Volume 77, Number 11 77th Summer North American Bridge Championships DAILY BULLETIN Monday, August 1, 2005 Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler ACBL President Roger Smith presents the Spingold Trophy to Russ They won the Open Swiss Teams: Michael Kamil, Claudio Nunes, Peter Ekeblad, captain of the victorious 2005 team. Playing with Ekeblad Bertheau, Fulvio Fantoni, and Frederik Nystrom. (Not pictured: were (from left) Eric Greco, Fred Gitelman, Geoff Hampson, Ron Rubin teammate Christal Henner-Welland.) and Brad Moss. Ekeblad cruises to Spingold win Bertheau takes Open Swiss The squad captained by Russ Ekeblad jumped out to a commanding The team captained by Peter Bertheau, lying second with a round to go lead in first-quarter action in the Spingold Knockout Team final and never in the Open Swiss Teams, jumped into first when the leaders, led by Bob looked back. Ekeblad defeated the team led by local Tom Carmichael Hamman, were defeated. It was the first time the event was contested. 203–141. Ekeblad played with partner Ron Rubin and teammates Brad The international team included two top Swedish stars, Bertheau - Moss, Fred Gitelman, Geoff Hamson and Eric Greco. Fredrik Nystrom, Italian world champions Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes Carmichael’s lineup included partner Michael White and teammates and Christal Henner-Welland and Mike Kamil. The same squad also won the Bryan Maksymetz, Dan Gerstman, Joel Wooldridge and John Hurd. Jacoby Open Swiss Teams in Philadelphia and the Open Board-a- Match Ekeblad won the first quarter 58–17 and increased their lead at halftime Teams in Orlando last fall. 128–54. Carmichael narrowed the gap in the third set, at the end of which Second place went to a team that was tied for 44th going into Sunday’s they trailed 161–132, but Ekeblad was completely in control, winning the play: Martin Harris, Jacob Morgan, Pratap Rajadhyaksha and Steve Landen. last 42–9. Third place went to Bjorn Fallenius, Roy Welland, Cezary Balicki, Ekeblad and Rubin were members of the winning Spingold squad in 1992. Adam Zmudzinski, Chip Martel and Lew Stansby, who defeated the This is the first Spingold victory for Moss, Gitelman, Hampson and Greco. Hamman team on the final round. Runners-up in the Spingold Knockouts were Michael White, captain Second in the Open Swiss Teams were Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Steve Tom Carmichael, Joel Wooldridge and John Hurd. Teammates Bryan Landen, Martin Harris and Jacob Morgan. Maksymetz and Dan Gerstman are not pictured. Second in the 0–5000 Runners-up in the Mini-Spingold 0–1500 Mini-Spingold Knockouts I were Knockouts II were Arnie Malasky, Richard Martin Nathan, Wegman, Gloria Robert Ternosky, Silverman Bart and Maureen McGuire, Jim Russell. John Hassett, Edward Foran and Nicolas Hammond. Hampson wins Fishbein Geoff Hampson, a member of the winning squad in the Spingold Knockout Teams, is the Over the top winner of the Fishbein Trophy, awarded to the ACBL member who wins the most masterpoints at Coming into the 2005 the Summer NABC. Four of his teammates were right behind him in the standings. Summer NABC in Atlanta, 1. Geoff Hampson 348.09 the projected final table 2. Russell Ekeblad 326.00 3. Eric Greco 326.00 count was 13,300. By the USBF President Jan Martel presents trophies 4. Fred Gitelman 323.95 end of play Sunday, that to Robert Glickman, 19, of Los Angeles CA 5. Brad Moss 321.25 and Xing Yuan, 19, of Ann Arbor MI , following 6. Bryan Maksymetz 294.12 figure was topped. The their victory in the USBF School Teams 7. Zia Mahmood 267.50 Championship Trials. Yuan and Glickman will 8. Stephen Gladyszak 263.27 total for the 11 days: represent the U.S. as part of six-person team at 9. Kalin Karaivanov 259.61 13,463. the 2006 World School Teams Championship. 10. Roman Nenov Trendafilov 257.83 Page 2 Daily Bulletin SECOND SUNDAY FAST PAIRS OPEN SWISS TEAMS 24 Pairs 68 Teams AB 125.00 1 Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm 1124 Sweden; 8.75 1 Barbara Doran - Eric Landau, Silver Spring MD 60.57% Fulvio Fantoni - Claudio Nunes, Rome Italy; Christal Henner-Welland, New 6.56 2 Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 60.06% York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ 130.14 4.92 3 Sylvia Fay Caley, Montreal QC; Anne Simon, Syracuse NY 57.46% 93.75 2 Martin Harris, Chicago IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, 4.13 4 1 Matthew Dyer - Lorraine Cable, Newton MA 54.87% Powell OH; Stephen Landen, Rochester Hills MI 121.45 2.77 5 Arnold Hawkins, Jonesboro GA; Jim Stogner, Atlanta GA 54.61% 70.31 3 Bjorn Fallenius - Roy Welland, New York NY; Cezary Balicki, Wroclaw 2.08 6 Abe Jakob, Ft Lauderdale FL; Helen Shanbrom, Tamarac FL 53.89% Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice 40-479 Poland; Chip Martel, Davis CA; 3.10 2 Andre Asbury - David Coberly, Atlanta GA 50.87% Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA 120.68 2.56 3 Miriam Crawford, Acworth GA; Wilma Harris, Douglasville GA 50.13% 55.56 4 Fu Zhong - Ming Sun - Jiam Wang, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Zhao Jie, Tianjin People’s Republic of China; Zejun Zhuang - Shi Haojun, SECOND SUNDAY OPEN PAIRS Shanghai People’s Republic of China 119.59 58 Pairs 50.00 5 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL 118.86 AB C 45.45 6 Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA; Michael Cummings - David Lindop, Toronto 14.70 1 John Fout, New York NY; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA 64.77% ON; Marshall Miles, Redlands CA 116.14 11.03 2 Gerri Knilans - Hal Knilans, Thousand Oaks CA 60.51% 41.67 7 David Yang, Chicago IL; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; Michael Shuster, 8.27 3 Gail Greenberg, New York NY; Jeffrey Hand, Casselberry FL 59.75% Los Angeles CA; Xiaodong Shi, Des Plaines IL; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington 6.20 4 Vincent Civale - Patricia Civale, Trenton NJ 58.81% Hts IL; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 113.82 4.65 5 Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL; R Craig Hemphill, Jacksonville FL 57.86% 38.46 8 Robert Levin, Bronx NY; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Tor Helness, Oslo 3.49 6 Eleanor Turoff, Atlanta GA; Mike Sheldon, Marietta GA 57.10% Norway; Geir Helgemo, Trondheim Ca Norway 113.59 6.49 1 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Barbara Hendra, Brooklyn NY 51.80% 35.71 9 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Roger Lord, Saint Louis MO; Tadashi 4.87 2 Curt Merrill, Montclair NJ; Charles Rosenblatt, Boca Raton FL 51.61% Teramoto, Yokohama Japan; Yasuko Shrenzel, Kihei HI; Tadashi Yoshida, 3.96 3 1 Forest Ye, Duluth GA; Xiao-Qian Wang, Norcross GA 50.28% Tokyo 168 Japan 112.64 2.60 4/5 2/3 Charles Ko - Lesley Ko, Roswell GA 49.81% 33.33 10 Martha S Lucas, Milledgeville GA; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Roman Nenov 2.60 4/5 2/3 Anne Derbes - Robert Schwab, Bethesda MD 49.81% Trendafilov - Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria; Ken Gee, Regina SK 109.91 2.20 6 4 Flory Shaio, New York NY; Ben Lew, Boca Raton FL 49.62% 31.25 11 James Murphy, Chesapeake VA; Gene Freed, Los Angeles CA; William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Frederick Allenspach, Ponte Vedra FL 109.18 BILLY WOODSON SUNDAY AFTERNOON SIDE SERIES 29.41 12 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Magnus 24 Pairs Lindkvist, Hoor Sweden; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden; Giorgio Duboin, AB C Torino Italy; Norberto Bocchi, Milano Italy 106.82 3.34 1 Happoldt Neuffer, Columbia SC; Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC 61.48% 27.78 13 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker - Jack Feagin Jr - Claudia 2.51 2 Penelope Smith, Charlotte NC; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI 59.90% Feagin, Atlanta GA 105.91 1.88 3 Renay Danto Weiner, Bloomfield MI; Jon Coffee, Northville MI 58.87% 26.32 14 Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland; Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur 2.05 4 Ross Jernigan, Big Canoe GA; Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 56.96% Iceland; Sigurbjorn Haraldsson - Bjarni Holmar Einarsson, Reykjavik 1.44 5 Susan Stockham, Birmingham AL; Robert Teel Jr, Lincoln AL 55.56% Iceland; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON 105.68 2.73 6 1 Myra Abrams, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Ann Weinstein, Yonkers NY 54.35% 25.00 15 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Douglas Dang, San 2.05 2 Carolyn Cooper, Fort Belvoir VA; Liane Tsai, Roswell GA 53.50% Mateo CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 105.45 23.81 16 Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; Edward Wojewoda, 1.54 3 Roy Perry, St. John’s NL; Barbara Rhoades, Wilmington DE 52.73% Clovis CA; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 02 Poland; Srikanth Kodayam, 2.12 4 1 Amy Peterson Reznik - Steven Paul Reznik, Tallahassee FL 52.54% San Leandro CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA 102.77 0.86 5 James Trucks - Sharyn Trucks, Canton GA 51.60% 22.73 17 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Kit Woolsey, 1.59 2 Claybourne Waldrop Jr, Arlington TX; Virginia Sherman, Dallas TX 50.67% Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 102.64 1.19 3 Jacques Gavaland, Alpharetta GA; Neal Rechtman, Ossining NY48.17% 21.74 18 Jim Looby, Burbank CA; Nels Erickson, Sparks NV; Ed Ulman, Portland OR; Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA; Robert Gookin, Falls Church VA 100.82 SECOND SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER SWISS TEAMS 20.83 19 Tom Rutledge - Richard Guarneri - Mark McLaughlin - Susanne McLaughlin, 8 Teams Charleston SC 100.50 AB 20.00 20 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI; Douglas Doub, W 2.54 1 1 Patricia Teplitz, Decatur GA; Sheila Silverman - Carole Metzger - Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Jackson Heights NY; Michael Polowan, New Sikina Ehmer, Atlanta GA 53.00 York NY; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ 100.36 1.67 2/3 Stephen Hibbard - Glen Terrell - Penny Mixon, Arlington TX; Susan 19.23 21 Rose Meltzer - Peter