Friday, July 31, 2009 Volume 81, Number 8 Daily Bulletin Washington, DC

81st Summer North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler Berkowitz holds on Nickell, O’Rourke, in tight Wagar final Strul bounced from In a low-scoring final match in the Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams captained by , John Onstott Teams, the squad of Lisa and Jan Jansma will be playing in the quarterfinal Berkowitz of Boca Raton FL, round of the Spingold Knockout Teams today Joann Glasson of Pennington NJ, while their higher-seeded opponents will be on the Linda Lewis of Sioux Falls SD, sidelines. Val Covalciuc of Fort Myers FL, The Jansma team led No. 2 seed Betty Ann Kennedy of from the start of their match and ended with an Shreveport LA and Cindy impressive 143-113 victory. Dutch star Jansma is Bernstein of Memphis TN playing with countrymen Louk Verhees and Ricco prevailed by 5 IMPs against van Prooijen. The rest of the team is Ron Rubin, Shawn Quinn’s team. Berkowitz and Matthew Granovetter. won 84-79 over 64 boards. Rigal (Robert and Shane Blanchard, Jeff Aker, Playing with Quinn, who Glenn Milgrim and Alex Ornstein) prevailed 133- currently lives abroad in Krakow, 127 in a hard-fought match with the Lou Ann Poland, were Renee Mancuso of O’Rourke squad (Marc Jacobus, , Los Angeles CA, Pam Wittes of Roger Bates, Antonio Sementa and Giorgio CA, Cheri Bjerkan of Duboin). Elmhurst IL, Rozanne Pollack of Rigal led the No. 8 seed by 1 IMP with a Winners of the Wagar Women’s KO Teams: Val Covalciuc, Joann Basking Ridge NJ and Peggy Continued on page 19 Glasson, Betty Ann Kennedy, Lisa Berkowitz, Cindy Bernstein and Continued on page 7 Linda Lewis. Four teams remain Virginians take Hampton leads in Mini-Spin I Mixed BAM quals Today’s semifinal matchups in the Mini- Spingold I (0-5000) Knockout Teams feature 199er Pairs The squad captained by Robert Hampton of contests between the squads led by Lorraine Cable Blythewood SC led the field of 94 teams in and McKenzie Myers in one bracket, and Jay yesterday’s opening round of the Mixed -a- Whipple and Roger Johnson in the other. Match Teams. Hamption, playing with Sabine Cable easily dispatched John Klayman’s team Auken of Charlottenlund, Denmark, Joel in yesterday’s match, 164-72 in three quarters. Wooldridge of Williamsville NY, John Hurd of Myers had an extremely close match against , of Singer Island FL Morrie Kleinplatz’s squad, until the last set, which and of Paris, France, finished with Myers won handily. In the other quarterfinal a two-session total of 36 wins. Continued on page 13 In a tie at 34.5 for second-third are Geeske Joel’s team and David Yang’s team. Joel of Palo Alto CA played with of Austin TX, Mini-Spin II final: and Robert Levin of Lake Ariel PA, of Dallas TX, and Hsu vs. Hendrickson of Andes NY. Yang, of , has teammates The squad led by Victor Hsu will square off Melody Bi of West Warwick RI, Jeff Fang of against Eric Hendrickson’s team in the final of the Arcadia CA, and Pinpin Deng of Hackettstown Mini-Spingold II (0-1500) Knockout Teams. Hsu, NJ. playing with Ted Wilson, Paul Fagan and Sandy Fifty-two teams made the cut to today’s two- 199er winners Roy Robson and Ken Marshall. Johnson defeated David Grabiner’s team in the session final. semifinal 112-107. Grabiner played with Arthur Two longtime friends who have been playing McCann, J. Larry Meyers and Ken Shotting. In bridge only about 18 months put together two Goodwill Message the other semifinal match, Hendrickson, playing solid sessions to win the National 199er Pairs by with Andy Caranicas, Matthew Bribitzer-Stull and Today I might meet a new half a board. The winners are Roy (Tony) Robson Jason Bribitzer-Stull, beat Julie Zucker’s team friend. of Arlington VA and Ken Marshall of Winchester 142-103. Zucker’s lineup included Nat Zucker, I might learn a new play. VA. Carl Noller and Robert Finkelstein. They scored 64.58% in the first of the event’s I might have a few laughs. two sessions, then followed with 61.01% in the I should have a good day! second to finish with a score of 208, just ahead of Baseggio, Friedland , Chairman the 204.5 posted by runners-up Nick Trobovic of Belmar NJ and Richard Malus of Leonardo NJ. National Goodwill off to Fast start Top on a board was 7. Committee The duo of Franco Baseggio of New York Both were bridge players decades ago, but City and Peter Friedland of Cupertino CA turned they quit playing until recently. in the top score in the qualifying round of the Marshall is a retired farmer, Robson a retired Attendance NABC . Baseggio and Friedland academic (he taught linguistics at the University through Thursday scored just under 62% each session. of Wisconsin). Just a few matchpoints behind are John They met 20 years ago at the Eastern Market evening: Herriot of Los Angeles CA and Lawrence Harding in the Washington DC area, where farmers take of Hampstead NC. their produce to sell. Said Robson of his partner, Of the 256 pairs who entered the two-day “He produced the best tomatoes and apples you’ve 11,134 Tables contest, 130 qualified for today’s two-session Continued on page 7 final. Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Saturday, August 1 8 pm til . Room: Thurgood Marshall. 10 a.m. - Noon "Advance Your Game" lesson. Bridge lessons for "advanced" beginners. Room: Thurgood Marshall E. Sunday, August 2 10:30 a.m. - Understanding the Changes in the Laws Seminar. An 1 - 6:30 p.m. Vugraph. Room: Thurgood Marshall. Noon overview of the recent changes in the Laws of Duplicate 8 p.m. til Vugraph. Room: Thurgood Marshall. , followed by Q & A. Free. Room: Taft. CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these free expert lectures in Washington DC daily in Exhibit Saturday, Aug. 1 Hall B. 9:45 am Mike Flader Ruling the Game Friday, July 31 6:45 pm Jeff Roman The Difference between Pairs 9:45 am Leslie Shafer Bidding With No Points! and Teams 6:45 pm GS Jade Barrett The Learning Curve LATE NIGHT/ENTERTAINMENT All entertainment will take place in the Thurgood Marshall Ballroom. Saturday, August 1 Friday, July 30 10:30 pm-Midnight Fresh Fruit Cup 10:30 pm-Midnight Ice Cream Bars and Fruit Bars 8 pm til Vugraph: Semifinals of the Spingold Knockout 11:15 pm-12:30 am , Pianist (note change) Teams Sunday, August 2 5:30-6:30 pm Snacks 6 pm til Vugraph: Final of the Spingold Knockout Teams

Be sure to ACBL bans electronic Bridge Haiku stop by the devices in national events By Kevin O’Brien Tournament Bridge is just a game. The ACBL Board of Information Desk The Grand Canyon is a gully Directors approved a In Arizona. and get your official comprehensive ban on Washington DC electronic devices for all Take the spade NABC t-shirt national level events, but not Then out the ace of clubs before you leave! regional or Intermediate But you’re still down two Men’s and Women’s styles— Newcomer contests: Electronic devices, excluding health related Enter the knockouts lots of sizes, royal blue and navy If your teammates let you down $15 for Adults • $12 for Youth equipment, capable of sending or receiving communication, including but not limited to, Qualify for Swiss! headphones, earphones, cellular phones and in partner’s suit? minicomputers: (1) shall not be allowed in the Hope opponents win auction playing areas, adjacent hallways, restrooms or Ruff accessible break areas; and (2) shall not be used during a session. Playing six notrump Stone’s Throw will offer a limited a la carte These restrictions shall apply to all pairs, team Only count eleven tricks? menu, in addition to a dinner buffet, as noted for members, captains, coaches, recorders and kibitzers Maybe there’s a squeeze the following dates: and shall apply throughout any actual playing “Down one is good bridge” Friday, July 31 session or segment. Don’t believe all that you hear Soup Of The Day A violation of this policy shall result in a Better if you make! - Fried Catfish disciplinary penalty of one full board (or 12 IMPs at - Roasted Chicken that form of scoring) for the first offense. A second Daily Bulletin - Macaroni and Cheese offense shall result in disqualification from the event Staff works hard, late-night hours - Baked Beans for the pair/team. See them? Say, “Thank you!” - Glazed Carrots Kibitzers violating this policy shall be removed Chef’s Selection of Desserts from the playing area for the remainder of the Life Master News (1) Soda or Iced Tea session. Gary Mallett of New Martinsville WV earned $15.95 + tax Participants in the following contests will be his gold card as a member of the winning team in Saturday, August 1 reminded not to approach the playing area with a the Monday-Tuesday Bracketed KO. His partner Soup Of The Day personal electronic device in their possession, even was his wife, Sally Mallett, and their teammates - Lemon Pepper Trout with White Wine if the device is turned off: all flights of the Grand were Brett Orban of Martins Ferry OH and Tom Sauce National Teams, the von Zedtwitz, Bruce and Young Danford of Bellaire OH. On Saturday, the team - Swedish Meatballs Life Master Pairs, the Spingold Knockout Teams, reported that they had won another KO, putting - Bowtie Pasta with a Pesto Cream Sauce both Mini-, the Wagar Women's Knockout Sally over the top and making her a Life Master. - Steamed Rice Teams, the Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams, the Neither player needed gold points. - Ratatouille , the NABC+ Fast Pairs, the Anita Pettus of Winchester KY is now a Chef’s Selection of Desserts Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, the Open Swiss Silver Life Master, going over the 1000-point (1) Soda or Iced Tea Teams and the National 199er Pairs. barrier in the compact knockouts. Her partner was $15.95 + tax Xiao (Joe) Zhao, Hamilton ON. Their teammates Found were Fran Smith of Glen Ellyn IL and Claude Henin of Ottawa ON. Be nice A ring found in the ladies room was turned in Players are reminded that the Partnership to the Registration Desk, Thursday afternoon, July Desk is offered as a service. When using this 30. To claim this item, please visit the Registration Masterpoint disclaimer service, please be courteous to both the volunteers Desk with a description of the ring. Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are staffing the desk and to prospective partners with Additional items (a jacket, a pendant, a subject to change because of score changes or whom you are paired. bracelet) have been turned in to the Daily Bulletin corrections. Therefore, the masterpoint awards as Abusive treatment to staff or fellow members office (Jefferson Room, Mezzanine Level). shown are also subject to change. is subject to disciplinary action.

Got a story for the Daily Bulletin? Send it to [email protected] Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS last two rounds. Positive thinking Tighten up, be By Leslie Shafer conservative, and don/t give any of those One of my beautiful gifts back to favorite quotes is the enemy. from Henry Ford: b) You’re in the If you think you wrong contract (3NT) can or can’t, and missed your 4♠ you’re right. The game. The pairs in 4♠ power of positive will score 420 and thinking is crucial your 3NT is only in any form of worth 400. In a pairs bridge. Here are a event, you’d better find few times when a an overtrick good attitude is somewhere (even if it important. puts your contract in 1) Your side won the auction, but the jeopardy) because opponents have doubled you for penalties! If you’re about to get a you think you’re going down, you’re right. You zero anyway. In a should adopt an attitude of, “Wow! If I make team game (knockout this, our plus score will be enormous, for sure a or Swiss) play to make top board!” your contract. The 2) You’ve just suffered a terrible result on the difference in the first board of the session. You probably got a contract score is zero; but if you continue to fret over it, you will negligible, only one blow the next four boards as well, totaling five IMP and no big deal. zeros. It would be a good idea to put the first c) Your side has board out of your mind and start fresh, with a been preempting in positive attitude. I believe this is one of my best diamonds but the achievements, to be able to totally erase previous opponents get to 4♠ deals or results from my mind. My husband, aka anyway. You’re Studmuffin, once asked me about a board we thinking of sacrificing played on the prior round, and I couldn/t for the – should you go for it? life of me remember it. I was elated, although Consider the my husband didn’t seem as impressed as I was vulnerability and do with this ability. It has taken some time, but he the math: If you’re not now sees it as one of my strongest bridge skills. vulnerable and they Kind of ironic, isn’t it? As students we fret over are, you could go trying to remember everything, then discover we down three, doubled, must try to forget things. and still show a profit. 3) Does your contract rest on a finesse or an If you’re vulnerable back and wait for them to make their own unlikely split in a certain suit? Sitting there and and the opponents are not, then going to 5♦ is agonizing over it for three minutes will not mistakes so you can reap the benefits. insane. I’ve tried it myself about 60 times in the Leslie Shafer is the editor of “Bridge change the outcome. If the cards lie in an last 15 years and it worked one time. The odds unfriendly manner, then your expert friend won/t Students ‘R Us,” a national bridge newsletter are not with you. Just let it go. specifically for Intermediate and Novice players. make it either. Mentally visualize how you need d) You and partner are intermediate players the missing cards to be situated, then play it as if You may subscribe by sending your name, and you recognize the pair coming to your table address, phone number and payment of $25 for a it were true. Some days I feel I’m psychic when as newcomers. Do not even think about psyching it actually works. six-issue subscription to Leslie Shafer, 331 or making overly aggressive against Market Street East, #154, Gaithersburg, MD 4) When to be aggressive (or insane) vs. them. You would possibly be handing them their playing conservatively. 20878. Visit her website at only top board of the night. You have them beat www.bridgeteacher.com. a) You/ve just gotten four top boards in the already in bidding, play and defensive skills. Sit

shouldn’t give any real thought to bidding 4♥. The point hands these days, so it is odds on that West Thinking bridge North hand counts to 17 support points (forget the has the ♥Q. South does best to cash the ♥K and By Eddie Kantar ♣J). South has 15 HCP plus one support point for lead a heart to the jack. each doubleton. The jump raises promises 16-18 ♠ Dlr: East K 7 support points, so South is on target. East, a passed ♥ Vul: E-W AJ 5 4 hand, has a perfect if South opens ♦ A K 10 7 6 1♥, but can’t come in intelligently over the 1♦ bid. ♣ J 8 A double is out of the question with a singleton in ♠ ♠ J 10 9 8 AQ 4 3 an unbid major, and overcalling on a crummy four- ♥ ♥ Q 9 2 8 card suit is also off the wall. ♦ ♦ Q J 9 5 3 2 Defensive commentary: After East cashes ♣ ♣ K 10 4 3 A7 6 2 two spades, he shifts to a low club rather than the ♠ 6 5 2 ace. After all, declarer may have the king and ♥ K 10 7 6 3 misguess by playing low, thus losing two club ♦ 8 4 tricks. As it happens, West has the king and returns ♣ Q 9 5 the ♣3 (original fourth best, showing four clubs) to East’s ace, and East gets out with a club to South ‘s West North East South queen. South must have the queen as West won Pass Pass trick three with ♣K, denying the queen. Defenders ♦ ♥ Pass 1 Pass 1 take tricks with the lower or lowest equal. ♥ Pass 3 All Pass Play commentary: South has to find the ♥Q ♠ Opening lead: J. holding nine trumps between the two hands. We’ve Bidding commentary: Responder should not come too far to play by nursery rhymes. East, a think twice about responding 1♥ or 1♠ to an passed hand, has turned up with the ♠A Q plus the They were second in the National 199er Pairs opening bid with 5 HCP and a five-card major. Do ♣A for a total of 10 HCP. Most players open 12 (see story on page 1): Nick Trobovic and ♥ it! However, after the 1 response, South Richard Malus. Page 4 Daily Bulletin

NABC Diary Sight for sore eyes TOURNAMENT APPEALS An older man got off the In order to keep the aggressive in over 1NT (except with escalator at the Marriott the bridge public informed of poor 4-3-3-3 hands). They almost never let other day and approached the appeals results in a timely declarer play a 1NT contract at this vulnerability. hotel’s convention manager, a fashion, the NABC Daily North stated that this was the first time that he petite woman. Bulletin staff publishes and his partner had played together, and that they “I just played in an event write-ups. Every effort is had filled out a 15 minutes before named for you,” the man said. made to ensure that these reports are accurate and game time. Their system was not completely “That’s not possible,” she said. complete. However, before they are published in the defined, but they did agree that 1♦ couldn't be “Well,” continued the man, “I just played in NABC Appeals Casebook revisions may be made. opened on a bad suit. He believed there was zero the compact knockout – and you are a compact safety in balancing with West's hand, and it only knockout!” APPEAL CASE 6 contained K-x in an unbid suit. West had UI from Star in the making the earlier table action, and it was likely that East Subject: Unauthorized Information (UI) Bud Hampshire was excited to report that he would pass the double. A significant number of Event: von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs and his 15-year-old grandson, Logan West, were players would pass with West's cards. Session: Second semifinal playing in the Tuesday-Wednesday knockout The committee discovered that E-W had been teams. Logan had fewer than 50 at playing together 1-1/2 years and that they the start of the NABC and has won several gold essentially play the same "short club" treatment. Board 17 ♠ Q 10 points and stood to earn 17 gold if the team was The discussion had taken somewhere in the range Vul: None ♥ AQ J successful Wednesday night. They were playing of 20-30 seconds before East finally passed. Dlr: North ♦ 6 4 3 2 with Don and Lorrianne Jarboe of Fort Walton Additionally, the double had not been Alerted, and ♣ K 8 7 5 Beach FL. nothing was noted on the E-W convention card William Hacker Leo LaSota concerning their balancing style and no pre-Alerts Eager to assist ♠ A K 8 2 ♠ J 9 3 A member of the Daily Bulletin staff was had been given to N-S. Answers to other system ♥ 9 8 7 2 ♥ K 10 6 wandering around in the Intermediate/Newcomer questions yielded responses that indicated that ♦ K 8 ♦ Q J 9 7 game when a player flagged him down with a their competitive treatments over 1♣ and 1♣ - ♣ 6 4 3 ♣ AQ 9 request. Pass - 1♠ were typical of the vast majority of Tor Helness “My partner is in the restroom,” she said. tournament players. ♠ 7 6 5 4 “Would you sort her cards so we don’t delay the The Decision: The committee believed that ♥ 5 4 3 game?” UI had indeed been made available to West via the ♦ A 10 5 “Certainly,” said Mr. Helpful. questioning, and especially when East examined ♣ J 10 2 One of the opponents frowned and said to Mr. the N-S convention card prior to passing. The UI H in a suspicious voice: “How many masterpoints demonstrably suggested that a balancing double West North East South by West would be safe and likely to be successful. do you have?” ♣ ♠ 1 (1) Pass 1 Pass was clearly deemed to be a logical The third degree Pass 1NT Pass Pass is a legendary bridge player, alternative. Therefore the committee agreed with Dbl Pass Pass Pass the director's decision to change the contract to one of the key members of the Italian (1) Alerted. that won so many world championships. Garozzo, 1NT by North undoubled. Final contract: 1NT doubled by North. Regarding the number of tricks that North now a resident of Florida and a naturalized U.S. Opening lead: ♦Q. citizen, has 13 world championships to his credit. would likely have taken, the actual line adopted Table result: Down four, N-S minus 800. (explained by North as a deceptive attempt to After his team won the Truscott/USPC Senior Director ruling: 1NT by North down four, N- Swiss Teams, Garozzo was asked what he thinks deter E-W from attacking spades since he believed S minus 200. West had something such as ♠A J x x x) was of the current edition of the Italian team, reigning Committee ruling: 1NT by North down four, champions and frequent deemed to be representative and unaffected by the N-S minus 200; 1/8-board penalty to E-W. infraction. Therefore, the score of down four, N-S competitors in ACBL tournaments. The Facts: The director was called after the “They are friends of mine,” Garozzo said, minus 200 was assigned to both sides. play. Additionally, the committee believed that the “and they are very good players.” 1♣, which could be short, was Alerted. The Would the old Blue Team beat the current appellants had presented no substantive evidence explanation of the Alert seemed somewhat or argument for overturning the director's ruling. Italian champions? confusing to East. After the Alert, East asked some “It’s different systems, different time,” Accordingly the committee issued an appeal questions about the bid. After South's initial without merit warning (AWMW) to East and Garozzo said, hedging. explanation, East asked a few more questions, Pressed further about whether his best team West. then looked at the N-S convention card before The committee members were also disturbed would take the current Italian stars, Garozzo gave passing. in: “Well, probably. . .” by both the length of questioning and follow-up The Ruling: The director judged that the inspection of the convention card and by the questioning made UI available to West. Since a balancing action by West in the face of UI from Convention card reminder pass by West was determined to be a logical the aforementioned actions. Therefore, a 1/8 of a Each player is required to have a convention alternative to doubling, which was suggested by board procedural penalty was assessed to E-W. card filled out legibly and on the table throughout the questioning, in accordance with Laws 16 and Finally, based upon guidance from the a session. Both cards of a partnership must be 12 the director adjusted the result to 1NT by North screening director, West was told that such a identical and include the first and last names of down four, N-S minus 200 for both pairs. balancing treatment needed to be listed on their each member of the partnership. The Appeal: E/W appealed the director's convention card and that they needed to pre-Alert If a director determines that neither player has ruling. Only North and West attended the hearing. their opponents regarding their aggressive a substantially completed card, the partnership East asked a total of five questions due to balancing style. may play only the ACBL Yellow Card and may South's confusing initial responses. Both sides DIC: Henry Cukoff use only standard carding. This restriction may be agreed that the questioning took the form of: Committee members: Mark Bartusek (chair), lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round Q. What's the Alert? A. Could be short. Michael Huston, Gene Kales, Ellen Kent, JoAnn after convention cards have been properly Q. What kinds of hands? A. Five-card Majors Sprung prepared and approved by the director. Further, the (unclear due to South's accent). partnership will receive a 1/6 board matchpoint Q. It can contain a 5-card major? A. We play penalty for each board played, commencing with five-card majors. Entries the next round and continuing until the restriction Q. What kinds of hands would be short clubs? All North American championships with no is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at A. Those with a bad diamond suit. upper masterpoint limitation: $20 the discretion of the director. Q. Could you clarify? A. It could be 4-2 in the (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play If the director determines the partnership has minors since we need a good diamond suit to open in NABC+ events.) at least one substantially completed convention 1♦. Other North American championships: $17 card but has not fully complied with ACBL East then picked up N-S's convention card and (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play regulations, the director may give warnings or examined it before passing. East further stated that in these events.) assign such penalties as he deems to be West's double said, "Do something" and did not Regional championships: $16 for ACBL appropriate under the circumstances. guarantee any specific suit length. It didn't members, $18 for all others The objective of these warnings and penalties guarantee spade values and might contain only All other events: $15 for ACBL members, is the encouragement of full compliance with two spades. East asserted that with both sides not $17 for all others. ACBL regulations. vulnerable at matchpoints, they are extremely Daily Bulletin Page 5

THURSDAY MORNING SIDE GAME WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 1 21.0 Tables 8 Tables ABC Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Beverly Gardner, Farmington Hls MI; , Stony Brook NY; John Russell, North 4.70 1 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; H Hunt, Charlotte NC 68.75% Barringto IL; Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Lawrence Harding, 3.53 2 Robert Zier, Great Falls VA; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 66.07% Hampstead NC 3.94 3 1 1 William Drake, Minneapolis MN; John Crouch, Edina MN 64.88% vs 2.96 4 2 John Pruitt - Cherrolyn Woolwine, Naperville IL 61.01% Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Brett 1.96 5/6 3/4 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Alan Korpi, Wellesley MA 58.93% Adler, Westport CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; James Greer, 2.16 5/6 3/4 2 B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC; Guy Ross, Ltl Switzerland NC 58.93% New Canaan CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 1.25 5 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Meg Myers, Portland OR 57.44% WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 2 1.18 6 Richard A Starbuck, Sun City West AZ; Susan Rodricks, Milford CT 55.65% 8 Tables 1.68 3 Merrie Edelston - Jane Melby, Atlanta GA 55.32% Giorgia Botta, 00189 ; Peggyann Klein, New York 1.22 4 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Adrienne Kuehneman, Bethesda MD 53.42% NY; Evette Mashaal, Westmount QC; Ghassan Menachi, Fabreville 1.24 5 Dale Collinson, Chevy Chase MD; Susan Collinson, Oak Bluffs MA 52.34% QC vs THURSDAY MORNING 5/20/50 PAIRS Constance Sackville - Jody Connors, Vero Beach FL; Ryan 9.0 Tables Connors, New York NY; Linda Lipkin, Highland Park IL; Lisa Adelberg, Camden ME ABC 2.00 1 Ina Smith-Tornberg - Carol Webster, Potomac MD 62.11% WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 3 1.50 2 Geane Schubert - Susan Morris, Bethesda MD 60.42% 7 Tables 1.38 3 1 1 Jennifer Fong, San Francisco CA; Joseph Abita, Boyds MD 58.38% Richard Eisenman Jr, Milford NJ; Mary Eisenman, Dunkirk MD; 0.84 4 Hall Sisson, West Palm Bch FL; Neil Crane, Bethesda MD 57.14% Col Anthony Russo - Judith Russo, Burke VA 0.63 5 Riki Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Jodi Coren, Delray Beach FL 57.02% vs Patrick Drake, Philadephia PA; Lucille Schlack, Wyndmoor PA; 1.04 2 Linda Griffith, Potomac Falls VA; Rosemary McDonald, Reston VA 51.49% Fern Herman, Langhorne PA; Patricia Bassman, Maple Glen PA 0.78 3 2 Lisa Diamond, Bethsda MD; Susan Stein, Potomac MD 49.36% 0.69 4 3 Marion Ezedinma, Pembroke Bermuda; Pat Levin, Lancaster PA 49.28% WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 4 6 Tables THURSDAY MORNING 150/200/300 PAIRS Tamera Mowrey, Lincoln NE; Glenn Young, Buffalo NY; Ellen 12.0 Tables Lustig, Morrisville NC; Sandra Manheimer, Cary NC vs ABC Philip Kopala, Tarpon Springs FL; William White, Culpeper VA; 3.11 1 Mary Edge, Alexandria VA; Betty Taff, Springfield VA 67.86% Nancy Strohmer - Hans Strohmer, Houston TX 2.33 2 1 Sharon Herron, Kitty Hawk NC; Joyce Stone, Southern Shrs NC 63.39% 1.75 3 Arun Guha, Silver Spring MD; Larry Wallace, Chevy Chase MD 62.50% WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET 5 1.78 4 2 1 Ann Brewster, Rochester NY; Virginia Grogan, Irvine CA 60.42% 6 Tables Sally Knight - Anne Knott, Houston TX; Sandi Henshaw, Sandston 0.98 5 Barbara Peterman, Moreland Hius OH; Barbara Markowitz, Cleveland OH 58.04% VA; Donna Stoker, Fairfax VA 1.27 6 3 Leslie Jessell, Kensington MD; Richard Majewski, Beltsville MD 56.55% vs 1.34 4 2 Gloria Brookter - Monica Sorovaeu, Manassas VA 52.98% Thomas Hughes, Rockland DE; Susan Herrmann - Douglas 1.00 5 3 Robin Cottmeyer, Annapolis MD; Carole Frederick, Stevensville MD 51.79% Herrmann - Steve Herrmann, Wilmington DE

THURSDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS WEDNESDAY ZIP KO NO. 1 12 Tables 21.0 Tables 3.34 1 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Ian ABC Sabourin - Shaz Taslimi, Montreal QC; Nicholas Smith, 4.38 1 James Scheirer - Mary Ann Scheirer, Princeton NJ 66.07% Westmount QC 3.29 2 1 1 Albert Stolpe, Fairfax VA; Andrea Stanley-Miller, Arlington VA 64.88% 2.34 2 Virginia Lifton, Marco Island FL; Mike 2.46 3 Jerry Nolte - Elizabeth Nolte, Oak Hill VA 61.31% Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL; 2.30 4 2 Sandra White - Mary Ann Morrow, Fairport NY 60.80% Allison Howard, Cookeville TN 1.34 3/4 Arjun Dhir, Alpharetta GA; C. Alex Hudson, 1.39 5 Sue Holbert, Evanston IL; Loretta Westler, Philadelphia PA 60.25% Raleigh NC; Peter Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; John Marriott 1.04 6 Arun Guha, Silver Spring MD; Larry Wallace, Chevy Chase MD 60.12% III, Cary NC 1.72 3 2 Robert Staiman, Springfield VA; Alexander Shafer, Burke VA 57.74% 1.34 3/4 Ian Clowes, ; Alexander Lovejoy, Stanford CA; 1.29 4 W Karl Van Newkirk, Arlington VA; Virginia Gibbons, Alexandria VA 55.10% Jonathan Bittner, Cambridge MA; Randall Rubinstein, Cincinnati 0.97 5 Charles Allport - Sandra Allport, Annandale VA 54.17% OH 1.20 6 3 Annette Schultz - Natalie Gibbs, Norwalk CT 53.57% WEDNESDAY ZIP KO NO. 2 0.90 4 Carole Frederick, Stevensville MD; Robin Cottmeyer, Annapolis MD 53.27% 13 Tables 0.79 5 Marty Schindler, Jupiter FL; Richard Moss, Rockville MD 50.89% 3.49 1 Kevin Dwyer, Fort Myers FL; Matt Meckstroth, Gainesville FL; Robert Todd - Bob Soni, Tallahassee FL THURSDAY AFTERNOON 5/20/50 PAIRS 2.44 2 Helen Raleigh, Suffern NY; Drew Becker, 7.0 Tables Chicago IL; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Howard Liu, Naperville IL 1.40 3/4 Mitch Towner, Salt Lake City UT; Theresa ABC Andino, Tallahassee FL; Garth Yettick, Denver CO; McKenzie 1.79 1 1 1 Gay Pirozzi - Maree Webster, Washington DC 59.22% Myers, Portland OR 1.34 2 Carol Webster - Duane Webster, Potomac MD 57.83% 1.40 3/4 Kimberly Davis, Milwaukee WI; Midori 1.04 3 2 Linda Griffith, Potomac Falls VA; Rosemary McDonald, Reston VA 55.13% Wakabayashi, Philadelphia PA; David Banh, Annandale VA; Sean 0.76 4 Elizabeth Gompels, Newton MA; Janine Corwin, Brookline MA 54.82% Gannon, Atlanta GA 0.78 5 3 Gayle Hardy, Pelahm NY; Florence Isaacs, New York NY 54.73% THURSDAY-FRIDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 0.58 4 2 Deidre Sacks, Bethesda MD; Linda Wallner, New York NY 52.37% 12 Tables David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY; Kalin NATIONAL 199ER PAIRS Karaivanov - Rumen Trendafilov, Varna Bulgaria 41.0 Tables vs 16.36 1 Kenneth Marshall, Winchester VA; Roy Robson, Arlington VA 61.90% Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Barry Harper, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Bill Parks, Macungie PA 12.27 2 Nick Trobovic, Belmar NJ; Richard Malus, Leonardo NJ 60.86% 9.20 3 Kathryn Luft, Yorba Linda CA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 58.78% Ken Gee, Regina SK; Jan Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; Witold 6.90 4 Mary Evangelisto - Carl Pfeiffer, Holland PA 57.59% Turant, 92-432 Lodz Poland; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 5.18 5 Gary Hinson, Springfield VA; Bruce Kasold, Alexandria VA 57.44% vs 3.88 6 Gary Cox, Georgetown TX; Shyamalendu Pal, Silver Spring MD 57.23% William Higgins - Nancy Sachs - Amitabh Raturi, Cincinnati OH; 2.91 7 Barry Dehlin, Dresher PA; Frank Aftowicz, Novato CA 56.87% Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH THURSDAY-FRIDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 LAMBDA BRIDGE CLUB SIDE GAME 11 Tables 40.0 Tables Carl Gueli - Lydia Betz, Great Neck NY; Paul Siegelman, North ABC Baldwin NY; Bart Cirker, Manhassett NY 7.58 1 1 1 C. Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; John Marriott III, Cary NC 65.22% vs 5.69 2 K Chandramouli, Washington DC; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 64.90% Gladys Fong - Gary Fong, Saratoga CA; Jerry Fong, Marianna AR; Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR 4.26 3 Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Jori Grossack, Waban MA 62.98% 4.44 4 2 Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD; Carol Mumma, Elkridge MD 60.65% Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Bay Village OH; Chien-Yao 3.33 5 3 Anita Gutschick - Carl Gutschick, Arnold MD 60.58% Tseng, Pasadena CA; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA 2.05 6 Elizabeth King - Robert King, Jackson NJ 60.19% vs 2.50 4 Carol Willner, Larchmont NY; Gloria Pilot, New York NY 58.65% Chris Moore - Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; , Redmond WA 3.08 5 2 Jonathan Harvey - Arleen Harvey, Riverside CA 57.37% 2.31 6 3 Gayle Davis, Haverford PA; Linda Schanz, Las Vegas NV 56.25% THURSDAY-FRIDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 3 1.73 4 Guy Ross, Ltl Switzerland NC; B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC 54.81% 12 Tables 1.30 5 Louis Lipset - Ronald Goodman, San Francisco CA 54.40% Blanche Eaton - David Eaton, Livingston NJ; Jan Weber - George 0.97 6 Philip Smith, Portland ME; Andres Doernberg, Washington DC 53.69% Weber, Hamburg NJ vs Samuel Phillips, Saint Augustine FL; Jean Phillips, Germantown MD; Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD; Carol Mumma, Elkridge MD Page 6 Daily Bulletin

Anita Pettus, Winchester KY; Fran Smith, Glen Ellyn IL; Claude Henin, Ottawa ON; Xiao (Joe) Zhao, Hamilton ON TODAY’S PAIRINGS IN THE WAGAR vs Margaret Tominosky, No Venice FL; Larry Watson, Alexandria VA; Maida Crocicchia, Bethesda MD; Reni Malloy, North WOMEN’S KNOCKOUT TEAMS Potomac MD 14 Tables 40.00 3/4 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi THURSDAY-FRIDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 4 16 Tables 80.00 1 Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Sokolow, Austin TX; Debbie Rosenberg, New Candy Greenway, Frederick MD; Eddie Conner - Robert Knuff, Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ; Linda Lewis, Rochelle NY; Janice Seamon-Molson, Chambersburg PA; H Phillip Davis, Fayetteville PA Sioux Falls SD; Val Covalciuc, Fort Myers FL; Hollywood FL; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; vs Edwin Porter - Mary Porter, Calgary AB; David June - Carol June, Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Cindy Jill Levin, Lake Ariel PA Raleigh NC Bernstein, Memphis TN 40.00 3/4 Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD; 60.00 2 Shawn Quinn, 30-218 Krakow Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Bronia Jenkins, Nancy Briggs, Blowing Rock NC; Lynn Bayman, Valapariso IN; Virginia Schwerin, New York NY; Nancy Paul, Lake Forest IL Poland; Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA; Pam Vero Beach FL; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 vs Wittes, Venice CA; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Japan; Martha Katz, Hinsdale IL; Ellasue Jonathan Harvey - Arleen Harvey, Riverside CA; Ann Overfield, Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Peggy Chaitt, Palm Bch Gdns FL Arlington TX; Adam Reiter, Israel Israel Sutherlin, Dallas TX THURSDAY-FRIDAY COMPACT KO CONSOLATION 5 Tables Dick Wilson - Marilyn Goldman - William Foster, Rochester NY; James Sakr, Pittsford NY vs Dale Shepherd - Jody Castillo, Lexington VA; Richard Higgins, Gallup NM; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL FINAL vs 1. Dinkin, npc 1. (4.) Berkowitz Paul Simon, Arlington MA; Paul Truesdale, Peabody MA; Lily 3. Joel 38 67 117 144 40 48 68 84 Chew, Kanata ON; Norman Cowen M.D., Surry ME 52 91 147 188 2. Quinn 8.(9.) Schaeffer 14 41 57 79 6. Hampton Fortune favors the brave 36 79 120 179 25 29 63 74 By Barry Rigal

♠ A 10 8 3 ♥ 8 5 4 ♦ 7 ♣ K J 9 8 2 ♠ Q J 9 7 ♠ K 5 ♥ 3 2 ♥ K J 10 6 ♦ J 8 6 5 2 ♦ K 10 3 1. (9.) Schaeffer 3. Joel ♣ Q 5 ♣ A 7 4 3 31 54 82 102 15 47 69 86 ♠ 6 4 2 4. Berkowitz 2. Quinn ♥ A Q 9 7 70 101 153 197 25 75 84 100 ♦ A Q 9 4 ♣ 10 6 When deciding what defense you wish to play over a 1NT opening, a deal like this one may influence your thinking . . . or may not. It’s Board 24 from the Life Master Pairs second final session (none vulnerable, hands rotated). Eric Leong held the North cards and heard a 15-17 1NT opening on his left, passed round to him. His choices were to pass, bid 2♣ to show a 5. Jackson 7.(8.) Fireman 21 45 71 W/D one-suiter, bid 2♠ to pretend he had five spades 26 60 81 95 and a minor, or — his actual choice — bid 2♦ for 4. Berkowitz 2. Quinn the majors! 59 112 130 52 75 86 115 Eric’s partner — clearly without a sense of humor — jumped to 3♥ and played there. West led a to the king and ace and South led the ♣10, which held. A second club went to the queen, king and ace and a third club was ruffed by West, with South pitching a spade. West now found the spade shift, but it was too New Enhancement to No phones late. Declarer won the ♠A and led a good club, Cell phones, audible pagers throwing another spade as West, who was out of ACBL Web Site: NABC or any similar communication trumps, discarded a diamond. Then came a Top Winners Directory equipment may not be operated diamond finesse and diamond ruff to reach this Are you curious about who has placed first or or operable in the playing area ending: second in past North American Bridge during a session of play at ♠ 10 8 3 Championship events? You can put your curiosity NABCs except for health- ♥ 8 to rest by using a new search feature that is now related equipment or by ♦ — available on the ACBL web site. This new feature permission of the director-in-charge of the ♣ 9 allows you the ability to search either by event or tournament or event. ♠ Q J 9 ♠ K last name. For NABC+ events, no electronic devices ♥ — ♥ J 10 6 Go to the ACBL web site home page at may be taken into the playing area. More ♦ J 8 ♦ K www.acbl.org and click “NABC Winners’ information on the policy regarding NABC+ ♣ — ♣ — Directory,” located on the left-hand side of the events is on page 2. ♠ — page, to start taking advantage of this new feature. ♥ Q 9 7 ♦ A9 facts and settling issues arising from some types ♣ — Monitoring of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. When the fifth club is led from dummy, East At this and future North American Please summon a director if a problem occurs at can do no better than ruff high. South can over- Championships, ACBL will be monitoring the table. ruff, cash the ♦A and ruff the diamond loser in NABC+ events with visible, real-time cameras. This procedure is intended to assure everyone dummy for plus 170! Maybe North should have The images will be recorded and will be available that the playing field is level and that misbehavior raised to game! for later official inspection and review. will not be tolerated. By general monitoring of the session and participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of information that may be useful in determining Daily Bulletin Page 7

QUALIFIERS IN THE NABC FAST PAIRS Wagar Carryover Continued from page 1 1 Franco Baseggio, New York NY; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 196.52 2 John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Lawrence Harding, Hampstead NC 195.32 3 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 194.11 Sutherlin of Dallas TX. 4 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; H Hunt, Charlotte NC 171.20 Berkowitz jumped out to a 40-14 lead in the 5 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL 157.94 first quarter, but Quinn trailed by 7 IMPs only at 6 Kent Hartman, San Diego CA; Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC 155.53 the half (48-41). After three quarters, Berkowitz 7 John Hodges, Sunnyvale CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 152.52 still maintained a modest lead (68-57). The final 8 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Ira Chorush, Houston TX 150.71 quarter was a nail-biting affair with Quinn taking 9 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Ramratnam Krishnan, Newport NJ 148.90 the lead at one stage. Quinn managed to win the 10 Michael Moss, New York NY; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 147.69 11 Bruce Reeve - Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 141.06 final set, but not by enough. 12 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; Naveed Ather, Oakville ON 139.86 Each member of the winning squad has 13/14 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA 138.05 previously won the Wagar KO with the exception 13/14 Prahalad Rajkumar, Riverdale MD; Raghavendra Rajkumar, Charlottesville VA 138.05 of Covalciuc. In her three times to play in the 15 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 131.42 contest, she has two second-place finishes and, 16 Anil Padhye, Mumbay India; Raju Tolani, Thane India 128.40 now, a victory. 17/18 , Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 124.18 Although Berkowitz and Glasson are a 17/18 David Chechelashvili, San Diego CA; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 124.18 longtime partnership, it was the first time 19/20 Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 121.77 Covalciuc-Lewis and Kennedy-Bernstein had 19/20 Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach VA; Ron Sukoneck, Wilmington NC 121.77 played as partnerships. 21 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; P Waldman, Dix Hills NY 121.17 22 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Michael Massimilla, Syosset NY 120.57 23 Eileen Theimer, Olney MD; Shou-Ling Wang, Bethesda MD 119.96 199ers 24 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 118.15 Continued from page 1 25 Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Hailong Ao, Herndon VA 116.95 26 John Schwartz, Plano TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX 115.14 27/29 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; Jan Popiel, Lexington MA 111.52 ever seen.” 27/29 , New York NY; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 111.52 Asked what system they use, Robson said, 27/29 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 111.52 “We play 2/1 badly. We’re still learning. We’re 30 Sven Pride, Dulles VA; James Geist, Olney MD 108.51 working on a Max Hardy book.” 31/32 Noble Shore, Darnestown MD; Michael Gill, Columbia MD 104.29 Said Marshall, “I’m going a lot slower on that 31/32 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 104.29 book than he is.” 33 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 101.88 34 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 101.28 35 Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA 97.66 The ultimate indignity 36/37 Irina Ladyzhensky - Alexander Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 95.25 By Barry Rigal 36/37 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 95.25 38 Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; Bruce Houston, Mc Lean VA 94.64 ♠ K Q 9 7 3 39/40 Warren Rosner, White Plains NY; , Palm Bch Grdns FL 93.44 ♥ A5 39/40 Alex Lovejoy, Stanford CA; Jonathan Bittner, Cambridge MA 93.44 ♦ 41/42 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 91.63 Q 9 ♣ 41/42 Robert White, Raleigh NC; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 91.63 K 8 6 3 43 Bonnie Britton, Staten Island NY; Peter Latkany, Brooklyn NY 91.03 ♠ A 10 8 ♠ J 4 2 44 Andy Kaufman, Smyrna DE; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY 89.22 ♥ J 8 7 ♥ K 10 4 2 45 Jayne Thomas, Lutz FL; Raymond Raskin, King of Prussia PA 88.62 ♦ 10 6 3 ♦ A K 5 4 46/47 Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; Marvin Deneroff, North Bergen NJ 87.41 ♣ Q 7 5 4 ♣ J 9 46/47 Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; David Milton, Herndon VA 87.41 ♠ 6 5 48 Frank Treiber III, Cincinnati OH; Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH 86.81 ♥ Q 9 6 3 49 Stephen Castellino, Fremont CA; Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA 86.20 ♦ J 8 7 2 50 - Gerald Sosler, Purchase NY 83.79 ♣ A 10 2 51 Jeffrey Smith - David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 82.59 52 Reanette Frobouck, Vero Beach FL; , Barnet VT 81.98 Bobby Levin was full of admiration for the 53 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 80.78 defense of and Jan Lagerman on 54 Mildred Breed, Austin TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 77.76 this deal (Board 25) from the first final of the Life 55 Ira Ewen, New York NY; David Gurvich, Brooklyn NY 77.66 Master Pairs. 56 Ellis Feigenbaum, Petah Tikva 493 Israel; Miguel Reygadas, Polanco Mexico 74.15 R. J. Becker, South, played the best contract, 57 Winthrop Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York NY 72.94 1NT, after the auction 1♠ - Dbl - 1NT - All pass. 58 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 71.13 The opening club lead went to the jack and 59 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 69.93 ace. A spade to the king held, then a club to the 9, 60/61 Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 68.12 10 and queen set up the winners in dummy. 60/61 Kassie Munoz - Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY 68.12 West exited with the ♦6 to the 9 and king. 62 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 67.31 63 John Cobb Jr, Apex NC; John Marriott Jr, Cary NC 66.31 Bertheau, East, made a fine play for the defenders 64 Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD; Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA 64.50 by returning a low diamond to South’s queen. 65 Glen Okui, Memphis TN; Brian Cummins, Arlington TN 63.30 Declarer cashed the clubs, East pitching 66 Daniel Recht, Cambridge MA; Dana Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 62.69 hearts. South now played the ♥A and a heart to 67 Geoffrey Mallette - Joe Wallen, Richmond VA 60.89 Bertheau’s king to reach this ending: 68 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Surendra Mandava, Saratoga CA 58.47 ♠ Q 9 7 3 69 Jody Castillo - Dale Shepherd, Lexington VA 57.27 ♥ — 70 Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA; Gila Guttmann, Boca Raton FL 56.06 ♦ — 71 Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV; Martin Caley, Montreal QC 50.64 ♣ — 72/73 Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 49.43 ♠ A 10 ♠ J 4 72/73 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Howard Liu, Naperville IL 49.43 ♥ ♥ 74 Jerry Keller - Jane Thurman, Laurel MD 47.62 J — ♦ ♦ 75 Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY; Greg McKellar, Kingston ON 45.82 10 A5 76 Ruth-Anne Mazer - Allan Mazer, Towson MD 45.21 ♣ — ♣ J 9 77/78 Ann Ingram, Silver Spring MD; Mita Banerjee, Bethesda MD 44.61 ♠ 6 77/78 Chester Johnson, Chicago IL; Reginald Chapman, Ft Washington MD 44.61 ♥ Q 79 Claire Tornay - George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL 44.01 ♦ J 8 80 Deepak Khanna - Susan Khanna, Shillington PA 42.80 ♣ — 81 Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Charles Lipman, Dunwoody GA 42.20 After winning the ♥K, Bertheau played a 82 Ruth Potter, Bethesda MD; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA 41.60 thoughtful ♠J (in case the 10 and 6 were 83/85 Dean Panagopoulos, Lynn MA; Walter Fontaine, North Providenc RI 39.79 switched) and Lagerman, West, ducked! Declarer 83/85 Blair Seidler, Fair Lawn NJ; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 39.79 83/85 Reha Gur - Muffie Gur, Leonardo NJ 39.79 had to win and exit with a spade, which subjected 86 Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Unionville ON 39.18 him to the ultimate indignity of a suicide squeeze. 87/89 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; , New York NY 37.98 Going minus 90 for defending 1NT scored 87/89 Seth Cohen, Stamford CT; Richard Gertner, Ossining NY 37.98 well for East-West since 2♠ made 110 at most 87/89 Michael Richey, Springfield VA; Leon Letwin, Washington DC 37.98 tables. Minus 120, though, would have been a 90 John Swanson Jr, Mission Viejo CA; Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA 37.38 very poor result. 91/92 , New York NY; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL 36.77 Page 8 Daily Bulletin

91/92 Kathy Benjamin, Arlington MA; Charles Gill, St Petersburg FL 36.77 Love Letters from 93/94 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Travis Crump, Wyomissing PA 35.57 Washington 93/94 Ronald Zucker, Washington DC; Lloyd Rawley, Greenbelt MD 35.57 95/96 Meg Myers, Charlottesville VA; Mitch Towner, Salt Lake City UT 34.96 By Becky Roberts 95/96 Lynn Jones, Timonium MD; Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD 34.96 To the Couple Standing in Line Behind Me at 97 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Hollywood FL 34.36 the Front Desk: Telling your wife that her 98 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 33.76 conscience is a “scourge from God” is not made 99/100David Caprera, Denver CO; R Jay Becker, New York NY 31.95 any nicer by adding “but only when it comes to 99/100Sharon Goldman, New York City NY; Melih Ozdil, New York NY 31.95 bridge.” 101 Michael Klein, Falls Church VA; Stephen Rzewski, South Dennis MA 31.35 To the Gentleman who Collided with Me 102 Dale Dallaire, Aldie VA; A Netherwood, Cincinnati OH 31.14 Outside the Delaware Room: I know the director 103 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA 30.74 104/106 Marijan Word - Bob Ayers, Covington GA 30.14 just called everyone back to the tables, but the 104/106 Jack Goodykoontz - Vicki Goodykoontz, Morgantown WV 30.14 only excuse for stampeding over a stranger like 104/106 Ed Lazarus - Richard Baum, Baltimore MD 30.14 that without an “I’m sorry” is if you were rushing 107 David Banh, Annandale VA; Ilene Markell, Memphis TN 29.54 to change those unfortunate Bermuda shorts. 108 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Roger Lee, Arcadia CA 28.33 To the Lady who Brandished her Cane at me 109/110 Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; Edward Wojewoda, Clovis CA 26.52 because I Pointed Out that the Restaurant Buffet 109/110 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 26.52 was Closed: Trust me, ordering that buffet after 8 111 Stephen Lightman, Memphis TN; Bob Lyon, Indianapolis IN 25.92 p.m. is like being the last lion to the wildebeest 112 Robert Todd - Bob Soni, Tallahassee FL 25.32 carcass. 113 Daniele Allouche-Gaviard - Chtherine D’Ovidio, 24.72 To my Dear and Loving Husband (quick, 114 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Cynthia Hinckley, Guayanabo PR 24.11 115 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Shuba Dey, Fairfax VA 19.29 name that poet!): I promise that the next time I 116/117 Jennifer Swimmer, Toronto ON; Martin Hunter, Mississauga ON 16.88 spy a white hair in your otherwise youthful 116/117 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 16.88 chestnut mane, I won’t destabilize your mental 118 Ralph Tamlyn, Larchmont NY; Ernest Napier, Brooklyn NY 15.67 state by mentioning it. I’ll just yank it out while 119 Jennifer Koonce, Odenton MD; Zeke Letellier, Crofton MD 15.07 you’re asleep. 120 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Peter Weiden, Chicago IL 13.26 To the Tournament Directors: The longer the 121 Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 12.66 tournament wears on, the greater your collective 122 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 10.85 resemblance to the Wreck of the Hesperus, but it 123 Robert Brady, McLean VA; Rajeswaran Rajkumar, Germantown MD 10.25 is worth it. Everything I overhear in hallways, 124 Herbert Jordan - Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 8.44 restaurants and elevators indicates that these 125 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Jimmy Pelham, North Baldwin NY 7.84 126 Andrew Firko, Oakville ON; Wendy Dooley, Mississauga ON 6.03 tournaments bring a lot of joy (weird, 127 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Andrew Garnett, Raleigh NC 5.43 inexplicable, often perverse joy) to a lot of people. 128 Clement Gosiewski II, Chicago IL; Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville IL 4.82 Well done! 129 Jim Allen, Jr, Gaithersburg MD; Kenneth Kaufman, Derwood MD 3.62 The author is a tournament director’s wife. 130 Bruce Greenspan, Danvers MA; David Legrow, Eagleville PA 0.00 She does not play bridge. THURSDAY DAYLIGHT PAIRS (corrected) NABC Insider 8 65.5 Tables / Based on 64 Tables ABC What better day than the day after we had 30 25.29 1 Andrew Gabrilovitch, Mc Lean VA; Donald Geerhart, Springfield VA 62.97% screens standing to spotlight all the stuff it takes to 18.97 2 1 1 Anne Derbes - Robert Schwab, Bethesda MD 61.46% make an NABC happen. Regular readers know that 14.23 3 2 Robert Scolnick - Doreen Scolnick, Toronto ON 60.93% the Insider has revealed that the ACBL sends more 10.67 4 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Harvey Charkatz, Pikesville MD 60.72% than 42,000 pounds of equipment, card tables and 9.30 5 3 2 Justin Beck, Millbrae CA; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 59.85% supplies to each NABC. You may even remember 7.23 6 Laurie Rowe, Eugene OR; Cleland Nelson, Murrieta CA 59.68% the 19 pounds of rubber bands that we use. For this 6.32 7 Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 58.93% tournament, the Insider watched as 1020 card tables 5.62 8 Marjorie Gazzola - Edward Gofreed, Arlington VA 58.62% (plus 36 tables) were loaded out of the 5.06 9 Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 58.33% Memphis warehouse. The tables, along with almost 6.97 10 4 Salam Saidi, Falls Church VA; Kamel Tabbara, Potomac MD 58.14% 5.15 11 Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH; Georgette King, Miami Beach FL 58.05% 300 sets of pre-dupes and 4300 regular boards, 5.51 12 5 Dee Wilson - Nancy Wilson, Des Moines IA 57.67% make up about third of the weight. The paper 3.61 13 William Allison, Decatur GA; Charles Galloway, Thornhill ON 57.55% supplies make up another third. The final third 5.15 14 6 Jordan Leibman - Joan Leibman, Indianapolis IN 56.64% includes a lot of items you might not think of when 3.16 15 Gerri Soffa Carlson, Ranch Pls Vrd CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa you think bridge: video projectors, Coleman Beach CA 56.53% coolers, the odd playpen and tool boxes are some of 5.15 16/17 7 3 Douglas Fox, Oak Hill VA; Larry Moran, Bowie MD 56.34% these items. It takes the better part of a day to load 3.59 16/17 Theodore Spak - Jody Ledford, Miami FL 56.34% the trailers in Memphis. The Services Crew spends 3.79 8 Steven Forsythe - Sandra Forsythe, Beavercreek OH 55.86% a full day unloading it all at the tournament and, 3.41 9 Melvin Lechner, Boca Raton FL; Alan Lechner, New York NY 55.59% unfortunately for the Insider, some two nights to 3.16 10 Roy Perry, St. John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE 55.21% 3.86 11 4 Carl Jeschke, Ellicott City MD; Bill Brundick, Stewartstown PA 54.73% reload for the return to Memphis. At an average 2.54 12 Richard Treu - Ruth Treu, Endicott NY 54.55% NABC, more than 50,000 Daily Bulletins are 2.36 13 William Higbee - Colleen McCabe, Madison WI 54.36% produced, read and saved or recycled. 3.05 5 Rise Vogel, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Dennis Glazer, Bronxville NY 54.26% The Insider was happy to see 30 tables of 3.14 6 David Desjardins, Blue Ridge Sm PA; Howard Leatherwood, Bowie MD 53.88% young bridge players in the Youth NABC. The 2.29 7 Susan Slattery, Alexandria VA; Elizabeth Anderson, Arlington VA 52.32% Insider was happy to see the final of the Wagar on 2.03 8 Robert Klopp, New Haven CT; Robert Hawes, Hamden CT 51.99% vugraph. The Insider was happy to see that most of the 1020 table had players at them. The Insider was WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET 1 Dye, Wyndmoor PA 16 Tables 9.14 3/4 Roland Miller, Bowdoin ME; Laura Lipman, happy that the Bulletin Boys continue to allow him 48.63 1 John Rayner, Mississauga ON; Michael Roche, Augusta ME; Allen McRae - Teri McRae, Portland ME to write up these random thoughts. The Insider was Victoria BC; David Lindop - Doug Baxter, Toronto ON happy that the Supreme C stayed up in the 42nd 34.04 2 , Austin TX; Karen McCallum, WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET 3 Exeter NH; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; , Stony 16 Tables floor suite. The Insider was happy that Boss Baum Point NY; Beth Palmer, Silver Spring MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady 20.99 1 Jim Bean - Joanna Pagano - James Drake, was at the bridge table. The Insider was happy with NY Chapel Hill NC; Henry Meguid, Durham NC the pretzels. Of course, this deep into the 19.45 3/4 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Cecilia 14.69 2 Dennis Kovach - David Logan, Palmetto FL; Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping 58431 Michael Warchol - Richard Whittington, Venice FL tournament, it doesn’t take a whole lot to make the Sweden; Sandra Rimstedt, Haverdal 310 4 Sweden 8.40 3/4 Theresa Andino - Raphael Schreiber, Tallahassee Insider happy. 19.45 3/4 Dennis Kruis - Martin Bootsma - Remco FL; Neema Thakrar, Enola PA; Jourdain Patchett, Sarasota FL; Sean The Youth NABC folks can expect a special Vanderheijoen, Utrecht Netherlands; Jannes van ‘t Oever, Berkeley Gannon, Atlanta GA; Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL visitor either today or tomorrow. Watch this space CA 8.40 3/4 William Nicolai, Reston VA; Stuart Petersen, Dayton OH; Lynda Flanger, Gainesville VA; Grant Petersen, Taylor for details. The Services Crew will start reloading WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET 2 MI those two trailers with anything we no longer need 12 Tables at the tournament, so be aware of the start times as 22.84 1 Alfred Tuckman - Joel Levy, Monroe Township WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET 4 NJ; Susan Gilison, West Palm Bch FL; Martin Singer, New City 16 Tables they may load your table if you aren’t there in time. NY 16.51 1 George Van Amburg - Helen Van Amburg, As the Fast Pairs rapidly come to an end, the 15.99 2 Walter Bell, Orefield PA; David Kresge, Dewitt MI; Pamela Tietz - Gerald Tietz, Naperville IL Spingolds wind down slowly. Some great bridge is Spinnerstown PA; Barry Cohen, Voorhees NJ; Dennis Thompson, 11.56 2 Terry Jones, Falls Church VA; Stanley Weiner, yet to be played —- if not by you, then on vugraph Lake Hiawatha NJ Las Vegas NV; Irv Kipnis, Owings Mills MD; Maxwell Hughes, 9.14 3/4 Beta Nahapetian, Montgomry Vlg MD; Steven Greenwich CT where you will see plenty of it. Blomstedt, West Chester PA; Diane Carroll, Bala Cynwyd PA; Dale Daily Bulletin Page 9

6.60 3/4 Martha Bley - Ross Bley, Fort Washington MD; There's something Bryan Geer - Lois Geer, Silver Spring MD Gatlinburg #2 6.60 3/4 Blanche Eaton - David Eaton, Livingston NJ; about Gatlinburg Down town around the town Thursday midnight, Jan Weber - George Weber, Hamburg NJ By Wes Bailey Jr. with silent sidewalks doused with sprinkling rain; strolling, recalling scenes that come to light: WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET 5 16 Tables What can you say about a small town in conceiving thoughts that are not preordained. 14.41 1 Anthony Graziano - Ruth Miles, Richmond VA; Tennessee that attracts so many bridge players Silly city surrounds this pretty city Paul Klaverkamp - Lloyd Graven, Minneapolis MN with believe it or not's and ninja shops. 10.09 2 Paulette Hauck, Edmonds WA; Susan Johnson, from all 50 states and numerous countries from Bellevue WA; Rosemarie Jesse, Redmond WA; Ada Frenock, around the world? Is it the town itself, or is it so Holiday makers never have pity Sammamish WA many things to do when you get there, or is it just of this hidden valley with whistle stops; 5.76 3/4 Gordon Nash, Briarwood NY; Emerita the beginning of spring, or the opportunity to play village villa's and a snow steepled chateau: Hayward, Leonardtown MD; Roy Goodman, Melville NY; Cheryl off in the distance, yet not very far, Pehoushek, Lewisburg PA against some of the best bridge players from 5.76 3/4 David Ruppert, Baltimore MD; Walter Mitnick, around the world? keeping the dreams of the status quo Owings Mills MD; Priscilla Krueger - Robert Krueger, Laurel MD I do not know the history of the Gatlinburg whose wishes stay tuned by a distant star. Ambling at midnight on a Thursday dark, WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KO BRACKET 6 Regional (some say it is the 4th NABC of the 16 Tables year), but I do know this: I love everything window shop the world: this amusement park. 11.15 1 Gary Mallett - Sally Mallett, N Martinsvlle WV; about this yearly April fling that has so many Brett Orban, Martins Ferry OH; Thomas Danford, Bellaire OH A few who want to obtain the Gold and 7.81 2 William Gurley, Arlington VA; Tobi Bear - aspects: reunions with old friends, introductions to Susan Klaber, Oakton VA; Mary Ann Kral, Reston VA new friends, the telling of stories/yarns/tales of become Life Master, diligently play bridge from 4.46 3/4 Lynne Beresford - Ruth Woods, Fort bridge hands, and just being there! early morning until the Zip KOs late at night (no Washington MD; Eleanor Schwartz, Annandale VA; Ann Seeboth, Gatlinburg brings out the poetic part of me gold points, but some like to practice). We discuss Clinton MD the bridge hands with our partners or team 4.46 3/4 Ellen Kelley, Washington DC; Mavis Walters, long hidden in my abstract mind of family, work Washington Dc DC; David Epstein, Potomac MD; Calvin Konner, and playing bridge. Arriving a day early, I get the members, saying you should have bid this or you Bethesda MD chance to walk around the town, touring the should have done that, or maybe they say let's shops, trying to nibble every little bit of chocolate switch systems." In the end, the partners/teams fudge samples I can, wondering if I should get an console each other and say we just did not get the The opening bid old time vintage photo of just myself with a cards like the opponents, and, "I don't care about The squad of Mike Ledeen, Karen Allison, coonskin hat and musket to give to the grandsons the gold, let's just have fun and enjoy this place." Benito Garozzo and Lea Dupont won the (ages six and four) back home and telling them, Truscott/U.S. Playing Card Senior Swiss Teams "Yes, kids, I used to ride with Davey Crockett in Gatlinburg #3 that ended Wednesday evening. On this deal from my younger years, etc", visit the convention center Director! Please! These shouts arise among the second final session, Allison’s judgment in the before everything is set up, and just relax after a the muffled, dull roar that blankets this room, opening-bid department led to a 13-IMP swing for long drive (I live in Anderson SC). which weakens thoughts of what to bid. Eight hun her team. dred eyes glance up at once to see the gloom As dealer at unfavorable vulnerability, Allison Gatlinburg #1 of lonely felons bowed with cheeks of pink (playing with Ledeen) held: ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Early morning driving on this serpent, who want the floors to open and immerse K J 9 8 7 6 5 A 8 5 J 9 2 —-. mountain highway while I attempt to keep them whole and make them disappear. Eyes blink Even though the hand contains only 9 HCP, away the falling rocks on my ascent. as players simply lose their thoughts and coerce the texture of the spade suit, the control-rich My coffee, cold, affects now needed sleep unfounded . But a few never nature of the hand, the ability to act as dummy in as twilight plays some shadow tricks that mark hear the noise, as they continue on with hearts or clubs and the void all caused Allison to this winding road. Unthinking hands reach down, brilliant maneuvers which are so clever judge it too strong for an opening . She ♠ turning the volume up so loud to spark that it makes disquieted opponents writhe. instead began with 1 . The full layout and my napping eyes. Swerve. Brake! A laughing This simple card room with complex drama's auction: ♠ clown would stir emotions of Dalai Lama's. Dlr: South A3 2 ♥ upon this path I fear? Long last the peak Vul: N-S J 7 6 ♦ of this tall hill is here; speeding ignored It took me two Gatlinburgs to reach my goal. —- ♣ almost flying around the curves. Knees weak, I already had the silver, the red and the black - just A K J 10 5 3 2 ♠ ♠ damp hands, dry mouth, yet now I feel restored: lacking the gold. In Gatlinburg 2008, I teamed Q 10 4 ♥ ♥ awakened by the thrills of danger passed with Dan Schmidt, Barbara Little and my partner Q 10 9 4 3 2 K ♦ ♦ and conquering this spiral snake at last. Ann Pozdal (all LMs) to help me realize my K 10 4 3 A Q 8 7 6 5 dream of getting the gold card. What better place ♣ Q 9 ♣ 8 7 6 4 ♠ As I say, the poetic part of me (all you to obtain it would be here at this Bridge K J 9 8 7 6 5 ♥ English teachers who play bridge will recognize Wonderland. In 2008 we got a lot of gold (12+): A8 5 ♦ my first and only attempt to write a Shakespearian the team tried so hard and I tried so hard but I still J 9 2 ♣ sonnet with the "ta `Dahs") comes out when I am lacked 3.54 gold at the end. I suppose I could have —- in awe of God's gift to us in the form of gone to another regional in 2008 and tried real West North East South mountains, valleys, streams, waterfalls and life hard to get the remaining points, but there is Ledeen Allison ♠ itself. On the day before the tournament starts (a something about Gatlinburg. 1 ♣ ♠ Monday), I am antsy. I set the alarm for 4 a.m. So I played a few sectionals and a lot of club Pass 2 Pass 2 ♦ ♥ Sunday, throw my bags in the truck, and take off bridge and played a lot of BBO on line and yes, I Pass 4 (1) Dbl 4 ♣ ♠ before the newspaper arrives. The many bridge got better as I played. But, sigh...... Gatlinburg. I Pass 5 Pass 5 ♦ ♠ players who go to Gatlinburg travel the interstate wanted to get my gold there among the bright Pass 6 Pass 6 highway from Asheville or the highways from lights and the 10,000-plus tables, to see my name All Pass Knoxville or (like me) come up through the two- stapled to the bulletin board saying Wes Bailey Jr. The opening diamond lead was ruffed in ♣ lane highway entering the Cherokee Reservation LM. dummy, and the A K allowed declarer to pitch ♥ area (Hey! there's still some snow up here at the The Gatlinburg 2009 was fantastic. I had the hearts from the closed hand. Crossing to the A, top!). same team and we did so very well and, yes, if another diamond was ruffed, the trump ace was One thing is clear: we all go up and down the you are wondering, I did get my remaining gold cashed, and when the queen dropped, Allison ♣ mountains at least once before we see the town of plus I made Life Master and Bronze Life Master at cashed the J, pitching her last diamond. Making Gatlinburg. Arriving, we dedicated bridge players the same time. seven for plus 1460. eagerly find our reserved (we did it before we Before I headed out of the town early, early At the other table, the South player began with ♠ checked out the previous year) Sunday morning, I thanked a couple of tournament 3 . The auction: motel/hotel/condo/teepee, get things settled in the directors, thanked my team and looked over the West North East South ♠ room, look at our schedule for the day, and town of Gatlinburg from the mountain top and 3 ♠ ♦ hurriedly walk, drive or take the tram to the thanked this beautiful place. Yes, fellow bridge Pass 4 5 Dbl ♠ Convention Center to begin the week-long process players, I made my reservations for 2010. Pass Pass 5 All Pass of shuffling cards, playing the and hoping There is always something about Gatlinburg. The same 13 tricks were taken, but only for we score better than a 48% to get "in the money." plus 710. Page 10 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S PAIRINGS IN THE S 83 Tables Romain Zaleski - Jean Quantin - Albert Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Faigenbaum - Dominique Pilon, Paris France; Vegas NV; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice 40-479 Franck Multon, Nice France; Marc Bompis, Bourg Poland; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Andrew La Reine France Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia vs George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Norberto Bocchi, Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY; Gunnar Barcelona Spain; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom; Piotr Gawrys, Spain; Chris Compton - Bart Bramley, Dallas TX Warsaw Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane vs Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy , Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland Schenectady NY; Michael Polowan, New York NY; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; George Mittelman - Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, San , Toronto ON Francisco CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz - , Boca Raton FL; Martin De Knijff, Las Vegas NV; Frederic Wrang, Tor Helness, Norway 1 Sweden; Peter Fredin, Malmo vs Sweden; Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, 11421 Venice FL; Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Stockholm Sweden Las Vegas NV; Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur vs Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland Bruce Rogoff, Tenafly NJ; Joshua Parker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson - Walter Johnson, Columbus John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Gary Cohler, OH; William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Steve Miami FL; - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Beatty, Mill Creek WA Egypt; Jim Krekorian, New York NY; Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV Jan Jansma, Malden Netherlands; Louk Verhees, vs 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands; Ricco Van Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Mike Becker, Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Ron Rubin, Boca Raton FL; Espen Lindquist, Trondheim Miami FL; Russell Ekeblad, Providence RI; Matt Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Fulvio Granovetter, Cincinnati OH Fantoni, Rome Italy; Claudio Nunes, Roma Italy vs Nick Nickell - , New York NY; Ralph John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Katz, Hinsdale IL; , Tampa FL; Eric Evanston IL; Fred Gitelman - , Las Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; , Dallas Vegas NV; Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA; Eric TX Greco, Philadelphia PA vs

1. Lynch 236 1. Lynch 64. Rogall 74 27 47 82 113 32. Markowicz 33. Pettis 91 40 52 68 110 1. Lynch 32. Markowicz 143 53 90 142 190

17. Saxe 148 17. (48.) Ao 16. Siwiel, npc 48. Ao 158 25 38 78 93 21 41 65 70 16. Siwiel, npc 49. Becher 100 30 89 141 171 16. Siwiel, npc 110 1. Lynch 8. (56.) Rigal 9. Mahaffey 123 9. (56.) Rigal 56. Rigal 139 46 87 96 123 24. Hampton 41. Durrin 156 7488598 9. (56.) Rigal 24. Hampton 205 29 61 90 133

25. Bathurst 124 25. Bathurst 8. O’Rourke 40. Koneru 104 36 55 88 127 47 51 89 127 8. O’Rourke 57. Hopkins 123 26 97 121 156 8. O’Rourke 129

4. Meltzer 177 4. Meltzer 61. M. Bloom 79 23 49 103 144 29. Gignoux 36. Kahn 45 30 62 84 135 4. Meltzer 29. Gignoux 126 65 84 109 151

20. Robinson 191 20. Robinson 13. Gordon 45. Adams 162 19 61 83 111 20 46 69 109 13. Gordon 52. Caldwell 139 33 65 112 155 13. Gordon 142 4. Meltzer 5. (28.) Schermer 12. Jacobs 142 12. Jacobs 53. Fudor 88 34 70 104 143 44. (21.) Tse 44. Tse 161 29 53 78 104 12. Jacobs 21. Allegaert 140 48 80 135 153

28. Schermer 184 28. Schermer 5. (28.) Schermer 37. Narasimhan 98 16 49 95 129 12 66 100 154 5. Garner 60. Hajdu 97 30 52 59 129 5. Garner 266 Daily Bulletin Page 11

E SPINGOLD KNOCKOUTS Barry Rigal - Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, Bompis, Bourg La Reine France Delmonte, Sydney Australia New York NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Glenn 50.00 9/16 Bruce Rogoff, Tenafly NJ; Joshua 25.00 17/32 Bertrand Gignoux, St Leger En Yve Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Alex Ornstein, Roslyn Parker, Briarcliff NY; Douglas Simson - Walter France; Laurent Thuillez, Villiers St-Fre France; Heights NY Johnson, Columbus OH; William Pollack, Basking Jean-Michel Voldoire, Paris France; Philippe vs Ridge NJ; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA Cronier, France; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc 25.00 17/32 Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Howard OH Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Weinstein, Sarasota FL; Roy Welland - Chris 25.00 17/32 Victor Markowicz, Boca Raton FL; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Antonio Sementa, Parma Willenken, New York NY; Ron Smith, San Shalom Zeligman, Bat-Yam Israel; Julian PR 43100 Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy Francisco CA; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA Klukowski, Warsaw Poland; Victor Melman, 25.00 17/32 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Scarsdale NY; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-732 50.00 9/16 Nick Nickell - Zia Mahmood, New Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Robert Levin, Lake Poland; Roald Ramer, Amsterdam 1071T York NY; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; Jeff Ariel PA; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Chip Martel, Netherlands Meckstroth, Tampa FL; , Clearwater Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 25.00 17/32 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Bch FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 25.00 17/32 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Phillip Becker, 50.00 9/16 Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Silverstein, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, Beachwood OH; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL Mike Becker, Boca Raton FL; Espen Lindquist, New Rochelle NY; Mark Feldman, Hoboken NJ; 25.00 17/32 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Trondheim Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway; , Reading Great Britain; Tom Roger Lee, Arcadia CA; Uday Ivatury - Christal Fulvio Fantoni, Rome Italy; Claudio Nunes, Roma Townsend, London England Henner-Welland, New York NY Italy 25.00 17/32 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter 25.00 17/32 Andrew Stark - Franco Baseggio, 50.00 9/16 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington New York NY; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; CA; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, CA; , Bloomington NY; Adam JoAnna Stansby, Dublin CA; Irina Ladyzhensky - Houston TX; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Antonio Wildavsky, New York NY; Doug Doub, W Hartford Alexander Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy; Giorgio Duboin, CT 25.00 17/32 Edmund S W Tse, Hong Kong Hong Torino Italy 25.00 17/32 Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount Kong; Patrick Huang, Taipei Taiwan; Samuel Wan 50.00 9/16 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap QC; Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; Edward Wojewoda, Siu Kau, Hong Kong; David Yik-Keung Chan, 78 Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Joe Grue, New York Clovis CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; Srikanth Bonham Road Hong Kong NY; Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Jon Baldursson, Kodayam, Fremont CA; Bryan Maksymetz, 25.00 17/32 Hailong Ao, Herndon VA; Jian-Jian Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, Garibaldi Highl BC Wang, Clarksville MD; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes Kopavogur Iceland 25.00 17/32 Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC; NJ; David Chechelashvili, San Diego CA; Alan 50.00 9/16 Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst , Singer Island FL; John Hurd, New Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA NY; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom; York NY; , Williamsville NY; 25.00 17/32 Michael Levinson, Daly City CA; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Marcin Lesniewski, , Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA; Andrew Gumperz, Zakopane Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland Castro Valley CA; Michael Crawford, San Diego Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland 25.00 17/32 Kevin Bathurst, New York NY; CA 50.00 9/16 Romain Zaleski - Jean Quantin - Daniel Zagorin, Skokie IL; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan 25.00 17/32 Arend Bayer, Berkeley CA; Han Albert Faigenbaum - Dominique Pilon, Paris 3 Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Peters, Stony Brook NY; Eric Mayefsky, Palo Alto France; Franck Multon, Nice France; Marc Netherlands; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Ishmael CA; Victor Chubukov, San Francisco CA

2. Nickell 166 2. Nickell 44 82 130 188 63. Kirubakara 94 2. Nickell 31. (34.) Kaplan 24 49 68 93 34. Kaplan 138 18 34 83 113 31. Efraim 78

15. Jansma 18. Berg 119 28 55 98 143 18. (47.) Bayer 17 24 45 w/d 47. Bayer 131 15. Jansma 38 99 155 50. Humphreys 108 2. (15.) Jansma 15. Jansma 168 7. (10.) Onstott 10. Onstott 10. Onstott 184 52 92 129 179 55. Rajkumar 145 10. Onstott 23. Marcinski 42. Barrett 173 49 80 97 146 19 41 62 85 23. Marcinski 189

7. Strul 26. Morse 94 40 59 118 141 26. (39.) Greenberg 31 69 88 124 39. Greenberg 203 7. Strul 18 70 108 149 58. Gipson 135 7. Strul 176

3. (62.) Levinson 3. Cayne 140 44 99 110 147 62. Levinson 141 3. (30.) Rogoff 30. Rogoff 35. S. Bloom 107 44 52 84 w/d 41 67 125 168 30. Rogoff 149 14. DeKnijff 19. Rosenthal 150 60 113 161 19. Rosenthal 19 46 99 120 46. Rayner 109 14. DeKnijff 58 88 117 162 51. Ramos 105 3. (14.) DeKnijff 14. DeKnijff 128 6. (11.) Diamond 11. Diamond 11. Diamond 93 26 62 94 125 54. Potts 78 11. Diamond 22. (43.) Stark 49 124 153 54173111 43. Stark 144 22. Hollman 109 6. (27). Zaleski 14 33 90 w/d 27. Zaleski 27. Zaleski 117 26 60 102 148 38. DeFalco 105 6. Fleisher 47 82 121 135 59. Caprera 79 6. Fleisher 128 Page 12 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S PAIRINGS IN THE MINI-SPINGOLD I (0-5000) KNOCKOUT TEAMS 59 Tables McKenzie Myers, Portland OR; Garth Yettick - Peggy 22.50 5/8 Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Mark Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL; Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Ware - Spencer Jones - Jon Brandon, Denver CO; Leonard, Ypsilanti MI; Steve Aarons, Toronto ON; Tom Joe De Gaetano, Atkinson NH; Paul Nason, Los Angeles Michael Sherman, Chickamauga GA Greer, W Hollywood CA; John Boyer, Hastings Hdsn CA vs NY vs Lorraine Cable, New York NY; Lew Gamerman, 22.50 5/8 John Klayman, Haymarket VA; Thomas Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Kevin Dwyer, Fort Westwood MA; Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Donald Lavender, Arlington VA; Barry Spector, Springfield VA; Myers FL; Owen Lien, Hickory NC; Jon Rice, Raleigh Caplin, Waltham MA Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM NC; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 22.50 5/8 Steven Shaye, Slingerlands NY; Larry Rosen, Albany NY; Myriam Milgrom, Port St Lucie FL;

1. Tuekolsky 166 32. Lee11 92 1. Tuekolsky 20 36 63 97

16. (17.) Cable 16. Youngerman 85 30 82 145 203 17. Cable 126 1. (17.) Cable 55 91 164

8. (24.) Klayman 18 49 72 w/d 8. Williams 103 25. Judy 113 8. (25.) Judy 36 51 92 116

9. (24.) Klayman 9. Ozias 85 31 69 108 129 24. Klayman 137 1. (17.) Cable 3. (19.) Whipple

4. (28.) Myers 2. (7.) Johnson

5. Westfall 94 28. Myers 149 5. (28.) Myers 73 100

12. Humphreys 12. Humphreys 123 124w/d 21. Lavee 121 5. (28.) Myers 31 47 87 135

4. (13.) Kleinplatz 28 50 85 95 4. Melville 88 29. Donner 104 4. (29.) Donner 20 38 43 44

13. Kleinplatz 13. Kleinplatz 125 83 125 170 240 20. Einberg 113

South signaled with the ♥9 — a Smith echo to transportation. He let go his diamond, and now Waste not, want not! encourage a spade continuation, As the subsequent three rounds of clubs threw him in to lead hearts By Barry Rigal play will show, that was an expensive decision! into dummy’s tenace for +120. North led another spade, won by dummy’s queen, ♠ K 9 8 6 3 and I led the ♥J to South’s queen. ♥ A6 South now shifted to the ♦6 and I won the ace Pick prizes, please! ♦ K Q 7 2 to lead a club. North won his ♣K, reaching this The volunteers who man the Prize Desk, ♣ K 5 ending: located outside the Marriott Ballroom on the lobby ♠ ♠ J 7 4 AQ 5 ♠ K 9 8 level at the Marriott, urge players to drop by and ♥ ♥ K 3 J 10 7 5 2 ♥ — take their winnings. Time is running short. ♦ ♦ A J 8 4 3 10 ♦ K Q 7 ♣ ♣ A6 2 Q 8 7 4 ♣ 5 Bid Box Alerts and ♠ 10 2 ♠ 7 ♠ A ♥ Q 9 8 4 ♥ — ♥ 10 7 5 Announcements ♦ 9 6 5 ♦ J 8 4 3 ♦ — When using bid boxes, ACBL suggests that ♣ J 10 9 3 ♣ A2 ♣ Q 8 7 players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the I’m sure the East-West field played either 1NT ♠ — same time. ♥ or 2 here, though some North-South pairs might ♥ 8 4 When making an announcement, use the ♠ have tried 2 and not enjoyed it enormously. ♦ 9 5 announcement word —- such as “transfer” —- and I was West and played 1NT against a top- ♣ J 10 9 tap the Alert strip at the same time. seeded pair. The opening lead of a low spade The defenders had three tricks in and North A player who Alerts or announces a bid traveled around to my jack. It looks logical to set now erred by cashing the ♦Q. He tried to recover should make sure his opponents are aware that an up hearts, not clubs, doesn’t it? Yes, a club to the by shifting back to spades (one trick too late), but Alert or announcement has been made. ♣ Q might work later. South had been squeezed out of his diamond I advanced the ♥K and North won while Daily Bulletin Page 13

Keith White, Fort Myers FL Wyndmoor PA; Paul Bubendey, Chicago IL; Robert 22.50 5/8 Evan Markowitz - Jared Markowitz, Rubinstein, New York NY Mini-Spin I New York NY; Tom Menges, Raleigh NC; George 10.00 9/16 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Continued from page 1 Horak, Cary NC; Jackie Thompson, Silver Spring MD; Murphy, San Francisco CA; Adam Parrish, Cincinnati Patricia Cummins, Bronx NY OH; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA bracket, however, there were two amazing 10.00 9/16 Roselyn Teukolsky - Saul Teukolsky, 10.00 9/16 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; comebacks. Whipple, down 87-29 at the half Ithaca NY; Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY Adam Meyerson - Elianna Ruppin, Los Angeles CA; C. against Evan Markowitz’s team, roared back in the 10.00 9/16 Brian Johnston, Toronto ON; Nick Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA Stock, North Vancouver BC; Peter Hambly, Hanover ON; 10.00 9/16 Robert Roman, Greenbrae CA; Lenore third set to lead 106-104. They went on to win the Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Unionville ON Cavallero, Hillsborough CA; Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA; match136-125. Johnson also trailed at the half, 65- 10.00 9/16 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Jerry Fong, Grant Robinson, Danville CA 18, and was still in bad shape after three sets, 89- Marianna AR; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Michael 10.00 9/16 Brian Duran, Somerville MA; Gloria 40. The last quarter was all theirs, however, as McGuire, Hernando MS Tsoi, Arlington MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA; they defeated Steven Shaye’s team 107-106. 10.00 9/16 Ed Judy, Iowa City IA; Douglas Dye, Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA RICHMOND BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KO BRACKET 3 16 Tables Carlos Pellegrini - Clara Gaist Klein, Argentina; 3. Glickman 107 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Elianna Ruppin - Adam 30. Duran 108 Meyerson, Los Angeles CA 3. (30.) Duran vs 20 54 59 9 Patti English, Cincinnati OH; Lorna Davis, West Chester OH; Linda Leedy, Zionsville IN; Charlene Lutz, Indianapolis IN 14. (19.) Whipple Marty Burman, Blue Bell PA; Clarke Cunningham, Dearborn MI; 40 72 118 139 14. Biswas 119 Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC; Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA 3. (19.) Whipple 19. Whipple 165 vs 16 29 106 136 Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Bill Parks, Macungie PA; Perry Khakhar - Paul Erikson, Edmonton AB 6. (11.) Markowitz 41 87 104 125 RICHMOND BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KO BRACKET 4 6. Johnston 139 16 Tables 27. Begert 121 Jim Gaarder, Columbia MD; Karl Barth, Drexel Hill PA; Jimmy 6. Johnston Ritzenberg - Robert Levey, Bethesda MD 9275992 vs Tim Baird - Alan Green, White Plains NY; Rich Letourneau, Bonita Springs FL; Rosemarie Letourneau, Amagansett NY 11. Markowitz 26 65 116 146 11. Markowitz 167 Milton Ellisor - Becky Ellisor, Spring TX; Catherine Miller - 22. Bell 87 Hugh Miller, Houston TX vs Tom Beardsley, Richmond KY; George Subt, Southampton NJ; Leonid Fastovsky, Rockville MD; Jacqualyn Newman, E Stroudsburg PA

7. Johnson 108 RICHMOND BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KO BRACKET 5 16 Tables 26. Connolly 104 7. Johnson Mark Brader - Catherine Brader, Toronto ON; Susan Eastman, Delmar NY; Claude Henin, Ottawa ON 18 40 52 82 vs John S Mason - Susan Miskura - Dennis Schwanz, Alexandria 10. Jones VA; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA 19 35 72 76 10. Jones 143 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN; John Turner, 23. Rogers 128 Ellicott City MD; John Rothschild, Elkridge MD 7. Johnson vs Joseph Oren - Beverly Oren, White Stone VA; Peggy Ward - 15 18 40 107 Charles Ward, Richmond VA

2. (18.) Shaye RICHMOND BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KO BRACKET 6 23 65 89 106 2. Krueger 99 16 Tables 31. Roman 118 Allan Sitterson, Leesburg VA; Barbara DiCicco, Burke VA; Joe 2. (31.) Roman Leighton - Elias Arbel, Reston VA 25 58 71 92 vs Michael Klein - Bitsy Klein, Bethany Beach DE; Jean Petrilli - 15. (18.) Shaye Robert Keeney, Lewes DE 20 54 87 139 15. Helman 55 Steven Lipson - Serl Zimmerman, Palm Desert CA; Alan 18. Shaye 149 Schneider - Sherie Schneider, Beverly Hills CA vs Barry Segal - Casey Segal, Boynton Beach FL; Frank Farrell, Methuen MA; Catherine Sallar, Fall River MA

RICHMOND BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KO BRACKET 7 RICHMOND BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KO BRACKET 1 RICHMOND BRIDGE ASSOCIATION KO BRACKET 2 16 Tables 16 Tables 16 Tables Marilee Van Arsdale, Oak Hill VA; William White, Culpeper VA; Ellen Gabriel - Richard Gabriel - Joseph Machotka, Chicago IL; Jeff Luo - Peter Wang, North York ON; Yan Wang, Scarborough Sunny Koontz, Palm Beach FL; Philip Kopala, Tarpon Springs Larry Bass, Tamarac FL ON; Zuwei Shan, Mississauga ON FL vs vs vs Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Daniel Zagorin, Skokie IL; Kevin Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon, New York NY; George Green, Mc Lean VA; Henry Mattox, Richmond VA; Alice Bathurst, New York NY; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Sondra Blank, Saint-Laurent QC Klesinger - Ann Petkun, Denver CO Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan 3 Netherlands; Ishmael Delmonte, Sydney Australia Edmund S W Tse, Hong Kong Hong Kong; Patrick Huang, Taipei William Dillon, Crofton MD; Robert Blatt, Silver Spring MD; Taiwan; Samuel Wan Siu Kau, Hong Kong; David Yik-Keung Arthur Olson, Takoma Park MD; Patrice Gordon, College Park James Cayne, New York NY; , Hollywood FL; Chan, 78 Bonham Road Hong Kong MD Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; , vs vs Puszczykoud Poland; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow 35- Poland Stan Schenker, Reston VA; Kenton Schoen, Falls Church VA; Edward Magee, York PA; Harry Laspino, Dallastown PA; Marsha vs James Glickman, Las Vegas NV; Howard Einberg, Los Angeles Nettles, Harrisburg PA; Dennis Gross, Camp Hill PA David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY; Rumen CA Trendafilov - , Varna Bulgaria Page 14 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S PAIRINGS IN THE MINI-SPINGOLD II (0-1500) KNOCKOUT TEAMS 61 Tables Santa Clara CA; Michael Myers, Ottawa ON; 6.00 9/16 Howard Liu, Naperville IL; Victor Hsu, Waldwick NJ; Ted Wilson, Airmont Robert Forster - Jonathan Ullman, New York Gideon Tan, Denver CO; Paul Lenoble, NY; Paul Fagan, Suffern NY; Sandy Johnson, NY; Laura Rassbach, Westminster CO Freeport NY; Lew Kroll, Plainview NY Ho Ho Kus NJ 13.50 5/8 Jennifer Gu - Belinda Gu, 6.00 9/16 Giorgia Botta, Rome 00189 vs Sunnyvale CA; Adam Portley, San Francisco Italy; Peggyann Klein, New York NY; Andrew Eric Hendrickson - Matthew Bribitzer-Stull - CA; Jonathan Pines, Berkeley CA Dubay, Voorheesville NY; Barry Ko, Berkeley Jason Bribitzer-Stull, Minneapolis MN; Andy 13.50 5/8 Michael Berard, Glenn Dale MD; CA Caranicas, St Paul MN Murat Berk, Potomac MD; Peter Van Zijl, 6.00 9/16 Kenneth Hopke, Annandale VA; Ellicott City MD; Richard Wissing, Columbia Phil Feldman, Los Angeles CA; Jerry Nolte - 30.00 3/4 David Grabiner, Columbia MD; MD Elizabeth Nolte, Oak Hill VA Arthur McCann, Finksburg MD; J Larry Meyers 6.00 9/16 Mark Koenigsberg, Weehawken 6.00 9/16 Alex Lovejoy, Stanford CA; Jr, Vonore TN; Ken Shotting, Ellicott City MD NJ; Ofra Blonder - Diane Winiger - Ruth Jonathan Bittner, Cambridge MA; Randall 30.00 3/4 Julie Zucker - Nat Zucker, East Meyer, New York NY Rubinstein, Cincinnati OH; Argenta Price, San Brunswick NJ; Carl Noller - Robert Finkelstein, 6.00 9/16 Catherine Miller - Hugh Miller, Francisco CA Reston VA Houston TX; Milton Ellisor - Becky Ellisor, 6.00 9/16 Dana Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; 13.50 5/8 Peter Boyd-Bowman - Kathy Spring TX Ian Sabourin - Shaz Taslimi, Montreal QC; Coop, Greensboro NC; John Marriott III, Cary 6.00 9/16 Jack Bierig - Donald Schramek, Nicholas Smith, Westmount QC NC; Charles Hudson, Raleigh NC Chicago IL; Thomas Crawley, Ellicott City MD; 13.50 5/8 Michael Bodell - Alan Malloy, Bruce Bengtson, Park Ridge IL

1. Lovejoy 3. Berard 22 81 93 131 (0) 24 48 72 108 FINAL 16.Hsu 14.Bierig 30 66 94 131 (32) 40 54 68 99 1. (16.) Hsu 1. (16.) Hsu 2. (10.) Hendrickson 3. Berard 46 90 120 157 26 55 90 102

8. (9.) Bodell 6. (11.) Zucker 34 52 68 89 32 64 78 122

9. Bodell 44 77 110 154 11. Zucker 43 104 148 192 8. Botta 44 60 91 105 6. Koenigsberg 11 23 43 51

1. (16.) Hsu 3. (11.) Zucker 20 72 89 112 16 55 62 103

4. (5.) Grabiner 2. (10.) Hendrickson 28 45 72 107 21 55 111 142

5. Grabiner 7. Hopke 45 97 136 189 41 54 71 76

12. Miller 10.Hendrickson 43489 132 12 36 71 96 5. Grabiner 7. (10.) Hendrickson 29 60 83 128 57 88 115 184

4. Gu 2. (15.) Boyd-Bowman 15 42 91 114 26 48 74 101

15. Boyd-Bowman 13. Liu 72 116 178 233 18 51 80 107 2. Berkowitz 4. Gu 22 45 74 124 37 72 134 155 Daily Bulletin Page 15

THURSDAY EVENING STRATIFIED SWISS TEAMS 73 Tables Washington DC 2002: ABC A look back 11.48 1 Frimann Stefansson, Akureyri Iceland; Pall Thorsson, Reykjavik Iceland; Omar Olgeirsson, Reykjzuik Iceland; Rosemary Shaw, Silver Spring MD 66.00 Kantar Quiz #5 7.54 2/3 Michael Prahin, Irvington NY; Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; ♠ Q George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 63.00 ♥ Q 10 4 3 7.54 2/3 Edward Foran, Marietta GA; Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; David ♦ A 10 6 5 4 3 Schulman, Atlanta GA; Brian Agnes, Denver CO 63.00 ♣ 3 2 4.84 4 Matthew Frame, Raleigh NC; Fay Teal, Kitchener ON; Sharon Hammer - Betti Harris, Huntington Bh CA 61.00 ♠ A K J 4 3.18 5/6 John Cobb Jr, Apex NC; John Marriott III - John Marriott Jr, ♥ A2 Cary NC; C. Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 59.00 ♦ 3.18 5/6 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; K ♣ Huub Bertens, Tilburg 50 Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, A K Q 8 7 6 Oisterwijk Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G West leads the ♦Q against 6NT. Playing Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands 59.00 , how do you make the contract? 7.58 7 1 1 Walter Mitchell Jr - Constance Mitchell, Bear Creek PA; Robert Silverblatt, Kingston PA; Xiao (Joe) Zhao, Hamilton ON 54.00 Kantar’s answer: 1.41 8/9 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Andy Kaufman, Smyrna DE; Bob This one could get sticky if clubs break 4-1. Gorsey, Bedford MA; Joyce Pearson, Framingham MA 53.00 True, you have 13 tricks if they break 3-2, but 5.69 8/9 2 Logan West, Yorktown VA; Bud Hampshire, Poquoson VA; Daniel what if they don’t? Jarboe - Lorraine Jarboe, Ft Walton Bch FL 53.00 ♠ Q 4.26 3 Carl Gutschick - Anita Gutschick, Arnold MD; Howard Tash, ♥ Gaithersburg MD; Martin Reed, Silver Spring MD 49.00 Q 10 4 3 ♦ 2.96 4/6 2 Lynne Beresford - Ruth Woods, Fort Washington MD; Eleanor A 10 6 5 4 3 Schwartz, Annandale VA; Ann Seeboth, Clinton MD 47.00 ♣ 3 2 2.47 4/6 Jan Fischer - Diane Palmer - Rita Sorgi - Carolyn Kish, San ♠ 9 7 5 4 2 ♠ 10 8 6 Diego CA 47.00 ♥ K 9 8 6 ♥ J 7 5 2.47 4/6 Martha Bley - Ross Bley, Fort Washington MD; Isaiah Shalom, W ♦ Q J 9 ♦ 8 7 2 Brookfield MA; Catherine Walsh, Saskatoon SK 47.00 ♣ 4 ♣ J 10 9 5 2.22 3 Gayle Davis, Haverford PA; Wendy Dewell, San Jose CA; Janice ♠ A K J 4 Gerstein, Chicago IL; Linda Schanz, Las Vegas NV 44.00 ♥ A2 1.46 4/5 Jim Wildey, Annapolis MD; Joyce Currie, Mc Lean VA; Hans ♦ K Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX 42.00 ♣ 1.46 4/5 Gordon Nash, Briarwood NY; Roy Goodman, Melville NY; Michael A K Q 8 7 6 Pisani, Short Hills NJ; Anthony Palumbo, Westfield NJ 42.00 If you play clubs at once, East wins and plays a heart and you are in an untenable position if SECOND THURSDAY OPEN PAIRS West has the ♥K. The same would be true if West 61.0 Tables had four clubs and returned a heart. If East had ABC both the king and the jack, or if you misguessed, 24.85 1 1 Paul Siegelman, North Baldwin NY; Bart Cirker, Manhassett NY 62.82% you would lose an ice-cold contract. 18.64 2 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 61.78% The solution is to a club at trick two. If 13.98 3 Wes Goldberg, Owings Mills MD; John Christensen, Baltimore MD 61.62% East wins and returns a heart, win the ace, enter 10.48 4 Sheila Latus - Rex Latus, Escondido CA 60.18% dummy with a spade, discard your heart on the 10.85 5 2 1 Rudi Nadler - Radu Ariton, Staten Island NY 59.68% ♦ 7.10 6 Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT; Ram Hira, North Vancouver BC 59.29% A and reenter your hand with a club, claiming 6.21 7 Allen Hawkins Jr - Mark Jones, Birmingham AL 59.28% the balance. 5.52 8 Stephen Schneer, Croton Hdsn NY; Michael Gore, Brooklyn NY 58.97% The idea is to keep an extra hand in case 8.13 9 3 Drew Becker - Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 58.65% clubs are 4-1. Those of you who crossed to the 4.52 10 Glen Meeden, Saint Paul MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 58.09% ♠Q, discarded a heart on the ♦A and then played 4.14 11 Carolyn Sessler, Waltham MA; Sally Strul, Delray Beach FL 57.53% clubs, hoping that the player with four clubs did 6.10 12/13 4 John Langer, Santa Clarita CA; S Graham Kelly, Hudson OH 57.45% not have a third diamond, were at least thinking, 3.69 12/13 Dale Dermer - Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 57.45% albeit sideways. 3.43 14 Jeffry Parker, Reisterstown MD; Tanya Rodich, Gwynn Oak MD 57.38% 5.19 15/16 5 2 Paul Hattis, Newton MA; Steven Fox, Kensington MD 56.97% 3.06 15/16 Carole Weinstein, Acton MA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 56.97% False Economy 4.13 6 Yuandong Ren, Burnaby BC; Jack Lee, Richmond BC 56.81% By Barry Rigal 3.62 7 Ron MacDonald - John Cook, Toronto ON 56.09% Steve Bloom showed me a neat deal where he 3.89 8 3 Herbert Rogall, Maplewood NJ; Gary Blauth, Glen Ridge NJ 55.53% 3.79 9/10 4 Robert Forster - Jonathan Ullman, New York NY 55.29% had missed a subtle point in the ending. The point 2.92 9/10 Elaine Weintraub - Arlyne Shockman, Philadelphia PA 55.29% is you have to be careful not to be too thrifty with 2.51 11 5 Michael Schuller, Belle Mead NJ; David Wampler, Bowie MD 55.21% your resources. 2.04 6 Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Am Ma Germany; Estera Lisker, East ♠ Q 8 5 4 2 Quogue NY 52.00% ♥ 10 9 3 ♦ J 7 6 5 THURSDAY EVENING 100/200/300 PAIRS ♣ 2 17.0 Tables ABC ♠ A 10 7 3.82 1 Yetta Bregman - Bea Eisen, Toronto ON 62.08% ♥ K Q 6 2.87 2 Luigi Calicchia, Farmington UT; Robert Poriss, South Ogden UT 61.01% ♦ 2.15 3 Diane Storey, Westport CT; Donna Bauman, Weston CT 59.94% K 9 4 ♣ 3.06 4 1 Yuan Chen, Toronto ON; Melissa Luo, North York ON 59.17% J 8 6 3 2.30 5 2 Judith Heit, McLean VA; Amelia Montjoy, Washington DC 59.01% North South 0.91 6 Richard Lassow, Robbinsdale MN; Keith Dailey, Bowie MD 58.75% 1NT (1) 1.72 3 Alan Walter, Gaithersburg MD; Shyamalendu Pal, Silver Spring MD 57.50% 2♥ 2♠ 2.26 4 1 Albert Stolpe, Fairfax VA; Andrea Stanley-Miller, Arlington VA 56.08% Pass 0.97 5 Ken Weems, Crofton MD; Timothy Bezanson, Falls Church VA 53.75% (1) 12-15. 1.70 6 2 James Connor, Fairfax Station VA; James Callender, Springfield VA 53.74% Playing 2♠, you get a club lead and 1.27 3 Eva Vorndran, Great Falls VA; Victoria Miller, Chevy Chase MD 53.65% continuation as East echoes. You ruff the second 0.85 4/5 Steven Spaeth - George Hooley, Silver Spring MD 53.33% club, play a diamond to the king and pass a 0.85 4/5 Steven Nesseler, Silver Spring MD; Steve Graves, Olney MD 53.33% diamond to East’s ace. Back comes a heart. You win with the queen as West encourages. Now you play a third diamond to West’s queen as East pitches a club. West returns a heart to East’s ace and you win the third heart in hand as West follows with the jack. This is the ending: Continued on page 16 Page 16 Daily Bulletin

♠ Q 8 5 4 2 QUALIFIERS IN THE MIXED B-A-M TEAMS ♥ —- Carryover ♦ J 1 Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC; , Charlottenlund Denmark; Joel ♣ —- Wooldridge, Williamsville NY; John Hurd, New York NY; Jenny Wolpert, Singer Island FL; Sylvie Willard, Paris France 5.00 ♠ A 10 7 2/3 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Jill Levin - Robert Levin, Lake ♥ —- Ariel PA; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 4.25 ♦ —- 2/3 David Yang, Chicago IL; Melody Bi, West Warwick RI; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA; Pinpin ♣ J 8 Deng, Hackettstown NJ 4.25 4 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Nancy Kalow, New York NY; Ron When you lead the ♣J, West covers and you Feldman, Redondo Beach CA; John Jones, Hacienda Hgts CA; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds ruff as East follows. You can now safely assume Pnsl CA 4.00 ♠ that East has the K; otherwise West probably 5 Phyllis Quinn, Cortlandt Manor NY; Daniel Boye, Victor NY; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow would have doubled 1NT. Furthermore, East MA; Douglas Ross, Rochester NY 3.70 probably has precisely a 3=4=2=4 shape and is 6/7 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Sheila Gabay, Newton down to three trumps and a heart. So the key is to MA; Victor King, Hartford CT; Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 3.25 lead dummy’s diamond and ruff it as East discards 6/7 Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Brian Glubok - Jimmy Rosenbloom, New York NY; his heart. Then you can lead your fourth club. Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI 3.25 West will follow and East will be endplayed when 8 Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Linda Perlman, Lake Park FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman he overruffs dummy. If you pitch your club on the Oaks CA; - Roy Welland, New York NY 3.00 9 Howard Miller, Chesapeake VA; Kaye Krebs, Virginia Beach VA; H Joel Weintraub, ♦J, you will have to guess whether to lead a spade Norfolk VA; Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL 2.75 to the 7 or the 10 in the three-card ending. 10/11 Ira Hessel - Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Keith Garber, Las Vegas NV; Georgiana The full deal: Gates, Houston TX 2.50 10/11 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, Spring TX; JoAnn Sprung - Danny Sprung, Philadelphia PA ♠ Q 8 5 4 2 2.50 ♥ 10 9 3 12/14 Adair Gellman - Vincent Bartone, Ashburn VA; Corinne Kirkham - Jim Kirkham, Leawood KS ♦ J 7 6 5 2.25 ♣ 2 12/14 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Susan Wexler, New ♠ 9 3 ♠ K J 6 York NY; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 2.25 ♥ J 9 7 4 ♥ A 8 5 2 12/14 Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT 2.25 ♦ Q 10 8 2 ♦ A3 ♣ ♣ 15/17 Robert Sartorius - Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Janet Robertson, Timonium A K Q 9 10 7 5 4 MD; Ron Haack, New York NY; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 2.00 ♠ A 10 7 15/17 Rita Ellington, Traverse City MI; Robert Morris, Houston TX; John Gassenheimer - ♥ K Q 6 Jill Fisch, Wynnewood PA 2.00 ♦ K 9 4 15/17 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Frederick ♣ J 8 6 3 Allenspach, Plantation FL; Janet Lee, McLean VA 2.00 18/23 , Scottsdale AZ; Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Barbara Wallace - Harry Tudor, Miami FL 1.50 Diamond master 18/23 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Randi Montin, Napa CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Migry Zur By Barry Rigal Campanile, New York NY; Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA 1.50 Roger Bates and crossed 18/23 Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA; Martha Katz, Hinsdale IL; Jessica Piafsky, New swords here —- and Bates came off the better. York NY; Bob Drijver, Tilburg Netherlands; Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD 1.50 18/23 Linda Smoak - J Fletcher Smoak, Roanoke VA; Ann Lindley - Alfred Duncker, Alexandria VA 1.50 ♠ J 5 4 ♥ 18/23 William Zane, Woodbridge VA; Lucy McCoy, Annandale VA; Barbara Ames, Bethesda MD; A6 2 Ralph Hoffman, Lake Forest IL; Jeffrey Miller - Maribeth Miller, Naperville IL 1.50 ♦ K Q 10 9 5 18/23 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin - Anne Rahtjen Hawkes - James Hawkes, ♣ 10 6 Charleston SC 1.50 ♠ Q 9 7 ♠ 8 6 3 2 24/29 James Rasmussen - Pamela Miller, Cambridge MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA; Ivanie ♥ J 10 9 4 3 ♥ 7 Yeo, Brighton MA 1.25 ♦ 7 4 3 ♦ AJ 6 24/29 Gaylor Kasle - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Nancy Passell, Plano TX; P Drew ♣ AJ ♣ 9 8 5 3 2 Cannell, Dol-D-Ormeaux QC 1.25 ♠ AK 10 24/29 Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Susan Culham - Maurice De La Salle - K Fung, Edmonton ♥ K Q 8 5 AB; Waldemar Frukacz, Gloucester ON 1.25 24/29 Peter Boyd - Ellen Klosson, Darnestown MD; William Cole - Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver ♦ 8 2 ♣ Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 1.25 K Q 7 4 24/29 - Anton Maas, Amstelveen Netherlands; , 3024 AM Rotterd After a simple auction of 1NT - 3NT, Bates Netherlands; Onno Eskes, Leiden Netherlands; , Amsterdam Netherlands; (South) received the ♥J lead and immediately Han Peters, Stony Brook NY 1.25 passed the ♦8. Willenken (East) ducked it, thereby 24/29 Lou Reich - Abby Heitner, Wheaton MD; Roger Stern - Sandra Stern, Chevy Chase MD 1.25 doing his best to get his name in the papers. Now, 30/33 Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD; Vonnie Lavender, Burke VA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; if declarer repeats the diamond finesse, he goes Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 1.00 down. 30/33 Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA; Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Lynn Johannesen - Dale But Bates knew his defenders were capable of Johannesen, Saratoga CA 1.00 the ducking play from any holding that included 30/33 Candace Griffey - Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL; James Spike Lay - Marilyn Garcia, Daytona Beach FL; Sharon Gerstman, Buffalo NY 1.00 the jack. The opening lead made it relatively 30/33 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Barre VT; Brian Gunnell, St Augustine FL; John Brady, unlikely that West had four diamonds to the jack, Jacksonville FL 1.00 plus, who would want to fall victim to such a 34/37 Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL; Sharon Jabbour - Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL; Joshua play? You’d never hear the end of it. Stark, Grayslake IL 0.75 So, Bates rejected the second finesse, playing 34/37 Robert Klein - Jennifer Jones, Santa Rosa CA; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD; diamonds from the top and emerging with 10 Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 0.75 tricks. 34/37 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel Nicely defended —- but it was Bates who got NJ; Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 0.75 to have his name in the “highly recommended” 34/37 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL; Nancy Mitchell, Fleming Island FL; column. Craig Hemphill, Jacksonville FL 0.75 38/39 Linda Gordon - Robb Gordon, Sedona AZ; Steven Cooper, Ft Collins CO; Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO 0.50 Sure there’s a squeeze, 38/39 Carol Clifford - James Clifford Jr, Miami FL; G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Craig Huston, Portland OR 0.50 but which opponent? 40/45 David Better, Doylestown PA; Daisy Goecker, Yardley PA; Vincent Civale - Patricia Mike Becker, South, noticed early in the play Civale, Trenton NJ 0.25 that his chances were good for 12 tricks. The 40/45 Cristina Tita, Northville MI; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Stephannie problem was which opponent should he attempt to Russo, New York NY; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH 0.25 40/45 Kenneth Kadis - Elayne Kadis, Brookline MA; Steve Nellissen, Ramsey NJ; Sarah squeeze. Wiener, Fort Lee NJ 0.25 Continued on page 17 40/45 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL 0.25 40/45 Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY; Jane Dillenberg, New York NY; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Ann Cady, Roxbury CT 0.25 Daily Bulletin Page 17

Dlr: North ♠ 10 7 5 Vul: None ♥ A 10 5 ♦ A3 2 ♣ K 5 4 2 ♠ J 3 ♠ Q ♥ K J 9 6 4 ♥ 8 7 2 ♦ J 10 9 ♦ K 8 7 6 5 ♣ A9 7 ♣ J 8 6 3 ♠ A K 9 8 6 4 2 ♥ Q 3 ♦ Q 4 ♣ Q 10 North South Pass 1♠ 2♣ (1) 2NT 3NT Pass (1) Drury. Becker’s 2NT response to the Drury 2♣ was unusual, but he knew the doubleton queens would be helpful if partner a little something in each suit. With two aces and a king in the other suits, his partner had no trouble raising to 3NT, a contract missed by the majority of the field. Second place in the Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams went to , Rozanne Pollack, Becker let the opening heart lead ride to his Shawn Quinn, Renee Mancuso, Pam Wittes and Cheri Bjerkan. queen and then cashed one spade to make sure the suit would run. Next came the ♣Q, taken by 40/45 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL; Stella Rainey, West’s ace. Tuscaloosa AL 0.25 Now he had lost a trick and could take all the 46/52 Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Beverly Gardner, Farmington Hls MI; Martin Hirschman, rest of the tricks but one —- the right setup for a Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 0.00 46/52 Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC; Gavin Wolpert, Singer Island FL; , squeeze. He saw that he could squeeze West if he ♦ D-68766 Hockenh Germany; Benedicti Cronier - Philippe Cronier, Paris France 0.00 had the K —- he also would have to protect his 46/52 Lucy Tredennick, San Pedro CA; Laurie Shapka, Red Deer AB; Michael Mikyska, Los ♥J. Becker would cross to the ♣K and run spades, Angeles CA; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 0.00 coming to a two-card position. On the next-to-last 46/52 Edith Sacks, New York NY; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, trick, West would have to make a losing discard Marina Dl Rey CA 0.00 from ♥J and ♦K x. 46/52 Alan Myerson - Abby Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA; Phil Schaefer - Nell Schaefer, Los If East had the ♦K, however, declarer could Angeles CA 0.00 get his 12th trick via a . 46/52 Ragi El-Hoss - M-Christine El-Hoss, Toronto ON; Saad Dahdouh - Diana Dahdouh, Which to try? Becker decided to see if he Whitby ON 0.00 could get some help from his opponents. He led a 46/52 Janet Brescoll - Kurt Brescoll, Versailles KY; Matthew Heuser - Jill Ohlson, Lexington KY 0.00 second spade and sure enough, East played an encouraging diamond. So it was the . LAMBDA BRIDGE CLUB SIDE GAME He crossed to the ♦A and ran the spades. This was 31.0 Tables the position as he led his last spade: ABC ♠ —- 6.22 1 Linda Haft - Jack Greenberg, New York NY 68.11% ♥ 10 4.67 2 1 1 Robert Krueger - Priscilla Krueger, Laurel MD 64.90% ♦ —- 3.50 3 2 2 Mirsad Mujezinovic, Silver Spring MD; Namik Haveric, Chevy Chase MD 62.50% ♣ K 5 2.62 4 Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, Gallup NM 61.22% ♠ —- ♠ —- 2.39 5 3 Todd Fisher, Chicago IL; Barry Passer, Newfield NY 60.42% ♥ J ♥ —- 1.48 6 Ellyn Batko, Deerfield IL; John Russell, North Barringto IL 59.94% ♦ ♦ 1.79 4 Michael Myers, Ottawa ON; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 58.49% —- K ♣ ♣ 1.62 5 3 Edward Sutcliffe, Sonoma CA; Melvin Lauderdale, Washington DC 57.37% 9 7 J 8 1.01 6 Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Mary Skavaril, Columbus OH 56.89% ♠ 2 1.22 4 Daryl Drew, Crystal River FL; Francesco Parisi-Presicce, ♥ —- Springfield VA 53.53% ♦ Q 1.24 5 Iris Davenport - Peter Maurice, London ON 52.56% ♣ 10 West had to keep the ♥J, so was forced to THURSDAY STRATIFIED I/N SWISS TEAMS discard a club. Declarer pitched the heart, and now 10 Tables East had no discard available. No matter what he ABC did, declarer had the last two tricks for plus 490. 2.83 1 1 Kevin Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Peter Ku, Princeton Jnct NJ; Kim Bensimon, Herndon VA; Anne Wilson, Laurel MD 65.00 That was worth 64.5 matchpoints out of a possible 2.12 2 Jerry Nolte - Elizabeth Nolte, Oak Hill VA; Geoffrey Webb, 65. Kelowna BC; Karen Shea, Collierville TN 54.00 1.70 3 2 Paul Setzer, Herndon VA; William Glen, Vienna VA; Catherine Underleaders anonymous McHugh, Bethany Beach DE; Stanley Katzman, Silver Spring MD 45.00 1.27 4 3 Arjun Dhir - Ricoh Das, Alpharetta GA; Ryan Miller, Tampa FL; Some people just can’t resist underleading Brandon Harper, Winter Park FL 43.00 their aces to get a ruff. On the following deal, 1.55 1 Richard Weiser - Susan Weiser, Potomac MD; William Morris - defender Joe Wallen took it to the extreme: Susan Morris, Bethesda MD 41.00 Dlr: East ♠ 9 6 Vul: E–W ♥ K Q 8 ♦ A K 8 7 5 3 2 ♣ 5 ♠ 8 3 2 ♠ A J 10 4 ♥ 5 4 ♥ 10 7 3 ♦ —- ♦ J 9 4 ♣ A K J 9 7 6 4 3 ♣ Q 8 2 ♠ K Q 7 5 ♥ A J 9 6 2 ♦ Q 10 6 ♣ 10 West North East South Pass 1♥ 2♣ 3♣ Dbl 3♠ Pass 4NT Pass 5♦ Pass 5♥ All Pass Continued on page 18 Page 18 Daily Bulletin

Wallen, West, led a low club to partner Randy contract by force. At the table where East West North East South Beckham’s queen. Beckham returned the ♦J (suit overtook, West got caught in a major-suit squeeze. 1NT (1) preference) and Wallen ruffed. A spade to the ace Pass Pass 2♦ (2) Pass allowed Wallen to score another diamond ruff. 2♥ (3) All Pass Down two, plus 100 for East-West. That first board (1) 12-14. This was an 11-IMP gain for Wallen’s team can be crucial (2) Multi —- a weak in either major. ♦ because his teammates bid and made 5 at the By Barry Rigal (3) A disciplined bid. other table. The very first board out of the box often South started with a weak 1NT and East swings a lot of IMPs. See if you can finish on the balanced with a bid that showed hearts or spades. Aggressive bidding right side of the swing here: West suspected it was hearts. Dummy North lead a spade. Once again all three clubs requires good play ♠ —- went away, this time from dummy! Again a club Richard Freeman made an aggressive ♥ A 9 7 4 3 2 was led, ruffed in the East hand, and declarer ♠ invitation to game on this deal, and Nick Nickell ♦ Q J 10 4 cashed the A. So, declarer managed to take the made an equally aggressive move by bidding ♣ AK 5 first five tricks. Another diamond lead went to ♦ game. Now it was up to Freeman to find 10 tricks. You south’s king. South cashed the J as partner threw ♠ K ♠ 6 a club, ruffed in dummy (East). ♥ K 9 3 ♥ J 10 5 That was book (six tricks). At this point, ♦ K J 10 9 4 ♦ A 8 6 3 declarer led a fourth diamond, and this ensured he ♣ A K 5 4 ♣ Q 10 8 6 4 would score a trump trick, for one down. That was 100 points to North-South, a swing of 9 IMPs to ♠ A Q 6 5 South opens 4♠ and everybody passes. Pakistan. ♥ 10 8 7 4 2 Partner leads the ♦5 (fourth best) to dummy’s 10 ♦ 8 6 3 and your ace as declarer produces the 2. Over to Kantar Quiz #6 ♣ J you. ♠ Q North South Well, playing back a diamond would be right ♥ A ♦ Nickell Freeman if partner has a singleton or if he has led from K ♦ A J 10 8 3 ♦ ♥ 1 1 x x, and besides what harm could come to you? ♣ A K 10 9 8 6 2♣ 2♦ Alas, that is not the full story: ♥ ♥ ♠ 2 3 —- ♠ 6 2 ♥ ♥ 4 Pass A 9 7 4 3 2 ♥ 9 8 5 3 ♦ Freeman won the opening club lead with the Q J 10 4 ♦ 9 4 2 ♠ ♣ ace and cashed the K. Next came a club ruff, AK 5 ♣ J 7 4 3 ♠ ♠ and he led a heart toward the king. West took his K 10 8 4 6 West North East South ♠ ♥ ♥ ace and returned the J, not the best choice. K 8 J 10 5 1♠ 2NT 3♠ Pass ♦ ♦ Freeman ruffed this in dummy and cashed the K 9 7 5 A 8 6 3 4♠ 4NT Pass 5♣ ♣ ♣ trump king, dropping the queen from West. He J 9 2 Q 10 8 6 4 All Pass ♣ ♠ cashed the K and ruffed a club. He played the A Q J 9 7 5 3 2 West leads the ♠K and continues with the ace. ♠ ♥ A Q and East had to follow. Q 6 Plan the play and be specific. Trumps are 2-1. At this point, he put East in with the last ♦ 2 ♦ ♣ trump, and East, holding A Q, had to give 7 3 Kantar’s answer: ♦ Freeman his 10th trick with the K. That was When you return a diamond, declarer ruffs If you didn’t ruff the second spade with a ♠ ♠ worth all 51 matchpoints. and leads the A, followed by the J. Whether middle trump, forget the whole thing. You must partner wins or ducks, declarer strips the clubs and plan on two trump entries to your hand to take two Ring around the collar — exits with a trump to your partner. That forces a diamond finesses and the ♣6 is a very valuable red-suit play that gives south his 10th trick. card. or the grand bagel ♠ Q By Barry Rigal When both sides play ♥ A When the best players in the world go 0 for 4, ♦ A J 10 8 3 you might assume the problem to be a tough one: the same contract ♣ A K 10 9 8 6 Dummy By ♠ A K J 9 8 4 ♠ 10 7 5 3 ♠ J 6 5 Here’s a deal where not only did both sides ♥ K 6 ♥ Q J 10 7 4 2 ♥ K 10 9 6 5 4 play in the same trump suit, they both bid to the ♦ K 7 6 5 ♦ Q ♦ 10 3 same level: ♣ 2 ♣ Q 5 ♣ J 2 Dlr: South ♠ J 6 5 4 3 ♠ 6 2 You Vul: E–W ♥ A9 8 ♥ 9 8 5 3 ♠ K Q 10 7 3 ♦ Q 8 ♦ 9 4 2 ♥ Q J 3 2 ♣ K 9 5 ♣ J 7 4 3 ♦ 4 ♠ A K Q 8 7 ♠ —- After ruffing, play two top trumps, and enter ♣ K 5 3 ♥ —- ♥ Q J 7 6 3 2 your hand with the ♣7 to lead a low diamond, not West North East South ♦ 7 6 3 2 ♦ A 10 9 5 the 9, to dummy’s 10. Assuming this loses and a 1♠ Pass 4♠ 5♦ ♣ 8 4 3 2 ♣ J 10 7 heart comes back, re-enter your hand with the ♣J Pass Pass Dbl All Pass ♠ 10 9 2 and run the ♦9. The ♠K holds the first trick. Partner’s spade ♥ K 10 5 4 You have just protected against West holding carries no special message. What next? ♦ K J 4 four diamonds to one honor by your play in Three out of the four defenders had this ♣ AQ 6 diamonds, and have lost nothing if West has both problem, and they all got it wrong. At the fourth West North East South honors. If East has both diamond honors, you can table, East overtook with the ♠A and led a club. 1♥ (1) also forget about the whole thing, although you The three plays found were a trump, a second 1♠ 2♥ (2) Pass Pass probably would have been doubled long ago. spade and the ♥Q. Here is the full deal: Dbl (3) All Pass ♠ J 6 5 (1) The four-card major style. In search of the elusive ♥ K 10 9 6 5 4 (2) Standard raise. ♦ 10 3 (3) Balancing double overtrick ♣ J 2 Larry Cohen has a reputation as an excellent ♠ ♠ K Q 10 7 3 A 8 4 2 This deal is from the 1986 . In matchpoint player —- and with good reason. See ♥ ♥ Q J 3 2 —- the Closed Room, the Swedes, North-South, bid to if you can do as well as he did as declarer on this ♦ ♦ ♥ 4 J 6 2 2 doubled and were very unlucky to run into a deal: ♣ K 5 3 ♣ Q 10 8 7 6 4 6-0 split. West led three rounds of spades, ♠ 9 allowing partner to throw away his three clubs. ♥ A8 7 Then West gave partner a club ruff. East still had ♦ A K Q 9 8 7 5 the ♦A and two trump tricks for down two —- ♣ A9 300 points to East-West. As you can see, only a low heart sets the In the Open Room: Daily Bulletin Page 19

Dlr: West ♠ Q 10 2 ♠ Q 10 2 Spingold Vul: Both ♥ Q 5 ♥ Q 5 ♦ A J 9 8 6 ♦ A J 9 8 6 Continued from page 1 ♣ 9 8 4 ♣ 9 8 4 ♠ A 8 7 6 ♠ J 3 quarter to go, but fell behind after a 15-IMP loss ♠ K 9 5 4 ♥ 10 9 2 ♥ 8 early in the set. The winners followed with two 10- ♥ A K J 7 6 4 3 ♦ 7 5 ♦ K Q 10 4 IMP swings to regain the lead and held on to win. ♦ 3 2 ♣ J 6 5 2 ♣ A K Q 10 7 3 The John Onstott squad, seeded No. 10, had a ♣ —- ♠ K 9 5 4 seesaw match with No. 7 Aubrey Strul, taking a West North East South ♥ A K J 7 6 4 3 49-40 lead after a quarter and expanding it to 80- Pass Pass 1♣ 4♥ ♦ 3 2 59 at the half. Strul came back strong in the third All Pass ♣ —- quarter to go ahead 118-97, but Onstott rallied for West led the ♦7 against Cohen’s 4♥ contract. Making 11 tricks was worth 60 out of 64 a 146-141 victory. Onstott is playing with Gary He won the ace and drew trumps, noting that West matchpoints. Cohler, Tarek Sadek, Walid Elahmady, Jim began with three, East one. Krekorian and Drew Casen. You have 10 sure tricks, but because this is In another close match, the George Jacobs matchpoints, it would be nice to play the spade Spingold emotions — team took a 35-IMP lead into the fourth quarter suit for one loser to make an 11th trick. despair and elation against the John Schermer squad only to see the original No. 28 rally for a 154-153 win. To discover more about the defensive layout, When you’re the underdog in a Spingold Schermer’s team is Neil Chambers, Michael Cohen played a diamond to the 9 at trick four. match, it’s always disheartening when one of the Polowan, Jacob Morgan, George Mittelman and East won the 10 and West completed an echo by stars on your opponents’ team plays a contract ♦ Robert Lebi. playing the 5. It appears that West began with a double-dummy, and makes a contract that looks as There was no drama in the match between No. doubleton diamond and East with K-Q-10-4. if it had no chance. and David 1 seed Carolyn Lynch, who pounded the Siwiec The auction contains a clue for getting more Lindop were impressed and unhappy after Adam (npc) squad 190-70. No. 4 Rose Meltzer had an information about the count. When asked about Zmudzinski played this deal perfectly: ♦ easy time, dispatching Mark Gordon 151-109. their methods, East-West stated that they open 1 Dlr: West ♠ J 5 4 2 when they’re 4-4 in the minors, and would ♥ Vul: Both J 10 6 5 found the killing lead: frequently open 1♦ even with four diamonds and ♦ K 10 Dlr: West ♠ A 10 8 3 2 five clubs to allow a convenient 2♣ rebid. ♣ AQ 4 Vul: None ♥ J 8 5 3 Why is this important to declarer? Because ♠ ♠ K Q 8 7 3 A9 6 ♦ 2 East has four good diamonds, yet opened 1♣, it ♥ ♥ 8 Q 9 4 3 2 ♣ A6 4 suggests that East has much longer clubs than ♦ ♦ Q 6 4 3 9 7 ♠ J 9 4 ♠ K Q 6 5 diamonds —- not just 4-5 in the minors, but at ♣ ♣ 8 7 3 J 9 5 ♥ A 7 6 4 ♥ 10 9 2 least 4-6. Armed with the information, Cohen ♠ 10 ♦ 10 9 4 ♦ J 8 6 5 decided that East’s pattern was 2=1=5=6. ♥ AK 7 ♣ K 10 8 ♣ 72 After ruffing the return of the ♣K, this was ♦ A J 8 5 4 ♠ 7 the position: ♣ K 10 6 2 ♥ K Q ♠ Q 10 2 West North East South ♦ A K Q 7 3 ♥ —- Oshlag Balicki Lindop Zmudzinski ♣ Q J 9 5 3 ♦ J 8 6 ♦ Pass Pass Pass 1 North South ♣ 9 8 ♠ ♠ ♣ 1 Dbl 2 3 Pass 1♦ ♠ ♥ Pass 3 Pass 4 1♠ 3♣ ♠ K 9 5 4 ♣ Pass 5 All Pass 3♥ 3NT ♥ J 7 6 4 ♠ Oshalg led the K (which denied the ace) and Pass ♦ —- continued with a low spade to partner’s 9. Oshlag decided to lead a spade, but which ♣ —- Zmudzinski, playing in a Moysian 4–3 fit, had to one? He led the ♠J, the killer. Zmudzinski put up Is there any way —- assuming the inferential make an instant decision —- should he reduce his dummy’s ace and led a heart to the queen and ace. count we have on the deal is correct —- to score hand to three trumps by ruffing? That’s what he Oshlag continued the attack on spades, leading the three spade tricks? Yes —- if East (who we decided to do. 9. Declarer covered with the 10 and Lindop with believe has two spades) has the doubleton jack. Declarer led a diamond and finessed the 10. It the queen. He switched to a diamond, won with No other holding will provide us with the extra ♦ worked. He took the K and came back to his the queen, and declarer finessed successfully in trick. So, Cohen played a low spade to the queen, ♥ hand with the A. He switched back to diamonds, clubs. He returned to his hand with the ♣J and set which held, and a low spade from dummy as East and when Oshlag played the queen, Zmudzinsky up the suit by giving up a club to Oshlag. produced the jack. The full layout: ruffed with the ace. Then he cashed the trump Once again, Oshlag led a spade, and his queen, and finessed the 10. That was 11 tricks. earlier high leads paid off —- Lindop was able to Oshlag turned the tables on this deal where he score both his 6 and his king to set the contract.

MIXED B-A-M TEAMS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS M K 1 David Yang, Chicago IL; Melody Bi, West Warwick RI; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA; Pinpin Deng, Hackettstown NJ 20.00 2 Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Joel Wooldridge, Williamsville NY; John Hurd, New York NY; Jenny Wolpert, Singer Island FL; Sylvie Willard, Paris France 18.50 3/4 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Jill Levin - Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 17.00 3/4 Howard Miller, Chesapeake VA; Kaye Krebs, Virginia Beach VA; H Joel Weintraub, Norfolk VA; Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL 17.00 5 Edith Sacks, New York NY; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Dl Rey CA 16.00 6 Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA; Martha Katz, Hinsdale IL; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY; Bob Drijver, Tilburg Netherlands; Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD 15.00 7/12 Peter Boyd - Ellen Klosson, Darnestown MD; William Cole - Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 14.50 7/12 Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Linda Perlman, Lake Park FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Jaggy Shivdasani - Roy Welland, New York NY 14.50 7/12 Candace Griffey - Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL; James Spike Lay - Marilyn Garcia, Daytona Beach FL; Sharon Gerstman, Buffalo NY 14.50 7/12 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Frederick Allenspach, Plantation FL; Janet Lee, McLean VA 14.50 7/12 Karen Walker, Champaign IL; Tom Kniest, University City MO; Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC; Simon Kantor, Agawam MA 14.50 7/12 Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ; Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Barbara Wallace - Harry Tudor, Miami FL 14.50 13 Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA; Pat Thomas, Salinas CA; Jacqueline Sincoff - Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO 14.00 SECTIONS L J 1 Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Beverly Gardner, Farmington Hls MI; Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI; Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI 17.00 2/3 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Nancy Kalow, New York NY; Ron Feldman, Redondo Beach CA; John Jones, Hacienda Hgts CA; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 16.50 2/3 William Zane, Woodbridge VA; Lucy McCoy, Annandale VA; Barbara Ames, Bethesda MD; Ralph Hoffman, Lake Forest IL; Jeffrey Miller - Maribeth Miller, Naperville IL 16.50 4 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 16.00 5/7 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC; David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA; Margot Hennings - Donald Hennings, Annandale VA 15.50 5/7 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, Spring TX; JoAnn Sprung - Danny Sprung, Philadelphia PA 15.50 5/7 Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA; Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD; Susan Picus, New York NY 15.50 8 Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA; Lee De Simone, Paso Robles CA; Lynn Johannesen - Dale Johannesen, Saratoga CA 15.00 9/10 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Richard Coren, Delray Beach FL 14.50 9/10 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Susan Wexler, New York NY; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 14.50 11/13 Gaylor Kasle - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Nancy Passell, Plano TX; P Drew Cannell, Dol-D-Ormeaux QC 14.00 11/13 Rita Ellington, Traverse City MI; Robert Morris, Houston TX; John Gassenheimer - Jill Fisch, Wynnewood PA 14.00 11/13 Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC; Gavin Wolpert, Singer Island FL; Daniela von Arnim, D-68766 Hockenh Germany; Benedicti Cronier - Philippe Cronier, Paris France 14.00 SECTIONS Z Y 1 Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Brian Glubok - Jimmy Rosenbloom, New York NY; Brenda Bryant, Ferndale MI 19.00 2 Phyllis Quinn, Cortlandt Manor NY; Daniel Boye, Victor NY; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Douglas Ross, Rochester NY 16.50 3/4 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Victor King, Hartford CT; Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 16.00 3/4 Robert Klein - Jennifer Jones, Santa Rosa CA; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD; Mickie Kivel, Potomac Falls VA 16.00 5 Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Randi Montin, Napa CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA 15.50 6/7 Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT 15.00 6/7 Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Susan Culham - Maurice De La Salle - K Fung, Edmonton AB; Waldemar Frukacz, Gloucester ON 15.00 8/10 Carol Clifford - James Clifford Jr, Miami FL; G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Craig Huston, Portland OR 14.50 8/10 Lucy Tredennick, San Pedro CA; Laurie Shapka, Red Deer AB; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; B Horiguchi, Gardena CA 14.50 8/10 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Barre VT; Brian Gunnell, St Augustine FL; John Brady, Jacksonville FL 14.50 11/12 Robert Sartorius - Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Janet Robertson, Timonium MD; Ron Haack, New York NY; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 14.00 11/12 David Better, Doylestown PA; Daisy Goecker, Yardley PA; Vincent Civale - Patricia Civale, Trenton NJ 14.00 Page 20 Daily Bulletin

NABC FAST PAIRS SECOND QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G EAST-WEST 1 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Ira Chorush, Houston TX 62.31% 1 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL 63.62% 2 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 61.69% 2 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 60.69% 3 David Caprera, Denver CO; R Jay Becker, New York NY 57.15% 3 Mel Colchamiro, Amityville NY; Richard Budd, Portland ME 56.46% 4 John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Lawrence Harding, Hampstead NC 56.31% 4 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; Naveed Ather, Oakville ON 56.38% 5 John Swanson Jr, Mission Viejo CA; Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA 56.15% 5 Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach VA; Ron Sukoneck, Wilmington NC 56.15% 6 Jeffrey Smith - David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 56.00% 6/7 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; P Waldman, Dix Hills NY 53.92% 7 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 54.23% 6/7 Seth Cohen, Stamford CT; Richard Gertner, Ossining NY 53.92% 8 Yvonne Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Unionville ON 53.92% 8/9 Dean Panagopoulos, Lynn MA; Walter Fontaine, North Providenc RI 52.77% 9 Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 53.85% 8/9 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 52.77% 10 Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Charles Lipman, Dunwoody GA 53.46% 10 Barbara Doran - Eric Landau, Silver Spring MD 52.15% 11 Faye Parsons, Saratoga CA; Arlene Levy, Menlo Park CA 53.23% 11 Susan McQuillan, Pittsburgh PA; Steven Schwarzwaelder, Sewickley PA 51.15% 12 Deepak Khanna - Susan Khanna, Shillington PA 53.08% 12/14 Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; David Schulman, Atlanta GA 51.00% 13/14 Glen Okui, Memphis TN; Brian Cummins, Arlington TN 52.46% 12/14 Don Lussky, Elmhurst IL; Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 51.00% 13/14 Reha Gur - Muffie Gur, Leonardo NJ 52.46% 12/14 Andrew Firko, Oakville ON; Wendy Dooley, Mississauga ON 51.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS Q R EAST-WEST 1 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; H Hunt, Charlotte NC 61.23% 1 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 59.69% 2 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 59.15% 2 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; John Moffat, Bellingham WA 57.00% 3 Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; David Milton, Herndon VA 58.46% 3 Bonnie Britton, Staten Island NY; Peter Latkany, Brooklyn NY 56.92% 4 Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; Marvin Deneroff, North Bergen NJ 57.77% 4 Jack Goodykoontz - Vicki Goodykoontz, Morgantown WV 56.46% 5 Justin Lall, New York NY; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 56.38% 5 Valerie Westheimer, New York NY; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL 55.85% 6 Alex Lovejoy, Stanford CA; Jonathan Bittner, Cambridge MA 54.77% 6 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 55.69% 7 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; Jan Popiel, Lexington MA 54.54% 7 Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Hailong Ao, Herndon VA 55.08% 8 David Metcalf, Newton MA; Henry Wong, Long Isl City NY 54.46% 8 Jody Castillo - Dale Shepherd, Lexington VA 54.62% 9 William Wilson, Centreville MD; Jane Shaw, Hanover PA 54.38% 9 Eileen Theimer, Olney MD; Shou-Ling Wang, Bethesda MD 54.23% 10 Bette Meers-O’Hara - Michael O’Hara, San Francisco CA 54.31% 10/11 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 53.31% 11 Kassie Munoz - Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY 54.15% 10/11 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 53.31% 12 Frank Treiber III, Cincinnati OH; Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH 52.85% 12 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 53.00% 13 Carol Dalzell, FL; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 52.77% 13/14 David Idleman, Odenton MD; Linda Smith, Annapolis MD 52.77% 13/14 Marijan Word - Bob Ayers, Covington GA 52.77% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I P EAST-WEST 1 Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; Edward Wojewoda, Clovis CA 59.46% 1 Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 61.92% 2 Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA 59.15% 2 Franco Baseggio, New York NY; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 61.77% 3 Ira Ewen, New York NY; David Gurvich, Brooklyn NY 58.76% 3 Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV; Martin Caley, Montreal QC 59.69% 4 Reanette Frobouck, Vero Beach FL; Allan Graves, Barnet VT 57.46% 4 Anil Padhye, Mumbay India; Raju Tolani, Thane India 59.62% 5 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 55.77% 5 Bruce Reeve - Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 59.54% 6 Warren Rosner, White Plains NY; Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL 55.38% 6 Stephen Castellino, Fremont CA; Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA 58.15% 7 Michael Richey, Springfield VA; Leon Letwin, Washington DC 55.00% 7 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 57.69% 8 Ruth-Anne Mazer - Allan Mazer, Towson MD 54.69% 8 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 56.92% 9 Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA; Gila Guttmann, Boca Raton FL 54.38% 9 Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD; Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA 56.54% 10 Michael Prahin, Irvington NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 54.15% 10 Diane Travis - Joseph Muenks, Cincinnati OH 55.62% 11 Robert White, Raleigh NC; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 53.77% 11 Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA 53.69% 12 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Donald Blum, Atlanta GA 53.69% 12 James Priebe - Joan Priebe, Mississauga ON 52.00% 13 Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; Bruce Houston, Mc Lean VA 53.08% 13 Winthrop Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York NY 51.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS YYY ZZZ EAST-WEST 1 Prahalad Rajkumar, Riverdale MD; Raghavendra Rajkumar, Charlottesville VA 63.92% 1 John Hodges, Sunnyvale CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 65.00% 2 Mildred Breed, Austin TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX 59.00% 2 Kent Hartman, San Diego CA; Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC 63.85% 3 Irina Ladyzhensky - Alexander Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 58.92% 3 Daniele Allouche-Gaviard - Chtherine D’Ovidio, 58.23% 4 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Ramratnam Krishnan, Newport NJ 58.46% 4 Jennifer Swimmer, Toronto ON; Martin Hunter, Mississauga ON 56.85% 5 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Michael Massimilla, Syosset NY 57.15% 5 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 56.31% 6 Michael Moss, New York NY; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 56.85% 6 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 56.23% 7 Mike Graham, Ann Arbor MI; Michael Crane, Canton MI 56.46% 7 Joan Asheroff, Melville NY; David Paull, East Meadow NY 55.31% 8 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 54.46% 8/9 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA 54.23% 9 Owen Lynch, Huntsville AL; Patrick Williams, Greenbrier TN 54.31% 8/9 David Chechelashvili, San Diego CA; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 54.23% 10 Jayne Thomas, Lutz FL; Raymond Raskin, King of Prussia PA 53.92% 10/11 Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY; Greg McKellar, Kingston ON 51.85% 11 Andy Kaufman, Smyrna DE; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY 53.62% 10/11 Mark Kotlarsky, Laurel MD; Swapan Sen, Pfafftown NC 51.85% 12 Jerry Keller - Jane Thurman, Laurel MD 52.92% 12 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA 50.77% 13 Rick Schoenfield, Westchester IL; Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL 51.69% 13 William Perry, Riverview FL; Carmon Lee Woodley, Niceville FL 50.62%

LAMBDA BRIDGE CLUB SIDE 4 OF 6 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KK EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Dick Wilson - Marilyn Goldman, Rochester NY 57.05% 1 1 1 Robert Krueger - Priscilla Krueger, Laurel MD 64.90% 2 Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 56.57% 2 2 2 Mirsad Mujezinovic, Silver Spring MD; Namik Haveric, Chevy Chase MD 62.50% 3 Dora Kay Grubb, Fairmont WV; Byron Hill, Charleston WV 53.04% 3 Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, Gallup NM 61.22% 4 1 Tom Moore - Dorothy Moore, Keller TX 52.72% 4 Andrea Hayman - Alan Hayman, New York NY 52.72% 5 2 1 Iris Davenport - Peter Maurice, London ON 52.56% 5 Doug Herron - Bill Begert, New York NY 52.24% 6 Cynthia Schneider, East Brunswick NJ; Rebecca Schneider, Desert Hot Sprg CA 52.40% 6 3 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; William Hoge, Olathe KS 51.92% 3 2 Joe Hertz, Sterling VA; Jason Stewart, Arlington VA 51.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Burrell Humphreys, Wayne NJ; Eli Schneider, East Brunswick NJ 59.62% 1 Linda Haft - Jack Greenberg, New York NY 68.11% 2/3 David Rogers, Southern Pines NC; Molly O’Neill, Ft Lauderdale FL 58.49% 2 1 Todd Fisher, Chicago IL; Barry Passer, Newfield NY 60.42% 2/3 1 Michael Myers, Ottawa ON; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 58.49% 3 Ellyn Batko, Deerfield IL; John Russell, North Barringto IL 59.94% 4 2 1 Edward Sutcliffe, Sonoma CA; Melvin Lauderdale, Washington DC 57.37% 4 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Sean Gannon, Atlanta GA 59.46% 5 3 Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; Mary Skavaril, Columbus OH 56.89% 5 2 Anna Dosseva, Pickering ON; Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON 56.25% 6 Cathy Hildebrand, Williamsburg VA; Stan Chow, San Francisco CA 52.72% 6 3 1 Daryl Drew, Crystal River FL; Francesco Parisi-Presicce, Springfield VA 53.53% 4 2 Jim Canty, Berkeley CA; Gretchen Smith, Piedmont CA 51.76% 4 Susan Bass, Chicago IL; Joyce Joseph, Glencoe IL 51.12% 2 Jonathan Siegel - Malcolm Stewart, Washington DC 45.83%

OPEN PAIRS THURSDAY EVENING 2OF 2 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AA EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Jeffry Parker, Reisterstown MD; Tanya Rodich, Gwynn Oak MD 62.99% 1 1 John Langer, Santa Clarita CA; S Graham Kelly, Hudson OH 60.10% 2 Allen Hawkins Jr - Mark Jones, Birmingham AL 62.47% 2 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Neil Montague, Swampscott MA 59.52% 3 Rava Giguere, Bryans Road MD; Victoria Selph, Mt Victoria MD 58.21% 3 Sandy McCay, Chapel Hill NC; Susan Winkler, Wake Forest NC 59.10% 4 1 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Polly Schoning, Manhattan KS 55.17% 4 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Jerry Fong, Marianna AR 57.97% 5 2 1 Rudi Nadler - Radu Ariton, Staten Island NY 55.10% 5/6 Joseph Markus, Upperville VA; Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL 51.88% 6 David Siebert - Jane Dickey, Little Rock AR 54.37% 5/6 Alice Rouse, Virginia Beach VA; Mike Spooner, Glen Allen VA 51.88% 3 2 Bruce King - Jane King, Athens GA 50.12% 2 Sharon Teitel - Lawrence Teitel, Scottsdale AZ 48.76% 3 Robert Edwards, Glen Burnie MD; Marnell McCarthy, W Reading PA 47.44% 4 1 G Keith Freeman - Virginia Sykes, Pinole CA 46.23% 2 Clay Dahl, Etobicoke ON; Rick Jenkins, Toronto ON 44.67% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BB EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Paul Siegelman, North Baldwin NY; Bart Cirker, Manhassett NY 65.87% 1 1 1 Paul Hattis, Newton MA; Steven Fox, Kensington MD 62.50% 2 Wes Goldberg, Owings Mills MD; John Christensen, Baltimore MD 60.90% 2 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 57.53% 3 2 1 Michael Schuller, Belle Mead NJ; David Wampler, Bowie MD 57.05% 3 Andrew Tylman, Toronto ON; Adam Weisz-Margules, Thornhill ON 57.21% 4 3 Rick Bobrow, Naples FL; James Musumeci, Carbondale IL 56.57% 4/5 Nie Lih Kalat, White Plains NY; Edward Spear, Bangor ME 53.53% 5 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Gladys Collier, East Hampton NY 53.37% 4/5 2 Yuandong Ren, Burnaby BC; Jack Lee, Richmond BC 53.53% 6 4 Chris Moore - Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 51.12% 6 3 Norma Bozzini, San Mateo CA; Darlene Mayhew, Castro Valley CA 52.56% 2 Regina Beatus - Ruth Nichols, Salisbury MD 45.83% 4 2 Thomas Reckford, Washington DC; Behnaz Fardshisheh, Potomac MD 50.48% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CC EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Drew Becker - Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 63.78% 1 1 1 Herbert Rogall, Maplewood NJ; Gary Blauth, Glen Ridge NJ 59.94% 2 Stephen Schneer, Croton Hdsn NY; Michael Gore, Brooklyn NY 60.26% 2 Mary Gorkin, Baldwinsville NY; Susan Cohen, Boca Raton FL 56.09% 3 2 Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Arlington TX; Virginia Sherman, Dallas TX 59.94% 3 Sheila Latus - Rex Latus, Escondido CA 55.61% 4 3 1 Patrick Thompson, New York NY; Sulaiman Ghaussy, Fairfax VA 55.77% 4 John Morgan, Navan ON; David Jones, Orleans ON 53.53% 5 4 Carleton Herrick, Frederick MD; Ronald Clawson, Kearneysville WV 54.65% 5 2 Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD; Margie Coccodrilli, Rockville MD 52.72% 6 Ellie Fox, Fort Myers FL; Norman Cannon, North Ft Myers FL 54.33% 6 3 J Smuck, Accokeek MD; Adelaide Schultze, Rehoboth Bch DE 51.92% 2 Robert Forster - Jonathan Ullman, New York NY 51.12% 4 Patricia Foutz, Christianburg VA; Robert Schulman, Blacksburg VA 51.12% 2 Patrick Drake, Philadephia PA; Lucille Schlack, Wyndmoor PA 49.04% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DD EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Elaine Weintraub - Arlyne Shockman, Philadelphia PA 60.74% 1 1 Ron MacDonald - John Cook, Toronto ON 61.70% 2/3 Carolyn Sessler, Waltham MA; Sally Strul, Delray Beach FL 58.97% 2 Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT; Ram Hira, North Vancouver BC 59.94% 2/3 Dale Dermer - Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 58.97% 3 Shaleen Baze - Susan Davis, Marietta GA 58.81% 4 Carole Weinstein, Acton MA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 53.53% 4 Glen Meeden, Saint Paul MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 56.89% 5 2 Richard Redfield, Laurel MD; Michael Deverin, Bowie MD 53.04% 5 Debnarayan Dhar, Oak Hill VA; Dhirendra Ghosh, Mc Lean VA 55.45% 6 Dick Kemmerer, Peoria IL; Val Jakubowitch, Henderson NY 51.76% 6 2 Judy Bates - Judith Clark, Virginia Beach VA 53.69% 3 1 Linda Hartt, Westmount QC; Bruce Eisen, Newton MA 49.36% 3 1 George Mann III - George Mann Jr, Kinnelon NJ 50.00% 4 2 Bernadine Bonessa - Jane Weiss, Pittsburgh PA 48.72% 4 2 Fran Smith, Glen Ellyn IL; Pat Lonergan, Vienna VA 48.24%

THURSDAY EVENING 100/200/300 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Yetta Bregman - Bea Eisen, Toronto ON 62.08% 1 1 Yuan Chen, Toronto ON; Melissa Luo, North York ON 59.17% 2/3 1/2 1/2 Steven Spaeth - George Hooley, Silver Spring MD 53.33% 2 Richard Lassow, Robbinsdale MN; Keith Dailey, Bowie MD 58.75% 2/3 1/2 1/2 Steven Nesseler, Silver Spring MD; Steve Graves, Olney MD 53.33% 3 2 Alan Walter, Gaithersburg MD; Shyamalendu Pal, Silver Spring MD 57.50% 3 Ken Weems, Crofton MD; Timothy Bezanson, Falls Church VA 53.75% 1 Sam Litovsky, Cote St Luc QC; Bernadette Merceron, Washington DC 48.75% 2 Eileen Zefting, Palo Alto CA; Carol Kemper, Portola Valley CA 48.33% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Diane Storey, Westport CT; Donna Bauman, Weston CT 59.94% 1 Luigi Calicchia, Farmington UT; Robert Poriss, South Ogden UT 61.01% 2 1 Judith Heit, McLean VA; Amelia Montjoy, Washington DC 59.01% 2 1 1 Albert Stolpe, Fairfax VA; Andrea Stanley-Miller, Arlington VA 56.08% 3 Anne Knott - Sally Knight, Houston TX 53.70% 3 2 2 James Connor, Fairfax Station VA; James Callender, Springfield VA 53.74% 4 2 1 Eva Vorndran, Great Falls VA; Victoria Miller, Chevy Chase MD 53.65% 4 3 Janine Corwin, Brookline MA; Robin Sanders, New York NY 53.29% 3 John Currie, Toronto ON; Ann Brewster, Rochester NY 50.85% 2 Jeffrey Caplan, Bethesda MD; Julie Connor, Washington DC 49.62% Daily Bulletin Page 21

THURSDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Albert Stolpe, Fairfax VA; Andrea Stanley-Miller, Arlington VA 64.88% 1 Jerry Nolte - Elizabeth Nolte, Oak Hill VA 61.31% 2 2 2 Robert Staiman, Springfield VA; Alexander Shafer, Burke VA 57.74% 2 Arun Guha, Silver Spring MD; Larry Wallace, Chevy Chase MD 60.12% 3 3 Charles Allport - Sandra Allport, Annandale VA 54.17% 3 1 1 Annette Schultz - Natalie Gibbs, Norwalk CT 53.57% 4 Bea Eisen - Yetta Bregman, Toronto ON 52.08% 4 2 2 Marty Schindler, Jupiter FL; Richard Moss, Rockville MD 50.89% 3 Susan Dunnells, West Islip NY; Beverly Lefkowitz, Mount Sinai NY 48.81% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Sandra White - Mary Ann Morrow, Fairport NY 60.80% 1 James Scheirer - Mary Ann Scheirer, Princeton NJ 66.07% 2 Sue Holbert, Evanston IL; Loretta Westler, Philadelphia PA 60.25% 2 Wesley Gray - Elizabeth Gray, Grasonville MD 57.91% 3 Richard Lassow, Robbinsdale MN; Keith Dailey, Bowie MD 54.46% 3 Jane Grewcock - Sue Rogers, Summit NJ 55.14% 4 2 1 Carole Frederick, Stevensville MD; Robin Cottmeyer, Annapolis MD 53.27% 4 1 W Karl Van Newkirk, Arlington VA; Virginia Gibbons, Alexandria VA 55.10% 2 Allan Trynz - Teri Trynz, Hawley PA 48.73% 1 Donald Johnson, Boonsboro MD; Richard Jentsch, Hagerstown MD 47.02% 2 Aliske Webb, Kelowna BC; Susan Wiggill, Weston MA 43.41%

THURSDAY AFTERNOON 5/20/50 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Linda Griffith, Potomac Falls VA; Rosemary McDonald, Reston VA 55.13% 1 1 1 Gay Pirozzi - Maree Webster, Washington DC 59.22% 2 Elizabeth Gompels, Newton MA; Janine Corwin, Brookline MA 54.82% 2 Carol Webster - Duane Webster, Potomac MD 57.83% 3 2 Gayle Hardy, Pelahm NY; Florence Isaacs, New York NY 54.73% 3 2 Deidre Sacks, Bethesda MD; Linda Wallner, New York NY 52.37% 1 Mari;yn Courtot, Bethesda MD; Jinane Tabbara, Potomac MD 49.82%

NATIONAL 199ER PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST 1 Suzie Britton - Marianne Hammer, Cape Coral FL 58.63% 1 Mary Evangelisto - Carl Pfeiffer, Holland PA 57.44% 2 Alexander Frey - Helen Frey, Oceanside CA 58.04% 2 M. David Jackson - William Hohe, Alexandria VA 56.55% 3 Martha Buell - Peggy Barron, Williamsburg VA 55.36% 3 Maureen Duke, Suffolk VA; Richard Bobilin, Fonda NY 53.27% 4 Mark Sumner, San Francisco CA; Jeff Campbell, Jackson CA 54.17% 4 Margaret Matheson - Robert Matheson, Glen Allen VA 52.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST 1 Nick Trobovic, Belmar NJ; Richard Malus, Leonardo NJ 62.80% 1 John Menzel - Robert Hollohan, Arlington VA 61.31% 2 Richard Banks - Ella Banks, Tampa FL 56.85% 2 Phyllis Isler - Morton Isler, Alexandria VA 55.36% 3 Christine Brooks, Ashburn VA; Helen(Susie) Tinney, Leesburg VA 51.79% 3 Rachelle Sladoff, Washington DC; Rochelle Hilton, Arlington VA 52.98% 4 Valerie Vaughan - Martin Deneroff, New York NY 51.49% 4 Jim Lucas - Nelle Lucas, Idaho Falls ID 50.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST 1 Andrew Rodriguez, Annandale VA; Stephen Drodge, McLean VA 65.18% 1 Kenneth Marshall, Winchester VA; Roy Robson, Arlington VA 61.01% 2 Gary Hinson, Springfield VA; Bruce Kasold, Alexandria VA 57.14% 2 Theresa Choma, Wyckoff NJ; Nancy Koeller, Franklin Lakes NJ 55.95% 3 Erika Emery - Jerome Gumbiner, Washington DC 53.27% 3 Byron Daudelin, York PA; Sue Brocklebank, Seven Valleys PA 54.46% 4 Pamela Hughes, Bend OR; Tony Ames II, Minnetonka MN 51.79% 4 Gail Ginsburgh, Bethesda MD; Ruth Johnson, Naples FL 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST 1 Kathryn Luft, Yorba Linda CA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 60.71% 1 James Storch, Herroin IL; Marilyn Storch, Herrin IL 58.04% 2 Jan Woolfrey - Allen Woolfrey, Mississauga ON 58.93% 2 John Gerretsen - Assunta Gerretsen, Kingston ON 56.55% 3 Mary Levine - Joan Talley, Chattanooga TN 55.06% 3 Barry Dehlin, Dresher PA; Frank Aftowicz, Novato CA 56.25% 4 Doris Franklin - Louise Hellwig, Baltimore MD 52.98% 4 Patricia Mitchell, Washington DC; Mae Beuchert, Bethesda MD 55.36%

LAMBDA BRIDGE CLUB SIDE GAME THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Margo Sinclair, New York NY; Valentin Kovachev, Stony Brook NY 59.62% 1 1 Anita Gutschick - Carl Gutschick, Arnold MD 60.58% 2 1 Carol Willner, Larchmont NY; Gloria Pilot, New York NY 58.65% 2 Bruce Thiher, Minneapolis MN; Samuel Lichtenstein, Belmont MA 57.37% 3 2 1 Jonathan Harvey - Arleen Harvey, Riverside CA 57.37% 3 2 1 Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL; William Drake, Minneapolis MN 53.53% 4 3 2 Gayle Davis, Haverford PA; Linda Schanz, Las Vegas NV 56.25% 4 Julian Wernick - Liam Johnstone, Birmingham England 53.04% 5 4 Alan Korpi, Wellesley MA; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA 55.13% 5 3 Susan Santisi, Boca Raton FL; Norman Segal, Deerfield IL 51.60% 6 Guy Ross, Ltl Switzerland NC; B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC 54.81% 6 4 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; John Wang, Beltsville MD 51.44% 2 Colleen Bicket, Edmond OK; Dorothy Moore, Keller TX 50.48% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NN EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 K Chandramouli, Washington DC; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 64.90% 1 1 1 C. Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; John Marriott III, Cary NC 65.22% 2 Maeve Lucey - James Greer, New Canaan CT 59.62% 2 Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Jori Grossack, Waban MA 62.98% 3 1 Victoria Vallone, Macomb MI; Ruth Zowader, Madison NJ 53.69% 3 2 Jane De Briyn, Easton MD; Jane Friend, Washington DC 54.81% 4 2 Kathleen Miller, Kennett Square PA; Eunice Patton, Bloomington IL 52.72% 4 3 2 Philip Smith, Portland ME; Andres Doernberg, Washington DC 53.69% 5 Joyce Pearson, Framingham MA; Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 50.64% 5 Douglas Durst, Katonah NY; James Sampson, New York NY 53.37% 6/7 3 1 Susan Brawn - Edwin Brawn, McLean VA 50.32% 6 4 Farideh Makhzani, Centreville VA; Francine Donahue, Arlington VA 49.36% 6/7 Joyce Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 50.32% 4 Amy Blecher - Judy Soley, Scarsdale NY 48.72% 2 Beth Wisinski, Washington DC; Kay Miller, US 48.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Elizabeth King - Robert King, Jackson NJ 60.19% 1 1 Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD; Carol Mumma, Elkridge MD 60.65% 2 Doug Herron - Andrea Hayman, New York NY 57.64% 2 Isabella De Andrade, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; Stanley Barg, Washington DC 57.41% 3 1 Michael Abramson - Jack Wu, Montclair NJ 56.02% 3 Ellyn Batko, Deerfield IL; Ronald Kral, Reston VA 56.02% 4 2 1 Louis Lipset - Ronald Goodman, San Francisco CA 54.40% 4 2 Noel Hanford, Rancho Mirage CA; Paul Fried, Monroe Twp NJ 53.01% 5 3 2 Tamera Mowrey, Lincoln NE; Edward Slatcher, Pottstown PA 52.78% 5 3 1 Tucker Marston - Jean Marston, Gates Mills OH 51.16% 4 John Abrenica, Seaford NY; Angelina Fong, Pompton Plains NJ 51.62% 4 Eddie Conner - Robert Knuff, Chambersburg PA 50.93% 2 Cindy Zimmerman - Scott Rosenbush, Morristown NJ 47.69%

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HH EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Harvey Charkatz, Pikesville MD 61.77% 1 1 Robert Scolnick - Doreen Scolnick, Toronto ON 67.88% 2 Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON; Dan McCaw, Toronto ON 56.75% 2 Laurie Rowe, Eugene OR; Cleland Nelson, Murrieta CA 59.71% 3 1 Gordon Markham - Kathy Markham, Sun Lakes AZ 56.66% 3 Carl Nelson - Abigail Nichols, Washington DC 57.88% 4 Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 55.36% 4 Rochelle Djmal, Neptune NJ; Sonia Kaplan, Tinton Falls NJ 53.70% 5 2 Samuel McMillan Jr - Wesley Jones, Jr, Arlington VA 54.97% 5 2 1 Marie Berard, Beltsville MD; Michael Berard, Glenn Dale MD 52.88% 6 John Ashe, Fairfax VA; Jean Levin, Springfield VA 52.19% 6 William Allison, Decatur GA; Charles Galloway, Thornhill ON 51.84% 7 3 Janie Strauss, Northbrook IL; Judy Isenberg, Highland Park IL 51.45% 7 3 2 Jonathan Siegel - Albert Lauber, Washington DC 49.97% 4 1 Can Savasman - Joav Steinbach, Rockville MD 50.50% 4 Steven Forsythe - Sandra Forsythe, Beavercreek OH 49.79% 2 Mary Giannella, Wayne NJ; Barbara Fingerhut, Clifton NJ 48.59% 5 3 Daniel Finn, Clarksville MD; Morton Friedman, Lanham MD 48.26% 3 Amy Bloom - Alfred Liepold, Silver Spring MD 47.27% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION II EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Buddy Hano - Joann Hano, York PA 59.09% 1 1 1 Anne Derbes - Robert Schwab, Bethesda MD 62.12% 2 Enid Hughes - Peter Hughes, Alexandria VA 57.58% 2 2 2 Betty Vonseggern, Dunnellon FL; Jean Murphy, Key Largo FL 60.23% 3 Jesus Arias - Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 57.20% 3 Jean Boettcher - Steven Gaynor, Minneapolis MN 57.01% 4 Gail Dupree, Cary NC; Ann Lockhart, New Bern NC 56.25% 4 Isadore Sharp - Rosalie Sharp, Toronto ON 55.68% 5 William Coyle, Glaasgow UK; Catherine Teltscher, London UK 55.87% 5/6 3 Richard Treu - Ruth Treu, Endicott NY 55.11% 6 Barbara Kirtley, Ridgefield CT; Sally Kirtley, North Granby CT 53.98% 5/6 Rosalyn Silverstein - Philip Silverstein, Bronx NY 55.11% 7 1 K Stanbury - Deanne Dennison, Woodbridge ON 49.81% 7 4 Sandra Rosenblum, Tampa FL; Alice Harper, Winter Park FL 53.79% 2 1 Carolyn Becraft, Burke VA; Nancy Loomis, Annandale VA 49.43% 5 3 Douglas Fox, Oak Hill VA; Larry Moran, Bowie MD 53.60% 3 2 Marina Kotch, Centreville VA; Nadia Potter, Falls Church VA 49.24% 4 Barbara Israel - Frederick Mueller, Columbia MD 47.35% 3 Kimmie Fulweiler - Mary Jane Elliott, Wilmington DE 45.64% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Marjorie Gazzola - Edward Gofreed, Arlington VA 60.23% 1 1 1 Winnie Yonkers - Tsung Lee, Silver Spring MD 64.02% 2 Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH; Georgette King, Miami Beach FL 57.77% 2 2 Jordan Leibman - Joan Leibman, Indianapolis IN 56.82% 3 1 Salam Saidi, Falls Church VA; Kamel Tabbara, Potomac MD 56.82% 3/4 3 Melvin Lechner, Boca Raton FL; Alan Lechner, New York NY 54.92% 4 2 1 Carl Jeschke, Ellicott City MD; Bill Brundick, Stewartstown PA 56.25% 3/4 Gerri Soffa Carlson, Ranch Pls Vrd CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 54.92% 5 3 2 Robert Klopp, New Haven CT; Robert Hawes, Hamden CT 53.79% 5 4 2 Michael Gottesman, Falls Church VA; Silas Wasserstrom, Washington DC 53.79% 6 4 3 Rise Vogel, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Dennis Glazer, Bronxville NY 53.60% 6 5 Rena Rutstein, Bethesda MD; Jerry Pruzan, N Bethesda MD 52.84% 5 Eileen Small, Irvine CA; Sydney Stephan, Corona Del Mar CA 50.57% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KK EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Andrew Gabrilovitch, Mc Lean VA; Donald Geerhart, Springfield VA 63.64% 1 1 1 Justin Beck, Millbrae CA; Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA 72.73% 2 Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 59.85% 2 2 Roy Perry, St. John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE 58.33% 3 1 1 David Desjardins, Blue Ridge Sm PA; Howard Leatherwood, Bowie MD 54.55% 3 Charles Maplethorpe, Washington DC; Lowell Sawyer, Occoquan VA 56.82% 4 Robert Hollow, Madoc ON; Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON 53.03% 4 Bill Wick Jr, Port Royal VA; Barbara McCallon, Saint Augustine FL 53.60% 5 2 Dee Wilson - Nancy Wilson, Des Moines IA 52.84% 5 3 2 Clinton Gorsuch, Rowland Heights CA; Scott Gorsuch, Oakland CA 53.41% 6 3 2 Stephanie Frank, Belpre OH; Evelyn Goudy, Vienna WV 52.27% 6 Theodore Spak - Jody Ledford, Miami FL 53.03% 4 3 Ben Allen, Alexandria VA; Benjamin Allen, Culpeper VA 51.14% 4 Carol Carlson, Land O Lakes FL; Bob Blodgett, Morningside MD 51.70% 5 Brady Hixson, Salt Lake Cty UT; Steven Towner, Salt Lake City UT 50.76% 5 Walter Smith Jr - James Beller, Washington DC 49.05%

NABC FAST PAIRS FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I P EAST-WEST 1 Franco Baseggio, New York NY; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 62.15% 1 Sven Pride, Dulles VA; James Geist, Olney MD 62.62% 2 Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 58.69% 2 Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; Bruce Houston, Mc Lean VA 57.85% 3 Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY; George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA 57.62% 3 Robert White, Raleigh NC; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 56.77% 4 Bruce Reeve - Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 57.31% 4 Gary Westfall, Brampton ON; Ringo Chung, Mississauga ON 55.62% 5 Winthrop Allegaert - Judith Bianco, New York NY 56.31% 5 Ralph Tamlyn, Larchmont NY; Ernest Napier, Brooklyn NY 55.54% 6 Anil Padhye, Mumbay India; Raju Tolani, Thane India 55.62% 6 Warren Rosner, White Plains NY; Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL 55.38% 7 Stephen Lightman, Memphis TN; Bob Lyon, Indianapolis IN 55.08% 7 Roman Klein, Oakville ON; Ronald Sutherland, Mississauga ON 54.69% 8 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 54.15% 8 Kathy Benjamin, Arlington MA; Charles Gill, St Petersburg FL 54.31% 9 Sharon Goldman, New York City NY; Melih Ozdil, New York NY 53.77% 9 Ed Lazarus - Richard Baum, Baltimore MD 53.92% 10 John Seng, Champaign IL; Dick Benson, Le Roy IL 53.54% 10 Heather Cutting - Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 53.85% 11/12 Adriana Salinas, Mexico Mexico; Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico 53.23% 11 Michael Klein, Falls Church VA; Stephen Rzewski, South Dennis MA 52.00% 11/12 Andrew Gumperz, Castro Valley CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 53.23% 12 Reanette Frobouck, Vero Beach FL; Allan Graves, Barnet VT 51.85% 13 Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY 52.85% 13 Gail Bell, King of Prussia PA; Gila Guttmann, Boca Raton FL 51.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS EE FF EAST-WEST 1 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 62.92% 1 Blair Seidler, Fair Lawn NJ; Kevin Wilson, Knoxville TN 61.00% 2 Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH; Bernard Fudor, Murrysville PA 62.23% 2 Michael Moss, New York NY; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD 60.85% 3 David Chechelashvili, San Diego CA; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 60.46% 3 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Ramratnam Krishnan, Newport NJ 59.38% 4 Daniel Recht, Cambridge MA; Dana Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 59.38% 4 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Travis Crump, Wyomissing PA 57.46% 5 Ruth Potter, Bethesda MD; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA 57.92% 5 Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Michael Massimilla, Syosset NY 57.08% 6 Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 56.85% 6 Andy Kaufman, Smyrna DE; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY 56.62% 7 Jayne Thomas, Lutz FL; Raymond Raskin, King of Prussia PA 56.23% 7 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Jimmy Pelham, North Baldwin NY 56.15% 8 Herbert Jordan - Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 55.23% 8 Lynn Jones, Timonium MD; Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD 55.46% 9 Kent Hartman, San Diego CA; Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC 54.85% 9 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Surendra Mandava, Saratoga CA 55.00% 10 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Roger Lee, Arcadia CA 54.08% 10 John Paxton, Bozeman MT; Mary Anne D’Alton, New London NH 54.46% 11 John Hodges, Sunnyvale CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 53.31% 11 Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 53.62% 12/14 Melvin Lubart, Hummelstown PA; H Philip Monyer, Middletown PA 52.00% 12 Daryl Drew, Crystal River FL; Francesco Parisi-Presicce, Springfield VA 53.54% 12/14 Jerry Keller - Jane Thurman, Laurel MD 52.00% 13 Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY; Greg McKellar, Kingston ON 52.85% 12/14 Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA; Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA 52.00% Page 22 Daily Bulletin

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H EAST-WEST 1 John Schwartz, Plano TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX 64.54% 1 John Herriot, Los Angeles CA; Lawrence Harding, Hampstead NC 67.46% 2 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 62.92% 2 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 60.46% 3 Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Howard Liu, Naperville IL 61.77% 3 John Cobb Jr, Apex NC; John Marriott Jr, Cary NC 57.54% 4 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; P Waldman, Dix Hills NY 60.38% 4 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Ira Chorush, Houston TX 55.77% 5 Saleh Fetouh, Buffalo NY; Naveed Ather, Oakville ON 60.31% 5 Chester Johnson, Chicago IL; Reginald Chapman, Ft Washington MD 54.69% 6 Brian Schoenfeld, Va Beach VA; Ron Sukoneck, Wilmington NC 58.23% 6 Glen Okui, Memphis TN; Brian Cummins, Arlington TN 54.46% 7 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 56.38% 7 Linda Frank - Alene Friedman, New York NY 54.23% 8 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL 55.38% 8 Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 53.69% 9 Jim Allen, Jr, Gaithersburg MD; Kenneth Kaufman, Derwood MD 54.85% 9 Jeffrey Smith - David Sabourin, Ottawa ON 53.38% 10 Ann Ingram, Silver Spring MD; Mita Banerjee, Bethesda MD 54.00% 10 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 52.77% 11 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Cynthia Hinckley, Guayanabo PR 53.31% 11 John Adams, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 51.85% 12 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Andrew Garnett, Raleigh NC 53.23% 12 Reha Gur - Muffie Gur, Leonardo NJ 51.46% 13 Sharon Meng-Horton, Dade City FL; Rahn Smith, Brandon FL 53.08% 13 Deepak Khanna - Susan Khanna, Shillington PA 51.23% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS Q R EAST-WEST 1 Noble Shore, Darnestown MD; Michael Gill, Columbia MD 64.62% 1 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; H Hunt, Charlotte NC 59.46% 2 Eileen Theimer, Olney MD; Shou-Ling Wang, Bethesda MD 59.92% 2 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; Jan Popiel, Lexington MA 58.54% 3 Claire Tornay - George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL 59.23% 3 Kay Schulle - Gerald Sosler, Purchase NY 58.31% 4 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 58.77% 4 Ellis Feigenbaum, Petah Tikva 493 Israel; Miguel Reygadas, Polanco Mexico 57.85% 5 Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Hailong Ao, Herndon VA 58.69% 5 Gloria Tsoi, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 57.38% 6/7 Geoffrey Mallette - Joe Wallen, Richmond VA 58.23% 6 Frank Treiber III, Cincinnati OH; Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH 57.08% 6/7 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 58.23% 7 Justin Lall, New York NY; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX 56.69% 8 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 54.46% 8 Alex Lovejoy, Stanford CA; Jonathan Bittner, Cambridge MA 56.00% 9 Bonnie Britton, Staten Island NY; Peter Latkany, Brooklyn NY 53.54% 9 Bruce Greenspan, Danvers MA; David Legrow, Eagleville PA 54.31% 10 David Banh, Annandale VA; Ilene Markell, Memphis TN 53.00% 10 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL 54.13% 11 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 52.46% 11 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Robert Bitterman, Oviedo FL 54.08% 12 Anna Dosseva, Pickering ON; Irfan Ashraf, Ajax ON 52.31% 12 Shelly Dunietz - William Begert, New York NY 54.00% 13 Jody Castillo - Dale Shepherd, Lexington VA 51.54% 13 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Shuba Dey, Fairfax VA 53.69%

MIXED B-A-M TEAMS 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS L J 1 Adair Gellman - Vincent Bartone, Ashburn VA; Corinne Kirkham - Jim Kirkham, Leawood KS 18.00 2 Lou Reich - Abby Heitner, Wheaton MD; Roger Stern - Sandra Stern, Chevy Chase MD 17.00 3 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Susan Wexler, New York NY; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo Japan 16.00 4/7 Bep Vriend - Anton Maas, Amstelveen Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, 3024 AM Rotterd Netherlands; Onno Eskes, Leiden Netherlands; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Han Peters, Stony Brook NY 15.50 4/7 James Rasmussen - Pamela Miller, Cambridge MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA; Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA 15.50 4/7 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, Spring TX; JoAnn Sprung - Danny Sprung, Philadelphia PA 15.50 4/7 Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD; Vonnie Lavender, Burke VA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA 15.50 8/9 Cristina Tita, Northville MI; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI; Stephannie Russo, New York NY; Marshall Lewis, Cleveland Hgts OH 14.00 8/9 Carol Hamilton - James Hamilton, Sarasota FL; Mary Lou Denison - Daniel Denison, Solana Beach CA 14.00 10/14 Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Susan Culham - Maurice De La Salle - K Fung, Edmonton AB; Waldemar Frukacz, Gloucester ON 13.50 10/14 Frances Dickman, San Jose CA; Samantha Nystrom, Victoria BC; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 13.50 10/14 Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Barre VT; Brian Gunnell, St Augustine FL; John Brady, Jacksonville FL 13.50 10/14 Ragi El-Hoss - M-Christine El-Hoss, Toronto ON; Saad Dahdouh - Diana Dahdouh, Whitby ON 13.50 10/14 Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Neil Goldstein, New York NY; Allison Howard, Cookeville TN 13.50 SECTIONS M K 1/2 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Jill Levin - Robert Levin, Lake Ariel PA; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 17.50 1/2 Robert Hampton, Blythewood SC; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Joel Wooldridge, Williamsville NY; John Hurd, New York NY; Jenny Wolpert, Singer Island FL; Sylvie Willard, Paris France 17.50 3 Linda Smoak - J Fletcher Smoak, Roanoke VA; Ann Lindley - Alfred Duncker, Alexandria VA 17.00 4 Phyllis Quinn, Cortlandt Manor NY; Daniel Boye, Victor NY; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Douglas Ross, Rochester NY 16.90 5 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Victor King, Hartford CT; Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY 16.50 6/7 Robert Sartorius - Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Janet Robertson, Timonium MD; Ron Haack, New York NY; Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 16.00 6/7 Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin - Anne Rahtjen Hawkes - James Hawkes, Charleston SC 16.00 8/10 Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ; Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT 15.50 8/10 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Frederick Allenspach, Plantation FL; Janet Lee, McLean VA 15.50 8/10 Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL; Sharon Jabbour - Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL; Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL 15.50 11 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL; Nancy Mitchell, Fleming Island FL; Craig Hemphill, Jacksonville FL 15.00 12/14 Howard Miller, Chesapeake VA; Kaye Krebs, Virginia Beach VA; H Joel Weintraub, Norfolk VA; Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL 14.50 12/14 Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ; Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Barbara Wallace - Harry Tudor, Miami FL 14.50 12/14 David Yang, Chicago IL; Melody Bi, West Warwick RI; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA; Pinpin Deng, Hackettstown NJ 14.50 SECTIONS Z Y 1/3 Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Linda Perlman, Lake Park FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA; Jaggy Shivdasani - Roy Welland, New York NY 17.50 1/3 Ira Hessel - Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Keith Garber, Las Vegas NV; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 17.50 1/3 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Nancy Kalow, New York NY; Ron Feldman, Redondo Beach CA; John Jones, Hacienda Hgts CA; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 17.50 4 Alan Myerson - Abby Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA; Phil Schaefer - Nell Schaefer, Los Angeles CA 16.50 5 Rita Ellington, Traverse City MI; Robert Morris, Houston TX; John Gassenheimer - Jill Fisch, Wynnewood PA 16.00 6/10 Robert Liu, Walnut Creek CA; Ming Wang - George Wong - Jun Lu - Jiaan Ying, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; B Li, Shanghai 200052 People’s Republic of China 14.50 6/10 Alan Malloy, Santa Clara CA; Randall Rubinstein, Cincinnati OH; Argenta Price, San Francisco CA; Laura Rassbach, Westminster CO 14.50 6/10 Ron Smith - Linda Smith, Hixson TN; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL; Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL 14.50 6/10 Gaylor Kasle - Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Nancy Passell, Plano TX; P Drew Cannell, Dol-D-Ormeaux QC 14.50 6/10 Dan Hertz - Natalie Hertz, Harrison NY; George Bloomer - Judith Bloomer, Pittsboro NC 14.50 11/12 Peter Boyd - Ellen Klosson, Darnestown MD; William Cole - Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 14.00 11/12 Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA; Martha Katz, Hinsdale IL; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY; Bob Drijver, Tilburg Netherlands; Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD 14.00

STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AA EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 66.03% 1 1 1 Rudi Nadler - Radu Ariton, Staten Island NY 64.26% 2 Ann Raymond, Sarasota FL; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 62.66% 2 2 Yuandong Ren, Burnaby BC; Jack Lee, Richmond BC 60.10% 3 Rava Giguere, Bryans Road MD; Victoria Selph, Mt Victoria MD 53.53% 3 3 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL 59.94% 4 1 Janice Trott, Devonshire Bermuda; James Green, Harrisburg PA 52.24% 4 Allen Hawkins Jr - Mark Jones, Birmingham AL 56.09% 5/6 2/3 1 Paul Hattis, Newton MA; Steven Fox, Kensington MD 51.44% 5 David Siebert - Jane Dickey, Little Rock AR 54.49% 5/6 2/3 Robert Baer, Silver Spring MD; Joel Mashbaum, Ellicott City MD 51.44% 6 Jeffry Parker, Reisterstown MD; Tanya Rodich, Gwynn Oak MD 51.76% 4 2 Thomas Reckford, Washington DC; Behnaz Fardshisheh, Potomac MD 50.32% 4 2 Bruce King - Jane King, Athens GA 51.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BB EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Lenore Cavallero, Hillsborough CA; Robert Roman, Greenbrae CA 55.93% 1 Wes Goldberg, Owings Mills MD; John Christensen, Baltimore MD 62.34% 2/3 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Gladys Collier, East Hampton NY 54.81% 2 1 1 Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt Am Ma Germany; Estera Lisker, East Quogue NY 60.74% 2/3 2 John Langer, Santa Clarita CA; S Graham Kelly, Hudson OH 54.81% 3 2 Paul Siegelman, North Baldwin NY; Bart Cirker, Manhassett NY 59.78% 4 Kathryn Kiley, Reston VA; Elizabeth Crenshaw, Birmingham AL 53.69% 4 Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Steven Wallis, Tampa FL 54.97% 5/6 3 2 G Keith Freeman - Virginia Sykes, Pinole CA 51.44% 5/6 3 2 Michael Schuller, Belle Mead NJ; David Wampler, Bowie MD 53.37% 5/6 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Neil Montague, Swampscott MA 51.44% 5/6 Alice Rouse, Virginia Beach VA; Mike Spooner, Glen Allen VA 53.37% 4 Robert Edwards, Glen Burnie MD; Marnell McCarthy, W Reading PA 50.96% 4 Jerry Barker, Newport News VA; Cheryl Jackson, Kansas City MO 51.44% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CC EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Glen Meeden, Saint Paul MN; Jonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN 59.29% 1 1 1 Robert Forster - Jonathan Ullman, New York NY 59.46% 2 Arnold Fisher - Joelyn Shilliday, Clementon NJ 58.81% 2 Stephen Schneer, Croton Hdsn NY; Michael Gore, Brooklyn NY 57.69% 3 Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT; Ram Hira, North Vancouver BC 58.65% 3 2 2 Kimberly Whipple, Lake Forest IL; Kenny Horneman, Charlottesville VA 56.41% 4 Robert Beckwith - Audrey O’Connor, Naples FL 55.77% 4 Marsha Devine, Minneapolis MN; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 55.77% 5 1 1 George Mann III - George Mann Jr, Kinnelon NJ 53.37% 5 3 Drew Becker - Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 53.53% 6 2 Mary Alice Brandt, Steubenville OH; Sylvia Camilli, Weirton WV 52.88% 6 Raymond Depew - Judith Argento, Kingston PA 53.37% 3 Thomas Crawley, Ellicott City MD; Jack Bierig, Chicago IL 52.56% 4 Aquil Ahmed, Fairfax VA; Eva Shaffer, Harrisonburg VA 49.84% 4 2 Fran Smith, Glen Ellyn IL; Pat Lonergan, Vienna VA 51.12% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DD EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Sheila Latus - Rex Latus, Escondido CA 64.74% 1 1 Andrea Schneider, Berkeley CA; Philip Schneider, Washington DC 62.98% 2 1 Donna Casey - Monica Jung, Lake Barrington IL 57.85% 2 Carole Weinstein, Acton MA; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH 60.42% 3 2 Jerry Miller, Silver Spring MD; Margie Coccodrilli, Rockville MD 56.09% 3 John Morgan, Navan ON; David Jones, Orleans ON 56.25% 4 Dale Dermer - Rebecca Duty, Richmond VA 55.93% 4 Carolyn Sessler, Waltham MA; Sally Strul, Delray Beach FL 56.09% 5 Eric Leong - Cole Powell, Oakland CA 54.01% 5 2 Patricia Foutz, Christianburg VA; Robert Schulman, Blacksburg VA 55.77% 6 3 1 William Sigward, Pelham NY; George Trost, New York NY 53.69% 6 3 1 Katherine Hawker - Stephen Hawker, Baltimore MD 53.21% 4 J Smuck, Accokeek MD; Adelaide Schultze, Rehoboth Bch DE 52.24% 4 2 Herbert Rogall, Maplewood NJ; Gary Blauth, Glen Ridge NJ 51.12% 2 Patrick Drake, Philadephia PA; Lucille Schlack, Wyndmoor PA 43.91%

NATIONAL 199ER PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST 1 Onorica Luculescu, Arlington VA; Alina Galaszewska, Alexandria VA 60.12% 1 Dee Kursh, Shaker Heights OH; Judi Rosenthal, Pepper Pike OH 59.82% 2 Devon Poor, New York NY; Deborah Wight, Dorset VT 54.76% 2 Dennis Kowalzyk - Betty Kowalzyk, Fayetteville GA 55.65% 3/4 Phyllis Isler - Morton Isler, Alexandria VA 52.38% 3 Lucille Mostello - Arthur Milholland, Silver Spring MD 54.17% 3/4 Joe Hertz, Sterling VA; James Shoenhard, Arlington VA 52.38% 4 David Fotland - Wendy Fotland, San Jose CA 52.98% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST 1 Nick Trobovic, Belmar NJ; Richard Malus, Leonardo NJ 58.93% 1 Mary Evangelisto - Carl Pfeiffer, Holland PA 57.74% 2 Robin Sanders, New York NY; Joel Berman, Southborough MA 57.44% 2 Maureen Duke, Suffolk VA; Richard Bobilin, Fonda NY 53.87% 3 George Moehringer, Monroe Twp NJ; Asish Sengupta, North Brunswick NJ 53.87% 3 Jason Yee - Edmund Wu, San Francisco CA 52.08% 4 Linda Barton, Darnestown MD; Barbara Sadick, Potomac MD 53.57% 4 Valerie Vaughan - Martin Deneroff, New York NY 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST 1 Isabelle Thabault, Washington DC; Kenn Pendleton, Germantown MD 60.12% 1 Kenneth Marshall, Winchester VA; Roy Robson, Arlington VA 62.80% 2 Steven Nesseler, Silver Spring MD; Steve Graves, Olney MD 58.93% 2 Kathryn Luft, Yorba Linda CA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 56.85% 3 Adam Winsler, Centreville VA; Ronald Ozarka, Herndon VA 53.87% 3 Stephen Colevas, Oakton VA; Andrew Holmberg, Edina MN 53.57% 4 Robert Dorosin, Fairfax VA; Virginia Ivin, Washington DC 50.60% 4 Mary Levine - Joan Talley, Chattanooga TN 53.27% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST 1 Gary Cox, Georgetown TX; Shyamalendu Pal, Silver Spring MD 63.27% 1 Catherine McHugh, Bethany Beach DE; Stanley Katzman, Silver Spring MD 58.63% 2 Barry Dehlin, Dresher PA; Frank Aftowicz, Novato CA 57.48% 2 Gary Hinson, Springfield VA; Bruce Kasold, Alexandria VA 57.74% 3 John Gerretsen - Assunta Gerretsen, Kingston ON 56.85% 3 Dan Osburn - Dana Osburn, Fairview Vlg PA 55.65% 4 Clarence Mettenburg, Mount Pleasant IA; Martha Gilleard, Mt Pleasant IA 50.68% 4 Andrew Lazarus, Berkeley CA; Arthur Lazarus, Washington DC 51.19%

THURSDAY MORNING 5/20/50 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Jennifer Fong, San Francisco CA; Joseph Abita, Boyds MD 58.38% 1 Ina Smith-Tornberg - Carol Webster, Potomac MD 62.11% 2 Hall Sisson, West Palm Bch FL; Neil Crane, Bethesda MD 57.14% 2 Geane Schubert - Susan Morris, Bethesda MD 60.42% 3 Riki Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Jodi Coren, Delray Beach FL 57.02% 3 Jo Prager, Pasadena MD; Lannetta Schmidt, Baltimore MD 52.68% 4 Temma Kanowith - Carol Kahn, Silver Spring MD 54.29% 4 1 1 Marion Ezedinma, Pembroke Bermuda; Pat Levin, Lancaster PA 49.28% 2 Linda Griffith, Potomac Falls VA; Rosemary McDonald, Reston VA 51.49% 2 Alda Herold - Thomas Mueller, Reston VA 48.55% 2 Lisa Diamond, Bethsda MD; Susan Stein, Potomac MD 49.36% 2 Aliske Webb, Kelowna BC; Susan Wiggill, Weston MA 45.07% Daily Bulletin Page 23

THURSDAY MORNING 150/200/300 PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Mary Edge, Alexandria VA; Betty Taff, Springfield VA 67.86% 1 1 Sharon Herron, Kitty Hawk NC; Joyce Stone, Southern Shrs NC 63.39% 2 1 Leslie Jessell, Kensington MD; Richard Majewski, Beltsville MD 56.55% 2 Arun Guha, Silver Spring MD; Larry Wallace, Chevy Chase MD 62.50% 3/4 2 1 Robin Cottmeyer, Annapolis MD; Carole Frederick, Stevensville MD 51.79% 3 2 1 Ann Brewster, Rochester NY; Virginia Grogan, Irvine CA 60.42% 3/4 Charles Wheeler - Lynn Wheeler, Miami FL 51.79% 4 Barbara Peterman, Moreland Hius OH; Barbara Markowitz, Cleveland OH 58.04% 5 Elizabeth Vanhorn, Webster NY; Jane Romal, Brockport NY 50.60% 5 3 2 Gloria Brookter - Monica Sorovaeu, Manassas VA 52.98%

THURSDAY DAYLIGHT PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HH EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Anne Derbes - Robert Schwab, Bethesda MD 60.80% 1 Rhoda Prager, Allentown PA; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 62.50% 2 2 William Higbee - Colleen McCabe, Madison WI 59.85% 2 John Ashe, Fairfax VA; Jean Levin, Springfield VA 59.28% 3 Mark Laken, Glyndon MD; Harvey Charkatz, Pikesville MD 59.66% 3 1 1 Douglas Fox, Oak Hill VA; Larry Moran, Bowie MD 59.09% 4 Gerri Soffa Carlson, Ranch Pls Vrd CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 58.14% 4 2 2 Susan Slattery, Alexandria VA; Elizabeth Anderson, Arlington VA 58.14% 5 3 2 Amy Bloom - Alfred Liepold, Silver Spring MD 56.63% 5 Jean Boettcher - Steven Gaynor, Minneapolis MN 54.73% 6 4 Richard Treu - Ruth Treu, Endicott NY 53.98% 6 Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON; Dan McCaw, Toronto ON 54.55% 7 5 Janie Strauss, Northbrook IL; Judy Isenberg, Highland Park IL 51.89% 7 3 David Howorth, Oxford MS; Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY 52.65% 3 Marilyn Macdiarmid, Moncton NB; Bill McNichol, Riverview NB 48.67% 4 Nelson Waks, Germantown MD; Audrey Warren, North Potomac MD 50.19% 5 3 Rosemary Connelly, Charlottesvle VA; Gail Hasson, Nellysford VA 49.81% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION II EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Jordan Leibman - Joan Leibman, Indianapolis IN 56.46% 1 Barbara Kirtley, Ridgefield CT; Sally Kirtley, North Granby CT 55.37% 2 2 Melvin Lechner, Boca Raton FL; Alan Lechner, New York NY 56.25% 2 Gail Dupree, Cary NC; Ann Lockhart, New Bern NC 54.73% 3 Timothy Smith, Kearneysville WV; David McIntyre, Fairfax VA 55.80% 3 1 1 Kimmie Fulweiler - Mary Jane Elliott, Wilmington DE 54.67% 4 Renee Geist, Springfield NJ; Israel Perlman, Bondville VT 53.43% 4 Enid Hughes - Peter Hughes, Alexandria VA 54.29% 5/6 3 1 Mary Jo Whitehead, Binghamton NY; Caroline Polo Traverso, Nichols NY 53.03% 5 2 Barbara Israel - Frederick Mueller, Columbia MD 52.46% 5/6 Charles Pecarro, Falls Church VA; Betty Bursey, Herndon VA 53.03% 6 3 Leslie Horvath, Annapolis MD; Peggy Burkness, Edgewater MD 52.08% 4 2 Marina Kotch, Centreville VA; Nadia Potter, Falls Church VA 52.77% 4 K Stanbury - Deanne Dennison, Woodbridge ON 51.02% 2 Clinton Gorsuch, Rowland Heights CA; Scott Gorsuch, Oakland CA 49.60% 3 Yuan Chen, Toronto ON; Chen Zhou, Basking Ridge NJ 49.43% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Theodore Spak - Jody Ledford, Miami FL 59.66% 1 Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH; Georgette King, Miami Beach FL 58.33% 2 1 Salam Saidi, Falls Church VA; Kamel Tabbara, Potomac MD 59.47% 2 Marjorie Gazzola - Edward Gofreed, Arlington VA 57.01% 3 Bill Wick Jr, Port Royal VA; Barbara McCallon, Saint Augustine FL 58.52% 3 1 1 Rise Vogel, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Dennis Glazer, Bronxville NY 54.92% 4 Roy Tibery, Gaithersburg MD; David Loken, Mc Lean VA 55.68% 4 2 2 Carl Jeschke, Ellicott City MD; Bill Brundick, Stewartstown PA 53.22% 5 Lois Miliman, Owings Mills MD; Robert Levin, Baltimore MD 55.49% 5 3 3 Thomas Arnold - Carol Arnold, Basking Ridge NJ 52.46% 6 2 1 Emily Rankin - Jon Rankin, Nichols NY 54.92% 6/7 4/5 Cindy Rowland, Wilmington DE; Shauneen Hutchinson, Greenville DE 51.70% 3 Roy Perry, St. John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE 52.46% 6/7 4/5 Walter Smith Jr - James Beller, Washington DC 51.70% 4 2 Eva Klivington, Fairfax VA; Nancy Arnold, Arlington VA 48.67% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KK EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Steven Forsythe - Sandra Forsythe, Beavercreek OH 61.93% 1 William Allison, Decatur GA; Charles Galloway, Thornhill ON 63.26% 2 2 Harriet Glazer, Pikesville MD; Ferne Walpert, Baltimore MD 57.01% 2 1 Dee Wilson - Nancy Wilson, Des Moines IA 62.12% 3 3 Elaine Misner - James Misner, Wilton CT 56.82% 3 Andrew Gabrilovitch, Mc Lean VA; Donald Geerhart, Springfield VA 61.93% 4/5 4/5 Robert Scolnick - Doreen Scolnick, Toronto ON 53.98% 4 Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 60.98% 4/5 4/5 1 Daniel Finn, Clarksville MD; Morton Friedman, Lanham MD 53.98% 5 Laurie Rowe, Eugene OR; Cleland Nelson, Murrieta CA 59.66% 6/7 Robert Hollow, Madoc ON; Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON 52.46% 6 2 1 William Ku, Princeton Junct NJ; Lynn Switzer, Dartmouth NS 54.36% 6/7 Rochelle Djmal, Neptune NJ; Sonia Kaplan, Tinton Falls NJ 52.46% 3 Aaron Navarro, Silver Spring MD; John Kuchenbrod, Centreville VA 53.79% 2 Kit Mills - Jack Mathews, Naples FL 49.62% 4 2 David Desjardins, Blue Ridge Sm PA; Howard Leatherwood, Bowie MD 52.84% 3 Jonathan Siegel - Albert Lauber, Washington DC 49.24% 5 Brady Hixson, Salt Lake Cty UT; Steven Towner, Salt Lake City UT 47.54% 3 Stephanie Frank, Belpre OH; Evelyn Goudy, Vienna WV 46.21%

THURSDAY MORNING SIDE GAME TWO OF FOUR SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YYY EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Alan Korpi, Wellesley MA 58.93% 1 Lee Ohliger, Ridgewood NJ; H Hunt, Charlotte NC 68.75% 2 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA 56.85% 2 Nancy Katz, Carolina PR; Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY 57.86% 3 2 Richard A Starbuck, Sun City West AZ; Susan Rodricks, Milford CT 55.65% 3 1 1 Merrie Edelston - Jane Melby, Atlanta GA 55.32% 4 Robert Henry, Bethesda MD; Charles Sheaff, Jacksonville IL 52.98% 4 2 2 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Adrienne Kuehneman, Bethesda MD 53.42% 3 1 Dale Collinson, Chevy Chase MD; Susan Collinson, Oak Bluffs MA 52.34% 3 Shirley Lafferty - Hannah Moore, Arlington VA 50.00% 2 William Sigward, Pelham NY; George Trost, New York NY 49.53% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZZ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Robert Zier, Great Falls VA; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 66.07% 1 1 1 William Drake, Minneapolis MN; John Crouch, Edina MN 64.88% 2/3 1/2 Gordon Kiernan, New Fairfield CT; Alyce Shoenhard, Green Valley AZ 54.46% 2 2 John Pruitt - Cherrolyn Woolwine, Naperville IL 61.01% 2/3 1/2 Carol Bertz - Sung Mae Bleck, Englewood CO 54.46% 3 3 2 B Susan Crutchfield, Burnsville NC; Guy Ross, Ltl Switzerland NC 58.93% 4 3 John Abrenica, Seaford NY; Angelina Fong, Pompton Plains NJ 52.68% 4 4 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Meg Myers, Portland OR 57.44% 1 Cora Robey, Reno NV; John Young, Sparks NV 51.79%

TOMORROW’S BRIDGE EVENTS Saturday, August 1, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other

Friday-Saturday Morning Bracketed Compact KO Teams 3-4 ExHall A $16 $18 Wednesday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 4th single ExHall A $16 $18 Saturday, August 1, 10:30 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $15 Saturday, August 1, 10:30 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 ExHall B North 4-6 $16 $18 Saturday, August 1, 1 p.m. Maryland Bridge Association Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single ExHall C $16 $18 Saturday, August 1, 1 & 7:30 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 SF Maryland Room $20 --- 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams 1-2 F Maryland Room $17 --- Both national KOs: Screens, second session at 8 p.m. OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Marriott Ballroom $20 --- 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 ExHall C $16 $18 Saturday-Sunday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 ExHall A $16 $18 Friday-Saturday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 ExHall A $16 $18 Saturday, August 1, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $15 Saturday, August 1, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Side Swiss Teams single ExHall A $15 $17 Maryland Bridge Association Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single ExHall C $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $15 Saturday, August 1, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single ExHall B North 1-3 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 3000+/0-3000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Page 24 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S BRIDGE EVENTS See page 2 for other events (All Youth NABC Bridge Events are listed on a separate schedule and are played in the Thurgood Marshall South Ballroom.) Friday, July 31, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members** Other

Friday-Saturday Morning Bracketed Compact KO Teams 1-2 ExHall A $16 $18 Thursday-Friday Morning Bracketed Compact KO Teams 3-4 ExHall A $16 $18 Wednesday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single ExHall A $16 $18 Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd ExHall A $16 $18 Friday, July 31, 10:30 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $15 Friday, July 31, 10:30 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 ExHall B North 4-6 $16 $18 Friday, July 31, 1 p.m. Lambda Bridge Club of Washington Wednesday-Friday Side Game Series 5th single ExHall C $16 $18 Friday, July 31, 1 & 4:30 p.m. NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 F Marriott Ballroom Salon 1 $20 --- Friday, July 31, 1 & 7:30 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round of 8 Maryland Room $20 --- 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams 1-2 SF Harding Room Foyer (Mezz) $17 --- 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams 1-2 F Harding Room Foyer (Mezz) $17 --- All national KOs: Screens, second session at 8 p.m. MIXED BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Marriott Ballroom Salon 2 $20 --- Strati-Flighted A/X Pairs 1-2 ExHall C $16 $18 Strati-Flighted B/C/D Pairs 1-2 ExHall C $16 $18 Friday-Saturday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 ExHall A $16 $18 Friday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 ExHall A $16 $18 Richmond Bridge Association Thursday-Friday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 ExHall A $16 $18 Friday, July 31, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $15 Friday, July 31, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Side Swiss Teams single ExHall A $15 $17 Lambda Bridge Club of Washington Wednesday-Friday Side Game Series 6th single ExHall C $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single ExHall B North 1-3 $15 $15 Friday, July 31, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single ExHall B North 1-3 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 3000+/0-3000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS LAMBDA BRIDGE CLUB OF WASHINGTON Duplicate games are scheduled at 7:30 pm on the In addition to this named game, the Richmond WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY SIDE GAME SERIES second, fourth and (when applicable) fifth Bridge Association has donated delicious The Lambda Bridge Club (LBC) of Wednesday of each month on Capitol Hill. For homemade pies for a reception in honor of the Washington is sponsoring the Side Game Series more information, visit www.lambdabridge.org youth who are playing in the Youth NABC, and July 29-July 31. The LBC was originally their parents and siblings. organized to provide an opportunity for gay and RICHMOND BRIDGE ASSOCIATION lesbian bridge players in the DC area to play in a THURSDAY-FRIDAY BRACKETED KO hospitable environment, and membership is still Thanks so much to the Richmond Bridge predominantly from the LGBT community. Association (Unit 109) for supporting the NABC.