Balicki winners: Captain 1998 1. Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Pierre Zimmermann Helgemo, Tony Forrester; 2. George Jacobs, (kneeling), Fulvio Ralph Katz, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace, Fantoni, Claudio PeterWeichsel, Alan Sontag Nunes, Geir 1999 1. Rita Shugart, Andrew Robson, Geir Helgemo, Franck Helgemo, Tony Forrester; 2. Dano DeFalco, Multon and Tor Giorgio Duboin, Guido Ferraro, Norberto Helness. Bocchi 2000 1. George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin; 2. Mike Cappelletti Jr., Gary Cohler, Anthony H. Dionisi, William P. Grieve, 1984 1‑4. Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Edgar Richard Finberg, Mark Lair, Jerry Goldfein Harlow S. Lewis, Peter A. Pender, George Kaplan, Norman Kay; 1‑4. Fred Stewart, 2001 1. Roy Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Brad Rapee Steve Weinstein, Allan Stauber, Mike Moss, Fred Gitelman, Steve Garner, Howard 1971 1. William Grieve, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Smolen; 1‑4. Sam Stayman, Richard Reisig, Weinstein; 2. George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace, Kay, Donald P. Krauss, Lewis L. Mathe, George Tornay, Saul Bronstein; 1‑4. Jim Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, Norberto Bocchi, George Rapee; 2. Grant S. Baze, Anthony H. Robison, Jon Wittes, Ross Grabel, Stelios Giorgio Duboin Dionisi, Harlow S. Lewis, Peter A. Pender Touchtidis 2002 1. Steve Landen, Dan Morse, Bobby Wolff, 1972 1. Lou Bluhm, Steve Goldberg, Steven J. 1985 1‑2. Chip Martel, Peter Pender, Hugh Ross, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Adam Wildavsky, Parker, Stephen W. Robinson; 2. William Lew Stansby; 1‑2. George Rosenkranz, Eddie Doug Doub; 2. Richard Schwartz, Michael Grieve, Sami R. Kehela, Eric R. Murray, Wold, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Marty Becker, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz, Zia George Rapee Bergen, Larry N. Cohen Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg 1973 1. Larry Cohen, Dr. Richard H. Katz, Bud 1986 1. Steve Robinson, Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, 2003 1. Malcolm Brachman, Mike Passell, Eddie Reinhold, Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel; 2. Peter Boyd, Peter Pender, Lew Stansby; 2. Wold, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson; 2. Roy Jack Blair, Byron L. Greenberg, Thomas K. Bud Reinhold, Ron Andersen, Tom Sanders, Welland, Bjorn Fallenius, Zia Mahmood, Sanders, Paul Swanson Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman Michael Rosenberg, Cezary Balicki, Adam 1974 1. Fred Hamilton, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross, 1987 1. Zia Mahmood, Jaggy Shivdasani, Billy Zmudzinski Ira S. Rubin; 2. Stephen Goldstein, Marc S. Cohen, Ron Smith; 2. Walter Johnson, Mark 2004 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Jacobus, J. Merrill, Steve Sion, Judi Solodar Cohen, Ralph Katz, Bill Pollack, Dave Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, 1975 1. Fred Hamilton, Erik Paulsen, Hugh Ross, Berkowitz, Howard Weinstein Eric Rodwell; 2. Richard Schwartz, Massimo Ira S. Rubin; 2. Richard E. Doughty, Frank 1988 1. Jimmy Cayne, Bob Hamman, Mike Lanzarotti, Andrea Buratti, Michael Becker, M. Hoadley, Jack LaNoue, Sidney H. Lazard Passell, Mark Lair, Chuck Berger, Bobby Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz 1976 1. Malcolm K. Brachman, Bill Eisenberg, Wolff; 2. Tom Fox, Dick Melson, Jim Hall, 2005 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Mike Passell, David Lehman Hamman, Paul Soloway, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Paul Soloway; 2. Matt Granovetter, Robert H. 1989 1. Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Sam Rodwell; 2. George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace, Lipsitz, Steven J. Parker, Samuel M. Stayman Lev, Chris Compton, Mark Molson; 2. Jillian Lorenzo Lauria, Ralph Katz, Zia Mahmood, 1977 1. Jim Cayne, Alan Greenberg, James Blanchard, Robert Blanchard, Jon Greenspan, Michael Rosenberg Jacoby, Kyle Larsen, Michael S. Lawrence; Kerri Shuman, Margie Gwozdzinsky, Glenn 2006 1. Jacek Pszczola, Gary Cohler, Curtis Cheek, 2. Matt Granovetter, Robert H. Lipsitz, Neil Eisenstein Joe Grue; 2. Russ Ekeblad, Chip Martel, Lew Silverman, Samuel M. Stayman 1990 1. Richard Pavlicek, William Root, Edgar Stansby, Fred Gitelman, Brad Moss 1978 1. Ira G. Corn, Jr., Fred Hamilton, Robert D. Kaplan, Norman Kay, Brian Glubok; 2. 2007 1. James Cayne, Michael Seamon, Alfredo Hamman, Ira S. Rubin, Bobby Wolff; 2. Allan Malcolm Brachman, Mike Passell, Paul Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Fulvio Fantoni, Graves, Gaylor Kasle, Mark Lair, George Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Mark Lair, Eddie Claudio Nunes; 2. Aubrey Strul, Michael Mittelman, Barney OÕMalia, Ron Smith Wold Becker, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz, Lew 1979 1‑2. Russ Arnold, Robert Levin, Jeff 1991 1. Cliff Russell, Sam Lev, Larry N. Cohen, Stansby, Chip Martel Meckstroth, Bud Reinhold, Eric Rodwell; David Berkowitz, Marty Bergen, Bjorn 2008 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob 1‑2. Ira G. Corn, Jr., Fred Hamilton, Robert Fallenius; 2. Mike Cappelletti, Jr., Mike Hamman, Zia Mahmood, Jeff Meckstroth, D. Hamman, Ira S. Rubin, Bobby Wolff Cappelletti, Sr., Lawrence Hicks, Rob Eric Rodwell; 2. Roy Welland, Brian Glubok, 1980 1. Ron E. Andersen, Malcolm K. Brachman, Crawford Ron Smith, Billy Cohen, Howard Weinstein, Bobby Goldman, Eddie Kantar, Michael S. 1992 1. James Cayne, Mike Passell, Mark Lair, Steve Garner Lawrence, Paul Soloway; 2‑3. Mark Lair, Chuck Burger, Gabriel Chagas, Marcelo 2009 1. Nick Nickell, Ralph Katz, Bob Hamman, Jeff Meckstroth, Mike Passell, Eric Rodwell, Branco; 2. Jim Mahaffey, Alan Sontag, Eddie Zia Mahmood, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold; 2‑3. Kantar, Ron Andersen, Tony Forrester 2. Michal Kwiecien, Alexander Smirnov, Roy Fox, Ed Manfield, Paul Swanson, Kit 1993 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Rafal Jagniewski, Josek Piekarek Woolsey Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, 2010 1. James Cayne, Giorgio Duboin, Alfredo 1981 1. Chip Martel, Peter A. Pender, Hugh Ross, Eric Rodwell; 2. Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Versace, Antonio Sementa, Lorenzo Lauria, Lew Stansby; 2‑3. Roger Bates, Chuck F. Burger, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby Michael Seamon; 2. Josef Piekarek, Steve Burger, Jim Cayne, Bill Eisenberg, Alan Goldman, Mark Lair Garner, Howard Weinstein, Roy Welland, Greenberg; 2‑3. Evan Bailey, L. Andrew 1994 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Alexander Smirnov, Cristal Henner-Welland Campbell, Joel Hoersch, David J. Weiss Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric 2011 1. James Cayne, Giorgio Duboin, Alfredo 1982 1. Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek, Edgar Kaplan, Rodwell; 2. James Cayne, Bobby Goldman, Versace, Antonio Sementa, Lorenzo Lauria, Norman Kay; 2. Mark Molson, Eric Kokish, Mark Lair, Mike Passell, Chuck Burger, Paul Michael Seamon; 2. Fulvio Fantoni, Geir Paul Lewis, Robert Lebi, George Mittelman, Soloway Helgemo, Tor Helness, Franck Multon, Drew Cannell 1995 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Bob Claudio Nunes, Pierre Zimmerman 1983 1. Oswald Jacoby, Edgar Kaplan, Norman Hamman, Bobby Wolff, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric 2012 1. Pierre Zimmermann, Fulvio Fantoni, Kay, Bill Root, Richard Pavlicek; 2‑3 Rodwell; 2. Peter Nagy, Bruce Ferguson, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Franck Multon, Ron Rubin, Mike Becker, Bill Eisenberg, Howard Weinstein, Ralph Katz, Fred Stewart, Claudio Nunes; 2. Andrew Gromov, Krzysztof Eddie Kantar, Mike Lawrence, Peter Steve Weinstein Buras, Norberto Bocchi, Agustin Madala, Weichsel; 2‑3. Chip Martel, Lew Stansby, 1996 1. Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Chip Aleksander Dubinin, Grzegorz Narkieqicz Peter Pender, Hugh Ross Martel, Lew Stansby; 2. James Cayne, Mark Page 6 Friday, December 5, 2014 Daily Bulletin

North American Swiss Team action begins today Play begins Hayden 2003 1. David Siebert, Allan Siebert, Greg Hinze, today in the six- 1987 1. Henry Bethe, Kitty Bethe, Alan Truscott, Nagy Kamel; 2. Ron Feldman, B. Wayne session Keohane Dorothy Hayden Truscott; 2. Jill Meyers, Stuart, Steve Cohen, Drew Casen, Larry North American Beverly Rosenberg, Stelios Touchtidis, Cohen, Wafik Abdou Swiss Teams, with Steve Cohen, Pan Wittes, Carol Pincus 2004 1. Larry Mori, Venkatrao Koneru, Marty semifinal matches 1988 1. John Zilic, David Siebert, Allan Siebert, Fleisher, Vincent Demuy, Barnet Shenkin, on Saturday and the Sylvia Summers, Paul Munafo; 2. Rita Gavin Wolpert; 2. Piotr Tuszynski, Jaroslaw final matches on Rand, Gerald Caravelli, Joel Friedberg, Piasecki, Farid Assemi, Eduard Wojewoda, Sunday. Ethan Stein, Jerry Goldfein Waldemar Frukacz, Apolinary Kowalski Players will 1989 1. Eugene Gardner, Kenneth Meyer, 2005 1. Barry Rigal, Pam Granovetter, Joe be vying for the Ed Shapiro, Bruce Silverstein; 2. Joel Quinn, Shawn Quinn, Becky Rogers, Renee Keohane Trophy, Friedberg, Rita Rand, Ethan Stein, Gerald Mancuso; 2. Dan Morse, Ira Hessel, Nagy donated by Ethel Caravelli, Jerry Goldfein Kamel, Greg Hinze Keohane in 1973 in memory of her husband, 1990 1‑2. Larry Mori, Kitty Bethe, Juanita 2006 1. Tony Kasday, Disa Eythorsdottir, Jon William H. Keohane, one of the leading New Chambers, Jim Robison; 1‑2. George Baldursson, Thorlakur Jonsson, Bjarni England bridge personalities. Rosenkranz, Miguel Reygadas, Gaylor Einarsson, Sigurbjorn Haraldsson; 2. Bill Keohane (1896-1972) was a consulting Kasle, Garey Hayden, Roger Bates, John Carolyn Lynch, Dennis Dawson, Eddie engineer, bridge teacher and bridge administrator. Grantham Wold, Mike Passell, Larry Cohen, David He served as chairman of the 1970 Summer NABC 1991 1. Keith Wilson, Gary Peterson, Dennis Berkowitz in Boston and, for many years, was chairman of the Hesthaven, Ralph Letizia, Benton Wheeler; 2007 1. Larry Mori, Rick Kaye, Kazuo Furuta, New England Individual Championship. 2. Jack Coleman, Judi Radin, Fred Hiroki Yokoi, Kelley Hwang, Leonard Keohane was elected in 1972 to a one-year term Hamilton, Dennis Sorensen, Mike Shuman Melander; 2. William Watson, Ed Barlow, as the first District Director of the newly created 1992 1. Lewis Kaplan, Boris Baran, Geoff Bill Harker, Ronald Powell, Yul Inn, Rob District 25 (New England). He died later that year, Hampson, Mark Molson, Mark Stein; Stevens just before he was to attend his first Board meeting. 2. Jack Coleman, Mike Shuman, Larry 2008 1. Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Eddie The Keohane Trophy was presented for the Cohen, Dan Rotman, Fred Hamilton Wold, Bart Bramley, Joe Grue, Curtis Open Individual Championship until it was re- 1993 1. Alan Le Bendig, Tom Clarke, Joe Quinn, Cheek; 2. Jacek Kalita, Krzysztof designated in 1995 by the ACBL Board of Directors Shawn Womack; 2. Lynn Blumenthal, Kotorowicz, Ron Zambonini, Waldemar for the North American Swiss Teams. Steve Bruno, Loren Hawkins, Darrell Keel, Frukacz Previous winners and runners-up: Sue Lyski 2009 1. Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell, Andrew 1977 1. Neil Chambers, Jim Donaldson, 1994 1. Jack Coleman, Drew Cannell, Mark Gromov, Cezary Balicki, Aleksander Bruce Ferguson, Clarence Goppert, John Molson, Boris Baran, Mark Stein; 2. Barry Dubinin, Adam Zmudzinski; 2. Judith Schermer; 2. Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin, Rigal, JoAnn Manfield, Alan Truscott, Bianco, Justin Lall, Winthrop Allegaert, John Herrmann, Ken Schutze Dorothy Truscott Hemant Lall, Jaggy Shivdisani, Lapt Chan 1978 1. Barry Crane, Bob Kehoe, Mike Smolen, 1995 1. Jack Coleman, Drew Cannell, Mark 2010 1. Mike Levine, Dennis McGarry, David Charles Weed, Billy Cohen; 2. Ira Chorush, Molson, Boris Baran, Mark Stein; 2. Irina Siebert, Jerry Clerkin, Dennis Clerkin, Thomas Peters, Ely Solomon, John Zilic, Levitina, Judy Tucker, Benito Garozzo, Lea Chuck Said; 2. Michal Kwiecien, Rafal Virginia Zilic Dupont, Karen Allison, Mike Ledeen Jagniewski, Krzysztof Martens, Krzysztof 1979 1. Hermine Baron, R. Jay Becker, Paul 1996 1. Rita Rand, Gerald Caravelli, Arnie Jassem Ivaska, Jim Robison; 2. Gerald Caravelli, Fisher, Steve Garner, Richard Colker; 2011 1. Les Bart, Gloria Bart, Nader Hanna, Piotr Mark Cohen, Ralph Katz, Harvey Miller, 2. John Begley, Mike Lawrence, John Klimowicz; 2. Justine Cushing, Jiang Gu, Ken Schutze, Russell Shoup Sutherlin, Dan Morse, Hugh Ross Meilh Ozdil, Xiaodong Shi, Jian-Jian Wang 1980 1‑2. Steve Becker, Philip Cowan, Rich 1997 1. John Malley, Dan Colatosti, Bill Hunter, 2012 1. Reese Milner, Apolinary Kowalski, DeMartino, Judy Rich; 1‑2. Dale Beers, Shome Mukherjee; 2. Jacob Podbilevich, Dennis Bilde, Jacek Romanski, Anders William Epperson, Dave Furman, Dave Gonzalo Herrera, Jim Looby, Cameron Hagen, Lars Blakset; 2. Paul Fireman, Treitel Doner Gavin Wolpert, John Kranyak, Krzysztof 1981 1. Ron Beall, Bob Etter, Ann Jacobson, Bob 1998 1. Steve Beatty, John Onstott, Bobby Buras, Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Vincent Thomson; 2. Lea duPont, Benito Garozzo, Goldman, Mark Lair ; 2. Jack Coleman, Demuy Glenn Lublin, Claire Tornay Chris Compton, Boris Baran, Mike 2013 1. Rose Meltzer, John Mohan, Steve 1982 1. Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden, Garnet Shuman, Mark Molson Henry Robinson, Peter Boyd, Carlos Pellegrini, Snyder, Martha Beecher, David Ashley, 1999 1. David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen, Jeff Diego Brenner; 2. Ron Zambonini, Jan Dave Treadwell; 2. Andy Bernstein, Jim Wolfson, Neil Silverman; 2. Billy Miller, Jansma, John Valliant, Michael Polowan, Foster, Tom Sanders, John Sutherlin Curtis Cheek, Brian Gunnell, Kyle Larsen Darren Wolpert, Shan Huang 1983 1. Sylvia Summers, Harve Waken, Robert 2000 1. Steven Cooper, Kitty Munson‑Cooper, Radwin, Gene Simpson, Steve Sturm; Mel Colchamiro, Janet 2‑3. Philip Cowan, Michael Kapera, Alan Colchamiro, Betty Bloom, Miller, John Heller, George Berger; 2‑3. Steve Bloom; 2. Benito Richard Capps, John Onstott, Dan Requard, Garozzo, Lea Dupont, Steve Syd Levey Levinson, Barnet Shenkin 1984 1. Grant Baze, Rhoda Walsh, Lea duPont, 2001 1. Richard Coren, Billy Benito Garozzo; 2. William Laubenheimer, Eisenberg, Larry Cohen, Drew Stephen Kanzee, Marc Renson, Hamish Casen; 2. Richard Haplerin, Bennett Colin Revell, Leonard Ernst, 1985 1. Jack Coleman, Rhoda Walsh, Jim Jacoby, Paul Erb, George Pisk Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden; 2. Nadine 2002 1. Mark Gordon, Richard Wood, Jonathan Steinberg, Eric Hochman, Zucker, Winthrop Allegaert, Mike Cappelletti Jaggy Shivdasani, Mark 1986 1. Marc Jacobus, Joey Silver, Jim Molson, Boris Baran; 2. Robert The winners of last year’s North American Swiss Teams McDonough, George Mittelman, Allan Hollman, Marc Jacobus, were (front) Steve Robinson and team captain Rose Meltzer Graves; 2. Jack Coleman, Rhoda Walsh, Gaylor Kasle, Eric Greco, and (back) Carlos Pellegrini, Diego Brenner, John Mohan Mark Itabashi, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Geoff Hampson and Peter Boyd. Daily Bulletin Friday, December 5, 2014 Page 7

Underleading thrills Senior Mixed President Several deals have been submitted to the continued from page 1 continued from page 1 Daily Bulletin by adrenaline junkies who like to The Schuetts, of Riverwoods IL, qualified in media: When an organization doesn’t communicate underlead winners in an effort to put their partners 61st place, but then posted a 63.05% game in the effectively, the vacuum will be filled by others who on lead. first final session and a 59.13% in the second to will, and not always in an accurate or flattering First is this submission by Mark Itabashi from win the event by 11 matchpoints (51 was top). light. The president-elect specifically addressed the second qualifying session of the Senior Mixed The Schuetts won the event despite scoring the comment boards on the BridgeWinners website Pairs. Itabashi was playing with Linda Lewis. two zeros in a single round in the second final where it’s easy to find discussion threads that attack

session. ACBL management and Board policies. As with Dlr: South ♠ Q 5 3 The runners-up were Lew Finkel of Palm many comment boards, actual knowledge of a topic Vul: Both ♥ Q 10 7 Beach Gardens FL and Kerri Sanborn of Delray is not required, and trolling (posting unceasingly Bd: 7 ♦ 8 5 Beach FL. negative comments to generate further discussion) ♣ K Q 10 6 3 In third place were Ellen Cherniavsky of Silver is considered a virtue. ♠ J 8 2 ♠ 10 Spring MD and Eugene Kales or Arlington VA. “It’s not the criticism that I mind; it’s the ♥ K ♥ J 9 8 5 3 assertions made that aren’t true, because they ♦ K Q 10 9 4 ♦ A J 7 2 Mini Blue can take on a life of their own. But in a way, ♣ A 9 7 5 ♣ J 8 4 continued from page 1 BridgeWinners has done us a favor. The ACBL ♠ A K 9 7 6 4 Maple ON, and Kertes, of York ON, qualified mid- needs to be clearer on how it intends to make ♥ A 6 4 2 field for the final and scored 53.85% in the first the game better. We need to be clearer we want ♦ 6 3 final. A nice 61.38% game in the second final was dialogue and feedback, and we need to make our ♣ 2 just enough to get them to the winners’ circle. processes open. And all of this should happen Trailing the leaders by just 0.72 matchpoints without attacking anyone personally.” West North East South were David MacRae and Christina van Leeuwen of Much of the criticism in the past year has Itabashi Lewis Horn Lake MS. focused on technology issues, an area that Subeck 1♠ Third place was also extremely close. Richard describes as a top priority for the League. 2♦ 2♠ 3♦ 3♠ Higgins and Greg Frank of Hot Springs Village AR “The ACBL is trying very hard to raise the All Pass were just 0.45 matchpoints out of second place. level of technology we use for the benefit our members. TourneyTrax, the Online Partnership Itabashi led the ♦K, and Lewis made the Desk and ACBL Live are good examples, but as thoughtful play of overtaking with the ace and Slow Play with any new service, there will be glitches, so returning a heart. This might have been necessary Slow play, as opposed to careful or thoughtful we ask for our members’ patience and feedback if West had six diamonds and ♥K x because the play, is discourteous to your opponents — and to to help us make it better. It’s a cycle. I’m hopeful defense would need to set up its heart trick before all other competitors as well. Players and pairs who we’re making huge strides forward technologically. the ♣A was knocked out. take more than their allotted time are subject to (ACBL CEO) Robert Hartman has been doing a Declarer chose to duck the heart switch, so penalty. good job of implementing these plans.” Itabashi won the singleton king. He then underled In general, pairs who are rarely late will be Subeck also wants to focus on the “integrity of his diamonds to partner’s ♦J to score a heart ruff warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or the game,” the preferred way of describing how to and an excellent score. pay no attention to time limits will be penalized. handle players who regularly engage in ethically A more extreme example of an underlead was questionable behavior. submitted by none other than the ACBL President- “Our recorder system [wherein formal ‘Player elect Suzi Subeck on this deal from a regional Monitoring Memos’ go on file to document abuses] needs to knockout event early this week. At this and future North American be honed. Coordination between units and districts Subeck, holding: Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ is limited, and the ACBL is not doing a good job ♠ — ♥7 6 5 ♦A K Q J 10 9 8 2 ♣9 2 events with visible, real-time cameras. The images of following up in some cases. And in tournament opened the bidding 5♦. Left-hand opponent will be recorded and will be available for later settings, I want to devote more resources to overcalled 5♠. Partner passed and RHO bid 6♥, official inspection and review. surveillance technology. We have the capability to ending the auction. By general monitoring of the session and do it, and the responsibility, too.” Subeck, playing with her husband, Stan, participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source For NABCs, Subeck wants to explore using wanted to score a spade ruff, so at trick one she of information that may be useful in determining mid-size cities to host on a more frequent basis. She led the ♦2, hoping to put her partner on lead. Much facts and settling issues arising from some types is also excited about the new NABC schedule that to her chagrin, the dummy appeared with the of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. begins in 2015. singleton ♦7. Ouch. Please summon a director if a problem occurs at “The NABCs need a shot in the arm, and the Partner was able to salvage the board, the table. 10K events [limited to players with less than 10,000 however, because when declarer next played a This procedure is intended to assure everyone points] just might do it by giving members who trump, he produced the ace! He then gave Suzi a that the playing field is level and that misbehavior want to play in national championships an option, spade ruff. will not be tolerated. without having to play in the top-tier NABC+ The postmortem: “We could have beaten it events. These work especially well for players two!” ineligible for Senior events.”

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MARVIN GRABEL MORNING SIDE GAME Last deal of the day 24.5 Tables By Barry Rigal A B C Going into the last round of an eventually 5.31 1 1 Michael Ranis, New York NY; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA 66.22% unsuccessful attempt to make the Kaplan Blue 3.98 2 2 David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA 62.97% Ribbon Pairs final, we needed an average round to 2.99 3 Rita Baudo, West Yarmouth MA; Richard Davenport, Brewster MA 60.97% 2.90 4 3 Buddhadeb Biswas - Madhusree Biswas, San Jose CA 60.06% make it. One zero later, we needed a big last board. 2.18 5 4 Jane Formet - Chris Kindt, Orlando FL 57.44% Would this be it? 2.29 6 Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; Doree Sobel, Fair Lawn NJ 56.36% Dlr: West ♠ K 8 3.34 5 1 Margi Dyer, Mayfield KY; Douglas Snow, Paducah KY 55.57% Vul: None ♥ 7 6 2.51 6 2 Catherine Bardsley, McLean VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA 55.49% ♦ J 8 7 6 5 3 1.88 3 Jeffrey Stock, Manchester CT; Albert Stock, Valencia CA 55.35% ♣ 10 6 5 1.41 4 Steven Zeliadt - William Fleming, Seattle WA 55.01% ♠ 10 6 2 ♠ A 9 4 3 1.06 5 Blake Fleming, Calgary AB; Reid Fleming, Arlington MA 54.97% ♥ A K J 8 2 ♥ 10 9 3 0.79 6 Jane Siebecker, Amesbury MA; Sheila Schofield, Salisbury MA 54.83% ♦ K ♦ Q 9 4 2 ♣ A 7 4 3 ♣ K J WARWICK BRIDGE CLUB 299ER PAIRS 18.0 Tables ♠ Q J 7 5 A B C ♥ Q 5 4 3.96 1 Karen Kupersmith, Warwick RI; Peter Buonfiglio, Cranston RI 63.10% ♦ A 10 3.59 2 1 1 Cheryl Travers, Melvin Village NH; Kitten Stearns, Bedford NH 61.18% ♣ Q 9 8 2 2.69 3 2 Marilyn Kopan, Diamondhead MS; Betty Stern, Ormond Beach FL 60.76% West North East South 2.02 4 3 Roger Zessis, Westwood MA; Ronald Klein, Southborough MA 57.74% 1♥ Pass 2♥ Pass 1.51 5 4 Harold Nordstrom, Reading MA; Susan Lincoln, Boxford MA 57.48% 3♣ Pass 4♥ All Pass 1.14 6 5 Jean Wood, Concord MA; John Zappala, Lynnfield MA 56.51% The club lead went to the jack, queen and ace. 1.70 6 2 Sandra Mulcahy, Brisbane Queen Australia; Doris Beaton, The ♦K lost to the ace, and on the expected trump Oklahoma City OK 56.25% return, I would not have been able to finesse (North 1.27 3 Philip Tifft, New York NY; C C Dyer, Marion MA 54.59% 0.95 4 Prudence Barker, Andover MA; Betty Wilder, Reading MA 54.17% might win and return a second trump). Instead, 0.77 5 Thomas Bang - Joan Bang, Berwyn PA 52.38% South played a spade. Now, correct technique is to duck, win the WARRICK BRIDGE CLUB 49ER PAIRS next spade, cash the ♦Q to pitch the ♠10, unblock 7.5 Tables clubs and lead a third diamond. South cannot gain A B C by pitching a club (the suit sets up for declarer), so 1.89 1 Patricia Gauthier, Tiverton RI; Joan Davis, Newport RI 66.37% you ruff the diamond, ruff a club and have reached 1.42 2 1 1 Holly Schenck, Providence RI; Sharon Kochen, West Hartford CT 65.46% this ending: 1.06 3 Daniel Konowalow - Marcy Rosenkrantz, Lansing NY 63.18% ♠ — 0.98 4 2 Jerome Starr, Worcester MA; Steven Kaufman, Shrewsbury MA 62.72% ♥ 7 6 0.53 5/6 William Everett, Mystic CT; E Kristen Frederick, West Yarmouth MA 59.54% 0.73 5/6 3 Riva Lewinter, W Hartford CT; Debbie Katz, West Hartford CT 59.54% ♦ J 8 7 0.57 4 2 Carol Miller, Lincoln RI; Carol Langton, Cumberland RI 44.58% ♣ — ♠ — ♠ 9 4 ANN AND HOPE AFTERNOON SIDE GAME ♥ A K J 8 ♥ 10 9 19.0 Tables ♦ — ♦ 9 A B C ♣ 7 ♣ — 4.40 1 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, Salem VA 62.33% ♠ Q 3.79 2 1 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Lynnette Regan, Norfolk VA 59.20% ♥ Q 5 4 2.84 3 2 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Jean Monette, Dania Beach FL 58.67% ♦ — 1.86 4 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV 58.59% ♣ 9 2.73 5 3 1 Espen Anfinsen - Erik Eliassen, Stavanger Norway 58.28% 1.60 6 4 Arthur Crystal - Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT 57.37% If you ruff a diamond to hand, South pitches 1.59 5 B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC; Elliott Grosh, Bradenton FL 55.76% his club and overruffs you. So you ruff a spade to 0.90 6 Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN; Sue Becker, Canton OH 55.21% hand with the ♥J, ruff a club to dummy and take 2.05 2 Catherine Bardsley, McLean VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA 52.64% the heart finesse for 11 tricks. 1.54 3 Jim Clayton, Chandler AZ; Jitendra Agrawal, Chestertown MD 51.51% P.S. If you do this you fail to qualify by fewer 1.15 4 Rui Marques, Portugal; Curtis Barton, Chelmsford MA 51.04% than 10 matchpoints. Maybe it’s a good job I 1.59 5 Thomas Greehan III, Southborough MA; Timothy Pettus, missed it. Northborough MA 50.40% Lost and found A few items lost by players at the NABC have been placed in Room 553A (the Daily Bulletin office) on the 5th Floor. Daily Bulletin Friday, December 5, 2014 Page 9

PAT MCDEVITT 49ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables Bad break — no problem A B By Barry Rigal 1.58 1 Christiane Bertrand - Marielle Lemoyne, Montreal QC 58.27% This deal is from the first semifinal session of 1.19 2 Christine Carr - William Carr, Barrington RI 54.86% the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs (hands rotated). 1.18 3 1 Debbie Katz, West Hartford CT; Holly Schenck, Providence RI 54.02% Dlr: South ♠ K Q 6 3 0.89 4 2 Priscilla Lyons, Braintree MA; Lucy Sherman, Milton MA 53.16% Vul: N-S ♥ Q 5 4 3 PAT MCDEVITT 299ER PAIRS ♦ — 17.0 Tables ♣ J 10 9 6 3 A B C ♠ 8 4 2 ♠ J 7 3.82 1 1 1 Guy Tanner - Joan Nardi Tanner, Crystal River FL 63.39% ♥ 10 6 2 ♥ A J 9 2.87 2 2 2 Athena Panagopoulos, Lynn MA; Donald Ackerman, Ocala FL 60.20% ♦ J 7 ♦ K 10 9 8 4 3 2.15 3 3 Catherine Branch - Alice Eichenbaum, Providence RI 60.12% ♣ A Q 8 7 2 ♣ 5 4 1.61 4 4 William Anderson - Thomas Provost Sr, Canterbury NH 58.51% ♠ A 10 9 5 1.27 5 5 3 Doris Beaton, Oklahoma City OK; Sandra Mulcahy, Brisbane Queen ♥ K 8 7 Australia 57.74% ♦ A Q 6 5 2 0.95 6 6 4 Muggsie Rocco, Carlisle MA; Carol Fountain, Chelmsford MA 57.44% ♣ K 0.89 5 Angela Penney, Briarcliff Mano NY; Marilyn Schultz, Briarcliff Mnr NY 55.95% West North East South 1♦ MARVIN GRABEL DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS Pass 1♥ Pass 1♠ 75.0 Tables / Based on 76 Tables Pass 2♠ Pass 3♥ A B C Pass 4♠ All Pass 26.85 1 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 63.27% Most of the field found spades: half in game, 20.14 2 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 63.08% half in partscores. 15.10 3 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 62.96% On a trump lead, you win in hand and lead the 11.33 4 Corey Krantz - Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA 61.51% ♣K. West wins and continues with a trump, taken in 8.95 5 Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY; Bunny Lukas, Riverside CT 61.40% dummy. Now you pass the ♣J. No luck: West wins 7.19 6/7 Jill Fouad, New Canaan CT; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 60.81% 20.16 6/7 1 Arthur Giovannangeli, Dublin NH; Lawrence Cheetham, Bedford NH 60.81% the ♣Q and plays a third trump. When you cash the 5.97 8 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 60.62% ♣10, you find the bad break. This is the ending: 15.12 9 2 Sidney Kanter - Ron Nelken, Clifton NJ 60.59% ♠ 6 5.67 10 Stuart Whittle, Waltham MA; Saul Agranoff, Newton MA 60.50% ♥ Q 5 4 3 5.67 11 Rory Millson, Bronxville NY; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 60.36% ♦ — 4.13 12 Lew Walter - Marin Marinov, New York NY 60.28% ♣ 9 6 3.84 13 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 60.22% ♠ — ♠ — 11.34 14 3 Marjorie Murstein, Scarsdale NY; Marshall Frank, Chappaqua NY 60.07% ♥ 10 6 2 ♥ A J 9 8.51 15 4 Christine Woodring, Setauket NY; Mark Shaiman, Centereach NY 59.68% ♦ J 7 ♦ K 10 9 8 3.16 16 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 59.55% ♣ 8 7 ♣ — 6.72 17 5 John Glynn - Ellen Glynn, Annandale VA 58.78% 4.52 18 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Bernace De Young, Miami FL 58.20% ♠ 9 5.76 6 Sue Kolinski, Holland OH; Mary Ann Cooper, Maumee OH 57.38% ♥ K 8 7 5.04 7 Joan Ann Waletzky, Shaker Hts OH; Karl Zaman, Strongsville OH 56.69% ♦ A Q 6 4.48 8 Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; William Heess, Marlborough MA 56.35% ♣ — 4.03 9 William Wood, Norwalk CT; Barbara Moore, Darien CT 56.29% When you cash the ♣9, pitching a heart, you 3.67 10 Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN; Frank Knier, Fargo ND 56.09% need to find East with both key red honors (not 3.36 11 Vivian Wu, Cos Cob CT; Benson Ho, North Andover MA 55.18% unlikely given his black doubletons). You next lead 3.10 12 Rick Carpenter - Felice Carpenter, West Palm Bch FL 55.11% a heart, which East must duck, then duck a heart 2.88 13 Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN; John Miller, Stillwater MN 55.08% to East. He can try to cash the ♥A, which you ruff, 2.69 14 Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO; Alan Hierseman, Olathe KS 54.81% leaving dummy good after you discard dummy’s 3.49 15 Robert Barrington - Nancy Marcus, New York NY 54.24% 7.17 1 Allen Nitschelm, Acton MA; Ed Roman, Boxborough MA 52.49% club on the ♦A, or play a diamond to let you finesse 5.38 2 Christine Greenberg, Byron MN; Margaret Lichty, Rochester MN 52.06% the queen and pitch two of dummy’s heart losers 4.03 3 Douglas Pratt, Norwalk CT; Margaret Molwitz, New Canaan CT 51.09% and crossruff the rest. 3.02 4 Janet Moskowitz - Susan Shechtman, W Hartford CT 50.25% 2.39 5 Kim Likakis, Bennington VT; Elizabeth VonRiesenfelder, Manchester VT 49.52% Masterpoint disclaimer 2.05 6 Richard Healy, Westborough MA; James Buss, Harwich Port MA 49.39% Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject to change because of score changes or corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also subject to change. Page 10 Friday, December 5, 2014 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY ZIP KO TEAMS 0-5000 BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 8 Tables 2.73 1 Ida Groenkvist, Orebro 70360 Sweden; John 26.0 Tables / Based on 95 Tables Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad 30571 75.00 1 Ina Demme, Maple ON; Bill Kertes, York ON 763.21 Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands 56.25 2 David Macrae - Christina van Leeuwen, Horn Lake MS 762.49 1.45 2 Tim Verbeek, 3971Ma Netherlands; Anam 42.19 3 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 762.04 Tebha, Las Vegas NV; Robert Brady, McLean VA; Bob Drake, 34.62 4 Allan Wolf, North Haven CT; Russell Friedman, Wilton CT 748.47 2243hr Wassenaa Netherlands; Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC 32.14 5 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 741.51 JOSEPHINE PESCE MORNING KO TEAMS BRACKET 1 30.00 6 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Mike Spooner, Glen Allen VA 740.93 7 Tables 28.13 7 Douglas Dye - Dale Dye, Wyndmoor PA 731.44 12.67 1 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; Mary Ann Kral, 26.47 8 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH 729.26 Reston VA; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD; David Harris, 25.00 9 Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY; Larry Rosen, Albany NY 728.33 Hopatcong NJ 23.68 10 Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA; Cecilla Borras, Waltham MA 724.16 6.72 2 Kirk Elyakin - Marilyn Elyakin, Monroe Twp 22.50 11 Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville IL; Charles Nemes, Longboat Key FL 723.01 NJ; John Berry, New Hyde Park NY; Marion Yonke, Manhasset NY 21.43 12 Laurie Robbins, Windsor CT; Rachel Brown, Canton CT 722.91 20.45 13 Ken Eisner, Truro NS; Ronald Mak, Manchester NH 721.29 JOSEPHINE PESCE MORNING KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 19.57 14 Richard Vatter - Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 716.39 6 Tables 18.75 15 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD 707.52 7.45 1 Giorgia Botta, Rome 00135 Italy; Peggyann 18.00 16 Peter Cheung, Fremont CA; Leonard Helfgott, Teaneck NJ 705.19 Klein, New York NY; Glen Perry, Voorheesville NY; Dan Kelsey, Averill Park NY 17.31 17 David Venetianer, Chadds Ford PA; Richard Franklin, New Canaan CT 705.03 3.95 2 Steve Tynes, Truro NS; Ethan Macaulay, 16.67 18 Barbara Seagram - Alex Kornel, Toronto ON 702.24 Bedford NS; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS; Carolyn Wood, 16.07 19 Robert Levey, Bethesda MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 699.21 Cobbs Creek VA 15.52 20 Jim Howie, Toronto ON; Fred Lerner, Unionville ON 692.58 15.00 21 Jan Popiel, Lexington MA; Robin Hillyard, Carlisle MA 683.57 JOSEPHINE PESCE MORNING KO TEAMS BRACKET 3 14.52 22 Barry Black, Clearwater FL; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 681.44 6 Tables 5.64 1 Maureen Murphy, Ottawa ON; Howie Huynh, 16.75 23 Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC; Steve Caplan, Hampstead QC 681.33 Lubbock TX; Dave Johnson, San Antonio TX; John Burgoin, 13.64 24 Glenda Calkins - R Barkley Calkins, Allendale NJ 680.75 Brownsville TX 13.24 25 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 676.35 2.99 2 Celia Verrier - Patty Herlihy - Pam Wilton - 12.86 26 Leigh Ives, Barrie ON; Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON 672.51 Zibby Tozer, New York NY 12.50 27 Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; David Brower, Portland OR 668.85 12.16 28 Sigrid Price, Napa CA; Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA 667.60 JOSEPHINE PESCE MORNING KO TEAMS BRACKET 4 6 Tables 11.84 29 Marie Anzilotti, Wilmington DE; Scott Hiller, Eden Prairie MN 665.23 4.79 1 Laura Orticelle, Amityville NY; Ruth 11.54 30 Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA; Allan Simon, Calgary AB 664.15 Lessinger, Plainview NY; Mark Krinsky, Great Neck NY; Gary 11.25 31 Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY; Robert Neuhart, Troy NY 658.08 Levine, Huntington NY 23.27 32 Juan Castillo, Ft Lauderdale FL; Robert Ramos, Fort Lauderdale FL 647.70 2.54 2 Diane Cohen, Clifton NJ; Sandra Samdperil, 10.71 33 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Greta Pineles, Jackson NJ 645.72 Lakewood Rch FL; Beverly Kostrinsky, Palm Desert CA; Susan Kahn, Providence RI 10.47 34 Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL 632.55 10.23 35 Joseph Viola III, US; Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 630.78 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 15.74 36 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA 629.89 TEAMS BRACKET 1 9.78 37 Bruce Neiger, Merrick NY; Doug Herron, US 623.15 9 Tables 9.57 38 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 622.51 12.59 1 Robert Donald - Diane Burger - Robert 9.38 39 Charles Nauen, Saint Paul MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 617.09 Neuhart, Troy NY; Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY 8.81 2 James Praught, Summerside PE; Melinda 13.98 40 Richard Smith, Spartanburg SC; Francine Moring, Columbia SC 616.93 Maclean, Truro NS; Anne Mahoney - Leo Mahoney, Moncton NB 9.00 41 Julian Wernick - Liam Johnstone, Birmingham England 616.68 5.67 3 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point 10.19 42 Philip Lam, North Berwick ME; Shekhar Sengupta, Marlborough MA 615.30 SD; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA 8.65 43 Eric Schwartz - Linda Robinson, Arlington MA 614.33 4.41 4 Gerard Turcotte - Alain Dufour - Pierre 8.49 44 Ann Hudson - Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 609.26 Choquette - Robert Tremblay, Quebec QC 8.33 45 Steven Ansell, Hopkinton MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 608.87 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 8.18 46 Dennis Kaye, Rosendale NY; John Gropp, Newburgh NY 600.75 TEAMS BRACKET II 8.04 47 Nancy Kalow, New York NY; Maris Zilant, N Miami FL 599.50 9 Tables 7.89 48 Trisha Malazdrewicz, CD; Susan Hubley, Halifax NS 590.11 6.96 1 Audrey Egger - Nancy Robins - Patricia Taylor, 7.76 49 Jacqueline Chang, New York NY; Suresh Nayak, Brooklyn NY 577.18 Princeton NJ; Lynne Long, Skillman NJ 7.63 50 Michael Tallent, Groton MA; Lance Ribeiro, Hampstead NH 570.75 4.87 2 Betsy Stanton, Hartsville SC; Sue Lan Ma, Kirtland Hills OH; Chang-Li Lu, Strongsville OH; Doris 7.50 51 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY 533.38 Needham, Navarre FL 7.38 52 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 531.49 3.13 3 Curtis Barton, Chelmsford MA; Jeffrey Goldman, Norwalk CT; Rui Marques, Portugal; Glenn Hillis, London ON SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 2.44 4 Elliott Grosh, Bradenton FL; B Susan 52.0 Tables / Based on 97 Tables Crutchfield, Burnsville NC; Vivian Reedy - Jo Ann Rauch, Miami 80.00 1 Ginny Schuett - Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL 1656.46 FL 60.00 2 Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 1645.73 45.00 3 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 1635.10 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 35.56 4 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 1619.04 TEAMS BRACKET III 11 Tables 32.00 5 Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 1597.46 5.01 1 Joy Oliver, Damascus MD; Garry Grossman, 29.09 6 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 1592.73 N Bethesda MD; Charles Dearolf, Silver Spring MD; Jim Walsh, 26.67 7 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richlnd Hls TX 1582.45 Brookfield CT 24.62 8 Mary Gardner - Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL 1581.30 3.51 2 Margaret Fanning, Hartland VT; Richard Tracy, 22.86 9 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Rich Rothwarf, Philadelphia PA 1574.39 Sharon VT; Marjorie Cameron - B L ‘Tink’ Tysor, Grantham NH 21.33 10 Peter Lindon - Dee Lindon, Buckinghamshire England 1547.41 2.25 3 Robert Leese, Amherst NH; Marshall Thomas, Nashua NH; Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA; Thomas Greehan 20.00 11 Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ; Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA 1544.94 III, Southborough MA 18.82 12 Donna Morgen, Havertown PA; Bill Parks, Macungie PA 1540.52 1.75 4 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Vivian Wine, 17.78 13 Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 1537.07 Cranston RI; Nancy Newberry, Burnsville NC; Amy Blumenthal, 16.84 14 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 1522.96 Charlotte NC 16.00 15 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 1510.47 THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO TEAMS 15.24 16 Samuel Baskinger, Totowa NJ; Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ 1502.38 BRACKET I 14.55 17 Bernard Schneider - Frances Schneider, Riverside CT 1501.43 8 Tables 13.91 18 Anna Dosseva, Pickering ON; Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA 1491.64 Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT; Marilyn Hoskins, Lincoln NE; 13.33 19 Malle Andrade - Erez Hendelman, New York NY 1491.22 James Milam - Beth Milam, Idaho Falls ID 12.80 20 Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 1491.04 vs 12.31 21 Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT 1490.37 Kim Brinkman, Highland Villge TX; Dave Ticen, Victoria TX; Nancy Strohmer - Hans Strohmer, Houston TX 11.85 22 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA 1486.63 11.43 23 Donald Berman, Laurel MD; Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 1470.66 Daily Bulletin Friday, December 5, 2014 Page 11

11.03 24 Ernest Napier, Brooklyn NY; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 1469.72 James Carroll, Lyons NY; Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI; Ronald 10.67 25 Jeff Meckstroth - Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 1469.49 Mittleman - Nancy Mittleman, Pittsford NY 10.32 26 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK 1468.43 vs Judy Auer, Dublin OH; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH; Vijay 10.00 27 Sandy McCay, Naples FL; Dave Smith, Avon Park FL 1461.82 Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH; Brian Snell, Columbus OH 9.70 28 Margot Hennings, US; Paul Janicki, CD 1461.19 9.41 29 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY 1457.19 THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO TEAMS 9.14 30 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 1445.99 BRACKET II 8.89 31 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 1437.31 6 Tables 10.11 32 Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 1436.33 Bruce Fischer, Rumford RI; Joe Fisler, Providence RI; James Wade, Arlington VA; Donald Rankin, East Greenwich RI 8.42 33 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 1431.84 vs 8.21 34 Alfred Duncker - Ann Lindley, Gaithersburg MD 1425.86 Claude Depatie - Diane Depatie, Saint-Mathias-R QC; Nicole 8.00 35 Robert Munson - Nancy Munson, Danville CA 1425.43 Drainville - Serge Lavallee, Brossard QC 7.80 36 Jane Dillenberg - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY 1419.00 7.62 37 Phyllis Chase, Providence RI; Joe DeGaetano, Waltham MA 1415.59 R Shenkin - Susan Shenkin, W Chester PA; Eileen Sandstrom, Chester Sprgs PA; Tamara Cansler, Downingtown PA 7.44 38 Elaine Landow - Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 1408.68 vs 7.27 39 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN 1406.21 Tom Henson, Towanda PA; Linda Thompson - Brian Cummins, 7.11 40 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 1405.75 Memphis TN; Hank Cortsen, New York NY 6.96 41 Vicki Angus, Rutland MA; Bruce Emond, Holden MA 1404.20 THURSDAY COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET I 6.81 42 Raymond Depew, Naples FL; Judith Argento, Kingston PA 1403.34 16 Tables 6.67 43 Harriette Buckman, University Park FL; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 1401.00 29.50 1 Ray Jotcham, Scarborough ON; Stephen 6.53 44 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 1399.79 Mackay, Markham ON; Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver CO 6.40 45 Joan Butts, Brisbane 4005 Australia; Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL 1399.24 20.65 2 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, 6.27 46 Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT 1398.98 Wynnewood PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Martin Rabinowitz, Garnet Valley PA 9.76 47 Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 1398.01 13.28 3 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Abe Pineles, Jackson 6.04 48 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 1392.73 NJ; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ 5.93 49 John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 1391.15 10.33 4 G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 0 Poland; Jacek ADELE ZUCKERMAN GOLD RUSH PAIRS Romanski, Lublin 20-532 Poland 55.0 Tables / Based on 56 Tables THURSDAY COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET II 7 3 16 Tables 16.32 1 Steven Myerson, Portsmouth RI; Kenneth Smith, W Kingston RI 65.77% 23.03 1 Gary Gottlieb, Brooklyn NY; Peter Fredin, 12.24 2 1 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 62.50% Malmo Sweden; Julius Sigurjonsson, Iceland; Allison Howard, 9.18 3 Michael Goldman, Rockville MD; William Mendez Jr, Alexandria VA 61.31% Cookeville TN 6.89 4 Dianne Epstein, Centerville MA; Ann Bloomfield, Mashpee MA 60.99% 16.12 2 Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC; Anam Tebha, 5.44 5 Harold Miller, Orange CT; Burt Saxon, Milford CT 60.57% Las Vegas NV; Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad 30571 Sweden; C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 7.00 6 2 Nora Cushing, Newport RI; Esmond Harmsworth, Boston MA 60.42% 10.36 3 Ron Bishop, Toronto ON; John Duquette, 4.08 7 Elizabeth Paige, Duxbury MA; Paul Ranaghan, Hingham MA 60.08% Oshawa ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON; Martin Hunter, 5.25 8 3 Lawrence Kolkhorst, Yarmouth ME; Stephen Kolkhorst, Portland ME 59.82% Mississauga ON 3.12 9/10 Gary Miyashiro, West Redding CT; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 58.78% 8.06 4 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Daniel 3.12 9/10 Eric Fillion, Eliot ME; David Lawrence, Rochester NH 58.78% Gullberg, Stockholm 12942 Sweden; Mikael Groenkvist, Orebro 70360 Sweden; Winthrop Allegaert, New York NY 3.94 11 4 Cornelia Gould - Ed Gould, Incline Village NV 58.18% 2.51 12 Ann Reydel, Chatham MA; Virginia Iannini, Brewster MA 57.74% THURSDAY COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET III 2.33 13 Larry Murray, Windsor ON; Richard Valpey, Rockaway NJ 57.59% 16 Tables 3.11 14 5 Katrina Van Pelt, Smith’s Parish Bermuda; Michael Tait, Hamilton Bermuda 56.87% 15.94 1 Michel Coveney - Carole Coveney - Sylvain 2.67 15 6 Albert Stock, Valencia CA; Jeffrey Stock, Manchester CT 56.85% Mayer - Janyne Provencher, Montreal QC 2.33 7 Sarah Backhaus, Lenexa KS; Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO 56.68% 11.16 2 Sorina Negulescu, Ellicott City MD; Gheorghe Chipail, Scara A Etaj 1 Romania; David Ruderman, Burtonsville 2.07 8 Roberta Francis, Wellesley MA; Anne Farrington, Chestnut Hill MA 56.55% MD; Katherine Rabenstein, Washington DC 2.23 9 Susan Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT; Felix Springer, W Hartford CT 55.65% 7.17 3 George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA; Albert 1.70 10 James Anderson, Mystic CT; Samuel Cuscovitch, Coventry CT 55.27% Shekhter - Igor Milman - Oleg Rubinchik, Brooklyn NY 5.58 4 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, SIDE GAME THURSDAY EVENING San Francisco CA; Lawrence Diamond, Tacoma WA; Philip 14.5 Tables Duterme, Bellaire TX A B C THURSDAY COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET IV 3.79 1 Bruce Norman, Carthage TN; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON 64.05% 16 Tables 3.34 2 1 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, US 62.92% 12.78 1 Sol Hartman, Boston MA; Barbara McLagan, 2.51 3 2 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Jean Monette, Dania Beach FL 60.20% Sudbury MA; Audrey Frank, Newton Centre MA; Ginny O’Toole, 1.63 4 Martin Cohen, Canton MA; Amnon Gabay, Newton MA 59.91% Yarmouth Port MA 8.95 2 Elise Luskin, Mamaroneck NY; Barbara 1.20 5 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 59.80% Loprete, Cortlandt Mnr NY; Amy Frolick, Larchmont NY; Richard 2.12 6 3 1 Donald McA’Nulty - Carol McA’Nulty, West Roxbury MA 57.26% Castellone, Hawthorne NY 1.41 4 Barbara Glazerman, Newton MA; Judith Inker, Wellesley Hls MA 57.22% 5.75 3 David Aronson, Brookline MA; Mark Yesley, 1.06 5 Madeleine Herbert, Teaneck NJ; Betty Ann Smith, Cresskill NJ 55.67% Newton MA; Robert Baum, Natick MA; Ellen Oasis, Sudbury MA 0.79 6 Mark Brader - Catherine Brader, Toronto ON 54.70% 4.47 4 Alan McLellan - Ru Hong Terajewicz, Ottawa 1.59 2 Robin Sanders, New York NY; Thomas Hunter, Milburn NJ 52.49% ON; Paul Harris, Waltham MA; Meg Andrews, San Francisco CA 1.19 3 Sevil Kokturk - Uygur Kokturk, Poughkeepsie NY 49.00% THURSDAY COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET V 12 Tables MARVIN GRABEL STRATIFIED MIXED PAIRS 9.06 1 David Wilson, Stratford ON; Ross Driedger, 24.0 Tables London ON; Melissa Jessup - Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE A B C 6.34 2 Magnus Weiman - Maureen Weiman, Eden 9.52 1 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow 35- Poland 60.24% Prairie MN; Jill Hunter - Matthew Fienberg, Northborough MA 4.08 3 Kim Brinkman, Highland Villge TX; David 7.14 2 Dave Swarthout - Donna Swarthout, San Antonio TX 60.13% Ticen, Victoria TX; Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX 5.36 3 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 58.77% 3.17 4 Susan Fronapfel - Richard Fronapfel - Carl 4.02 4 Tim Verbeek, 3971Ma Netherlands; Sharon Goldman, New York NY 58.29% Palmer - George Holland, Danbury CT 5.54 5 1 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 58.06% 4.16 6 2 1 Joe Handler, Toronto ON; Marie Sengupta, Marlborough MA 57.92% 2.38 7 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 55.99% 3.12 3 Steven Kipperman - Kimberly Fanady, San Francisco CA 54.88% 2.36 4 2 Donald Lurie - Linda Lurie, White Plains NY 52.21% 1.85 5 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 51.41% 1.58 6 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 51.28% 1.77 3 Thomas Gerchman, Avon CT; Judith Hyde, Coventry CT 49.59% Page 12 Friday, December 5, 2014 Daily Bulletin Daily Bulletin Friday, December 5, 2014 Page 13

Life Master news Dan Kelsey of Averill Park NY earned his gold card at the Fall NABC when his squad won Bracket 2 of the Josephine Pesce Morning Knockout Teams. Kelsey played with Glen Perry of Voorheesville NY. Their teammates were Giorgia Botta of Rome, Italy, and Peggyann Klein of New York City. Steven Goodman of Upton MA became a Gold Life Master (2500 masterpoints) when his team came in third in the Tuesday Bracketed Swiss. His partner was Bev Cuplowsky of Cote Saint-Luc QC. Their teammates were Susan Hubley of Halifax NS and Trisha Malazdrewicz of Canada. Paula Dambrauskas of Richmond MA earned her gold card playing ACBL Live update in the Gold Rush Pairs The ACBL is pleased that ACBL Live has participants are using it. We thank you for your with Christina Dowling generated so much interest and that so many patience as we work through technical issues, of Doylestown PA. some of which have been resolved Dambrauskas entered the due to your feedback. The ACBL event needing just .42 appreciates your comments and will gold points to become continue to make improvements a Life Master and earned enough with a section based on them. award to earn the rank advancement. Page 14 Friday, December 5, 2014 Daily Bulletin

Federation and European Bridge League is to improve the tournament for the players, A Cavendish Q&A tournaments plus other significant competitions. In sponsors and buyers. We are ready to listen to any The prestigious Cavendish Invitational short, there is a world of competition. idea that people would like to submit. tournament moved to Monaco in 2012 and has been From an economical point of view, the Are there events for players who are not on the played there each year since. Plans are underway for tournament doesn’t strictly need U.S. players, but invitation list? the 2015 edition in a new venue in Monaco. Jean- when we talk about prestige, the sporting aspects Yes, of course. The 2015 Cavendish include the Charles Allevena, president of the Monaco Bridge of the Cavendish and universality, we do need U.S. XXVII International Teams Tournament, which is Federation, responded to a series of questions about players. We would like to attract more from China open and welcomes about 60 teams every year. the tournament. also, especially for the Ladies’ Pairs. Are you happy with the number of pairs in the The 2014 edition had few players from North Have you made any changes that would interest women’s event? America. Will that change in 2015? players at the NABC in Providence? The Ladies Pairs Cavendish was launched two It’s always difficult to know why people don’t Well, the main change concerns the venue, as years ago. We had 16 pairs in 2013 and 20 in 2014. come to an event, as reasons may be very different. the destruction of the prestigious, historic Sporting More than the number of pairs, I’ve been impressed Let’s try anyway: d’Hiver has started. We will move to a new venue by the quality of the players of this second edition, Concerning 2014, the change of date (early in another part of Monaco. I would say that we’ll and auctions have confirmed this. The money raised September instead of mid-October with the world have technically perfect conditions, more space, but in the second year was 100,000 euros, double championships in Sanya, China, and local problems of course we’re going to lose the charm of these old what the auction produced in the first year. We with our venue, combined with late announcement) rooms, which have seen the Italian Blue Team win are working to have this tournament grow. I feel was a bad point for many U.S. players. a lot of events! I think that players will enjoy the it’s important for the women’s bridge, so we are More globally, bridge in the USA is well change. contacting players in countries that until now didn’t developed, with NABCs or regionals nearly every On the other points, mostly concerning the come or had only a few participate. We also see, week, with sponsors proposing contracts to top and organization of the tournament, we’re working on through our discussions, that the financial issues are near-top professionals, allowing them to play at some options based on discussions that we had with not so easy even for top women’s players, who have home and earn a living. the players. We may increase from 12 to 16 the less support from the sponsors and can’t play all the If we want to attract these two groups (players number of pairs in Final A, perhaps cancel Final C tournaments. I believe we will continue our to add alone or players with sponsors), we must convince and have only Final A and Final B. We might also quantity and quality to the Ladies’ Pairs. We want to them that we organize something outstanding, a cancel or significantly reduce the entry fees (and build a prestigious event that runs concurrent with tournament that is part of the history of bridge, in a cancel the players’ pool) because the Cavendish is the Open Cavendish. place that is unusual for them. We hope to tell this an auctions tournament. We are also considering story so that, once a year or perhaps every other new ideas regarding the auctions. We will decide Any other comments? year, some players will decide to take a longer trip about that early next year after more discussions Maybe just a reminder about the dates: Oct. to a tournament and spend a bit more money. with the players and buyers (in the calcutta 16-18 for the International Teams Tournament; Oct. This is not easy, because there are so many auction). 19-20 for the Cavendish Teams and Oct. 21-23 for events, including team trials, World Bridge My main goal, shared by Pierre Zimmermann, the Cavendish Ladies and Open Pairs. Daily Bulletin Friday, December 5, 2014 Page 15

THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS THURSDAY COMPACT KO TEAMS BRACKET VI 8.5 Tables 15 Tables A B C 6.92 1 Peter Bohan, Travelers Rest SC; William Ware, Cataumet MA; Jane Adams, Lexington MA; Adi Chehna, 2.68 1 Stanley Kishner - Georgeann Kishner, Danbury CT 65.21% Marlborough MA 2.01 2 Stacey Weiss, Fairfield CT; Terry Lerman, New York NY 64.07% 4.84 2 Jane Champion, Naples NC; Katherine Trubey, 1.51 3 Susan Lawton - Rosslynn Shortt, Waterloo ON 60.30% Spruce Pine NC; Joe Fisler, Providence RI; Gloria Krusemeyer, 1.90 4 1 Evelyn Rose - Charles Rose, Smithtown NY 59.83% Northfield MN 1.47 5 2 1 Jdg Marjorie Yasher, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Peg Belden, Plymouth MA 59.54% 3.11 3 Danielle Tremblay, Outremont QC; Pierrette 1.07 3 Carol Fountain, Chelmsford MA; Muggsie Rocco, Carlisle MA 51.18% Matteau, Mont-Royal QC; Margi Dyer, Mayfield KY; Douglas Snow, Paducah KY 1.10 4 2 Barbara Keshen - Lucy Crichton, Concord NH 50.54% 2.42 4 Steven Hudson, Revere MA; Richard Hudson, 0.83 3 Christine Carr, Barrington RI; Nadine Harris, 48.98% Peabody MA; Frank Farrell, Methuen MA; Irene Bonner, Andover MA FRANKLIN FISHER A/X SWISS TEAMS 42 Tables WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 1 16 Tables A X 60.96 1 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, 7.89 1 Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Plano TX; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; NV; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk 09-230 Poland Poland 70.00 42.67 2 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; 5.92 2 Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD; Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI; Robert John Schermer, Seattle WA; Marek Witek, 41-300 Dabrowa Poland; Miroslaw Milaszewski, 59300 Lubin Poland; Neil Chambers, Bitterman, Harbor Springs MI; Arnold Malasky, US 57.00 Schenectady NY 4.44 3 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Leonard Melander, W Bloomfield MI; Susan 24.38 3/4 Danny Sprung - JoAnn Sprung - Jim Looby, Las Stark, Cleveland OH; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 56.00 Vegas NV; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 3.33 4 Jim O’Neil, Cupertino CA; Anthony Barre, El Dorado Hills CA; Suresh 24.38 3/4 Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Krzysztof Buras, Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 53.00 Warszawa Poland; Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Marcin 2.50 5 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL; John Morgan, Navan ON; J Mark Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk 09- 230 Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland Siegrist, Gloucester ON 52.00 1.87 6 Richard Oshlag - Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN; Cindy Bernstein, Matthews WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 NC; Jim Gobert, New York NY 51.00 12 Tables 6.37 1 Glen Perry, Voorheesville NY; Richard Bobilin, Fonda NY; Robert Donald 29.75 1 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Jay - Diane Burger, Troy NY 50.00 Barron, Tulsa OK; Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Maria Myllari, Kaarina 20760 Finland 4.78 2 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA; Ivanie 20.83 2 Monica Angus, RW-Vancouver BC; Rock Shi Yeo, Brighton MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA 49.00 Yan, Richmond BC; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON; Nongyu Li, Palo 2.76 3/5 David Baker, Kitchener ON; Margot Stockie, Waterloo ON; Adrian Record, Alto CA Fergus ON; John Moser, St Agatha ON 47.00 11.90 3/4 Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI; Bradley 2.76 3/5 Arnold Berman, Rehoboth MA; Bob Cole, Bethlehem PA; Philippe Galaski, Mampe, Somerville MA; Steven Willner, Needham MA; Jill Florence MA; Roger Webb, Amherst MA 47.00 Wooldridge, Buffalo NY 11.90 3/4 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Sylvie Willard, 2.76 3/5 Paul Irvine - Margaret Irvine, Allentown PA; Michael Mullendore, Paris 45014 France; Benedicte Cronier, Paris 75018 France; Marcel Ellicott City MD; Dave DuBois, Westfield NJ 47.00 Dadon, 92100 France 1.51 6 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Barbara Willard, Palm City FL; Benedicte Cronier, Paris 75018 France; Marcel Dadon, 92100 France 44.00 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 3 12 Tables FRANKLIN FISHER B/C/D SWISS TEAMS 20.39 1 Frank Wharton, London Nw3 1en England; Paul Walker, London W1U 1BT England; Vincent Wilmot Jr, 30 Tables Gaithersburg MD; Carole Banks, Silver Spring MD B C D 14.27 2 Brian Collins - Joan Fitzgerald, St John’s NL; 6.07 1 1 Diane Bourdeau, Cambridge ON; Thea Davis, Eden Mills ON; Colin Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain; Ti Davis, Little Lafferty, Whitby ON; Edith Ferber, Waterloo ON 60.00 Rock AR 4.55 2 2 Stanley Richmond - Edward Aron, Needham MA; Ruth Steinberg, 8.16 3/4 Kimberly Whipple, Boca Grande FL; Luz Ortega, Melbourne FL; Lisa Adelberg, Camden ME; Jodi Coren, Newton MA; Lena Russo, Natick MA 59.00 Highland Beach FL 3.41 3 3 Dan Sutherland, Northville MI; Ronna Galin - Robert Raf, W 8.16 3/4 Barry Margolin, US; Meg Myers, Beaverton Bloomfield MI; Steven Jacob, Birmingham MI 54.00 OR; Kevin Shiue, Oakland CA; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX 2.58 4 4 1 Marianne Sponholz, New York NY; Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Richard Tracy, Sharon VT; Richard Eisner, Sharon MA 53.00 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 4 1.92 5 5 Arlene Seguin - Albert Seguin Jr, Cranston RI; Catherine Sallar, 16 Tables 18.15 1 Serge Lavallee - Nicole Drainville, Brossard Fall River MA; Chris Soares, Swansea MA 52.00 QC; Diane Depatie - Claude Depatie, Saint-Mathias-R QC 1.94 6 6 2 Deborah Crisfield - Jane Grewcock - Allison McGeough, Summit NJ; 12.71 2 Weiling Zhao, Brookfield CT; James Milam - Cyndi Sauvage, Englewood CO 51.00 Beth Milam, Idaho Falls ID; Marilyn Hoskins, Lincoln NE 1.45 3 Joan Bergen - Meredith Dunne, Darien CT; Susan Kipp, Norwalk CT; 7.26 3/4 Michael Hartnett, Greenbrae CA; Nancy Ann Piper, Rowayton CT 46.00 Ferguson, US; Jim Cohen, Mill Valley CA; Martha Keller, San Francisco CA 7.26 3/4 Chantal Dube, Montreal QC; Johanne Sevigny, Bromont QC; Alain Bonnin - Jean-Pierre Longpre, Outremont QC

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KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 1 36.0 Tables / Based on 147 Tables 9 Tables Peter Stein, Hillsborough NJ; Donna Dulet, Ocean NJ; Stephen 190.00 1 John Hurd, New York NY; Justin Lall, Plano TX 1138.89 Arshan, Jackson NJ; Richard Ross, Highland Park NJ 142.50 2 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 1097.07 vs 106.88 3 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark; Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 1092.54 Scott Nelson, Encinitas CA; Jim Andrews - William Grant, San 87.69 4 Ismail Kandenir, Istanbul Turkey; Suleyman Kolata, Istanbul, Malte Turkey 1070.54 Diego CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 81.43 5 Dick Melson, Chicago IL; David Lehman, Glenview IL 1064.88 76.00 6 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL 1063.80 Sharon Stanfill, Lincoln MA; Mike Diesel, Saugus MA; La Quitta 71.25 7 Espen Lindqvist, 4838 Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 1057.83 Talbot - Herbert Fallin Jr, Keller TX 67.06 8 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel 1053.15 vs Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH; Daniel McGuire, Epsom NH; Stuart 63.33 9 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 1049.55 Altschuler, Naples FL; Gary Schwartz, Huntsville AL 60.00 10 Chris Willenken - Alison Wilson, New York NY 1046.44 57.00 11 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 1040.48 THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 2 54.29 12 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon, 98000 Monaco 1037.53 12 Tables 51.82 13 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy 1012.56 Sid Kreppel - Jayne Silver - Gail Kreppel, West Palm Bch FL; 49.57 14 Michel Abecassis - Paul Chemla, 1008.74 Linda Finklestein, W Palm Bch FL 47.50 15 Katie Thorpe, Kingsville ON; Martin Kirr, Toronto ON 1001.37 vs 45.60 16 Victoria Gromova, 119296, Moscow Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 999.98 Howard Canan, Holden MA; Mark Heumann, Watertown MA; 43.85 17 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Jo Anna Stansby, US 979.30 Marsha Gerstein, Somerville MA; Alice Weagle, Webster MA Charles Pierce - Wesley Albinger, New York NY; Linda Doucet - 42.22 18 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 979.02 Dyane Maurice, Montreal QC 40.71 19 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 977.73 vs 39.31 20 Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 976.55 Ronald Mittleman - Nancy Mittleman, Pittsford NY; Carolyn 38.00 21 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; William Pollack, New York NY 973.42 Rowley, Evanston IL; Leonid Fastovsky, Chevy Chase MD 36.77 22 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 971.86 35.63 23 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 966.10 THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO TEAMS BRACKET 3 34.55 24 Stale Froyland, Narbo Norway; John Herland, Stavanger Norway 965.06 13 Tables 33.53 25 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON 964.32 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; Roger Leemis - Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hill MI 32.57 26 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 962.66 vs 31.67 27 Pamela Miller - James Rasmussen, Cambridge MA 962.65 Brett Orban, Martins Ferry OH; Thomas Danford, Bellaire OH; 30.81 28 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 961.56 Gary Mallett - Sally Mallett, N Martinsvlle WV 30.00 29 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 957.73 29.23 30 Rune Brendeford Anderssen, Norway; Peter Marstrander, Tromso Norway 956.48 Cheryl Macintosh, Orleans ON; Maureen Murphy - Sharon Perkins 28.50 31 Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 954.47 - Patti McCabe, Ottawa ON 27.80 32 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 949.37 vs 27.14 33 Veronique Bessis, Paris 75015 France; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 940.23 Joy Oliver, Damascus MD; Garry Grossman, N Bethesda MD; 26.51 34 Thomas Bessis, Paris 75015 France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France 938.68 Charles Dearolf, Silver Spring MD; Jim Walsh, Brookfield CT 25.91 35 John Koschik, Livonia MI; Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI 933.96 25.33 36 Joe Grue, New York NY; Brad Moss, Denver CO 932.71 The Past Comes Alive 24.78 37 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 930.54 Dutch players Frank van Wezel and Hans van 24.26 38 Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL; Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 925.28 de Konijnenberg collect books, magazines and 23.75 39 Tobi Sokolow - Louis Sachar, Austin TX 924.85 Daily Bulletins about bridge. 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Players and pairs who 15.00 67 Adam Weisz-Margules, Thornhill ON; Andrew Tylman, Toronto ON 809.26 take more than their allotted time are subject to 14.81 68 Allan Graves, St Johnsbury VT; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL 805.51 penalty. 14.62 69 Shawn Drenning, New York NY; Zachary Madden, Philadelphia PA 800.41 In general, pairs who are rarely late will be 14.43 70 Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 779.88 15.34 71 Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad 30571 Sweden; Johan Saefsten, Uppsala Sweden 774.76 warned while pairs who are habitually tardy and/or 14.07 72 Christophe Grosset, 92130 Issy-Les- France; Pierre Franceschetti, 773.78 pay no attention to time limits will be penalized.

KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST 1 Ismail Kandenir, Istanbul Turkey; Suleyman Kolata, Istanbul, Malte Turkey 59.64% 1 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 61.90% 2 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 57.50% 2 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Jo Anna Stansby, US 59.58% 3 Rune Brendeford Anderssen, Norway; Peter Marstrander, Tromso Norway 56.11% 3 Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky 05-09 Poland; Piotr Tmczynski, Poznan Poland 58.50% 4 Victoria Gromova, 119296, Moscow Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 55.11% 4 Dick Melson, Chicago IL; David Lehman, Glenview IL 58.48% 5 Sartaj Hans - Peter Gill, Sydney Australia 55.05% 5 Tobi Sokolow - Louis Sachar, Austin TX 55.82% 6 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; William Pollack, New York NY 54.83% 6 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 55.54% 7 Veronique Bessis, Paris 75015 France; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 54.58% 7 Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 55.33% 8 John Hurd, New York NY; Justin Lall, Plano TX 53.73% 8 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel 55.28% 9 John Koschik, Livonia MI; Dennis Carman, Plainwell MI 53.62% 9 Espen Lindqvist, 4838 Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 55.23% 10 Jianfeng Luo - Peter Wong, North York ON 53.24% 10 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 55.08% 11 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy 52.90% 11 Stale Froyland, Narbo Norway; John Herland, Stavanger Norway 54.81% 12 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 52.80% 12 Michel Abecassis - Paul Chemla, 53.75% 13 Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL; Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV 52.25% 13 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 52.05% 14 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon, 98000 Monaco 52.22% 14 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL 51.85% Page 18 Friday, December 5, 2014 Daily Bulletin

SCHEDULESchedule OF NATIONAL of Nationally RATED Rated EventsEVENTS at 2015 AT 2015 NABCs NABCS Spring 2015, New Orleans Summer 2015, Chicago Fall 2015, Denver Wed. March 11–Sun., March 22 Wed., August 5–Sun., Aug. 16 Thurs., Nov. 26–Sun., Dec. 6 Wednesday NAP Flight A GNT Championship Flight & Thursday NAP Flight A GNT Flights A, B & C

Friday Kay Platinum Pairs GNT Championship Flight Nail LM Pairs Lebhar IMP Pairs GNT Flights A, B & C Baze Senior KO 0–10,000 Swiss von Zedtwitz LM Pairs Bruce 5000 LM Pairs Young 1500 LM Pairs

Saturday Kay Platinum Pairs GNT Championship Flight Nail LM Pairs Lebhar IMP Pairs GNT Flights A, B & C Baze Senior KO 0–10,000 Swiss von Zedtwitz LM Pairs 0–10,000 Swiss Bruce 5000 LM Pairs Young 1500 LM Pairs 0–10,000 Open Pairs

Sunday Kay Platinum Pairs GNT Championship Flight Mitchell Open BAM Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs GNT Flights A, B & C M.M. Sternberg Women’s BAM NAP Flight B von Zedtwitz LM Pairs Super Senior Pairs NAP Flight C Bruce 5000 LM Pairs Baze Senior KO Young 1500 LM Pairs 0–10,000 Swiss 0–10,000 Open Pairs

Monday Vanderbilt KO Spingold KO Mitchell Open BAM Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs 0–5000 Mini-Spingold KO M.M. Sternberg Women’s BAM 0–10,000 KO 0–1500 Mini-Spingold KO Super Senior Pairs NAP Flight B Wagar Women’s KO Baze Senior KO NAP Flight C Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss 0–10,000 IMP Pairs

Tuesday Vanderbilt KO Spingold KO Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs Rockwell Mixed Pairs 0–5000 Mini-Spingold KO Mini Blue Ribbon Pairs 0–10,000 KO 0–1500 Mini-Spingold KO Whitehead Women’s Pairs Wagar Women’s KO Baze Senior KO Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss 0–10,000 IMP Pairs

Wednesday Vanderbilt KO Spingold KO Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs Rockwell Mixed Pairs 0–5000 Mini-Spingold KO Mini Blue Ribbon Pairs 0–10,000 KO 0–1500 Mini-Spingold KO Baze Senior KO Wagar Women’s KO Whitehead Women’s Pairs Wernher Open Pairs Freeman Mixed BAM

Thursday Vanderbilt KO Spingold KO Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs Silodor Open Pairs 0–5000 Mini-Spingold KO Mini Blue Ribbon Pairs Smith LM Women’s Pairs 0–1500 Mini-Spingold KO Senior Mixed Pairs 0–10,000 KO Wagar Women’s KO 0–10,000 Fast Pairs Wernher Open Pairs Freeman Mixed BAM

Friday Vanderbilt KO Spingold KO Teams Reisinger BAM Silodor Open Pairs 0–5000 Mini-Spingold KO Roth Swiss Teams Smith LM Women’s Pairs 0–1500 Mini-Spingold KO Senior Mixed Pairs 0–10,000 KO Wagar Women’s KO 0–10,000 Fast Pairs Keohane North American Swiss Bean Red Ribbon Pairs

Saturday Vanderbilt KO Spingold KO Reisinger BAM Jacoby Swiss 0–5000 Mini-Spingold KO Roth Swiss Teams Machlin Women’s Swiss 0–1500 Mini-Spingold KO NABC+ Mixed Swiss NABC+ Fast Pairs Bean Red Ribbon Pairs Keohane North American Swiss 0–10,000 Mixed Swiss

Sunday Vanderbilt KO Spingold KO Reisinger BAM Jacoby Swiss Keohane North American Swiss Roth Swiss Teams Machlin Women’s Swiss 0–5000 Mini-Spingold KO NABC+ Mixed Swiss NABC+ Fast Pairs 0–10,000 Mixed Swiss Daily Bulletin Friday, December 5, 2014 Page 19

PAT MCDEVITT STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS 38.0 Tables / Based on 118 Tables Electronic Device Policy A B The electronic device policy at NABCs allows 30.87 1 Radu Nistor - Melanie Tucker, New York NY 62.59% players to bring electronic devices such as cell 23.15 2 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 61.79% phones into the playing area provided that such 17.36 3 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 61.37% devices are turned off. 13.02 4 Rita Shugart, Monterey CA; Andrew Robson, Pebble Beach CA 59.84% Further, any such equipment must not be visible 17.14 5 1 Steven Paxhia, Milton MA; Sandy Stowe, Westwood MA 58.56% during the session 8.82 6 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, New York NY 58.12% The policy applies to all pairs, team members, 7.72 7 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Ken Bloom, Acton MA 57.75% 6.86 8 Sondra Schubiner, US; Linda Perlman, Wellington FL 57.51% captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, 6.17 9 Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 56.92% except those designated by the ACBL and are in 5.61 10 Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 56.42% force throughout any actual playing session or 5.15 11 Bill Langlois, San Jose CA; Peggy Sprague, Los Gatos CA 56.20% segment of play. 4.75 12 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 56.02% A violation of the policy will result in an 4.41 13 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 55.70% automatic disciplinary penalty of one full board 4.12 14 Michael Rosen, New York NY; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 55.17% (or 12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the 4.13 15 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 54.76% first offense. A second offense will result in 3.63 16 Vesa Lauri Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 54.72% disqualification from the event for the pair/team. 3.43 17 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Ruth Nakano, Kirkland WA 54.56% Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed from 3.25 18 Ed Bissell, State College PA; Anthony Aukstikalnis, Harvey Cedars NJ 54.41% 12.86 19 2 Abraham Fisher, Concord MA; Bart Bussink, Cambridge MA 54.36% the playing area for the remainder of the session. 2.94 20 Betty Cox, Randolph NJ; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 54.25% 2.81 21 Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL 54.01% Email us 9.64 3 Vikram Srimurthy, Brookline MA; Neil Kreuzer, Brighton MA 52.55% Got a hand you just have to share or a nice 7.23 4 Niki Coons, York ON; Dominic Antonelli, Altoona IA 52.05% story? We’d love to see it. 5.71 5 Larry Hanerfeld, Leominster MA; Donald Deamer, West Boylston MA 52.02% The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: 4.90 6 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Michael Dworetsky, Bloomfield CT 51.83% [email protected]. You’ll also find 4.29 7 James Lafave, Minneapolis MN; Girish Nathan, Sammamish WA 51.00% it on the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” 3.81 8 Kenneth Moss, Tillson NY; Roberto Azank, New Paltz NY 50.50% between the date and the editors’ names. 3.43 9 Charan Garg, Voorhees NJ; George Subt, Southampton NJ 50.37% This email address won’t be checked with any 3.12 10 Estelle Ronderos - Alvaro Ronderos, Plymouth Mtng PA 49.30% regularity when the NABC is not in session, so 2.86 11 Paul Lord, Montreal West QC; Shmuel Greenberg, Israel 49.13% please continue to use our office email addresses 2.64 12 Monroe Miller, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Serge Chouinard, Laval QC 48.70% for non-tournament–related correspondence. PAT MCDEVITT STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SS TT UU EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Radu Nistor - Melanie Tucker, New York NY 61.09% 1 Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 64.30% 2 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 60.42% 2 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 61.97% 3 Sondra Schubiner, US; Linda Perlman, Wellington FL 60.20% 3 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 59.23% 4 Rita Shugart, Monterey CA; Andrew Robson, Pebble Beach CA 60.13% 4 Ed Bissell, State College PA; Anthony Aukstikalnis, Harvey Cedars NJ 58.41% 5 James Melville, Springfield IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI 59.68% 5 1 Steven Paxhia, Milton MA; Sandy Stowe, Westwood MA 57.75% 6 Bill Langlois, San Jose CA; Peggy Sprague, Los Gatos CA 58.03% 6 Martin Johnson Jr, Folly Beach SC; James Partridge, Birmingham AL 56.56% 7 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Ken Bloom, Acton MA 57.52% 7 Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 56.50% 8 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 57.30% 8 2 Estelle Ronderos - Alvaro Ronderos, Plymouth Mtng PA 56.25% 9 Betty Cox, Randolph NJ; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 56.12% 9 Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 55.77% 10 Michael Rosen, New York NY; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 54.90% 10 Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL 55.04% 11 1 Barbara Murphy, Newton MA; James Negro, Wellesley MA 54.26% 11 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Ruth Nakano, Kirkland WA 53.81% 12 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA 54.13% 12 3 Larry Hanerfeld, Leominster MA; Donald Deamer, West Boylston MA 53.78% 13 2 Connie Chabot, North Andover MA; Diane Walsh, Dedham MA 53.26% 13 4 Abraham Fisher, Concord MA; Bart Bussink, Cambridge MA 52.81% 14 Hugh Brown Jr, Mc Cormick SC; Olin Hubert, Atlanta GA 52.22% 14 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, New York NY 52.49% 15 Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 52.15% 15 5 Barbara Besse - David Donald, Vineyard Haven MA 52.28% 3 Kenneth Moss, Tillson NY; Roberto Azank, New Paltz NY 52.10% 6 Vikram Srimurthy, Brookline MA; Neil Kreuzer, Brighton MA 50.79% 4 Paul Lord, Montreal West QC; Shmuel Greenberg, Israel 51.52% 7 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Michael Dworetsky, Bloomfield CT 50.60% 5 James Lafave, Minneapolis MN; Girish Nathan, Sammamish WA 51.38% 6 Niki Coons, York ON; Dominic Antonelli, Altoona IA 51.20% 7 Xiaoqian Liu - Maxim Siline, Hudson MA 46.62%

SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS E G H I EAST-WEST 1 Mary Gardner - Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL 59.46% 1 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 64.22% 2 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK 58.26% 2 Ginny Schuett - Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL 59.13% 3 Phyllis Chase, Providence RI; Joe DeGaetano, Waltham MA 58.11% 3 Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 58.22% 4 Donna Morgen, Havertown PA; Bill Parks, Macungie PA 57.05% 4 Peter Lindon - Dee Lindon, Buckinghamshire England 57.69% 5 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; John Malley, Pascoag RI 56.22% 5 Alfred Duncker - Ann Lindley, Gaithersburg MD 57.62% 6/7 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Rich Rothwarf, Philadelphia PA 55.69% 6 Samuel Baskinger, Totowa NJ; Judy Rothstein, Livingston NJ 57.32% 6/7 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richlnd Hls TX 55.69% 7 Margot Hennings, US; Paul Janicki, CD 56.45% 8 Anna Dosseva, Pickering ON; Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA 55.51% 8 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA 55.35% 9 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA 55.47% 9 Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA; Fred King, Falls Church VA 53.66% 10 Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 55.09% 10 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 53.43% 11 Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI; Chris Benson, Le Roy IL 54.83% 11 Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 53.17% 12 Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 54.75% 12/13 Malle Andrade - Erez Hendelman, New York NY 52.94% 13 Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 54.26% 12/13 Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ; Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA 52.94% 14 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 53.96% 14 Robert Munson - Nancy Munson, Danville CA 52.30% 15/16 Jeffrey Lehman, Newton Center MA; Arline Fulton, Wickatunk NJ 53.58% 15 Ernest Napier, Brooklyn NY; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 52.04% 15/16 Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT 53.58% 16 Leslie Strong, Santa Ynez CA; Ira Herman, New York NY 51.81% 17 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Dennis Kasle, Bloomfield MI 53.54% 17 Donald Berman, Laurel MD; Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 51.77% 18 Jeff Meckstroth - Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 53.43% 18 Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 51.58% 19 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC 53.28% 19 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 51.36% 20 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 53.09% 20 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 50.72% 21 Lynn Jones, Timonium MD; Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD 52.90% 21/22 Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 50.45% 21/22 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 50.45% OrlandO UNIT 240 Make reservations Winter for the bridge rate of $139 regiOnal Buena Vista Palace Hotel and Spa • Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830 • Toll Free: 866-397-6516 Chairperson: Jane Formet • 407-376-3691 • [email protected] Information: Barbara Jones • 407-341-3573 1/05/15 - 01/11/15 www.acblunit240.com Page 20 Friday, December 5, 2014 Daily Bulletin

0-5000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST 1 Ina Demme, Maple ON; Bill Kertes, York ON 61.38% 1 David Macrae - Christina van Leeuwen, Horn Lake MS 59.77% 2 Richard Vatter - Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 59.92% 2 Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville IL; Charles Nemes, Longboat Key FL 57.23% 3 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Mike Spooner, Glen Allen VA 59.23% 3 Glenda Calkins - R Barkley Calkins, Allendale NJ 55.00% 4 Jim Howie, Toronto ON; Fred Lerner, Unionville ON 58.31% 4 Ken Eisner, Truro NS; Ronald Mak, Manchester NH 54.69% 5 Peter Cheung, Fremont CA; Leonard Helfgott, Teaneck NJ 56.77% 5 Jan Popiel, Lexington MA; Robin Hillyard, Carlisle MA 53.85% 6 Laurie Robbins, Windsor CT; Rachel Brown, Canton CT 56.38% 6 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH 52.92% 7 Allan Wolf, North Haven CT; Russell Friedman, Wilton CT 54.92% 7 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 52.77% 8 Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; David Brower, Portland OR 53.85% 8 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Greta Pineles, Jackson NJ 52.46% 9 Juan Castillo, Ft Lauderdale FL; Robert Ramos, Fort Lauderdale FL 51.77% 9 Sigrid Price, Napa CA; Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA 52.38% 10 Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY; Larry Rosen, Albany NY 51.15% 10 Paul Darin, San Diego CA; Harriet Smith, Solano Beach CA 52.15%

ADELE ZUCKERMAN GOLD RUSH PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Dianne Epstein, Centerville MA; Ann Bloomfield, Mashpee MA 64.58% 1 1 Cornelia Gould - Ed Gould, Incline Village NV 60.42% 2 1 Susan Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT; Felix Springer, W Hartford CT 60.12% 2 2 Debra LaMountain, Forrest Hills NY; Janine Buss, Prt Washingtn NY 54.46% 3 2 Nora Cushing, Newport RI; Esmond Harmsworth, Boston MA 58.93% 3 Katrina Van Pelt, Smith’s Parish Bermuda; Michael Tait, Hamilton Bermuda 53.27% 4 Linda Beizer, Avon CT; Barbara Mason, West Hartford CT 56.85% 4/5 Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI; Holly Campbell, Stevensville MT 51.49% 4/5 Judy Robbins, Narberth PA; Linda DiLuco, Philadelphia PA 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Sarah Backhaus, Lenexa KS; Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO 61.31% 1 1 Paula Dambrauskas, Richmond MA; Christina Dowling, Doylestown PA 60.80% 2 Ann Reydel, Chatham MA; Virginia Iannini, Brewster MA 58.17% 2 Elizabeth Paige, Duxbury MA; Paul Ranaghan, Hingham MA 58.25% 3 2 Wendy Beizer, Scarsdale NY; Richard Barnes, Pelham NY 53.95% 3 2 David Cancian, Lincoln MA; Richard Giles, Concord MA 49.17% 4 Ashok Rao, Cambridge MA; Simon Zimmerman, Hopkinton MA 53.87% 4 Jane Siebecker, Amesbury MA; Sheila Schofield, Salisbury MA 48.81% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Gary Miyashiro, West Redding CT; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 62.80% 1 1 Leonid Tkach, Swampscott MA; Valentin Levin, Lynn MA 58.63% 2 Michael Goldman, Rockville MD; William Mendez Jr, Alexandria VA 62.50% 2/3 Jerren Gould - Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA 57.44% 3 1 Nelson Burros - Marcie Burros, New York NY 52.98% 2/3 Robert Williams - Annie Williams, Halifax NS 57.44% 4 2 Robert Lightburn, Pt Pleasant Bch NJ; Leslie Smith, Manasquan NJ 48.51% 4 2 Richard Woerner, Wellesley MA; Paul Adler, Natick MA 54.46% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Albert Stock, Valencia CA; Jeffrey Stock, Manchester CT 58.93% 1 Harold Miller, Orange CT; Burt Saxon, Milford CT 68.75% 2 2 Louise Bendonis, Hobe Sound FL; James Nowill, Florence MA 55.36% 2 Eric Fillion, Eliot ME; David Lawrence, Rochester NH 58.04% 3 Tim Collopy - Cecilia Collopy, Millbrook NY 53.87% 3 Linda Ahrens, Lincoln RI; Maxime Nault, Montreal QC 54.17% 4 Maureen Walsh, West Hartford CT; Jan Rosow, Avon CT 50.60% 4 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Dominique Schneider, Old Brookville NY 52.98% 1 Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA 46.43% 2 Martha Murray, East Hampton NY; James Sykes, New York NY 46.13% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Howard Huynh, Lubbock TX; David Johnson Jr, San Antonio TX 60.12% 1 Robert Orvis - Gayle Orvis, Burleson TX 55.06% 2 1 Scott Dunlop - Laura Colihan, Smiths Falls ON 54.76% 2 1 Charles Young - Marsha Girouard, Medway MA 52.98% 3 2 Jonathan Clark, Branford CT; Kay Rogers, Manakin Sabot VA 52.08% 3 2 Charles Curley, Wakefield MA; Gene Flynn, Shrewsbury MA 52.08% 4/5 Judith Knecht, Asbury Park NJ; Marsha Brustein, Wayside NJ 49.40% 4 Nancy Clayman, Boston MA; Susan Rutstein, Brookline MA 51.79% 4/5 Harry Potter - James Mosley, Herndon VA 49.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 63.39% 1 Steven Myerson, Portsmouth RI; Kenneth Smith, W Kingston RI 69.35% 2 Larry Murray, Windsor ON; Richard Valpey, Rockaway NJ 58.33% 2 1 Lawrence Kolkhorst, Yarmouth ME; Stephen Kolkhorst, Portland ME 65.18% 3 2 James Anderson, Mystic CT; Samuel Cuscovitch, Coventry CT 56.55% 3 2 Roberta Francis, Wellesley MA; Anne Farrington, Chestnut Hill MA 59.23% 4 Sandra Larson, Durham NH; Susan Tester, Rochester NH 55.36% 4 Diane Jamieson, Kitchener ON; Charlene Richardson, Moorefield ON 51.79% 3 Patricia Jones, Pickerington OH; Judy Williamson, Powell OH 49.70%

SIDE GAME THURSDAY EVENING NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, US 62.92% 1 Bruce Norman, Carthage TN; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON 64.05% 2 Martin Cohen, Canton MA; Amnon Gabay, Newton MA 59.91% 2 1 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Jean Monette, Dania Beach FL 60.20% 3 2 1 Donald McA’Nulty - Carol McA’Nulty, West Roxbury MA 57.26% 3 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 59.80% 4 3 Barbara Glazerman, Newton MA; Judith Inker, Wellesley Hls MA 57.22% 4 2 Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Jin Hu, US 54.04% 5 4 Madeleine Herbert, Teaneck NJ; Betty Ann Smith, Cresskill NJ 55.67% 5 3 1 Robin Sanders, New York NY; Thomas Hunter, Milburn NJ 52.49% 6 Ahmed Hussein, Cairo Egypt; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE 55.62% 6 4 Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN; Sue Becker, Canton OH 48.87% 5 Mark Brader - Catherine Brader, Toronto ON 54.70% 2 Sevil Kokturk - Uygur Kokturk, Poughkeepsie NY 49.00%

MARVIN GRABEL STRATIFIED MIXED PAIRS EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WW XX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Dave Swarthout - Donna Swarthout, San Antonio TX 62.75% 1 Cynthia Schneider - Eli Schneider, East Brunswick NJ 65.60% 2 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow 35- Poland 62.42% 2 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Magnus Olafsson, New York NY 62.55% 3 1 Steven Kipperman - Kimberly Fanady, San Francisco CA 59.15% 3 1 1 Joe Handler, Toronto ON; Marie Sengupta, Marlborough MA 59.85% 4 2 1 Donald Lurie - Linda Lurie, White Plains NY 56.75% 4 Dori Cohen, Woodbury NY; Charles Sharf, North Baldwin NY 56.21% 5 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Ft Lauderdale FL 56.64% 5 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 54.47% 6 3 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 53.70% 6 William McFall, New Berlin WI; Helen Johnston, Ajax ON 53.72% 7 4 Rose Burke, Bloomfield Hill MI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 53.49% 7 2 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 53.27% 8 Lois Stuart - Jess Stuart, West Chester PA 51.85% 8 Tim Verbeek, 3971Ma Netherlands; Sharon Goldman, New York NY 53.18% 9 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 51.09% 9 P Caplan - Catherine Caplan, N Versailles PA 52.61% 10 5 Sid Brownstein - Monique Barbeau, Ottawa ON 50.44% 10 David Stevenson - Liz Commins, Wirral CH49 0TY United Kingdom 51.75% 3 Robert Hill - Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK 49.02% 4 Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Steven Salidas, Brewster MA 48.77% 2 Julian Wachs - Elizabeth Wachs, Chapel Hill NC 46.94%

THURSDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Stanley Kishner - Georgeann Kishner, Danbury CT 65.21% 1 Stacey Weiss, Fairfield CT; Terry Lerman, New York NY 64.07% 2 Susan Lawton - Rosslynn Shortt, Waterloo ON 60.30% 2 1 Evelyn Rose - Charles Rose, Smithtown NY 59.83% 3 1 1 Jdg Marjorie Yasher, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Peg Belden, Plymouth MA 59.54% 3 2 Carol Fountain, Chelmsford MA; Muggsie Rocco, Carlisle MA 51.18% 4 Pam Campbell, Fairfield OH; Lisa Eisenstein, Loveland OH 57.35% 4 1 Barbara Keshen - Lucy Crichton, Concord NH 50.54%

MARVIN GRABEL SIDE GAME MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OOO PPP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Michael Ranis, New York NY; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA 66.22% 1 1 David Pelka - Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA 62.97% 2 Rita Baudo, West Yarmouth MA; Richard Davenport, Brewster MA 60.97% 2 Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; Doree Sobel, Fair Lawn NJ 56.36% 3 2 Buddhadeb Biswas - Madhusree Biswas, San Jose CA 60.06% 3 2 1 Catherine Bardsley, McLean VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA 55.49% 4 3 Jane Formet - Chris Kindt, Orlando FL 57.44% 4 3 Flora Hall - Judith Williams, Eastham MA 55.48% 5 4 1 Margi Dyer, Mayfield KY; Douglas Snow, Paducah KY 55.57% 5 4 2 Steven Zeliadt - William Fleming, Seattle WA 55.01% 6 5 2 Jeffrey Stock, Manchester CT; Albert Stock, Valencia CA 55.35% 6 5 Ruth Goodpasture, Bourbonnais IL; Lynne Kostopoulos, Lansing IL 54.91% 7 6 3 Blake Fleming, Calgary AB; Reid Fleming, Arlington MA 54.98% 7 6 3 Lawrence Kolkhorst, Yarmouth ME; Stephen Kolkhorst, Portland ME 53.31% 8 7 4 Jane Siebecker, Amesbury MA; Sheila Schofield, Salisbury MA 54.83% 8 7 4 Jane Grewcock - Allison McGeough, Summit NJ 52.86% 9 8 Richard Sieron - Gloria Sieron, Milford CT 54.47% 9 8 Glen Anderson, Raleigh NC; James McKinney, Carol Stream IL 52.27% 10 9 Lynda Flanger, Cohoes NY; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA 53.57% 10 9 Richard Ash, Crownsville MD; Edward Banta, Spruce Pine NC 51.98% 10 Bari Boyer - Carol Seager, Worcester MA 50.85% 5 Margaret Getman, St Paul MN; Shiang Chen, Centrevile VA 51.93% 5 Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Marianne Sponholz, New York NY 49.09%

WARWICK BRIDGE CLUB 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Marilyn Kopan, Diamondhead MS; Betty Stern, Ormond Beach FL 60.76% 1 1 1 Cheryl Travers, Melvin Village NH; Kitten Stearns, Bedford NH 61.18% 2 2 Harold Nordstrom, Reading MA; Susan Lincoln, Boxford MA 57.48% 2 2 Jean Wood, Concord MA; John Zappala, Lynnfield MA 56.51% 3 3 1 Philip Tifft, New York NY; C C Dyer, Marion MA 54.59% 3 3 Ann Gordon, Old Lyme CT; Bernice Krantz, Mystic CT 51.36% 4 2 Jerald Burwick - Deborah Burwick, Boston MA 50.31% 4 4 2 Beth Schweitzer - Lawrence Schweitzer, Newtown CT 50.72% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Karen Kupersmith, Warwick RI; Peter Buonfiglio, Cranston RI 63.10% 1 1 1 Sandra Mulcahy, Brisbane Queen Australia; Doris Beaton, Oklahoma City OK 56.25% 2 1 Roger Zessis, Westwood MA; Ronald Klein, Southborough MA 57.74% 2 Marylee MacDougall - Robert MacDougall, Naples FL 54.76% 3 2 John Ahern, Cranston RI; Linda Travers, Cumberland RI 54.46% 3 2 2 Prudence Barker, Andover MA; Betty Wilder, Reading MA 54.17% 4 3 1 Thomas Bang - Joan Bang, Berwyn PA 52.38% 4 3 William Anderson - Thomas Provost Sr, Canterbury NH 53.57%

WARWICK BRIDGE CLUB 49ER PAIRS SECTION BBB A B C 1 Patricia Gauthier, Tiverton RI; Joan Davis, Newport RI 66.37% 2 1 1 Holly Schenck, Providence RI; Sharon Kochen, West Hartford CT 65.46% 3 Daniel Konowalow - Marcy Rosenkrantz, Lansing NY 63.18% 4 2 Jerome Starr, Worcester MA; Steven Kaufman, Shrewsbury MA 62.73% 5/6 William Everett, Mystic CT; E Kristen Frederick, West Yarmouth MA 59.54% 5/6 3 Riva Lewinter, W Hartford CT; Debbie Katz, West Hartford CT 59.54% 4 2 Carol Miller, Lincoln RI; Carol Langton, Cumberland RI 44.58% Daily Bulletin Friday, December 5, 2014 Page 21

MARVIN GRABEL DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS S T EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Saundra Gotch, Framingham MA; Fizza Adamjee, Lexington MA 61.69% 1 Corey Krantz - Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA 66.46% 2 1 Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Delray Beach FL 61.15% 2 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 60.00% 3 2 1 Christine Greenberg, Byron MN; Margaret Lichty, Rochester MN 60.85% 3 1 William Wood, Norwalk CT; Barbara Moore, Darien CT 59.62% 4 3 Donna Feir, Tolland CT; William Watson, Bloomfield CT 58.23% 4 Rory Millson, Bronxville NY; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 59.38% 5 Donna Marshall, Reading MA; Kimberly Gilman, Carlisle MA 57.92% 5 2 Christine Woodring, Setauket NY; Mark Shaiman, Centereach NY 59.31% 6 Lew Walter - Marin Marinov, New York NY 57.62% 6 3 Marjorie Murstein, Scarsdale NY; Marshall Frank, Chappaqua NY 59.00% 7 Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY; Bunny Lukas, Riverside CT 57.15% 7 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 56.23% 8 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 56.69% 8 4 Etty Yenni - Michael Gritz, Santa Barbara CA 55.92% 9 4 James Butler, Falmouth MA; Mariann Farrelly, Mashpee MA 56.15% 9 5 Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN; Frank Knier, Fargo ND 54.62% 10 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 55.23% 10 6 Helen Van Amburg - George Van Amburg, East Lansing MI 52.69% 5 Leo Birmingham, Whitney Point NY; Carl Jones, Chicago IL 54.85% 7 1 Kim Likakis, Bennington VT; Elizabeth VonRiesenfelder, Manchester VT 49.62% 6 2 Richard Walker - Barbara McNair, New York NY 53.69% 8 Ralph Croskey, Brigantine NJ; Stephen Horwitz, Avalon NJ 49.23% 7 Mark Thompson, Lexington MA; Robert Casey, Worcester MA 52.85% 2 Douglas Pratt, Norwalk CT; Margaret Molwitz, New Canaan CT 46.38% 8 Martin Dickau - Ellen Dickau, Carlisle MA 51.46% 3 Ann Johnston - Patricia Houston, Wellesley MA 43.85% 3 Carol Reiss, Albertson NY; Cindi Siegel, Bayside NY 48.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS U X EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 64.46% 1 Stuart Whittle, Waltham MA; Saul Agranoff, Newton MA 60.23% 2 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 60.38% 2 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 59.15% 3 1 Susan E G Slusky, Highland Park NJ; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ 59.00% 3 1 Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; William Heess, Marlborough MA 58.46% 4 2 Joan Ann Waletzky, Shaker Hts OH; Karl Zaman, Strongsville OH 58.46% 4 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 57.85% 5 Jill Fouad, New Canaan CT; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 58.23% 5 2 Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN; John Miller, Stillwater MN 56.85% 6 Dean Montgomery, West Pittston PA; Allan Clamage, Stratford CT 56.77% 6 3 Betsy Hines, Marshfield Hls MA; Jenny Koenecke, Kingston MA 56.77% 7 3 Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO; Alan Hierseman, Olathe KS 56.31% 7 4 Gautam Merchant - Ruth Weston, Marshfield MA 56.46% 8 4 Rick Carpenter - Felice Carpenter, West Palm Bch FL 55.85% 8 Peter Hughes - Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 56.38% 9 5 Peter Tracy - Sherry Tracy, Longboat Key FL 55.69% 9 5 C Stephen Banwarth, Aiken SC; James Chan, San Jose CA 56.00% 10 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Peter Mosheim, Miami FL 54.00% 10 6 Hadi Abushakra, Kensington MD; Jay Cherlow, Arlington VA 54.92% 6 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 53.31% 7 1 Elaine Sheeran - Carole Ellis, Plymouth MA 49.38% 7 Joan Renzoni, Palm City FL; Leia Berla, Old Greenwich CT 52.00% 2 Jackie Scott, Norwalk CT; Richard Jacoby, Stamford CT 45.46% 8 Arthur Giovannangeli, Dublin NH; Lawrence Cheetham, Bedford NH 51.69% 1 Marilyn Painter, Pittsburgh PA; Carol Stonis, Natrona Heights PA 47.54% 2 Saul Franklin, Needham MA; Alan Skvirsky, Washington DC 40.54% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION V EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Bernace De Young, Miami FL 62.37% 1 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 63.04% 2/3 Ted Newman - Cordelia Menges, New York NY 61.29% 2 1 John Glynn - Ellen Glynn, Annandale VA 59.03% 2/3 Richard Wieland, Redding CT; Betty Jane Corbani, Danbury CT 61.29% 3 Nancy Lowry, Virginia Beach VA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 58.11% 4 1 Sidney Kanter - Ron Nelken, Clifton NJ 58.28% 4 Joseph Murray - Ricki Rogers, Mt Laurel NJ 57.94% 5 Alvin Galland, Hastings Hdsn NY; Stanley Roth, New York NY 54.85% 5 Robert Pustilnik, Richmond VA; Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA 54.77% 6 2 Grace Charron, Fall River MA; Albert Votolato, Attleboro MA 53.68% 6 Peter Gelfand - James Slinger, Corralitos CA 54.60% 7/8 3/4 William Niemi, Wakefield RI; John Urciuoli, Fountain Hills AZ 52.93% 7/8 2/3 1 Allen Nitschelm, Acton MA; Ed Roman, Boxborough MA 54.01% 7/8 3/4 1 Carol McCullough, Foster RI; A Ansari, Austin TX 52.93% 7/8 2/3 Robert Barrington - Nancy Marcus, New York NY 54.01% 9 5 Sue Kolinski, Holland OH; Mary Ann Cooper, Maumee OH 50.25% 9 Scott Humphrey, Pflugerville TX; Lou Kelleher, Dover MA 53.09% 10 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 49.33% 10 4 2 Richard Healy, Westborough MA; James Buss, Harwich Port MA 52.59% 6 Greg Chang, Lexington MA; Paul Simon, Arlington MA 49.25% 5/6 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 50.50% 2/3 Janet Moskowitz - Susan Shechtman, W Hartford CT 48.66% 5/6 3 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 50.50% 2/3 Caroline Polo Traverso - Jon Rankin, Nichols NY 48.66%

PAT MCDEVITT STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SS TT UU EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Radu Nistor - Melanie Tucker, New York NY 64.10% 1 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 65.43% 2 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, New York NY 63.74% 2 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 63.16% 3 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Dennis Thompson, Lake Hiawatha NJ 61.66% 3 Rita Shugart, Monterey CA; Andrew Robson, Pebble Beach CA 59.55% 4 Vesa Lauri Fagerlund, Tampere 33720 Finland; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland 61.37% 4 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Ken Bloom, Acton MA 57.98% 5 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 59.69% 5 Joerg Schneider, Vancouver BC; Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA 56.51% 6 1 Steven Paxhia, Milton MA; Sandy Stowe, Westwood MA 59.38% 6 1 Charan Garg, Voorhees NJ; George Subt, Southampton NJ 56.10% 7 Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 56.35% 7 2 Abraham Fisher, Concord MA; Bart Bussink, Cambridge MA 55.92% 8 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Ruth Nakano, Kirkland WA 55.32% 8 Michael Rosen, New York NY; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 55.43% 9 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 54.92% 9 3 Vikram Srimurthy, Brookline MA; Neil Kreuzer, Brighton MA 54.32% 10 Sondra Schubiner, US; Linda Perlman, Wellington FL 54.82% 10 4 Robert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Michael Dworetsky, Bloomfield CT 53.07% 11 Bill Langlois, San Jose CA; Peggy Sprague, Los Gatos CA 54.37% 11 5 Niki Coons, York ON; Dominic Antonelli, Altoona IA 52.90% 12 William Ehlers, US; Stephannie Russo, New York NY 53.08% 12 Walter Lee, Sudbury MA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 52.81% 13 Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; John Lewis, Wilton Manor FL 52.99% 13 Betty Cox, Randolph NJ; John Hogan Jr, Wayne NJ 52.38% 14 Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Shiang Chen, Centrevile VA 52.57% 14 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA 52.09% 15 Hans Jacobs - Debbie Bennett, Brighton ON 51.66% 15 6 James Lafave, Minneapolis MN; Girish Nathan, Sammamish WA 50.63% 2 Larry Hanerfeld, Leominster MA; Donald Deamer, West Boylston MA 50.26% 7 Kenneth Moss, Tillson NY; Roberto Azank, New Paltz NY 48.91% 3 Monroe Miller, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Serge Chouinard, Laval QC 50.15% 4 Barbara Tarlin, Wellesley MA; Millie Garrison, Riverside CA 49.95% 5 Betty Schuler, Alexandria VA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 48.29% 6 Xiaoqian Liu - Maxim Siline, Hudson MA 47.75% 7 Michael Bird, Grand Rapids MI; Donna Bouman, Wyoming MI 46.72%

0-5000 MINI-BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST 1 Richard Higgins - Greg Frank, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 69.15% 1 Douglas Dye - Dale Dye, Wyndmoor PA 65.46% 2 Alix Taylor, Lincoln MA; Cecilla Borras, Waltham MA 61.38% 2/3 Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY; Larry Rosen, Albany NY 58.62% 3 Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH 57.15% 2/3 Allan Wolf, North Haven CT; Russell Friedman, Wilton CT 58.62% 4 Barry Black, Clearwater FL; Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH 56.23% 4 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD 57.85% 5 David Macrae - Christina van Leeuwen, Horn Lake MS 54.38% 5 Marie Anzilotti, Wilmington DE; Scott Hiller, Eden Prairie MN 54.77% 6 Ken Eisner, Truro NS; Ronald Mak, Manchester NH 54.31% 6 Ina Demme, Maple ON; Bill Kertes, York ON 53.85% 7 David Venetianer, Chadds Ford PA; Richard Franklin, New Canaan CT 54.08% 7 Leigh Ives, Barrie ON; Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON 53.69% 8 Barry Bragin, Silver Spring MD; Mark Laken, Glyndon MD 53.69% 8 Laurie Robbins, Windsor CT; Rachel Brown, Canton CT 52.23% 9 Barbara Seagram - Alex Kornel, Toronto ON 52.69% 9 Gary Bernstein, Montreal QC; Steve Caplan, Hampstead QC 51.62% 10 Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville IL; Charles Nemes, Longboat Key FL 51.08% 10 Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Mike Spooner, Glen Allen VA 51.54%

MARVIN GRABEL STRATIFIED MIXED PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WW XX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 66.45% 1 Tim Verbeek, 3971Ma Netherlands; Sharon Goldman, New York NY 63.40% 2 1 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Joan Brody, Livingston NJ 62.85% 2 1 Robert Hickey, East Sandwich MA; Mickey MacMillan, Osterville MA 58.12% 3 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 57.52% 3 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 58.06% 4 2 1 Joe Handler, Toronto ON; Marie Sengupta, Marlborough MA 55.99% 4 Dave Swarthout - Donna Swarthout, San Antonio TX 57.51% 5 3 Peter Van Zijl, Elkridge MD; Rose Berman, Laurel MD 55.88% 5 Lois Stuart - Jess Stuart, West Chester PA 56.92% 6 Tony Miller, Ridgecrest CA; Diane Miller, San Bernardino CA 55.34% 6 2 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; Paula Najarian, East Greenwich RI 56.09% 7 4 2 Thomas Gerchman, Avon CT; Judith Hyde, Coventry CT 53.81% 7 3 Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 55.55% 8 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL 51.96% 8 4 Karen Barrett, Norwalk CT; Douglas Thompson, Ayer MA 51.67% 9 Lorna Patterson - Kendall Patterson, Sharon MA 49.46% 9 5 Bonnie Luks, Auburn MA; Joseph Polansky, Lancaster MA 51.53% 10 Marge Neate, North Vancouver BC; Robert Walters, New Westminster BC 49.35% 10 Lucy Hulse, Natick MA; Joseph Cappannelli, Stoneham MA 50.93% 1 Donald Lurie - Linda Lurie, White Plains NY 47.66%

ANN AND HOPE SIDE GAME THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 David Rock, Westfield MA; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT 56.13% 1 1 Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ; Jean Monette, Dania Beach FL 58.67% 2 Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Boynton Beach FL; Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD 55.88% 2 2 1 Espen Anfinsen - Erik Eliassen, Stavanger Norway 58.28% 3 1 1 Thomas Greehan III, Southborough MA; Timothy Pettus, Northborough MA 50.40% 3 3 Arthur Crystal - Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT 57.37% 4 2 David Evans - Yvonne Evans, Greensboro NC 50.02% 4 4 Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN; Sue Becker, Canton OH 55.21% 3 B L ‘Tink’ Tysor - Marjorie Cameron, Grantham NH 49.01% 2 Jim Clayton, Chandler AZ; Jitendra Agrawal, Chestertown MD 51.51% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJJ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Lynnette Regan, Norfolk VA 59.20% 1 Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN; David Walker, Salem VA 62.33% 2 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Mohan, Las Vegas NV 58.59% 2 1 B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC; Elliott Grosh, Bradenton FL 55.76% 3 2 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Michael Marcucci, San Gabriel CA 53.50% 3 Robert Hopkins Jr, Arlington VA; Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 55.62% 4 Jan Van Cleeff, The Hague Netherlands; Bob Drake, Wassenaa Netherlands 53.42% 4 2 1 Catherine Bardsley, McLean VA; Fred Gramlich, Alexandria VA 52.64% 3 Judy Gruenberger, White Plains NY; Marcia Goldfinger, Rye Brook NY 50.49% 3 Richard Ash, Crownsville MD; Edward Banta, Spruce Pine NC 51.36% 1 Lois Haggerty, Belmont MA; Marilyn Ogden, Valley Forest PA 45.02% 2 Rui Marques, Portugal; Curtis Barton, Chelmsford MA 51.04%

ADELE ZUCKERMAN GOLD RUSH PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Ashok Rao, Cambridge MA; Simon Zimmerman, Hopkinton MA 56.55% 1 1 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 61.61% 2/3 2/3 Geraldine Averill, Vineyard Hvn MA; Diana Dozier, Edgartown MA 53.87% 2 Larry Murray, Windsor ON; Richard Valpey, Rockaway NJ 56.85% 2/3 2/3 Richard Tracy, Sharon VT; Margaret Fanning, Hartland VT 53.87% 3 2 Richard Woerner, Wellesley MA; Paul Adler, Natick MA 55.06% 4 Jerren Gould - Donna Heinsbroek, Savannah GA 53.57% 4 3 John Dinius, Canton CT; Dennis Jacobs, Glastonbury CT 54.76% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Elizabeth Paige, Duxbury MA; Paul Ranaghan, Hingham MA 61.90% 1 1 Nora Cushing, Newport RI; Esmond Harmsworth, Boston MA 61.90% 2 1 Brenda Koblick, Norwich CT; Michael Hajosy, Somers Point NJ 56.55% 2 Dianne Epstein, Centerville MA; Ann Bloomfield, Mashpee MA 57.40% 3 2 Jane Siebecker, Amesbury MA; Sheila Schofield, Salisbury MA 54.76% 3 2 Carol Fishman, Manhasset NY; Carol Kamp, Plainview NY 53.83% 4 Roberta Francis, Wellesley MA; Anne Farrington, Chestnut Hill MA 53.87% 4 Linda Beizer, Avon CT; Barbara Mason, West Hartford CT 53.23% Page 22 Friday, December 5, 2014 Daily Bulletin

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Raymond Mathieu, Norton MA; David Idell, Milton MA 66.37% 1 Lynn Lonker, Philadelphia PA; Natalie Weinstein, Ardmore PA 60.42% 2 1 Katrina Van Pelt, Smith’s Parish Bermuda; Michael Tait, Hamilton Bermuda 60.46% 2 Ann Reydel, Chatham MA; Virginia Iannini, Brewster MA 57.31% 3 2 Donald Muller, Bristol CT; Betty Kerber, Wethersfield CT 57.14% 3 1 Cornelia Gould - Ed Gould, Incline Village NV 55.95% 4 Debra LaMountain, Forrest Hills NY; Janine Buss, Prt Washingtn NY 50.06% 4 2 James Anderson, Mystic CT; Samuel Cuscovitch, Coventry CT 54.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PP EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1/2 1 Rosemary Tator, Waltham MA; Janine Corwin, Brookline MA 54.76% 1 Steven Myerson, Portsmouth RI; Kenneth Smith, W Kingston RI 62.20% 1/2 Gary Miyashiro, West Redding CT; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 54.76% 2 Michael Goldman, Rockville MD; William Mendez Jr, Alexandria VA 60.12% 3 2 Lawrence Kolkhorst, Yarmouth ME; Stephen Kolkhorst, Portland ME 54.46% 3 Norman Guivens Jr, Braintree MA; Kathleen Aubrey, Stoughton MA 52.38% 4 Diane Jamieson, Kitchener ON; Charlene Richardson, Moorefield ON 52.68% 4 Robert Orvis - Gayle Orvis, Burleson TX 52.08% 1 Susan Glasspiegel, Simsbury CT; Felix Springer, W Hartford CT 51.19% 2 David Levin - Marguerite Levin, Belmont MA 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQ EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Maureen Walsh, West Hartford CT; Jan Rosow, Avon CT 56.55% 1 1 Katheryn McMullen - Gene Gousie, Seattle WA 58.33% 2 2 Bruce Bygate, Duxbury MA; Marilyn Wennerberg, Plymouth MA 55.36% 2 2 Amy Blumenthal, Charlotte NC; Nancy Newberry, Burnsville NC 57.14% 3 3 Charles Young - Marsha Girouard, Medway MA 54.17% 3 3 Albert Stock, Valencia CA; Jeffrey Stock, Manchester CT 54.76% 4 Kenneth Kaleita - Linda Kaleita, Williston VT 52.98% 4 Marguerite Gousie - Marshall Williams, Woonsocket RI 52.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Matthew Evett - Susan Evett, Ann Arbor MI 60.71% 1 Judith Knecht, Asbury Park NJ; Marsha Brustein, Wayside NJ 61.90% 2 Eric Fillion, Eliot ME; David Lawrence, Rochester NH 59.52% 2 1 Martha Murray, East Hampton NY; James Sykes, New York NY 58.63% 3 William Kelsey, Voorheesville NY; W Daniel Kelsey, Averill Park NY 57.44% 3 Linda Ahrens, Lincoln RI; Maxime Nault, Montreal QC 52.38% 4 Susan Calabro, Jericho NY; Dominique Schneider, Old Brookville NY 54.91% 4 Howard Huynh, Lubbock TX; David Johnson Jr, San Antonio TX 50.89% 1 Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA 50.60% 2 Elizabeth Carlson, Summit NJ; Raymond Yue, Reno NV 48.81% 2 Danielle Cloutier, Paget Bermuda; Kathleen Keane, Warwick Bermuda 42.86%

SENIOR MIXED PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS F G H I EAST-WEST 1 Ginny Schuett - Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL 63.05% 1 Lewis Finkel, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 64.97% 2 Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ; Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA 62.71% 2 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 59.16% 3 Joan Butts, Brisbane 4005 Australia; Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL 58.75% 3 Stephen Kornegay - Nancy Kornegay, N Richlnd Hls TX 58.75% 4 Donald Berman, Laurel MD; Annie Schwartz, Fairfax VA 58.22% 4 Sandy McCay, Naples FL; Dave Smith, Avon Park FL 58.48% 5 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 57.88% 5 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA 57.77% 6 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 57.54% 6 John Grantham, Bentonville AR; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 57.62% 7 Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 57.50% 7 Mary Gardner - Craig Gardner, Streamwood IL 57.28% 8 Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY; Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY 57.28% 8 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Russell Samuel, Coram NY 55.62% 9 Peter Lindon - Dee Lindon, Buckinghamshire England 56.86% 9 Bernard Schneider - Frances Schneider, Riverside CT 55.32% 10 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 56.49% 10 Harriette Buckman, University Park FL; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 55.20% 11 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 55.69% 11 Jane Dillenberg - Jerry Goldberg, New York NY 55.13% 12 Donna Morgen, Havertown PA; Bill Parks, Macungie PA 55.05% 12 Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 54.98% 13 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 54.07% 13/14 Richard Morgen, Havertown PA; Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA 54.90% 14 Malle Andrade - Erez Hendelman, New York NY 54.03% 13/14 Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT 54.90% 15/16 Margot Hennings, US; Paul Janicki, CD 53.17% 15 Jeff Meckstroth - Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 54.75% 15/16 Ernest Napier, Brooklyn NY; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 53.17% 16 Vicki Angus, Rutland MA; Bruce Emond, Holden MA 54.22% 17 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 52.30% 17 Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 54.11% 18/19 Jeff Hand - Cynthia Colin, New York NY 51.77% 18 Elaine Landow - Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA 53.92% 18/19 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 51.77% 19 Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Spgs CO; Ken Monzingo, San Diego CA 53.51% 20 Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 51.73% 20 Tony Petronella, Boca Raton FL; Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA 52.75% 21 Bob Balderson Jr - Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN 51.24% 21 Daniel Takahashi - Kyungwon Yoo, Las Vegas NV 52.53%

KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST 1 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus C 8000 Denmark; Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 63.24% 1 John Hurd, New York NY; Justin Lall, Plano TX 63.96% 2 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL 60.93% 2 Chris Willenken - Alison Wilson, New York NY 63.30% 3 Katie Thorpe, Kingsville ON; Martin Kirr, Toronto ON 59.23% 3 Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL 60.05% 4 Dick Melson, Chicago IL; David Lehman, Glenview IL 57.69% 4 Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon, 98000 Monaco 57.25% 5 Agustin Madala - Adolfo Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 56.15% 5 Jordan Kaye, W Bloomfield MI; Xu Wang, Rego Park NY 56.48% 6 Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba 44 Israel; Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel 55.99% 6 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 55.82% 7 Espen Lindqvist, 4838 Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway 55.16% 7/8 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD 55.22% 8 Michel Abecassis - Paul Chemla, 54.07% 7/8 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy 55.22% 9 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 53.13% 9/10 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China 54.40% 10 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 52.80% 9/10 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON 54.40% 11 Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY 52.25% 11 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 54.25% 12 Michael Polowan - Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 52.14% 12 Victoria Gromova, Moscow Russia; Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 53.85% 13 Eric Stoltz, Portland OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 51.98% 13 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; William Pollack, New York NY 52.14% 14 Pamela Miller - James Rasmussen, Cambridge MA 51.48% 14 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 51.59%

PAT MCDEVITT 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Christine Carr - William Carr, Barrington RI 54.86% 1 Christiane Bertrand - Marielle Lemoyne, Montreal QC 58.27% 2 1 Debbie Katz, West Hartford CT; Holly Schenck, Providence RI 54.02% 2 1 Chunilal Ruder, Stoney Brook NY; Usha Ruder, Stony Brook NY 50.18% 2 Christina Jennings, Springfield VT; Jenny Schad, Cornish Flat NH 49.41%

PAT MCDEVITT 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Stanley Kishner - Georgeann Kishner, Danbury CT 56.21% 1 1 1 Athena Panagopoulos, Lynn MA; Donald Ackerman, Ocala FL 60.20% 2 2 Roger Zessis, Westwood MA; Ronald Klein, Southborough MA 54.46% 2 2 William Anderson - Thomas Provost Sr, Canterbury NH 58.51% 3 3 Harold Nordstrom, Reading MA; Susan Lincoln, Boxford MA 53.19% 3 3 Marilyn Howard, Burlington MA; Elizabeth Wood, Arlington MA 54.85% 4 1 Riva Lewinter, W Hartford CT; Sharon Kochen, West Hartford CT 51.83% 4 4 2 C C Dyer, Marion MA; Philip Tifft, New York NY 50.26% 2 Sandra Jodice - Margaret Crist, Foxboro MA 48.43%

Memorials Marvin “Mickey” Grabel He served in the U.S. much more important than Marvin was a familiar Army Reserve and worked her skill and success was her name in the Rhode Island in the US Postal Service and graciousness and friendliness bridge circles from the in the computer industry for to everyone she played Sixties. He enjoyed playing several years, but his passion against. Whatever the results, duplicate bridge at the Starr in life was duplicate bridge. she could find something Bridge Club and the Bridge For several years he to be positive about and Club of Rhode Island. owned and operated the something to learn about. He taught his son, Westwood Duplicate Bridge As much as she adored Ross, how to play duplicate Club, and he was an ACBL tournament director in the game of bridge, she was also passionate bridge and he enjoyed following his son’s many New England. about baseball, particularly the New York Mets. successes on the tournament trail over the years. His cheerfulness was infectious, and he lived Those mutual interests led to a fast and enduring He took great pride in his son and his many by his favorite saying, “If you love what you do, friendship. accomplishments. you will never work a day in your life.” I think of Margot often, at every bridge He was well liked and well respected in the tournament and every Mets game. Her love of life, community for his many philanthropic efforts. Margot Hayward magnificent personality and gracious friendship are Margot Hayward was a truly special person. marvelous memories of a wonderful life lived to Bob Simpson She was a master of everything we did and was the fullest. Robert G. Simpson died unexpectedly in 2012 always looking for new challenges, which led Margot, we miss you. at the age of 49. Bob was born in Needham, MA her later in life to bridge. In just a few years, she A good friend and fellow lover of bridge and and graduated from Needham High in 1981. went from rank novice to Bronze Life Master, but the Mets. Daily Bulletin Friday, December 5, 2014 Page 23

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Doris Beaton, Oklahoma City OK; Sandra Mulcahy, Brisbane Queen Australia 57.74% 1 1 1 Guy Tanner - Joan Nardi Tanner, Crystal River FL 63.39% 2 2 2 Angela Penney, Briarcliff Mano NY; Marilyn Schultz, Briarcliff Mnr NY 55.95% 2 2 Catherine Branch - Alice Eichenbaum, Providence RI 60.12% 3 3 Lawrence Steiner, Altamonte Spgrs FL; Barb Steiner, Altamonte Sprgs FL 52.98% 3 3 2 Muggsie Rocco, Carlisle MA; Carol Fountain, Chelmsford MA 57.44%

MARVIN GRABEL DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS S T EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Rory Millson, Bronxville NY; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 61.33% 1 1 Sidney Kanter - Ron Nelken, Clifton NJ 62.90% 2 Aaron Silverstein - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 61.25% 2 Alvin Galland, Hastings Hdsn NY; Stanley Roth, New York NY 59.53% 3 1 Marjorie Murstein, Scarsdale NY; Marshall Frank, Chappaqua NY 61.14% 3 2 John Glynn - Ellen Glynn, Annandale VA 58.54% 4 2 Christine Woodring, Setauket NY; Mark Shaiman, Centereach NY 60.06% 4/5 3/4 Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN; Frank Knier, Fargo ND 57.57% 5 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 57.40% 4/5 3/4 Alan Korpi, Wellesley MA; Tsuneko Eustace, Needham MA 57.57% 6 3 1 Douglas Pratt, Norwalk CT; Margaret Molwitz, New Canaan CT 55.79% 6 5 Martin Dickau - Ellen Dickau, Carlisle MA 54.57% 7 4 Susan Marshall - Richard Gardner, Denver CO 54.94% 7 Richard Hyken, Morristown NJ; Julie Cohan, Montville NJ 53.60% 8 5 Ralph Croskey, Brigantine NJ; Stephen Horwitz, Avalon NJ 53.23% 8 Robert Pustilnik, Richmond VA; Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA 53.00% 9 6 William Wood, Norwalk CT; Barbara Moore, Darien CT 52.97% 9 6 Stuart Schwartz - Elaine Schwartz, West Palm Beach FL 52.80% 10 7 2 Barbara Mindell, West Hartford CT; Sally Title, W Hartford CT 52.90% 10 7 Greg Chang, Lexington MA; Paul Simon, Arlington MA 52.06% 8 Helen Van Amburg - George Van Amburg, East Lansing MI 51.05% 1 Christopher Gorton - Cynthia Gorton, Boston MA 48.21% 3 Kim Likakis, Bennington VT; Elizabeth VonRiesenfelder, Manchester VT 49.43% 2 Wendy Dewell - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 47.29% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS U X EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Arthur Giovannangeli, Dublin NH; Lawrence Cheetham, Bedford NH 69.92% 1 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 61.46% 2 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 68.69% 2 Bob Lafleur, Las Vegas NV; Allen McRae, Portland ME 56.31% 3 Jill Fouad, New Canaan CT; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 63.38% 3 1 Jane Ciarfella, Woburn MA; Peter Lombardo, Stoneham MA 55.92% 4 Stuart Whittle, Waltham MA; Saul Agranoff, Newton MA 60.77% 4 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS 55.08% 5 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Selen Hotamisligil, Wellesley MA 59.69% 5 2 Joan Ann Waletzky, Shaker Hts OH; Karl Zaman, Strongsville OH 54.92% 6 Dean Montgomery, West Pittston PA; Allan Clamage, Stratford CT 58.23% 6 3 Jay Force - Jerry Jacobs, Stamford CT 54.38% 7 Walter Pease, Anchorage AK; Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC 54.92% 7 4 Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; William Heess, Marlborough MA 54.23% 8 2 1 Sevil Kokturk - Uygur Kokturk, Poughkeepsie NY 54.00% 8 Steven Groag, Warwick RI; Ann Baum, Newton MA 54.08% 9 3 2 R Tien, Warwick RI; Charlotte Dumas, East Greenwich RI 52.23% 9 Peter Hughes - Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 53.85% 10/11 4/5 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA 52.08% 10/11 5/6 Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO; Alan Hierseman, Olathe KS 53.31% 10/11 4/5 Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC; Stephen Beaton, N-Vancouver BC 52.08% 10/11 5/6 Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN; John Miller, Stillwater MN 53.31% 6 Elaine Misner - James Misner, Wilton CT 50.31% 7 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN 52.46% 7 Hadi Abushakra, Kensington MD; Jay Cherlow, Arlington VA 49.92% 8 Donna Cone - Robert Potvin, Providence RI 48.92% 1 Saul Franklin, Needham MA; Alan Skvirsky, Washington DC 48.08% 2 Marilyn Painter, Pittsburgh PA; Carol Stonis, Natrona Heights PA 46.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION V EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Sue Kolinski, Holland OH; Mary Ann Cooper, Maumee OH 64.51% 1 Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY; Bunny Lukas, Riverside CT 65.65% 2 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 63.11% 2 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 65.21% 3 Scott Humphrey, Pflugerville TX; Lou Kelleher, Dover MA 57.87% 3 Lew Walter - Marin Marinov, New York NY 62.94% 4 Martha Roth, San Diego CA; David Abelow, La Jolla CA 56.91% 4 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 62.41% 5 2 Robert Barrington - Nancy Marcus, New York NY 54.46% 5 1 Vivian Wu, Cos Cob CT; Benson Ho, North Andover MA 61.28% 6 3 Rick Carpenter - Felice Carpenter, West Palm Bch FL 54.37% 6 Corey Krantz - Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA 56.56% 7 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Bernace De Young, Miami FL 54.02% 7 Alan Walters, Naples FL; David Kunstler, Coconut Grove FL 55.59% 8 Nancy Lowry, Virginia Beach VA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 53.93% 8 2 1 Debra Gardner - Catherine Strauss, Richmond VA 51.75% 9 4 John Sears - Karen Renne, Bozeman MT 53.50% 9 3 2 Grace Mariorenzi, Jamestown RI; Susan Anthony, Westerly RI 51.14% 5 Alan Bronstein, Christiansted VI; Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY 52.36% 4 Sandra Walters, Pittsfield MA; Barbara Frank, Richmond MA 50.52% 6 1 Janet Moskowitz - Susan Shechtman, W Hartford CT 51.84% 5 James Butler, Falmouth MA; Mariann Farrelly, Mashpee MA 49.30% 2 Allen Nitschelm, Acton MA; Ed Roman, Boxborough MA 50.96% 6 Lorraine Streeter - Thomas Cronin, Plattsburgh NY 48.34% 3 Sally Edmonds, Cambridge MA; Deborah Kelly, Hingham MA 50.52%

Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Eastern Massachusetts Bridge Association (EMBA) Day Saturday, December 6, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other EMBA Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $16 $20 Thursday-Saturday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 3rd Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $16 $20 Marvin Grabel Memorial Morning Side Game 3rd single session Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $16 $20 Part of the Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series Pat McDevitt Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $15 $19 Saturday, December 6, 10 a.m. Bob Simpson Memorial 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $19 Bob Simpson Memorial 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $15 Saturday, December 6, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. EMBA Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $16 $20 Saturday, December 6, 1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session Exhibit Hall B, 3rd floor $16 $20 Saturday, December 6, 1 & 7:30 p.m. REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 SF Exhibit Hall D, 3rd floor $20 — KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 SF Ballroom A, 5th floor $20 — 0-10,000 SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Ballroom A, 5th floor $20 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions EMBA Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Exhibit Hall B, 3rd floor $16 $20 Two strata: 2500+ & 0-2500 Ann & Hope Gold Rush Pairs 1-2 Exhibit Hall B, 3rd floor $16 $20 Two strata: 300-750 & 0-300. Gold points for 0-750. EMBA Saturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $16 $20 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday-Saturday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $16 $20 Saturday Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $16 $20 Saturday, December 6, 3 p.m. EMBA 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $19 EMBA 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $15 Saturday, December 6, 7:30 p.m. Lloyd Arvedon Strati-Flighted A/X and B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $15 $19 Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session Exhibit Hall B, 3rd floor $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $15 Saturday, December 6, 11:30 p.m. EMBA Zip Knockout Teams single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $12/team/match Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (500-1500) and D (0-500) play in their own game. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. Today’s Bridge Events: all events played in the RI Convention Center FGX International (Foster Grant) Day Friday, December 5, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other EMBA Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $16 $20 Continues Saturday Thursday-Saturday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 2nd Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $16 $20 Marvin Grabel Memorial Morning Side Game 2nd single session Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $16 $20 Part of the Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series Friday, December 5, 10 a.m. EMBA 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $19 EMBA 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $15 Friday, December 5, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Bob Simpson Memorial Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $16 $20 Friday, December 5, 1 p.m. Thursday-Friday Side Game Series 3rd single session Exhibit Hall B, 3rd floor $16 $20 Friday, December 5, 1 & 7:30 p.m. REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 Q Room 555, 5th floor $20 — Two qualifying, two semifinal, two final sessions. Entry required by 11 a.m. KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Ballroom A, 5th floor $20 — Two qualifying, two semifinal, two final sessions Franklin Fisher Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Exhibit Hall B, 3rd floor $16 $20 Friday-Saturday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $16 $20 Thursday-Friday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $16 $20 Friday, December 5, 3 p.m. Bridgeworks 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $19 Bridgeworks 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $15 Friday, December 5, 7:30 p.m. Margaret Hayward Memorial Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Exhibit Hall C, 3rd floor $15 $19 Thursday-Friday Side Game Series 4th single session Exhibit Hall B, 3rd floor $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $19 Bob Simpson Memorial 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $19 Bob Simpson Memorial 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $15 $15 Friday, December 5, 11:30 p.m. Pat McDevitt Zip Knockout Teams single Exhibit Hall A, 3rd floor $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (500-1500) and D (0-500) play in their own game. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events Green = Regional events Red = Intermediate/Newcomer 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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