Sunday, August 16, 2015 Volume 87, Number 10 Daily Bulletin 87th North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Paul Linxwiler and Brent Manley It’s Cayne, Monaco Mini- champ: Zolotow in Spingold final Steve Zolotow’s team defeated Jonathan Teams captained by James Cayne and Pierre Fleischmann’s squad in the final of the Mini- Zimmermann, both with double wins in the Spingold Spingold 1 (0-5000) KO Teams, 147-68. Zolotow, Knockout Teams, will play for a third title in four of Las Vegas, played with Anam Tebha, also of Las 15- sessions today. Vegas, Christian Jolly of Huntsville AL, Oren Kriegel Cayne led the winning Spingold team in of Skandia MI and Sean Gannon of Decatur GA. 1989 and 1990 for two of his 16 North American Fleischmann of Bloomfield MI played with championships. Xu Wang of Rego Park NY, Jordan Kaye and Brad Zimmermann, a relative newcomer to NABCs, Dracka of Farmington Hills MI and Jin Hu of Wappingers NY. continued on page 10 For the winners, captain Zolotow is the “senior” member of the squad: His four teammates are all Platnick maintains lead in Junior players. Tebha, Jolly, Kriegel and Gannon will Roth Open Swiss attend the World Youth Open Bridge Championships in Croatia later this month. After yesterday’s semifinal round in the Roth Winners of the Mini-Spingold I (0-5000) KO Open Swiss Teams, Brian Platnick’s squad leads the “I love their enthusiasm,” said Zolotow of his Teams: captain Steve Zolotow, Anam Tebha, remaining field of 40 qualifiers for today’s two- continued on page 10 Sean Gannon, Oren Kriegel and Christian Jolly. session final. The Platnick crew also topped Friday’s opening round. In second place is the squad led by Dick Bruno, Old friends celebrate Red Ribbon victory Two men who learned bridge and played together and in third is Nick Nickell’s team. Both teams trail as youngsters in Chicago stormed into the lead after the leaders by more than 5 victory points. the first final session of the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs and survived a below-average last round to win the Kent squad leads event by about 10 matchpoints on a top of 38. Paul Hattis of Newton MA and Jim Orleans of 10K Swiss Northbrook IL were in 25th place after Friday’s two The team captained by Robert Kent leads the qualifying sessions, but they had a 67.41% game in qualifiers in the 0-10,000 Mixed Swiss Teams going the first final session to take a slim lead going into into the final two sessions today. Last year’s winners, the evening session. They scored 65.18% in the captained by Jeffrey Rothstein, were second among final session despite collecting only 29.5 out of 76 the teams advancing. matchpoints on the final round. Kent is playing with his wife, Ellen, and Suzi and Second place went to Richard Wimberley of Stan Subeck, co-chairs for this tournament. Evans GA and Jesse Chao of San Francisco CA. Jeffrey Rothstein is playing with his wife, Linda, Hattis is a professor at Tufts Medical School and Ava and Elliott Grubman. Bean Red Ribbon Pairs winners: Jim Orleans and Paul Hattis. continued on page 10 Hard-working board member dedicated to By his own admission, Al Levy has a tendency to For the past 19 years, Levy has been running the “get involved,” especially with organizations. He has World Computer-Bridge Championships, nurturing been on the ACBL Board of Directors, representing the competition and helping it expand from five District 24, since 1996 and serves as executive vice- programs in the first year to as many as 10. The 19th president of the and as the edition of the tournament, with eight contestants, WBF’s IT chair. He has served on various committees concluded on Saturday at the Summer NABC. Al Levy, second from right, presents the with both organizations. Long after the winner was determined, Levy was trophy to the winners of the Computer-Bridge Few of his endeavors, however, have taken up as poring over results and Championship: from left, Martin Pattenier and much of his time as computer bridge play. continued on page 10 Wim Heemskerk. At right is Yves Costel, runner- up in the tournament. Thanks for coming to Chicago! Jack wins 10th By Tournamant Co-Chairs Suzi and Stan Subeck On behalf of the local tournament committee, We worked very hard to see that the weather Computer-Bridge title we would like to thank you for coming to Chicago cooperated … and for most of the week, it did. The two most successful programs in the 19-year for the 2015 Summer North American Bridge Thanks again for playing. We look forward to history of the World Computer-Bridge Championships Championships. Your support and dedication is what seeing everyone in Denver. met in the final on Saturday at the Summer NABC. these tournaments successful. Jack, whose developers are from the Netherlands, Thanks, also, to the greatest volunteers in defeated the French program Wbridge5. The final the world for working in harmony at this NABC. score was 165-148. Those manning the Information, Registration, Tours Jack has now won the title 10 times, Wbridge5 and Partnership Desks did an awesome job. Our three. Neither has finished lower than third-fourth in hospitality chair worked well with the hotel. Our the competion. treasurers kept us in the black. Our Intermediate/ The field this year was made up of eight teams, Newcomer chairs boosted our attendance with their continued on page 10 prodding of local newbies. Our chair kept everyone on their toes. Our volunteer chair spent ATTENDANCE hours lining up a great staff. All in all, committee members were supportive of one another, and through Friday everything worked in sync. The Youth NABC was great. All of the young 13,097 tables players appreciated the chance to play face to face. Page 2 Sunday, August 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

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Not all bad news Defending outside the box By Barry Rigal By David Grainger Wanted: Associate Editor In the quarterfinal round of the Spingold This deal was played in the regional Swiss Teams The Bridge Bulletin magazine is Knockout Teams, I’m not sure whether the Lavazza on Friday. It demonstrates that giving declarer a - conducting a search for a talented team handed us our heads or ate our lunch. Pick sluff – usually seen as a bad thing – can be good for candidate for the position of Associate your metaphor, the result was an unambiguous the defenders. I was South. My partner was Adam Editor. In addition to writing and editing, shellacking. Kaplan. the Associate Editor is involved in layout Dlr: West ♠ A K J 9 3 There were some bright spots, though. Glenn and design of the Bridge Bulletin. The Vul: N-S ♥ 9 7 2 Milgrim made a nice play on this deal: position also requires frequent interaction Dlr: South ♠ 5 4 3 ♦ Q 8 ♣ J 3 2 with ACBL members by phone and email. Vul: None ♥ Q 10 Competence and experience in ♦ A K 9 5 ♠ 10 6 ♠ 5 4 is a requirement for this ♣ A 8 4 3 ♥ A K 5 ♥ Q 10 8 6 full-time position. A bachelor’s degree or ♠ K Q 8 2 ♠ 9 7 ♦ A K 9 5 ♦ J 10 7 6 2 higher is strongly preferred. As a member ♥ J 6 2 ♥ K 9 8 5 ♣ A 10 7 4 ♣ Q 8 ♦ Q J 6 2 ♦ 10 4 3 ♠ Q 8 7 2 of the ACBL Headquarters team, the ♣ K 5 ♣ J 9 7 2 ♥ J 4 3 successful candidate must reside in or ♠ A J 10 6 ♦ 9 7 relocate to the Memphis area. ♥ A 7 4 3 ♣ K 9 6 5 For information or to submit resumes, ♦ 8 7 visit acbl.org and select the Employment ♣ Q 10 6 West North East South link. The ACBL follows EEOC policy. You reach 3NT by South after West has doubled 1♦ 1♠ Dbl 2♠ the 1♣ opener. A heart lead would doubtless have 3♠ Pass 4♦ Pass sunk you but West leads a top spade. You win and 4♥ All Pass Bridge Club Manager elect to pass the ♦8: 2, 5, 10. Back comes a heart to the 10. A club to the 10 and king is followed by a low Adam cashed the top two spades and, seeing Opening The Naples Bridge Center (NBC), one of the heart to the queen and king, which you . Now nothing better to do, played a third spade, giving top ACBL clubs in the country, is seeking a new the defenders revert to spades. The jack is ducked declarer a ruff-sluff. Declarer discarded a club from manager. – necessary if West falls victim to a spade-diamond dummy and ruffed in hand, blocking the heart suit. NBC is a member-owned, non-profit bridge club squeeze. This is the ending: Declarer then cashed the ♥A and ♥K, followed by the in beautiful Naples FL. The club has more than 950 ♠ 5 top two diamonds, getting good news there, and was members, owns its own building and is planning ♥ — at a crossroads. expansion in the near future. Our games and teaching ♦ A K 9 If trumps were 3-3, he could cash the ♣A, ruff programs total more than 10,000 tables per year. We ♣ A 8 4 a club, pull trumps and make five. If hearts are 4-2, have many programs for new duplicate players. ♠ K 8 ♠ — he needed to play a diamond, which will also work Check us out at www.naplesbridge.com. ♥ J ♥ 9 8 half of the time trumps are 3-3 (when North has the If you have management and game-directing ♦ Q J 6 ♦ 4 3 jack). Declarer chose to play a diamond, giving a experience and would consider a move to Florida, ♣ 5 ♣ J 9 7 ruff-sluff to the defense. Adam ruffed with his ♥9 as contact the Naples Bridge Center at info@ ♠ 10 6 I pitched my last spade. Another spade promoted the naplesbridge.com or Roger Banks at uclafan1@ ♥ A 7 ♥J for the setting trick. sbcglobal.net for more information. ♦ 8 No one did anything unreasonable, yet it seemed ♣ Q 6 best to both sides to give ruff-sluffs to the You cash the ♣A and ♣Q, squeezing the ♥J out other. of West. Then the ♥A forces West to pitch his low At the other table, the contract was the same. Smoking Policy North cashed two high spades and exited with a Smoking is not permitted in spade. Finally, a diamond towards dummy gives West the playing area during any bridge the option of splitting his honors and being endplayed . Declarer lost only the two spades and a club for plus 420 and 10 IMPs to our team. playing event at an NBAC. This with a spade, or playing low and letting the ♦9 score includes electronic smoking devices. cheaply. Notice to players You oughta be in pictures Each player must have an ACBL convention Snack bar reduces menu If you achieve a new masterpoint milestone here card filled out and on the table. Please note that The snack bar near the International Ballroom in Chicago – Life Masters and upwards – please other types of convention cards, such as the WBF (2nd Floor) will no longer sell food due to very low come by the Bulletin office and let us take your or homemade cards that do not demand. The snack bar will now sell only coffee. picture. We’re eager to congratulate you and share sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are your achievement in the Daily Bulletin. not acceptable substitutes.

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For further information: www.bridgebolivariano.com Contact: [email protected] Daily Bulletin Sunday, August 16, 2015 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS has three or more of the major Improve your game but a minimum 1NT opener, Brent Manley she will sign off in three of the Another from TD Dan Plato: In a seven-table major. With only two of the game using travelers, I got a call from a table with major and a minimum, partner four Life Masters: “Someone is on my line.” I will pass 2NT. With enough to look at the handwriting and answer, “You already go to game, partner will bid 3NT scored this one, Virginia.” They had played the or four of the major. board a second If you have a of time, getting to a six or more cards and enough to different contract. invite, transfer to the major and Now they wanted raise to three. Partner will know to know which you have at least six cards in result they should the suit and will bid on or pass keep. according to the strength of her hand. Jacoby With enough to bid game – Transfers: This 10-plus HCP – but not enough convention might to think about slam, transfer to be more important the major with five and bid 3NT, than Stayman. giving partner a choice of games. Without the ability to transfer to a major suit, With six or more in the major responder to a 1NT opener will have a difficult and enough for game, transfer task with a five-card major and invitational values. and bid four of your major. Without transfers, responder would basically have Tips for improving to guess what to do with a hand such as In my early days of playing ♠Q J 7 6 5 ♥A 4 ♦J 10 9 8 ♣6 5. bridge, I read as much as I could Without transfers, a bid of 2♠ is to play. If get my hands on. After learning you bid 2♠ with the example hand, partner might the rudiments of the game, I turn up with a 17-point hand with four spades to found a copy of Louis Watson’s the A-K. If you make a game- of 3♠, classic “The Play of the Hand at partner’s hand might be a minimum 1NT opener Bridge.” I read it and re-read it. with a low doubleton in spades. If you go down Thanks to those studies, I was in 3NT, which is likely, you might have the only prepared when certain situations minus on the board. came up in play and defense. Over partner’s 1NT opener, bid 2♦ with five or I also have a special place in more hearts, 2♥ with five or more spades. Partner’s my bridge library for “How To hand is limited, so you are in charge. Partner must Read Your Opponents’ Cards,” bid the suit to which you transfer if the next player by Mike Lawrence. That book passes. You will proceed based on your high-card opened my eyes and hastened strength. my progression as a player. Important tip: Consider this auction: There is no substitute West North East South for playing, of course, and I Partner You encourage you to seek tougher 1NT Pass 2♦ competition at least once or with players who truly want to improve. Dbl ? twice a month. It will take a lot longer for your Finally, go slowly in adding conventions. In If partner bids 2♥, she is showing at least three game to improve if you play only against your my early development, I wasn’t that tuned in to all cards in the suit. A pass would indicate a doubleton peers. Okay, you won’t score as well “playing up,” the fancy bidding tools, but I could take more tricks in hearts. but you will learn a lot more. than many of those whose convention cards were Back to the main point. With 9 HCP and a Even if you don’t play against better players filled to the max. five-card major, transfer to the major and bid 2NT, occasionally, you can ask them for help. Most inviting game in notrump or the major. If partner experts are happy to share what they have learned

Opening lead: ♠Q Using the bidding Bidding Commentary: The bidding is I/N Masterpoint Leaders reasonable. North would like to have a fourth heart, as a guide to but that’s life. South’s jump to 2NT shows about at the Chicago NABC 1-2. Barry Spinner, Hamilton ON 15.15 11 HCP with spades stopped. North raises to 3NT the play and defense 1-2. Raymond Procwat, Hamilton ON 15.15 figuring that any heart or club partner may By Eddie Kantar 3-4. James Nixon, Flower Mound TX 14.74 have to take will work given the bidding. 3-4. Judy Nixon, Flower Mound TX 14.74 Dlr: East ♠ 6 4 3 Defensive Commentary: As East, win the ♠A 5. George Correia, Devonshire 14.19 Vul: None ♥ A J 7 at trick one and return the suit. As West, cover the 6. William Lowry, Alexandria VA 10.45 ♦ Q 10 3 ♣10 when declarer plays it at trick three. 7-8. Sherlene Edwards, Georgetown TX 10.41 ♣ A Q J 2 Play Commentary: Win the second spade, 7-8. Michael Edwards, Georgetown TX 10.41 ♠ Q J 10 9 7 ♠ A 5 the spade that exhausts East of the suit. The idea 9-10. Bonnie Zeran, Lakefield ON 10.25 ♥ Q 10 9 ♥ 8 6 5 4 of a hold-up play is to win the trick that exhausts 9-10. Sterling Zeran, Lakefield ON 10.25 ♦ K 8 ♦ 7 4 2 one opponent, not to forever! After East 11-12. Stewart Metosky, Pittsburgh PA 9.91 ♣ K 6 5 ♣ 9 8 7 3 shows up with the ♠A, it is clear that East has every 11-12. Sandra Metosky, Pittsburgh PA 9.91 ♠ K 8 2 remaining honor so the club and heart are 13. Janet Hickerson, Chicago IL 9.68 ♥ K 3 2 going to work, but the diamond finesse isn’t! 14. Alanna Lee Weisberg, Chicago IL 9.42 ♦ A J 9 6 5 Start with the ♣10 and assuming it is covered, 15. Carolyn Turek, Chicago IL 9.40 ♣ 10 4 cash three club tricks, cross to the ♥K and then 16-17. Douglas Smith, Victoria BC 9.26 take the heart finesse. After taking three clubs and 16-17. Gloria Dorrance, Victoria BC 9.26 West North East South three heart tricks, you are at the crossroads. If West 18. Willi Christensen, Hamilton 9.04 Pass Pass remains with two diamonds, exit a spade and take 19-20. Sandra Sweet, Glenview IL 8.54 1♠ Dbl Pass 2NT the last two diamond tricks. If the count tells you 19-20. Kathleen Gerbosi, Glenview IL 8.54 Pass 3NT All Pass that West is down to one diamond, play the ace. 21. Suzanne Brisebois, Longueuil QC 8.50 Notice how important it is to retain that third spade 22. Denis Piton, Longueuil QC 7.88 for a possible throw-in play at trick nine. Page 4 Sunday, August 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1973 Richard Katz 199 14 Tables 1974 Richard Shepherd 162 11.18 1 Glen Anderson, Raleigh NC; James McKinney, Carol Stream IL; Karen Baer, Houston TX; Deborah Reed, Sugar Land Last year, a win in 1975 Grant Baze 176 TX the Spingold created 1976 Richard Katz 219 7.83 2 Cameron Doner, Vancouver BC; Kay Enfield, Santa a four-way tie for 1977 Ken Cohen 198 Fe NM; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA the Fishbein. Boye 1978 Mike Passell 215 5.03 3 Judy Cohen - Babette Brenner, Morton Grove IL; Brogeland, , 1979 Bobby Wolff 179 Joyce Joseph, Glencoe IL; Susan Bass, Chicago IL and Espen 1980 Peter Weichsel 194 3.91 4 Marilyn Lewis, Glen Ellyn IL; Mary Berg, River Lindqvist won with Forest IL; Margaret Duggan, Palos Park IL; Jo Hannan, Orland Park IL 1981 Ralph Katz 236* 316.34 . 1982 Mike Smolen 221 FRIDAY MIDNIGHT ZIP KO Allan Graves and 1983 Bob Hamman 280* 15 Tables Richard Schwart 1984 Steve Sion 271 3.79 1 Steve Smolen - Jennifer Lin - Joshua Hull, San Francisco CA; McKenzie Myers, Beaverton OR finished just behind their 1985 Bill Passell 225 2.65 2 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; C Ganzer, Brooklyn teammates with 315.35 masterpoints. 1986 Mark Lair 187 NY; Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Robert Brady, Mc Lean VA The Fishbein Trophy was donated by ACBL in 1987 Danny Rotman 188 1.52 3/4 Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC; Adam Kaplan, memory of Sally Fishbein and in recognition of the Stanford CA; Edmund Wu, San Francisco CA; Anam Tebha, Las Vegas 1988 Helen Utegaard 168 NV untiring efforts of Harry Fishbein, who served as 1989 Zeke Jabbour 198 1.52 3/4 Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA; Ankur Rathi, ACBL treasurer and refused to accept the customary 1990 Ron Rubin, Michael Becker 227 Sunnyvale CA; Anant Rathi, San Diego CA; Douglas Kuschner, compensation. Asterisk indicates record. 1991 Eric Rodwell 278 Valencia CA The winners 1952-1963: 1992 Juanita Chambers 182 THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING KO 1952 John Crawford 1993 John Sutherlin 233 6 Tables 1953 Milton Ellenby 1994 Lynn Deas 238 15.93 1 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Peter McLaren, Prince Albert SK; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Bill 1954 David Carter 1995 Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman 253 Parks, Macungie PA; Earl Knipfel, Moose Jaw SK 1955 Paul Hodge 1996 Jeff Meckstroth 268.79 11.15 2 Bruce Moor - Susan Wark - Marian Lynn Coveney - 1956 Tobias Stone 1997 Steve Garner 246.77 Tom Jolliffe, London ON 1957 John Crawford 1998 Paul Soloway 280.77* 1958 Helen Sobel 1999 Eric Rodwell 347.87* Those slim extra chances 1959 Ira Rubin 2000 Rose Meltzer, Kyle Larsen, By Barry Rigal 1960 Boris Koytchou Lew Stansby, Chip Martel, Down 30 IMPs to the Lavazza team with 15 1961 Marshall Miles Peter Weichsel 315.00 boards to play, we needed to be lucky and good. We 1962 Ira Rubin 2001 Ralph Katz 383.85* were neither, but when you miss your slim extra 1963 Alvin Roth 2002 Tobi Sokolow 304.43 chances, the gods have a way of punishing you These are the Fishbein Trophy winners since 2003 Michael Rosenberg 392.50* severely. 1964, together with their point totals. An asterisk 2004 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 350.00 Dlr: South ♠ A 9 6 4 3 indicates the record was broken that year. 2005 Geoff Hampson 348.09 Vul: Both ♥ A 7 3 1964 Percy Sheardown 223* 2006 Bjorn Fallenius 365.00 ♦ A 10 8 7 1965 Alvin Roth 210 2007 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 385.72 ♣ 8 1966 Alvin Roth 186 2008 Migry Zur Campanile 269.56 1967 Phil Feldesman 177 2009 John Hurd 335.00 ♠ K Q 10 5 1968 Jim Jacoby 205 2010 Eric Greco, 301.82 ♥ K J 1969 Bob Hamman 180 2011 David Berkowitz 332.50 ♦ 4 2 1970 Dave Strasberg 155 2012 Alan Sontag 315.00 ♣ A Q 9 7 6 1971 Barbara Rappaport 187 2013 Mark Itabashi 326.70 You open the South cards 1NT (15-17), break 1972 B. Jay Becker 179 2014 , Espen Lindqvist, the transfer into spades (“super-accepting”) and a Lotan Fisher, Ron Schwartz 316.34 moment later are at the helm in 6♠. A low trump lead allows you to win trick one with the ♠10. Plan the play. SATURDAY DAYLIGHT A/X SWISS TEAMS 14 Tables / Based on 39 Tables At the table, declarer played the ♣A, ruffed a A X club and crossed to the ♥K to ruff another club. They 17.15 1 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; William Harker, split, but no king had appeared. On a trump to the Santa Fe NM; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco king, East discarded. Declarer ruffed a club, cashed CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 90.00 the ♥A and ruffed a heart to hand, ready to claim. 12.86 2 1 Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX; Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Randy Okubo, Alas, West overruffed and it was down one. This was Saint Paul MN; Nancy Joe, Austin TX 88.00 the full deal: 9.65 3 Margherita Chavarria - Karia Cristiana Saccavini - Simonetta Paoluzi, Rome Italy; Francesca Piscitelli, Naples Italy 86.00 ♠ A 9 6 4 3 7.24 4 Dawn Campbell, Portland OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Margaret ♥ A 7 3 Peterson, Larkspur CA; James Griffin, Sausalito CA 84.00 5.31 5/6 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Drew Casen, Springfield LA; Bob Jones, ♦ A 10 8 7 Hypoluxo FL; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 82.00 ♣ 8 7.03 5/6 2 Thomas Andrews, Utica NY; Albert Shrive, Dalton PA; Ala Hamilton-Day, ♠ J 7 2 ♠ 8 Rose Valley PA; Donald Dalpe, Baldwinsville NY; Anthony Barre, El ♥ 6 2 ♥ Q 10 9 8 5 4 Dorado Hills CA 82.00 ♦ K J 6 3 ♦ Q 9 5 4.61 3/4 Otto Adamec - Renee Miller, New York NY; Daniel Simon - Donna Simon, ♣ K J 10 4 ♣ 5 3 2 South Bend IN 69.00 ♠ K Q 10 5 4.61 3/4 Lucille Jenkins - David Jenkins - Richard Whitsitt, Rockford IL; Meyer ♥ K J Abarbanel, Belvidere IL 69.00 ♦ 4 2 ♣ A Q 9 7 6 SATURDAY DAYLIGHT FLIGHT B ROUND-ROBIN TEAMS BRACKET 1 8 Tables / Based on 29 Tables After ruffing a club at trick two, why not play 10.24 1 Jack Conway - Anne Beaurivage, Lincoln NE; Gina Austin Fresh - Robert a heart to the jack? It hardly seems to matter, but it Ellison, Wichita KS 92.00 does today! 7.68 2 Patricia Braun, Arlington Hgts IL; David Juberien, Rolling Meadows IL; Dennis Skinder - Fred Johnston, Chicago IL 91.00 5.76 3 Marie Duval - Jean Bellemarre, Montreal QC; Benoit Favreau, Saint-Hubert Cash found QC; Robert Guerard, Brossard QC 90.00 Some cash was found in the International SATURDAY DAYLIGHT FLIGHT B ROUND-ROBIN TEAMS BRACKET 2 Ballroom on Wednesday. To claim, visit Tournament 8 Tables / Based on 13 Tables Headquarters on the 3rd Floor. Must specify amount 4.61 1 Bonnie Boyer, Morton Grove IL; Don Cohen, Oak Park IL; Shelia Sittinger - and denomination. Michael Sittinger, Lombard IL 92.00 Also, cash was found 3.46 2 Terry Goodykoontz - Donna Giertz, Champaign IL; Michael Heins, Cocoa Beach Tuesday evening in Salon FL; Irene Wen, Urbana IL 79.00 D, Lower Level. Contact 2.27 3/4 Peter Doan - Randall Roberts, Chicago IL; Michele Pockross, Wilmette IL; Jane Armstrong at 281- Robert Kruger, Elgin IL 74.00 798-3342 to inquire. 2.27 3/4 Stephen Bell - Jane Bell, Warrenville IL; Thomas Hurt - Mary Hurt, Lombard IL 74.00 Must specify amount. Daily Bulletin Sunday, August 16, 2015 Page 5

against 2♥ doubled was not relevant in assigning a score in 2♦ doubled. No favorable result was TOURNAMENT APPEALS available for E-W in 2♥ doubled (therefore, the concept of “egregious error” by the non-offending In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal results in a timely side did not apply) and under Law 12C, the normal fashion, the NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is result of down one in 2♦ doubled met the standards made to ensure that these reports are accurate and complete. Before they are for both the offending side and the non-offending published in the NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may be made. side. The AC determined that N-S presented no The Ruling: E-W received the correct evidence as to why the director’s ruling should be APPEALS CASE 5 explanation, so there was no misinformation (MI). overturned and assessed them an appeal without Event: Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams However, South had unauthorized information (UI) merit warning. Session: 2nd final when partner failed to Alert 2♦. Four expert players The Committee: Ron Gerard (chair), Scott Subject: Unauthorized information were polled by being given the South hand without Stearns, Ed Lazarus, Patty Tucker, and Craig Herman Craig Jacobson the MI, and all four passed after the double by East. Board: 28 ♠ Q 10 9 8 According to Law 12.C.1 and Law 16.B.1, the Vul: N-S ♥ Q 9 director adjusted the result to 2♦ doubled by South, Dlr: West ♦ 10 8 6 2 down one, N/S minus 200. New approach by ♣ K 10 8 The Appeal: N-S appealed the ruling, and all Appeals Committees Michael Efraim Hirsch Schnayer four players attended the hearing. South assumed In meetings prior to the start of the Chicago ♠ K J 4 ♠ A 5 3 that the double of 2♦ was for penalty without asking. NABC, the Board of Directors amended the ACBL ♥ A 7 6 5 ♥ 4 3 He felt that on that basis, there was authorized Handbook for Appeals Committees. ♦ 7 4 ♦ K J 9 5 information that his partner had not interpreted 2♦ Effective immediately, Appeals Committees ♣ A J 5 2 ♣ Q 9 7 4 as a transfer because he would have at most four will use the Tournament Director’s ruling as Alexander Weiland diamonds and not the six-card suit necessary to fail their foundation rather than starting their ruling ♠ 7 6 2 to accept the transfer. North said that he passed the from scratch. In this scenario, appellants will be ♥ K J 10 8 2 double of 2♥ because he was not sure that South asked to explain the grounds on which they believe ♦ A Q 3 had diamonds and hearts and was allowing for a the TD’s ruling ought to be overturned. ♣ 6 3 misunderstanding. N-S also questioned whether Most often, this will have little or no effect on the E-W’s defense to 2♥ doubled, allowing two outcome of the case. When the Appeals Committee West North East South overtricks instead of holding it to two, would affect decides that the TD’s ruling was misjudged or simply 1NT (1) Pass Pass 2♦ (2) the result in 2♦ doubled if that were the assigned incorrect, the ruling will be overturned. In close Pass Pass Dbl (3) 2♥ contract. cases, however, where the TD ruling is reasonable Dbl (3) All Pass The Decision: The Appeals Committee (AC) and the decision could go either way, the committee (1) 12-14 HCP, Announced. determined that both the failure to Alert and the will be more likely to rule with the TD than in the (2) Intended as a transfer to hearts; partnership explanation of “natural” were UI to South. The AC past. agreement is natural. did not agree that North needed six diamonds to pass The grounds for bringing an appeal have not (3) Penalty. 2♦ if transfers were in effect, especially since five- changed. If you believe the TD was mistaken as to Final contract: 2♥ doubled by South card length was apparently acceptable for the real the facts of the case, or the TD has applied the law : ♠4 suit. There were holdings such as 3=0=5=5, 4=0=5=4 incorrectly or was mistaken on a matter of bridge Table result: Making four, N-S plus 1070 and perhaps even 4=1=5=3 where North might pass judgment, you can and should appeal. Director ruling: 2♦ doubled by South, down 2♦ rather than bid 2♥. Furthermore, it was entirely TDs usually poll players when a ruling depends one, N-S minus 200 possible that East’s double was negative, in which on bridge judgment. So before bringing forward an Committee ruling: 2♦ doubled by South, down case North could have six diamonds and would appeal that hinges on bridge judgment, you should one, N-S minus 200 deliberately pass the transfer. By failing to ascertain be sure to understand the reason for the poll, the The Facts: The director was summoned at the what East’s double meant or what the minimum questions asked and which Law or Laws the TD end of play. South’s 2♦ was intended as a transfer trump holding would be for a penalty double, South applied when using the poll results. to hearts, but the actual N-S agreement is that it is clearly acted on the basis of UI in removing to 2♥. natural in the seat. East asked about 2♦ Therefore, the table ruling was affirmed, 2♦ doubled Paul Janicki, Director of Appeals prior to doubling. South did not ask the meaning of by South, down one, N-S minus 200. Adam Wildavsky, Chairman of Appeals the double. The AC judged that the number of tricks taken

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT FLIGHT B ROUND-ROBIN TEAMS BRACKET 3 7 Tables / Based on 9 Tables Goodwill Message 3.41 1 Janet Nachman - Sharon Solwitz, Chicago IL; Robert Margolis, Glencoe IL; As we fold up our bidding boxes and prepare Harvey Wineberg, Highland Park IL 92.00 to leave, let’s again thank our hosts 2.56 2 Lorry Cashatt, Broomfield CO; Linda Cronkleton, Noblesville IN; Karen for their hard work and gracious Reese - Elizabeth Miller, Marquette MI 69.00 hospitality. 1.92 3 Steven Clements, Wildwood MO; John Welte, Ballwin MO; Penelope Messer, Sandy DeMartino, Chair Columbia MO; Robert Brager, Baltimore MD 66.00 Aileen Osofsky ACBL Goodwill Committee SATURDAY DAYLIGHT FLIGHT B ROUND-ROBIN TEAMS BRACKET 4 7 Tables 2.73 1 Marcus Gottlieb, Deerfield IL; John Grossman, Highland Park IL; Barbara Ehrmann, Buffalo Grove IL; Jeffrey Rabin, Lincolnshire IL 71.00 Monitoring 2.05 2 Lois Michaels - Joel Michaels - Linda Bell, Northbrook IL; Jay Weiss, Boca At this and future North American Raton FL 70.00 Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ 1.54 3 Gina Otto - Rolland Otto, Brea CA; Martin Gibler - Stacy Vanstone, West events with visible, real-time cameras. The images Chester OH 68.00 will be recorded and available for later inspection and review by officials. SATURDAY MORNIG SIDE PAIRS By general monitoring of the session and 23.5 Tables participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of A B C information that may be useful in determining facts 6.45 1 1 Gay Roach, Nacogdoches TX; Jimmie Lou Conner, Austin TX 59.03% 4.84 2 2 1 Martha Welte, Buffalo NY; John Welte, Amherst NY 58.25% and settling issues arising from some types of ethical 3.18 3/4 3/4 Elaine Misner - James Misner, Wilton CT 57.64% and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon 3.18 3/4 3/4 2 Burton Lewis - Marie Stevenson, Chicago IL 57.64% a director if a problem occurs at the table. 2.57 5 5 Nicolas Karamaoun, Blacksburg VA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 57.36% This procedure is intended to assure everyone 1.80 6 John Russell, N Barrington IL; Gary Helman, Syosset NY 57.30% that the playing field is level and that misbehavior 1.80 7 Irina Kislitsyna - Alexandra Ladyzhensky, Bradenton FL 55.42% will not be tolerated. 1.31 6 Paul Karas, Elm Grove WI; Joanne Matchette, Vero Beach FL 55.00% 2.17 3 Gerald Landy, Chicago IL; Janice Friedlander, Riverwoods IL 54.60% 1.62 4 Valerie Bennett - Ellen Rubert, Chicago IL 53.33% 2.19 5 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA 53.19% Stay in touch Is your email address on file? Is it up to date? 1.46 6 Mark Pinkowski, Chicago IL; Yan Zhang, Jersey City NJ 52.92% Let ACBL know! Call toll-free, 800–264–2743 (Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Time), or email [email protected]. Page 6 Sunday, August 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS Slow Play 16.0 Tables Slow play, especially habitual slow play, is a A B C violation of law and subject to penalty. When a pair 3.41 1 1 1 Suzanne Pritzker, Lincolnshire IL; Barbara Niehus, Skokie IL 67.92% has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them to make up 2.24 2/3 2/3 Curtis Wehling - Judy Wehling, Glenview IL 60.00% 2.24 2/3 2/3 2 Robert Colucci - Les White, Chicago IL 60.00% the time lost as quickly as possible whether at fault 1.26 4/5 Jo Ellen Drisko, Lexington KY; Margaret Getman, Saint Paul MN 59.58% or not. All players are expected to make a concerted 1.26 4/5 4 Bonnie Zeran - Sterling Zeran, Lakefield ON 59.58% effort to catch up when they have fallen behind, 0.94 6 5 Judy Nixon - James Nixon, Flower Mound TX 58.33% regardless of the reason for their lateness. 1.38 6 3 Patricia Stevens - Eben Stevens, Greenville SC 57.50% In the absence of compelling evidence to the 1.18 4 Marvin Sherrill - Rosann Sherrill, Madison WI 56.25% contrary, the director should presume that a pair 0.78 5 Samuel Bernstein, Highland Park IL; Phil Bishaf, Northbrook IL 55.83% finishing a round late by more than two or three 0.62 6 David Odette - Linda Odette, Bloomington IL 55.00% minutes on more than one occasion during a session is responsible for the lateness. There is a strong SATURDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS expectation that the director will penalize such a 8.0 Tables A B C pair. The size of a penalty will tend to increase for 1.84 1 Karen Ann Miller - Susan Seaver, Crystal Lake IL 62.50% subsequent instances of slow play and for chronic or 1.21 2/3 Nancy Garfien, Naples FL; Esther Emmerman, Chicago IL 58.33% egregious slow play. 1.21 2/3 1 1 Karen Page - Jack Page, Wilmette IL 58.33% While warnings typically will be given before a 0.78 4 Sherlene Edwards - Michael Edwards, Georgetown TX 57.08% penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way limits 0.64 5 John Kerr - Roger Peirce, Tucson AZ 55.00% the director’s authority to issue a penalty. 0.91 2 2 Ingrid Brewer - John Brewer, Evanston IL 51.67% Players are expected to be aware, in a general SATURDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS sense, of time used and remaining in a segment 14.5 Tables in which they are playing regardless of whether a A B C clock is in use or a time announcement has been 4.74 1 1 Kim Corbin - Donna Johnson, Scottsdale AZ 68.67% made. An excuse of “no announcement” or “no 3.56 2 C Arthur Nevins - Jeanine Dow, Kalamazoo MI 58.78% clock immediately visible” will not be considered 2.99 3 2 1 Kathryn Garrity, Zionsville IN; Alan Frantz, Oberlin OH 58.01% persuasive. 2.24 4 3 2 Paula Najarian, East Greenwich RI; Lois DeBlois, Warwick RI 56.87% 2.04 5 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL 55.77% 1.12 6 Ed Word Jr, Monroe LA; Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA 54.33% 1.68 4 3 Sandi Schlueter - Gerald Landy, Chicago IL 53.99% 1.26 5 Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL 53.44% 0.94 6 Ejaz Qureshi, Scarsdale NY; Simon Cocheme, London United Kingdom 52.28% 1.26 4 Hazel Connor - Greg Pattinson, Chicago IL 51.12% 0.94 5 Kenneth Gibson - Wendy Gibson, Stow OH 50.13%

MINI-SPINGOLD I KO TEAMS 47 Tables 18.00 5/8 Sean Pryke, Dundas ON; John Laufer - Andrew 8.00 9/16 Marilyn Snodell, Nokomis FL; Daniel Spindler, 80.00 1 Steve Zolotow - Anam Tebha, Las Vegas NV; Risman, Toronto ON; David Cohen, Thornhill ON Park Ridge IL; Caroline Pascoe - Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL Christian Jolly, Huntsville AL; Oren Kriegel, Skandia MI; Sean 18.00 5/8 Arthur Wasserman - Bob Rasmussen, Ann Arbor 9.00 9/16 A J Stephani - Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; John Gannon, Decatur GA MI; Philip Lentz, New York NY; Thomas Rozinski, Brooklyn NY Meinking, Maineville OH; Steve Callaham, Alpharetta GA 60.00 2 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Xu 18.00 5/8 Yuki Harada, Setagaya Ku Tok Japan; Hirokana 9.00 9/16 Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI; Benjamin Dickens, Wang, Rego Park NY; Brad Dracka, Farmington Hls MI; Jin Hu, Yuge - Koki Kobayashi, Kawasaki Japan; Hitoshi Tanabe, Tokyo Fernandina Bch FL; Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; William Granger, Wappingers NY; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI Japan Bradenton FL 40.00 3/4 Bob Rebelein, Poughkeepsie NY; Jadwiga 8.00 9/16 Ron Sholes, Springfield IL; Richard Brummer, 8.00 9/16 Charles Scholl, Mayfield Height OH; Chetan Polujan, Calgary AB; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY; H Jay Effingham IL; Adrienne Muslin, Tampa FL; Joe Angermeier, St Mody, Greenville PA; Fleur Howard, Gates Mills OH; Francis Tseng, Sloofman, Ardsley NY; David Sokolow - Louis Sachar, Austin TX Petersburg FL Erie PA 40.00 3/4 W Reynolds, South Pasadena CA; David Pelka - 8.00 9/16 Teresa Boyd - Grant Robinson, Dublin CA; Cole 8.00 9/16 Craig Henderson, Chicago IL; Gordon Zind, Alan Daniels, Los Angeles CA; Lance Kerr, Sylmar CA Powell, Oakland CA; Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA Ottawa ON; Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ; Doug Dey, Oxford NC 18.00 5/8 Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT; Dave Woods, 9.00 9/16 Bill Begert - Jess Jurkovic, New York NY; Doug Sarnia ON; Lee Easterbrook, Chatham ON; Gary Robertson, Anderson, Quincy MA; Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Jonathan Blenheim ON Forde, Geneva NY; Kerry Kappell, Sunnyside NY

1 (32) Reynolds 2 (31) Henderson 26 49 133 177 22 48 71 93 16 Snodell 15 (19) Pryke 27 73 87 130 9 48 81 99

1 (32) Reynolds 2 (19) Pryke 37 58 97 153 27 63 78 104 8 (24) Harada 7 (23) Fleischmann 58 97 120 140 17 72 105 140

8 (25) Nehra 1 (32) Reynolds 7 Boyd 41 94 110 135 10 36 53 92 10 22 37 wd 9 (24) Harada 4 (29) Zolotow 10 (23) Fleischmann 25 69 112 165 41 63 93 126 44 54 126

1 (29) Zolotow 23 52 92 147 2 (23) Fleischmann 3 39 54 68

5 (28) Feldman 6 Rebelein 10 26 48 86 2 (23) Fleischmann 34 54 96 128 12 Johnson 40 51 128 167 11 (22) Stephani 22 58 96 117 3 (6) Rebelein 18 27 72 112 29 80 98 132

5 (12) Johnson 6 Rebelein 37 59 61 66 20 89 130 155 4 (29) Zolotow 3 (18) Wasserman 36 98 182 235 54 62 91 108

4 (29) Zolotow 3 Scholl 38 105 156 31 50 88 106 13 Begert 14 (18) Wasserman 13 23 37 wd 44 80 109 133 Daily Bulletin Sunday, August 16, 2015 Page 7

BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 14 Tables 39.0 Tables / Based on 75 Tables 11.18 1 Glen Anderson, Raleigh NC; James McKinney, 60.00 1 Paul Hattis, Newton MA; James Orleans, Northbrook IL 1360.46 Carol Stream IL; Karen Baer, Houston TX; Deborah Reed, Sugar 45.00 2 Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN; Sam Graham, Germantown TN 1270.15 Land TX 33.75 3 Richard Wimberley, Evans GA; Jesse Chao, San Francisco CA 1251.59 7.83 2 Cameron Doner, Vancouver BC; Kay Enfield, 26.67 4 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Edward So, Pleasanton CA 1239.48 Santa Fe NM; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; Ellis Feigenbaum, 24.00 5 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Paul Kushner, So Lake Tahoe CA 1221.65 Laguna Woods CA 5.03 3 Judy Cohen - Babette Brenner, Morton Grove IL; 26.12 6 Stephen Tynes, Truro NS; Ethan Macaulay, Toronto ON 1205.35 Joyce Joseph, Glencoe IL; Susan Bass, Chicago IL 20.00 7 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; Ben Feinswog, Coconut Grove FL 1202.43 3.91 4 Marilyn Lewis, Glen Ellyn IL; Mary Berg, River 18.46 8 Evan Marti, Houston TX; Randy Pearson, Pittsburgh PA 1187.72 Forest IL; Margaret Duggan, Palos Park IL; Jo Hannan, Orland Park 17.14 9 Hadi Abushakra, Kensington MD; Walter Smith Jr, Washington DC 1186.59 IL 16.34 10 Mark Fischler, Warrenville IL; Ping Hu, Naperville IL 1180.16 15.00 11 Edwin (Ted) Bain III, Houston TX; Michael Miedema, Hockley TX 1168.52 FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 16 Tables 14.90 12 Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Zachary Wasserman, Farmington Hls MI 1160.86 24.57 1 Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Diana Holt, 13.33 13 Charles Klees - Randy McKay, Chicago IL 1158.47 Palm Beach FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; 12.63 14 Isaac Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Cole Spencer, Fayetteville AR 1152.37 Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 12.00 15 Bo Xiao - Brent Xiao, Fremont CA 1123.92 17.20 2 Michael Hu - Linzhi Hu - Qing Lu, San Jose CA; 11.43 16 Laurie Carr - Yoonji Kim, Honolulu HI 1112.36 Tsao-Tung Tsai, Cupertino CA 9.83 3/4 Hiroaki Miura - Hitoshi Tanabe, Tokyo Japan; 10.91 17 David Johnson - John D Aguiar, Calgary AB 1098.92 Koki Kobayashi - Hirokana Yuge, Kawasaki Japan 10.43 18 James Richman, Dallas TX; Kathleen Carr, Garland TX 1098.46 9.83 3/4 Daniel Levin, Deerfield IL; James Dressler, 10.00 19 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 1095.47 Rolling Meadows IL; Lavern Wiebe - Ellen Wiebe, Aurora IL 9.86 20 R Muggia, Andover MA; Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA 1091.33 9.23 21 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Steve Callaham, Alpharetta GA 1082.08 SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO 13.25 22 Michael Ellgass, Niles IL; Mark Holle, Downers Grove IL 1074.38 16 Tables Stephen Castellino, Castro Valley CA; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth 8.57 23 John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Suvabrata Biswas, Katy TX 1070.78 TX; Muhammad Abedi, Chicago IL; Mohsin Chandna, Washington 8.28 24 Colleen Treanor, The Villages FL; Clement Gosiewski II, Chicago IL 1069.47 DC; Fawad Hakim, Niles IL 8.00 25 Yan Zhang, Jersey City NJ; Jake Neuthaler, New York NY 1065.55 vs 15.52 26 Mel Volmert, Springfield MO; John Steffan, Wilmette IL 1062.29 Steven Picus, Mequon WI; Jay Miller, Milwaukee WI; Richard 11.94 27 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 1060.19 Valpey, Rockaway NJ; Larry Murray, Windsor ON 7.27 28 Edward Kung - Janet Johnson, Philadelphia PA 1056.80 Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; T Brian 7.06 29 David Howorth, Oxford MS; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 1052.10 Zaugg, Burien WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA 6.86 30 Jan Soule, Chicago IL; Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA 1049.95 vs 6.67 31 Neil Selvin, Naples FL; Howard Grunin, Mc Lean VA 1048.62 Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Richard 6.49 32 David Rockenfield, Janesville WI; Steve Neumueller, Evansville WI 1048.12 Schwartz, Lords Valley PA; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye 6.32 33 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 1046.40 Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway 13.08 34 Walter Maxymuk - Gene Keidan, Toms River NJ 1039.55 6.00 35 Dennis Schultz, Harrison OH; Lawrence Newman, Cincinnati OH 1039.34 Life Master news 5.85 36 Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL; David Loeb, Lake Mary FL 1037.51 Barbara Ferm of 5.71 37 Dennis Bushman - Sharon Bushman, Jacksonville FL 1036.55 Dallas TX became a Silver 7.27 38 Brandon Harper, Winter Park FL; Alexander Okamoto, Wyndmoor PA 1035.52 Life Master (1000-plus SATURDAY DAYLIGHT B/C PAIRS masterpoints) when her 17.5 Tables / Based on 58 Tables squad finished fourth in the B C Freeman Mixed Board-a- 22.31 1 George Atherton - Susan Atherton, Baton Rouge LA 59.93% Match Teams. Her partner 16.73 2 1 Dennis Feuer - Abbie Feuer, N Palm Beach FL 59.36% 12.55 3 2 Mary Phillips, Honolulu HI; Kurt Fritz, San Diego CA 58.61% was Jacob Morgan. Their 9.41 4 Charles Rethlefsen, Corvallis OR; Norman Dressler, Kingston PA 58.02% teammates were Juanita 7.44 5 3 Paul Frean - Sabrina Frean, New York NY 57.09% Chambers, Chris Compton 6.37 6 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Joye Sidoti, Oakland CA 54.94% and Joan Jackson. 5.58 7 Boris Tenchov, Columbus OH; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 54.32% Meera Patel of Willow 4.96 8 4 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX 54.17% Springs IL became a Life 4.46 9 5 Russell Williams, Hanover PA; Joshua Whittaker, York PA 53.70% Master at the Summer 3.06 6 Douglas Wake - Mirjana Reams, Seattle WA 53.10% NABC in Chicago. With nearly 1000 masterpoints, SATURDAY DAYLIGHT A/X PAIRS she needed only 2.21 gold 17.5 Tables / Based on 76 Tables A X points to advance in rank. 33.57 1 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 63.43% Playing with Manish Dixit 25.18 2 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 60.81% of Naperville IL, Patel 18.88 3 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL 57.81% earned 2.95 gold points in the Stratified Open Pairs. 14.16 4 Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; Larry Sunser, Syracuse NY 56.28% “I want to thank my partner for helping me,” Patel 11.19 5 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 54.47% said. 9.59 6 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO 54.15% Paula Coleman of 15.85 7 1 Ragi El-Hoss - M-Christine El-Hoss, Toronto ON 54.08% Oakville ON entered the 11.89 8 2 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI 53.94% Saturday Gold Rush Pairs 6.71 9 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 53.71% needing 1.06 gold points 8.92 3 Sharon Fellars - Richard Fellars, Deerfield IL 52.80% 6.69 4 Lee Easterbrook, Chatham ON; Gary Robertson, Blenheim ON 52.19% to become a Life Master. 5.28 5 Toyohiko Ozawa, Kawasaki City Japan; Misako Fukazawa, Higashiyama Kyo Playing with Gail Titus, Japan 51.72% also of Oakville, Coleman 4.53 6 Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR 51.21% earned 1.15 gold to achieve he goal. SATURDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS Richard Condon of 5.0 Tables Hot Springs Village AR A B C earned his gold card playing 1.53 1 1 1 Ingrid Brewer - John Brewer, Evanston IL 58.52% in the Gold Rush Pairs 1.15 2 Ruth Anderson - Robert Anderson, Manteno IL 57.39% on Saturday. His partner 0.86 3 Karen Ann Miller - Susan Seaver, Crystal Lake IL 54.89% 0.91 4 2 2 Allyson Pooley - Rudy Lubov, Chicago IL 54.17% was Cindy Henderson of Northfield IL. SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS Sabrina Frean overdid 11.0 Tables it in the Strati-flighted A B C B/C Pairs on Saturday. 2.76 1 1 1 Jean Mutchmore - Jeanne Fortin, Boucherville QC 58.63% She needed only 2.49 1.81 2/3 2/3 2 Samuel Bernstein, Highland Park IL; Phil Bishaf, Northbrook IL 57.14% masterpoints to become a 1.81 2/3 2/3 Judy Nixon - James Nixon, Flower Mound TX 57.14% Life Master. Playing with 1.38 4 4 3 Mary Fry - Robert Black, Evanston IL 56.85% her husband, Paul, she 0.97 5 5 4 Emanuel Kahana - Rivka Kahana, Chicago IL 55.36% earned 7.44 gold points. The 0.65 6 5 Suzanne Pritzker, Lincolnshire IL; Barbara Niehus, Skokie IL 55.06% Freans live in New York City. Page 8 Sunday, August 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin TODAY’S PAIRING IN THE SPINGOLD KO TEAMS 90 Tables 80.00 5/8 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Michal James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Kevin Dwyer, Lotan Fisher, Rishon Le Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz, Melbourne FL; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Ramat-Gan Israel; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Israel; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland Rome Italy 80.00 5/8 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Jeff Aker, vs Briarcliff NY; John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Fulvio Okemos MI; Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Glenn Fantoni - - Tor Helness - Geir Milgrim, Forest Hills NY Helgemo, Monaco 50.00 9/16 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Plano TX; , Smolec Poland; 125.00 3/4 Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Zia Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; Piotr Gawrys, Mahmood, New York NY; Norberto Bocchi, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala - Alejandro Poland Bianchedi, Buenos Aires Argentina; Massimiliano Di 50.00 9/16 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Andrew Franco, Italy Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; 125.00 3/4 Ze Jun Zhuang - Hoajun Shi, Shanghai Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Krzysztof People’s Republic of China; Chuan Cheng Ju - Zheng Buras, Warszawa Poland; Mark Lair, Canyon TX Jun Shi, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Haitao 50.00 9/16 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Liu, People’s Republic of China; Lidang Dong, Lev, New York NY; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Shaanxi People’s Republic of China Germany; , Hamburg Germany; Bob 80.00 5/8 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Hamman, Dallas TX; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg 50.00 9/16 Martin De Knijff, Las Vegas NV; Peter MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Jacek Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Mathias Bruun, Hellerup Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Michael Rosenberg, Denmark; Knut Blakset, Frederiksberg Denmark Cupertino CA 50.00 9/16 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese 80.00 5/8 Richard Schwartz, Lords Valley PA; Milner, Sarasota FL; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; Lars Blakset, Holte Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Huub Denmark; Thomas Vang Larsen, Copenhagen Bertens, Bend OR; Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON Netherlands

1 Schwartz 38 76 110 138 64 Pellegrini 10 17 65 100 1 Schwartz 25 40 77 117 32 (33) Lewis 31 70 86 96 32 McKellar 21 57 57 95 1 Schwartz 33 Lewis 31 56 96 114 35 65 113 161 16 (17) DeKnijff 16 Gupta 1 34 73 99 40 68 92 123 49 Kahn 39 54 73 103 16 (49) Kahn 38 61 72 86 17 DeKnijff 37 87 127 164 17 DeKnijff 24 83 111 154 48 Yan 34 58 93 117 1 Schwartz 28 44 87 111 8 Cayne 9 Levine 16 34 61 135 20 43 78 112 56 Ramaratnam 27 62 114 114 9 Levine 33 63 101 116 24 Team Wolff 37 63 92 141 24 Team Wolff 23 67 121 161 41 Cullin 22 54 70 120 9 (24) Team Wolff 1 (8) Cayne 21 26 79 102 38 71 144 200 8 Cayne 4 (12) Lavazza 25 Fireman 45 59 84 122 43 79 89 165 19 22 71 93 40 Blanchard 36 110 129 144 25 (40) Blanchard 35 69 86 86 8 Cayne 27 40 123 123 8 Cayne 25 83 119 57 Schollaardt 1 8 16 wd 1 (8) Cayne 5 Lynch 60 80 114 2 (3) Monaco 60 Sorkin 1 28 42 wd

5 Lynch 29 64 109 152 28 Team NoName 29 45 53 67 28 Team NoName 19 78 102 124 2 (26) PanChina 37 Chmurski 34 51 87 117 5 Lynch 36 45 53 64 56 76 118 144 3 Monaco 12 Lavazza 9 51 72 122 21 Vinciguerra 21 57 93 104 35 89 108 157 44 Hollman 20 53 71 124 21 (44) Hollman 20 43 61 95 12 Lavazza 42 68 104 113 12 Lavazza 19 73 99 136 53 Hinze 32 59 78 117 5 (12) Lavazza 60 108 127 179 4 (45) Rigal 13 Rosenthal 35 65 97 23 44 97 107 52 Tucker 14 22 27 wd 13 Rosenthal 15 21 24 60 20 (45) Rigal 21 50 71 104 20 Street 43 64 103 117 45 Rigal 41 125 161 215 13 (45) Rigal 29 49 89 130 4 (36) Ventin 29 Sprung 16 36 64 74 43 51 68 81 36 Ventin 41 106 109 166 29 (36) Ventin 25 81 124 143 4 Fleisher 35 51 80 140 4 Fleisher 28 63 132 170 61 Texan Aces 52 71 72 109 Daily Bulletin Sunday, August 16, 2015 Page 9 TODAY’S PAIRING IN THE SPINGOLD KO TEAMS 50.00 9/16 Ken Bercuson - Ron Rubin, Las Vegas Nieuw Vennep Netherlands 25.00 17/32 Gaylor Kasle - Larry Kozlove, Boca NV; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Jaggy Shivdasani, 25.00 17/32 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Raton FL; David Grainger, Roseville CA; Adam New York NY; Rafal Jagniewski, Legionowo Poland; Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Kaplan, Stanford CA; Stanislaw Golebiowski, Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland Justin Lall, Plano TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Legnica Poland; Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poznan 50.00 9/16 Juan Carlos Ventin - Juan Pont, Gdns FL; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV Poland Barcelona Spain; Johan Sylvan - Frederic Wrang, 25.00 17/32 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein 25.00 17/32 Shane Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, Stockholm Sweden; Fernando Piedra, Zurich; Luis - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Jan Jansma, New York NY; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Lantaron, Madrid Spijkenisse Netherlands; Thomas Bessis, Paris Netherlands; Frank Bakkeren, Netherlands 50.00 9/16 Zizhuo Wang - Jing Liu, Minneapolis France; Frederic Volcker, Issy les Moulin France 25.00 17/32 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; MN; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic 25.00 17/32 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Berend Van of China; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy; Romain Zaleski, Paris Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands; Magdalena Ticha Singapore France; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Andrea - Richard Ritmeijer, The Netherlands Netherlands; 25.00 17/32 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Manno, Palermo Italy; Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Joris Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Israel 25.00 17/32 Allen Kahn - Ira Herman, New York Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Robert Levin, 25.00 17/32 Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca NY; David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY; G. Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY Raton FL; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL; Walid Margie Gwozdzinsky, Lords Valley PA 25.00 17/32 Martin Fleisher - Roy Welland - Joe Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt; Michael 25.00 17/32 Suleyman Kolata - Ismail Kandenir Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Sabine Kamil, Delray Beach FL - Sedat Dinc, Istanbul Turkey; Levent Imamoglu, Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Brad Moss, Denver 25.00 17/32 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Neil Besiktas Istanb Turkey; Levent Ozgul - Tayfun CO Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Howard Weinstein, Ozbey, 25.00 17/32 Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Omaha NE; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam 25.00 17/32 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas Netherlands; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Simon NV; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Merblum, Bloomfield CT Aan Den Netherlands 25.00 17/32 Vytautas V Vainikonis, Trakai 25.00 17/32 Mike Levine, Pinckney MI; Eddie Lithuania; Olanski Wojtek, Poland; Boguslaw Wold, Houston TX; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, RI; David Bakhshi, London England; Louk Verhees, Mragowo Poland; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask Jr., Sh Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel

2 Nickell 15 41 116 169 63 Dinkin 38 50 62 139 2 Nickell 25 44 71 99 31 Tulin 28 88 106 143 31 Tulin 33 68 111 139 2 (31) Tulin 34 Cassel 22 55 80 137 22 89 102 130 15 (47) Wang 40 46 76 107 15 Tokay 36 58 93 122 50 Kolesnik 35 64 82 98 15 Tokay 15 42 58 96 18 (47) Wang 64 91 129 163 18 Meltzer 15 49 61 81 2 (31) Tulin 47 Wang 31 73 109 133 21 32 80 111 7 (26) PanChina 42 93 127 158 10 Berg 20 48 67 133 55 Ornstein 14 54 79 87

10 Berg 34 51 90 136 23 Glubok 22 41 51 65 23 Glubok 31 58 98 134 1 (8) Cayne 10 Berg 42 Bessis 29 97 97 123 38 71 144 200 41 69 99 118 4 (12) Lavazza 7 (26) PanChina 19 22 71 93 17 73 109 178 26 PanChina 70 103 130 159 39 DeFalco 21 33 51 107 26 PanChina 52 66 110 125 7 Muller 20 54 81 119 7 Muller 48 88 154 194 59 Groenkvist 38 85 91 123 1 (8) Cayne 2 (3) Monaco 6 Gordon 34 93 149 181 59 Dube 14 56 58 73 6 Gordon 42 63 111 153 27 (38) Kasle 47 68 109 130 2 (26) PanChina 36 45 53 64 27 Amoils 26 65 101 132 38 Kasle 45 73 95 148 3 Monaco 6 Gordon 9 51 72 122 32 81 116 147 11 (22) Lall 22 Lall 54 106 113 183 36 62 82 107 43 Capucho 3 16 64 71 22 Lall 27 80 110 140 11 Diamond 17 46 79 107 11 Diamond 33 77 126 164 6 Gordon 54 Jacobs 33 58 57 84 24 42 76 88 3 Monaco 35 97 142 207 14 Mahaffey 61 108 168 201 51 Carvalho 37 61 95 115 14 Mahaffey 27 88 100 104 19 Strul 26 35 45 99 19 Strul 36 106 138 185 14 Mahaffey 46 Donn 38 55 92 121 42 69 77 97 3 Monaco 41 74 110 144 30 Harris 8 20 43 71 35 Vainikonis 26 61 86 129 30 (35) Vainikonis 15 43 48 48 3 Monaco 46 76 126 126 3 Monaco 33 76 119 162 62 Hartung 20 37 52 71 Page 10 Sunday, August 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

Mini-spin winners Levy continued from page 1 continued from page 1 making notes in a laptop computer. “I love this stuff,” he says. Levy became the organizer of the computer championship at the suggestion of the late bridge journalist . The year Levy joined the ACBL board, it was decided there would be an exhibition match between two programs. Levy can’t remember how the idea came up or who was responsible for getting it going, but when Truscott stepped in and suggested that Levy take it over, the deal was sealed. Levy proposed an annual championship, a motion that was approved by the board. “I labeled it the World Computer-Bridge Championship,” he says. Most of the tournaments Second in the Mini-Spingold I (0-5000) KO Teams: Jordan Kaye, Jin Hu, Brad Dracka, have taken place at WBF championships or NABCs, Tournament Program captain Jonathan Fleishmann and Xu Wang. but there’s been one every year since Levy took over. Mixed Pairs November 12,13 teammates. Tebha is a recent graduate of UNLV; The first tournament took place during the M.P. Pairs November 14 Jolly attends the University of Southern Indiana; Summer NABC in Albuquerque NM in 1997. Five National Simultaneous November 15 Kriegel attends the University of Chicago and was program developers showed up to play. The winner IMP Pairs November 16,17 a member of the winning squad in the Collegiate was Bridge Baron, developed in the U.S. Open Pairs November 18,19,20 Championship held last weekend; and Gannon In 1999, the WBF joined the ACBL as a co- Teams November 21 graduated from Wake Forest in 2014 and is currently sponsor of the tournament. In all, the developers of playing and teaching full time. 23 different programs have competed for the title of Participants from All Over the World world’s best. Including European and World Champions. “And I’ve got two master’s degrees from NYU that I earned before any of these guys were born!” Levy has had some adventures in running the Total Prize Money in Excess of €25,000 Zolotow quipped. tournaments. At one competition, an American software developer using a phony name entered his Special Accommodation Packages Red Ribbon Pairs program as Hoogli, supposedly from New Zealand. When the mischief was discovered, the program was The perfect vacation combining bridge, continued from page 1 sun and social events. disqualified. in Boston. Orleans is a bond trader and investor. Levy has followed the development of the top The largest festival in Europe! Orleans’ father taught him and Hattis to play bridge programs through the years and has seen significant when they were young. Neither plays a lot, but they progress. “The biggest improvement,” he says, “is try to make it to a couple of tournaments a year. that the programs make fewer mistakes. The top four programs would probably win most of the time at club Further information and registration: Computer champs games.” Organizing Committee: David & Alon Birman, continued from page 1 As with humans, Levy says, the most difficult part 50 Pinkas St., Tel Aviv, Israel including previous winners Bridge Baron and Shark of the play for the programs is defense, and he notes Tel.: +972-3-6058355, +972-50-6698655, Bridge. that improving the programs is a gradual process. Email: [email protected], www.bridgeredsea.com In the final, Jack took a 109-87 lead at the Levy has been impressed with the developers halfway point of the 64-deal match and increased the themselves. “They are very dedicated people.” Spingold lead to 137-102 after three quarters. In the last set, At the computer-bridge tournament, Levy says, continued from page 1 however, Wbridge5 had a string of plus scores that the program developers watch the competition like won the Spingold in 2011 and 2012. He has five pushed them into the lead by 8 IMPs after 10 deals. parents watching their kids at Little League baseball North American titles to his credit. Jack rallied over the final six boards to claim the title. games. The Cayne team is Michael Seamon, Alfredo Jack was managed at the tournament by Wim The computer-bridge tournaments are good for Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Lotan Fisher and Ron Heemskerk and Martin Pattenier, Wbridge5 by Yves the main game, Levy says. “We get some press,” he Schwartz. The latter two won the Spingold last year Costel. says, “plus articles written – and it’s an interesting as members of the Richard Schwartz team. subject.” Zimmermann (Team Monaco) is playing with Many of the programs competing in Chicago are Franck Multon, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Fulvio used in their home countries for teaching the game Fantoni and Claudio Nunes. and many of the programs are available as apps for Saturday’s the two semifinal matches produced mobile phones. lopsided scores. Playing against Team Lavazza, “In a way, it’s the connection of the future and it’s Cayne jumped out to a 38-19 lead, built it to 71-22 at a way of capturing young players,” he says. “People the half and powered their way to a 200-93 victory. who play love it.” The Monaco-PanChina match was more To date, Levy says, the ACBL is the only competitive, but Monaco finished with nearly double organization that has taken online bridge into the fold their opponents’ IMPs in a 122-64 win. by way of awarding masterpoints for online play. He would like to see interest in the software expand: “The more partners we have the better it is.” More information, including links to other websites and free bridge lessons, is available at www. computerbridge.com. 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SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS Final-board clincher 40.5 Tables 7 3 . . . almost 11.71 1 1 Kathleen Crosmer - Jonathan Crosmer, Lexington KY 60.04% With one board to go in the Spingold semifinal 8.78 2 Robert Calt - Christie McGue, Traverse City MI 59.38% match between the Richard Schwartz and James 6.59 3 2 Frances McCaughan - Nessan Fitzmaurice, Chicago IL 59.21% Cayne teams, Cayne was in the lead 112-109. Here’s 4.94 4 Elizabeth Subkowsky - Robert Subkowsky, Chicago IL 58.63% what happened to put Schwartz ahead – before a 3.90 5 Thomas Frank - Doug Avery, Indianapolis IN 57.88% committee ruling changed Schwartz from a winner to 3.35 6 Larry Lasher, Moffetville CA; Fred Brown, San Jose CA 57.82% 3.76 7 3 Diane Patience - Laura Werner, Chicago IL 57.53% a loser. 3.14 8 4 Charles Manion, Evansville IN; Michael Mehringer, Chicago IL 57.08% 2.34 9 Carol Winograd, Bellaire TX; Vivian Cyprus, Houston TX 56.70% Dlr: East ♠ 9 8 4 3 2 2.13 10 Richard Condon, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Cindy Henderson, Northfield IL 56.61% Vul: None ♥ A 7 5 42 1.95 11 Lane O’Connor, Towanda IL; Jeffrey Furler, Bloomington IL 55.95% ♦ Q 4 1.84 12 Melinda Berggreen, Glenview IL; Karen Richardson, Barrington IL 55.80% ♣ 6 1.84 13 Daniel Judd, Lombard IL; Tim Luker, Green Bay WI 55.65% ♠ J 10 6 ♠ A 7 5 2.23 14 5 Adrienne Glazov, Glencoe IL; Marti Goldberg, Northbrook IL 55.36% ♥ Q 10 9 8 3 ♥ — 1.91 15 6 Robert Krakowsky, Northbrook IL; Scott Bieber, Wilmette IL 55.06% ♦ 9 7 2 ♦ J 10 3 1.67 16 7 Joseph Sackett - Jill Sackett, Libertyville IL 55.03% ♣ J 9 ♣ A K Q 7 5 4 3 1.53 17 8 Barbara Flaxman - Leah Laurie, Chicago IL 54.61% 2.09 18 9 Young Cha - Kay Cha, Muttontown NY 54.59% ♠ K Q 1.22 19 10 Genny Cesario, Elmhurst IL; Ralph Schindler Jr, Hinsdale IL 54.32% ♥ K J 6 1.12 20 Serdar Akkor, Salt Lake City UT; Betty Miller, Akron OH 53.88% ♦ A K 8 6 5 1.12 21 11 Paula Coleman - Gail Titus, Oakville ON 53.87% ♣ 10 8 2 1.03 12 Kenneth Jensen, Oak Brook IL; Carol Ann Lombardo, Chicago IL 52.36% West North East South Versace Lindqvist Lauria Brogeland SATURDAY EVENING SWISS TEAMS 1♣ 1♦ 16 Tables Pass 1♠ 2♠ Pass A B C 3♣ All Pass 3.94 1 Kyoko Shimamura - Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan; Russell Samuel, Boye Brogeland, playing for Schwartz, started Coram NY; Kazuo K Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI 72.00 with a low club, taken in hand by Lorenzo Lauria. He 3.49 2 1 1 Norman Marks II, Jacksonville FL; Norman Marks, Oakland CA; played the ♠5 at trick two, won by Brogeland, who Margaret Molwitz, New Canaan CT; Lucy Morini, Warren VT 53.00 played another trump. In dummy with the ♣J, Lauria 2.22 3 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Aurelie Thizy, Cachan France; ran the ♠10 to Brogeland’s king. There was no way to Marcel Dadon, France; Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA 51.00 avoid the loss of three diamonds, so Lauria was one 2.62 4 2 Craig Henderson, Chicago IL; Gordon Zind, Ottawa ON; Mitch down for minus 50. At the other table, Daniel Korbel Towner, Tucson AZ; Doug Dey, Oxford NC 49.00 and Huub Bertens for Schwartz opposed Lotan Fisher 1.96 5 3 2 Jerr Boschee, Geneva IL; William Olds - Ann Parker - Marsha and Ron Schwartz for Cayne. Young, Dallas TX 47.00 1.47 4 3 Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH; Jane Witherspoon, Worthington West North East South OH; Zag Kadah, Seattle WA; Deepak Dighe, West Bloomfield MI 46.00 1.10 5 Gloria Woloshyn - June Hewitt, Winnipeg MB; Kathleen Fortney, Korbel Schwartz Bertens Fisher Wheaton IL; Hellar Nakonechny, Carman MB 40.00 1♣ 1NT Pass 2♣ 3♣ 3♦ SATURDAY FLIGHT A/X SWISS TEAMS Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥ 28 Tables / Based on 77 Tables All Pass A X Korbel led the ♣J to his partner’s queen. The ♣A 26.97 1 Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Romain Zaleski, Paris 75001 France; was ruffed in dummy. When Fisher called for a low Mustafa Cem Tokay, Istanbul Turkey; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy; heart from dummy and Bertens discarded a low club, Andrea Manno, Palermo Italy; Bar Tarnovski, Rishon Lezion Israel 116.00 play ground to a halt. Fisher cashed three rounds of 20.23 2 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Marc diamonds, then played the ♠K from hand. Bertens Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; William Cole, Silver Spring MD 94.00 won the ♠A and continued with a high club, Korbel 15.17 3 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Fred King, Falls Church VA; Robert Bell, ruffed in with the ♥10, forcing the ace. Fisher fell Silver Spring MD; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 92.00 three tricks short for minus 100. The net plus 150 for 11.38 4 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Richard Temkin, Farmington MI; Jo Schwartz gave the team 4 IMPs, enough for a win in Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL 91.00 the match. 12.28 5 1 Cory Perkers - Robert Lass - Greg Lawler - Matthew Dyer, Chicago IL 90.00 The lead did not hold up. An appeals committee 7.71 6 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Jacek Kalita, adjusted a director’s ruling from the second quarter Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Alon Birman - of the match, the decision costing Schwartz 2 IMPs. Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 85.00 The 213-212 victory became a 212-211 loss. See 6.37 7/8 Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH; Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Mickie Kivel, page 17 for the report of the appeal. Potomac Falls VA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 84.00 6.37 7/8 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel - Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; John Zilic - Dan Morse, Houston TX 84.00 8.06 2/3 Steven Blomstedt, Wilmington DE; Deepak Khanna, Blandon PA; Howard Kahlenberg, Philadelphia PA; Bill Rose, Seattle WA 78.00 8.06 2/3 Bob Rebelein, Poughkeepsie NY; Louis Sachar, Austin TX; Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB; Jill Marshall, Port Chester NY 78.00 5.18 4 Marielle Brentnall - William Treble - Leigh Anne Shafer, Winnipeg MB; Michael Leighton, Grafton ND 76.00 4.09 5 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA; Adam Grossack - Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 74.00

SATURDAY B/C/D SWISS TEAMS 13 Tables B C D 6.04 1 1 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Douglas Grant, San Francisco CA; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV; Perry Poole, Maitland FL 105.00 4.53 2 2 Max Mohan Arora - Rana Arora, Carmel IN; Bruce Stroud - Suzanne Bellamy, Indianapolis IN 94.00 3.40 3 Donald Varvel - Eleanor Sherwyn, Corpus Christi TX; Gayle Orvis - Robert Orvis, Burleson TX 89.00 2.55 4 Liliane Kirchhoff, La Mesa CA; Stuart Sechriest, San Diego CA; Robert Englekirk, Encinitas CA; Patricia Loh, Solana Beach CA 77.00 2.01 5 3 Henry Trautwein - Louis Trautwein III - Helena Fine, Naples FL; Jason Miller, Tampa FL 71.00 2.09 1/2 Valarie Remmers - Dale Remmers, Plano TX; Burt Echtenkamp - Linda Echtenkamp, Boise ID 70.00 2.09 1/2 Charles Johnson - Demaris Johnson, Aurora IL; Wende Dallain, Oak Park IL; Gary Brigel, Woodridge IL 70.00 Daily Bulletin Sunday, August 16, 2015 Page 13

THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES 56.25 Tables / Based on 26 Tables Well-timed swing 12.04 1/2 Grant Robinson, Dublin CA 134.91% After the first set of Monaco’s match against 12.04 1/2 Teresa Boyd, Dublin CA 134.91% PanChina in the semifinal round of the Spingold 12.90 3/4 Jimmie Lou Conner, Austin TX 125.70% Knockout Teams, Monaco was 19 IMPs in arrears. 12.90 3/4 Gay Roach, Nacogdoches TX 125.70% The team, captained by Pierre Zimmermann came out 3.90 5/6 Wayne Gergen, Minneapolis MN 115.76% 3.90 5/6 Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA 115.76% strong in the second quarter to take a 6-IMP lead at 3.79 7 John Russell, N Barrington IL 114.94% the half on the way to a 122-64 victory to reach the 4.39 8/9 William Ridings, Riva MD 112.45% final of the event. 4.39 8/9 Colette Novich, Chicago IL 112.45% This board helped with the Monaco comeback. 2.20 10/11 Gerard Turcotte, Quebec QC 110.85% The bridge wasn’t brilliant, but the result was a 13- 2.20 10/11 Robert Tremblay, Quebec QC 110.85% IMP swing to Monaco. 2.47 12/13 Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsds CA 110.07% At one table, Zimmermann and Franck Multon 2.47 12/13 Charles Kelley, Pacific Plsds CA 110.07% opposed Chuan Cheng Ju and Zheng Jun Shi.

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS Dlr: East ♠ A Q 9 6 3.5 Tables A B C Vul: E-W ♥ Q 7 5 4 1.84 1 1 Barbara Kaufman - Karen Bragman, Atlanta GA 67.50% ♦ 6 1.38 2 John Welte, Ballwin MO; Steven Clements, Wildwood MO 58.33% ♣ Q 9 5 4 1.17 3 2 Sharon Doeseckle - Ann Lawrence, Naperville IL 56.25% ♠ J 10 7 4 3 ♠ K 8 ♥ 10 8 ♥ A J 6 3 SATURDAY EVENING OPEN PAIRS ♦ K 10 5 4 3 ♦ A Q J 36.0 Tables / Based on 76 Tables ♣ A ♣ J 7 3 2 A B C ♠ 5 2 33.57 1 Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 59.04% ♥ K 9 2 22.03 2/3 1 1 Niki Coons - Dominic Antonelli, York ON 58.39% ♦ 9 8 7 2 22.03 2/3 John Koch, Saint Cloud MN; Terry Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN 58.39% 14.16 4 William McFall, New Berlin WI; Tamas Szabo, Brookfield WI 58.16% ♣ K 10 8 6 11.54 5 2 David MacRae - Christina van Leeuwen, Horn Lake MS 58.00% 9.59 6 Don Lussky - Larry Cohen, Elmhurst IL 57.27% West North East South 8.66 7 3 Amy Mitura - Ron Haack, New York NY 55.16% Shi Z’mann Ju Multon 7.46 8 4 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 55.12% 1NT Pass 6.71 9 Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 54.85% 2♣ Pass 2♥ Pass 6.56 10 5 2 Karen Caton - Caron Peck, Arlington TX 54.12% 2♠ Pass 3NT Pass 5.60 11 Rozanne Pollack - William Pollack, New York NY 54.04% Pass Dbl All Pass 5.16 12 6 Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Naperville IL 53.66% 4.80 13 Martin Caley, Montreal QC; Rita Ellington, Charlotte NC 53.58% The good spade holding over the suit bid by 4.48 14 7 3 Daniel Kroll, Berkeley CA; Misook Jung, Beverly Hills CA 53.54% 6.56 15 8 4 Vladimir Reznik, Glenview IL; Mark Pinkowski, Chicago IL 53.50% dummy must have inspired Zimmermann’s double. 3.95 16 Bill Begert - Jess Jurkovic, New York NY 53.47% Multon, probably set to lead a club, took his partner’s 3.73 17 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 53.23% suggestion and started with the ♠5. Zimmermann 6.56 18 James Fordham, Fairburn GA; Bob Simkins, Decatur GA 52.96% won the ♠A and switched to a club. Ju then ran five 3.28 9 Walt Werner, Arlington Hgts IL; James Diebel, Wood Dale IL 51.39% diamonds, discarding a club and a heart from his 2.80 10 Allison Hunt, Charlotte NC; Luz Ortega, Melbourne FL 50.96% hand. Zimmermann, who had to make four pitches, 2.57 11 5 Susan Ninyo - Avram Ninyo, Rancho Santa Fe CA 50.85% was down to the singleton ♣Q, ♠Q 9 and ♥Q 7 5. 2.08 6 Joseph Mack III - Karen Mack, Laguna Woods CA 50.54% Declarer crossed to his hand with the ♠K and 2.30 7 David Bogolub, Deerfield IL; Steve Kreiner, Chicago IL 50.12% exited with a low heart. Multon played low and Zimmermann took the ♥10 with his queen. When SATURDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 8.0 Tables Zimmermann cashed the ♠Q, declarer was down to 7 3 the ♦J 7 and the ♥A J. Reluctant to part with the ♥J in 4.13 1 1 Neil Kazaross, Barrington IL; Joe Zaksas, Sarasota FL 58.78% hopes than North had to play one from the ♥K, Ju let 3.10 2 Paul Owen Hoge, Sebastopol CA; Brian Haley, Santa Rosa CA 56.25% go of the ♣7. Multon parted with the ♥K. 2.35 3 James Vagourdes, Milwaukee WI; Wesley Hanson, Brookfield WI 55.51% Zimmerman then played the ♣Q, picking up the 1.74 4 Howard Emmerman - Fern Emmerman, Riverwoods IL 55.21% jack and allowing Multon to overtake with the ♣K to 2.07 5 Scott Chupack - J C Chupack, Seattle WA 55.06% cash the setting trick with the ♣10. It was a curious 2.21 2 Lorraine Cliff - David Cliff, Wayland MA 52.24% plus 200 for Monaco. 1.66 3 Ken Deutch - Diane Deutch, Saint Louis MO 51.79% At the other table, Geir Helgemo and Tor Helness 1.24 4 Harvey Shifrin, Lincolnshire IL; Sharon Schnayer, Laval QC 48.96% for Monaco opposed Lidang Dong and Haitao Liu. SATURDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 9.5 Tables West North East South A B C Helgemo Dong Helness Liu 3.79 1 Brian Hingerty - Geo. Fred Williams III, Knoxville TN 65.41% 1NT Pass 2.84 2 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 64.31% 2♥ Pass 2♠ Pass 3.41 3 1 1 Edwin Glickman - Han Sarah Glickman, Basalt CO 60.28% 3♦ Pass 3NT All Pass 2.56 4 2 2 Kathryn Garrity, Zionsville IN; Alan Frantz, Oberlin OH 58.44% 2.08 5 3 Kim Corbin - Donna Johnson, Scottsdale AZ 54.97% Liu led a low club, taken in dummy perforce. 1.58 6 4 3 George Spine Jr - Beverly Ann Spine, Coraopolis PA 54.76% At trick two, Helness called for the ♠J, which held. 1.18 5 4 Robert Brager, Baltimore MD; Penelope Messer, Columbia MO 53.17% Dong went up with the ♠A on the next lead of the suit, continuing with the ♣5. Helness put up the ♣J, trying – and apparently succeeding – in looking like a man who started with the three or four clubs to the Q-J. When Liu played low on the ♣J, Helness wasted no time cashing five diamonds and the ♥A for plus 600 and a well-timed double-digit swing. Page 14 Sunday, August 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

Crossword Puzzle By Alan Olschwang

Across 43. Jazz singer Anderson Down 33. Etcher’s supply 1. Tibetan priest 44. ___ buco: veal shank 1. Like best friends 34. Kim of “The Mirror Crack’d” 5. Arizona tribesman 45. County whose seat is Alamogordo 2. Defame 35. Disney specialty 9. Land or sea follower 46. Plum variety 3. Monastery figures 36. Name in lithography 14. O, in old radio lingo 48. Forecasting figs. 4. Mythical breastplate 38. Third-generation Genesis figure 15. ___ Bator 50. Jamaican pop music 5. Needing a feeding 41. Present occasion 16. Expended some nervous energy 51. Oh, to Otto 6. Patron saint of Norway 42. Rapid, in music 17. Masculine principle of Chinese 53. Haifa’s home 7. ___ Robles, California 47. Gun-toting Annie philosophy 58. Opening bid that calls for a 8. Preface, briefly 49. Clean house 18. Tweed caricaturist response 9. Zoned (out) 52. Building that’s usually without a 19. “The Jetsons” pet 62. Fancy ice cream design 10. Matter for a lawyer 13th floor 20. Making the first Blackwood bid 64. Small diamond? 11. Solos 54. More impudent 23. Rent check payee 65. Operatic soloist 12. Capita or diem start 55. Remain patiently 24. Not closed, poetically 66. Civil War chronicler Shelby 13. Tokyo’s one-time name 56. Wee folk 25. “___ you kidding me?” 67. Rebekah’s first son 21. Symbol of Wild West justice 57. Rested (on) 28. Open court hearing 68. Where Adam was born 22. To the left, nautically 59. A funny Johnson 31. Artist Redon 69. Brooklyn’s ___ Island 26. Whirlybird whirler 60. Celestial bear 33. Nin the diarist 70. End table adornment 27. Calendario starter 61. Side in a contest 37. Provocative look 71. Seventh day commandment 29. Certain Ivy Leaguers 62. Army NCO 39. Take heed of 30. “Legally Blonde” actress 63. It might be pitched 40. Opening bid for one without a five- Witherspoon card major 32. Not out of contention

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QUALIFIERS IN THE ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 40 Tables / Based on 162 Tables Carryover Masterpoints 101 1 Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Masterpoints are the units which measure bridge Gdns FL; Justin Lall, Plano TX; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA 28.38 achievement in competition. Masterpoints are 2 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL; awarded at ACBL clubs and tournaments in amounts Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL 23.22 proportional to the size and classification of the event 3 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater and the rating of the club or tournament. Bch FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Robert Levin, • Black points: awarded at club games. Some Henderson NV 23.09 special club games award red, gold or silver 4 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Aleksander Dubinin - Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Mark Lair, points. Canyon TX 20.49 • Silver points: awarded for sectional firsts and 5 Martin Fleisher - Roy Welland - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; overall placing at sectional tournaments. Also Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Brad Moss, Denver CO 19.20 awarded at Sectional Tournaments at Clubs 6 John McAllister (npc), Charlottesville VA; Sartaj Hans - Peter Gill, Sydney (StaC). Australia; Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 18.17 • Red points: awarded for section placements at 7 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India; P Sridhar, Chennai India; regional tournaments and NABCs. Also awarded S Sundarram, Chennai Tamil India; Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Howard Liu, San at clubs for special events such as the qualifying Mateo CA 15.97 rounds of the North American Open Pairs and the 8 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux . QC; Jeff Hand, New York NY 15.43 9 Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL; Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; • Gold points: awarded for section firsts and Michael Kamil, Delray Beach FL; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 14.71 overall placing in regionally rated events that 10 Ruo Yang Lian - Fei Gao - Yang Cai - Guang Hua Li, Beijing People’s Republic of have no upper masterpoint restrictions. China; Yuxiong Shen, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 14.10 Platinum points: awarded for NABC+ events. 11 Manuel Capucho - Maria Capucho - Paulo Sarmento, Lisboa Portugal; Antonio Palma, • “Colorless” points: awarded in sanctioned Montemor-o-Novo Portugal 12.27 online club games. 12 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Gold points are also awarded for sectional firsts Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland 11.48 and overall placing in regional events of two or more 13 Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan sessions that have a masterpoint limit of 750 or more Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands 10.71 14 Jean Charlles Allavena - Nathalie Frey, Monaco Monaco; Catherine D’Ovidio, Clombes points. France; Philippe Cronier - Michel Bessis, Paris France; Jean Jacques Palau, Nice One gold point is awarded to section winners France 10.50 in the annual ACBL Instant Matchpoint Game in 15 Yan Wang, Scarborough ON; Edward Xu, North York ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Rock sections of seven or more tables. Shi Yan, Richmond BC; Nongyu Li, Palo Alto CA 10.13 A major source of gold points is the bracketed 16 Jeffrey Wolfson, Chicago IL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Jill Levin, Henderson knockout teams. The overall awards for the top NV; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 9.73 brackets are all gold while the lower brackets may 17 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Bauke Muller, Hoorn receive a percentage of gold points and the remainder Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands 9.64 in red points. 18 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Franklin Barry Crane Top 500 race: This trophy is Merblum, Bloomfield CT 8.33 19 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI; David Yang, Darien IL; Jo presented to the ACBL player who wins the most Anna Stansby, Dublin CA; Sidney Yang, Richmond BC; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 7.44 masterpoints during a calendar year. 20 Frank Bakkeren, Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands; Shane Mini-McKenney races: In 1974, the ACBL Blanchard - Robert Blanchard, New York NY 7.31 Board of Directors voted to recognize masterpoint 21 Victor Chubukov - Eric Mayefsky, San Francisco CA; Drew Becker, Chicago IL; achievements among player below the rank of Life Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL 6.42 Master. The Bridge Bulletin recognizes leaders 22 Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; Jessica Hayman, New ACBL-wide. At the unit level, winners in each York NY; Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden 5.71 category receive recognition and special medallions. 23 , Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY; Thomas Carmichael, All points won during a calendar year are counted in Kennesaw GA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 5.42 these races. 24 Herve Vinciguerra, London England; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Jean Quantin, Paris France; Marc Bompis, Bourg La Reine France 4.25 Helen Shanbrom Ace of Clubs contests: 25 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Bob Drijver, This competition was created in 1984 to recognize Rotterdam Netherlands; Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Howard Parker III, Clements CA 4.23 achievement at the club level. Winners are 26 Vytautas V Vainikonis, Trakai Lithuania; Olanski Wojtek, Poland; Boguslaw recognized at the unit level as well as ACBL-wide. Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Points won only at the club level (excluding the Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Dolny Slask Poland 3.57 North American Open Pairs, the Grand National 27 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; Maarten Teams and Sectional Tournaments at Clubs) are Schollaardt, Alkmaar 1811ET Netherlands; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Kauko counted in these races. Koistinen, Espoo Finland 3.36 Masterpoint races: ACBL recognizes the 28 Allen Hawkins Jr - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Larry players who win the most masterpoints in their Sealy, Huntsville AL 3.16 29/30 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Shome Mukherjee - Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; categories during the calendar year. These are the Robert McCaw, Sudbury MA; Eric Robinson, New York NY; Timothy Nelsen, Chicago IL 3.04 various categories and the requirements for each 29/30 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert - Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; category at the beginning of a calendar year: Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Hurd, New York NY; John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV 3.04 0-5 masterpoints 31 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS; Connie Goldberg, 5-20 points Gladwyne PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad 20-50 points Sweden 2.94 50-100 points 32 Frederic Volcker, Issy les Moulin France; Andrew Rosenthal - Chris Willenken - 100-200 points Aaron Silverstein, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Thomas 200-300 points Bessis, Paris France 2.67 300-500 points 33 James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Judith Bianco, New York NY; Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Levent Imamoglu, Istanbul Turkey 2.37 500-1000 points 34 Jaroslaw Piasecki - Grazyna Brewiak, Mundelein IL; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk 1000-2500 points Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw Poland 1.89 2500-5000 points 35 Juan Carlos Ventin - Juan Pont, Barcelona Spain; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, 5000-7500 points Stockholm Sweden; Fernando Piedra, Zurich Switzerland; Luis Lantaron, Madrid Spain 1.70 7500-10,000 points 36 John Mohan, Las Vegas NV; Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Steve Garner - Ron Smith, 10,000 or more points Chicago IL; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 1.06 Youth: Age 19 and younger 37 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina Junior: Age 25 and younger Argentina; Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 0.90 Sectional: Points won only at sectional 38 Sedat Dinc (npc) - Suleyman Kolata - Ismail Kandenir, Istanbul Turkey; Levent tournaments Ozgul - Tayeun Ozbey, Ankara Turkey 0.68 39 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Curtis Cheek - Senior: Players born before January 1, 1959, Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Johan Upmark - Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm Sweden 0.27 only points won in Senior events counts 40 Mike Levine, Pinckney MI; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Online: Points won in online club play David Bakhshi, London England; Louk Verhees Jr, Sh Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Richmond Trophy: Awarded to the Canadian Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands 0.00 Bridge Federation member who wins the most points in a calendar year Page 16 Sunday, August 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

Deals from the Open QUALIFIERS IN THE 0-10000 MIXED SWISS TEAMS European Championships in Tromso 26 Tables / Based on 47 Tables Carryover 1 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 30.00 A brace of grand slams 2 Jeffrey Rothstein - Linda Rothstein, New York NY; Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman, By Mark Horton Brooklyn NY 28.54 Board 29 produced an excellent technical problem 3 Michael Kutska, River Forest IL; Suzanne Dunaway, Oak Park IL; Judy Zhu - Jack for the East-West declarers: Snyder, Naperville IL 21.22 Bd: 29 ♠ J 8 7 5 4 Nancy Kornegay - Stephen Kornegay, N Richland Hls TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Dlr: North ♥ 10 8 6 Mark Bumgardner, Garland TX 20.49 Vul: Both ♦ 10 5 3 5 Maris Zilant, North Miami FL; Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL; Michael Wolf, Fort ♣ 9 6 3 Lauderdale FL; Nancy Kalow, New York NY; Jo Anne Casen, Wellington FL 17.56 ♠ 6 2 ♠ A K 4 3 6 Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Chantal Dube, Montreal QC; Scott Hiller, Naples FL; ♥ A K J ♥ Q 7 5 4 2 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL; Nicolas Hammond, Alpharetta GA; Mickie ♦ A 9 8 2 ♦ K 6 Chambers, Atlanta GA 16.83 7 Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Robert Bitterman, Harbor Springs ♣ A K Q 7 ♣ 10 2 MI; Yiting Li, Clarksville MD 14.63 ♠ Q 10 9 8 Kenneth Tatz, Highland Park IL; Marc Passman, Skokie IL; Rosanne Schabinger, Mount ♥ 9 3 Prospect IL; Susan Finkelman, Glenview IL 12.44 ♦ Q J 7 4 9/11 Magnus Weiman - Maureen Weiman, Eden Prairie MN; Burrell Humphreys, Wayne NJ; ♣ J 8 5 4 Maeve Lucey, New Canaan CT 10.98 This board was played in 7NT at only seven of 9/11 Tony Ames, Minnetonka MN; Donna Lombardini, Alcester SD; Paolo Clair, Padova the 53 tables. Making 7♥ would have won you the Italy; Susan Jackson, Roseville MN 10.98 board at more tables than it would have lost you the 9/11 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Irina Kislitsyna, Bradenton FL; Cristal Nell, board. Play 7NT from West. It seems to me that a Seattle WA; Fred Lerner, Unionville ON 10.98 spade lead is most awkward (because it prevents you 12 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Wei Wang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Shuoyan Liu, 10.24 discarding a spade from West on the hearts). 13 Norman Lynn, Highland Park IL; Jacqueline Rapp, Wilmette IL; Elizabeth Wachowicz - Essentially the only winning line is to win the Zenon Wachowicz, Buffalo Grove IL 7.32 spade, cash one club if you like, then four (and only 14 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Jennifer four) hearts, overtaking the third. This is the ending Chalfan, Bellevue WA; Renee Cooper, Nedlands Australia 6.59 you will reach, with South obliged to pitch diamonds 15 Linda Green - Sam Whitten, Southaven MS; Karen Erlanger - John Burgener, Saint – the menace he holds over East not spades, which Louis MO 5.85 would produce a simple . 16 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA; Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Paul ♠ J 8 7 Janicki, Markham ON 5.12 ♥ --- 17/18 Corey Krantz, Philadelphia PA; Rhoda Kratenstein, Albany NY; Ljudmila Kamenova, ♦ 10 5 3 South Setauket NY; Richard Wieland, Reading CT 4.39 17/18 Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna ♣ 9 Woods CA; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 4.39 ♠ 6 ♠ A 4 3 19/20 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Frank Cymerman, Pittsburgh PA; Marc Nathan - Cathy Nathan, ♥ --- ♥ 7 New York NY 3.66 ♦ A 9 8 ♦ K 6 19/20 Ellen Gabriel - Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Janie Strauss - Richard Strauss, ♣ K Q 7 ♣ 10 Northbrook IL 3.66 ♠ Q 9 21/22 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Peter Bonfanti, Reading CT; David Yoon, Bayside NY; ♥ --- Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD 2.93 ♦ Q J 21/22 Sally Levering - Al Levering, Frankfort IL; Susan Decker - Gordon Decker, Hinsdale IL 2.93 ♣ J 8 5 23 Bob Lyon, Indianapolis IN; Darina Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; Arline Fulton, Beware: Cashing the last heart squeezes your Neptune NJ; John Gilbert, Kitchener ON 1.46 24/26 Carole Weinstein, Waltham MA; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Richard Reitman, Los hand! Instead you must take the ♦A K first; when you Gatos CA; Tony Petronella, Boca Raton FL 0.00 do this and lead the fifth heart, South must discard a 24/26 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH; Douglas spade or the clubs run. Now you bite the bullet and Millsap, Columbus OH; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH 0.00 pitch dummy’s fourth club (never easy to do, since 24/26 Brian Beecher, Sr, Matteson IL; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Ruth Westberg, Tinley partner will sneer if the opponents had double-bluffed Park IL; Daniel Taylor, Manteno IL 0.00 you and set it up as a winner already). When you run the clubs, North will be squeezed in diamonds and spades. My second deal comes from the quarter-finals, and I have covered it briefly there. Bd: 7 ♠ 10 Dlr: South ♥ Q 10 7 6 4 3 Vul: Both ♦ J 3 ♣ K 10 8 7 ♠ Q J 7 6 4 2 ♠ A K 3 ♥ 8 ♥ A 9 5 ♦ 2 ♦ A K 9 8 7 6 ♣ A Q J 9 2 ♣ 6 Soultion to ♠ 9 8 5 crossword ♥ K J 2 puzzle on ♦ Q 10 5 4 page 14 ♣ 5 4 3 You play 7♠ from the long trumps, and West (drat him!) leads a heart. That removes your late to the diamonds after ruffing a club in dummy and two diamonds in hand. So you have a choice of lines: Win ♥A, ♠A ruff a diamond low, play ♠Q, ♠A and claim if they split. If they don’t split, guess whether to play diamonds from the top, or to ruff a diamond, draw the last trump, run the diamonds, and take a club finesse. Line two is to play the ♦A K and ruff a diamond high. Then a top trump from hand and a trump to dummy. You claim if either spades or diamonds have split, and ruff a diamond to hand and cross back to a spade for the club finesse if they don’t. It looks to me like line one forces you to a guess when spades are 3-1. Line two goes down when the hand with long spades has short diamonds, and when trumps are 4-0. Daily Bulletin Sunday, August 16, 2015 Page 17

How do the percentages compare? In line one you lose out 50% of the time that you could make it, TOURNAMENT APPEALS if you ruff the third diamond. If you play diamonds from the top I think it’s about the same. Call that 25% In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal results in a timely of the time. fashion, the NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is If you play two diamonds and ruff high you lose made to ensure that these reports are accurate and complete. Before they are out to 4-0 spades (unless RHO has two or fewer published in the NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may be made. diamonds and four spades) – call that 8% of the time. The Ruling: Ten players were polled as to Of the remaining 92% of the time you go down when APPEALS CASE 6 whether the hesitation could be ascribed to one spades are 3-1 and the player with the length has two Event: Spingold KO Teams particular player in this auction. Some felt it could diamonds – about a quarter of the time spades are 3-1 Session: Round of 8 not be determined, while many thought that it was so let’s call that 13% of the balance. I make that a Subject: Break in (BIT) likely the heart bidder. Nine of the 10 players polled combined 20% of the time. would bid on with the West hand, and based upon But since my mathematics is notoriously flaky, I Ron Schwartz this information, pass was determined not to be a invite readers to put me right. Have at it! Board: 24 ♠ A K J 10 9 6 logical alternative (LA). Accordingly, the table result The next board was sort of a routine 4♠: Vul: None ♥ 2 stands, 5♠ doubled by North, down three, N-S minus Bd: 13 ♠ J 9 5 4 2 Dlr: West ♦ K Q 7 500. Dlr: North ♥ A 3 2 ♣ 9 8 5 The Appeal: N-S appealed the ruling and all four Vul: Both ♦ K 2 Allan Graves Richard Schwartz players attended the hearing. ♣ A J 6 ♠ 4 ♠ 8 5 2 Statements made by the appealing side: N-S ♠ 10 7 ♠ Q ♥ K J 6 3 ♥ A Q 10 9 5 4 were not informed that E-W were playing a forcing ♥ Q 5 ♥ K 9 8 7 ♦ 10 8 2 ♦ A J 4 pass over 4♠. N-S’s agreements are such that if E-W ♦ A Q 8 7 5 3 ♦ J 9 6 4 ♣ A 10 7 6 4 ♣ 3 were playing pass as non-forcing, North’s pass of 5♥ ♣ 8 5 2 ♣ K 9 7 3 Lotan Fisher would be forcing. ♠ A K 8 6 3 ♠ Q 7 3 Statements made by the non-appealing side: ♥ J 10 6 4 ♥ 8 7 West’s 3♠ bid created a situation. ♦ 10 ♦ 9 6 5 3 The Decision: The Appeals Committee (AC) ♣ Q 10 4 ♣ K Q J 2 determined that the pass of 5♥ was forcing and was West North East South Alerted as such. Also, the pass of 4♠ was forcing M. Homme Lev E. Homme Levitina West North East South but was not Alerted. The AC was informed by the 1♠ Pass 2NT Pass 1♠ 2♥ 2♠ Directors that a forcing pass is an Alertable call. Pass 4♠ All Pass 3♠ 4♠ (1) Pass Pass Passing out 4♠ was not a LA for West since he It all depends on the way declarer tackles the 5♥ Pass Pass 5♠ was forced by their agreement to take action. hearts after drawing trumps and eliminating the Pass Pass Dbl All Pass Since the appealing side claimed that when their minors. Both ♥A, small heart and running dummy’s (1) Approximately a three-minute delay of the opponents are in a forcing pass, they aren’t forced jack would work here so one might wonder why bidding tray being passed after the 4♠ call. to bid; and they weren’t informed until after the plus 620 was still worth as much as 67.1 % of the fact that this was the case, the AC ruled that they matchpoints. The answer is that declarer has a Final contract: 5♠ doubled by North were misinformed. The AC determined that with perfectly decent alternative line of playing for ♥K Q Opening lead: ♣3 correct information the most unfavorable result at to be together by tackling hearts by leading low from Table result: Down three, N-S minus 500 all probable for E-W was plus 450, and that this was hand to the 10. Director ruling: 5♠ doubled by North, down also the most favorable result that was likely for N-S. The reason why the winning line might be best three, N-S minus 500 Accordingly, the result for both sides was adjusted to is that if your opponents (as so many here, both Committee ruling: 5♥ by East, making five, N-S 5♥ by East, making five, N-S minus 450. Norwegians and other Europeans) lead ♦6 to the first minus 450 The Committee: Michael Huston (Chair), Joel trick, playing third/fifth, you can build up a clear The Facts: The director was summoned after Wooldridge (Scribe), Lynn Deas, Craig Allen and picture at the critical moment of East as 1-4-4-4 the three- minute break in tempo (BIT) before the Jacob Morgan. pattern. His play in clubs, diamonds and spades will bidding tray was passed back to the South/West side strongly suggest his actual pattern. That being so, of the table. playing for a doubleton honor must be right, since East might well have led from ♥KQ at trick one. In turn that might encourage you as East the next time round to return ♣9 at trick three. If partner isn’t ruffing the club, your spots are irrelevant for trick- taking, but not for misleading declarer. Page 18 Sunday, August 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MM NN OO EAST-WEST 1 Edwin (Ted) Bain III, Houston TX; Michael Miedema, Hockley TX 61.34% 1 Paul Hattis, Newton MA; James Orleans, Northbrook IL 67.41% 2 Mark Fischler, Warrenville IL; Ping Hu, Naperville IL 60.78% 2 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Edward So, Pleasanton CA 65.84% 3 Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN; Sam Graham, Germantown TN 60.68% 3 Richard Wimberley, Evans GA; Jesse Chao, San Francisco CA 61.99% 4 Charles Klees - Randy McKay, Chicago IL 57.74% 4 Isaac Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Cole Spencer, Fayetteville AR 60.43% 5 Bo Xiao - Brent Xiao, Fremont CA 57.03% 5 Jan Soule, Chicago IL; Kevin Lane, Long Beach CA 58.70% 6 Michael Kelley - Martina Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 55.36% 6 Yan Zhang, Jersey City NJ; Jake Neuthaler, New York NY 58.10% 7 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Paul Kushner, So Lake Tahoe CA 55.16% 7 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Steve Callaham, Alpharetta GA 56.12% 8 James Richman, Dallas TX; Kathleen Carr, Garland TX 54.91% 8 Neil Selvin, Naples FL; Howard Grunin, Mc Lean VA 53.44% 9 Michael Ellgass, Niles IL; Mark Holle, Downers Grove IL 54.71% 9 Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL; Mary Allen, Peoria IL 52.99% 10 Michael Kolacki, Chicago IL; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON 54.45% 10 Evan Marti, Houston TX; Randy Pearson, Pittsburgh PA 52.73% 11 David Rockenfield, Janesville WI; Steve Neumueller, Evansville WI 54.30% 11 Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Zachary Wasserman, Farmington Hls MI 52.68% 12 Susan Eggebrecht - John Miller, Chicago IL 54.20% 12 Peter Jargowsky, Boca Raton FL; Bruce Lang, Philadelphia PA 52.38% 13 James Carroll, Lyons NY; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS 53.80% 13 Dennis Bushman - Sharon Bushman, Jacksonville FL 51.57% 14 Hadi Abushakra, Kensington MD; Walter Smith Jr, Washington DC 53.74% 14 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 51.42% 15 Laurie Carr - Yoonji Kim, Honolulu HI 53.49% 15 Kristen Onsgard, Galveston TX; Stefanie Scott, Plano TX 51.37% 16 Colleen Treanor, The Villages FL; Clement Gosiewski II, Chicago IL 52.18% 16 Edward Rauch, Fort Lauderdale FL; Cecil Henry, Brethren MI 51.32%

SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME SERIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Kim Corbin - Donna Johnson, Scottsdale AZ 68.67% 1 1 1 Kathryn Garrity, Zionsville IN; Alan Frantz, Oberlin OH 58.01% 2 C Arthur Nevins - Jeanine Dow, Kalamazoo MI 58.78% 2 Milt Van Reed, Terre Haute IN; Joanna Hebermehl, Paris IL 55.77% 3 2 1 Paula Najarian, East Greenwich RI; Lois DeBlois, Warwick RI 56.87% 3 Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA; Wayne Gergen, Minneapolis MN 54.17% 4 Ed Word Jr, Monroe LA; Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA 54.33% 4 2 2 Sandi Schlueter - Gerald Landy, Chicago IL 53.99% 5 3 Donna Compton - Kay Moran, Dallas TX 51.84% 5 3 Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL 53.44% 6 4 2 Hazel Connor - Greg Pattinson, Chicago IL 51.12% 6 4 Ejaz Qureshi, Scarsdale NY; Simon Cocheme, London United Kingdom 52.28% 3 Linda Sweig - Mitch Sweig, Chicago IL 48.87% 3 Kenneth Gibson - Wendy Gibson, Stow OH 50.13%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON GOLD RUSH PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RR EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Scott Chupack - J C Chupack, Seattle WA 54.46% 1 Paul Owen Hoge, Sebastopol CA; Brian Haley, Santa Rosa CA 59.82% 2 1 Neil Kazaross, Barrington IL; Joe Zaksas, Sarasota FL 54.17% 2 James Vagourdes, Milwaukee WI; Wesley Hanson, Brookfield WI 54.46% 3 Howard Emmerman - Fern Emmerman, Riverwoods IL 51.49% 3 1 Lorraine Cliff - David Cliff, Wayland MA 53.87% 2 Patricia Jones, Pickerington OH; Rona Cappell, Toronto ON 49.11% 2 Kenneth East - Jamie Carroll, Chicago IL 49.11%

SATURDAY A/X OPEN PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS TT UU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Karen Caton - Caron Peck, Arlington TX 64.08% 1 James Fordham, Fairburn GA; Bob Simkins, Decatur GA 64.46% 2 Don Lussky - Larry Cohen, Elmhurst IL 60.08% 2 1 David MacRae - Christina van Leeuwen, Horn Lake MS 63.38% 3 Roger Clough - Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA 57.77% 3 John Koch, Saint Cloud MN; Terry Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN 59.85% 4 2 Amy Mitura - Ron Haack, New York NY 57.31% 4 2 1 Niki Coons - Dominic Antonelli, York ON 59.62% 5 3 Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Naperville IL 56.00% 5 Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 58.69% 6 4 2 Daniel Kroll, Berkeley CA; Misook Jung, Beverly Hills CA 55.92% 6 Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 57.08% 7/8 Robert Johnson, Wilsonville OR; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 53.77% 7 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 55.77% 7/8 John Herrmann, North Port FL; Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasota FL 53.77% 8 3 Amy Downing, Memphis TN; Marion Tumen, Pacific Plsds CA 55.69% 9 Martin Caley, Montreal QC; Rita Ellington, Charlotte NC 53.54% 9 4 Lotte Optekamp - Bobby Maynard, Houston TX 55.15% 10 5 George Subt, Southampton NJ; Tad Hofkin, Aurora IL 53.31% 10 5 2 William Bailey - Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 54.23% 11 6 Daniel McGuire - Molly Hosford, Las Vegas NV 52.23% 11 6 3 Dan Israeli, Tel Aviv Israel; Tara McCabe, Ottawa ON 53.08% 12 Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT; Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 52.15% 12 William McFall, New Berlin WI; Tamas Szabo, Brookfield WI 53.00% 13/14 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA 51.92% 13 7 4 Joseph Mack III - Karen Mack, Laguna Woods CA 50.85% 13/14 7 Billie Brown - William Lea Jr, Evansville IN 51.92% 14 Frank Pancoe, Wheaton IL; Wayne Snider, Plainfield IL 50.46% 8 3 Jeffrey Orwin, Portage MI; William Kelser, Kalamazoo MI 51.54% 8 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 49.38% 9 4 David Stevens - Mark Daily, Charleston IL 51.08% 5 Kenneth Hopke, Annandale VA; Phil Feldman, Los Angeles CA 48.85% 5 Jacqueline Carpenter, Chicago IL; Naoko De Witt, Mount Prospect IL 48.23%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT B/C PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BB AA EAST-WEST B C B C 1 George Atherton - Susan Atherton, Baton Rouge LA 64.84% 1 Charles Rethlefsen, Corvallis OR; Norman Dressler, Kingston PA 59.72% 2 1 Paul Frean - Sabrina Frean, New York NY 61.34% 2 Boris Tenchov, Columbus OH; Vijay Vasudevan, Cincinnati OH 56.25% 3 2 Mary Phillips, Honolulu HI; Kurt Fritz, San Diego CA 59.49% 3 Sheryl Martin - Dianne Schechter, Scottsdale AZ 54.98% 4 3 Dennis Feuer - Abbie Feuer, N Palm Beach FL 59.03% 4 1 Glenn Terborg - Grace Terborg, Portage MI 54.63% 5 Sue Becker, Canton OH; Joye Sidoti, Oakland CA 56.95% 5 2 Russell Williams, Hanover PA; Joshua Whittaker, York PA 51.85% 6 4 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX 49.74% 6 3 Daniel Chamberlain - Kathryn Chamberlain, Rockford IL 51.74% 7/8 Beverly Kinneman - William Kinneman, Little Rock AR 49.09% 7 4 Sally Mallett - Gary Mallett, N Martinsville WV 51.51% 7/8 Barry Holt, Chicago IL; Laurence Zung, Evanston IL 49.09%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT A/X PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GG HH EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 64.93% 1 Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; Larry Sunser, Syracuse NY 62.73% 2 1 Ragi El-Hoss - M-Christine El-Hoss, Toronto ON 62.24% 2 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 58.68% 3 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL 61.98% 3 1 Steve Clark - Louise Clark, Glencoe IL 55.44% 4 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 58.59% 4 Andrew Tylman, Toronto ON; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 53.59% 5 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 57.29% 5 2 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI 51.51% 6 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO 55.73% 6 3 Stephen Moese, West Chester OH; Michael Purcell, Loveland OH 49.88% 7 2 Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR 54.43% 7 4 Lee Easterbrook, Chatham ON; Gary Robertson, Blenheim ON 49.54% 3 Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ; Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY 53.78% 4 Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI; Joy McKenzie-Smith, Portland OR 52.89%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CC EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Richard Condon, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Cindy Henderson, Northfield IL 66.96% 1 1 Paul Dynowski - Nancy Williams, Chicago IL 61.01% 2 1 Adrienne Glazov, Glencoe IL; Marti Goldberg, Northbrook IL 57.44% 2 2 Paula Coleman - Gail Titus, Oakville ON 55.36% 3 Jim Parks, Atascadero CA; Barry Heller, Burbank CA 54.76% 3 Melinda Berggreen, Glenview IL; Karen Richardson, Barrington IL 54.17% 4 Robert Bachand, Chicago IL; Judith Hartshorn, Fort Lauderdale FL 53.87% 4 Elizabeth Subkowsky - Robert Subkowsky, Chicago IL 53.87% 2 Margaret Majewski, Oak Brook IL; Carolyn Koehler, Indian Head Pk IL 52.68% 3 William Birk, Tinley Park IL; Daryl Fraley, Crown Point IN 49.11% 3/4 Jan Summers, Wheaton IL; Jeanne Kowalski, Berwyn IL 50.00% 3/4 Young Cha - Kay Cha, Muttontown NY 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DD EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Charles Manion, Evansville IN; Michael Mehringer, Chicago IL 58.21% 1 1 Frances McCaughan - Nessan Fitzmaurice, Chicago IL 65.01% 2 Barbara Porter, Indianapolis IN; Harry Preston, New Palestine IN 57.99% 2 Larry Lasher, Moffetville CA; Fred Brown, San Jose CA 61.77% 3 Paul Stecko, Lake Forest IL; Donald Grenesko, Winnetka IL 56.63% 3 Lucille Rosen, Boca Raton FL; Marlene Fleischman, Highland Park IL 51.58% 4 2 Carol Gross, Oak Brook IL; Arlene Doyle, La Grange IL 54.31% 4 2 Debbie Leech - Rick Leech, Waukesha WI 50.82% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EE EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Robert Calt - Christie McGue, Traverse City MI 59.23% 1 Thomas Frank - Doug Avery, Indianapolis IN 62.20% 2 1 Genny Cesario, Elmhurst IL; Ralph Schindler Jr, Hinsdale IL 58.63% 2 1 Robert Kahn - Christine Kahn, Pleasanton CA 58.63% 3 Daniel Judd, Lombard IL; Tim Luker, Green Bay WI 55.06% 3 Serdar Akkor, Salt Lake City UT; Betty Miller, Akron OH 55.95% 4 2 Cookie Goldman - Michael Goldman, St Louis Park MN 52.38% 4 2 Joseph Sackett - Jill Sackett, Libertyville IL 55.36% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FF EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Diane Patience - Laura Werner, Chicago IL 56.55% 1 1 Barbara Flaxman - Leah Laurie, Chicago IL 58.33% 2 2 Kathleen Crosmer - Jonathan Crosmer, Lexington KY 55.36% 2 Ginny Dimond - Mike Dimond, Elmhurst IL 56.85% 3 Joy Oliver, Damascus MD; Garry Grossman, North Bethesda MD 54.76% 3 Lane O’Connor, Towanda IL; Jeffrey Furler, Bloomington IL 52.38% 4 Robert O Connor, Silver Spring MD; William Lowry, Alexandria VA 52.98% 4 2 Robert Krakowsky, Northbrook IL; Scott Bieber, Wilmette IL 52.08%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Ingrid Brewer - John Brewer, Evanston IL 58.52% 1 Ruth Anderson - Robert Anderson, Manteno IL 57.39% 2 2 Allyson Pooley - Rudy Lubov, Chicago IL 54.17% 2 Karen Ann Miller - Susan Seaver, Crystal Lake IL 54.89% 1 1 Mary Darnall - Jack Darnall, Oak Park IL 44.03%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Jean Mutchmore - Jeanne Fortin, Boucherville QC 58.63% 1 1 1 Mary Fry - Robert Black, Evanston IL 56.85% 2/3 2/3 2 Samuel Bernstein, Highland Park IL; Phil Bishaf, Northbrook IL 57.14% 2 2 2 Emanuel Kahana - Rivka Kahana, Chicago IL 55.36% 2/3 2/3 Judy Nixon - James Nixon, Flower Mound TX 57.14% 3 3 3 William Claymon - Maxeen Claymon, Carmel IN 54.46% 4 4 3 Suzanne Pritzker, Lincolnshire IL; Barbara Niehus, Skokie IL 55.06% 4 Ivan Tzonthev, Schaumburg IL; Francis Wren, Arlington Hgts IL 51.79%

SATURDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION SECTION XXX A B C 1 1 1 Barbara Kaufman - Karen Bragman, Atlanta GA 67.50% 2 John Welte, Ballwin MO; Steven Clements, Wildwood MO 58.33% 3 2 Sharon Doeseckle - Ann Lawrence, Naperville IL 56.25% Daily Bulletin Sunday, August 16, 2015 Page 19

SATURDAY EVENING OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GG HH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 William McFall, New Berlin WI; Tamas Szabo, Brookfield WI 63.31% 1 1 1 Vladimir Reznik, Glenview IL; Mark Pinkowski, Chicago IL 59.92% 2 1 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 60.85% 2 Kathy Logue, Davie FL; Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Bch Gdns FL 58.08% 3 Jill Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 59.38% 3 2 Walt Werner, Arlington Hgts IL; James Diebel, Wood Dale IL 58.00% 4 Rozanne Pollack - William Pollack, New York NY 58.92% 4 3 2 David Bogolub, Deerfield IL; Steve Kreiner, Chicago IL 56.62% 5 2 1 Niki Coons - Dominic Antonelli, York ON 57.08% 5 Bill Begert - Jess Jurkovic, New York NY 56.08% 6 Brenda Montague - Neil Montague, Swampscott MA 56.92% 6 4 Allison Hunt, Charlotte NC; Luz Ortega, Melbourne FL 55.69% 7 John Koch, Saint Cloud MN; Terry Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN 56.85% 7 Chad Fisher - Tim Hays, Kansas City MO 55.15% 8 Patt Quinn, La Grange IL; Keith Bach, Bensenville IL 55.54% 8 Don Lussky - Larry Cohen, Elmhurst IL 54.46% 9 Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 54.92% 9 Martin Caley, Montreal QC; Rita Ellington, Charlotte NC 53.69% 10/11 3 David MacRae - Christina van Leeuwen, Horn Lake MS 52.62% 10 5 Jamie Rubenstein, Niles IL; Robert Victor, East Lansing MI 53.62% 10/11 Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 52.62% 11 Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI 53.38% 12 4 2 Becky Bien, Little Rock AR; Linda Gross, Lafayette CA 52.46% 12 6 Amy Mitura - Ron Haack, New York NY 53.00% 13 5 3 Mary Lee, Macungie PA; Robert Maxson, River Forest IL 52.31% 13 7 3 Susan Ninyo - Avram Ninyo, Rancho Santa Fe CA 52.92% 14 Frank Pancoe, Wheaton IL; Wayne Snider, Plainfield IL 51.77% 14 8 4 Chih-Cheng Yeh, Urbana IL; Shih-Tang Su, MI 52.85% 6 4 Rory Xiao, Fremont CA; Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA 51.31% 9 Michael Saltzman - Linda Saltzman, Naperville IL 51.31% 7 Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA; Ankur Rathi, Sunnyvale CA 50.92% 5 Daniel Kroll, Berkeley CA; Misook Jung, Beverly Hills CA 51.15% 8 Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; Mary Ose, Sacramento CA 50.46% 6 Joseph Mack III - Karen Mack, Laguna Woods CA 50.08%

SATURDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CC EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 James Vagourdes, Milwaukee WI; Wesley Hanson, Brookfield WI 56.55% 1 1 Neil Kazaross, Barrington IL; Joe Zaksas, Sarasota FL 63.39% 2 1 Ken Deutch - Diane Deutch, Saint Louis MO 55.95% 2 Howard Emmerman - Fern Emmerman, Riverwoods IL 58.93% 3 Paul Owen Hoge, Sebastopol CA; Brian Haley, Santa Rosa CA 52.68% 3 Scott Chupack - J C Chupack, Seattle WA 55.65% 2 Lorraine Cliff - David Cliff, Wayland MA 50.60% 2 Brandon Fong, Mount Laurel NJ; Elizabeth Gompels, New York NY 51.19%

SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 2ND OF 4 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LL EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Brian Hingerty - Geo. Fred Williams III, Knoxville TN 65.41% 1 Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK; Linda Hughes, Edmond OK 64.31% 2 1 Kim Corbin - Donna Johnson, Scottsdale AZ 54.97% 2 1 1 Edwin Glickman - Han Sarah Glickman, Basalt CO 60.28% 3 2 1 George Spine Jr - Beverly Ann Spine, Coraopolis PA 54.76% 3 2 2 Kathryn Garrity, Zionsville IN; Alan Frantz, Oberlin OH 58.44% 4 3 2 Monika Senf, Scottsdale AZ; Craig Snowden, Fort Collins CO 52.49% 4 3 Robert Brager, Baltimore MD; Penelope Messer, Columbia MO 53.17% 4 Agnieszka Slawenta, Gdansk Poland; Klaudiusz Warbinski, Des Plaines IL 51.08%

BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 2ND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS DD EE FF EAST-WEST 1 Paul Hattis, Newton MA; James Orleans, Northbrook IL 65.08% 1 Stephen Tynes, Truro NS; Ethan Macaulay, Toronto ON 59.26% 2 Evan Marti, Houston TX; Randy Pearson, Pittsburgh PA 63.01% 2 Jill Thompson - Jill Foran, Toronto ON 58.55% 3 Richard Wimberley, Evans GA; Jesse Chao, San Francisco CA 61.94% 3 Hadi Abushakra, Kensington MD; Walter Smith Jr, Washington DC 57.84% 4 Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; Ben Feinswog, Coconut Grove FL 59.67% 4 Laurie Carr - Yoonji Kim, Honolulu HI 56.68% 5 John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Suvabrata Biswas, Katy TX 58.40% 5 Charles Klees - Randy McKay, Chicago IL 56.43% 6 Lelvin Crowe, Cordova TN; Sam Graham, Germantown TN 58.30% 6 David Howorth, Oxford MS; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 56.33% 7 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Paul Kushner, So Lake Tahoe CA 58.20% 7 Jennifer Lin - Joshua Hull, San Francisco CA 54.66% 8 Brandon Harper, Winter Park FL; Alexander Okamoto, Wyndmoor PA 57.09% 8 James Richman, Dallas TX; Kathleen Carr, Garland TX 54.61% 9 Sherman Gao, Pomona CA; Andrew Collins, Little Rock AR 56.12% 9 Edwin (Ted) Bain III, Houston TX; Michael Miedema, Hockley TX 53.29% 10 Max Glick, Minneapolis MN; Zachary Wasserman, Farmington Hls MI 55.82% 10 Edward Kung - Janet Johnson, Philadelphia PA 53.14% 11 Isaac Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Cole Spencer, Fayetteville AR 54.96% 11 John Hrones Jr, Needham MA; Paul Lewis, White Plains NY 53.09% 12 R Muggia, Andover MA; Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA 54.10% 12 Walter Maxymuk - Gene Keidan, Toms River NJ 52.99% 13 Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL; David Loeb, Lake Mary FL 53.49% 13 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 52.88% 14 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Edward So, Pleasanton CA 53.34% 14 Frederick Upton, Van Nuys CA; Tiger Li Li Williams, Elk Point SD 52.58% 15 Lisa Adelberg, Camden ME; Jodi Coren, Highland Beach FL 52.28% 15 Colleen Treanor, The Villages FL; Clement Gosiewski II, Chicago IL 52.28% 16 Neil Selvin, Naples FL; Howard Grunin, Mc Lean VA 52.13% 16 Charles Burke, Arlington TX; Richard Langland, Irving TX 52.23%

THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SATURDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Alan Lechner - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 55.28% 1 1 Gay Roach, Nacogdoches TX; Jimmie Lou Conner, Austin TX 59.03% 2 Wayne Gergen, Minneapolis MN; Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA 54.17% 2/3 2/3 Elaine Misner - James Misner, Wilton CT 57.64% 3 1 1 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Dennis Sponholtz, Chantilly VA 53.19% 2/3 2/3 1 Burton Lewis - Marie Stevenson, Chicago IL 57.64% 4 2 Florence Mahony - Brian Mahony, Redding CT 52.92% 4 4 Paul Karas, Elm Grove WI; Joanne Matchette, Vero Beach FL 55.00% 5 3 2 Susan Elwyn, Sarasota FL; Donna Kellerman, Bradenton FL 51.94% 5 2 William Ridings, Riva MD; Colette Novich, Chicago IL 51.67% 4 Carolyn Vick, Nashville TN; Andrew Risman, Toronto ON 51.53% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Martha Welte, Buffalo NY; John Welte, Amherst NY 58.25% 1 1 Nicolas Karamaoun, Blacksburg VA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 57.36% 2 John Russell, N Barrington IL; Gary Helman, Syosset NY 57.30% 2 Irina Kislitsyna - Alexandra Ladyzhensky, Bradenton FL 55.42% 3 2 2 Gerald Landy, Chicago IL; Janice Friedlander, Riverwoods IL 54.60% 3 2 1 Mark Pinkowski, Chicago IL; Yan Zhang, Jersey City NJ 52.92% 4 Linda Hughes, Edmond OK; Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK 54.44% 4 3 2 Susan Ninyo - Avram Ninyo, Rancho Santa Fe CA 52.36% 5 Maryse Hambrick - Sarko Kassabian, Saint-Laurent QC 53.75% 5 4 Fay Ennis - Henry Ennis, Englewood FL 50.69% 3 Calista Graham - Curtis Bare, Charlottesville VA 53.47% 4 3 Valerie Bennett - Ellen Rubert, Chicago IL 53.33%

SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Curtis Wehling - Judy Wehling, Glenview IL 60.00% 1 1 1 Robert Colucci - Les White, Chicago IL 60.00% 2 Jo Ellen Drisko, Lexington KY; Margaret Getman, Saint Paul MN 59.58% 2 2 Bonnie Zeran - Sterling Zeran, Lakefield ON 59.58% 3 2 1 Patricia Stevens - Eben Stevens, Greenville SC 57.50% 3 3 2 Samuel Bernstein, Highland Park IL; Phil Bishaf, Northbrook IL 55.83% 3 2 Cindy Thompson - Lynne Nelson, Rockford IL 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Suzanne Pritzker, Lincolnshire IL; Barbara Niehus, Skokie IL 67.92% 1 1 1 Marvin Sherrill - Rosann Sherrill, Madison WI 56.25% 2 2 Judy Nixon - James Nixon, Flower Mound TX 58.33% 2 Marlene Hirshman, Riverwoods IL; Elaine Frank, Northbrook IL 55.42% 3 3 2 David Odette - Linda Odette, Bloomington IL 55.00% 3/4 2/3 2/3 Elaine Reitmeister - Sandra Anderson, Chicago IL 52.92% 3/4 2/3 2/3 Christine Lyon - Sandra Procida, Chicago IL 52.92%

SATURDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Nancy Garfien, Naples FL; Esther Emmerman, Chicago IL 58.33% 1 Karen Ann Miller - Susan Seaver, Crystal Lake IL 62.50% 2 John Kerr - Roger Peirce, Tucson AZ 55.00% 2 1 1 Karen Page - Jack Page, Wilmette IL 58.33% 3/4 1 1 Ingrid Brewer - John Brewer, Evanston IL 51.67% 3 Sherlene Edwards - Michael Edwards, Georgetown TX 57.08% 3/4 Sally Feder - Allyson Pooley, Chicago IL 51.67%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CC EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Daniel Schiffer, West Bloomfield MI; Sheila Stillman, Highland Park IL 58.85% 1 1 Young Cha - Kay Cha, Muttontown NY 59.18% 2 Larry Lasher, Moffetville CA; Fred Brown, San Jose CA 53.87% 2 Diane Patience - Laura Werner, Chicago IL 58.51% 3 1 Frances McCaughan - Nessan Fitzmaurice, Chicago IL 53.40% 3 William Wendt, La Porte IN; John Teshima, Trail Creek IN 56.46% 4/5 2/3 Wendy Bosworth, Milwaukee WI; Elizabeth Peirce, Tucson AZ 50.34% 4 2 Kenneth Jensen, Oak Brook IL; Carol Ann Lombardo, Chicago IL 55.44% 4/5 2/3 Danielle Cusson, New York NY; Linda Bodien, Columbus OH 50.34% 3 Adrienne Glazov, Glencoe IL; Marti Goldberg, Northbrook IL 53.27% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DD EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Elizabeth Subkowsky - Robert Subkowsky, Chicago IL 63.39% 1 Charles Manion, Evansville IN; Michael Mehringer, Chicago IL 55.95% 2 Melinda Berggreen, Glenview IL; Karen Richardson, Barrington IL 57.44% 2 Pamela McKenney - Lenore Dimon, Bluffton SC 55.36% 3 1 Merrell Reiss - Dershi Saxena, Oak Brook IL 55.36% 3 A Carol Payette, The Villages FL; David Whitesell, Yellow Springs OH 54.46% 4 Eileen Tardy - Pam Seaman, Chicago IL 54.76% 4 1 Edward Lyman - Anne Lyman, Winnetka IL 54.17% 2 William Birk, Tinley Park IL; Daryl Fraley, Crown Point IN 53.87% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EE EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Rudolph Bruntyn, Fox Lake IL; Paul Prez, Chicago IL 61.01% 1 Robert Calt - Christie McGue, Traverse City MI 59.52% 2 Lane O’Connor, Towanda IL; Jeffrey Furler, Bloomington IL 59.52% 2 Daniel Judd, Lombard IL; Tim Luker, Green Bay WI 56.25% 3 1 Robert Krakowsky, Northbrook IL; Scott Bieber, Wilmette IL 58.04% 3 Charles Whitman - Kay Whitman, Chicago IL 55.65% 4 Jacqueline Chavez, Chicago IL; Shirley Koch, Schererville IN 51.49% 4 1 Barbara Rogers, Crystal Lake IL; Ray Parnell, Wonder Lake IL 51.79% 2 Carol Hyatt, Kenilworth IL; Mary Thorne, Winnetka IL 50.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION FF EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Carol Winograd, Bellaire TX; Vivian Cyprus, Houston TX 66.96% 1 1 Kathleen Crosmer - Jonathan Crosmer, Lexington KY 64.72% 2 Syndi McDougall - David McDougall, Petawawa ON 55.89% 2 Joy Oliver, Damascus MD; Garry Grossman, North Bethesda MD 52.85% 3 1 Joseph Sackett - Jill Sackett, Libertyville IL 54.70% 3 2 Barbara Smith, Dallas TX; Beth Castleberry, Richardson TX 52.26% 4 Thomas Frank - Doug Avery, Indianapolis IN 53.55% 4 Patricia Latkin - Sarah Walker, Chicago IL 51.07% 2 Liga Haiplik - Heather Howie, Mississauga ON 48.15%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT B/C PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS AA BB EAST-WEST B C B C 1 1 Dennis Feuer - Abbie Feuer, N Palm Beach FL 59.69% 1 1 Douglas Wake - Mirjana Reams, Seattle WA 60.13% 2 2 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX 58.61% 2 2 Mary Phillips, Honolulu HI; Kurt Fritz, San Diego CA 57.73% 3 Charles Rethlefsen, Corvallis OR; Norman Dressler, Kingston PA 56.32% 3 Ann Ruwitch - Jane Ettelson, Saint Louis MO 56.54% 4 3 Russell Williams, Hanover PA; Joshua Whittaker, York PA 55.56% 4/5 George Atherton - Susan Atherton, Baton Rouge LA 55.01% 5 4 David Stentz - Janet Matthews, The Villages FL 55.34% 4/5 3 Joel Kramer, Minneapolis MN; Barry Wilderman, Manhasset NY 55.01% 6 Joseph Muenks, Cincinnati OH; Lynne Kostopoulos, Lansing IL 53.70% 6 Louise Fontecchio, Nashville TN; Linda King, Fairfield Glade TN 54.36% 7 Barry Holt, Chicago IL; Laurence Zung, Evanston IL 53.05% 7 Charles Kelley - Jo Anne Kelley, Pacific Plsds CA 54.25% 4 Paul Frean - Sabrina Frean, New York NY 52.83%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT A/X PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GG HH EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 59.52% 1 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 64.32% 2 1 Sharon Fellars - Richard Fellars, Deerfield IL 57.23% 2 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 61.93% 3 2 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI 56.37% 3 1 Toyohiko Ozawa, Kawasaki City Japan; Misako Fukazawa, Higashiyama Kyo Japan 57.73% 4 Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 54.85% 4 Flo Newlin - Cal Newlin Jr, Aurora CO 56.39% 5 3 Lee Easterbrook, Chatham ON; Gary Robertson, Blenheim ON 54.83% 5 2 Robert Webster, Ripon WI; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI 54.01% 6 Robert Cappelli, Birmingham MI; Kelley Hwang, New York NY 53.83% 6 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO 52.58% 7 Bernace De Young - Sean Ganness, Miami FL 53.63% 7 3 Betty Fleischer - Neal Rechtman, Ossining NY 51.81% 4 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; William Ju, Waterloo ON 51.35% 4 Mark Hugger, Dexter MI; Ed Herstein, Ann Arbor MI 51.59% Page 20 Sunday, August 16, 2015 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Sunday, August 16, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Strati-Flighted A/X Swiss Teams (5000+/0-5000) 1-2 Salon A, Lower Level $16 $20 Flight B Round-Robin Teams (0-3000) 1-2 Salon A, Lower Level $16 $20 Both: 7 rounds, 7 boards each; very short snack break Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single Salon B, Lower Level $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Salon B, Lower Level $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Salon B, Lower Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Salon B, Lower Level $15 $15 Sunday, August 16, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Salon A, Lower Level $16 $20 Sunday, August 16, 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Salon C, Lower Level $16 $20 Sunday, August 16, 11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Stratified 1-2 Salon C, Lower Level $16 $20 Sunday, August 16, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. 0-10,000 Mixed Swiss Teams 1-2 F Salon A, Lower Level $17 --- Sunday, August 16, 11 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F 4th Floor, Hilton $30 --- ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F International BR, 2nd Floor (use escalator) $30 --- Sunday, August 16, 2:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single Salon B, Lower Level $16 $20 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Salon B, Lower Level $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Salon B, Lower Level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Salon B, Lower Level $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted: Stratified events are: A (3000+), B (1500-3000), C (0-1500). For three-flight strati-flighted events (two sessions), A/X are 5000+/0-5000; separate from B/C (1500-3000/0-1500) and the Gold Rush (300-750/0-300). All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. Eligibility for limited events will be based on the MP total for the highest player. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events, Bold, Upper and Lower Case = NABC events, Green = Regional events, Blue = Gold Rush 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.

See you at the Fall NABC in Denver!

2015 Fall North American Bridge Championships Denver, Colorado Nov. 26–Dec. 6, 2015

eautiful Denver Colorado plays host to the 2015 Fall North American Bridge BChampionships, Nov. 26–Dec. 6. Downtown Denver features the amazing 16th Street Mall, home to hundreds of restaurants, bars, nightclubs and shopping venues, all connected by free shuttle buses. Make your plans early to attend this exciting tournament. All events will be played at the Sheraton Denver Downtown, 1550 Court Place, Denver CO 80202. The standard room rate is $132 per night plus tax, with free Internet. Book online at acbl.org/denverhousing or call onPeak at 855–992–3353 to reserve a room, or email us at [email protected].