Monday, July 23, 2012 Volume 84, Number 11 Daily Bulletin 84th North American Bridge Championships Editors: Brent Manley, Paul Linxwiler and Sue Munday Diamond takes Open Swiss Big fourth quarter propels John Diamond’s team captured the crown in the Roth Open Swiss Teams, winning the contest by 2.5 victory points ahead of the runners-up led by Monaco to Spingold title Carolyn Lynch. Trailing by 10 IMPs with a quarter to go, team Monaco (Pierre Diamond, playing with Geoff Hampson, Eric Greco, Fred Gitelman and Zimmermann) dominated the final 16 boards to win their second Spingold Brad Moss, finished the four-session contest with 134.98 VPs. Knockout Teams in a row with a 143-101 victory over the Nick Nickell The Lynch team — Mike Passell, Andrew Gromov, Aleksander Dubinin, squad. Cezary Balicki and Adam Zmudzinski — was second with 132.51 VPs. Zimmermann was joined by Franck Multon, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Diamond was trailing the Lynch squad by 1 victory point going into the Claudio Nunes and Fulvio Fantoni. Last year’s Spingold final was a Nickell- final round. Lynch won their last-round match against Rose Meltzer’s team by Zimmermann affair, but Nickell is playing with two new teammates: a 15-5 VP margin. Diamond, however, outperformed the leaders by beating Bobby Levin and Steve Weinstein. The rest of the squad is Ralph Katz, Jeff Michael Schreiber’s squad 18-2, to win the contest by 2.47. Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell. Although 11 of the final 16 boards were pushes, Monaco managed swings of 13, 13, 11, 9 and 6 to win the set 52-0. Winners of the Roth Open Swiss Teams: Geoff Hampson, John Diamond, Fred Gitelman, Eric Greco and Brad Moss. ACBL President Sharon Anderson presents the Spingold trophy to the winning team: Tor Helness, Franck Multon, captain Pierre Zimmermann, Geir Helgemo, Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes. Runners-up in the Roth Open Swiss Teams: Andrew Gromov, Carolyn Lynch, Mike Passell and Cezary Balicki. Not pictured: Aleksander Dubinin and Adam Zmudzinski. Sontag wins Fishbein Trophy Alan Sontag earned the most masterpoints at the Summer NABC Spingold Knockout runners-up: (front) Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth, in Philadelphia to win the Fishbein Trophy, awarded to the player who Nick Nickell; (back) Steve Weinstein, npc Donna Compton, Robert accomplishes that feat. Levin, coach Eric Kokish and Ralph Katz. Sontag earned 315 masterpoints, 190 of which came from his win in the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs with Alan Osofsky. The remaining 125 came from making it to the semifinal round of the Spingold Knockout Teams on Mark Gordon’s squad. MP leaders in Philadelphia: 1. 315.00 Alan Sontag 12. 242.06 Eric Greco 2. 292.81 Martin Fleisher 13. 242.06 Geoff Hampson 3. 292.81 Zia Mahmood 14. 237.00 Steve Weinstein 4. 280.00 Jeff Meckstroth 15. 225.00 David Berkowitz 5. 280.00 Eric Rodwell 16. 223.15 Aleksander Dubinin 6. 250.00 Fulvio Fantoni 17. 223.15 Cezary Balicki 7. 250.00 Tor Helness 18. 223.15 Andrew Gromov 8. 250.00 Geir Helgemo 19. 223.15 Adam Zmudzinski 9. 250.00 Claudio Nunes 20. 221.31 Carolyn Lynch 10. 250.00 Franck Multon 21. 221.31 Mike Passell 11. 250.00 Pierre Zimmermann They finished second in the Wagar Women’s Knockout Teams: Final table count Tobi Sokolow, Geeske Joel, Janice Seamon-Molson, Sylvie Willard, 11,913 Benedicte Cronier and Jill Meyers. The event ended Friday. Page 2 Monday, July 23, 2012 Daily Bulletin SUNDAY 10AM A/X SWISS TEAMS ROTH OPEN SWISS TEAMS 50 Tables / Based on 128 Tables 96 Tables / Based on 188 Tables A X 125.00 1 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Brad Moss, San 31.61 1 Hank Meyer, Greenbelt MD; Miriam Harris-Botzum, Orefield PA; Anselmo CA; Fred Gitelman - Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 134.98 Marshall Miles, Redlands CA; Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA 106.00 93.75 2 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Aleksander 23.71 2 Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; Erez Hendelman, New York NY; James Dubinin - Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland 132.51 Melville, Springfield IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 99.00 70.31 3 Martin Fleisher - Zia Mahmood - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Michael 25.60 3 1 William Chen, Lafayette Hl PA; Spencer Sun, San Jose CA; Jonathan Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 126.15 Higa, Rosedale MD; Michael Lentz, Baltimore MD 98.00 55.56 4 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Billy Cohen, 11.94 4/5 Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Rai Sherman Oaks CA; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Osborne, Anaheim CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA; Steve Gross, Israel; Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 121.06 Westlake Vilg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 94.00 50.00 5 Gregers Bjarnarson, New York City NY; Martin Schaltz, Odense 11.94 4/5 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Keyzad Anklesaria, Ahmedabad India; Denmark; Kasper Konow, Copenhagen Denmark; Sabine Auken, Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India; Ramaratnam Vennatesh, Bangalore Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY; Michael Askgaard, India; Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Krishnan Ramaratnam, Gentofte 2800 Denmark 120.87 45.45 6 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; Miguel Jersey City NJ 94.00 Villas-Boas, Sao Paulo Brazil; Joao Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo 01229 Brazil; 19.20 6 2 Stefan Basinski - Sylvie Basinski, Thorndale PA; Donald Dalpe, Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Baldwinsville NY; Thomas Andrews, Utica NY; Timothy Smith, Spain 117.06 Kearneysville WV; Ronald Orr, Falling Waters WV 92.00 41.67 7 Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Ishmael 7.90 7 Rich Rothwarf - Marilyn Reedinger, Philadelphia PA; Michael Lipkin, Delmonte, New South Wales Australia; Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic Brooklyn NY; Joseph Byrnes, West Hempstead NY 91.00 of China; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden 115.40 7.02 8 Laurence Rivkin, Dunwoody GA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; 38.46 8 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus - Joe Grue - Curtis Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 113.96 Jim Looby, Burbank CA 89.00 35.71 9 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Alexander Kolesnik, Ventura CA 112.57 6.32 9 Catherine Caplan - P Caplan - Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Patricia 33.33 10 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Greg Hinze, San Antonio Katz, Pittsburgh PA 87.00 TX; David Yang, Darien IL; Roger Lee, Pasadena CA; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV 111.89 14.40 10 3 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; John Boyer - Ellyn Plato, Hastings Hdsn 31.25 11 Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Jannes van ‘t Oever, Berkeley CA; David NY; Kevin Schoenfeld, Pleasanton CA 83.00 Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 111.21 5.07 11/12 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, 29.41 12 Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Delhi LA; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA; Jacek Romanski, Goscinna Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Poland; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland 82.00 Gdns FL 111.00 10.80 11/12 4 Omer Ekinci, Astoria NY; Craig Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Ovunc Yilmaz, 27.78 13 Stan Schenker, Reston VA; David Milton, Herndon VA; Barry Bragin, Silver Chapel Hill NC; Bo Xiao, Fremont CA; Antony Lee - Spring MD; Brad Theurer, Gaithersburg MD; Jeff Hand - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 110.11 Frank Lin, Berkeley CA 82.00 26.32 14 Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Jurek Czyzowicz, Gatineau QC; Robert Lebi - 8.53 13/14 5 David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY; Sandrea Friedman, David Lindop, Toronto ON; Dan Morse, Houston TX; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 109.15 Flushing NY; Glenn Robbins - Michael Rosen, New York NY 81.00 25.00 15 Richard Schwartz, Hawley PA; Allan Graves, Halifax NS; Jon Baldursson, 4.37 13/14 P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC; Peter Manzon, Reykoavik 105 Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, Kopavogur Iceland; Boye Waltham MA; Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Barbara Kasle, Brogeland, Norway; Frode Nybo, Namsos Norway 108.57 Boca Raton FL; Jo Morse, Palm Beach Gdns FL 81.00 23.81 16 Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; David 7.31 15/16 6 Melvyn Klein, Tallahassee FL; Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Bakhshi, London England; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Zygmunt Murphy, San Francisco CA; Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY 79.00 Marcinski, Westmount QC 108.49 3.84 15/16 Arthur Korth, Galloway NJ; Daisy Goecker, Yardley PA; 22.73 17 Samuel Gillis, London United Kingdom; Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway; Geir Brekka - Tom Hoiland, Norway 108.21 Helen Raleigh - Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY 79.00 21.74 18 David Hoffner, Galloway NJ; William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Mark Dahl, 6.40 17 7 Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH; Ellen Richmond VA; Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA 107.34 Kozlove, Louisville KY; Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL 78.00 20.83 19 Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard - John Hurd, New York NY; Bob Hamman, 5.41 18/19 8/9 James Geist, Olney MD; Carole Banks, Silver Spring MD; Kevin Dallas TX; Justin Lall, Henderson NV; Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 106.38 Barnes, Washington DC; Christopher Miller, Chevy Chase MD 76.00 20.00 20 Andy Kaufman, Fort Washington PA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Abe 5.41 18/19 8/9 Daryl Drew, Inverness FL; Sorina Negulescu, Ellicott City MD; Pineles, Jackson NJ;