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Saturday, July 27, 2019 Volume 91, Number 9 Daily Bulletin 91st North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Paul Linxwiler, Chip Dombrowski, Sue Munday Berkeley wins Collegiate Bowl Semis: The University of California Z’mann vs. Gautret, at Berkeley successfully defended Spector vs. Blass its title in the Collegiate Bridge The semifinal pairings in the Spingold KO Bowl Championship, defeating the Teams feature the top-seeded Zimmermann squad University of Chicago in the final, vs. the giant-killing Gautret team (the original 37 78–57. seed), while Warren Spector and company (No. 2) Playing for Berkeley was Stella meet Josef Blass npc (No. 3). Wan, Kevin Rosenberg, Jess Chao, In the quarterfinal round, Zimmermann cruised Foster Tom and Armin Askari. The continued on page 3 squad won $10,000 in scholarship money for the victory. Nason meets Lampe in The Chicago lineup was Zihan Tan, Cynthia Huang, Ilan Wolff, Mini-Spin 2500 final Raphael Hallerman and Boris The squads led by Scott Nason and Jordan Fang. Chicago collected $5000 in Lampe face off today in the final of the 0-2500 scholarship money for second place. Mini-Spingold KO Teams. The Collegiate Bridge Bowl champions from the University In the playoff for third-fourth, the Nason is playing with fellow Dallas resident of California at Berkeley: Stella Wan, Kevin Rosenberg, Jess Jeff Dater, with Nancy Heck and Alexander Wiles Chao, Foster Tom and Armin Askari. continued on page 16 of Los Angeles. Lampe leads the all-NYC lineup that includes Jacqueline Chang, Christopher Moh and Siqing Yu. Hanna, LebiNorthern enshrined in Canadian Stars Bridge Hall of Fame continued on page 5 By Katie Thorpe Nader Hanna and were inducted Four squads left in into the Canadian Bridge Federation Hall of Fame Mini-Spin 6000 during the Canadian Bridge Championships held in The matches in today’s semifinal round of Burnaby BC at the beginning of May. the 0-6000 Mini-Spingold KO Teams are Kerry Paul Thurston introduced Nader for induction. Cotterell vs. Martin Harris, and Arti Bhargava vs. As well as being a longtime friend, Paul was one Monica Angus. of Nader’s teammates when Nader won his first Cotterell won their quarterfinal match against Canadian National Bridge Championship and Hank Youngerman’s squad by a single IMP to qualified for the 1997 Bowl. advance to the semifinal, 113-112, while Harris Nader said that he was hooked on bridge defeated Craig Henderson in the quarterfinal after his first game and played pretty much daily 143-114. continued on page 5 thereafter. “It was a good invest-ment of my time, for over the years, the game provided me with many pleasures (yes, some disappointments), but a Rimstedts & Co. lead lot to be thankful for. On top of that list is meeting Roth field my wife, Joan Eaton, which was very unlikely to The team captained by Mikael Rimstedt happen if not for bridge.” Robert Lebi and Nader Hanna enshrined in sits atop the Roth Swiss Teams entering the continued on page 5 CBF Hall of Fame. second day of the three-day contest. They have a carryover of 89.09 victory points. Trailing them Rosen and Rosen – ‘A dance of equals’ is all-Moscow Gromov squad with a carryover of Bridge champions An Emerald Life 84.65. Bramley starts the day in third. and Chicago-area Master, Rosen won The field of 175 teams was cut to 92 for couple William the McKenney Trophy semifinal play. “Billy” and Eunice (now the Rosen died earlier Top 500) in 1953. Maryland duo leads this year – Billy in He won eight NABC Red Ribbons April and Eunice titles: Men’s Pairs Mary Peters and Thomas Peters of Dayton in June. While 1952, Spingold KO MD topped the qualifying round in the Bean Red separate obituaries Teams 1953, 1954; Ribbon Pairs. The duo scored a strong 67.19% for each appeared in Life Master Pairs in the first qualifying session and 58.62% in the Bridge Bulletin 1953, Freeman Mixed the second, and have more than a three (Billy’s in June Board-a-Match Teams carryover in today’s final. and Eunice’s in August), it is fitting here they be 1958, 1966 (second in 1965); Grand National In close second place is the San Diego pair of remembered together. Teams 1978; Men’s Teams 1980. Marjorie O’Malley and Charles O’Malley. 1928-2019 In 2014, Billy was inducted into the Bridge Third place is occupied by Steve Hirsch and Billy died April 7 at the age of 90. Hall of Fame as the recipient of the von Zedtwitz Gregory Thorpe of Brea CA. A Life Master, Billy Award. won the in 1954. He was 25 at the Expert , who presented Billy at the time, the youngest player ever to win that title, ceremony, said Billy was a natural at bridge, but until 1981 when the record was broken by Robert did not receive as much acclaim as others, because Hard at play. The Levin. Rosen placed second in the Bermuda Bowl continued on page 14 in 1955. Youth NABC concludes Goodwill Message today. Find yesterday’s ATTENDANCE results through Friday Observe the Zero Tolerance rules and practice starting on active ethics. Be kind and gracious to all. pg. 9. Sandy DeMartino, Chair 12,088.5 tables Goodwill Committee Page 2 Saturday, July 27, 2019 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS All meetings are at The Cosmopolitan. Sunday, July 28 Saturday, July 27 TBA Memorial . (Room TBA) 10 am–5:30 pm Youth NABC. Brera 4, third floor 5:30–7:30 pm Youth NABC Closing Reception. Condesa 5, second floor

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Brera 2 on the third floor of The Cosmopolitan. Saturday, July 27 9:15 a.m. GS Jade Barrett Power of Fits HOSPITALITY Food will be served nightly following the evening session in the Gracia Commons on the third floor. Saturday, July 27 Roasted tomato bruschetta.

World-class D Collegiate Pairs New Grand Life Master By A.J. Stephani Congratulations Losing big to a world-class team in the Championship to Barbara Nist of Spingold round of 64 doesn’t mean you don’t have starts today Seatac WA, ACBL’s your share of successes. Here were A.J. Stephani The two-session, stratified Collegiate Pairs newest Grand Life and Bob Lyon (playing with teammates Ryan Championship debuts today. Game times are Master. Barbara Schultz and Pete Whipple) against the Rimstedt 1 and 7:30 p.m. Pairs must be from the same garnered the last twins Ola and Mikael on Team Zagorin: school. Five scholarship prizes totaling $9000 will few points needed to Dlr: North ♠ J 5 4 2 be awarded. Scholarships are funded by the ACBL achieve the League’s Vul: Both ♥ A K J 8 7 Educational Foundation. highest rank by ♦ 8 7 6 2 placing in the overalls ♣ — of two regional events ♠ 9 8 7 6 ♠ A K 3 Notice of binding here in Las Vegas. ♥ 10 5 ♥ 6 3 arbitration Barbara and her partner, Patti Hartley, won the ♦ 5 4 3 ♦ A Q 10 9 By becoming an ACBL member or renewing 2013 Smith Women’s Life Master Pairs at the Fall ♣ Q 8 5 3 ♣ A K 6 4 your membership in the ACBL, you expressly NABC in Phoenix. ♠ Q 10 agree to waive your right to have disputes between Barbara runs the Mercer Island Bridge ♥ Q 9 4 2 you and the ACBL resolved in a court of law Club, which she says “provides a friendly, ♦ K J and agree to accept the use of binding arbitration welcoming environment for beginning bridge ♣ J 10 9 7 2 before the American Arbitration Association. The players.” Her emphasis is on making bridge a North opened light with 1♥, and the auction binding arbitration provisions are available for pleasant experience. She serves on the board of continued: review at acbl.org/bindingarbitration. directors for Seattle NextGenBridge, the Seattle West North East South area’s school bridge program. Barbara formerly 1♥ Dbl 2♦(1) represented District 19 on the ACBL Board of Pass 2♥ Dbl 3♥ Directors. Pass Pass Dbl Pass 3♠ All Pass (1) Constructive heart raise Masterpoint Milestones North played the ♥AK, followed by a low Deborah Drury diamond. Declarer played the 9, and South won of Vero Beach FL his king. A club return allowed North to , and became a Platinum another low diamond was placed on the table. Life Master here Mikael naturally played the 10 and South won the in Las Vegas. She jack. Another club return was ruffed, followed by HOSTS needed more than a diamond ruff, another club ruff and a second Dec. 6-14: ROBERT TODD 17 platinum points diamond ruff as declarer pitched his remaining to acquire the new club. Another club, however, allowed North to Dec. 14-22: rank, and she earned overruff declarer with his remaining jack. ACBL Sanction #1912023 them from the Wagar If you’ve been counting, that’s six Women’s Pairs and tricks, two hearts and two diamonds – down six! the Wernher Open Plus 600 was a nice pickup of 9 IMPs against a CARIBBEAN Pairs. less successful defense at the other table. Ft. Lauderdale to Miami Teammates Jeff Dater, left, and Alexander Wiles each crossed a masterpoint milestone when Crystal Cruises’ 6-Star Serenity their squad advanced to today’s final of the 0-2500 Appealing a ruling Mini-Spingold KO Teams. Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal December 6-22, 2019 Dater, of Dallas, became a Gold Life Master, a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking while Wiles, of Los Angeles, became a Life with the director who delivered the original ruling. From $5249 pp Master. The table director will fill out paperwork regarding the appeal, and the appellants will explain what ACBL GOLD ® • Daily lectures they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. From there, the case may be handled by a variety Welcome Meet & Greet and Awards Party of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the Open and Gold Rush Pairs, case, the circumstances of that particular case will Stratiflighted Swiss Teams determine whether the case can be resolved by the original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law Gratuities, Free Wi-Fi, or regulation, for instance), Fine Wines & Spirits included a panel of directors, or even Group Travel Protection Plan...more! a committee-type hearing which could include bridge Details: www.AliceTravel.com experts. 888-816-2457 Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 27, 2019 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS covered, win the ace you do and don’t double 2♥ or raise to 2♠, the Take All Your Chances and cash the king inference is that you have fewer than three By Eddie Kantar hoping to drop the spades. queen. If you do, you Tip: Pay attention to the spot card that is led North (Dummy) won’t need the club so when a second card is played in the suit, you ♠ A K 9 3 . If you have no will know whether it is higher or lower than the ♥ 9 luck in spades, return first. ♦ K 10 9 6 2 to your hand with a ♣ A J 10 trump and run the ♣Q, your last chance. South (You) Congrats. You ♠ J 10 2 didn’t put all of your ♥ K 7 3 2 eggs in either the ♠Q or the ♣K finesse basket. You ♦ A Q J 8 worked with spades hoping to drop the queen (not ♣ Q 9 to mention giving West a chance to err by covering You open 1♦, partner responds 1♠, East the ♠J). And all the while, you had the club finesse joins in with 2♥, you make a in reserve. The full deal: showing three spades (a raise to 2♠ shows four) ♠ A K 9 3 and suddenly, you find yourself playing 6♦! ♥ 9 West leads the ♥5, East wins the ♥A and ♦ K 10 9 6 2 Dusty and Pete Parish split their time returns the ♥Q, West following with a higher ♣ A J 10 between Las Vegas and Santa Barbara CA. heart. How do you proceed? Both follow to the ♠ 8 7 5 4 ♠ Q 6 Currently in residence in Las Vegas, it’s first diamond. ♥ 8 6 5 ♥ A Q J 10 4 been easy for them to take full advantage of playing time here at the NABC: In You have no convenient discard from ♦ 7 4 3 ♦ 5 addition to playing in a couple of I/N dummy on the ♥K, so do yourself a favor and ♣ 8 6 4 ♣ K 7 5 3 2 ruff the second heart, noticing West’s heart games, they’ve played in a side game ♠ J 10 2 and several Gold Rush events. They’ve higher than the ♥5 indicating three hearts. ♥ K 7 3 2 interspersed their bridge play with some The play now revolves around the best way ♦ A Q J 8 golf, too. They call both the Santa Barbara to tackle the black suits for no losers. Clearly, ♣ Q 9 Bridge Club and club if either finesse works you make your slam, but Did you notice the lead of the ♥5 from the in Las Vegas their home clubs. Dusty which one to take? Surely you are not going to 8–6–5 in an unsupported suit? Had West supported says play at the Las Vegas club is tough fall for that question any longer. hearts, the ♥8 would have been the proper lead. – competing against the likes of Fred Start by drawing two rounds of trumps and After supporting, the lead of the ♥8 should not be Hamilton and . “I was playing against Wolff,” she says, “and I wanted to leading the ♠J hoping for a cover. West may confused with a doubleton. cover hoping partner has the 10. If the jack isn’t trump a loser on the board. But he took my Not everyone plays support doubles, but if trump away before I could do that!”

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ROTH OPEN SWISS QUALIFIERS 92 Tables / Based on 175 Tables Carryover 1 Mikael Rimstedt - Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad, ; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Antonio Palma, Portugal; , Taby, Sweden; Frederic Wrang, , Sweden 89.09 2 - Anna Gulevich - Yuri Khoklov - Vadim Kholomeev - Aleksander Dubinin - Yuru Kuhuppenen, Moscow, Russia 84.65 3 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; , Kensington CA; Andy Hung, Brisbane, Australia; Nabil Edgtton, Sydney, Australia 83.88 4 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; , Warszawa ; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Rafal Jagniewski, Poland; Wojciech Gawel, Wroclaw Poland 80.33 5 Daniel Miles, Toronto ON; , Las Vegas NV; Bob Todd, Winnipeg MB; Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; , Memphis TN 79.02 6 Carlos Pellegrini, , Argentina; Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Michael Whibley, Auckland, New Zealand; Sumit Mukherjee, India; Debabrata Majumder, Kolkata, India; Matthew Brown, Pokeno New Zealand 77.69 Winners of the 0–10,000 Mixed Swiss Teams in 7 Chen Zhao, Greenbelt MD; Jing Liu, Stanford CA; Yinghao Liu, Hoboken NJ; Linlin 2018: Sveinn Eiriksson, Gail Hanson, captain Hu, People’s Republic of China 77.68 Linda Epstein and Jakob Kristinsson. 8 Maxim Siline - Xiaoqian Liu, Hudson MA; Victor King, Hartford CT; Jovanka Smederevac, 77.25 0–10,000 Mixed Swiss 9 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Bernardo Biondo, Rome, Italy; - ,, Rome, Italy; Giovanni Donati, Italy 77.23 plays today 10 , Toronto ON; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; - Roger Lee, The 0–10,000 Mixed Swiss Teams makes its Las Vegas NV; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia, 76.95 sixth appearance on the Summer NABC calendar. 11 Ahmed Hussein - Ranald Davison - Dana Berkowitz, New York NY; Ronald Carriere, Play starts today in the two-day event: two Kirkland QC; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Keith Garber, Las Vegas NV 76.90 qualifying rounds followed by two final rounds 12 Joyce Hill, Saint Augustine FL; Shan Huang - Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; , Little Elm TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 76.50 tomorrow. 13 , Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Teams must field two male-female pairs. Poland; Ron Pachtmann, Israel 76.42 The contest is a gold-point event, but also pays 14 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Poland; Michal Kwiecien, platinum points at 10% of the overall award, up to Lublin, Poland; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Tuczynski – Barick Chmurs, Poland 76.39 a maximum of 10 platinum points. Because there 15 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; - is a masterpoint ceiling, winning the event does Michel Bessis, Paris ; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France; Tom Hanlon, Dublin, Ireland 76.20 16 Wenfei Wang - Shen Qi, , People’s Republic of China; Lu Yan - Liu Yan, not count toward Grand Life Master status. Beijing, People’s Republic of China; Nan Wang - Xiao Xue Zuo, Nanking, People’s 2014 Ava Grubman, Elliott Grubman, Linda Republic of China 75.90 Rothstein, Jeffrey Rothstein 17 Martin Fleisher - , New York NY; , Davis CA; , Denver 2015 Jeffrey Rothstein, Linda Rothstein, Ava CO; , Las Vegas NV; , Northville MI 75.05 Grubman, Elliott Grubman 18 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr., Birmingham AL 74.99 2016 Dori Byrnes, Sylvia Shi, Shan Huang, 19 Jeffrey Wolfson - , Chicago IL; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Michael McNamara, Sylwia McNamara, Alexander Hydes, Zagreb, Croatia; Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Peter Crouch, William Ehlers Surrey, England 74.25 2017 Christina Parker, Stewart Rubenstein, 20 Hailong Zhao, Shanghi People’s Republic of China; Wei Wang - Yuxiong Shen - Jike Susan Smith, Michael Smith Jin, People’s Republic of China; Cecilia Rimstedt, Sweden; Ming Sheng, Northbrook IL 74.17 2018 Linda Epstein, Jakob Kristinsson, Gail 21 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Drew Casen, Henderson NV; , Saint Johnsbury VT; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw, Poland; Jacek Hanson, Sveinn Eiriksson Romanski, Lublin, Poland 74.11 22 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Meng Kang, People’s Republic of China; Xiaojing Wang, People’s Republic of China 73.80 23 George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA; James Tritt, Orange CA; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Jim Looby, Las Vegas NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 72.63 24 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Eric Sieg, Seattle WA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA 72.60 25 Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Stephen Castellino, Castro Valley CA; Paul Cornelius, Mountain View CA; Ronald Powell, Santa Clara CA 71.47 26 , New York NY; , Burr Ridge IL; , Clearwater FL; , Clearwater Beach FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; , Montclair NJ 71.05 27 , New York NY; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Frederic Pollack, Laval QC; Kamel Fergani, Montreal QC; Oren Kriegel, Chicago IL 70.92 28 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; , Houston TX; Joris van Lankveld, ; Berend Van Den Bos, Netherlands 70.54 29 James Slinger, Corralitos CA; Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Charles Miner, Orlando FL 70.43 30 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Larry Sealy, Owens Cross Roads AL 70.35 31 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; , London England; Louk Verhees Jr, Netherlands Voorhout ; Cornelis Van Prooijen, Netherlands; Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv, Israel 70.07 32 Sylvia Moss, Boca Raton FL; Ishmael Del’Monte, Las Vegas NV; , You raised nearly $1 million for Chicago IL; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 70.03 Alzheimer’s research and care. 33 Kevin Castner, Mercer Island WA; Phillip King, Harrow ; Stefan Skorchev, Sofia, Bulgaria; Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France 69.92 The total is still rising as donations 34 Connie Goldberg, Gladwyne PA; Hua Poon - Kien Fong - Yukun Zhang, Singapore; and table fees are counted, but over Kauko Koistinen, Espoo, Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere, Finland 69.41 the past seven years, you've help 35/36 Monique Smith, Arlington VA; John Pendergrass, Albuquerque NM; Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; Richard McCombs, Santa Fe NM 69.30 raise more than $5.5 million 35/36 Romain Zaleski, France; Massimo Lanzarotti, Italy; Arrigo Franchi, Rome, Italy; to support the work of the Dario Attanasio, Aci Castello Italy; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Miguel Villas-Boas, Alzheimer's Association. Salvador, Brazil 69.30 37 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Riki Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Shannon Cappelletti - Allison L Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA; Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA 69.27 38 Pam Wittes, CA; Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA; Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 68.55 39 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Romain Tembouret, France; Veronique Bessis, Paris France; Julien Gaviard, Colombes France 67.74 40 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; William Pettis, Chevy Chase MD; William Cole, Silver Spring MD 67.54 41 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC; Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON; Yoko Sobel, Brooklyn NY 67.09 42 John Carruthers, Kingsville ON; Bo Han Zhu, Oakville ON; Sarah Youngquist, Palo Alto CA; Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; John Dong, Richmond Hill ON 66.78 43 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Samuel Amer, Long Island NY; Chris Moll, Durham NC; Irina Kislitsyna, Miami FL; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia; Ben Kristensen, Duluth MN 66.70 Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 27, 2019 Page 5

44 Andy Goodman, Carmel CA; Steve Zolotow - Janis Lilie - Harold Lilie - John Mcalister, Las Vegas NV 66.59 Canadian HOF 45 Jeffrey Rothstein - Allen Kahn, New York NY; David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY; continued from page 1 Russell Samuel, Coram NY 66.56 46 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI; Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods Nader first learned to play in the early 1970s IL; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal in Egypt before moving to Toronto in 1982. He Lake IL 66.47 immediately joined the bridge scene and became 47 Philippe Soulet, France; Erick Mauberquez, Paris France; Bernard Payen - Coriat, a tournament regular. His wins include four North France 66.45 American Bridge Championships, the Canadian 48 Alison Wilson, New York NY; Ida Groenkvist, Sweden; Magdalena Ticha - National Team Championships in 1996 and 1999 Richard Ritmeijer; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Mikael Groenkvist, Sweden 66.14 49 William Chu, San Marino CA; Jing Dong Chen, Rowland Heights CA; Patrick Huang, and the Canadian Senior Team Championships in Taiwan; Yu Wei Wu, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; Hua Yang, Plano TX 65.94 2018 and 2019. 50 Jan Van Cleeff, Netherlands; Roald Ramer, Netherlands; Nathalie Frey, Monaco; Nader has represented Canada many times in Vanessa Reess, France; Palau Jean-Jacques, France; Pierr-Yves Guillaumin, Paris, France 65.71 international play in both team and pair events, 51 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Jim Munday, finishing fourth in the Transnational Teams in Southaven MS; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 65.49 52 G. Venkatesh, Carmel CA; Anil Padhye, Mumbay, India; Sundarram Srinivatan, , Tunisia in 1997. He has also been the nonplaying India; P Sridhar, Chennai India; Rajeshwar Tewari, Toronto ON; Keyzad Anklesaria, India 65.32 captain for 13 Canadian teams – Open, Women’s, 53 James Sundstrom, Wyckoff NJ; Diana Tenery, Indianapolis IN; Zachary Madden, Senior and Junior. Bethesda MD; Shawn Drenning, Austin TX 64.90 Nader has been a member of the CBF Board 54 Laurie Vogel - , New York NY; Marius Agica, Bucharest, Romania; Maria of Directors since 2006, serving as president from Tsoukalas, Las Vegas NV 64.82 2009 to 2016 and from 2017 to the present. He also 55 Jean Bophist Fantun - Solene Thepaut - Veronica Ventos - Colin Deheeger, 64.46 56 , Dallas TX; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks sits on the board of the North American Bridge CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 64.41 Federation and represents the NABF on the WBF 57 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis - Huub Bertens - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Hjordis Executive Committee. Nader is heavily involved in Eythorsdottir, New York NY; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA 64.29 managing and promoting Junior bridge in Canada, 58 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney, Australia; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby, Sweden; as well. Owen Lien, Oak Park MI 64.10 In 2013, the World Bridge Federation honored 59 Lawrence Derito, Jupiter FL; Ahmed Yousry, West Palm Beach FL; Martin Singer, Verona NJ; Ghassan Menachi, Fabreville QC 63.81 Nader for his outstanding service to bridge. 60/61 Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM; Robert Morris, Houston TX; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Robert was introduced for Hall of Fame Walter Schafer Jr, Fountain Valley CA; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex induction by friend and sometimes partner John Hudson, Raleigh NC 63.64 Rayner. “While Robert has won with many 60/61 , Delray Beach FL; Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Peter Boyd, different partners, I am not yet one of them,” John Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; JoAnna Stansby - , Dublin CA 63.64 62 Ray Loftis, Bellevue WA; Steve Bruno, Oceanside CA; Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, lamented. Edmonds WA 63.53 Robert thanked “my many bridge partners 63 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV; Anne Brenner - David Caprera, Denver who have carried me along the way.” He expressed CO; Cameron Doner, Surrey BC; Eric Stoltz, Portland OR 63.47 special thanks to his wife, Judith, for providing 64 Crispin Barrere - Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA; Alan Watson, balance to his life and helping him learn to be Lexington MA 63.44 calmer at the table. 65 Tatiana Dikhnova - Orlov - Rudakov - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 63.13 66 Andrew Murphy; Simon Cope, England; Ed Jones, Hertfordshire, England; Robert said that bridge has given him so much Graeme Robertson, London, England 62.96 over his lifetime, and that in return, he will be 67 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Alan Malloy, Mountain View CA; Jennifer Gu, Palo making a substantial donation to the CBF Junior Alto CA; Jason Rosenfeld, Seattle WA 62.85 Fund. 68 James Holzhauer - Brian Wyman, Las Vegas NV; Jennifer Lin - Aaron Jones, North Robert grew up in Montreal and learned to Bethesda MD 62.83 69 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Craig Biddle - Fred Schenker, Pittsburgh PA; Richard play while at McGill University. He says he was DeMartino, Riverside CT 62.46 influenced by many players who went on to be HOF 70 Qing Lu, San Jose CA; David Cheng, Palo Alto CA; Jim Liu, Saratoga CA; Don-Min members themselves - , , Tsou, Cupertino CA 62.04 George Mittelman, Ralph Cohen and others. 71 Grant Vance - Jessica Lai, Oakland CA; Dmitri Shabes, San Ramon CA; Gregory Vance, Robert moved to Toronto in 1978, immediately San Leandro CA 62.00 making his presence known with multiple local 72 Amos Kaminski, New York NY; Shalom Zeligman, Israel; Yeshayahu Levit, Israel; Adrian Schwartz, Israel; Eitan Orensten, Israel 61.98 wins, a second-place finish in the in 73 Jeffrey Juster, New York NY; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Fernando Piedra, 1982 and a win in the Blue Ribbon Pairs in 1989. Zurich, Switzerland; Bartlomiej Igla, Switzerland; Luis Lantaron - Gonzalo Goded, Spain 61.84 Robert went on to win three more NABC events. 74 Sveinn Eiriksson, ; Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN; He has won the CNTC three times and the CSTC Kristen Onsgard, Dallas TX 61.45 twice. He has represented Canada multiple times 75 Michael Massimilla, Syosset NY; Louis Glasthal, Berwyn PA; Dori Cohen, Woodbury internationally and recently won a bronze medal NY; Rob Gordon, Northport NY 61.11 76 Shailesh Gupta, Aliso Viejo CA; Eli Jolley, Chicago IL; Sherman Gao, Brea CA; in the 2018 World Bridge Series Senior Teams in Andrew Collins - Somers Collins, Little Rock AR; Bo Liu, Irvine CA 60.88 Orlando FL. 77 Donald Vancil, Aurora CO; James La Force, Rockledge FL; Julia Bomalaski, Melbourne The commemorative Hall of Fame statues FL; Barbara Gallagher, Rancho Mirage CA; Debra Hyatt, Lakewood CO 60.45 are engraved with Haida symbols. Haida are an 78 Gunnar Helgason, Reykjavik, Iceland; Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY; Magnus Olafsson - indigenous people on the west coast of Canada. Jess Jurkovic, New York NY 60.41 79 Morris Chang, Santa Clara CA; , Carlsbad CA; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Nader’s statue is engraved with the wolf, Bobby Wolff, Las Vegas NV 60.29 representing loyalty, strong family ties, good 80 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Roland Rohowsky, communication, education, understanding and Nueruberg Germany; , Hockenheim Germany 60.04 intelligence. Robert’s statue features the eagle, 81 Carol Frank, Burbank CA; Yehudit Hasin-Brumshten, Foster City CA; Sumit Daftuar, symbolic of wisdom, intuition, creativity, strength San Marino CA; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 60.00 and resilience. 82 , Kensington CA; Kitty Cooper - Steven Cooper, Lakeside CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA 59.86 83 James Fox - Judy Fox, Virginia Beach VA; Maximo Crusizio, Argentina; Rodrigo Mini-Spin 2500 Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina 59.85 continued from page 1 84 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Eugene Hung, Sunnyvale CA; Yanong Han, Milpitas CA; In the semifinal round, Nason defeated Robin Wanfeng Mou, Sugar Land TX 59.74 85 Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA; , Sunnyvale CA; Adam Grossack - Elliott’s Colorado-based squad 187-102. Elliott Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm, Sweden 59.66 played with Sally Ann Rhea, Gregory Newcomb 86 Gregg Van Dyke, Saint Paul MN; Tom Grue - John Jeffrey, Las Vegas NV; Gary and Daphne Davenport. Kessler, Springfield IL 59.42 In the other semifinal bracket, Lampe 87 Dorn Bishop, San Diego CA; Richard Gold, Oceanside CA; Neil Stern, Indio CA; James eliminated Richard Franklin’s team 166-139. Weeks, Palm Desert CA 59.20 Franklin, of New Canaan CT, played with David 88 Tom Carmichael, Marysville WA; Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA 59.18 Venetianer of Chadds Ford PA, Eric Gettleman of 89/92 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA; Michael Christensen - Ray Ellicot City MD and Paul Holmes of Wadsworth Miller, Seattle WA 59.09 OH. 89/92 Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - , New York NY; Jan Jansma, Netherlands; , ; , Norway 59.09 Mini-Spin 6000 89/92 Tim Verbeek, DrieBergen, Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Netherlands; Bart Nab, Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Italy 59.09 continued from page 1 89/92 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Piotr Bhargava manhandled Om Chokriwala’s team Wiankowski, Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw, Poland 59.09 in the quarterfinal round, 114-32, but Angus had to survive a six-board playoff against George Klemic’s team to advance. Angus won 128-112. Page 6 Saturday, July 27, 2019 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KNOCKOUT 1 BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS QUALIFIERS 13 Tables 26.0 Tables / Based on 50 Tables Carryover 56.64 1 G Venkatesh, Carmel CA; Anil Padhye, Mumbay India; Rajeshwar Tewari, Toronto ON; Keyzad 1 Mary Peters - Thomas Peters, Dayton MD 84.19 Anklesaria, Ahmedabad, India; P Sridhar, Chennai India; 2 Marjorie O’Malley - Charles O’Malley III, San Diego CA 79.71 Sundarram Srinivasan, Chennai, India 3 Steve Hirsch - Gregory Thorpe, Brea CA 65.87 39.65 2 Jeffrey Wolfson - Steve Garner, Chicago IL; 4 Roy Martin, Birmingham AL; Denny Cahan, Cumming GA 65.03 Peter Crouch, Surrey England; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia 5 Ida Cardona, Delray Beach FL; Leslie Weisbrod, New York NY 57.30 22.66 3/4 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, 6 Li Zhang Yang, Scarborough ON; Kaiyu Qian, Oakville ON 51.88 Crystal Lake IL; Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Dick Bruno, Des Plaines IL; Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI 7 Yann Jackson - Steven Jackson, Laguna Niguel CA 47.84 22.66 3/4 Romain Zaleski, France; Massimo Lanzarotti, 8 Linda Pollett - William Pollett, Warwick WK04 Bermuda 44.35 Voghera, Italy; Arrigo Franchi, Rome, Italy; Dario Attanasio, Aci 9 Edward So, Pleasanton CA; Jack Uppal, Lincoln CA 38.33 Castello Italy; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Miguel 10 Douglas Smith - Paul Pugsley, Carson City NV 36.11 Villas-Boas, Salvador, Brazil 11 Chantal Dube - Josette Levesque, Montreal QC 35.55 12 Xin Ge, Cupertino CA; Sarah Chen, San Jose CA 34.71 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KNOCKOUT 2 15 Tables 13 Ken Imboden, San Jose CA; Tsao-Tung Tsai, Cupertino CA 33.93 32.22 1 Michael Keller, Yelwstn Nl Pk WY; Michael 14 Bridget Whitley, Harrisburg PA; Ian Milnes, Mechanicsburg PA 33.41 Boreson, Kalispell MT; Catherine Brown, Bigfork MT; Tim 15 Barbara Boswell, Cincinnati OH; Debbie Wagner, Athens GA 32.34 Spencer, Great Falls MT 16 Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS; James Keegan, Cambridge MA 30.74 22.55 2 Stanford Holzberg, Sherman Oaks CA; Allan 17/18 Tom Bishel - John Bishel, Columbus OH 30.35 Whiteford, Evanton ; Robert McKinnon - Catherine Ferguson, Scotland 17/18 Michael Flaster, Menlo Park CA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 30.35 12.89 3/4 Andrew Risman, Toronto ON; Merryl Chin, 19 Joel Singer, Santa Clara CA; Michael Cohen, Seattle WA 29.69 North York ON; Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON 20 Andy Scott, San Jose CA; Irene Hashfield, Los Altos CA 28.46 12.89 3/4 Patricia Hertz, Sebastopol CA; Randy Ryals, 21 Luen-Jyh Luo, Milpitas CA; Leila Mattinger, Cupertino CA 27.65 Menlo Park CA; Mark Hersko, Windsor CA; Larry Spanier, 22 Heather Dolan, Beaverton OR; Mike Amspacher, Vancouver WA 27.17 Rohnert Park CA 23 Daryl Drew, Orlando FL; Carol Vogt, Boca Raton FL 22.00 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KNOCKOUT 3 24 Adam Siegel - Katherine Todd, New York NY 21.83 12 Tables 25 Jayendu Patel - Tanaaz Timblo, Vista CA 21.65 20.26 1 Qing Lu, San Jose CA; David Cheng, Palo 26 Chris Pesce, Seattle WA; Rex Tu, Bellevue WA 21.56 Alto CA; Don-Min Tsou, Cupertino CA; Jim Liu, Saratoga CA 27 Richard Langland, Irving TX; Charles Burke, Arlington TX 20.45 14.18 2 Lynda Hirst - Tim Rilling, Vancouver WA; 28 Jianming Zhang, Union City CA; Bo Xiao, Fremont CA 19.76 Shameine Ali, New Westminster BC; Monique Chausse-Donor, 29 Andrew Sinclair, Albany CA; Aaron Mayerson, Redwood City CA 19.55 Paris France 8.10 3/4 Petko Petkov, Ellsworth ME; Brenda Mehalko 30 Samantha Macdouglas, Canoga Park CA; Susan Morse-Lebow, Los Angeles CA 18.50 - Jack Mehalko, Villa Hills KY; Iliana Rozemberg, Northbrook IL 31 Karen Caton - Caron Peck, Arlington TX 18.29 8.10 3/4 Gayle Larson, San Luis Obispo CA; Ron 32 Daniel McGuire - Molly Hosford, Las Vegas NV 18.09 Schwarer, Pismo Beach CA; Patrick Howlett, Nipomo CA; H 33 Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL; Ben Yang, Warren NJ 16.92 Lyle Supp, Morgan Hill CA 34 Paul Hattis, Newton MA; James Orleans, Boca Raton FL 16.48 WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY KNOCKOUT 4 35 Mark Marty, Oakley CA; Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA 16.44 14 Tables 36 Matthew Gordon, Northport NY; Tim Archdeacon, Oyster Bay NY 15.69 15.69 1 Jill Howard, New York NY; Lisa Hebert - 37 William Seager - Jean Seager, Coronado CA 13.85 Maxine Etkin, Ottawa ON; Nancy Marshall, Edgewater NJ 38 Qiang Zhang - Serena Guo, Dublin CA 13.58 10.98 2 Susan Morse-Lebow, Los Angeles CA; 39 Elizabeth Strasen, Petaluma CA; Stacie Bowman, Sunnyvale CA 13.22 Loretta Dimitruck, Alameda CA; Samantha Macdouglas - Brian 40 Bridget Poizner, San Diego CA; Arda Kabaca, Toronto ON 13.08 Reynolds, Canoga Park CA 6.28 3/4 Penny Bourne - Jonathan Bourne - Dianne 41 Robert Haas - Michael Haas, Haddonfield NJ 6.78 Crunk, Mammoth Lakes CA; Grace Lohr, Bishop CA 42 Thomas Rush, Houston TX; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 5.23 6.28 3/4 Anthony Muller, Pebble Beach CA; Joyce 43 Scott Chupack - JC Chupack, Seattle WA 5.13 Newell, Monterey CA; Glenn Chee - David Ow, Salinas CA 44 Ralph Tribbey, Escondido CA; Rodolfo Veinbergs, San Diego CA 4.50 45 Tom McKenna, Hillsboro OR; Dalia Hernandez, Long Beach CA 4.38 46 Anne Atwood, Richmond VA; Daria Snider, Gum Spring VA 3.80 47 Philip Kuhn - Jennifer Kuhn, San Mateo CA 3.74 48 Edward Easley, Sacramento CA; Janet Crossley, San Rafael CA 3.30 49 Patricia Foutz, Christiansburg VA; Frank Wharton, London, England 2.69 50 John Prance - Clarende Duby, Calgary AB 1.35 51 Frank Hsieh - Gianni Hsieh, Sammamish WA 1.10 52 Yoonji Kim, Etobicoke ON; Laurie Carr, Honolulu HI 0.00 FRIDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 16.0 Tables A B C 5.63 1 Paul Lewis, White Plains NY; Faye Marino, Greenwich CT 61.11% 4.77 2 1 Harrison Luba, Lynnfield MA; Bo Han Zhu, Oakville ON 60.69% 3.58 3 2 Richard Jeng, Johns Creek GA; Brent Xiao, Fremont CA 59.72% 2.38 4 Robert Carroll - Sandra Carroll, Los Angeles CA 58.89% 2.35 5/6 3/4 Teryl Burke, Thousand Oaks CA; Margaret Bissell, Westlake Village CA 58.47% 2.45 5/6 3/4 1 Jonathan Bourne - Penny Bourne, Mammoth Lakes CA 58.47% 1.52 7 George Bleskachek, Eau Claire WI; Tony Ames, Minnetonka MN 57.64% 1.53 5 Vicky Smith, Minnetonka MN; Richard Cottle, Saint Paul MN 56.11% 1.13 6 Ethan Wood, Dover MA; Robin Hillyard, Carlisle MA 53.06% 1.84 2 Richard Jacoby, Stamford CT; Jackie Scott, Norwalk CT 48.61% Your member benefits just got 1.38 3 Cindy Daugherty - Pat Ingoglia, Sacramento CA 43.19% better! The ACBL member perks program features local and FRIDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS nationwide discounts on 13.0 Tables popular brands. A B C 3.45 1 Enriqueta Belden, Mexico; Elsa Manzotti, Mexico 70.71% 3.12 2 1 1 William Scott, Medford MA; Jeffrey Silver, Pasadena CA 62.40% 10% off at Baron Barclay 2.34 3 2 Susan Papilion, Foster City CA; Jo Streich, San Francisco CA 60.30% 1.76 4 3 Nancy Perlotto - Beth McCart, Henderson NV 59.97% 25% off Papa John’s Pizza 1.09 5 Carolyn Loe - Gretchen Filer, Benicia CA 59.42% 15% off Jiffy Lube services 1.32 6 4 Jodi Biederer - Gary Biederer, Deerfield IL 55.28% 1.80 5 2 Joseph Johnson - Diane Johnson, Santa Barbara CA 53.42% up to 30% off movie theater tickets 0.74 6 Mary Blanchard - Gale Haywood, Henderson NV 53.28% Oce Depot discounts on copies 1.35 3 Margaret Trader, Chula Vista CA; Jane Houston Jones, Monrovia CA 52.11% and more in-store 1.01 4 Catherine Brazelton, Walnut Creek CA; Judith Nunn, Auburn AL 51.43% 0.76 5 Karen Coble - Malgorzata Koziol, Las Vegas NV 51.04%

Log in to your MyACBL FRIDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS account and take advantage of 6.0 Tables these great perks today! A B C 1.87 1 1 Bertha Benavides, Mexico; Adriana Quintanilla, Mexico 58.33% 1.40 2 2 Benjamin Darnell, San Jose CA; Ariel Flaster, Menlo Park CA 56.67% 1.34 3/4 3 1 Glenn Heath - Melissa Riezler, Las Vegas NV 55.00% acbl.org/perks 0.92 3/4 Candace Wilkes - Coralie Wilkes, Walnut Creek CA 55.00% 0.68 4 Linda Plein - Len Boscarine, Albuquerque NM 52.92% 1.01 2 Lawrence Hershoff - Alan Suvalle, Sunset Beach NC 50.42% Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 27, 2019 Page 7

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS THURSDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT 1 30.0 Tables 10 Tables A B C 19.10 1 Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Robb Gordon, Prescott AZ; Richard 8.67 1 Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw, Poland; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL 66.92% Colker, Wheaton MD 6.50 2 1 Heather Bakhshi, London, England; Claire Robinson, London 64.77% 13.37 2 Patrick Huang, Taiwan; Yu Wei Wu 4.88 3 Romeo Bodrogi-Podoaba, Houston TX; Stephen Moese, West Chester OH 62.46% - Jie Li, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; Xin Li, People’s 4.71 4 2 Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL; Julie McLaughlin, Atlanta GA 60.38% Republic of China 3.53 5 3 Thorbjorn Svihus, Norway; Reidar Nordbo, Norway 58.85% 8.60 3 Jan Kamras, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sanna 3.27 6 4 Peter Cheung, Fremont CA; Marusa Gold, London, England 57.23% Clementsson - Emanuel Unge, Stockholm, Sweden; Erika Rodin, Enskede, Sweden 2.45 7/8 5 1 John Garritsen - Rose Garritsen, Toronto ON 57.15% 6.69 4 Marie-France Benoit, Gatineau CD; Barbara 1.99 7/8 Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY; Claire Alpert, Miami FL 57.15% Doran, Silver Spring MD; Carol Akers Paterson - Donald 1.53 6 Jack Bierig, Chicago IL; Gail Shaps, Northbrook IL 56.85% Paterson, Memphis TN 1.12 7 Eli Jolley, Chicago IL; Shailesh Gupta, Aliso Viejo CA 55.15% 1.84 2 Jane Marland, Switzerland Switzerland; Pierre Fougerouse, France 53.38% THURSDAY COMPACT KNOCKOUT 2 10 Tables 1.38 3 Marilyn Philips - Ivor Philips, Bellevue WA 50.23% 8.68 1 Jon Rayden - Donald Cohn, Los Altos CA; Richard Herzog - Susan Zhang, Los Altos Hills CA WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE SERIES - FINAL 6.08 2 Don Rogers - Tomoko Rogers, Reno NV; 88.75 Tables / Based on 38 Tables Robert Steigmann - Sherry Steigmann, Urbana IL 19.20 1 Gregory Vernon, Ridgecrest CA 128.08% 3.91 3 Jim Murphy - Chris Murphy - Helen Dillen - 16.25 2/3 Virginia Reinier, Lubbock TX 127.12% Gamil Tadros, Calgary AB 3.04 4 Paul Lindauer, Chicago IL; Patricia Coontz, 16.25 2/3 Sandra Krahmer, Lubbock TX 127.12% Meridian ID; Jack Hawks, Walnut Creek CA; Helen McCourt, 7.90 4/5 Barbara Seagram, Toronto ON 120.68% Las Vegas NV 7.90 4/5 Alex Kornel, Toronto ON 120.68% 5.65 6 Barbara Mikkelson, Las Vegas NV 116.85% THURSDAY NIGHT ZIP KNOCKOUT 5.84 7 Judy Fendrick, Marietta GA 116.47% 16 Tables 7.86 8/9 Rose Garritsen, Toronto ON 114.30% 4.85 1 Qucheng Gong, Newark CA; Edmund Wu, San Francisco CA; Jesse Chao, Oakland CA; Michael Rosen, 7.86 8/9 John Garritsen, Toronto ON 114.30% Palo Alto CA 4.72 10/11 Richard Perreault, North Salt Lake UT 113.69% 3.40 2 Marley Cedrone, Framingham MA; Zach 4.72 10/11 Dawn Perreault, North Salt Lake UT 113.69% Posternak, Sharon MA; Sally K Matthews, Norwood MA; 4.04 12/13 Julie McLaughlin, Atlanta GA 112.88% Randall Ray, Wrentham MA; Ethan Wood, Dover MA 4.04 12/13 Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL 112.88% 1.94 3/4 Eric Robinson, Park City UT; Michael Berkowitz, Brooklyn NY; David Moss, New York NY; Jennifer 2.56 14 Lily Johannessen, Honolulu HI 111.35% Krueger, Rosedale MD 4.55 15 Giorgio Casinovi, Tucker GA 110.70% 1.94 3/4 Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Sarah 2.54 16/17 Margaret Wahlborg, Santa Barbara CA 110.66% Youngquist, Palo Alto CA; Nicholas Koskelo, Claremont CA; 2.54 16/17 N. Dennis Berg, Santa Barbara CA 110.66% Jacob Freeman, Toronto ON 1.97 18/19 Allyson Farrell, Visalia CA 107.87% 1.97 18/19 Robert Rouch Jr., Visalia CA 107.87% FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 9 Tables Gary Peterson, Marlborough MA; Ann Johnson, Framingham FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT 1 FRIDAY-SATURDAY KNOCKOUT 2 MA; Christine Pettingell, Everett MA; Ulla Winkler, Somerville 9 Tables 9 Tables MA Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ; John McKethen - Eleanor Furtak Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; Libby Tomar, vs - Dan Faulkner, Tucson AZ Kailua HI; Shelly Hershberger, Kailua Kona HI Gayle Tunnell - James Tunnell, San Francisco CA; Robert Bixby vs vs - Diane Bixby, Tucson AZ David Milton, Herndon VA; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT; Bill St. Jianping Xu - Anyi Zhao, Alhambra CA; Jeanne Dea, Sierra Clair, Houston TX; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD Madre CA; Sandra Rucker, San Gabriel CA Stanley Littlefield, Maitland FL; Nancy Conger, Long Beach CA; Liga Byrne, Austin TX; Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI Joseph Shull, New Haven IN; Michael Clegg, Fort Wayne IN; H. Lyle Supp, Morgan Hill CA; Ron Schwarer, Pismo Beach CA; vs Louis Nimnicht, Crown Point IN; Steven Watson, Schererville IN Gayle Larson, San Luis Obispo CA; Patrick Howlett, Nipomo CA Al Spaet, Tucson AZ; Philip Jones, Woodland Hills CA; Deborah vs vs Goldsmith, San Diego CA; Kay Merrick, Sykesville MD Jon Downing, Solihull England; Julian Wernick - Liam Jon Rayden - Donald Cohn, Los Altos CA; Richard Herzog - Johnstone, Birmingham England; Meg Andrews, San Francisco Susan Zhang, Los Altos Hills CA CA

he Golden Gate opens to welcome the bridge world Nov. 28–Dec. 8, when San Francisco hosts the Fall NABC. T There’s a seat for you at the table, whatever your bridge level, and with events starting morning, afternoon, evening and night, you can just relax and immerse yourself in the game. Looking for a partner or team? The Partnership Desk onsite is happy to oblige. The Soloway Knockout Teams debuts at the Fall 2019 NABC. Named in hon- or of late Hall of Famer , the top-tier event begins with a two-day Swiss qualifying round to reduce the field to 32 squads, followed by five days of head-to-head knockout matches to crown a single winner. The contest awards platinum points, which are even available from match awards in the Swiss qualifier. The SF Intermediate/Newcomer scene is buzzing! Games most every day at 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. provide a comfortable place to play against people who have similar experience. Preceding the morning and evening games, well- known bridge players present a short chalk talk designed to enhance players’ understanding of a useful concept or convention. Friendly, experienced bridge-playing volunteers are available before and after the games to look at a problem hand with you or talk over a tough auction. On the first Saturday and Sunday of the tournament, renowned teachers offer free, two-hour lessons followed by a game. Come, learn from the best!

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Call onPeak at 855–992–3353 or email [email protected] to reserve a room. You can also book online at acbl.org. Check the ACBL website for the latest housing information.

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See acbl.org/nabc for complete information. Page 8 Saturday, July 27, 2019 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT OPEN PAIRS Easy when you know how 49.5 Tables / Based on 130 Tables By Barry Rigal A B C This deal comes from the second qualifying 40.57 1 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia, Bulgaria 61.02% 30.43 2 Shome Mukherjee, Braintree MA; Lew Gamerman, Randolph MA 60.91% session of the Mixed BAM Teams: 22.82 3 Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 60.09% Dlr: West ♠ 10 6 4 17.12 4 Michael Schreiber - Amy Downing, Plano TX 58.81% Vul: None ♥ K J 7 5 4 2 13.52 5 Nie Lih Kalat - Edward Spear, Sarasota FL 58.42% Bd: 8 ♦ 8 5 11.59 6 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Marta Monheim, West Hills CA 57.90% ♣ 6 3 10.14 7 Neil Montague - Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA 57.85% ♠ 7 3 2 ♠ A K Q J 9 8 5 9.02 8 John Koch, Saint Cloud MN; Terry Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN 57.61% ♥ A 10 3 ♥ 8 8.11 9 P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC; Cecil Crowson Jr., Mexico 57.35% ♦ K Q ♦ A J 9 3 7.38 10 Stanford Holzberg, Sherman Oaks CA; Michael Edwards, Rock Island IL 57.12% ♣ A K 10 9 4 ♣ J 6.76 11 Robert Buchanan, Arlington TX; Tomi Storey, Frisco TX 57.10% ♠ — 6.24 12 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 57.10% 15.21 13 1 Phillip Yorston, Abiquiu NM; Scott McClure, Greenwood Village CO 56.73% ♥ Q 9 6 11.41 14 2 Tim Benoit, Esbon KS; Cheryl Haines, Half Moon Bay CA 56.34% ♦ 10 7 6 4 2 5.07 15 Laurie Rowe, Eugene OR; Scott Hiller, FL 56.32% ♣ Q 8 7 5 2 4.77 16 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA 55.74% 4.96 17 Mary Tenenbaum - Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 55.73% You want to reach 7NT as East-West, but 4.27 18 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; William Rogers, Santa Fe NM 55.67% identifying the key cards isn’t easy. 8.56 19 3 Aaron Cavender, Sandy UT; Steven Towner, Salt Lake City UT 55.66% Tanaaz Timblo (West) and Jay Patel (East) bid 6.42 20 4 Randolph Hammock - Paul Allman, Los Angeles CA 55.62% this in enterprising fashion: 5.07 21 5 Carol Warner, Phoenix AZ; Anne Casey, Sun Lakes AZ 55.61% West East 6.06 22 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; Linda Gross Halpern, Manhasset NY 55.60% 1NT 2NT* 3.47 23 Ronald Wilson, Mississauga ON; Andrew Firko, Oakville ON 55.58% 4.96 24 Robert White, Raleigh NC; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA 55.56% 3♦ 4NT 3.12 25 Harriette Buckman, Sarasota FL; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS 55.52% 5♦ 5♥ 4.35 6 Daniel Kroll - Misook Jung, Berkeley CA 54.76% 6♣ 7NT 3.80 7 Lon Sunshine, Merrimack NH; Stephen McDevitt, Medford MA 53.75% Pass 6.90 8 1 William Cook, Twin Falls ID; Clyde Coon, Boise ID 53.39% Patel’s 2NT showed six or more diamonds (!). 5.18 9 2 Jay Segal, New York NY; Greg Berry, St. George UT 53.13% 4NT was RKCB for diamonds, 5♦ showed zero 3.47 10 Spencer Carr, Broomfield CO; William Brackett, Longmont CO 52.51% or three key cards, 5♥ was the queen-ask, and 6♣ 3.88 11 3 David Johnson, Milledgeville GA; Michael Baker, Adamsville RI 52.48% promised the ♦Q and the ♣K. From there, Patel 2.34 12 E. Melnick - M Melnick, Hilton Head SC 50.69% could count 14 tricks. 2.91 13 4 Michael Kiernan - Maureen Kiernan, West Fargo ND 50.49% 2.30 5 Susan Woodrow, Waterford MI; Steven Bruns, Honolulu HI 48.39% 1.97 6 John Bakovic, Springfield VA; Richard Bakovic, San Pedro CA 47.86% WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KNOCKOUT 1.73 7 Joan Jones, Whitehall MT; Joanne Braun, Butte MT 46.89% 9 Tables 18.37 1 Paul Holmes, Wadsworth OH; Eric Gettleman, FRIDAY DAYLIGHT SWISS TEAMS Ellicott City MD; Avram Ninyo - Susan Ninyo, Rancho Santa Fe 74 Tables CA A B C 12.86 2 Donald Caplin, Waltham MA; Daniel AlbertRozenberg, Cambridge MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville 30.41 1 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Craig Kavin, Newbury Park CA; MA; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN Joseph Machotka, Delray Beach FL; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 129.00 8.27 3 Gail Steffan - Margaret Wahlborg - N Dennis 22.81 2 1 Paul Dahlman, Las Vegas NV; David Feldman - Laura Tolkow - Uday Berg - Julie Nadel, Santa Barbara CA Ivatury - Bonnie Gellas, New York NY 118.00 17.11 3 Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ; Sohail Hasan, Harwich MA; Kerry Kappell, Sunnyside NY 113.00 12.83 4 2 Giorgia Botta, Brooklyn NY; Melissa Fawer - Robert Barrington, New York NY; H. Hunt, Kiawah Island SC 110.00 10.14 5 , Las Vegas NV; Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Bill Parks, Phoenix AZ; Anton (Tony) Haddad, Houston TX; Marilyn Adams, Beaumont TX 105.00 8.15 6/7 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; David Yoon, Bayside NY; Andrew Russell, St. Catharines ON; Susan Cooper, Thornhill ON 103.00 8.15 6/7 Radu Nistor - Raluca Dobrescu, Woodside NY; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON 103.00 5.86 8/11 Michael Keller, Yellowstone National Park WY; Michael Boreson, Kalispell MT; Catherine Brown, Bigfork MT; Tim Spencer, Great Falls MT 102.00 5.86 8/11 J. Melvin Norton, Burlington ON; Doug Andrews, Etobicoke ON; Debbie Feldman - Christopher Cowan, Oakville ON 102.00 9.62 8/11 3 Allan Palansky, Henderson NV; David Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA; Neal Kleiner, San Pedro CA; David Peim, Torrance CA 102.00 5.86 8/11 Robert Kuhnreich - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY; Gregory Woods, Westport CT; Dean Panagopoulos, Lynn MA 102.00 4.68 12 Nicholas Hartung, Astoria NY; Peter Merker, Mentor OH; Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY 100.00 4.20 13/14 Arnold Kohn - Fredric Weiner, Monroe Township NJ; Haskell Deutsch, Henderson NV; Martin Robins, Delray Beach FL 98.00 7.21 13/14 4 Joanne Pransky, Kenwood CA; Jori Grossack, Waban MA; Suellen Solodar, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Howard Sloan, Delray Beach FL 98.00 3.80 15 Jan Kamras, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sanna Clementsson - Emanuel Unge, Stockholm, Sweden; Erika Rodin, Sweden 95.00 5.70 16 5 Denise Leclerc - Yves Decelles - Sylvie Levesque - Luc Gagnon, Baie-Comeau QC 94.00 4.89 17 6 Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; Ginny Curtis, Citrus Heights CA; Virginia Kellermeyer - Jefri Donovan, Reno NV 93.00 3.20 18 Harry Elliott, Cypress TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX; Lily Andre - James Andre, Mercer Island WA 91.00 5.67 19 7 1 Rose Hou, Richmond Hill ON; Mingmin Zhu, Mississauga ON; Yongtao Li, Toronto ON; Yuan Li, Markham ON 90.00 3.80 8 Perry Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV; Jonathan Howe, Sag Harbor NY; Hubert Howe Jr, Westhampton NY 89.00 3.42 9 John Dickenson, North Wales PA; Lisa Mita, Berwyn PA; Susan Morse, Flourtown PA; Alison Shoemaker, Wyndmoor PA 87.00 2.86 10/12 Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN; Bert Sheldon, Houston TX; Margot Hirsch, Fort Worth TX; Pat Ramsey, Stephenville TX 86.00 2.86 10/12 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA; Michael Newman - Sherry Newman, Encino CA 86.00 4.25 10/12 2 Donald Parsons - Susan Powell - Catherine Johnson - Kats Cannell, Reno NV 86.00 Saturday, July 27, 2019 Volume 11, Number 3 Daily Bulletin 2019 Youth NABC Editor: Chip Dombrowski Sons of famed dads playing in YNABC time he started playing in proper games at 13, he Youth pairs had a solid understanding of bidding. When Anders, 14, started learning at age 7 in Norway, he didn’t need anyone to talk him into it. “I wanted to do it,” he said. When he started playing, his initial impression was that it was a lot of fun. “I play sometimes on the internet and once a week in the club.” Zain was playing once a week while he was in secondary school at Eton College outside London, but he graduated recently and hasn’t been playing as much since. He also plays online on FunBridge. He’s been to tournaments in France and won some at school, but it’s his first time at an American tournament. Boye Brogeland, left, Anders Brogeland, Zain Anders has also been to European tournaments Mahmood and . These two and played at the 2017 Fall NABC in San Diego, world-class players brought their sons to play where he picked up 3.71 platinum points in the in the Youth NABC. Keohane North American Swiss Teams. Last It’s their first time playing in a Youth NABC, year, he won the Kids Pairs at the European Youth but these players already have famous names. Championships. Zain Mahmood and Anders Brogeland are the Zain and Anders have known each other for six sons of world champions Zia Mahmood and Boye years, but the last time they were at a table together Brogeland. Both learned bridge young. before last week was five years ago in Biarritz, “I’ve been playing all my life,” said Zain, 18, of France, where they played one round against each Michael Hu and Arthur Zhou of San Jose CA London. It started so early he didn’t have much of other in a team event. won the Baron Barclay National Youth Open a choice about it. “It was mostly my mom. My dad They recently formed a partnership and have Pairs. See additional results inside. would try to teach me and would go straight to the hit it off with great results, playing in 299er games advanced stuff.” before the Youth NABC started. Last Friday, in Zain’s mother, Emma, started him out on other their first game, they scored 72%. They played trick-taking games at first – no bidding. He doesn’t again Wednesday night and won again with 65.8%. Dealing out a remember when he started learning that. But by the continued on Youth back page big 'thank you' Student, teacher learn together to our Thirteen-year-old Nya Runde of Altamonte What made the Springs FL was first introduced to bridge by her experience of learning teacher, Diana Cowan, three years ago. The sixth- bridge extra special grade history teacher was starting a bridge program for Runde was that for her students and thought Runde would excel at her teacher Cowan – the game. who had been raised “I remember walking into class one day and in a bridge-playing hearing her announce that she was starting a new household but had club that would meet the next morning,” Runde never learned how said. “I was intrigued by the idea of bridge and to play – sat in on decided to give it a try.” the classes to learn She was immediately hooked with the the intricacies of complexities of the game. the games with her Nya Runde started “Bridge is addictive,” she said. “It’s not like students. taking bridge classes playing video games, because you have to develop “It was pretty nice three years ago with strategies.” because we got to play her sixth-grade history The class was taught by Barbara Steiner, a together and were teacher. bridge teacher based in the Orlando area. Steiner on the same level,” she said. “We made mistakes praised the high school freshman’s demeanor at the together, but we also learned together.” table. Runde’s first Youth NABC was the 2018 DARON “Nya’s such a good little player, and she just tournament in Atlanta, where she played in the .WARCLAY fell in love with the game,” she said. “She is the Cardrook Pairs events for novice players. At first, BRIDGE SUPPLY sweetest thing and will play with anyone; she’s she was taken aback by the large number of juniors truly the epitome of sportsmanship.” continued on Youth inside page YOUTH NORTH AMERICAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE All games are in the Brera Ballroom, third floor Saturday, July 27 Cardrook Pairs are games designed for less- 10 a.m. & National Youth Swiss Teams experienced players. 2 p.m. Two sessions (one qualifying Youth Award Ceremony and one final). Players must be Saturday, July 27, at 5:30 p.m. available for both sessions. Including Sportsmanship 10 a.m. Cardrook Pairs (single session) Award, Baron Barclay Youth Pairs Scholarship ATTENDANCE 2 p.m. Cardrook Pairs (single session) and National Swiss Teams Scholarship through Friday Consolation Swiss Teams (single Condessa 5, second floor session) 219 tables YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC Consolation Open Pairs Cardrook Pairs

First overall: Nicole Qian and First in B and C: Derrick Zhao and Anthony Guan and Eric Guan Eric He and Edward He were first Sharon Mi Caroline Zhao were first overall in all flights in overall in A and B in the afternoon. the morning and first in C in the afternoon.

Second in B: Nathan Chow and Second overall, morning Cardrook Second in B, morning: Nancy Yu Second in C, morning: Preston Helen Chow Pairs: Justin Dapoah and Momo and Joey Qi Woods and (not pictured) Jessica Sacko Lily Kies

Nya continued from Youth front page competing in the tournament, but she was excited by the diversity of the players. “It’s amazing because it’s a whole group of people from all different backgrounds united by this one sport,” she said. This year, Runde moved up to compete in the These players Baron Barclay National Youth Open Pairs with won section Nathan Bedell, a fellow bridge player involved tops in the in Florida’s youth bridge program. While they Morning didn’t qualify for the final session Friday, they got Cardrook Pairs. a Flight B/C section top in the Consolation Pairs, which came as a surprise to Runde. “I was really surprised to hear the results,” she said. “There’s a lot of tough competition this year, so to be able to do well in the open event was so exciting.”

These players won section tops in the Afternoon Cardrook Pairs.

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BARON BARCLAY NATIONAL YOUTH OPEN PAIRS 20.0 Tables / Based on 39 Tables A B C Baron Barclay 16.66 1 1 1 Arthur Zhou - Michael Hu, San Jose CA 70.41% 12.50 2 S. Reese Koppel, Metairie LA; Michael Xu, Palo Alto CA 67.77% Youth Pairs 9.37 3 Katherine Yang, Scarborough ON; Yolanda Ling, Markham ON 67.23% 7.03 4 2 2 Rory Xiao, Fremont CA; Brandon Ge, Cupertino CA 63.56% 5.55 5 Samuel Li, North York ON; Han Wu, Markham ON 63.00% 4.76 6 3 3 YuQi Wen - Baozhuo Jiang, Beijing People’s Republic of China 61.96% 4.17 7 Darwin Li, Richmond Hill ON; Michael Serafini, Calgary AB 61.88% 3.70 8 4 4 Miranda Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA; Olivia Schireson, Stanford CA 60.08% 3.33 9 Garrett Liu - Hao Li, Oakville ON 59.02% 3.03 10 5 Yufan Liao, Beijing China; Yuchen Xu, Nashville TN 59.00% 2.93 11 6 5 Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON; Olivia Laufer, Toronto ON 58.93% 2.56 12 Lauren Liu, Princeton NJ; Brandon Fong, Mount Laurel NJ 57.54% 2.38 13 7 Carl Marco - Eric Berenblit, Palm Coast FL 55.73% 2.22 14 8 Arthur Gong - Nathan Gong, Sammamish WA 55.23% 2.52 15 9 6 Jaan Srimurthy, Brookline MA; Jonathan Yue, San Jose CA 54.02% 1.96 16 10 Kayden Ge, Cupertino CA; Charlie Chen, San Jose CA 53.99% 1.85 17 Jonathan Shi - Lucas Huang, Palo Alto CA 52.78% 1.75 18 11 Alex Zheng - Michael Zheng, San Jose CA 52.78% 1.67 19 Daren Liu - Tyler Mu, Williamsville NY 52.37% 1.59 20 Hao Hao Chen - Shi Chen, Hinsdale IL 52.28% First overall, all flights: Michael Hu and Arthur FRIDAY AFTERNOON CONSOLATION YOUTH PAIRS Zhou 15.0 Tables A B C 4.33 1 Sharon Mi, Mississauga ON; Nicole Qian, Gainesville FL 78.03% 3.25 2 Chia Hung Tang, Cerritos CA; Andy Zhang, Arcadia CA 70.57% 2.44 3 Brian Zhang, Dublin CA; Andrew Chen, San Jose CA 65.15% 1.83 4 1 1 Derrick Zhao - Caroline Zhao, Westfield NJ 61.76% 1.37 5 Katherine Hwang, New York NY; Avery Silverstein, Ridgefield CT 61.56% 1.68 6 2 Helen Chow - Nathan Chow, San Francisco CA 59.77% 1.11 3 Liying Wu - Lena Heng, Palm Coast FL 57.74% 1.07 4 2 Gary Zeng - Kyle Lin, San Francisco CA 53.84% 0.80 5 3 Gareth Cooper, Smiths Bermuda; Maximilian , St. George Bermuda 53.75% 0.84 6 4 Aidan Silber - Amy Doyle, Seattle WA 51.10% 0.56 5 Nya Runde, Altamonte Springs FL; Nathan Bedell, Apopka FL 50.38%

FRIDAY MORNING CARDROOK PAIRS 20.0 Tables A B C 2.44 1 1 1 Anthony Guan - Eric Guan, San Francisco CA 68.33% 1.83 2 Momo Sacko - Justin Dapoah, Orange NJ 67.83% 1.40 3 2 Nancy Yu - Joey Qi, San Francisco CA 64.35% 1.03 4 Kyle Lin - Gary Zeng, San Francisco CA 64.00% Second overall: Reese Koppel and Michael Xu 0.77 5 Daque Davis - Michae Skinner, Pembroke Bermuda 61.67% 1.05 6 3 Eric He - Edward He, Bellevue WA 60.00% 0.96 4 2 Jessica Lily Kies, Los Angeles CA; Preston Woods, Oklahoma City OK 58.00% 0.59 5 Precious Onyeagocha - Rahshanae Williams, Orange NJ 57.85% 0.49 6 Divine Onyeagocha, Orange NJ; Mathew Xie, Los Angeles CA 57.50% 0.72 3 Nathan Soong, Longwood FL; Madelyn Bedell, Apopka FL 56.17% 0.54 4 Nolan Balocki - Eddy Qi, San Francisco CA 54.17%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON CARDROOK PAIRS 20.0 Tables A B C 2.44 1 1 Eric He - Edward He, Bellevue WA 81.57% 1.83 2 2 1 Anthony Guan - Eric Guan, San Francisco CA 77.67% 1.37 3 Ashton Avant - Kyle Alves, Palm Coast FL 72.50% 1.05 4 3 Jerry Yao, Millstone NJ; Michael Hu, Plainsboro NJ 70.67% 0.96 5 4 2 Leo Wang - Nicholas Wang, Redmond WA 66.33% 0.60 6 Munachiso Iherobiem - Marquis Douglas, Orange NJ 64.50% 0.72 5 3 Keith Lin - Victorin Chen, San Francisco CA 57.85% 0.54 6 4 Preston Woods, Oklahoma City OK; Helen Zhang, Ottawa ON 57.45%

Third overall: Yolanda Ling and Katherine Yang

Magic man Bridge teacher Norman Beck entertains Youth NABC players with magic tricks during Friday’s lunch break.

Second in B and C: Brandon Ge and Rory Xiao

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Sons continued from Youth front page Why did you stick with bridge? During lunchtime at the Youth NABC, we asked players this question: After you learned enough about bridge to get the hang of it, why did you stick with it?

“I like how every “Because I knew it “I think it was “It was a way to Zia Mahmood with son Zain back when he day you learn something would help me get better because our grandparents connect with my dad. He was a small child. new. The more you play, in life. And so I can meet spent $2000 on taught me a few years The ACBL’s Stephanie Threlkeld, who oversees the more you learn.” new people and make Carlinville Bridge Camp. ago. It’s a way for us to the Youth NABC, found out how well they play first Michae Skinner, 17 new friends.” We felt like we ought bond.” hand. “I played against them in the I/N room and Bermuda Marquis Douglas, 12 to.” Lauren Liu, 16 they creamed us,” she said. “They were very nice Orange NJ Shane Johnson, 12 Princeton NJ but they beat us unmercifully.” Santa Barbara CA Here are a couple of deals from Wednesday night’s game. Dlr: East ♠ Q 9 6 2 Vul: N-S ♥ 5 2 ♦ J 6 4 2 ♣ 9 5 4 ♠ A J 4 ♠ K 10 7 ♥ A K 7 3 ♥ J 10 4 ♦ A 8 ♦ K Q 7 5 ♣ Q J 7 3 ♣ K 8 2 ♠ 8 5 3 “I was 6 at the time, “Mainly because my “I started in a “The people were ♥ Q 9 8 6 so I just did whatever parents wanted me to school bridge program. pretty cool. I talk a lot. ♦ 10 9 3 my dad said. After I got play a game that barely Everyone quit because I make friends playing ♣ A 10 6 more experienced, I got any kids play. I started it was so hard. I wanted bridge. Also, my West North East South more interested in it.” when I was 6. I didn’t to show them what they grandmother plays, so Zain Anders Ryan Tock, 13 want to do it – I thought were missing out on.” I have something to do 1♦ Pass Mountain View CA I had better things to Albena-Maria Vassileva, with her.” 1♥ Pass 1NT Pass do. When I got older, I 17 Katarina Rance, 15 4NT Pass 6NT All Pass started to like it more.” North Bay ON Bermuda After Anders opened and showed a balanced Joaquin Reid, 12 minimum, Zain made a quantitative raise, asking Houston TX Anders to go to slam if he was at the top of his 12– 14 range. Despite holding a flat, aceless minimum, Anders accepted. South led the ♣A and continued with a club. Anders won the king and cashed two more clubs, pitching a spade. North discarded the ♥2 and South the ♦3. Anders then played three rounds of diamonds, pitching a heart (and South a spade). He then finessed a heart and, when it held, cashed two more hearts. On the last heart, North was squeezed in spades and diamonds. He let go of his diamond winner, making declarer’s ♦7 good for the last trick. “It’s kind of relaxing “Because I had “I just like it. I like “Because it was They tied for a top on the board. for me. I can clear my nothing else to do. It was bidding. Bidding is fun.” Dlr: South ♠ Q 7 6 head.” fun.” interesting.” Nicole Qian, 13 Vul: N-S ♥ K 6 2 Meredith Burkett, 16 Quan Nguyen, 17 Jaan Srimurthy, 13 Gainesville FL ♦ 8 6 5 Orlando FL Palo Alto CA Brookline MA ♣ A Q 10 3 ♠ A J 9 5 3 ♠ K 10 4 2 ♥ Q J 4 3 ♥ 9 ♦ A 7 3 ♦ K Q J 2 ♣ 4 ♣ J 9 8 5 ♠ 8 ♥ A 10 8 7 5 ♦ 10 9 4 ♣ K 7 6 2 West North East South Zain Anders “I really enjoyed “Cause I enjoyed it. “My family is very “My teacher was Pass playing it. I thought It’s a good challenge. It into cards. I wanted to pretty cool. It was a 1♠ Pass 4♠ All Pass it was interesting. My gives you something for live that type of dream fun game that I thought North led a low heart to the ace, and a heart family plays.” your mind.” with them.” would be cool to learn came back to the queen, king and a ruff. Zain now Amy Doyle, 17 Carlos Dezza, 17 Katelyn Mitchell, 13 and get better at it.” played a spade to the ace and guessed to finesse to Dublin, Ireland Palm Coast FL Seattle WA Brett Baumgartner, 15 the ♠10. After cashing the ♠K, he ran four rounds of Bermuda diamonds, pitching his lone club. South let go of too many hearts, so Zain scored the ♥4 at the end for 12 tricks and a cold top. Anders said he likes playing with Zain. “He’s See more photos in Sunday’s good.” Youth Daily Bulletin YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC YOUTH NABC Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 27, 2019 Page 13

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(73) Lee 92 Willenken, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Netherlands; Boye 24. Verbeek 129 Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Norway 24. Verbeek 144 80.00 5/8 Lavazza: , Aarhus C Denmark; 41. Allavena w/d 9. (24) Verbeek 122 , Barcelona Spain; Philippe Cronier, France; , Torino Italy; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires 8. Lall 90 25. Wildavsky 104 Argentina; , Italy 40. Goldberg 124 80.00 5/8 Tim Verbeek, DrieBergen, Netherlands; Danny 25. (40) Goldberg 100 Molenaar, Netherlands ; Bob Drijver, Netherlands; Bart Nab, 8. Lall 148 8. Lall 135 Netherlands ; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Dano De Falco, Italy 80.00 5/8 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Nikolay 57. (72) Kolesnik 92 1. Zimmermann Demirev, Arlington Hgts IL; Piotr Wiankowski, Poland; Piotr 5. (37) Gautret Nawrocki, Warsaw, Poland; Artur Wasik - Andrzej Knap, Madrid, 5. Robinson 170 Spain 60. Gipson 72 5. Robinson w/d 50.00 9/16 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Eric Rodwell, 28. (37) Gautret 136 28. O’Rourke w/d Clearwater FL; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, 37. Gautret 135 Montclair NJ 5. (37) Gautret 118 50.00 9/16 Hemant Lall, Carrollton TX; , 12. (21) Bramley 96 21. Bramley 157 Sarasota FL; , Charlottenlund Denmark; - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; , London, 44. Flip-Flop 132 21. Bramley 144 England 12. Mittelman 115 50.00 9/16 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, 12. Mittelman 245 Taby Sweden; Antonio Palma, Portugal; Frederic Wrang, 53. (76) Sieg 149 5. (37) Gautret 25 56 96 137 Stockholm, Sweden; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad, Sweden 4. (29) Meltzer 13 22 65 89 13. Mahaffey 152 50.00 9/16 Mike Levine, Pinckney MI; , 52. (77) Hetz 79 Houston TX; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; , Plano 13. Mahaffey 81 TX; Simon De Wijs, Netherlands; Bauke Muller, Netherlands 20. Hill 110 20. Hill 157 50.00 9/16 Joyce Hill, Saint Augustine FL; Shan Huang - Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Justin Lall, Little Elm TX; Kevin 45. China Ladies 96 13. (20) Hill w/d Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 4. (29) Meltzer 160 50.00 9/16 Bart Bramley - Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Kit 29. Meltzer 106 Woolsey, Kensington CA; Nabil Edgtton, Sydney Australia; Andy 36. Rigal 102 29. Meltzer 151 Hung, Brisbane Australia; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV 50.00 9/16 Andrew Gromov - Anna Gulevich - Aleksander 4. Fleisher 144 4. Fleisher 145 Dubinin - Vadim Kholomeev - Yuri Khyuppenen - Jouri Khokhlov, 61. (68) Chu w/d Moscow, Russia 50.00 9/16 Alison Wilson, New York NY; Magdalena 2. Nickell 269 Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer ; Ida Groenkvist,, Sweden; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Mikael Groenkvist, Orebro, Sweden 63. Barrett 57 2. Nickell 144 25.00 17/32 Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip 34. Leong 135 Martel, Davis CA; Eric Greco, Northville MI; Geoff Hampson, Las 31. Lo w/d Vegas NV; Brad Moss, Denver CO 34. Leong 136 2. Nickell 109 25.00 17/32 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, 15. Spector 122 18. Lebowtiz 141 Evanston IL 47. Texan Aces 138 25.00 17/32 , Boca Raton FL; , 18. Lebowtiz 117 Gaithersburg MD; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome, Italy; 15. Spector 141 15. Spector 104 Andrea Manno, Palermo, Italy; Massimiliano Di Franco, Italy 25.00 17/32 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken 50. Carmichael w/d 2. (15) Spector 47 62 107 166 Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Poland; Ron 7. Lavazza 27 67 118 157 Pachtmann, Israel 10. Cayne 120 25.00 17/32 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Gary Cohler, 55. Rosenberg 103 10. Cayne 95 Delray Beach FL; , New York NY; Berend Van Den Bos, Netherlands; Joris van Lankveld, Netherlands; David Berkowitz, 23. Gromov 204 23. Gromov 121 Boca Raton FL 42. (57) Murphy 99 25.00 17/32 Daniel Korbel, Las Vegas NV; Jerry Stamatov 10. (23) Gromov 118 - Diyan Danailov, Sofia, Bulgaria; Peter Fredin, Malmo, Sweden; 7. Lavazza 162 26. 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3.19 3 Spencer Sun, Redwood City CA; Christopher Kolner, Eden Prairie Rosen obits MN; William Chen, Lafayette Hill PA; Jerrod Ankenman, Bala continued from page 1 Cynwyd PA 85.00 2.39 4 Stephen Mast - Holli Mast, Corning NY; Robert Babb - Laurie “he is a person who devoted his life to his family Hartline-Babb, Georgetown TX 76.00 and his job and didn’t just play bridge all the time.” 1.76 5/6 Carol Porter - Peter Serafini - Andrew Serafini, Calgary AB; In accepting the von Zedtwitz Award, Billy Roger Staneslow, Airdrie AB 75.00 joked that he felt like former President Barack 1.76 5/6 Jill Howard, New York NY; Nancy Marshall, Edgewater NJ; Nancy Obama when Obama received the Nobel Peace Thompson - Donna Neff, San Francisco CA 75.00 Prize. “I’m not quite sure I deserve it, but I’m not going to give it back.” FRIDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS In his obituary in the Chicago Tribune, his 5.5 Tables family wrote, “Billy served as a medic in the 24th A B C Infantry Division in Korea and proudly wore 2.40 1 1 Michele Greengard - Joel Greengard, Gaithersburg MD 65.00% 1.80 2 2 1 Annette Lucas, Las Vegas NV; Loren Moore, N. Las Vegas NV 60.62% his 24th Infantry baseball cap with its taro leaf 1.35 3 3 Brian Brady - Pamela Brady, Nampa ID 58.33% emblem. Billy found his calling in the stock market 1.30 4 4 2 Earl Conner, Woodbury MN; Carol McGinnis, Boise ID 57.81% and went on to become a successful floor trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. He had FRIDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS a restless spirit, an analytic mind, and a gambler’s 3.0 Tables heart. The combination ensured his victory at the A B C 1954 Bermuda Bowl. The New York Times called 1.52 1 1 Peggy Bailey, Las Vegas NV; Jackie Adell, Henderson NV 60.94% him one ‘of the greatest names in the game.’ 1.14 2 2 Alan Suvalle - Lawrence Hershoff, Sunset Beach NC 55.73% “Bill’s ambitious drive powered his happy quests later in life, when he indulged in his own FRIDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 41.0 Tables private competitions as a thin-crust pizza maker, 7 3 2 golf-club creator, bowler, rose gardener and 13.39 1 C. Michael Deaton - Patricia Dumbacher, Surprise AZ 62.12% thrift-store bargain hunter. Billy was a Cubs fan 10.04 2 William Thompson, Las Vegas NV; Daniel Thompson, Egan SD 61.28% by marriage who finally got to celebrate a World 7.53 3 Rita Wilhelmi, Bullhead City AZ; Linda Luedke, Minot ND 60.90% Series win. He never looked back and remained 6.53 4 1 1 Richard Wolfe, Calgary AB; Michael Isserman, St. Louis MO 59.71% young at heart to his last day.” 4.90 5 2 2 Phillip Brown, Atkinson NH; Eric Schultz, Sunset Beach NC 59.40% Eunice Rosen 1930-2019 3.83 6 3 Alberto Fernandez, Mexico; Patricia Cantu, San Pedro Garza Mexico 58.96% Eunice, a three-time NABC champion, died 3.35 7 Thomas Zimmerman - Claire Zimmerman, Pearland TX 58.58% June 6. She was 88. 2.98 8 George Trost - Mack Caldwell III, Key West FL 56.96% 2.68 9 Douglas Smith - Gloria Dorrance, Victoria BC 56.16% Eunice’s family penned a moving 2.43 10 Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA; Margaret Getman, St. Paul MN 55.14% remembrance: 2.23 11 Clyde Bruce Baldwin - Joan Blinn, Hollidaysburg PA 55.05% “Eunice was a true champion, a crafty winner 2.75 12 4 Terry Neuman - Jerry Neuman, Tucson AZ 55.02% whom the New York Times once called ‘one of 2.04 13/14 Barry Rauchle, San Ramon CA; Shailesh Shah, Hayward CA 55.00% the leading players in the game.’ Eunice fell in 2.63 13/14 5 3 Jane Blum, El Dorado Hills CA; Linda Hannawalt, San Francisco CA 55.00% love with one of the few people in the world who 1.67 15 Moses Liskov, Lexington MA; Lawrence Schell, Weymouth MA 54.95% could occasionally best her. Billy’s and Eunice’s 1.97 16 6 4 Anne Graves, La Jolla CA; Lifun Cohen, Solana Beach CA 54.65% passion for the game and each other fueled their 1.54 17/18 7/8 5/6 Brian Turner, Carlsbad CA; Joseph Notarangelo, Bellevue WA 53.99% 60-year romance. Theirs was a true dance of equals 2.12 17/18 7/8 5/6 Judith Sarris Edson - Helen Trop-Zell, Incline Village NV 53.99% that saw the couple twice win the Freeman Mixed 1.38 19 Marty Goodman - Bill Goodman, Troy MI 53.87% 1.31 20 9 Bonnie Scheeland, Portland OR; Deanne Takasumi, Tigard OR 53.76% Board-a-Match Teams – in 1958 and 1966. In 1.22 21 Susan Angel, Greenbrae CA; Jean Marchant, San Rafael CA 53.47% 2000, Eunice won the Whitehead Women’s Pairs 2.11 10 Sam Earnhardt - Suresh Gadad, Walnut Creek CA 53.47% playing with Joan Stein. FRIDAY OPEN PAIRS “From the beginning, Eunice used a sharp 36.0 Tables intellect and relentless drive to leap over barriers A B C of convention. She graduated high school at 16, 23.00 1 George Bleskachek, Eau Claire WI; Tony Ames, Minnetonka MN 62.01% majored in math at the University of Chicago, and 17.25 2 Peter J. Boyd-Bowman, Greensboro NC; Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC 61.46% edited the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Her 12.94 3 Nunzio Martorina, Laguna Woods CA; Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA 60.16% favorite book was the dictionary. Words were her 9.70 4 David McLellan - Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON 59.64% refuge, conversation was her delight, and the world 8.41 5 Nancy Schwantes, Las Vegas NV; Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY 58.41% of ideas was her highest aspiration. 6.57 6 Susan Schnelwar - Iulian Rotaru, New York NY 57.55% “She loved her Cubbies so much she fought 5.75 7 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, San Anselmo CA 57.39% and defeated an assault on her season tickets with 5.11 8 Larry Hayslip, Pooler GA; George Subt, Southampton NJ 56.87% 4.39 9/10 Ann Nordeng - Richard Nordeng, Waunakee WI 55.60% legal action. She adored her family, classical music, 4.39 9/10 William Arlinghaus, Meridian MS; Gene Benedict, Toledo OH 55.60% England, lamb chops with mint jelly, and a good 3.83 11 Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL; Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA 54.86% gin and tonic. 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West North East South West North East South Spingold round of 64: Nowak Stamatov Strzemecki Danilov Amoils Gandoglia Fredin Cima 1♣ 1♦ 2♦ (1) 2♠ Pass Korbel vs. Rippey 3♥ 3♠ 4♥ 4♠ Pass 1♠ 1NT Pass By Shireen Mohandes All Pass 3NT All Pass Here are some deals from the round of 64 (1) Transfer to hearts (weak or strong, not Fredin declared and made nine tricks in 3NT Spingold match between the No. 17 seed (Daniel intermediate) on the lead of ♠4. Seeing all four hands, it is easy Korbel) and the No. 48 seed (Mike Rippey). West North East South to think that declarer may rely on a few Korbel played with Jerry Stamatov, Diyan Amoils Gandoglia Fredin Cima here and there. But Fredin had watched the Danailov, Peter Fredin, Darren Wolpert and Leslie 1♣ 1♦ 2♥ (1) 2♠ auction. Amoils. Dan Korbel was a member of the winning 3♥ 3♠ 4♥ 4♠ The defense played three rounds of spades. GNT squad from Las Vegas, District 17. All Pass This was uncomfortable for Cima, sitting South. Rippey’s lineup was , (1) Not forcing, weak (3 to 7 HCP) He willingly parted with a low diamond, and Leonardo Cima, Alessandro Gandoglia, Kamil On this deal the spotlight is on West. grudgingly with a club. In with the ♠Q, Fredin Nowak and Woaciech Strzemecki. Cima got the lead of ♥4. West, Amoils, saw played a diamond to the 10 (reading South for Korbel took an early lead in the first set 42-22. the need to attack diamonds by leading a low one length in diamonds, and therefore likely to hold Rippey was nipping at their heels all the way for from his A-Q-6. This set up two tricks for the the jack). Dummy’s ♦A was cashed and club the rest of the match. These deals from the third defense in diamonds, defeating the contract. was ducked to South’s 9. South now played the and fourth set showcase Korbel’s good results. Danilov, declaring the same contract in the ♥5 which declarer won with the king in dummy. Dlr: East ♠ A K Q 8 other room, got the lead of the ♣A, entirely Keeping North off lead, he played a club, winning Vul: None ♥ 7 6 reasonable for the defense so far. He judged to his ace, cashed two top diamonds and established Bd: 14 ♦ Q 9 7 5 switch to the ♥5, picturing declarer with something his long club. ♣ 9 6 2 like 6=3=1=3, or maybe: That was 6 IMPs to Korbel on the deal. ♠ 7 4 3 ♠ J 5 ♠A K J x x ♥Q x ♦J x x ♣x x x. Fredin, Swedish, is the subject of a recently ♥ A K Q 10 2 ♥ 5 4 On the other hand, is that a likely 4♠ bid? Hard published book “Master of Bridge Psychology ♦ J 10 6 2 ♦ A 8 4 to tell in this day and age. Garozzo’s one-time 2018: Inside the Remarkable Mind of Peter Fredin ♣ 3 ♣ A K Q J 8 5 adversary would have disapproved. (2018)” ♠ 10 9 6 2 He was a solid bidder, and his friend Robert Final match score: 131–111 to Korbel. ♥ J 9 8 3 Sheehan told me recently that he thought that ♦ K 3 Reese would have been surprised about how the ♣ 10 7 4 competitive game has developed over the years. Charity begins at Ten IMPs to Korbel on the deal. West North East South AmazonSmile Dlr: East ♠ A J 9 7 2 For every eligible purchase you make on Stamatov Gandoglia Danilov Cima Vul: N-S ♥ Q J 8 4 Amazon.com, the AmazonSmile Foundation 1♣ (1) Pass Bd: 18 ♦ J 6 donates 0.5% of the purchase price (less shipping, 1♥ (2) Pass 2♣ Pass ♣ 8 2 gift wrap charges, etc.) to your chosen charity. 2♦ Pass 3♣ Pass ♠ 6 3 ♠ 8 5 4 Why not make the ACBL Educational Foundation 3♠ (3) Dbl Pass Pass ♥ 5 ♥ K 7 2 or the ACBL Charity Foundation your chosen 4♥ All Pass ♦ A Q 10 9 5 3 ♦ K 8 7 4 charity? (1) Strong, artificial, forcing ♣ A 9 6 3 ♣ J 10 4 When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll (2) Natural, game forcing ♠ K Q 10 find the exact same low prices and convenient (3) No spade stopper ♥ A 10 9 6 3 shopping experience as Amazon.com with the The ♠A was led and North, Gandoglia, ♦ 2 added bonus that AmazonSmile will donate a switched to the ♦5, won with the king. South ♣ K Q 7 5 portion of the purchase price to your favorite continued spades, with the 6. North lead a third charitable organization. Picture this: If every round of that suit, forcing dummy to ruff. Now, West North East South ACBL member were to designate one of the everyone was leaning forward, so to speak, to Nowak Stamatov Strzemecki Danilov two ACBL charity funds as their AmazonSmile see what Stamatov would do in the trump suit. Pass 1♥ recipient and spend $200, $168,000 would flow Well, he pleased even those in the cheap seats, by 2♦ 4♥ All Pass to the Educational Foundation and the Charity finessing the 10. The game was made, winning Facing a hand limited by failing to open 1♣ Foundation! his side 8 IMPs when his teammates bought the (strong, 15+, with occasional upgrades), North Can I use my existing Amazon.com account on contract for 3♠ at the other table, going two off. was able to immediately bid game without fearing AmazonSmile? I asked Jerry about the deal afterwards, he missing a slam bonus. The contract made exactly. Yes, you use the same account on Amazon. explained: West North East South com and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, wish “3NT was a song, but I found myself in 4♥. I Amoils Gandoglia Fredin Cima list, wedding or baby registry and other account reasoned from the bidding that spades were 4-4, Pass 1♥ settings are also the same. and that North had the ♦Q, with length, possibly 2♦ 3♦ Dbl (1) 4♥ How do I select a charitable organization? four. I thought he was trying to prevent a later 4NT (2) Pass 5♦ Dbl Go to smile.amazon.com using your trump finesse by discontinuing diamonds and All Pass computer or mobile device. On your first visit attempting to tap dummy with spades. Also, he (1) “Something in diamonds” to AmazonSmile, you’ll select a charitable had not overcalled, which sometimes you need to (2) 6=4 in the minors organization before you begin shopping. Choose do, even in the sandwich position, with a strong Amoils-Fredin bid informatively to find a either club to your left, so I played him for 11 HCP. good save against 4♥. North led the ♥Q, and the American League Charity To be honest, it was a bit of a guess plus a table result was down two, for an 8-IMP gain to Korbel. Foundation or presence thing … and it worked out. Tapping Dlr: South ♠ A K J 3 2 American Contract Bridge League dummy was the clincher.” Vul: None ♥ 10 9 8 3 Educational Foundation Jerry Stamatov (a software engineer) and Bd: 27 ♦ 6 4 Diyan Danailov (a former electronics engineer) are ♣ Q 3 originally from Bulgaria, but now live in Florida ♠ 9 8 6 5 ♠ Q 10 7 Age requirement with spouses and children. The duo are fresh from ♥ K J 7 2 ♥ A 4 winning Gold at the European Open Pairs, in June ♦ A 10 ♦ K Q 8 3 or Senior events 2019, held in Istanbul, Turkey. ♣ J 8 4 ♣ A 7 6 5 You must at least 60 years old to play in Dlr: West ♠ Q 9 5 ♠ 4 ACBL Senior events. Vul: E-W ♥ K ♥ Q 6 5 Bd: 16 ♦ K 8 7 5 4 ♦ J 9 7 5 2 ♣ Q J 10 2 ♣ K 10 9 2 ♠ 10 8 7 2 ♠ 6 ♥ 9 5 4 ♥ Q J 10 7 6 3 2 The Stop Card West North East South The Stop Card should not be used. No ♦ A Q 6 ♦ J 3 Nowak Stamatov Strzemecki Danilov ♣ A K 5 ♣ 9 7 3 verbal or visual Skip-Bid Warning is required. Pass Following the Skip Bid, LHO is obligated to ♠ A K J 4 3 Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT ♥ A 8 wait approximately 10 seconds (while giving All Pass the appearance of studying his hand and not ♦ 10 9 2 Strzemecki judged not to 1NT on his ♣ 8 6 4 in excess time to determine a choice of bids) hand. On the ♥2, declarer was down before making a call. three for minus 150. Page 16 Saturday, July 27, 2019 Daily Bulletin

Santhosh Karnik. Third place was awarded $3000. College Bowl The Northwestern team was Liwei Zeng, Kyle continued from page 1 Rockoff, Daniel Weiss and Sarik Goyal, and they earned $2000. Georgia Tech Gold team beat Northwestern 51-42. In the semifinal round, Chicago narrowly The Georgia Tech roster was Shengding Sun, defeated Northwestern 67–65 to advance, while Cyrus Hettle, Zhuangdi Xu, Richard Jeng and Berkeley beat Georgia Tech 57–30.

Second in the Collegiate Bridge Bowl Championship was the University of Chicago: Zihan Tan, Cynthia Huang, Ilan Get the news now! Wolff, Raphael Today / ACBL Hallerman, and Zhengyan (Boris) Fang. BridgeFeed People. News. NABC. Tips and Tools. Humor. Quizzes. Flashback. Third place in the Collegiate Bridge Bowl went to the Georgia Tech Gold Team: Shengding Sun, Cyrus Hettle, Zhuangdi Xu, Richard Jeng and Santhosh Karnik

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Fourth in the Massages offered Collegiate Enjoy a relaxing chair back massage from Bridge Bowl was Michelle in the vendors area on the fourth floor Northwestern: Coach near the Belmont Ballroom. The service is free but Phil McPeek, Liwei a gratuity is very much appreciated. Zeng, Daniel Weiss, Sarik Goyal and Kyle Rockoff.

2019 China Hainan (Sanya) FRIDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS International 6.0 Tables Bridge Festival A B C 2.40 1 Robert Linger, North Las Vegas NV; Richard Kvidt, Las Vegas NV 68.33% September 30 to 1.87 2 1 Kevin Babcock - Paul Melodia, San Francisco CA 65.00% October 13, 2019 Sanya, Hainan Province 1.52 3 2 1 Karl Nicholas, Phoenix AZ; Linda Wilson, Ponte Vedra FL 52.50% 1.01 4 Steven Grundstedt, Las Vegas NV; Carol McGinnis, Boise ID 49.58% 1.14 3 2 Gilbert Castaneda - Brian Marsh, Las Vegas NV 46.67% Events and Prizes FRIDAY EVENING SWISS TEAMS (A) Open Teams...... $45,000 10 Tables (B) Mixed Teams ...... $45,000 (C) Senior Teams ...... $18,000 A B C (D) Open Pairs ...... $22,000 4.27 1 Claire Alpert, Miami FL; Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY; Juan (G) Mixed Pairs ...... $22,000 Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL; Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland 73.00 (H) Yeh’s "Three Bids Team” ...... $38,000 3.20 2 Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH; Dian Petrov, Buffalo NY; Steven Fox, (I) Summit KO ...... $27,000 Kensington MD; James Gullo, Tonawanda NY 52.00 (J) 1-Day Side Events...... $2000-5000 1.85 3/5 Mary Ose, Incline Village NV; Anthony Barre, Sunnyvale CA; John BAM Teams, Swiss Teams, Open Pairs, Swiss Pairs, IMP Pairs (K) Evening Open Pairs ...... $4500 Chan, Sacramento CA; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 43.00 ...... plus 50% of fee 2.80 3/5 1/2 1/2 Sara Lynn Thomas - Marjorie Sandoval, Colorado Spgs CO; Jan Heggem - Pamela Williams, Albuquerque NM 43.00 Organizers 2.80 3/5 1/2 1/2 Brandon Ge, Cupertino CA; Ethan Xie, Williamsville NY; Olivia China Contract Bridge Association Schireson, Stanford CA; Miranda Schuyler, Discovery Bay CA 43.00 Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan Province Government of Sanya City FRIDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 16.0 Tables A B C For more information, 5.63 1 Robert Lass - Tom Fogarty, Chicago IL 68.75% please visit hnbridge.cn 4.33 2 1 Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Ross Spiro, Cherry Hill NJ 58.17% 3.17 3 Jacqui McGreal, Lemoore CA; Douglas Blagdon, Bakersfield CA 57.53% 2.08 4/5 Jim Bachelder - Karen Clemency, Columbus OH 55.77% 3.25 4/5 2 Edmund Wu, San Francisco CA; Michael Rosen, Palo Alto CA 55.77% 2.44 6 3 Douglas Hong, San Jose CA; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA 54.97% 1.83 7 4 Clark Ransom - Joy Balser, Tempe AZ 54.81% 1.37 5 Maxwell Burns, Washington DC; Jane De Briyn, Santa Rosa CA 53.37% 1.46 6/7 Petko Petkov, Ellsworth ME; Mel Fineberg, Las Vegas NV 53.04% 0.90 6/7 Spencer Carr, Broomfield CO; William Brackett, Longmont CO 53.04% Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 27, 2019 Page 17

COLLEGIATE PAIRS 13.5 Tables That’s how you get your A B C 9.60 1 Senmiao Sun, Brookline MA; Chang Liu, Cambridge MA 56.41% name in the paper 7.20 2 Aaron Balleisen, Durham NC; Nathan Finkle, New York NY 56.40% By Barry Rigal 5.40 3 1 Nicholas Adamski - Sarp Kurgan, Goleta CA 55.43% Danny Miles showed me this deal from the 4.05 4 2 1 Osmond Wen - Shouzhen Gu, Pasadena CA 55.10% opening round of the Spingold KO Teams where 3.80 5 Matthew Shi, Palo Alto CA; Brent Xiao, Fremont CA 54.85% Brad Bart and Bob Todd were defenders. Take the 3.33 6 Oosman Bashir, Cambridge MA; Jonathan Baumel, Wilmington DE 54.61% West seat where Bart sat and see how you do. 3.13 7 3 2 Andreea Magalie, Princeton NJ; Hongmo Li, Atlanta GA 54.15% 1.96 4 Sriram Ganesan, Atlanta GA; Michael Moschella, Winter Springs FL 53.96% Dummy 2.15 5 Sarah Emmons - Jackson Wahl, Minneapolis MN 53.42% Dlr: South ♠ K J 10 9 7 3.07 6 3 Yi Zhao, Princeton NJ; Sam Berman, New York NY 53.39% Vul: N-S ♥ 10 9 1.14 4 Jeffrey Boitnott, Hanover NH; Sophia Maymudes, Seattle WA 52.61% ♦ Q 6 2 1.10 5 Ziheng Yun - Yanlai Yang, Berkeley CA 52.08% ♣ 10 8 6 You COLLEGIATE BRIDGE BOWL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ♠ A Q Monitoring ♥ 6 4 Tables ACBL monitors events at North American 30.00 1 Berkeley: Kevin Rosenberg, Sunnyvale CA; ♦ A K J 9 8 7 5 Bridge Championships with both visible and Armin Askari, Thornhill ON; Jesse Chao, Oakland CA; Foster ♣ A 9 7 Tom, Berkeley CA; Stella Q. Wan, Palo Alto CA concealed real-time cameras in public spaces. 22.50 2 University of Chicago: Ilan Wolff, Great Neck The images are recorded and available for later NY; Boris Fang, People’s Republic of China; Cynthia Huang - West North East South inspection and review by ACBL management and Raphael Hallerman, Chicago IL; Zihan Tan, Evanston IL Bart Todd 16.50 3 Georgia Tech Gold: Santhosh Karnik - Cyrus tournament officials, among others, including 1♥ Hettle, Atlanta GA; Shengding Sun, Carrboro NC; Zhuangdi Xu, members of the Anti-Cheating Commission. These Dbl Redbl (1) Pass 3♥ Sugar Hill GA; Richard Jeng, Johns Creek GA recordings are also be uploaded to the internet 13.50 4 Northwestern: Kyle Rockoff, Gilbert AZ; 4♦ Pass Pass 4♥ following the NABC. Sarik Goyal - Daniel Weiss, Evanston IL; Liwei Zeng, Chicago IL Dbl All Pass By general monitoring of the session and (1) Spades 0-2500 MINI-SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source 21 Tables As West, you lead the ♦K and, of course, the of information that may be useful in determining Scott Nason - Jeff Dater, Dallas TX; Nancy Heck - Alexander spot cards (♦3, upside-down) leave you in doubt as Wiles, Los Angeles CA facts and settling issues or disputes arising from to what to do next. vs some types of ethical and behavioral complaints Here is the full deal: Jordan Lampe - Jacqueline Chang - Christopher Moh - Siqing Yu, or actions. Please summon a director if a problem New York NY ♠ K J 10 9 7 occurs at the table. This procedure is intended to ♥ 10 9 3/4 Richard Franklin, New Canaan CT; David assure everyone that the playing field is level and ♦ Q 6 2 Venetianer, Chadds Ford PA; Eric Gettleman, Ellicott City MD; that misbehavior will not be tolerated.” Paul Holmes, Wadsworth OH ♣ 10 8 6 3/4 Robin Elliott - Sally Ann Rhea - Gregory ♠ A Q ♠ 6 5 4 3 Newcomb, Boulder CO; Daphne Davenport, Broomfield CO 5/8 Christine Denny, Encinitas CA; Thomas Rush, Playing in an NABC+ pairs ♥ 6 ♥ Q 7 2 Houston TX; William Bidermann, San Diego CA; Larry Wagner, ♦ A K J 9 8 7 5 ♦ 4 3 Cupertino CA game? Buy your entry ♣ A 9 7 ♣ Q 5 4 3 5/8 Michael Gibson, Sarasota FL; Ben Yang, Warren NJ; Kirk Freyermuth, Beaumont CA; Maurie Studin, ♠ 8 2 early! ♥ A K J 8 5 4 3 Carmichael CA In an effort to speed up the start of all NABC+ 5/8 Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA; Aaron ♦ 10 pairs events – which require additional time for Mayerson, Redwood City CA; Cindy Casson - Brian Rink, Las ♣ K J 2 Vegas NV proper seeding – the ACBL asks participants to If you try to cash the second diamond, declarer 5/8 Qiang Zhang - Brian Zhang, Dublin CA; Sarah please buy their entries at least 15 minutes before Chen - Charlie Chen, San Jose CA; Kayden Ge, Cupertino CA ruffs, cashed one trump, then leads a spade, putting game time. This is especially true if you expect to you in a Morton’s Fork. If you , declarer 0-6000 MINI-SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS be a seeded pair. 40 Tables / Based on 47 Tables pitches the second spade on a diamond. If you win, Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Miriam Harris-Botzum - John declarer is home on a good guess. A trump switch Botzum, Orefield PA; Greg Michaels, Cleveland OH or a club switch is equally ineffective. vs Bart found the winning defense at the table: Kerry Cotterell, Freeland WA; Richard Underwood, Voorheesville NY; Katherine Pollock, East Amherst NY; Joel Schiff, Calabasas He played declarer for precisely two spades and CA shifted to the ♠Q. Dummy’s king won. Declarer took the trump Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Ingi Agnarsson, S. Burlington VT; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA; Gudjon Sigurjonsson, finesse and played a second spade, but Bart won Reykjavik Iceland his ace and played the ♦A, collecting two clubs at vs the end for down one. Monica Angus - Alex Hong, West Vancouver BC; Kai Zhou, Burnaby BC; Sidney Yang - Guoxu Zhang, Richmond BC

5/8 George Klemic, Bensenville IL; Shawn Soloway KO premieres Abernethy, Seattle WA; Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI this fall 5/8 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Alyssa The inaugural Soloway Knockout Teams takes Kennedy, Marina Del Rey CA; Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; Gerard Geremia, La Verne CA; Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA; place at the Fall 2019 NABC in San Francisco. Henri Farhi, Chula Vista CA The new, top-tier (“NABC+”) contest begins with 5/8 Hank Youngerman, Reading PA; Arthur a two-day Swiss qualifying round, reducing the Crystal - Debbie Benner, Fairfield CT; David Standig, Beach field to 32 squads, followed by five days of head- Haven NJ 5/8 Craig Henderson, Chicago IL; John Ramos, to-head knockout matches to produce a single Los Angeles CA; , Seattle WA; Mitch Towner, Tucson winner. AZ The contest awards platinum points, which are 9/16 Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL; Juan Castillo, Fort Lauderdale FL; Barry Spector, Lewes DE; Randy Thompson, even available from match awards in the Swiss Albuquerque NM qualifier. 9/16 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter - The Soloway KO will begin on the first Friday Suman Agarwal - Boris Tenchov, Columbus OH of the Fall NABC, Nov. 29., and concludes on 9/16 Michael Botwin, Rockville Center NY; Barry Plotkin, Mesa AZ; Andy Goodman, Carmel CA; Steve Zolotow, Thursday, Dec. 5. The contest will not conflict Las Vegas NV with the venerable Reisinger Board-a-Match 9/16 Rick Schoenfield, Westchester IL; David Teams, which begins Dec. 6, but teams who Bogolub, Deerfield IL; Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ successfully advance to the quarterfinal round of 9/16 O. Gordon Lien III - Chris Nicholson, Augusta the Soloway will be unable to play in the Kaplan GA; Sandra Wirtz, Lecanto FL; Bruce Maier, Tampa FL Check out Blue Ribbon Pairs, which runs Dec. 3–5. 9/16 Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jacob Karno - Kathy Logue, Metairie LA; Mina Akhnoukh, Fort our interactive The new contest is named in honor of late Lauderdale FL restaurant map at Hall of Famer Paul Soloway, a multiple world and 9/16 Marusa Gold, London N31SN Great Britain; NABC champion, as well as the all-time ACBL Peter Cheung, Fremont CA; R David Walker, Radnor PA; Dara acbl.org/foodmap masterpoint leader until his death in 2007. Dinner, Wayne PA 9/16 Spencer Sun, Redwood City CA; Christopher Kolner, Eden Prairie MN; William Chen, Lafayette Hill PA; Jerrod Ankenman, Bala Cynwyd PA Page 18 Saturday, July 27, 2019 Daily Bulletin

Entries Slow play Have you got the jack? A valid ACBL player number is required to Slow play, especially habitual slow play, is By Andy Bowles play in all events at the NABC. a violation of law and subject to penalty. When This deal from the Spingold Round of 16 All North American championships with no a pair has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them match between No. 3 Blass npc and No. 14 upper masterpoint limit: $30 per player per session to make up the time lost as quickly as possible Zagorin presented two awkward defensive (For team events, this means $120 per team whether at fault or not. All players are expected problems that might have been solvable with very per session for four-person teams, $150 per team to make a concerted effort to catch up when they good partnership understandings. per session for five-person teams, and $180 per have fallen behind, regardless of the reason for The first problem is from East’s perspective: team per session for six-person teams. Only ACBL their lateness. members current on their dues and service fees In the absence of compelling evidence to the East are eligible to play in NABC+ events. $1.50 per contrary, the director should presume that a pair Dlr: North ♠ A 6 person per session benefits the International Fund.) finishing a round late by more than two or three Vul: None ♥ A Q 9 8 6 4 Other North American championships: minutes on more than one occasion during a Bd: 1 ♦ 10 7 2 $22 per player per session session is responsible for the lateness. There is a ♣ 6 3 (For the team events, this means $88 per team strong expectation that the director will penalize South (Dummy) per session for teams of four, $110 per team per such a pair. The size of a penalty will tend to ♠ K 10 8 4 2 session for teams of five, and $132 per team per increase for subsequent instances of slow play and ♥ J 3 2 session for teams of six. Only ACBL members for chronic or egregious slow play. ♦ A Q 9 3 current on their dues and service fees are eligible While warnings typically will be given before ♣ 2 to play in these events.) a penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way Regional championships: $20 for ACBL limits the director’s authority to issue a penalty. West North East South members, $24 for inactive members per player per Players are expected to be aware, in a general Brink Wrang Drijver Palma session sense, of time used and remaining in a segment 1♣ 1♥ Dbl (1) (For multi-session team events of three in which they are playing regardless of whether a 2♦ (2) 2♥ 3♥ 3♠ sessions or more, the entry fee is $80, $100 or clock is in use or a time announcement has been Pass 5♣ All Pass $120 for teams of four, five or six, respectively. made. An excuse of “no announcement” or “no (1) 4+ spades For team events of one or two sessions, the entry clock immediately visible” will not be considered (2) A 2♥ bid with ♥A, ♥K or ♥Q fee is $80.) persuasive. East led ♥A and continued (perhaps unwisely) Events with a masterpoint limit of 300 or In consultation with the DIC of the with another one to West’s king, ruffed by declarer. lower: $15 for ACBL members, $19 for inactive tournament, the TD may require that a particular Declarer cashed the ♣A K, partner following with members per player per session pair not play in a specified segment, not play the 8 and 9 (suit-preference, if anything), then fees $10 per session per pair and $20 against a specified pair or not play together as played the ♠Q to the ace, 2 and 5 (UDCA). What per session per team is added to events when a pair. The foregoing is expected to be applied does declarer have, and what should East do? screens are in use. only due to egregious circumstances or to unduly If partner has a trump trick, the contract is repetitious offenders. down, so assume declarer has solid clubs. He has An appeal of an action taken by a TD with stopped drawing trumps, so presumably has eight reminder regard to time may be taken to the Director in of them. If declarer has the ♦K or the ♠J, there is Each player is required to have a convention Charge of the tournament, and no further. For nothing we can do, so assume partner has those card filled out legibly and on the table throughout NABC+ KO events, the TD is charged with the two cards. Partner has shown an even number of a session. The convention card must include responsibility to ensure that each KO match spades (assuming that declarer would have raised the first and last name of each member of the segment finishes within the allotted time. While spades with Q-x-x). Hence declarer’s hand is: partnership, and the cards must be identical. a time monitor may be employed, the lack of a ♠Q ? ♥x ♦? ? ♣A K Q J 10 x x x. If a director determines that neither player has monitor in no way limits the TD’s authority to If declarer’s pointed-suit holdings are ♠Q 9 a substantially completed card, the partnership apply one or more of the remedies listed below. and ♦x x, declarer has a ruffing finesse against may play only the Yellow Card The TD may choose to ignore an occasional partner’s ♠J. To prevent that, we should switch to a and may use only standard carding. This restriction minor late finish. The TD may remove one or diamond to remove his entry. may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent more boards from a segment. The TD may award If, on the other hand, he has ♠Q x and ♦J x, round after convention cards have been properly no score (when neither team is more at fault), an partner is in danger of being squeezed. After a prepared and approved by the director. Further, the assigned score (when a result already exists at diamond switch, declarer can win, ruff a heart to partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint one table which the TD wishes to preserve) or an hand, and cash all of his trumps, coming down to penalty for each board played, commencing with artificial score in IMPs. Every effort should be this: the next round and continuing until the restriction made to remove boards before they can be played ♠ 3 is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at at either table, but not having done so does not ♥ — the discretion of the director. preclude removing one or more later. ♦ J If the director determines the partnership has ♣ 4 at least one substantially completed convention Use of the – ♠ J 9 ♠ 6 card but has not fully complied with ACBL ♥ — ♥ Q regulations, the director may give warnings or Alerts and Announcements ♦ K ♦ 10 assign such penalties as he deems to be appropriate When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires ♣ — ♣ — under the circumstances. that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at ♠ K 10 The objective of these warnings and penalties the same time. ♥ — is the encouragement of full compliance with When making an Announcement, use the ♦ Q ACBL regulations. Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and ♣ — tap the Alert strip at the same time. A player On the last trump, South throws the ♦Q, and who Alerts or Announces a bid must make West is unable to keep a guard in both suits. sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or To prevent the squeeze, we should play Announcement has been made. another spade. Then the ending is this:

Be Scent-sitive! Some people have an extreme sensitivity to fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The ACBL has not issued an official policy on the matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of its members to refrain from using fragrances. Because requires players to be in close proximity to each other, individuals who suer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid those who are wearing them. Among the commonly reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine suerers) or breathing-related problems. For these individuals, the issue is much more serious than simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health problem. The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue serious consideration. If you’re going to play in a club or a tournament, please don’t wear cologne, perfume or scented lotions. Daily Bulletin Saturday, July 27, 2019 Page 19

♠ — squeeze. Declarer, Frederic Wrang, expecting that The Zagorin team earned 7 IMPs on the deal. ♥ — ♦K was offside from the bidding, won the ♦A and Blass npc had an even match against Zagorin ♦ J 6 played for the squeeze. in the first half, but Blass pulled away in the ♣ 4 Now look at the deal from West’s perspective second half, winning 106-66. ♠ J ♠ 6 in the first ending above, when declarer cashes his ♥ — ♥ 4 last trump. If East has the ♦J, West should throw ♦ K 8 ♦ 10 the ♦K. If East doesn’t have the ♦J, West should NABC results ♣ — ♣ — throw a spade, and hope that declarer, misreading ♠ 10 the ending, will finesse in spades. by email/text ♥ — Can West tell which hand to play for? Perhaps. Want to be notified when results and the Daily ♦ A Q If East had the ♦J, he would know that he Bulletins from the NABC are posted online? Want ♣ — could guard diamonds. He should make that clear to see your results in the events you played in? On the last trump, declarer has to either by throwing his small spade, so that there would ACBL Live does just that. discard dummy’s spade menace or blank the ♦A. be no possibility of declarer’s finessing. That With the ACBL Live notification system, West, discarding after dummy, just keeps the same would force West to keep spades and throw the you will receive emails and/or text messages shape as dummy. ♦K. after each session with links that go directly to Can East tell which hand to play for? Perhaps. So, when East doesn’t throw his spade, he the information you’re looking for. The email/ Each defender can work out what declarer’s hand can’t have the ♦J. Hence, West knows to keep the text message will contain your score for the has to be for the contract to be beatable, and each ♦K and hope declarer goes wrong. session and a link to your results. (These results of them knows that their partner knows. So in a As the table, West threw the ♦K, so declarer will also be available on your MyResults page at very well-tuned partnership, maybe West’s suit- scored his ♦J and claimed 11 tricks. Of course, MyACBL.) Players will also receive a notification preference in trumps would be about the declarer might well have made his contract to indicate when the Daily Bulletin for that day is ♦J ? If he plays upwards in trumps, he has the anyway, by playing for West to have been available. ♦J an,d a diamond switch is required; if he plays squeezed. This service is automatic for members unless downwards, he doesn’t have the ♦J and a spade Keen students of the game may wish to they have specifically opted out. To receive text continuation is the only chance. consider what should happen when East has ♦10 messages, go to MyACBL at acbl.org and select This was the full deal: and West has ♦K J. Update My Information to enter your email At the other table, North-South faced a address and/or cell phone number. ♠ Q 3 bidding problem: Also at MyACBL, visit the Privacy Settings ♥ 7 tab to make sure you’ve selected the Subscribe ♦ J 6 West North East South setting for General Email Communication and ♣ A K Q J 10 7 5 4 O. Rimstedt Pszczola M. Rimstedt Kalita Cell Phone Text Communication to receive these ♠ J 9 7 5 ♠ A 6 1♣ 2♥ 2♠ notifications. ♥ K 10 5 ♥ A Q 9 8 6 4 3♥ Dbl All Pass ♦ K 8 5 4 ♦ 10 7 2 Email us ♣ 9 8 ♣ 6 3 With all of his bidding room taken away, Got a hand you’d like to share or a nice story? ♠ K 10 8 4 2 North doubled 3♥ for takeout, hoping to hear We’d love to see it: NABCDailyBulletin@acbl. ♥ J 3 2 3NT. South, with no heart stopper and shortness org. You’ll also find our email address on the ♦ A Q 9 3 in partner’s suit, left the double in, which was front page of the paper under the “Daily Bulletin” ♣ 2 perhaps not what North was hoping for. Pepsi between the date and the editors’ names. cashed two clubs and then went passive with a This email address won’t be checked with any At the table, East, Bas Drijver played a trump, and in due course the contract went one regularity when the NABC is not in session, so diamond, so now declarer could make on the down. please continue to use our office email addresses for non-tournament–related correspondence. Tomorrow’s Bridge Events Sunday, July 28, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members A/X/Y Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000/4000) 1-2 Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Playthrough with 1/2 hour break. Bracketed B Round-Robin Teams (0-3000) 1-2 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 No player over 3000. Brackets of nine teams by average MPs. Four teams in each bracket earn gold. Playthrough with half hour break. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single Outside Brera 4, 3rd floor $20 $24 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 Sunday, July 28, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. Stratified (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Mont-Royal, 4th floor $20 $24 Sunday, July 28, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Outside Brera 4, 3rd floor $20 $24 Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 3-4 Outside Brera 4, 3rd floor $20 $24 Sunday, July 28, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Castellana, 3rd floor $30 Both: Screen fees of $20/ 1-2 F Gracia, 3rd floor $30 } session/team apply 0-10,000 MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Outside Gracia 4, 3rd floor $22 — 0-6000 MINI-SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Castellana, 3rd floor $22 — Sunday, July 28, 2 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single Outside Brera 4, 3rd floor $20 $24 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 299er Swiss Teams single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19

Unless otherwise noted: Three-flight open events are stratified as A/X (6000+/0-6000), B/C (1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight open events are stratified as A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200) or as A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000) and B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/0-750) if there is no Gold Rush. One-flight open events are stratified as A (3000+), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). Stratification is based on averaging the masterpoints of a pair or team. Eligibility for limited events will be based on the point holding of the highest player, so no player with more than 3000 may play in B/C events nor the Bracketed B Teams, no player with more than 750 may play in Gold Rush events, and no player with more than 300 may play in 299er events. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. **International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition. See you at the Fall NABC in San Francisco! Page 20 Saturday, July 27, 2019 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Saturday, July 27, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session Current members* Inactive members Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Morning Swiss Teams single Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday, July 27, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 Saturday, July 27, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Daylight A/X Pairs (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Mont-Royal, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight B/C Pairs (3000/1500) 1-2 Mont-Royal, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight Gold Rush Pairs (750/300/200) 1-2 Outside Belmont 5, 4th floor $20 $24 Daylight Swiss Teams (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Nolita, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday, July 27, Noon & 7 p.m. SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Castellana, 3rd floor $30 0-6000 MINI-SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Castellana, 3rd floor $22 All: Screen fees of $20/ 0-2500 MINI-SPINGOLD KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 F Castellana, 3rd floor $22 } session/team apply Saturday, July 27, 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday, July 27, 1 & 7:30 p.m. 0-10,000 MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Outside Gracia 4, 3rd floor $22 — 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 SF Gracia, 3rd floor $30 — BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F Outside Belmont 4, 4th floor $22 — Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 1-2 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday-Saturday Knockout Teams 3-4 Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 Collegiate Stratified Open Pairs Championship 1–2 Inside Gracia 2, 3rd floor No fee Saturday, July 27, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 Saturday, July 27, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single Inside Belmont 3, 4th floor $20 $24 Evening Swiss Teams single Inside Belmont 2, 4th floor $20 $24 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $15 $15 Saturday, July 27, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Outside Brera 2, 3rd floor $16/team/match Unless otherwise noted: Three-flight open events are stratified as A/X (6000+/0-6000), B/C (1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200). Two-flight open events are stratified as A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (300-750/200-300/0-200) or as A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000) and B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/0-750) if there is no Gold Rush. One-flight open events are stratified as A (3000+), B (750-3000) and C (0-750). Stratification is based on averaging the masterpoints of a pair or team. Eligibility for limited events will be based on the point holding of the highest player, so no player with more than 3000 may play in B/C events nor the Bracketed B Teams, no player with more than 750 may play in Gold Rush events, and no player with more than 300 may play in 299er events. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. **International Fund In NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

and requirements apply in events involving live VPs, at the respective form of scoring. NABC Electronic internet and/or yugraph coverage. • Second offense in the same session: two full Device Policy A violation of any of the above restrictions boards, 20 IMPs or 50% of the maximum Except by permission will result in an automatic penalty, pursuant to available VPs per match, at the respective form of the director in charge, Law 91 of the . of scoring. any electronic equipment NABC+ events • Third offense in the event: disqualification of the or device capable of • First offense of any kind (ringing, answering pair or team from the event. receiving or sending an or initiating a call, texting or browsing) in a Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed electronic signal, or capable session: One full board, 12 IMPs or 20% of from the playing area for the remainder of the of communicating in any the maximum available VPs per match, at the session. way, may not be operated respective form of scoring. This policy applies to all events at NABCs. or functioning in any manner in the playing area • Second offense in the same session or third during a session of play. Any such equipment must offense within the event, disqualification of the not be visible during the session and must remain pair or team from the event. Masterpoint disclaimer off at all times. Other events Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are The above restrictions apply to all players, • First offense, in the same session – ringing subject to change because of score changes or captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders only: one-quarter board, 3 IMPs or 1 VP, at the corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, except those persons granted permission by the respective form of scoring; first offense in the therefore, also subject to change. ACBL, and are in force throughout any playing same session – answering or initiating a call, session or segment of play. Further restrictions texting or browsing: one-half board, 6 IMPs or 2

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