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Volume 79, Number 7 79th Summer North American Bridge Championships DAILY Nashville, TN BULLETIN Thursday, July 26, 2007 Editors: Brent Manley and Dave Smith Youth bridge gets a Jackson, Hamman take Open Pairs big boost from ACBL Joan Jackson and had a 65.8% game in the first final session to is charge into first place. They followed pumped – and she with 58.33% in the evening to win the can’t wait for next . Their final score of summer. 1681.54 (including carryover) was That’s when the nearly 68 matchpoints ahead of second first Youth North place (51 was top on a ). American Bridge The duo play frequently as partners Championship will and teammates. Both are many-time take place – at the NABC winners. Fourth of July “We’ve won board-a-match and Sectional in Atlanta, other teams, but this is our first win as a her home. pair,” said Jackson. Tucker is a The two were on the winning pioneer in developing bridge programs for young Women’s Team Olympiad in 2000 and bridge players, and she is arguably the most have competed in other world successful at that effort all time. championships. Both are from Dallas. Joan Jackson and Petra Hamman. The two-day tournament next July – tentatively Other NABC victories together Sir Derrick J. Wernher and presented to the limited to players 19 and younger – will feature a include Women’s BAM Teams in 1989, 1998 and winners of the National Men’s Pairs two-session pairs game on Saturday, July 5, and a 2000, and the Women’s Swiss Teams in 1999. Championship. The event was contested at the two-session Swiss Teams the following day. In second place were Jonathan Steinberg and Summer NABC until 1962. It moved to the Spring For Tucker, it’s a dream come true. . Steinberg represents District 2 on NABC in 1963 where it remained for 40 years. In Continued on page 6 the ACBL Board of Directors. Korbel is active in 2004 it returned to the Summer NABC lineup. Junior bridge. Last year’s winners are Jianrong Lin and Julie Four left in Mini- The Wernher Trophy was donated in 1934 by Zhu. 0-1500 O’Rourke ousted in Fireman-Narasimhan in Four teams enter the semifinals of the 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams. Hendrickson Spingold upset Wagar Knockout final The team captained by Hansa Narasimhan, took over the #1 seed by defeating Nabrynski The team captained by , seeded trailing by 17 IMPs heading into the final set, 117-71. They will face the Lien squad, who beat No. 29, led from start to finish in taking the rallied for a narrow victory over a game Dutch Todd 16-57. In the other semifinal match, measure of No. 4 Lou Ann O’Rourke on day three team 154-152. Meckstroth, the original 27 seed, will face of the Spingold Knockout Teams. Narasimhan will take on the squad led by Ferguson. Play will conclude tomorrow. Coren, of Hollywood FL, was playing with Phyllis Fireman in today’s Wagar final. Fireman Melih Ozdil of Istanbul, Turkey, and New Yorkers and company knocked off the No. 1 seed, led by James Rosenbloom and . Bridge teachers , 156-111. The squad jumped ahead of the powerful The finalists are Narasimhan, Rozanne O’Rourke squad 73-35 after one quarter, never celebrate 50 years Pollack, , Jill Meyers, Debbie Rosenberg trailing. O’Rourke (, , and JoAnna Stansby versus Fireman, Tobi By Pat Harrington , , Norberto Sokolow, Mildred Breed, Janice Seamon-Molson, The American Bridge Teachers’ Association Bocchi) mounted a rally in the third quarter to pull and . (ABTA) has just met in Nashville for its 50th to within 22 IMPs but did little further damage in annual convention. the fourth quarter. Continued on page 16 In days, Milton C Work held There were several other close matches, as conventions for his bridge teachers. In the early No. 6 Carolyn Lynch nipped No Smoking days of , founded (Hixson TN) 144-143, overcoming a 23-IMP Players are reminded that smoking is National Studios to train teachers in his system. deficit in the fourth quarter. prohibited in the Nashville Convention Center. As Teachers of the Goren system dreamed of a The No. 1 seed, , took a 28-IMP a government building, the state of Tennessee bars professional organization, but it was not until 1957 lead into the fourth quarter against Sylvia Moss, smoking anywhere in the when George Coffin, financed by promoter No. 32, and survived a furious rally by the facility. Violators will be Alexander Black, invited 650 bridge teachers to underdogs, who won the final set 53-30. The final fined $250. Players are meet in . score was 139-134 for Nickell. also reminded that On May 27, 1957, 14 of them from eight The Cinderella run of the Hailong Ao team violations of ACBL policy different states joined the promoters to become continued as the original No. 67 seed came from in this matter may result in charter members of the ABTA. The members scoring penalties. Thank Continued on page 12 hoped to raise the level of bridge teaching and you for your cooperation. create a professional organization having the status of other professional groups. From 1957 to Mini-Spingold I in Goodwill Message 1969, Goren Teacher Forums were held in New Have you said “thank you” to York City to certify teachers in the Goren quarterfinals a during this NABC? The methods. These forums were the only way to caddies pick up slips each round become certified as a bridge teacher. Eight teams are left in the 0-5000 Mini- during pair games and move From 1969 until the ACBL education program Spingold Knockout Teams. The lowest seed to boards during team games —- began in the mid-Eighties, the ABTA was the only advance is the original #41 seed Agranoff. That despite players’ best efforts to organization certifying bridge teachers. Today, team will play Cassell, who won the closest match hide the score slips and the ABTA and the ACBL education program of the day - by 3 IMPs in an overtime playoff. In boards. complement each other nicely. Many ABTA other matches, Biswas will face Zapatka, Hwang A word of thanks will brighten their day —- members are also ACBL-accredited teachers. will play Westfall, and Moore takes on Gordon. and yours, too. Unfortunately, all of the early ABTA members Play will conclude Saturday. , Chairman Continued on page 4 National Goodwill Committee Page 2 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Sunday, July 29 6 p.m. til . Room: Renaissance, Grand Ballroom - West. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Vugraph. Room: Renaissance, Grand Ballroom - West. NASHVILLE CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the game’s top players daily at Friday, July 27 9:15 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. in the I/N area. 9:15 a.m. Barry Harper Cue Bids and Q Bids 6:45 p.m. Coley McGinnis Takeout Doubles Thursday, July 26 9:15 a.m. Allan Mazer You Have the Right to Remain Saturday, July 28 Silent! 9:15 a.m. David Birnbaum Signals 6:45 p.m. Responding To a 6:45 p.m. Jeff Roman The Differences between Pairs and Teams Silverstein new Grab & Go Price List Child Care Coffee Cart / Cash sales in hotel lobby NABC child care services are provided during Grand Life Master the afternoon and evening sessions in Nashville Aaron Silverstein has Tall Coffee ...... $1.75 from Friday, July 20 to Sunday, July 29 (including advanced to Grand Life Grande Coffee ...... $2.25 the NABC and regional events on the last day). Master, a rank that Venti Coffee ...... $2.75 Special arrangements may be made for the requires winning an Milk ...... $2.00 morning knockouts and fast pairs events. Dinner unrestricted NABC title Frappucinos ...... $3.50 and after-hour sessions are also available. Drop- and earning more than Red Bull ...... $4.00 ins are welcome subject to availability. 10,000 . Gatorade ...... $3.50 Age-appropriate toys, games, books, activities, Silverstein won the Fast Tazo Teas ...... $3.50 computer programs, music, arts and crafts, Pairs in Anaheim in 2001 Juices ...... $2.25 dramatic play and movies are provided. Field trips Open and has many other Soft Drinks ...... $1.75 are planned throughout the week. There will be a high finishes. He is a Bottled Waters ...... $2.00 pizza party between sessions on Thursday, and a full-time player from Yogurt ...... $1.75 sleepover party on the Saturday, July 28. There are New York City. He has also traded options and has Starbucks Mints ...... $1.95 also bridge lessons and play prior to and during worked as a software consultant. Starbucks Gum ...... $1.95 the evening sessions for those children interested Silverstein has served on the National Appeals Cookies ...... $1.25 in learning the game. Committee and handles appeals for regional Chips ...... $1.00 For further information or to sign up your tournaments in his home area. He is considered Multi-Grain Bars ...... $1.00 child, please contact Donna at 615-255-8400, one of the best at explaining bridge to advancing Power Bars ...... $1.00 Romm #1206, or ask for details at the bridge players. Silverstein is easy-going at the table and Muffins ...... $2.25 Registration Desk. consequently gets good games from his partners. Candy Bars ...... $1.00 His long-range goal is to win a world Sandwiches ...... $6.00 Life Masters News championship. Choice of: Ham & Swiss, Roast Beef & Abby Brawer of Wyckoff NJ earned both Provolone or Turkey & Cheddar Life Master and Bronze Life Master playing in the Renaissance Tuna & Chicken Salad ...... $5.00 KO Teams with Carol McMackin of Allendale NJ. Chicken Caesar Salad ...... $6.00 Restaurant Info Her teammates are Katy and Don Moyer from the (Note the new hours where indicated.) Akron OH area. Brawer needed 2.25 gold points Tours and she won more than 6 and is still in the event. Commerce Street Grille Need a morning break in the bridge routine? Breakfast 6 a.m.-11:30 p.m. NEW! The Nashville staff is pleased to make half-day tours Bob Heitzman advanced to Diamond Life (Buffet) / 6-11 a.m. (ala carte / menu) available at the bargain price of $15. The three-hour Master, a rank that requires more than 5000 Lunch 12 a.m.-2 p.m. NEW! (ala carte / tours originate from the Convention Center at 9 a.m. masterpoints. Heitzman is a consulting actuary menu) and return at noon. from Rodeland County, just north of NYC, where Dinner 4-8 p.m. (Buffet) $16.95 per Thursday: Mini City, homes of Stars and the he lives with his wife and frequent partner —- person for Buffet (Bridge player Opryland Hotel Helen Raleigh. He went over in the Senior Swiss special!) Friday: The Hermitage Teams by finishing fifth with Harvey Brody, Jerry 5-10 p.m. (ala carte / menu) Tour covers transportation and guide. All Gaer and Leon Lowe. He was second in the IMP admissions are extra. Pairs in St. Louis. Music City Ballroom The tour desk is open on the exhibition level Dinner 4-8 p.m. (Buffet ONLY) $16.95 per from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. See the En Hay of Denver has also advanced to person for Buffet (Bridge player handsome young man for more information and to Diamond Life Master. She won her points playing special!) sign up – prepayment is required. with Al Kane, also from Denver, in the Senior Swiss Teams. Bar 11 a.m.-2 a.m. (may close earlier Grand Ole Opry based on business) The tour desk has one ticket to the Friday night Don Sondergeld of Hubbardton VT has performance. There is a shuttle. The ticket plus become a Gold Life Master, a rank requiring 2500 Coffee Cart / Cash Sales in Hotel Lobby transportation is $60. See the Tour Desk. This is masterpoints. He came to Nashville needing 50 6:30 a.m.-7 p.m. available because someone had to return home early masterpoints and has won 59 playing with Ed due to an emergency, and we are trying to help them Katten, who is from the Phoenix area and with For those guests who are Marriott Rewards sell it. Charmaine Powers from Naples FL. members, all they need to do is show their room The Friday night shuttle leaves the Convention key to receive their 25% off for food in Center at 7 p.m. and will arrive back at 11 p.m. Ypu New Life Masters should report to the Daily Commerce Street Grille, the Coffee Stand in the can also ride this shuttle and shop at Opry Mills Bulletin office, Convention Center Meeting Room Lobby, and the Bridge Restaurant located in the during the performance. 102. Include name and home town, partner or Music City Ballroom. The discount applies only to A Saturday night shuttle is iffy, but check with teammates, what event you went over in, and how food in all of the hotel outlets. the Tour Desk if interested. many points you needed/won. Entertainment Lost and Found Tonight’s entertainment is A lost and found has been set up in the Daily Check cashing Ivory Joe and the Midnight Bulletin Office in the Convention Center Meeting has new hours Howlers. All late-night Room 102. Turned in and unclaimed items are: Check cashing and Bridge Buck sales booth entertainment and food will be in two lady’s white jackets, a notebook, several will be open from Noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, the Renaissance Ballroom West. convention cards, glasses and a lady’s wristwatch. Music and dancing until 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Daily Bulletin Page 3 JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS competition the cuebid promises Using interference for limit-raise values or more. your benefit You will find that there are many By Lynn Berg opportunities to tell more about your Twenty-first hand after an opponent has butted in. Century bidding style Consider this hand: ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ — openings and K J 6 A2 Q J 9 8 A J 9 4. competitive bids are Let’s say you open 1NT with this lighter than ever before hand, the next hand passes, and your ♦ —- means that there are partner bids 2 as a transfer. The few uncontested next opponent doubles. You should auctions. The opponents pass. You can tell partner you do not will try to obstruct your have three hearts by passing. If you ♥ communication, but you bid 2 at this point, you would be can often use their promising at least three hearts. Not actions to increase the only should you not accept the accuracy of your own bidding. You and your transfer in this situation, but partner should discuss what your bids mean in sometimes you can redouble. If you competition. Don’t assume that everything should had five diamonds, the redouble stay the same. Expand your comfort zone and would give a double message: You take advantage of opportunities created for you have only a doubleton heart —- plus by the bidding. five diamonds and a willingness to Here’s an easy example of taking advantage play diamonds or to double the of the opponent’s bid. You hold: opponents in diamonds. ♠K 9 4 3 ♥6 ♦A J 9 7 ♣Q J 9 2. So-called “stolen” bids have also This 11-point hand is not good enough to become popular because interference open in first or second seat, but if your right-hand over the opponent’s opening 1NT opponent opens 1♥, you should be delighted to openers has become popular. make a takeout double. When you can tell partner Consider an agreement that your 1NT a penalty double at such a low level doesn’t come to exclude hearts from consideration, your hand systems are still in effect (“systems on”) over a up often. ♣ is worth 14 dummy points, more than enough to double or a 2 . Over the double, you Two other examples of taking advantage of ask partner to choose a suit. Here are two more can bid just as always with Stayman and the opponents’ bidding are negative doubles and hands to consider: transfers. redoubles after the opponent’s takeout double. ♣ ♠9 2 ♥Q 6 3 2 ♦A 8 7 5 ♣7 5 2 You can double a 2 overcall for Stayman The (a takeout double by ♦ ♥ ♠9 2 ♥A Q 6 3 ♦A 8 7 5 ♣7 5 2 and continue to use 2 and 2 as transfers opener’s partner) allows you to explore at a low Your partner opens 1♥. With the first of these because your bidding room has not been level without using up bidding room. If your hands, you’d raise to 2♥. With the second, you preempted. Don’t forget to Alert that the double partner opens and the next player doubles, you ♣ would make a limit raise to 3♥. But what if right- of 2 is Stayman and to Announce transfers as can use redouble to warn your partner that you do hand opponent overcalled 2♣? Now, you can take usual. not have a fit for his suit but you do have points advantage of the situation. With the weaker hand, You should discuss with your partner how far —- an inexpensive way to avoid trouble. bid 3♥. In competition, this promises single-raise you go with the concept. Some players Talk to your partner about how you can take ♦ ♥ values but with four trumps. So what do you do like to double 2 and 2 for transfers, some advantage of the modern style of competitive with the stronger hand? Cuebid the opponent’s prefer to keep the option of the penalty double. I bidding. suit. You can have a partnership agreement that in am in the latter group but, truly, the need to make Thinking bridge When dummy has an honor and third hand has a defeats the contract still born.) South plays three higher and a lower honor, the lower honor is top diamonds, discarding a heart, and then a By Eddie Kantar played. If East guesses to return a club, rather spade to the jack. After this holds, declarer leads ♠ Dlr: West 7 4 than a diamond, West wins and fires back the a club and eventually gets to dummy with a club ♥ Vul: Both K 7 6 ♥Q, and the defenders take the first four tricks. to take a second spade . Lesson: With A- ♦ K Q 4 3 Play commentary: Given the heart lead, K-J-10-x-x facing x-x, take two . Do not ♣ K Q 10 5 declarer assumes East has the ♥A and plays low play a high honor first. If a high honor is played, ♠ ♠ 3 Q 9 8 2 from dummy. Aces are seldom underled against you can no longer pick up Q-x-x-x onside. ♥ ♥ Q 10 8 2 AJ 9 suit contracts at trick one. If East wins the jack However, with A-K-J-10-x facing x-x-x, a high ♦ ♦ 10 7 6 5 J 9 8 and shifts to a diamond, South has been given a honor should be played first because two finesses ♣ ♣ A 9 7 6 J 8 3 reprieve. (A club shift followed by a second heart are still available. ♠ A K J 10 6 5 ♥ 5 4 3 ♦ A2 ♣ 4 2 West North East South Pass 1♦ Pass 1♠ Pass 1NT Pass 4♠ All Pass Julie Walker and : ♥2. ♦ Patti Smallwood Bidding commentary: Some open 1 with are attending their ♣ ♦ 4-4 in the minors, others 1 . I like 1 unless first tournament. the clubs are much stronger. With 4-4 in the “We’re so unbid suits, West has the right distribution to excited,” said make a passed-hand takeout double of 1♠ but is Smallwood. The not strong enough. A passed-hand takeout pair won a trophy double usually shows 9-11 high-card points, Sunday in the possibly 8, with two aces and a singleton in Easybridge! game. opener’s suit. Lead commentary: Lacking an honor sequence, leading low from Q-10-x-x is a relatively attractive choice of opening leads. Defensive commentary: Assuming dummy plays low at trick one, West inserts the jack. Page 4 Daily Bulletin

ABTA Committee in addition to other requirements. ACBL presented a certificate of recognition Continued from page 1 for an outstanding publication in the field of bridge education for 1978-1979 to ABTA and have retired or passed on. Roslyn Cooper, of Quarterly editor Frank Thomas. The ABTA Northbrook IL, holds the distinction of being the Quarterly Magazine began as an annual longest-standing member. She is followed by publication in 1958, moved to semiannual and Masa Nishimura of Lakewood CO. Masa joined then became quarterly in 1963. Through all those ABTA in 1966 and held the office of second vice years, the magazine has seen only five editors: president in 1987-88. Patti Chambliss, of New George Coffin, Harold Shaw, Frank Thomas (who Smyrna Beach FL, holds the title of oldest active served for nearly 30 years from 1969 to 1998), member. In her 80s, this lively lady still eagerly Leslie Shafer and Donna Compton, the current attends our conventions. editor. ABTA has had 27 presidents. Those still active The ABTA is proud to count a number of include current President Dennis Scott, Leslie regular columnists for The Bridge Bulletin among Shafer, Mary Jane Von Moss, Ted Applegate, Ed its members: Leslie Shafer, , Gentino, Ginny Schuett and Roberta Salob. Marti Ronemus, Karen Walker, the late Harry Although the name of the organization stresses Lampert, Pat Harrington, Eddie Kantar and Jerry ABTA President Dennis Scott with Bruce teachers, anyone with an interest in any area of Helms have all been active ABTA participants. Greenspan. bridge is welcome to join (directors, writers, etc.). The first ABTA convention took place in New After the founding, membership quickly grew York City. An annual convention is held in Norma Sands. and ABTA numbers surpassed 1000 by 1965. conjunction with the ACBL Summer NABC. In 1992, the award was renamed the Shirley Today’s membership of approximately 500 comes Successful teachers donate their time and Silverman Book of the Year Award to honor the from all 50 states, Canada and many foreign share ideas and teaching techniques to help others ABTA member and author of one of the early countries. become top-flight bridge teachers. All of the five-card major teaching series. Silverman’s books Teaching members range from those who hope afore-mentioned columnists have been speakers at were published in 1976, before the award was to start, to part-time teachers, to those who make conventions. Luminaries from created, so she never had the opportunity to win. their livings teaching huge classes. Anyone can also donate their time to share with ABTA The first software award was given in 1999 to join ABTA as an associate member. Professional teachers. Recent speakers have included Larry ’s Bridge Mentoring Series. teacher members have at least 100 hours of paid Cohen, Frank Stewart, Zeke Jabbour, Fred And that brings us to how use of computers teaching experience. Gitelman, Alan LeBendig, , David and the Internet haave made ABTA activities more The highest rank within ABTA is master Lindop, David and Lisa Berkowitz, Haig accessible to members. Leslie Shafer had a lot to teacher. Rankings and requirements have changed Tchamitch, Philip Alder, and George do with making that happen. After years of over the years. Jacobs. hearing how nice it would be for the ABTA to Today, only master teachers are tested and A look at convention schedules in days gone have an Internet presence, she created the first they are subjected to a personal interview and oral by reads like a history of bridge. Regular speakers ABTA home page. Currently the website, test in front of the Membership Credentials included , Easley Blackwood, www.abtahome.com, is maintained by webmaster Richard Frey, , , Michael Nistler. and Fred Karpin. In 1998, Leslie also managed to arrange for Baron Barclay Members were thrilled not only to hear what monthly member online chats and an e-mail these experts had to say but to share conversations discussion group for members. Canadian member and take photos with them to take back to their Maggie Sparrow has been in charge of running Bridge Supply students. Blackwood first came to ABTA because both of these services for several years now. Visit our location in the Nashville he was having trouble keeping his students. He Whether it was the written and spoken word or communication through technology, Convention Center, lower level, learned how to be a better teacher through ABTA and he came back as a speaker and convention controversy has abounded through the years. The in the pre-function area. attendee year after year until his death. debate over four- versus five-card majors raged ACBL members receive a All of the old-time experts eventually were through the early Seventies. Other hot topics at 10% discount. named honorary ABTA members. The first that time were whether a 6-point hand should raise honorary member was . In 2001, opener’s major, and if it was okay to open 1NT Baron Barclay has the newest book titles, Max Hardy joined their ranks as the first ABTA with a low doubleton. gift items and the Nashville NABC honorary member to be named since 1982. Max A later controversy was limit raises versus forcing raises. Quarterly articles indicate that limit souvenir shirt, was a regular convention speaker and also participated in the informative and often hilarious raises were part of the Culbertson system until Plus a large selection of books banquet panels for years. He always came to the 1933, when the jump raise was changed to a force. available at half price. banquet dressed in a tux and even helped provide The forcing method was adopted by Goren. But the entertainment, singing with Norma Sands and many experts went back to limit raises and other ABTA members. Max was such a fixture at eventually the bridge teachers followed suit, ABTA that the banquet panel is now called the although some members still teach forcing raises. Max Hardy Memorial Panel. ABTA helps its members learn how to teach but An important moment in the history of ABTA does not tell them what to teach. came in New Orleans in 1983, when Oswald For many years, the ABTA published a Jacoby chose the ABTA convention to announce pamphlet on bidding and his retirement from bridge competition. But tested members for various membership categories circumstances soon made him change his mind, based on that pamphlet. The project was and he went on to win the Board-a- eventually abandoned because there were so many Match Teams. different approaches to bidding that it was difficult Australia also has an ABTA, but the first A to say exactly what was standard. At the 1971 stands for Australian. In 1979, ABTA President convention, Jacoby proposed that standard include Antha Mallander traveled to Australia and assisted weak two-bids, limit raises and transfers. Thirty- in the establishment of that organization, which six years later, most B but not all B members was patterned after our ABTA finally agree. An important function of the ABTA is The ABTA membership has included some designating the Bridge Teachers’ Book of the Year colorful personalities from fields other than and the Software of the Year. A committee of five bridge. Lampert, former Bridge Bulletin members reviews submissions throughout the columnist, author of several Fun Way bridge year, and the winners are announced at the books, ABTA president from 1991 to 1993, and convention banquet. ABTA staff cartoonist for many years, had a life The book award was created in 1982 with outside of bridge as a cartoonist. Caroline Sydnor’s Bridge Made Easy - How to Lampert started in movie animation in the Win More Tricks named the first winner. A few Thirties, working on Betty Boop and Popeye. In subsequent winners were Eddie Kantar, Marty 1940, Harry created the original art for the first Bergen, Barbara Seagram, , Mike appearance of The Flash comic book. During the Lawrence, Easley Blackwood, Audrey Grant and Forties and Fifties, his humorous cartoons Daily Bulletin Page 5 appeared in several major publications (Esquire, Saturday Evening Post, New York Times and Mind games Nobody said it was easy more). In 2003, ABTA presented Harry with a If you don’t think bridge involves By Lifetime Achievement Award for his many psychological warfare, take a look at this deal, It’s easy to forget that a huge tournament like accomplishments and years of service to ABTA. offered by Ron Sukoneck. It was played in a team this caters to players at every level. As you move Thomas, long-term Quarterly editor, and game at the recent regional in North Bethesda along the bridge spectrum, the nature of the game ABTA president from 1981 to 1983, came from a MD. is that you tend to see more mistakes – and some show business family. Frankie Thomas Jr. started Consider that you are South and find yourself of them can be quite spectacular. his own acting career in Carrie Nation, working in a spade slam on the accompanying auction. I spotted a couple while watching one of the ♠ with a young Jimmy Stewart and appeared in 35 Dlr: South A7 many regional pairs events. ♥ ♠ movies with the likes of Spencer Tracy, Ginger Vul: Both 8 4 3 Dlr: West K 9 2 ♦ ♥ Rogers, Mickey Rooney and Ronald Regan. A K J 10 5 Vul: E-W 10 9 8 5 ♣ ♦ Frankie’s favorite and most memorable role AQ 8 Q J 6 4 ♣ was as Tom Corbett in a TV series, Tom Corbett, 10 2 ♠ ♠ ♠ Space Cadet (1950-1956). He demonstrated his K Q 10 6 5 4 A5 J 6 ♥ ♥ ♥ show business flair as the emcee of many banquet AQ 6 Q J 7 2 A4 3 ♦ ♦ ♦ panels. In the bridge world, Frank also authored 2 A K 9 8 7 3 2 ♣ ♣ ♣ several Sherlock Holmes, Bridge Detective books. K 9 7 J 4 3 A K Q 7 6 ♠ The author is the ABTA Historian and was West North East South Q 10 8 7 4 3 ♠ ♥ business secretary from 1995 to 2006. 1 K 6 Pass 2♦ Pass 2♠ ♦ 10 5 Pass 3♠ Pass 4♥ ♣ 9 8 5 Due recognition Pass 4NT Pass 5♠ West North East South No one can say Bruce Ferguson is not a good Pass 5NT Pass 6♣ 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass sport – or that he doesn’t know a terrific play Pass 7♠ All Pass North led the ♥10, and South won with the when he sees one. West leads a diamond, and you rise with the king and returned the suit. Declarer won in On this deal from the second day of the ace. East drops the ♦Q. What is your next move? dummy, cashed a top club, played a spade to the Spingold Knockout Teams, Ferguson had high Obviously, you have 13 easy tricks if your ace, cashed two more hearts and then ran his club praise for an opponent, , who lives in suit behaves (any 3-2 split or a singleton winners. That was good technique, hoping to find Sacramento CA. The spot cards are approximate. jack in either opponent’s hand). Can you take out one defender with the ♠K Q and four diamonds. Etter sat East. some insurance? When the last club was played, North was Dlr: North ♠ 6 One strategy might be to try the ♦K, tempting down to ♠K and ♦Q J 4 and had to make a Vul: N-S ♥ J 4 East to . Suppose you do that and East does discard. If declarer had held the ♠Q, he would ♦ 10 5 2 not ruff? Does that tell you anything? surely have finessed, so it is clear to discard the ♣ A Q J 7 6 4 2 Holding four spades to the jack, most players ♠K, but North pitched a diamond and declarer had ♠ J 5 4 ♠ A 10 7 3 would probably decline to ruff. After all, when 12 tricks and a top. ♥ K 10 5 ♥ Q 9 8 3 2 declarer makes this play, he surely must be Dlr: East ♠ AQ 4 ♦ J 9 8 4 3 ♦ K 7 catering to the East hand’s holding an original Vul: N-S ♥ Q 9 8 7 ♣ 10 3 ♣ K 9 singleton diamond. It would seem to most Easts, ♦ J 3 ♠ K Q 9 8 2 naturally, that declarer was fishing for the jack to ♣ A K J 3 ♥ A7 6 four spades. ♠ J 9 8 5 3 ♠ 10 7 ♦ AQ 6 That then raises the question of whether it ♥ A 10 6 4 ♥ J 5 2 ♣ 8 5 would be wise for East to ruff, whatever his spade ♦ K Q ♦ 9 8 4 West North East South holding might be. If refusing to ruff convinces ♣ 10 2 ♣ 9 8 7 6 4 3♣ Pass 3NT declarer that there are four spades on his right, he ♠ K 6 2 All Pass might play the ♠A, then finesse in spades on the ♥ K 3 West led a low diamond, which went to the second round, losing to partner’s doubleton ♠J. ♦ A 10 7 6 5 2 king and ace. Declarer, a top-flight player, put a It’s all very complicated and illustrative of ♣ Q 5 club on the table at trick two, inserting dummy’s how devilishly cruel the game can be. This was West North East South jack. Etter smoothly played low from his the full deal: Pass 1♦ doubleton king. ♠ A7 1♠ Dbl Pass 2♦ Declarer then played a spade to his king, and ♥ 8 4 3 Pass 3NT All Pass when it held, he tried a club to the queen – and ♦ A K J 10 5 Before we cover the play, let’s take a moment Etter’s king! ♣ AQ 8 to consider West’s overcall. That limited declarer to five tricks for minus ♠ 9 ♠ J 8 3 2 Facing a passed partner, there is little chance 400 and was good for 14 IMPs to Etter’s team ♥ K J 5 ♥ 10 9 7 2 the hand belongs to East-West, and there is because 3NT was made with an overtrick at the ♦ 9 8 7 6 4 3 ♦ Q nothing to suggest that West needs to ensure East other table. ♣ 6 3 2 ♣ J 10 5 4 leads a spade. The only effect of overcalling is to ♠ K Q 10 6 5 4 help declarer place the missing high cards. ♥ AQ 6 East led the ♠10, and declarer won in hand ♦ 2 and ran the ♦J to West’s king. Back came a spade ♣ K 9 7 and declarer won in hand and played a diamond to NE At the table, declarer played♠A and a spade the ace, felling the queen. Declarer was now set to to the king. The contract was doomed at that point take 12 tricks, but the next card was a low because no trump can be organized, but diamond! East won with the 9 and switched to a BRIDGE when declarer went to dummy with a high club heart. When West withheld the ace declarer could and played a second high diamond, East fell from claim plus 660 and a good score, as at several grace and ruffed in. Declarer overruffed and tables East led a heart ensuring at least three tricks SUPPLY claimed. for the defense. Your local Regional Bookseller, How would you have played it? 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the unnamed expert – in cases where the ruling goes NABC Diary against the player, anyway – the expert has British invasion: UK She’s here! remarked, “That’s the worst ruling I’ve ever heard in entrepreneur targets U.S. The Daily Bulletin editors my life.” Terry Collier is a man with a plan. The former were honored on Wednesday to The last time that happened, Miller stopped and head of the has long been be visited by Natasha Brown, of said, “Look, you say that every time I make a ruling interested in solving the problem of declining the ACBL Headquarters staff in at your table.” Noting that his rulings involving the awareness and attendance. Memphis. player cannot all be the worst, Miller added, “You’re “I’ve spent the last few years identifying She and Stan Katz, going to have to pick one and stick with it.” problems and finding solutions, and I’m ready to accounting manager, drove over from Memphis so Star power proceed,” said Collier, whose idea is to utilize that Senior Accountant Natasha, who has never Tommy Latham, the lucky raffle winner who technology as well as some clever game-design attended an NABC, could have a look at how a big got to play with a couple of times at ideas to woo casual players into trying duplicate. tournament runs, in particular the finance office. this tournament, has naturally achieved somewhat of The web site PlayBridgeUK at More important, however, is that Natasha is a celebrity status with the locals. He is, after all, one www.playbridgeuk.com is the hub of Collier’s founder of the Jack Ball Institute, Memphis campus. of them. marketing project. The site has many features, The JBI is a whimsical association of people who On Wednesday, he boarded an elevator at the including results from simultaneous pairs games are not especially solemn about life, although they convention center and was greeted by a Nashville- that clubs, even informal ones that Collier refers are serious about their jobs. At present, the JBI has a area player. to as “kitchen duplicate,” can enjoy. limited enrollment, but there is a growing list of “I saw your photo in the Daily Bulletin,” said “Simultaneous pairs are very popular in scholarship applicants. the friend. “You’re a movie star!” Europe. In France, for example, it’s common for Not well known is that Natasha is the most Latham, enjoying the moment, replied, “Well, local club games to be a nation-wide matchpoint recent winner of the ACBL’s Custer Award, named do you want my autograph?” game that is scored online. Our site provides after the well-known general who fared rather The friend meant to reply with another results and analyses for hand sets that clubs may poorly at Little Big Horn, and awarded to the complimentary remark, but apparently was a bit use,” Collier said. employee who exhibits, shall we say, questionable tongue-tied. How can local clubs easily pre-deal a set of 24 judgment in some office situation. What he said was, “I wanted your autograph or so boards? The answer is a dealing machine Previous winners of the award include an before you were a nobody.” called AutoDealer 4. Collier said that half of the employee who locked herself out of her office, then clubs in Britain have dealing machines, and paged Building Services for assistance, providing She’s here, part 2 AutoDealer 4 allows those clubs to download the number of the telephone in the locked office as a Alice Kinningham of Denver CO showed up at hand sets online and have them automatically contact. Another was awarded a Custer plaque for the NABC as a player, a major departure for her, dealt. running herself over with her own truck (just her considering she worked as a tournament director for “You don’t even need the special cards with foot, thankfully). more than 20 years, specializing in the intermediate- bar codes,” said Collier. “The machine reads the Natasha’s boss, Stan, probably should have been newcomer games. faces of a standard deck of cards.” AutoDealer 4 in the running for this year’s Custer Award. By his Someone asked if she missed directing, and sorts the hands and drops them into a special own admission, he continually used his department’s Alice had to admit that she does. She also had to duplicate board. code for the office copying machines as his personal acknowledge one other thing: “Playing is hard.” “This tool is used to support clubs and code on the security keypad at the building teachers, because it allows you to put together entrances, wondering why it never worked. Props for Jeff teaching hands, hands for competition or theme Two women stopped by to say how much they hands, such as deals from world championship Take your pick appreciated Jeff Johnston, ACBL’s meeting planner, play. And it’s all downloadable from the Tournament Director Karl Miller is an easy- who helped them resolve a difficult situation with a PlayBridgeUK web site.” going sort, but he apparently has his limits. tour that didn’t materialize. One of them was Marie Although this plan works well for clubs and He was telling his fellow TDs the other night Edwards of Syosset NY. When she was told that players already playing duplicate, Collier has about a particular expert player with whom he has Johnston has won awards at the ACBL for excellent bigger goals. He wants to reach the “kitchen had several encounters. customer service, she said, “Now we know why!” duplicate” crowd, and he’s doing so with the use Each time Miller rules in situations involving of another product called iDeal Cards. The iDeal Cards have special codes on the “Enough people know about us that we don’t have Youth Bridge backs that allow players to create 24 deals. Each to go looking.” may be played anywhere – home, work, wherever. Continued from page 1 All the AJB programs are free for the Afterwards, the players can go online to compare youngsters, Tucker says. Monetary support for the their scores to those on the web site. Since she started promoting the game to young program has come from members of Unit 114 and “And the best thing is that there’s analysis players a few years ago, she and others have taught District 7, plus the Duplicate Bridge Association of available so players can learn,” said Collier. “This more than 700 youngsters to play bridge. She Atlanta and the ACBL Educational Foundation. allows non-club players to play duplicate bridge. reckons there are about 150 of them who are regular Tucker says she is hoping to land a corporate The long-term goal is to attract players. sponsor or two for the first Youth North American players interested in playing live bridge at a local In January of 2006, Atlanta Junior Bridge was Bridge Championship next summer. After the initial club.” established as a non-profit corporation (that means tournament in Atlanta, the plan is for the two-day Collier’s plans are even more ambitious, it’s tax deductible – hint, hint – if you donate to it). tournament to be part of each summer NABC however, as he plans to begin marketing his ideas AJB has 26 teachers and assistants. In 2006, thereafter. in the U.S. The name of the web site for his AJB ran 11 summer bridge camps for youngsters. Tucker says she worked with The League, the American audience will be (of course) The number of camps increased to 19 this summer. non-profit educational organization, to run an end- PlayBridgeUS. Tucker is especially pleased that the first youth of-school tournament in late April and May, with all championship will take place in Atlanta because of sites playing the same deals. She said the the large base of young players there. tournament had 155 pairs of youngsters Notice to players “They love bridge,” Tucker says of the youth participating in six U.S. states and three Canadian Each player must have an ACBL convention players. “They really do.” provinces. card filled out and on the table. Please note that The children who have participated are aged 7 The game was matchpointed by Tucker and other types of convention cards, such as the WBF to 17 or 18, and Tucker says the Atlanta program retired TD Carey Snider. or homemade cards that do not may be teaching the game in as many as 18 schools Tucker says is especially gratified by the sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, this year. “We get calls all the time,” she says. Continued on page 12 are not acceptable substitutes. Come “Down Under”and play one of Australia’s Nationals - GOLD MASTERPOINTS - and then enjoy a holiday to see the best of Australia. For more information contact Joan Butts in Nashville, staying at the Sheraton Hotel or email: [email protected] Flyers are also available at the Tournament Desk. www.gldbridge.com/gcc Daily Bulletin Page 7

TOURNAMENT APPEALS In order to keep the was an LA. East said that his clubs were worthless Final Contract: 3♠ by South. bridge public informed of on defense and that with a fitting diamond honor Opening Lead: ♦2 appeals results in a timely and long, strong clubs that bidding on was Table Result: Made four, North-South plus fashion, the NABC Daily indicated. West’s 2♦ bid suggested 10+ high-card 170. Bulletin staff publishes points, but was not a game force. Facts: The director was called after the auction write-ups. Every effort is The committee discovered that East-West did ended before the opening lead. Away from the made to ensure that these reports are accurate and not have the agreement that West’s pass of 4♠ was table, West said that not vulnerable versus complete. However, before they are published in the forcing. East did not double 4♣ because on a vulnerable that he would have doubled a non- NABC Appeals Casebook revisions may be made. similar auction (1♠ - pass - 4♣) a double would forcing 3♠ bid. ask for the lead of a heart. Director’s Ruling: The director judged that a APPEAL CASE 5 The Decision: A clear BIT was established. double by West was not at all probable. In Players seldom take a long time considering accordance with Laws 21B3 and 12C2 the table Subject: Unauthorized Information (UI) - whether to double, but more often are thinking result was allowed to stand. about bidding. The committee determined that the The Appeal: West asserted that had he known Director-in-Charge: Henry Cukoff BIT demonstrably suggested that East bid. The that 3♠ was non-forcing he would have doubled. Event: Von Zedtwitz LM Pairs committee judged that a pass by East was an LA to He made that statement before the opening lead Session: First Qualifying bidding. With a singleton spade or the ace or king was made and dummy revealed. The director was Rick Binder of diamonds and the ♣A, West would almost called immediately after the auction ended. ♠ Board: 14 A Q 9 4 3 surely have taken action over 4♠. So, at best, 5♣ North pointed out that the convention card ♥ Vul: None K 9 7 5 4 3 or 5♦ would require a finesse or two and might be does not have a box in the opening ♦ Dlr: East 10 3 hopeless. On the other hand, East’s doubleton section that indicates that a new suit being non- ♣ —- diamond (as opposed to having three diamonds) forcing is Alertable. Having been away from Bob Meixner Wesley Suzuki was all right for defense. It would not be surprising bridge for years he was unaware that such an ♠ ♠ J 6 7 2 for East-West to have four tricks in the red suits on agreement is not standard and he had no way to ♥ ♥ Q 8 A 10 6 defense or one black suit trick and three tricks in find out. South said that he and his partner did not ♦ ♦ A K J 8 4 2 Q 6 the red suits. Therefore, the committee disallowed have an agreement that a new suit was not forcing. ♣ ♣ 10 7 3 K Q J 5 4 2 the 4NT call and adjusted the result to 4♠ by In fact, he thought it was, but decided to bid 3♠ Mark Aquino South down one, North-South minus 50. “come what may.” ♠ K 10 8 5 The Committee: , chair, Mark The Decision: The committee believed that ♥ J 2 Bartusek, Ed Lazarus, Richard Popper and Jim West would have doubled 3♠ had he known South ♦ 9 7 5 Thurtell. was limited in strength as he was non-vulnerable ♣ A9 8 6 with picture book shape. The moment that West West North East South makes a takeout double, forcing the hand to such a ♣ ♠ APPEAL CASE 6 1 1 high level, East with a match in diamonds and ♦ ♣ ♠ 2 (1) 4 Pass 4 Subject: Misinformation (MI) three key cards in partner’s suits would surely not Pass (2) Pass 4NT Dbl Director-in-Charge: Tom Whitesides stop short of game. Therefore, the result was ♣ ♠ 5 5 All Pass Event: Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss Teams changed to 5♦ by East-West making five, for a (1) At least 10 points, no upper limit. Session: First Qualifying score of East-West plus 400 and North-South (2) A 20-second break in tempo (BIT). Bob Autry minus 400. ♠ ♠ Final Contract: 5 by South Board: 21 10 The committee furnished North-South with the ♦ ♥ Opening Lead: K Vul: North-South A8 7 written published description of Alertable calls, ♦ Table Result: Down two, North-South minus Dlr: North 10 6 which is available to all players. The North-South ♣ 100 K Q J 10 8 6 4 pair was encouraged to decide what agreement Facts: The director was called after West’s Bob Glasson JoAnn Glasson they wish to follow in the future. Should they ♠ ♠ BIT. The director found that there was agreement A 8 7 3 decide to agree that new suits below game are non- ♥ ♥ about the BIT and instructed the table to call back J 9 6 5 3 K 2 forcing they must Alert when the sequence occurs. ♦ ♦ if there was a problem regarding the BIT. The Q 9 7 4 2 AK 8 3 As an aside, however, there was sympathy for ♣ ♣ director was called back after the hand and A5 9 7 3 2 North’s contention that since the convention card ♦ discovered the facts about the 2 bid as above. Charles Davis does not have a box to check in the concerned area ♠ Director’s Ruling: The director judged that K Q J 9 6 5 4 2 for this non-standard agreement that he operated ♣ ♥ 4NT was not suggested by the BIT (double or 5 Q 10 4 on the assumption that such an agreement was ♦ might be suggested); therefore, whether pass was a J 5 standard. The committee recommended that the ♣ logical alternative (LA) was not relevant. In —- ACBL put such a box on convention cards in the accordance with Law 16A, there was no infraction West North East South future to eliminate that reasonable ambiguity. ♣ ♠ and no adjustment. 3 Pass 3 (1) The Committee: , chair, Ellen The Appeal: North-South argued that West’s All Pass Kent, Ed Lazarus, Chris Moll and Tom Peters. BIT suggested that East bid and that a pass by East (1) Non-forcing by agreement. Not Alerted.

spades and the ♦A, but he did not bid 3NT over leading the top two spades. With spades 3-2 and Hold that thought! 3♥. He surely has very good spades inasmuch as no queen dropping, there are enough entries to ruff By he showed six the previous round. out the clubs even if they are 4-2. Sometimes it’s easy to be wise after the event. So declarer has a 6-3-2-2 pattern with the top But on a heart lead, you would win and run On the deal that follows, I know what works. spades and the ♦A. the ♠10, wouldn’t you? Now when a diamond Perhaps that prejudices me to the winning defense. How about dummy? There is no diamond comes back declarer has no squeeze and the 5-1 Let’s start with the problem the players faced control, perhaps 2=4=2=5 shape with all or most club split dooms the contract. at the table in Wednesday’s two-session Swiss of the top clubs and hearts. teams. See how the play went on a diamond lead. Lost funds West was on lead to 6♠ after this auction: Here is the full deal: A sum of money was left at the Registration West North East South ♠ 10 5 ♠ Desk in the convention center. The owner can 1 ♥ A K 9 4 ♣ ♠ claim the money by describing the amount and Pass 2 Pass 2 ♦ 6 3 ♥ ♠ what it was contained in. The desk is open from Pass 3 Pass 3 ♣ A K Q 5 4 ♠ ♦ 12:15 p.m. until game time. Pass 5 Pass 6 ♠ Q 6 ♠ 9 4 2 ♠ Pass 6 All Pass ♥ 8 5 ♥ Q 10 7 3 ♠ West found out that 5 asked about diamonds ♦ J 10 9 4 ♦ K Q 8 5 2 No phones ♦ and 6 showed the ace of the suit and interest in a ♣ J 10 9 7 3 ♣ 6 Cell phones, audible pagers or any similar grand slam. ♠ A K J 8 7 3 communication equipment may not be operated or The opening leader held ♥ J 6 2 operable in the playing area during a session of ♠ ♥ ♣ ♣ Q 6 8 5 J 10 9 4 J 10 9 7 3 ♦ A7 play at NABCs except for health-related ♦ He led the J. Wouldn’t you? ♣ 8 2 equipment or by permission of the director-in- Well, I know it’s a lot of work, but let’s On the lead of the ♦J, declarer (yours truly) charge of the tournament or event. construct the opponents’ hands. Declarer has six wins the ♦A and take his best combination shot of Page 8 Daily Bulletin

SPINGOLD KO TEAMS 74 Tables Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Michael Becker - David 25.00 17/32 , Pebble Beach CA; Boye Nick Nickell, New York NY; - Hemant Lall, Berkowitz - Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL; , Brogeland, Norway; Ishmael Delmonte, Double Bay Dallas TX; , Tampa FL; Eric Rodwell, Davis CA; , Castro Valley CA NSW Australia; , Toronto ON; Tadashi Clearwater Bch FL; , Mill Creek WA vs Teramoto, Yokohama Japan vs Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Michael Polowan - Bjorn 25.00 17/32 Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; , West Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 0 Poland; Farid Assemi Bloomfield MI; , Ellicott City MD; Pratap Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Bartosz Chmurski, Warsow - James Tritt, Fresno CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; Ed Rajadhyaksha, Sarasota FL; , Las Vegas NV; Poland Wojewoda, Clovis CA , Houston TX 25.00 17/32 Peter Schneider, La Canada CA; Grant -Welland - - , Baze, San Diego CA; , Florianska Poland; , New York NY; , Hollywood New York NY; , Parma PR Italy; Ulf Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland FL; - - , Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Frederic Wrang, 25.00 17/32 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Gavin Rome Italy; , Roma Italy vs Wolpert, Thornhill ON; , Dallas TX; Fred vs Richard Coren, Hollywood FL; James Rosenbloom - Brian Chang, Flushing NY; , Moshav Zofit Israel; , Winter Park FL; , Canyon TX; Glubok, New York NY; Melih Ozdil, Istanbul Turkey Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel Zhao Jie, Tianjin People’s Republic of China; Fu Zhong, 25.00 17/32 Melanie Tucker - John Kranyak - John Beijing People’s Republic of China; Fredrik Nystrom, Bill Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Michael Moss, New York Hurd, New York NY; , Buffalo NY; Sjoert Stockholm Sweden; , Taby Sweden NY; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Gunnar Hallberg, Brink, Rotterdan 3 Netherlands; , Rotterdam London England Netherlands Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; , San Francisco vs 25.00 17/32 Sylvia Moss - , New York NY; CA; , Gaithersburg MD; , Mesa Hailong Ao, Herndon VA; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; , AZ; , Oslo Norway; , Trondheim David Chechelashvili, San Diego CA; Jian-Jian Wang, London England; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Ca Norway Clarksville MD Simon De Wijs, Doorn Netherlands vs 25.00 17/32 Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Bill , Arlington VA; , Silver Spring 25.00 17/32 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Eisenberg, Perris CA; , Warsaw Poland; MD; , Kensington CA; , Marc Jacobus - Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Giorgio Krzysztof Kotorowicz, Bialystok Poland; Erik Eide, Bloomington NY; Bobby Wolff, Las Vegas NV; Dan Duboin, Torino Italy; , Barcelona Spain; Copenhagen Denmark; Fredrik Simonsen, Askim Norway Morse, Houston TX Eric Greco, PA 25.00 17/32 Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; Nader 25.00 17/32 , Los Angeles CA; , Hanna, Willowdale ON; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Dennis Dawson, Santa Fe New York NY; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC; Gary Bryan Maksymetz, Port Moody BC; Zygmunt Marcinski, NM; , Las Vegas NV; - Joe Cohler, Miami FL; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin 20-807 Westmount QC; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX Grue, New York NY; , Huntsville AL Poland 25.00 17/32 Win Allegaert - - Aaron vs 25.00 17/32 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Silverstein - Judith Bianco - Kevin Bathurst, New York Tony Kasday, Puyallup WA; , Tucson AZ; Bruce Ferguson, Boise ID; , San Francisco CA; NY; Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland; Bjarni Einarsson, Billy Cohen, Encinitas CA; , Chicago IL; 25.00 17/32 Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Jason Reykjavik Iceland; Sigurbjorn Haraldsson, Reykjvik , Sarasota FL Feldman, San Diego CA; David Lindop - - Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland 25.00 17/32 Doug Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Arno Hobart, Toronto ON; Harry Tudor, Miami FL Wildavsky, Jackson Heights NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel 25.00 17/32 Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Kyoko - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; NJ; Martin Fleisher, New York NY Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Michael Shuster, Havertown , Sholec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, 25.00 17/32 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Jim PA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA Katowice 40-479 Poland Krekorian, New York NY; - Walid Elahmady, vs Cairo Egypt; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Joergen Molberg, , Miami FL; , Providence RI; Trondheim Norway , Encinitas CA; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Jan Jansma, Malden Netherlands; Louk Verhees, Voorhout Netherlands

1. Nickell 139 32. Moss 134

17. Onstott 112 16. Gordon 133

25. Spector 98 8. Strul 126

9. Schwartz, npc 139 24. Schneider 114

4. O’Rourke 147 29. Coren 164

20. Shugart 129 13. Henner-Welland 205

28. Allegaert (37) 99 5. Meltzer 148

12. Robinson 136 21. L’Ecuyer (49) 102

3. Ao (67) 145 30. Hinze 125

19. Pollack 135 14. Hollman 78

27. Cappelletti (38) 143 6. Lynch 144

11. Milner 133 22. Kasday 137

26. Tucker 92 7. Gromov 131

10. Rubin 127 23. Tuszynski 118

18. Mahaffey 121 15. Doub 118

2. Weed, npc 146 31. Goldberg (34) 97 Daily Bulletin Page 9

WEDNESDAY MORNING 100/200/300 PAIRS TUESDAY ZIP KO - BRACKET 1 24.5 Tables 10 Tables ABC 3.03 1 Todd Fisher, Chicago IL; Bryan Delfs, Pleasnt Prairie WI; Eric Sieg - Leah Stapleton, Oklahoma City OK 4.95 1 1 1 Todd Farmer, Campbellsville KY; Robert Shuffett, Columbia KY 64.51% 2.27 2 Mary Tseng - Francis Tseng, Erie PA; Steven 3.71 2 2 Elizabeth Herstek, Ashland City TN; Joy Murphy, Clarksville TN 62.88% Grzegorzewski - Barbara Grzegorzewski, Meadville PA; Marc 2.78 3 3 2 Virginia Dethomas, Hot Springs Vil AR; Cathy Irving, Hot Sprgs Sylvester, Edinboro PA Vlg AR 59.82% 1.52 3/4 G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA; Anne 2.09 4 4 3 Bettye Westermann - Barbara Barton, Nashville TN 59.65% Dawson, Delhi LA; Richard Helams Jr, West Monroe LA; 1.57 5 5 4 Diana Maniscalco - Michael Maniscalco, Port Jefferson NY 59.52% Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda 1.52 3/4 Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Eric Bell, Norman OK; 1.17 6 6 Donna Plumer - Susan Frazee, Memphis TN 59.19% David Cook, Pinehurst NC; Donald Snelgrove, Southern Pnes 0.98 5 Kevin Clark, Franklin TN; Wendy Josefowicz, Nashville TN 55.36% NC 1.07 6 Lesley Musselman, Nicefield FL; Sandra Carney, Niceville FL 55.06% TUESDAY ZIP KO - BRACKET 2 WEDNESDAY AM SIDE GAME 10 Tables 3.03 1 David Rogers, Wilton Manors FL; Elizabeth 36.0 Tables Kros, Fort Lauderdale FL; J Phillips, Plantation FL; Helen ABC Shanbrom, Tamarac FL 6.98 1 1 Jan Omley, Brandon MS; Jo Anne McLeod, Ridgeland MS 65.72% 2.27 2 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Neil 4.59 2/3 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Ruth Stober, Great Neck NY 64.02% Montague, Swampscott MA; Bob Gorsey, Bedford MA; Joyce 4.59 2/3 2 Tammy Pepper, Thousand Oaks CA; Tiger Li Li Williams, Vancouver WA 64.02% Pearson, Framingham MA 2.94 4 Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Ken Gee, Regina SK 63.36% 1.52 3/4 Carl Gueli - Lydia Betz, Great Neck NY; Barbara Jur, Warren MI; Paul Siegelman, North Baldwin NY 2.21 5 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 62.88% 1.52 3/4 Jourdain Patchett, Sarasota FL; Lane Byl, 1.83 6 Bud Biswas, Lexington MA; Natalie Bassil, Boston MA 62.67% Niagara-On-Lake ON; Ashley Szymski, Aurora IL; Jesse Stern, 3.24 3 Carol Netchvolodoff, Washington DC; Linda Logan, Thornhill ON 59.85% Lutz FL 2.13 4/5 Michael Sherman, Chickamauga GA; Jon Brandon, Denver CO 59.28% 3.94 4/5 1 Jesse Stern, Lutz FL; Muriel Brathwaite, Temple Terrace FL 59.28% WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 1 2.96 6 2 Barbara Tysdahl - Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI 56.41% 8 Tables David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY; Roumen 2.22 3 Phyllis Bishop, Loveland OH; Susan Hermans, West Chester OH 54.55% Trendafilov - , Varna Bulgaria 1.66 4 Tina Montgomery, Oxford MS; Olivia Russell, Jackson MS 53.79% vs 1.25 5 Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Mary Schultze, Union MI 51.70% Melvin Marcus - Rick Binder - Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA; 1.40 6 Robert Anderson - Berna Anderson, Dayton OH 51.33% Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; John Malley, Pascoag RI

WEDNESDAY SENIOR STRATIFIED OPEN PAIR Barry Harper - Dan Mathieson, Regina SK; John Russell, North 32.0 Tables Barringto IL; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Bob Carteaux, ABC Fort Wayne IN; Warren Foss, Omaha NE 11.48 1 Anna Bromberg - Paul Klarreich, Brooklyn NY 62.77% vs 8.61 2 Maclin Whiteman, Nashville TN; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 60.34% Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Robert 6.46 3 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Lee Laske, Raleigh NC 59.78% Kerr, Los Angeles CA; Ellen Kent, Chicago IL; Robert Kent, Marina Dl Rey CA; Peter Benjamin, Culver City CA 4.84 4 1 1 Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA; Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA 59.29% 4.06 5 2 Jenny Hulsey, Collierville TN; Rachel Bass, Germantown TN 59.19% WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 2 3.28 6 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 58.33% 8 Tables 2.66 3 Marilyn Kroll, Boca Raton FL; Joan Zavis, Highland Park IL 55.31% Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Sabina Lim, Cerritos CA; Yvonne 1.99 4 Risa Campbell, Brownsville TN; John Thomas, Chattanooga TN 55.17% Hernandez - Lu Kohutiak, Murrieta CA 2.08 5 2 Roz Supera, Chicago IL; Beverly Saltz, Delray Beach FL 52.00% vs Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC; Lucas Lebioda, Columbia SC; 1.64 3 Dot Rock - Kurt Rusch, Mayfield Hghts OH 51.86% Jon Rice - Mike Rice, Winston Salem NC; Tony Reus, Saint- Laurent QC; Larry Crevier, Dol-D-Ormeaux QC WEDNESDAY 10 AM SWISS 67 Tables Patricia Jankovic, Alcoa TN; Bruce Roberts - Ken Hoy, ABC Maryville TN; Ledon Hitch, Madisonville TN; Jo Anne Newby, Knoxville TN 27.55 1 Bert Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry vs Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY; Zeke Lynne Cook, Riverview MI; Donald Sondergeld, Hubbardton VT; Jabbour, Boca Raton FL; Mike Levine, Pinckney MI 128.00 Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC 20.66 2 Milton Zlatic - Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Tom Oppenheimer, Ballwin MO 116.00 WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 3 15.50 3 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Jeff Aker - Joshua Parker, Briarcliff 8 Tables Andy Kaufman, Smyrna DE; Diane Callahan, Germantown TN; NY; Bruce Rogoff, Upper Grandview NY; Phillip Alder, Hobe Sound FL 110.00 Ward Schaumberg, Hockessin DE; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington 11.62 4 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL; Tom Kniest, DE University City MO; Karen Walker, Champaign IL 109.00 vs 8.72 5 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Dan Sherby Chernin, Cincinnati OH; Steven Picus, Mequon WI; Gary Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 107.00 Brown, San Francisco CA; Gilbert Ramirez, Reno NV 6.54 6 Marvin Deneroff, North Bergen NJ; Nicholas France, Spring Anne Erwin - Robert Erwin Jr, Nashville TN; Everette Carroll - Valley NY; Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Burrell Humphreys, Lucy Carroll, Franklin TN Wayne NJ 104.00 vs 4.29 7/8 Paul Frean, New York NY; Donald Baker, Hinton WV; Evelyn Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Jason Chiu, Piscataway NJ; Chesky, South Hadley MA; Albert Fultz, Ft Mitchell KY 103.00 Witold Turant, Lodz Poland; Jan Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; 4.29 7/8 Jonathan Rivet, Wheaton IL; Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS; Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY; Peter Bonfanti, New York NY Will Engel, Freeport IL; James Melville, Springfield IL 103.00 2.91 9/10 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Gwen Knapp, Glencoe IL; Eric WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 4 Gettleman, New York NY; Dick Benson, Le Roy IL 102.00 8 Tables 2.91 9/10 Randy Helmink - Noel Helmink, Avon IN; Janet Clark - Thomas Mike Smith - Tina Radding, Charleston SC; Jacqueline Kimball, Clark, Georgetown TX 102.00 John’s Island SC; Linda Luther, N Charleston SC; Constance 13.58 1 1 Lloyd Routman, Boynton Beach FL; Mark Routman, Cleveland MS; Sackville, Vero Beach FL; Myrna Smith, Frenchtown NJ vs George Van Amburg - Helen Van Amburg, Dewitt MI 91.00 Ruben Egeberg, Rock Island IL; Roald Hertzwig, Pawling NY; 8.92 2/3 2 Gwen Gaston - Sheila Mehaffy - Sherry Wortsmith - Diane Lord, Alan Horowitz, Wilmington DE; Ala Hamilton-Day, Wallingford Little Rock AR 90.00 PA 8.92 2/3 Barbara Cross, Crossville TN; Judy Hackett, Pleasant Shade TN; Marge Chipman, Hendersonville TN; Janice Miller, Carthage TN 90.00 Stephen Babin, Normal IL; Eunice Patton - Betty Capodice - 5.73 4 Peggy Ford, Norcross GA; Nancy Montet - Beverly Pope - Betty Stephen Hawthorne, Bloomington IL vs Sue Sherwood, Atlanta GA 89.00 Neil Timm, Lady Lake FL; Lenore Smart, Columbus OH; 4.30 5 Pennie Levin, Riverwoods IL; Arlene Karel - Cookie Rich, Richard Chase, Ft Mill SC; David Stentz, The Village FL Highland Park IL; Nancy Frank, Glencoe IL 88.00 3.22 6 Ralph Tamlyn - Gloria Tamlyn, Larchmont NY; Rona Levine - WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 5 Stephen Levine, New York NY 85.00 8 Tables Edward Wilson, Monsey NY; Paul Fagan, Suffern NY; Edward 4.31 7 3 Steven Lipson - Serl Zimmerman, Palm Desert CA; Alan Schneider Foran, Marietta GA; , Atlanta GA - Sherie Schneider, Beverly Hills CA 84.00 vs 3.24 4 Marilyn Kogan, Avon-By-The-Sea NJ; Joan Prezioso, Red Bank NJ; Betty Hancock, Fort Myers FL; David Sabourin, Ottawa ON; Joe Carbo III, Pineville LA; Brenda Sonderegger, Green Valley AZ 80.00 Anu Goodman, Toronto ON; Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON 2.43 5 Lynne Bromley, Piedmont CA; Ernie Scosseria, Berkeley CA; Cecilia Ip, Walnut Creek CA; Cathleen Otvos, Oakland CA 78.00 Virginia Gregory, Tampa FL; Andrew Garnett, St Petersburg FL; Gerald Szymski, Westmont IL; Ashley Szymski, Aurora IL 1.82 6 Fran Skinner - Bill Skinner, Nashville TN; Judith Haney - Jerry vs Haney, King George VA 76.00 Christopher Overpeck - Vangie Smith - Perry Moore - Gail Slater, Louisville KY Page 10 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 6 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 5/20/50 PAIRS 8 Tables 5.0 Tables Roma Chandra - Lois Geer - Bryan Geer, Silver Spring MD; Shlomit Rind, Rockville MD ABC vs 1.58 1 1 1 Patti Smallwood - Julie Walker, Nashville TN 58.49% Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA; Robert 1.19 2 Ken Facer - Dorothy Facer, Mississauga ON 57.77% Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Carol Fielder, Jackson MS 0.89 3 Robert Irish, Plymouth MN; Robert Hanson, Elk River MN 57.58% 0.91 4 2 2 Lamya Agelidis - Sharun Willensky, Franklin TN 55.68% James Greiner - Rosemary Bruggen - Marguerite Hartz - Ann 0.68 3 Mary Ellen Bartlett - Robert Bartlett, Oak Grove MO 52.28% Pavur, Loudon TN vs James Andre - Lily Andre, Houston TX; Philip Duterme, Bellaire WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS TX; Katherine Rabenstein, Washington DC 18.0 Tables ABC WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 7 3.96 1 1 Suzie Potter - Donald Potter, Milwaukee WI 62.80% 8 Tables 2.97 2 2 1 Lesley Musselman, Nicefield FL; Sandra Carney, Niceville FL 61.90% Christopher Webb - Lee Webb, Blythewood SC; Karen Coulter, Columbia SC; Frazer McCrorey, Highlands NC; Carol Clemenz - 2.23 3 3 2 Helen Rosenthal, Salem MA; Myrna Levin, Philadelphia PA 59.23% Fred Clemenz, Lexington SC 1.67 4 4 Karen Coop, Goodlettsville TN; Deborah Shaw, Nashville TN 58.93% vs 1.34 5 5 Don Norsworthy - Joan Norsworthy, Germantown TN 58.04% Susan Stone, Kingwood TX; Joan Torrance - Merlene Gager, 1.34 6 6 3 Dawn Kimberlin, Florence AL; Nancy Sinclair, Spruce Pine AL 57.14% Conroe TX; Rosa Materson, Houston TX 1.00 4 Candyce Gregston - Frances Grogan, San Angelo TX 55.36% James Misner - Elaine Misner, Wilton CT; George Brown - Sally 0.83 5 James Powers, Naples FL; James Malte, Blairsville GA 53.57% Brown, New Canaan CT 0.67 6 Todd Farmer, Campbellsville KY; Robert Shuffett, Columbia KY 52.68% vs Bob Allard - Buddy Conley, Murfreesboro TN; Donald Rizer, MONDAY-WEDNESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES Walterboro SC; John Arnholter, Nashville TN 24.0 Tables ABC WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 8 8 Tables 5.16 1 Ann Brinker Schwall - Stephen Schwall, Houston TX 64.35% Ann Price - Sally Cole, Carrollton GA; Faye Robinson - Nelva 3.87 2 Syra Vahidy, London Sw7 1b4 England; Donald Lurie, White Plains NY 58.97% Roop, Bowdon GA 2.90 3 Ken Hoy, Maryville TN; Jay Baker, Franklin TN 58.86% vs 2.18 4 Joan Brod, Avon CT; Cecil Crowson Jr, Morelos Mexico 58.16% William Kinneman - Beverly Kinneman - Barbara Blaine - 4.10 5 1 Richard Whittington - Michael Warchol, Venice FL 57.81% Nancy Tracy, Little Rock AR 3.08 6 2 1 Dennis Ryan - Barbara Tysdahl, Menomonie WI 56.51% Barbara Eads, Brentwood TN; Mary Jo Ellis - Betty Mercy 2.31 3 Bea Bahr - Chet Bahr, Rochester MN 56.48% Rourke, Nashville TN; Joan Barco, Franklin TN 1.73 4 Nancy Lineback - Hope Hallum, Franklin TN 56.25% vs 1.30 5 Jan Omley, Brandon MS; Jo Anne McLeod, Ridgeland MS 55.79% James Mills Jr, Captain Cook HI; Chuck Clark, Kailua Kona HI; 0.97 6 Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX; Patsy Pierce, Hardin TX 55.32% Mary Misischia, University Park FL; Betty Tilton, River Forest IL 1.82 2 Susan Scheinerman, Melville NY; Marie Edwards, Syosset NY 53.01% WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 9 1.37 3 Chuck Clark, Kailua Kona HI; James Mills Jr, Captain Cook HI 52.55% 8 Tables 1.03 4 Ruth Zowader, Madison NJ; Kay Jones, The Villages FL 49.77% Kathleen Zipp, Denver CO; Elizabeth Thornton, Englewood CO; Barbara Stone - Joel Stone, Glencoe IL MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES vs 72.75 Tables Patricia Bradshaw - Peg Hardy, Charlotte NC; William Welborn, 11.27 1/2 Carol Mahoney, Kokomo IN 137.24% Waxhaw NC; Margaret Immel, Monroe NC 11.27 1/2 Chuck Krueger, Kings Mountain NC 137.24% 8.81 3/4 Bud Biswas, Lexington MA 131.80% Cathy Youmans - Gwen Kyle - Monroe Trout - Sandra Trout, 8.81 3/4 Natalie Bassil, Boston MA 131.80% Knoxville TN vs 3.57 5/6 Melvin Lechner, Boca Raton FL 117.40% Susan Mathews - Stephen Mathews - Polly Craig - Robert 3.57 5/6 Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 117.40% McNeilly, Nashville TN 3.48 7 Estelle Bogart, Penn Valley PA 115.80% VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 1 16 Tables MONDAY-WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING SIDE 31.76 1 Michael Prescott, Sydney Australia; Sartaj Hans, 153.50 Tables Bondi Nsw Australia; Tom Hanlon, Dublin 6 Ireland; Hugh 12.50 1/2 Lenore Silver, New York NY 123.85% McGann, N Yorkshire England 12.50 1/2 Arnold Federman, Palisades Park NJ 123.85% 23.82 2 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert 8.76 3/4 Estelle Lavender, Birmingham AL 123.38% White, Raleigh NC; George Harris, Miami FL; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC 8.76 3/4 Evelyn Gilliard, East Point GA 123.38% 17.47 3 Dano De Falco, 35030 Rubano (P Italy; Patricia 7.86 5/6 Sharon Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 122.48% Cayne, New York NY; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Charles 7.86 5/6 Abbie Cole, New York NY 122.48% Weed, Shreveport LA 6.49 7 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA 122.22% 14.29 4 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vlg CA; Suzette Wynn - Steve Scott, Phoenix AZ

VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 2 WEDNESDAY OPEN PAIRS 15 Tables 71.0 Tables 27.22 1 Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Danny Sprung AB - JoAnn Sprung, Philadelphia PA; Donna Morgen, Havertown PA 29.17 1 Nan Wang, Eatontown NJ; Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 63.38% 20.42 2 Lynne Schaefer, Ellicott City MD; Carol 21.88 2 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; G Prabhu, Ames IA 60.74% Sanders, Nashville TN; Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL; Bronia Jenkins, Vero Beach FL 16.41 3 , Redlands CA; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 60.66% 14.97 3 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York 12.31 4 Badal Das, Kolkata India; Sumit Mukherjee, Rolkata 91 India 60.34% NY; Roumen Trendafilov - Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria 9.23 5 Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India; K Venkatraman, Chennal India 59.70% 12.25 4 Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD; Barbara 6.92 6 Shelley Fishman, Merrick NY; Joseph Byrnes, West Hempstead NY 59.46% Heller - Robert Heller, Decatur GA; Chris Moll, Jefferson City TN 5.19 7 Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY; Greg McKellar, Kingston ON 59.20% VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 3 4.16 8 Joseph Menkes - Barbara Menkes, Boynton Beach FL 57.29% 16 Tables 14.17 9 1 James Berglund, Xenia OH; Howard Liu, Redmond WA 56.89% 24.50 1 Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS; Clifton 2.92 10 David Walker, Salem VA; S Moore, Roanoke VA 56.81% Miller Sr, Shreveport LA; Joe Gottler, Elberta AL; Don Kern, Bay 10.63 2 Virginia Gregory, Tampa FL; Andrew Garnett, St Petersburg FL 56.40% Minette AL 7.97 3 Don Little - Donald Patterson, Steamboat Spr CO 55.45% 18.38 2 Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Bill Staats, 5.98 4 Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN; Frank Knier, Fargo ND 55.29% Southlake TX; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 4.48 5 Sylvia Gindi, Oakhurst NJ; Sydelle Shamah, Deal NJ 55.05% 13.48 3 Jim Washer - Gary Peterson, Louisville KY; 3.36 6 Christopher Cowan, Mississauga ON; Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 54.97% Richard Wieland, Falls Church VA; Eileen Easterling, Casselberry 3.54 7 Benjamin Eisenberg - Susan Eisenberg, Lords Valley PA 54.73% FL 11.03 4 Jody Ledford - Theodore Spak, Miami FL; Kathy Longman - Jack Longman, Clearwater FL

Friday HELIX BIOMEDIX Morning Steve Beatty, President and CEO of Helix BioMedix, will give a one-hour update of publicly available information to anyone interested. Date: Friday Morning Time: 10 a.m. Location: Room 108 of the Nashville Convention Center, lower level Daily Bulletin Page 11

WEDNESDAY IRIS PAIRS VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 4 16.0 Tables 16 Tables 73 21.78 1 Omar Olgeirsson, Reykjzvik Iceland; Kristjan Blondal, Kopavogur Iceland; Han Peters, Madison WI; Arend 6.43 1 1 Peter Boyd-Bowman - Kathy Coop, Greensboro NC 59.72% Bayer, Salt Lake City UT 4.82 2 2 Mary Schultze, Union MI; Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL 58.97% 16.34 2 Jesus Arias - Uday Ivatury - Laura Tolkow - 3.62 3 Jess Jurkovic - Peter Clark, New York NY 57.47% Susan Schnelwar, New York NY 2.71 4 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA 57.45% 11.98 3 Mark Chen, Oak Hill VA; Hal Hindman, 2.39 5 3 Thomas Graff - Roger Koeppe II, Fayetteville AR 56.81% Annandale VA; Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC; Kent Hartman, 2.25 6 Jon Lusk - Sally Lusk, Ypsilanti MI 55.28% San Diego CA 9.80 4 Paul Siegelman, North Baldwin NY; Lillian 1.79 4 Barbara Murphy, Needham MA; Alan Korpi, Waltham MA 54.63% Weissman, Long Beach NY; Judie Belyea - Lachman Advani, 2.14 5 Mary Hamlett - Loretta Gibbens, Nashville TN 52.52% Ottawa ON 1.34 6 Jean Moser - Bonnie Hill, Murfreesboro TN 51.02% VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 5 16 Tables 19.60 1 Dan Roseberry, Dover OH; Patricia Wright, WEDNESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME Charlotte NC; George Cotterman, Barnesville OH; Toni Bales, 46.0 Tables Pickerington OH ABC 14.70 2 Paul Hibbard - Diane Hibbard, Arlington Hts 8.49 1 Lenore Silver, New York NY; Arnold Federman, Palisades Park NJ 65.05% IL; Betsy Downs - Mike Jones, Chicago IL 6.37 2 1 1 Joy Sisk - Deborah Gregory, Madisonville KY 64.35% 10.78 3 Geo. Fred Williams III - Brian Hingerty - Larry 4.18 3/4 A Lindop, ; Jason Lindop, Montreal QC 62.27% Lowell Jr, Knoxville TN; Dwayne Hoffman, Springfield VA 8.82 4 Charles Pecarro - Mickey Hughes, Falls Church 4.18 3/4 Barbara Seagram - Alex Kornel, Toronto ON 62.27% VA; Gary Spongberg - Lucy Spongberg, Niskayuna NY 4.44 5 2 Carl Brame, Tacoma WA; Eugene Joly, Palm Coast FL 62.24% 2.01 6 La Quitta Talbot, Indialantic FL; Herbert Fallin Jr, Alexandria VA 61.11% VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 6 3.33 3 2 Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA; Harlan Meyer, Nashville TN 59.84% 16 Tables 2.50 4 3 Martin Wein - Nancy Wein, Richmond VA 57.87% 17.64 1 Bonnie Wood, Vonore TN; Paul Wright Jr, 1.87 5 Elizabeth Ghrist, Houston TX; Jo Ann Hazel, Tampa FL 57.64% Mount Pleasant SC; Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Robert Fournier, Knoxville TN 1.40 6 Langdon Jones, N Little Rock AR; Mike Compton, Little Rock AR 56.94% 13.23 2 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara 1.60 4 Jane Lewis - Jerry Lou Powell, Birmingham AL 56.02% McLendon, New York NY; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; John 1.44 5 Gayle Davis, Haverford PA; Estelle Bogart, Penn Valley PA 55.12% Barth, Santa Cruz CA 0.90 6 T Poisson, Belle River ON; Louis Poisson, Tampa FL 54.43% 9.70 3 Brigitte Tetzner, Flowery Branch GA; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Bonnie Gellas, New York NY WERHNER OPEN PAIRS 7.94 4 Carol Frank, Burbank CA; C. Valerie Gamio, 52.0 Tables Pls Vrds Pnsl CA; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; 130.00 1 Petra Hamman - Joan Jackson, Dallas TX 1681.54 Elianna Ruppin, Los Angeles CA 97.50 2 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 1613.62 73.13 3 David Yang, Chicago IL; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 1606.72 VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 7 57.78 4 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 1594.57 16 Tables 15.88 1 J Luck, Damascus VA; Donetta Frith, Johnson 52.00 5 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 1571.60 City TN; James Farley - Carolyn Farley, Lebanon VA 47.27 6 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 1567.40 11.91 2 Carl Sharp - Steve Kreiner, Chicago IL; Edward 43.33 7 Nels Erickson, Sparks NV; Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA 1566.87 Nield, Westchester IL; Rachel Chittaro, Kildeer IL 40.00 8 Judy Kay-Wolff, Las Vegas NV; Jane Segal, Villanova PA 1558.87 8.73 3 Edward Moldenke, Forest VA; David Wingfield, 37.14 9 Joe Quinn, 30-218 Krakow Poland; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 1556.27 Rustburg VA; George Horak, Cary NC; Tom Menges, Raleigh NC 34.67 10 Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 1554.33 7.15 4 Jane Wininger - Elizabeth Moore, Glasgow KY; Janet Appel, Murfreesboro TN; Yonsey Karasek, Hayward WI 32.50 11 Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY; Stephen Goldstein, Gardena CA 1539.09 30.59 12 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; John Jones, Hacienda Hgts CA 1527.80 VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 8 28.89 13 A Koffler - Nancy Koffler, Saint-Laurent QC 1519.98 16 Tables 27.37 14 John Griscom, Boca Raton FL; John Lewis, Ft Lauderdale FL 1518.76 14.29 1 Robert Rubinstein, New York NY; Paul 26.00 15 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Dave Swarthout, Newberry MI 1512.67 Bubendey, Chicago IL; Fred Feigley - Donna Sparks, Houston TX 10.72 2 Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY; Edward 24.76 16 Robert Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Rick Roeder, San Diego CA 1508.69 Foran, Marietta GA; Nicolas Hammond, Atlanta GA; Joan Renzoni, 23.64 17 Martin Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Anne Arndt, Puyallup WA 1506.90 Toronto ON 22.61 18 Bill Huepenbecker, Huron OH; Jonathan Holmes, Houston TX 1502.35 7.86 3 Emerita Hayward, Leonardtown MD; Judith 21.67 19 Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY; Louis Lessinger, Plainview NY 1496.01 Mannschreck, Virginia Beach VA; Andrea Schneider, Berkeley CA; 20.80 20 William Ge - Gary Ge, Vancouver BC 1490.46 Gary Fan, Florence KY 20.00 21 Jesse Reisman - Cheryl Angel, Livingston NJ 1489.00 6.43 4 John Millard, Cullman AL; Suzanne Millard, Kihei HI; Nancy Fiorillo - Raymond Fiorillo, Pinehurst NC 19.26 22 Brian Gunnell - John Brady, Jacksonville FL 1488.68 18.57 23 Alan Lechner - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 1485.24 VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 9 17.93 24 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Lee Pennington, Nashville TN 1475.68 16 Tables 17.33 25 Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 1470.26 12.86 1 Charity Sack, Silver Spring MD; Laurie Shapka, 16.77 26 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL 1469.36 Red Deer AB; Adam Parrish, Cincinnati OH; Perry Khakhar, 16.25 27 Sherry Jackson, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 1466.09 Calgary AB 9.65 2 Kathy Pollock, Tonawanda NY; Joanne Kelley, 15.76 28 Sherrill Headrick, River Oaks TX; Donald Stack, Overland Park KS 1458.70 Fredonia NY; Conner Boyd, Wheeling WV; Judith Padgug, 15.29 29 Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Roger Clough, Culver City CA 1454.14 Amherst NY 14.86 30 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 1452.52 7.07 3 Stewart Cramer, Pittsford NY; Gary DeWitt, 14.44 31 Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 1449.62 Williamson NY; Gerry Wildenberg, Rochester NY; John D’Errico, 14.05 32 Richard Morgen, Havertown PA; Andy Muenz, Glenolden PA 1439.50 Alton NY 5.79 4 Saad Dahdouh - Diana Dahdouh, Whitby ON; 13.68 33 Patricia Katz, Pittsburgh PA; Larry Cohen, Las Vegas NV 1437.30 M-Christine El-Hoss - Ragi El-Hoss, Willowdale ON 15.81 34 George Wang - Janet Ju, El Monte CA 1434.98 13.00 35 Ringo Chung, Mississauga ON; Naveed Ather, Oakville ON 1434.89 VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 10 12.68 36 Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ; Susan Picus, New York NY 1431.09 16 Tables 12.38 37 Peter Grover, Aurora OH; Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 1429.46 11.57 1 Sondra Holt - Terrell Holt - Kathleen Linck - 12.09 38 Sally Strul, Delray Beach FL; Ora Lourie, Hypoluxo FL 1428.75 Raymond Linck, Lexington KY 8.68 2 Alice Van Hoesen, Marco Island FL; Sherry 11.82 39 Blair Seidler, Fair Lawn NJ; Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA 1421.28 Steffey - Sugar Rubin, Naples FL; Linda Percy, Bonita Springs FL 11.56 40 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Donald Blum, Atlanta GA 1420.45 6.36 3 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY; 11.30 41 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 1418.14 Farley Mawyer, Plainview NY; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 11.06 42 Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY 1418.12 5.21 4 Alan Cummings, Los Altos CA; John Ide, Cape 10.83 43 - , Germantown TN 1402.53 Canaveral FL; Kay Egner - Theodore Egner, Pompano Beach FL 10.61 44 Linda Smith - Ron Smith, Hixson TN 1399.70 VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 11 10.40 45 Abraham Pineles, Jackson NJ; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ 1395.66 16 Tables 10.20 46 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Jerry Weinstein, Las Vegas NV 1392.54 10.41 1 James Greiner - Rosemary Bruggen - Ann Pavur 10.00 47 David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD; Alfred Steinberg, Potomac MD 1381.01 - Marguerite Hartz, Loudon TN 9.81 48 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Burbank CA 1381.00 7.81 2 Margie Tiglio, Allison Park PA; Louise Rippee, 9.63 49 Elaine Said, Nashville TN; Terry Spector, Franklin TN 1379.60 Pittsburgh PA; Joane D’Antonio - Dorothy Mehok, Sewickley PA 5.73 3 James Milam, Idaho Falls ID; - Mary 9.45 50 Victor Melman - Janos Racz, Scarsdale NY 1373.49 Anne McDougal, Destin FL; David Newton, Panama City Bch FL 4.68 4 James Andre - Lily Andre, Houston TX; Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Katherine Rabenstein, Washington DC

VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 12 16 Tables 9.37 1 Martha Donnelly - Lois Knight - Eugenia Cammack, Nashville TN; Linda King, Fairfield Glade TN 7.03 2 Don Morgan, Houston TX; Terry Doyle - Jan Stewart - Ratna Omidvar, Toronto ON 5.15 3 Ralph Boles III - Charles Lifer, Huntsville AL; John Carozza, The Villages FL; Katherine Christopher, Brownsboro AL Page 12 Daily Bulletin

4.22 4 Ann Harper - Oscar Harper III - John Markham WEDNESDAY EVENING B-A-M - Clair Chisler, Montgomery AL 92 Tables ABC VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 13 16 Tables 9.32 1/4 Donald Florida, Marshall IL; Annette Clark, Indianapolis IN; 7.76 1 Bob Allard - Buddy Conley, Murfreesboro TN; Martin Feeney, Greenwood IN; Linda Leedy, Zionsville IN 17.00 Donald Rizer, Walterboro SC; John Arnholter, Nashville TN 9.32 1/4 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard 5.82 2 Kathy Coleman - Carolyn Marks - Joy DeMartino, Riverside CT; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 17.00 McKenzie-Smith, Fort Worth TX; Pamela Gladysz, Ft Worth TX 9.32 1/4 Jean Cole, San Miguel De A Mexico; Jolie Hess - Pat Levy - Lew 4.27 3 Barbara McPeak - Kenneth McPeak, Lebanon Levy, Houston TX 17.00 TN; Barbara Potter, Nashville TN; Sidney Stanley, Brentwood TN 3.49 4 Carol Dunlevy - Ronald Dunlevy, Corbin KY; 9.32 1/4 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; David Banh, Annandale VA; Donna Betsy Whitescarver, Russellville KY; Linda Glass, Georgetown KY Moore, Niceville FL; Jeri Arnold, Ft Walton Bch FL 17.00 8.51 5/10 1 Henry Arnold, Sewanee TN; H LeRoy Henderson, Winchester TN; John VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 14 Owen, Livonia MI; Calvin Fultz, Manchester TN 16.50 16 Tables 2.91 5/10 Richard Ellis Jr, Kokomo IN; Beverly Brown, Fishers IN; Eleanor 6.40 1 Shirley Mueller - Hannah Davis - Ronald Tommasini - Barbara Tommasini, Louisville KY Grinslade - Dean Robinson, Indianapolis IN 16.50 4.80 2 Carolyn Joseph - Stephen Kalstein, Birmingham 2.84 5/10 Richard Mydloski, Taylor MI; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI; MI; Cydnie Reich, W Bloomfield MI; Michael McDonald, Leonard Melander Jr, West Bloomfield MI; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI Rochester Hills MI 16.50 3.52 3 Danny Brawer, Mercer Island WA; Leonard 2.84 5/10 Adam Mesbur - John Carroll, Dublin 14 Ireland; Nicholas Schiff, Lake Worth FL; Brandon Harper, Winter Park FL; Ryan Fitzgibbon, Dublin 24 Ireland; Tommy Garvey, Essex Cm145ww England 16.50 Miller, Tampa FL 2.88 4 D Clark Ogle - Lorette Ogle - John Pittman, 2.44 5/10 Gordon Adkins, West Chester OH; Barbara Levinson, Cincinnati OH; Birmingham AL; Richard Canan, Pelham AL Ed Judy, Iowa City IA; Karen Kendall, Middletown OH 16.50 2.44 5/10 Mike Bandler, Alamo CA; Bill Harker, Copperopolis CA; Edward VOLUNTEER STATE COMPACT KO 15 Barlow, Sunnyvale CA; Michael Katz, San Ramon CA 16.50 16 Tables 6.38 2 Oscar Johnson - Judith Johnson, Prattville AL; Luanne Russell - 5.73 1 James Thompson, Richland WA; Christopher Lee Stimson, Alexander City AL 14.50 Stack, Brentwood CA; Gerdur Kristjansdottir, Longmont CO; Ole Nordhild, Firestone CO 4.79 3 Leah Newell, Springfield IL; Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign IL; 4.30 2 Thomas Arnold - Carol Arnold - John Stewart - Louise Clark - Steve Clark, Glencoe IL 14.00 Jackie Stewart, Basking Ridge NJ 2.45 4/7 Donald Snelgrove, Southern Pnes NC; David Cook - Donald Wood, 3.15 3 Sandy Bogner, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Phyllis Pinehurst NC; Rebecca Markham, Vass NC 13.00 Widder, White Plains NY; Loretta Fink, Palm Beach Gdns FL; 3.47 4/7 1/3 Bert Adams - Carolyn Adams, Steilacoom WA; Walter Carlson - Susan Aronson, West Palm Bch FL 2.58 4 Jan Iliff - Jan Gray, Franklin TN; Jean Charlene Carlson, Waynesville NC 13.00 Falkinburg, Brentwood TN; Angie Sevier, Nashville TN 3.47 4/7 1/3 Robert Smink - Marjorie Smink, Newtown Sq PA; Mike Giesler - Allison Brandt, Philadelphia PA 13.00 VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 1 3.47 4/7 1/3 Joe Sinkey, Athens GA; Lois Wender, Marietta GA; Susan 8 Tables Kestenbaum, Huntingdon Vy PA; Andy McKinnon, Lawrenceville GA 13.00 12.96 1 Mark Leonard, Ypsilanti MI; Rick Kaye, 1.46 4/6 Russell Richards, Rangeley ME; Jean Donoho - Theodore Flach - Bingham Farms MI; William Hunter, Reading MA; Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA Bonnie Baer, Louisville KY 12.00 9.72 2 Per-Ola Cullin, Luno 22 Sweden; Johan 1.46 4/6 Han-Yu Chang, Sunnyvale CA; Neil Chua, Palo Alto CA; Alex Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Bengt-Erik Efraimsson, Sundbyberg Lovejoy, Summit NJ; Jonathan Bittner, New Haven CT 12.00 Sweden; Anders Morath, Jarfalla Sweden 1.46 4/6 Donald Moyer - Katy Moyer, Silver Lake OH; Kay Jones, The Villages FL; Ruth Zowader, Madison NJ 12.00 VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 2 7 Tables 10.71 1 Linda McGarry, Stuart FL; Laurie Kranyak, Bay WEDNESDAY EVENING 50/100/300 PAIRS Village OH; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Allen Hawkins Jr, 14.5 Tables Birmingham AL ABC 8.03 2 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Alan Wienman, 3.53 1 1 Terence Campbell, Zanesville OH; Dean Campbell, Oxford OH 61.09% Morton IL; James Thurtell, Dallas TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 2.65 2 2 1 Melinda Udell, Short Hills NJ; Sylvia Wein, Richmond VA 60.73% 5.89 3 Flo Newlin - Cal Newlin Jr, Aurora CO; En Hay, Littleton CO; Allen Kane, Pueblo West CO 1.99 3 Jane Waters - Gwen Lott, Natchitoches LA 60.66% 1.49 4 Bob Ritter - Sue Ritter, Cordova TN 58.87% VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 3 1.12 5 Karen Coop, Goodlettsville TN; Deborah Shaw, Nashville TN 58.05% 8 Tables 0.84 6 Maylene Renegar, Burns TN; Patsy Mathews, Nashville TN 57.33% 9.64 1 Betty Parker, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Sandrea 1.20 3 2 Olivia Guthrie, Walnut Creek CA; Ann Brewster, Rochester NY 54.14% Friedman, Flushing NY; Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY; 0.90 4 Sandra Carney, Niceville FL; Lesley Musselman, Nicefield FL 53.65% Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 7.23 2 Diana Gerrard - Samantha Punch, Stirling 0.68 5 Eric Bardin, Nashville TN; James Carey, Clinton IA 52.60% United Kingdom; Paul Gipson, Duns Td113pz Scotland; Alex Gipson, Orpington England WEDNESDAY EVENING 100/200/300 SWISS 5.30 3 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Corinne 11 Tables Lee, Virginia Beach VA; Glenna Shannahan, Fitchburg WI; S ABC Fuhrmann, Madison WI 2.97 1 1 1 Norman Sweed - Ronnie Sweed, Potomac MD; Myrna Levin, VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 4 Philadelphia PA; Helen Rosenthal, Salem MA 68.00 8 Tables 2.23 2 Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX; Robert Clarke - Alma 8.68 1 Patricia Jankovic, Alcoa TN; Ledon Hitch, Farley, Richardson TX 51.00 Madisonville TN; Jo Anne Newby, Knoxville TN; Bruce Roberts, 1.67 3 2 Sally Knight - Anne Knott, Houston TX; Robert Irish, Plymouth Maryville TN MN; Robert Hanson, Elk River MN 49.00 6.51 2 Danielle Le Blanc - Osvaldo Barreiro, Pasadena CA; Andrew Tylman - Jennifer Swimmer, Toronto ON 1.25 4 Dorcas Downs, Thomasville NC; Joy Conkwright, Whites Creek TN; 4.77 3 John Kinst, Batavia IL; James Kehoe, Glen Emily Mitts, Chattanooga TN; Karen Richards, Harvest AL 45.00 Ellyn IL; Donald Croysdale, Elm Grove WI; William McFall, New Berlin WI Spingold Youth Bridge VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 5 8 Tables Continued from page 1 Continued from page 6 7.81 1 Dennis Hesthaven - Jeanne James - Susan Cox - Scott Cox, Louisville KY 5.86 2 Alfred Tuckman, Monroe Township NJ; Larry behind in the fourth quarter to defeat the Greg decision by the ACBL Board of Directors to Freedman, East Brunswick NJ; Raelene Kirkbride, Rock Hill SC; Hinze team 145-125. establish the Youth tournament. “We are struggling Sue Bedient, Charlotte NC In the battle between No. 18 Jim Mahaffey with the fact that there are generations of people 4.30 3 Joyce Pearson, Framingham MA; Ronnie Ferestien, Waban MA; Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Irving and No. 15 Doug Doub, Mahaffey trailed by 5 now who don’t play bridge,” she says Feinglass, Delray Beach FL IMPs going into the final quarter but won a close She is also excited at the news, received on match 121-118 Wednesday, that the ACBL Educational Foundation VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 6 has established a tax-exempt organization (Junior 8 Tables No. 10 Ron Rubin had to dig out of an bigger 7.03 1 Jill Ohlson, Lexington KY; Patsy London - hole, as they were down 93-69 heading into the Fund Education) so that contributors to the Marsha Kyle - A Beth Reid, Louisville KY final set against Piotr Tuszynski. Rubin took the Foundation can earmark funds for Junior bridge as 5.27 2 Greta Pineles, Jackson NJ; Sandra DeMartino, fourth quarter 58-25 to win 127-118. tax-deductible gifts. Riverside CT; Margaret Coe, Linwood NJ; Liz Bartholomew, Pennington NJ No. 11 Reese Milner also trailed against No. Tucker also learned on Wednesday that two of 3.87 3 Loretta Green, Belleville ON; Margot Hirsch, 22 Tony Kasday with a set to go. Milner’s fourth- the youngsters she has taught bridge have Arlington TX; J’Neane Huey, Fort Worth TX; Roy Perry, St. John’s quarter rally fell just short as Kasday prevailed established their own bridge club at home. Angie NL 137-133. and Murphy Greene, who live in the Atlanta suburb VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 7 of Alpharetta, plan to charge $20 per year for 8 Tables membership in their club so that they can purchase 6.33 1 Paul Fagan, Suffern NY; Edward Wilson, boards, bidding boxes and other supplies. Monsey NY; Elizabeth King - Robert King, Jackson NJ ♠♥♦♣ 4.75 2 Sara Leckie - Sheila Barron - Kathleen Schuller - Patricia Dreinhoefer, Knoxville TN Daily Bulletin Page 13

3.48 3 Faye Parsons, Saratoga CA; Erin Gove, Los TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY BRACKET THREE TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY BRACKET ELEVEN Gatos CA; Kuo Lee, Hendersonville TN; Fung Bao, Cupertino CA 16 Tables 12 Tables 38.26 1 Mike Marlin - Sandra Marlin, Versailles KY; 12.70 1 Scott Wansbrough - Chuck Brown, Dallas TX; VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 8 Kurt Brescoll - Janet Brescoll, Mansfield TX Kimi Lambert - Paula Warren, New Braunfels TX 8 Tables 28.70 2 Steven Gaynor - Jean Boettcher - Wayne 9.53 2 John Buechner - Betty Buechner, Hixson TN; 5.70 1 Merle Gaaskjolen - Joan Gaaskjolen, Leesburg Gergen, Minneapolis MN; Clifford Lundberg, Elk River MN Bert Shramko - Susan Shramko, Chattanooga TN FL; Marilyn O’Connor - Wayne O’Connor, Dayton OH 19.13 3/4 Carl Gueli - Lydia Betz, Great Neck NY; 6.35 3/4 David Barrow - Glenda Barrow, Hot Sprgs Vlg 4.28 2 Lucy Milton, Brentwood TN; Reca Williams - Donald Sondergeld, Hubbardton VT; Charmaine Powers, Naples AR; Charles Floyd - Sue Floyd, Lenoir City TN Vicki Buchanan, Nashville TN; Tommy Latham, White House TN FL 6.35 3/4 Edward Banta - Katherine Trubey, Spruce Pine 3.14 3 Dick Wilson - Marilyn Goldman, Rochester NY; 19.13 3/4 Martha Young, Dallas TX; Mym Young, NC; B Susan Crutchfield - Richard Ash, Burnsville NC Vince Russo, Gardner KS; Donna Harrison, Columbia MO Atlantic Beach NC; Hazel Schoenberg - Jules Schoenberg, Plano TX TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY BRACKET TWELVE VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 9 8.61 5/8 Charles Gill - Carol Garnett, St Petersburg FL; 12 Tables 8 Tables Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 10.38 1 Patrick Murray - Lainey Murray - Bill Pfeiffer, 5.13 1 Jacqueline Syer - Gail Lambacher, Oakville ON; Morristown TN; Joan Panella, New Market TN Linda Stuart, Gainesville FL; Terry Smith, Jacksonville FL TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY BRACKET FOUR 7.79 2 Leonard Ellis, Franklin NC; Jean Orr, 3.85 2 Betty Anderson, Chesterfield MO; Janice Hazel 16 Tables Middletown CT; Arnold Hoffmann, Huntersville NC; Jacqueline - Rosemarie Laursen - Carol Duren, Savannah GA 33.77 1 Stephen Babin, Normal IL; Betty Capodice - Key, Charlotte NC 2.82 3 Duaine Benard, Redford MI; Henrietta Morris, Eunice Patton - Stephen Hawthorne, Bloomington IL 5.19 3/4 George Pike - Barbara Pike, Blackstock ON; Arlington TX; Robert Ewigleben - Jayne Ewigleben, Albion MI 25.33 2 Mike Smith - Tina Radding, Charleston SC; Pamela Elsner, Avon CO; Clairlee Hirsch, The Woodlands TX Myrna Smith, Frenchtown NJ; Jacqueline Kimball, John’s Island 5.19 3/4 Peggy West, Gallatin TN; Syble Johnson, VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 10 SC; Constance Sackville, Vero Beach FL; Linda Luther, N Hendersonville TN; Margo Mueller, Memphis TN; Linda Williams, 8 Tables Charleston SC Livermore CA 4.62 1 Lawton Hutchison - George Richards, Austin 16.89 3/4 Shaun Chooi - Joseph Clark - Brady Allen, TX; Lynn Brown, Palm Coast FL; Kathy Stanford, Leesburg FL Dallas TX; Ian Friedland, Mountain View CA TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY BRACKET 13 3.47 2 Carol Braten - Judith Back, White Plains NY; 16.89 3/4 Ward Schaumberg, Hockessin DE; Barbara 12 Tables Margery Martin, New Rochelle NY; Carol Willner, Larchmont NY Rhoades, Wilmington DE; Gayle Andrews, Stanton CA; Yoon 9.34 1 Dana Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Shane Kyung Kim, Alta Loma CA Blanchard, New York NY; Jonathan Ullman, Stanford CA; David VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 11 Lin, Princeton NJ 8 Tables TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY BRACKET FIVE 7.01 2 Ann Rees - D Dioguardi, Nashville TN; 4.16 1 Bryan Delfs, Pleasnt Prairie WI; Todd Fisher, 16 Tables Marguerite Crews, Richmond VA; Margaret Robinson, Winder GA Chicago IL; Todd Kaplan - Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL 30.25 1 Richard Walowit, Hollywood FL; J Phillips, 4.67 3/4 Gwen Lott - Edith Lucky - Jane Waters - 3.12 2 Daniel Chandler, Chattanooga TN; Teresa Plantation FL; David Rogers, Wilton Manors FL; Elizabeth Kros, Patricia Todd, Natchitoches LA Moore, Rossville GA; David Vine - William Adams Jr, Hixson TN Fort Lauderdale FL 4.67 3/4 Charles Swanson, Milledgeville GA; John Ford, 22.69 2 Neil Timm, Lady Lake FL; David Stentz, The White Plains GA; Tiffany Greene, Marietta GA; Carol Casey, VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 12 Village FL; Richard Chase, Ft Mill SC; Lenore Smart, Columbus Dallas TX 8 Tables OH 3.74 1 Roma Chandra - Lois Geer - Bryan Geer, Silver 15.13 3/4 Natalie Weintraub, Brigantine NJ; Valerie Spring MD; Shlomit Rind, Rockville MD Cutler, Longport NJ; Marie Crompton, Egg Harbor Tp NJ; Karen 2.81 2 Rose Francis, Cartersville GA; Stella Severson, Sylvester, Court House NJ For experts only (sort of) Omaha NE; Fred Steger, Jr, McAllen TX; Helen Paracka, Rome 15.13 3/4 William Atteberry, Clearwater FL; Leelyn Main, GA St Petersburg FL; Art McHaffie - Joy McHaffie, Santa Fe NM By Barry Rigal 2.06 3 Eberhard Jehle, Charlottesville VA; Brett Orban, After a quick exit from the Spingold Martins Ferry OH; Thomas Danford, Bellaire OH; Mary Skavaril, TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY BRACKET SIX Knockout Teams, I thought I would like to share Columbus OH 16 Tables 27.23 1 Francis Tseng, Erie PA; Lorraine Cable, with you the way the real experts defend. VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 13 Dorchester MA; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA; Marc Sylvester, Dlr: East ♠ 7 8 Tables Edinboro PA Vul: None ♥ Q 10 9 4 3.37 1 John Ridenour - Gloria Ridenour, Flagler Beach 20.42 2 Lynn John Federico, Kenner LA; August ♦ K Q J 10 5 FL; Betti Harris, Huntington Bh CA; Kathryn Greenhoot, Charlotte Bagert, Metairie LA; Bernie Weiss - Lillian Range, New Orleans NC LA; Julius Rosenfield, River Ridge LA ♣ Q J 5 2.53 2 Jane Pauze, Cadiz KY; Charlotte Williams, 13.62 3/4 David Shepler - Cindy Shepler - Brad Vander ♠ Q 5 ♠ K J 9 8 4 3 Madisonville KY; Dan Meyer - Pam Meyer, Clarksville TN Zanden, Knoxville TN; Glenn Reider, Concord NH ♥ A6 3 ♥ J 8 1.85 3 Jim Canty, Berkeley CA; Gretchen Smith - 13.62 3/4 Leah Newell, Springfield IL; Terry ♦ ♦ Kathy O’Neil Traback, Piedmont CA; Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA Goodykoontz, Champaign IL; Louise Clark - Steve Clark, Glencoe 8 7 2 9 3 IL ♣ A 10 9 7 3 ♣ K 6 2 VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 14 6.13 5/8 Margaret Ritchie - Bruce Oliver - Kristina ♠ A 10 6 2 8 Tables Oliver, Birmingham AL; John Venable, Mt Brook AL ♥ 3.03 1 Jane Anne Gawlas - Carol Armstrong, Charlotte K 7 5 2 NC; Carol Clemenz - Fred Clemenz, Lexington SC TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY BRACKET SEVEN ♦ A6 4 2.27 2 Jeffrey Biggers - Patricia Hunter, Loudon TN; 16 Tables ♣ 8 4 Rolf Nilsson - Yvonne Nilsson, Glen Allen VA 24.51 1 Erik Holdo, Cumming GA; F Garson II, West North East South 1.67 3 Thomas Harris, Garden Grove CA; Barbara Alpharetta GA; Bob Jones, Acworth GA; Donna Marks, Atlanta ♠ Frischkorn, Long Beach CA; Nancy Mason - Robert Mason, GA 2 Pass Atlanta GA 18.38 2 Pat Abell - Patricia Humphress, Campbellsville Pass Dbl Pass 4♥ KY; Judith Bishop - Marge Handley, Elizabethtown KY All Pass VOLUNTEER STATE CONSOLATION 15 12.26 3/4 Thomas Cheng, Halifax NS; Ronnie Burns, Fort ♠ 8 Tables Smith AR; George Delp - April Delp, Gainesville GA West led the Q to declarer’s ace. Now South 2.73 1 Richard Mackey - Phyllis Mackey, New Castle 12.26 3/4 Douglas Hirt - Melanie Hirt - James Hunter - quite reasonably led a heart to dummy’s 10 and IN; Mary Smith - Bruce Smith, Cincinnati OH Paula Hunter, Nashville TN East’s jack. From this point it would take a real 2.05 2 Patricia Bradshaw - Peg Hardy, Charlotte NC; 5.51 5/8 Martha Thetford - Nancy Davidson, Nashville pair of experts to let through 4♥, right? Come the William Welborn, Waxhaw NC; Margaret Immel, Monroe NC TN; Polly Hicks - Thomas Seigle, Jefferson City TN 1.50 3 Chester Mott - Lois Mott, Linesville PA; Alan hour, come the men! Koseff - Maureen Koseff, Erie PA TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY BRACKET EIGHT East continued at trick three with the ♠J 16 Tables (some suit preference in the high honors). TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY BRACKET ONE 21.66 1 Kevin Boles, Decatur AL; Wrus Kristiansen, ♥ 16 Tables Virginia Beach VA; Diana Hughes - Richard Starr, Atlanta GA Declarer ruffed and led the 9 to the 8 and my 55.39 1 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Vancouver 16.25 2 Susan Kreal, Brentwood TN; S Ricciardi, partner’s ace. WA; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Richard Helams Jr, West Monroe Franklin TN; Patricia Beason - Helen Hulse, Mount Juliet TN Back came a low club, and dummy’s queen LA; Vera Petty - Roman Smolski, Warwick Bermuda 10.83 3/4 John Schnablegger - Michael Ritza, Sault Ste 41.54 2 Roselyn Teukolsky - Saul Teukolsky, Ithaca NY; Marie ON; Lynda Flanger, Gainesville VA; Philip Duterme, Bellaire held the trick! Making 420. Susan Yates - Daniel Boye, Victor NY TX East ducked the ♣K, hoping declarer held 27.70 3/4 Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA; Carreen 10.83 3/4 George Charrier - Marian Charrier, West ♠A 10 x x ♥K x x x ♦x x x ♣Ax, Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Adrienne Chester OH; Mary Clifton, Hamilton OH; Julie Thomas, and that ducking might keep declarer from using a Green, Los Angeles CA Middletown OH; Michele Staats, Loveland OH 27.70 3/4 Roni Atkins, Pittsburgh PA; Barbara Clinton, club as an to dummy. Aurora ON; Sandra Fleischman, Bradenton FL; Jan Assini, Aurora TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY BRACKET NINE West “knew” his low club promised the ace, OH 16 Tables and he did not want to lead the ♣A and another 18.75 1 Wiley McMinn III, Cedar Park TX; Ellen TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY BRACKET TWO Meyer - Dianne Ebert - Carol Nelson, Austin TX club in case declarer had a singleton in that suit. 16 Tables 14.06 2 Don Dvorak, Jacksonville FL; Emily Myers - Of course, both defenders were way off track 44.18 1 Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Warren Foss, Richard Myers, Lake Placid FL; Don Metler, South Daytona FL here. West should have known South had two Omaha NE; Jan Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; Witold Turant, Lodz 9.38 3/4 Bill Schaffer - Shirley Schaffer, Youngstown clubs: If declarer was 4=4=4=1, the partner had a Poland; Hiroki Yokoi, Chibaken 272-01 Japan OH; Dorothy Hooper, Madison TN; Pieter Hoonderd - Carolyn 33.14 2 Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC; Lucas Harrell, Hendersonville TN singleton diamond and would have switched to Lebioda, Columbia SC; Larry Crevier, Dol-D-Ormeaux QC; Tony 9.38 3/4 Donald Moyer - Katy Moyer, Silver Lake OH; that suit at trick three. Reus, Saint-Laurent QC; Jon Rice - Mike Rice, Winston Salem NC Carol McMackin, Allendale NJ; Abby Brawer, Wyckoff NJ East could have seen that ducking the club 22.09 3/4 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; Ilene Markell, Memphis TN; David Banh, Annandale VA; Donna Moore, TUEDAY-WEDNESDAY KO BRACKET TEN would accomplish nothing because, even if the Niceville FL; Jeri Arnold, Ft Walton Bch FL; Mary Vickers, Apex 16 Tables distribution was what he was hoping for, declarer NC 16.07 1 Ted Baldwin - Margaret Baldwin - Sonni Mauze could play diamonds before drawing the last 22.09 3/4 Fred Hawa - Judith Chaice, White Plains NY; - Page Jackson, Saint Louis MO Mimi Bieber, Armonk NY; Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY 12.05 2 Dawn Poinsett - Richard Poinsett, Estero FL; trump and make the contract. 9.94 5/8 William Burgess, Kingsport TN; Jerry Rita Peterson, Oak Brook IL; Fran Smith, Glen Ellyn IL But it just goes to show that no defense is so Umberger, Wytheville VA; Thomas Grabowski - Marie Grabowski, 8.04 3/4 Ellen Norden - Susan Feiler, Boynton Beach bad that an expert pair won’t find it. Hockessin DE FL; Beryl Hedrick - Eileen Hedrick, Alabaster AL 8.04 3/4 Charles Morse - Nancy Morse, Mc Kinney TX; Linda Thomas, Dallas TX; Patricia Marchman, Garland TX Page 14 Daily Bulletin

MINI SPINGOLD I KO TEAMS 0-5000 Mini-Spingold KO 61 Tables 10.00 9/16 Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; Brenda Montague, Elbert Moore, Crofton KY; Mike Sloan, Jeffersonville IN; Karen Swampscott MA; Douglas Ross, Rochester NY; Walter Spiewak, Teams line scores. Erlanger, Saint Louis MO; John Burgener, St Louis MO Wake Forest NC; Steven Barcus, Altamonte Spg FL Moore 33 127 vs 10.00 9/16 Marion Gebhardt, Richardson TX; Peggy James Gordon, S Burlington VT; Karl Hicks, Dominion NS; Duffey, Dallas TX; Carolyn Pinto - Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth Williams 53 104 Michael Betts, Dartmouth NS; Brian Alexander, Fredericton NB TX 10.00 9/16 Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA; James Gardner 32 60 David Zapatka - Jo Ann Zapatka, Sun Lakes AZ; Kim Corbin, Glickman, Woodland Hills CA; Daniel Levin, Aurora IL; James Gordon 55 135 Scottsdale AZ; Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS Dressler, Rolling Meadows IL; David Sokolow, Austin TX; vs William Schreiber, Van Bud Biswas, Lexington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Nuys CA Einberg 45 96 Susan Winkler, Wake Forest NC; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN 10.00 9/16 Stephen Lucas - Lesley Decker Lucas, Agranoff 53 148 Woodbury NY; Jane Dillenberg - Alene Friedman, New York NY; Gary Westfall, Brampton ON; Roman Klein, Oakville ON; John Michael Heymann - Billy Leeper, Fort Worth TX Moser, St Agatha ON; Colin Harrington, Cambridge ON 10.00 9/16 Steven Blomstedt, West Chester PA; Susan Cassel 53 128 148 (OT) vs Khanna - Deepak Khanna, Shillington PA; Rose-Marie Gebhardt 53 128 145 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Lawrence Harding, Hampstead Loughnane, Lafayette Hill PA NC; Rich Regan, Lyman SC; James Hawkes, Charleston SC 10.00 9/16 David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Doug Levene - Mark Jones, Birmingham AL; Jim Russell, Bradenton FL; Biswas 75 131 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Andy Kaufman, Smyrna DE; Henry Meyer, Southampton NY; Freerk Polling, Palm Beach Blomstedt 67 117 Michael McNamara - Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY Gdns FL vs 10.00 9/16 Patrick Williams, Greenbrier TN; Thomas Saul Agranoff, Newton MA; Stuart Whittle, Waltham MA; Bandy, Kingsport TN; Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Denny Lucas 37 100 Stephanie Hamilton-Diesel, Saugus MA; Ann Borgschulte, Penticoff, Mountain Home AR Zapatka 106 172 Lexington MA 10.00 9/16 Bruce Gardner - Robin Lampley - Dean Stow, Paducah KY; John Seng, Champaign IL Westfall 16 97 Grainger 40 56

Starting young Hwang 57 111 Fourteen-year-old Jeffrey Schwartz played in Cohodes 36 106 the side game Wednesday night. He played with his mother, Ann Schwartz. The two are from Fairfax VA. MINI SPINGOLD II KO TEAMS Schwartz was not the youngest player in his 41 Tables section, however. Kevin Rosenberg was playing in Eric Hendrickson - Matthew Bribitzer-Stull - Jason Bribitzer- 0 to 1500 Mini-Spingold the same section and he is only 10! Rosenberg of Stull, Minneapolis MN; Richard Lawson, Plymouth MN vs New Rochelle NY was playing with his father Owen Lien, Hickory NC; Eric Sieg, Oklahoma City OK; Zachary linescores Michael. Brescoll, Mansfield TX; David Coberly, Spartanburg SC; Mike Develin, Berkeley CA; Eric Mayefsky, Stanford CA #1 Nabrynski 24 71 Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA; Michael Hartnett, Mill Valley #8 Hendrickson 94 117 CA; Kenneth Dye, Morrisville NC; Christopher Galbraith, Pleasant Hill CA; Daniel Raider, San Mateo CA; Matthew #5 Todd 45 57 WD Raider, Portland CT vs #4 Lien 122 164 Matt Meckstroth, Fairfax VA; Daniel Goldfein, Lincolnwood IL; Sam Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Robert Glickman, Berkeley CA #3 Dickey 41 WD #6 Meckstroth 118 16.13 5/8 Michael Nabrynski - Jennifer Nabrynski, Raleigh NC; Sonja Smith, North Granby CT; David Rock, Westfield MA #7 Calliham 73 135 16.13 5/8 Robert Todd - Theresa Andino - Eric Tilton - #2 Ferguson 91 160 Theo Lichtenstein, Tallahassee FL 16.13 5/8 Jane Dickey - Bonnie Fincher - Mike Compton, Little Rock AR; Langdon Jones, N Little Rock AR 16.13 5/8 Steve Callaham, Woodstock GA; Fred Tanzer, Land O’Lakes FL; Dan Griggs, Snellville GA; David Schulman, Atlanta GA

Jeffrey Schwartz played in the Side Game. WAGAR WOMENS KO TEAMS 18 Tables Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Jill Levin, Bronx NY; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; JoAnna Stansby, Castro Valley CA vs Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; - Mildred Breed, Austin TX; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, D-68766 Hockenh Germany

50.00 3/4 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, US; , Stony Point NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Beth Palmer, Silver Spring MD 50.00 3/4 , Amstelveen Netherlands; Carla Arnolds, Tilburg Netherlands; , Diemen Netherlands; , Netherlands Kevin Rosenberg defends a contract. Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional January 28 - February 3, 2008

Quality Inn by the Coliseum Tournament Chairperson Directors Update Course 2416 Beach Blvd. (Hwy 90 between Lorraine Lynne Logan 228-255-5573 Monday, Jan. 28, 1:30-5 p.m. and 7:30- & Cedar Lake) [email protected] Biloxi, MS 39531 10 p.m. & Tuesday, Jan. 29, 9 a.m.-Noon 228-388-1000 or 800-424-6423 Future Stars Chairperson Teacher Accreditation Course Free Continental Breakfast John & Pat Turner Thursday, Jan. 31, 1-5 p.m. & 7:30-10 Make your reservations by January 14 for a p.m. & Friday, Feb. 1, 9 a.m.-Noon Rate of $78.45 228-864-0124 All events will be held next door at the [email protected] Contact Pat LaCerva 228-466-9044 Mississippi Coast Coliseum [email protected] Daily Bulletin Page 15

Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match Teams The Mixed Board-a-Match Teams, one of the 1956 1. Mary Bowden, Douglas Drury, Robert Freedman, Lewis, Linda Peterson, Esta Van Zandt; 2. Bill Cole, oldest ACBL events, begins play today. , ; 2. Barbara Brier, Jan Lynn Deas, Norb Kremer, Beth Palmer The event, first played in 1929, is a four-session Stone, , 1982 1-2. Tommy Sanders, , Sidney Lazard, 1957 1. John Crawford, , , Joan DeWitt; 1-2. Lynn Deas, Norb Kremer, Beth event with two qualifying and two final sessions. Edith Kemp, Gloria Turner; 2. Sam Fry, Dorothy Palmer, Bill Cole At stake is the Chicago Trophy, awarded to the Hayden, Sally Johnson, 1983 1. Alan Kudisch, Judy Landau, Drew Casen, Karen winners of the North American Open Teams 1958 1. Leland Ferer, Gratian Goldstein, Eunice Rosen, Allison; 2. Kathie Wei, Judi Radin, Eric Rodwell, Championship until 1965 when it was replaced by William Rosen; 2. B. Jay Becker, Bee Gale, Betty Jeff Meckstroth the Reisinger Memorial Trophy. Goldberg, Howard Schenken 1984 1. Susan Sternberg, Bernie Chazen, Juanita Skelton, The Chicago Trophy was donated by the 1959 1. , Robert Jordan, Charles Solomon, Allan Cokin, Barbara Sion, ; 2. Edith Auction Bridge Club of Chicago in 1929. , ; 2. Leonard Harmon, Rosenkranz, , Carol Sanders, , Peggy Rotzell, Alfred Sheinwold, Mark Lair, Lynn Deas, Eddie Wold Winners and runners-up: Betty Sheinwold 1985 1. Bill Pollack, Rozanne Pollack, , 1929 1. Max Cohen, Mrs. M. K. Alexander, Rose 1960 1. , Alicia Kempner, George Rapee, Dorothy Truscott, Evelyn Levitt, Dave Treadwell; 2. Fleischer, R. Frankenstein (no runner-up listed) Betty Ann Welch; 2. B. Jay Becker, Dorothy Hayden, Rich Schmieder, Jyme Tropila, Martin Miller, Carol 1930 1. Winfield Liggett, , P. Hal Sims, , , Sylvia Stein Dietz Sir Derrick Wernher; 2. W. Cleveland Cogswell, J. 1961 1. , Emanuel Hochfield, Louise 1986 1. Mark Cohen, Stasha Cohen, , Joyce Arnold Farrar, , George Reith Robinson, Gloria Turner; 2. John Fisher, Jean Lilie, David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz; 2. Carol 1931 1. Mrs. G. A. Bennett, Doris Fuller, Charles Frankel, Lou Gurvich, Boots Kendrick, Sidney Simon, Bob Etter, Min Ross, , Paul Kern, Lochridge, George Reith; 2. E. M. Baker, Margaret Lazard Claire Kern Beech, William McKenney, Mrs. H. D. Stahl 1962 1. , Agnes Gordon, Eric Murray, Helen 1987 1-2. Jim Mahaffey, Linda Perlman, Joan Remey, Paul 1932 1. Marie Black, Huber Boscowitz, Sam Fry, Olga Portugal; 2. Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor, Sylvia Soloway; 1-2. Bob Hamman, Kerri Shuman, Rama Hilliard; 2. Mrs. L. Bloomberg, Bernard Cone, Louis Stein, Linz, Robert Levin Gotthelf, Mrs. Thomas Stern 1963 1. Sidney Lazard, Betty Kaplan, Edgar Kaplan, Stella 1988 1-2. Robert Radwin, , Flo Rotman, 1933 1. David Burnstine, Elinor Murdoch, Mrs. Ivan Rebner; 2. Israel Cohen, Garner McDaniel, Terry ; 1-2. Ken Cohen, Jo Anne Manfield, Stengel, Edwin Wetzler; 2. Dorothy Rice Sims, P. Michaels, Robert Woodard, Ev Cogan Hal Sims, Margaret Wagar, Waldemar von Zedtwitz 1964 1. John Fisher, , Emma Jean Hawes, 1989 1. Alan Sontag, Peter Weichsel, Gladys Collier, 1934 1. Lester Bachner, Mrs. Lester Bachner, James Margaret Wagar; 2-3. Martin Cohn, Hampton Hume, Juanita Chambers; 2-3. , Dori Cohen, Lemon, Martha Lemon; 2. Mitch Barnes, Barbara Bernadine Jenkins, Mary Philley; 2-3. Harold Mary Oshlag, Richard Oshlag; 2-3. Chester Hirsch, Collyer, Doris Fuller, Henry Vogel Harkavy, Virginia Heckel, Edith Kemp, Cliff Russell, , , 1935 1. Helen Bonwit, Howard Schenken, , Jerome Yavitz 1990 1. Edith Rosenkranz, George Rosenkranz, Eddie Louis Watson; 2. Mary Clement, Mary Zita Jacoby, 1965 1. Barbara Brier, Alvin Roth, Jan Stone, Tobias Stone, Wold, Marinesa Letizia, Kerri Shuman, Mark Lair; 2. Oswald Jacoby, Waldemar von Zedtwitz Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Burt Norton, Carol Jim Becker, Ellee Lewis, Howard Chandross, Vivian 1936 1. Hortense Evans, Louis Haddad, Robert Norton, Alan Press, William Rosen, Sylvia Stein, Whalen McPherran, Elizabeth Whitney; 2. B. Jay Becker, Carol Stolkin 1991 1. John Carruthers, Katie Thorpe, Brad Moss, Bronia Helen Bonwit, Howard Schenken, Sally Young 1966 1. Jimmy Cayne, Judy Dryer, Paul Soloway, Eunice Gmach, Jared Lilienstein; 2. Robert Thomson, Asya 1937 1. Philip Abramsohn, Estelle Drescher, , Rosen, William Rosen; 2. Barbara Rappaport, Alvin Kamsky, Rozanne Pollack, Michael Radin, Marty Ann Naiman; 2. S. Garton Churchill, Phyllis Roth, Bee Schenken, Howard Schenken Bergen, Dori Cohen Gardner, Travers LeGros, Dorothy Roberts 1967 1. Mike Cappelletti, Kathie Cappelletti, Mike Moss, 1992 1. , Marinesa Letizia, Dennis Clerkin, 1938 1. Doris Fuller, Charles Goren, Henry Vogel, Sally Gail Shane; 2-4. John Gerber, Norman Kay, Carol Juanita Chambers, , Beth Palmer; 2. Young; 2. Eleanor Hirsch, John Kunkel, Helen Klar, George Rosenkranz, Edith Rosenkranz; 2-4. B. Bjorn Fallenius, Kathy Anday, Shirlee Meckstroth, Pendelton Rockwell, Milton Vernoff Jay Becker, John Fisher, Dorothy Hayden, Emma Jeff Meckstroth 1939 1. Robert Chatkin, Valerie Klein, Alvin , Jean Hawes; 2-4. Leland Ferer, Gratian Goldstein, 1993 1. Lisa Berkowitz, David Berkowitz, Beth Palmer, Florence Stratford; 2. Edward Ellenbogen, Peggy , Sylvia Stein William Pettis; 2. Nancy Molesworth, Stephen Golder, Helen Mitchell, Charles Solomon 1968 1. Minda Brachman, , Oswald Jacoby, Schneer, Robbie Hopkins, Joan Lewis 1940 1. Marie Black, Henry Chanin, , ; 2. Betty Kaplan, Edgar Kaplan, 1994 1. Mike Lucas, Michael Seamon, , Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Edward Ellenbogen, George Rapee, Carol Stolkin Steve Sion, Barbara Sion; 2. George Rosenkranz, Peggy Golder, Helen Mitchell, Charles Solomon 1969 1. Janice Cohn, Flo Orner, Charles Peres, Dan Sabine Zenkel, Eddie Wold, Kerri Sanborn, Larry 1941 1. Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel, Sally Rotman, , Alice Stakgold; 2. Barry Cohen Young; 2. Oswald Jacoby, Louise Wainwright, Crane, Jules Farell, Mary Jane Farell, Marilyn 1995 1. Joyce Lilie, Harold Lilie, David Berkowitz, Lisa , Mrs. William A. Tucker Johnson, Peter Rank Berkowitz; 2. Jeff Schuett, Ginny Schuett, Tom 1942 1. John Crawford, Olive Peterson, Margaret Wagar, 1970 1. Dorothy Bare, Gerald Bare, Eugenie Mathe, Lew Kniest, Karen Walker, Florine Walters, Mark Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Philip Abramsohn, Kay Mathe; 2-3. Ken Barbour, William Daly, Mickey Feldman Rhodes, Edith Seligman, Tobias Stone Rosenthal, Helen Strasberg, Dave Strasberg; 2-3. 1996 1. , Barabara Kasle, Nancy Passell, 1943 1. Charles Goren, Olive Peterson, Sidney Silodor, Betty Adler, Julian Adler, Dave Sachs, Sue Sachs Garey Hayden; 2. Jimmy Cayne, Jacqui Mitchell, Helen Sobel; 2. Edith Hammond, Pat Lightner, 1971 1. John Anderson, , Marilyn McCrary, Amalya Kearse, Mike Passell, Chuck Burger, Suzy Walter Malowan, Stuyvestant Wainwright Sue Picus; 2. Dorsey Brooks, Zerrene Brooks, Joan Burger 1944 1. Charles Goren, Olive Peterson, Sidney Silodor, Remey, Vincent Remey 1997 1. Marc Low, Sandra Low, Sue Sachs, David Sachs; Helen Sobel; 2. Marie Basher, Edward Cohn, John 1972 1. Gail Moss, Mike Moss, Marietta Passell, Bill 2. Kit Woolsey, , Jo Anne Casen, Larry Crawford, Margaret Wagar Passell; 2. B. Jay Becker, John Fisher, Emma Jean Mori, Martha Katz, 1945 1. John Crawford, Ruth Sherman, Margaret Wagar, Hawes, Alan Truscott, 1998 1. David Berkowitz, Lisa Berkowitz, Jim Bjerkan, Waldemar von Zedtwitz; 2. Estelle Elis, Harry 1973 1. Ellen Alfandre, Philip Feldsman, Edith Sacks, Cheri Bjerkan; 2. Rita Shugart, Geir Helgemo, Kitty Fishbein, Alvin Roth, Edith Seligman Stanley Tomchin; 2-5. Betty Adler, Julian Adler, Munson, 1946 1. Samuel Katz, Alicia Kempner, Evelyn Lebhar, David Sachs, Sue Sachs; 2-5. Doug Fraser, Sandra 1999 1. Lynn Baker, Karen McCallum, Zia Mahmood, Bertram Lebhar Jr.; 2. Charles Goren, Emily Folline, Fraser, Barbara Saltsman, Joey Silver; 2-5. Mark Matthew Granovetter; 2. Richard Gabriel, Ellen Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel Berger, Sallie Johnson, Amos Kaminsky, Jack Saltz, Gabriel, Rhoda Prager, Brian Ellis 1947 1. , Ruth Goldberg, Ludwig Mona Stocknoff; 2-5. Carol Crawford, John 2000 1. Barry Rigal, Sue Picus, Sylvia Moss, Judi Radin, Kabakjian, Edith Seligman; 2-3. Emily Folline, Peter Crawford, Barbara Rappaport, Alvin Roth Alex Ornstein, Jeff Ferro; 2. Mel Colchamiro, Janet Leventritt, David Warner, Sally Young; 2-3. Harold 1974 1. Edith Kemp, Jerome Yavitz, Rita Seamon, William Colchamiro, Betty Bloom, Steve Bloom, Kitty Harkavy, Jane Jaeger, Lewis Jaeger, Mrs. G. Strasser Seamon; 2. , Jo Morse, Peggy Parker, Munson Cooper, Steven Cooper 1948 1. John Crawford, Charles Goren, Helen Sobel, Steve Parker, Steve Robinson 2001 1. Rose Meltzer, Peter Weichsel, Chip Martel, Jan Margaret Wagar; 2. Harry Fishbein, Ruth Goldberg, 1975 1. , Nancy Gruver, Jim Linhart, Martel, Lew Stansby, JoAnna Stansby; 2. Lou Ann Ludwig Kabakjian, Edith Seligman Helen Utegaard; 2-3. Shirlee Lazarus, Eugenie O’Rourke, Joan Stein, Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Curtis 1949 1. Peter Leventritt, Charles Solomon, Peggy Mathe, , Joan Remey, Vincent Remey, Cheek, Billy Miller Solomon, Sally Young; 2. John Crawford, Charles Jim Zimmerman; 2-3. Carol Crawford, John 2002 1. , Debbie Rosenberg, Lisa Goren, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar Crawford, Barbara Rappaport, Alvin Roth Berkowitz, Larry Cohen, Richard Schwartz, Margie 1950 1. Peter Leventritt, Charles Solomon, Peggy 1976 1-2. Richard Katz, Carol Sanders, , Gwozdzinsky; 2. Paul Lewis, Linda Lewis, Bob Solomon, Sally Young; 2. John Crawford, Charles Marion Weed; 1-2. Fred Hamilton, , Glasson, Joann Glasson Goren, Helen Sobel, Margaret Wagar , , Nancy Weichsel, 2003 1. Fulvio Fantoni, Hemant Lall, Donna Compton, 1951 1. Jane Jaeger, , Leo Roet, Ruth Peter Weichsel Petra Hamman; 2. , Mildred Sherman; 2. , Agnes Gordon, Charles 1977 1. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark Lair, Sidney Breed, Eddie Wold, Hjordis Eythorsdottir Goren, Helen Sobel Lazard; 2. Ethel Dayboch, Morrie Freier, Richard 2004 1. Steve Robinson, Lynn Deas, Bill Pollack, Rozanne 1952 1. Anne Burnstein, Harold Harkavy, Alvin Roth, Paulsen, Sue Thornton Pollack, Beth Palmer, Bill Pettis; 2. Rose Meltzer, Edith Seligman; 2. John Crawford, Emma Jean 1978 1. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark Lair, Sidney Peter Weichsel, Lew Stansby, Jo Anna Stansby, Jan Hawes, George Rapee, Olive Peterson, Sidney Lazard; 2. Betty Adler, Julian Adler, David Sachs, Martel, Chip Martel Silodor Sue Sachs 2005 1. Peggy Kaplan, Petra Hamman, Rozanne Pollack, 1953 1. Anne Burnstein, Harold Harkavy, Edith Kemp, 1979 1-3. Nancy Alpaugh, Joan DeWitt, Mark Lair, Sidney Steve Beatty, Hemant Lall, Marty Fleisher; 2. Alvin Roth; 2. Emanual Hochfeld, Mary Jane Lazard; 1-3. Betty Bloom, Steven Bloom, Mark Barbara Sonsini, John Sutherlin, Tobi Sokolow, Mark Kauder, Lew Mathe, Gloria Turner Cohen, Edith Sacks; 1-3. Lynne Feldman, Mark Lair, Rhoda Walsh 1954 1. Charles Goren, Sidney Silodor, Helen Sobel, Feldman, Ed Nagy, Sharon Smith 2006 1. Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer, William Pettis, Rozanne Margaret Wagar; 2. Marianne Boschan, Gertrude 1980 1. , Jose John Hamui, Elias Pollack, William Pollack; 2. Richard Schwartz, Eberson, David Murray, Lewis Tubbs Konstantinovsky, Laura Mariscal, Kerri Shuman; 2. Margie Gwozdzinsky, Walid Elahmady, Daniela von 1955 1. Gratian Goldstein, Harold Harkavy, Terry Gerald Caravelli, Dennis McGarry, Joan Remey, Arnim, Teri Casen, Drew Casen Michaels, Alvin Roth; 2. Mary Bowden, Douglas Vincent Remey, Helen Utegaard Drury, Richard Freedman, Agnes Gordon, Eric 1981 1. Doug Fraser, Sandra Fraser, Ralph Katz, Paul Murray Page 16 Daily Bulletin

Protecting partner By Sathya Bettadapura Cooperative defense often consists of finding plays that make it difficult or impossible for partner to go wrong. A variation of this theme occurred in the final round of the second semifinal Daniel Korbel session of the Von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs. of Waterloo ON Dlr: East ♠ A5 3 and Jonathan Vul: Both ♥ AJ 6 Steinberg of Toronto were ♦ 10 7 6 4 3 ♣ second in the Q 10 Wernher Open ♠ ♠ 9 8 4 2 K J 10 Pairs. ♥ 10 9 8 7 4 ♥ Q 3 ♦ J 9 ♦ A Q 8 5 ♣ 9 7 ♣ 8 6 4 3 ♠ Q 7 6 ♥ K 5 2 ♦ K 2 ♣ A K J 5 2 West North East South 1♦ Dbl When North plays the ♥J, East must pitch a Wagar diamond honor to avoid the (if he holds Pass 1NT Pass 3NT Continued from page 1 All Pass onto the ♦A Q, declarer exits with a diamond and East led the ♦5, and declarer put up dummy’s waits for the spade play, knowing where the king king. North cashed the ♣Q and ♣10 and lies). If East pitches the ♦A or ♦Q, when North Narasimhan trailed the squad captained by continued with a heart to dummy’s king. On the plays a diamond, West will win and play a spade, Bep Vriend (Carla Arnolds, Meike Wortel and next two clubs, West pitched the ♥10 and ♠9, allowing East to make two more tricks. Marion Michielsen) virtually the entire match, playing upside-down count and attitude signals, Unfortunately, in the actual play, East did not falling behind by 5 IMPs after one quarter and by indicating that declarer has the missing spade have a chance to play a diamond honor to unblock 17 at the half. The two teams played even in the honor as well. because West discarded the ♦J on the last club! third quarter before Narasimhan rallied in the final If West pitches another spade on the last club set. and East also discards a spade, postponing the Entries Fireman led throughout their match with Baker (Karen McCallum, Kerri Sanborn, Irina critical discard, declarer can play a heart to the All North American championships with no Levitina, Lynn Deas and Beth Palmer), winning ace, rejecting the finesse because he knows East upper masterpoint limitation $18 the first set 40-10 and increasing the lead to 104- must have the ♥Q to have an opening bid (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to 30 at the halfway point. Baker made a comeback (declarer has discarded three diamonds on the play in NABC+ events.) to close to within 45 with one set to go, but the clubs). This will be the five-card ending: Other North American championships teams played exactly even in the fourth quarter. ♠ A5 3 $16.50 ♥ J (Note: only ACBL members are eligible to Line scores ♦ 10 play in these events.) ♣ — Regional championships $15.50 for ACBL 1. Baker 10 30 79 111 ♠ 8 2 ♠ K J members, $17.50 for all others 4. Fireman 40 104 124 156 ♥ 8 4 ♥ — All other events $14.50 for ACBL ♦ J ♦ AQ 8 members, $16.50 for all others. ♣ — ♣ — 3. Vriend 41 80 131 152 ♠ Q 7 6 4. Narasimhan 36 63 114 154 ♥ 2 ♦ 2 ♣ —

WEDNESDAY IRIS PAIRS - SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST 73 73 1 Rick Goad - Tamah Goad, Lake Charles LA 59.92% 1 1 Thomas Graff - Roger Koeppe II, Fayetteville AR 63.26% 2 Jon Lusk - Sally Lusk, Ypsilanti MI 55.13% 2 2 Peter Boyd-Bowman - Kathy Coop, Greensboro NC 60.90% 3 Catherine Sallar, Fall River MA; Kerry Hicks, Dominion NS 55.06% 3 3 Mary Schultze, Union MI; Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL 57.21% 4 Jay Hitt, Goodlettsville TN; Tim Butterbaugh, Paducah KY 55.01% 4 Lawrence Hays, Brentwood TN; Christine Clark, Nashville TN 57.17% 5 Jess Jurkovic - Peter Clark, New York NY 54.85% 5 Norman Smith - Barbara Hulsmeyer, Louisville KY 56.96% 6 1 Jean Moser - Bonnie Hill, Murfreesboro TN 54.49% 6 Barry Segal, Boynton Beach FL; Casey Sinatra, Boca Raton FL 53.37% 2 Bonnie Keough - Carrol Kleinschmidt, Franklin TN 51.76% 4 Wendy Dewell, San Jose CA; Ann Conrad, Castro Valley CA 51.44% 3 C Conrad, Castro Valley CA; Phyllis Gaffney, Sunnyvale CA 51.60% 4 Frank Nelson II, Louisville KY; Kenneth Gustafson, Crestwood KY 49.84%

WEDNESDAY OPEN PAIRS - WEDNESDAY EVENING 2NDOF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION A EAST-WEST AB AB 1 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; G Prabhu, Ames IA 66.83% 1 Joseph Menkes - Barbara Menkes, Boynton Beach FL 61.54% 2 Robert Sweeney - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 57.85% 2 Ralph Levene, Vestavia Hills AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 56.57% 3 Carol Hamilton, Sarasota FL; Reiko Raese, Boulder CO 55.77% 3 Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ; Irwin Klugler, Montclair NJ 54.65% 4 Ira Ewen, New York NY; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 54.49% 4 Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD; Lynn Jones, Timonium MD 53.85% 5 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 52.88% 5 1 Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN; Frank Knier, Fargo ND 52.40% 6 Cindy Sealy - Virginia Munafo, Huntsville AL 52.56% 6 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Steven Price, Mesa AZ 52.24% 1 Marvin Lampert, Huntsville AL; Douglas Lampert, Meridianfille AL 51.28% 2 Larry Averbuch - Gerald Averbuch, Nashville TN 51.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION B EAST-WEST AB AB 1 Shelley Fishman, Merrick NY; Joseph Byrnes, West Hempstead NY 61.86% 1 Marshall Miles, Redlands CA; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 63.46% 2 Barbara Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Sharon Hait, Livingston NJ 59.29% 2 1 Benjamin Eisenberg - Susan Eisenberg, Lords Valley PA 58.01% 3 Mark Ospeck, Memphis TN; Ernest Stuber Jr, Germantown TN 56.57% 3 Sharron Hinckley, East Winthrop ME; Bud Hinckley, South Bend IN 55.93% 4 Sheryl Langner, Dublin OH; Terry James, Columbus OH 51.12% 4 , Dallas TX; Marc Komisarow, Atlanta GA 53.85% 5 1 Roger Lee, Chicago IL; Brian Schroeder, Pasadena CA 50.96% 5 Michael Waters - Robert Pardue, Knoxville TN 53.53% 6/7 Miriam Rosenberg, Huixquilucan Mexico; Adriana Yanez, Mexico Mexico 50.32% 6 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 52.08% 6/7 2 Roxana Tom, Campbellton TX; Roxana Tom, San Antonio TX 50.32% 2 Jennifer Kuhn - Philip Kuhn, San Mateo CA 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION C EAST-WEST AB AB 1 1 Nathaniel Reid - Barbara Boswell, Cincinnati OH 62.02% 1 Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India; K Venkatraman, Chennal India 58.17% 2 Leonard Helman, Santa Fe NM; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria 58.49% 2 Marc Nathan, Thousand Oaks CA; Steven Cooper, Albuquerque NM 57.21% 3 George Pisk, Manchaca TX; Mike Bukala, Waco TX 55.45% 3/4 1/2 Don Little - Donald Patterson, Steamboat Spr CO 53.53% 4 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 52.88% 3/4 1/2 Gregory Foltz - Dawn Foltz, Fort Collins CO 53.53% 5 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 52.40% 5 Jon Wright, La Mesa CA; Marvin French, San Diego CA 52.88% 6 Faye Marino, Greenwich CT; Julian Laderman, Bronx NY 51.12% 6 James Berglund, Xenia OH; Howard Liu, Redmond WA 52.72% 2 Christopher Cowan, Mississauga ON; Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 50.80% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION E EAST-WEST AB AB 1 Gloria Silverman Bart, Bradenton FL; Jeffrey Hand, New York NY 61.06% 1 Nan Wang, Eatontown NJ; Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 65.54% 2 John Kissinger - Susan Kissinger, San Clemente CA 59.62% 2 Mimi Little - Brenda Hawkins, Birmingham AL 57.05% 3 Badal Das, Kolkata India; Sumit Mukherjee, Rolkata 91 India 58.97% 3 Robert Kerr, Los Angeles CA; Thomas Greene, Nashville TN 56.57% 4 Barbara Mendelsohn, Dix Hills NY; David Paull, East Meadow NY 54.81% 4 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 54.01% 5 1 Marvin Kolodzik, Cincinnati OH; Linda Gallaher, Morehead KY 53.53% 5 1 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 53.53% 6 Steve Clark, Carlsbad CA; Ronald Powell, Mountain View CA 53.04% 6 Douglas Bullock, Boise ID; Kris Miller, Reston VA 51.60% 2 James Green, Harrisburg PA; Janet Stevens, Reading PA 47.28% 2 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; Kerry Brothers, Oxbow ND 47.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION F EAST-WEST AB AB 1 1 Sylvia Gindi, Oakhurst NJ; Sydelle Shamah, Deal NJ 61.38% 1 Jean Levin, Springfield VA; Carolyn Gibson, Annandale VA 62.66% 2 Frederick Allenspach, Plantation FL; William Pettis, Silver Spring MD 60.90% 2 1 Virginia Gregory, Tampa FL; Andrew Garnett, St Petersburg FL 58.49% 3 David Walker, Salem VA; S Moore, Roanoke VA 58.33% 3 Mike Aliotta, Edmond OK; Raymond Zekauskas Jr, Tulsa OK 58.33% 4 Carolyne Fox, Manvel TX; Edward Groner, Houston TX 56.73% 4 Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY; Greg McKellar, Kingston ON 56.41% 5 Leonard Ernst, Las Vegas NV; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 52.24% 5 Ram Hira, North Vancouver BC; Barbara Jur, Warren MI 53.85% 6 Paul White, Edmond OK; Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO 50.64% 6 Ed Rawlinson, Helotes TX; Phillip Grothus, San Antonio TX 49.84% 2 Susan Greenleaf, Montoursville PA; Peg Herz, Williamsport PA 49.04% 2 Cam Meyer - Norman Hogarth, Bend OR 48.56% Daily Bulletin Page 17

WEDNESDAY EVENING SIDE GAME – 6TH OF 6 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Carl Brame, Tacoma WA; Eugene Joly, Palm Coast FL 62.24% 1 1 Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Joseph Collins, Regina SK 56.28% 2 2 1 Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA; Harlan Meyer, Nashville TN 59.84% 2 2 1 Gayle Davis, Haverford PA; Estelle Bogart, Penn Valley PA 55.12% 3 Myra Abrams, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Mary Gorkin, Baldwinsville NY 54.60% 3 3 Jane Dickey - Bonnie Fincher, Little Rock AR 53.38% 4 3 2 T Poisson, Belle River ON; Louis Poisson, Tampa FL 54.43% 4 Shirley Gilmore - Margaret Young, Cincinnati OH 53.24% 5 Paul Kelley Jr - Paul Tobias, Austin TX 53.91% 5 2 Elaine Vona - Mary Miller, Redmond WA 52.98% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Susan Kusler, Birmingham AL; Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL 60.88% 1 Lenore Silver, New York NY; Arnold Federman, Palisades Park NJ 65.05% 2 1 1 Martin Wein - Nancy Wein, Richmond VA 57.87% 2 1 Elizabeth Ghrist, Houston TX; Jo Ann Hazel, Tampa FL 57.64% 3 Kevin Rosenberg - Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY 54.63% 3 2 Langdon Jones, N Little Rock AR; Mike Compton, Little Rock AR 56.94% 4 2 Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX; Patsy Pierce, Hardin TX 53.01% 4 Harriet Eaton, Miami FL; Billie Vickers, Montgomery AL 52.31% 5/6 Jean Willis, El Dorado AR; John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN 51.62% 5 Cetin Okcuoglu, Moorestown NJ; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 52.08% 5/6 3 Blair Brickman - Carole Van Wieck, New York NY 51.62% 3 1 George Pike - Barbara Pike, Blackstock ON 51.39% 2 Monica Jung - Donna Casey, Lake Barrington IL 43.75% 2 George Delp - April Delp, Gainesville GA 49.77% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1/2 A Lindop, ; Jason Lindop, Montreal QC 62.27% 1 1 C Kay Teal, Richland WA; Celia Lee, Hendersonville TN 56.25% 1/2 Barbara Seagram - Alex Kornel, Toronto ON 62.27% 2 2 Jaime Villanueva, Greer SC; Enrico Beretta, Martin GA 55.32% 3 La Quitta Talbot, Indialantic FL; Herbert Fallin Jr, Alexandria VA 61.11% 3 Fred Hawa, White Plains NY; Mimi Bieber, Armonk NY 54.63% 4 1 Bill Willis, El Dorado AR; Michael Sherman, Chickamauga GA 53.01% 4 Suzanne St Thomas - John Gram, Salem OR 54.17% 5 2 Jan Omley, Brandon MS; Jo Anne McLeod, Ridgeland MS 52.55% 5 3 Ann Haycock, Novi MI; Doris Ashcroft, Stockton CA 53.70% 3 1 Julie Thomas, Middletown OH; Mary Clifton, Hamilton OH 47.45% 1 Tom Nute - Shirley Prewitt, Fort Worth TX 48.84% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION ZZ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Don Heisler, West Seneca NY; Judith Marshall, Buffalo NY 60.65% 1 1 1 Joy Sisk - Deborah Gregory, Madisonville KY 64.35% 2 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Judith Chaice, White Plains NY 57.41% 2/3 2 David Berent - Shirley Gordon, Aventura FL 56.02% 3 1 1 Jane Lewis - Jerry Lou Powell, Birmingham AL 56.02% 2/3 Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON; Ronald Sutherland, Mississauga ON 56.02% 4 2 Carolyn Opdyke, Osterville MA; Bonnie Jung, Birmingham AL 54.86% 4 Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 53.24% 2 Thomas Aldrich III, Palatine IL; Gordon Parks, Long Grove IL 50.23%

WERHNER OPEN PAIRS - SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H K L EAST-WEST 1 Judy Kay-Wolff, Las Vegas NV; Jane Segal, Villanova PA 65.05% 1 Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON 61.92% 2 David Birnbaum, Pegram TN; Lee Pennington, Nashville TN 64.18% 2 Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL 59.58% 3 Robert Gardner, Glenview IL; Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL 60.41% 3 Petra Hamman - Joan Jackson, Dallas TX 58.33% 4 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; John Jones, Hacienda Hgts CA 59.16% 4 Nels Erickson, Sparks NV; Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA 58.26% 5 Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY; Louis Lessinger, Plainview NY 57.28% 5/6 David Yang, Chicago IL; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 58.14% 6 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Jerry Weinstein, Las Vegas NV 56.98% 5/6 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 58.14% 7 Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 56.71% 7 Joe Quinn, 30-218 Krakow Poland; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 57.43% 8/9 A Koffler - Nancy Koffler, Saint-Laurent QC 56.15% 8 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Richard Katz, N Versailles PA 57.13% 8/9 Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY; Stephen Goldstein, Gardena CA 56.15% 9 Ringo Chung, Mississauga ON; Naveed Ather, Oakville ON 56.26% 10 Craig Robinson, Lansdale PA; Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE 55.81% 10 Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 55.54% 11 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 55.58% 11 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 55.47% 12 Robin Wilkinson - Chuck Wilkinson, Jackson MS 54.71% 12 Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ; Susan Picus, New York NY 55.28% 13 Richard Morgen, Havertown PA; Andy Muenz, Glenolden PA 54.11% 13 Mark Ginsburg - David Langer, Buffalo Grove IL 54.75% 14 Robert Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Rick Roeder, San Diego CA 53.05% 14 Bill Huepenbecker, Huron OH; Jonathan Holmes, Houston TX 54.64% 15 Patricia Katz, Pittsburgh PA; Larry Cohen, Las Vegas NV 52.34% 15 Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Jim Looby, Burbank CA 54.49% 16 Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV; Martin Caley, Montreal QC 52.22% 16 Peter Grover, Aurora OH; Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 54.26% 17 Sherrill Headrick, River Oaks TX; Donald Stack, Overland Park KS 52.11% 17 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 53.62% 18 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Topeka KS 51.28% 18 Doug Herron - Peter Bonfanti, New York NY 53.58% 19 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Donald Blum, Atlanta GA 50.98% 19 Richard Riezman - Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO 53.05% 20 Jackie Jarigese - Ross Rainwater, Vancouver WA 50.72% 20 Victor Melman - Janos Racz, Scarsdale NY 52.83% 21 Richard Schmieder - Jyme Schmieder, Boerne TX 50.64% 21 Judith Weisman, Englewood NJ; John Solodar, Palm Beach Gdns FL 52.38%

WEDNESDAY EVENING BAM - ONLY SESSION SECTIONS OO PP AB C 1/2 1 Henry Arnold, Sewanee TN; H LeRoy Henderson, Winchester TN; John Owen, Livonia MI; Calvin Fultz, Manchester TN 16.50 1/2 Richard Ellis Jr, Kokomo IN; Beverly Brown, Fishers IN; Eleanor Grinslade - Dean Robinson, Indianapolis IN 16.50 3/4 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; James Scott, Wilton CT; Harry Apfel, New York NY 15.50 3/4 John Zilic, Houston TX; Bernie Lambert, Acme AB; Gerry Marshall, Calgary AB; Gary Kessler, Springfield IL 15.50 5 A Netherwood - V Netherwood, Cincinnati OH; David Britt, Erlanger KY; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 15.00 6 Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA; Yas Takeda, Hacienda Hgts CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA 14.50 7/9 David Jenkins - L Jenkins, Rockford IL; Douglas Gugger, Freeport IL; Richard Gibons, Princeton IL 14.00 7/9 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY; Erez Hendelman - Shelly Dunietz, New York NY 14.00 7/9 Nancy Mitchell - Daniel Sellers, Jr - Christie Sellers - R Craig Hemphill, Jacksonville FL 14.00 10/12 2/3 Donald Snelgrove, Southern Pnes NC; David Cook - Donald Wood, Pinehurst NC; Rebecca Markham, Vass NC 13.00 10/12 2/3 1 Bert Adams - Carolyn Adams, Steilacoom WA; Walter Carlson - Charlene Carlson, Waynesville NC 13.00 10/12 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Charles Gill - Carol Garnett, St Petersburg FL; Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME 13.00 13 Robin Brown - Lawrence Brown, Dobbs Ferry NY; Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY; H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY 12.50 4/5 John Schnablegger - Michael Ritza, Sault Ste Marie ON; Lynda Flanger, Gainesville VA; Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX 12.00 4/5 2 Russell Richards, Rangeley ME; Jean Donoho - Theodore Flach - Bonnie Baer, Louisville KY 12.00 6 3 Cathy Simms - John Simms - Samantha Bartram, Marietta GA; Vi Grisham, Acworth GA 11.50 SECTIONS QQ RR AB C 1/2 Richard Mydloski, Taylor MI; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI; Leonard Melander Jr, West Bloomfield MI; Jerrold Grossman, Rochester Hills MI 16.50 1/2 Adam Mesbur - John Carroll, Dublin 14 Ireland; Nicholas Fitzgibbon, Dublin 24 Ireland; Tommy Garvey, Essex Cm145ww England 16.50 3 Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN; Ken Gee, Regina SK; Jason Chiu, Piscataway NJ; Phil Clayton, San Juan Capo CA 15.00 4/7 Rose Burke, Bloomfield Hill MI; Liz Kalb, Bloomfield MI; Jon Coffee, Northville MI; Ruth Stearns, Glendale WI 14.50 4/7 Jeffrey Taylor, Eugene OR; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI; Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 14.50 4/7 1 Oscar Johnson - Judith Johnson, Prattville AL; Luanne Russell - Lee Stimson, Alexander City AL 14.50 4/7 Sally Chapleau, Fort Mill SC; Deborah Drury, Vero Beach FL; Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY; Sharon Benz, Buffalo NY 14.50 8 2 Leah Newell, Springfield IL; Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign IL; Louise Clark - Steve Clark, Glencoe IL 14.00 9/10 Lyn Stevens, Ennismore ON; Wendy Dooley - Joan Priebe - Barbara Sims, Mississauga ON 13.50 9/10 George Groves, Armonk NY; Fred Chasalow, Millbrae CA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA; Minta Savage, Hollister MO 13.50 11/13 3/4 1/2 Robert Smink - Marjorie Smink, Newtown Sq PA; Mike Giesler - Allison Brandt, Philadelphia PA 13.00 11/13 Donald Mamula, Mill Creek WA; Richard Anderson, Regina SK; Sharon Fairchild, Rocky River OH; Mary Vickers, Apex NC 13.00 11/13 3/4 1/2 Joe Sinkey, Athens GA; Lois Wender, Marietta GA; Susan Kestenbaum, Huntingdon Vy PA; Andy McKinnon, Lawrenceville GA 13.00 5 Eva Lefton, Cleveland OH; Harriet Adelstein, Chagrin Falls OH; Diane Wasserman, University Hts OH; Hope Ellis, Beachwood OH 12.50 6/7 Han-Yu Chang, Sunnyvale CA; Neil Chua, Palo Alto CA; Alex Lovejoy, Summit NJ; Jonathan Bittner, New Haven CT 12.00 6/7 Natalie Weintraub, Brigantine NJ; Valerie Cutler, Longport NJ; Marie Crompton, Egg Harbor Tp NJ; Karen Sylvester, Court House NJ 12.00 SECTIONS WW XX AB C 1/4 Donald Florida, Marshall IL; Annette Clark, Indianapolis IN; Martin Feeney, Greenwood IN; Linda Leedy, Zionsville IN 17.00 1/4 Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY 17.00 1/4 Jean Cole, San Miguel De A Mexico; Jolie Hess - Pat Levy - Lew Levy, Houston TX 17.00 1/4 Scott Stearns, Elberta AL; David Banh, Annandale VA; Donna Moore, Niceville FL; Jeri Arnold, Ft Walton Bch FL 17.00 5/6 Gordon Adkins, West Chester OH; Barbara Levinson, Cincinnati OH; Ed Judy, Iowa City IA; Karen Kendall, Middletown OH 16.50 5/6 Mike Bandler, Alamo CA; Bill Harker, Copperopolis CA; Edward Barlow, Sunnyvale CA; Michael Katz, San Ramon CA 16.50 7 Dudley Brown, Grandview WA; Cecil Cook, Long Beach CA; Frank Mastrola, Swansea MA; Jennifer Ballantyne, Vancouver BC 14.00 8/9 Reisha Berkowsky, Huntingtn Sta NY; Gail Levy - Joan Asheroff, Melville NY; Carolyn Carlin, Jericho NY 13.50 8/9 Shaun Chooi - Joseph Clark - Brady Allen, Dallas TX; Ian Friedland, Mountain View CA 13.50 10/11 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA; Adrienne Green, Los Angeles CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 13.00 10/11 , Stony Brook NY; Peter Benjamin, Culver City CA; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA 13.00 12 1 Joyce Klein - Benjamin Klein, Houston TX; Art McHaffie, Santa Fe NM; William Atteberry, Clearwater FL 12.50 2 1 Donald Moyer - Katy Moyer, Silver Lake OH; Kay Jones, The Villages FL; Ruth Zowader, Madison NJ 12.00 3 Janice Bruce, Bristol TN; Virginia Wooten - Frances Stras - Lou Dorsey, Kingsport TN 11.50 4/5 Karen Coe, Ewing IL; Susan Davis, Marion IL; Verdene Twomey, Carbondale IL; Doris Holzhauer, Centralia IL 11.00 4/5 Mary Fisher - Kitty Page Tomkinson, Scottsdale AZ; Edwin Katten, Cave Creek AZ; Richard A Starbuck, Sun City West AZ 11.00 2/3 Sheila Mehaffy - Diane Lord - Sherry Wortsmith - Gwen Gaston, Little Rock AR 10.50 2/3 Beryl Hedrick - Eileen Hedrick, Alabaster AL; Susan Feiler - Ellen Norden, Boynton Beach FL 10.50

WEDNESDAY EVENING 50/100/300 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJJ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Melinda Udell, Short Hills NJ; Sylvia Wein, Richmond VA 60.73% 1 1 Terence Campbell, Zanesville OH; Dean Campbell, Oxford OH 61.09% 2 Bob Ritter - Sue Ritter, Cordova TN 58.88% 2 Jane Waters - Gwen Lott, Natchitoches LA 60.66% 3 Karen Coop, Goodlettsville TN; Deborah Shaw, Nashville TN 58.05% 3 Marilyn Defilippo, Lecanto FL; Terrence Ibbs, Miami Beach FL 54.97% 4 Maylene Renegar, Burns TN; Patsy Mathews, Nashville TN 57.33% 4 Richard Ash, Burnsville NC; Edward Banta, Spruce Pine NC 53.73% 5 2 2 Olivia Guthrie, Walnut Creek CA; Ann Brewster, Rochester NY 54.14% 5 2 Sandra Carney, Niceville FL; Lesley Musselman, Nicefield FL 53.65% 6 David Sievers - Margy Sievers, Encino CA 53.28% 6 3 Eric Bardin, Nashville TN; James Carey, Clinton IA 52.60% 3 Candyce Gregston - Frances Grogan, San Angelo TX 49.82% 1 Diana Maniscalco - Michael Maniscalco, Port Jefferson NY 44.69% 4 Cathy Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Virginia Dethomas, Hot Springs Vil AR 49.05%

WEDNESDAY SENIOR PAIRS - FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Maclin Whiteman, Nashville TN; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 60.58% 1 Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 64.44% 2 Richard Gabriel - Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL 57.53% 2 1 Jenny Hulsey, Collierville TN; Rachel Bass, Germantown TN 57.16% 3 Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI; Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI 55.61% 3 Rose Burke, Bloomfield Hill MI; Jon Coffee, Northville MI 56.20% 4 1 1 Roz Supera, Chicago IL; Beverly Saltz, Delray Beach FL 54.65% 4 2 Risa Campbell, Brownsville TN; John Thomas, Chattanooga TN 55.86% 5 Doris Denny, Chapala Mexico; Mary Anderson, Laredo TX 52.72% 5 Sonja Shiner, Highland Park IL; Joseph Miller, Glencoe IL 53.54% 6 Sonia Kaplan, Tinton Falls NJ; Horia Ioanid, East Brunswick NJ 51.92% 6 Gary Schwartz, Huntsville AL; Peter Matthews Jr, Roslindale MA 52.39% 2 Joyce Hart - Richard Hart, Piedmont CA 49.52% 1 Dot Rock - Kurt Rusch, Mayfield Hghts OH 51.60% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Lee Laske, Raleigh NC 60.90% 1 Anna Bromberg - Paul Klarreich, Brooklyn NY 67.47% 2 Joan Vigdor - Charles Wolpert, Boynton Beach FL 58.81% 2 1 1 Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA; Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA 62.34% 3 Carol Joy Spiegel, Palm Beach FL; Muriel Wasserman, Pikesville MD 57.85% 3 Jim Stogner, Atlanta GA; Jane Bachman, Dunwoody GA 59.13% 4 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 57.69% 4 Sharyn Trucks, Canton GA; Debbie Ruch, Dallas GA 55.61% 5 David Siebert - Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 54.17% 5 Richard Cornett, Madisonville KY; Bernice Cornette, Greenville KY 54.81% 6 Chuck Krueger, Kings Mountain NC; Roslyn Cantor, East Flat Rock NC 53.37% 6 2 Lila March, Wyckoff NJ; Bebe Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 52.08% 1 Thomas Reece - Keith Overpeck, Louisville KY 48.40% 2 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Judy Hurder, Salisbury NC 39.90% 1 Deborah Pirkle, Clearwater FL; Carol Wilson, Rolla MO 39.10% Page 18 Daily Bulletin

WEDNESDAY SENIOR STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS - SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION OOO EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Jenny Hulsey, Collierville TN; Rachel Bass, Germantown TN 61.22% 1 Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 58.97% 2 Gary Schwartz, Huntsville AL; Peter Matthews Jr, Roslindale MA 58.49% 2 Marilyn Mac Donald - Bill Mac Donald, Corpus Christi TX 58.81% 3 Sonja Shiner, Highland Park IL; Joseph Miller, Glencoe IL 54.97% 3 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Lee Laske, Raleigh NC 58.65% 4 Sandy Manshel, South Orange NJ; Betty Lamborn, Montclair NJ 54.81% 4 Ilse Rothman - Edward Rothman, Dartmouth MA 56.73% 5 2 Risa Campbell, Brownsville TN; John Thomas, Chattanooga TN 54.49% 5 1 1 Robert Abrams, Atlanta GA; Michael Abrams, Pasadena CA 56.25% 6 Martin Robins, Coral Springs FL; Charlene Predmest, Delray Beach FL 54.01% 6 Joseph Toce, La Crosse WI; Bruce Thiher, Minneapolis MN 55.61% 1 Deborah Pirkle, Clearwater FL; Carol Wilson, Rolla MO 43.59% 2/3 C. Douglas Campbell - Carol Kalbfleisch, Oakville ON 47.76% 2/3 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Judy Hurder, Salisbury NC 47.76% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION QQQ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Genevieve Hewitt - Richard Hewitt, New York NY 65.17% 1 1 Marilyn Kroll, Boca Raton FL; Joan Zavis, Highland Park IL 63.34% 2 Jackie Hess, Rncho Pls Vrd CA; Lucy Tredennick, Lomita CA 62.62% 2 Maclin Whiteman, Nashville TN; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 60.10% 3 Les Bart, Bradenton FL; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 61.86% 3 Jim Stogner, Atlanta GA; Jane Bachman, Dunwoody GA 53.31% 4 Anna Bromberg - Paul Klarreich, Brooklyn NY 58.07% 4 2 1 Dot Rock - Kurt Rusch, Mayfield Hghts OH 52.13% 5 Carol Joy Spiegel, Palm Beach FL; Muriel Wasserman, Pikesville MD 53.15% 5 Lynne Schaeffer, W Bloomfield MI; Martin Hirschman, Southfield MI 51.80% 6 Stephen Serota, Blue Bell PA; Everett Young, Lafayette Hill PA 52.10% 6 Richard Gabriel - Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL 51.47% 1 Lila March, Wyckoff NJ; Bebe Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 48.53% 2 1 Marjorie Heide - Paul Heide, New York NY 40.38%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 5/20/50 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Robert Irish, Plymouth MN; Robert Hanson, Elk River MN 57.58% 1 1 1 Patti Smallwood - Julie Walker, Nashville TN 58.49% 2 1 1 Lamya Agelidis - Sharun Willensky, Franklin TN 55.68% 2 Ken Facer - Dorothy Facer, Mississauga ON 57.77% 2 Mary Ellen Bartlett - Robert Bartlett, Oak Grove MO 52.28%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 100/200/300 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Don Norsworthy - Joan Norsworthy, Germantown TN 58.04% 1 1 Suzie Potter - Donald Potter, Milwaukee WI 62.80% 2 2 1 Candyce Gregston - Frances Grogan, San Angelo TX 55.36% 2 2 1 Helen Rosenthal, Salem MA; Myrna Levin, Philadelphia PA 59.23% 3 3 Donna Plumer - Susan Frazee, Memphis TN 53.27% 3 3 2 Dawn Kimberlin, Florence AL; Nancy Sinclair, Spruce Pine AL 57.14% 4 2 Todd Farmer, Campbellsville KY; Robert Shuffett, Columbia KY 52.68% 4 Ray Albrecht - Pat Albrecht, Murfreesboro TN 52.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJJ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Lesley Musselman, Nicefield FL; Sandra Carney, Niceville FL 61.90% 1 1 Karen Coop, Goodlettsville TN; Deborah Shaw, Nashville TN 58.93% 2 Elizabeth Thornton, Englewood CO; Kathleen Zipp, Denver CO 55.95% 2/3 2/3 Elizabeth Herstek, Ashland City TN; Joy Murphy, Clarksville TN 53.57% 3 2 Lynda Brown Walker, Springboro OH; Jan Sheppe, Dayton OH 53.57% 2/3 2/3 1 James Powers, Naples FL; James Malte, Blairsville GA 53.57% 4 3 2 Peggy Harbers - Mike Harbers, Franklin TN 51.49% 4/5 Maylene Renegar, Burns TN; Patsy Mathews, Nashville TN 49.70% 4/5 Barbara Stone - Joel Stone, Glencoe IL 49.70% 2 Cathy Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Virginia Dethomas, Hot Springs Vil AR 49.40%

IRIS PAIRS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON - 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST 73 73 1 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA 60.72% 1 1 Mary Hamlett - Loretta Gibbens, Nashville TN 64.24% 2 Jess Jurkovic - Peter Clark, New York NY 60.10% 2 2 Mary Schultze, Union MI; Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL 60.74% 3 1 Peter Boyd-Bowman - Kathy Coop, Greensboro NC 58.54% 3 3 Barbara Murphy, Needham MA; Alan Korpi, Waltham MA 59.90% 4 2 Leah Chodes, Plainview NY; Brenda Cooperman, Jericho NY 54.51% 4 Jon Lusk - Sally Lusk, Ypsilanti MI 55.42% 5 3 Linda Mistler - Susan Kilmartin, Freeland MD 53.77% 5 4 Bruce Brennan - Kathleen Brennan, Pittsburgh PA 53.22% 6 4 Stuart Danoff - Joan Danoff, Stamford CT 52.29% 6 Barry Segal, Boynton Beach FL; Casey Sinatra, Boca Raton FL 51.44%

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES - WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 3RDOF 3 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Syra Vahidy, London Sw7 1b4 England; Donald Lurie, White Plains NY 58.97% 1 Ken Hoy, Maryville TN; Jay Baker, Franklin TN 58.86% 2 1 Richard Whittington - Michael Warchol, Venice FL 57.81% 2 Joan Brod, Avon CT; Cecil Crowson Jr, Morelos Mexico 58.16% 3 2 Jan Omley, Brandon MS; Jo Anne McLeod, Ridgeland MS 55.79% 3 1 1 Dennis Ryan - Barbara Tysdahl, Menomonie WI 56.51% 4 3 Bill Willis, El Dorado AR; Michael Sherman, Chickamauga GA 54.69% 4 2 E Hale - Daryl Fisher, Rolla MO 53.94% 5 4 Jennifer Broekman, Fair Lawn NJ; Meredith Beck, Riverton NJ 53.39% 5 3 K King, Carbondale IL; James Dover, Flowery Branch GA 53.88% 1 Susan Scheinerman, Melville NY; Marie Edwards, Syosset NY 53.01% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Bea Bahr - Chet Bahr, Rochester MN 56.48% 1 Ann Brinker Schwall - Stephen Schwall, Houston TX 64.35% 2 2 Nancy Lineback - Hope Hallum, Franklin TN 56.25% 2 Yauheni Siutsau, Loveland OH; William Higgins, Cincinnati OH 56.02% 3 Tania Reyes, San Jose CA; Barbara Zander, Nashville TN 55.56% 3 William Cook, Amarillo TX; W Harris Jr, Lombard IL 55.32% 4/5 Robin Taylor, Gaithersburg MD; Gladys Collier, East Hampton NY 55.32% 4 1 Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Joseph Collins, Regina SK 54.63% 4/5 3 Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX; Patsy Pierce, Hardin TX 55.32% 5 2 Jim Cahalan, Black Mtn NC; Jack Benjamin, Nashville TN 53.47% 1 Chuck Clark, Kailua Kona HI; James Mills Jr, Captain Cook HI 52.55% 3 Tom Beardsley, Richmond KY; G Mackey, Lexington KY 51.39% 2 Ruth Zowader, Madison NJ; Kay Jones, The Villages FL 49.77% 1 William Niemi, Wakefield RI; Saung Kim, Nashville TN 43.29%

WERNHER OPEN PAIRS - FIRST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H K L EAST-WEST 1 Petra Hamman - Joan Jackson, Dallas TX 65.80% 1 John Griscom, Boca Raton FL; John Lewis, Ft Lauderdale FL 62.10% 2 Jesse Reisman - Cheryl Angel, Livingston NJ 62.97% 2 Brian Gunnell - John Brady, Jacksonville FL 60.67% 3 Alan Lechner - Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 61.43% 3 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Dave Swarthout, Newberry MI 60.63% 4 Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Germantown TN 60.75% 4 George Wang - Janet Ju, El Monte CA 59.73% 5 Martin Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Anne Arndt, Puyallup WA 59.50% 5 Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA; Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 59.62% 6 David Yang, Chicago IL; Jeff Fang, Arcadia CA 58.30% 6 William Ge - Gary Ge, Vancouver BC 59.46% 7 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 57.69% 7 Robert Sartorius, Lake Hiawatha NJ; Rick Roeder, San Diego CA 58.97% 8 Sherry Jackson, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 56.67% 8 Lin-Huan Chen - Ding-Hwa Hsieh, Kirksville MO 56.18% 9 Nels Erickson, Sparks NV; Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA 56.64% 9 Denny O’Connor - Allyson Wolfe, Saint Louis MO 56.15% 10 Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY 55.96% 10 Leslie Paryzer, Bronx NY; Stephen Goldstein, Gardena CA 55.62% 11 Elaine Said, Nashville TN; Terry Spector, Franklin TN 55.62% 11 Charles Kopp, Columbus OH; Gregory Potts, Portsmouth OH 55.09% 12 Joe Quinn, 30-218 Krakow Poland; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 55.35% 12 Patricia Katz, Pittsburgh PA; Larry Cohen, Las Vegas NV 54.11% 13 Bill Huepenbecker, Huron OH; Jonathan Holmes, Houston TX 55.02% 13 Heather Cutting - Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA 53.54% 14 Sherrill Headrick, River Oaks TX; Donald Stack, Overland Park KS 54.90% 14 David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD; Alfred Steinberg, Potomac MD 53.05% 15 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Warren Oberfield, Pittsburgh PA 54.75% 15 Steven Schatzow, Washington DC; Sarah Goodstein, Potomac MD 52.94% 16 Blair Seidler, Fair Lawn NJ; Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA 53.88% 16 Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 52.07% 17 Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA; Roger Clough, Culver City CA 53.58% 17 David Moss - Andrew Rosenthal, New York NY 52.00% 18 A Koffler - Nancy Koffler, Saint-Laurent QC 53.13% 18 John Boyer, Hastings Hdsn NY; Steven Wheeler, Northvale NJ 51.96% 19 Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA; Donald Blum, Atlanta GA 52.64% 19 Victor Markowicz, Boca Raton FL; Shalom Zeligman, Bat-Yam 5 Israel 51.81% 20 Peter Grover, Aurora OH; Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 52.41% 20 Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY; Louis Lessinger, Plainview NY 51.70% 21 Stasha Cohen, Glen Ridge NJ; Susan Picus, New York NY 52.04% 21 Yeshayahu Levit - Ronnie Tor, Tel-Aviv Israel 51.51%

WEDNESDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS – 1ST OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION A EAST-WEST AB AB 1 John Russell, North Barringto IL; Chuck Said, Nashville TN 60.90% 1 Ira Ewen, New York NY; Bob Gwirtzman, Brooklyn NY 57.69% 2 Marshall Miles, Redlands CA; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 57.85% 2 Robert Sweeney - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 55.13% 3 Scott Foster, Medford OR; Bernadine Lacy, Grants Pass OR 53.37% 3 John Morris, Atlanta GA; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA 54.81% 4 Chris Champion, Colorado Spgs CO; Dick Duff, Denver CO 53.21% 4 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; G Prabhu, Ames IA 54.65% 5 Cindy Sealy - Virginia Munafo, Huntsville AL 51.76% 5 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Kanningat Krishnakumar, Chennai India 53.04% 6 1 Jennifer Kuhn - Philip Kuhn, San Mateo CA 50.80% 6 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 52.56% 1 Benjamin Eisenberg - Susan Eisenberg, Lords Valley PA 51.44% 2/3 Steven Grzegorzewski - Barbara Grzegorzewski, Meadville PA 44.23% 2/3 Penelope Millar, Indianapolis IN; Lee Bukstel, Boca Raton FL 44.23% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION B EAST-WEST AB AB 1 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 62.18% 1 1 Don Little - Donald Patterson, Steamboat Spr CO 57.37% 2 Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India; K Venkatraman, Chennal India 61.22% 2 Shelley Fishman, Merrick NY; Joseph Byrnes, West Hempstead NY 57.05% 3 1 James Berglund, Xenia OH; Howard Liu, Redmond WA 61.06% 3 Sarah Anne Cressy, Falls Church VA; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 54.65% 4 Gene Freed - William Wickham, Los Angeles CA 56.57% 4 Mark Ospeck, Memphis TN; Ernest Stuber Jr, Germantown TN 54.49% 5 2 Walt Cummins, Hudson NH; Mark Teich, Concord NH 52.24% 5/6 Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA; Don Brock, Brampton ON 54.17% 6 Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY; Frank Aquila, Fairlawn OH 50.80% 5/6 2 Roger Lee, Chicago IL; Brian Schroeder, Pasadena CA 54.17% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION E EAST-WEST AB AB 1 Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY; Greg McKellar, Kingston ON 61.99% 1 Badal Das, Kolkata India; Sumit Mukherjee, Rolkata 91 India 61.70% 2 Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI; James Ridley III, Knoxville TN 57.19% 2 Steve Clark, Carlsbad CA; Ronald Powell, Mountain View CA 58.68% 3 Ulker Mutlu, Clearwater FL; Sharon Meng-Horton, Dade City FL 55.58% 3 1 Marvin Kolodzik, Cincinnati OH; Linda Gallaher, Morehead KY 53.55% 4 1 Virginia Gregory, Tampa FL; Andrew Garnett, St Petersburg FL 54.30% 4 2 James Green, Harrisburg PA; Janet Stevens, Reading PA 52.11% 5 Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 52.86% 5 Mike Aliotta, Edmond OK; Raymond Zekauskas Jr, Tulsa OK 51.79% 6 Ed Rawlinson, Helotes TX; Phillip Grothus, San Antonio TX 52.71% 6 Gloria Silverman Bart, Bradenton FL; Jeffrey Hand, New York NY 51.67% 2 Cam Meyer - Norman Hogarth, Bend OR 51.24% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION F EAST-WEST AB AB 1 Lynn Condon, West Redding CT; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT 62.82% 1 Leonard Ernst, Las Vegas NV; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 58.49% 2 Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ; Irwin Klugler, Montclair NJ 58.81% 2 1 Thomas Knier, Burnsville MN; Frank Knier, Fargo ND 58.17% 3 Philip Altus - Muriel Altus, Tampa FL 56.25% 3 Evelyn Kleinsasser, Alachua FL; Calvin Rowe, Gainesville FL 56.09% 4 Joseph Menkes - Barbara Menkes, Boynton Beach FL 53.04% 4 Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Linda Perlman, Lake Park FL 55.77% 5 Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD; Lynn Jones, Timonium MD 52.24% 5 David Walker, Salem VA; S Moore, Roanoke VA 55.29% 6 Bettye Golden, Brentwood TN; Ene Shields, Nashville TN 50.32% 6 Ralph Levene, Vestavia Hills AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 51.92% 1 Sylvia Gindi, Oakhurst NJ; Sydelle Shamah, Deal NJ 48.72% 2 Anna Dosseva, Pickering ON; Dwight Goden, Peterborough ON 49.04% 2 James Gordon - Bonnie Gordon, Nokomis FL 48.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION C EAST-WEST AB AB 1 1 Mildred Artman, Canfield OH; D Smith, Pampa TX 58.97% 1 Nan Wang, Eatontown NJ; Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 61.22% 2 2 Bert Onstott III - Katherine Onstott, Stafford TX 54.49% 2 1 Christopher Cowan, Mississauga ON; Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 59.13% 3 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Daniel McIntyre, Saint Paul MN 53.69% 3 2 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; John Hadreas, Santa Rosa CA 56.25% 4 Douglas Bullock, Boise ID; Kris Miller, Reston VA 53.53% 4 Adrian Dovell - Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 54.81% 5 George Pisk, Manchaca TX; Mike Bukala, Waco TX 53.21% 5 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ 54.17% 6 Cookie Hoberman - Minna Lou Mercer, Omaha NE 51.92% 6 Stewart Angel, Wake Village TX; Jonathan Ernest, Lindale TX 52.72% Daily Bulletin Page 19

WEDNESDAY MORNING 100/200/300 PAIRS - ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 1 Todd Farmer, Campbellsville KY; Robert Shuffett, Columbia KY 64.51% 1 1 Elizabeth Herstek, Ashland City TN; Joy Murphy, Clarksville TN 62.88% 2 2 2 Bettye Westermann - Barbara Barton, Nashville TN 59.65% 2 2 Donna Plumer - Susan Frazee, Memphis TN 59.19% 3 3 Ann Barnes - Rollin Barnes, Nashville TN 55.06% 3 Helen Nathan, New York NY; James Carey, Clinton IA 58.99% 4 Linda Block - Susy Philhours, Birmingham AL 53.11% 4 3 1 Ken Facer - Dorothy Facer, Mississauga ON 54.37% 5 Norma George, Summerfield FL; Harriet Moore, Dalton GA 51.74% 5 4 2 Jane Montague - Eleanor Jamison, Franklin TN 53.01% 4 Linda Schanz - Dianne Rogots, Las Vegas NV 50.09% 3 Ray Albrecht - Pat Albrecht, Murfreesboro TN 51.57% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJJ EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 1 Lynda Brown Walker, Springboro OH; Jan Sheppe, Dayton OH 57.44% 1 1 1 Virginia Dethomas, Hot Springs Vil AR; Cathy Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 59.82% 2/3 2/3 1 Lesley Musselman, Nicefield FL; Sandra Carney, Niceville FL 55.06% 2 2 2 Diana Maniscalco - Michael Maniscalco, Port Jefferson NY 59.52% 2/3 2/3 Thomas Frank, Indianapolis IN; Gary Stokes, Lakeside TX 55.06% 3 3 3 Kevin Clark, Franklin TN; Wendy Josefowicz, Nashville TN 55.36% 4 4 2 Ronald Young - Donna Young, Brentwood TN 52.98% 4 4 4 Beverly Broomhead, Villa Hills KY; Frances Brothers, Union KY 53.27% 5/6 5/6 3/4 Kathy Watkins - Terri Orlean, Houston TX 50.89% 5 Carolyn Smith - Louise Kitchens, Nashville TN 52.38% 5/6 5/6 3/4 Mary Ann Frank, Indianapolis IN; Linda Stokes, Lakeside TX 50.89%

WEDNESDAY AM SIDE GAME - 3RD OF 3 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VV EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1/2 Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Ruth Stober, Great Neck NY 64.02% 1 1 Jan Omley, Brandon MS; Jo Anne McLeod, Ridgeland MS 65.72% 1/2 1 Tammy Pepper, Thousand Oaks CA; Tiger Li Li Williams, Vancouver WA 64.02% 2 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 62.88% 3 Lesley Davis, Phoenix AZ; Kenneth Badertscher, Tucson AZ 58.52% 3 Ed Freeman - Craig Huston, Portland OR 62.50% 4 Bill Willis, El Dorado AR; John Herrmann, Chattanooga TN 56.82% 4 2 Michael Sherman, Chickamauga GA; Jon Brandon, Denver CO 59.28% 5 2 1 Tina Montgomery, Oxford MS; Olivia Russell, Jackson MS 53.79% 5 Glenna Shannahan, Fitchburg WI; Daniel Williams, Denver CO 53.79% 6 3 Susan Davis, Marion IL; Verdene Twomey, Carbondale IL 53.22% 6 3 1 Robert Anderson - Berna Anderson, Dayton OH 51.33% 7/8 4 Lee Stimson - Luanne Russell, Alexander City AL 51.52% 7 4 2 Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA; Emily Mitts, Chattanooga TN 50.95% 7/8 Suzanne St Thomas - John Gram, Salem OR 51.52% 5 Kathy Rolfe, Lake Winnebago MO; Kerry Brothers, Oxbow ND 50.38% 5 2 Katherine Christopher, Brownsboro AL; Charles Lifer, Huntsville AL 50.38% 3 Pat Lonergan, Vienna VA; James Biss, Arlington VA 48.11% 6 3 Ellen Greenfield, Greenwich CT; Barbara Heller, Armonk NY 50.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WW EAST-WEST AB C ABC 1 Robert Porter, Henderson NV; Ken Gee, Regina SK 63.36% 1 Estelle Bogart, Penn Valley PA; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 62.20% 2 Bud Biswas, Lexington MA; Natalie Bassil, Boston MA 62.67% 2 1 1 Barbara Tysdahl - Dennis Ryan, Menomonie WI 56.41% 3 1 Carol Netchvolodoff, Washington DC; Linda Logan, Thornhill ON 59.85% 3 2 Amy Peterson Reznik, Tallahassee FL; Karl Miller, Tampa FL 56.23% 4 2 1 Jesse Stern, Lutz FL; Muriel Brathwaite, Temple Terrace FL 59.28% 4 3 Jacqueline Syer - Gail Lambacher, Oakville ON 56.11% 5 Delysia Ashwood, Atlanta GA; Elsie Hathorn, Conyers GA 59.14% 5 4 Paul Wolf II, Shrewsbury MA; Doris Ashcroft, Stockton CA 55.15% 6 Melvin Lechner, Boca Raton FL; Elliot Sternlicht, New York NY 58.88% 6 5 Joseph Collins, Regina SK; Ronnie Burns, Fort Smith AR 54.73% 7 3 2 Phyllis Bishop, Loveland OH; Susan Hermans, West Chester OH 54.55% 7 6 2 Theresa Schneider, Northbrook IL; Mary Schultze, Union MI 51.70% 4 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL 53.03% 3 Gloria Trinkunas, Weston FL; Ole Nordhild, Firestone CO 50.45% 5 3 Marie Edwards, Syosset NY; Susan Scheinerman, Melville NY 50.00% 4 William Rowe Jr, St Louis MO; Martha Rowe, Saint Louis MO 50.26% 6 Elizabeth Moore - Jane Wininger, Glasgow KY 47.90%

TOMORROW’S BRIDGE EVENTS Ballrooms are located just off the Renaissance Hotel lobby. Ex Halls are located on level one (the lowest level) of the Convention Center Rooms 204-206 are located on level two of the Convention Center, between the Ballroom and Ex Hall levels. Friday, July 27, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 3rd Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Friday, July 27, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom East $14.50 $16.50 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom East $14.50 $14.50 Friday, July 27, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Ballroom Center $15.50 $17.50 Stratified Senior Pairs 1-2 Ballroom Center $15.50 $17.50 Friday, July 27, 1 p.m. Thursday-Friday Side Game Series 3rd single session Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Friday, July 27, 1 & 4:30 p.m. NABC+ Fast Pairs 1-2 F Room 206 $18 —- Friday, July 27, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Spingold Knockout Teams 1-2 QF Room 204 $18 —- 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams 1-2 SF Room 204 $16.50 —- 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams 1-2 F Room 204 $16.50 —- All Above Knockouts: Second session at 8 p.m. Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match Teams 1-2 F Ex Hall Center $18 —- Flight A/X Pairs 1-2 Ex Hall Center $15.50 $17.50 Flight B/C/D Pairs 1-2 Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Friday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Thursday-Friday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Friday, July 27, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom East $14.50 $16.50 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom East $14.50 $14.50 Friday, July 27, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday Side Game Series 4th single session Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Stratified Swiss Teams single Ex Hall West $14.50 $16.50 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom East $14.50 $16.50 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom East $14.50 $14.50 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Ballroom East $14.50 $16.50 Friday, July 27, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Ballroom East $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 3000+/0-3000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

Center and the host hotels in the downtown area many fine restaurants are within a relatively easy Shuttle (Sheraton, Best Western, Doubletree, Courtyard by walk from the Convention Center. The service Marriott (4th & Church), Hampton Inn (behind transportation is there in case you find it too steep, A system of Hall of Fame) and too hot, your puppies are just too tired, or you shuttle services is can’t believe you ate the whole thing. If it rains, being provided 2. Dinner service to restaurant areas. be prepared, because not all will be able to ride. throughout the Please note – While these services are What to Look For tournament to assist you in transportation needs. provided as a convenience to help you enjoy your Service can be provided by any of three These shuttles cover the following: visit with us, we are not equipped to move shuttles: 1. Service to or from the Nashville Convention everybody. All of the unattached host hotels and Continued on page 20 Page 20 Daily Bulletin

TODAY’S BRIDGE EVENTS See page 2 for other events Ballrooms are located just off the Renaissance Hotel lobby. Ex Halls are located on level one (the lowest level) of the Convention Center Rooms 204-206 are located on level two of the Convention Center, between the Ballroom and Ex Hall levels. Thursday, July 26, 9 a.m. Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* Other Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 2nd Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 1st single session Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Thursday, July 26, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom East $14.50 $16.50 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom East $14.50 $14.50 Thursday, July 26, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Ballroom Center $15.50 $17.50 Stratified Senior Pairs 1-2 Ballroom Center $15.50 $17.50 National 199er Pairs 1-2 Ballroom East $16.50 —- Thursday, July 26, 1 p.m. Thursday-Friday Side Game Series 1st single session Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Thursday, July 26, 1 & 4:30 p.m. NABC+ Fast Pairs 1-2 Q Ex Hall Center $18 —- 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Thursday, July 26, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams 1-2 F Room 207 $18 —- Spingold Knockout Teams Round 4 Room 206 $18 —- 0-5000 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams 1-2 QF Room 206 $16.50 —- 0-1500 Mini-Spingold Knockout Teams 1-2 SF Room 206 $16.50 —- All Above Knockouts: Second session at 8 p.m. Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match Teams 1-2 Q Ex Hall Center $18 —- 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions Stratified Open IMP Pairs 1-2 Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Thursday-Friday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Thursday, July 26, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom East $14.50 $16.50 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom East $14.50 $14.50 Thursday, July 26, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday Side Game Series 2nd single session Ex Hall West $15.50 $17.50 Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Ex Hall West $14.50 $16.50 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Ballroom East $14.50 $16.50 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Ballroom East $14.50 $14.50 Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Ballroom East $14.50 $16.50 Thursday, July 26, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams single Ballroom East $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strat breaks for all stratified events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For strati-flighted events, A/X are 3000+/0-3000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current. Tomorrow’s schedule is on page 19.

Shuttle Service unloading point is the Commerce Street entrance. Vanderbilt Bridge Club This also applies to tours or any other special You can park and ride from the Vanderbilt Continued from page 15 transportation. Bridge Club. LP Field Parking Departure times: 8 a.m. & 11 a.m. 1. Large - Anchor 55 passenger – usually white, If not staying downtown, you can park in Lot Return service: 2. Medium - A Black Mini Bus (has replaced A / B at the Titans stadium lot at LP Field. This is 1. Black van at dinner break the White Mini Bus), an existing service for people who work downtown, 2. Midnight from the Convention Center. 3. Small- Black 15 passenger van. and is available for us during the tournament. Look for the Bus! Look for signs in the front curb side window Just check in with the security guard. Cost is Generally, the services are to be provided in a (opposite the driver). Each has a “Bridge Buggy” generally free, but if the lot fills, the overflow lot is continuous loop, and there will not be scheduled sign as well as another sign to identify the mission $1. They have an existing shuttle service that costs arrival or departure times. No announcement will (route) it is currently on. $1 each way. Look for the bright yellow Park It be made in the hotels. Please: it is important that Hotel Service bus. you actively look for the bus so that you make Service begins at 8 each morning, and it will There is a change, however, from previous the connection! The bus will wait only a couple of run continuously through most of the day. There information published (web site, etc.). They will minutes at each “stop,” and if no patrons are seen, will be planned breaks in service for an hour at 10 not be altering their route during the tournament. the driver will move on to the next location. a.m. and for a half hour at 1 p.m. Service will be The nearest stops to the convention center are 4th Especially on the dinner routes. Be prepared to get more frequent before and after the bridge events. & Church (Courtyard by Marriott) where you can the driver’s attention. Many of these streets are Hotels served include the Sheraton, Best transfer to our hotel shuttle service. Or, you can very busy or narrow, and they are not conducive to Western, Holiday Inn Express, Hampton Inn (4th exit at the next stop, 3rd and Commerce. Both stops any type of long-term stop or blockage of other and Korean War Veterans), Courtyard Inn (4th and are about two blocks away, but 3rd and Commerce traffic. Church) and Doubletree. Guests at the Wyndham is generally uphill. Hotel Service Frequency (note – these are should walk to the Holiday Inn. The yellow shuttle service runs from 7 a.m. to estimates) 6:30 p.m. Return service is from either of the Sheraton: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., LAST CALL FOR SERVICE IS 12:45 a.m. aforementioned stops. The frequency is normally 10 minutes; all other service periods – 20 to 30 Dinnertime Shuttle Changes every 20 minutes, but every 10 minutes at peak, minutes. All other hotels, 20 to 30 minutes during The shuttles run a continuous loop among the from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. service periods. host hotels and the downtown eating establishments After 6:30 p.m. use the Downtown Dinner Drivers do appreciate tips! on lower Broadway and 2nd Avenue. route, and ask the driver to drop you off at LP In addition, the black van will transport you to Field. After 10 p.m., request service from either the either Nashville’s famous Swett’s for great soul driver of either the Minibus or the Passenger Van as food or to Magic Circle for electric choices. they stand or stop at the Convention Center. Request these locations to the van driver and he Important – this parking option is not will arrange a time to retrieve you. available on the last Saturday or Sunday of the Convention Center is the Hub tournament. Important: The Convention Center loading and