Wednesday, July 14

Welcome to the Summer NAOBC We are pleased that you have joined us for the ACBL’s fourth North American Online Bridge Championships. These contests have been popular and greatly enjoyed by those who played in them. Like last time, we are offering three flights of both knockout and pair events. We have also expanded to include additional pairs events, also with three flights, lasting two days and three days. We hope that our members will continue to find these tournaments a source of education and fun. Please check out the online Daily Bulletins for updates on the events, tips on how to upload your and use other features of BBO, and guidance from the ACBL National Recorder on rules for ethical play online. We invite you to give us your feedback on your experience so that we can make these events even more successful in the future. Please play nice, play fair and have fun.

Joseph Jones Executive Director

Schedule Premier KO Two-Day Pairs See full schedule at acbl.org/naobc. All flights All flights All flights Wednesday, July 14 Swiss qualifying Thursday, July 15 Round of 16

Friday, July 16 Quarterfinals Saturday, July 17 Qualifying sessions Semifinals Sunday, July 18 Final sessions Finals Monday, July 19 Opening Round Tuesday, July 20 Round of 32 IMP Pairs Wednesday, July 21 Round of 16 Qualifying sessions Three-Day Pairs Thursday, July 22 Quarterfinals Final sessions All flights Friday, July 23 Semifinals Two-Day Pairs Qualifying sessions Saturday, July 24 Finals Qualifying sessions Semifinal sessions Sunday, July 25 Final sessions Final sessions About the Grand National Teams, Championship and Flight A The Grand National Teams is a North American Morehead was a member of the National Laws contest with all 25 ACBL districts participating. Commission and was in charge of production of the In 1985, the event was subdivided into three separate International Laws of . He was also events: Flights A, B and C. Another change came in 2001 the author of the constitution of the World Bridge when the GNT Championship Flight (for players with Federation — the first formal definition of the scope, more than 5000 ) was created. Effective structure, powers and duties of that organization. 2014, Flight A changed from being capped at 5000 Morehead was named to the ACBL Bridge Hall of masterpoints to having an upper limit of 6000. Fame in 1996. The winners of the Championship Flight are honored by the Morehead Trophy, donated by The New York Times in memory of its longtime bridge editor, Albert Bobby Goldman (1938–1999), who became a member H. Morehead. The winners of Flight A are honored by of the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame in his first year of the Goldman Trophy, named in honor of the late Bobby eligibility, enjoyed a stellar career as a player, author Goldman. and theorist. His tournament record is impressive. He earned four world titles (the Albert H. Morehead in 1970, 1971 and 1979 and the World Mixed Morehead (1909–1966) was born in Flintstone GA and Teams in 1972) and 19 North American educated at Baylor and Harvard. hired championships: the Life Master Men’s him in 1932 because of his outstanding ability as a player Pairs (1964); the Life Master Pairs (1968); and analyst and made him technical editor of The Bridge the Open BAM Teams (1993); the Men’s World in 1933. Teams (1968, 1989 and 1991); the Bobby He proved so invaluable that in 1934 he Knockout Teams (1969, 1978, 1983, 1986 Goldman was made general manager of all Culbertson and 1988); the BAM Teams (1970, enterprises. He was only 25 when he played 1976 and 1980); the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams (1971, on the Culbertson team that defeated the 1973, 1978, 1997 and 1998). Goldman also had 13 second- British in the second international match place finishes in NABC events. for the Schwab Cup. Albert At the time of his induction into the Hall of Fame, Morehead was the first bridge editor of Morehead Goldman was an ACBL Grand Life Master with more The New York Times with a Sunday column than 25,700 masterpoints, and ranked ninth on the from 1935 and a daily column from 1959. He resigned all-time list of masterpoint holders. He was also a WBF from the Times late in 1963 to devote full time to writing, World Grand Master. editing and publishing of the dictionaries, encyclopedias Goldman authored several books on the game, and thesauruses that made him one of the foremost including “Aces Scientific” and “Winners and Losers American lexicographers. at the Bridge Table.” His contributions to bidding During those years, Morehead found time for theory include Super Gerber, Exclusion Blackwood and tremendous service to organized bridge. He was an Goldman after Stayman. He was one of the principal officer of the Bridge Association when that architects of the Aces Scientific System. organization amalgamated with the American Bridge Goldman served as ACBL recorder from 1986–1988 League in 1937. and was a longtime member of the Competitions and He became a governor of the newly formed ACBL and Conventions Committee. His views on the game helped served as president in 1943 and chairman of the shape the modern-day Alert procedure, the ACBL from 1943 to 1945. He was named ACBL Honorary convention chart, ethics and the appeals process. Member in 1946. Goldman was honored by the ACBL by being named the 1999 Honorary Member, presented for long and 1979 1. Greg DeFotis, Jerry Goldfein, Arnold Leavitt, meritorious service to bridge. Larry Robbins, Claude Vogel; 2. , Chuck Goldman’s early career was distinguished by his Lamprey, Warren Rosner, 1980 1. Jack Bitman, Jan Janitschke, Craig association with the Aces, the professional, Texas-based Janitschke, Dick Lesko; 2. Russell Arnold, Edith team created by businessman Ira Corn for the purpose Kemp, William Passell, Cliff Russell, , of winning world bridge championships. Goldman was a Dave Strasberg member of the successful squad until 1974. 1981 1. Ira Chorush, , , , ; 2. , , John Lowenthal, Phillip Martin, , 1982 1. , , , , , , Jeff Polisner (npc); 2. , , Jeff Starr, Frank Bell, Chuck Berger 1983 1. Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender, Lew Stansby; 2. Lou Blumn, , Larry Gould, Randy Joyce, 1984 1. , , , Bob Lipsitz, ; 2. Greg De Fotis, Larry Robbins, Jerry Goldfein, Hal Mouser, Jack Oest, Gerry 2019 GNT Championship flight winners from Caravelli District 17: Roger Lee, , Daniel 1985 1. Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby, Peter Pender, (npc); 2. Steve Robinson, Korbel, Sheri Winestock, and Geoff Eddie Manfield, Peter Boyd, Bobby Lipsitz Hampson. 1986 1. , , , Jim Jacoby; 2. Milt Rosenberg, , Hal Mouser, Winners and runners-up Greg DeFotis, Larry Robbins, 1973 1. Russell Arnold, James Beery, Jane Jaeger, 1987 1. Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender, Lew , William Seamon, Robert G. Sharp; Stansby, ; 2. Frank Hoadley, Sidney 2. Byron Economidy, Jerry Levitt, Roger Lord, Norb Lazard, John Onstott, Jack LaNoue Kremer, Dave Smith, 1988 1. Steve Robinson, Ed Manfield, Peter Boyd, 1974 1. , , Eddie Kantar, ; 2. Jack Oest, , Jerry Richard Katz, , ; 2. Chuck Goldfein, , Gerry Caravelli, Howard Burger, , Howard Perlman, Stanley Weinstein Smith, Jeffrey Starr, Dick Yanko 1989 1. , Robert Barr, Howard Stengel, 1975 1. John Fisher, Charles Gabriel, Bob Hamman, Bernie Miller; 2. Tony Kasday, Paul Ivaska, Gaylor Jim Hooker, Charles Weed, Bobby Wolff; 2. Mike Kasle, , Cook, Jim Felts, Doug Hill, Reece Rogers, Ron Smith, 1990 1. Doug Simpson, Walter Johnson, Jeff Bernie Yomtov Meckstroth, , ; 2. Kay 1976 1. Billy Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Paul Soloway, Larsen, Chris Larsen, Joe Kivel, Robert Rosenblum, John Swanson; 2. , Charlie Friedman, Evan Bailey , Halina Jamner, Archie McKellar, Neil 1991 1. Larry Robbins, Jerry Goldfein, Jack Oest, Nathanson Peter Nagy, Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein; 2. 1977 1. Bob Hamman, , Curtis Smith, Marty Bergen, , Larry Cohen, Steve Eddie Wold, Bobby Wolff; 2. Bobby Lipsitz, Parker, Steve Robinson, Kit Woolsey 1992 1. Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Robert Lipsitz, 1978 1. , Charles Peres, William Ed Manfield; 2. Michael Becker, Ron Rubin, Richard Rosen, Milton Rosenberg, ; 2. Allan Pavlicek, William Root, , Jeff Wolfson Cokin, Bobby Levin, Bud Reinhold, William Seamon, Steve Sion continued on next page 1993 1. Ravindra Murthy, , Lew Stansby, 2006 1. (District 16) Bob Hamman, , Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Jeff Ferro; 2. Brian Ellis, , , , Peggy Asim Ulke, Florine Walters, Richard Finberg, Jay Sutherlin; 2. (District 21) , Chip Martel, Apfelbaum, Piyush Vakil JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby, Kit Woolsey, Sally 1994 1. Jimmy Cayne, , Dave Berkowitz, Woolsey Larry Cohen; 2. Doug Simson, Walter Johnson, Eric 2007 1. (District 9) Warren Spector, Michael Becker, Rodwell, Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric 1995 1. Steve Garner, Jack Oest, Larry Robbins, Rodwell; 2. (District 24) , Robert Levin, Jerry Goldfein, Gerald Caravelli, ; 2. Billy Glenn Milgrim, Cohen, , , Peter Nagy 2008 1. (District 9) Warren Spector, Mike Becker, 1996 1. Ralph Buchalter, Hugh Ross, Kyle Larsen, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, David Berkowitz, Larry Ron Smith, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby; 2. Chuck Cohen; 2. (District 25) Frank Merblum, John Stiefel, Burger, , Allan Falk, Perry Johnson Lloyd Arvedon, Victor King, , Sheila Gabay 1997 1. (District 9) Jeffrey Wolfson, Robert Levin, 2009 1. (District 21) , Kyle Larsen, Sally Jeff Meckstroth, Neil Silverman, Richard Pavlicek, Woolsey, Kit Woolsey, Jan Martel, Chip Martel; 2. ; 2. (District 10) Hjordis Eythorsdottir, (District 24) John Hurd, , Bob Blanchard, , Steve Beatty, John Onstott Shane Blanchard, Kevin Bathurst, Brian Glubok 1998 1. (District 22) , Jon Wittes, Mark 2010 1. (District 11) Walter Johnson, Doug Simson, Itabashi, Fred Hamilton, Gene Simpson; 2. (District Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin; 2. (District 23) Jill 16) Bobby Goldman, John Sutherlin, Malcolm Meyers, Mitch Dunitz, Walter Shafer, Ed Davis Brachman, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold 2011 1. (District 9) Warren Spector, Gary Cohler, 1999 1. (District 9) Joseph Shay, Michael Seamon, Michael Becker, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, David Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. Berkowitz; 2. (District 6) Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, (District 23) , Ed Davis, Mitch Dunitz, Bill Cole, Bill Pettis, Steve Landen Iftikhar Baqai 2012 1. (District 9) Warren Spector, Gary Cohler, 2000 1. (District 9) Joseph Shay, Michael Seamon, David Berkowitz, Mike Becker, Eric Rodwell, Jeff Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell; 2. Meckstroth; 2. (District 24) Michael Polowan, (District 21) Rose Meltzer, , Ron Smith, Brian Glubok, Jaren Lilienstein, John Hurd, Joel Kyle Larsen, Chip Matel, Lew Stansby Wooldridge, 2013 1. (District 9) Warren Spector, Eric Rodwell, Morehead GNT Championship Flight David Berkowitz, Jeff Meckstroth, Michael Becker 2001 1. (District 23) Jill Meyers, Ed Davis, Mitch and Gary Cohler; 2. (District 24) Jared Lilienstein, Dunitz, Iftikhar Baqai; 2. (District 21) Rose Meltzer, , John Hurd, Michael Polowan, Brian Peter Weichsel, Hugh Ross, Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Glubok, Sam Lev Lew Stansby 2014 1. (District 9) , Michael Seamon, 2002 1. (District 9) , Sheila Ekeblad, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Richard Coren, Kevin Jeff Meckstroth, Michael Seamon, Eric Rodwell, Mark Bathurst, Kevin Dwyer, Jodi Coren (npc); 2. (District Molson; 2. (District 17) Lou Ann O’Rourke, Roger 21) Richard Spitalnick, Ed Barlow, Chip Martel, Nick Bates, Garey Hayden, Billy Miller, Marc Jacobus. Bykov, Kit Woolsey and Srikanth Kodayam 2003 1. (District 21) Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, 2015 1. (District 9) Warren Spector, Michael Becker, Hugh Ross, Kyle Larsen, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby; 2. Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, David Berkowitz, Gary (District 9) Larry Griffey, Spike Lay, Jeff Meckstroth, Cohler; 2. (District 19) Dick Yarington (npc), Ken Eric Rodwell, Michael Seamon, Russ Ekeblad Scholes, Bryan Maksymetz, Dan Jacob, Rock Shi Yan. 2004 1. (District 9) , Michael Seamon, 2016 1. (District 25) Frank Merblum, Doug Doub, Gary Cohler, Barnet Shenkin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Adam Grossack, Zachary Grossack; 2. (District 21) Rodwell; 2. (District 16) , Bart Chip Martel, Kit Woolsey, , David Bramley, Sidney Lazard, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold Grainger, JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby 2005 1. (District 12) Howard Perlman, Chuck 2017 1. (District 21) David Grainger, Debbie Burger, Perry Johnson, Michael Zerbini; 2. (District Rosenberg, Chip Martel, JoAnna Stansby, Lew Stansby; 9) Jim Mahaffey, Barnet Shenkin, Eric Rodwell, Jeff (District 9) Richard Coren, Kevin Bathurst, Kevin Dwyer, Meckstroth, Michael Seamon, Gary Cohler Russell Ekeblad, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 2018 1. (District 9) Warren Spector, Michael Becker, Barry Lippitt, Frank Sensoli, Robert Cappelli; 2. David Berkowitz, Gary Cohler, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric (District 24) Valentin Carciu, Michael Lipkin, David Rodwell; 2. (District 17) Joshua Donn, Roger Lee, Gurvich, Sorin Pleacof, Ljudmila Kamenova , 2008 1. (District 24) Valentin Carciu, John Ramos, 2019 1. (District 17) Sheri Winestock, Fred Gitleman, James Scott, Sorin Pleacof, Kelley Hwang, Harry Daniel Korbel, Roger Lee, Geoff Hampson, Haig Apfel; 2. (District 11) Charles Kopp, Sheryl Langner, Tchamitch; 2. (District 24) Joe Grue, Gillian Miniter, Shan Au, Greg Potts John Hurd, Joel Wooldridge, Kent Mignocchi 2009 1. (District 23) David Kempe, Matt Klimesh, Chien-Yao Tseng, John Ramos; 2. (District 19) Bill O’Brien, Dave Grubbs, John Maki, Kevin Bolan 2010 1. (District 4) Elliot Shalita, Doug Dye, Rick Olanoff, Corey Krantz, Howard Cohen, Andy Kaufman; 2. (District 7) Lance Shull, Audrey Ventura, Jon Rice, Doug Dey 2011 1. (District 14) Kurt Schaeffer, Kerry Holloway, Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Keith Connolly; (District 24) Igor Savchenko, Ljudmila Kamenova, Doug Herron, Bill Begert, Valentin Carciu, Sorin Pleacof 2012 1. (District 23) Viktor Anikovich, Paul Markarian, Howard Einberg, Robert Kent, Fred Zhang, Edward Piken; 2. (District 6) Michael Gill, Noble Shore, Brad Theurer, Barry Bragin 2019 GNT Flight A winners from District 9: James 2013 1. (District 22) Soichi Yoshihiro, Bo Liu, Scott, captain David Treitel, Edward Schusler, Bruce Xiao-Yan Gong, Weishu Wu, and Philip Hiestand; Lang, Juan Castillo and Saul Gross. 2. (District 16) Anthony Bianchi, Gary King, Robert Whitcher, Mitch Towner Goldman Flight A GNT 2014 1. (District 21) Crispin Barrere, Mark Moss, 2001 1. (District 20) Merlin Vilhauer, Pam Stratton, Sathya Bettadapura, Robert Thompson; 2. (Disttrict Robert Johnson, Bruce Cuthbertson, Mark Litterman; 11) Ryan Schultz, John Hinton, Bob Lyon, Craig 2. (District 6) Lyle Poe, Rusty Krauss, David Butler, Satersmoen Raphael Kahn, Barry Falgout, Mark Dahl 2015 1. (District 6) Stan Schenker, Mark Laken, 2002 1. (District 9) Adrian Dovell, Patricia Dovell, Barry Falgout, Rusty Krauss, Stephen Drodge, John John Moschella, John Brady, Bob Dennard, Brian Miller; 2 (District 3) Dori Byrnes, Sylwia McNamara, Gunnell; 2. (District 14) Bob Balderson, Cindy Michael McNamara, Ron Nelken, Rob Stayman, John Balderson, Kurt Schaeffer, Carole Miner Boyer 2003 1. (District 16) Buddy Hanby, Sally Wheeler, 2016 1. (District 6) Alexander Prairie, Stephen Patricia Griffin, James Griffin; 2. (District 5) Niel Drodge, Jian-Jian Wang, Sylvia Shi; 2. (District 19) Waletzky, Stan Dub, Don Sulgrove, Kathleen Sulgrove Amy Gao, William Ge, Ben Takemori, James Wu 2004 1. (District 6) Sumner Steinfeldt, Marshall 2017 1. (District 25) Barry Bragin, Weiling Zhao, Kuschner, Hal Hindman, Mark Chen; 2. (District Gary Miyashiro, Michael Hess, Susan Smith, Michael 12) Mark Leonard, Thomas Rozinski, Barry Lippitt, Smith; 2. (District 22) Weishu Wu, Sudheer Helekar, Richard Mydloski Jay Helekar, Xiao-Yan Gong 2005 1. (District 7) Jonathan Slaney, John Lowell, 2018 1. (District 2) Colin Lafferty, Doug Andrews, J. Jeff Ziemer, Robert Fendrick, Hugh Hughes, Gregory Melvin Norton, Keith Heckley; 2. (District 9) Edward Roberts; 2. (District 24) Valentin Carciu, David Schusler, Albert Simpson, James Scott, David Treitel, Gurvich, Michael Lipkin, Ira Ewen, Sorin Pleacof Saul Gross, Juan Castillo 2006 1. (District 2) Doug Baxter, Daniel Korbel, 2019 1. (District 9 (David Treitel, Saul Gross, Juan David Grainger, Danny Miles, Andy Stark; 2. (District Castillo, James Scott, Edward Schusler, Bruce Lang; 16) Charles Price, Mark Bumgardner, Stan Kohan, 2. (District 22) Davis Bennett, Jim Johnsen, Fran Greg Hinze, Marcus Poe, Tom Edwards White, Rick Kerbel 2007 1. (District 12) Michael Alioto, Sheldon Kirsch, About Grand National Teams, Flights B and C Qualifications for teams participating in the Grand ACBL Laws Commission and a member of the executive National Teams Flights B and C were earned in council of the . local-level events earlier this year. Flight B is 0–2500 masterpoints and Flight C is non-Life Masters up to 500 masterpoints. Flight B winners are honored by the Sheinwold Trophy while the names of Flight C winners are honored by the Mac Nab Trophy.

Alfred Sheinwold Alfred Sheinwold (1912–1997) was one of the greatest bridge writers in the history of the game. He was inducted into the Bridge Hall of Fame in 1996. Winners of the 2019 Grand National Teams, Flight His syndicated bridge column was considered by many B from District 16: Bill McCarty, Suvabrata Biswas, to be the best. He had a knack for getting his point across Pawel Hanus, Ari Sippola, captain Thomas Rush to even the least experienced players. He managed this and Wes Pierce. by making sure that every column had only one main point, marking it easier for his readers to Flight B winners and runners-up: focus. 1985 1. Irving Goodman, Floyd Dyson, Leo Takelfman, Tim McPhail, Louis Richardson; 2. Sally “You could read a Sheinwold column and Grace, Linda Weinstein, Sharon Meng, Jennifer know in an instant that nobody else could James, Jerry Poliquin, Robert Buchner have written it,” said Frank Stewart, co- 1986 1. Paul McGowan, George Towner, Winston author of the column. “He enlightened and Edwards, Regena Jones (replaced Lizzie Hepburn); entertained players through seven decades Alfred 2. Ken Connell, Linda Connell, Carla Eisenhauer, S.K. and earned millions of fans.” Sheinwold Carruthers, Claire Jones, Dennis Nelson Sheinwold was an editor of from 1987 1. Dwight Hunt, Ed Horwitz, Ken Kadish, 1934 to 1963 and editor of The Bridge Bulletin from Claude LeFeuvre; 2. Bob Webb, Pat Webb, Kevin Chen, Joseph Blalock 1953 to 1958. He was also the author of perhaps the most 1988 1. Steven Beck, Michael Camp, Win Allegaert, successful bridge book ever written, 5 Weeks to Winning Fred Chang; 2. Jean Molnar, Michael Weber, Down Bridge, a book that sold in the millions. Holmer, Walter Riddle, Joseph Rubin Sheinwold served as chairman of the ACBL Laws 1989 1. George Runyan, Tim Joder, Iype Koshy, Commission from 1964 to 1975, as chairman of the Robert Dupont; 2. Paul Nickerson, William Goldsmith, appeals committees at NABCs and as chairman of the Denise Goldsmith, Cheryl Porter ACBL Board of Governors from 1970 to 1973. He was 1990 1. Judy Hughes, Karen Miller, Robert Seaholm, John Morano, Goutam Chakraborty, Krishnanand named ACBL Honorary Member of the Year in 1983. Maillacheruver; 2. Jim Adams, John Edmunds, Dan Feldman, Larry Kahn, Usuf Ismail Robin Mac Nab 1991 1. Mary Poplawski, Stanley Poplawski, William Robin Mac Nab (1915–1985) served as Smith, Barrett Raff; 2. Bruce Norman, Fred Gitelman, a member of the ACBL Board of Directors Sheri Winestock, Geoff Hampson from 1956 to 1981. He was ACBL president 1992 1. Otto Rothenberg, Richard Baumer, Arthur Haley, Bert Kulic; 2. Nielih Cheng, Peter Kalat, Jeffery in 1965. He was a past president of the Allen, Carlos Munoz, Lp. P. Calahan, Bruce Platt Robin Western Conference, a member of the 1993 1. , Philip Greco, Kefu Xu, Harry Mac Nab Zhou, David Better; 2. Jack Jessop, Morrie Kleinplatz, Petrov, Donna Steffan, James Gullo, Michael Ryan Barry Onslow, Elaine Morrison 2009 1. (District 11) Lamar Hamilton, Beve Smith, 1994 1. Larry Crevier, Sylvain Descoteaux, Marc- Danny Barnett, John Clark; 2. (District 23) Eric Tan, Andre Fourcaudot, Frederic Pollack; 2. Glen Holman, Frank Shih, Shiu-Ming Huang, Robert Wang Eric Sutherland, Darren Wolpert, Hazel Wolpert 2010 1. (District 14) Eric Hendrickson, Paul 1995 1. Larry Crevier, Frederic Pollack, Sylvain Gutterman, Andy Caranicas, Richard Lawson; 2. Descoteaux, Marc-Andre Fourcaudot; 2. Darren (District 15) Paul Chan, Lily Chan, Mark De Garcia, Wolpert, Hazel Wolpert, Gordon Brown, Sam Yoga Gregory Barnes 1996 1. David Green, Edward Lee, Chien Huang, 2011 1. (District 2) Craig Macintosh, John Cook, Robert Johnson; 2. David Walker, Roberts Moore, Jim Aleksandar Vujic, Andrew Collins, Charles Halasi, Hawkins, Geoffrey Mallette David Halasi; 2. (District 21) Eugene Hung, Andrew 1997 1. Harold Jordan, Sigridur Kristjansdottir, Hoskins, Steve Chen, Sarah Chen Andy Kaufman, Greg Burch; 2. Steve Albin, Elaine 2012 1. (District 5) Fred Yellen, Judith Padgug, Pittius, Julia Ehlers, Mike McNamara John Bacon, Michael Creager; 2. (District 3) Stephen 1998 1. Robert Latulippe, Rene Pelletier, Jocelyn Garreffa, Adam Lally, Dana Rossi, David Katzen Bernier, Richard Wildi, Jacques Carel, Herve 2013 1. (District 11) Joseph Keim, Lori Harner, Donna Chatagnier; 2. Richard Wegman, Kefu Xu, Yi Zhong, Moore, William Gottschall, Larry Jones and Douglas Weizhong Bao Millsap; 2. (District 21) Eugene Hung, Stephen Tu, 1999 1. Henry Caspar, Tom Buttle, Claude King, Helen Han-Yu Chang, Lynn Shannon, Steve Chen, Ringo Chung, Helen DeWild, Vinay Sarin; 2. Dennis David Weinberg Thompson, Steve Albin, David Liss, Jack Brauner 2014 1. (District 16) Jennifer Breihan, James 2000 1. Michael Moffatt, Tai Eng, Insa Fricker, Breihan, Daniel Jackson, Mike Doyle, Bill McCarty; Gilbert Lambert; 2. John Turner, Ralph Russo, Mark 2. (District 20) Daniel Neill, Weiming Hu, Dmitriy de Garcia, David Shipman Myedvyedyev, Atul Khare, Justin Beck, Douglas 2001 1. Gary Moore, Chris Lubesnik, Kevin Bathurst, Bullock Lisa Liberati, Randolph Hammock, Ari Greenberg; 2015 1. (District 11) A.J. Stephani, John Meinking, 2. Michael Alioto, Robert Cappelli, Frank Sensoli, Bob Fisk, Darin Campo, Ryan Schultz, Pete Whipple; Deborah DeWitt 2. (District 17) Greg Herman, Burke Snowden, 2002 1. Gary McDole, Fred Dischman, Chad Fisher, Greg Foltz, Dawn Foltz, Mark Robertson, Richard Larry Weatherholt; 2. Barry Cohen, Nick Straguzzi, Jacobson Bill Grosnick, Everett Young 2016 1. (District 23) Om Chokriwala, Zheng Zhang, 2003 1. (District 6) Hailong Ao, Jian-Jian Wang, Jack Chang, Nolan Chang, Fred Upton, Jim Perkins; Huailin Chen, Yi Zhong; 2. (District 1) Ovidiu Stanica, 2. (District 22) Ian Wilson, Gregory Thorpe, Steve Rick Soderstrom, Jack Brown, Ron Zambonini Hirsch, Joseph Mack III 2004 1. (District 21) Sathya Bettadapura, Jim 2017 1. (District 21) Quiang Zhang, Ethan Liu, Jim Leuker, Bruce Tuttle, Shelley Lapkoff, Tanakorn Liu, Peter Sun, Jun Shi; 2. Grant Petersen, Zachary Lavanakul; 2. (District 14) Jonathan Cohen, Charles Wasserman, Thomas Thomson, Michael Kraut, Ching- Nauen, Mark Krusemeyer, Patti Stuhlman Po Wang, Xingyu Zhang 2005 1. (District 21) Li-Chung Chen, Chuck Wong, 2018 1. (District 12) Bob Rasmussen, David Clark Millikan, Alex Staykov, Samuel Ieong, Tanakorn Aderente, Wilbur Argersinger, Timur Aydin, Ching-Po Lavanakul; 2. (District 8) Jim Hudson, Meyer Wang; 2. (District 9) Mark Raphaelson, Cabot Jaffee Abarbanel, Arbha Vongsvivut, Mike Giacaman Jr., Lance Marrou, Ping Chen 2006 1. (District 25) Bernard Schneider, Frances 2019 1. (District 16) Thomas Rush, Wes Pierce, Schneider, Allan Wolf, Russell Friedman; 2. (District Pawel Hanus, Bill McCarty, Suvabrata Biswas, Ari 5) Dan Roseberry, John Bacon, John Tscholl, Jim Sippola; 2. (District 22) Kenny Pan, Xiao-Yan Gong, Overcasher Harvey Jaffe, Dustin Stout 2007 1. (District 21) John Barth, Jiang Chen, Mike Develin, Nongyu Li; 2. (District 25) Robert McCaw, Florin Constantin, Gregory Ingolia, Lewis Gamerman 2008 1. (District 23) Gerard Geremia, Joseph Viola, David Kempe, Matt Klimesh; 2. (District 5) Dian 2002 1. Stephen Tu, Steve Chen, Shih-Ming Shih, Paul Cornelius, Rajeev Gupta; 2. Rohan Coelho, Todd Zimnoch, Ralph Henderson, Maurice Henderson 2003 1. (District 20) Rohan Coelho, Ralph Henderson, Danny McGurl, David Castles; 2. (District 13) Tadeusz Szych, Jerzy Jelen, Wlodzimierz Lopalewski, Klaudsiusz Warbinski, Mike Potoczak, Lech Brzozowski 2004 1. (District 12) Grigoriy Blekherman, Amy Kiefer, David Harty, Han Peters; 2. (District 24) Ryan Connors, Mark Dean, Daniel Wilderman, Helena McGahagan Winners of the 2019 GNT Flight C from District 2005 1. (District 2) Bob Defreyne, Milt Payne, 21: Chris Chen, captain Qucheng Gong, Jakob Paul Beischlag, Reginald Smith; (District 14) Andy Karstens and Andrew Sinclair. Caranicas, Jeremy Martin, Daniel Barrett, Shela Kim Flight C winners and runners-up 2006 1. (District 19) Kam Tang, Samuel Lai, Tao 1991 1. Bob Faskingbauer, Kenneth Wolf, Thomas Feng, Jack Lee; 2. (District 20) Ivan Jen, Veronica Dressing, David Marker; 2. Albert Tom, Dennis Erani, Mathis, John Cissel, Daniel Rothwell Valentin Carciu, David Marker 2007 1. (District 16) John Heath, Alan Dennis, 1992 1. Richard Unger, Charles Morrin, Andrew George Keiller, Don Morgan; 2. (District 19) Long Xie, Ware, Martin Weiverka; 2. J. Michael Hill, Kevin Roy Li, Kai Zhou, Baixiang Liu Kadmus, Carol Wisemiller, Marty Lobdale 2008 1. (District 8) Thomas Reilly-Pol, Sandy Bigg, 1993 1. Stephen Arskan, Richard Ross, Feng Liu, Debbie Romero, Jonathan Goldberg; Steve Pessin, George Shamy; 2. Sardarsink Gohel, 2. (District 23) Lenard Lakofka, Aaron Craig, Kevin Jack Shartsis, Joyce Bell, Nathan Banker Lane, Alan Flower 1994 1. Jianbin Luo, Anil Kaushal, Sundar Atre, 2009 1. (District 12) Zach Scherr, Brian Wyman, Zheng Zhang; 2. Greg Bieber, Art Steinberg, Roman Benjamin Weiss, Zachary Wasserman, Max Glick; 2. Shapiro, Betsy Wellington (District 16) Herbert Kalman, Robert Reichek, Brett 1995 1. Nathaniel Thurston, Bill Chen, David Shao, Elliott, Harry Elliott, Byron Elliott Andrew Lewis; 2. Jeff Jacob, Judi Hager, David 2010 1. (District 11) David Camillus, Ryan Schultz, Rosenstein, Yiping Wang Tom Terwilliger, Ambrish Bansal; 1996 1. Mark Edeburn, Susan Ostrowski, Dan 2. (District 20) Chris Poulos, Magid Shirzadegan, Berlowitz, Joseph Seo; 2. Mark DeGarcia, Marcus Anoush Shirzadegan, Brian Breckenridge Rodhouse, Steven Erickson, Sheng-Hung Wang 2011 1. (District 2) Kaiyu Qian, Qian Ren, Fred Li, 1997 1. Tim Barrett, Joe Grue, Joe Barrett, Yuan Chen, Hang Zhang, Wensong Zhen; 2. (District Chengwei Lee, Tom Monikowski; 2. Curtis Ruder, Atul 13) Ping Hu, Meiheng Shi, Shengke Wang, Huixin Pan Rai, Dennis Affholter, Jonathan Davidson 2012 1. (District 6) Sylvia Shi, Alexander Prairie, 1998 1. Jerzy Jelen, Marek Dalecki, Ted Ryll, David Soukup, Hanan Berk; 2. (District 25) Emily Romuald Mindak, Wieslaw Kalita, Zbigniew Shen, Vincent Fish, Daniel Jablonski, Reid Barton Muszynski; 2. Ed Williams, Kurt Dasher, Thomas 2013 1. (District 23) Fred Upton, Yichi Zhang, Om Reband, Bill Gliesman Shokriwala, Nolan Chang, Jack Chang; 1999 1. Dave Hemmer, Jon Kurasch, Robert Alps, 2. (District 5) Huei Rong Chern, Sue Lan Ma, Manju Roger Solomon; 2. Bruce Scott, Tom Allen, Paul Ceylony, Shakeel Ahmad Hazzard, Jim Boardman 2014 1. (District 21) Samuel Kuang, Kendrick Chow, 2000 1. Zbigniew Musznyski, Marian Kowalewski, Tsao-Tung Tsai, Luen-Jyh Luo; Pavel Boruta, Robert Boruta, Michael Omielski, 2. (District 23) Frederick Upton, Nolan Chang, Jack Eugenisz Babiarz; 2. Barry Margolin, Suresh Adina, Chang, Eric Chenteh Tang, Nima Badizadegan Leo Zelevinsky, Otis Bricker 2015 1. (District 22) Joe Albert Garcia, Kenny Pan, 2001 1. Mark MacKenzie, Ron Sloan, Deen Hergott, Winston Chang, Nitin More, Ninad More; 2. (District David Gordon; 2. David Ruppert, Michael Pearlman, 6) Adam Gann, Blake Schwartzbach, Terry Klein, Dan Moore, Walter Mitnick Myron Goldstein, Shiang Chen 2021 GNT Championship Flight Qualifiers D1 Marc-Andre Fourcaudot, Nicolas L’Ecuyer, D14 Michael Flader, Steven Gaynor, Zygmunt Marcinsk, Kamel Fergani, Boris Baran, Barry Purrington, Richard Newell, Mike Cassell, Pierre Daigneault Tony Ames D2 Jacob Freeman, Daniel Lavee, Bo Han Zhu, D15 (none) Darren Wolpert, John Carruthers, Marty Kirr D16 Bart Bramley, Phil Clayton, Ira Hessel, D3 Jay Sloofman, Tim Baird, Melissa Baker, Dan Morse, Mike Passell, Eddie Wold John Hogan Jr., Jill Marshall, Peter Stein D17 Haig Tchamitch, Geoff Hampson, Dan Korbel, D4 , Meyer Kotkin, Daniel Boye, Roger Lee, Josh Donn, Sheri Winestock Larry Sunser, Arthur Korth D18 Ian Findlay, Gordon Campbell, Daniel Bertrand, D5 Philip Goulding, Craig Biddle, Richard Katz, Al Simon Robert Zimmermann D19 Michael Roche, Daniel Lyder, Michael D6 Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Michael Gill, Hargreaves, Dan Jacob, Bryan Maksymetz Ai-Tai Lo, Bill Cole, Alan Schwartz D20 Duane Christenson, Steve Nafus, John Gram, D7 Robert Fredrick, Boyce Robbins, Suzanne St. Thomas, Bruce Cuthbertson, Craig Robinson, Hugh Brown Jr., Happoldt Hal Montgomery Nouffer, Luras Lebioda D21 Geeske Joel, Will Watson, Chip Martel, D8 Jonathan Weinstein, Tom Kniest, Debbie Rosenberg, Michael Rosenberg, Ron Ashbacher, Kenneth Bland, Will Engel Kevin Rosenberg D9 Jeffrey Wolfson, David Berkowitz, Kevin Dwyer, D22 Jayendu Patel, Shailesh Gupta, Bo Liu, Shan Huang, Jeff Meckstroth, Gary Cohler Sherman Gao D10 Bryan Howard, Larry Sealy, Jim Munday, Jim D23 Alexander Kolesnik, Mitch Dunitz, Iftikhar Baqai, Foster, Walter Schafer Jr., John Ramos D11 John Hinton, Douglas Simson, Shan Au, D24 Robert Blanchard, Sam Lev, Fred Chang, Jerry Clerkin, Dennis Clerkin , Daniel Lev D12 Jonathan Fleischman, Kurt Dasher, Owen Lein, D25 Harrison Luba, Walter Lee, Zachery Grossack, Julie Arbit, Martin Hirschman, Howard Perlman Adam Grossack, Jim Streisand, Lew Gamerman D13 Drew Becker, Claude Vogel, Dick Bruno, Bob Gardner, Dan Zagorin, George Jacobs

Flight C continued from previous page 2016 1. (District 21) Chin Huang, Ming-Xiang Li, 2018 1. (District 23) Yunkai Song, Yueqiang Xue, Donghui Lu, Michael Yang, Chun Chang, Frank Xie; Sophia Chang, Lucy Zhang, Zu Ming Cheng; 2. 2. (District 22) Winston Chang, Neil Nobuo Ogura, (District 19) Jordan Tessarolo, Marc Furnemont, Kenny Pan, Wayne Gorski, Joe Albert Garcia Janice Soutar, Ryley Breiddal 2017 1. (District 21) Arthur Zhou, Michael Hu, 2019 1. (District 21) Qucheng Gong, Kakob Aravind Alwan, Cadir Lee, Max Schireson, Olivier Karstens, Andrew Sinclair, Chris Chen; 2. (District 21) Chapelle; 2. (District 2) Li Zhang Yang, Ronald Michael Xu, Brandon Ge, Jonathan Yue, Wesley May, Baecker, William Ju, Roy Song, Jake Lin, Tong Chen Aravind Alwan 2021 GNT Flight A Qualifiers D1 Trisha Malazdrewicz, Gerardo Malazdrewicz, D14 Eric Hendrickson, Paul Gutterman, Jonathan Shute, L. Anne Posch, Andrew Caranicas, Richard Lawson, Gerry Callaghan, Mike Tanner Mark Krusemeyer, Robert Schachter D2 Mel Norton, Doug Andrews, Colin Lafferty, D15 Paul Chan, Lily Chan, Lin-Huan Chen, John Stevens, Keith Heckley, Steven Mehta Ding-Hwa Hsieh D3 Steven Shaye, Larry Rosen, Richard Underwood, D16 Hua Yang, Yan Song, Danny Feng, Lunhui Lin Kamal Gupta D17 William Curtis, James Black, Don Patterson, D4 Walter Bell, David Meyer, Tom Kriz, Kim Caley, David Ruttner, Robert Harward John Schwartz D18 Dave Johnson, Jadwiga Polujan, D5 Fleur Howard, Ron Franck, James Fox, Janet Galbraith, Chris Galbraith, Derrick Furber, Alan Leaver John Pulles D6 Mark Laken, Richard Baum, Joe Trapani, D19 David Taylor, Marty McCune, Paul Schwaighart, Barry Ko Gary Haldane D7 , Steve Callaham, D20 Amy Casanova, Ben Bomber, Rick Prouser, Edward Foran, David Schulman Ray Robert D8 Martha Leary, Debbie Avery, Kathleen Safranski, D21 Qiang Zhang, Brian Zhang, Serena Guo, Mike Carmen Wanwan Ren, Jun Shi, Steven Chen D9 Juan Castillo, Luisana Madueo, Maris Zilant, D22 Beverly Hartin, Don Freeland, Janice Randles, Linda Epstein, Susan Fuller Louis Goldsmith D10 Mechel Frost, Matthew Morgan, Linda Murdock, D23 W. Reynolds, Lance Kerr, Carol Frank, Terry Van Dyke Randy Howard, Ed Piken, Mark Leonard D11 Ryan Schultz, Pete Whipple, AJ Stephani, D24 Lorraine Cable, David Yoon, Isaac Stephani, Joseph Rice, Charles Seelbach Stephannie Culbertson, Rachael Moller D12 (none) D25 Jiang Chen, Qinqin Wang, Meiyan Duan, D13 Alexander Lishkov, Mark Kinzer, Bob Marheine, Shen Duan Eric Mane, Paul Karas 2021 GNT Flight B Qualifiers D1 Michael O’Neil, Tim Margolian, D14 (1) Stephanie Baumann, Dan Walker, Scott Macdougall, Russell Boyle, James Graves, David Johnson Kent Ritchie, Scott Rappard (2) Diane Henson, Larry Henson, Mark Lasoff, D2 Max Rutherford, Jane Jennings, Ann Shaw, David Trevor David Eddy D15 William Hill, Massood Khan, Ed Rubac, D3 Fred Linnemeyer, Pat Linnemeyer, Jack Atkinson, Henry Robin, Becky Lowe Stan Weiss, Ruth Yeselson, Piotr Olszewski, D16 (1) Jin Chu, Pingshan Wen, Scott Nason, Walter Jacek Leznicki Thomas Rush, Robert Bender, Wes Peirce D4 (1) Wayne Rosenberger, Andrew Rosenbury, (2) Stan Pushkarsky, Anita Albert, Edward Kung, Mark Bolotin Sharon L. Dameron, Thomas H. Smith (2) Philip Geibel, A William Schmidt, D17 (1) Doug Couchman, Cayce Blanchard, Richard Hartz, Richard Hartz Jr. Kyle Rockoff, Andi Parham, Ron Vickery, D5 (1) John Bacon, Michael Drozhinsky, Edward Helpert Paul Holmes, Jake Agregado, Stelian Hritcu (2) Lakin Hines, Jim Wart, Donna Hofer, (2) Kevin Robertson, Sharon Robertson, Kitty Larson Barbara Greenspan, William Kane D18 (1) Michael Farebrother, Ellen Kuiper, D6 (1) Rick Bingham, Ryan Connors, Tom Peters, Adam Thiel, Laurie Shapka Ernie Schuler, Adam Kind, Will Colmer (2) Alex Heron, Paul Erickson, Charlie Roberts, (2) Michael Kelley, Leah Shao, Owen Byer, Jason DuFault Craig Huneke D19 (1) Jennifer Hong, JinMei Luo, Amy Gao, D7 (1) Cyrus Hettle, Santhosh Karnik, Diana Jing, David Huang, Xiangdong Meng Christian Jolly, Richard Jeng, (2) Nelson Davis, Alex Woo, Helen Miller, Shengding Sun, Zhvandi Xu Robert Tyler (2) Glen Anderson, Martin Causley, D20 (1) Tim Rilling, Don Herring, Kevin Marnell, Tatyana Stemkovski, Vladimir Stemkovski Louis-Amaury Beauchet D8 (1) Peter Ashbrook, Gary Dell, Irene Wen, (2) Janice Smith, Wendy Mednick, Lisa Bienvenue, Milton Epstein Brad Johnson, Kent Livingston, (2) Hong Liu, Deborah King, Kelly White, Leslie Kelinson, Jamie Sparks Steve Russell D21 (1) Frank Xie, Yu Chang, Mukund Thapa, D9 (1) Paul Jepson, Ping Chen, Christopher Smith, Donghui Lu, Michael Yang Clive Morgan (2) Floyd McWilliams, Tanakorn Lavanakul, (2) Bruce Maier, Patrick Sweeney, Andre Fargeix, Scott Benson Robert Grauer, Stu Cohen D22 Larry Shannon, Tom Felice, Linda White, D10 Lisa Harris, Larry Jackson, Daniel Lustig, Tom Ruge, Steve Reid, Jon Lelevier Sharon Ohsfeldt D23 Robert McBroom, Kathy Flynn, Ruth Baker, D11 (1) Jeffrey Chapman, Donna Chapman, Roy R. Ladd Frank Bowen, James Bowen D24 (1) Stefano Merlo, Robert Forster, (2) Thomas Koralewski, William Nicolai, Christopher Moh, Jordan Lampe Willam Heeter, C. William Bockstahler Jr., (2) Leon Yu, Jimmy Wang, Samuel Kuang, Stuart Petersen, John Peer Bill Dinner D12 Ching Po Wang, Xingyu Zhang, Henry D25 (1) Brad Mampe, Steve Willner, Jay Tang, Zhang, Yanping Zhang, Tai Chan, Song Lin Leo Zelevinsky D13 (1) Robert Lubowicki, Zagozoon Leszek, (2) Bob Sagor, Judy Hyde, Paul Burnham, Vladimar Reznik, Tad Marecki Robert Leitch, Jim Kronholm, Felix Springer (2) Nic Hristea, James Abbott, Duke Bhatia, Ryan Daniels 2021 GNT Flight C Qualifiers D1 Don Duncan, Margot Sheilds, Donna Sheilds, D15 Phillip Mingola, James Calkins, Nancy Mitchell, Suzanne Maurice, Val Stella Ramona Bienstock, Cherry Blevins D2 Roy Wiseman, Barbara Dance, D16 (1) Lilly Justman, Kalyan Venkat, Aaron Denton, Tamara Kronis, Jill Black Peter B. Naimoli, Benjamin Klauder D3 Steven Siegel, Lawrence Gordon, (2) Arvind Sharma, Lynnie Sharma, Eileen Rosen, Cindy Dratch Sharon D. Harbach, Ross Ramsey D4 (1) Brandon Fong, Michael Haas, D17 (1) Mike Toomey, Sandy Johnson, Satya Kunapuli, Michael Xiong Geneva Fisher, Beth Gaffney, Elizabeth Cole, (2) Jack Willgruber, Dave Willgruber, Kelly Wawrzynek Jeff Rohrbeck, Lou Primevera (2) Murlene Williams, E. Roger Williams, D5 Gail Smith, Stephen Smith, Richard Laird, David Loring, Sally Donaldson Patricia Rambasek D18 Shuanging Guo, Guangren Wang, D6 (1) Tom McGlynn, Janet McGlynn, Jim Dickson, Hailong Yu, Yurong Cheng Mark Valavanis D19 (1) Wendy Allex, Pat Rose, Alta Stauffer, (2) James Dahlberg, Mike Olmstead, Ben Sharp, Mary Jane Brunt Rich Long (2) Geoff Webb, Tracey Guice, Shirley Perkins, D7 (1) Vincent Zhu, Anthony Trasatti, Trish Simmons Sriram Ganesan, Anton Leykin, D20 (1) Jon Gassaway, Bruce Backup, Andreea Magalie, Justin Shiao Ryerson Schwark, Andrey Dashko (2) Ron Niu, Ja Mi, Wufeng Luo, Wenjun Liu, (2) Paula Koeller, Linda Rountree, Bing Tong, Bindhu Aravapalli Ed Trachtenbarg, Kathleen Hart, Mark Jansa, D8 (1) Charlie Johnson, Steve Rosen, Fran Jansa Rick Londeree, Carolyn Coffin D21 (1) Wesley May, Aaron Meyerson, Amit Garg, (2) Terree Rowbottom, Ken Obrecht, Rajeev Jog, Aril Khatri, Di Wu Bert Risch, Reuben Rigel (2) Kayden Ge, Brandon Ge, Charlie Chen, D9 (1) Ted Burns, Donald Michels, Martin Eltrich, Andrew Chen, Olivia Schireson Edward Jenkins D22 David Liu, Nancy Leonard, Jim Bechtel, (2) Jan Henry, Ron Henry, Robert Hoyer, Christian Gilles, Andrew Rowberg, Mary Hoyer Danning Lu D10 (1) Carol Himmelstein, Joel Scroggy, D23 Jennifer Wellman, Gordan Hull, Gavin Spore, Debra Scroggy, Christine Tatum Linda MacKenzie (2) Gordon Brown, Philip Bridges, Keith Noren, D24 (1) Margot Wagner, Benjamin Weisgal, Jim Ray Anthony Chiocchi, Damon Suden, Maryann Oehlerking, Lee Lin D11 Rex Miller, Charles Driscoll, Dennis Tomlinson, David Riede (2) Hengrui Xing, Tingran Wang, Jiaheng Hu, Yang Xu D12 Tengyun Tony Cao, Chun Zhou, Xiaoping Wu, Kevin Zhu D25 (1) Guanghao Xiao, Jeff Xiao, Eric Xiao, Weican Xiao, Jianqiao Gu D13 Henry Shi, Zhijing Tang, Li Miao, Zhiqiang Hu (2) Lisette Voorhees, Helen Benson, Larry Dinkes, Mitchell Karlick D14 Susan Knauss, Robert Nairn, Dale Larson, Beverly Berg Online Bridge: Different Mechanics, Same Laws By Robb Gordon, ACBL National Recorder When we play online, we are still playing bridge. The Laws two identical convention of and ACBL Regulations still apply. But cards with their names facing facts, some things are different. Here are a few: on them. The convention card rules apply to BBO as 1. Revoking and leading out of turn are impossible. well, except you need have 2. You must self-Alert. only one card. To make a 3. Because you are Alerting only the opponents, and convention card, log in. asking questions only of one or both opponents, partner Click Account on the right does not “hear” your explanations or questions and tabbed menu and select the that avenue of Unauthorized Information has been Convention Cards heading. eliminated. This saves a lot of arguments and bad It is pretty easy to recall a feelings. saved card or to complete and save a new one. 4. Breaks in are awkward. At the table, if somebody Remember to load your card takes a lot of time, you can see that they (presumably) by completing the Use With are thinking. In online bridge, it could mean that their Partner blank with your partner’s BBO name. tea kettle started whistling and they went to turn off the burner. Law 73E2: 6. The ACBL Convention Charts apply here. Make sure your If the Director determines that an innocent player convention is permitted in the game you are playing. has drawn a false inference from a question, For example, a 2♦ opening that shows a weak hand remark, manner, tempo or the like, of an opponent with length in one of the majors is an Open+ Chart who has no demonstrable bridge reason for the convention and is not permitted in any event in the action, and who could have been aware, at the online regional. time of the action, that it could work to his benefit, 7. It has come to our attention that some players have the Director shall award an adjusted score. more than one BBO user ID. Please only use one ID This rule applies. When you spill coffee or are distracted when playing in ACBL games with human opponents. by a phone call, it is incumbent on you to make sure We are screening for this. the opponents know so they are not deceived by your 8. Because you are playing in an ACBL game against inattention. human opponents, we encourage you to make sure your 5. The ACBL has long had a rule that partnerships have profile displays your real name.

Keep it Clean Most of us are honest and want to play the game properly. When you play against Fees an opponent you suspect is not playing in accordance with the Laws, or violating the Code of Disciplinary Regulations, please file a Player Memo. There is a version Per player per session: streamlined for online play reports available at www.acbl.org/bbomemo/. You may GNTs: Free privately text your director as well, but making a public accusation is itself a violation NAOBC+ events: $20 of the CDR, so please report suspicious conduct in an actively ethical way! NAOBC events: $17 Regional events: $15 “I’ve volunteered to be one of the investigators when there is suspicion of Unauthorized Information during online play. There are a lot of factors to consider, not least of which is the suspected player’s experience level. Accusations of cheating are a serious matter. Anyone can do something strange on one deal; but when a pattern emerges, there is smoke. Where there is smoke, there is often fire. For charges to be filed, more than one investigator has to come to the same conclusion. The game will be better and more popular if we all behave ethically. Big Brother is watching you.” – Larry Cohen BBO Help Desk – Convention Cards Convention cards disclose your partnership’s agreements to the opponents in accordance with the rules of bridge. The ACBL requires that you and your partner make a completed convention card available. Your full names – first and last – should appear at the top. When you sit down to play or register for a tournament with a partner, BBO will see if your partnership has a convention card on file by looking at your list of Personal Cards for your partner’s username. If it is there, you will be notified and the appropriate card is loaded once play starts. If your opponents follow this procedure, you’ll be able to view their cards as well.

1 2 3 After logging in, click on the Account Click on Convention cards. The To fill out a new card, click on New ACBL tab along the right edge. Your profile Convention cards section will open. Convention Card. If you don’t want to will open as shown at right. start from a blank card, you can also select one of the Stock Cards.

4 5 6 A blank convention card will appear. Continue filling in the card until it is To view or edit a card after it is filled Widen the window by dragging the complete. When the card is complete, out, select it from the list of Personal divider to the left. Click each blank line click the “Save changes” button at Cards at the bottom of the Convention to place your cursor, then enter the top left. cards section. appropriate information.

7 8 9 A prompt will ask you what you want When you want to view an opponent’s If the opponents have loaded their to do with the card. Select view or edit convention card during a game, start by convention card, it will appear as as appropriate. In order for the card to clicking on the three bars. a choice in this menu. Select NS be visible to your opponents, you must Convention Card or EW Convention designate a partner. Enter your partner’s Card. The card will pop up in BBO name as shown and click “Use another window. with partner.”