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Monday, April 1, 2019 Volume 61, Number 11 Daily Bulletin 61st Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Paul Linxwiler, Sue Munday and Chip Dombrowski Wolfson wins Vanderbilt KO Teams NABC+ Fast Pairs Marin Marinov and David Yang won the NABC+ Fast Pairs, eking out a win against defending champions Mark Dahl and Richard Oshlag. Marinov of New York City and Yang of the Chicago area finished with 1250.68 matchpoints. Just a half matchpoint behind were Dahl and Oshlag. Jeff Wolfson’s team defeated Nick Nickell’s teammates, from left, Alexander Hydes, Peter District 25 duo wins NAP B squad 127–102 in Sunday’s Vanderbilt final. Crouch, Michael Kamil, Michael Becker and ACBL President Russ Jones presents the Steve Garner. It’s the first Vanderbilt win for all Vanderbilt Trophy to captain Wolfson, center, and except Becker and Kamil. Erichsen takes Jacoby Swiss title The winners of the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams: captain Espen Erichsen (a Norwegian who now lives in London UK), Tony Liebowitz of Australia, and Norwegians Tor Eivind Grude and Christian Bakke. The Chang Liu of Cambridge MA and Yin Yichen Erichsen team qualified second in of Boston won the Golder North American Pairs Saturday’s opening round, scored Flight B, representing District 25. After qualifying 122.83 VPs in the final, 6 VPs in second place on Saturday, they scored 57% ahead of the runners-up captained back to back in Sunday’s final sessions to win by by Paul Street. It was the first two-thirds of a board. NABC title for all of the winners. NAP C crown goes to District 9 Garner wins Mott-Smith Trophy Steve Garner of Chicago won the most 7-8. Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL 252.78 masterpoints in Memphis to earn the Mott-Smith 7-8. Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ 252.78 Trophy, given annually in recognition of the 9-10. Thomas Bessis, Paris, France 235.64 player who accomplishes the feat at the Spring 9-10. Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin, NABC. France 235.64 Garner earned 304.51 masterpoints, 250 11. Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater of which came from his win in the Vanderbilt Beach FL 234.55 Knockout Teams as part of Jeff Wolfson’s squad. 12-13. Nick Nickell, New York NY 221.38 He picked up 15.81 in the Kay Platinum Pairs and 12-13. Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL 221.38 the remaining 38.70 in a regional pairs game. 14. Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 219.34 MP leaders in Memphis: 15. Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 216.98 The winners of the President’s Cup North 1. Steve Garner, Chicago IL 304.51 American Pairs Flight C are Sheila Cesarano of 2-3. Peter Crouch, Surrey UK 284.57 Fort Lauderdale FL and Terry Jonas of Miami 2-3. Alexander Hydes, Zagreb, Croatia 284.57 ATTENDANCE Beach FL, representing District 9. Cesarano and 4. Jeffrey Wolfson, Chicago IL 283.52 FINAL Jonas, who qualified 13th, scored 60% and 61% 5. Zia Mahmood, New York NY 261.49 in the two final sessions to win the event by a 6. Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 257.65 9644 tables third of a board. Page 2 Monday, April 1, 2019 Daily Bulletin NABC+ FAST PAIRS 11.43 9 Ilan Wolff, Great Neck NY; Raphael Hallerman, Chicago IL 750.02 39.0 Tables / Based on 69 Tables 10.67 10 Shen Duan - Meiyan Duan, Andover MA 748.51 100.00 1 Marin Marinov, New York NY; David Yang, Darien IL 1250.68 10.00 11 Andrew Tomash, Kanata ON; Guy Arie, Rochester NY 748.01 75.00 2 Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 1250.16 9.41 12 Morris Chen, Surrey BC; Qiang Hua, Vancouver BC 744.10 56.25 3 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 1246.47 8.89 13 Guilherme De Souza - Felipe Souza, Bellevue WA 741.33 44.44 4 Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 1233.52 8.42 14 Siqing Yu - Benjamin Klauder, New York NY 738.73 40.00 5 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 1214.44 8.00 15 Jerzy Zakrzewski, Burlington ON; Bogdan Kurek, Oakville ON 738.61 36.36 6 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 1213.39 7.62 16 Mark McWiggins, Issaquah WA; Craig Von Land, Seattle WA 735.12 33.33 7 Andrew Dyson, New York NY; Ettore Bianchi, Dobbs Ferry NY 1192.53 7.27 17 Michael Cooperman, Chevy Chase MD; Myron Goldstein, Silver 30.77 8 Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Larry Sealy, Owens Cross Roads AL 1182.87 Spring MD 732.33 28.57 9 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 1162.50 6.96 18 David Wong, Palo Alto CA; Jung Hu, San Jose CA 723.13 26.67 10 Lew Gamerman, Randolph MA; Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA 1158.72 6.67 19 Song Lin, Rochester Hills MI; Tengyun Tony Cao, Troy MI 721.40 25.00 11 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Peter Gelfand, Corralitos CA 1154.33 6.40 20 Paul Thompson, Chehalis WA; Michael Thompson, Olympia WA 719.09 23.53 12 Michael Ranis - Francisco Bernal, Miami FL 1136.25 6.15 21 Pravina Jani, Austin TX; Zaeem Lutfi, Leander TX 712.66 22.22 13 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 1127.67 5.93 22 Ashot Harutyunyan - Shih-Chieh Fuh, Montreal QC 712.07 21.05 14 Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA 1124.70 20.00 15 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 1119.13 VANDERBILT KO TEAMS 19.05 16 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 1114.11 68 Tables 18.18 17 Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Margie Sullivan, 250.00 1 Jeffrey Wolfson - Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Michael Becker, Boca Sagamore Beach MA 1112.62 Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Peter Crouch, Surrey England; Alexander 20.92 18 May Sakr, Ardmore PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 1110.03 Hydes, Zagreb Croatia 16.67 19 Irina Kislitsyna, Miami FL; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 1109.07 180.00 2 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Robert 16.00 20 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 1108.98 Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; 15.38 21 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA 1094.67 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 14.81 22 Maya Alela, Kayenta AZ; Pedro Miguel Durao, Lisbon Portugal 1090.87 125.00 3/4 LAVAZZA: Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Norberto Bocchi, 14.29 23 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Eric Sieg, Seattle WA 1064.09 Barcelona Spain; Giovanni Donati, Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Agustin 13.79 24 C. Lee Hastings, Saint Louis MO; Clay Cuthbertson, Quincy IL 1060.50 Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy 13.33 25 Bo Liu, Irvine CA; Sherman Gao, Brea CA 1058.85 125.00 3/4 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL; David 12.90 26 Judi Radin - Jodi Edmonds, New York NY 1056.66 Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze - Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Pratap 12.50 27 Glenn Robbins, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 1055.87 Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL 12.12 28 David Yoon, Bayside NY; Jared Lilienstein, New York NY 1055.56 80.00 5/8 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken - Migry Zur 11.76 29 Nunzio Martorina, Laguna Woods CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 1049.11 Campanile, New York NY; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton 11.43 30 Gil Cohen, Ashburn VA; Marty Nelson, Annapolis MD 1049.10 FL 11.11 31 Ahmed Soliman, Flushing NY; Baher Salama, Cairo Egypt 1047.01 80.00 5/8 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, 10.81 32 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC 1043.66 Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wejherowo Poland; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam 10.53 33 Richard Chan, Markham ON; Ming Sheng, Northbrook IL 1043.21 Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands 10.26 34 Terry James, Upper Arlington OH; Tod Moses, St. Louis MO 1042.72 10.00 35 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Chris Moll, Durham NC 1040.64 80.00 5/8 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland GOLDER NORTH AMERICAN PAIRS FLIGHT B 80.00 5/8 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens 26.0 Tables / Based on 48 Tables FL; John Hurd, New York NY; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; John Kranyak, Las 60.00 1 Yin Yichen, Boston MA; Chang Liu, Cambridge MA 806.50 Vegas NV; Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL 45.00 2 Mark Golding - Robert Kitchen, Salisbury NB 789.47 50.00 9/16 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; 33.75 3 Jim Gaarder, Columbia MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 789.23 Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjor Norway; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, 26.67 4 Ryan Connors, Alexandria VA; Rick Bingham, Fairfax VA 774.61 Evanston IL 24.00 5 Marc Franklin, Newport Beach CA; Joseph Mack III, Laguna 50.00 9/16 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England; Louk Woods CA 763.38 Verhees Jr., Voorhout Netherlands; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; 21.82 6 Arthur Zhou - Michael Hu, San Jose CA 763.05 Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel 20.00 7 Jeff Dater - Scott Nason, Dallas TX 747.25 50.00 9/16 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Frederic 18.46 8 Lunhui Lin, Dickinson TX; James Zhan, Sugar Land TX 747.02 Wrang, Stockholm Sweden; Antonio Palma, Evora Portugal 17.14 9 Xingyu Zhang, Ypsilanti MI; Ching-Po Wang, Troy MI 744.91 50.00 9/16 Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL; Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; Leslie 16.68 10 Trevor Reeves, Farmington CT; Felix Springer, West Hartford CT 740.10 Amoils, Toronto ON; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Diyan Danailov - Jerry Stamatov, 15.00 11 Pawel Hanus, Carrollton TX; Ari Sippola, Richardson TX 733.51 Sofia Bulgaria 14.12 12 Sundaresan Ram, Tucson AZ; Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ 732.12 50.00 9/16 Krekorian npc: John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm 13.33 13 Steve
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