November 18-November 28, 1999 Boston, Massachusetts 73rd Fall North American Bridge Championships

Vol. 73, No. 7 Thursday, November 25, 1999 Editors: Henry Francis and Paul Linxwiler Gates and Buffett consider bridge a rich experience

When you hear the names Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, what’s the first thing you think of? That’s right -- money! Both spend long hours -- Gates with computers and Buffett with investments -- making everything work just right. But they need relaxation once in a while, just like everyone else. And they’ve found that relaxation in bridge, just as we have. Buffett has been playing bridge for years, but Gates is new to the game. In fact he won his first masterpoints (gold at that) at the first regional he ever attended. He played in Everett WA about two weeks ago. He tried the Stratified Pairs, partnered by Sharon Osberg, a world champion who also is a close friend. They scratched in the first session with 51.5%, but they came on strong in the second, tallying 62.5% and finishing second in their group. Since the group com-

Bill Gates Continued on page 4 Warren Buffett Senior KO final: Berkowitz-Cohen lead Blue Ribbon Budd vs. Sternberg At the end of the second semifinal session of the Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, David Berkowitz and Larry Cohen lead the field with a score of 3028.35. Teams captained by Richard Budd and Jim Berkowitz and Cohen won the event in 1995. Cohen Sternberg won their respective matches yesterday to has won the contest on three other occasions, playing advance to the final round of the Microsoft Senior with partners Ron Gerard in 1981 and Marty Bergen Knockout Teams. in 1983 and 1988. BUDD (Budd, Portland ME; Robert Ryder, The leaders have a one-board edge over Russ Caldwell NJ; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Wil- Ekeblad and John Sutherlin, who posted a 2946.48 liam Hunter, Reading MA) narrowly defeated the team score. In third place is the new partnership of Geir of Jan NATHAN (Nathan, Manhattan Beach CA; Steve Helgemo and Richard Freeman with 2917.20. Peren- Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Si Dombu and Adis nial pair-event contenders Eric Greco and Geoff Dombu, Las Vegas NV; Jerry Pietscher, Elk Grove CA) Hampson are in the fourth-place slot, while defending by a score of 108-105. champions Zia Mahmood and Howard Weinstein are In the other semifinal matchup, the team of Jim currently in sixth place. STERNBERG (Sternberg, Jupiter FL; Bernie Chazen, The two final sessions will be played today. Tamarac FL; Allan Cokin, Palm Beach FL; Billy Eisenberg, Boca Raton FL; Richard Reisig, Delray Millard Nachtwey and Betty Bratcher Beach FL; Robert Lipsitz, Palm Harbor FL) defeated Hurricane? Bridge is the squad of Hamish BENNETT (Bennett, Menlo Park CA; Gene Simpson, Redlands CA; Jim Robison, Las What it's like to be Vegas NV; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ) by a 128-100 still top priority total. John Mohan was going berserk. Outside Scores by quarter: head directors Hurricane Lenny was swirling at 150 miles an BUDD 31 46 77 108 hour, and torrential rains were attacking his NATHAN 16 36 66 105 What’s it like to move from giving rulings to rul- home in the Virgin Islands. Homes around him ing directors? were losing their roofs and being flooded. The STERNBERG 41 42 91 128 “I don’t mind the decisions and administration,” hurricane had hovered over the area for many BENNETT 18 46 78 100 said Millard Nachtwey, serving his first term as chief hours (12 before it finally moved on), and the director for a North American tournament here. “But I situation was becoming desperate. Giant-killer BUDD (they dispatched the defend- sure miss dealing with the people. It seems that the Just then the phone rang. It was John ing champion LEVINE squad in the previous round) only people I deal with in this job are those who have Sutherlin. “John, we’ve got to go over our sys- eked out a another close victory, winning by 3 IMPs. problems.” tem for Boston,” said Sutherlin. In their semifinal match, they won by 2. “I love it -- it’s a challenge,” said Betty Bratcher, “I’m on the verge of losing my roof and I’m STERNBERG survived a second-quarter drought assistant chief director for the first time. “Most of my trying to keep my house from being flooded. in which they scored only 1 IMP to win their match by work is with my fellow directors, and I love the direc- Hurricane Lenny is blowing up 150-mile an hour 28 IMPs. tors -- they’re great.” gusts. I can’t talk.” Play in the Microsoft Senior KO Teams finishes “My work here is exciting,” said Nachtwey. “There “Oh, I understand,” said Sutherlin. “I’ll keep today. were lots of problems at the beginning, but I’d rather it short. Let’s just talk about we’re going handle have the kind of problems that come up when the tour- weak-twos and Flannery.” nament is bigger than expected than those you face No question about it -- bridge is the No. 1 Attendance: 9212 tables when the tournament falls short of expectations. It was priority for bridge players. extremely hectic at the start because of the wonderful (Despite the severity of the storm, the dam- Attendance through Wednesday evening was 9212 attendance, but things have settled down now. age to the Virgin Islands was only cosmetic, and tables, outpacing the estimated 8340. “I’ve had to learn all kinds of different processes the islanders were back on their feet within 24 Total projected attendance is in the 13,000-13,500 in order to cope with a tournament this size. None of hours, according to Mohan.) range. Continued on page 4 Page 2 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS After his funeral Thursday, November 25 he throws a party Thanksgiving Day Even in death Tom O’Connor of Edmonton 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Ellen Crawford, Play of the Hand, Salon G, AB managed one last bridge game. Marriott. Crawford is a professional player and bridge teacher who currently teaches 13 True, he wasn’t there in body, but his spirit classes a week with 35-50 students in each. She won her first North American champion- certainly sat in with the 230 players who turned ship, the Women’s Pairs, at the 1999 Spring NABC in Vancouver. out at the Edmonton Bridge Centre for the bridge 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Sylvia Summers, Basic Logic of the Auction, session he gave them last Saturday. Everybody Salon G, Marriott. Summers is a Gold Life Master who was on the winning squad of the played for free, there was lots of food, and there North American Swiss Teams in 1983 and 1988. were many prizes, including three bottles of champagne. Friday, November 26 “My dad believed he was dealt a pretty good 9:00 a.m. - Noon Easybridge! accreditation course A with Easybridge! staffers Priscilla Smith and Donna hand,” son Kevin told the players at the memo- Bowser. Simmons Room, Marriott. rial tournament. “In bridge, as in life, he under- 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. OKbridge seminar. Learn how to play bridge on the Internet with OKbridge staff members. stood the importance of playing every card to Grand Ballroom Salon G, Marriott. the best of his ability. Thank you for sharing my 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Bill and Marlene Passell: Bridge – It’s a father’s journey.” Partnership and a Game, Salon G, Marriott. The Passells live in Coral Springs FL where Tom himself had done the planning for this they teach bridge and direct on bridge cruises. They met through bridge-playing friends at tournament, even though he knew his cancer was a Florida tournament. She is a Gold Life Master. He is a Grand Life Master with more than 15,000 masterpoints. killing him. Bart Symons, one of the players, 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: George Pisk, Flannery, Grand Ballroom Salon said, “Tom’s parting gift was typical of him. He G, Marriott. Pisk was an avid enthusiast and an absolute gentle- 11:30 p.m. Entertainment: “Paula & Rodney” features Oldies DJ Paula Street from WODS 103.3 FM man.” in Boston. Salons A-F, Marriott. Food treat: pizza. Fourth floor atrium, Marriott; Stafford- shire Room, Westin. Saturday, November 27 One of us is definitely 9:00 a.m. - Noon Easybridge! accreditation course B with Easybridge! staffers Priscilla Smith and Donna Bowser. Simmons Room, Marriott. 10:00 a.m. - Noon Free Bridge Lesson with Harold Feldheim, well-known bridge writer and teacher. Teachers getting older are invited. Grand Ballroom Salons G-J, Marriott. 12:15 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Billy Miller, Billy Miller, Live, Salon G, By David Berkowitz Marriott. Miller, Las Vegas, is a professional player whose “Dear Billy” columns appear in I want to thank everyone who has wished me a The Bridge Bulletin. 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Bridge Plus+ -- a low-key, fun duplicate game. Grand Ballroom Salons G-J, Marriott. happy birthday. I was considering my advanced age 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Newcomer Reception, Grand Ballroom Salons G-J, Marriott. when I looked across the table and watched Larry 6:45 p.m. Intermediate/Newcomer Speakers Program: Alan LeBendig, Responding to Preempts – Cohen, who recently turned 40, fidgeting with his How High Do You Go? Salon G, Marriott. LeBendig is the District 23 representative to glasses, having problems getting them focused. Per- the ACBL Board of Directors. He is a Grand Life Master and bridge club owner. haps that explains Board 10 from the second Blue Rib- 11:30 p.m. Entertainment: Laura Siersema, folk singer/keyboard player. Food treat: assorted cookies bon session against Lew Stansby and Steve Weinstein and brownies, fourth floor atrium (Marriott); assorted ice cream bars and cookies Board 10 « -- Staffordshire Room, (Westin). Dlr: East ª Q 10 6 3 Vul: Both © 9 8 5 4 3 Kudos to Meckstroth Deceptive opening lead ¨ K 7 6 5 « A K 2 « Q J 5 4 3 Jeff Meckstroth’s opponents on the following Blue After his opponents arrived in 6NT in only four ª 7 4 2 ª K 9 8 Ribbon deal met your reporter in the elevator and bids, Jim Bachelder was somewhat leery about lead- © Q 10 2 © A K wanted to congratulate Jeff on his behavior. ing away from a king. It so happens that leading fourth ¨ Q 10 9 2 ¨ A J 8 Board 2 « K J 10 4 best from his longest and strongest would have worked, « 10 9 8 7 6 Dlr: East ª K 7 but it seemed foolhardy at trick one. The deal is from ª A J 5 Vul: N-S © K Q J 10 the second qualifying session of the Blue Ribbon Pairs. © J 7 6 ¨ A 5 2 Board 8 « J 3 2 ¨ 4 3 « 9 7 2 « A 8 3 Dlr: West ª K 8 2 A strong club sequence landed us in 3NT from ª A J 4 ª Q 10 9 5 3 Vul: None © 10 8 2 East, and Stansby led a diamond. Now the pin holding © 9 6 2 © 5 4 ¨ K J 9 6 Larry’s glasses together fell out and everybody was ¨ J 10 7 3 ¨ Q 9 6 « Q 9 5 « A K 7 6 trying to put them back together. « Q 6 5 ª A 6 3 ª Q J 10 5 Larry won the diamond, squinted a bit, crossed to ª 8 6 2 © K J © A Q 6 5 his spade and floated the ¨10. He then led a club to © A 8 7 3 ¨ Q 7 5 3 2 ¨ A the jack, cashed the ace and claimed five. He stated he ¨K 8 4 « 10 8 4 would unblock the diamonds, play a spade to his hand, Just like everybody else, North-South reached 3NT ª 9 7 4 cash the ©Q and finish the spades. Five spades, three and got a heart lead. Declarer, North, captured the second © 9 7 4 3 diamonds and three clubs make 11. As he worked on heart, then cashed four diamonds. Now he led a spade ¨ 10 8 4 his spectacles, the opponents informed him that the from dummy and accidentally put the «4, not a high spade, West North East South spades were 5-0, Larry having missed the discard (a on it. Jeff looked at this for a while and took it with the 1¨ Pass 1© Pass red card yet!) But look! On the fifth spade (his stated ACE, then cashed out his hearts for down one. 1NT Pass 6NT All Pass line) Weinstein had to win and give the declarer the The kicker to the story -- the contract was 3NT Bachelder ruled out hearts and clubs for his open- ªK. Making five, as advertised. Shades of the Rueful doubled, so his plus 200 was still a complete top -- but ing lead -- too much chance he might be giving away Rabbit!! kudos to Meckstroth anyway. the 12th trick since partner was marked for close to a I leave it to the reader to determine which one of yarborough. He finally decided on the «J. Declarer won us is handling his old age better. with the queen and unblocked the diamonds. Declarer Overheard could see 11 tricks with a 12th trick if the spades broke 3-3. But he of course decided that a 3-3 break was She: “Let’s go back to the Marriott and take a nap highly unlikely based on the opening lead. And note before the evening session.” that useful entries to dummy were few and far between. Today’s sponsors He: “The other hotel is better for Westin.” So he led the «9, reasonably sure LHO had four to Avalon Solutions is the sponsor of the fourth and the jack-10. He hoped that South had been dealt the final round of the Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams. doubleton 8. But even if North had J-10-8-X, North The Stratified Fast Open Pairs at 10 a.m. and 1 Reisinger pre-registration wouldn’t not be able to stop declarer from taking four p.m. today is sponsored by Westin Turkey Trot. spade tricks on a subsequent finesse to the 7. But all Pre-registration for the Reisinger Board-a- The final of the NABC Senior Knockout Teams this careful planning came to naught -- when declarer will take place today. This event is sponsored by Match Teams is required before 8 p.m. tonight. At let the «9 ride, South, Helen Baumann, was most sur- the Westin, tournament directors Steve Bates and Microsoft. prised to win a trick with the 10. Subsequently declarer The Bobbye Jardine Memorial Bracket Knockout Henry Cukoff will accept entries from team cap- was forced to take the heart finesse. When this failed, tains or representatives until 8 p.m. Thursday. TD Teams will start today and continue through tomor- he found himself down one as a result of Bachelder’s row. This game honors the memory of Bobbye Jardine, Terry Lavender will accept entries at the Marriott deceptive opening lead. in the Boston College Room, 3rd floor. who gave so much to bridge and its players. The an- The event begins 1 p.m. Friday. nual Volunteer Award of the Eastern Massachusetts Bridge Association is named in her honor. Daily Bulletin Page 3 When I die . . . Women’s BAM recap © ª By Barry Rigal Lynn Baker’s team won the Women’s Board-a- had blanked the K, called for the Q. McCallum Match on Monday. Baker, together with teammates won and cashed the «9, squeezing the dummy. Un- As Mary I of England said, “When I die, the Karen McCallum, Randi Montin, Janice Seamon- able to let go of the ªJ, declarer decided to part with word ‘Calais’ will be found on my heart.” If Eddie Molson, Jill Meyers and Tobi Sokolow, shared the fol- the low diamond instead, but this allowed McCallum Kantar is to have an inscription on his grave, it lowing deals from the event. to exit with the ©K promoting partner’s ©J into the will be ¨K-10. (Kantar lost a world champion- This deal came from the first final session. setting trick. ship to the famed Italian Blue Team when the Ital- « ians reached a grand slam in clubs with Kantar, Dlr: East 9 8 Meyers and Montin starred in this deal from the ¨ Vul: Both ª Q 3 first qualifying session: on lead, holding the K-10. Unfortunately, the © « dummy came down with the ¨A-Q.) Look at A K 9 8 4 2 Dlr: North 7 3 ¨ ª Board 5 from the second qualifying session of A 6 2 Vul: None A 7 « « © the Open Board-a-Match Teams. A J 3 2 K 10 J 9 7 5 3 ª ª ¨ Board 5 « -- 5 2 K J 10 7 Q 10 7 4 © © « « Dlr: North ª A 5 4 7 6 Q J 10 5 10 9 2 K 8 6 4 ¨ ¨ ª ª Vul: N-S © Q J 10 7 3 2 K Q 10 9 7 5 4 3 K J 6 5 Q 9 8 2 « © © ¨ 9 4 3 2 Q 7 6 5 4 Q 6 2 A K ª ¨ ¨ « A K J 10 7 5 2 « Q 9 A 9 8 6 4 6 5 2 A K 8 © « ª -- ª J 10 9 7 2 3 A Q J 5 ¨ ª © K 8 5 4 © 6 J 8 10 4 3 © ¨ A 7 ¨ Q J 8 6 5 West North East South 10 8 4 ¨ « 8 6 4 3 Baker McCallum J 9 3 ¨ © ª « ª ª K Q 8 6 3 1 1 1 1 The contract at both tables was 4 by West in © © A 9 Pass 2 2NT Pass an uncontested auction. At the other table, ¨ ¨ K 10 3 All Pass McCallum was defeated one trick after an initial © « Both tables in Kantar’s match reached 4«, and North led the A and shifted to the 9. Baker rose diamond lead followed by an eventual spade shift. the North players weren’t able to attack trumps. with the «K, and played a club to the king and North’s At Meyers’ and Montin’s table, Meyers led a spade The ©Q was led to the ace for a trump shift. De- ace. North made the good play of a low diamond, al- at trick one. Montin won the jack (dummy played clarer ruffed a diamond and led the ¨Q. Kantar’s lowing South to ruff. South got out with a spade and low) and returned a diamond. A trump to the king teammates covered and North was subsequently Baker ducked, winning the 10 in dummy. Trumps were was captured by Meyers’ ace who now played a sec- squeezed in the minors for 480. drawn in two rounds and Baker played a heart to the ond spade. Montin won the queen, cashed the «A By contrast,Michael Rosenberg, playing 10. South ducked, trying to avoid the endplay, but she and played another spade creating a trump promo- against Kantar, DUCKED the ¨Q. Now the en- couldn’t get off the hook. Baker returned to her hand tion for the defense. Down two won the board. tries for the squeeze are destroyed, so that was with a diamond ruff and played a second heart, cover- This deal from second final session showcases yet another chapter to be added to the Kantar mis- ing North’s queen with the king. South won the ace, Sokolow and Seamon-Molson: fortunes involving the ¨K-10. but either had to put declarer back in the dummy with Dlr: East « A 9 8 6 the good hearts, or lead away from the «Q. Vul: Both ª A K Boston Copley Marriott Plus 110 was a valiant effort Baker in a losing cause © Q 9 6 --- the team lost the board anyway. ¨ A 10 9 4 Thanksgiving Day Here’s McCallum in action from the first qualify- « 5 3 « K Q 7 2 Restaurant Hours of Operation ing session: ª Q 8 7 5 ª 10 9 6 3 Dlr: West « A K 7 © K 7 2 © A 8 3 Vul: N-S ª K 4 ¨ K 6 5 3 ¨ J 7 Bello Mondo © A 9 8 5 3 « J 10 4 Holiday Buffet $33.95 ¨ J 10 3 ª J 4 2 1-7 p.m. « 5 4 3 « 9 8 6 2 © J 10 5 4 ª 7 6 ª A 10 5 3 2 ¨ Q 8 2 Terrace Bar © © Holiday Buffet $33.95 J 7 6 4 K 10 West North East South 1-7 p.m. ¨ A Q 7 2 ¨ 8 5 Sokolow Seamon-Molson « Q J 10 Pass Pass (The Terrace Bar and Bello Mondo will not re-open for ª Q J 9 8 Pass 1NT All Pass service after the Holiday Buffet is closed.) © Q 2 Seamon-Molson led the ª9, high from a bad suit. ¨ K 9 6 4 Declarer won and tried a low club to the queen. Gourmeli’s West North East South Sokolow won with the king and played a heart, de- Breakfast Baker McCallum clarer again winning the trick perforce. The ¨A 6:30-11:30 a.m. Pass 1NT Pass 2¨ picked up the jack and declarer finished the clubs. Pass 2© Pass 3NT Looking for a seventh trick, declarer played a low Holiday Buffet $33.95 2-9 p.m. All Pass diamond toward dummy, ducked by East and won McCallum led the ª3. Declarer played the 8 from by Sokolow who now exited with a spade instead of (The restaurant will be closed after the Holiday Buffet is over.) dummy which held the trick. A spade to the ace was cashing the heart winners. Declarer ducked and followed by the ¨J: low, low, queen. Baker, knowing Seamon-Molson won the queen. A heart came back, Champions, The American Sports Bar that declarer had at most three spades from the auc- won by Sokolow who played another spade. This Normal hours, 11:30-1 a.m. tion, returned a spade. Declarer won in the closed hand established the seventh defensive trick to set the Serving Thanksgiving Day specials: and played another club to Baker’s ace. Baker persisted contact and win the board, since 1NT made at the Plated Dinner $15.95 with another spade, establishing the long spade in other table. There, the defense cashed their heart Cape Cod Turkey Sandwich $7.95 McCallum’s hand. winners early, depriving West of the necessary en- A low heart went to the king, and McCallum tries to lead spades twice through declarer. Gourmet Bean ducked. Open normal hours, 6 a.m.-8 p.m. When declarer crossed to the top club in dummy, © Sushi McCallum discarded the 10, discouraging in their The right spirit Open normal hours, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. methods, and on the fourth club she let go of a heart. Here is the four-card end position with the lead in A pair told a tournament director they weren’t Room Service dummy (South): signed up for any game but would be willing to fill Open 24 hours « --- in if needed. The director knew there was a half- Serving Thanksgiving Day specials: ª --- table hole in the 199er Pairs, so he asked them to Plated Dinner $15.95 © A 9 8 5 fill in. It turned out they weren’t eligible -- too many Cape Cod Turkey Sandwich $7.95 ¨ --- points, but they were willing to play just for fun -- « --- « 9 no points. As they were heading for the game, they ª --- ª A 10 suddenly went back to the director and said, “Would Goodwill Message © J 7 6 4 © K it be better if we ditched our usual system? We’re ¨ --- ¨ --- perfectly willing to play straight Standard Ameri- Only bridge offers a new player and a world cham- « --- can so that none of our opponents will feel intimi- pion the same opportunity -- winning a bridge cham- ª Q J dated.” pionship. © Q 2 It’s true that only a limited number of titles can be ¨ --- Door prizes won but we can all be winners in terms of goodwill. Declarer, not knowing of course that McCallum Today’s door prize, offered by the Connecticut Aileen Osofsky Bridge Association, will be a basket of products pro- Chairman, Goodwill Committee duced and manufactured in Connecticut, with special thanks to Sally Budds who collected the generous gifts. Page 4 Daily Bulletin

Monday after the tournament. As often as possible? Fast arrival Directors Yes -- maybe twice a year! Steve Robinson and Peter Boyd applied the prin- Continued from page 1 One of the reasons Gates likes the game so much ciple of fast arrival to the ultimate on this deal from is because it requires problem solving ability and analy- the second qualifying session of the Blue Ribbon Pairs. my regionals ever prepared me for what it was going sis, two of his strongest points, as his career with Board 29 « A K Q 9 8 5 2 to be like here. But I am enjoying my new experiences. Microsoft has proved many times over. Dlr: North ª 6 4 And having Doug Grove here to offer counsel when I Gates’ most frequent partner on the Internet is Fred Vul: Both © K J 8 need it has been a big help. Doug and I go back a long Gitelman of Toronto, a powerful internationalist who ¨ 7 way -- we’ve been friends since back in 1972.” finished second in the Bermuda Bowl in China in 1995. « 7 3 « 10 Nachtwey graduated from Bucknell University in He also has been instrumental in updating the Microsoft ª 9 5 2 ª K Q 10 7 1974, where he majored in English with a concentra- Gaming Zone internet bridge site. When Gates and © 10 5 3 2 © Q 7 6 4 tion in drama -- just the way to get ready for a direct- Gitelman play together, they usually compete in a set ¨ 6 5 4 3 ¨ Q 10 9 2 ing career. He became a tournament director a year game against Buffett and Osberg. « J 6 4 later and became a full-time director in 1984. He was Gates got into bridge with Osberg’s help. Gates’ ª A J 8 3 promoted to national director in 1995. In addition to dad, Bill Sr., had played some before, and he got into © A 9 being a National Tournament Director, he is also field the game before his son. But Bill Jr. was intrigued by ¨ A K J 8 supervisor for directors in Districts 6 and 7 (the Mid- the interest his father showed in the game and decided West East North South Atlantic area). to try it himself. Now he’s really into the game. Robinson Boyd He had high words of praise for Bratcher: “Betty How did Buffett get started? Many players recog- 4¨ (1) Pass 7NT is immensely good at all the detail work that is such an nize Buffett as one of the players on the Corporate team All Pass essential part of her job at this tournament.” that has played matches against Congress several times. (1) Solid sent plus outside ace or king. Bratcher returned the compliment: “It’s wonder- It all started years ago when Osberg played with Carol Robinson’s opening bid showed a solid major with ful working with Millard.” Loomis in the Empire State Building version of the one outside ace or king. Boyd had no trouble working She says the biggest part of her job here is manag- Epson Pairs. Loomis and Osberg became close friends, out that spades was Robinson’s suit and that Robinson ing the staff -- “I have to make sure I put all the right and Loomis introduced Osberg to her friend Buffett. also had a red king. He could count 12 top tricks, and directors in the right places. It’s highly detail oriented, Buffett wasn’t too interested in all this until the word he knew there were multiple chances for a 13th, so he and I’ve always loved detail work. I love being out “bridge” came up, but his attitude changed when he bid the grand. with the people the way I always have been at NABCs, heard the magic word. When the opening lead actually was a club, there and I miss that. But I welcome the change and the chal- “Bridge is an amazing game,” said Buffett. “The was no play to the slam. But even if West had found lenge. And it’s great to be working so closely with the more you play the more you realize how little you know. some other lead it would have made no difference -- directors.” It’s a very humbling game.” East would be squeezed to a pulp. 7NT doesn’t look Hers is a two-director family, although husband that unlikely a contract, but Robinson and Boyd col- Bob now only works part-time. “Bob and I have been lected 47 matchpoints on a 51 top for their efforts. working sectionals and regionals almost exclusively Bidding coup together since he dropped to part-time,” Betty said. Going for the gusto “You realize, of course, that Bob was my mentor. By Barry Rigal Whatever success I have had in directing I owe to him.” Your editor vividly remembers Betty. “Back in the Valerie Westheimer, playing with Hjordis By Barry Rigal days before computers, Betty used to come to tourna- Eythorsdottir, was full of praise for a coup in the auc- Being a journalist is a hard life. Every hand is po- ments with nothing to do, and we put her to work typ- tion by Lynn Deas. The board in question came from tential column material. Should you go for the coup to ing results for the Daily Bulletin,” said Henry Francis. Friday’s second qualifying session in the Life Master regale tomorrow’s readership, or should you more “She was great, and Sue Emery and I were sure sad Women’s Pairs. When Lynn picked up « ª © ¨ mundanely try to qualify for the next day of the Blue when she made the move to directing in 1980. We cer- 4 Q J 10 9 7 2 10 7 A K 9 6, « Ribbons? tainly missed her, but we cheered her as she made her with both sides vulnerable, Lynn heard 1 on her Board 10 of the first qualifying session provided a way up the ladder -- Associate National in 1995 and left and 2NT on her right -- a game-forcing raise in ¨ typical problem. National as of last summer.” spades. Without hesitation Lynn bid 3 ! She wanted a Board 10 « J 6 5 4 3 Betty really showed her worth as a director when club lead and she had complete safety in hearts if nec- Dlr: East ª 10 6 she started running the Intermediate/Novice games at essary. In fact her opponents bid on to the spade game, Vul: Both © 7 6 4 NABCs. She was a model of efficiency and gracious- and the defense swiftly cashed out for down one as a ¨ 10 8 4 ness. result of the club bid -- partner led a club and got her « A Q 9 2 « K 10 Like Nachtwey, Bratcher is a field supervisor -- third-round ruff. This was the hand: « ª A 9 5 4 ª J 8 7 3 her area is Districts 21, 22 and 23 in California. She Board 20 J 10 ª © Q 8 © A 5 took over in July when Tom Quinlan resigned the po- Dlr: West A 5 4 3 © ¨ A 5 2 ¨ K 9 7 6 3 sition. Vul: Both 9 8 5 3 2 ¨ « 8 7 Both Nachtwey and Bratcher are having their bap- 7 3 « « ª K Q 2 tism of fire here in Boston, but they’re coming through A 9 7 3 2 K Q 8 6 5 ª ª © K J 10 9 3 2 just fine. 8 6 K © © ¨ Q J A J K Q 6 4 ¨ ¨ After I opened the East hand 1¨ (all right already, Q J 10 5 8 4 2 « sue me!), I declared 4ª. South led a low diamond, hav- 4 ª ing overcalled in the suit, and when I put up the queen Gates Q J 10 9 7 2 © it held the trick, with North suggesting that he held Continued from page 1 10 7 ¨ only three diamonds. Now the journalist’s play was to A K 9 6 lead a heart to the 8, then run the ªJ, playing for the prised two 15-table sections, the points for second place Had Lynn stayed out of the auction altogether, intrafinesse to pin the 10. But reconsider the auction. were gold. wouldn’t North have led a diamond or a trump? Who South has six diamonds, and it is a fair inference that Gates has played most of his bridge on the Internet, can say? he does NOT have short spades or clubs. He might both on OKbridge and the Microsoft Zone. “I love the have led the suit if he did. So it was highly more likely game,” he said. “And I’ve made many bridge friends that South had a singleton ªQ or ªK, in which case on the Internet.” the right play in trumps was to start with the ace. What were his impressions of his first regional? Eventually I made the supreme journalistic sacri- It was quieter than he expected. He thinks that was fice and led out the ace, sacrificing my column mate- due to the bidding boxes, something he had never seen rial and creating the maximum aggravation for myself before. He also was surprised that there were so few when I got to see all 52 cards. young people. He liked the regional game so much that he plans to play as often as possible now that he is an ACBL member -- yes, Osberg signed him up the Daily Bulletin Page 5

APPEALS CASE 4 APPEALS CASE 5 Tournament appeals Subject (Tempo): Subject (Revoke): Event: NABC Life Master Pairs, 19 Nov 99, First Event: Life Master Pairs, 20 Nov 99, First Final In order to keep the bridge public informed of ap- Qualifying Session Session peals results in a timely fashion, the NABC Daily Bul- Bd: 9 Dan Jacob Bd: 3 Anita Heitler letin staff publishes write-ups. Dlr: North « 6 4 Dlr: South « K J 3 Every effort is made to ensure that these reports Vul: E/W ª A Q J 5 3 Vul: E/W ª 10 7 3 2 are accurate and complete. Before they are published © J 4 © J 5 in the NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may ¨ Q J 9 7 ¨ J 9 6 3 be made. Dennis Kasle Garey Hayden Win Allegaert Mark Gordon « A 5 2 « K J 10 8 7 3 « A 9 6 « Q 8 2 APPEALS CASE 3 ª K 8 6 4 2 ª 7 ª A K Q J 6 ª 9 8 Subject (Tempo): © K 6 5 © 10 9 2 © Q 7 4 3 © 10 9 8 2 Event: NABC Life Master Pairs, 20 Nov 99, First ¨ K 2 ¨ 6 5 4 ¨ 5 ¨ A Q 8 7 Final Session Bryan Maksymetz Don Heitler Bd: 6 David Levy « Q 9 « 10 7 5 4 « Dlr: East Q ª 10 9 ª 5 4 ª Vul: E/W 9 7 © A Q 8 7 3 © A K 6 © A K Q 10 6 5 ¨ A 10 8 3 ¨ K 10 4 2 ¨ K J 10 6 West North East South West North East South Jack Feagin Claudia Feagin 1NT(1) Pass Pass Pass « « J 7 6 5 4 9 8 2 Dbl(2) 2ª(3) 2« Pass(4) 1ª Pass 1NT Dbl ª ª A 10 8 3 2 Q J 6 5 4 Pass 3¨ All Pass 2© Pass 3© Pass © © 7 9 3 2 (1) 10-12 HCP 3« Dbl 3NT All Pass ¨ ¨ Q 4 8 5 (2) Alerted (see the Facts) The Facts: Against 3NT South led the «4 (fourth Mike Goldsmith (3) Alerted (see the Facts) best) to North’s king followed by the «J won by East’s « A K 10 3 (4) Alleged Break in tempo queen. When declarer next played the ©10 South rose ª K The Facts: 3¨ made four, plus 130 for N/S. North with the king and cleared the spades on which North © J 8 4 asked East for an explanation of the double. Before revoked, playing the ¨6. East next ran dummy’s hearts, ¨ A 9 7 3 2 East could finish the explanation, North requested that South pitching a diamond and two clubs while North West North East South he stop the explanation. After 2ª was Alerted, East pitched her third spade. East then played a club to the « Pass 1 (1) stated that he asked for no explanation of the bid; after ace expecting South’s king to fall (assuming South © Pass 2 (2) Pass 2NT(3) which South volunteered that the bid showed hearts began with five spades). This was the first board of the ¨ ª Pass 3 Pass 3 (4) and spades. After East bid 2«, E/W alleged that there round and the revoke was not noticed until after the © ª Dbl 4 Pass 4 (5) was a break in tempo before South passed. The Direc- second board was finished. North remarked at some « ¨ Pass 4 (5) Pass 5 (6) tor was called when the dummy was put down. N/S point, “I guess you didn’t see my spade discard.” The © © Pass 5 (7) Pass 6 contended that there had been no hesitation but that Director was called. The Director determined that the All Pass South did state, “I had a problem.” The Director ruled equity provisions of Law 64C applied since the pen- (1) Alerted; 4+ spades, could have longer minor there had been a break in tempo and that pass was a alty provisions for the revoke (Law 64B4) did not ap- (2) Game forcing logical alternative for North. The contract was changed ply due to when the revoke was noticed. The Director (3) Natural, wide range, too weak or too strong for to 2« made three, plus 140 for E/W. ruled that East had not been damaged by the failure to 1NT The Appeal: N/S appealed the Director’s ruling. make the endplay on South -- North’s third spade had (4) Cuebid or needs help for notrump N/S stated that they did not notice any break in tempo. appeared before he made his key decision. The table (5) Control (slow) There was a discussion between East and South con- result was allowed to stand. (6) Could be passed (slow) cerning the meaning of 2ª which interrupted the auc- The Appeal: E/W appealed the Director’s ruling. (7) Ongoing, break in tempo tion. North did not think South had much in the ma- East (declarer) stated that he had figured South for 5- © The Facts: 6 made six, plus 920 for N/S. The jors when he didn’t double 2« or bid 3ª so he was 2-3-3 after North discarded on the third spade so he Director was called after a review and explanations likely to have a club fit. South said he was considering played South to have blanked the marked ¨K. He was but before dummy was tabled. E/W reported long hesi- whether to double 2« (which he clearly would have if perplexed when the king didn’t drop under the ¨A, ¨ © tations before the 5 and 5 bids. N/S said that there 2ª had showed hearts and spades) so it must have been but he didn’t say anything after the hand. It wasn’t until were other long hesitations. The Director changed the noticeable to North. When asked, North said that the next hand that he asked about the distribution. He © contract to 5 made six, plus 420 for N/S (Law16). South’s pass was slightly slower than his other passes wasn’t sure that North had discarded a spade on the The Appeal: N/S appealed the Director’s ruling but that the situation was difficult to assess because fifth heart but thought perhaps it had been a club. He and were the only players present for the hearing. They the flow of the tempo changed with the table action thought it unfair that he should go down when he likely stated they had a progressively slower auction as the after 2«. E/W estimated that South’s total hesitation would have made three without the revoke. North stated ¨ bidding got higher. 5 was a suggestion of a contract, after 2« and the discussion that followed 2« (about that she had definitely thrown her spade on the fifth © © 5 confirmed good diamonds, thus 6 . The Commit- the meaning of 2ª) was “5-6 seconds, maybe less, heart and that if she had been trying to conceal the tee explored the N/S agreements in some depth. South maybe more, but it was a definite break in tempo.” revoke she wouldn’t have pitched it on a red card. She ¨ could not rebid 3 because his hand was not strong The Committee Decision: The Committee found said she had to keep the ©J and three clubs and that ª ¨ enough; 4 over 3 would have been a splinter but that it was likely that South had committed an East had clearly not seen her spade discard. South did not want to bypass 3NT. unmistakeable hesitation over 2«. In reaching this con- The Decision: The Committee found that both East The Committee Decision: The Committee be- clusion, the Committee focused more on the agreed and West had been careless and forfeited their right to lieved that there was no unusual break in tempo for a upon statement by South (“I was considering doubling any equitable adjustment under Law 64B4, East by not complex slam-possible auction. Therefore, there was 2«”) and the nature of the South hand (rendering some noticing the spade discard and failing to call attention no unauthorized information present. The table result thought virtually certain) than on the length of the hesi- to the revoke and West by not calling attention to the © of 6 made six, plus 920 for N/S, was restored. tation, as to which there was no clear agreement. Hav- revoke after the conclusion of play (as is dummy’s DIC of Event: Henry Cukoff ing found that an unmistakeable hesitation occurred, right). Had either player drawn attention to the revoke, Committee: Henry Bethe (chair), Robb Gordon, the Committee held that pass was a logical alternative a one-trick penalty would have ensued. Since the fail- Doug Heron, Jim Linhart, Robert Schwartz to 3¨, that bidding was demonstrably suggested and ure to survive the grace period for calling attention to that North’s 3¨ bid was therefore disallowed. While the revoke was entirely due to E/W’s carelessness All-day parking South might have been considering action on a hand (North not being obligated to call attention to her own on which no eight-card fit was available (i.e. 3-2-5-3), revoke), no equity adjustment was appropriate. There All-day parking will be available from Thursday the indication of extra values beyond a minimum sug- was some sentiment that E/W’s appeal was without through Sunday for only $8 at the John Hancock park- gested that North’s three-level contract would be well merit since it was questionable whether East could rea- ing garage. You must get your parking ticket validated placed. The Committee believed that while North’s first sonably have believed that he was entitled to an ad- at the Hospitality Desk at either hotel. Validation hours: two bids were marked given the decision to open 1NT, justment. The majority of the Committee believed that 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. taking further action was not. The contract was changed the appeal had merit, especially since it was not clear There is an $8 rate after 5 p.m. -- validation is nec- to 2« made three, plus 140 for E/W. how detailed the Director’s explanation of the reason essary. DIC of Event: Henry Cukoff for the ruling was. Even if East knew that his own care- The John Hancock garage is two blocks from the Committee: Ron Gerard (chair), Harvey Brody, lessness caused the denial of his appeal, the particular Marriott on Clarendon Street -- right-hand side. It is Abby Heitner, Barbara Nudelman, Riggs Thayer law is an obscure one and the standards for applying it one black past the Hard Rock Cafe. are not well publicized. The Committee therefore did not treat the appeal in the same light that it might have Childcare pizza party had the subject matter been more familiar. New Life Master DIC of Event: Henry Cukoff ACBL members who have children here age 10 or Committee: Ron Gerard (chair), David Berkowitz, younger and ACBL Board members are invited to a JEANNE WILEY actually made the grade shortly Marlene Passell, Lou Reich, Peggy Sutherlin Pizza Party tomorrow from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Vermont before coming to Boston. It happened at the monthly Room of the Marriott.The childcare is run as a coop- unit game for the Santa Ana unit in California. Her erative and is not part of the ACBL. partner was Carolyn Johnson. Page 6 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY OPEN PAIRS BLUE RIBBON PAIRS QUALIFIERS 222 Pairs A B C NORTH-SOUTH 31.54 1 Akbar Vaiya, Markham ON; Tom Stern, Scarborough ON 389.50 23.66 2 1 Collis James Jackson, Nashua NH; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA 376.79 17.74 3 Paul Schwaighart, Normandy Park WA; Vern Swing, Williamstown MA 373.00 1 David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 3028.35 15.10 4 2 Jack Rhind, Jamaica NY; David Cordon, Warwick, Bermuda 372.62 2 Russ Ekeblad, Providence RI; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX 2946.48 9.98 5 James Griffin - Patricia Griffin, Austin TX 372.46 3 Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA; Geoff Hampson, Okemos MI 2889.35 11.32 6 3 Walt Cummins, Hudson NH; Mark Teich, Concord NH 371.50 4 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; John Mohan, Frederiksted VI 2873.96 5.61 7 Bob Jones, Delray Beach FL; Paul Marston, Australia 367.00 4.21 8 Willem Mevius, Dublin 8; Karel De Raeymaeker, Blanchards Town D 363.47 5 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Chicago IL 2853.63 8.49 9 4 Frank Wharton - Paul Walker, London, Enhland 362.50 6 Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA; Steve Weinstein, Glen Ridge NJ 2808.71 3.15 10 Donald Foote, Pasadena CA; Birger Holmquist, Chatsworth CA 361.13 7 Nick Bykov, Carmichael CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 2779.04 3.03 11/12 James Di Napoli Jr, Manasquan NJ; Jay Korobow, Princeton NJ 361.00 8 Aaron Silverstein, New York NY; Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires 2732.08 3.04 11/12 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC 361.00 9 Linda Gordon - Robb Gordon, New York NY 2692.55 2.96 13/15 Charlie Tupper - Sandie Campbell, Bristol RI 360.50 10 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; Grant Baze, La Jolla CA 2680.58 3.03 13/15 Daniel Boye, Syracuse NY; Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA 360.50 5.04 13/15 Randy Joyce - Kay Joyce, Raleigh NC 360.50 11 Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 2606.58 6.37 5 Charles Nauen, Saint Paul MN; Lloyd Graven, Minneapolis MN 353.50 12 Barry Rigal, New York NY; David Treadwell, Wilmington DE 2583.18 4.29 6/7 R Hoffman, Lake Forest IL; Roland Brabant, Palatine IL 349.00 13 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 2577.78 4.18 6/7 Joseph Cappannelli, Stoneham MA; Vincent Grande Jr, Jupiter FL 349.00 14 Sam Lev, New York NY; Peter Gawrys, 2567.41 2.69 8 Elton Lipnick - Bobby Maynard, Houston TX 344.50 15 Douglas Doub, Hartford CT; John Rengstorff, New York NY 2564.24 7.05 1 Gary Lifton, Brighton MA; Linda Robinson, Cambridge MA 334.00 5.29 2 Caroline Pieper, Tomahawk WI; Bobbie Sward, Vero Beach FL 333.50 16 Jiang Chen - Qinqin Wang, Nashua NH 2553.47 3.47 3/4 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Caroline Molyneux, Ridgefield CT 332.00 17 Marty Seligman, Philadelphia PA; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 2548.00 3.47 3/4 Andy Muenz, Glen Rock NJ; Bob Zehm, Allendale NJ 332.00 18 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Robert Levin, Orlando FL 2544.47 2.58 5 Kenneth Kaufman, Derwood MD; Mark Steele, Livingston TX 331.21 19 Gregory Arbour, Vancouver BC; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 2533.83 1.67 6 Sandra Pailet - Kate Jeffus, New York NY 330.42 20 Ishmael Del Monte, Sydney, AUS; Ashley Bach, Auckland, NZ 2531.47 WEDNESDAY FLIGHT A/X TEAMS 21 John Armstrong, Liverpool UK; John Holland, Manchester, Eng. UK 2530.42 97 Teams 22 Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA; Steve Catlett, Richmond VA 2528.67 A X 23 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 2527.27 25.24 1/3 Mike Levine - Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL; Frederick Hamilton, Fresno 24 Charles Coon, Marshfield MA; Richard Weiss, Swampscott MA 2522.86 CA; Chuck Said - Tom Sanders, Nashville TN; Arnold Fisher, Clementon NJ 116.00 25 Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Robin Klar, Spring TX 2510.27 25.24 1/3 George Steiner - John Schermer - Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; Stephen Sanborn, Poughkeepsie NY; Kerri 26 Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes, London UK 2510.25 Sanborn, Stony Point NY 116.00 27 Denny Sacul - Karwvr Iranky, Indonesia 2500.11 25.24 1/3 1 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Darrell Gibson, Billerica MA; Paul 28 Bryna Kra, Columbus OH; Mike Goldsmith, Manchester UK 2495.40 Wendt, Watertown MA; Neil Montague, Swampscott MA 116.00 29 R Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA; Jaggy Shivdasani, New York NY 2494.63 13.82 4 Andy Stark, Mississauga ON; Nancy Schafer, Bloomingdale IL; Sheri 30 David Gurvich - Aviv Shahaf, New York NY 2492.45 Winestock, Toronto ON; Judy Wadas - Bart Bramley, Chicago IL 109.00 10.36 5 Roger Doughman - Michael Crawford - Cathy Strauch - Riggs Thayer Jr, 31 Janet Daling - Steve Mansfield, Seattle WA 2477.47 San Diego CA; Samuel Williams Jr, Vista CA 107.00 32 Tom Fox, Fargo ND; Walter Schafer Jr, Bloomingdale IL 2471.40 7.77 6 Michael Wagner - Ginny Gorham, Austin TX; Charles Drum, Dover MA; 33 Chris Willenken, New York NY; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 2465.71 Sandra Nyman, Weston MA 106.00 34 Donna Morgen, Havertown PA; Wlodzimierz Grodecki, Wayne PA 2462.84 5.83 7 Louise Childs - Gene Freed, Los Angeles CA; Jeff Olson, Dallas TX; 35 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; John Saxe, Hudson MA 2451.34 Derrell Childs, Garland TX 104.00 4.01 8/9 Howard Lawrence, Guilford CT; Frank Blachowski, Windsor Locks CT; 36 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Michael Levinson, Daly City CA 2443.09 Martin Caley, Montreal PQ; Anne Simon, Syracuse NY 103.00 37 Nader Hanna, Willowdale ON; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 2442.94 4.01 8/9 Ava Grubman - Paul Morris - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY; Gail 38 Jim Hall, Minneapolis MN; Paul Meerschaert, Excelsior MN 2433.58 Greenberg, New York NY 103.00 39 Alan Le Bendig - Rhoda Walsh, Los Angeles CA 2424.65 3.28 10 Jim Barrow, Lake Charles LA; David Adams, Kennesaw GA; Ed Lewis, EAST- Falls Church VA; Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; John Potter, Panama City FL 102.00 WEST 2.98 11 Marshall Hall, Boca Raton FL; Mike Cappelletti, Red Bank TN; Sterling Odom, West Palm Beach FL; Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Andy 1 Geir Helgemo, Norway; Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA 2917.20 O’Grady, Miami FL; Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 101.00 2 Yifan Yang, Darien IL; Jiun-Ming Chen, West Lafayette IN 2846.60 2.53 12/14 Sylvia Summers, Pasadena CA; Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; Edward 3 Fred Stewart, Kingston NY; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 2828.09 Wojewoda, Antelope CA; Marshall Lewis, Bloomington IN 99.00 2.53 12/14 Howard Piltch, Andover MA; Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Richard 4 Gordon McOrmond, Delta BC; Dan Jacob, Burnaby BC 2802.82 Anderson, Regina SK; Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC; Tadashi Teramoto, 5 Noberto Bocchi, Milan, Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino, Italy 2760.68 Yokohama JP; Michael Diesel, Medford MA 99.00 6 Tom Townsend - Mark Teltscher, London 2706.15 2.53 12/14 Jess Stuart - Lois Stuart, West Chester PA; Barbara Shaw - Mark Shaw, 7 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; D Krauss, Beverly Hills CA 2685.55 Laurel MD 99.00 8 Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Michael Rosenberg, Wykagyl NY 2674.14 2.18 15 J Pitt, ; K T Nunn - B Westlake - J De Pavin, Sydney AU 98.00 12.95 2 Robert Van Ekeren - E Gail Van Ekeren, Plainsboro NJ; Andrew 9 Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 2645.33 Skolnick, Bedford Hills NY; Gordon Nash, Oakland Gardens NY 94.00 10 Allen Hawkins Jr - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 2640.00 9.71 3 Bull Wu, Denver CO; Qing Yang, Austin TX; Jian-Ping Chen, Yorktown 11 Justin Lall, Plano TX; Hemant Lall, Tarzana CA 2637.45 VA; Weishu Wu, Camarillo CA 91.00 12 Joseph Silver, Hampstead PQ; Per Olov Sundelin, Stockholm 2599.82 7.28 4 George Klemic, Hillside IL; Henk Uijterwaal, Amsterdam; Sriram 13 Lee Rautenberg, Boca Raton FL; Drew Casen, Coconut Creek FL 2597.55 Narasimhan, Nashville TN; Vijay Devadass, Somerville MA 85.00 5.46 5 John Anderson - Gary Graham, Baton Rouge LA; Roger Asher, Dallas TX; 14 Kenneth Kranyak - John Kranyak, Bay Village OH 2589.48 Geoffrey Mallette, Christiansburg VA 84.00 15 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Bert Eccles, Montreal PQ 2586.04 4.10 6 Joseph Seo, Somerville MA; Birgit Arons - Amnon Gabay, Newton MA; 16 Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN; Peder Langsetmo, Minneapolis MN 2572.35 Cassie Wentworth, Weston MA 81.00 17 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 2568.86 2.69 7/8 Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Susan Fuller - Myriam Milgrom, Miami FL; 18 Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ 2547.01 Paul Kubiak, Fort Lauderdale FL 79.00 2.69 7/8 Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI; Bud Stein, Milwaukee WI; Liga Byrne, 19 Ron Feldman, Torrance CA; Rick Roeder, Encinitas CA 2541.59 Mequon WI; Tobey Belmont, Glendale WI 79.00 20 Glenn Eisenstein - Bobbie Satz, Boca Raton FL 2536.09 21 George Rosenkranz, Mexico; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 2523.79 STRATIFIED B/C SWISS 22 Cindy Harris - Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 2514.81 48 Teams B C 23 Alexander Kolesnik, Austin TX; Srikanth Kodayam, Union City CA 2514.16 16.44 1 Randolph Johnson, Billerica MA; Gerald Hutchinson, Reading MA; 24 Brian Glubok, Hampstead PQ; Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA 2513.15 Lawrence Diamond, Orlando FL; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN 117.00 25 Joel Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON 2510.03 12.33 2 Lawrence Newman - Jacqueline Kovacs, Andover MA; Kathleen Centorino, 26 Lin Ya Fu - Shen Jia Xiang, China 2507.21 Chestnut Hill MA; Charles Polay, Chelmsford MA 116.00 27 Steve Beatty, Destrehan LA; Jon Wittes, Claremont CA 2485.39 9.25 3 LaToss Carpenter - Brandon Carpenter, Whitehouse TX; Doris Bunselmeyer, Lindale TX; Dewitt Hudson Jr, Arlington TX 111.00 28 Gerhard Schiesser, Kitzbuhel AU; Añdrzej Knap 2484.85 6.94 4 Jerry Miller, Potomac MD; Nadyne Cheary - Dorothy Weinstein - Marvin 29 Russell Samuel, Locust Valley NY; Shawn Samuel, Cambridge MA 2483.73 Weinstein, Silver Spring MD 110.00 30 Stephen Shane, White Plains NY; Eugene Davidson, Washington DC 2483.06 5.20 5 Peggy Hawthorne, Norfolk VA; Mary Olson, Randolph NJ; Edwin Tucker, 31 Val Covalciuc - Richard Covalciuc, Omaha NE 2482.02 Needham MA; Gloria Tamlyn, Larchmont NY; C. Buddy Carls, Huntington 32 William Pettis - Beth Palmer, Silver Spring MD 2479.70 Bch CA 106.00 3.90 6 Todd Wolford, Aurora OH; Tim Crank, Arlington VA; Harley Bress, 33 Prakash Kumar - Nancy Schwantes, Bronx NY 2475.33 Cordova TN; Jennifer-Jo Hartsman, Lawrenceville GA; Justin Kmet, 34 Dave Westfall - David Corn, Spokane WA 2471.24 Milton MA 102.00 35 Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD; Tom Cogan, Annapolis MD 2461.90 2.56 7/8 Rodney Severson, Orangeburg SC; Arthur Stone, Sarasota FL; Theo 36 Robert Tobing - Santje Panelewen, Indonesia 2461.29 Lichtenstein, Goddard KS; John Rothschild, Mililani HI 99.00 37 David Yang, Chicago IL; Xiaodong Shi, Highland Park IL 2454.82 4.55 7/8 1 Jennifer Kuhn - Philip Kuhn, San Mateo CA; J Michael Andresen, Berkeley CA; Ekrem Soylemez, Arlington MA 99.00 38 Richard Coren, Hollywood FL; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 2452.34 3.41 2 Paul Frean - Carole Van Wieck, New York NY; Leonid Izakson - Karen 39 Jose M. Valdes - Paolo Pasquini, Miami FL 2449.26 Izakson, Stamford CT 89.00 2.24 3/4 Elaine Rosenberg - Ellen Friedman, New York NY; Mark Bercuvitz - Judith Bercuvitz, Westmount PQ 83.00 2.24 3/4 Elizabeth Macdonald - Mary E Moulton, Halifax NS; William Wood Jr, Bid Box Alerts and Announcements White Plains NY; Patricia Wood, Hartsdale NY 83.00 When using bid boxes, ACBL suggests that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time. When making an announcement, use the announcement word -- such as “trans- Junior coupons fer” -- and tap the Alert strip at the same time. Junior players (25 and younger) may compete for only $5 per player per ses- A player who Alerts or announces a bid should make sure his opponents are sion -- with a Junior coupon for each player and session. The coupons are available aware that an Alert or announcement has been made. at the ACBL Information Desk, at the Intermediate/Newcomer selling station or from Charlotte Blaiss. Daily Bulletin Page 7

TUESDAY OPEN PAIRS MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING CONTINUOUS PAIRS 273 Players (THESE SCORES ARE BEING RERUN DUE TO A SCORE CORRECTION 12.32 1 Eric Mock, New York NY 121.26% THAT CHANGED THE STANDINGS SUBSTANTIALLY.) 8.09 2/3 Nancy Sachs, Cincinnati OH 120.21% 244 Pairs 8.09 2/3 Paul Pschesang, Milford OH 120.21% A B C 5.20 4 Amnon Gabay, Newton MA 119.94% 35.45 1 1 Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ; Matthew Kappel, Middletown NJ 389.50 4.62 5/6 Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 118.85% 26.59 2 Carole Weinstein-Gorse, Vlg Nagog Wds MA; Jan McClintock, 4.62 5/6 Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI 118.85% Winchester MA 381.50 19.94 3 David Wakeman - Rita Wakeman, Irvine CA 377.70 STRATIFIED 199/100/50 PAIRS 14.96 4 Peter Matthews Jr, Roslindale MA; Gary Schwartz, Watertown MA 377.00 17 Pairs 11.22 5 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH 375.00 A B C 16.09 6 2 Fujia Lu - Zheng-Hua Zhang, Somerville MA 374.00 2.44 1 1 Deborah Levine, Weston MA; Don Neuwirth, Brighton MA 114.59 6.31 7 Jeanne McKenzie, Medford MA; Stuart Whittle, Waltham MA 373.00 1.83 2 2 Julia Samson - Ethan Romans, Dunedin FL 104.10 4.73 8 Sarah Anne Cressy, Cataumet MA; Frank King Jr, Alexandria VA 369.13 1.37 3 Harvey Hodsdon, Westborough MA; Steve Hodsdon, Redondo Beach CA 100.58 3.94 9 Bob Bratcher, Vista CA; Janice Nakao, San Mateo CA 364.04 1.03 4 Lenore Smart, Columbus OH; Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 94.73 4.96 10 Marvin Schenk - Kathy Schenk, Phoenix AZ 364.00 0.77 5 Irene Sprinkle - Larry Sprinkle, Dayton OH 92.57 4.49 11/12 Donna Overbey, Florissant MO; Bobbie Holmes, Saint Louis MO 363.50 1.05 3 Louis Navin - Sharon Navin, Naples FL 89.92 3.18 11/12 Gary Zeiger, Phoenix AZ; Patty Holmes, Las Vegas NV 363.50 1.47 4 1 Allen Cohen, Atlantic City NJ; Carole Cushing, Boston MA 86.72 4.44 13 Laura Brill - Rick Goldstein, White Plains NY 363.38 1.10 2 Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME; Frances Finkle, Lambertville NJ 81.24 9.30 14/16 3/5 Muffin Gur, Leonardo NJ; Aaron Cohen, Lakehurst NJ 362.50 0.83 3 Rudy Deier - Bonnie Deier, Canandaigua NY 80.35 9.30 14/16 3/5 Leanne Timberlake, Wayne ME; Bud Hinckley, Augusta ME 362.50 9.30 14/16 3/5 Russell Delaney, Fairfax VA; Patricia Harris, Tantallon NS 362.50 ANN AND HOPE FAST OPEN PAIRS 5.09 17 6 Gregory Rosoff, Franklin Lakes NJ; A Avery, Jamaica VT 361.92 48 Pairs 3.83 18 Arthur Brodsky, Huntingtn Sta NY; Howard Sard, Arlington MA 360.90 A B 3.82 19 7 Burton Lipsky, New York NY; Arnold Goldstein, Lake Worth FL 360.50 16.80 1 Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD; Leo Lasota, College Park MD 446.75 3.50 20 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Rob Crawford, Lauderhill FL 360.00 12.60 2 Spike Lay, Ormond Beach FL; Marilyn Garcia, Daytona Beach FL 417.00 3.94 8 Dick Wagman, Maynard MA; Carl Gueli, Oakland Gardens NY 358.50 9.45 3 Corinne Kirkham - Jim Kirkham, San Bernardino CA 413.03 8.42 9 1 Allen Post, Wayland MA; Anthony Keats, Framingham MA 357.58 7.09 4 1 Barbara Glazerman, Newton MA; Susan Thomas, Lexington MA 411.77 6.32 2 John Shufelt - Jean Shufelt, West Bloomfield MI 355.00 5.32 5 Barbara Doran - Eric Landau, Silver Spring MD 408.10 4.74 3 Jason Smith, Brooklyn NY; Herbert Lee III, Durham NC 338.50 3.99 6 Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY 405.61 3.55 4 Alex Zisson, New York NY; Alexander Clague, Brooklyn NY 335.50 4.89 7 2 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; Paul Pratt, Sharon MA 392.70 2.33 5/6 Althea Shirley - Anne Nevins, Winchester MA 334.00 3.67 3 Jayne Edwards - Isobel Vardy, England 385.83 2.92 5/6 Andrew Eames, Ashland MA; Andrew Savitz, Cambridge MA 334.00 2.86 4 Alan Goldman, Flushing NY; Janet Dunlap, Santa Monica CA 383.10 2.06 5 Henry Griffin, South Salem NY; Jim Levin, Ossining NY 381.77 1.55 6 Jeffrey Tarlin, Framingham MA; Barbara Tarlin, Wellesley MA 379.43 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY CONTINUOUS MORNING PAIRS 44 Pairs WEDNESDAY SENIOR PAIRS A B 86 Pairs 4.85 1 Jim Haws - Jerry Keeran, Tampa FL 111.00 A B C 3.64 2 Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ; Amnon Gabay, Newton MA 107.00 14.84 1 Thomas Gardner - Beverly Gardner, Southfield MI 370.50 2.73 3 Gerald Levine, Brooklyn NY; Marlene Solender, Tamarac FL 105.00 11.13 2 Robert Hickey, East Sandwich MA; Sidney Golub, Mashpee MA 367.00 2.45 4 Eric Mock, New York NY; Arnold Selig, Elkins Park PA 103.00 8.35 3 Peter Schwartz, Cote-Saint-Luc PQ; Jon Robinson, Montreal PQ 366.50 2.45 5 David Wachsman - Janis Wachsman, East Meadow NY 102.00 6.75 4/5 1/2 Warren Olson - Annetta Olson, Dallas TX 365.00 3.19 6 1 Alexander Clague, Brooklyn NY; Alex Zisson, New York NY 100.00 6.75 4/5 1/2 Marian Howarth, Sun City Center FL; Josephine Murray, 2.39 2 Peggy Hawthorne, Norfolk VA; Carol Nickels, Berwyn PA 92.50 Greenville RI 365.00 1.72 3/4 Randi Brown - Richard Brown, Houghton MI 92.00 3.52 6 Edmund Cappel - Mary Freet, Thibodaux LA 363.00 1.57 3/4 David Merson - Joyce Merson, Boynton Beach FL 92.00 2.64 7 David Weisman, Englewood NJ; Ronald Felton, New York NY 362.00 1.23 5 Michael Nabrynski - Jennifer Nabrynski, Ashland MA 90.50 4.34 3 Peter Neill - Marjorie Neill, San Diego CA 361.50 0.86 6/7 Gayle Humphrys - David Humphrys, Fitzroy Harbour ON 88.50 3.25 4 Roberta Smith, Naples FL; June Hearrell, Madison CT 333.00 0.86 6/7 Amy Lowenstein - M Daniel Schwarzkopf, Yardley PA 88.50 3.64 5 1 Bala Bathey, Tewksbury MA; Sharon Rothrock, Reading MA 332.00 2.24 6 Donald Nelson, Holden MA; Lorraine Konisky, Sutton MA 330.50 MORNING 199ER PAIRS 2.73 2 Mits Tamura - Muriel Tamura, Portland OR 318.50 17 Pairs 2.05 3 Milton Winer, Norwood MA; Robert Pagliarulo, Roslindale MA 316.50 A B C 1.54 4 Paul Hogan - Jane Hogan, Omaha NE 310.00 2.44 1 1 Deborah Levine, Weston MA; Don Neuwirth, Brighton MA 114.59 1.40 5 Douglas Thompson, Acton MA; Vince D’Souza, Stratford CT 309.00 1.83 2 2 Julia Samson - Ethan Romans, Dunedin FL 104.10 1.50 6 Nobuko Wakasa - Masaharu Wakasa, Japan 308.50 1.37 3 Harvey Hodsdon, Westborough MA; Steve Hodsdon, Redondo Beach CA 100.58 DINNER BELL COMPACT KOS 1.03 4 Lenore Smart, Columbus OH; Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 94.73 8 Teams 0.77 5 Irene Sprinkle - Larry Sprinkle, Dayton OH 92.57 6.90 1 M Cassandra Smith, Washington DC; Betty Bursey, Herndon VA; Bud Biswas, Lexington MA; Roberto 1.05 3 Louis Navin - Sharon Navin, Naples FL 89.92 Verthelyi, New York NY 1.47 4 1 Allen Cohen, Atlantic City NJ; Carole Cushing, Boston MA 86.72 5.18 2 Peter Maccuaig, Danbury CT; Steven Wheeler, Northvale NJ; Jim Levin - Edward Moy, Ossining NY 1.10 2 Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME; Frances Finkle, Lambertville NJ 81.24 0.83 3 Rudy Deier - Bonnie Deier, Canandaigua NY 80.35 SENIOR KO TEAMS 9 Teams TUESDAY ZIP KO (BRACKET A) 11.65 1 Robert Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Ken Monzingo, San Diego CA; Michael Huston, Joplin MO; Murray 12 Teams Melton, Las Vegas NV 3.34 1 Lawrence Lerner, Warren NJ; Stephen Maltzman, N Plainfield NJ; Liga Byrne, Mequon WI; Michele 8.74 2 Charles Stenger - Jeanne Stenger, Bethesda MD; Richard Hewitt - Genevieve Hewitt, New York NY; Foran, Oconomowoc WI Gail Rust, Daytona Beach FL 2.51 2 John Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Ian Boyd, Calgary AB; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Joyce Menezes, 5.83 3/4 Colin Revill, Burlington ON; William Allison, Atlanta GA; Charles Galloway, Bolton ON; Jacob Staten Island NY; Del Impatadakis Schuurman, Three Rivers MI 1.67 3/4 David Pickering, Medford MA; Leonard Giambrone - Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Mark Edeburn, 5.83 3/4 Richard Stoppe, West Palm Bch FL; Dottie Zike Stoppe, W Palm Beach FL; Edwin Katzman - Elaine Woburn MA; Susan Ostrowski, Arlington MA Katzman, Boynton Beach FL 1.67 3/4 Perla Minond, Forest Hills NY; Peggy Yannas, New York NY; Jon Downing - Liam Johnstone, UK BRIDGE WORLD TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 1 16 Teams TUESDAY ZIP KO (BRACKET B) 28.21 1 Mel Colchamiro - Janet Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Betty Bloom - Steve Bloom, Duanesburg NY 12 Teams 21.16 2 James Cayne, New York NY; Chuck Burger, West Bloomfield MI; Michael Seamon, Miami Beach 3.34 1 Raymond Gilbert - Robert Lyon, Indianapolis IN; Marion Kelly, Anchorage AK; Theo Lichtenstein, FL; Mike Passell, Plano TX Goddard KS 14.11 3/4 Elvera Levine - Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Edward White, Grand Blanc MI; Michael White, Atlanta 2.51 2 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Henry Wong, Medford MA; Darrell Gibson, Billerica MA; Linda GA Robinson, Cambridge MA 14.11 3/4 John Malley, Pascoag RI; Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Paul Kinney, 1.67 3/4 Lara Karbiner - Michael J Walsh - Daniel Jablonski, Cambridge MA; Jonathon Venezian, Jamaica Plain MA; Eric Lee Shukan, Somerville MA 1.67 3/4 Nancy Nason - Richard Brown, Rancho Mirage CA; Philip Friedman, Miami FL; Rory Powers, Fort Lauderdale FL BRIDGE WORLD TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 2 16 Teams MONDAY-WEDNESDAY CONTINUOUS MORNING PAIRS 20.04 1 Ray Lee - Linda Lee, Toronto ON; Jim Howie - Deborah Thomas-Howie, Etobicoke ON 44 Pairs 15.03 2 Wendy Krause - Arnold Krause, Toronto ON; Brent Gibbs - Despina Georgas, Willowdale ON A B 10.02 3/4 Edward Rasmussen, Weymouth MA; Robert Lipton, New York NY; Donald Sloter, Omaha NE; John Appleton Jr, Roslindale MA; William Bickford, Lawrenceville GA 4.85 1 Jim Haws - Jerry Keeran, Tampa FL 111.00 10.02 3/4 Gabriel Fadel, Atlanta GA; Sully Randolph, Doraville GA; William Kulbersh, Tucker GA; Ivy Steinberg, 3.64 2 Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ; Amnon Gabay, Newton MA 107.00 Newmarket ON 2.73 3 Gerald Levine, Brooklyn NY; Marlene Solender, Tamarac FL 105.00 2.45 4 Eric Mock, New York NY; Arnold Selig, Elkins Park PA 103.00 BRIDGE WORLD TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 3 2.45 5 David Wachsman - Janis Wachsman, East Meadow NY 102.00 12 Teams 3.19 6 1 Alexander Clague, Brooklyn NY; Alex Zisson, New York NY 100.00 13.80 1 Wyatt Mapp Jr, Newport News VA; Yo Buehler, Williamsburg VA; Richard Willey - Patrick O Hagen, 2.39 2 Peggy Hawthorne, Norfolk VA; Carol Nickels, Berwyn PA 92.50 Milford MA 1.72 3/4 Randi Brown - Richard Brown, Houghton MI 92.00 10.35 2 Tony Greene - Norma Greene - Xitai Chen, Exeter NH; Bob Clements, Stratham NH 1.57 3/4 David Merson - Joyce Merson, Boynton Beach FL 92.00 6.90 3/4 Betty Bursey, Herndon VA; M Cassandra Smith, Washington DC; Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY; 1.23 5 Michael Nabrynski - Jennifer Nabrynski, Ashland MA 90.50 Misha Tomic, Buffalo NY 0.86 6/7 Gayle Humphrys - David Humphrys, Fitzroy Harbour ON 88.50 6.90 3/4 Leroy Abinanti - Marigail Abinanti, Kent WA; Albert Wilson Jr - Sara Wilson, Seattle WA; Guy 0.86 6/7 Amy Lowenstein - M Daniel Schwarzkopf, Yardley PA 88.50 Monroe - Karol Monroe, Bellevue WA

MORNING 199ER PAIRSPAIRS BRIDGE WORLD TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 4 17 Pairs 13 Teams 10.37 1 James Pollacek - Roger Hallum - Jeanie Bettis, Vancouver WA; Janet Yocom, Tigard OR A B C 7.78 2 Betty Sudina, Ocean View DE; Lloyd Johnson, Elkhart IN; Pilar Barrera, Miami FL; Carol Ross, 2.44 1 1 Deborah Levine, Weston MA; Don Neuwirth, Brighton MA 114.59 Calabasas CA 1.83 2 2 Julia Samson - Ethan Romans, Dunedin FL 104.10 5.19 3/4 Lawrence Ash, Westbrook ME; Jan Ter Weele, Falmouth ME; David Magee - Sally Bean, Cumberlnd 1.37 3 Harvey Hodsdon, Westborough MA; Steve Hodsdon, Redondo Beach CA 100.58 Ctr ME 1.03 4 Lenore Smart, Columbus OH; Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 94.73 5.19 3/4 James Handy, Beloit WI; Barbara Brolin, Morganville NJ; Balkrishna Dandekar - Neela Dandekar, 0.77 5 Irene Sprinkle - Larry Sprinkle, Dayton OH 92.57 Newton MA 1.05 3 Louis Navin - Sharon Navin, Naples FL 89.92 BRIDGE WORLD TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET 5 1.47 4 1 Allen Cohen, Atlantic City NJ; Carole Cushing, Boston MA 86.72 10 Teams 1.10 2 Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME; Frances Finkle, Lambertville NJ 81.24 7.36 1 Meredith Clarke - Elaine Clarke, Peachtree City GA; Lewis Greenwood - Rita Greenwood, Sherman 0.83 3 Rudy Deier - Bonnie Deier, Canandaigua NY 80.35 Oaks CA 5.52 2 Larry Shell - Dale Wicks, Muscatine IA; Mark Zeitler, Davenport IA; Lenore Smart, Columbus OH 3.68 3/4 Anne Porter, Sooke BC; Maxine Thomas, Victoria BC; Jack Hoskins - Laura Hoskins, Indianapolis IN 3.68 3/4 Donna Rice, Traverse City MI; Sylvia Leibach, Buffalo Grove IL; Rochelle Shapiro, Chicago IL; Molly Cusano, West Palm Beach FL Page 8 Daily Bulletin

SUNDAY MIDNIGHT ZIP KO’S Up-to-date leaders 12 Teams 3.34 1 Rose-Marie Loughnane, Lafayette Hill PA; Arnold Selig, Elkins Park PA; Gary Gordon, Lawrenceville NJ; John McGuire, Branford CT 2.51 2 Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA; Linda Danzig - Sara Foster - Dianne Barton-Paine, San Francisco CA in Mini-McKenney 1.67 3/4 Mark Edeburn, Woburn MA; Leonard Giambrone, Somerville MA; Jennifer Heymont, Medford MA; Rosemary Tietge, Natick MA

TUESDAY/THURSDAY CONTINUOUS PAIRS Rookie 56 Pairs A B 1. Hugh Grosvenor, Bethesda MD 389 5.76 1 1 Les Powel, Great Falls VA; Bob Rasmussen, Ann Arbor MI 215.00 2. Greg Bruce, Santa Barbara CA 163 4.32 2 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Paul Kinney, Jamaica Plain MA 208.50 3. Rob Kischuk, Scarborough ON 161 3.24 3 Elizabeth Sitina - Del Impaltadakis, Athens, Greece 186.50 4. Fran Wigod, West Bloomfield MI 157 2.80 4 Elayne Kadis - Kenneth Kadis, Brookline MA 185.50 5. Andre Rakhmanin, Granite Bay CA 143 1.96 5 Bernard Gorkin - Mary Gorkin, Liverpool NY 180.00 6. Jay Sweet, San Francisco CA 141 1.40 6 Frank Aquila, Fairlawn OH; Jim Dingwerth, Kansas City MO 177.00 7. Norm Gordon, Saint-Laurent PQ 104 2.51 2 Robert Neuhart - Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY 173.00 8. Deen Hergott, Ottawa ON 99 1.88 3 Richmond Simmons - Marilynn Simmons, Paget, Bermuda 171.00 9. Edward Crenshaw, Inman SC 98 1.41 4 Nancy Nason - Richard Brown, Rancho Mirage CA 165.50 10. Tina Sheppard, Dublin OH 97 1.06 5 Catherine Palinker, New York NY; Virginia Murman, Connellsville PA 162.00 11. Felix Schwartz, Brooklyn NY 92 1.14 6 James Paschal - Rachaelle Paschal, Reno NV 159.00 12. Carol-Ann Halliday, North Vancouver BC 89 13. Edward Hung, Chicago IL 88 WEDNESDAY EVENING 5-20-50 PAIRS 14. Kenny Truelove, Tulsa OK 79 12 Pairs 15. Peter Sampson, Bathurst NB 78 A B C 16. Frank Connerty, Sacramento CA 78 1.68 1 1 Lorraine Seymourian, Newtonville MA; John Vecchione, Boston MA 58.00 17. Terrence Griffin, Sillery PQ 75 1.26 2 2 1 Judith Brandenburg, Sarasota FL; Edith Fiore, Campbell CA 49.50 18. Beverly Feinstein, Laguna Hills CA 74 0.95 3 3 Lynda Edson, South Easton MA; Barbara Kaake, Mansfield MA 46.50 19. Benjie Bancroft, Laguna Beach CA 73 0.62 4/5 4/5 2 Lena Russo - Dolores Checani, Natick MA 44.50 20. Zibi Palowski, Miami FL 71 0.62 4/5 4/5 Catherine Thompson, Pittsburgh PA; Stephen Zierak, Stamford CT 44.50

WEDNESDAY EVENING 50/100/200 PAIRS Junior Master 36 Pairs A B C 1. James Welch, Ketchum ID 341 3.59 1 Mark Heumann, Watertown MA; Rudolf Brautigam, Dorchester Cent MA 110.50 2. Carolyn Hill, Fort Worth TX 209 2.69 2 1 1 Jason Woolever, Cambridge MA; Qixiang Sun, Peekskill NY 103.36 3. F. Marion Fletcher, Statesboro GA 121 2.02 3 2 2 Gil Congdon - Pamela Congdon, Reading MA 103.00 4. Ogie Tzankov, Marietta GA 119 1.51 4 3 3 Richard Robertson - Emily Robertson, Lufkin TX 101.00 5. Margaret Thornton, Tulsa OK 112 1.14 5 4 Ruth Fidelman - Morris Fidelman, Silver Spring MD 99.50 6. Louis Sucheston, Clearwater FL 88 0.85 6 5 4 Connie Anick, Marlborough MA; Sylvia Sutton-Heath, Marlboro MA 97.50 7. Marvin Kindy, McCaysville GA 87 0.85 6 Jan Popiel, Lexington MA; Malcolm Curry, Hamilton, Bermuda 95.07 8. Charles Gould, Hull PQ 84 9. Andre Dupras, Laval PQ 80 10. Robert Kubal, Alexandria VA 80 17. Xiaodong Shi, Highland Park IL 172 Silver Life Master 11. Ausra Geaski, East Hartford CT 78 18. Justin Lall, Plano TX 170 12. Janet Cooney, Baton Rouge LA 76 19. William Wilson, Annapolis MD 168 1. Joseph Shay, Ponte Vedra FL 802 13. Robert Lauderdale, Leeds AL 73 20. Linda Holman, Atlanta GA 167 2. Ellen Anten, Encino CA 637 14. Paul Bubendey, Reston VA 71 3. John Brumfield, New Orleans LA 597 15. Sherry Fusco, Summerland Key FL 70 4. Samuel Marks, Dunwoody GA 596 16. James Gunn, Lawrence KS 69 NABC Master 5. Andy Stark, Mississauga ON 573 17. Dean Roach, Edmond OK 67 1. Michael Lucy, Red Lion PA 380 6. Patrick Clark, Manton MI 556 18. Doreen Green, Calgary AB 67 2. Leo Lasota, College Park MD 316 7. Jeff Smith, Gloucester ON 527 19. Lyall Luke, Stockton CA 66 3. Jane Bachman, Dunwoody GA 263 8. John Kranyak, Bay Village OH 517 20. Martha Lucas Kaplan, Lake Charles LA 65 4. Carol Stewart, Henderson NV 246 9. Joyce Menezes, Staten Island NY 477 5. Freerk Polling, Miami FL 221 10. Marilyn Garcia, Daytona Beach FL 461 Club Master 6. Randy Harker, Granger IN 212 11. Bill Jessup, North Palm Beach FL 459 7. Andrew Speers, Edmonton AB 204 12. Anthony Aukstikalnis, Beach Haven NJ 459 1. John Shufelt, West Bloomfield MI 246 8. Mahesh Rathi, Austin TX 202 13. Maurice Katz, Metairie LA 429 2. Jean Shufelt, West Bloomfield MI 234 9. Andrea Malone, San Jose CA 202 14. Charles James, Salem OR 426 3. Tommy Latham, White House TN 181 10. Parames Laosinchai, Ballwin MO 200 15. Phelps Lambert, Henderson KY 425 4. Federico Kladt, Torrance CA 181 11. Nick Suciu, Lake Forest IL 198 16. Srikanth Kodayam, Union City CA 417 5. Karen Wood, Houston TX 153 12. Connie Noel, Anchorage KY 190 17. Irene Adams, Butner NC 416 6. Jerry Newcomb, Littleton CO 149 13. Geoffrey Greene, Knoxville TN 188 18. Richard Roiseman, Nashville TN 411 7. Doug Brenner, Lindsay ON 148 14. Harley Bress, Cordova TN 188 19. Terry Currie, Houston TX 404 8. Joanne Pappelis-Antoni, Cleveland OH 147 15. John Bowers, New Braunfels TX 187 20. Gary Sawyer, Alto NM 401 9. Gloria McCain, Orlando FL 145 16. Tom Gilpin Jr., Princeton WV 186 10. Doug Couchman, Cooperstown PA 141 17. Steven Lariviere, Toronto ON 184 Gold Life Master 11. Dan Plato, Gray TN 140 18. Philippe Ducharme, Chelsea PQ 182 12. Paul Hawkins, Maryville TN 133 19. Betty Sandifer, Daytona Beach FL 182 1. Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 829 13. Fred Feigley, Houston TX 131 20. William Bizzell Jr., Goldsboro NC 181 2. Jeff Roman, Arlington VA 761 14. Ellen Hsi, Ann Arbor MI 130 3. Shannon Lipscomb, Red Bank TN 716 15. Gayle Koedel, Carmichael CA 128 4. George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 672 16. Ken Horwedel, Oceanside CA 125 Life Master 5. Paul Lewis, Powell OH 651 17. Steven Gugick, San Diego CA 122 1. Scott Stearns, Clemson SC 403 6. Robin Klar, Spring TX 587 18. Yolanda Kristiansen, Clearwater FL 118 2. Jennifer-Jo Hartsman, Lawrenceville GA 356 7. Bruce Cobb, Denver CO 585 19. Richard Bazinet, Varennes PQ 117 3. Jim Saxon, Charlotte NC 335 8. Lynne Schaeffer, West Bloomfield MI 579 20. Laurence Angell, Herndon VA 116 4. Rodney Severson, Orangeburg SC 309 9. Joel Wooldridge, Buffalo NY 568 5. Sharon Beck, Pearland TX 272 10. Donald Turner, Overland Park KS 557 Sectional Master 6. Sue Guldner, Ormond Beach FL 229 11. Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 540 7. Eustis Paine III, Melbourne FL 227 12. Barbara Shaw, Laurel MD 518 1. Tim Crank, Arlington VA 282 8. Raymond Gilbert, Indianapolis IN 220 13. Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH 510 2. Meredith Beck, Pearland TX 247 9. Maeve Mahon, New Canaan CT 219 14. Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA 508 3. Paul Sorren, Miami Beach FL 222 10. William Woodfine, Toronto ON 218 15. Liz Swanson, Athens GA 504 4. Lionel Venditti, Quebec PQ 201 11. Daryl Fisher, New Orleans LA 215 16. Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 503 5. Lynne Cook, Wyandotte MI 188 12. J. Robert Beck, Pearland TX 209 17. Kyle Weems, Chattanooga TN 495 6. Robert Birthisel, Matthews NC 180 13. Charles Halasi, Toronto ON 209 18. Judy Katz, Metairie LA 489 7. Raymond Spalding, Atlanta GA 176 14. Isabelle Brisebois, Gloucester ON 207 19. John Zaluski, Nepean ON 488 8. Marie Boissonneault, Quebec PQ 174 15. Arbha Vongsvivut, Godfrey IL 205 20. Frederick Allenspach, Potomac MD 478 9. Peter Zoll, Orinda CA 171 16. John Lawrence, Germantown MD 203 10. Robert Whiting III, Montgomery AL 170 17. Ed Bernstein, Rockville MD 203 Diamond Life Master 11. Brenda Kristensen, Venice FL 167 18. Reese Milner, Los Angeles CA 202 12. Carolyn Newcomb, Littleton CO 150 19. Lev Pinsky, Columbus OH 201 1. Jim Barrow, Lake Charles LA 3063 13. Jenny Rose, Alexandria VA 148 20. Ann Hedden, Watkinsville GA 201 2. Randall Pettit, Marietta GA 1716 14. Brij Kalra, Des Plaines IL 145 3. Curtis Cheek, Huntsville AL 1230 15. Nadim Khalaf, Laguna Niguel CA 145 4. Mike Cappelletti, Red Bank TN 1154 16. Rahim Israel, Los Angeles CA 143 Bronze Life Master 5. Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV 1064 17. Peggy Hayes, Cumming GA 142 1. Alan Goldenberg, Oak Ridge TN 526 6. Ken Warren, Delaware ON 1001 18. Jerry Keeran, Tampa FL 142 2. John Turner, Kansas City MO 463 7. Jim Kirkham, San Bernardino CA 921 19. William Velick, Laguna Beach CA 140 3. Ronald Jauch, Henderson NV 448 8. Ken Gee, Regina SK 890 20. Jerold Brinkman, Tulsa OK 139 4. Nick Bykov, Carmichael CA 425 9. Michael White, Atlanta GA 881 5. Robert Lyon, Indianapolis IN 327 10. John Potter, Panama City FL 862 Regional Master 6. Bonnie Bagley, Colorado Springs CO 324 11. Shawn Quinn, Katy TX 859 7. Donald Van Arman, McLean VA 320 12. Larry Griffey, Palm Beach Gardens FL 854 1. James Breihan, Austin TX 247 8. Dave Kruse, Lakehead CA 314 13. John Russell, North Barrington IL 850 2. Chris Kindt, Altamonte Springs FL 236 9. Sheng-Hung Wang, Columbus OH 314 14. James Murphy, Chesapeake VA 850 3. Alice Johnson, Silver Spring MD 230 10. John Ashe, Fairfax VA 311 15. Jim Reiman, Mansfield OH 835 4. Brad Campbell, Smyrna GA 217 11. Jiun-Ming Chen, West Lafayette IN 308 16. Paul Kinney, Jamaica Plain MA 794 5. Thomas Wallen, Chestertown MD 214 12. Robert Epstein, Atlanta GA 301 17. Joan Van Geffen, Metairie LA 776 6. Libby Boeye, Corpus Christi TX 212 13. Jerry Curtright, Colorado Springs CO 296 18. Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI 755 7. James Di Napoli Jr., Manasquan NJ 210 14. Craig Ganzer, Wyckoff NJ 293 19. Loren Hawkins, Bremerton WA 727 8. Swapan Sen, Grafton VA 208 15. Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 291 20. Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA 722 9. Todd Wolford, Aurora OH 204 16. Russell Stowers, Weidman MI 288 10. William Weingarden, Santa Monica CA 204 17. Carolyn Pinto, Fort Worth TX 286 11. Dennis Cherry, Macon GA 191 18. S. Fuhrmann, Madison WI 280 Check cashing 12. Pam Van Patton, Smyrna GA 187 19. Leroy Donaldson, Pikesville MD 277 The check cashing desk is located next to the ACBL 13. Anne Duty, Virginia Beach VA 186 20. Lucy McCoy, McLean VA 277 14. Cyril Green, Lake Oswego OR 180 Products store near the fourth-floor escalator at the 15. Arman Hartung, Pierson FL 179 Marriott. The desk is open from noon to 1 p.m. each day. 16. Robert Leedy, Portland OR 172 Daily Bulletin Page 9

BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 2ND SEMIFINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D E F G EAST-WEST 1 David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 1583.59 1 Geir Helgemo, Norway; Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA 1467.67 2 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; John Mohan, Frederiksted VI 1480.86 2 Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN; Peder Langsetmo, Minneapolis MN 1458.03 3 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Robert Levin, Orlando FL 1416.58 3 Yifan Yang, Darien IL; Jiun-Ming Chen, West Lafayette IN 1438.28 4 Russell Ekeblad, Providence RI; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX 1401.23 4 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Bert Eccles, Montreal PQ 1422.58 5 Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA; Steve Weinstein, Glen Ridge NJ 1394.14 5 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 1370.42 6 Nick Bykov, Carmichael CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 1391.17 6 Jerry Goldfein, Chicago IL; Gary Cohler, Highland Park IL 1358.49 7 Linda Gordon - Robb Gordon, New York NY 1381.66 7 Brian Platnick, Merion Station PA; Gerald Seixas, Ashland MA 1357.42 8 Tom Fox, Fargo ND; Walter Schafer Jr, Bloomingdale IL 1373.40 8 Gordon McOrmond, Delta BC; Dan Jacob, Burnaby BC 1356.81 9 Jiang Chen - Qinqin Wang, Nashua NH 1354.43 9 Allen Hawkins Jr - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 1341.56 10 Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY 1347.01 10 Joseph Silver, Hampstead PQ; Per Olov Sundelin, Stockholm, Sweden 1341.26 11 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 1346.58 11 Ron Feldman, Torrance CA; Rick Roeder, Encinitas CA 1337.74 12 Sam Lev, New York NY; Peter Gawrys, Poland 1345.09 12 Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Michael Rosenberg, Wykagyl NY 1335.58 13 Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA; Geoff Hampson, Okemos MI 1340.16 13 Fred Stewart, Kingston NY; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 1326.36 14 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 1320.75 14 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; D Krauss, Beverly Hills CA 1318.04 15 Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Robin Klar, Spring TX 1313.38 15 Earl Glickstein, Gaithersburg MD; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 1309.71 16 Aaron Silverstein, New York NY; Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires 1302.56 16 Val Covalciuc - Richard Covalciuc, Omaha NE 1304.30 17 Andrew Gromov, Moscow, Russia; Alexander Petrunin, St Petersburg Russia 1298.67 17 Glenn Eisenstein - Bobbie Satz, Boca Raton FL 1296.43 18 Alan Le Bendig - Rhoda Walsh, Los Angeles CA 1297.79 18 Fred Gitelman, Toronto ON; Brad Moss, New York NY 1292.56 19 Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 1290.24 19 Kenneth Kranyak - John Kranyak, Bay Village OH 1291.99 20 Marty Seligman, Philadelphia PA; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 1286.05 20 Lee Rautenberg, Boca Raton FL; Drew Casen, Coconut Creek FL 1289.32 21 Lorne Nicol, Phoenix AZ; Helene Fournier, Chicoutimi PQ 1285.07 21 Justin Lall, Plano TX; Hemant Lall, Tarzana CA 1284.37 22 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Chicago IL 1283.02 22 Dave Westfall - David Corn, Spokane WA 1275.37 23 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; Grant Baze, La Jolla CA 1280.40 23 Noberto Bocchi, Milan, Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino, Italy 1272.68 24 Nader Hanna, Willowdale ON; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 1278.54 24 Thomas Rozinski, Sunnyside NY; David Metcalf, Newton MA 1270.00 25 Barry Rigal, New York NY; David Treadwell, Wilmington DE 1268.57 25 Jim Krekorian - Robert Blanchard, New York NY 1263.96 26 Henrik Noberius - Tobias Tornqvist, Sweden 1265.84 26 Brian Russell, Burnaby BC; Michael Roberts, Victoria BC 1258.20 27 Chuck Burton, Steilacoom WA; Bob Bakalish, Eureka CA 1257.15 27 Alexander Kolesnik, Austin TX; Srikanth Kodayam, Union City CA 1257.36 28 Douglas Doub, Hartford CT; John Rengstorff, New York NY 1254.87 28 William Pettis - Beth Palmer, Silver Spring MD 1248.41 29 Andrea Malone - Charles James, San Jose CA 1249.42 29 Robert Tobing - Santje Panelewen, Indonesia 1240.12 30 David Gurvich - Aviv Shahaf, New York NY 1241.93 30 Christal Henner-Welland - Roy Welland, New York NY 1239.82 31 John Armstrong, Liverpool UK; John Holland, Manchester, Eng. UK 1233.38 31 Alan Watson, Malvern PA; David Becher, Swampscott MA 1239.33 32 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Michael Levinson, Daly City CA 1233.33 32 Jim Bachelder, Columbus OH; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 1231.08 33 Denny Sacul - Karwvr Iranky, Indonesia 1233.12 33 Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ 1229.91 34 Marc Levine, Lubbock TX; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 1228.15 34 Richard Coren, Hollywood FL; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 1213.10 35 R Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA; Jaggy Shivdasani, New York NY 1219.05 35 Stephen Shane, White Plains NY; Eugene Davidson, Washington DC 1213.09 36 Scott Merritt - Robert Sievers, Champaign IL 1216.03 36 Michael Moss - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY 1211.63

WEDNESDAY OPEN PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Sherman Kahan, Frederick MD; Arlene Gordon, Baltimore MD 194.00 1 James Di Napoli Jr, Manasquan NJ; Jay Korobow, Princeton NJ 225.50 2 2 Barbara Harty, Pawtucket RI; Gloria Manna, Johnston RI 189.00 2 1 Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA 180.50 3 Hindupuram Sriharsha, Orillia ON; P Mallela, Dekalb IL 174.50 3 2 Francine Bard, Bayside NY; Jon Downing, Solihull, Enb 177.50 4 Tom Macbeth, Westford MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 172.00 4 Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD; Carole Geagley, Severn MD 164.00 5 3 1 Paul Weinbaum, Norwood MA; Carmela Eyal, Waltham MA 171.50 5/6 Paul Kopelman, Cranford NJ; Walter Fontaine, North Providenc RI 156.50 6 4 Elton Lipnick - Bobby Maynard, Houston TX 169.50 5/6 Sandy Ventura - Deana Gratke, Bakersfield CA 156.50 2 Liselotte Pouh - Helmut Pouh, Carefree AZ 159.00 3 1 Marie Nylen, Bethesda MD; Jane Friend, Washington DC 154.00 2 Caroline Pieper, Tomahawk WI; Bobbie Sward, Vero Beach FL 152.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA; Mahmoud Elguindy, Newport Beach CA 182.00 1 Bob Jones, Delray Beach FL; Paul Marston, Australia 202.50 2 1 1 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Caroline Molyneux, Ridgefield CT 178.50 2 1 1 Andy Muenz, Glen Rock NJ; Bob Zehm, Allendale NJ 186.00 3 Alfred Lewis - Eric Mock, New York NY 175.50 3 David Parizer, Woodbridge CT; Jacqueline Cornfoot, Santa Rosa CA 185.00 4 Melvin Marcus, Framingham MA; Mary Santini-Ritt, Newton MA 171.00 4 2 Charles Nauen, Saint Paul MN; Lloyd Graven, Minneapolis MN 169.00 5 2 Mike Dorsel, Avon CT; Larry Jones, Pickerington OH 167.00 5 Val Mashkin, Indianapolis IN; Michael Prahin, Irvington NY 162.50 6 Stan Battat, Trumbull CT; Adrian Rebollo, Bridgeport CT 162.00 6 3 Jonathan Lane, Taumaruniu; Laura Brown, Garnerville NY 162.00 3 J Randy Rea, Fitchburg WI; Kathleen Wagner, Madison WI 161.00 4 Howard Hoffman, Saranac Lake NY; Joan Hough, Lake Clear NY 158.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Linda Wiener, Vancouver WA; Tony Glynne, Portland OR 193.50 1 Paul Schwaighart, Normandy Park WA; Vern Swing, Williamstown MA 200.50 2 1 Walt Cummins, Hudson NH; Mark Teich, Concord NH 180.50 2 Jan George - Bob Lafleur, Las Vegas NV 172.00 3 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC 180.00 3 Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; John Ashe, Fairfax VA 171.50 4/5 2 Philip Bird - Marilyn Bird, Waterville ME 174.50 4 1 Carl Gueli, Oakland Gardens NY; Phyllis Bennett, Brooklyn NY 170.00 4/5 Charlie Tupper - Sandie Campbell, Bristol RI 174.50 5 Judy Fiske - Myles Walsh, Buzzards Bay MA 164.50 6 3 Alvin Potter, New Smyrna FL; Faye Reinherz, Kenosha WI 172.00 6 Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Linda Spangler, Duncanville TX 163.50 4 Rona Levine - Stephen Levine, New York NY 154.50 2 1 Ellen Dysart, Salisbury MD; Liz Hannon, Annapolis MD 162.00 1 Josh Sher, Washington DC; Ari Eisenberg, Spring Valley NY 142.50 3 2 Mark Craiker, Carrollton TX; Andrew Sims, Brewster MA 158.00 4 Gary Lifton, Brighton MA; Linda Robinson, Cambridge MA 156.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SSS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Collis James Jackson, Nashua NH; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA 195.29 1 1 Jack Rhind, Jamaica NY; David Cordon, Warwick, Bermuda 185.12 2 Donald McCullough Jr, Adrian MI; Walter Sobol, Sylvania OH 176.29 2 Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA; Shou-Ling Wang, Bethesda MD 184.92 3 2 1 Sandra Pailet - Kate Jeffus, New York NY 174.42 3 Donald Foote, Pasadena CA; Birger Holmquist, Chatsworth CA 180.63 4 Elaine Said, Nashville TN; Suzanne Trull, Los Angeles CA 166.88 4 2 1 Kenneth Kaufman, Derwood MD; Mark Steele, Livingston TX 163.71 5 Rich Goldman - Flo Goldman, Franklin Square NY 162.21 5 Roni Gitchel, Pittsburgh PA; Sharon Fairchild, Rocky River OH 163.59 6 Ritchey Goodwin - Michael Kallman, New York NY 160.83 6 3 William Pate, Etobicoke ON; Garry Gardiner, Don Mills ON 159.00 3 James Calvert, North Andover MA; Simon Cohen, Groveland MA 157.55 4 2 John Berry, Coventry RI; William Gay, Framingham MA 154.62 4 Deborah Case, San Francisco CA; David Miller, Houston TX 153.21 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TTT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1/2 Donald Riley - Frank King Jr, Alexandria VA 185.00 1 1 R Hoffman, Lake Forest IL; Roland Brabant, Palatine IL 179.00 1/2 Leonando Rizzo, Argentina; Hector Camberos, Mexico 185.00 2 Carolyne Fox - George Fox, Houston TX 174.00 3 1 1 L E Andre Brunel, North Grafton MA; Narahari Marupaka, 174.00 3 2 Joseph Cappannelli, Stoneham MA; Vincent Grande Jr, Jupiter FL 173.00 4 2 Karen Koldyk, Oklahoma City OK; Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY 173.50 4 Pete Robey, Buena Vista VA; Shannon Lipscomb, Red Bank TN 172.00 5 3 George Bessinger, Spring Valley CA; David Dobrin, Cambridge MA 169.50 5 Gerrie Owen - Preston Morrow, Dallas TX 168.00 6 Gregory Rosoff, Franklin Lakes NJ; Andrew Moss, Las Vegas NV 165.50 6 Marlene Solender, Tamarac FL; Marlene Passell, Coral Springs FL 165.00 3 Deborah Klinger - John Klinger, Lancaster PA 158.50 4 Mary Holman Allen, White Bear Lake MN; John Allen, Saint Paul MN 154.00 1 James Damon - Patricia Damon, Sidney ME 145.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Ed Barad, Marina del Rey CA; Bryan Conley, Pacific Plsds CA 194.50 1 Mary Dee, Sarasota FL; Stanley Lesnik, Verona NJ 194.50 2 Gary Soules - Jan Soules, Campbell CA 184.50 2 1 Arne Gjesteby, Cohasset MA; Steven Vana-Paxhia, Boston MA 179.50 3 2 Walter Hayward, Mount Desert ME; Larry Hudgens, Bass Harbor ME 183.50 3 Arthur Ziffer, Cambridge MA; John Bridgewater II, Columbus IN 174.00 4 3 Kenneth McNeill, Randolph MA; Richard Palmer, Charlestown MA 171.50 4/5 Hank Youngerman, Reading PA; Daniel Levin, Chicago IL 167.00 5 Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA; Peter Rossi, New York NY 165.50 4/5 Wayne Burt, Pembroke NH; Lawrence Cheetham, Bedford NH 167.00 6 Sheila Kratenstein, Commack NY; Mildred Werbel, Honolulu HI 158.50 6 2 Diane Martin, Andover MA; Joan Savage, Wilmington MA 165.00 1 Malcolm Barker, Bucks; Monelle Richmond, Woodstock NY 149.50 3 Sheila Gross, Piscataway NJ; Betty Chagrin, East Brunswick NJ 163.50 1 Lynn Finley, North Providenc RI; Steven Myerson, Newport RI 141.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 James Griffin - Patricia Griffin, Austin TX 188.00 1 Akbar Vaiya, Markham ON; Tom Stern, Scarborough ON 205.50 2 Sandra Stover, Wichita KS; Lynn Hays, Veradale WA 182.50 2 Randy Joyce - Kay Joyce, Raleigh NC 186.50 3 1 1 Mark Throop, Framingham MA; Otis Bricker, Attleboro MA 175.50 3 Mary Gordon Perkins, Virginia Beach VA; Joan Cook, Bow NH 177.50 4 Willem Mevius, Dublin 8; Karel De Raeymaeker, Blanchards Town D 165.00 4 1 Margaret Young, Cincinnati OH; A Michael Carlin, Chestnut Hill MA 176.50 5 2 Sandy Bauer, Lakeland FL; Jim Dick, Springfield VA 161.50 5 Bruce Cook, Spokane WA; Anne Lever, Seatac WA 165.00 6 3 Nancy Cox, North Andover MA; Sally Hallowell, Amherst NH 157.50 6 2 Sandra Marlin, West Somerset KY; Mike Marlin, Frankfort KY 163.00 3/4 Robin Gillett - Susan Gillett, Union NJ 161.00 3/4 John Glick, Hope IN; Nancy Zakim, Greenbrae CA 161.00 1 Marion Cardi - Louise Dwyer, Cranston RI 154.50

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EDGAR KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1ST SEMIFINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B C D E F G EAST-WEST 1 George Rosenkranz,Mexico; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 1531.36 1 Russell Ekeblad, Providence RI; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX 1470.57 2 Tom Townsend - Mark Teltscher, London 1439.55 2 Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA; Geoff Hampson, Okemos MI 1407.89 3 Geir Gelgermo, Norway; Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA 1430.33 3 Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Howard Weinstein, Chicago IL 1405.89 4 Fred Stewart, Kingston NY; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 1415.81 4 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA; Grant Baze, La Jolla CA 1358.74 5 Gordon McOrmond, Delta BC; Dan Jacob, Burnaby BC 1396.38 5 Nick Bykov, Carmichael CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 1339.64 6 Joel Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON 1342.11 6 Donna Morgen, Havertown PA; Wlodzimierz Grodecki, Wayne PA 1338.40 7 Yifan Yang, Darien IL; Jiun-Ming Chen, West Lafayette IN 1328.93 7 Aaron Silverstein, New York NY; Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires 1337.07 8 Cindy Harris - Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 1326.53 8 Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA; Steve Weinstein, Glen Ridge NJ 1326.54 9 Gregory Arbour, Vancouver BC; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 1325.64 9 Chris Willenken, New York NY; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 1312.70 10 Robert Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; George Tornay Jr, New York NY 1318.76 10 Humberto Bocchi, Milan, Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino, Italy 1303.96 11 G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA; Samuel Lowell, Talent OR 1308.04 11 David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 1303.72 12 Lin Ya Fu - Shen Jia Xiang, China 1304.75 12 Janet Daling - Steve Mansfield, Seattle WA 1299.91 13 Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Michael Rosenberg, Wykagyl NY 1294.96 13 Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA; Steve Catlett, Richmond VA 1298.54 14 Gerhard Schiesser, Kitzbuhe, Australia; Audrzej Knap 1275.81 14 Ishmael Del Monte, Sydney, AUS; Ashley Bach, Auckland, NZ 1292.54 15 Michael Polowan - Ravindra Murthy, New York NY 1271.58 15 John Armstrong, Liverpool UK; John Holland, Manchester, Eng. UK 1291.04 16 Russell Samuel, Locust Valley NY; Shawn Samuel, Cambridge MA 1262.88 16 Justin Lall, Plano TX; Hemant Lall, Tarzana CA 1289.89 17 Ken Bloom, Acton MA; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA 1256.97 17 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; John Saxe, Hudson MA 1289.19 18 Stephen Shane, White Plains NY; Eugene Davidson, Washington DC 1253.21 18 Gigi Geiger, Austin TX; Gen Geiger, Bradenton FL 1283.78 19 Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD; Tom Cogan, Annapolis MD 1252.50 19 Kenneth Kranyak - John Kranyak, Bay Village OH 1269.49 20 Gerald Sosler, Purchase NY; Kay Schulle, Oak Harbor WA 1250.75 20 Bryna Kra, Columbus OH; M. Goldsmith 1269.00 21 Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 1247.80 21 Andy Bowles - Shireen Mohandes, London UK 1263.42 22 Jose M. Valdes - Paolo Pasquini, Miami FL 1247.56 22 Jeff Roman, Arlington VA; Hugh Grosvenor, Bethesda MD 1259.04 23 Walt Walvick, Mc Lean VA; Steve Lapides, Towson MD 1246.83 23 Charles Coon, Marshfield MA; Richard Weiss, Swampscott MA 1255.88 24 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 1243.91 24 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; John Mohan, Frederiksted VI 1254.30 25 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; D Krauss, Beverly Hills CA 1242.55 25 Douglas Doub, Hartford CT; John Rengstorff, New York NY 1253.69 26 Craig Ganzer, Wyckoff NJ; Lyle Poe Jr, Columbia MD 1219.61 26 Ann Labe, Kirkland WA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 1249.15 27 Prakash Kumar - Nancy Schwantes, Bronx NY 1219.50 27 Steve Garner, Northfield IL; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL 1248.69 28 Steve Beatty, Destrehan LA; Jon Wittes, Claremont CA 1218.78 28 Denny Sacul - Karwvr Iranky, Indonesia 1242.00 29 Rich Pavlicek Jr, San Mateo CA; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 1216.51 29 Michael Roche, Don Mills ON; Gloria Silverman, Toronto ON 1241.98 30 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; John McDermott, West Roxbury MA 1210.71 30 David Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jon Brissman, San Bernardino CA 1238.15 31 Steve Levinson - Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL 1210.46 31 David Gurvich - Aviv Shahaf, New York NY 1235.13 32 William Pettis - Beth Palmer, Silver Spring MD 1208.17 32 Barry Rigal, New York NY; David Treadwell, Wilmington DE 1235.10 33 Robert Stolinski, ; Leszek Rabiega, Salt Lake City UT 1205.50 33 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 1232.60 34 Allen Hawkins Jr - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 1201.16 34 Marty Seligman, Philadelphia PA; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 1232.30 35 Glenn Eisenstein - Bobbie Satz, Boca Raton FL 1199.46 35 Linda Gordon - Robb Gordon, New York NY 1232.03 36 Richard Coren, Hollywood FL; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 1194.46 36 Elizabeth Rabicew - Fida Hirschhaut, Venezuela 1231.25

WEDNESDAY STRATIFIED. OPEN PAIRS 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Cheryl Kedrowski, Louisville CO; Richard Laver, Boulder CO 186.00 1 Daniel Boye, Syracuse NY; Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA 204.50 2 1 1 Caroline Pieper, Tomahawk WI; Bobbie Sward, Vero Beach FL 181.00 2 Gregory Rosoff, Franklin Lakes NJ; Andrew Moss, Las Vegas NV 186.00 3 Charles Parker - Shelley Parker, Apex NC 171.50 3 Paul Kopelman, Cranford NJ; Walter Fontaine, North Providenc RI 177.00 4/5 Donald Riley - Frank King Jr, Alexandria VA 166.00 4 Tony Petronella, North Kingstown RI; John Herriot, Los Angles CA 174.50 4/5 Ruth Nakano, Kirkland WA; Dick Yarington, Seattle WA 166.00 5 Leonando Rizzo, Argentina; Hector Camberos, Mexico 168.50 6 2 Evan Markowitz, New York NY; Brad Campbell, Smyrna GA 160.50 6 William Goglia, Rochester NY; K Hart, Northford CT 167.00 3 Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA 159.00 1 George Bessinger, Spring Valley CA; David Dobrin, Cambridge MA 160.50 2/3 Betty Levin, New York NY; John Levin, Rye NY 156.00 2 Courtney Nelson, Wells VT; Sandra Hammer, Dedham MA 157.00 2/3 Ronald Winer - Robert Hart, Swampscott MA 156.00 3 1 L E Andre Brunel, North Grafton MA; Narahari Marupaka 148.00 2 Mark Throop, Framingham MA; Otis Bricker, Attleboro MA 134.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Stan Battat, Trumbull CT; Adrian Rebollo, Bridgeport CT 178.00 1 Melvin Marcus, Framingham MA; Mary Santini-Ritt, Newton MA 185.50 2 1 Joseph Cappannelli, Stoneham MA; Vincent Grande Jr, Jupiter FL 176.00 2 Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Roger Johnson, Canton MA 184.50 3 2 J Randy Rea, Fitchburg WI; Kathleen Wagner, Madison WI 175.50 3 1 Randall Ekman, Dallas TX; Sondra Rothstein, Las Vegas NV 179.50 4 Randall Ray - Lynda Lee Ray, Newton MA 169.50 4 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; Dave Kruse, Lakehead CA 174.00 5 Marlene Solender, Tamarac FL; Marlene Passell, Coral Springs FL 169.00 5 2 R Hoffman, Lake Forest IL; Roland Brabant, Palatine IL 170.00 6/7 3 1 Todd Wachsman, East Meadow NY; Martha Baldwin, Killington VT 155.50 6 Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA; Mahmoud Elguindy, Newport Beach CA 168.50 6/7 Gerrie Owen - Preston Morrow, Dallas TX 155.50 7 Alfred Lewis - Eric Mock, New York NY 163.00 4 Mary Holman Allen, White Bear Lake MN; John Allen, Saint Paul MN 155.00 3 Jan Garber, West Chester PA; Dennis Dubin, Philadelphia PA 161.00 4 1 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Caroline Molyneux, Ridgefield CT 153.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Charles Nauen, Saint Paul MN; Lloyd Graven, Minneapolis MN 184.50 1 David Wakeman - Rita Wakeman, Irvine CA 186.00 2 Marlene Keliher, Chestnut Hill MA; Thomas Belle, Andover MA 182.00 2 Tom Macbeth, Westford MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA 180.00 3 2 Elianor Kennie, Kentville NS; William Heess, Marlborough MA 169.00 3 1 Al Cupps, Houston TX; John Dockray, Villanova PA 178.50 4 Val Mashkin, Indianapolis IN; Michael Prahin, Irvington NY 166.50 4 2 Elton Lipnick - Bobby Maynard, Houston TX 175.00 5 Bob Jones, Delray Beach FL; Paul Marston, Australia 164.50 5 Evelyn Kirsh - David Kirsh, Roxboro PQ 163.00 6 Doug Couchman, Cooperstown PA; Morgan Tyler III, Peterborough NH 164.00 6 3 Karen Renne - James Steele, Denver CO 161.50 3 1 Teri Atkinson, Stevenson Ranch CA; Janet Wickersham, Sierra Madre CA 160.50 1 Liselotte Pouh - Helmut Pouh, Carefree AZ 139.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION RRR EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 J Taylor, Saint John NB; Robert Boudreau, Scituate MA 180.00 1 1 Collis James Jackson, Nashua NH; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA 181.50 2 2 1 Gary Lifton, Brighton MA; Linda Robinson, Cambridge MA 178.00 2 2 1 Fred Zhang - Alex Perlin, Cambridge MA 174.50 3 Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Linda Spangler, Duncanville TX 175.00 3 Steven Pawliger, Hollywood FL; Martin Hoffman, Lauderhill FL 174.00 4 Paul Schwaighart, Normandy Park WA; Vern Swing, Williamstown MA 172.50 4 3 Frances Hopkins, Reading MA; Mary Thomas, Peabody MA 167.00 5 3 Deborah Case, San Francisco CA; David Miller, Houston TX 170.00 5 Donna Rodwell, Naperville IL; Gloria Brown, Virginia Bch VA 164.00 6 Jeri Berger - Robert Levy, Los Angeles CA 167.50 6 Ritchey Goodwin - Michael Kallman, New York NY 163.50 4 2 Mark Craiker, Carrollton TX; Andrew Sims, Brewster MA 162.50 4 Tomi Fitzgerald, Gretna LA; Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 158.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SSS EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Carolyn Sessler, Brookline MA; R Clarke, Danvers MA 194.50 1 1 Walt Cummins, Hudson NH; Mark Teich, Concord NH 191.00 2 1 Jack Rhind, Jamaica NY; David Cordon, Warwick 187.50 2 Charlie Tupper - Sandie Campbell, Bristol RI 186.00 3 2 1 Josh Sher, Washington DC; Ari Eisenberg, Spring Valley NY 181.50 3 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC 181.00 4 Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA; Shou-Ling Wang, Bethesda MD 163.00 4 Donald Foote, Pasadena CA; Birger Holmquist, Chatsworth CA 180.50 5/6 3 Carolyn Sullivan - James Sullivan, Richfield OH 160.50 5 2 1 Kenneth Kaufman, Derwood MD; Mark Steele, Livingston TX 167.50 5/6 Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 160.50 6 3 Frank Eklof, East Greenwich RI; Albert Votolato, Cranston RI 166.00 4 2 Buzzy August - Jesse August, Hobe Sound FL 157.00 4 Philip Bird - Marilyn Bird, Waterville ME 154.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Randy Joyce - Kay Joyce, Raleigh NC 174.00 1 1 Frank Wharton - Paul Walker, London, England 205.50 2 1 John Glick, Hope IN; Nancy Zakim, Greenbrae CA 172.00 2 Noreen Sugarman, Kingston ON; George Geyer, Toronto ON 185.50 3 Sheila Kratenstein, Commack NY; Mildred Werbel, Honolulu HI 167.00 3 Akbar Vaiya, Markham ON; Tom Stern, Scarborough ON 184.00 4/5 2/3 Kenneth McNeill, Randolph MA; Richard Palmer, Charlestown MA 165.00 4 2 Rochelle Perlman - Frank Perlman, Memphis TN 171.50 4/5 2/3 Robin Gillett - Susan Gillett, Union NJ 165.00 5 Gary Soules - Jan Soules, Campbell CA 170.50 6 Phyllis Quinn, Cortlandt Manor NY; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA 164.00 6 George Dawkins - Paul Erb, Austin TX 156.00 1 Phyllis Deming - Richard Deming, Hopkinton MA 154.50 3 Bruce Miller - Katie Boardman, Athens GA 150.00 1 Robert Di Liddo, Boston MA; June Spurk, Haverhill MA 147.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Gail Carns - Mary Paulone Carns, Export PA 179.96 1 Willem Mevius, Dublin 8; Karel De Raeymaeker, Blanchards Town D 198.47 2 1 Sheila Gross, Piscataway NJ; Betty Chagrin, East Brunswick NJ 179.68 2 Charles Gray, Philadelphia PA; Gail Bell, Laverock PA 186.51 3 Hank Youngerman, Reading PA; Daniel Levin, Chicago IL 172.37 3 1 Ann Woolf, Fremont OH; Dotty Warrick, Port Clinton OH 185.55 4 Frank Dana - Susan Yates, Newark NY 170.13 4 Leonard Helman, Santa Fe NM; Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL 184.96 5 2 1 Michael Nabrynski - Jennifer Nabrynski, Ashland MA 169.51 5 James Griffin - Patricia Griffin, Austin TX 184.46 6 Britain Beezley - Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK 157.80 6 2 Edith Dockray, Villanova PA; Judy Cupps, Houston TX 166.18 7 3 Mark Levin, Brookline MA; Francine Bolduc, Worcester MA 156.79 7 3 Daniel Rhodes, Novato CA; Ronda O’Farrell, Chesterfield MO 163.00 4 Arne Gjesteby, Cohasset MA; Steven Vana-Paxhia, Boston MA 155.88 4 1 Lynn Finley, North Providenc RI; Steven Myerson, Newport RI 148.08

TUESDAY/THURSDAY CONTINUOUS PAIRS 4TH OF 6 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION GGG EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Elayne Kadis - Kenneth Kadis, Brookline MA 185.50 1 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Paul Kinney, Jamaica Plain MA 208.50 2 Lilo Grubner, Brighton MA; Anne Dolbear, Brookline MA 176.00 2 Elizabeth Sitina - Del Impaltadakis, Athens, Greece 186.50 3 N Taylor - Martha Neal, Mattoon IL 171.00 3 Frank Aquila, Fairlawn OH; Jim Dingwerth, Kansas City MO 177.00 4 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Jill Wellman, Mesa AZ 167.50 4 William Allison, Atlanta GA; Charles Galloway, Bolton ON 173.50 5 Roy Falck, Tucson AZ; Robert Menga, Brockton MA 166.00 5 1 Robert Neuhart - Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY 173.00 6 1 Gayle Humphrys - David Humphrys, Fitzroy Harbour ON 158.00 6 2 Catherine Palinker, New York NY; Virginia Murman, Connellsville PA 162.00 2 T. Seng Tjoa, Pomona NY; Larry King, Hanalei HI 157.00 3 Bruce Hunter Reid - Samantha Reid, Mississauga ON 149.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Les Powel, Great Falls VA; Bob Rasmussen, Ann Arbor MI 215.00 1 James Knopf, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 175.50 2 Bernard Gorkin - Mary Gorkin, Liverpool NY 180.00 2 Janice Nakao - Thomas Quinlan, San Mateo CA 171.00 3 2 Richmond Simmons - Marilynn Simmons, Paget, Bermuda 171.00 3 Eugene Opinante - Joan Opinante, Nesconset NY 169.00 4 3 Nancy Nason - Richard Brown, Rancho Mirage CA 165.50 4 Shirleen Ellsworth, Kansas City MO; Jane Gregory, Charlottesville VA 167.50 5 Beatrice Haley, Pompano Beach FL; Mona Mao, Springfield OH 158.00 5 Daniel Till, Lincoln NE; Norman Leslie, New Orleans LA 165.00 6/7 Joannie Freedman, Don Mills ON; Else Landauer, Toronto ON 157.50 6 Mike Graham, Ore City TX; Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX 161.00 6/7 Shelagh Paulsson - Elizabeth Redrupp, Toronto ON 157.50 1 James Paschal - Rachaelle Paschal, Reno NV 159.00 2 Peter C Bangs, Derry NH; Dorothy Oren, Ramat Hasharan NH 153.00

WEDNESDAY EVENING (5-20-50 PAIRS) ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION AAA EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Judith Brandenburg, Sarasota FL; Edith Fiore, Campbell CA 49.50 1 1 Lorraine Seymourian, Newtonville MA; John Vecchione, Boston MA 58.00 2 2 Lena Russo - Dolores Checani, Natick MA 44.50 2 2 Lynda Edson, South Easton MA; Barbara Kaake, Mansfield MA 46.50 1 Laura Fisher, Lexington MA; Carole Cushing, Boston MA 37.00

WEDNESDAY EVENING (50/100/200 PAIRS) ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 John Ackenhusen - Anne Ackenhusen, S Charleston WV 93.50 1 1 1 Gil Congdon - Pamela Congdon, Reading MA 103.00 2 2 Julia Samson, Dunedin FL; Stefan Bernhardt, Palm Harbor FL 91.50 2 2 2 Richard Robertson - Emily Robertson, Lufkin TX 101.00 3 Anne Yuratovich - John Yuratovich, Lees Summit MO 90.50 3 Ruth Fidelman - Morris Fidelman, Silver Spring MD 99.50 4 1 Janet Surrett - John Surrett, Kennebunkport ME 89.50 4 Connie Anick, Marlborough MA; Sylvia Sutton-Heath, Marboro MA 97.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mark Heumann, Watertown MA; Rudolf Brautigam, Dorchester Cent MA 110.50 1 1 1 Jason Woolever, Cambridge MA; Qixiang Sun, Peekskill NY 103.36 2 1 Louis Di Orio - Megan DiOrio, N Providence RI 85.43 2 2 Jan Popiel, Lexington MA; Malcolm Curry, Hamilton 95.07 3 Shai Simonson - Andrea Simonson, Sharon MA 84.64 3 Gertrude Barker - Jane Smith, Bermuda 92.50 4 2 1 F Wayne Kinningham, Aurora CO; Dave Hovinen, Denver CO 84.50 4 3 Elia Shulam, Peabody MA; William Mueller Jr, Danvers MA 84.80 Daily Bulletin Page 11

TUESDAY-THURSDAY CONTINUOUS PAIRS 3RD OF 6 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION II EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Jill Wellman, Mesa AZ 182.54 1 1 Joseph Newhouse, Weston MA; Emmett Keeler, Santa Monica CA 178.50 2 Bill Langlois, San Jose CA; Ralph Turner, Montgomery Vill MD 179.29 2 Judy Malcomson, Minneapolis MN; John Thomas, Fridley MN 177.50 3 Richard Burns, Needham MA; Sam Coleman, Falls Church VA 173.33 3 Ardy McLeod, Mesa AZ; Douglas Dean, New Berlin WI 175.00 4 1 Lodean Pesavento - Lee Pesavento, Alamo CA 170.63 4 2 Mark Ensio, League City TX; Sally Sykes, Paget 174.00 5 Donna Boyd, Ronkonkoma NY; Evelyn Goudy, Vienna WV 168.00 5/6 3/4 Peter C Bangs, Derry NH; Dorothy Oren, Ramat Hasharon IS 169.50 6/7 2 Tena Heller, South Orange NJ; Irene Reiter, Pine Brook NJ 166.83 5/6 3/4 Robert Neuhart - Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY 169.50 6/7 C. D. Baron - Randy Baron, Louisville KY 166.83 7 Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; Larry Graft, Roseville CA 164.00 3 Beatrice Haley, Pompano Beach FL; Mona Mao, Springfield OH 163.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJ EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Les Powell, Great Fall VA; William Isham, Albuquerque NM 183.50 1 Frank Aquila, Fairlawn OH; Jim Dingwerth, Kansas City MO 209.50 2 Frank Mitoma - Amy Mitoma, Orlando FL 172.00 2 1 Bruce Hunter Reid - Samantha Reid, Mississauga ON 176.50 3 Robert Menga, Brockton MA; Arnold Selig, Elkins Park PA 171.00 3 Mike Graham, Ore City TX; Shirley Matthews, Lindale TX 175.00 4 Jean Baldwin, Amarillo TX; Arthur Rainey Jr, Springfield MO 170.50 4 William O’Brien - Volkert Veeder, Toms River NJ 168.00 5 Jacques Laliberte, Cap-Rouge PQ; Diane Lefebure, Repentigny PQ 170.00 5 2 Margaret Malaspina, Needham MA; Derrick Niederman, Newton MA 164.00 6 David Sykes, Paget; Joseph Wakefield, Southampton, Bermuda 168.00 6 3 Dorit Hammerling, Hancock MI; Joseph Sirard, Lanse MI 162.50 2 Marshall Levine - Laurie Levine, Chicago IL 163.50 3 Leonard Levine, Waltham MA; Mark Warshaw, Pompano Beach FL 159.00

WEDNESDAY FAST PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS 24 25 EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Corinne Kirkham - Jim Kirkham, San Bernardino CA 217.00 1 Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD; Leo Lasota, College Park MD 247.00 2 1 Barbara Glazerman, Newton MA; Susan Thomas, Lexington MA 210.50 2 Barbara Doran - Eric Landau, Silver Spring MD 218.50 3 2 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; Paul Pratt, Sharon MA 208.50 3 Duncan Jones - Cheryl Holcomb, Newark NY 201.00 4 3 Doris Gavaghan, Wilmington NC; Doris Weiser, Katonah NY 206.00 4 1 Muffin Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 196.00 5 4 Jayne Edwards -Isobel Vardy, England 200.00 5 Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY 191.50 6 5 Mimi Ross, Long Beach NY; Phyllis Goldin, Woodmere NY 191.50 6 Joseph Kozma, Palm Harbor FL; Patricia Chiszar, Naperville IL 191.00 7 Thomas Ferch - Walter Casper, Grand Rapids MI 186.50 7 2 Henry Griffin, South Salem NY; Jim Levin, Ossining NY 189.00 8 6 Phil Hook, Atlanta GA; C. Buddy Carls, Huntington Bch CA 186.00 8 3 Bob Gruber, Oxnard CA; Linda Morris, Camarillo CA 186.50 9 Diane Day - R Wilson Day, Jacksonville FL 185.00 9 Mary Gorkin, Liverpool NY; Robert Rinehart, Northumberland PA 185.00 10 Spike Lay, Ormond Beach FL; Marilyn Garcia, Daytona Beach FL 184.50 10/11 4/5 Jason Smith, Brooklyn NY; Herbert Lee III, Durham NC 183.00 10/11 4/5 Joseph Zurla, Spring Lake NJ; Adrienne Muslin, Tampa FL 183.00

WEDNESDAY SENIOR PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MMM EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Thomas Gardner - Beverly Gardner, Southfield MI 199.00 1 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA 196.50 2 Charlotte Unger - Mort Unger, Boynton Beach FL 185.00 2 David Weisman, Englewood NJ; Ronald Felton, New York NY 194.50 3 Lesley Waghorn - Dan McCaw, Toronto ON 182.00 3 Edmund Cappel - Mary Freet, Thibodaux LA 184.50 4 Ronnie Kutik, Chappaqua NY; Frederick Brown, Pt Pleas Bch NJ 171.50 4 1 Peter Neill - Marjorie Neill, San Diego CA 178.00 5 1 Louis Goodrich - Jackie Goodrich, W Long Branch NJ 167.00 5 Sonia Kaplan, Eatontown NJ; Aaron Cohen, Lakehurst NJ 172.00 6 Elaine Newburg, Marblehead MA; Joan Ponn, Georgetown MA 160.50 6 Dorothy Gavin - H Patricia Taylor, Framingham MA 164.00 2 Sheila Barron, Knoxville TN; Paul Barber, Raymond ME 160.00 2 1 Barbara Levine - George Levine, Providence RI 155.50 3 1 Lou Galamba - Lou Galamba Jr, Overland Park KS 149.50 3/4 Philip Pearl, Fountain Valley CA; Mary Lou Kiley, Mooresville NC 138.50 3/4 Nancy Haase - Harold Haase, Hilton Head SC 138.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NNN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Bette Scope - Ivan Scope, San Francisco CA 176.00 1 1 Warren Olson - Annetta Olson, Dallas TX 204.00 2/3 1 1 Bala Bathey, Tewksbury MA; Sharon Rothrock, Reading MA 175.50 2/3 2 1 Douglas Thompson, Acton MA; Vince D’Souza, Stratford CT 176.50 2/3 Bram Schwartz, Sydney NS; Phyllis Burstein, Springfield NJ 175.50 2/3 Sheila Balson, Jupiter FL; Gail Nye, Palm City FL 176.50 4 Gladys Collier, East Hampton NY; John Solodar, New York NY 169.50 4 Jo Boyd, Santa Maria CA; Dixie Hsu, San Luis Obispo CA 171.00 5 Howard Simpson - Janice Simpson, Stanton CA 168.50 5 3 Marian Howarth, Sun City Center FL; Josephine Murray, Greenville RI 160.50 6 2 Jane Archer - Dean Archer, Garden Grove CA 168.00 6 4 Mel Messing - Bob Goldman, Brooklyn NY 159.50 3/4 Ann Oppenheimer, Cambridge MA; Walter Juda, Lexington MA 146.00 2 Paul Nelson, Nashua NH; Donna Palmer, Albuquerque NM 145.50 3/4 Paul Hogan - Jane Hogan, Omaha NE 146.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Bernard Gench, Flushing NY; Morton Leshay, Floral Park NY 189.00 1 Ron Woodsum, Houston TX; A Kieffer, San Francisco CA 184.50 2 Wayne Rauschuber - Catherine Rauschuber, San Antonio TX 185.00 2 Robert Hickey, East Sandwich MA; Sidney Golub, Mashpee MA 183.00 3 1 Roberta Smith, Naples FL; June Hearrell, Madison CT 184.00 3 1 1 Milton Winer, Norwood MA; Robert Pagliarulo, Roslindale MA 171.50 4 Peter Schwartz, Cote-Saint-Luc PQ; Jon Robinson, Montreal PQ 183.00 4/5 Floyd Woldt, Destin FL; Ruth Stearns, Milwaukee WI 168.50 5 2 Robert Hill, Littleton MA; Irene Musick, Acton MA 180.50 4/5 2 Cameron Ross Jr, Baldwinsville NY; William Foster, Liverpool NY 168.50 6 Lewis Barber Jr - Schar Andrews, Oklahoma City OK 163.50 6 Gloria Swanson - Norman Swanson, Rivervale NJ 164.50 3 1 Nobuko Wakasa - Masaharu Wakasa, Kawasaki, Japan 157.00 3 Edith Chesler, Beachwood OH; Dalia Stern, Chestnut Hill MA 148.50 2 Helen Elser, Ipswich MA; Raymond Walton, Amesbury MA 130.00

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY CONTINOUUS MORNING PAIRS 3RD OF 3 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HH EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Gerald Levine, Brooklyn NY; Marlene Solender, Tamarac FL 105.00 1 Eric Mock, New York NY; Arnold Selig, Elkins Park PA 103.00 2 1 Randi Brown - Richard Brown, Houghton MI 92.00 2 Michael Kitces, Great Falls VA; Stewart Mackeigan, Wilmington MA 92.50 3 2 Michael Nabrynski - Jennifer Nabrynski, Ashland MA 90.50 3 1 David Merson - Joyce Merson, Boynton Beach FL 92.00 4 Gayle Humphrys - David Humphrys, Fitzroy Harbour ON 88.50 4 2 Amy Lowenstein - M Daniel Schwarzkopf, Yardley PA 88.50 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION II EAST-WEST A B A B 1 David Wachsman - Janis Wachsman, East Meadow NY 102.00 1 Jim Haws - Jerry Keeran, Tampa FL 111.00 2 1 Alexander Clague, Brooklyn NY; Alex Zisson, New York NY 100.00 2 Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ; Amnon Gabay, Newton MA 107.00 3 Robert Wiley, Waverly OH; Andrew Straus, San Francisco CA 95.00 3 1 Peggy Hawthorne, Norfolk VA; Carol Nickels, Berwyn PA 92.50 4 Betty Levin - James Sampson, New York NY 91.50 4 Wilma Booth - Geoff Booth, Houston TX 92.00 2 Caroline Pieper, Tomahawk WI; Lois Killinger, Eagle River WI 87.00 2 Rob Kischuk, Scarborough ON; Tom Shannon, Toronto ON 79.50 3 Harold Collings - Juanita Collings, Saint Helena Is SC 79.00

WEDNESDAY MORNING PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KK EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Julia Samson - Ethan Romans, Dunedin FL 104.10 1 1 Deborah Levine, Weston MA; Don Neuwirth, Brighton MA 114.59 2 Harvey Hodsdon, Westborough MA; Steve Hodsdon, Redondo Beach CA 100.58 2 2 Louis Navin - Sharon Navin, Naples FL 89.92 3 Lenore Smart, Columbus OH; Rhonda Monro, Beverly Hills MI 94.73 3 3 1 Allen Cohen, Atlantic City NJ; Carole Cushing, Boston MA 86.72 4 Irene Sprinkle - Larry Sprinkle, Dayton OH 92.57 4 Gayle Marsh, La Mesa CA; Frederick Cronin, Worcester MA 80.54 2 1 Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME; Frances Finkle, Lambertville NJ 81.24 2 Rudy Deier - Bonnie Deier, Canandaigua NY 80.35

WEDNESDAY SENIOR PAIRS 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MMM EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Peter Neill - Marjorie Neill, San Diego CA 183.50 1 William Alexander, Ramsey NJ; Arnold Bergen, Oakland NJ 187.50 2 Sonia Kaplan, Eatontown NJ; Aaron Cohen, Lakehurst NJ 181.50 2 Howard Simpson - Janice Simpson, Stanton CA 181.50 3 Bram Schwartz, Sydney NS; Phyllis Burstein, Springfield NJ 173.00 3 Edmund Cappel - Mary Freet, Thibodaux LA 178.50 4 2 Edwin Siegel, New York NY; Tomasa Hankins, Clovis CA 170.50 4 Gladys Collier, East Hampton NY; John Solodar, New York NY 168.00 5 David Weisman, Englewood NJ; Ronald Felton, New York NY 167.50 5 1 Mark Batchelder, Braintree MA; Lya Fait, Marshfld Hls MA 167.00 6 Barbara Noble, Paradise Valley AZ; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bh CA 166.50 6 2 1 Paul Hogan - Jane Hogan, Omaha NE 164.00 3 Fred MacNair, Albuquerque NM; Dorothy Larson, Gilbert AZ 159.50 3 Marilyn Zanger, Palm Beach FL; Marie Wanner, Waldorf MD 159.50 1 Frances Gruber - William Gruber, Toronto ON 128.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION NNN EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Marian Howarth, Sun City Center FL; Josephine Murray, Greenville RI 204.50 1 Marj Robertson - Kathryne Townsend, Bakersfield CA 186.50 2 Don Nemiro, San Jose CA; Jeanne Becht, Saratoga CA 186.50 2 P Schwartz, Cote-Saint-Luc PQ; J Robinson, Montreal PQ 183.50 3 Sheldon Berger - Elaine Berger, Hackensack NJ 183.00 3 Joan Cohen - Patricia Rogoski, Memphis TN 170.00 4 Sheila Balson, Jupiter FL; Gail Nye, Palm City FL 178.00 4 1 Lewis Booker - Elizabeth Booker, College Station TX 167.00 5 Jo Boyd, Santa Maria CA; Dixie Hsu, San Luis Obispo CA 171.00 5 Bernard Gench, Flushing NY; Morton Leshay, Floral Park NY 166.50 6 Alma Goldman, Chestnut Hill MA; Rita Allen, Jamaica Plain MA 164.00 6 2 1 Kay Swanson, Freeport IL; Erma Thompson, Warren IL 159.50 2 Warren Olson - Annetta Olson, Dallas TX 161.00 3 2 Nobuko Wakasa - Masaharu Wakasa, Kawasaki, Japan 151.50 3 1 S Neubecker, Buffalo NY; Peggy Allen, Chevy Chase MD 153.00 NORTH-SOUTH SECTION PPP EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Lilly Lachter, Culver City CA; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 195.00 1 1 Donald Nelson, Holden MA; Lorraine Konisky, Sutton MA 185.00 2 1 Naomi Wandel - Hans Wandel, Lake Oswego OR 188.50 2 Robert Hickey, East Sandwich MA; Sidney Golub, Mashpee MA 184.00 3 2 1 Mits Tamura - Muriel Tamura, Portland OR 177.50 3 2 Edith Chesler, Beachwood OH; Dalia Stern, Chestnut Hill MA 176.00 4 Thomas Gardner - Beverly Gardner, Southfield MI 171.50 4 Floyd Woldt, Destin FL; Ruth Stearns, Milwaukee WI 172.00 5 Lesley Waghorn - Dan McCaw, Toronto ON 167.50 5 Wayne Christensen Jr, Houston TX; John Currie, Halifax NS 168.50 6 Ronnie Kutik, Chappaqua NY; Frederick Brown, Pt Pleas Bch NJ 163.50 6 Ron Woodsum, Houston TX; A Kieffer, San Francisco CA 163.00 3 Sheila Barron, Knoxville TN; Paul Barber, Raymond ME 147.50 3 1 Muriel Dane, Longmeadow MA; Alice Hooper, Arcadia FL 162.50 2 Milton Winer, Norwood MA; Robert Pagliarulo, Roslindale MA 145.00 3 Harold Collings - Juanita Collings, Saint Helena Is SC 79.00

WEDNESDAY FAST PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS TTT UUU EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Frank Allison, West Hempstead NY; Alvin Zuckerman, Oceanside NY 215.00 1 Spike Lay, Ormond Beach FL; Marilyn Garcia, Daytona Beach FL 232.50 2 Mary Poplawski - Harry Nuckols, Vestal NY 214.11 2 1 Alan Goldman, Flushing NY; Janet Dunlap, Santa Monica CA 218.60 3 Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Mike Lucas, Las Vegas NV 205.50 3 2 Frank Morgan, Williamstown MA; Brennie Morgan, Allentown PA 208.17 4 Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD; Leo Lasota, College Park MD 199.75 4 3 Barbara Glazerman, Newton MA; Susan Thomas, Lexington MA 201.27 5 1 James Migliore - Gisela Migliore, Chapel Hill NC 199.50 5 4 Edwin Hughes, Long Branch NJ; Matthew Kappel, Middletown NJ 198.01 6 2 Pierre Beauregard - Nicolle Beauregard, St Lazare PQ 196.58 6 5 Jeffrey Tarlin, Framingham MA; Barbara Tarlin, Wellesley MA 197.93 7 3 Harris Jacobs, Norwich CT; Robert Casey, Worcester MA 195.74 7 Corinne Kirkham - Jim Kirkham, San Bernardino CA 196.03 8 4 Nancy O’Donnell, Mendon MA; Nina Lubick-Reich, Fullerton CA 194.83 8 Scott Loring, Branford CT; Bill Reich, New Haven CT 194.03 9 5 Henry Griffin, South Salem NY; Jim Levin, Ossining NY 192.77 9 6 Phil Hook, Atlanta GA; C. Buddy Carls, Huntington Bch CA 189.54 10 Barbara Doran - Eric Landau, Silver Spring MD 189.60 10 Betty Jane Corbani, New Milford CT; Barbara Kirtley, Ridgefield CT 188.99 TODAY’S SCHEDULE

Thanksgiving Day *Unless otherwise indicated, strat breaks for Stratified Open and Stratified Senior events are: A (1500+), B (500-1500), C (0-500). For Continuous Pairs and single-session open PAIR events, strat breaks are: A (750+), B (0-750). **Members whose payment of dues is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Thursday, November 25, 1999, 9:00 a.m. Event Session Entry/player/session Sold ACBL members** Other Avalon Solutions Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday A.M. Bracketed KO Teams I 4th $11 $12 UMass Hall, Marriott Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday A.M. Bracketed KO Teams II 2nd $11 $12U Mass Hall, Marriott (Continues Friday and Saturday mornings) Thursday-Friday-Saturday Morning Continuous/Side Pairs* 1st single $11 $12 UMass Hall, Marriott Stratified 199er Pairs single $10 $11 UMass Hall, Marriott Thursday, November 25, 1999, 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. Westin Turkey Trot Stratified Fast Open Pairs* 1-2 $11 $12 Grand Ballroom E, Marriott Thursday, November 25, 1999, 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Stratified Senior Pairs* 1-2 $11 $12 Grand Ballroom A, Marriott Thursday, November 25, 1999, 1:00 & 7:30 p.m. EDGAR KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2F $13.50 $14.50 Essex Ballroom, Westin SENIOR KO TEAMS $12 $13 Essex Ballroom, Westin Stratified Open Pairs* 1-2 $11 $12 Grand Ballroom F, Marriott Bobbye Jardine Memorial Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams V 1-2 $11 $12 UMass Hall, Marriott (Continues Friday) Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday Grand Ballroom G, Marriott Continuous/Side Pairs* 5th single $11 $12 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single $10 $11 Grand Ballroom G, Marriott 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single $10 $10 Grand Ballroom G, Marriott Thursday, November 25, 1999, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Board-a-Match Teams* single $10 $11 Grand Ballroom A, Marriott Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday Continuous/Side Pairs* 6th single $11 $12 Grand Ballroom G, Marriott 299er Stratified Swiss Teams single $10 $11 Grand Ballroom G, Marriott 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single $10 $11 Grand Ballroom G, Marriott 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single $10 $10 Grand Ballroom G, Marriott Thursday, November 25, 1999, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single $10 $11 UMass Hall, Marriott TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE

*Unless otherwise indicated, strat breaks for Stratified Open and Stratified Senior events are: A (1500+), B (500-1500), C (0-500). For Continuous Pairs and single-session open PAIR events, strat breaks are: A (750+), B (0-750). **Members whose payment of dues is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Friday, November 26, 1999, 9:00 a.m. Event Session Entry/player/session Sold ACBL members** Other Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday A.M. Bracketed KO Teams II 3rd $11 $12 UMass Hall, Marriott (Continues Saturday morning) Friday-Saturday A.M. Stratified Swiss Teams* 1st $11 $12 UMass Hall, Marriott 24 boards per session, continues Saturday morning Thursday-Friday-Saturday Morning Continuous/Side Pairs* 2nd single $11 $12 UMass Hall, Marriott Stratified 199er Pairs single $10 $11 UMass Hall, Marriott

Friday, November 26, 1999, 10:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m. Stratified Senior Pairs* 1-2 $11 $12 Grand Ballroom F, Marriott

Friday, November 26, 1999, 1:00 & 7:30 p.m. REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2Q $13.50 $14.50 Essex Ballroom, Westin Two qualifying, two semifinal, two final sessions must register by 8:00 pm Thursday NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2Q $12 $13 America Ballroom, Westin Two qualifying, two semifinal, two final sessions Dawson's Bridge Vacations NATIONAL 99er PAIRS 1-2 $12 $13 Grand Ballroom G, Marriott Stratified Men’s Pairs* 1-2 $11 $12 UMass Hall, Marriott Stratified Women’s Pairs* 1-2 $11 $12 UMass Hall, Marriott Kenilworth Jewelry Stratified Mixed Pairs* 1-2 $11 $12 Grand Ballroom E, Marriott Bobby Jardine Memorial Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams V 3-4 $11 $12 UMass Hall, Marriott Sullivan Paper Friday-Saturday Bracketed KO Teams VI 1-2 $11 $12 UMass Hall, Marriott (Continues Saturday) Friday-Saturday-Sunday Continuous/Side Pairs* 1st single $11 $12 UMass Hall, Marriott 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single $10 $11 Grand Ballroom G, Marriott 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single $10 $10 Grand Ballroom G, Marriott

Friday, November 26, 1999, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Board-a-Match Teams* single $10 $11 UMass Hall, Marriott Friday-Saturday-Sunday Grand Ballroom F, Marriott Continuous/Side Pairs* 2nd single $11 $12 299er Stratified Swiss Teams single $10 $11 Grand Ballroom G, Marriott 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single $10 $11 Grand Ballroom G, Marriott 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single $10 $10 Grand Ballroom G, Marriott

Friday, November 26, 1999, 11:30 p.m. Zip KO Teams single $10 $11 UMass Hall, Marriott 299er Zip KO Teams single $10 $11 UMass Hall, Marriott