71st Fall North American Bridge Championships • November 20-30, 1997 • St. Louis, Missouri

DailyVol. 71, No. 11 Monday, December 1, 1997 BulletinEditors: Henry Francis and Brent Manley Four New Englanders win first championship

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Bart Bramley, left, and Sidney Lazard hold the trophy as winners of the Board-a-Match Teams. Between them are Steve Garner, left, and Howard Weinstein.

Bramley foursome scores

Thetight team captained win by Bart Bramley, in seemingly Reisinger destined to win the Reisinger They grabbed the lead at the halfway point of the final day of play and held on for Board-a-Match Teams, took the lead early in the last day of play and held on for victory in the North American Swiss Teams. The winners, all from New England: seated, a tight victory in one of the toughest events on the bridge calendar. Dan Colatosti, left, and Bill Hunter; standing, John Malley and Shome Mukherjee. Bramley was playing with Sidney Lazard, Steve Garner and Howard Leading by only 8 Victory Points going into the final round, the Malley team lost but the other contenders could not take advantage. Malley’s final margin was 4.8 VPs. Weinstein. Their final score of 33.29 was 1.09 ahead of runners-up George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold and four Polish stars -- Marcin Lesniewski, Marek Szymanowski, Adam Zmudzinski and Cezary Balicki. “This was for Edgar,” said Bramley after the presentation of the Reisinger trophy. Bramley was referring to the late Edgar Kaplan, who, along with Norman Kay, were originally part of the team. Kaplan died in September after a long battle with cancer. Kay has retired from competition.

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They won their final round in the North American Swiss but not by enough, so they had They were second in the Reisinger: seated, from left, Eddie Wold, Cezary Balicki and to settle for second. Seated, left, Gonzalo Herrera and Cameron Doner; standing, Jim Marek Szymanowski; standing, Marcin Lesniewski, George Rosenkranz and Adam Looby and Jacobo Podbilevich. Zmudzinski. Page 2 Daily Bulletin REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH 10 Teams 200.00 1 Bart Bramley - Howard Weinstein, IL; Sidney Lazard Sr, New Orleans LA; Steve Garner, Northfield IL 33.29 150.00 2 George Rosenkranz, City; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Adam Zmudzinski - Merak Szymanowski - Marcin Lesniewski - Cezary Balicki, Poland 32.20 112.50 3 Richard Schwartz, E Elmhurst NY; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA; Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA; Bobby Goldman, Highland Village TX 30.90 92.31 4 Steve Zolotow - Harold Lilie - Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Ronald Smith, San Francisco CA; Bob Crossley, Greenbrae CA 27.63 85.71 5 Tom Fox, Glenview IL; Walter Schafer Jr, Bloomingdale IL; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Russell Ekeblad, Providence RI 27.52 80.00 6 Ralph Katz - George Jacobs, Burr Ridge IL; Peter Weichsel, Encinitas CA; Robert Levin, Orlando FL; Fred Stewart, West Hurley NY; Steve Weinstein, Glen Ridge NJ 27.50 75.00 7 Jim Krekorian - Robert Blanchard, New York NY; Bob Richman - Paul Marston, Australia 27.21 70.59 8 Allan Graves, Vancouver BC; Dan Jacob, Burnaby BC; Gordon McOrmond, Delta BC; Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC 27.18 66.67 9 Jerry Goldfein, Lincolnwood IL; Larry Robbins, Deerfield IL; Daniel Rotman, Aventura FL; Gary Cohler, Highland Park IL 25.49 63.16 10 Paul Hackett; Jason Hackett, - Justin Hackett, Manchester England Brigitte Mavromichalis, Martigny; John Armstrong - John Holland, England 22.71 NORTH AMERICAN SWISS 16 Teams 150.00 1 John Malley, Pascoag RI; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; William Hunter, Reading MA; Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA 113.50 112.50 2 Jacobo Podbilevich, Huixquilucan, Mexico; Gonzalo Herrera, Mexico; Jim Looby, Burbank CA; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 108.70 84.38 3 Robin Klar, Spring TX; Michael Lawrence, Berkeley CA; Jeanne Rahmey, Brooklyn NY; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Norman Kurlander, Flushing NY 106.20 69.23 4 Jack Coleman, San Francisco CA; Matt Granovetter, Richmond Heights OH; J Markland Molson, Cote St Luc PQ; Boris Baran, Montreal PQ; P Drew Cannell, Winnipeg MB; Mark Stein, Ottawa ON 106.00 64.29 5 Allan Siebert - David Siebert, Little Rock AR; Randall Pettit, Marietta GA; Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL 96.70 60.00 6 Douglas Heron, Ottawa ON; Barry Rigal, New York NY; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Michael White, Atlanta GA 96.00 56.25 7 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Craig Gardner - Mary Gardner, Streamwood IL; Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI; Dick Bruno, Chicago IL 95.90 52.94 8 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Jim Burt, Darien IL; Stanton Subeck, Olympia Fields IL; Suzi Subeck, Olympia Fields IL; Les Perlmutter, La Jolla CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Francisco CA 95.80 50.00 9 Barry Schaffer, Dallas TX; Colby Vernay, Lacon IL; Mark Kessler, Springfield IL; Ed Schultz, Chesterfield MO 91.20 47.37 10 Edith Rosenkranz, ; Robert Morris, Houston TX; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Curtis Cheek - Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL 88.80 45.00 11 Tony Ames - Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Joan Remey Moore, Troy MI; Corina Iukovici, Saint Louis MO 82.10 42.86 12 Perry Van Hook - Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Germantown TN; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 79.10 40.91 13 John Kissinger - Becky Kissinger, La Jolla CA; Weishu Wu, Santa Barbara CA; Vivian Ding Li, Emeryville CA 77.00 39.13 14 Howard Hertzberg, Alpine NJ; Robert Ryder, Caldwell NJ; William Esberg, Elberon NJ; Amalya Kearse - Jacqui Mitchell, New York NY 71.00 37.50 15 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Martin Miller, Rochester NY; Ken Monzingo, San Diego CA; Charles Coon, Marshfield MA 68.40 36.00 16 David Adams, Kennesaw GA; Rose Mary Pace, Memphis TN; Rashid Khan, Fredericton NB; Sandra Fox, Sackville NB 32.20 Daily Bulletin Page 3

142ND Teams SATURDAY ZIP KNOCKOUTS BLUE FLIGHT MIKE SHANNON’S 3.64 1 Kotomi Asakoshi, Tokyo, Japan; Tadashi Teramoto, Yokohama, Japan; Kiyoshi Asai, Toride, Japan; Silvana Bellini, Tierra Verde FL 16 Teams Bracket 1 2.73 2 John Brandeberry - Robert Sievers - Carroll Drablos - Arlene Drablos, KNOCKOUT TEAMS 38.33 1 Michael Rosenberg, Tuckahoe NY; Zia Champaign IL Mahmood, New York NY; Geir G Helgemo, 1.80 3/4 Ken Gee - Bernice Gee, Regina SK; Michael Yuen, Winnipeg MB; David Jeffries, Trondheim, Norway; Tony Forrester, Manzanita OR Boston MA; Andrew Robson, Carmel CA 1.80 3/4 Swapan Sen, Houghton MI; Elizabeth Dvorkin, New York NY; Melissa Silvestre, 28.75 2 Jim Linhart, Piscataway NJ; Dorthy Florissant MO; Barbara Russo, Cary IL Francis, Memphis TN; Sharon Jabbour - Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ; Per Olov Sundelin, Stockholm, Sweden 142ND Teams SATURDAY ZIP KNOCKOUTS GOLD FLIGHT 18.87 3/4 James Koley, Omaha NE; Gene Simpson, 3.64 1 Thomas Swartz, E Saint Louis IL; David Sokolow, Austin TX; Howard Einberg, Los Redlands CA; Clay Brooke Mc Farland, Angeles CA; Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC Owego NY; Paul Erb, Scottsdale AZ 2.73 2 Hans Jacobs, Aurora ON; Debbie Bennett, Scarborough ON; Sandra Fox, Sackville 18.87 3/4 Charles Bantz, West Allis WI; Joshua NB; Rashid Khan, Fredericton NB Stark, Grayslake IL; William Malesevich, 1.80 3/4 Jim Dick, Alexandria VA; Diane Audeon, Venice CA; Sigis Keras, Toronto ON; Mayville WI; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY IL 1.80 3/4 John Burgener, Noble IL; Malle Andrade, New York NY; Debbie Lev - Benjamin Lev, W. Bloomfield MI 16 Teams Bracket 2 24.15 1 Joseph Machotka, Chicago IL; Larry Bass, Urbana IL; Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 18.11 2 Lilly Lachter, Culver City CA; John Wong, 8 Pairs SUNDAY MORNING 199ER PAIRS Rowland Hgts CA; Richard Bender - 1.80 1 Betsy Roth, St Louis MO; Jo Ann Moore, Glendale MO 38.50 Patrick McCammon, Springfield MO 1.35 2 Irene Sprinkle - Larry Sprinkle, Dayton OH 34.50 11.89 3/4 Dennis Daley, Stamford CT; Stephen 0.89 3/4 Duane Beisner - Doris Beisner, Las Vegas NV 32.00 Shane, White Plains NY; Walter Smith, W 0.89 3/4 Ronald Koritz, Springfield IL; David Thomas, Riverton IL 32.00 Sand Lake NY; Mary Savko, Pittsford VT 11.89 3/4 Susan Perez, St Louis MO; Bob Bainter, San Antonio TX; Walter Dedio, Morden MB; Zenon Rowicki, Lambertville MI 20 Pairs SUNDAY MORNING SIDE GAME A B 16 Teams Bracket 3 3.03 1 1 David Rhea - Christie Thomas, Overland Park KS 143.00 15.64 1 Daniel Levin - Matt Johnson, Wheaton IL; 2.27 2 2 Andrea Malone, Sunnyvale CA; Sigis Keras, Toronto ON 128.50 Jeffrey David, Lisle IL; Bob 1.49 3/4 Anna Norvelle - Betty Fine, Tucson AZ 123.50 Fashingbauer, Waukegan IL; Linda 1.49 3/4 3 Joan Webb - Keith Harrison, Clearwater FL 123.50 Ivanoff - Joe Aramowicz, Harrisburg PA 0.96 5 Jack Meyer - Wanda Meyer, Houston TX 122.50 11.73 2 Jason Meyer - Barbara Doran, Silver 0.76 6 Donald Caplin - Sondra Caplin, Waltham MA 121.00 Spring MD; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; 1.03 4 Lowell Brown, Springfield IL; Roger Edwards, St Louis MO 104.00 Jim Alison, Huntsville AL 7.70 3/4 S. Gail Arnott - Ronald Heron - William Treble - Leonard Doerksen, Winnipeg MB 7.70 3/4 Thomas Ahmann Sr, Mexico MO; Tarokh Taefi, Dunwoody GA; Kendall Keely, Palm 5 Teams SUNDAY MORNING 199ER SWISS TEAMS Beach FL; Floyd Derkat, Edmonton AB 1.93 1 Suzanne Martin, St Charles MO; Jay Bourne, Ellisville MO; Jack Hileman, McKinleyville CA; Robert Wheeler, Florissant MO 49.00 15 Teams Bracket 4 1.45 2 Patrick Shaw, Olean NY; David Barnes - Ryan Daniels, Springfield IL; 9.58 1 Kenton Hayes Jr - Leonard Schmidt Jr - Dorothy Silva, Madison WI 48.00 Betty Mattison, Louisville KY; Mike Sloan, Marengo IN 7.19 2 Kathleen Burt, Darien IL; Ruth Goodpasture, Bourbonnais IL; Judith 52 Pairs SUNDAY FAST PAIRS Gidden, Chicago IL; Ivor McGloughlin, A B Pittsburgh PA 12.60 1 John Oxley, St Joseph MO; Gary Roberts, Prairie Village KS 356.00 4.72 3/4 Michael Tomlianovich, Bloomington IL; 9.45 2 James Kraft, Tulsa OK; Chris Compton, Oklahoma City OK 316.50 Ron Sawiak, Winnipeg MB; Jennie Scott 7.09 3 Jack Bryant, St Louis MO; Glenn Smith, Creve Coeur MO 310.50 - Claudia Zimmermann, Keokuk IA 5.32 4 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Russell, N Barrington IL 309.50 4.72 3/4 Douglas Dougherty - Carol Dougherty, 4.56 5 Mark Itabashi, Murrietta CA; Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA 308.50 Chicago IL; Dennis O’Dowd, Burbank IL; 2.99 6 Gail Carns - Mary Paulone Carns, Export PA 296.50 Jack Russell, Lyons IL 4.20 1 Richard Fitzwater, Osage Beach MO; Theresa Howard, Don Mills ON 283.00 3.15 2 Leonard Myers - Peggy Jackson, Chicago IL 265.00 2.36 3 Bruce Gardner - Dean Stow, Paducah KY 264.50 1.77 4 Mark Bullimore - Randall Dougherty, Columbus OH 257.00 In the NA Swiss final

Vivianwith Ding Lionly of Emeryville 3 points CA, playing on 57 Teams SUNDAY STRATIFLIGHTED SWISS TEAMS the John Kissinger team, got all the way to the A X final of the North American Swiss Teams. She 30.79 1 Gerald Sosler, Purchase NY; John Mohan - Kay Schulle, Santa Monica earned 40.91 masterpoints, all gold, for placing CA; Sigurdur Sverrisson - Adalsteinn Jorgensen, Reykjavik, Iceland 177.00 13th overall. As a result she now has a grand total 23.09 2 Frederick Hamilton, Fresno CA; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Dan of 43.91 masterpoints. Morse, Houston TX; William Pollack - Rozanne Pollack, Warren NJ 176.00 A remarkable achievement for a newcomer! 22.36 3 1 Howard Einberg - Kent Mignocchi, Los Angeles CA; Thomas Swartz, E Congratulations, Vivian! Saint Louis IL; Ari Greenberg, Malibu CA 168.00 12.99 4 Joseph Shay, Ponte Vedra Bch FL; Candace Fowler - Larry Griffey, Ponte Vedra FL; Geoff Hampson, Fenton MI; Allan Cokin, Palm Beach FL; Eric Greco, Annandale VA 163.00 9.74 5 Mahmoud Elguindy, Newport Beach CA; Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Ashraf El Sadi - Jill El Sadi, Union City CA 161.00 Total attendance 7.31 6 Jo Morse, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Brian Gunnell, Jacksonville Beach FL; Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Murray Melton, Las Vegas NV; Simon Attendance dropped to a low of 190 tables Kantor, Agawam MA 160.00 only 8632 tables for the final session yesterday. In fact the total 5.48 7 Glenn Lublin - William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Barbara Benbow - Mark Shaw, Laurel MD; Ron Sukoneck, Annandale VA 158.00 for the day was only 394, less than many a 4.11 8 Renee Mancuso, Redondo Beach CA; John Zilic, Houston TX; Richard single session early in the tournament. Katz, Rancho Mirage CA; Shawn Quinn, Katy TX 152.00 The grand total for the tournament was 8632 3.42 9 Sheri Winestock - Fred Gitelman - George Mittelman, Toronto ON; Grant tables. Page 4 Daily Bulletin

Baze, La Jolla CA; Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; Brad Moss, New York NY 150.00 3.08 10 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA; George Whitworth, San Ramon CA; James Tritt, Fresno CA 147.00 2.69 11/12 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Barrett, Vancouver WA; Thomas Carmichael, Middletown NJ; Joel Wooldridge, Williamsville NY; David Wiegand, Portland OR 146.00 2.69 11/12 Alan Oaks, Germantown TN; Paul Vickers - Mary Vickers, Northboro MA; Frank King Jr, Alexandria VA; Sarah Cressy, Cataumet MA 146.00 16.77 2 Gloria Silverman, Toronto ON; Steven Kirshenbaum, Hillsborough CA; Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY 140.00 12.58 3 Jiun-Ming Chen, West Lafayette IN; David Yang, Chicago IL; Tony Piao, Elmwood Park IL; Yifan Yang, Urbana IL 121.00 9.43 4 Mark Ehret, St Louis MO; Jeanette Helland, Chesterfield MO; Bobbie Holmes, Saint Louis MO; Kay Hathaway, Glenview IL 115.00 7.07 5 Michael Walrath, Fort Worth TX; Lee De Simone, Alexandria VA; Nannell Edmunds, Annapolis MD; Norman Leslie, New Orleans LA 114.00 5.31 6 Josephus Scherders, Sunnyvale CA; Roman Shapiro, Fair Lawn NJ; Diana See Tenery, Fairfax VA; Marc Umeno, Alexandria VA; Varis Carey, Ithica NY 109.00

46 TeamsSUNDAY STRATIFIED B/C/D SWISS TEAMS you B C D 15.88 1 Michael Kuhnle - Robert Lyon - Peter Aldenderfer, Indianapolis IN; Jerry Fairfax, Carmel IN 186.00 11.91 2 1 1 Mustafa Tabanci - Xiaohui Chen - Pu Yu, Rolla MO; Murat Tabanci, Coral Gables FL 176.00 8.93 3 George Nett, Macomb IL; S Chitgopekar, Bloomington IL; J in Hughes, Waterloo IA; Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE 173.00 6.70 4 Daniel Kieffer, Cincinnati OH; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Lawrence Diamond, Barbican London E; David Jeffries, Manzanita OR170.00 5.02 5 Marlon Mundt - Andrew Cohen, Madison WI; Gary Williams - Frank Besag, Milwaukee WI 163.00 RENO 3.77 6 Benjamin Lev - Debbie Lev, W. Bloomfield MI; Mary Ann Arnold, Saint Charles MO; Linda Bryant, St Louis MO 158.00 2.83 7 Jim Dick, Alexandria VA; Diane Audeon, Venice CA; Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY; Ralph Edward Russo, Raytown MO 148.00 6.98 2 Mark De Garcia - Jeanie Pearson - J Ann Bouchard, Columbia MO; for the Steven Erickson, Jefferson City MO 144.00 5.24 3 Doug Moore - Suzi Shymanski, Ballwin MO; Charles Freeman - Elizabeth Freeman, St Louis MO 141.00 3.94 4 2 John Textor, Sheboygan WI; Glenn Devries, Aurora IL; Ellen Burns - George Burns, Memphis TN 136.00 2.95 5 3 Bobbie Beverung - Anna Box, Ft Worth TX; Michael Lombardi, Shamong NJ; J Caldwell, Highland Vill. TX 127.00 2.21 6 4 Richard Hagenlocker, Fredericksbrg VA; Charles Hays, Lawrenceville GA; Byron Crittenden, Kingswood Surrey England; James Bochsler, London, England 126.00 1.66 5 Wojciech Kaniewski, Chesterfield MO; Wojciech Golik, St Louis MO; Parames Laosinchai, Ballwin MO; Arbha Vongsvivut, Godfrey IL 124.00

NABC 14 TeamsSUNDAY STRATIFIED SENIOR SWISS TEAMS A B 6.72 1 Jacque Tucker - Ziggy Tucker, San Antonio TX; Alice Wilhide - Dale Frese, Longwood FL 143.00 5.04 2 Steve Lawrence, Athens TX; Ed Groner, Duncan OK; Lowell Andrews, March Huntingtn Beach CA; Max Hardy, Las Vegas NV 141.00 3.78 3 Mic Weiss, Chesterfield MO; Ed Weiss, St Louis MO; Dean Berger, Leola PA; Ethel Reed, Hagerstown MD 122.00 2.84 4 Dorothy Kane - Carol Meyer - Ruth Schnuck, Columbia MO; Isabell Finley, Boonville MO 107.00 2.13 5 Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Jack Smith, Dallas TX; Chet Bahr - 19-29 Bea Bahr, Rochester MN 94.00 3.15 1 Ford Gray, St Louis MO; Elizabeth Mick, Florissant MO; Doris Gray, Eugene OR; Laura Scholten, Saint Charles MO 89.00 2.36 2 Lois Meile - Dolores Costello - Mildred Azar - Virginia Toberman, 1998 Belleville IL 82.00

10 Pairs SUNDAY AFTERNOON 100/200 PAIRS D E 1.93 1 1 Paul Johnson - Sally Luecking, St Louis MO 36.50 1.45 2 2 Alan Broddon - Suzanne Broddon, Clayton MO 36.00 1.09 3 Allen Gurwell - Ruth Gurwell, Leawood KS 34.50 0.82 4/5 Marjukka Pesonen, Helsinki FI; Vince D’Souza, Stratford CT 32.50 0.82 4/5 Pete Cressy, San Jose CA; James Luster, Houghton MI 32.50

10 Pairs SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 2.28 1 Anna Norvelle - Betty Fine, Tucson AZ 65.50 1.71 2 Pirkko Savolainen, Helsinki FI; Tuula Keso, Amsterdam NL 62.00 1.28 3 S. Gail Arnott - Ronald Heron, Winnipeg MB 52.50 0.96 4 Floyd McWilliams, Palo Alto CA; Brian Kemper, Mountain View CA 51.50

3 TeamsSUNDAY AFTERNOON 199ER SWISS TEAMS 1.67 1 Mark Zeitler, Davenport IA; Ashley Szymski, Westmont IL; Michael Thiel, Chesterfield MO; Inez Schwartz, Syndey NS 3.00