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Daily BulletinSunday, December 3, 2017 Volume 90, Number 10

90th Fall North American Bridge Championships [email protected] | Editors: Sue Munday, Brent Manley and Chip Dombrowski

Goodwill Message

It is your responsibility to ensure that bridge remains the game you enjoy so much.

Sandy DeMartino, ChairAileen Osofsky Goodwill Committee

As the Player of the Year race winds down, it’s become a three-man contest. As of Friday, with two days to go, Dennis Bilde is in the lead with 751.64 platinum points, almost 85 ahead of Jeff Meckstroth.

The race measures the number of platinum points a player earns at the three NABCs during a calendar year.

Bilde won both the Norman Kay Platinum Pairs in Kansas City with Justin Lall and the Nail Life Master Pairs last week with Alon Birman. As a member

of the Lavazza team, Bilde also placed second in both the Spingold in Toronto and the Jacoby Open Swiss Teams in the spring. He was also a quarterfinalist in the Vanderbilt and placed fifth in the Mitchell Open BAM.

Lavazza failed to qualify for the second day of the Reisinger, leaving the door open for either Meckstroth or Boye Brogeland, who was third as of Friday and leading the Reisinger going into Saturday.

Brogeland had been tied with partner Espen Lindqvist until Tuesday, when he picked up 2.36 points in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs playing with Carl Ragnarsson. That leaves Lindqvist without a way to catch Brogeland as they play together in the Reisinger.

In fifth place and also eliminated from the

Bilde leads Player of the Year race

The Living Legend: 90 years of Excellence

By Francesca CanaliBenito Garozzo, also known as “the living

legend,” is one of the most famous and loved bridge champions in the world. He is attending the San

Diego NABC. I interviewed the star of the Italian Blue Team, who turned 90 this year.

How did you start playing bridge?

I was born in Naples, but my family was living in Cairo, Egypt.

Then, one summer I was sent to spend the holidays in Italy. Ten days after my arrival,

the Second World War broke out. Ships were not traveling to Africa anymore, so I was stuck in Italy, where I stayed with my sister and brother-in-law. We did not know how to play bridge, till one day an uncle came with a book of Ely Culbertson dated 1935. My sister was the only English speaker among us and she translated the rules for us. Soon bridge became the only hobby of the house!

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One of the busiest people on the Hawaiian island of Maui traveled more than 2500 miles this week to get away from it all and have a little fun – playing bridge at the Fall NABC in San Diego.

Maui mayor takes a break for bridge

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It’s Alan Arakawa, mayor of Maui County and, judging by his tournament results and masterpoint total, a pretty good player. He is a Ruby Life Master with more than 2200 masterpoints to his credit, 150 of them earned this year.

On Saturday, Arakawa and his regular partner, Harry Rogers, posted a 66.54% game to win the afternoon session of the Friday-Sunday Side Game Series.

“It’s my first vacation in seven years,” said Arakawa. Born in Maui, he has lived there all of his life except for a brief time on Wake Island when he was in fourth grade and while he was studying business management at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.

Arakawa grew up on a farm, raising cattle and hogs and growing “lots of vegetables and flowers.” After college, he was into other businesses, including real estate and life insurance. He also owned a printing and graphics company.

An expert chess player, Arakawa was introduced to bridge by a friend in the real estate business who invited him to a game at a woman’s home. “I didn’t know anything,” he said. Arakawa and his friend did well in the duplicate game and he was hooked.

We thank you for visiting our special corner of United States. I’m sure you appreciated the beautiful views and weather we enjoy year-round here. Come back to see us.

The tournament was a great success due to the amazing Grand Hyatt Hotel and the proximity of so much San Diego uniqueness. But more so by the hard work and white glove devotion given to the players by our

Committee chairs for the 2017 Fall NABC: (front) Marge Van Hemert, Caddies; Liz Hamilton, I/N Partnerships; Bonnie Bagley, Co-chair; Wendy Turk, Welcome Desk; and Maritha Pottenger, I/N; (rear) Lamya Agelidis, Volunteer Coordinator; Chris Champion, Welcome Desk; Rolf Houtkooper, I/N Partnerships; Ken Monzingo, NABC Chair; Marty Roth, Volunteer Hospitality; and Bill Grant, Treasurer

Thanks for coming!By Ken Monzingo and Bonnie Bagley

2017 Fall NABC Chairs

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Dutch team ahead in North American Swiss

The team captained by Agnes Snellers of the Netherlands will start play today in the Keohane North American Swiss Teams with a lead of 6.09 victory points (20-point scale). Her teammates, all from the Netherlands, are Wubbo De Boer, Joris van Lankveld and Berend Van Den Bos. They will start

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Diamond team leading Reisinger

The team captained by John Diamond takes a slim lead into today’s two final sessions of the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams as they go for a second major teams championship this year.

Diamond and his partner, Brian Platnick, played continued on page 6

Smederevac team ahead in Mixed Swiss

The team captained by Jovanka Smederevac has a carryover lead of 30 victory points going into today’s two final sessions of the NABC+ Mixed

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Sunday, December 3, 2017 Daily Bulletin

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

Meetings are at the Manchester Grand Hyatt.Reisinger Noon and 7 p.m. Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. Mission Beach, third floor

HOSPITALITY

Parking discountPlayers not staying at the hotel can pick up

discounted parking tickets at the Information Desk beginning today at the following times: 8:30-10 a.m., noon-1 p.m., 2:30-3 p.m., 6:30-7:30 p.m. The tickets are good for a discount rate of $11.

Intermediate-Newcomer players may pick up validations at the I-N desk 12:15-12:45 p.m. and 6:30-7 p.m.

New: Credit cards accepted for entry feesPurchase your entries for all events at the NABC

via credit card! All major credit cards are accepted wherever entries are sold. Charges will appear from PurplePass. To use this option, the entire pair or team entry must be charged to a single card. Please be patient with directors using this new system. Bridge Bucks also remain available as an alternative to cash.

Watch your valuablesThere have been thefts in the playing areas

during this tournament. Players are cautioned not to leave their valuables unattended, even for short periods of time.

Video support libraryIn addition to calling ACBL with support

questions, you now have video assistance to help with common issues at your club. Have a question about the new 2017 Laws? We’ve got you covered. Need help with a process in ACBLscore? We have videos for that, too. We’re here to help with situations you face every day. Access the videos at acbl.org/videoresources

Parking shortageCommuters are asked to park carefully and

considerately in the Hyatt parking garage. The garage is running out of room because of cars that are taking up two spaces.

Enjoy late-evening snacks in the Registration Desk area on the second floor.Sunday, Dec. 3

Tomato Bisque Soup

End of tournament saleCommemorative NABC shirts are on sale!

Get a jump on holiday gift shopping. The sale is at 9:30 a.m. at the Welcome Desk on the second floor. Polo shirts (XL only) are going for $10; T-shirts in most sizes – $5; zippered tote bags – $10; Maritha Pottenger’s “Bridge Detective A-Z” – $5; and keychain/flashlights two for $1.

Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in the playing area

during any bridge playing event at an NABC. This includes electronic smoking devices.

NABC Results by Email/Text

Want to be notified when results and the Daily Bulletins from the NABC are posted online? Want to see your results in the events you played in? ACBL Live does just that.

With the ACBL Live notification system, you will receive emails and/or text messages after each session with links that go directly to the information you’re looking for. The email/text message will contain your score for the session and a link to your results. (These results will also be available on your MyResults page at MyACBL.) Players will also receive a notification to indicate when the Daily Bulletin for that day is available.

This service is automatic for members unless they have specifically opted out. To receive text messages, go to MyACBL at acbl.org and select Update My Information to enter your email address and/or cell phone number.

Also at MyACBL, visit the Privacy Settings tab to make sure you’ve selected the Subscribe setting for General Email Communication and Cell Phone Text Communication to receive these notifications.

Glenn meets Ms. Bid Too Much

Glenn Eisenstein was playing in a pairs game with his wife, Abbie, when he had an experience that probably had him thinking, “Just when you think you’ve seen everything . . .”

Eisenstein opened a weak 2♦ and his left-hand opponent passed. Abbie raised to 3♦ and RHO doubled for takeout. Eisenstein passed and LHO bid 2♣. When it was pointed out that 2♣ was insufficient, LHO corrected to 3♣. “You’re getting close,” said Eisenstein, “but it’s still not enough.” Finally, LHO bid 4♣.

Abbie raised to 4♦ and RHO doubled again. Eisenstein made the contract, and the discussion between the opponents began.

“What did you have?” asked the player who doubled twice. “I had just three points,” was the answer. “But,” said the doubler, “you bid three times!”


JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS

Thinking bridgeBy Eddie Kantar

Dlr: West ♠ 6 5 Vul: Both ♥ J 10 6 ♦ K 9 6 5 ♣ J 10 4 2 ♠ Q J 10 8 7 4 ♠ A 3 ♥ K 5 4 ♥ 9 7 3 2 ♦ 4 ♦ Q J 8 7 ♣ 8 5 3 ♣ 9 7 6 ♠ K 9 2 ♥ A Q 8 ♦ A 10 3 2 ♣ A K Q West North East South 2♠ Pass Pass Dbl Pass 3♣ Pass 3NT All Pass

Opening lead: ♠Q.Bidding commentary: West has a minimum

weak two-bid (6 high-card points) but compensating values, a strong suit (three honors). As South, doubling 2♠ and then bidding 3NT is stronger than bidding 3NT directly.

Defensive commentary: As East, overtake the ♠Q with the ace to avoid blocking the suit and return a spade to drive out the king. The defense is off to a good start.

Play commentary: As South, the bidding and East’s play at trick one mark East with a doubleton spade. The idea of a holdup play is not necessarily to win the third round of a suit. The idea is to take the trick when the player with shortness is playing her last card in the suit. East is marked with two spades, so win the second spade. If you can’t be sure whether the opponent with shortness has two or three cards, win the third round of the suit. Finally, if one opponent is marked with a singleton, it is safe to win the first round of the suit. It really is.

Play commentary #2: As South, after winning the second spade, count your sure tricks. You have one spade, one heart, two diamonds and four clubs for a grand total of eight. You can always try the heart finesse, but that finesse goes into the danger hand, West, the hand with winning spades galore.

A better idea is to keep the danger hand off lead by working with diamonds. You do this by finessing into the non-danger hand (East), the one who has no more spades. Cash three top clubs and lead a diamond to the 9. After this loses, win the heart return with the ace, cross to the ♦K noticing West show out, cash the ♣J, discarding a heart, and lead a diamond to the 10. The ♦A is your ninth trick. Your 22 HCP were barely enough to bring this baby home. A simple rule of thumb is to aim all finesses into the safe hand, not the danger hand.

Have you discussed? Balancing

By Brent ManleyA lot of what

has been written for these pages has encouraged you to discuss agreements that help you compete in the bidding. An important aspect of competing is the practice known as “balancing.” It’s losing bridge to allow the opponents to play comfortably in low-level contracts. Consider this auction: West North East South 1♥ Pass 2♥ Pass Pass ?

North should strain to take some action, even bidding 2♠ on a four-card suit if necessary. Most experts agree that if the opponents have found an eight-card fit, your side probably has one, too. You must try to find it. The reason for discussion of this principle is that both players must consider that when partner bids in the passout seat, partner is bidding both hands – his own and his partner’s based on the inference that his side must have some high-card strength or the opponents wouldn’t have stopped bidding.

There are other balancing situations, including this one: West North East South 1♦ Pass Pass ?

East is known to be extremely weak, so South can balance with a hand of medium strength on the assumption that partner has unrevealed strength. The normal range for a bid by South in this situation is 8-13 HCP.

There are some danger signs, however. Using the previous auction as an example, it would be dangerous for South to take action with a hand such as this:♠3 ♥A Q 6 4 ♦K J 5 3 ♣Q 6 4 2.

South could bid 1♥, but he must consider that the opponents have a spade fit, which they are almost sure to discover if given the chance. It’s best to pass and let West play in what could be a tough contract of 1♦.

When South has substantially more than medium strength and finds himself in the passout seat as in the example auction, he can show that hand with a jump bid. A bid of, say, 2♠ would show a good six-card suit with 12-16 HCP.

A balancing double will usually be close to what you would have for a direct double of an opening bid, but it could be weaker – as low as 9 HCP with ideal distribution.

A point of discussion for you is the balancing 1NT bid. Decide on your range and whether your regular 1NT response system is still “on.” A popular range is 10-14 HCP, but 12-16 has support. A jump to 2NT shows a balanced hand, a stopper in opener’s suit and 18-19 HCP.

Alarm bells should go off when the opponents have an apparent misfit. Consider this auction: West North East South 1♣ Pass 1♥ Pass 2♣ Pass 2♥ Pass Pass ?

East-West may have substantial high-card strength but quit bidding because the hands don’t fit well.

Balancing can occur even before one member of your partnership makes it to the passout seat. Consider this auction: West North East South 1♥ Pass 2♥ ? South, holding ♠K Q J 10 3 ♥5 ♦8 7 6 2 ♣9 4 3, can “pre-balance” with a bid of 2♠ because North may lack length in spades, a factor that probably would keep him from balancing.

For most people in the I/N room, whether or not this is your first NABC is a straightforward question. Not for Karen Eddy of Fallbrook CA. “If I have been to one, it would have been 45 years ago,” she said. After playing for about five years in the early ’70s with her husband Lance, she took a very long, work-and-family-induced break from bridge, just returning a few months ago. “I’m a beginner again. I like to feel like I haven’t lost all of what I used to know.”


True CrimeThis former “princess of San Diego high society” is serving 32 years to life for shooting her ex-husband and his new wife in 1989. “They made me do it,” the prisoner said at her parole hearing in January. Application denied!

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FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1 11 Tables 9.62 1 Allan Palansky, Henderson NV; Neal Kleiner, San Pedro CA; David Peim, Torrance CA; David Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA 6.73 2 Victoria Bamberger - Larry Bamberger - Kathleen Hennessy, Bonita CA; Kathleen Byrne, San Diego CA 4.33 3 Marlene Case, Stony Point NY; Andrea Luckey, Kinnelon NJ; Mary Giannella, Wayne NJ; Barbara Fingerhut, Clifton NJ 3.37 4 Betsy Mayers, Weaverville NC; Russell Mayers, Tucson AZ; Danielle Tremblay, Outremont QC; Pat Ingoglia, Sacramento CA

FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 2 15 Tables 7.00 1 Niraj Jain - Rajeev Jog, San Jose CA; Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA; Aaron Mayerson, Redwood City CA 4.90 2 Thuy Tran, San Franciso CA; Tony Greenberg, Malibu CA; Jo Ellen Drisko, Windermere FL; Margaret Getman, St. Paul MN 3.15 3 Pauline Bullert - Cynthia Brogan - Barbara Charlton - Carol Nystrom, Vancouver WA 2.45 4 Deborah Cool, Blaine WA; Harry Satanove - Sid Segal, Vancouver BC; Shael Smith, Richmond BC

Electronic Device PolicyThis policy applies to all events at NABCs. Except for health-related equipment, or by

permission of the Director-in-Charge, any electronic equipment or device capable of receiving or sending an electronic signal, or capable of communicating in any way, may not be operated or functioning in any manner in the playing area during a session of play. Any such equipment must not be visible during the session and must remain off at all times.

The above restrictions apply to all players, captains, coaches, kibitzers and play recorders, except those persons granted permission by the ACBL, and are in force throughout any playing session or segment of play. Further restrictions and requirements apply in events involving live internet and/or vugraph coverage.

A violation of any of the above restrictions will result in an automatic penalty, pursuant to Law 91 of the Laws of Duplicate Bridge, as described below:

In NABC+ Events: First offense of any kind, in a session: one full

board, 12 IMPs or 20% of the maximum available VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring

Second offense, in the same session or third offense within the event: Disqualification of the pair or team from the event.

In Other Events: First offense, in the same session, ringing only:

one-quarter board, 3 IMPs or 1 VP, at the respective form of scoring.

Second offense, in the same session: two full boards, 20 IMPs or 50% of the maximum available VPs per match, at the respective form of scoring.

Third offense, in the event: disqualification of the pair or team from the event.

Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed from the playing area for the remainder of the session.

REISINGER B-A-M - FINALISTS 10 Tables / Based on 48 Tables Carryover 1 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Boye Brogeland, Flekkefjord Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway 2.98 2 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL; Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC; Vladimir Marashev - Ivan Tsonchev - Rosen Gunev, Sofia Bulgaria; Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria 2.56 3 George Mittelman, Thornhill ON; Ken Bercuson, Las Vegas NV; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel; Piotr Pawel Zatorski, Gdansk Poland 2.50 4 Richard Coren - Michael Becker - Aubrey Strul, Boca Raton FL; Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Tarek Sadek - Walid Elahmady, Cairo Egypt 1.16 5 Yuxiong Shen - Zijian Shao, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Yinghao Liu, Minneapolis MN 0.85 6 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 0.44 7 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Sjoert Brink - Bas Drijver, Netherlands 0.31 8 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland 0.25 9 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; David Gold, London Great Britain; Michael Bell, London England; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria 0.14 10 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Oren Kriegel - Ron Smith, Chicago IL 0.00

NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAM - FINALISTS 32 Tables / Based on 124 Tables Carryover 1 Agnes Snellers - Wubbo De Boer, Groenekan Netherlands; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands 28.01 2 Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland; Adam Mesbur, Dublin Ireland 21.92 3 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Thomas Bessis- Jean Quantin, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France; Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan France 19.63 4 Victor Markowicz - Victor Melman, Boca Raton FL; Apolinary Kowalski - Moszozynski Krzyszef, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland; Jerzy Russyan, Warsaw Poland 18.54 5 Joyce Hill, Hobe Sound FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Justin Lall, Charlotte NC; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Beach Gardens FL 17.26 6 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Roy Welland, New York NY; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Stockholm Sweden 17.25 7 Paul Lewis - Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 17.17 8 Chen Zhao, College Park MD; Jing Liu, Minneapolis MN; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore 16.02 9 Cristal Nell, Seattle WA; Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC; Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ; John Ramos, Los Angeles CA 15.61 10 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Krzysztof Buras, Warsaw Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Michal Kwiecien, Lublin Poland 13.36 11 Tim Verbeek - Danny Molenaar, Netherlands; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL; Bob Drijver - Bart Nab, Netherlands; Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy 13.23 12 Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Kenneth Schutze, Austin TX; James Griffin, Sausalito CA 11.58 13 Yeshayahu Levit - Orenstein Eitan - Adrian Schwartz, Tel Aviv Israel; Shalom Zeligman, Bat-Yam Israel 10.12 14 Thomas Weik, Reading PA; Lyle Poe Jr, Ellicott City MD; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ; Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ; Jim Darvey, Rancho Mirage CA; Neil Stern, Indio CA 9.80 15 Edward Nagy, Danville CA; Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; James Tritt, Anaheim CA 9.51 16 Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA; Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Robert Cappelli, Sanibel FL; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH 9.34 17 Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; Leszek Rabiega, Watsonville CA; Farid Assemi - Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA; Edward Wojewoda, Tempe AZ 8.48 18 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Peter Gill - Adam Stokka, Sydney Australia 8.04 19 GS Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Michael Hughes, Jefferson City MO; Thomas Maccormac, Dublin Ireland; James Heneghan, Washington DC; Benedicte Cronier, Paris France 7.99 20 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA; Allen Hawkins Jr., Birmingham AL; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 7.05 21 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX 6.75 22 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Ola Rimstedt - Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden; Jenny Wolpert, Palm Beach Gardens FL 5.67 23 Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA; Billy Cohen - Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA 4.51 24 Howard Einberg, Los Angeles CA; James Glickman, Las Vegas NV; John Feo, Kennewick WA; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT 2.91 25 Michael Crawford - Dorn Bishop, San Diego CA; David Abelow, La Jolla CA; David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD 1.92 26 Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC; Bruce Lang, West Palm Beach FL; Corey Krantz, Delray Beach FL; Andrew Russell, St. Catharines ON 1.53 27 Dan Morse, Houston TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 1.41 28 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Daniel Korbel - Curtis Cheek, Las Vegas NV; Bauke Muller - Simon De Wijs, Netherlands; Huub Bertens, Bend OR 1.19 29 Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA; Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 0.41


local volunteers.Lamya Agelidis, our San Diego liaison arranged

a cadre of great people to assist us. Wendy Turk and Chris Champion at the very

popular Welcome Desk (bet you enjoyed the great embroidered polo shirts!).

Debbie and Alan Gailfus, Jim and Shay Andrews were all so professional at the information partnership desks every day.

Nance Lodge and helpers doled out thousands of beautiful T-shirts and flashlight/key chains to those who won a section or overall.

Gigette Caldwell was terrific in compiling the best restaurant guide.

Marge Van Hemert watched over the caddies.Marty Roth provided volunteer hospitality. Bill Grant kept track of the tournament finances.The Intermediate/Newcomer area was the

best ever under the expert leadership of Maritha Pottenger and Marc Matz supplying lavish gifts, awards and lessons. Liz Hamilton and Rolf Houtkooper (NABC chairs themselves) were delightful in arranging partnerships for these new and advancing players.

A great crew, a great city, a great hotel and a great tournament. Thank you all for coming.

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Thank you

FRIDAY ZIP KO 14 Tables 4.48 1 William Zhu - Edmund Wu - Anant Rathi, San Francisco CA; Samuel Kuang, Elmhurst NY 3.14 2 Daniel Sonner, Redwood City CA; Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Saul Priever - Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 1.79 3/4 Monique Thomas, Laguna Beach CA; Stefanie Woodburn, Los Angeles CA; Brian Reynolds - Samantha Macdouglas, Canoga Park CA 1.79 3/4 David Gurvich - Rachael Moller, New York NY; Jennifer Lin, San Francisco CA; R. Rubinstein, Astoria NY

30 Maciej Klis, Krakow Poland; Stanislaw Pajak, Starachonice Poland; Piotr Kucharski - Janusz Gaisecki, Krakow Poland 0.27 31 Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA; William Doroshow, Skokie IL; Christophe Grosset - Borislav Popov, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Stefan Skorchev, London England 0.18 32 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England; Dror Padon - Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel; Cornelis Van Prooijen – Louk Verhees Jr., Netherlands 0.00

NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS - FINALISTS 58 Tables / Based on 114 Tables Carryover 1 Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria; Marusa Basa, London Great Britain; Victor King, Hartford CT 30.00 2 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Will Ehlers, West Orange NJ; Iulian Rotaru - Sandra Rimstedt, New York NY; Radu Nistor, Woodside NY; Ida Groenkvist, Bromma Sweden 23.17 3 Tatiana Dikhnova - Tatiana Ponomareva - Aleksander Dubinin - Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia; Geir Helgemo, Monaco; Jessica Larsson, Taby Sweden 20.66 4 Sharon Horton, Lakeland FL; Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Gen Geiger - Terry McHenry, Sarasota FL 18.50 5 Leon Lowe - JoAnne Lowe, Fountain Hills AZ; Janet Daling - Steve Mansfield, Sun Lakes AZ 18.39 6 Valentin Kovachev, Las Vegas NV; Lynne Rosenbaum, Glencoe IL; Ahu Zobu, Istanbul Turkey; Viktor Aronov, Sofia Bulgaria 17.63 7 Jo Anna Stansby - Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Martin Fleisher - Joe Grue, New York NY; Christina Madsen, Hellerup Denmark 16.83 8 Diana Holt, Palm Beach FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Harry Tudor, Miami FL; Patricia Dovell, Gainesville FL 15.81 9 Robert Hopkins Jr. - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA; Alan Tenenbaum - Mary Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 14.54 10 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Daniela von Arnim, Hockenheim Germany 14.47 11 Patricia Herrera, Mexico Mexico; Rebecca Rogers, Henderson NV; Paul Darin - Jim Johnsen, San Diego CA 14.18 12 Karen Turner - Barbara Stewart - Michael Roche - Duncan Smith, Victoria BC 13.70 13 Rebecca Clough - Roger Clough, Culver City CA; Pat Leary - Jim Leary, Livermore CA 13.29 14 Michael Fleisher - Mindy Foos, Campbell CA; Barbara Luttrell - Bruce Luttrell, San Jose CA 12.85 15 Bye-----NPC; Mark Cohen - Stasha Cohen, West Orange NJ; David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO 12.74 16 Suzanne Cook, McKinleyville CA; Tracy Brines - Maureen Brines, Virginia Beach VA; Theo Lichtenstein, Tallahassee FL 12.39 17 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo Japan; Godfrey Chang - Yasuko Shrenzel, Honolulu HI; Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken Japan 10.44 18 Steve Cohen, Las Vegas NV; Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; Robert Perlsweig, Woodland Hills CA; Pam Wittes, Venice CA 10.38 19 May Sakr, Ardmore PA; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland; Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland; Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw Poland; Daniel Miles, Toronto ON 10.35 20 Raluca Dobrescu - Robert Barrington, New York NY; Lorraine Cable - Kerry Kappell, Elmhurst NY 10.27 21 Jessica Lai - Grant Vance, Oakland CA; Jo Ginsberg - Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA 9.90 22 Todd Werby, Tiburon CA; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA; Aaron Jones, Oceanside CA; Jennifer Lin, San Francisco CA 9.59 23 Kitty Cooper - Steven Cooper, Lakeside CA; Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 9.39 24 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Sylvie Willard, Paris France; Catherine D’Ovidio, Colombes France; Carlos Hoyos, Bogota Colombia 8.61 25 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Louis-Amaury Beauchet, Sherwood OR; Marc Mus - Catherine Mus, Montpellier France 8.49 26 Alison Wilson, New York NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Cecilia Rimstedt, Onsala Sweden; Magdalena Ticha - Richard Ritmeijer, The Netherlands 8.22 27 Julie Smith - Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Ben Takemori, Burnaby BC; K. Fung, Edmonton AB 7.72 28 Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Maureen Weiman, Eden Prairie MN; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Brian McGuire, United Kingdom 7.67 29 V. Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA; Rhoda Walsh - Debbie Gailfus - Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA 7.59 30 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; Brian Reynolds - Samantha Macdouglas, Canoga Park CA 7.13 31 Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Shane Blanchard, New York NY; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 6.50 32 Joann Glasson - Bob Glasson, Pennington NJ; Joann Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV 6.17 33 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; Ann Borgschulte, San Francisco CA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 6.01 34 Ellen Cherniavsky - William Cole, Silver Spring MD; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 5.91 35 Signe Buus Thomsen, Frederiksberg Denmark; Giuseppe Delle Cave, Rome Italy; Claire Alpert - Marc Spellman, Miami FL 5.89 36 Brian Glubok, New York NY; Allyson Wolfe, Saint Louis MO; Harold Antonson, Olympia WA; Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 5.84 37 Chris Benson, Leroy IL; Wirt Gilliam, San Diego CA; Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 5.83 38 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rancho Palo Verdes CA 5.69 39 Nelson Davis, Seattle WA; Andrea James, Auburn WA; Vandana Vidwans, Fremont CA; Rajeev Gupta, Oakland CA 5.46 40 Jerry Goldberg - Jane Dillenberg - Michael Rosen, New York NY; Sandrea Friedman, Flushing NY 5.41 41 Claudette Hartman, Austin TX; James La Fountain, Temple TX; Virgil Massey, Driftwood TX; Charlene Sands, Pflugerville TX 5.00 42 Margaret Peterson - Mark Peterson, Larkspur CA; Bjorgvin Kristinsson, Minneapolis MN; Dawn Campbell, Portland OR 4.23


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NA Swiss


Reisinger

with Norwegians Boye Brodeland and Espen Lindqvist in winning the Spingold Knockout Teams this summer in Toronto.

Diamond’s carryover is 2.98, just ahead of the squad led by Nicklay Demirev, Arlington Heights IL. The rest of the team is Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC plus four players from Bulgaria: Vladimir Marashev, Ivan Tsonchev, Rosen Gunev and Kalin Karaivanov. The Demirev team is in second by just .42 points.

play with a carryover of 28.01 VPs. The qualifiers will play two final sessions today.

In second place is the team captained by Melih Ozdil, New York City; Kauko Koistinen and Vesa Fagerlund, both of Finland, and Adam Mesbur of Ireland.

43 Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Cadir Lee, Los Gatos CA; William Bailey, Mill Valley CA; Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV 4.08 44 Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL; Julius Sigurjonsson, Kopavogur Iceland; Christal Henner, New York NY; Ranald Davidson, Montreal QC 3.87 45 Nancy Kornegay - Stephen Kornegay, North Richland Hills TX; Joe Quinn - Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 2.56 46 Susan Peters, Vancouver BC; Doug Hansford, Surrey BC; Donald Sache - Sheila Sache, Burnaby BC 2.40 47 Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Harold Lilie - Janis Lilie, Las Vegas NV; Linda Rothstein - Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY 2.33 48 Gerry McCully - Rhonda Foster, Sun City West AZ; Steve Gross, Westlake Village CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA 1.65 49 Sally Clark, Montrose AL; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK; Tom Breed, Kingwood TX 1.64 50 Ole Godefroy - Julie Godefroy, Bellevue WA; Carol Bruno - Steve Bruno, Oceanside CA 1.53 51 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL; Ronald Mak, Manchester NH 1.48 52 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; T Brian Zaugg, Burien WA; Shawn Abernethy, Seattle WA 1.45 53 Sabrina Miles, Mansfield MA; Darryl Legassie, Milton NH; Raymond Hornby - Marielle Brentnall, Winnipeg MB 1.34 54 Robert Morris, Houston TX; Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM; Anam Tebha, Charlotte NC; Cameron Doner, Surrey BC 1.04 55 Yan Song - Kun He, Plano TX; Jiaqi Zhu - Shuai Lan, Los Angeles CA 1.03 56 Lewis Gamerman, Randolph MA; R. Rubinstein, Astoria NY; Margie Sullivan, Sagamore Beach MA; Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA 0.27 57 Jim Leuker, San Francisco CA; Evelyn Holtz - Kate Hill, Santa Rosa CA; Robert Rubinstein, Edgewater NJ; Paul Bubendey, Vero Beach FL 0.11 58 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA; Richard Price - Melissa Price, Glenn Dale MD 0.00


Mixed Swiss

Swiss Teams. Smederevac is playing with Alexander Wernle. They both live in Vienna, Austria. Their teammates are Marusa Basa, London, England, and Victor King, Hartford CT.

In second place are Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Will Ehlers, West Orange NJ; Iulian Rotaru and Sandra Rimstedt, New York City; Radu Nistor, Woodside NY, and Ida Groenkvist, Sweden.


BLUE RIBBON PAIRS - CORRECTED 39.0 Tables / Based on 157 Tables190.00 1 Joe Grue, New York NY; Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 1181.52142.50 2 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Sylvia Shi, Las Vegas NV 1164.98106.88 3 Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach Gardens FL; Brad Moss, Denver CO 1161.34 87.69 4 Dan Morse, Houston TX; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 1153.41 81.43 5 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY 1150.84 76.00 6 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 1137.91 71.25 7 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Michael Whibley, Aukland New Zealand 1133.83 67.06 8 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; William Pettis, Chevy Chase MD 1124.59 63.33 9 Nagy Kamel, Plano TX; Alexander Kolesnik, Los Angeles CA 1124.39 60.00 10 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 1124.33 57.00 11 Eitan Orensten, Haifa Israel; Kalish Au, 1118.69 54.29 12 Jovanka Smederevac - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria 1106.91 51.82 13 Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV 1102.70 49.57 14 Jie Li - Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China 1091.57 47.50 15 Haig Tchamitch, Paradise Valley AZ; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV 1089.45 45.60 16 Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain 1088.93 43.85 17 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; David Grainger, Etobicoke ON 1084.54 42.22 18 Jay Borker, Tempe AZ; Per-Ola Cullin, Enskededalen Sweden 1077.37 40.71 19 Larry Sealy, Huntsville AL; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 1075.87 39.31 20 Louis-Amaury Beauchet, Sherwood OR; Jon Bartlett, Portland OR 1075.15 38.00 21 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Zia Mahmood, New York NY 1073.06 36.77 22 Agustin Madala - Adolfo Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 1053.96 35.63 23 Richard Potter, Black Mountain NC; Hugh Brown Jr., Greenwood SC 1053.78 34.55 24 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL 1049.83 33.53 25 Allan Liugard; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway 1049.36 32.57 26 Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Uttam Gupta, Bangalore India 1048.66 31.67 27 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 1045.60 30.81 28 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA 1043.16 30.00 29 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA 1038.51 29.23 30 Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden 1034.73 28.50 31 Christophe Grosset, Issy-Les-Moulin France; Kevin Castner, Kentfield CA 1034.39 27.80 32 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 1026.74 27.14 33 Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL; Alexander Ornstein, New York NY 1024.20 26.51 34 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Victor King, Hartford CT 1022.67 25.91 35 Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Marty Seligman, Wynnewood PA 1021.47 25.33 36 Joann Sprung - Danny Sprung, Las Vegas NV 1021.29 24.78 37 Bernard Cabanes - Eric Gautret, Montpellier France 1020.11 24.26 38 Veri Kiljan - Luc Tijssen, Tilburg Norway 1019.46 23.75 39 Michael Kamil, Oro Valley AZ; Richard Coren, Boca Raton FL 1018.55 23.27 40 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England 1013.39 22.80 41 Carlos Hoyos - Jorge Barrera, Bogota Colombia 1010.45 22.35 42 Steve Chen, San Jose CA; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX 1010.30 21.92 43 Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA 1008.78 21.51 44 Chien-Yao Tseng, Cerritos CA; Wei-Bung Wang, Redmond WA 1007.69 21.11 45 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 1007.11 20.73 46 Dick Melson, Chicago IL; David Lehman, Glenview IL 1005.02 25.80 47 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 1004.86 20.00 48 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 1003.36 19.66 49 Yanong Han, Milpitas CA; Jianming Zhang, Union City CA 1001.81 19.32 50 Yeshayahu Levit, Tel Aviv Israel; Amos Kaminski, New York NY 1000.41 19.00 51 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 1000.34 18.69 52 David Caprera - Anne Brenner, Denver CO 998.28 18.39 53 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA 996.01 18.10 54 Godefroy De Tessieres - Quentin Robert, Paris France 993.00 23.60 55 Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL 991.45 17.54 56 Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 988.93 17.27 57 Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 985.64 17.01 58 Jeff Roman, Bend OR; Mikael Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 985.16 16.76 59 Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; William Cole, Silver Spring MD 980.68 16.52 60 Michel Abecassis, Paris France; Philippe Soulet, France 968.82 16.29 61 Nicholas Lhuissier, Rueil Malmaison France; Romain Tembouret, France 963.76 16.06 62 Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA 952.05 15.83 63 Steve Weinstein, Montclair NJ; Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark 935.72 15.81 64 Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL; Alon Apteker, Johannesburg South Africa 934.29 15.41 65 Phil Warden, Madison WI; Jeffrey Miller, Naperville IL 926.94 15.20 66 Allen Kahn, New York NY; David Rosenberg, Jackson Heights NY 911.32 15.00 67 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC 906.16 14.81 68 James Tritt, Anaheim CA; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA 901.59 14.62 69 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Laurence Lebowitz, Boston MA 891.34 14.43 70 Pierre Franceschetti - Marc Mus, Montpellier France 888.54 14.25 71 Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Palm Beach Gdns FL 869.25 14.07 72 Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 869.00 13.90 73 Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Shelly Dunietz, Santa Rosa CA 868.87 21.53 74 Robin Bjorkstrand - Borje Dahlberg, Goteborg Sweden 858.05 13.57 75 Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ; Walter Lee, Sudbury MA 849.92 33.18 76 Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco; Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia 844.09 13.26 77 Gary Macgregor, Portola Valley CA; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA 827.83 13.10 78 Sally Clark, Montrose AL; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 790.06

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Maui mayor

At the time, Arakawa was running an office for Equitable Life Insurance. When his supervisor in that job found out about his interest in bridge, “he mandated that I keep playing,” Arakawa said. “He said it was a good way to meet people, and he didn’t mind that I wasn’t in the office all the time.”

As one of Maui’s top two or three chess players, Arakawa has donated hundreds of chess sets to school children. “I would teach chess if I had the time,” he said.

Arakawa decided to go into politics during his time as supervisor at a Maui County wastewater management facility. Frustrated at finding it hard to get anything done because of the layers of bureaucracy, he sought a way to change the process. “I decided to work from the top,” he said.

The first step was his successful campaign for a position on the county council in 1994. Four years later, he ran for mayor. He lost but came back in 2002 and was elected mayor. He lost in the next mayoral election but has won twice since then. He is a year away from completing his current term as mayor. With that, he will be the longest serving mayor in Maui County history.

Arakawa plays each year at the Honolulu Regional but rarely travels away from Hawaii to play bridge. In 1977, with just one masterpoint to his credit, Arakawa attended the Spring NABC in Pasadena, but it was only because he was in the area visiting family.

The 2017 Fall NABC, he said, is really “my first one away from Hawaii.”

Arakawa said he enjoys playing bridge despite the frustrations that come with the game from time to time. “I enjoy it, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t torture,” he said.

The mayor said he and Rogers always take their wives when they go to bridge tournaments. “We get to play. The penalty is that the wives go shopping. That’s how we even it up.”


SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SWISS 19 Tables A B C 5.41 1 1 1 Charles Rauch, Monterey CA; Ginny Noe, North Arlington NJ; Nadine Armus, Rockaway NJ; Janice Skow, Carmel CA 57.00 4.06 2 2 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Melinda Westgate, Mercer Island WA; Ann Matthews, St. George UT; George Boedecker, Anchorage AK 54.00 2.66 3/4 3/4 David Kennedy - Philip Savage III, San Bernardino CA; Michel Tuszewski, Riverside CA; Corliss Serber, Yucaipa CA 53.00 2.66 3/4 3/4 Terrance Hill - Paul Hochfeld, Corvallis OR; Peter Rans, Halifax NS; Carolyn Wood, Cobbs Creek VA 53.00 1.71 5 5 Alan Arakawa, Kahului HI; Harry Rogers, Wailuku HI; Christopher Young, San Diego CA; Judy Rimer, La Jolla CA 51.00 1.12 6/7 6/7 Brian Hegarty - Judy Bredall, Colorado Springs CO; John Crouch, Minneapolis MN; Loring Knoblauch, Chicago IL 45.00 1.56 6/7 6/7 2 Lee Smart, Olive Branch MS; Susan Ray, Germantown TN; Deborah Harrington, Memphis TN; Roseann Buckley, Ventura CA 45.00 1.17 3 Dale Phillips - Peter Clark - Joan Gross, San Diego CA; Arlene Navias, La Jolla CA 39.00

SATURDAY MORNING SIDE PAIRS 18.5 Tables A B C 6.28 1 Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE; Susan MacDonald, San Anselmo CA 66.77% 5.63 2 1 1 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 61.67% 4.22 3 2 Scott Nelson - Carol Nelson, Carlsbad CA 61.16% 3.17 4 3 Peter Clay - Kathleen Clay, Wellesley MA 60.62% 2.37 5 Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA; Neeta Mone, Livingston NJ 58.99% 2.38 6 4 Martyn Cooper, Katy TX; Beth Todd, New Orleans LA 58.82% 1.12 7 Carole Liss, San Rafael CA; Raymond Sachs, San Diego CA 57.32% 1.91 5 Amy Rhodes, New York NY; Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY 56.71% 1.34 6 Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO; Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO 55.04% 1.37 7 Arthur Mirin, Castro Valley CA; Stephanie Singer, Belmont CA 53.76% 1.97 2 Nanette Hittmeier, Olympia WA; Pamela Williams, Albuquerque NM 52.62% 1.48 3 Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO; Robert Gray, Prince Frederick MD 48.34% 1.11 4 Dawn Lee - Jill Thesman, Los Angeles CA 48.23%

SATURDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 13.5 Tables A B C 3.60 1 1 1 Lynn Sager, South Pasadena CA; Joan Riback, Altadena CA 66.92% 2.70 2 2 2 Shelley Basson - Andrew Ries, San Diego CA 62.26% 2.03 3 Lynne Anderson, San Diego CA; Debbie Hedenberg, La Jolla CA 61.92% 1.52 4 Alyse Galvin - Patrick Galvin, Anchorage AK 59.45% 1.76 5 3 Bryan Barrett - Liz Barrett, Annapolis MD 57.66% 1.35 6 4 3 Sonja Mooradian - Art Mooradian, Fort Myers FL 56.41% 1.01 5 4 Kenneth Grissinger, Indio CA; Carol McConnell, Bermuda Dunes CA 56.24% 0.76 6 5 Luanne Stoltz - Susan Tear, Portland OR 55.58%

SATURDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 5.0 Tables A B 1.75 1 Joan E. Hafer, La Mesa CA; Virginia Shue, San Diego CA 67.77% 1.31 2 Robert Davis - Anita Davis, Durango CO 63.69% 0.98 3 Margaret Trader, Chula Vista CA; Yvonne Matta, Annapolis MD 53.53% 1.39 4 1 Levi Katriel, Del Mar CA; Johnathan Trader, Chula Vista CA 49.41% 1.04 2 Laura Mirsky - Saul Mirsky, West Des Moines IA 48.72%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 38.0 Tables 7 5 2 12.60 1 1 1 Patrick Staley, San Diego CA; Gerald Kibbey, La Mesa CA 67.26% 9.45 2 2 Sunila Kulkarni, Ladera Ranch CA; Raeann Koerner, Ventura CA 61.01% 7.09 3 3 David Dodson - Joan Shafer, Pahoa HI 60.12% 5.32 4 Lynne Castoldi, La Quinta CA; Merle Friedman, Palm Desert CA 59.52% 4.20 5 Thomas Burgeson - Geneva Murphy, San Diego CA 59.38% 3.60 6 Louis Block, San Diego CA; Chebli Jada, La Jolla CA 59.23% 4.54 7 4 Jennifer Prairie - Branko Obradovic, San Diego CA 58.78% 3.58 8 5 2 William Boline, Minneapolis MN; Jeffrey Walker, Eagan MN 56.85% 3.07 9 6 Ramey Farah, La Jolla CA; Leslie Brucker, Los Angeles CA 56.70% 2.69 10 7 3 Danning Lu - Andrew Rowberg, Santa Barbara CA 55.95% 2.39 11 8 Kathryn Ells - Elly Bronk, Halifax NS 55.06% 2.15 12 9 Mark Spiro, Encinitas CA; Steve Reid, Carlsbad CA 54.91% 1.95 13 10 Brenda Hatton, San Jose CA; Eunice Menezes, Cupertino CA 54.61% 1.88 14 11 4 Salim Bhimji, Brea CA; Sofi Kasubhai, Chino Hills CA 54.46% 1.65 15 12 5 David Merenbach - Lisa Merenbach, Belmont CA 54.32% 2.04 16 13 Kenneth Agress, Anaheim CA; Sharon Ray, Newport Beach CA 54.17% 1.64 17/18 14/15 Patty Paulsen - Carl Paulsen, Carlsbad CA 54.02% 1.60 17/18 14/15 6 Barry Sackin, Murrieta CA; David Blumenberg, Fallbrook CA 54.02% 1.53 19 16 Kathy Wheeler, Half Moon Bay CA; Gerry Gassman, Los Gatos CA 53.72% 1.45 17/18 Helen Prowse - Kathryn MacIsaac, Halifax NS 53.57% 1.16 17/18 Mark Andrews, Mapleton ND; Merri Banks, Surprise AZ 53.57%

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 10.0 Tables A B C 3.00 1 1 Cindy McColl, Los Altos Hills CA; Kelly Villareal, Austin TX 62.50% 2.25 2 2 Allen Jones, Ketchum ID; Wendy Vaughn Platt, San Diego CA 59.52% 1.69 3 3 1 Sonja Mooradian - Art Mooradian, Fort Myers FL 56.55% 1.27 4 4 Lawrence Calder - Dianne Belk, San Diego CA 55.36% 0.95 5 5 Shirley First, San Diego CA; Yael Aires, La Jolla CA 54.76% 0.66 6/7 Bryan Barrett - Liz Barrett, Annapolis MD 54.17% 0.62 6/7 Debe Nelson, Basalt CO; Margot Levy, Crested Butte CO 54.17% 1.14 2 Shannon Luck, Sandy UT; Aaron Dewell, Coalville UT 50.89%

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 1 13 Tables 15.17 1 Paula Nataf, Beverly Hills CA; Sabine Rolland, Rueil France; Jessie DeTessieres, Lyon France; Aurelie Thizy, Cachan France 10.62 2 Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Larry Griffey, Vero Beach FL; Robert McClendon, Ponte Vedra FL; Michael Dalton, Palm Coast FL 6.83 3 Harold George, Wichita KS; Ringo Chung, Mississauga ON; Vinay Sarin, Thornhill ON; Michael Schrage, Chestnut Hill MA 5.31 4 Edmund Wu - Anant Rathi, San Francisco CA; Rai Osborne, Anaheim CA; Mark Leonard, Long Beach CA

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 2 12 Tables 10.04 1 Ray Fink, Jackson WY; Beth Milam - James Milam, Idaho Falls ID; Malcolm Morris, London 7.03 2 Xingping Kang, El Monte CA; Cecil T.C. Chan, Wellesley MA; Dominique Moore, Arcadia CA; Xiao Lu Gu, Rowland Heights CA 4.52 3 Martyn Cooper, Katy TX; Beth Todd, New Orleans LA; Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN; Sam Dodson, Houston TX 3.51 4 Eleth Fields, Tustin CA; Marina Fomenkova - Jeremy Fields, San Diego CA; Janice Joerger, Rancho Santa Fe CA

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 3 10 Tables 7.41 1 Deborah Weiss - Carol Johns, Scottsdale AZ; Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ; Ronald Dixon, Vancouver BC 5.19 2 Tod Pontius - David Warner, Austin TX; Barbara Teng - Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD 3.33 3 Mary Ann Bond, Fargo ND; Nancy Gaunt, Evansville IN; William Mendez Jr., Alexandria VA; Michael Goldman, Rockville MD 2.59 4 Stephanie Rogers - Richard Rogers, San Francisco CA; Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; Moises Saul, Bellevue WA

SATURDAY COMPACT KO 4 11 Tables 5.83 1 Connie Arnold - Judith Remmers - Barbara Page - Gail Vick, Modesto CA 4.08 2 Matthew Rudary – L. Allison Rudary - Frank Dinoff, New York NY; Christopher Rivera, Woodside NY 2.62 3 Joanie Dinsmore, Mountain View CA; Susan Zhang - Richard Herzog, Los Altos Hills CA; Buz Battle, Los Altos CA 2.04 4 Raghubir Mathur, Poway CA; Richard Hsieh, Coronado CA; Batia Kvashny, La Jolla CA; Suresh Kanekar, San Diego CA



Garozzo

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After the war, I went back to Egypt and started playing at the local bridge club, where I met great players. I improved my cardplay using Autobridge, and ended up in the news for the first time: An Egyptian newspaper described me as a promising talent.

How did you become a member of the Italian Blue Team?

The Blue Team had already won three world titles when, in 1961, I was suddenly called, just 10 days before the start of the championship. Pietro Forquet’s partner had an unexpected work commitment. I replied with this telegram: “Thank you for the desired invitation and I confirm my enthusiastic participation. Stop. Best wishes. Stop.”

When, a few months ago my partner and I were called on for the Italian National Team for the 2017 World Championships, we sent the Italian Bridge Federation these same exact words, 56 years later. The only difference is that this time it was by email!

In 1961, I was to play with Pietro Forquet. I almost did not know him and we had never played together before.

We had only 10 days to build up a partnership, so each afternoon we met at Forquet’s place with Eugenio Chiaradia, who helped us to train. We used to remove the 2s, 3s and 4s from the deck, deal the cards and bid. I had always used a natural system, so I had to learn the Neapolitan Club in few days starting from zero. Anyway we were a complementary partnership: I was very aggressive, while Pietro was extremely solid and never taking risks. We were awarded as the best partnership of the championship and we won the Bermuda Bowl.

Just like 56 years ago, the invitation to play on the 2017 Open team came at the very last minute. I took a photo with Giovanni Donati, the youngest player on the team, aged 19. I put in his hands the Bermuda Bowl that I had won in 1961 and told him: “This is your first world championship and I wish that you can win it, like it has happened to me!”

Unfortunately we did not win and I know it was mainly because of my partner and me.

I am very happy that I had this opportunity. I think nobody will hit the record of playing in an Open event for the national team at 90 years old!

You have invented many bidding systems…Thanks to computers, everybody improved in

card play. Nowadays, results are achieved during bidding, especially in competition.

The bidding system gives a 5-10 percent average advantage, which seems not much, but if you think that we have lost world championships by 2 or 3 IMPs, you can see how big a difference bidding methods can make.

At the beginning of my career, I only played

Giovanni Donati and Benito Garozzo hold the 1961 Bermuda Bowl.

natural. When they taught me the Neapolitan Club, I became very much interested in bidding systems. Together with Giorgio Belladonna I invented the New Roman Club and the the Lancia Club. The Dutch Bridge Federation hired me to give lessons to their Open and Women’s teams, so I invented a specific system for them: the Volmac. Soon after, I invented the system that I am still playing. I created it for my beloved Lea Dupont, who had come to Italy to improve her bridge and had found an Italian partner. They did not know the Strong Club, so I decided to build up a good system on natural bases for them and I invented GAR. [Ed: the system takes its name from the first letters of Benito’s last name.]

At the top of my career, a Chinese player contacted me and hired me to play Precision. He has asked me if I was up to developing Super Precision, and so I did. Now I have another system in mind, a kind of “half-strong Club,” which will be disclosed in my new book, together with many other conventions that can be included in any bidding system. The book will also include a part on leads: many hands will be presented to the best players in the world and they will explain how they would lead and why.

You have had many bridge partners in your life.

Yes, and I want to say that my successes are especially due to the fact that I have always played with very strong players: Forquet, Belladonna, Arturo Franco, Lorenzo Lauria, Dano De Falco, Vito Pittalà and many others.

The new generation of bridge players is extremely talented. The future of bridge is guaranteed. Among the young ones, I am very impressed by Agustin Madala.

As for me, I will keep playing for all my life, but when I realize that my level is not satisfying anymore, I will stop playing in public. I will retire and play only online, probably hiding behind a pseudonym.

Facts about Benito Garozzo

n He was born on Sept. 5, 1927 in Naples.n He was married to Lea Dupont from the U.S.n He lived in Florida from 1987 to 2012, becoming

a U.S. citizen in 1994.n He has a daughter, Silvana, a son, Fulvio, and two

grown grandchildren. He is looking forward to his next achievement: becoming a great-grandfather!

n In 1964, he opened a jewelry store in Rome, next to the famous Trevi’s fountain. Called Monna Lisa, it is now managed by his daughter and son.

n He is a passionate golfer.n In 2011, aged 84, he was proudly able to bid in 10

different bidding systems.n In his career he won 10 Bermuda Bowls, three

World Bridge Games (past Bridge Olympiads), five European Championships, two European Open Championships, four NABC titles, a Gemini Cup, dozens of Italian titles and countless national and international events.

n In 2017 he was elected to the European Bridge League Hall of Fame.

n In 2017 he was named Personality of the Year by the International Bridge Press Association.

n He has written 11 books and is currently working on the 12th.

n He has trained the Dutch and Italian national teams.

Play well, earn a pushOn this deal from the first qualifying session of

the Keohane North American Swiss Teams, Marshall Lewis had to play well to earn a push. He was playing with Fredrik Helness. Dlr: South ♠ A 8 6 Vul: None ♥ K 9 5 4 ♦ K 6 ♣ Q 9 6 4 ♠ Q J 10 7 ♠ K 9 5 4 2 ♥ Q 10 7 3 ♥ — ♦ A 10 4 ♦ 9 8 7 3 ♣ J 3 ♣ A 8 5 2 ♠ 3 ♥ A J 8 6 2 ♦ Q J 5 2 ♣ K 10 7 West North East South Helness Lewis 1♥ Pass 2NT Pass 3♠ Pass 4♦ Pass 4♥ All Pass

2NT was a game-forcing raise of hearts; 3♠ indicated shortness.

West led the ♠Q, taken in dummy with the ace. At trick two, Lewis played dummy’s ♦6 to his queen and West’s ace. Lewis ruffed the spade continuation and played a diamond to dummy’s king. He continued with a club to his king, followed by the ♦J: 10, ♣4, ♦8. When Lewis played the ♦5, West discarded the ♣J. Lewis ruffed the diamond in dummy. East followed suit. Lewis ruffed a spade to hand and played a club to dummy’s 9 and East’s ace, West discarding his last spade. On the club return, Lewis followed with the 10 and West, down to all trumps, had to ruff and lead away from his ♥Q 10 7, eliminating Lewis’s loser in that suit. That was plus 420 for his side.

Had Lewis gone down, the team would have lost 10 IMPs because, at the other table, South made 10 tricks in hearts on a less-challenging defense.

Like ‘War and Peace’?Mark Bennett of Honolulu HI was playing in the

Daylight Open Pairs on Friday when he overheard an extremely long-winded director call at the next table. As the players at that table continued to divulge what sounded like irrelevant information to the director, Bennett leaned over to his right-hand opponent and said, “Gosh, it’s like ‘War and Peace’ over there.” She surprised him by pulling out a book from her purse: volume one of Tolstoy’s famously verbose novel. “Actually, I have ‘War and Peace’ right here,” she said.


FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE PAIRS 29.0 Tables A B C 8.45 1 1 Alan Arakawa, Kahului HI; Harry Rogers, Wailuku HI 66.54% 6.34 2 Carole Liss, San Rafael CA; Raymond Sachs, San Diego CA 65.69% 5.53 3 2 Mary Farrell, Honolulu HI; Penny Kallaus, Holualoa HI 60.23% 4.55 4 3 Michel Tuszewski, Riverside CA; Philip Savage III, San Bernardino CA 60.08% 3.19 5 4 Ying Lin Gu, San Diego CA; Herman Lin, Rancho Santa Fe CA 59.31% 2.33 6 5 Michael Hartnett - Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA 59.23% 1.81 7 6 Ken Matson, Poway CA; Hazel Turner, San Diego CA 58.08% 1.31 8 7 Judy Bredall - Brian Hegarty, Colorado Spgs CO 57.77% 3.68 1 Elazar Harel, La Jolla CA; Bridget Poizner, San Diego CA 56.62% 2.76 2 George Boedecker, Anchorage AK; Ann Matthews, St. George UT 55.77% 2.07 3 Donna Carr, Encinitas CA; Vicki Shepperd Chin, San Diego CA 53.62% 1.55 4 David Jensen - Jane Jensen, Leighton Buzzard UK 53.54% 1.02 5/6 Stuart Hemple, Los Angeles CA; May Mengstab, Laguna Woods CA 52.08% 1.02 5/6 Carla Francis, Castro Valley CA; Linda Decquir, Wildomar CA 52.08%

SATURDAY DAYLIGHT A/B/C PAIRS 51.0 Tables / Based on 91 Tables A B C 40.71 1 Mary Ose - Dave Vidaver, Sacramento CA 64.40% 30.53 2 Sherman Gao, Santa Ana CA; Robert Micone, Tustin CA 61.66% 22.90 3 Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 58.63% 17.17 4 Cliff Campbell - Roland Laframboise, Thunder Bay ON 58.60% 13.57 5 Cynthia Goatz - Phillip Goatz, Las Vegas NV 58.08% 19.16 6 1 Orhan Gurbuz, Huntington Beach CA; Hayim Ninyo, Irvine CA 57.89% 14.37 7 2 Michael Farber, Carlsbad CA; Myrna Blaufarb, Los Angeles CA 57.84% 9.05 8 Joe Houde, Vista CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 57.68% 10.78 9 3 1 Jack Mahoney - Dan Morgenstern, Brunswick ME 57.05% 7.40 10 Leora Dubrovsky - Richard Dubrovsky, Howell NJ 57.01% 8.08 11 4 Christina Parker, Newton Center MA; Stewart Rubenstein, Newton MA 56.93% 6.39 12 5 Jay Baudler, San Jose CA; Cordelia Menges, New York NY 56.84% 5.82 13 Mac Busby, San Diego CA; Gregory Chaffee, La Jolla CA 56.65% 5.43 14 Hemant Bhatia, Foothill Ranch CA; Brian Gilbert, Irvine CA 56.42% 5.09 15 Suleyman Kolata, Istanbul Turkey; Sharon Goldman, Secaucus NJ 56.32% 4.79 16 Harumi Shibano - Hiroaki Miura, Tokyo Japan 56.00% 4.52 17 Rhoda Kratenstein - Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 55.53% 6.47 18 6 2 Bill McGeary - Sheryl Clough, Clinton WA 55.35% 4.07 19 Louis Shen, Fullerton CA; William Ng, Chatsworth CA 55.02% 3.88 20 Marta Monheim, West Hills CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA 54.96% 3.70 21 Judy Chapman, Edmonton AB; Steven Lawrence, Calgary AB 54.85% 3.54 22 Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 54.36% 3.39 23 Shmuel Greenberg, Israel; Geir Engebretsen, Alesund Norway 54.28% 5.52 24 Marie Covey, Palm Desert CA; Mary Terell, Banning CA 54.27% 3.13 25 Roger Doughman - Suzanne Lebendig, San Diego CA 54.02% 4.79 26 7 Phillip Yorston, Abiquiu NM; Bill Noyes, Monument Beach MA 53.85% 5.09 8 Paul O’Brien - Ouida McCullough, Bellingham WA 53.59% 4.85 9/10 3 Kenny Pan - Alberto Feilhaber, Irvine CA 52.88% 3.66 9/10 Paul Hardy - Elizabeth Scott, Nepean ON 52.88% 3.19 11 Michael Gosnell - Julia Gosnell, Walnut Creek CA 52.77% 3.64 12 4 Robert Sagor, Greenfield MA; Judith Hyde, Northampton MA 52.57% 2.74 13 Jim Cheney, Hilo HI; Patrick Kallaus, Holualoa HI 51.90% 2.55 14 David Ticen, Victoria TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Village TX 51.67% 2.40 15 Ching Chao, Danville CA; Joye Sidoti, Oakland CA 51.67% 3.14 16 Cheryl Rodzach, Solana Beach CA; Jane Petering, San Diego CA 51.51% 2.87 5 Chris Hastie, San Diego CA; Daniel Koppenhafer, Mason OH 51.41% 2.46 6 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Justin Beck, Sherwood OR 50.94% 2.16 7 Jill Seagren, La Jolla CA; Susan Monken, Solana Beach CA 48.37% 1.92 8 Judy Brown - Ron Brown, Houston TX 48.31% 1.72 9 Marc Matz, San Diego CA; Barbara Blake, La Jolla CA 47.98%

SATURDAY EVENING SIDE PAIRS 16.0 Tables A B C 5.63 1 1 Massimo Vassallo - Bernardo Biondo, Rome Italy 61.22% 4.22 2 2 1 Danning Lu - Andrew Rowberg, Santa Barbara CA 59.94% 3.17 3 Alice Wegman - Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 58.49% 2.68 4 3 Geir Engebretsen, Alesund Norway; Shmuel Greenberg, Israel 57.37% 2.24 5 4 2 Cindy Casson - Rolf Houtkooper, Las Vegas NV 56.89% 1.34 6 Alex Chen, Arcadia CA; David Wei Chuan, Rancho Mirage CA 56.41% 1.68 7 5 3 James Lafave, Minneapolis MN; Girish Nathan, Sammamish WA 55.77% 1.26 6 4 Jake Williams - Luke Williams, San Diego CA 54.97% 1.52 5 George Boedecker, Anchorage AK; Ann Matthews, St. George UT 54.17%


Player of the Year

Reisinger, Joel Wooldridge is likely too far behind – 158.76 behind Bilde – to make up the difference. In addition to the Reisinger, which pays 200 platinum points, there are two other ongoing platinum-point events: the Keohane North American Swiss Teams, which awards 160 points, and the NABC+ Mixed Swiss, which pays 100 points.2017 platinum points through Friday:1. Dennis Bilde, Denmark 751.642. Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Beach FL 666.863. Boye Brogeland, Norway 650.914. Espen Lindqvist, Norway 648.555. Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY 592.886. Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 587.457. Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA 539.168. Robert Levin, Henderson NV 512.229. Dror Padon, Israel 462.0310. David Gold, England 460.22

Slow PlaySlow play, especially habitual slow play, is a

violation of law and subject to penalty. When a pair has fallen behind, it is incumbent on them to make up the time lost as quickly as possible whether at fault or not.

In the absence of compelling evidence to the contrary, the director should presume that a pair finishing a round late by more than two or three minutes on more than one occasion during a session is responsible for the lateness. There is a strong expectation that the director will penalize such a pair. The size of a penalty will tend to increase for subsequent instances of slow play and for chronic or egregious slow play.

While warnings typically will be given before a penalty is assessed, failure to do so in no way limits the director’s authority to issue a penalty.

Players are expected to be aware, in a general sense, of time used and remaining in a segment in which they are playing regardless of whether a clock is in use or a time announcement has been made. An excuse of “no announcement” or “no clock immediately visible” will not be considered persuasive.

In consultation with the DIC of the tournament, the TD may require that a particular pair not play in a specified segment, not play against a specified pair or not play together as a pair. The foregoing is expected to be applied only due to egregious circumstances or to unduly repetitious offenders.

An appeal of an action taken by a TD with regard to time may be taken to the Director in Charge, and no further. While a time monitor may be employed, the lack of a monitor in no way limits the TD’s authority to apply one or more of the remedies listed below.

The TD may choose to ignore an occasional minor late finish. The TD may remove one or more boards from a segment. The TD may award no score (when neither team is more at fault), an assigned score (when a result already exists at one table which the TD wishes to preserve) or an artificial score in IMPs. Every effort should be made to remove boards before they can be played at either table, but not having done so does not preclude removing one or more later.


Carol Nystrom of Vancouver WA became a Life Master on Saturday when her team placed third in the Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Knockout bracket 2. Nystrom played with Barbara Charlton, Polly Bullert and Cynthia Brogan, all of Vancouver.

Tod Pontius of Austin TX advanced to Silver Life Master (1000 masterpoints) on Saturday when his team finished second in the Compact Knockout Teams, bracket 3. His partner in the event was Dave Warner, also of Austin. Their teammates were two players from Bethesda MD – Barbara Teng, who made Life Master earlier in the tournament, and Calvin Konner. In 2011, Pontius was the winner of the national Mini-McKenney race for players who started the year with 20 to 50 masterpoints.

Masterpoint disclaimerResults reported in the Daily Bulletin are subject

to change because of score changes or corrections. The masterpoint awards as shown are, therefore, also subject to change.

Life Master NewsGerald Kibbey

played duplicate for the first time in 1947, then he took 40 years off. Now, at age 90, he is celebrating his advancement to the rank of Life Master. Kibbey, of San Diego, earned the requisite gold points playing in the Monday Gold Rush Pairs with fellow San Diegan Patrick Staley. The two scored 66.22% to win the event in comfort, earning nearly 20 gold points in the process.

Louis Beauchet of Sherwood OR became a Silver Life Master on Tuesday playing in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs with Jon Bartlett of Portland. Beauchet, 17, and Bartlett finished 20th in the event.

Steve Brucker of Oakland CA has advanced to the rank of Bronze Life Master. He went over the 750 mark in masterpoints when his team won the Thursday-Friday Daylight Knockout Teams, Bracket 4. Brucker was playing with Russ Kirschenbaum, also of Oakland. Their teammates were Donald Bierman, San Ramon CA and Shailesh Shah, Hayward CA.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 1 9 Tables 21.28 1 Yukiko Tokunaga - Emi Sakata, Japan; Hiroyuki Hagihira, Meguro-Ku Tokyo Japan; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 14.90 2 Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Beaverton OR; Jacques Leblanc, Maria QC; Robert Huber, Minneapolis MN 8.51 3/4 Kathy Bergman, Goodyear AZ; Sudhakar Divakaruni, Scottsdale AZ; Jeanette Roberts, Delta CO; Michael Thorpe, Montrose CO 8.51 3/4 Chris Champion - Wendy Turk - Richard Olson - Mary Olson, Colorado Springs CO

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 2 10 Tables 15.90 1 Marjorie O’Malley - Charles O’Malley III, San Diego CA; Mordecai Schwartz - Kathy Fisher, Bryn Mawr PA 11.13 2 Phyllis Landry, Orleans ON; Patti McCabe - Margaret Taylor, Ottawa ON; Margaret Cann, Sydney NS 6.36 3/4 Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; Jody Couch, Fullerton CA; Michael Borushok, Davie FL; Marlys Haraden, Anaheim CA 6.36 3/4 Catharine Gilmour, Bonita Springs FL; Barbara Olsen, Marana AZ; Josee Hammill - Jill Foran, Toronto ON

FRIDAY-SATURDAY KO 3 9 Tables 10.52 1 Harvey Lesser, Murrieta CA; Ted Witt, Ketchum ID; Benay Cooper, Boca Raton FL; Jory Segal, San Jose CA 7.36 2 Michael Lynch - Berton Solomon, Edwards CO; Eric Schneider, Boca Raton FL; Bill Multack, Miami Beach FL 4.21 3/4 Deborah Machlin, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA; Anne Dudman - Colin Hemsley, San Jose CA 4.21 3/4 George Welch - Andy Scott - Karen Rice, San Jose CA; Shirley Foreman, Santa Clara CA

SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO 1 11 TablesGregory Woods, Westport CT; Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT vsJohn Onstott, New Orleans LA; Zachary Grossack - Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Drew Casen, Metarie LA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA

Sam Dinkin - Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH vsJared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan, New York NY; Jason Hackett, Manchester England; Alexander Hydes, Zagreb Croatia; Fu Zhong - Jie Li, Beijing People’s Republic of China


Appealing a ruling Players in NABC+ events who want to appeal

a director’s ruling initiate the process by speaking with the director who delivered the original ruling. The table director will fill out paperwork regarding the appeal, and the appellants will explain what they believe to be wrong with the initial ruling. From there, the case may be handled by a variety of means. When the appeals reviewer receives the case, the circumstances of that particular case will determine whether the case can be resolved by the original staff (in the case of misapplication of Law or regulation, for instance), a panel of directors, or even a committee-type hearing which could include bridge experts.

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Winner of the Goren Trophy for the most points earned during the 2016 Fall NABC: Eric Greco

Goren Trophy Measures Most Fall NABC

MasterpointsThe Goren Trophy is awarded to the player(s)

who captures the most masterpoints at the Fall NABC. Last year in Orlando it was won by Eric Greco, who placed second in the Reisinger and third in both the Mitchell Open BAM and the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs.

Here are the previous winners of the Goren (originally the Lou Herman) Trophy. (An asterisk indicates the record was broken that year.)Lou Herman Trophy1952 Al Roth1953 John Crawford1954 Paul Hodge1955 Milt Ellenby1956 Paul Hodge1957 Lew Mathe1958 Sylvia Stein1959 Mort Rubinow1960 Oswald Jacoby1961 Phil Feldesman1962 Marshall Miles1963 Eric Murray 2111964 Harold Rockaway 1801965 Mike Lawrence 2111966 Charles Coon 1441967 Sami Kehela 1551968 Henry Bethe 1441969 Sylvia Stein 150

1970 Ira Rubin, Chuck Burger 1541971 John Grantham 1501972 Steve Robinson 1811973 Larry Cohen 2071974 Fred Hamilton 2021975 Walt Walvick 1711976 Paul Soloway 1991977 John Mohan 1601978 Bob Hamman 1651979 Robert Levin 233*1980 Jeff Meckstroth 2251981 Chip Martel 2251982 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell 1911983 Marty Bergen 233*1984 Grant Baze 2001985 Eric Rodwell 364.75*1986 Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield 211.551987 Jill Meyers 176.001988 Bob Hamman 269.551989 Mark Molson 253.711990 Eddie Wold 276.261991 David Berkowitz 356.651992 Haig Tchamitch 201.661993 Bob Hamman 355.131994 Mark Lair 365.06*1995 Jeff Meckstroth 407.77*1996 Michael Rosenberg 445.77*1997 Bart Bramley, Sidney Lazard 320.311998 Eric Rodwell 328.591999 Geir Helgemo 449.37*2000 George Jacobs 365.222001 George Jacobs, Alfredo Versace 333.752002 Dan Morse 388.812003 Geoff Hampson 374.792004 Jeff Meckstroth 381.162005 Zia Mahmood 416.882006 Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian 334.132007 Lew Stansby 375.28The Herman Trophy becomes the Goren Trophy2008 Eric Rodwell 623.75*2009 Jeff Meckstroth 377.662010 Steve Garner 326.202011 James Cayne, Michael Seamon 378.632012 Zia Mahmood 348.082013 Agustin Madala 402.222014 Boye Brogeland, Espen Lindqvist 368.892015 Bogulsaw Gierulski, Jerzy 375.94

Skrzypczak, Ron Pachtmann, Pawel Zatorski

2016 Eric Greco 382.88

MonitoringAt this and future North American

Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ events with visible, real-time cameras. The images will be recorded and available for later inspection and review by officials.

By general monitoring of the session and participants’ behavior, ACBL has another source of information that may be useful in determining facts and settling issues arising from some types of ethical and behavioral complaints or actions. Please summon a director if a problem occurs at the table.

This procedure is intended to assure everyone that the playing field is level and that misbehavior will not be tolerated.


Greco leads Goren TrophyBlue Ribbon Pairs winners Eric Greco and Joe

Grue hold the top two spots in the race for the Goren Trophy as of Saturday. The Goren Trophy recognizes the person who earns the most masterpoints at the Fall NABC. Greco, with 239.71, has a lead of 12.77 on Grue.

Justyne Zmuda, who won both the Whitehead Women’s Pairs and the 0–10,000 Fast Pairs and placed seventh in the Mitchell Open BAM, is third with 201.38, just ahead of leading Player of the Year candidate Dennis Bilde. Sylvia Shi, who was right behind Greco and Grue in the Blue Ribbon Pairs, rounds out the top five.

Masterpoints won through Saturday:1. 239.71 Eric Greco, Beverly Hills CA2. 226.94 Joe Grue, New York NY3. 201.38 Justyna Zmuda, Skwaina Poland 4. 197.89 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark 5. 189.24 Sylvia Shi, Rockville MD6. 185.65 Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy 7. 185.65 Alfredo Versace, Rome Italy 8. 183.40 Giovanni Donati, Italy 9. 183.40 Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma Italy 10. 181.54 James Cayne, Boca Raton FL11. 181.54 Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD12. 168.30 Nikolay Demirev, Arlington

Heights IL13. 168.30 Rose Meltzer, Chapel Hill NC14. 167.90 Alon Birman, Tel Aviv Israel15. 167.62 David Gold, London England 16. 167.27 Vladimir Marashev, Sofia

Bulgaria 17. 167.27 Ivan Tsonchev, Sofia Bulgaria 18. 166.88 Thomas Bessis, Paris France 19. 166.88 Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin

France 20. 163.98 Rosen Gunev, Sofia Bulgaria 21. 163.98 Kalin Karaivanov, Varna

Bulgaria 22. 154.49 Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria 23. 154.49 Jerry Stamatov, Sofia Bulgaria 24. 149.66 Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL25. 149.60 Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH26. 148.71 Katarzyna Dufrat, Wroclaw

Poland 27. 148.09 Michael Bell, London England28. 142.98 Brad Moss, Denver CO29. 142.55 Cedric Lorenzini, Cachan 30. 140.00 Richard Schwartz, Boca Raton FL31. 137.24 Mike Passell, Plano TX32. 135.29 Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX33. 134.88 Vincent Demuy, Palm Beach

Gardens FL34. 134.52 Rozanne Pollack, New York NY35. 131.05 Godefroy De Tessieres, Paris

France 36. 131.05 Quentin Robert, Paris France 37. 125.41 Sylvie Willard, Paris France 38. 124.58 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY39. 119.57 Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN40. 119.57 Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN41. 118.72 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX

42. 118.72 Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA43. 117.62 Dan Morse, Houston TX44. 117.61 Bob Drijver, Rotterdam

Netherlands 45. 117.61 Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands 46. 117.41 Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV47. 117.19 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL48. 117.19 Eddie Wold, Houston TX49. 116.76 Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland50. 116.76 Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw

Poland 51. 115.57 Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires

Argentina52. 114.99 Danny Molenaar, Den Haag

Netherlands 53. 114.99 Tim Verbeek, DrieBergen

Netherlands 54. 114.56 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL55. 114.43 Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL56. 114.43 Dano De Falco, Rubano Italy 57. 113.60 Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands58. 113.60 Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den

Netherlands 59. 113.25 Petra Hamman, Carrollton TX60. 112.86 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY61. 111.42 Victor King, Hartford CT62. 107.29 Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires

Argentina 63. 104.88 Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC64. 104.88 Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC65. 104.27 Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL66. 104.24 Cornelis Van Prooijen, Nieuw

Vennep Netherlands67. 101.75 Jack Lee, Richmond BC68. 101.66 Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV69. 101.52 Jie Li, Beijing China 70. 101.52 Fu Zhong, Beijing China 71. 98.51 Radu Nistor, Woodside NY72. 97.91 Howard Parker III, Clements CA73. 97.87 Espen Lindqvist, Arendal

Norway 74. 97.21 Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV75. 96.91 Nancy Passell, Plano TX76. 96.83 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA77. 96.75 Robert Levin, Henderson NV78. 95.51 Paul Street, Delray Beach FL79. 94.97 Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY80. 94.44 Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV81. 93.92 Ishmael DelMonte, Las Vegas NV82. 92.91 Frank Nickell, New York NY83. 92.91 Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL84. 92.31 Muriel Altus, Tampa FL85. 92.31 Philip Altus, Tampa FL86. 91.92 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA87. 91.92 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA88. 91.87 Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO89. 91.83 Chris Willenken, New York NY90. 89.94 Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater

Beach FL91. 89.94 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL92. 89.86 Zia Mahmood, New York NY93. 87.90 Justin Lall, Charlotte NC94. 87.87 Norman Schwartz, Carlsbad CA95. 87.69 Alexander Wernle, Vienna

Austria

96. 87.69 Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria

97. 87.55 Jean Quantin, Paris France 98. 87.14 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL99. 87.14 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX100. 86.60 Michael Whibley, Auckland New

Zealand

With a little help from the DBy Mark Aquino

Playing with Alan Watson in the second Thursday A/X Pairs, I encountered a very spiffy squeeze ending. With a little help from the defense, I was able to score 12 tricks in notrump – missing two aces! Dlr: West ♠ A Q 10 2 Vul: Both ♥ Q J 8 3 ♦ K J 4 ♣ K J ♠ K 6 5 4 ♠ 9 8 ♥ A 5 4 ♥ 10 7 6 2 ♦ A 7 6 5 2 ♦ Q 8 ♣ 3 ♣ 10 9 8 6 4 ♠ J 7 3 ♥ K 9 ♦ 10 9 3 ♣ A Q 7 5 2 West North East South Aquino Watson 1♦ 1NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Opening lead: ♦Q.West ducked the opening lead (or there would be

no story!). North won the king, cashed two clubs in hand, West pitching a heart. Now a heart went to the ♥K and ♥A, and West returned a low diamond, which was allowed to run to the 9 in dummy.

The ♣A and ♣Q of clubs were cashed, with West pitching two diamonds, and North pitching the ♦J of diamonds and a heart.

When I led the ♠J from dummy, West covered with the king, and I won the ace. I now cashed the ♠Q – noting the 9–8 doubleton in the East hand. I then cashed the ♥Q, creating this three-card ending: Dlr: West ♠ 10 2 Vul: Both ♥ J ♦ — ♣ — ♠ 6 5 ♠ — ♥ — ♥ 10 7 ♦ A ♦ — ♣ — ♣ 10 ♠ 7 ♥ — ♦ 10 ♣ 7

Declarer cashed the last heart, pitching a club from dummy, and now West was squeezed; she pitched the ♣A to keep the spade guard. The ♠2 was led to dummy’s 7, and the ♦10 was the 12th trick.


ACBL Live is a section of the ACBL website that allows users to search tournament results in a variety of ways and offers much more data on each event within a tournament than was available before its creation. ACBL Live offers comprehensive results for every player and every session within an event at any ACBL tournament.

Overalls from events at the NABC and qualifiers are still listed in the Daily Bulletin. But the pages of small-print session results are no longer included. This guide will help you find those results online.

During NABCs, the main feature on the ACBL home page is a quick link to ACBL Live results for the current tournament.

You can return to this data trove after the tournament is over by clicking on the Live tab, third from left on the home page. From the main ACBL Live landing page, there are two ways you can get started: by searching for a player or a tournament. The quick link available during NABCs bypasses this page.

Viewing session resultsWhether you search by player or by event, you come

to a page with a list of events broken down by session. In the right column of this page are several blue links that lead to the various results pages for each session. These vary by type of event and stage of progress of the event. Here’s a breakdown of the options.

1 SummaryThe summary page has all result information for an

event on one page; the other links break out portions of the information on the summary page. At the top of the page you will find Overalls or Leaderboards and Recaps. For pair games, scroll down and you will see the board-by-board scores and hands. For team games, you will see a link to the Bracket.

2 Overalls and LeaderboardsThe Overalls page lists pairs or teams in order of

overall score. Pairs or teams who won masterpoints are shown, and the quantity and color of these session awards are listed. These listings may be preliminary.

3 RecapsThe recaps page lists all pairs or teams, split up

by section and direction for pairs events. The first section alphabetically will be shown; click on the section letters to see a different section.

4 HandsThe hands page provides a compact view of the

hand records for a session. Each board is displayed, with a DoubleDummy hand analysis.

5 BracketsACBL Live uses FastResults for brackets for Swiss

and KO events. Flights and placements are color-coded based on the legend on the top left.

6 QualifiersFor two- and three-day NABC and NABC+ events,

the list of qualifiers you see in the Daily Bulletin is also available on Live.

Using ACBL Live to find results

7 Personal ScoresBoth the overall list and the recap have a Personal

Scores column at right with links to scores pages for each pair. Click on the Scores link to see board-by-board results for a particular pair. A You can switch which pair you are viewing using

the Select a Pair dropdown. B For multi-session events, you can also switch to a

different session using the dropdown at the top of each results page.

C The results tables on each of these pages can be reordered by clicking on the column header that

you want to sort by. So, if you want to see your board results listed from best to worst, click on either the Matchpoints or % column from the personal scores page. You can also click on a player’s name to see other results for that player, which works the same as the Player Search from the Live home page.

A Searching by eventOn the San Diego NABC page of ACBL Live,

there are several ways to look for results. The body of the page is a list of events with most recent on top, and pagination tools allow you to page through that list. In the upper right, the key events box highlights those most frequently searched. Below key events is an Event Search box where you can find an event by entering three or more letters of its name. There is also a Player Search box to the left of key events.

B Searching by playerThe Player Search offers a quick way to find all

results for yourself or any player. For those reading at home who can’t make it to the San Diego NABC but want to know how your friends here are doing, this is the place to look.

Click in the search box and enter the player’s last name, first name. An auto-complete list of players matching your entry will appear below the search box. Click on the line for the player you want.

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SATURDAY EVENING A/X/Y SWISS 12 Tables / Based on 32 Tables A B C 7.84 1 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; Simon Hult, Wastervik Sweden; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; P. Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 63.00 5.88 2 1 1 Jon Downing, Solihull England; Liam Johnstone, Birmingham England; Richard D’Litzenberger, Leavenworth WA; John Cox, St. Maries ID 51.00 4.41 3 2 Yuanwei Wang; Zizhuo Wang, Minneapolis MN; Danny Feng, Frisco TX; Hua Yang, Plano TX 49.00 3.31 4 3 Edwin Glickman, Basalt CO; Muhammad Abedi, Chicago IL; Charles Fortney - Kathleen Fortney, Wheaton IL 48.00 1.50 4 Ronald Powell - Mike Cailean, Santa Clara CA; Stephen Tu, Milpitas CA; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA 43.00

SATURDAY EVENING B/C/D SWISS 20 Tables B C D 6.00 1 Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA; Hal Jones Jr., Lorton VA; Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA 59.00 4.50 2 Jon Wolkenstein - Sheri Wolkenstein, Dallas TX; Joyce Gautier - Norman Gautier, The Woodlands TX 55.00 3.68 3 1 1 Andy Scott - George Welch, San Jose CA; Deborah Machlin, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA 54.00 2.76 4 2 Rita Dodge, Vancouver BC; Lamya Abougoush - Lily Lister - Cathy Bird, Calgary AB 51.00 2.07 5 3 2 Marion Tumen, Pacific Plsds CA; Julie Kimelman, Valley Glen CA; Dawn Lee - Jill Thesman, Los Angeles CA 48.00 1.55 6 4 Connie Van Patter - Karen Roland, McKinney TX; Rosalee Hacker, Southlake TX; Sharon Tomnitz, Dallas TX 47.00 1.16 5 Peter Clay, Wellesley MA; Paul Harris, Waltham MA; Robert Gray, Prnce Frederick MD; Victoria Billard, Kansas City MO 46.00

SATURDAY OPEN PAIRS 27.0 Tables A B C 18.50 1 Stanford Christie, Kirkland WA; Michael Christensen, Mercer Island WA 61.17% 13.88 2 Stephen Sturm, Fullerton CA; Lulu Minter, Glendora CA 60.30% 10.41 3 Sandra Scholes - Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 59.89% 7.80 4 Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; James Melville, Springfield IL 59.09% 9.00 5 1 1 Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA; Aaron Mayerson, Redwood City CA 57.66% 5.29 6 Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Oris Mowry, Phoenix AZ 57.38% 6.75 7 2 Jayendu Patel, Vista CA; Uresh Vahalia, Saratoga CA 56.83% 6.39 8 Bulent Kaytaz, Istanbul Turkey; Gokhan Yilmaz, Instanbul Turkey 56.63% 3.70 9 Michael Huston, Joplin MO; Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL 55.43% 5.06 10 3 2 Frank Xie, Sunnyvale CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 55.26% 3.80 11 4 3 Finn Kolesnik, Ventura CA; Jim Liu, Saratoga CA 54.68% 2.85 12 John Albright, Plantation FL; Donald Faskow, Hollywood FL 54.34% 2.70 13 Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 54.34% 2.66 14 Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Kent Hartman, San Diego CA 54.22% 3.00 5 Marguerite Gousie - Marshall Williams, Pawtucket RI 53.77% 2.57 6 Barbara Boswell, Cincinnati OH; Chris Copple, Eureka CA 53.27% 2.25 7 Ke Zhao, Edison NJ; Peter Cheung, Fremont CA 51.24%

SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO 2 13 TablesAlan Wood, San Jose CA; Bob Enenstein, Los Altos CA; Richard Spitalnick, Sunnyvale CA; Mukund Thapa, Palo Alto CA vsJoel Datloff, Vancouver WA; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Jon Bartlett, Portland OR; Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA

Charles Martineau, Saint-Lambert QC; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC; Jill Fisch - John Gassenheimer, Wynnewood PA vsGregory Vance, Pacifica CA; Dmitri Shabes, San Ramon CA; Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA

SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO 3 13 TablesSebastian Holsclaw - Robert Walters - Davis Bennett - Ruth Ng, San Diego CA vsDileep Bal – L. Stuart Vance, Kapaa HI; Loring Harkness III, Kilauea HI; John Tippet, Fort Collins CO

Brenda Pugsley - Paul Pugsley - Gary Nitzberg - Douglas Smith, Carson City NV vsJoseph Mack III, Laguna Woods CA; Marc Franklin, Newport Beach CA; Steve Hirsch, Brea CA; T. Applegate, Whittier CA

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Today’s Bridge EventsSunday, December 3, 10 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherA/X Swiss Teams (unlimited/6000) 1-2 Harbor C, second level $16 $20B/C Swiss Teams (3000/1500) 1-2 Harbor A, second level $16 $20Gold Rush Swiss Teams (750/300) 1-2 Harbor A, second level $16 $20 All 10 a.m. Swiss team games: Two-session playthrough with half-hour break.Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single session Grand Hall B, lobby level $16 $20299er Swiss Teams single Grand Hall B, lobby level $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Grand Hall B, lobby level $15 $19 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Grand Hall B, lobby level $15 $15

Sunday, December 3, 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.Fast Open Pairs (unlimited/3000/750) 1-2 Harbor G, second level $16 $20

Sunday, December 3, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.Saturday-Sunday Knockout Teams 3-4 Grand Hall B, lobby level $16 $20

Sunday, December 3, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Grand Hall D, lobby level $25 —KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Grand Hall A, lobby level $25 —NABC+ MIXED SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Coronado, 4th level Harbor Tower $25 —

Sunday, December 3, 2 p.m.Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single session Grand Hall B, lobby level $16 $20299er Swiss Teams single Grand Hall B, lobby level $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Grand Hall B, lobby level $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Grand Hall B, lobby level $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). Three-flight events are divided A/X (6000+/0-6000); B/C (1500-3000, 0-1500); Gold Rush (750-300; 0-300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (6000+/4000-6000/0-4000); B/C/D (1500-3000/750-1500/ 0-750) if no Gold Rush OR A/B/C (3000+/1500-3000/0-1500) and Gold Rush (500-750/200-500/0-200). In B flights, no single player may be over 3000. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events.*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

International FundIn NABC+ events, $1.50 (per person, per session) of each entry fee will be allocated to the ACBL International Fund. These funds are used to underwrite part of the expenses of ACBL players who participate in international competition.

See you at the Spring NABCin Philadelphia, March 8–18

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