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Northern Stars Berkeley Wins Collegiate Bowl 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 Spingold 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 Robert Lebi 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 Bermuda 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 Barry Crane 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 board (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. Billy Rosen 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 World Bridge Federation Life Master, Billy Award. won the Bermuda Bowl in 1954. He was 25 at the Expert Ron Smith, 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 Aileen Osofsky 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 Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (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 ruff, 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: BARBARA SEAGRAM 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 trump 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.
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