Monday, December 9, 2013 Volume 86, Number 11 Daily Bulletin 86th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Brent Manley and Sue Munday Monaco repeats with strong Meltzer surges to win Keohane Reisinger final showing North American Swiss Teams ACBL President Bill Cook, far left, presents the Reisinger Board-a-Match The winners of the North American Swiss Teams were 14th at the start Teams trophy to Pierre Zimmermann, team captain, who is kneeling. It was of play on the final day. In front: Steve Robinson and team captain Rose the team’s second straight win in the event. Other team members: Fulvio Meltzer. In the rear: Carlos Pellegrini, Diego Brenner, John Mohan and Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Geir Helgemo, Franck Multon and Tor Helness. Peter Boyd. Second in the Reisinger went to Krzysztof Buras, Norberto Bocchi, Andrew Second place in the North American Swiss went to Jan Jansma, John Gromov, Aleksander Dubinin and Grzegorz Narkiewicz. Not pictured: Valliant, Michael Polowan, team captain Ron Zambonini, Darren Wolpert Agustin Madala. and Shan Huang. Fleisher is Player of the Year, Madala captures Goren Trophy Martin Fleisher, captain of the third-place squad the conclusion of the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs on in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, earned Thursday. Weinstein’s team did not make the cut on enough platinum masterpoints to win the Player the first qualifying day of the Reisinger. of the Year masterpoint competition for 2013. The The other award achieved at the Fall NABC – the Player of the Year is the ACBL member who wins the Goren Trophy – goes to the player who wins the most most platinum masterpoints, available only in NABC masterpoints of any pigment. This year it belongs to events, in a calendar year. Agustin Madala, whose 402.22 points (all platinum) Fleisher’s platinum point total of 746.25 put him led the field. 41.6 points ahead of Steve Weinstein, the leader at Martin Fleisher Agustin Madala ATTENDANCE through Sunday 12,565 tables (2002: 12,458.5 tables) Chief Corporate Sponsor Fall NABC Page 2 Monday, December 9, 2013 Daily Bulletin SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES 4.11 7 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 57.91% 12.0 Tables 3.68 8 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Joe Degaetano, A B C Atkinson NH 57.31% 3.34 1 Michael Flanagan - Barbara Flanagan, 3.29 9 Donna Swarthout - Dave Swarthout, San Scottsdale AZ 70.08% Antonio TX 56.51% 2.51 2 Dee Steil - Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC 65.15% 3.22 10 Gerald Fox, Napa CA; Tom Jacobson, 2.05 3 Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI; Stephen Pozez, Fairfield CA 56.35% Tucson AZ 56.82% 7.08 1 Amy Mitura - Ron Haack, New York NY 55.63% 2.58 4 1 David Certa, Phoenix AZ; Carol Kenney, 5.31 2 David Macrae, Morrisville PA; Christina Van Scottsdale AZ 56.44% Leeuwen, Horn Lake MS 55.29% 1.94 5 2 Patrick Kallaus, Kailus HI; Barbara Kallaus, 3.98 3 Jayendu Patel, Newton MA; Umesh Reghuram, Kailua HI 55.68% Fremont CA 53.39% 1.03 6 Cordelia Menges, New York NY; Jay Baudler, 2.99 4 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Piedmont CA 54.36% Park NY 52.98% 1.97 3 1 Catherine Bardsley, McLean VA; Fred Gramlich, 2.36 5 Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ; Burke Snowden, Alexandria VA 51.70% Fort Collins CO 52.89% 1.48 4 2 Margaret Randol - Jeanie Wolff, Scottsdale AZ 51.52% 4.20 6 1 Brenda Starnes - Doris Needham, Navarre FL 52.50% 1.18 5 Paula Strand, Kirkland WA; Barbara Kim, 3.15 2 Sandy Desilets, Port St Lucie FL; Rhoda Honolulu HI 50.57% Chickering, E Montpelier VT 50.73% 2.36 3 Christine Maxwell - Robert Maxwell, SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS Markham ON 47.91% 6.0 Tables 1.77 4 Sarah Sims - Karen Sims, Newmarket ON 47.72% A B C 1.90 5 Kathy Bergman - Sue Gainer, Goodyear AZ 46.94% 1.98 1/2 1/2 Susan Stewart - Nadine Sutter, Sun Lakes AZ 57.92% 1.98 1/2 1/2 1 Betty Knode, Phoenix AZ; Steven Schaffner, SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS Paradise Valley AZ 57.92% 5.0 Tables 1.27 3 3 2 Susan Swanson, Leawood KS; Lee Greif, Prairie A B C Village KS 56.67% 2.12 1 Wendell Opheim - Frances Opheim, 0.95 4 Wendell Opheim - Frances Opheim, Lethbridge Lethbridge AB 67.88% AB 55.00% 1.91 2 1 Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA 54.38% 0.76 4 Ralph Lipe - Lynda Lipe, Bellevue WA 51.25% 1.43 3 2 Carmen Pottker, Scottsdale AZ; Ben Pottker, Chandler AZ 52.88% SUNDAY MORNING 299ER TEAMS 1.07 4 3 Gloria Woloshyn - Barbara Parke, Winnipeg MB 51.63% 14 Tables 1.47 4 1 Ann Clemmons, Langley BC; Norman Jacobs, A B C Carefree AZ 50.52% 2.97 1/2 1/2 1/2 Susan Johnson - Mary Souliere, Edmonton AB; 1.10 2 Kitty Cerviani - Bruce Urben, Scottsdale AZ 47.13% Ginny Troin - Bonnie Butler, Sun Lakes AZ 51.00 2.97 1/2 1/2 1/2 Dennis Weiland - Julieen Crane - Cissie Lilien - SUNDAY AFTERNOOON 299ER TEAMS Adrienne Prince, Scottsdale AZ 51.00 9 Tables 1.91 3 Susan Schulman, Fountain Hills AZ; Denis A B C Gardner, North Bay ON; Patrica Bogacz - Willie 2.68 1 1 Pat Sandler - Guy Gundaker - Marilyn Ann Ross, Scottsdale AZ 49.00 Abramson - Jeffrey Chasan, Scottsdale AZ 62.00 1.25 4/5 Pat Sandler - Guy Gundaker - Jeffrey Chasan - 2.01 2 Susan Schulman, Fountain Hills AZ; Denis Marilyn Abramson, Scottsdale AZ 47.00 Gardner, North Bay ON; 1.34 4/5 3 Sandra Kolls - Vickie Thomas, Goodyear AZ; Patrica Bogacz - Willie Ann Ross, Scottsdale AZ 47.00 Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB; Linda Hanson, 1.90 3 2 1 Maria Davis, Sun Lakes AZ; Anne Newman - Capitola CA 47.00 Sandy Jennings, Chandler AZ; Howard Maves, 0.88 4/5 Carol Urben - Barbara Chadwick, Scottsdale Maricopa AZ 45.00 AZ; Faye Comstock, Cave Creek AZ; Pat Linville, 1.25 4/6 3/5 2/3 Susan Johnson - Mary Souliere, Edmonton AB; Phoenix AZ 41.00 Ginny Troin - Bonnie Butler, Sun Lakes AZ 44.00 0.88 4/5 Maxeen Claymon - William Claymon, Scottsdale 1.04 4/6 3/5 Lynne Knight - Sharon Minock - Mary Dorsey - AZ; Marc Freeman - Barbara Freeman, Margi Smith, Green Valley AZ 44.00 Indianapolis IN 41.00 1.25 4/6 3/5 2/3 Linda Hanson, Capitola CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB; Sandra Kolls - Vickie Thomas, SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES Goodyear AZ 44.00 10.0 Tables A B C SATURDAY ZIP KOS 3.03 1 Erick Mauberquez, Paris France; Michel Lebel, 4 Tables Hahtes France 64.88% 2.12 1 Adam Parrish, Sandwich MA; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA; Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY 2.27 2 Chantal Dube, Montreal QC; Frederic Pollack, Laval QC 63.69% SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET I 1.87 3 Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI; David 16 Tables Binney, Seattle WA 57.44% 56.45 1 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Lotan Fisher, Rishon 2.73 4 1 1 Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Melinda Le Zion Israel; Ron Schwartz, Ramat-Gan 525 Israel; Espen Lindqvist, 4838 Arendal Norway; Boye Brogeland, Norway Westgate, Mercer Island WA 55.95% 39.52 2 Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, 11427 Stockholm Sweden; 2.05 5 2 Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH; Evan Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Bjorn Fallenius - Andrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein, New York NY Markowitz, New York NY 55.36% 22.58 3/4 Adam Meyerson, San Jose CA; Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; George Jacobs, Hinsdale 0.94 6 Igor Milman - Oleg Rubinchik, Brooklyn NY 52.98% IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 1.59 3 Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Anam Tebha, 22.58 3/4 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; George Mittelman, Toronto ON; Michal Klukowski, Wroclaw Poland; Piotr Twczynski, Poznan Poland Las Vegas NV 52.08% 1.15 4 Thomas Herzog, Reston VA; Margaret Hansell, SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET II Champaign IL 51.79% 15 Tables 0.96 5/6 Vicki MacClyment, Modesto CA; Doris Ashcroft, 38.74 1 Elizabeth Smith - Andre Chartrand - Janyne Provencher - Sylvain Mayer, Montreal QC Stockton CA 50.89% 27.12 2 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon, New York NY; Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Samantha Nystrom, Toronto ON 0.96 5/6 William Kraybill, Lewis Center OH; Maria 15.50 3/4 Yehudit Hasin-Brumshten, Marina Del Rey CA; Carol Frank, Burbank CA; Oleg Tsoukalas, New York NY 50.89% Rubinchik - Igor Milman, Brooklyn NY 1.59 2 Bernard Payen, Chennevieres France; Thierry 15.50 3/4 Kenneth Titow, 71960 Verze France; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA; Kenneth Klein - Vic Quiros, De Sainte-Marie, Paris France 50.60% Scottsdale AZ 1.19 3 Mary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Nancy Gaunt, SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET III Evansville IN 49.11% 16 Tables 28.45 1 Danny Ioannidis, Grassie ON; Stephen Young, Kitchener ON; Keith Heckley, Hamilton SUNDAY STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS ON; Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON 37.0 Tables 19.92 2 Michael Christensen - Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Chris A B C Moore, Bellevue WA 16.45 1 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Mitch Dunitz, 11.38 3/4 David Binney, Seattle WA; Edwin Katten, Cave Creek AZ; Barton Buffington, North Sherman Oaks CA 65.16% Kingstown RI; Audrius Mizeikis, Scottsdale AZ 12.34 2 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Buddhadeb 11.38 3/4 Edmund Wu - Harlan Hullinger, San Francisco CA; Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA; Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA Biswas, Lexington MA 61.52% 10.50 3 Marilyn Loesberg, Rancho Mirage CA; Kent SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET IV Mignocchi, Bronx NY 61.15% 12 Tables 6.94 4 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Kevin Wilson, 15.48 1 Ned Kohler - Sherryl Buchler, Scottsdale AZ; Hillary Goulding - Barry Goulding, Knoxville TN 59.52% Bethesda MD 10.84 2 Jane Adams, Lexington MA; Christina Parker, Newton Centre MA; Stewart Rubenstein, 5.48 5 Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Newton MA; Lisa Procter, Dover MA Toronto ON 58.83% 6.19 3/4 Mark Brader - Catherine Brader, Toronto ON; Vicki MacClyment, Modesto CA; Doris 4.70 6 Lindsey Weinger, New York NY; Tim Verbeek, Ashcroft, Stockton CA 3971Ma Netherlands