Saturday, July 30, 2016 Washington DC • July 21-31, 2016 Volume 88, Number 9 Daily Bulletin 88th North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Paul Linxwiler, Brent Manley and Chip Dombrowski Zimmermann survives QF Kristensen wins ‘Micro’ Spingold scare to advance A pickup team won the 0–1500 The semifinal matchups in the Spingold KO Micro-Spingold, the first win in a Teams feature Pierre Zimmermann and company limited national event for all four versus Team Lavazza in one bracket, while Marty players. The team of Curt Kristensen Fleisher’s squad battles Aubrey Strul’s in the other. were 160–131 winners over Winston Zimmermann almost didn’t make it to the party, Chang’s squad. however, as they trailed Paul Street’s team for much The winners came from far-flung of their quarterfinal encounter. Down 35 IMPs at the locations: Kristensen lives in Duluth half, and by 32 after three quarters, they overtook MN, Greg Sellgren in Henderson NV, Street in the final to win 114-111. Brian Rink in Denver CO and Ti Davis In other quarterfinal results, Lavazza led the in Little Rock AR. They formed via a entire way against Vinita Gupta to win 157-103. partnership desk match. Fleisher likewise controlled their match against John Kristensen and Sellgren met at the Diamond to advance 151-111, while Strul jumped out Las Vegas NABC in 2014 and played on to a huge early lead against Barbara Sonsini in the a team together and had been meaning first quarter to win 133-87. Winners of the 0-1500 Mini-Spingold KO Teams: Brian Rink, to partner ever since. “It only took two Ti Davis, Gregory Sellgren and captain Curt Kristensen. continued on page 5 Mini-Spingold final today In the final of the 0-5000 Mini-Spingold, the Brogeland on cheating scandal: team of Robert Bernstein will face the team of Edumnd Wu. ‘I’m not the sheriff’ Playing with Bernstein are Jay Barron, Doris Van On the morning of Aug. 15, 2015, Boye Delft and Merel Bruijnsteen. Playing with Wu are Brogeland awoke in his Chicago hotel room after Jesse Chao, Alex Dezieck, Zhuo Wang and William a night of little sleep and a lot of anxiety about his Zhu. team’s loss the previous day in the quarterfinal round In the semifinal round, Bernstein defeated Bill of the Spingold Knockout Teams. Begert’s squad 131–47. Wu eliminated the team of Brogeland and his partner, Espen Lindqvist, Dale Sanders 145–56. were members of the Richard Schwartz team along with Allan Graves, Huub Bertens and Daniel Korbel. Onstott leads Roth quals Their opponents were the team headed by James The squad captained by John Onstott, of New Cayne. Orleans, leads the pack in the Roth Open Swiss It was an especially galling loss because it Teams going into today’s semifinal round. In second appeared that Schwartz had won by 1 IMP over a is the team led by Cenk Tuncok of Amesbury MA. strong team captained by James Cayne. An appeals Jimmy Cayne’s powerhouse squad that was narrowly committee ruling changed a 112-111 win by eliminated from the Spingold on Wednesday evening Schwartz to a 113-112 win for Cayne. The rest of is third. that team was Michael Seamon, Cayne’s partner, plus The final two sessions of the Roth will be played Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Lotan Fisher and Sunday. Ron Schwartz, two Israeli players. Brogeland began reviewing the hand records from the match, but it did not help him understand Californians set pace in how the match could have been lost. At that point, the Red Ribbons continued on page 5 Michael Hartnett and Nancy Ferguson of Greenbrae CA topped the qualifying round in the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs, a four-session contest Opening 1NT with a limited to players with fewer than 2500 masterpoints. In second are the defending champions in the Red Ribbon Pairs, Paul Hattis of Newton MA and James singleton: It’s officially legal The Board of Directors removed a legal gray Orleans of Boca Raton FL. Lying close behind in area surrounding semi-balanced notrump openers third place are New Yorkers Carol Frank and Sumit when it approved a change to the definition of a Daftuar. notrump opening in the General Convention Chart. The change allows hands that include a singleton ace, Juanita Chambers king or queen, as long as they do not also contain a 1956-2016 doubleton. Three-time world champion and 18-time NABC Here is the new definition, effective Aug. 1: winner Juanita Chambers died yesterday in Dallas “A notrump opening or overcall is natural if, by TX. She was 60. A full obituary will appear in the agreement, it contains no void, at most one singleton Sunday issue of the Bridge Bulletin. which must be the A, K or Q and no more than two doubletons. If the hand contains a singleton, it may The change was recommended by the Schedule correction have no doubleton.” Competitions and Conventions Committee, a group The DC Restaurant Guide incorrectly lists a This includes hand patterns such as 5-4-3-1, of players appointed by the Board, in an effort to Strati-Flighted A/X Swiss and Flight B Round-Robin 6-3-3-1 and 4-4-4-1, in addition to those that were bring regulations in line with popular and expert Teams for today at 1 and 7:30 p.m. These events are previously included. continued on page 15 NOT part of the actual schedule. Goodwill Message See inside ATTENDANCE A smile is infectious and brightens the playing experience for YOUTH NABC through Friday evening everyone. Smile often. Sandy DeMartino, Chair DAILY BULLETIN 11,181.5 tables Aileen Osofsky Goodwill Committee center spread Page 2 Saturday, July 30, 2016 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Meetings are at the Marriott Wardman Park. Sunday, July 31 Saturday, July 30 11 am and 5:30 pm Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Hoover, 5:30-7:30 pm Youth NABC Closing Reception. (Thurgood South/West, mezzanine level) mezzanine level) CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Saturday, July 30 Talks will be held in Exhibit Hall A on the lower level. Speakers and topics are 9:15 a.m. Ellen Kent Simple Is Better subject to change. ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITY Saturday, July 30 T-shirt DC NABC T-shirts are still available for sale at the Tournament Information Desk on Announcement: the Lobby Level. Last call to get one before they sell out! Price reduced to $10 for all sizes. Limited sizes and colors remain. Tonight’s Hospitality/Entertainment: Chicken Satay and vegetarian spring rolls. Thurgood Marshall Ballroom. Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph Presentation. Possible live commentary in evening session. Noon and 7 pm. Hoover, mezzanine level. 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Schwartz opted to the Blackwood Award (given for outstanding We’d love to see it. keep the exposed card on the table as a penalty card contributions to bridge not necessarily related to The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: and allow West to lead anything. It was a fateful expertise at the game), and the von Zedtwitz Award, [email protected]. You’ll also find it on decision. which honors inactive or deceased players who have the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between the West led a trump. East won and was forced to achieved prominence in the game of bridge. date and the editors’ names. return the ♠6. On any other return, declarer would ACBL members in good standing may submit This email address won’t be checked with any have time to set up one of dummy’s high clubs for a candidates’ names to the Hall of Fame Committee regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please spade pitch, enabling 4♥ to make.