Daily Bulletin No. 3 Monday, January 23, 2006 Jean Johnson Team Wins Flight “A” Swiss Teams

An all-Bermuda team won the Flight “B” Swiss Teams yesterday. They were (below, l. to r.) Tony Saunders, Paget, Charles Hall, Smith’s, John Burville, Pembroke, and David Cordon, Warwick.

A multi-national (Bermuda, England, USA and Canada) team captained by Jean Johnson of Devonshire, Bermuda won Sunday’s flagship Swiss Team event, galloping home ahead of Winners of the Flight “C” Swiss were (Below left): Marie three other teams with strong Bermuda representation. Overweel, Janice Colcleugh, Jennifer Richinson and Anna Above,(l. to r.): Joe Wakefield, Smith’s, Bermuda; Jim Linhart Kennedy (90 years old!), all from Ontario. (seated), Raleigh, NC; Allan Graves, Vancouver, BC; Johnson; Flight “D” winners (below) were all from Bermuda: Stephen John Carruthers, Toronto, ON; and Bill Souster, Newport Gwent Cosham, Hamilton; Dick Meredith, Smith’s; John Rayner, South., UK. Hamilton; and Gordon Bussell, Devonshire. TODAY’S SCHEDULE

Monday, Jan 23 9 am Compact Knockout Teams - Cedar Series (2 x 12- matches) (Finishes Tuesday morning) 4-player teams only Stratified Side Game - Warwick Series - 1st session (Total of 5 single session morning side games) 1 pm Bracketed Championship KO Teams - 1st Round * (Continues to Thursday) Stratified Side Game - Pembroke Series - 3rd Session Novice Stratified Pairs 8:15 pm Stratified Championship Pairs - 1st Session Stratified Side Game - Pembroke Series - 4th Session Novice Stratified Pairs

TOMORROW’S EVENTS

Tuesday, Jan 24 9 am Compact Knockout Teams - Cedar Series (Completion) Stratified Side Game - Warwick Series - 2nd Session 10:30 am Expert Panel Show (David Ezekiel, Jim Linhart & Katie Thorpe) 1 pm Bracketed Championship Knockout Teams - 2nd Round * Stratified Side Game - Pembroke Series (5th Session) Novice Stratified Pairs 5:00 pm “Counting the Hand” Seminar by Barbara Seagram for Vision 2000 Travel clients and Bermudians. (But, all visitors will be welcomed). Finishes at 6:00 pm. - Gardenia Room 8:15 pm Stratified Championship Pairs - 2nd Session Stratified Side Game - Pembroke Series (6th & last session) Novice Stratified Pairs

CONTENTS Today’s & Tomorrow’s Schedule 2 The Swiss Teams 3 Bermuda’s Attractions - Golf 5 Results 6 The Bridge Trivia Quiz 9 Notices 10

Daily Bulletin No. 3 - Monday, January 23, 2006 2 THE SWISS TEAMS

“We’re plus 650,” said Joanne Grandy during the The following deal was a bit more challenging to play. comparison in the Swiss Teams. Board 16. Dealer West. EW Vul. “That’s a push,” replied her teammate Sherry Torrens. [A 10 7 3 ] K 10 8 “Wait a moment, Sherry,” interjected Bob Torrens, “we’re { A 5 4 2 plus 650 and they’re plus 650. That’s 1300 in total.” }A 8 “Are you sure?” asked Sandra Bruce. “We’re both plus [J 5 2 [Q 9 650? Is that right?” ] Q 4 ] J 6 5 3 2 { Q 7 { J 10 8 Let’s take a look... } K Q 9 7 5 4 } 10 6 3 Board 20. Dealer West. Both Vul. [ K 8 6 4 [ A 10 6 5 3 ]A 9 7 ]8 { K 9 6 3 {6 2 }J 2 } A J 9 8 3 West North East South [7 [J 4 Douglas Harvey ] Q J 10 9 7 3 2 ] A K 6 5 4 3 } Double Pass 4 [ { Q J 10 7 { A K 9 5 Pass Pass Pass }Q }4 2 [ K Q 9 8 2 West made a that would not been everyone’s ]-- cup of tea, and when Alan Douglas made a , {8 4 3 Ian Harvey went straightaway to the contract he thought } K 10 7 6 5 he could make. If he’d passed, West would still be explaining to his teammates how unlucky he was going West North East South for 800 against non-vulnerable opponents. Libby Sandra Merrill Joanne Burton Bruce Burton Grandy On the king of clubs lead, even with the key suits 3 ]3 [4 ]4 [ breaking 3-2, it looked as though Harvey had a loser in Pass Pass 5 ] 5 [ each suit. There was a certain symmetry in the spades, Pass Pass Pass hearts and diamonds, with the ace-king in each, and missing the queen-jack in each. Harvey won the ace of The play was not as challenging as the bidding and clubs and played a to the ace and another to the Grandy was soon putting plus 650 on her scorecasrd. king, breathing a sigh of relief that they broke 3-2. It West North East South looked as though West might even have the jack, Bob Helen Sherry Margo meaning he probably had no more than two in each Torrens Richards Torrens Holden red suit. 3 ]3 [4 ]4 [ Accordingly, Harvey cashed the ace and king in each red 5 ] Pass Pass Pass suit to produce an ending where West had a good spade This time it was West who took the push to the five- and five clubs, with no more red cards. Then when declarer level and he was unmolested.Once again the play was exited with the jack of clubs to West’s queen, he could not taxing and Torrens also scored plus 650. cash the jack of trumps, but then had to lead another club, giving a and discard. Harvey ruffed in dummy, When they’d got the scoring sorted out, the foursome discarding a heart from hand, gave up a diamond and had found that they’d won 16 IMPs! claimed his game. Plus 420: 800 would have been easier!

Daily Bulletin No. 3 - Monday, January 23, 2006 3 Allan Graves decided it was true confession time after See South’s dilemma: he can unguard the spade queen, losing a match he could have won in the Swiss Teams. stiff the heart ace, or discard his diamond winner - See if you’d have done better... whichever he chooses to do, declarer has an answer. In practice he threw a heart. Now a heart from dummy Board 2. Dealer East. NS Vul. would force a lead into the ace-jack of spades eventually. [7 3 ] Q 10 4 2 Is that what happend? Sadly, no. Graves took a spade { Q 5 4 2 and went one off for a push. } 10 6 3 He did rather better on the next deal: [ 9 5 2 [ A K J 8 4 ] K J 6 ] 9 5 3 Board 29. Dealer South. NS Vul. { K J { A 7 6 (Board rotated 90o for convenience.) } K J 8 7 4 } 9 2 [9 8 2 [ Q 10 6 ] K J 10 8 3 ]A 8 7 {A 5 { 10 9 8 3 }Q 6 5 }A Q 5 [ J 10 6 [ K Q 5 ] 7 ] Q 6 5 4 West North East South { K 10 7 4 3 2 { J 8 Johnson Graves } K 7 2 } 10 9 4 3 -- -- 1 [ Pass [ A 7 4 3 2 } Pass 2 [ Pass ]A 9 2 3 [ Pass 3 NT Pass {Q 9 6 Pass Pass }A J 8 At the other table, teammates had beaten four spades West North East South a trick, so making three no trump would win 11 IMPs Johnson Graves if Graves could manage it. ------1 NT The ten of diamonds was led to the jack and queen, Pass 2 { Pass 2 ] Graves ducking. Another diamond went to dummy’s king Pass 3 NT Pass Pass and a spade to the ace was followed by the nine of Pass clubs. South rose with the ace to knock out the ace of The four of diamonds was led to the five, jack and queen. diamonds. Inconveniently placed to take a club finesse first, Graves Graves got lucky when he continued with a club to the ran the heart nine to East’s queen and East continued jack, then the king, finding them to be 3-3 with the queen the attack on diamonds. onside. As Graves called for the last club from dummy, After winning the ace, declarer ran hearts. In order to this was the position: keep enough diamonds to beat the contract and keep [7 the king of clubs guarded, West had to discard two ] Q 10 4 spades, one diamond and one club. The contract looks {4 like it’s now on a club finesse, which fails. }-- [ 9 5 [ A J 8 However, Graves was pretty sure he had a count on ]K J ]9 5 West’s distribution and high cards from the defence so {-- {-- far. He redeemed himself for his previous missing of }7 }-- the squeeze by now leading a spade to the ace and a [Q 10 diamond, endplaying West. He could cash his diamonds ]A 8 but then had to lead a club away from the king around {9 to Graves’s ace-jack. }--

Daily Bulletin No. 3 - Monday, January 23, 2006 4 BERMUDA’S ATTRACTIONS - GOLF

Bermuda boasts eight spectacular courses on a 22- second 9-hole round. Located just outside of the City square mile island! Novice and accomplished golfers of Hamilton, Ocean View Golf Course is challenging and will find the course that is right for them: everything fun to play. Club rentals are available. Pro Shop: 295- from a par-3 and mini-golf facility to courses designed 9093. Tee times: 234-GOLF. by Charles Blair MacDonald and Robert Trent Jones. E-mail: [email protected] Many feature picturesque and dramatically-situated Port Royal Golf Curse. 18 holes - par 71 - 6,565 holes that rival any in the world. There are three public yards. Port Royal is situated on beautiful oceanside courses and five private clubs; all can be played by terrain. This is one of the most popular - and most observing the rules set out below and tee-time bookings difficult - courses on the island. Robert Trent Jones left vary, so check carefully. his mark on this course, with greens set on seaside Belmont Hills Golf Club. 18 holes - par 70 - 6,100 cliffs and fairways that rise gracefully above the ocean yards. This centrally-located semi-private resort course below. Watch out for well-trapped greens and bunkered offers a demanding round of golf on pristine fairways fairways. They’ll demand your full concentration! Club and intensely-bunkered greens. Panoramas of Hamilton rentals and shoe rentals available. Office: 441-234-0974. Harbour and the Great Sound provide the backdrop Pro shop: 441-234-0972. Tee times: 441-234-GOLF. E- for some of the finest holes on the Island. Expect superb mail: [email protected] service, friendly resident pros and a golf concierge plus Riddell’s Bay Golf & Country Club. 18 holes - par a café and golf lockers. It’s easily accessible by taxi, bus, 69 - 5,800 yards. Bermuda’s oldest course is private, ferry or motor scooter. Tel. 441-236-6400 or email and requires an introduction by a member for play. [email protected] This peninsula course features tight fairways, narrow Fairmont Southampton Golf Club. 18 holes - par greens and a series of treacherous traps. The ocean 54 - 2,684 yards. This is a par-3 that demands everything itself is an opponent to be reckoned with - bring plenty your irons can give. Elevated tees and abundant hazards of balls. Club rentals are available, no shoe rentals. Phone: require careful approach shots from one end of the 441-238-1060. E-mail: [email protected] course to the other. Enjoy some of the best fairway St. George’s Golf Club. Another Robert Trent Jones views on the island from this executive challenge that design, this 18-hole, par 62 course is 4,043 yards. outpaces most par threes. Titleist club and shoe rentals Although the course is short, there are several holes are available. Phone: 441-239-6952 to reserve your tee that Robert Trent Jones designed to give golfers fits, time. depending on the wind. The holes get progressively Mid Ocean Club. 18 holes - par 71 - 6,547 yards. tougher as the course goes on. Choose your weapons You’ll need an introduction by a member to play, but it carefully. Club rentals and shoe rentals available. Office: is rated as one of the best in the northern hemisphere. 441-297-8067. Pro Shop: 441-297-8353. Tee Times: 441- It plays long, with six of the par fours exceeding 400 234-GOLF yards and a par 3 that runs 238 yards. The club features Tucker’s Point Club. 18 holes - par 70 - 6,361 yards. some of the most spectacular views on the islands. Tucker’s Point offers a magnificent panorama of Caddies and club rentals available, no shoe rentals, tee turquoise water and surrounding countryside views. times available on Monday, Wednesday and Friday only. The resort-style championship course requires straight Confirmation is 24 hours prior to requested play date. drives and well-placed second shots to heavily-guarded Phone: 441-293-0330 greens, where a keen eye and a courageous spirit will Ocean View Golf Course. 9 holes – par 35 – 2,940 keep your score in check. Club rentals and shoe rentals yards. As the name suggests, magnificent north-shore available. Non-members may be introduced by their ocean views are a feature of this popular 9-hole golf hotel concierge to the Club within 48 Hours of play. course. The course has 18 tee positions allowing for a Phone: 441-298-6970

Daily Bulletin No. 3 - Monday, January 23, 2006 5 RESULTS

SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 9.5 Tables ABC 3.03 1 1 1 Margaret Geldens - Mary Cardwell, Winnetka IL 65.57% 2.27 2 John Swanson - Selena Swanson, Mechanicsburg PA 59.35% 1.94 3 2 2 Judy Saltz, Boothwyn PA; Sandra Barron, Bethany Beach DE 57.94% 1.45 4 3 3 Felicity Lines, Smith’s Bermuda; Bea Williams, Hamilton Parish Bermuda 56.13% 1.09 5 4 4 W Myers - Roseanne Myers, Richmond Hill ON 55.13% 0.82 6 5 Peggy Pearson, Perkinsfield ON; Betty Kubetz, Midland ON 54.53%

SUNDAY AFTERNOON 99ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables ABC 1.79 1 1 1 George Ogden - Sandra Ogden, Devonshire Bermuda 63.33% 1.34 2 2 2 Vivian Siddle - Patricia Siddle, Hamilton Bermuda 62.50% 1.01 3 Chester Masztak, Port Orange FL; Patricia Papini, Middletown NY 60.00% 0.83 4 3 3 Su Anderson, Warwick Bermuda; Deborah Jhuboo, Hamilton HM NX Bermuda 57.50%

SUN AFT SIDE GAME 1ST OF 6 SESSION

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION G EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Margaret Geldens - Mary Cardwell, 1 John Swanson - Selena Swanson, Winnetka IL 65.57% Mechanicsburg PA 59.35% 2 2 2 Felicity Lines, Smith’s Bermuda; 2 1 1 Judy Saltz, Boothwyn PA; Sandra Bea Williams, Hamilton Parish Bermuda 56.13% Barron, Bethany Beach DE 57.94% 3 3 James Fidler - Ann Fidler, 3 2 2 W Myers - Roseanne Myers, Oklahoma City OK 54.12% Richmond Hill ON 55.13% 4 Jean Levin - Donald Geerhart, 4 Peggy Pearson, Perkinsfield ON; Springfield VA 53.17% Betty Kubetz, Midland ON 54.53% SUN AFT 99ER PAIRS

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION H EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Vivian Siddle - Patricia Siddle, 1 1 1 George Ogden - Sandra Ogden, Hamilton Bermuda 62.50% Devonshire Bermuda 63.33% 2 Chester Masztak, Port Orange FL; 2 Ann Proctor, St George’s Bermuda; Patricia Papini, Middletown NY 60.00% Joyce Rego, Paget Bermuda 55.83% 2 2 Su Anderson, Warwick Bermuda; 2 Helene Martin, Paget Bermuda; Deborah Jhuboo, Hamilton HM NX Jonathan Clipper, Smiths Bermuda 57.50% Bermuda 48.33%

SUNDAY EVENING 99ER PAIRS 6.0 Tables ABC 1.90 1 1 Daniel McCleary - Jane McCleary, Pembroke Bermuda 71.00% 1.43 2 Dolores Victor - Raymond Victor, Lower Gwynedd PA 60.50% 1.07 3 Janet Evans, Newport Gwent So Great Britain; Lisa Rhind, Smith’s Bermuda 58.50% 1.10 4 2 Barbara Trainer - Wendy Castagna, Darien CT 57.50% 1.04 3/4 1 Ingrid Ross - Patricia Bent, Toronto ON 53.50% 0.73 3/4 Russell Cosburn - Sharon Cosburn, Toronto ON 53.50%

Daily Bulletin No. 3 - Monday, January 23, 2006 6 SUNDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 21.0 Tables ABC 4.70 1 Joan Coutts, Center Valley PA; Patricia McSweeney, Westfield NJ 71.99% 3.53 2 John Swanson - Selena Swanson, Mechanicsburg PA 65.28% 2.64 3 Donald Geerhart - Jean Levin, Springfield VA 60.85% 1.98 4 Jean McCullough, Scottsdale AZ; Marjorie Blunt, Federal Way WA 59.06% 3.79 5 1 1 Nirmala Shevde - Ketan Shevde M D, Great Neck NY 58.42% 1.37 6 Marilyn Pearce, Simcoe ON; Ruth Rutherford, Willowdale ON 58.33% 2.84 2 2 Eva Herman, New York NY; Raymond Jung, Hamilton ON 56.25% 2.13 3 Josephine Coar, Georgetown DE; Jean Cochran, Rehoboth Beach DE 55.32% 1.40 4/5 3/4 Margaret Geldens - Mary Cardwell, Winnetka IL 55.09% 1.40 4/5 3/4 Carol Costigan - Selma Cooley, Springfield MA 55.09% 0.97 6 5 Joyce Stanga - Isobel Langlois, Orillia ON 54.40%

SUNDAY FLIGHT A/X SWISS 12 Tables / Based on 54 Tables AX 22.40 1 Allan Graves, Vancouver BC; Jean Johnson, Devonshire Bermuda; Joseph Wakefield, Smith Bermuda; Bill Souster, Newport Gwent So Great Britain; John Carruthers, Toronto ON; Jim Linhart, Raleigh NC 84.00 16.80 2 David Sykes - Sally Sykes, Paget Bermuda; Myles Walsh, Buzzards Bay MA; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA 77.00 12.60 3 Vera Petty - Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda; G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA; Michael Cornes, Shropshire England 76.00 15.35 4 1 Alan Douglas, Pembroke Bermuda; Ian Harvey, The Villages FL; David Pereira, Hamilton Bermuda; Barry Rahman, Sandys Bermuda 65.00 11.51 2 Arthur Maier - Susan Maier, Scarsdale NY; Boris Koytchou - Louise Bookstaver, New York NY 53.00

SUNDAY FLIGHT B/C/D SWISS 42 Tables BCD 14.62 1 John Burville, Pembroke Bermuda; Charles Hall, Smith’s Bermuda; Anthony Saunders, Paget Bermuda; David Cordon, Warwick Bermuda 118.00 11.76 2 1 Anna Kennedy - Janice Colcleugh - Marie Overweel, Mississauga ON; Jennifer Richinson, Oakville ON 111.00 7.72 3/4 2/3 Magda Farag - Sheena Rayner, Hamilton Bermuda; Stephen Ball, Smiths Bermuda; Elizabeth McKee, Devonshire Bermuda 108.00 7.72 3/4 2/3 J Ross Quigley, Thornhill ON; Dan MacNeil, Aurora ON; Ron Zeran, Willowdale ON; Steve Johnson, Hampshire England 108.00 4.96 5 4 Mona Marie Gambrill - Freya Giffen, Paget Bermuda; Patricia Hayward, St David’s Bermuda; Greta Marshall, Warwick Bermuda 100.00 4.88 6/7 5 1 John Rayner - Stephen Cosham, Hamilton Bermuda; Gordon Bussell, Devonshire Bermuda; Richard Meredith, Smith’s Bermuda 97.00 3.04 6/7 Heather Burling, Newmarket ON; Yvonne Kennedy, Willowdale ON; Theresa Redelmeier, Toronto ON; Angela Huang, Etobicoke ON 97.00 2.79 6 Joan Hoben, Darien CT; Kathleen Rowland, Norwalk CT; Betty Hodgman, New Canaan CT; Carol Davidson, Wilton CT 95.00 2.09 7 Gertrude Barker, Warwick Bermuda; Jane Smith, Flatts Bermuda; Marilynn Simmons - Richmond Simmons, Paget Bermuda 93.00 3.66 2 Betty Outerbridge, Smith’s Bermuda; Patricia Bollinger, Naples FL; Joan Sims, Southampton Bermuda; Julia Lunn, Hamilton Bermuda 92.00 2.75 3 Darleen Macmillan - D Caradonna, Mississauga ON; Kathleen Gleeson, Calgary AB; Don Fawcett, Toronto ON 81.00 2.06 4 Michael Tait, Hamilton Bermuda; Jane Clipper, Smiths Bermuda; Katrina Van Pelt, Smith’s Parish Bermuda; Penelope Cooke, Warwick Bermuda 74.00 1.54 5 Janet Deschenes, Kennebunkport ME; Mary Leene, Cape Porpoise ME; Margaret Balian, Dedham MA; Rosamond Lownes, Needham MA 69.00

Daily Bulletin No. 3 - Monday, January 23, 2006 7 SUN EVE SIDE GAME 2ND OF 6 SESSION

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION G EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Joan Coutts, Center Valley PA; 1 John Swanson - Selena Swanson, Patricia McSweeney, Westfield NJ 71.99% Mechanicsburg PA 65.28% 2 1 1 Margaret Geldens - Mary Cardwell, 2 Sarah McMaster - Ronald Glide, Winnetka IL 55.09% Caledon East ON 55.56% 3 2 2 Joyce Stanga - Isobel Langlois, 3 1 Josephine Coar, Georgetown DE; Orillia ON 54.40% Jean Cochran, Rehoboth Beach DE55.32% 4 Jimmie Cannon, Spartanburg SC; 4 2 1 Carol Costigan - Selma Cooley, Gordon Masters, Hendersonville NC53.94% Springfield MA 55.09% 3 2 W Myers - Roseanne Myers, Richmond Hill ON 48.61%

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION I EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Donald Geerhart - Jean Levin, 1 Jean McCullough, Scottsdale AZ; Springfield VA 60.85% Marjorie Blunt, Federal Way WA 59.06% 2 Marilyn Pearce, Simcoe ON; Ruth 2 1 1 Nirmala Shevde - Ketan Shevde M Rutherford, Willowdale ON 58.33% D, Great Neck NY 58.42% 3 1 1 Eva Herman, New York NY; Raymond 3 Mac Paterson - Ross Paterson, Jung, Hamilton ON 56.25% Lachine QC 56.92% 4 Francis Lombardo, Winchester MA; 4 Phyllis Bennett, Beaconsfield QC; Sheila Livermore, Chatham MA 54.00% Doris Leckie, Pointe-Claire QC 54.11% 2 2 Phyllis Chambers, Chicago IL; 2 Barbara McLendon, New York NY; Susan Harrison, Darien CT 50.52% Jane Finn, Greenwich CT 53.94% 3 Nancy Mackie - Kaye Stewart, 3 Peggy Pearson, Perkinsfield ON; Midland ON 49.10% Betty Kubetz, Midland ON 49.42%

SUN EVE 99ER PAIRS

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION H EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Daniel McCleary - Jane McCleary, 1 Dolores Victor - Raymond Victor, Pembroke Bermuda 71.00% Lower Gwynedd PA 60.50% 2 Janet Evans, Newport Gwent So 2 1 Barbara Trainer - Wendy Castagna, Great Britain; Lisa Rhind, Darien CT 57.50% Smith’s Bermuda 58.50% 2/3 1 Ingrid Ross - Patricia Bent, 1 Mary Town - Hanna Kennedy, 43.00% Toronto ON 53.50% Orillia, ON 2/3 Russell Cosburn - Sharon Cosburn, Toronto ON 53.50%

REVISION !!

The Wednesday-Thurday morning Swiss Teams is open to teams with 4, 5, or 6 players, NOT 4 players only, as was previously announced

Daily Bulletin No. 3 - Monday, January 23, 2006 8 The Master Point Press • Bridge the Silver Way – David Silver • Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century – Marshall Bridge Trivia Quiz Miles 1. Winner IBPA Book of the Year for 2005 The Rules: 2. Winner IBPA Book of the Year for 2004 1. The person who first answers all 20 questions 3. Nominee, IBPA Book of the Year for 2005 correctly wins a library of 14 bridge books from On to the quiz… Master Point Press (valued at $307.30 CAN). The list of books follows the rules. 1. In what years was the actually played 2. Each person is allowed one only per day. in Bermuda? (They won’t all be this easy.) 3. The quiz will be presented in 4 installments of 5 2. What do Lew Stansby and Kitty Cooper have in questions daily (Saturday to Tuesday Bulletins). common? Hint: It is nothing to do with bridge. (I 4. If no fully-correct entry is submitted by the end of told you they would not all be that easy.) the Swiss Teams on Saturday, the person with the 3. Which bridge player has won his WBF zonal team most correct answers (and the earliest time-and- championship the greatest number of times? date stamp in case of a tie) will win the prize. (There are eight WBF geographic zones.) 5. For the bridge hand questions, the winning answer 4. What is the longest continuously-running bridge is also the correct answer (according to the judges). tournament in the world? You must find the winning bid or play. 6. Entries must be written or typed and delivered to 5. How do you defend as East on this deal? either John Carruthers, Daily Bulletin Editor, or Katie Dealer East. NS Vul. Thorpe, trusted assistant. Submission date and time North must be noted on each entry. [ A 10 9 8 3 7. All decisions of the judges are final. ]— 8. John Carruthers is the sole judge. { J 9 8 7 5 4 }K 5 The library of books from Master Point Press which East will go the the winning entry is as follows: [— • The Bridge Magicians – Mark Horton & Radek ] A K Q J 8 5 2 Kielbasinski {A • World Class – Marc Smith } A 10 7 4 2 • The Principle of Restricted Talent1 – Danny Kleinman & Nick Straguzzi West North East South • Play or Defend?2 – Julian Pottage ——2 }2 [ • Bridge, Zia and Me – Michael Rosenberg Pass 3 [ 4 ] Pass • Modern Constructive Bidding3 – Marshall Miles Pass 4 [ 5 ] Pass • ’s Test Your Play – Jeff Rubens 6 ] 6 [ Pass Pass • Building a Bidding System3 – Roy Hughes Double Pass Pass Pass • Win the Bermuda Bowl with Me – Jeff Meckstroth Your vulnerable opponents have apparently stolen • Master Class3 – Fred Gitelman your hand. Can you make them pay for their • 365 Winning Bridge Tips – Danny Kleinman effrontery? Your partner, Brian Senior, leads the king • Clues from the Bidding – Julian Pottage of diamonds. You win the ace – what now?

Daily Bulletin No. 3 - Monday, January 23, 2006 9 6. Which player finished second in the World Open Pairs twice, each time with a different partner, each time losing to the same player, who each time won with a different partner? THE NOTICEBOARD 7. Two of the authors of books in the prize list have won the North American College Pair Alan’s Store Championship (not in the same year). Which two? Come and visit Alan Douglas near 8. Which was the first pair to achieve the career Triple the Hospitality Desk, especially if Crown of Bridge (wins in Olympiad Teams, Bermuda you’ve won an Section Top. Alan Bowl, and World Open Pairs)? will give you a choice of many 9. Which famous world-champion bridge player is the fantastic prizes as a reward for nephew of the gangster Bugsy Siegel (inventor of your bridge prowess. If you’ve not Las vegas)? won a section top, Alan is a very 10. You hold the following hand as East. Both sides are sympathetic guy! vulnerable and it goes Pass, Pass to you. What is your call? [ 7 2 ] A Q J 10 9 8 6 3 { Q 7 } 2 11. Who was the first player to win both the Jasmine ‘Cocktail of the and the Blue Ribbon Pairs at the same Fall Nationals? Day’ 12. Which former world champion bridge player has The Jasmine Room (in the lobby) also won the World Championship of backgammon? has a cocktail of the day for bridge 13. Who is the only player to have won a major open players. The price is $5.00 + 15% world bridge title before a later win in the World gratuity = $5.75. Junior Bridge Team Championship? Today’s special is “7 Sloe Berry” 14. invented two conventions. One is the Murray Two Diamonds. The other bears the name Beer and wine can be purchased of another player. Who? for the same price. 15. You are West. How would you play the following hand? Dealer South. Both Vul. West East [ K Q J [ A 9 5 Barbara Seagram ] J 7 6 4 3 2 ] Q 8 { A { K J 7 5 3 2 Seminar }A 7 6 }Q 4 Barbara Seagram will conduct a West North East South seminar on “Counting the ———1 } Hand” for her Vision 2000 1 ] Pass 1 NT1 2 } clients and all Bermudians who 2 ] Pass 4 ] Pass wish to attend. Barbara has Pass Pass generously allowed all others 1. Diamonds who wish to attend to do so. You receive the eight of clubs lead in your contract Tuesday, Jan.24, 5:00-6:00 pm of four hearts. Plan the play - be specific. Gardenia Room

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