Friday, July 22, 2011 Volume 83, Number 1 Daily Bulletin

83rd North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler Three honored at Hall of Fame dinner GNTs enter QF round Eight teams remain in each of the four flights of the Grand National Teams. In today’s action in the Morehead Championship Flight, Warren Spector’s District 9 squad will face off against the local team (District 2) led by Nader Hanna. Hemant Lall and company (District 16) will play the defending champions, the District 11 squad captained by Doug Simson. Dan Jacob’s District 19 team takes on Joe Grue’s Hall of Fame inductee Eric Kokish, center, with New York City squad (District 24), while Steve Nick Nickell and Sami Kehela. Robinson of District 6 leads his team against the squad of Mitch Dunitz of District 23. In the Goldman Flight A, District 2 (Detlef Sportsmanship Ladewig captain) plays Tanakorn Lavankul’s winner Betty Ann District 21 team; Igor Savchenko of District 24 Kennedy with Zia meets Rai Osborne of District 22; Pamela Nisbet of Mahmood. District 1 squares off against Siraj Haji District 11; and Kurt Schaeffer of District 14 battles District 10 led by Russ Jones. For today’s pairings in all flights, including the Sheinwold Flight B and the Mac Nab Flight C, see page 12. New Hall of Fame member Emcee George Jacobs with Bobby Levin, Russ Arnold circa 2008. presenter for Russ Arnold. Notice to players who In the 16 years since the ACBL Bridge Hall crowd at the dinner that he feels largely responsible of Fame was resurrected, the institution has added for Kokish’s choice of careers. live outside North many illustrious personalities, including several Not long after Kokish earned a law degree, from Canada. Kehela related, he asked for advice about possibly America On Thursday night, the Hall of Fame added starting a career in bridge. Kehela strongly advised Participation in the von Zedtwitz, Bruce or another Canadian member – Eric Kokish – plus against such a move – and Kokish went right out Russ Arnold, a world champion who has kept a and did it anyway. Young Life Master Pairs is limited to ACBL relatively low profile in recent years. “He is dedicated and conscientious,” said members who have achieved the rank of Life At the same ceremony, Betty Ann Kennedy Kehela, “although a trifle dogmatic.” Master. was honored as the 2011 recipient of the Sidney H. Kehela recalled that in 1980, as the Canadian Players who reside outside North America and Lazard Jr. Award for Sportsmanship. team was preparing to head for the world who do not meet this criterion, but feel they are Arnold did not attend the dinner because championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands, he otherwise eligible to participate in the von Zedtwitz of health issues, but Kokish and Kennedy were told Kokish not to offer unsolicited advice to Eric LM Pairs, must receive a waiver prior to the there and received enthusiastic applause for Murray, one of Canada’s all-time great players, also commencement of the contest. their many contributions to bridge over several now a member of the ACBL Hall of Fame. Kokish decades. George Jacobs did the honors as master of was a member of the team. For waiver information, please see Tournament ceremonies. For one thing, Keleha said, Murray “has Directors Sol Weinstein or Millard Nachtwey here Kokish is known nowadays mainly for his been playing since before you were born,” and at the tournament. They will be available at the success as a coach – most notably of the Nick for another, telling him how to play “could be selling site. Please note that players who have been Nickell team – but he has also excelled as a player, hazardous to your health.” waived into previous Life Master Pairs do not have bidding theorist and writer. Sure enough, said Kehela, Murray was to re-apply. Sami Kehela, another Canadian who is a involved in an auction involving a takeout double No waivers will be granted for the Bruce LM- member of the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame, told the (by him) that didn’t work out for the best. In the 5000 Pairs or Young LM-1500 Pairs. continued on page 11 Welcome to Toronto! Venue change notice By Sally Rewbotham The Young LM-1500 Pairs will be played at the 2011 Toronto NABC Chair Sheraton Centre Hotel in the Grand Ballroom on We’ve been waiting for you with eager hours away from the bridge table. Check with the the Lower Concourse Level. Play begins at 1 p.m. anticipation. concierge in your hotel for information about the Let the balloons be your guide: The green, Step‑On Step‑Off bus tours, Harbour tours, Blue yellow and white will be found in the Registration/ Jays tickets, finding the Hockey Hall of Fame, the Goodwill Prize/Partnership areas. The red and white will incredible Toronto Theatre offerings and all that lead you to the Intermediate/Newcomer area. And this great city has to offer. (You are here during the Message just in case you’re in a hurry, the blue balloons will Caribbean Festival, so you can expect to see lots of Welcome to Toronto help you find the men’s rooms and the pink will other visitors to the city and, on Saturday, July 30, and the Summer

help you locate the nearest women’s room. (I know you could take in the parade. Unbelievable!) 2011 North American it seems silly but …) Because Toronto is home to one of the most Bridge Championships. The Planning Team has been working for a few multi‑cultural areas in the world, you will find Tournament Chair Sally years and hope that we have provided you with restaurants offering a wide variety of food. Rewbotham and her group of volunteers, staff the opportunity to have a great time. If you have Check the restaurants listed in this guide to find and sponsors wish everyone good luck. They questions, concerns or kudos, please drop by the that which whets your appetite or ask any of the have worked hard to make your stay in Toronto Registration desks to let us know. Torontonians you meet at the bridge table! enjoyable. Toronto is a great city with lots of Good luck at the bridge table and have fun! Rose Meltzer, Chairman opportunities for fun if you decide to take a few National Goodwill Committee Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Friday, July 22 10 a.m.-Noon ACBL Laws Commission meeting. Room: Quebec (Royal 1-9 p.m. Better Bridge Teacher Training Seminar. Room: City York). Hall (Sheraton). 10 a.m.-Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Audrey Grant. Grant, well- 4:30-6:30 p.m. Reception for Teachers and Club Officials. This is known teacher and Better Bridge founder, presents the ACBL’s “thank you” reception for the teachers and “Decoding the Maxims on Defense.” Room: City Hall club officials who work so hard to recruit and retain our (Sheraton). members. Room: Civic Ballroom (Sheraton). 10:30 a.m.-Noon ACBL Hall of Fame Committee meeting. Room: Board 11:30 p.m.- Room (Royal York). Midnight National Appeals Committee meeting. Room: Board 10:30 a.m.-Noon Marketing Matters -Live! ACBL’s Marketing Director Room (Royal York). Vicki Campbell will host a program for those interested in marketing their clubs, bridge lessons, tournaments, etc. Saturday, July 23 Room: Huron (Sheraton). 9 a.m.-Noon Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP). First session of 12:30-3 p.m. Bridge-Plus+. Special game for new players. 14 boards, no the ACBL’s popular 10-hour seminar for people interested card fee. Room: City Hall (Sheraton). in learning how to teach bridge successfully. Pre- 6-7 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Reception. New players are registration required. Room: Simcoe (Sheraton). invited to attend. Room: Dominion (Sheraton). 9 a.m.-Noon ACBL Educational Foundation meeting. Room: Alberta 5-6:30 p.m. Junior Reception. All Junior players are invited to attend. (Royal York). Guest speaker: Joel Wooldridge. Room: Kent (Sheraton). 9-9:45 a.m. Better Bridge Teacher Training Seminar. Room: Dufferin (Sheraton). CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures in Toronto from expert players in the Wednesday, July 27 Dominion Ballroom (Sheraton). 9:15 a.m. GS Jade Barrett It’s All In Your Head Friday, July 22 6:45 p.m. Audrey Grant Hands That Don’t Make the Text 9:15 a.m. Jerry Helms Ask Jerry Books 6:45 p.m. John Rayner Opener’s Rebids Thursday, July 28 Saturday, July 23 9:15 a.m. Phillip Alder Listen to Place Opposing Honors 9:15 a.m. Julian Laderman Inspired Declarer Play 6:45 p.m. Barry Harper A Short List of Conventions Sunday, July 24 You Need 9:15 a.m. Lisa Berkowitz Play To Trick One Friday, July 29 6:45 p.m. Barbara Seagram Common Errors to Avoid 9:15 a.m. Haig Tchamitch Support Doubles Monday, July 25 6:45 p.m. Paul Thurston Meet Your Extended Notrump 9:15 a.m. Ken Monzingo Hand Patterns Family Saturday, July 30 6:45 p.m. Ellen Kent Parameters of Preempts 9:15 a.m. Jim Priebe Matchpoint Defense Tuesday, July 26 6:45 p.m. Jeff Roman The Difference Between Pairs and 9:15 a.m. Mike Flader Ruling The Game Teams 6:45 p.m. David Berkowitz Partnerships Defending Champions, Summer NABC Convention card reminder Each player is required to have a convention card filled out legibly and on the table throughout 0-5000 Mini-Spingold I: John Boyer, Morrie National 199ers Pairs: Jim Baker and Gwen a session. Both cards of a partnership must be Kleinplatz, Mark Leonard and Robert Stayman Baker identical and include the first and last names of each 0-5000 Mini-Spingold II: Belinda Gu, Jennifer Roth Open Swiss Teams: Martin Fleisher, member of the partnership. Gu, Jonathan Pines and Adam Portley Michael Kamil, Bobby Levin, Chip Martel, Lew If a director determines that neither player has Bruce Life Master Pairs (0-5000): Michael Stansby and Steve Weinstein a substantially completed card, the partnership may McNamara and Sylwia McNamara Spingold Master Knockout Teams: John play only the Standard American Yellow Card and Fast Open Pairs: Dan Jacob and Nagy Kamel Diamond, Fred Gitelman, Geoff Hampson, Eric may use only standard carding. This restriction Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match Teams: Gary Greco, Brad Moss and Brian Platnick may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent Cohler, Jill Meyers, JoAnna Stansby and Lew Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams: Ken Cohen, round after convention cards have been properly Stansby Rick Rowland, Neal Satten and Thomas Weik prepared and approved by the director. Further, the partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint Morehead Grand National Teams, von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs: Boye Brogeland penalty for each board played, commencing with Championship Flight: Dennis Clerkin, Jerry and Erik Saelensminde the next round and continuing until the restriction is Clerkin, Walter Johnson and Doug Simson Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams: Lynn Baker, lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at the Goldman Grand National Teams, Flight A: Lynn Deas, Irina Levitina, Karen McCallum, Beth discretion of the director. Howard Cohen, Doug Dye, Andy Kaufman, Corey Palmer and Kerri Sanborn If the director determines the partnership has at Krantz, Rick Olanoff and Elliot Shalita Wernher Open Pairs: Richard Burton and least one substantially completed convention card Sheinwold Grand National Teams, Flight B: Beatrice Kemp but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, Andy Caranicas, Paul Gutterman, Eric Hendrickson Young Life Master Pairs (0-1500): William the director may give warnings or assign such and Richard Lawson Anspach and Robert Block penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the Mac Nab Grand National Teams, Flight C: circumstances. The objective of these warnings and penalties is Ambrish Bansal, David Camillus, Ryan Schultz the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL and Tom Terwilliger regulations. Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Welcome to Toronto this cover to cover. It is packed with interesting articles and tells you where By Barbara Seagram to go and what to do every day. Your To all newcomer and intermediate players, name will also appear there in lights welcome to Toronto. We know you will love when you have won masterpoints! the excitement, the fun and the frenzy of all the There is often entertainment or bridge events coming your way over the next special goodies after the evening 10 days. Take a game …watch for these notices in this moment to take publication. a tour of the city Remember that this is a game of or take in some mistakes and you, like all of us, will be theatre. Enjoy our making plenty. Every time you make a great restaurants. mistake and you recognize it, chances We are proud of are you won’t repeat the blunder. our home town You may start to believe that you are and really want suddenly playing worse than before, you to get a taste but that’s not true. At first, you were of it. unaware of your errors. Now you are Here are some much more aware of them so you think of the treats you are in for over the next few days you are making more. Don’t despair and a few suggestions to make your experience – it just means that learning has that much better: occurred! Persevere! You will never There are guest celebrity speakers twice a stop learning in this great game, that’s day – at 9:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., and they are why you can never get bored with it. free. You won’t want to miss any of these. The Great chemistry takes place with a pointers you will pick up will be invaluable. By good partnership. Discover the joys of this time next year, you will be ready to represent defense and the elation of bidding to a your country! Note that there are also three good slam. You can dine out on those two-hour seminars: Saturday (Audrey Grant), bridge you are playing. Besides which, they will for a month! If you are nervous, hold your head Sunday (Jerry Helms) and Monday (yours truly). be so impressed that you have a card filled in that up high and fake self-confidence. Remember The seminars run from 10 a.m. to noon. After they’ll be nervous and that’s always good for that whenever you become declarer, your brain these three seminars, there are free games for your side! turns to mush. The adrenaline is flowing and you newcomers. How good is that! Join the ACBL if you haven’t already. It’s the won’t perform at maximum efficiency. This is To become a Life Master, you need either best deal in town. They record your masterpoints a temporary and curable condition. Experience 300 or 500 masterpoints, depending on when you for you and send you a monthly magazine (the cures this. Don’t drink caffeine at night or those joined ACBL. The points you earn at the club are Bridge Bulletin) that is a superb read. There’s hands will be whirling through your head while black. You also need in your total 25 red points, even a reduced price for first-time members. you try to sleep! 50 silver points and 25 gold points. The points Pick up a hand record at the end of every Introduce yourself to your new opponents you will earn at this tournament will be red and in session. It is loaded with information about the on each round. If they don’t reciprocate, forgive some cases gold. From Monday to Friday, there hands you just played. Keep a private score so them, they know not what they do. They are are special games for intermediates where you that you can make the most of this fabulous still on the last board, wondering why their can win gold points. Run, don’t walk, to the Gold learning tool. There is always someone around partner failed to draw trumps or perhaps kicking Rush Pairs. who will be happy to answer your questions themselves for going down. Focus is really The chief tournament directors in the about a deal or about life. Just ask. important. Congratulate your opponents when Intermediate/Newcomer games (IN) are Judy Most important, have a wonderful time and they do well and while you must not gloat Cotterman and Priscilla Smith. Judy, Priscilla and remember that bridge may be just a game, but yourself, a quiet “Well done, partner” is always a their wonderful team of directors will be happy to it’s an exhilarating one. There will be tops and good thing to say. Keeping partner happy makes give you any information at any time. If you win, bottoms for all of us but the thrill of it all makes for better bridge from your partner too. Say be sure to see them to have your photo taken! you keep coming back for more. It’s the most “well done” even if she should have made three There is a partnership desk where you can pick popular card game in the world. Love it and it overtricks, and she will play better on the next up a partner of like ability. Be sure to come early will love you right back. Thanks for being here! board. if you need a partner, and if you find one on your Fill out a convention card and carry it with own, be sure to tell the partnership desk. you. This tells your opponents what style of The Daily Bulletin is a must-read. Read Defensive commentary: If you are East and Welcome, IN (Intermediate/ Thinking Bridge declarer plays low from dummy, win the ♠K and By Eddie Kantar shift to the ♥Q while you still have the ♣A for a Newcomer) Players, What can go wrong ? reentry. to the 2011 Summer Play commentary: As South, you are in Dlr: South ♠ A J 9 a nice contract and appear to have at least nine North American Bridge Vul: Both ♥ 9 4 3 tricks once you drive out the ♣A, perhaps more. ♦ K Q 3 Time to ask yourself the inevitable question: Championships in Toronto! ♣ 10 9 3 2 What can go wrong? Do you see anything? The Toronto staff has many special events ♠ 10 8 7 6 2 ♠ K 4 3 A born pessimist would see that if the spade planned. The starting times will be 10 a.m., 2:30 lead is ducked at trick one and East wins and ♥ K 7 2 ♥ Q J 10 8 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on most days. All IN events shifts to a heart before the ♣A is driven out, this ♦ J 4 2 ♦ 10 9 6 5 will be played at the Sheraton. contract might be defeated. Can you do anything Don’t forget to pick up your registration gift. ♣ 6 5 ♣ A 4 ♠ ♣ about it? Yes! Win the A and drive out the A The IN Partnership Desk will guarantee you ♠ Q 5 before the ♥A is driven out. Count your tricks: a partner if you sign up one hour prior to game ♥ A 6 5 you will have four clubs, three diamonds and two ♦ A 8 7 major-suit aces. time. ♣ K Q J 8 7 Why risk a vulnerable game contract Celebrity Bridge Speakers will give free for couple of overtricks? If you are playing mini-lessons at 9:15 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. on West North East South matchpoints, it is a slam dunk to play low as two most days. On Friday, July 22, at 9:15 a.m., 1NT overtricks look very likely. The rule of 11 tells Jerry Helms will present “Ask Jerry.” And at you that East has only one spade higher than the Pass 3NT All Pass 6:45 p.m., John Rayner will discuss “Opener’s 6, so chances are that it is not the king. Besides, if Rebids.” Opening lead: ♠6. you go down in this contract, you will have plenty On Friday, July 23, play in the free Bidding commentary: Routine. Any other of company as other declarers will be similarly Newcomer games (0-5 MPs) at 10 a.m., 2:30 and tempted. sequence would be scary. 7:30 p.m. continued on page 7 Page 4 Daily Bulletin

GNT: Flights B and C Qualifications for teams participating in the Alioto, Robert Cappelli, Frank Sensoli, Grand National Teams Flights B and C were earned Deborah DeWitt in local-level events earlier this year. 2002 1. Gary McDole, Fred Dischman, Chad Flight B winners will have their names Fisher, Larry Weatherholt; 2. Barry Cohen, engraved on the Sheinwold Trophy while the Nick Straguzzi, Bill Grosnick, Everett Young names of Flight C winners will be engraved on the 2003 1. (District 6) Hailong Ao, Jian-Jian Wang, Mac Nab Trophy. Huailin Chen, Yi Zhong; 2. (District 1) Alfred Sheinwold Ovidiu Stanica, Rick Soderstrom, Jack Alfred Sheinwold Brown, Ron Zambonini (1912-1997) was one of the greatest bridge writers in the history of the game. He was Winners of last year’s GNT Flight B: Eric 2004 1. (District 21) Sathya Bettadapura, Jim Hendrickson, Paul Gutterman, Andy Caranicas inducted into the Bridge Hall Leuker, Bruce Tuttle, Shelley Lapkoff, and Richard Lawson. of Fame in 1996. Tanakorn Lavanakul; 2. (District 14) Jonathan Cohen, Charles Nauen, Mark His syndicated bridge 1987 1. Dwight Hunt, Ed Horwitz, Ken Kadish, Krusemeyer, Patti Stuhlman column was considered by Claude LeFeuvre; 2. Bob Webb, Pat Webb, 2005 1. (District 21) Li-Chung Chen, Chuck many to be the best. He had Kevin Chen, Joseph Blalock Wong, Clark Millikan, Alex Staykov, a knack for getting his point 1988 1. Steven Beck, Michael Camp, Win Samuel Ieong, Tanakorn Lavanakul; 2. across to even the least experienced players. He Allegaert, Fred Chang; 2. Jean Molnar, (District 8) Jim Hudson, Meyer Abarbanel, managed this by making sure that every column Michael Weber, Down Holmer, Walter Arbha Vongsvivut, Mike Giacaman had only one main point, marking it easier for his Riddle, Joseph Rubin 2006 1. (District 25) Bernard Schneider, readers to focus. 1989 1. George Runyan, Tim Joder, Iype Koshy, Frances Schneider, Allan Wolf, Russell Robert Dupont; 2. Paul Nickerson, William “You could read a Sheinwold column and Friedman; 2. (District 5) Dan Roseberry, Goldsmith, Denise Goldsmith, Cheryl John Bacon, John Tscholl, Jim Overcasher know in an instant that nobody else could have Porter written it,” said Frank Stewart, co-author of the 2007 1. (District 21) John Barth, Jiang Chen, 1990 1. Judy Hughes, Karen Miller, Robert Mike Develin, Nongyu Li; 2. (District column. “He enlightened and entertained players Seaholm, John Morano, Goutam 25) Robert McCaw, Florin Constantin, through seven decades and earned millions of Chakraborty, Krishnanand Maillacheruver; Gregory Ingolia, Lewis Gamerman fans.” 2. Jim Adams, John Edmunds, Dan 2008 1. (District 23) Gerard Geremia, Joseph Sheinwold was an editor of The Bridge World Feldman, Larry Kahn, Usuf Ismail Viola, David Kempe, Matt Klimesh; 2. from 1934 to 1963 and editor of The Bridge 1991 1. Mary Poplawski, Stanley Poplawski, (District 5) Dian Petrov, Donna Steffan, Bulletin from 1953 to 1958. He was also the author William Smith, Barrett Raff; 2. Bruce James Gullo, Michael Ryan of perhaps the most successful bridge book ever Norman, Fred Gitelman, Sheri Winestock, 2009 1. (District 11) Lamar Hamilton, Beve Geoff Hampson written, 5 Weeks to Winning Bridge, a book that Smith, Danny Barnett, John Clark; 2. 1992 1. Otto Rothenberg, Richard Baumer, (District 23) Eric Tan, Frank Shih, Shiu- sold in the millions. Arthur Haley, Bert Kulic; 2. Nielih Sheinwold served as chairman of the ACBL Ming Huang, Robert Wang Cheng, Peter Kalat, Jeffery Allen, Carlos 2010 1. (District 14) Eric Hendrickson, Paul Laws Commission from 1964 to 1975, as chairman Munoz, Lp. P. Calahan, Bruce Platt Gutterman, Andy Caranicas, Richard of the appeals committees at NABCs and as 1993 1. Eric Greco, Philip Greco, Kefu Xu, Lawson; 2. (District 15) Paul Chan, Lily chairman of the ACBL Board of Governors from Harry Zhou, David Better; 2. Jack Jessop, Chan, Mark De Garcia, Gregory Barnes 1970 to 1973. He was named ACBL Honorary Morrie Kleinplatz, Barry Onslow, Elaine Member of the Year in 1983. Morrison Robin Mac Nab 1994 1. Larry Crevier, Sylvain Descoteaux, Robin Mac Nab (1915- Marc-Andre Fourcaudot, Frederic Pollack; 2. Glen Holman, Eric Sutherland, Darren 1985) served as a member Wolpert, Hazel Wolpert of the ACBL Board of 1995 1. Larry Crevier, Frederic Pollack, Sylvain Directors from 1956 to Descoteaux, Marc-Andre Fourcaudot; 1981. He was ACBL 2. Darren Wolpert, Hazel Wolpert, Gordon president in 1965. He was a Brown, Sam Yoga past president of the Western 1996 1. David Green, Edward Lee, Chien Conference, a member of the Huang, Robert Johnson; 2. David Walker, ACBL Laws Commission Roberts Moore, Jim Hawkins, Geoffrey and a member of the Mallette executive council of the World Bridge Federation. 1997 1. Harold Jordan, Sigridur Kristjansdottir, Andy Kaufman, Greg Burch; 2. Steve Mac Nab, a graduate of Cornell University, Albin, Elaine Pittius, Julia Ehlers, Mike Winners of last year’s Grand National Teams, was a member of the U.S. Olympic track and field McNamara squad in 1936. Flight C: David Camillus, Ryan Schultz, Tom 1998 1. Robert Latulippe, Rene Pelletier, Jocelyn Terwilliger and Ambrish Bansal. Flight B winners and runners-up: Bernier, Richard Wildi, Jacques Carel, 1985 1. Irving Goodman, Floyd Dyson, Leo Herve Chatagnier; 2. Richard Wegman, Flight C winners and runners-up Takelfman, Tim McPhail, Louis Kefu Xu, Yi Zhong, Weizhong Bao 1991 1. Bob Faskingbauer, Kenneth Wolf, Richardson; 2. Sally Grace, Linda 1999 1. Henry Caspar, Tom Buttle, Claude King, Thomas Dressing, David Marker; 2. Albert Weinstein, Sharon Meng, Jennifer James, Ringo Chung, Helen DeWild, Vinay Sarin; Tom, Dennis Erani, Valentin Carciu, David Jerry Poliquin, Robert Buchner 2. Dennis Thompson, Steve Albin, David Marker 1986 1. Paul McGowan, George Towner, Liss, Jack Brauner 1992 1. Richard Unger, Charles Morrin, Andrew 2000 1. Michael Moffatt, Tai Eng, Insa Fricker, Winston Edwards, Regena Jones (replaced Ware, Martin Weiverka; 2. J. Michael Hill, Gilbert Lambert; 2. John Turner, Ralph Kevin Kadmus, Carol Wisemiller, Marty Lizzie Hepburn); 2. Ken Connell, Linda Russo, Mark de Garcia, David Shipman Connell, Carla Eisenhauer, S. K. Lobdale 2001 1. Gary Moore, Chris Lubesnik, Kevin 1993 1. Stephen Arskan, Richard Ross, Feng Carruthers, Claire Jones, Dennis Nelson Bathurst, Lisa Liberati, Randolph Liu, Steve Pessin, George Shamy; 2. Hammock, Ari Greenberg; 2. Michael Daily Bulletin Page 5

Sardarsink Gohel, Jack Shartsis, Joyce Bell, Nathan Banker Mini-LM Pairs Begins Today 1994 1. Jianbin Luo, Anil Kaushal, Sundar The David Bruce LM-5000 Pairs is open to Atre, Zheng Zhang; 2. Greg Bieber, Art players who have earned LM status and have won David Bruce LM-5000 Pairs Steinberg, Roman Shapiro, Betsy up to 5000 masterpoints. Previous winners: Wellington The Sally Young LM-1500 Pairs is open to 2003 Mark Bartusek, John Jones 1995 1. Nathaniel Thurston, Bill Chen, David Shao, Andrew Lewis; 2. Jeff Jacob, Judi players who have earned LM status and have won 2004 Henry Meyer, Brian Gunnell Hager, David Rosenstein, Yiping Wang up to 1500 masterpoints. 2005 David Maidman, Marin Marinov 1996 1. Mark Edeburn, Susan Ostrowski, Dan The events are named in honor of two of 2006 Andy Kaufman, Mike Cassel Berlowitz, Joseph Seo; 2. Mark DeGarcia, ACBL’s all-time great players, both members of the 2007 Karl Hicks, Brian Alexander Marcus Rodhouse, Steven Erickson, ACBL Hall of Fame. 2008 Steve Johnson, Mark Teaford Sheng-Hung Wang David Bruce (1900-1965) was one of the 2009 Carolyne Fox, George Fox 1997 1. Tim Barrett, Joe Grue, Joe Barrett, first 10 to be named Life Master; in fact, he was 2010 Michael McNamara, Sylwia McNamara Chengwei Lee, Tom Monikowski; 2. #1. A tremendously Curtis Ruder, Atul Rai, Dennis Affholter, Sally Young LM-1500 Pairs successful player in Previous winners: Jonathan Davidson the early Thirties, 1998 1. Jerzy Jelen, Marek Dalecki, Ted Ryll, 2003 Dick McCluer, Teresa Ozias Romuald Mindak, Wieslaw Kalita, he was known as 2004 Robert Frick, Marvin Levine Zbigniew Muszynski; 2. Ed Williams, Kurt a soothing partner 2005 Edward Foran, Nicolas Hammond Dasher, Thomas Reband, Bill Gliesman but an unsettling 2006 Dan Swartzman, Rick Schoenfield 1999 1. Dave Hemmer, Jon Kurasch, Robert opponent. Bruce 2007 William Howard, Gregory Reichert Alps, Roger Solomon; 2. Bruce Scott, Tom played with Oswald 2008 Ken Llacera, Mick Friedberg Allen, Paul Hazzard, Jim Boardman Jacoby and Howard 2009 Peter Litchfield, Paul Gutterman 2000 1. Zbigniew Musznyski, Marian Schenken on the first Kowalewski, Pavel Boruta, Robert Boruta, 2010 William Anspach, Robert Block of the outstanding Michael Omielski, Eugenisz Babiarz; 2. teams, the Four Barry Margolin, Suresh Adina, Leo Horsemen, captained Zelevinsky, Otis Bricker 2001 1. Mark MacKenzie, Ron Sloan, Deen by P. Hal Sims. Hergott, David Gordon; 2. David Ruppert, In 1933 with Schenken, Jacoby and Dick Frey Michael Pearlman, Dan Moore, Walter (joined shortly afterward by Michael Gottlieb), Mitnick he organized the Four Aces. This team took the 2002 1. Stephen Tu, Steve Chen, Shih-Ming leadership in competition and held it for the next Shih, Paul Cornelius, Rajeev Gupta; 2. decade. Rohan Coelho, Todd Zimnoch, Ralph Unlike Bruce, Sally Young (1906-1970) was Henderson, Maurice Henderson not one of the first 10 to be named Life Master. 2003 1. (District 20) Rohan Coelho, Ralph She was, however, Henderson, Danny McGurl, David Castles; Life Master #17 and 2. (District 13) Tadeusz Szych, Jerzy Jelen, Wlodzimierz Lopalewski, Klaudsiusz the first woman to Warbinski, Mike Potoczak, Lech earn the rank. Young Last year’s Bruce LM Pairs winners Michael Brzozowski earned success in open and Sylwia McNamara. 2004 1. (District 12) Grigoriy Blekherman, Amy and women’s events. Kiefer, David Harty, Han Peters; 2. She is the only woman (District 24) Ryan Connors, Mark Dean, to “three-peat” in Daniel Wilderman, Helena McGahagan the Reisinger. Young 2005 1. (District 2) Bob Defreyne, Milt Payne, and teammates John Paul Beischlag, Reginald Smith; (District Crawford, Charles 14) Andy Caranicas, Jeremy Martin, Daniel Goren and Charles Barrett, Shela Kim 2006 1. (District 19) Kam Tang, Samuel Lai, Tao Solomon won in 1937 Feng, Jack Lee; 2. (District 20) Ivan Jen, and 1938. They added B. Jay Becker to the squad Veronica Mathis, John Cissel, Daniel in 1939 and won again. Rothwell Young also won the Reisinger in 1947 with 2007 1. (District 16) John Heath, Alan Dennis, teammates Jane Jaeger, Paula Ribner and Kay George Keiller, Don Morgan; 2. (District 19) Rhodes. They remain the only all-women’s team to Last year’s Young LM Pairs winners: Robert Long Xie, Roy Li, Kai Zhou, Baixiang Liu win a major open team event. Block and William Anspach. 2008 1. (District 8) Thomas Reilly-Pol, Sandy Bigg, Debbie Romero, Jonathan Goldberg; 2. (District 23) Lenard Lakofka, Aaron Notice to players Bid Box Alerts and Craig, Kevin Lane, Alan Flower Each player must have an ACBL convention 2009 1. (District 12) Zach Scherr, Brian Wyman, card filled out and on the table. Please note that Announcements Benjamin Weiss, Zachary Wasserman, Max other types of convention cards, such as the WBF When using bid boxes, the ACBL requires that convention card or homemade cards that do not Glick; 2. (District 16) Herbert Kalman, players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the Robert Reichek, Brett Elliott, Harry Elliott, sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes. same time. Byron Elliott When making an Announcement, use the 2010 1. (District 11) David Camillus, Ryan Masterpoint disclaimer Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap Schultz, Tom Terwilliger, Ambrish Bansal; the Alert strip at the same time. 2. (District 20) Chris Poulos, Magid Scores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must Shirzadegan, Anoush Shirzadegan, Brian subject to change because of score changes or make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Breckenridge corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, Announcement has been made. therefore, also subject to change. Marketing Matters FREE! ACBL’s Marketing Director, Vicki Campbell, will host a program 10:30–noon for anyone interested in marketing Live!Saturday, July 23 their clubs or bridge lessons.

Don’t miss this chance to meet Vicki and explore your options. LOCATION: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel — Huron Room Page 6 Daily Bulletin

Grand National Teams The GNT is a North American contest with all (1968, 1989 and 1991); the Spingold Knockout Leavitt, Larry Robbins, Claude Vogel; 2. 25 ACBL districts participating. Teams (1969, 1978, 1983, 1986 and 1988); the Marty Bergen, Chuck Lamprey, Warren In 1985, the event was subdivided into Reisinger B‑A‑M Teams (1970, 1976 and 1980); Rosner, Allan Stauber three separate events: Flights A, B and C. the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams (1971, 1973, 1980 1. Jack Bitman, Jan Janitschke, Craig Another change came in 2001 when the GNT 1978, 1997 and 1998). Goldman also had 13 Janitschke, Dick Lesko; 2. Russell Arnold, Championship Flight (for players with more than second‑place finishes in NABC events. Edith Kemp, William Passell, Cliff Russell, 5000 masterpoints) was created. Flight A is now a At the time of Billy Seamon, Dave Strasberg 0-5000 event. his induction into 1981 1. Ira Chorush, James Jacoby, Mike The winners of the Championship Flight the Hall of Fame, Passell, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold; will have their names engraved on the Morehead Goldman was 2. Mike Becker, Brian Glubok, John Trophy, donated by The New York Times in an ACBL Grand Lowenthal, Phillip Martin, Michael memory of its longtime bridge editor Albert H. Life Master with Rosenberg, Ron Rubin Morehead. The winners of Flight A will have their more than 25,700 1982 1. Ron Von der Porten, Hugh Ross, Chip names engraved on the Goldman Trophy, named in masterpoints, and Martel, Lew Stansby, Kyle Larsen, Peter honor of the late Bobby Goldman. ranked ninth on Pender, Jeff Polisner (npc); 2. Steve Albert H. Morehead the all‑time list of Landen, Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Jeff Starr, Morehead (1909-1996) was born in Flintstone masterpoint holders. Frank Bell, Chuck Berger GA and educated at Baylor and Harvard. Ely He was also a WBF World Grand Master. 1983 1. Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender, Culbertson hired him in 1932 because of his Goldman authored several books on the game, Lew Stansby; 2. Lou Blumn, Richard outstanding ability as a player and analyst and including Aces Scientific and Winners and Losers Freeman, Larry Gould, Randy Joyce, Nick made him technical at the Bridge Table. His contributions to bidding Nickell editor of The Bridge theory include Super Gerber, Kickback, Exclusion 1984 1. Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield, Peter Boyd, World in 1933. Blackwood and Goldman after Stayman. He was Bob Lipsitz, Steve Robinson; 2. Greg De He proved so one of the principal architects of the Aces Scientific Fotis, Larry Robbins, Jerry Goldfein, Hal invaluable that in System. Mouser, Jack Oest, Gerry Caravelli 1934 he was made Goldman served as ACBL recorder from 1985 1. Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Lew Stansby, general manager 1986-1988 and was a longtime member of the Peter Pender, Alfred Sheinwold (npc); of all Culbertson Competitions and Conventions Committee. His 2. Steve Robinson, Eddie Manfield, Peter enterprises. He views on the game helped shape the modern‑day Boyd, Bobby Lipsitz was only 25 when Alert procedure, the ACBL convention chart, ethics 1986 1. Seymon Deutsch, Bobby Wolff, Bob he played on the and the appeals process. Hamman, Jim Jacoby; 2. Milt Rosenberg, Culbertson team that Goldman was honored by the ACBL by being Ralph Katz, Hal Mouser, Greg DeFotis, defeated the British in named the 1999 Honorary Member, presented for Larry Robbins, Howard Weinstein the second international match for the Schwab Cup. long and meritorious service to bridge. 1987 1. Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Peter Pender, Morehead was the first bridge editor of The Goldman’s early career was distinguished Lew Stansby, Mike Lawrence; 2. Frank New York Times with a Sunday column from by his association with the now‑famous Aces, Hoadley, Sidney Lazard, John Onstott, 1935 and a daily column from 1959. He resigned the professional, Texas‑based team created by Jack LaNoue from the Times late in 1963 to devote full time to businessman Ira Corn for the purpose of winning 1988 1. Steve Robinson, Ed Manfield, Peter writing, editing and publishing of the dictionaries, world bridge championships. Goldman was a Boyd, Robert Lipsitz; 2. Jack Oest, Steve encyclopedias and thesauruses that made him one member of the successful squad until 1974. Garner, Jerry Goldfein, Bart Bramley, of the foremost American lexicographers. Gerry Caravelli, Howard Weinstein During those years, Morehead found time for Winners and runners-up 1989 1. Steve Sion, Robert Barr, Howard tremendous service to organized bridge. He was 1973 1. Russell Arnold, James Beery, Jane Stengel, Bernie Miller; 2. Tony Kasday, an officer of the United States Bridge Association Jaeger, Richard Pavlicek, William Seamon, Paul Ivaska, Gaylor Kasle, Garey Hayden, when that organization amalgamated with the Robert G. Sharp; 2. Byron Economidy, Roger Bates American Bridge League in 1937. Jerry Levitt, Roger Lord, Norb Kremer, 1990 1. Doug Simpson, Walter Johnson, Jeff He became a governor of the newly formed Dave Smith, Ron Smith Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Dennis Clerkin; ACBL and served as president in 1943 and 1974 1. Larry Cohen, Billy Eisenberg, Eddie 2. Kay Larsen, Chris Larsen, Joe Kivel, chairman of the board from 1943 to 1945. He was Kantar, Richard Katz, Paul Soloway, Robert Rosenblum, Evan Bailey named ACBL Honorary Member in 1946. John Swanson; 2. Chuck Burger, Fred 1991 1. Larry Robbins, Jerry Goldfein, Jack Morehead was a member of the National Laws Hamilton, Howard Perlman, Stanley Smith, Oest, Peter Nagy, Steve Garner, Howard Commission and was in charge of production of Jeffrey Starr, Dick Yanko Weinstein; 2. Marty Bergen, Fred Stewart, the International Laws of Contract Bridge. He was 1975 1. John Fisher, Charles Gabriel, Bob Larry Cohen, Steve Weinstein also the author of the constitution of the World Hamman, Jim Hooker, Charles Weed, 1992 1. Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Robert Bridge Federation --- the first formal definition Bobby Wolff; 2. Mike Cook, Jim Felts, Lipsitz, Ed Manfield; 2. Michael Becker, of the scope, structure, powers and duties of that Doug Hill, Reece Rogers, Ron Smith, Ron Rubin, Richard Pavlicek, William organization. Bernie Yomtov Root, Bobby Levin, Jeff Wolfson Morehead was named to the ACBL Bridge Hall 1976 1. Billy Eisenberg, Eddie Kantar, Paul 1993 1. Ravindra Murthy, Brad Moss, Lew of Fame in 1996. Soloway, John Swanson; 2. Marty Fleisher, Stansby, Chip Martel, Hugh Ross, Jeff Bobby Goldman Charlie Friedman, Ron Gerard, Halina Ferro; 2. Brian Ellis, Asim Ulke, Florine Bobby Goldman (1938-1999), who became Jamner, Archie McKellar, Neil Nathanson Walters, Richard Finberg, Jay Apfelbaum, a member of the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame in 1977 1. Bob Hamman, Dan Morse, Curtis Smith, Piyush Vakil his first year of eligibility, enjoyed a stellar career Eddie Wold, Bobby Wolff; 2. Bobby 1994 1. Jimmy Cayne, Alan Sontag, Dave as a player, author and theorist. His tournament Lipsitz, Steve Parker, Steve Robinson, Kit Berkowitz, Larry Cohen; 2. Doug Simson, record is impressive. He earned four world titles Woolsey Walter Johnson, Eric Rodwell, Jeff \ (the Bermuda Bowl in 1970, 1971 and 1979 and 1978 1. Gerald Caravelli, Charles Peres, William Meckstroth the World Mixed Teams in 1972) and 19 North Rosen, Milton Rosenberg, Dan Rotman; 2. 1995 1. Steve Garner, Jack Oest, Larry Robbins, American championships: the Life Master Men’s Allan Cokin, Bobby Levin, Bud Reinhold, Jerry Goldfein, Gerald Caravelli, Gary Pairs (1964); the Life Master Pairs (1968); the William Seamon, Steve Sion Cohler; 2. Billy Cohen, Marc Jacobus, Open B‑A‑M Teams (1993); the Men’s Teams 1979 1. Greg DeFotis, Jerry Goldfein, Arnold Harold Lilie, Peter Nagy Master Point Press invites you to MEET THE AUTHORS

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1996 1. Ralph Buchalter, Hugh Ross, Kyle 2006 Championship Flight: 1. (District 16) Bob Larsen, Ron Smith, Chip Martel, Lew Hamman, Petra Hamman, Hemant Lall, Welcome IN Players Stansby; 2. Chuck Burger, Geoff Hampson, Justin Lall, John Sutherlin, Peggy continued from page 3 Allan Falk, Perry Johnson Sutherlin; 2. (District 21) Jan Martel, 1997 1. (District 9) Jeffrey Wolfson, Robert Chip Martel, JoAnna Stansby, Lew On Saturday, July 23, a free IN reception Stansby, Kit Woolsey, Sally Woolsey Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Neil Silverman, with food and special celebrity guests will be held Richard Pavlicek, Michael Seamon; 2. Flight A: 1. (District 2) Doug Baxter, Daniel Korbel, David Grainger, Danny from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Dominion Ballroom in the (District 10) Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Curtis Miles, Andy Stark; 2. (District 16) Charles Sheraton. Cheek, Steve Beatty, John Onstott Price, Mark Bumgardner, Stan Kohan, Don’t miss these free two-hour lessons from 1998 1. (District 22) Ross Grabel, Jon Wittes, Greg Hinze, Marcus Poe, Tom Edwards these great teachers: Mark Itabashi, Fred Hamilton, Gene 2007 Championship Flight: 1. (District 9) Saturday, July 23, 10 a.m.-noon: Audrey Grant Simpson; 2. (District 16) Bobby Goldman, Warren Spector, Michael Becker, Larry Sunday, July 24, 10 a.m.-noon: Jerry Helms John Sutherlin, Malcolm Brachman, Mike Cohen, David Berkowitz, Jeff Meckstroth, Monday, July 25, 10 a.m.-noon: Barbara Passell, Eddie Wold Eric Rodwell; 2. (District 24) Roy Welland, Seagram 1999 1. (District 9) Joseph Shay, Michael Robert Levin, Glenn Milgrim, Chris On Wednesday, July 27, win gold points in the Willenken Seamon, Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, National 199er Pairs, a two-session event, held at Flight A: 1. (District 12) Michael Alioto, Eric Rodwell; 2. (District 23) Jill Meyers, 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Ed Davis, Mitch Dunitz, Iftikhar Baqai Sheldon Kirsch, Barry Lippitt, Frank Sensoli, Robert Cappelli; 2. (District 24) Entry fee special! Players with 0–100 MPs who 2000 1. (District 9) Joseph Shay, Michael buy a regular-price entry July 22-24 will receive a Seamon, Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Valentin Carciu, Michael Lipkin, David Gurvich, Sorin Pleacof, Ljudmila half-priced entry for games held July 29-31. Eric Rodwell; 2. (District 21) Rose Kamenova Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Ron Smith, Kyle 2008 Championship Flight: 1. (District 9) Monitoring Larsen, Chip Matel, Lew Stansby Warren Spector, Mike Becker, Eric At this and future North American 2001 Championship Flight: 1. (District 23) Jill Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, David Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ Meyers, Ed Davis, Mitch Dunitz, Iftikhar Berkowitz, Larry Cohen; 2. (District 25) events with visible, real-time cameras. The images Baqai; 2. (District 21) Rose Meltzer, Peter Frank Merblum, John Stiefel, Lloyd will be recorded and will be available for later Weichsel, Hugh Ross, Kyle Larsen, Chip Arvedon, Victor King, Doug Doub, Sheila official inspection and review. Martel, Lew Stansby Gabay By general monitoring of the session and Flight A: 1. (District 17) Merlin Vilhauer, Flight A: 1. (District 24) Valentin Carciu, participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source Pam Stratton, Robert Johnson, Bruce John Ramos, James Scott, Sorin Pleacof, Cuthbertson, Mark Litterman; 2. (District Kelley Hwang, Harry Apfel; 2. (District of information that may be useful in determining 6) Lyle Poe, Rusty Krauss, David Butler, 11) Charles Kopp, Sheryl Langner, Shan facts and settling issues arising from some types of Raphael Kahn, Barry Falgout, Mark Dahl Au, Greg Potts ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please 2009 Championship Flight: 1. (District 21) Rose 2002 Championship Flight: 1. (District 9) Russ summon a director if a problem occurs at the table. Meltzer, Kyle Larsen, Sally Woolsey, Kit Ekeblad, Sheila Ekeblad, Jeff Meckstroth, This procedure is intended to assure everyone Woolsey, Jan Martel, Chip Martel; 2. Michael Seamon, Eric Rodwell, Mark that the playing field is level and that misbehavior (District 24) John Hurd, Joe Grue, Bob will not be tolerated. Molson; 2. (District 17) Lou Ann Blanchard, Shane Blanchard, Kevin O’Rourke, Roger Bates, Garey Hayden, Bathurst, Brian Glubok Billy Miller, Marc Jacobus. Flight A: (District 23) David Kempe, Electronic Device Policy Flight A: (District 9) Adrian Dovell, Matt Klimesh, Chien-Yao Tseng, John The electronic device policy is revised as Patricia Dovell, John Moschella, John Ramos; 2. (District 19) Bill O’Brien, Dave follows: Brady, Bob Dennard, Brian Gunnell; 2. Grubbs, John Maki, Kevin Bolan 1. For all NABC+ rated events at NABCs: (District 14) Bob Balderson, Cindy 2010 Championship Flight: 1. (District 11) Electronic devices, including but not limited to, Balderson, Kurt Schaeffer, Carole Miner Walter Johnson, Doug Simson, Dennis phones, cameras, PDAs, and others capable of 2003 Championship Flight: 1. (District 21) Rose Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin; 2. (District 23) Jill sending or receiving electronic communication are Meyers, Mitch Dunitz, Walter Shafer, Ed Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Hugh Ross, Kyle excluded from the playing areas during any session Larsen, Chip Martel, Lew Stansby; Davis Flight A: 1. (District 4) Elliot Shalita, Doug of play. This does not apply to health-related 2. (District 9) Larry Griffey, Spike Lay, Dye, Rick Olanoff, Corey Krantz, Howard equipment. Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Michael Cohen, Andy Kaufman; 2. (District 7) 2. For all events at an NABC other Seamon, Russ Ekeblad Lance Shull, Audrey Ventura, Jon Rice, than a NABC+ rated event: Except for Flight A: 1. (District 16) Buddy Hanby, Doug Dey health‑related equipment, or by permission of the Sally Wheeler, Patricia Griffin, James Director‑in‑Charge of the tournament, cell phones, Griffin; 2. (District 5) Niel Waletzky, Stan audible pagers or similar equipment may not be Dub, Don Sulgrove, Kathleen Sulgrove operated or operable in any manner in the playing 2004 Championship Flight: 1. (District 9) Jim area during a session of play. Any such equipment Mahaffey, Michael Seamon, Gary Cohler, must not be visible during the session. Sponsoring Barnet Shenkin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric organizations of other ACBL‑sanctioned events are Rodwell; 2. (District 16) Malcolm encouraged to adopt a similar policy. Brachman, Bart Bramley, Sidney Lazard, 3. These restrictions in numbers 1 and 2 above Mike Passell, Eddie Wold apply to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, Flight A: 1. (District 6) Sumner Steinfeldt, play recorders (except those designated by ACBL) Marshall Kuschner, Hal Hindman, Mark Last year’s GNT Championship Flight winners and kibitzers and are in force throughout any actual Chen; 2. (District 12) Mark Leonard, Walter Johnson, Dennis Clerkin, Doug Simson playing session or segment of play. Thomas Rozinski, Barry Lippitt, Richard and Jerry Clerkin. 4. A violation of any of the restrictions in Mydloski 2005 Championship Flight: 1. (District 12) numbers 1 and 2 above will result in a disciplinary Howard Perlman, Chuck Burger, Perry penalty of one full board (12 IMPs at that form Johnson, Michael Zerbini; 2. (District 9) of scoring) for the first offense. A second offense Jim Mahaffey, Barnet Shenkin, Eric will result in disqualification from the event for the Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, Michael pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy will be Seamon, Gary Cohler removed from the playing area for the remainder of Flight A: 1. (District 7) Jonathan Slaney, the session. John Lowell, Jeff Ziemer, Robert Fendrick, Hugh Hughes, Gregory Roberts; 2. (District 24) Valentin Carciu, David Last year’s GNT Flight A winners: rear, Doug Gurvich, Michael Lipkin, Ira Ewen, Sorin Dye, Rick Olanoff and Elliot Shalita; front, Corey Krantz, Howard Cohen and Andy ♠♥♦♣ Pleacof Kaufman.

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Life Master Pairs begins today Life Master Pairs begins today 2. Garey Hayden, Mike Passell Top Norwegian players and world champions 1977 1. Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel; Boye Brogeland and Erik Saelensminde narrowly 2. Ken Cohen, Robert Lipsitz won the 2010 von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs. In 1978 1. Mary Jane Farell, Marilyn Johnson; the final session, the duo survived a poor result on 2. Ron Feldman, David Sacks a late play to maintain their lead over runners-up 1979 1. Ralph Katz, Ken Schutze; Norberto Bocchi and Guide Ferraro. 2. Dan Morse, Bobby Nail The play 1980 1. Bob Hamman, Eric Rodwell; The Life Master Pairs is a six-session event 2. Don Caton, Homer Shoop with two qualifying, two semi-final and two final 1981 1. Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein; sessions. It is restricted to Life Masters. At stake is 2. Paul Lavings, Bob Richman the von Zedtwitz Gold Cup. 1982 1. Tommy Sanders, Ron Andersen; In 1930, Waldemar von Zedtwitz donated the 2. Robert Lipsitz, Ron Sukoneck Gold Cup, which was presented to the winners 1983 1. Bob Hamman, Eddie Kantar; of the Life Master Pairs. The first winners: von 2. Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth Zedtwitz and P. Hal Sims. 1984 1. Mike Lawrence, Peter Weichsel; Waldemar von 2. Alan Sontag, Steve Sion Zedtwitz (1896- 1985 1. George Steiner, Darryl Pedersen; 1984), ACBL 2. David Siebert, Allan Siebert president emeritus, 1986 1. Eric Rodwell, Douglas Simson; was president of 2. Tom Kniest, Karen Walker the ACBL in 1948 1987 1. Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz; and of its parent 2. Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd organization, the 2. Lee Hazen, Ruth Sherman 1988 1. Marty Bergen, Larry Cohen; American Bridge 1947 1. Allen Harvey, Frank Weisbach; 2. Howard Weinstein, John Carruthers League, in 1932. He 2. John Crawford, Theodore Lightner 1989 1. Richard Katz, Robert Levin; was named Honorary 1948 1. S. Garton Churchill, Cecil Head; 2. Howard Weinstein, Ralph Katz Member by the ABL 2. Erik Coon, Vincent Remey 1990 1. Ron Rubin, Michael Becker; in 1931. 1949 1. Ruth Gilbert, Leo Roet; 2. John Mohan, Kay Schulle 1991 1. Doug Simson, Eric Rodwell; When dissension threatened to break up the 2. Arthur Glatt, Albert Weiss 2. Steve Sion, Clint Morrell ACBL in 1948, the contesting factions agreed to 1950 1. Manuel Sherwin, C. W. Yorke; 1992 1. Bob Hamman, Hemant Lall; von Zedtwitz as president and chairman with carte Edward Marcus, Sam Stayman 2. Hugh Ross, Zia Mahmood blanche power. He is credited with saving the 1951 1. Richard Kahn, Peter Leventritt; 1993 1. Dan Morse, John Sutherlin; ACBL. In 1949, upon the League’s rehabilitation, 2. Ned Drucker, Edgar Kaplan 2. Tom Clarke, Alan LeBendig he immediately returned his carte blanche power to 1952 1. William Jackson, William Joseph; 1994 1. Robert Levin, Jeff Wolfson; the Board of Directors. 2-3. Arthur Glatt, Albert Weiss; 2. Eddie Wold, Steve Sion He helped found the World Bridge Federation 2-3. John Crawford, Howard Schenken 1995 1. Joe Kivel, Allan Siebert; and played a major role in the formation of the 1953 1. Milton Ellenby, William Rosen; 2. William Root, Richard Pavlicek ACBL Charity Foundation. 2. Charles Goren, Helen Sobel 1954 1. David Carter, John Hubbell; 1996 1. David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen; As a player, von Zedtwitz was noted for his 2. Tony Forrester, Geir Helgemo versatility in playing with exponents of different 2. Victor Mitchell, Ira Rubin 1955 1. Ben Fain, Paul Hodge; 1997 1. Steve Garner, Howard Weinstein; systems. He was one of the first 10 to be named 2. Tony Forrester, Geir Helgemo Life Master (he was No. 4) when the category was 2. Victor Mitchell, Ira Rubin 1956 1. Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone; 1998 1. Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson; created in 1936. 2. Richard Pavlicek, Rich Pavlicek Jr. Von Zedtwitz won many national auction 2. John Crawford, Sidney Silodor 1957 1. H. Sanborn Brown, Martin Cohn; 1999 1. John Mohan, Sam Lev; bridge champions and nearly all the contract bridge 2. Brad Moss, Fred Gitelman championships. He and Barbara Brier won the 2. Francis Begley, Louis Kelner 1958 1-2. Charles Goren, Helen Sobel; 2000 1. Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg; World Mixed Pairs in 1970 when von Zedtwitz was 2. John Mohan, Sam Lev 74 and legally blind. 1-2. Wilson Landley, Louis Levy 1959 1. Ed Rosen, Dan Rotman; 2001 1. Steve Weinstein, Robert Levin; Winners and runners-up: 2. Gary Cohler, Ralph Katz 1930 1. P. Hal Sims, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Sidney Aronson, Larry Weiss 1960 1. Helen Portugal, Morris Portugal; 2002 1. Tobi Sokolow, Leni Holtz; 2. Ely Culbertson, Josephine Culbertson 2. Lynn Deas, Curtis Cheek 1931 1. David Burnstine, Howard Schenken; 2. Curtis Smith, Bobby Wolff 1961 1. Philip Feldesman, Marshall Miles; 2003 1. Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman; 2. Michael Gottlieb, Theodore Lightner 2. Michael Rosenberg, Ralph Katz 1932 1. Michael Gottlieb, Theodore Lightner; 2. Paul Kibler, Robert Reynolds 1962 1. Philip Feldesman, Ira Rubin; 2004 1. Walid Elahmady, Zia Mahmood; 2. David Burnstine, Howard Schenken 2. Reese Milner, John Mohan 1933 1. David Burnstine, Howard Schenken; 2. Edith Kemp, Albert Weiss 1963 1. Lew Mathe, Edward Taylor; 2005 1. Pat McDevitt, Stephen Gladyszak; 2. P. Hal Sims, Waldemar von Zedtwitz 2. Walid Elahmady, Zia Mahmood 1934 1. Richard Frey, Howard Schenken; 2. Ira Rubin, Curtis Smith 1964 1. B. Jay Becker, Dorothy Hayden; 2006 1. Bart Bramley, Bjorn Fallenius; 2. Walter Malowan, Sydney Rusinow 2. Martin Fleisher, William Pollack 1935 1. B. Jay Becker, Theodore Lightner; 2. Bruce Elliott, Percy Sheardown 1965 1. Victor Mitchell, Samuel Stayman; 2007 1. Chip Martel, Zia Mahmood; 2. Louis Haddad, Charles Hall 2. Howard Weinstein, Renee Mancuso 1936 1. David Burnstine, Oswald Jacoby; 2. Alvin Roth, Tobias Stone 1966 1. Hermine Baron, Meyer Schleifer; 2008 1. Jan Jansma, Rico Van Prooijen; 2. Robert Appleyard, Isadore Epstine 2. Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco 1937 1. S. Garton Churchill, Charles Lochridge; 2. Morrie Freier, Robert Reynolds 1967 1. Philip Feldesman, Lew Mathe; 2009 1. Michal Kwiecien, Roald Ramer; 2. Doris Fuller, Henry Vogel 2. Nikolay Demirev, Hemant Lall 1938 1. Morrie Elis, Sherman Stearns; 2. Diana Schuld, Frank Schuld 1968 1. Bill Eisenberg, Bobby Goldman; 2010 1. Boye Brogeland, Erik Saelensminde; 2. John Crawford, Charles Solomon 2. Norberto Bocchi, Guide Ferraro 1939 1. Robert Appleyard, Harry Fishbein; 2. James Jacoby, Bobby Wolff 2. Oswald Jacoby, Waldemar von Zedtwitz 1969 1. Sami Kehela, Eric Murray; 2. Chuck Burger, Jimmy Cayne 1940 1. Harry Fishbein, Morrie Elis; 2. Sam Fry, Myron Fuchs 1970 1. Paul Heitner, Michael Moss; 1941 1. Merwyn Maier, Howard Schenken; 2. Robert Freedman, James Mathis 2. John Crawford, Oswald Jacoby 1971 1. Alvin Roth, Barbara Rappaport; 1942 1. Charles Goren, Helen Sobel; 2. James Jacoby, Minda Brachman 2. Philip Abramsohn, Tobias Stone 1972 1. Alvin Roth, Barbara Rappaport; 1943 1. John Crawford, Howard Schenken; 2. Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel 2. Sidney Silodor, Margaret Wagar 1973 1. Jack Blair, Paul Swanson; 1944 1. Samuel Katz, Peter Leventritt; 2. Chuck Burger, Jimmy Cayne 2. Ambrose Casner, Ralph Hirschberg 1974 1. Gerald Michaud, Bobby Nail; 1945 1. Robert Appleyard, M.A. Lightman; 2. Walter Walvick, Thomas Weik 1975 1. Roy Fox, Eugene O’Neill; 2. Bertram Lebhar, Simon Rossant Last year’s Life Master Pairs winners Boye 1946 1. Sidney Silodor, Charles Solomon; 2. Michael Becker, Ahmed Hussein 1976 1. Robert Lipsitz, Neil Silverman; Brogeland and Erik Saelensminde. Daily Bulletin Page 9

National Appeals Committee Roster and National Appeals Committee Schedule for the Toronto NABC Meeting There will be a meeting of the National Appeals Director Chairman Committee on Friday, July 22, from 11:00 to Paul Janicki, Markham ON Adam Wildavsky, New York NY 11.30p.m. in the Board Room (Roysl York). red team white team blue team Team Leaders Team Leaders Team Leaders Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA Doug Doub, West Hartford CT Jeff Goldsmith, Pasadena CA Ron Gerard, White Plains NY Richard Popper, Wilmington DE Aaron Silverstein, New York NY Michael Huston, Joplin MO Team Members Team Members Team Members Karen Allison, Las Vegas NV Bart Bramley, Dallas TX Darwin Afdahl, Oro Valley AZ Ken Barbour, Scottsdale AZ Tom Carmichael, Atlanta GA Jeff Aker, Ossining NY Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ Shannon Cappelletti, Hollywood FL Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ Dick Budd, Portland ME Mark Feldman, Austin TX Robb Gordon, Sedona AZ Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV Gail Greenberg, New York NY Abby Heitner, Wheaton MD Gary Cohler, Chicago IL Joe Grue, New York NY E.J. Kales, East Lansing MI Jan Jansma, Malden, Netherlands Ellen Kent, Marina Del Ray CA Fred King, Falls Church VA Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD Zygmunt Marcinski, Westmount QC Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL Chris Moll, Raleigh NC John Lusky, Portland OR Marlene Passell, Coral Springs FL Tom Peters, Grapeland TX Jacob Morgan, Madison WI Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC Jeff Polisner, Walnut Creek CA Mike Passell, Dallas TX Lou Reich, Wheaton MD Judy Randel, Albuquerque NM Barry Rigal, New York NY Becky Rogers, Las Vegas NV Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA Bruce Rogoff, Upper Grandview NY Hendrik Sharples, Brush Prairie WA Blair Seidler, Fair Lawn NJ Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA Patty Tucker, Atlanta GA Joann Sprung, Philadelphia PA John Solodar, Palm Beach Gardens FL Bob White, Raleigh NC David Stevenson, Liverpool, England Dan Sprung, Philadelphia PA Eddie Wold, Houston TX Jim Thurtell, Dallas TX Kathy Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH Chris Willenken, New York NY Riggs Thayer, San Diego CA On duty Friday, July 22 On duty On duty Monday, July 25 Saturday, July 23 Sunday, July 24 Thursday, July 28 Tuesday, July 26 Wednesday, July 27 Friday, July 29 Saturday, July 30 Entries Slow play notice The Insider All North American championships with no If you are a habitually slow player, be aware Welcome to Toronto! The Insider is sending upper masterpoint limitation $20 that the ACBL Board of Directors unanimously this from the airport where he has been stuck in (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play approved this motion at the Fall NABC in 2010: lines at Customs for four days. The Insider has in NABC+ events. $1.50 per person per session When a pair has fallen behind, it is incumbent moved from line to line in hopes of finding the benefits the International Fund.) on them to make up the time lost as quickly as fastest moving line, but has not found one yet. Other North American championships $17 possible whether at fault or not. All players are Boss Baum, the Bulletin Boys, Ask Me Girl and all (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play expected to make a concerted effort to catch up the rest of the staff from greater Horn Lake have in these events.) when they have fallen behind, regardless of the been here several days. Once the Insider gets to the Regional championships $16 for ACBL reason for their lateness. playing site and gets all the latest news, he’ll be members, $18 for all others In the absence of compelling evidence to the sure the share. Especially the good stuff! All other events $15 for ACBL members, contrary, the director should presume that a pair The rules for this week are simple: NABC+ $17 for all others. finishing a round late by more than two or three events will be played at the Royal York. I/N, 9 minutes on more than one occasion during a o’clock, 10 & 3, regional and midnight games will Check Cashing and Bridge session is responsible for the lateness. There is a be played at the Sheraton Centre. There will be strong expectation that the director will penalize an occasional exception to these rules. We have Bucks at the Toronto NABC such a pair. The size of a penalty will tend to no clue where we will put certain other events, but Entry fees increase for subsequent instances of slow play and we’ll be sure to print the right information on the are payable in for chronic or egregious slow play. While warnings back page. Check there to be sure you know where U.S. or Canadian typically will be given before a penalty is assessed, you are going. We have shuttles running between funds. Change will failure to do so in no way limits the director’s the two hotels to help you get where you want to be given in the authority to issue a penalty. An appeal of an action be. currency tendered taken by a TD with regard to time may be taken to Good luck, have fun, check here tomorrow for whenever possible. the Director in Charge of the tournament, and no the latest Supreme Commander sightings, details on Small change further. the Boss Baum Farewell Tour and all the other facts will be given in and figures that are so important to you. Canadian funds. Dining special at the Canadian checks for the exact amount of entry Fairmont Royal York Shuttle info and U.S. checks for the exact amount of entry will Pipers Gastropub offers you two-for-one Shuttles are provided be accepted at the entry sale. entrees for the duration of the bridge tournament. between the Sheraton Centre The check cashing desk will be at the Royal No fine print! You get one free main course of and Fairmont Royal York. York on Friday, July 22, at noon. Additional equal or lesser value when ordering any main One shuttle will run locations and hours will be posted in the Daily course. Just say “Bridge” to your server! continuously between the Bulletin. Checks are only accepted during check Pipers is located in the Avenues Level of the hotels from 8 a.m. to1 a.m. cashing hours. hotel, and is open Monday–Friday 4:30–11:30 p.m. Additionally, a second shuttle U.S. checks for amounts greater than entry (and will run during these times: less than the allowable daily limit) will be cashed Dining specials at the 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and for Canadian funds at the current exchange rate. 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Bridge Bucks will be sold for $20 U.S. The current Sheraton The pick-up location at the Fairmont Royal exchange rate will be used when purchasing Bridge Bistro York is on York St.; the pick-up location at the Bucks with Canadian funds. 25% discount for breakfast buffet Sheraton Centre is on Richmond St. U.S. currency will not be exchanged for Traders Canadian currency, neither at the check cashing Featuring the $9.99 lunch desk nor at the entry sale. Keith’s Indian Pale Ale: 2 Pints for $12.00 Buckets of beers (4 domestic bottles): $19.99 Page 10 Daily Bulletin

2011 GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS ENTRANTS Morehead Championship Flight by district Goldman Flight A by district Sheinwold Flight B by district 1 Marc-Andre Fourcaudot, Montreal QC; 1 Pamela Nisbet - Jack Brown - R Elwin 1 David Gordon - John Cook - Maher Saleh, Vincent Demuy - Martial Chagnon, Laval QC; Brown, Ottawa ON; Herve Chatagnier, Quebec QC Ottawa ON; Michael Baggott, North Gower ON Frederic Pollack, Lasalle QC 2 Detlef Ladewig - Bob Sewell, Toronto ON; 2 Craig Macintosh, Scarborough ON; John 2 Nader Hanna - David Lindop - Robert Naveed Ather, Oakville ON; Lino D’Souza, Cook - Aleksandar Vujic - Andrew Collins - Lebi - Doug Baxter, Toronto ON; Daniel Korbel, Burlington ON Charles Halasi - David Halasi, Toronto ON Waterloo ON; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON 3 Mike McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, 3 Sidney Kanter - Ron Nelken, Clifton NJ; 3 Dougin Walker, Princeton NJ; Jiang Gu, White Plains NY; Bill Ehlers, Montclair NJ; Dan Xiaoxiong Dai, Edison NJ; Jason Ji, Milltown NJ Mountain Lakes NJ; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Wolkowitz, Hastings-On-Hud NY; Ray 5 Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; Dian Petrov, David Rowntree, Pennington NJ Pfeister, Bronxville NY Buffalo NY; Michael Roberts, Youngstown OH; 4 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, 4 Corey Krantz, Drexel Hill PA; Howard Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA Wynnewood PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Don Dalpe, Baldwinsville 6 Michael Lane - David Platnick, Tom Weik, Reading PA NY; Andy Kaufman, Fort Washington PA; Charlottesvle VA; Michael Kelley, Nellysford VA; 5 Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Dan Rick Olanoff, De Witt NY Eberhard Jehle, Charlottesville VA Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Phil Becker, Beachwood 5 Dan Roseberry, Dover OH; Gus Costanzo - 7 Peter Boyd-Bowman - Kathy Coop, OH; Niel Waletzky, Shaker Heights OH; Kathy Frances Prus, Pittsburgh PA; Jim Overcasher, Greensboro NC; C. Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; Sulgrove - Don Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH East Canton OH John Marriott III, Cary NC 6 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, 6 Richard Baum, Baltimore MD; Janet 8 Charles Young - Rich Pestien - Patrick Darnestown MD; Steve Landen, Ellicott City MD; Robertson, Timonium MD; Diane Walker, Moos - Mary Allen, Peoria IL Bill Pettis - Bill Cole, Silver Spring MD; Beth Gaithersburg MD; Joe Trapani, Hydes MD; Noble 9 Theo Lichtenstein, Tallahassee FL; Earl Palmer, Chevy Chase MD Shore, Darnestown MD Brown Jr, St Augustine FL; Abraham Pallas, Lake 7 Kay Joyce - Randy Joyce, Raleigh NC; 7 Boyce Robbins, Piedmont SC; Richard City FL; Ronald Law, Gainesville FL Tom Rutledge, Charleston SC; Bill Wisdom, Maybin, Hendersonville NC; Enrico Beretta, 10 Richard Lowens - Elaine Lowens - James Salisbury NC; Jerry Helms - Bob Bitterman, Martin GA; George Russell, Moore SC; Doug Dey Gauntt - Bill Jones, Little Rock AR Charlotte NC - Jon Rice, Raleigh NC 11 Arun Goyal - Mike Ma - Rachna Goyal, 8 Nancy Popkin - Milton Zlatic, Saint Louis 8 Susan Perez, Maryland Hts MO; John Cincinnati OH; Matt Cory - Bradley Bartol, MO; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Rod Beery, Saint Samsel, Chesterfield MO; Michael Pitonak, Valley Indianapolis IN; Stephen Moese, West Chester OH Charles MO Park MO; Judy Eaton, Edwardsville IL 12 Benjamin Weiss, Brookline MA; Zachary 9 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Michael 9 Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL; Harriet Wasserman - Zachary Scherr - Max Glick - Jin Hu, Becker - David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Gary Eaton Morris, Miami FL; Keith White, Ann Arbor MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield Cohler, Miami FL; Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Jacksonville FL; Henry Meyer, Indian Rvr MI Clearwater Bch FL Shrs FL; John Moschella, Winter Spgs FL; Tansu 13 Michael Kolacki - George Clark, Chicago 10 David Siebert - Allan Siebert, Little Rock Aksu, Orlando FL IL; Brian Blackmore, Downers Grove IL; Jerry AR; Rick Logan, Diamondhead MS; Clifton Miller 10 Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Jerry Fong, Poliquin, Gurnee IL Sr, Shreveport LA; John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Marianna AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; 14 Eric Hendrickson, Minneapolis MN; Paul Robert Teel Jr, Birmingham AL Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR Gutterman, Eagan MN; Sam Larson, Eden Prairie 11 Doug Simson - Walter Johnson, Columbus 11 Siraj Haji - J Adams, Columbus OH; MN; Richard Lawson, Plymouth MN OH; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington Daniel Neill, Lexington KY; Tim Crank, Cincinnati 15 Krishna Saha, Overland Park KS; Paul IN OH; John Hinton, Greenwood IN; Bob Lyon, Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO; Gregory Barnes, 12 Perry Johnson, Bloomfield Hls MI; Indianapolis IN Jefferson City MO; Sitaraman Sathiamoorthy, Michael Zerbini, Clarkston MI; Howard Perlman, 12 Richard Temkin, Farmington MI; Gary Olathe KS Franklin MI; Chuck Burger, West Bloomfield MI Brinker, Maumee OH; Joe Ernsthausen, Sylvania 16 Wiley McMinn III, Cedar Park TX; Dean 13 Jonathan Weinstein - Stephen McConnell, OH; Kurt Dasher, Petersburg MI; Mike Alioto, Truair - Joe Black - Lawton Hutchison, Austin TX Evanston IL; Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; L James Birmingham MI; Frank Sensoli, St Clair Shrs MI 17 Joe Jenkins - Richard Bonner - John Phillips, Chicago IL; Jerry Goldfein, Lincolnwood 13 Howard Engle, Highland Park IL; Mark Dukellis, Colorado Spgs CO; Daryl Dietrich, IL; Larry Robbins, Deerfield IL Weisman, Glenview IL; Sam Miller, Glencoe IL; Woodland Park CO 14 David Stark - Valerie Laing, Des Moines Marc Passman, Skokie IL 19 Chris Moore - Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue IA; Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 14 Kurt Schaeffer, Apple Valley MN; Kerry WA; Paul Conroy, Aberdeen WA; David Baer, 15 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka Holloway, Bloomington MN; Bjorgvin Kristinsson Seattle WA KS; Bill Muir - Vicki Muir, Kansas City MO - Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN 20 Mark Jernigan - James Flint, Ashland OR; 16 Hemant Lall - Justin Lall - Bob Hamman 16 Anthony Bianchi, Houston TX; Robert Randall Paul, Klamath Falls OR; Gee Gee Walker, - Chris Hamman - Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Eddie Whitcher - Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Jeremy Medford OR Wold, Houston TX Fournier, Richardson TX 21 Eugene Hung, Palo Alto CA; Andrew 17 Kitty Cooper - Steve Cooper, Fort Collins 17 Spencer Jones - Peggy Ware - Dom Di Hoskins, Burlingame CA; Steve Chen - Sarah CO; David Caprera, Denver CO; Mark Jones, Felice - Jon Brandon - Garth Yettick, Denver CO; Chen,Fremont CA Phoenix AZ; Ken Barbour, Scottsdale AZ Harley Bress, Golden CO 22 John Adams - John Peter Lagodimos - 18 Michael Berggren - Judy Stanfield - Rod 19 Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; Michael Weber, San Diego CA; Andrew Loh, Organt, Salt Lake City UT; Jim Flesher, Bountiful David Breton, Vancouver BC; Samantha Nystrom, Solana Beach CA UT Burnaby BC; Martin Henneberger, Coquitlam BC 23 Marel Bates, Winnetka CA; Bruce 19 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Dick Yarington, 20 Joel Datloff - Linda Wiener, Vancouver Altshuler - Zalman Perelman - Ryan Wessels, Los Seattle WA; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA; Rock Shi WA; Paul O’Brien - Chris Wiegand, Portland OR Angeles CA Yan, Richmond BC 21 Tanakorn Lavanakul, Dublin CA; Rajeev 24 Ryan Connors - Randi Adelman - Jess 20 Chris Gibson, Beaverton OR; Hal Gupta, San Mateo CA; Grant Vance - Greg Vance, Jurkovic - Peter Clark - Maria Tsoukalas - Montgomery - Craig Huston, Portland OR; John San Leandro CA Stephannie Russo, New York NY Sather, Lake Oswego OR 22 Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Philip 25 Gloria Tsoi, Arlington MA; Stephen 21 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, Hiestand, Irvine CA; Joe Chaikin, Garden Grove McDevitt, Medford MA; Lon Sunshine, San Francisco CA; Kit Woolsey - Sally Woolsey, CA; Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA Framingham MA; Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA Kensington CA; Chip Martel - Jan Martel, Davis 23 Howard Einberg - Viktor Anikovich - CA Roberto Scaramuzzi, Los Angeles CA; Ed Piken, Mac Nab Flight C by district 22 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Marshall Pls 1 Jean-Noel Savard, Montreal QC; Michel Miles, Redlands CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Vrds Pnsl CA; Bob Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Guerin, Lorraine QC; Susan Martin - Francoise Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Alex Kolesnik, Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA Frenette, Rosemere QC Ventura CA; Jim Munday, Camarillo CA 24 Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; 2 Kaiyu Qian, Markham ON; Qian Ren, 23 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Roger Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Doug North York ON; Fred Li, Toronto ON; Wensong Lee, Monrovia CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Jill Herron - Bill Begert, New York NY; Valentin Zhen, Scarborough ON Meyers, Santa Monica CA Carciu, Glen Head NY; Sorin Pleacof, Rego Park 3 Michael Cuno, Randolph NJ; Sharon 24 Joe Grue - Shane Blanchard - Bob NY Frankel, Livingston NJ; George Browne - David Blanchard - Joel Wooldridge - John Hurd - 25 Donald Caplin, Waltham MA; Zach Sutton, West Orange NJ KevinBathurst, New York NY Grossack, Newton MA; Derrick Niederman - 4 Bill Orth - Ruth Orth, Sugarloaf PA; Craig 25 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Frank Margaret Malaspina, Needham MA Smith - Karin Smith, Pocono Pines PA Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Victor King, Hartford CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA Daily Bulletin Page 11

5 Gabriel Tannenbaum, Beachwood OH; As a bridge partner, Levin said, “he was steady, Gaurang Sheth, Williamsville NY; Barbara Hall of Fame disciplined and always impeccable. He is the best Landree, Lewiston NY; Penny Shui, Clarence NY; continued from page 1 declarer I have ever seen.” Paul Zittel - Linda Zittel, Eden NY post-game discussion, Kokish had to ask Murray, Arnold and Levin were members of the 6 David Dong - Xing Du, Rockville MD; “Are overcalls part of your repertoire?” Kehela said winning squad in the 1980 Vanderbilt Knockout Jianping Wang - Richard Kwan, North Potomac he just barely kept Kokish from bodily harm. Teams, also winning the trials to play in the world MD Kehela noted that Kokish’s success as a championships. The following year, they won the 7 Barry Curtis - Linda Curtis, Black coach has obscured his expertise as a player – the Bermuda Bowl. Mountain NC; Paul Beebe - Kay Beebe, Fairview highlights being two silver medals in international Arnold, Levin said, “has been a best friend to NC play. His work with the Nickell team, Kehela said, me for almost 40 years.” 8 Amy Stabenow - Steve Reiss, Saint Louis cemented his reputation as “the world’s preeminent Levin concluded, “Russ, if you were here MO; Marvin Meinz - Sandra Meinz, Chesterfield coach.” tonight I would tell you how proud I am of you and MO Nickell was next at the podium, and he praised how deserving you are – and I would have to tell 9 Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasoto FL; Andrew his friend and coach: “Eric’s accomplishments and you, I love you, man.” Cavalier - Joshua Sablan, Pensacola FL; Asya contributions to bridge are most impressive.” Zia Mahmood did the honors for Kennedy. Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL In his acceptance remarks, Kokish thanked As a member of the selection committee for the 10 Bill Frazee - Stephen Lightman - his many friends, teammates and partners – and sportsmanship award, Zia said this year’s selection Larry Adler - Ann Adler, Memphis TN; Bruce especially his wife, Beverly. “was the easiest we have ever had.” Wachsman, Germantown TN He recalled that his first coaching gig was in Kennedy, elected to the Bridge Hall of Fame 12 Tai Chan, Troy MI; Naresh Kapila, 1985, when former WBF President Ernesto D’Orsi in 2005, had a 26-year partnership with Carol Rochester Hills MI; Larry Lewis, Rochester MI; asked him to coach the Brazilian team to prepare Sanders, who sent her congratulations via an email Sook Wilkinson, Bloomfield Hill MI; Diane Pasik - for the world championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil. read by Zia. Betty Andersen, Sterling Hts MI The team won the round-robin and made it to the Wrote Sanders, “What a beautiful honor for my 13 Ping Hu - Meiheng Shi, Naperville IL; semifinals before losing a close match to the United dear friend Betty Ann to receive the Sidney Lazard Shengke Wang - Huixin Pan, Bolingbrook IL States. Jr. Sportsmanship Award. Her entire career has 14 Gene Brandl, Apple Valley MN; Delbert Bridge, said Kokish, “is a great way to see the exemplified good sportsmanship. Besides, we both Swanson, Lakeville MN; Bob Sigafus - Cathy world, and there is nothing more gratifying than knew and loved Sidney Jr. from the day he was Sigafus, Plymouth MN seeing players you worked with elevate their game born, which adds to the appropriateness and the 16 Richard Polunsky - Brett Elliott, Houston and do well.” thrill of the ceremony this evening. TX; George Fillis - Karen Fillis, San Antonio TX; Kokish noted that the Internet, especially “Betty’s kindness to her partners and opponents Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, Bridge Base Online, has made his job easier. He was always apparent and appreciated. We, as a N Richland Hill TX thanked Fred Gitelman, Sheri Winestock and Uday partnership, never had a cross word, nor did I 17 Alan Kosansky - Irene (June) Bock - Ivatury – the brains behind BBO – “for making the ever see her have one with anyone else. You are Daniel Ziskin, Boulder CO; Blair Young, Littleton world so much smaller.” honoring a special person tonight – one with over CO; William Dorin, Fort Collins CO As for his coaching success, Kokish said, “I’ve 50 years of bridge competition and a like number 18 Chris Murphy - Jim Murphy - Roxy learned much more from them than they have from of years exuding sportsmanship.” Sandmaier - Louis Sandmaier, Calgary AB me.” Kennedy related that her bridge career was the 19 Xiangdong Meng - Vincent Yung - Andrew Next up was Bobby Levin, presenter for result of an illness – encephalitis – she suffered Krywaniuk, Vancouver BC; Diana Jing, Burnaby Arnold. at age 22. The brain problem left her unable to BC Levin said that just before leaving for Toronto, concentrate, and her doctor suggested taking up 20 Christy Wiegel - Jeffrey Wiegel, he called Arnold and asked if there was anything he bridge as a way of regaining the ability to focus. Wilsonville OR; Maxine McComas - R Duane wanted to say at the Hall of Fame dinner. Arnold She resisted at first, but eventually took up McComas, Portland OR told Levin to tell the crowd, “Although I am not the game and found that she had some talent. 21 Stephanie Kung, Berkeley CA; Han- deserving of this award, I thank you very much.” Kennedy recalled attending a tournament in New Yu Chang - Chris Chung, Palo Alto CA; Daniel Levin said he was 15 years old when he Orleans and being asked to fill in with another Harting, Mountain View CA first encountered Arnold. Levin was playing in a woman in the men’s pairs. All her opponents, she 22 Philippe Lamoise, Solana Beach CA; tournament in Florida and defended a contract in recalled, saw two women coming and were licking Kevin Chaisson - Ying Lin Gu - Evan Ziegler, San which he held the ♦A Q (plus some low ones) over their chops, expecting a couple of tops. All that Diego CA dummy’s ♦K J 10 (also with some low ones). At anticipation resulted in tops for Kennedy and her 23 Nolan Chang - Jack Chang, San Gabriel one point, declarer played his singleton diamond partner, and they won. “Now that,” she said, “was CA; Xingping Kang, El Monte CA; Stephen to dummy’s jack, taken by Levin with the queen. fun.” Massman - Donna Massman, Beverly Hills CA The ace was later ruffed out and declarer made his Kennedy said she decided early on in her 24 James Stuart III - Ilana Seror - Sohail contract. In the comparison, he found that Arnold, bridge career that she would always be kind to Hasan - James Southern IV, New York NY who held the same hand that Levin did at the other everyone at the bridge table, and she carries that 25 Barry Herring - Diogo Teixeira, Wellesley table, had defeated the contract by taking the ♦J same message to people she teaches. “I tell them to MA; Joy Dawson, Jamaica Plain MA; Christine with the ace, deceiving declarer and luring him into take ‘why’ and ‘why didn’t you’ out of their bridge Halkiotis, Wellesley Hills MA two down. vocabularies,” she said. Levin was impressed. “Some day,” he said, She said she was reared by gentle and loving Breakfast with the Stars “I’ve got to play with this guy.” parents who taught her the Golden Rule, “and it has The Breakfast with the Stars is sold out for The two became friends and partners, and always been primary with me.” the Toronto NABC, but for those with tickets, the at one point, Levin and Arnold traveled to Harking back to the illness that resulted in her event will take place on Saturday, starting at 10 tournaments for five straight years. “I learned that long love affair with bridge, Kennedy said, “What a.m. and running to noon at the Epic Restaurant at he started bridge at age five, that he was trained as started out as the worst of times became the best of the Royal York. an accountant, that he played in his first (NABC) times.” in 1955 in Chicago and that in the early Sixties he ♠♥♦♣ became a partner in an appliance company.” Page 12 Daily Bulletin

QUALIFIERS FROM WEDNESDAY’S GNT OPENING ROUND TODAY’S PAIRINGS IN THE Morehead Championship Flight GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS 1. Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Michael Becker - David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL 121.00 MOREHEAD CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 2-3. David Stark - Valerie Laing, Des Moines IA; Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 104.00 Nader Hanna - David Lindop - Robert Lebi - Doug Baxter, 2-3. Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Roger Lee, Monrovia CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Toronto ON; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 104.00 vs 4 . Doug Simson - Walter Johnson, Columbus OH; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Michael Becker - David Bloomington IN 101.00 Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Jeff 5. Joe Grue - Shane Blanchard - Bob Blanchard - Joel Wooldridge - John Hurd - Kevin Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL Bathurst, New York NY 97.00 6. Nader Hanna - David Lindop - Robert Lebi - Doug Baxter, Toronto ON; Daniel Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Korbel, Waterloo ON; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON 96.00 Steve Landen, Ellicott City MD; Bill Pettis - Bill Cole, Silver 7. Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Landen, Ellicott Spring MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD City MD; Bill Pettis - Bill Cole, Silver Spring MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD 95.00 vs 8. Hemant Lall - Justin Lall - Bob Hamman - Chris Hamman - Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Roger Lee, Monrovia CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA Eddie Wold, Houston TX 92.00 9-11. Kay Joyce - Randy Joyce, Raleigh NC; Tom Rutledge, Charleston SC; Bill Wisdom, Doug Simson - Walter Johnson, Columbus OH; Jerry Clerkin - Salisbury NC; Jerry Helms - Bob Bitterman, Charlotte NC 88.00 Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN 9-11. Jonathan Weinstein - Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; vs L James Phillips, Chicago IL; Jerry Goldfein, Lincolnwood IL; Larry Robbins, Hemant Lall - Justin Lall - Bob Hamman - Chris Hamman - Bart Deerfield IL 88.00 Bramley, Dallas TX; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 9-11. Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Marshall Miles, Redlands CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Alex Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Jim Munday, Camarillo CA 88.00 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Ken 12-13. David Siebert - Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Rick Logan, Diamondhead MS; Scholes, Bellevue WA; Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC Clifton Miller Sr, Shreveport LA; John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Robert Teel Jr, vs Joe Grue - Shane Blanchard - Bob Blanchard - Joel Wooldridge - Birmingham AL 78.00 John Hurd - Kevin Bathurst, New York NY 12-13. Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA; Kit Woolsey - Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Chip Martel - Jan Martel, Davis CA 78.00 GOLDMAN FLIGHT A 14. Chris Gibson, Beaverton OR; Hal Montgomery - Craig Huston, Portland OR; John Pamela Nisbet - Jack Brown - R Elwin Brown, Ottawa ON; Herve Sather, Lake Oswego OR 74.00 Chatagnier, Quebec QC 15. Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA; vs Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC 73.00 Siraj Haji - J Adams, Columbus OH; Daniel Neill, Lexington KY; 16. Dougin Walker, Princeton NJ; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Alex Perlin, Metuchen Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; John Hinton, Greenwood IN; Bob NJ; David Rowntree, Pennington NJ 72.00 Lyon, Indianapolis IN Goldman Flight A Detlef Ladewig - Bob Sewell, Toronto ON; Naveed Ather, 1. Mike McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Bill Ehlers, Montclair NJ; Dan Oakville ON; Lino D’Souza, Burlington ON Wolkowitz, Hastings-On-Hud NY; Ray Pfeister, Bronxville NY 115.00 vs 2. Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Jerry Fong, Marianna AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS; Tanakorn Lavanakul, Dublin CA; Rajeev Gupta, San Mateo CA; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 101.00 Grant Vance - Greg Vance, San Leandro CA 3. Boyce Robbins, Piedmont SC; Richard Maybin, Hendersonville NC; Enrico Beretta, Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Jerry Fong, Marianna AR; Michael Martin GA; George Russell, Moore SC; Doug Dey - Jon Rice, Raleigh NC 100.00 McGuire, Hernando MS; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 4. Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Joe Chaikin, Garden Grove vs CA; Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA 97.00 Kurt Schaeffer, Apple Valley MN; Kerry Holloway, Bloomington 5. Kurt Schaeffer, Apple Valley MN; Kerry Holloway, Bloomington MN; Bjorgvin MN; Bjorgvin Kristinsson - Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN Kristinsson - Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN 95.00 6. Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Doug Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Joe Herron - Bill Begert, New York NY; Valentin Carciu, Glen Head NY; Sorin Pleacof, Chaikin, Garden Grove CA; Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA Rego Park NY 94.00 vs 7. Spencer Jones - Peggy Ware - Dom Di Felice - Jon Brandon - Garth Yettick, Denver Igor Savchenko, Morris Plains NJ; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Doug Herron - Bill Begert, New York NY; Valentin CO; Harley Bress, Golden CO 93.00 Carciu, Glen Head NY; Sorin Pleacof, Rego Park NY 8. Howard Einberg - Viktor Anikovich - Roberto Scaramuzzi, Los Angeles CA; Ed Piken, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA; Bob Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Alan Myerson, Sherman Oaks CA 89.00 SHEINWOLD FLIGHT B 9-10. Corey Krantz, Drexel Hill PA; Howard Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Don Dalpe, Craig Macintosh, Scarborough ON; John Cook - Aleksandar Vujic Baldwinsville NY; Andy Kaufman, Fort Washington PA; Rick Olanoff, De Witt NY 87.00 - Andrew Collins - Charles Halasi - David Halasi, Toronto ON 9-10. Tanakorn Lavanakul, Dublin CA; Rajeev Gupta, San Mateo CA; Grant Vance - Greg vs Vance, San Leandro CA 87.00 Michael Kolacki - George Clark, Chicago IL; Brian Blackmore, 11. Nicholas Stock, North Vancouver BC; David Breton, Vancouver BC; Samantha Nystrom, Downers Grove IL; Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL Burnaby BC; Martin Henneberger, Coquitlam BC 84.00 12. Siraj Haji - J Adams, Columbus OH; Daniel Neill, Lexington KY; Tim Crank, Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY; Michael Roberts, Youngstown OH; Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA Cincinnati OH; John Hinton, Greenwood IN; Bob Lyon, Indianapolis IN 83.00 vs 13. Pamela Nisbet - Jack Brown - R Elwin Brown, Ottawa ON; Herve Chatagnier, Quebec QC 82.00 Charles Young - Rich Pestien - Patrick Moos - Mary Allen, Peoria 14. Donald Caplin, Waltham MA; Zach Grossack, Newton MA; Derrick Niederman - Margaret IL Malaspina, Needham MA 80.00 15. Detlef Ladewig - Bob Sewell, Toronto ON; Naveed Ather, Oakville ON; Lino D’Souza, Peter Boyd-Bowman - Kathy Coop, Greensboro NC; C. Alex Burlington ON 79.00 Hudson, Raleigh NC; John Marriott III, Cary NC 16. Howard Engle, Highland Park IL; Mark Weisman, Glenview IL; Sam Miller, Glencoe vs IL; Marc Passman, Skokie IL 78.00 Eugene Hung, Palo Alto CA; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA; Steve Chen - Sarah Chen, Fremont CA Sheinwold Flight B 1. Peter Boyd-Bowman - Kathy Coop, Greensboro NC; C. Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; John Benjamin Weiss, Brookline MA; Zachary Wasserman - Marriott III, Cary NC 119.00 Zachary Scherr - Max Glick - Jin Hu, Ann Arbor MI; Jonathan 2. Charles Young - Rich Pestien - Patrick Moos - Mary Allen, Peoria IL 102.00 Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI 3. Craig Macintosh, Scarborough ON; John Cook - Aleksandar Vujic - Andrew Collins - vs Charles Halasi - David Halasi, Toronto ON 100.00 Marel Bates, Winnetka CA; Bruce Altshuler - Zalman Perelman - Ryan Wessels, Los Angeles CA 4-5. Eugene Hung, Palo Alto CA; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA; Steve Chen - Sarah Chen, Fremont CA 97.00 MAC NAB FLIGHT C 4-5. Ryan Connors - Randi Adelman - Jess Jurkovic - Peter Clark - Maria Tsoukalas - Kaiyu Qian, Markham ON; Qian Ren, North York ON; Fred Stephannie Russo, New York NY 97.00 Li - Yuan Chen - Hang Zhang, Toronto ON; Wensong Zhen, 6. Marel Bates, Winnetka CA; Bruce Altshuler - Zalman Perelman - Ryan Wessels, Los Scarborough ON Angeles CA 89.00 vs 7. Michael Kolacki - George Clark, Chicago IL; Brian Blackmore, Downers Grove IL; David Dong - Xing Du, Rockville MD; Jianping Wang - Richard Jerry Poliquin, Gurnee IL 88.00 Kwan, North Potomac MD 8. Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY; Michael Roberts, Youngstown OH; Marc Sylvester, Edinboro PA 86.00 Ping Hu - Meiheng Shi, Naperville IL; Shengke Wang - Huixin Pan, Bolingbrook IL 9. Gloria Tsoi, Arlington MA; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham vs MA; Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA 84.00 Stephanie Kung, Berkeley CA; Han-Yu Chang - Chris Chung, 10. Joe Jenkins - Richard Bonner - John Dukellis, Colorado Spgs CO; Daryl Dietrich, Palo Alto CA; Daniel Harting, Mountain View CA Woodland Park CO 83.00 11. Theo Lichtenstein, Tallahassee FL; Earl Brown Jr, St Augustine FL; Abraham Richard Polunsky - Brett Elliott, Houston TX; George Fillis Pallas, Lake City FL; Ronald Law, Gainesville FL 81.00 - Karen Fillis, San Antonio TX; Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; 12-13. Michael Lane - David Platnick, Charlottesvle VA; Michael Kelley, Nellysford VA; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland Hill TX Eberhard Jehle, Charlottesville VA 79.00 vs 12-13. Wiley McMinn III, Cedar Park TX; Dean Truair - Joe Black - Lawton Hutchison, Xiangdong Meng - Vincent Yung - Andrew Krywaniuk, Vancouver Austin TX 79.00 BC; Diana Jing, Burnaby BC 12-13. Chris Moore - Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; Paul Conroy, Aberdeen WA; David Nolan Chang - Jack Chang, San Gabriel CA; Xingping Kang, El Baer, Seattle WA 79.00 Monte CA; Stephen Massman - Donna Massman, Beverly Hills 15-16. Sidney Kanter - Ron Nelken, Clifton NJ; Xiaoxiong Dai, Edison NJ; Jason Ji, CA Milltown NJ 76.00 vs 15-16. Benjamin Weiss, Brookline MA; Zachary Wasserman - Zachary Scherr - Max Glick - Barry Herring - Diogo Teixeira, Wellesley MA; Joy Dawson, Jin Hu, Ann Arbor MI; Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI 76.00 Jamaica Plain MA; Christine Halkiotis, Wellesley Hills MA Daily Bulletin Page 13

INT’L FUND 299ER PAIRS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 1 18.0 Tables 6 Tables A B C Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Tadashi Yoshida, Tokyo, Japan; 3.96 1 1 1 Maria Jarosz - Radek Chrabaeowski, Mississauga CD 66.96% Kazuhiko Yamada, Ota-Ku Tokyo Japan; Tadashi Teramoto, 2.97 2 2 Jeffrey Schapiro M.D., Needham MA; Robert Schapiro, Weston MA 66.67% Tokyo Japan 2.23 3 3 2 Margot Loren - William Breedyk, Toronto ON 65.48% vs Jori Grossack, Waban MA; Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Roy 1.67 4 4 Judy Broadbent - Cindy Blakely, Toronto ON 64.29% Green - Mary Green, Carlisle MA 1.34 5 5 3 Lise Sklar, Toronto ON; Bonnie Gluck, Thornhill ON 63.39% 0.94 6/7 6/7 Bev Pope - Bill Pope, Burlington ON 62.20% Ken Gee, Regina SK; Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Jerry 1.34 6/7 6/7 4 Sharon Phillips - Cathy Dann, Greenwich CT 62.20% Stamatov, Bulgaria; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Edward White, 0.95 5 Howard Huynh, Lubbock TX; Jeffery Jones, Vero Beach FL 58.63% Grand Blanc MI; Diyan Danailov, 0.67 6 Diane Evans - M. James Evans, Mississauga ON 55.65% vs Ellis Feigenbaum - Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; INT’L FUND SWISS TEAMS Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; 46 Tables Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel A B C Valley CA 13.07 1 Michael Myers, Ottawa ON; David Caprera, Denver CO; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Scott EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 2 Stearns, Elberta AL 113.00 6 Tables Kelvin Ng, Singapore 80609 Singapore; Sui Sim Lian, Singapore; 9.80 2 Harriet Eaton Morris, Miami FL; Linda Epstein, Delray Beach FL; Cheng Yen Lam, Singapore; Tan Wei Seng, Singapore Henry Meyer, Indian Rvr Shrs FL; Keith White, Jacksonville FL 107.00 vs 7.35 3 Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Marjorie Michelin - Ellis Feigenbaum, John Moschella, Winter Spgs FL; Tansu Aksu, Orlando FL; Keith Laguna Woods CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 97.00 White, Jacksonville FL; Henry Meyer, Indian Rvr Shrs FL; Julie 5.51 4 Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD; Richard Baum, Baltimore MD; Janet Zhu, Vero Beach FL Robertson - Lynn Jones, Timonium MD 90.00 8.82 5/6 1 Robert Tremblay - Gerard Turcotte - Alain Dufour - Gerard John Morgan, Navan ON; David Jones - Alan McLellan - John Bouchard, Quebec QC 86.00 Cook, Ottawa ON; Donald J Ferrara, Rockland ON 3.62 5/6 Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Fleur Howard, Gates Mills OH; vs Niel Waletzky - Joan Ann Waletzky, Shaker Heights OH 86.00 Richard Temkin, Farmington MI; Gary Brinker, Maumee OH; 6.62 2 Denis Lavoie - Louise Menard - Alain Turcotte, Quebec QC; Robin Joseph Ernsthausen, Sylvania OH; Kurt Dasher, Petersburg MI; Hart, North Vancouver BC 83.00 Frank Sensoli, St Clair Shrs MI; Michael D Alioto, Birmingham MI 4.96 3 Paul Stanbury - Deanne Dennison, Kleinburg ON; Gordon Markham - Kathy Markham, Sun Lakes AZ 81.00 EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 3 3.72 4 Chris Wiegand - Paul O’Brien, Portland OR; Linda Wiener - Joel 7 Tables Datloff, Vancouver WA 77.00 Ulysse Desmarais - Vicki Dale - Jennifer O’Hara, Sudbury ON; 2.79 5 David Jones - John Cook - Alan McLellan, Ottawa ON; Donald J Robert Lamothe, New Liskeard ON; John Biondi, North Bay ON Ferrara, Rockland ON; John Morgan, Navan ON 76.00 vs 2.09 6 Izhar Haque - Catherine Balant, Newmarket ON; Olly Smolak, Gregory Barnes, Jefferson City MO; Sitaraman Sathiamoorthy, Richmond Hill ON; William Graber, Markham ON 75.00 Olathe KS; Paul Chan - Lily Chan, Columbia MO 3.46 1 Elsie Schulz, Belleville ON; Ellen Hutt, Georgetown ON; Marilyn Li - Ming High, Ottawa ON 72.00 Robert Tremblay - Gerard Turcotte - Alain Dufour - Gerard 2.60 2 Susan Martin - Francoise Frenette, Rosemere QC; Michel Guerin, Bouchard, Quebec QC Lorraine QC; Jean-Noel Savard, Montreal QC 68.00 vs 1.95 3 Roxy Sandmaier - Louis Sandmaier - Chris Murphy - Jim Murphy, Linda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Bay Village OH; Nan Nan Chen, ; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON; Nongyu Li, Sunnyvale CA Calgary AB 66.00 vs 1.46 4 Bruce Wachsman, Germantown TN; Bill Frazee - Susan Frazee - Ann Andrew Risman - Merryl Chin - Jan Stewart, Toronto ON; Lynda Adler - Larry Adler, Memphis TN 56.00 Marks, North York ON

THURSDAY AFTERNOON INT’L FUND OPEN PAIRS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 4 66.0 Tables 6 Tables A B C Henry Sigal, Piedmont CA; Gabrielle Uz, Palo Alto CA; Stephen 11.08 1 Barry Senensky, Thornhill ON; Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 67.82% Cooper, Toronto ON; Rick Eissenstat, 97278 Jerusalem Israel 8.95 2 1 Albert Shrive, Dalton PA; Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA 65.54% vs 5.45 3/4 Clayton Parker - Edith Parker, Surprise AZ 64.26% Normand Malette - Mario Rovinelli, Sudbury ON; John Wang, 5.45 3/4 Gary Brinker, Maumee OH; Joseph Ernsthausen, Sylvania OH 64.26% Beltsville MD; Robert Michaud, Saint David ME 6.71 5 2 Lynn Blumenthal - Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA 62.98% 2.63 6 Charles Malcolm - Martha Malcolm, Topeka KS 62.50% Thomas Myers, Bear Creek PA; Norman Dressler, Kingston PA; Paulin Nault, Saint-Anicet QC; Ruth Kukulski, Sterling Hts MI 1.97 7 Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Grace Lloyd, Southampton NY 62.34% vs 5.03 3 Richard Kay, Mission BC; Ramzan Ackber, Abbotsford BC 62.02% Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Senta Kurschellackner, 3.78 4 Michael Zerbini, Clarkston MI; Beth Armstrong, Kalamazoo MI 58.97% Hofbauerweg 11 Austria; Peter Steiner, Semriach Austria; Andrea 2.83 5 Ted Read - Phil Dowd, Toronto ON 58.79% Muliar, Vienna Austria 2.12 6 Lee Daugharty - Ron Vandersluis, Brampton ON 58.17% 4.25 1 Paul Cozzi, Toronto ON; Brij Narraindatt, Delhi IN 57.21% EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 5 3.19 2 Ram Kashyap, Portland OR; Geoffrey Webb, Kelowna BC 56.89% 6 Tables 2.39 3 Eric Renshaw, Palm Springs CA; Gene Summ, San Diego CA 56.25% Valentin Vieru, Citrus Heights CA; Barbara Wheeler, Sacramento 1.79 4 William Belanich, Sandston VA; Nancy Golden, Richmond VA 55.13% CA; Patricia Zavadil, Denver CO; Jim Canty, Berkeley CA 1.34 5 Steven Mehta, Mississauga ON; Michael Moore, Oakville ON 54.49% vs 1.01 6 Derek Broughton, Musquobodoit Hb NS; Hugh Cleland, Toronto ON 53.85% Marc Franklin - Mary Lou Moriarty - Ram Kashyap, Portland OR; Geoffrey Webb, Kelowna BC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION 299ER PAIRS 13.0 Tables Bryant Town - Judith Town, Edmonton AB; Lorine Lorino, A B C Cleveland TN; Suzanne Maurice-Hesson, Hull QC 3.25 1 Jan Gilewicz, Minesing ON; Joffre McCleary, Barrie ON 60.26% vs Dick Sangster, Powell River BC; Thomas Collins, New Harbor 2.44 2 Nora Hovland - Liz Campbell, Oakville ON 58.87% ME; Walter Stephan, Montclair NJ; Ralph Meyer, Ridgewood NJ 2.26 3 1 Evelyn Newbould - Linda Reid, Brampton ON 57.92% 1.37 4 Sydney Johnson - John Parkinson, Toronto ON 55.63% EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 6 1.03 5 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Pat Barnett, Glen Allen VA 55.47% 6 Tables 0.82 6 Suresh (Ray) Aggarwal - Rajaratnam Sinnadurai, Markham ON 54.55% David Findley - Blythe Olshan Findley, Westchester IL; Monique 1.70 2 1 Nancy Jackson - Helen Baker, Haliburon ON 54.08% Dupuis, Saint-Nicolas QC; Anni Amend, Whitehouse Sta NJ 1.27 3 2 Sharon Phillips - Cathy Dann, Greenwich CT 54.03% vs 0.95 4 Carol Fredericksen, Minnetonka MN; Susan Applegate, Chanhassen MN 53.32% Susan Knox - Karen Kribs, Aspen CO; Dorothy Segel, Carbondale 0.95 5 3 Christine McKenna, Issaquah WA; Anthony Duthie, Clearwater FL 51.38% CO; Courtney Keller, Basalt CO 0.71 4 Graham Patterson - Susan Bartlett, Toronto ON 50.59% Don McNiven - Adrian Record, Fergus ON; Marjorie Newbery, EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OPEN PAIRS Barrie ON; Brendon Doherty, Ariss ON 112.0 Tables vs Laura Ross, Solon OH; Judy Kaye, Aurora OH; Barbara Cunliffe, A B C Bentleyville OH; Stephanie James, Chagrin Falls OH 20.26 1 Susan Fuller, Miami FL; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL 66.36% 15.97 2 1 1 Robert Block, Deerfield IL; William Anspach, Chicago IL 65.62% EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION KO BRACKET 7 11.40 3 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 65.42% 7 Tables 11.98 4 2 David Neff, London ON; Ewoud Van Goch, St Thomas ON 65.15% Elsie Schulz, Belleville ON; Ellen Hutt, Georgetown ON; Marilyn 8.98 5 3 Diana Tenery-Ascher - Larry Ascher, Englewood NJ 65.08% Li - Ming High, Ottawa ON 6.74 6 4 David Gordon - Maher Saleh, Ottawa ON 63.92% vs 5.05 7 5 2 Li Zhang Yang, Scarborough ON; Michael Creager, Brecksville OH 63.68% Claire Young - Wallace McOuat, San Anselmo CA; Phyllis 2.80 8 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Scott Stearns, Elberta AL 62.92% Kreider - Donald Kreider, San Rafael CA 3.79 9 6 Carole Grob, Gainesville VA; Charles Pecarro, Falls Church VA 62.88% 2.80 10 Martial Chagnon, Laval QC; Frederic Pollack, Lasalle QC 62.69% Bruce Wachsman, Germantown TN; Stephen Lightman - Larry 3.34 11 7 3 Richard Jeng - Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 62.43% Adler - Bill Frazee, Memphis TN 2.80 12 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 62.31% vs Susan Martin - Francoise Frenette, Rosemere QC; Michel Guerin, 2.50 8 4 Eric Endicott - Linda Akazawa, Toronto ON 62.15% Lorraine QC; Jean-Noel Savard, Montreal QC 1.89 5 Jeffrey Schapiro M.D., Needham MA; Robert Schapiro, Weston MA 58.23% 1.48 6 Nicholas Erpelding, Hopkins MN; Arne Garvander, Richfield MN 56.24% Page 14 Daily Bulletin

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION R EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Nora Hovland - Liz Campbell, Oakville ON 58.87% 1 Jan Gilewicz, Minesing ON; Joffre McCleary, Barrie ON 60.26% 2 1 Evelyn Newbould - Linda Reid, Brampton ON 57.92% 2 Sydney Johnson - John Parkinson, Toronto ON 55.63% 3 Suresh (Ray) Aggarwal - Rajaratnam Sinnadurai, Markham ON 54.55% 3 D Abraham, Windsor ON; Pat Barnett, Glen Allen VA 55.47% 4 2 1 Sharon Phillips - Cathy Dann, Greenwich CT 54.03% 4 1 1 Nancy Jackson - Helen Baker, Haliburon ON 54.08% 5 Jennifer Huntsman, Moncton NB; Connie Bartlett, Riverview NB 51.57% 5 2 Carol Fredericksen, Minnetonka MN; Susan Applegate, Chanhassen MN 53.32% 3 2 Christine McKenna, Issaquah WA; Anthony Duthie, Clearwater FL 51.38% 3 Lois Mann, Smithtown NY; Sandra Jones, Brightwaters NY 50.86% 4 2 Graham Patterson - Susan Bartlett, Toronto ON 50.59%

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION OPEN PAIRS EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Susan Perez, Maryland Hts MO; John Samsel, Chesterfield MO 62.05% 1 John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA 59.85% 2 1 Tommy Wynn - Maxine Wynn, Paducah KY 60.65% 2 1 Steven Conrad, Manhasset NY; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 59.72% 3 2 Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA; Tiger Li Li Williams, Elk Point SD 57.79% 3 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 58.89% 4 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 57.21% 4 Charles Malcolm - Martha Malcolm, Topeka KS 56.44% 5 3 Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI; Rose Burke, Bloomfield Hill MI 56.99% 5 2 Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI; Mark Weiss, Southfield MI 56.34% 6 4 David Bryant, Ashland OR; Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 56.54% 6 3 1 Nicholas Erpelding, Hopkins MN; Arne Garvander, Richfield MN 56.24% 7 Donald Berman, Laurel MD; Richard Ferrin, Washington DC 56.38% 7 Mary Anne Laier, Round Rock TX; Janis Rush, Austin TX 54.54% 8 5 Florence Belford, Milton ON; Rand Pinsky, Valencia CA 55.44% 8 4 Nancy Strachan, Oakville ON; Catherine Kinsella, Mississauga ON 53.92% 9 Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA 55.38% 9 5 2 Tai Chan, Troy MI; Sook Wilkinson, Bloomfield Hill MI 53.70% 10 Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH; Sarah Wiener, Fort Lee NJ 55.00% 10 6 Mike Giesler - Allison Brandt, Philadelphia PA 53.31% 11 Matt Granovetter - Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 54.98% 11 Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 53.23% 6 Donald Scheibly, Fostoria OH; Ron Woofter, Bowling Green OH 52.46% 7 Julie Tigges, Minneapolis MN; J Williams, Saint Paul MN 52.49% 7 Michael Golden, Wyckoff NJ; Ike Golden, Westfield NJ 52.23% 3 Steven Mehta, Mississauga ON; Michael Moore, Oakville ON 50.25% 8 Bettina Brammann-Kuisat - Jurgen Durkop, Germany Germany 51.08% 1 Danny Ioannidis, Stoney Creek ON; Gary Mugford, Brampton ON 48.67% 2 Richard Garlick - Helene Taylor, Alliston ON 43.34% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Susan Fuller, Miami FL; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL 66.36% 1 1 1 Li Zhang Yang, Scarborough ON; Michael Creager, Brecksville OH 63.68% 2 Lewis Gamerman, Westwood MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA 65.42% 2 2 Carole Grob, Gainesville VA; Charles Pecarro, Falls Church VA 62.88% 3 1 1 Richard Jeng - Andrew Jeng, Johns Creek GA 62.43% 3 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; David Caprera, Denver CO 59.89% 4 2 Albert Shrive, Dalton PA; Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA 60.43% 4 3 Richard Hartz, Utica NY; Gary Philips, Liverpool NY 58.91% 5 3 Michael Geisinger - Irene Geisinger, Glen Head NY 59.61% 5 4 Randall Rubinstein, Queens NY; Luna Benardete, New York NY 58.34% 6 4 Dede Pochos, New Rochelle NY; Ellyn Plato, Hastings Hdsn NY 57.86% 6 Joe Monro, Beverly Hills MI; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL 56.58% 7 5 2 Hinda Silber - John Richardson, Toronto ON 56.10% 7 Paul Maiolani, Renfrewshire United Kingdom; Robert McKinnon, Paisley Scotland 54.72% 8 Jo Morse, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 53.90% 8 5 Theresa Venhuis, Redmond WA; David Binney, Seattle WA 54.30% 9 Ronald Felton, New York NY; Judith Weisman, Fort Lee NJ 53.80% 9 Lewis Richardson, Toronto ON; Martin Hunter, Mississauga ON 54.14% 10 6 Joan Brody, Morristown NJ; Ottilie Bello, Short Hills NJ 53.60% 10 6 2 Nikolaus Reitz, Aurora ON; Ken Salter, Waterdown ON 53.80% 11 7 Steven Wallis, Tampa FL; Scott Hiller, Marshall MN 52.84% 11 7 Beth Armstrong, Kalamazoo MI; Michael Zerbini, Clarkston MI 53.73% 3 Thomas Fagan - Katie Fagan, Kailua HI 50.13% 8 Thomas Revesz, Scarborough ON; Peter Hannak, Kitchener ON 51.50% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION E EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Robert Block, Deerfield IL; William Anspach, Chicago IL 65.62% 1 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Scott Stearns, Elberta AL 62.92% 2 2 Diana Tenery-Ascher - Larry Ascher, Englewood NJ 65.08% 2 1 Gary Holmes - Susan Wain, Toronto ON 59.23% 3 Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL 59.46% 3 2 Karen Barrett, Norwalk CT; Douglas Thompson, Acton MA 54.08% 4 Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA; Jimmy Pelham, Freeport NY 58.15% 4 Robert Stayman, New Rochelle NY; John Boyer, Hastings Hdsn NY 53.31% 5 Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL; Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 56.46% 5 Mark Olsky - S Fuhrmann, Madison WI 50.15% 6 Allan Graves, Barnet VT; Jean Johnson, Devonshire Bermuda 53.92% 6 Thomas Corlett - Ethel Corlett, Waco TX 49.38% 3 2 Tzvetalin Vassilev, North Bay ON; Leonard Fagen, Toronto ON 52.92% 3 1 Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR 49.31% 4 Carol Penn, Great Neck NY; Jacqueline Levy, Boca Raton FL 49.77% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION F EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 David Gordon - Maher Saleh, Ottawa ON 63.92% 1 Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 62.31% 2 2 Robert Smink, Newtown Sq PA; Norman Cannon, Fort Myers FL 57.15% 2 1 1 Eric Endicott - Linda Akazawa, Toronto ON 62.15% 3 Bruce Blakely, San Rafael CA; Paul Janicki, Markham ON 52.77% 3 Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA; Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA 60.31% 4 Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Melanie Tucker, New York NY 52.46% 4 Shuba Dey, Fairfax VA; Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA 57.85% 5 3 Lynn Blumenthal - Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA 52.31% 5 2 John Rehder, London ON; Marilyn Carbonneau, Beaconsfield QC 54.54% 6 4 Joe Rottmann, Vancouver WA; Eurydice Nours, Burnaby BC 51.23% 6 3 Jay Baudler, Piedmont CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY 54.38% 1 Dave Malen, Toronto ON; Mark Rosenholz, Albany NY 43.77% 4 Derek Broughton, Musquobodoit Hb NS; Tom Shannon, Toronto ON 51.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION G EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 David Neff, London ON; Ewoud Van Goch, St Thomas ON 65.15% 1 Jo Ann Zapatka - David Zapatka, Sun Lakes AZ 60.46% 2 Jill Thompson, Toronto ON; John Rayner, Mississauga ON 59.00% 2 William Koski, King City ON; G S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD 60.00% 3 2 John Adams - John Peter Lagodimos, San Diego CA 56.69% 3 1 1 Jeffrey Schapiro M.D., Needham MA; Robert Schapiro, Weston MA 58.23% 4 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Victor King, Hartford CT 55.54% 4 2 Morton Victor - Kalman Krause, Toronto ON 58.15% 5 Clayton Parker - Edith Parker, Surprise AZ 54.00% 5 Alvin Baragar, Edmonton AB; Peter McLaren, Prince Albert SK 54.08% 6 Lynda Cole, Anacortes WA; Larry Chow, Abbotsford BC 53.77% 6 Charles Brown, Denton TX; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 51.92% 3 1 Harry Elliott, Houston TX; Byron Elliott, Katy TX 50.31% 3 Reiko Raese, Boulder CO; Steve Graves, Olney MD 49.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION H EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS 59.54% 1 Martial Chagnon, Laval QC; Frederic Pollack, Lasalle QC 62.69% 2 Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 58.38% 2 Betty Bursey, Herndon VA; Lucy McCoy, Annandale VA 61.00% 3 Rebecca Rogers - Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV 56.31% 3 1 Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Jeremy Fournier, Richardson TX 60.85% 4 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 52.77% 4 McKenzie Myers, Beaverton OR; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA 60.38% 5 2 Claude Tremblay - Muriel Tremblay, Niagara On Lake ON 51.46% 5 Barry Senensky, Thornhill ON; Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 54.62% 6 3 Ranald Davidson, North York ON; Bea Eisen, Toronto ON 49.77% 6 2 Bill Lough, Edina MN; William Cummings, Monticello MN 54.31% 4 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA 49.38% 3 Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Cristal Nell, Redmond WA 52.92% 1 Susan Collins - Mary Grotell, Toronto ON 48.85% 4 Jean Picone - August Costanzo, Pittsburgh PA 52.54% 2 Valerie Rhead - Peter Rhead, Utterson ON 41.62% 1 Trisha Fleet, Dartmouth NS; Gerardo Malazdrewicz, Buenos Aires Argentina 46.08% 2 Denise Stamm, North York ON; Daniel Rosenblatt, Winston Salem NC 41.92% THURSDAY AFTERNOON INT’L FUND OPEN PAIRS, 1 OF 4 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION M EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Richard Kay, Mission BC; Ramzan Ackber, Abbotsford BC 62.02% 1 Charles Malcolm - Martha Malcolm, Topeka KS 62.50% 2/3 Derek Diamond - Rhona Diamond, Glasgow United Kingdom 60.10% 2 1 Michael Zerbini, Clarkston MI; Beth Armstrong, Kalamazoo MI 58.97% 2/3 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Richard Wieland, Redding CT 60.10% 3 2 1 Ram Kashyap, Portland OR; Geoffrey Webb, Kelowna BC 56.89% 4 2 John Moschella, Winter Spgs FL; Tansu Aksu, Orlando FL 56.73% 4 Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 55.93% 5 3 Jose Delgado, Miami FL; Dick Sangster, Powell River BC 56.09% 5/6 3/4 Rhoda Lindzon - Morton Victor, Toronto ON 55.45% 6 4 1 William Belanich, Sandston VA; Nancy Golden, Richmond VA 55.13% 5/6 3/4 Henry Sigal, Piedmont CA; Stephen Cooper, Toronto ON 55.45% 7 5 A Birenbaum, North York ON; Fima Rakhinshteyn, Thornhill ON 53.21% 7 5 2 Derek Broughton, Musquobodoit Hb NS; Hugh Cleland, Toronto ON 53.85% 6 Denis Racine, Lakeport CA; Gilles St Hilaire, Hampton NB 52.88% 6 Peter Speksnyder - Xiao (Joe) Zhao, Hamilton ON 53.21% 2 Dorothea Waxler, Toronto ON; Karl Hemmerich, 51.44% 3 Donald Morrison, Oakville ON; Tom Colclough, Fort Myers FL 48.88% 3 John Rollinson, Clovis NM; Kelly Aanenson, Scottsdale AZ 50.64% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION N EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Lynn Blumenthal - Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA 62.98% 1 Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 58.17% 2 Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Grace Lloyd, Southampton NY 62.34% 2 1 John Pruitt, Baldwinsville NY; Cherrolyn Woolwine, Naperville IL 57.85% 3 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD 62.18% 3 2 1 Paul Cozzi, Toronto ON; Brij Narraindatt, Delhi IN 57.21% 4 2 Lee Daugharty - Ron Vandersluis, Brampton ON 58.17% 4 3 Casey Segal - Barry Segal, Boynton Beach FL 55.93% 5 3 Sandra Levine - Bonnie Gellas, New York NY 56.09% 5 4 Jori Grossack, Waban MA; Isaiah Shalom, W Brookfield MA 54.97% 6/8 Cynthia Schneider - Eli Schneider, East Brunswick NJ 52.56% 6 5 2 Steven Mehta, Mississauga ON; Michael Moore, Oakville ON 54.49% 6/8 4/5 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Andrea Corbett, Tewksbury MA 52.56% 7 David Graham - Jill Graham, Boca Raton FL 53.21% 6/8 4/5 John Wang, Beltsville MD; Robert Michaud, Saint David ME 52.56% 1 Zainool Esmail - Nizar Esmail, Burnaby BC 41.67% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION L EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Barry Senensky, Thornhill ON; Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 67.82% 1 1 Ted Read - Phil Dowd, Toronto ON 58.79% 2 1 Claude Tremblay - Muriel Tremblay, Niagara On Lake ON 56.71% 2 2 Maher Saleh - David Gordon, Ottawa ON 57.64% 3 2 Andrew Hidi - Suzanne Hidi, Toronto ON 53.71% 3 3 Mark Jernigan, Ashland OR; Randall Paul, Klamath Falls OR 56.95% 4 Brenda Fortunate - Edward White, Grand Blanc MI 51.16% 4 4 Eric Renshaw, Palm Springs CA; Gene Summ, San Diego CA 56.25% 5 3 Walter Stephan, Montclair NJ; Ralph Meyer, Ridgewood NJ 50.23% 5 Lewis Richardson, Toronto ON; Martin Hunter, Mississauga ON 55.55% 4 1 Danny Ioannidis, Stoney Creek ON; Gary Mugford, Brampton ON 48.15% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION O EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Albert Shrive, Dalton PA; Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA 65.54% 1 Victor King, Hartford CT; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 61.38% 2/3 Clayton Parker - Edith Parker, Surprise AZ 64.26% 2 Martial Chagnon, Laval QC; Frederic Pollack, Lasalle QC 60.74% 2/3 Gary Brinker, Maumee OH; Joseph Ernsthausen, Sylvania OH 64.26% 3 1 1 Frederick Nislow - Judith Nislow, Palm Beach Gdns FL 53.53% 4 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA 58.01% 4 Jean Johnson, Devonshire Bermuda; Allan Graves, Barnet VT 53.37% 5 Lucy McCoy, Annandale VA; Carole Grob, Gainesville VA 56.41% 5 2 Paul Roth - Sharon Berghaus, Toronto ON 53.21% 6 Beverly Perry, New York NY; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL 55.93% 6/7 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 53.04% 7 Vera Petty - Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda 53.04% 6/7 3 Ranald Davidson, North York ON; Bea Eisen, Toronto ON 53.04% 2 Joe Rottmann, Vancouver WA; Eurydice Nours, Burnaby BC 49.68% 4/5 2 Larry Lewis, Rochester MI; Naresh Kapila, Rochester Hills MI 51.76% 3 1 Susan McEwen, Kitchener ON; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA 49.36% 4/5 Bruce Richmond - Peter Smith, Sault Ste Marie ON 51.76% 4 Marion Yonke, Manhasset NY; John Berry, New Hyde Park NY 48.24% 2 Jean Collins, Thornhill ON; Margaret Mitchell, Toronto ON 47.44%

INT’L FUND 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION R EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Jeffrey Schapiro M.D., Needham MA; Robert Schapiro, Weston MA 66.67% 1 1 1 Lise Sklar, Toronto ON; Bonnie Gluck, Thornhill ON 63.39% 2 2 1 Howard Huynh, Lubbock TX; Jeffery Jones, Vero Beach FL 58.63% 2 2 Bev Pope - Bill Pope, Burlington ON 62.20% 3 3 Natalie Schacter - Millie Deverett, Toronto ON 55.06% 3 3 2 Diane Evans - M. James Evans, Mississauga ON 55.65% 4 2 Evelyn Newbould - Linda Reid, Brampton ON 49.70% 4 4 Paul Beebe - Kay Beebe, Fairview NC 51.79% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Q EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Sharon Phillips - Cathy Dann, Greenwich CT 62.20% 1 1 1 Maria Jarosz - Radek Chrabaeowski, Mississauga CD 66.96% 2 2 Irene Devine - Kathy Macisaac, Toronto ON 58.04% 2 2 2 Margot Loren - William Breedyk, Toronto ON 65.48% 3/4 Suresh (Ray) Aggarwal - Rajaratnam Sinnadurai, Markham ON 52.98% 3 3 Judy Broadbent - Cindy Blakely, Toronto ON 64.29% 3/4 3 Sandra Freedhoff, Toronto ON; Dianne Morrison, Willowdale ON 52.98% 4 Jan Gilewicz, Minesing ON; Joffre McCleary, Barrie ON 52.08% 2 Mary Dewar - Susan Moran, Nanaimo BC 49.11% Daily Bulletin Page 15

Mac Nab Flight C (Continued from 12) 1. Kaiyu Qian, Markham ON; Qian Ren, North York ON; Fred Li, Toronto ON; Wensong Zhen, Scarborough ON 131.00 2. Ping Hu - Meiheng Shi, Naperville IL; Shengke Wang - Huixin Pan, Bolingbrook IL 104.00 3-4. Richard Polunsky - Brett Elliott, Houston TX; George Fillis - Karen Fillis, San Antonio TX; Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Bogumil Knypinski, N Richland Hill TX 96.00 3-4. Nolan Chang - Jack Chang, San Gabriel CA; Xingping Kang, El Monte CA; Stephen Massman - Donna Massman, Beverly Hills CA 96.00 5. Sangit Chatterjee, Sarasoto FL; Andrew Cavalier - Joshua Sablan, Pensacola FL; Asya Ladyzhensky, Ellenton FL 92.00 6-7. Michael Cuno, Randolph NJ; Sharon Frankel, Livingston NJ; George Browne - David Sutton, West Orange NJ 89.00 6-7. Xiangdong Meng - Vincent Yung - Andrew Krywaniuk, Vancouver BC; Diana Jing, Burnaby BC 89.00 8. Barry Herring - Diogo Teixeira, Wellesley MA; Joy Dawson, Jamaica Plain MA; Christine Halkiotis, Wellesley Hills MA 88.00 9. Stephanie Kung, Berkeley CA; Han-Yu Chang - Chris Chung, Palo Alto CA; Daniel Harting, Mountain View CA 87.00 10. Gene Brandl, Apple Valley MN; Delbert Swanson, Lakeville MN; Bob Sigafus - Cathy Sigafus, Plymouth MN 86.00 11. David Dong - Xing Du, Rockville MD; Jianping Wang - Richard Kwan, North Potomac MD 85.00 12. Gabriel Tannenbaum, Beachwood OH; Gaurang Sheth, Williamsville NY; Barbara Landree, Lewiston NY; Penny Shui, Clarence NY; Paul Zittel - Linda Zittel, Eden NY 83.00 13. James Stuart III - Ilana Seror - Sohail Hasan - James Southern IV, New York NY 80.00 14-15. Amy Stabenow - Steve Reiss, Saint Louis MO; Marvin Meinz - Sandra Meinz, Chesterfield MO 73.00 14-15. Alan Kosansky - Irene (June) Bock - Daniel Ziskin, Boulder CO; Blair Young, Littleton CO; William Dorin, Fort Collins CO 73.00 16. Christy Wiegel - Jeffrey Wiegel, Wilsonville OR; Maxine McComas - R Duane McComas, Portland OR 73.00 Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Junior Day RY = Fairmont Royal York Hotel; SC = Sheraton Centre Hotel Saturday, July 23, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Saturday-Monday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 1st SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Friday-Saturday Morning Bracketed Compact KO Teams 3-4 SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Educational Foundation Bracketed KO Teams 3rd SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Friday-Tuesday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single SC - Sheraton Hall E, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Saturday, July 23, 10 a.m. Bridge-Plus single SC – Essex Ballroom, Mezzanine Free Free Free lesson, then 14-board game at 12:30 p.m., no card fee. Partners Bridge Club 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $17 Partners Bridge Club 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $15 Note: Games presented by Partners Bridge Club are not played there. Saturday, July 23, 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Canadian Bridge Hall of Famer Doug Drew Strati-Flighted A/X Daylight Pairs 1-2 SC - Grand Ballroom Foyer, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Canadian Bridge Hall of Famer Doug Drew Strati-Flighted B/C/D Daylight Pairs 1-2 SC - Grand Ballroom Foyer, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Saturday, July 23, 12:30 p.m. Bridge-Plus+ single SC – Essex Ballroom, Mezzanine Free Free Free lesson begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 23, 1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single SC – Grand Ballroom Foyer, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Saturday, July 23, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1-2 SF RY – Canadian Room, Convention Level $20 — Bruce LM-5000 Pairs 1-2 SF RY – Canadian Room, Convention Level $17 — Young LM-1500 Pairs 1-2 SF RY – Canadian Room, Convention Level $17 — MOREHEAD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 1-2 SF TBA $20 — Screens, second session at 8 p.m. Goldman Grand National Teams, Flight A 1-2 SF TBA $17 — Screens, second session at 8 p.m. Sheinwold Grand National Teams, Flight B 1-2 SF TBA $17 — Mac Nab Grand National Teams, Flight C 1-2 SF TBA $17 — Louise McNeely Strati-Flighted A/X Pairs 1-2 RY – Concert Hall, Convention Level $16 $18 Louise McNeely Strati-Flighted B/C/D Pairs 1-2 SC – Grand Ballroom Foyer, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Friday-Saturday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Collegiate Team Championship Round-Robin TBA No fee Pre-qualification required. Saturday, July 23, 2:30 p.m. Partners Bridge Club 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $17 Partners Bridge Club 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $15 Note: Games presented by Partners Bridge Club are not played there. Saturday, July 23, 7:30 p.m. Strati-Flighted A/X Side Swiss Teams single SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $15 $17 Strati-Flighted B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $15 $17 Saturday-Sunday Game Series 2nd single SC – Grand Ballroom Foyer, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $15 Saturday, July 23, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Page 16 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Unit 166 Day 0-5 Newcomer pairs play free today! RY = Fairmont Royal York Hotel; SC = Sheraton Centre Hotel Friday, July 22, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Friday-Saturday Morning Bracketed Compact KO Teams 1-2 SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Educational Foundation Bracketed KO Teams 2nd SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Friday-Tuesday Morning Side Game Series 1st single SC - Sheraton Hall E, Lower Concourse $16 $18

Friday, July 22, 10 a.m. Partners Bridge Club 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $17 Partners Bridge Club 0-20 Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $15 Partners Bridge Club 0-5 Newcomer Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor Free Free Note: Games presented by Partners Bridge Club are not played there.

Friday, July 22, 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Canadian Hall of Famer Diana Gordon Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 SC - Grand Ballroom Foyer, Lower Concourse $16 $18

Friday, July 22, 1 p.m. Educational Foundation Stratified Open Pairs 3rd single Grand Ballroom Foyer, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Part of the Thursday-Friday Side Game Series

Friday, July 22, 1 & 7:30 p.m. VON ZEDTWITZ LIFE MASTER PAIRS 1-2 Q RY – Canadian Room, Convention Level $20 — Bruce LM-5000 Pairs 1-2 Q RY – Concert Hall, Convention Level $17 — Young LM-1500 Pairs 1-2 Q SC – Grand Ballroom Foyer, Lower Concourse $17 — All LM Pairs: 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal & 2 final sessions Note: Change in location from Pre-Bulletin MOREHEAD GRAND NATIONAL TEAMS, CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT 1-2 QF RY – Ballroom, Convention Level $20 — Goldman Grand National Teams, Flight A 1-2 QF RY – Ballroom, Convention Level $17 — Sheinwold Grand National Teams, Flight B 1-2 QF RY – Ballroom, Convention Level $17 — Mac Nab Grand National Teams, Flight C 1-2 QF RY – Ballroom, Convention Level $17 — Canadian Hall of Famer Ralph Cohen Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 SC – Grand Ballroom Foyer, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Friday-Saturday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $16 $18

Friday, July 22, 2:30 p.m. Partners Bridge Club 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $17 Partners Bridge Club 0-20 Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $15 Partners Bridge Club 0-5 Newcomer Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor Free Free Note: Games presented by Partners Bridge Club are not played there.

Friday, July 22, 7:30 p.m. International Fund Stratified Open Pairs 4th single SC – Grand Ballroom Foyer, Lower Concourse $16 $18 Part of the Thursday-Friday Side Game Series Strati-Flighted A/X Side Swiss Teams single SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $15 $17 Strati-Flighted B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $15 $17 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $17 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $17 0-20 Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor $15 $15 0-5 Newcomer Pairs single SC - Dominion Room, 2nd Floor Free Free

Friday, July 22, 11:30 p.m. International Fund Zip Knockout Teams single SC - Sheraton Hall A, Lower Concourse $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game. All stratification will be based on the average for the pair or team. In any event or flight with an upper limit, no individual player’s masterpoint total may exceed that upper limit. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

Today’s Sponsors

Unit 166 Day Partners’ Bridge Club Canadian Hall of Famers Diana Gordon and Unit 166 encompasses the area from Toronto Partners’ Bridge Club is the proud sponsor of Ralph Cohen around the Golden Horseshoe to Niagara. The unit several of the Intermediate and Newcomer games Diana Gordon and Ralph Cohen are two of is very active in bridge matters and hosts several this week. Suzanne Kosky and Joel Shapiro are this year’s inductees into the Canadian Bridge Hall tournaments throughout the year. It is also home wonderful supporters of bridge in the area and have of Fame. Diana Gordon represented Canada in to some of the finest bridge players in Canada and been involved in directing, chairing tournaments, seven straight Olympiad Teams. Ralph excelled as North America. working with the Unit 166 Board of Directors, and a player and as an administrator in ACBL and the Their sponsorship of the tournament has teaching of students new to the game. Thank you WBF. been incredible. Come back to Toronto anytime, Partners’ Bridge Club. Read more about Gordon and Cohen on CBF and don’t forget to join us for our annual Easter Day on Monday. Regional Tournament. “Get your tricks in 166.”

CBF Hall of Fame If a sign were to hang, it would read: Induction TO HARVEST, TO DISTRIBUTE AND TO SERVE The Canadian Bridge Federation Hall of Fame GENUINE OCEAN FARE TO FINE FOLKS. Induction Ceremony will be held Monday, July 25, at 5 p.m. in the Royal York Hotel in the Tudor Rodney’s Oyster House is pleased to offer an “Above the Line” for Room 7 & 8 (Mezzanine level). the duration of the tournament to players who can answer a few The 2011 inductees are Ralph Cohen, Doug simple questions. A short walk to the House to clear the head, a Drew, Diana Gordon, Eric Kokish and George skill-testing question, and you can fill up on brain food to recharge Mittelman. for the next rubber. Best of luck to all players. Join us at 469 King St W, west of Spadina, and if you know your bridge, enjoy some complimentary smoked fish on us.