Monday, December 3, 2012 Volume 85, Number 11 Daily Bulletin 85th Fall North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler Zimmermann rallies to Milner wins Keohane North win Reisinger American Swiss Teams Four members of the winning squad in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Unofficial non-playing captain Jacek Pszczola (second from left) with Teams: Tor Helness, Claudio Nunes, Geir Helgemo. Not pictured are team four members of the winning squad in Keohane North American Swiss captain Pierre Zimmermann and Franck Multon. The Zimmermann team Teams: Apolinary Kowalski, captain Reese Milner, Dennis Bilde and Jacek overcame a string of poor results in the middle of the second final by Romanski. Not pictured: Anders Hagen and Lars Blakset. winning their final seven boards. Second in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams: Lew Stansby, Bart Second in the Keohane North American Swiss Teams: John Kranyak, Bramley, Sabine Auken and Roy Welland. Krzysztof Buras, Grzegorz Narkiewicz and Vincent Demuy. Not pictured: captain Paul Fireman and Gavin Wolpert. Masterpoint double for Zia Mahmood Leaders in the 2012 Fall With 348.08 platinum masterpoints earned at the 2012 Fall NABC masterpoint contest NABC, Zia Mahmood racked up a rare double – he is 2012 ACBL for the Goren Trophy: Player of the Year and winner of the Goren Trophy, awarded to the player who does the best at a Fall NABC. Zia’s total of 348.08 was more than 60 points better that Goren 1. 348.08 Zia Mahmood runner-up Justin Lall. The masterpoints Zia won were all platinum, 2. 285.56 Justin Lall awarded for NABC+ events (national rating, no upper masterpoint 3. 281.90 Apolinary Kowalski restrictions). The Player of the Year is the ACBL member who wins 4. 279.08 Chip Martel the most platinum masterpoints in a calendar year. 5. 259.53 Marion Michielsen Entering the Fall NABC in San Francisco, Zia had earned 6. 257.19 Cecilia Rimstedt 453.96 platinum points. His total in San Francisco boosted his 2012 7. 255.00 Bart Bramley tally to 802.04 to 724.07 for runner-up Thomas Bessis. 8. 255.00 Lew Stansby 9. 248.09 Sabine Auken 10. 248.09 Roy Welland 11. 236.90 Jacek Romanski Final table count 13,410.5 12. 236.57 John Diamond continued on page 3 Page 2 Monday, December 3, 2012 Daily Bulletin SUNDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS SUNDAY B/C/D SWISS TEAMS 46.0 Tables 94 Tables A B C B C D 19.60 1 1 Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD 61.67% 19.97 1/3 Jack Alhale - Rozi Alhale, New York NY; Amanda Jeger, Frankfurt 14.70 2 Donald Spaulding, Mountain View CA; Germany; Estera Lisker, East Quogue NY 105.00 Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY 61.58% 19.97 1/3 Ronald Karr, Sunnyvale CA; Manuela Marani, Los Gatos CA; Ove 11.03 3 Gail Greenberg - Jeff Hand, New York NY 61.22% Jonsson, St-Aubin Switzerland; Sigmund Malek, Los Altos CA 105.00 8.27 4 Glenn Eisenstein - Irene Frary, New York NY 59.58% 19.97 1/3 Loring Harkness III, Kilauea HI; Cheryl Haines, San Carlos CA; 6.53 5 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joseph De Gaetano, Atkinson NH 58.30% Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI; Eileen Eastman, Sacramento CA 105.00 8.98 6 2 Olivier Chapelle, Sunnyvale CA; Marlene Pontifex, Winnipeg MB 58.10% 6.73 7 3 Peter Sun, San Jose CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 57.83% 21.76 4 1 Paul Hattis, Newton MA; Steven Fox, Kensington MD; Anne Derbes 5.95 8/10 Michael Rosen, New York NY; Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY 57.32% - Robert Schwab, Bethesda MD 100.00 3.95 8/10 Maritha Pottenger - Pat Chapman, San Diego CA 57.32% 16.32 5 2 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Jim Canty, Berkeley CA; Philip 3.95 8/10 Corey Krantz, Drexel Hill PA; Kelley Hwang, New York NY 57.32% Freiberger, Los Gatos CA; Steve Burnham, Sparks NV 96.00 3.65 11 Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; William Sanford, Orangevale CA 56.99% 10.71 6/7 3/4 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Ping Hu, Naperville IL; Perry 5.05 12 4 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Jannes van ‘t Oever, Berkeley CA 56.25% Poole, Maitland FL; Stanley Weiner, Las Vegas NV 95.00 3.99 13 5 Jonathan Rivet, Wheaton IL; George Klemic, Bensenville IL 56.07% 10.71 6/7 3/4 Joo-Hee Janicki, Markham ON; Barbara Grantham, Houston TX; 4.20 6 1 Spencer Sun, San Jose CA; Michael Lentz, Baltimore MD 55.21% Martha Hawley, Carmel Valley CA; Charles Messenger, Salinas CA 95.00 2.99 7 Julia Gosnell, Walnut Creek CA; Freddie Straus, Encino CA 54.40% 11.87 8 5 1 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Roland Quong, Oakland CA; Ilya 2.66 8 Steven Kipperman - Kimberly Fanady, San Francisco CA 53.87% Chizhov, Newark CA; Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA 94.00 4.17 2 Douglas Schmickrath, Los Altos Hills CA; Francine Dais, Sacramento CA 53.21% 5.18 9 Paul Flanders - Andrea Kutscher, Longmont CO; Vincent Bates, 2.36 3 Eric Byler - Anjan Ghose, Palo Alto CA 52.44% Boulder CO; Katelin Yates, Erie CO 93.00 2.32 4 Prakash Karamchandani, Fremont CA; Dan Wong, Pleasanton CA 52.32% 8.90 10/11 6 2 Janelle Courtright, Delaware OH; William Kraybill - Kimberly 1.40 5 Max Glick, Berkeley CA; Craig Huneke, Charlottesville VA 51.46% Music, Lewis Center OH; Iulian Christian, Bucharest Russia; Maria Tsoukalas, New York NY 89.00 SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES, SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSION 4.52 10/11 Norman Marks, Oakland CA; Norman Marks II, Jacksonville FL; 11.0 Tables Marion Robertson, San Francisco CA; Caryn Villalon, Fallbrook CA 89.00 A B C 3.71 12/14 Jonathan Shute, Sackville NB; Linda Tuff, Lower Sackville NS; 3.19 1 1 Rory Millson, Bronxville NY; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 64.29% Frank Wharton, London Nw3 1en England; Robert Michaud, 2.09 2/3 Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR; Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 61.01% Sun City West AZ 87.00 2.27 2/3 2 Rajan Jeyakumar, Fremont CA; Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA 61.01% 5.14 12/14 7/8 Diane Henson - Larry Henson, Minnetonka MN; Leonid Fastovsky, 1.87 4/5 3/4 Dean Wangsvick, Daly City CA; Joanne Allen, San Francisco CA 58.33% Rockville MD; Mark Ludwig, Maryland Hts MO 87.00 1.49 4/5 3/4 Georgianna Spinazze, Saratoga CA; Ronald Baron, San Jose CA 58.33% 6.68 12/14 7/8 3 Elan Winkler, Mountain View CA; Lynn Giusti, Sunnyvale CA; 2.28 6 5 1 Daphne Bransten - Alexandra Grover, San Francisco CA 58.04% 1.31 6 Ken Rosenfeld, San Jose CA; Joel Koransky, Saratoga CA 54.17% Eileen Zefting - James Harris, Palo Alto CA 87.00 1.71 2 David Kendrick, Royston Herts England; Patrick Collins, Kent 5.01 15 9 4 Sandi Park, Madison WI; Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Ivan Jen, England 53.87% San Francisco CA; Melanie Kakalec, Fremont CA 86.00 1.28 3 Carroll Brooks - Marjorie Russell, Walnut Creek CA 51.19% 3.96 16/17 10 5 Ann Latta, Mesa AZ; David Jungblut, Ocean City NJ; Larry 0.96 4 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Karin Phillips, Mission BC 48.21% Legault - Lyn Legault, Coe Hill ON 85.00 2.97 16/17 Catherine Miller - Hugh Miller - James Bochsler, Spring TX; SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS Michael Lunn, Sutton England 85.00 12.5 Tables 2.73 18 Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Portland OR; Benjamin A B C Eisenberg - Susan Eisenberg, Boca Raton FL 84.00 3.25 1 Ed Yunck - Al Larson, Oakland CA 63.29% 3.49 19/20 11/12 Robert Berger - Joel Teller, Berkeley CA; Sukumar Mukherji, San 2.44 2 1 Dorothy Lloyd, Discovery Bay CA; Eric Strauss, Portola Valley CA 62.06% Ramon CA; Robert Chasse, Alameda CA 83.00 1.83 3 J Ney, Lafayette CA; Colette Johnson, Walnut Creek CA 62.06% 3.49 19/20 11/12 6 Yu Chang, Milpitas CA; Edward So, Pleasanton CA; Winston 1.37 4 Kevin Burke - Peter Colman, San Francisco CA 61.84% Huang, Los Altos CA; Tsao-Tung Tsai, Cupertino CA 83.00 1.70 5 2 Kathryn Edelman - Daniel Edelman, San Francisco CA 59.86% 1.27 6 3 Kevin Liberg - Michael Degarmo, San Francisco CA 59.72% 3.11 13 7 Shawn Cantlin, Tracy CA; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC; Beverly 1.13 4 Linda Rocha, Saratoga CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA 56.37% Nuding, San Carlos CA; Lynn Bartz, Campbell CA 82.00 0.79 5 Steven Mercer, Yountville CA; Malcolm Scott, Vacaville CA 56.15% 2.81 14/15 8 Barbara Olsen, Burr Ridge IL; Jill Thompson - Josee Hammill, 0.94 1 Roy Tsai, San Jose CA; Marge Casey, San Francisco CA 50.09% Toronto ON; Catharine Gilmour, Charlotte NC 81.00 0.71 2 Mary Sue Philp, San Francisco CA; Louise Leprohon, San Jose CA 46.47% 2.81 14/15 Douglas Keller - Lynn Magnet, San Francisco CA; Richard Whittington - Michael Warchol, Venice FL 81.00 SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER SWISS TEAMS 2.49 16/17 Susan Barkley, Atherton CA; Betty Liddicoat, Los Altos CA; 8 Tables Robert Hope, Provost AB; Bryant Town, Edmonton AB 80.00 A B C 2.49 16/17 Nic Hristea - Mark Pinkowski, Chicago IL; Lorraine Cable, New 2.54 1 1 1 Jadwiga Zajac, Dublin CA; Andrzej Wierzbicki, San Jose CA; Mark York NY; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL 80.00 Sulczynski - Krystzof Kurbill, Morgan Hills CA 54.00 2.37 18 9 Danielle Tremblay - Jean-Pierre Longpre, Outremont QC; Maissa 1.91 2 2 Drew Donovan - Robert Crosby, San Mateo CA; Bob Foo, S San Marei, Laval QC; Paul Andre Paquin, Saint-Bruno QC 79.00 Francisco CA; Clifford Louie, San Francisco CA 53.00 2.16 10 Moises Saul - Elizabeth Saul, Bellevue WA; Lorenzo Migliorini, 1.43 3 3 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Jacqueline Zayac, Lafayette Seattle WA; Craig Ruden, Kirkland WA 77.00 CA; Rainer Rungaldier, Orinda CA; Gregory Reichert, Alameda CA 47.00 1.98 11 Beth Todd - J F Lowenstein, New Orleans LA; Gay SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS Yamagiwa - Judy Soong, San Francisco CA 74.00 19.0 Tables A B C SUNDAY A/X SWISS TEAMS 4.10 1 1 1 Jennifer Fong - Rachel Obstler, San Francisco CA 66.15% 69 Tables / Based on 163 Tables 3.08 2 Lawrence Campodonico, Billings MT; Douglas Snow, Paducah KY 64.29% A X 2.31 3 2 Dorothy Lloyd, Discovery Bay CA; Eric Strauss, Portola Valley CA 62.50%