Sunday, December 3, 2017 Volume 90, Number 10 Daily Bulletin 90th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Sue Munday, Brent Manley and Chip Dombrowski The Living Legend: 90 Thanks for coming! By Ken Monzingo and Bonnie Bagley years of Excellence 2017 Fall NABC Chairs By Francesca Canali We thank you for visiting our special , also known as “the living corner of United States. I’m sure you legend,” is one of the most famous and loved bridge appreciated the beautiful views and weather champions in the world. He is attending the San we enjoy year-round here. Come back to see Diego NABC. I us. interviewed the star The tournament was a great success due of the Italian Blue to the amazing Grand Hyatt Hotel and the Team, who turned 90 proximity of so much San Diego uniqueness. this year. But more so by the hard work and white How did you glove devotion given to the players by our start playing bridge? continued on page 5 I was born in , but my family was living in Cairo, Egypt. Then, one Committee chairs for the 2017 Fall NABC: (front) Marge summer I was sent Van Hemert, Caddies; Liz Hamilton, I/N Partnerships; to spend the holidays Bonnie Bagley, Co-chair; Wendy Turk, Welcome Desk; and in . Ten days Maritha Pottenger, I/N; (rear) Lamya Agelidis, Volunteer after my arrival, Coordinator; Chris Champion, Welcome Desk; Rolf the Second World War broke out. Ships were not Houtkooper, I/N Partnerships; Ken Monzingo, NABC Chair; Debbie and Alan Jim and Shay traveling to Africa anymore, so I was stuck in Italy, Marty Roth, Volunteer Hospitality; and Bill Grant, Treasurer Gailfus Andrews where I stayed with my sister and brother-in-law. We did not know how to play bridge, till one day an uncle came with a book of dated 1935. My Maui mayor takes a break for bridge One of the busiest people on the Hawaiian island sister was the only English speaker among us and she It’s Alan Arakawa, mayor of Maui County and, of Maui traveled more than 2500 miles this week to translated the rules for us. Soon bridge became the judging by his tournament results and masterpoint get away from it all and have a little fun – playing only hobby of the house! total, a pretty good player. He is a Ruby Life Master continued on page 9 bridge at the Fall NABC in San Diego. with more than 2200 to his credit, 150 of them earned this year. Diamond team leading On Saturday, Arakawa and his regular partner, Harry Rogers, posted a 66.54% game to win the afternoon session of the Friday-Sunday Side Game The team captained by John Diamond takes Series. a slim lead into today’s two final sessions of the “It’s my first vacation in seven years,” said Reisinger -a-Match Teams as they go for a Arakawa. Born in Maui, he has lived there all of second major teams championship this year. his life except for a brief time on Wake Island when Diamond and his partner, Brian Platnick, played he was in fourth grade and while he was studying business management at the University of Hawaii in continued on page 6 Honolulu. Arakawa grew up on a farm, raising cattle and Dutch team ahead in hogs and growing “lots of vegetables and flowers.” North American Swiss After college, he was into other businesses, including The team captained by Agnes Snellers of the real estate and life insurance. He also owned a Netherlands will start play today in the Keohane printing and graphics company. North American Swiss Teams with a lead of 6.09 An expert chess player, Arakawa was introduced victory points (20-point scale). Her teammates, all to bridge by a friend in the real estate business who from the Netherlands, are Wubbo De Boer, Joris van invited him to a game at a woman’s home. “I didn’t Lankveld and Berend Van Den Bos. They will start know anything,” he said. Arakawa and his friend did continued on page 6 well in the duplicate game and he was hooked. continued on page 7 Smederevac team ahead in Mixed Swiss Bilde leads Player of the Year race The team captained by Jovanka Smederevac As the Player of the Year race winds down, it’s of the Lavazza team, Bilde also placed second in both has a carryover lead of 30 victory points going into become a three-man contest. As of Friday, with two the in Toronto and the Jacoby Open Swiss today’s two final sessions of the NABC+ Mixed days to go, is in the lead with 751.64 Teams in the spring. He was also a quarterfinalist in continued on page 6 platinum points, almost 85 ahead of Jeff Meckstroth. the Vanderbilt and placed fifth in the Mitchell Open The race measures the BAM. number of platinum Lavazza failed to qualify for the second day Goodwill Message points a player earns of the Reisinger, leaving the door open for either at the three NABCs Meckstroth or Boye Brogeland, who was third as of during a calendar year. Friday and leading the Reisinger going into Saturday. It is your responsibility to ensure that bridge Bilde won both Brogeland had been tied with partner Espen remains the game you enjoy so much. the Norman Kay Lindqvist until Tuesday, when he picked up 2.36 Sandy DeMartino, Chair Platinum Pairs in points in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs playing with Goodwill Committee Kansas City with Carl Ragnarsson. That leaves Lindqvist without a and the way to catch Brogeland as they play together in the Attendance through Thursday Nail Life Master Pairs Reisinger. 11,092.5 tables last week with Alon In fifth place and also eliminated from the Birman. As a member continued on page 10 Page 2 Sunday, December 3, 2017 Daily Bulletin SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Meetings are at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. Reisinger Noon and 7 p.m. Peter Pender Memorial . Mission Beach, third floor

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Glenn meets Ms. Bid Video support library Too Much In addition to calling ACBL with support Glenn Eisenstein was playing in a pairs game questions, you now have with his wife, Abbie, when he had an experience that video assistance to help with probably had him thinking, “Just when you think common issues at your club. you’ve seen everything . . .” Have a question about the Eisenstein opened a weak 2♦ and his left-hand new 2017 Laws? We’ve got opponent passed. Abbie raised to 3♦ and RHO you covered. Need help with doubled for takeout. Eisenstein passed and LHO bid a process in ACBLscore? 2♣. When it was pointed out that 2♣ was insufficient, We have videos for that, too. We’re here to help with LHO corrected to 3♣. “You’re getting close,” said situations you face every day. Access the videos at Eisenstein, “but it’s still not enough.” Finally, LHO acbl.org/videoresources bid 4♣. Abbie raised to 4♦ and RHO doubled again. Eisenstein made the contract, and the discussion Watch your valuables between the opponents began. There have been thefts in the playing areas “What did you have?” asked the player who during this tournament. Players are cautioned not doubled twice. “I had just three points,” was the to leave their valuables unattended, even for short answer. “But,” said the doubler, “you bid three periods of time. times!” Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 3, 2017 Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Have you discussed? By Brent Manley A lot of what has been written for these pages has encouraged you to discuss agreements that help you compete in the bidding. An important aspect of competing is the practice known as “balancing.” It’s losing bridge to allow the opponents to play comfortably in low- level contracts. Consider this auction: West North East South 1♥ Pass 2♥ Pass Pass ? North should strain to take some action, even bidding 2♠ on a four-card suit if necessary. Most experts agree that if the opponents have found an eight-card fit, your side probably has one, too. You must try to find it. The reason for discussion South could bid 1♥, but he must consider that Alarm bells should go off when the opponents of this principle is that both players must consider the opponents have a spade fit, which they are have an apparent misfit. Consider this auction: that when partner bids in the passout seat, partner almost sure to discover if given the chance. It’s best West North East South is bidding both hands – his own and his partner’s to pass and let West play in what could be a tough 1♣ Pass 1♥ Pass based on the inference that his side must have some contract of 1♦. 2♣ Pass 2♥ Pass high-card strength or the opponents wouldn’t have When South has substantially more than Pass ? stopped bidding. medium strength and finds himself in the passout East-West may have substantial high-card There are other balancing situations, including seat as in the example auction, he can show that strength but quit bidding because the hands don’t fit this one: hand with a jump bid. A bid of, say, 2♠ would show well. West North East South a good six-card suit with 12-16 HCP. Balancing can occur even before one member 1♦ Pass Pass ? A balancing double will usually be close to of your partnership makes it to the passout seat. East is known to be extremely weak, so South what you would have for a direct double of an Consider this auction: can balance with a hand of medium strength on the opening bid, but it could be weaker – as low as 9 West North East South assumption that partner has unrevealed strength. HCP with ideal distribution. 1♥ Pass 2♥ ? The normal range for a bid by South in this A point of discussion for you is the balancing South, holding situation is 8-13 HCP. 1NT bid. Decide on your range and whether ♠K Q J 10 3 ♥5 ♦8 7 6 2 ♣9 4 3, There are some danger signs, however. Using your regular 1NT response system is still “on.” A can “pre-balance” with a bid of 2♠ because North the previous auction as an example, it would be popular range is 10-14 HCP, but 12-16 has support. may lack length in spades, a factor that probably dangerous for South to take action with a hand such A jump to 2NT shows a , a stopper in would keep him from balancing. as this: opener’s suit and 18-19 HCP. ♠3 ♥A Q 6 4 ♦K J 5 3 ♣Q 6 4 2.

Play commentary: As South, the bidding and Thinking bridge East’s play at trick one mark East with a doubleton By Eddie Kantar spade. The idea of a holdup play is not necessarily to win the third round of a suit. The idea is to take Dlr: West ♠ 6 5 the trick when the player with shortness is playing Vul: Both ♥ J 10 6 her last card in the suit. East is marked with two ♦ K 9 6 5 spades, so win the second spade. If you can’t be ♣ J 10 4 2 sure whether the opponent with shortness has two or ♠ Q J 10 8 7 4 ♠ A 3 three cards, win the third round of the suit. Finally, ♥ K 5 4 ♥ 9 7 3 2 if one opponent is marked with a singleton, it is safe ♦ 4 ♦ Q J 8 7 to win the first round of the suit. It really is. ♣ 8 5 3 ♣ 9 7 6 Play commentary #2: As South, after winning ♠ K 9 2 the second spade, count your sure tricks. You have ♥ A Q 8 one spade, one heart, two diamonds and four clubs ♦ A 10 3 2 for a grand total of eight. You can always try the ♣ A K Q heart , but that finesse goes into the danger West North East South hand, West, the hand with winning spades galore. 2♠ Pass Pass Dbl A better idea is to keep the danger hand off Pass 3♣ Pass 3NT lead by working with diamonds. You do this by All Pass finessing into the non-danger hand (East), the one : ♠Q. who has no more spades. Cash three top clubs and For most people in the I/N room, whether or Bidding commentary: West has a minimum lead a diamond to the 9. After this loses, win the not this is your first NABC is a straightforward weak two-bid (6 high-card points) but compensating heart return with the ace, cross to the ♦K noticing question. Not for Karen Eddy of Fallbrook CA. values, a strong suit (three honors). As South, West show out, cash the ♣J, discarding a heart, and “If I have been to one, it would have been 45 doubling 2♠ and then bidding 3NT is stronger than lead a diamond to the 10. The ♦A is your ninth trick. years ago,” she said. After playing for about bidding 3NT directly. Your 22 HCP were barely enough to bring this baby five years in the early ’70s with her husband Defensive commentary: As East, overtake home. A simple rule of thumb is to aim all Lance, she took a very long, work-and-family- the ♠Q with the ace to avoid blocking the suit and into the safe hand, not the danger hand. induced break from bridge, just returning a return a spade to drive out the king. The defense is few months ago. “I’m a beginner again. I like off to a good start. to feel like I haven’t lost all of what I used to know.” Page 4 Sunday, December 3, 2017 Daily Bulletin

REISINGER B-A-M - FINALISTS 10 Tables / Based on 48 Tables Carryover 1 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjord Norway; , Arendal Norway 2.98 2 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Vladimir Marashev - Ivan Tsonchev - Rosen Gunev, Sofia Bulgaria; , Varna Bulgaria 2.56 3 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland 2.50 4 Richard Coren - Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 1.16 5 Yuxiong Shen - Zijian Shao, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Jack Zhao, True Crime Boca Raton FL; Yinghao Liu, Minneapolis MN 0.85 6 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; , Clearwater FL 0.44 This former “princess of San Diego high society” 7 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal is serving 32 years to life for her ex- Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Sjoert Brink - Bas Drijver, Netherlands 0.31 husband and his new wife in 1989. “They made 8 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; , New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; me do it,” the prisoner said at her parole hearing in Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland 0.25 January. Application denied! 9 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; , London Great Britain; Michael Bell, London England; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria 0.14 Answers found on page 6 10 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; , Kensington CA; Oren Kriegel - , Chicago IL 0.00 FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1 11 Tables NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAM - FINALISTS 9.62 1 Allan Palansky, Henderson NV; Neal Kleiner, San 32 Tables / Based on 124 Tables Carryover Pedro CA; David Peim, Torrance CA; David Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA 1 Agnes Snellers - Wubbo De Boer, Groenekan Netherlands; Joris van Lankveld, 6.73 2 Victoria Bamberger - Larry Bamberger - Kathleen Amsterdam Netherlands; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands 28.01 Hennessy, Bonita CA; Kathleen Byrne, San Diego CA 2 Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, 4.33 3 Marlene Case, Stony Point NY; Andrea Luckey, Tampere Finland; Adam Mesbur, Dublin Ireland 21.92 Kinnelon NJ; Mary Giannella, Wayne NJ; Barbara Fingerhut, Clifton 3 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; - NJ Jean Quantin, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; 3.37 4 Betsy Mayers, Weaverville NC; Russell Mayers, Tucson AZ; Danielle Tremblay, Outremont QC; Pat Ingoglia, Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France 19.63 Sacramento CA 4 Victor Markowicz - Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL; Apolinary Kowalski - Moszozynski Krzyszef, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland; Jerzy FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 2 Russyan, Warsaw Poland 18.54 15 Tables 5 Joyce Hill, Hobe Sound FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Shan Huang, Toronto ON; 7.00 1 Niraj Jain - Rajeev Jog, San Jose CA; Elenalani Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 17.26 Lam, Sunnyvale CA; Aaron Mayerson, Redwood City CA 4.90 2 Thuy Tran, San Franciso CA; Tony Greenberg, 6 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; , Sarasota FL; , Charlottenlund Malibu CA; Jo Ellen Drisko, Windermere FL; Margaret Getman, St. Denmark; , New York NY; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Paul MN Sweden 17.25 3.15 3 Pauline Bullert - Cynthia Brogan - Barbara 7 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Charlton - Carol Nystrom, Vancouver WA Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; , Carlsbad CA; Lynn Deas, 2.45 4 Deborah Cool, Blaine WA; Harry Satanove - Sid Segal, Vancouver BC; Shael Smith, Richmond BC Schenectady NY 17.17 8 Chen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 16.02 9 , Seattle WA; Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC; Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ; Electronic Device Policy John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 15.61 This policy applies to all events at NABCs. 10 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; , Except for health-related equipment, or by Warsaw Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, permission of the Director-in-Charge, Zakopane Poland; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland 13.36 any electronic equipment or device 11 Tim Verbeek - Danny Molenaar, Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; capable of receiving or sending Bob Drijver - Bart Nab, Netherlands; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy 13.23 an electronic , or capable of 12 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Kenneth Schutze, communicating in any way, may not Austin TX; James Griffin, Sausalito CA 11.58 be operated or functioning in any 13 Yeshayahu Levit - Orenstein Eitan - Adrian Schwartz, Tel Aviv Israel; manner in the playing area during a Shalom Zeligman, Bat-Yam Israel 10.12 session of play. Any such equipment 14 Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Jim Darvey, Rancho Mirage CA; must not be visible during the session and must Neil Stern, Indio CA 9.80 remain off at all times. 15 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA; Gene Simpson, The above restrictions apply to all players, San Rafael CA; James Tritt, Anaheim CA 9.51 captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, except 16 Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; those persons granted permission by the ACBL, Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH 9.34 and are in force throughout any playing session or 17 Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; Leszek Rabiega, Watsonville CA; Farid Assemi - segment of play. Further restrictions and requirements Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Edward Wojewoda, Tempe AZ 8.48 apply in events involving live internet and/or vugraph 18 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Peter Gill - Adam Stokka, coverage. Sydney Australia 8.04 A violation of any of the above restrictions will 19 GS Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Michael Hughes, Jefferson City MO; Thomas Maccormac, Dublin Ireland; James Heneghan, Washington DC; result in an automatic penalty, pursuant to Law 91 of Benedicte Cronier, Paris France 7.99 the Laws of , as described below: 20 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Bernard Yomtov, In NABC+ Events: Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr., Birmingham AL; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 7.05 First offense of any kind, in a session: one full 21 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; , Houston TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX; board, 12 IMPs or 20% of the maximum available Chris Compton, Dallas TX; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze, VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring San Antonio TX 6.75 Second offense, in the same session or third 22 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; , Stockholm Sweden; offense within the event: Disqualification of the pair Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, or team from the event. Enskededalen Sweden; , Palm Beach Gardens FL 5.67 In Other Events: 23 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Billy Cohen - Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 4.51 First offense, in the same session, ringing only: 24 Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA; James Glickman, Las Vegas NV; John Feo, one-quarter board, 3 IMPs or 1 VP, at the respective Kennewick WA; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT 2.91 form of scoring. 25 Michael Crawford - Dorn Bishop, San Diego CA; David Abelow, La Jolla CA; Second offense, in the same session: two full David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 1.92 boards, 20 IMPs or 50% of the maximum available 26 Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL; VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring. Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Andrew Russell, St. Catharines ON 1.53 Third offense, in the event: disqualification of the 27 Dan Morse, Houston TX; , Dallas TX; Russell Ekeblad, pair or team from the event. Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 1.41 from the playing area for the remainder of the session. 28 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Bauke Muller - Simon De Wijs, Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Bend OR 1.19 29 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 0.41 Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 3, 2017 Page 5

30 Maciej Klis, Krakow Poland; Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Piotr Kucharski - Janusz Gaisecki, Krakow Poland 0.27 Thank you 31 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; William Doroshow, Skokie IL; Christophe Grosset - continued from page 1 Borislav Popov, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Stefan Skorchev, London England 0.18 32 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; , London England; Dror Padon - local volunteers. Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel; Cornelis Van Prooijen – Louk Verhees Jr., Netherlands 0.00 Lamya Agelidis, our San Diego liaison arranged a cadre of great people to assist us. NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS - FINALISTS Wendy Turk and Chris Champion at the very 58 Tables / Based on 114 Tables Carryover popular Welcome Desk (bet you enjoyed the great 1 Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Austria; Marusa Basa, London Great Britain; Victor King, Hartford CT 30.00 embroidered polo shirts!). 2 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Will Ehlers, West Orange NJ; Iulian Rotaru - Debbie and Alan Gailfus, Jim and Shay Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Ida Groenkvist, Andrews were all so professional at the information Bromma Sweden 23.17 partnership desks every day. 3 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva - Aleksander Dubinin - , Nance Lodge and helpers doled out thousands of Moscow Russia; Geir Helgemo, Monaco; Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden 20.66 beautiful T-shirts and flashlight/key chains to those 4 Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Gen Geiger - Terry McHenry, who won a section or overall. Sarasota FL 18.50 Gigette Caldwell was terrific in compiling the 5 Leon Lowe - JoAnne Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ; Janet Daling - Steve Mansfield, best restaurant guide. Sun Lakes AZ 18.39 Marge Van Hemert watched over the caddies. 6 , Las Vegas NV; Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Ahu Zobu, Istanbul Turkey; Viktor Aronov, Sofia Bulgaria 17.63 Marty Roth provided volunteer hospitality. 7 Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, Bill Grant kept track of the tournament finances. New York NY; Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark 16.83 The Intermediate/Newcomer area was the 8 Diana Holt, Palm Beach FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Janice Seamon-Molson, best ever under the expert leadership of Maritha Hollywood FL; Harry Tudor, Miami FL; Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 15.81 Pottenger and Marc Matz supplying lavish 9 Robert Hopkins Jr. - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA; Alan Tenenbaum - gifts, awards and lessons. Liz Hamilton and Rolf Mary Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 14.54 Houtkooper (NABC chairs themselves) were 10 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; William Watson, delightful in arranging partnerships for these new and Sunnyvale CA; , Hockenheim Germany 14.47 advancing players. 11 Patricia Herrera, Mexico Mexico; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; Paul Darin - A great crew, a great city, a great hotel and a Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA 14.18 12 Karen Turner - Barbara Stewart - Michael Roche - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 13.70 great tournament. Thank you all for coming. 13 Rebecca Clough - Roger Clough, Culver City CA; Pat Leary - Jim Leary, Livermore CA 13.29 FRIDAY ZIP KO 14 Michael Fleisher - Mindy Foos, Campbell CA; Barbara Luttrell - Bruce Luttrell, 14 Tables San Jose CA 12.85 4.48 1 William Zhu - Edmund Wu - Anant Rathi, San 15 Bye-----NPC; Mark Cohen - Stasha Cohen, West Orange NJ; David Caprera - Francisco CA; Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY 3.14 2 Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Finn Kolesnik, Anne Brenner, Denver CO 12.74 Ventura CA; Saul Priever - Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 16 Suzanne Cook, McKinleyville CA; Tracy Brines - Maureen Brines, Virginia Beach VA; 1.79 3/4 Monique Thomas, Laguna Beach CA; Stefanie Theo Lichtenstein, Tallahassee FL 12.39 Woodburn, Los Angeles CA; Brian Reynolds - Samantha 17 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Godfrey Chang - Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Macdouglas, Canoga Park CA Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 10.44 1.79 3/4 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, New York NY; 18 Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Jennifer Lin, San Francisco CA; R. Rubinstein, Astoria NY Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA; Pam Wittes, CA 10.38 19 May Sakr, Ardmore PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland; Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland; Daniel Miles, Toronto ON 10.35 20 Raluca Dobrescu - Robert Barrington, New York NY; Lorraine Cable - Kerry Kappell, Elmhurst NY 10.27 21 Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Jo Ginsberg - Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA 9.90 22 Todd Werby, Tiburon CA; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Aaron Jones, Oceanside CA; Jennifer Lin, San Francisco CA 9.59 23 Kitty Cooper - Steven Cooper, Lakeside CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 9.39 24 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; , Paris France; Catherine D’Ovidio, Colombes France; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 8.61 25 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Louis-Amaury Beauchet, Sherwood OR; Marc Mus - Catherine Mus, Montpellier France 8.49 26 Alison Wilson, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Sweden; Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer, The Netherlands 8.22 27 Julie Smith - Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC; K. Fung, Edmonton AB 7.72 28 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Maureen Weiman, Eden Prairie MN; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Brian McGuire, United Kingdom 7.67 29 V. Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA; - Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA 7.59 30 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; Brian Reynolds - Samantha Macdouglas, Canoga Park CA 7.13 31 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Shane Blanchard, New York NY; , Toronto ON; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 6.50 32 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ; Joann Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV 6.17 33 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Ann Borgschulte, San Francisco CA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 6.01 34 Ellen Cherniavsky - William Cole, Silver Spring MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 5.91 35 Signe Buus Thomsen, Frederiksberg Denmark; Giuseppe Delle Cave, Italy; Claire Alpert - Marc Spellman, Miami FL 5.89 36 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Allyson Wolfe, Saint Louis MO; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 5.84 37 Chris Benson, Leroy IL; Wirt Gilliam, San Diego CA; Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 5.83 38 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Verdes CA 5.69 39 Nelson Davis, Seattle WA; Andrea James, Auburn WA; Vandana Vidwans, Fremont CA; Rajeev Gupta, Oakland CA 5.46 40 Jerry Goldberg - Jane Dillenberg - Michael Rosen, New York NY; Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY 5.41 41 Claudette Hartman, Austin TX; James La Fountain, Temple TX; Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX; Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX 5.00 42 Margaret Peterson - Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Minneapolis MN; Dawn Campbell, Portland OR 4.23 Page 6 Sunday, December 3, 2017 Daily Bulletin

43 Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Cadir Lee, Reisinger Los Gatos CA; William Bailey, Mill Valley CA; , Las Vegas NV 4.08 continued from page 1 44 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Julius Sigurjonsson, Kopavogur Iceland; Christal Henner, New York NY; Ranald Davidson, Montreal QC 3.87 with Norwegians Boye Brodeland and Espen 45 Nancy Kornegay - Stephen Kornegay, North Richland Hills TX; Joe Quinn - Lindqvist in winning the Spingold Knockout Teams Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 2.56 this summer in Toronto. 46 Susan Peters, Vancouver BC; Doug Hansford, Surrey BC; Donald Sache - Diamond’s carryover is 2.98, just ahead of the Sheila Sache, Burnaby BC 2.40 squad led by Nicklay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL. 47 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Harold Lilie - Janis Lilie, Las Vegas NV; The rest of the team is Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC Linda Rothstein - Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY 2.33 plus four players from Bulgaria: Vladimir Marashev, 48 Gerry McCully - Rhonda Foster, Sun City West AZ; Steve Gross, Westlake Village CA; Ivan Tsonchev, Rosen Gunev and Kalin Karaivanov. Ellen Anten, Encino CA 1.65 The Demirev team is in second by just .42 points. 49 Sally Clark, Montrose AL; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK; Tom Breed, Kingwood TX 1.64 NA Swiss 50 Ole Godefroy - Julie Godefroy, Bellevue WA; Carol Bruno - Steve Bruno, Oceanside CA 1.53 continued from page 1 51 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL; Ronald Mak, play with a carryover of 28.01 VPs. The qualifiers Manchester NH 1.48 will play two final sessions today. 52 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; T Brian Zaugg, Burien WA; In second place is the team captained by Melih Shawn Abernethy, Seattle WA 1.45 Ozdil, ; Kauko Koistinen and Vesa 53 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Darryl Legassie, Milton NH; Raymond Hornby - Fagerlund, both of Finland, and Adam Mesbur of Marielle Brentnall, Winnipeg MB 1.34 Ireland. 54 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC; Cameron Doner, Surrey BC 1.04 55 Yan Song - Kun He, Plano TX; Jiaqi Zhu - Shuai Lan, Los Angeles CA 1.03 Mixed Swiss 56 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; R. Rubinstein, Astoria NY; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA; Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA 0.27 continued from page 1 57 Jim Leuker, San Francisco CA; Evelyn Holtz - Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA; Swiss Teams. Smederevac is playing with Alexander Robert Rubinstein, Edgewater NJ; Paul Bubendey, Vero Beach FL 0.11 Wernle. They both live in Vienna, Austria. Their 58 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA; Richard Price - Melissa Price, teammates are Marusa Basa, London, England, and Glenn Dale MD 0.00 Victor King, Hartford CT. In second place are Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Will Ehlers, West Orange NJ; Iulian Rotaru and Sandra Rimstedt, New York City; Radu Nistor, Woodside NY, and Ida Groenkvist, Sweden.

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BLUE RIBBON PAIRS - CORRECTED 39.0 Tables / Based on 157 Tables Maui mayor 190.00 1 Joe Grue, New York NY; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 1181.52 continued from page 1 142.50 2 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV 1164.98 At the time, Arakawa was running an office for 106.88 3 Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL; , Denver CO 1161.34 Equitable Life Insurance. When his supervisor in 87.69 4 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 1153.41 that job found out about his interest in bridge, “he 81.43 5 , Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 1150.84 mandated that I keep playing,” Arakawa said. “He 76.00 6 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 1137.91 71.25 7 Carlos Pellegrini, Argentina; Michael Whibley, Aukland New Zealand 1133.83 said it was a good way to meet people, and he didn’t 67.06 8 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; William Pettis, Chevy Chase MD 1124.59 mind that I wasn’t in the office all the time.” 63.33 9 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 1124.39 As one of Maui’s top two or three chess players, 60.00 10 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; , Chicago IL 1124.33 Arakawa has donated hundreds of chess sets to 57.00 11 Eitan Orensten, Haifa Israel; Kalish Au, 1118.69 school children. “I would teach chess if I had the 54.29 12 Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria 1106.91 time,” he said. 51.82 13 Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV 1102.70 Arakawa decided to go into politics during his 49.57 14 Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China 1091.57 time as supervisor at a Maui County wastewater 47.50 15 , Paradise Valley AZ; , Las Vegas NV 1089.45 management facility. Frustrated at finding it hard 45.60 16 Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain 1088.93 to get anything done because of the layers of 43.85 17 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 1084.54 42.22 18 Jay Borker, Tempe AZ; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden 1077.37 bureaucracy, he sought a way to change the process. 40.71 19 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 1075.87 “I decided to work from the top,” he said. 39.31 20 Louis-Amaury Beauchet, Sherwood OR; Jon Bartlett, Portland OR 1075.15 The first step was his successful campaign for a 38.00 21 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 1073.06 position on the county council in 1994. Four years 36.77 22 Agustin Madala - Adolfo Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 1053.96 later, he ran for mayor. He lost but came back in 2002 35.63 23 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC 1053.78 and was elected mayor. He lost in the next mayoral 34.55 24 , Dallas TX; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 1049.83 election but has won twice since then. He is a year 33.53 25 Allan Liugard; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway 1049.36 away from completing his current term as mayor. 32.57 26 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Uttam Gupta, Bangalore India 1048.66 With that, he will be the longest serving mayor in 31.67 27 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 1045.60 Maui County history. 30.81 28 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 1043.16 30.00 29 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 1038.51 Arakawa plays each year at the Honolulu 29.23 30 Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden 1034.73 Regional but rarely travels away from Hawaii to 28.50 31 Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA 1034.39 play bridge. In 1977, with just one masterpoint to 27.80 32 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 1026.74 his credit, Arakawa attended the Spring NABC in 27.14 33 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 1024.20 Pasadena, but it was only because he was in the area 26.51 34 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Victor King, Hartford CT 1022.67 visiting family. 25.91 35 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA 1021.47 The 2017 Fall NABC, he said, is really “my first 25.33 36 Joann Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV 1021.29 one away from Hawaii.” 24.78 37 Bernard Cabanes - Eric Gautret, Montpellier France 1020.11 Arakawa said he enjoys playing bridge despite 24.26 38 Veri Kiljan - Luc Tijssen, Tilburg Norway 1019.46 the frustrations that come with the game from time 23.75 39 Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL 1018.55 23.27 40 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England 1013.39 to time. “I enjoy it, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t 22.80 41 Carlos Hoyos - Jorge Barrera, Bogota Colombia 1010.45 torture,” he said. 22.35 42 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX 1010.30 The mayor said he and Rogers always take their 21.92 43 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 1008.78 wives when they go to bridge tournaments. “We get 21.51 44 Chien-Yao Tseng, Cerritos CA; Wei-Bung Wang, Redmond WA 1007.69 to play. The penalty is that the wives go shopping. 21.11 45 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 1007.11 That’s how we even it up.” 20.73 46 Dick Melson, Chicago IL; David Lehman, Glenview IL 1005.02 25.80 47 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 1004.86 20.00 48 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 1003.36 19.66 49 Yanong Han, Milpitas CA; Jianming Zhang, Union City CA 1001.81 19.32 50 Yeshayahu Levit, Tel Aviv Israel; Amos Kaminski, New York NY 1000.41 19.00 51 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 1000.34 18.69 52 David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO 998.28 18.39 53 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 996.01 18.10 54 Godefroy De Tessieres - Quentin Robert, Paris France 993.00 23.60 55 Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 991.45 17.54 56 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 988.93 17.27 57 Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 985.64 17.01 58 Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 985.16 16.76 59 Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; William Cole, Silver Spring MD 980.68 16.52 60 Michel Abecassis, Paris France; Philippe Soulet, France 968.82 16.29 61 Nicholas Lhuissier, Rueil Malmaison France; Romain Tembouret, France 963.76 16.06 62 Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA 952.05 15.83 63 Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark 935.72 15.81 64 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Alon Apteker, Johannesburg South Africa 934.29 15.41 65 Phil Warden, Madison WI; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL 926.94 15.20 66 Allen Kahn, New York NY; David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY 911.32 15.00 67 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 906.16 14.81 68 James Tritt, Anaheim CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 901.59 14.62 69 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA 891.34 14.43 70 Pierre Franceschetti - Marc Mus, Montpellier France 888.54 14.25 71 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; , Palm Beach Gdns FL 869.25 14.07 72 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 869.00 13.90 73 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Shelly Dunietz, Santa Rosa CA 868.87 21.53 74 Robin Bjorkstrand - Borje Dahlberg, Goteborg Sweden 858.05 13.57 75 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 849.92 33.18 76 Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia 844.09 13.26 77 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 827.83 13.10 78 Sally Clark, Montrose AL; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 790.06

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SATURDAY COMPACT KO 1 SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SWISS 13 Tables 19 Tables 15.17 1 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Sabine Rolland, A B C Rueil France; Jessie DeTessieres, Lyon France; Aurelie Thizy, Cachan France 5.41 1 1 1 Charles Rauch, Monterey CA; Ginny Noe, North Arlington NJ; 10.62 2 Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Larry Griffey, Vero Nadine Armus, Rockaway NJ; Janice Skow, Carmel CA 57.00 Beach FL; Robert McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL; Michael Dalton, 4.06 2 2 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Melinda Westgate, Mercer Island WA; Palm Coast FL Ann Matthews, St. George UT; George Boedecker, Anchorage AK 54.00 6.83 3 Harold George, Wichita KS; Ringo Chung, 2.66 3/4 3/4 David Kennedy - Philip Savage III, San Bernardino CA; Mississauga ON; Vinay Sarin, Thornhill ON; Michael Schrage, Michel Tuszewski, Riverside CA; Corliss Serber, Yucaipa CA 53.00 Chestnut Hill MA 5.31 4 Edmund Wu - Anant Rathi, San Francisco CA; 2.66 3/4 3/4 Terrance Hill - Paul Hochfeld, Corvallis OR; Peter Rans, Halifax NS; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA Carolyn Wood, Cobbs Creek VA 53.00 1.71 5 5 Alan Arakawa, Kahului HI; Harry Rogers, Wailuku HI; SATURDAY COMPACT KO 2 Christopher Young, San Diego CA; Judy Rimer, La Jolla CA 51.00 12 Tables 1.12 6/7 6/7 Brian Hegarty - Judy Bredall, Colorado Springs CO; John Crouch, 10.04 1 Ray Fink, Jackson WY; Beth Milam - James Milam, Idaho Falls ID; Malcolm Morris, London Minneapolis MN; Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL 45.00 7.03 2 Xingping Kang, El Monte CA; Cecil T.C. Chan, 1.56 6/7 6/7 2 Lee Smart, Olive Branch MS; Susan Ray, Germantown TN; Wellesley MA; Dominique Moore, Arcadia CA; Xiao Lu Gu, Deborah Harrington, Memphis TN; Roseann Buckley, Ventura CA 45.00 Rowland Heights CA 1.17 3 Dale Phillips - Peter Clark - Joan Gross, San Diego CA; 4.52 3 Martyn Cooper, Katy TX; Beth Todd, New Arlene Navias, La Jolla CA 39.00 Orleans LA; Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN; Sam Dodson, Houston TX 3.51 4 Eleth Fields, Tustin CA; Marina Fomenkova - SATURDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS Jeremy Fields, San Diego CA; Janice Joerger, Rancho Santa Fe CA 18.5 Tables A B C SATURDAY COMPACT KO 3 6.28 1 Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE; Susan MacDonald, San Anselmo CA 66.77% 10 Tables 5.63 2 1 1 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 61.67% 7.41 1 Deborah Weiss - Carol Johns, Scottsdale AZ; 4.22 3 2 Scott Nelson - Carol Nelson, Carlsbad CA 61.16% Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ; Ronald Dixon, Vancouver BC 5.19 2 Tod Pontius - David Warner, Austin TX; Barbara 3.17 4 3 Peter Clay - Kathleen Clay, Wellesley MA 60.62% Teng - Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD 2.37 5 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ 58.99% 3.33 3 Mary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Nancy Gaunt, 2.38 6 4 Martyn Cooper, Katy TX; Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 58.82% Evansville IN; William Mendez Jr., Alexandria VA; Michael 1.12 7 Carole Liss, San Rafael CA; Raymond Sachs, San Diego CA 57.32% Goldman, Rockville MD 1.91 5 Amy Rhodes, New York NY; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 56.71% 2.59 4 Stephanie Rogers - Richard Rogers, San Francisco CA; Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Moises Saul, Bellevue WA 1.34 6 Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO; Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO 55.04% 1.37 7 Arthur Mirin, Castro Valley CA; Stephanie Singer, Belmont CA 53.76% SATURDAY COMPACT KO 4 1.97 2 Nanette Hittmeier, Olympia WA; Pamela Williams, Albuquerque NM 52.62% 11 Tables 1.48 3 Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO; Robert Gray, Prince Frederick MD 48.34% 5.83 1 Connie Arnold - Judith Remmers - Barbara Page - 1.11 4 Dawn Lee - Jill Thesman, Los Angeles CA 48.23% Gail Vick, Modesto CA 4.08 2 Matthew Rudary – L. Allison Rudary - Frank Dinoff, New York NY; Christopher Rivera, Woodside NY SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 2.62 3 Joanie Dinsmore, Mountain View CA; Susan 13.5 Tables Zhang - Richard Herzog, Los Altos Hills CA; Buz Battle, Los Altos A B C CA 3.60 1 1 1 Lynn Sager, South Pasadena CA; Joan Riback, Altadena CA 66.92% 2.04 4 Raghubir Mathur, Poway CA; Richard Hsieh, 2.70 2 2 2 Shelley Basson - Andrew Ries, San Diego CA 62.26% Coronado CA; Batia Kvashny, La Jolla CA; Suresh Kanekar, San 2.03 3 Lynne Anderson, San Diego CA; Debbie Hedenberg, La Jolla CA 61.92% Diego CA 1.52 4 Alyse Galvin - Patrick Galvin, Anchorage AK 59.45% 1.76 5 3 Bryan Barrett - Liz Barrett, Annapolis MD 57.66% 1.35 6 4 3 Sonja Mooradian - Art Mooradian, Fort Myers FL 56.41% 1.01 5 4 Kenneth Grissinger, Indio CA; Carol McConnell, Bermuda Dunes CA 56.24% 0.76 6 5 Luanne Stoltz - Susan Tear, Portland OR 55.58%

SATURDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B 1.75 1 Joan E. Hafer, La Mesa CA; Virginia Shue, San Diego CA 67.77% 1.31 2 Robert Davis - Anita Davis, Durango CO 63.69% 0.98 3 Margaret Trader, Chula Vista CA; Yvonne Matta, Annapolis MD 53.53% 1.39 4 1 Levi Katriel, Del Mar CA; Johnathan Trader, Chula Vista CA 49.41% 1.04 2 Laura Mirsky - Saul Mirsky, West Des Moines IA 48.72% SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 38.0 Tables 7 5 2 12.60 1 1 1 Patrick Staley, San Diego CA; Gerald Kibbey, La Mesa CA 67.26% 9.45 2 2 Sunila Kulkarni, Ladera Ranch CA; Raeann Koerner, Ventura CA 61.01% 7.09 3 3 David Dodson - Joan Shafer, Pahoa HI 60.12% 5.32 4 Lynne Castoldi, La Quinta CA; Merle Friedman, Palm Desert CA 59.52% 4.20 5 Thomas Burgeson - Geneva Murphy, San Diego CA 59.38% 3.60 6 Louis Block, San Diego CA; Chebli Jada, La Jolla CA 59.23% 4.54 7 4 Jennifer Prairie - Branko Obradovic, San Diego CA 58.78% 3.58 8 5 2 William Boline, Minneapolis MN; Jeffrey Walker, Eagan MN 56.85% 3.07 9 6 Ramey Farah, La Jolla CA; Leslie Brucker, Los Angeles CA 56.70% 2.69 10 7 3 Danning Lu - Andrew Rowberg, Santa Barbara CA 55.95% 2.39 11 8 Kathryn Ells - Elly Bronk, Halifax NS 55.06% 2.15 12 9 Mark Spiro, Encinitas CA; Steve Reid, Carlsbad CA 54.91% 1.95 13 10 Brenda Hatton, San Jose CA; Eunice Menezes, Cupertino CA 54.61% 1.88 14 11 4 Salim Bhimji, Brea CA; Sofi Kasubhai, Chino Hills CA 54.46% 1.65 15 12 5 David Merenbach - Lisa Merenbach, Belmont CA 54.32% 2.04 16 13 Kenneth Agress, Anaheim CA; Sharon Ray, Newport Beach CA 54.17% 1.64 17/18 14/15 Patty Paulsen - Carl Paulsen, Carlsbad CA 54.02% 1.60 17/18 14/15 6 Barry Sackin, Murrieta CA; David Blumenberg, Fallbrook CA 54.02% 1.53 19 16 Kathy Wheeler, Half Moon Bay CA; Gerry Gassman, Los Gatos CA 53.72% 1.45 17/18 Helen Prowse - Kathryn MacIsaac, Halifax NS 53.57% 1.16 17/18 Mark Andrews, Mapleton ND; Merri Banks, Surprise AZ 53.57%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 10.0 Tables A B C 3.00 1 1 Cindy McColl, Los Altos Hills CA; Kelly Villareal, Austin TX 62.50% 2.25 2 2 Allen Jones, Ketchum ID; Wendy Vaughn Platt, San Diego CA 59.52% 1.69 3 3 1 Sonja Mooradian - Art Mooradian, Fort Myers FL 56.55% 1.27 4 4 Lawrence Calder - Dianne Belk, San Diego CA 55.36% 0.95 5 5 Shirley First, San Diego CA; Yael Aires, La Jolla CA 54.76% 0.66 6/7 Bryan Barrett - Liz Barrett, Annapolis MD 54.17% 0.62 6/7 Debe Nelson, Basalt CO; Margot Levy, Crested Butte CO 54.17% 1.14 2 Shannon Luck, Sandy UT; Aaron Dewell, Coalville UT 50.89% Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 3, 2017 Page 9

natural. When they taught me the Neapolitan Club, Garozzo I became very much interested in bidding systems. Play well, earn a push continued from page 1 Together with I invented the New On this deal from the first qualifying session of and the the Lancia Club. The Dutch the Keohane North American Swiss Teams, Marshall Bridge Federation hired me to give lessons to their Lewis had to play well to earn a push. He was Open and Women’s teams, so I invented a specific playing with Fredrik Helness. system for them: the Volmac. Soon after, I invented Dlr: South ♠ A 8 6 the system that I am still playing. I created it for Vul: None ♥ K 9 5 4 my beloved Lea Dupont, who had come to Italy to ♦ K 6 improve her bridge and had found an Italian partner. ♣ Q 9 6 4 They did not know the Strong Club, so I decided to ♠ Q J 10 7 ♠ K 9 5 4 2 build up a good system on natural bases for them and ♥ Q 10 7 3 ♥ — I invented GAR. [Ed: the system takes its name from ♦ A 10 4 ♦ 9 8 7 3 Giovanni Donati and Benito Garozzo hold the the first letters of Benito’s last name.] ♣ J 3 ♣ A 8 5 2 1961 . At the top of my career, a Chinese player ♠ 3 After the war, I went back to Egypt and started contacted me and hired me to play Precision. He has ♥ A J 8 6 2 playing at the local bridge club, where I met great asked me if I was up to developing Super Precision, ♦ Q J 5 2 players. I improved my cardplay using Autobridge, and so I did. Now I have another system in mind, a ♣ K 10 7 and ended up in the news for the first time: An kind of “half-strong Club,” which will be disclosed in West North East South Egyptian newspaper described me as a promising my new book, together with many other conventions Helness Lewis talent. that can be included in any . The book 1♥ How did you become a member of the Italian will also include a part on leads: many hands will be Pass 2NT Pass 3♠ ? presented to the best players in the world and they Pass 4♦ Pass 4♥ The Blue Team had already won three world titles will explain how they would lead and why. All Pass when, in 1961, I was suddenly called, just 10 days You have had many bridge partners in your 2NT was a game-forcing raise of hearts; 3♠ before the start of the championship. ’s life. indicated shortness. partner had an unexpected work commitment. I Yes, and I want to say that my successes are West led the ♠Q, taken in dummy with the replied with this telegram: “Thank you for the desired especially due to the fact that I have always played ace. At trick two, Lewis played dummy’s ♦6 to invitation and I confirm my enthusiastic participation. with very strong players: Forquet, Belladonna, Arturo his queen and West’s ace. Lewis ruffed the spade Stop. Best wishes. Stop.” Franco, Lorenzo Lauria, Dano De Falco, Vito Pittalà continuation and played a diamond to dummy’s When, a few months ago my partner and I were and many others. king. He continued with a club to his king, followed called on for the Italian National Team for the 2017 The new generation of bridge players is extremely by the ♦J: 10, ♣4, ♦8. When Lewis played the ♦5, World Championships, we sent the Italian Bridge talented. The future of bridge is guaranteed. Among West discarded the ♣J. Lewis ruffed the diamond in Federation these same exact words, 56 years later. The the young ones, I am very impressed by Agustin dummy. East followed suit. Lewis ruffed a spade to only difference is that this time it was by email! Madala. hand and played a club to dummy’s 9 and East’s ace, In 1961, I was to play with Pietro Forquet. I As for me, I will keep playing for all my life, but West discarding his last spade. On the club return, almost did not know him and we had never played when I realize that my level is not satisfying anymore, Lewis followed with the 10 and West, down to all together before. I will stop playing in public. I will retire and play only trumps, had to and lead away from his ♥Q 10 7, We had only 10 days to build up a partnership, online, probably hiding behind a pseudonym. eliminating Lewis’s loser in that suit. That was plus so each afternoon we met at Forquet’s place with 420 for his side. , who helped us to train. We used to Facts about Had Lewis gone down, the team would have lost remove the 2s, 3s and 4s from the deck, deal the cards 10 IMPs because, at the other table, South made 10 and bid. I had always used a natural system, so I had Benito Garozzo tricks in hearts on a less-challenging defense. to learn the Neapolitan Club in few days starting from n He was born on Sept. 5, 1927 in Naples. zero. Anyway we were a complementary partnership: n He was married to Lea Dupont from the U.S. I was very aggressive, while Pietro was extremely n He lived in Florida from 1987 to 2012, becoming Like ‘War and Peace’? solid and never taking risks. We were awarded as the a U.S. citizen in 1994. Mark Bennett of Honolulu HI was playing in the best partnership of the championship and we won the n He has a daughter, Silvana, a son, Fulvio, and two Daylight Open Pairs on Friday when he overheard an Bermuda Bowl. grown grandchildren. He is looking forward to his extremely long-winded director call at the next table. Just like 56 years ago, the invitation to play on the next achievement: becoming a great-grandfather! As the players at that table continued to divulge what 2017 Open team came at the very last minute. I took n In 1964, he opened a jewelry store in Rome, next sounded like irrelevant information to the director, a photo with Giovanni Donati, the youngest player to the famous Trevi’s fountain. Called Monna Bennett leaned over to his right-hand opponent and on the team, aged 19. I put in his hands the Bermuda Lisa, it is now managed by his daughter and son. said, “Gosh, it’s like ‘War and Peace’ over there.” Bowl that I had won in 1961 and told him: “This is n He is a passionate golfer. She surprised him by pulling out a book from her your first world championship and I wish that you can n In 2011, aged 84, he was proudly able to bid in 10 purse: volume one of Tolstoy’s famously verbose win it, like it has happened to me!” different bidding systems. novel. “Actually, I have ‘War and Peace’ right here,” Unfortunately we did not win and I know it was n In his career he won 10 Bermuda Bowls, three she said. mainly because of my partner and me. (past Bridge Olympiads), I am very happy that I had this opportunity. I five European Championships, two European think nobody will hit the record of playing in an Open Open Championships, four NABC titles, a Email us event for the national team at 90 years old! Gemini Cup, dozens of Italian titles and countless Got a hand you just have to share or a nice story? You have invented many bidding systems… national and international events. We’d love to see it. Thanks to computers, everybody improved in n In 2017 he was elected to the European Bridge The Daily Bulletin has its own email address: card play. Nowadays, results are achieved during League Hall of Fame. [email protected]. You’ll also find it on bidding, especially in competition. n In 2017 he was named Personality of the Year by the front page under the “Daily Bulletin” between the The bidding system gives a 5-10 percent average the International Bridge Press Association. date and the editors’ names. advantage, which seems not much, but if you think n He has written 11 books and is currently working This email address won’t be checked with any that we have lost world championships by 2 or 3 on the 12th. regularity when the NABC is not in session, so please IMPs, you can see how big a difference bidding n He has trained the Dutch and Italian national continue to use our office email addresses for non- methods can make. teams. tournament–related correspondence. At the beginning of my career, I only played Page 10 Sunday, December 3, 2017 Daily Bulletin

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS Player of the Year 29.0 Tables continued from page 1 A B C 8.45 1 1 Alan Arakawa, Kahului HI; Harry Rogers, Wailuku HI 66.54% Reisinger, Joel Wooldridge is likely too far behind – 6.34 2 Carole Liss, San Rafael CA; Raymond Sachs, San Diego CA 65.69% 158.76 behind Bilde – to make up the difference. In 5.53 3 2 Mary Farrell, Honolulu HI; Penny Kallaus, Holualoa HI 60.23% addition to the Reisinger, which pays 200 platinum 4.55 4 3 Michel Tuszewski, Riverside CA; Philip Savage III, points, there are two other ongoing platinum-point San Bernardino CA 60.08% events: the Keohane North American Swiss Teams, 3.19 5 4 Ying Lin Gu, San Diego CA; Herman Lin, Rancho Santa Fe CA 59.31% which awards 160 points, and the NABC+ Mixed 2.33 6 5 Michael Hartnett - Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 59.23% Swiss, which pays 100 points. 1.81 7 6 Ken Matson, Poway CA; Hazel Turner, San Diego CA 58.08% 2017 platinum points through Friday: 1.31 8 7 Judy Bredall - Brian Hegarty, Colorado Spgs CO 57.77% 1. Dennis Bilde, Denmark 751.64 3.68 1 Elazar Harel, La Jolla CA; Bridget Poizner, San Diego CA 56.62% 2.76 2 George Boedecker, Anchorage AK; Ann Matthews, St. George UT 55.77% 2. Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 666.86 2.07 3 Donna Carr, Encinitas CA; Vicki Shepperd Chin, San Diego CA 53.62% 3. Boye Brogeland, Norway 650.91 1.55 4 David Jensen - Jane Jensen, Leighton Buzzard UK 53.54% 4. Espen Lindqvist, Norway 648.55 1.02 5/6 Stuart Hemple, Los Angeles CA; May Mengstab, Laguna Woods CA 52.08% 5. Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 592.88 1.02 5/6 Carla Francis, Castro Valley CA; Linda Decquir, Wildomar CA 52.08% 6. Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 587.45 7. Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 539.16 SATURDAY DAYLIGHT A/B/C PAIRS 8. Robert Levin, Henderson NV 512.22 51.0 Tables / Based on 91 Tables 9. Dror Padon, Israel 462.03 A B C 10. David Gold, England 460.22 40.71 1 Mary Ose - Dave Vidaver, Sacramento CA 64.40% 30.53 2 Sherman Gao, Santa Ana CA; Robert Micone, Tustin CA 61.66% 22.90 3 , Memphis TN; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 58.63% Slow Play 17.17 4 Cliff Campbell - Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON 58.60% Slow play, especially habitual slow play, is a 13.57 5 Cynthia Goatz - Phillip Goatz, Las Vegas NV 58.08% violation of law and subject to penalty. When a pair 19.16 6 1 Orhan Gurbuz, Huntington Beach CA; Hayim Ninyo, Irvine CA 57.89% has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them to make up 14.37 7 2 Michael Farber, Carlsbad CA; Myrna Blaufarb, Los Angeles CA 57.84% the time lost as quickly as possible whether at fault or 9.05 8 Joe Houde, Vista CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 57.68% 10.78 9 3 1 Jack Mahoney - Dan Morgenstern, Brunswick ME 57.05% not. 7.40 10 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 57.01% In the absence of compelling evidence to the 8.08 11 4 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 56.93% contrary, the director should presume that a pair 6.39 12 5 Jay Baudler, San Jose CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY 56.84% finishing a round late by more than two or three 5.82 13 Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Gregory Chaffee, La Jolla CA 56.65% minutes on more than one occasion during a session 5.43 14 Hemant Bhatia, Foothill Ranch CA; Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA 56.42% is responsible for the lateness. There is a strong 5.09 15 Suleyman Kolata, Istanbul Turkey; Sharon Goldman, Secaucus NJ 56.32% expectation that the director will penalize such a 4.79 16 Harumi Shibano - Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 56.00% pair. The size of a penalty will tend to increase for 4.52 17 Rhoda Kratenstein - Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 55.53% subsequent instances of slow play and for chronic or 6.47 18 6 2 Bill McGeary - Sheryl Clough, Clinton WA 55.35% egregious slow play. 4.07 19 Louis Shen, Fullerton CA; William Ng, Chatsworth CA 55.02% 3.88 20 Marta Monheim, West Hills CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA 54.96% While warnings typically will be given before a 3.70 21 Judy Chapman, Edmonton AB; Steven Lawrence, Calgary AB 54.85% penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way limits 3.54 22 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 54.36% the director’s authority to issue a penalty. 3.39 23 Shmuel Greenberg, Israel; Geir Engebretsen, Alesund Norway 54.28% Players are expected to be aware, in a general 5.52 24 Marie Covey, Palm Desert CA; Mary Terell, Banning CA 54.27% sense, of time used and remaining in a segment 3.13 25 Roger Doughman - Suzanne Lebendig, San Diego CA 54.02% in which they are playing regardless of whether a 4.79 26 7 Phillip Yorston, Abiquiu NM; Bill Noyes, Monument Beach MA 53.85% clock is in use or a time announcement has been 5.09 8 Paul O’Brien - Ouida McCullough, Bellingham WA 53.59% made. An excuse of “no announcement” or “no 4.85 9/10 3 Kenny Pan - Alberto Feilhaber, Irvine CA 52.88% clock immediately visible” will not be considered 3.66 9/10 Paul Hardy - Elizabeth Scott, Nepean ON 52.88% persuasive. 3.19 11 Michael Gosnell - Julia Gosnell, Walnut Creek CA 52.77% 3.64 12 4 Robert Sagor, Greenfield MA; Judith Hyde, Northampton MA 52.57% In consultation with the DIC of the tournament, 2.74 13 Jim Cheney, Hilo HI; Patrick Kallaus, Holualoa HI 51.90% the TD may require that a particular pair not play in a 2.55 14 David Ticen, Victoria TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Village TX 51.67% specified segment, not play against a specified pair or 2.40 15 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Joye Sidoti, Oakland CA 51.67% not play together as a pair. The foregoing is expected 3.14 16 Cheryl Rodzach, Solana Beach CA; Jane Petering, San Diego CA 51.51% to be applied only due to egregious circumstances or 2.87 5 Chris Hastie, San Diego CA; Daniel Koppenhafer, Mason OH 51.41% to unduly repetitious offenders. 2.46 6 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Justin Beck, Sherwood OR 50.94% An appeal of an action taken by a TD with regard 2.16 7 Jill Seagren, La Jolla CA; Susan Monken, Solana Beach CA 48.37% to time may be taken to the Director in Charge, and no 1.92 8 Judy Brown - Ron Brown, Houston TX 48.31% further. While a time monitor may be employed, the 1.72 9 Marc Matz, San Diego CA; Barbara Blake, La Jolla CA 47.98% lack of a monitor in no way limits the TD’s authority SATURDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS to apply one or more of the remedies listed below. 16.0 Tables The TD may choose to ignore an occasional A B C minor late finish. The TD may remove one or more 5.63 1 1 Massimo Vassallo - Bernardo Biondo, Rome Italy 61.22% boards from a segment. The TD may award no score 4.22 2 2 1 Danning Lu - Andrew Rowberg, Santa Barbara CA 59.94% (when neither team is more at fault), an assigned score 3.17 3 Alice Wegman - Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 58.49% (when a result already exists at one table which the 2.68 4 3 Geir Engebretsen, Alesund Norway; Shmuel Greenberg, Israel 57.37% TD wishes to preserve) or an artificial score in IMPs. 2.24 5 4 2 Cindy Casson - Rolf Houtkooper, Las Vegas NV 56.89% 1.34 6 Alex Chen, Arcadia CA; David Wei Chuan, Rancho Mirage CA 56.41% Every effort should be made to remove boards before 1.68 7 5 3 James Lafave, Minneapolis MN; Girish Nathan, Sammamish WA 55.77% they can be played at either table, but not having done 1.26 6 4 Jake Williams - Luke Williams, San Diego CA 54.97% so does not preclude removing one or more later. 1.52 5 George Boedecker, Anchorage AK; Ann Matthews, St. George UT 54.17% Daily Bulletin Sunday, December 3, 2017 Page 11

Carol Nystrom of FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 1 Vancouver WA became a 9 Tables Life Master News 21.28 1 Yukiko Tokunaga - Emi Sakata, Japan; Hiroyuki Gerald Kibbey Life Master on Saturday Hagihira, Meguro-Ku Tokyo Japan; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan played duplicate for when her team placed 14.90 2 Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Beaverton the first time in 1947, third in the Friday- OR; Jacques Leblanc, Maria QC; Robert Huber, Minneapolis MN 8.51 3/4 Kathy Bergman, Goodyear AZ; Sudhakar then he took 40 years Saturday Morning Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ; Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO; Michael off. Now, at age 90, Compact Knockout Thorpe, Montrose CO he is celebrating his bracket 2. Nystrom 8.51 3/4 Chris Champion - Wendy Turk - Richard Olson - advancement to the rank played with Barbara Mary Olson, Colorado Springs CO of Life Master. Kibbey, Charlton, Polly Bullert FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 2 of San Diego, earned and Cynthia Brogan, all 10 Tables the requisite gold points of Vancouver. 15.90 1 Marjorie O’Malley - Charles O’Malley III, San Diego CA; Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA playing in the Monday Tod Pontius of 11.13 2 Phyllis Landry, Orleans ON; Patti McCabe - Gold Rush Pairs with Austin TX advanced Margaret Taylor, Ottawa ON; Margaret Cann, Sydney NS fellow San Diegan to Silver Life Master 6.36 3/4 Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; Jody Couch, Patrick Staley. The two Fullerton CA; Michael Borushok, Davie FL; Marlys Haraden, (1000 masterpoints) Anaheim CA scored 66.22% to win on Saturday when his 6.36 3/4 Catharine Gilmour, Bonita Springs FL; Barbara the event in comfort, team finished second in Olsen, Marana AZ; Josee Hammill - Jill Foran, Toronto ON earning nearly 20 gold the Compact Knockout FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 3 points in the process. Teams, bracket 3. His 9 Tables Louis Beauchet of partner in the event 10.52 1 Harvey Lesser, Murrieta CA; Ted Witt, Ketchum Sherwood OR became was Dave Warner, ID; Benay Cooper, Boca Raton FL; Jory Segal, San Jose CA 7.36 2 Michael Lynch - Berton Solomon, Edwards CO; a Silver Life Master on also of Austin. Their Eric Schneider, Boca Raton FL; Bill Multack, Miami Beach FL Tuesday playing in the teammates were two 4.21 3/4 Deborah Machlin, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Kaplan Blue Ribbon players from Bethesda Portola Valley CA; Anne Dudman - Colin Hemsley, San Jose CA Pairs with Jon Bartlett of 4.21 3/4 George Welch - Andy Scott - Karen Rice, San MD – Barbara Teng, Jose CA; Shirley Foreman, Santa Clara CA Portland. Beauchet, 17, who made Life Master and Bartlett finished 20th earlier in the tournament, SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO 1 in the event. and Calvin Konner. In 11 Tables Gregory Woods, Westport CT; Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Steve Brucker 2011, Pontius was the Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT of Oakland CA has winner of the national vs advanced to the rank Mini-McKenney race John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Zachary Grossack - Adam Grossack, of Bronze Life Master. Newton MA; Drew Casen, Metarie LA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm for players who started Springs CA He went over the 750 the year with 20 to 50 mark in masterpoints masterpoints. Sam Dinkin - Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Michael Shuster, Collegeville when his team won PA; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH vs the Thursday-Friday Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan, New York NY; Jason Hackett, Daylight Knockout Masterpoint disclaimer Manchester England; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Fu Zhong - Results reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject Teams, Bracket 4. Brucker was playing with Russ Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China to change because of score changes or corrections. Kirschenbaum, also of Oakland. Their teammates The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also were Donald Bierman, San Ramon CA and Shailesh subject to change. Shah, Hayward CA. Page 12 Sunday, December 3, 2017 Daily Bulletin

1970 Ira Rubin, Chuck Burger 154 1971 John Grantham 150 1972 Steve Robinson 181 1973 Larry Cohen 207 1974 202 1975 Walt Walvick 171 1976 199 1977 John Mohan 160 1978 Bob Hamman 165 1979 Robert Levin 233* 1980 Jeff Meckstroth 225 1981 Chip Martel 225 1982 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 191 1983 Marty Bergen 233* 1984 Grant Baze 200 1985 Eric Rodwell 364.75* 1986 Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield 211.55 Winner of the Goren Trophy for the most points 1987 Jill Meyers 176.00 earned during the 2016 Fall NABC: Eric Greco 1988 Bob Hamman 269.55 Goren Trophy Measures 1989 Mark Molson 253.71 1990 Eddie Wold 276.26 Most Fall NABC 1991 David Berkowitz 356.65 1992 Haig Tchamitch 201.66 Masterpoints 1993 Bob Hamman 355.13 The Goren Trophy is awarded to the player(s) 1994 Mark Lair 365.06* who captures the most masterpoints at the Fall 1995 Jeff Meckstroth 407.77* NABC. Last year in Orlando it was won by Eric 1996 Michael Rosenberg 445.77* Greco, who placed second in the Reisinger and third 1997 Bart Bramley, Sidney Lazard 320.31 in both the Mitchell Open BAM and the Kaplan Blue 1998 Eric Rodwell 328.59 Ribbon Pairs. 1999 Geir Helgemo 449.37* Here are the previous winners of the Goren 2000 George Jacobs 365.22 (originally the Lou Herman) Trophy. (An asterisk 2001 George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace 333.75 indicates the record was broken that year.) 2002 Dan Morse 388.81 Lou Herman Trophy 2003 Geoff Hampson 374.79 1952 Al Roth 2004 Jeff Meckstroth 381.16 1953 John Crawford 2005 Zia Mahmood 416.88 1954 Paul Hodge 2006 Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian 334.13 1955 Milt Ellenby 2007 Lew Stansby 375.28 1956 Paul Hodge The Herman Trophy becomes the Goren Trophy 1957 Lew Mathe 2008 Eric Rodwell 623.75* 1958 Sylvia Stein 2009 Jeff Meckstroth 377.66 1959 Mort Rubinow 2010 Steve Garner 326.20 1960 2011 James Cayne, 378.63 1961 Phil Feldesman 2012 Zia Mahmood 348.08 1962 Marshall Miles 2013 Agustin Madala 402.22 1963 211 2014 Boye Brogeland, Espen Lindqvist 368.89 1964 Harold Rockaway 180 2015 Bogulsaw Gierulski, Jerzy 375.94 1965 211 Skrzypczak, Ron Pachtmann, 1966 144 Pawel Zatorski 1967 Sami Kehela 155 2016 Eric Greco 382.88 1968 Henry Bethe 144 1969 Sylvia Stein 150

Appealing a ruling Monitoring Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal At this and future North American a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ with the director who delivered the original ruling. events with visible, real-time cameras. The images The table director will fill out paperwork regarding will be recorded and available for later inspection and the appeal, and the appellants will explain what review by officials. they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. By general monitoring of the session and From there, the case may be handled by a variety participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the information that may be useful in determining facts case, the circumstances of that particular case will and settling issues arising from some types of ethical determine whether the case can be resolved by the and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law or a director if a problem occurs at the table. regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or even This procedure is intended to assure everyone a committee-type hearing which could include bridge that the playing field is level and that misbehavior experts. will not be tolerated.

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42. 118.72 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA Greco leads Goren Trophy 43. 117.62 Dan Morse, Houston TX With a little help from the D Blue Ribbon Pairs winners Eric Greco and Joe 44. 117.61 Bob Drijver, Rotterdam By Mark Aquino Grue hold the top two spots in the race for the Goren Netherlands Playing with Alan Watson in the second Thursday Trophy as of Saturday. The Goren Trophy recognizes 45. 117.61 Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands A/X Pairs, I encountered a very spiffy squeeze the person who earns the most masterpoints at the 46. 117.41 Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV ending. With a little help from the defense, I was able Fall NABC. Greco, with 239.71, has a lead of 12.77 47. 117.19 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL to score 12 tricks in notrump – missing two aces! on Grue. 48. 117.19 Eddie Wold, Houston TX Dlr: West ♠ A Q 10 2 Justyne Zmuda, who won both the Whitehead 49. 116.76 Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland Vul: Both ♥ Q J 8 3 Women’s Pairs and the 0–10,000 Fast Pairs and 50. 116.76 Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw ♦ K J 4 placed seventh in the Mitchell Open BAM, is third Poland ♣ K J with 201.38, just ahead of leading Player of the Year 51. 115.57 Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires ♠ K 6 5 4 ♠ 9 8 candidate Dennis Bilde. Sylvia Shi, who was right Argentina ♥ A 5 4 ♥ 10 7 6 2 behind Greco and Grue in the Blue Ribbon Pairs, 52. 114.99 Danny Molenaar, Den Haag ♦ A 7 6 5 2 ♦ Q 8 rounds out the top five. Netherlands ♣ 3 ♣ 10 9 8 6 4 53. 114.99 Tim Verbeek, DrieBergen ♠ J 7 3 Masterpoints won through Saturday: Netherlands ♥ K 9 1. 239.71 Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 54. 114.56 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL ♦ 10 9 3 2. 226.94 Joe Grue, New York NY 55. 114.43 Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL ♣ A Q 7 5 2 3. 201.38 Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 56. 114.43 Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy West North East South 4. 197.89 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark 57. 113.60 Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands Aquino Watson 5. 189.24 Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD 58. 113.60 Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den 1♦ 1NT Pass 3NT 6. 185.65 Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy Netherlands All Pass 7. 185.65 Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 59. 113.25 Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX Opening lead: ♦Q. 8. 183.40 Giovanni Donati, Italy 60. 112.86 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY West ducked the opening lead (or there would be 9. 183.40 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy 61. 111.42 Victor King, Hartford CT no story!). North won the king, cashed two clubs in 10. 181.54 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL 62. 107.29 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires hand, West pitching a heart. Now a heart went to the 11. 181.54 Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD Argentina ♥K and ♥A, and West returned a low diamond, which 12. 168.30 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington 63. 104.88 Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC was allowed to run to the 9 in dummy. Heights IL 64. 104.88 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC The ♣A and ♣Q of clubs were cashed, with West 13. 168.30 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC 65. 104.27 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL pitching two diamonds, and North pitching the ♦J of 14. 167.90 Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel 66. 104.24 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw diamonds and a heart. 15. 167.62 David Gold, London England Vennep Netherlands When I led the ♠J from dummy, West covered 16. 167.27 Vladimir Marashev, Sofia 67. 101.75 Jack Lee, Richmond BC with the king, and I won the ace. I now cashed the Bulgaria 68. 101.66 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV ♠Q – noting the 9–8 doubleton in the East hand. I 17. 167.27 Ivan Tsonchev, Sofia Bulgaria 69. 101.52 Jie Li, Beijing China then cashed the ♥Q, creating this three-card ending: 18. 166.88 Thomas Bessis, Paris France 70. 101.52 Fu Zhong, Beijing China Dlr: West ♠ 10 2 19. 166.88 Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin 71. 98.51 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY Vul: Both ♥ J France 72. 97.91 Howard Parker III, Clements CA ♦ — 20. 163.98 Rosen Gunev, Sofia Bulgaria 73. 97.87 Espen Lindqvist, Arendal ♣ — 21. 163.98 Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Norway ♠ 6 5 ♠ — Bulgaria 74. 97.21 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV ♥ — ♥ 10 7 22. 154.49 Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria 75. 96.91 Nancy Passell, Plano TX ♦ A ♦ — 23. 154.49 Jerry Stamatov, Sofia Bulgaria 76. 96.83 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA ♣ — ♣ 10 24. 149.66 Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 77. 96.75 Robert Levin, Henderson NV ♠ 7 25. 149.60 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH 78. 95.51 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL ♥ — 26. 148.71 Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw 79. 94.97 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY ♦ 10 Poland 80. 94.44 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV ♣ 7 27. 148.09 Michael Bell, London England 81. 93.92 Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV Declarer cashed the last heart, pitching a club 28. 142.98 Brad Moss, Denver CO 82. 92.91 Frank Nickell, New York NY from dummy, and now West was squeezed; she 29. 142.55 Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan 83. 92.91 Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL pitched the ♣A to keep the spade guard. The ♠2 was 30. 140.00 Richard Schwartz, Boca Raton FL 84. 92.31 Muriel Altus, Tampa FL led to dummy’s 7, and the ♦10 was the 12th trick. 31. 137.24 Mike Passell, Plano TX 85. 92.31 Philip Altus, Tampa FL 32. 135.29 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 86. 91.92 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 33. 134.88 Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach 87. 91.92 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA Gardens FL 88. 91.87 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 34. 134.52 Rozanne Pollack, New York NY 89. 91.83 , New York NY 96. 87.69 Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna 35. 131.05 Godefroy De Tessieres, Paris 90. 89.94 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Austria France Beach FL 97. 87.55 Jean Quantin, Paris France 36. 131.05 Quentin Robert, Paris France 91. 89.94 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 98. 87.14 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 37. 125.41 Sylvie Willard, Paris France 92. 89.86 Zia Mahmood, New York NY 99. 87.14 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 38. 124.58 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 93. 87.90 Justin Lall, Charlotte NC 100. 86.60 Michael Whibley, Auckland New 39. 119.57 Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN 94. 87.87 Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA Zealand 40. 119.57 Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN 95. 87.69 Alexander Wernle, Vienna 41. 118.72 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX Austria Page 14 Sunday, December 3, 2017 Daily Bulletin Using ACBL Live to find results ACBL Live is a section of the ACBL website that A Searching by event allows users to search tournament results in a variety On the San Diego NABC page of ACBL Live, of ways and offers much more data on each event there are several ways to look for results. The body within a tournament than was available before its of the page is a list of events with most recent on top, creation. ACBL Live offers comprehensive results for and pagination tools allow you to page through that every player and every session within an event at any list. In the upper right, the key events box highlights ACBL tournament. those most frequently searched. Below key events is Overalls from events at the NABC and qualifiers an Event Search box where you can find an event by are still listed in the Daily Bulletin. But the pages of entering three or more letters of its name. There is small-print session results are no longer included. This guide will help you find those results online. also a Player Search box to the left of key events. During NABCs, the main feature on the ACBL home page is a quick link to ACBL Live results for B Searching by player the current tournament. The Player Search offers a quick way to find all You can return to this data trove after the tournament results for yourself or any player. For those reading at is over by clicking on the Live tab, third from left on home who can’t make it to the San Diego NABC but the home page. From the main ACBL Live landing want to know how your friends here are doing, this is page, there are two ways you can get started: by the place to look. searching for a player or a tournament. The quick B Click in the search box and enter the player’s last link available during NABCs bypasses this page. name, first name. An auto-complete list of players A matching your entry will appear below the search Viewing session results box. Click on the line for the player you want. Whether you search by player or by event, you come You will be taken to a page that lists all the recent to a page with a list of events broken down by session. sessions the player participated in, not just those in In the right column of this page are several blue links San Diego. that lead to the various results pages for each session. These vary by type of event and stage of progress of the event. Here’s a breakdown of the options. 1 Summary The summary page has all result information for an event on one page; the other links break out portions of the information on the summary page. At the top of the page you will find Overalls or Leaderboards and Recaps. For pair games, scroll down and you will see the board-by-board scores and hands. For team games, you will see a link to the Bracket. 2 Overalls and Leaderboards The Overalls page lists pairs or teams in order of overall score. Pairs or teams who won masterpoints are shown, and the quantity and color of these session 1 2 3 4 awards are listed. These listings may be preliminary. 3 Recaps 5 6 The recaps page lists all pairs or teams, split up by section and direction for pairs events. The first section alphabetically will be shown; click on the section letters to see a different section. 4 Hands The hands page provides a compact view of the hand records for a session. Each board is displayed, with a DoubleDummy hand analysis. 7 Personal Scores 5 Brackets Both the overall list and the recap have a Personal C The results tables on each of these pages can be ACBL Live uses FastResults for brackets for Swiss Scores column at right with links to scores pages for reordered by clicking on the column header that and KO events. Flights and placements are color- each pair. Click on the Scores link to see board-by- you want to sort by. So, if you want to see your board coded based on the legend on the top left. board results for a particular pair. results listed from best to worst, click on either the A You can switch which pair you are viewing using Matchpoints or % column from the personal scores 6 Qualifiers the Select a Pair dropdown. page. You can also click on a player’s name to see For two- and three-day NABC and NABC+ events, B For multi-session events, you can also switch to a other results for that player, which works the same as the list of qualifiers you see in the Daily Bulletin is different session using the dropdown at the top of the Player Search from the Live home page. also available on Live. each results page.

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SATURDAY EVENING A/X/Y SWISS SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO 2 12 Tables / Based on 32 Tables 13 Tables A B C Alan Wood, San Jose CA; Bob Enenstein, Los Altos CA; Richard Spitalnick, Sunnyvale CA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA 7.84 1 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; vs Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; , Seattle WA; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Jon Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 63.00 Bartlett, Portland OR; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA 5.88 2 1 1 Jon Downing, Solihull England; Liam Johnstone, Birmingham England; Richard D’Litzenberger, Leavenworth WA; John Cox, St. Maries ID 51.00 Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal 4.41 3 2 Yuanwei Wang; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN; Danny Feng, Frisco TX; QC; Jill Fisch - John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA vs Hua Yang, Plano TX 49.00 Gregory Vance, Pacifica CA; Dmitri Shabes, San Ramon CA; Robert 3.31 4 3 Edwin Glickman, Basalt CO; Muhammad Abedi, Chicago IL; Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA Charles Fortney - Kathleen Fortney, Wheaton IL 48.00 1.50 4 Ronald Powell - Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA; Stephen Tu, SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO 3 Milpitas CA; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 43.00 13 Tables Sebastian Holsclaw - Robert Walters - Davis Bennett - Ruth Ng, San Diego CA SATURDAY EVENING B/C/D SWISS vs 20 Tables Dileep Bal – L. Stuart Vance, Kapaa HI; Loring Harkness III, B C D Kilauea HI; John Tippet, Fort Collins CO 6.00 1 Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA; Hal Jones Jr., Lorton VA; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA 59.00 Brenda Pugsley - Paul Pugsley - Gary Nitzberg - Douglas Smith, Carson City NV 4.50 2 Jon Wolkenstein - Sheri Wolkenstein, Dallas TX; Joyce Gautier - vs Norman Gautier, The Woodlands TX 55.00 Joseph Mack III, Laguna Woods CA; Marc Franklin, Newport Beach 3.68 3 1 1 Andy Scott - George Welch, San Jose CA; Deborah Machlin, CA; Steve Hirsch, Brea CA; T. Applegate, Whittier CA Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA 54.00 2.76 4 2 Rita Dodge, Vancouver BC; Lamya Abougoush - Lily Lister - Cathy Bird, Calgary AB 51.00 Charity begins at 2.07 5 3 2 Marion Tumen, Pacific Plsds CA; Julie Kimelman, Valley Glen CA; Dawn Lee - Jill Thesman, Los Angeles CA 48.00 AmazonSmile 1.55 6 4 Connie Van Patter - Karen Roland, McKinney TX; Rosalee Hacker, For every eligible purchase you make on Southlake TX; Sharon Tomnitz, Dallas TX 47.00 Amazon.com, the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 1.16 5 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Paul Harris, Waltham MA; Robert Gray, .5% of the purchase price (less shipping, gift wrap Prnce Frederick MD; Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO 46.00 charges, etc.) to your chosen charity. Why not make the ACBL Educational Foundation or the ACBL SATURDAY OPEN PAIRS Charity Foundation your chosen charity? 27.0 Tables When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find A B C the exact same low prices and convenient shopping 18.50 1 Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA; Michael Christensen, Mercer Island WA 61.17% experience as Amazon.com with the added bonus that 13.88 2 Stephen Sturm, Fullerton CA; Lulu Minter, Glendora CA 60.30% 10.41 3 Sandra Scholes - Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 59.89% AmazonSmile will donate a portion of the purchase 7.80 4 Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; James Melville, Springfield IL 59.09% price to your favorite charitable organization. Picture 9.00 5 1 1 Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA; Aaron Mayerson, Redwood City CA 57.66% this: If every ACBL member were to designate one 5.29 6 Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Oris Mowry, Phoenix AZ 57.38% of the two ACBL charity funds as their AmazonSmile 6.75 7 2 Jayendu Patel, Vista CA; Uresh Vahalia, Saratoga CA 56.83% recipient and spend $200, $168,000 would flow to the 6.39 8 Bulent Kaytaz, Istanbul Turkey; Gokhan Yilmaz, Instanbul Turkey 56.63% Educational Foundation and the Charity Foundation! 3.70 9 Michael Huston, Joplin MO; Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL 55.43% Can I use my existing Amazon.com account on 5.06 10 3 2 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 55.26% AmazonSmile? 3.80 11 4 3 Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Jim Liu, Saratoga CA 54.68% Yes, you use the same account on Amazon.com 2.85 12 John Albright, Plantation FL; Donald Faskow, Hollywood FL 54.34% and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, wish list, 2.70 13 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 54.34% 2.66 14 Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 54.22% wedding or baby registry and other account settings 3.00 5 Marguerite Gousie - Marshall Williams, Pawtucket RI 53.77% are also the same. 2.57 6 Barbara Boswell, Cincinnati OH; Chris Copple, Eureka CA 53.27% How do I select a charitable organization? 2.25 7 Ke Zhao, Edison NJ; Peter Cheung, Fremont CA 51.24% Go to smile.amazon.com using your computer or mobile device. On your first visit to AmazonSmile, you’ll select a charitable organization before you begin shopping. Choose either • ACBL Charity Foundation or • ACBL Educational Foundation Page 16 Sunday, December 3, 2017 Daily Bulletin

Today’s Bridge Events Sunday, December 3, 10 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other A/X Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Harbor C, second level $16 $20 B/C Swiss Teams (3000/1500) 1-2 Harbor A, second level $16 $20 Gold Rush Swiss Teams (750/300) 1-2 Harbor A, second level $16 $20 All 10 a.m. Swiss team games: Two-session playthrough with half-hour break. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single session Grand Hall B, lobby level $16 $20 299er Swiss Teams single Grand Hall B, lobby level $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Grand Hall B, lobby level $15 $19

0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Grand Hall B, lobby level $15 $15 Sunday, December 3, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Harbor G, second level $16 $20 Sunday, December 3, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 3-4 Grand Hall B, lobby level $16 $20 Sunday, December 3, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Grand Hall D, lobby level $25 — KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Grand Hall A, lobby level $25 — NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Coronado, 4th level Harbor Tower $25 — Sunday, December 3, 2 p.m. Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single session Grand Hall B, lobby level $16 $20 299er Swiss Teams single Grand Hall B, lobby level $15 $19 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Grand Hall B, lobby level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Grand Hall B, lobby level $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are:A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0- 200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750.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 Spring NABC in Philadelphia, March 8–18