DailyNovember 28-December 8, 2002 Bulletin76th Fall North American Bridge Championships Phoenix, Arizona Vol. 76, No. 11 Monday, December 9, 2002 Editors: Henry Francis and Jody Latham Landen sextet victorious in Reisinger Teams The team captained by Stephen Landen won 2.5 out of 3 boards on the last round to claim victory in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams. Landen was playing with Pratap Rajadhyaksha; their teammates were Dan Morse-Bobby Wolff and Adam Wildavsky-Doug Doub. With one round to go, three teams were closely bunched: Landen, Malcolm Brachman (Chris Compton, Mike Passell, Claudio Nunes, Fulvio Fantoni) and Nick Nickell (Richard Freeman, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman, Paul Soloway). Brachman split their round – 1.5 to 1.5 – while Nickell got only 1 on the round. That put Landen on top with 33.14, followed by Richard Schwartz (Michael Becker, David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg) with 31.12 and Nickell with 30.65. Landen and Rajadhyaksha claimed their second North American championship as a partnership; they won Open Pairs II at the 2000 Spring NABC in Cin- cinnati. Landen won the same event at the 1990 Spring NABC in Fort Worth. Morse and Wolff won their second North Ameri- can championship at this tournament – they were mem- bers of the winning Senior Knockout Teams earlier in the week. Morse, District 16 representative to the Reisinger winners: (seated) Doug Doub, Dan Morse and Bobby Wolff, holding the Reisinger Trophy; (standing) Adam ACBL Board of Directors, was named ACBL Honor- Wildavsky, Pratap Rajadhyaksha and Stephen Landen. Continued on page 2 Gordon squad takes NA Swiss Teams The team captained by Mark Gordon locked up victory in the North American Swiss Teams early – with one round to play, they had 128 Victory Points North American Swiss victors: and could not be caught. (seated) Rick Zucker, Mark Gordon was playing with Richard Zucker, Gordon and Boris Baran; Winthrop Allegaert, Jaggy Shivdasani, Markland (standing) Jaggy Shivdasani, Molson and Boris Baran. Their final VP total was 138. Markland Molson and Winthrop Robert Holman, Marc Jacobus, Gaylor Kasle, Allegert. Geoff Hampson and Eric Greco were second with 125.19 VPs. Hampson and Greco had a fine tourna- ment – they won the Life Master Open Pairs earlier in the tournament. Continued on page 3 Larry Cohen becomes 2002 Player of Year Double winner Morse By placing second in the final event of the year – 6 Eric Rodwell 623.80 wins Herman Trophy the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams – Larry Cohen of 7 Ralph Katz 620.62 Boca Raton FL earned enough platinum points to be- 8 Paul Soloway 620.12 Dan Morse was the victor in the race for the come the 2002 Player of the Year in the ACBL. He 9 David Berkowitz 589.86 Herman Trophy, awarded to the player who scores the also had a second in the Life Master Pairs. 10. Lorenzo Lauria 572.68 most masterpoints at the Fall NABC. Morse won two Jeff Meckstroth of Tampa FL also leaped past 11 Giorgio Duboin 567.75 events – the Reisinger and the Senior Teams – and this Norberto Bocchi of Italy, yesterday’s leader, by plac- 12 Geoff Hampson 544.10 accounted for 365 of his 388.81 points. His partner in ing third in the Reisinger. 13 Eric Greco 519.47 those twin triumphs – Bobby Wolff – didn’t score quite Meckstroth finished approximately 54 points be- 14 Tobi Sokolow 512.10 as many points in other events and came in second. hind Cohen. Bocchi was the only other player to win 15 Lynn Deas 506.18 Larry Cohen, who became Player of the Year, was third. more than 700 platinum points. 16 Steve Weinstein 505.99 The top 50: The top 25 (the list is unofficial because it was 17 Marc Jacobus 495.07 1 388.81 Dan Morse compiled late last night and there was not enough time 18 Kerri Sanborn 475.83 2 374.43 Bobby Wolff for verification. The official list will appear in the ACBL 19 Chris Willenken 471.29 3 357.79 Larry Cohen Bridge Bulletin): 20 Roy Welland 459.53 4/5 345.71 George Jacobs 1 Larry Cohen 752.25 21 Bjorn Fallenius 457.53 4/5 345.71 Alfredo Versace 2 Jeff Meckstroth 718.27 22 Debbie Rosenberg 447.72 6 336.17 Norberto Bocchi 3 Norberto Bocchi 705.45 23 Sam Lev 443.41 7 291.14 Adam Wildavsky 4/5 George Jacobs 689.84 24 Mildred Breed 428.67 8 278.60 Ralph Katz 4/5 Alfredo Versace 689.84 25 Shawn Quinn 416.29 Continued on page 3 Page 2 Daily Bulletin 2ND SATURDAY ZIP KNOCKOUT TEAMS 20 Teams REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH FINAL STANDINGS 4.55 1 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Mark 10 Teams Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Bob Friz, Leonard TX; Michael 225.00 1 Stephen Landen, Rochester Hills MI; Dan Morse, Houston TX; Bobby Wolff, Cassel II, Roseville MN Fort Worth TX; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Powell OH; Adam Wildavsky, Jackson 3.41 2 James R Salter, Woodinville WA; Renato Heights NY; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 33.14 Robledo, Philadelphia PA; Cetin Okcuoglu, Moorestown NJ; Wonjoo Goldstein, Sun City West AZ 168.75 2 Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY; Michael Becker - Larry Cohen, Boca 2.28 3/4 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Nancy Frank, Raton FL; David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Glencoe IL; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX; Gary Shepley, Houston Michael Rosenberg, Wykagyl NY 31.12 TX 126.56 3 Nick Nickell, New York NY; Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA; Eric Rodwell, 2.28 3/4 Henry Caspar, Toronto ON; Cheryl Evans, Clearwater Beach FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Paul Houston TX; Shirley Scott, Colorado Spgs CO; Raymond Gil- Soloway, Mill Creek WA 30.65 bert, Indianapolis IN 103.85 4 Malcolm Brachman - Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX; 1.02 5/8 Lawrence Grey, Chandler AZ; Wendy Turk, Claudio Nunes - Fulvio Fantoni, Italy 30.48 Denver CO; Carole Carlson, Englewood CO; Margot Hirsch, Ar- 96.43 5 George Jacobs, Burr Ridge IL; Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; Giorgio Duboin, lington TX Turin Italy; Norberto Bocchi, Milan Italy; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo 1.02 5/8 Robert Hill - Brenda Glaze - Tom Ottley, An- Lauria, Rome Italy 29.50 chorage AK; Charles Heilig, Chesapeake VA 90.00 6 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Miami Beach FL; Robert Levin, 1.02 5/8 Annette Dimon, Richfield Springs NY; Rob- Bronx NY; Steve Weinstein, Glen Ridge NJ 29.31 ert Otis, Allen TX; John De Soto, San Francisco CA; Leo Norman, 84.38 7 Gerald Sosler - Kay Schulle, Purchase NY; Andrea Buratti - Massimo Arlington TX Lanzarotti, Italy 27.05 1.02 5/8 Larry Denneau Jr, Tucson AZ; Joseph Bussen, 79.41 8 Bob Jones, Hypoluxo FL; Paul Marston, Australia; Ishmael Kailua HI; Jeffrey Brown, The Woodlands TX; Christie Jones, Scottsdale AZ Delmonte, Sydney Australia; Tadashi Teramoto, Yokohama Japan 22.62 75.00 9 Sam Lev - Robert Blanchard, New York NY; Russell Ekeblad, Boca Raton FL; HASTA LA VISTA PHOENIX KNOCKOUT TEAMS Robert Lipsitz, Palm Harbor FL 21.79 Bracket 1 16 Teams 71.05 10 Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL; Rich Pavlicek Jr, San Mateo CA; Rob 34.50 1 Rose Meltzer - Peter Weichsel, Los Gatos CA; Crawford, Las Vegas NV; Dan Jacob, Burnaby BC 21.70 Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA NORTH AMERICAN SWISS FINAL STANDINGS 25.88 2 Joyce Sillins - Jonathan Greenspan, New York 24 Teams NY; Hugh Grosvenor, Alexandria VA; Shannon Cappelletti, Hixson TN 160.00 1 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Winthrop 17.25 3/4 Kamel Fergani, Longueuil PQ; Nicolas Allegaert - Jaggy Shivdasani, New York NY; Markland Molson, Hollywood FL; L’Ecuyer, Montreal PQ; Gavin Wolpert - Darren Wolpert, Thornhill Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc PQ 138.00 ON; Vincent Demuy, Laval PQ; Jurek Czyzowicz, Aylmer PQ 120.00 2 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Geoff 17.25 3/4 Harry Ross - Susi Katz Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Hampson, Los Angeles CA; Eric Greco, North Wales PA; Gaylor Kasle, Boca Mary Ruth Blustein - Maurice Blustein, Bellevue WA; Loren Raton FL 125.19 Hawkins, Bremerton WA; Balusu Rao, Redmond WA 90.00 3 Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Richard De Martino, Riverside CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT 115.50 Bracket 2 16 Teams 73.85 4 Simon Kantor, Agawam MA; Jim Robison, Las Vegas NV; Mark Bartusek, Santa 30.67 1 B Wayne Stuart III, Santa Cruz CA; JoAnna Barbara CA; Stephen Goldstein, Sun City West AZ 104.45 Stansby, Castro Valley CA; Srikanth Kodayam, San Leandro CA; 68.57 5 Louise Freed - Gene Freed, Los Angeles CA; Derrell Childs, Garland TX; Douglas Dang, San Mateo CA Nels Erickson, Las Vegas NV; William Schreiber, Van Nuys CA; Jeff Olson, Dallas TX 102.33 23.00 2 Marshall Kuschner, Reston VA; Hal Hindman, 64.00 6 Rita Ellington, Fairfield CT; Martin Caley, Montreal PQ; Edward Zaluski - Fairfax VA; Bill Harker, Marana AZ; Paul Markarian, Lancaster John Zaluski, Ottawa ON 101.52 CA 60.00 7 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ; Sam Wilson - 15.34 3/4 Lyle Kinsey, Midland TX; Earl Knipfel, Moose Jaw SK; Dann Kramer, Calgary AB; Anita Lambert, John Jeffrey, Las Vegas NV 101.02 Edmonton AB 56.47 8 Sheri Winestock - Sue Weinstein - Carol Simon, Las Vegas NV; Simon 15.34 3/4 Patricia Griffin - Jerry Bigler, Austin TX; Ann Satanovsky, Irvington NY 99.30 Brinker Schwall - Stephen Schwall, Houston TX 53.33 9 John Malley, Pascoag RI; Daniel Colatosti, Waltham MA; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT; Paul Kinney, Jamaica Plain MA; James Murphy, Chesapeake VA; Bracket 3 16 Teams David Adams, Kennesaw GA 92.37 22.42 1 Gerard Geremia, La Verne CA; Joseph Viola 50.53 10 Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Sabine Auken, III, Altadena CA; Bob Johnson, Pasadena CA; Michael Gosnell, Denmark; Daniella Von Armin, Germany; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Karen Glendora CA McCallum, Exeter NH 91.11 16.82 2 Jim Haws, Tampa FL; Brian Hingerty - Geo.