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Blass Victorious in Reisinger Wilson Laps Field in Mixed Swiss Teams Monday, December 3, 2018 Volume 91, Number 11 Daily Bulletin 91st Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Sue Munday and Chip Dombrowski Blass victorious in Reisinger They led going into the last day, and in a mostly two-way race down the stretch, the Josef Blass (npc) squad emerged the winners of the Reisinger Board-a-Match teams by half a board. ACBL President Jay Whipple (third from left) presents the Reisinger trophy to Sjoert Brink, Michal Nowosadzki, Jacek “Pepsi” Pszczola, Bas Drijver and Jacek Kalita. George Mittleman’s international squad – Ken Bercuson, Ron Pachtman, Mittelman, Piotr Zatorski and Agata Zatorski (npc) – finished second in the Reisinger BAM. Chinese team grabs close North American Swiss They won the Keohane North American Swiss Teams by 1.49 victory points: Bo Fu, Yichao Chen, Yanhui Sun, Junjie Hu and (not pictured) captain Jun Zhang, all of China. The second-place team in the Keohane North American Swiss Teams was Justin Lall, captain Joyce Hill, Kevin Dwyer, Shan Huang and (not pictured) Kevin Bathurst. Wilson laps field in Mixed Swiss Teams Winners of the NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams: Richard Ritmeijer, Ida Groenkvist, Magdalena Ticha and child, captain Alison Wilson and Kent Mignocchi. They won by 19.5 victory points. Second in the NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams: Mike Cappelletti, Sandra Rimstedt, Justyna Zmuda, Ishmael Del’Monte and (not pictured) captain Loretta Rivers. Ribbon Pairs was worth 190 masterpoints. Greco squeaks by Levin Grue wins Goren Trophy His closest competition, teammate Martin For the second Fleisher, was 60 points out of the top spot. for Player of the Year year running, Joe Masterpoint leaders: An unofficial tally indicates Grue hoists the Goren that Eric Greco is the ACBL’s 1 422.31 Joe Grue, New York NY Trophy. He dominated 2 362.62 Martin Fleisher, New York NY 2018 Player of the Year. the masterpoint Greco was trailing Bobby 3 316.47 Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA winnings roster in 4 314.15 Brad Moss, Denver CO Levin going into the final day Honolulu, amassing of the Reisinger BAM by about 5 295.00 Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 422.31 points to win 6 292.31 Chip Martel, Davis CA 70 points. While Levin’s team the award, which is failed to qualify for the third 7 289.91 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV given to the player continued on page 2 day of the grueling contest, who wins the most masterpoints at the Fall NABC. Greco’s team – captained by Grue, of New York City, was a member of the Martin Fleisher – saw action. The Fleisher team Fleisher team that won the Mitchell Open Board- Final table count needed to finish no worse than fourth for Greco to a-Match (140 points) and finished fourth in the continued on page 2 Reisinger BAM (84 points). His win in the Blue 6034.5 Page 2 Monday, December 3, 2018 Daily Bulletin NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS Player of the Year 34 Tables / Based on 68 Tables continued from page 1 100.00 1 Alison Wilson, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer, Zwolle Netherlands; Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden 133.52 pass Levin; Fleisher finished exactly fourth – .09 75.00 2 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Sandra Rimstedt, ahead of the fifth-place contenders. New York NY; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland; Ishmael Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV 114.02 Player of the Year is based on platinum 56.25 3 Ilse Artmer - Josef Simon - Terry Weigkricht, Vienna Austria; Peter Zelnik, Austria 110.34 masterpoint total only. Platinum points are awarded 44.44 4 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; only in national level events, usually contested by Ayako Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 109.09 the best in the world. 40.00 5 Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; May Sakr, Ardmore PA; Irene Baroni, Moniga Italy; Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV; Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ 107.43 1 889.82 Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 36.36 6 Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA; David Abelow, La Jolla CA; John Grantham, 2 870.08 Robert Levin, Henderson NV Bentonville AR; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV 106.77 3 843.15 Joe Grue, New York NY 33.33 7 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY; Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC 106.16 4 837.81 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 30.77 8 Hua Yang - Yan Song, Plano TX; Mei Yim Fung, Edmonton AB; Michael Yuen, 5 809.68 Martin Fleisher, New York NY Vancouver BC 103.48 6 741.07 Chip Martel, Davis CA 28.57 9 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Makiko Sato, Tokyo Japan; Ellen Hessel - Ira Hessel, 7 734.47 Brad Moss, Denver CO San Antonio TX; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Brian Glubok, New York NY 101.92 8 722.90 Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ 26.67 10 Wen Wei Gao - Lili Shen - Shaoping Zhou, Guangzhou China; Jianwei Li, 9 686.03 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL Guangdong China; Nan Wang, Nanking China; Shao Hong Wu, Guangzhou China 98.79 10 622.34 Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 25.00 11 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA; Edward Rais - 11 613.91 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK 96.70 12 551.89 Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 23.53 12 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva - Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, 13 548.84 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL Moscow Russia 96.57 22.22 13 Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina; 14 492.51 Zia Mahmood, New York NY Dave Glen, Cuenca Ecuador; Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX 92.93 15 486.27 Justin Lall, Little Elm TX 21.05 14 Thomas Andersson, Lund Sweden; Sanna Clementsson, Stockholm Sweden; 16 464.46 Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Shane Blanchard, New York NY 92.74 17 456.51 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC 20.00 15 Hailong Zhao - Zheng Wei Xie, Shanghi China; Wenfei Wang - Shen Qi, 18 435.71 Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden Shanghai China; Liping Wang, Beijing China; Ming Sheng, Northbrook IL 91.18 19 434.82 Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den 19.05 16 Lynn Shannon, Campbell CA; John Miller, Discovery Bay CA; Aaron Jones, Netherlands North Bethesda MD; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA 89.15 20 434.29 Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 18.18 17 Alan Gailfus - Debbie Gailfus, Carlsbad CA; V. Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, 434.29 Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Irvine CA 88.47 Poland 17.39 18 Fran White, Fallbrook CA; Sam Madison-Jammal, San Diego CA; Steve Gross, Agoura Hills CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 86.69 16.67 19 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA; Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Goren Trophy Oakland CA; Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL; Markland Jones, Phoenix AZ 86.54 16.00 20 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Elise Parish - Dan Parish, continued from page 1 Sun City AZ 82.19 8 254.92 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC 15.38 21 Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Terry McHenry - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL; Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL 79.01 9 252.90 Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 14.81 22 Yasuko Shrenzel - Iku Donnelly - Godfrey Chang - Larry Denneau Jr., 10 246.13 Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden Honolulu HI; Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan 77.18 11 244.08 Robert Levin, Henderson NV 14.29 23 William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Martin Hinds 12 240.83 Justin Lall, Little Elm TX - Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 77.16 13 234.90 Yan Sun, China 13.79 24 Allison L. Cappelletti - Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Riki Tulin, 234.90 Yichao Chen, Shanghai China Boca Raton FL; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Stefanie Scott, Little Elm TX 76.35 234.90 Junjie Hu, Shanghai China 16 232.12 Bo Fu, Shanghai China REISINGER BAM TEAMS 17 231.11 Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 10 Tables / Based on 33 Tables 200.00 1 Josef Blass - Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; 231.11 Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Poland Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands 36.11 231.11 Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den 150.00 2 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Ron Pachtmann, Netherlands Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland 35.55 231.11 Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland 112.50 3 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Migry Zur Campanile - Chris Willenken, 21 225.16 Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen New York NY; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 31.50 Sweden 92.31 4 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Geoff Hampson, 22 200.00 Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA; Brad Moss, Denver CO 29.70 23 197.63 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL 85.71 5 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Michael Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; Simon De Wijs, 24 191.63 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY Doorn Netherlands; Giovanni Donati, Italy 29.61 80.00 6 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; 25 185.27 Joyce Hill, St. Augustine FL James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Drew Casen, Henderson NV; Michal Kwiecien, 185.27 Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Lublin Poland; Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan Poland 29.03 Gardens FL 75.00 7 Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Franck Multon, Monaco; Michal Klukowski, Poland; 185.27 Shan Huang, Melbourne FL Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Fredrik Helness, Oslo Norway; Tor Helness, Monaco 27.64 28 180.27 David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 70.59 8 Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; John Lusky, Portland OR; Venkatrao Koneru, 180.27 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX San Antonio TX; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 27.00 30 178.82 Chris Willenken, New York NY 66.67 9 Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing China; Michael Polowan, New York NY; Alexander Hydes, 31 178.51 Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco Zagreb Croatia 24.76 32 177.68 Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 63.16 10 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, 177.68 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL Enskededalen Sweden; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden 23.20 34 176.40 Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 35 173.81 Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia 18 Tables / Based on 71 Tables 36 173.61 Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 160.00 1 Jun Zhang, Beijing China; Junjie Hu - Yichao Chen, Shanghai China; 173.61 Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY Yan Sun - Bo Fu, China 114.57 38 173.05 Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV 120.00 2 Joyce Hill, St.
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