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Monday, December 9, 2013 Volume 86, Number 11 Daily Bulletin 86th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley and Sue Munday Monaco repeats with strong Meltzer surges to win Keohane Reisinger final showing North American Swiss Teams ACBL President Bill Cook, far left, presents the Reisinger Board-a-Match The winners of the North American Swiss Teams were 14th at the start Teams trophy to Pierre Zimmermann, team captain, who is kneeling. It was of play on the final day. In front: Steve Robinson and team captain Rose the team’s second straight win in the event. Other team members: Fulvio Meltzer. In the rear: Carlos Pellegrini, Diego Brenner, John Mohan and Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Geir Helgemo, Franck Multon and Tor Helness. Peter Boyd. Second in the Reisinger went to Krzysztof Buras, Norberto Bocchi, Andrew Second place in the North American Swiss went to Jan Jansma, John Gromov, Aleksander Dubinin and Grzegorz Narkiewicz. Not pictured: Valliant, Michael Polowan, team captain Ron Zambonini, Darren Wolpert Agustin Madala. and Shan Huang. Fleisher is Player of the Year, Madala captures Goren Trophy Martin Fleisher, captain of the third-place squad the conclusion of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs on in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, earned Thursday. Weinstein’s team did not make the cut on enough platinum masterpoints to win the Player the first qualifying day of the Reisinger. of the Year masterpoint competition for 2013. The The other award achieved at the Fall NABC – the Player of the Year is the ACBL member who wins the Goren Trophy – goes to the player who wins the most most platinum masterpoints, available only in NABC masterpoints of any pigment. This year it belongs to events, in a calendar year. Agustin Madala, whose 402.22 points (all platinum) Fleisher’s platinum point total of 746.25 put him led the field. 41.6 points ahead of Steve Weinstein, the leader at Martin Fleisher Agustin Madala ATTENDANCE through Sunday 12,565 tables (2002: 12,458.5 tables) Chief Corporate Sponsor Fall NABC Page 2 Monday, December 9, 2013 Daily Bulletin SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES 4.11 7 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 57.91% 12.0 Tables 3.68 8 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe Degaetano, A B C Atkinson NH 57.31% 3.34 1 Michael Flanagan - Barbara Flanagan, 3.29 9 Donna Swarthout - Dave Swarthout, San Scottsdale AZ 70.08% Antonio TX 56.51% 2.51 2 Dee Steil - Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC 65.15% 3.22 10 Gerald Fox, Napa CA; Tom Jacobson, 2.05 3 Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI; Stephen Pozez, Fairfield CA 56.35% Tucson AZ 56.82% 7.08 1 Amy Mitura - Ron Haack, New York NY 55.63% 2.58 4 1 David Certa, Phoenix AZ; Carol Kenney, 5.31 2 David Macrae, Morrisville PA; Christina Van Scottsdale AZ 56.44% Leeuwen, Horn Lake MS 55.29% 1.94 5 2 Patrick Kallaus, Kailus HI; 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  • 7Th EUROPEAN OPEN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Tromsø, Norway

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    [O,<967,(567,5 )90+.,*/(47065:/07: Daily Bulletin Tromsø 27th June-11th July Editor: Mark Horton Co-Editor: Jos Jacobs Lay-out Editor & Photographer: Francesca Canali Journalists: Snorre Aalberg, David Bird, John Carruthers, Patrick Jourdain, Fernando Lema, Micke Melander, Barry Rigal, Ram Soffer, Ron Tacchi THE WHITE HOUSE RULES WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 2015 12 °C Issue No. 4 CONTENTS CLICK TO NAVIGATE Mixed teams, runners up photos, p. 2 Inference or Hypothesis Mark Horton, p. 3 A brace of Grand Slams Barry Rigal, p. 4 Prince Henrik’s Prize MMIXEDI X E D TTEAMSE A M S WINNERSW I N N E R S p. 5 Team White House - Koos Vrieze (President NBB), Meike Wortel, Small is beautiful Jacco Hop, Christina Lund Madsen, Ton Bakkeren A. Roth & F. Lema, p. 6 In a final where most of the significant action took place in the first Caption contest session it was the transnational White House team that assumes the p. 7 mantle of European Mixed Teams Champions. Ton Bakkeren and Lillebaluba vs A J Diamonds I Meike Wortel were winning their second titles (and their third medals) Barry Rigal, p. 8 in the Open Championships. Lillebaluba vs A J Diamonds II Sylvie Willard’s bronze medal was her eighth medal in the Open Ram Soffer, p. 12 Championships, a new record. Philippe Cronier’s bronze makes him the first man to have secured five medals (the same number that his Zimmermann vs Casino Floor Ron Tacchi, p. 16 wife has!). Christina’s action double [O,<967,(567,5,5 )90+.,*/(47065:/07:/07: Daily Bulletin Tromsø A.
  • BULLETIN Editorial

    BULLETIN Editorial

    THE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE PRESS ASSOCIATION Editor: John Carruthers This Bulletin is published monthly and circulated to around 400 members of the International Bridge Press Association comprising the world’s leading journalists, authors and editors of news, books and articles about contract bridge, with an estimated readership of some 200 million people BULLETIN who enjoy the most widely played of all card games. www.ibpa.com No. 563 Year 2011 Date December 10 President: PATRICK D JOURDAIN Editorial 8 Felin Wen, Rhiwbina ACBL tournaments are noted for their ability to handle walk-up entries, even in elite Cardiff CF14 6NW, WALES UK (44) 29 2062 8839 events with hundreds of tables. Only events which require seeding of teams require [email protected] some sort of pre-tournament entry. For all other events, entries are accepted up until Chairman: game time. PER E JANNERSTEN Nevertheless, there are some areas that can be improved upon and these were evident Banergatan 15 SE-752 37 Uppsala, SWEDEN in Seattle at the Fall NABC. The first was in broadcasting the events over BBO. The main (46) 18 52 13 00 events at the Fall Nationals are the Reisinger, the Blue Ribbon Pairs (each three days in [email protected] length), the Open Teams (Board-a-Match) and the Open Pairs (each two days long). Executive Vice-President: There are also big events for seniors, juniors and women, the biggest of which is the JAN TOBIAS van CLEEFF Senior Knockout Teams. So we had ten days of top-flight competition – unfortunately, Prinsegracht 28a only three days’ worth was broadcast on BBO (semifinals, one match only, and finals of 2512 GA The Hague, NETHERLANDS the Senior KO and the third day of the Reisinger).