Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Volume 80, Number 5

Daily

Bulletin

80th Fall North American Bridge Championships

Editors: Brent Manley and Paul Linxwiler

Matthews, Osberg get Goodwill treatment Standing ovations are not the norm at ACBL Goodwill Committee meetings, but when you’re honoring a personality such as Jackie Matthews, simple applause just doesn’t seem to do the trick. “There’s nothing like the Jackie touch,” said fellow TD Tom Quinlan, who told the audience at the meeting on Monday about Matthews’ long, dedicated service, in particular as the Caddy Mama. Not long ago, Quinlan said, there was some talk that Matthews might be calling it quits after years as the TD in charge of caddies at NABCs. It wasn’t long before the caddies were wearing shirts with big, bold lettering: “Jackie 4 Goodwill Chair Aileen Osofsky with TDs Tom Quinlan and Jackie Matthews. Ever.” Quinlan noted that Matthews is also tournament manager for District 21. Before taking on those jobs, he said, she was a very good bridge player. Her trademark, however, is her attitude toward life, said Quinlan. “In anything she does, she wants people to have a good time – and she gets on the TDs, too, telling us to smile and be nice to people.” True to her character, when she took the podium, Matthews first statement was, “I hope you’re having a good time.” Matthews was one of several honorees at the Goodwill meeting, Continued on page 4

Jeff Polisner, Aileen Osofsky and Sharon Osberg.

Strul struts to Open BAM win Aubrey Strul captured his first North American championship on Monday when his squad won the Mitchell Open BAM Teams by almost three boards. Strul, playing with Michael Becker, David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen, Lew Stansby and Chip Martel, posted 17 wins in the first final session and 20 in the second final. With carryover, their total was 39.73. Continued on page 6

Mitchell Open BAM champs Larry Cohen, Chip Martel, David Berkowitz, Aubrey Strul, Lew Stansby and Michael Becker.

Chinese team impressive in Women’s BAM win A team based in Shanghai, China, stormed into the lead after the first final session and won the Marsha May Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match Teams by the surprising margin of more than eight boards. The winners are Ping Zhu, Jian Wang, You Mei Zhou, Ping Wang and Shao Hong Wu. They started Continued on page 12

Backwash Squeeze author to sign books in SF Fans of the recent hit book “The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats” are in for a treat at the San Francisco NABC: Author Edward McPherson is in town to promote the book, and he will be available to sign copies before the 1 and 7:30 p.m. games. McPherson, 30, who lives in Brooklyn NY, wrote about his experiences of learning to play bridge at his local club and of his travels to regionals (such as Kansas City and Gatlinburg), NABCs and a slew of other venues. He also interviews some of the best-known names in bridge to give an amazing portrait of the game. The book has won critical acclaim in the Wall Street Journal, the New Yorker and other publications. The book signing will be held in the Yerba Buena foyer (in front of the Baron Barclay booth) from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. and from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. Books will be available from Baron Barclay.

Goodwill Message “Only a few of us will win championships, but all of us can win new friends. And, unlike the coveted silver trophies, we keep the friends without having to win them again and again.” The late Dick Frey, editor of The Bridge Bulletin, wrote these words in 1960 but they are still applicable 40 years later. Aileen Osofsky, Chairman National Goodwill Committee

Smoking reminder Players are reminded that smoking is not permitted anywhere within the San Francisco Marriott, including stairwells and emergency exits. Smoking is permitted outside the hotel only. Players found to be in violation of the no-smoking policy will automatically be penalized.

Jim Sternberg, fourth from the left, poses with the winners of the Marsh May Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match Teams. With him are Ping Zhu, Jian Wang,You Mei Zhou, Ping Wang, coach Ren Jie Yang and Shao Hong Wu.

Senior KO final: Levine vs. Hollman The team led by Mike Levine defeated the defending-champion Amos Kaminski squad in the semifinal round of the Senior Knockouts to earn a berth in today’s final. Levine will face the team led by Robert Hollman, who won their semifinal match against Rich DeMartino’s squad. After an even first quarter, Levine (Zeke Jabbour, Bobby Wolff, Dan Morse, Allan Siebert and Chuck Said) opened up a 23-IMP lead against Continued on page 6

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SPECIAL EVENTS MEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS Tuesday, Nov. 27

11 am - Noon

9 am - 12:30 pm Teacher Accreditation Program. (Pre-registration required.) Location: Pacific I. 9:30 am - Noon NABC Advisory Committee Meeting. Location: Pacific G. 10 am - Noon Breakfast with the Stars. Join eight world-class pairs for tips, tales and a sumptuous breakfast. Sold out. Location: Club Room. 10 am - Noon Senior Team Trials Meeting. Location: Pacific G.

Get Online with Bridge Base. Don't miss this opportunity to meet with Fred Gitelman, Bridge Base founder and the creator of the ACBL's Learn to Play Bridge program. Find out how you can use this material for promotion and get a guided tour of the Bridge Base site and its outstanding teaching features. Location: Pacific J.

Thursday, Nov. 29 11 am - Noon

Recorder Seminar. Location: Pacific J.

11 am - 5 pm 6 - 11:30 pm

Vugraph. Location: TBA. Vugraph. Location: TBA.

Wednesday, Nov. 28

Sunday, Dec. 2

9 am - 12:30 pm Teacher Accreditation Program. (Pre-registration required.) Location: Pacific I.

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM Be sure to hear these free expert lectures at the San Francisco NABC. Lectures are held daily at 9:15 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. in Golden Gate A.

Tuesday, Nov. 27 9:15 am 6:45 pm

Mike Flader Larry Cohen

Phillip Alder

6:45 pm

Zeke Jabbour

9:15 am 6:45 pm

Allan Mazer Kathy Venton

9:15 am 6:45 pm

Haig Tchamitch Ellen Kent

9:15 am

Janet Robertson

6:45 pm

Jeff Roman

Ruling The Game Lawful Preemption

Tell Your Partner Where to Go Help Your Defense: Give Partner Count

Friday, Nov. 30

Wednesday, Nov. 28 9:15 am

Thursday, Nov. 29

Balanced Hands: What Range and Why Winsome & Loathsome

Responding To a Takeout Double Simple is Better

Saturday, Dec. 1 To Pull or Not To Pull -Trump That Is! The Differences Between Pairs and Teams

LATE NIGHT / ENTERTAINMENT All entertainment will be in Golden Gate B unless otherwise noted.

Friday, Nov. 30

Tuesday, Nov. 27 10 am 6:15 pm 11 pm

Breakfast with the Stars. Club Room, Marriott. Sold out. Magician Tom Nixon performs feats of prestidigitation. Jim Anderson’s “Oldies and Goodies” piano performance.

Magician Tom Nixon performs feats of prestidigitation. Classical musicians Dominic Ziegler and Johathon Pinston will perform.

10:45 pm

Dancing with DJ Jordan Roseman.

Saturday, Dec. 1

Wednesday, Nov. 28 11 pm

6:15 pm 10:45 pm

Magician Norman Beck will dazzle the audience with his amazing act.

Deception By Brian Senior Board 28 of the first qualifying session of the Victor Mitchell Open BAM offered an opportunity for a psychological play by declarer. Dlr: West ♠J872 Vul: N-S ♥ K Q 10 8 5 4 ♦Q4 ♣Q ♠94 ♠ Q 10 3 ♥2 ♥J3 ♦ K J 10 8 7 5 3 ♦A ♣A85 ♣KJ97642 ♠AK65 ♥A976 ♦962 ♣ 10 3 At my table West opened 3♦ and played there. North led the ♣Q. Declarer won the ♣A and cashed the ♦A. Now he wanted to get to hand to draw the rest of the trumps. Of course, it should not matter what declarer attempts, the defenders should come to two spades, a heart and a club ruff, but declarer found a psychological play to improve his chances. Almost everyone will concede a trick in their singleton suit in this situation, that being the quickest way back to hand. So our declarer instead played a low spade off the table. South won the spade and gave his partner a club ruff. North fell for it, assuming declarer to have played in standard fashion. North played the ♥K followed by the ♥Q, so declarer could ruff, draw trumps and claim an overtrick. A winning board for East-West? No. At the other table the contract was 4♦. North started with the ♥K, then switched to the singleton club, and

with his communications opened up, declarer had 12 tricks.

It’s magic! Tom Nixon is a world-class magician, specializing in sleight-of-hand card tricks. He will be performing live on Tuesday and Friday from 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in the Senior and Intermediate/Newcomer areas of the Golden Gate Rooms on level B2 at the Marriott. Come early when the crowds are light, and see Nixon’s tricks up close. You will see finesses you never thought possible.

Life Master news Barbara and Dick Unger of Weybridge VT traveled a long way to the Fall NABC, in part to visit their son, who lives in San Francisco. While they were in town, they ventured to the tournament and entered the Bill Holt Knockout Teams, playing with Carol Turner of San Diego and Setsuko Nakazawa of Escondido CA. They came in thirdfourth in their bracket and earned well more than the 1.74 gold points they needed to become Life Masters. Daniel Rosenblatt of Winston-Salem NC earned his gold card in the Compact Knockout Teams on Monday. He was playing with Frank Hund. Their teammates were Susan Powers and Rick Weiss. Terry Jones of Falls Church VA made Life Master in the Monday Compact Knockout Teams. He was playing with Ralph Meyer of Ridgewood NJ. Their teammates were Jennifer Nisenoff of Vienna VA and Austin Fitzgerald of Kinnelon NJ. In the aftermath of his rank change, Jones had this comment: “Yea, team!”

Entry fees Players must be ACBL members whose service fees or dues are current in order to compete in any of the following nationally ranked events: Nail Life Master Open Pairs, Smith Life Master Women's Pairs, Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, Keohane North American Swiss Teams, Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams, Marsha May Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams and the Senior Knockouts. The entry fees for these contests are $18 per player per session. Players must also be current ACBL members to play in the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs, Miles Non-Life Master Pairs or National 99er Pairs. The entry fee is $16.50 per player per session. Regional championships are $15.50 per player per session for ACBL members, $17.50 for nonmembers. All other events are $14.50 per player per session for ACBL members, $16.50 for nonmembers.

Bid Box Alerts and Announcements When using bid boxes, ACBL suggests that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time. When making an Announcement, use the Announcement word — such as “transfer” — and tap the Alert strip at the same time. A player who Alerts or Announces a bid should make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made.

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JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS Dear New Player: So here you are! You’ve come from far and wide to play our wonderful game. I gotta tell you though, coming from far and wide is a lot harder than it used to be. When I am pulled out of line for a more thorough patdown search, it’s hard to have wonderful thoughts ... and that makes me wonder: What is it about me that consistently triggers the higher-level security response. Is it the Middle-Aged Housewife look? The blonde hair — could they have guessed I’m not really a blonde? – is this a terrorist characteristic? The decidedly unathletic body type? The huge, enormous carry on bag — certainly big enough for a bomb, but filled with Trip Survival Gear — a Cinnabon, a few books, a pillow? Somewhere along the line, I must have been flagged. I keep trying to tell them it ain’t me they’re looking for, but to no avail . . . But I digress. When you finally reach your destination, you are going to have some especially rewarding experiences. The ACBL has put together a fabulous program of lectures, workshops and games, just for you, and all free! I always consider it an honor to be asked to run one of these workshops, mostly because I enjoy being around newcomers so much. It refreshes me, motivates me, and reminds me of why I go to work every day. One thing keeps coming back to me repeatedly ... the observation that you newcomers seem to be having more fun than anyone else at the NABC. You may notice that you have your own separate rooms. Have you wondered why? You laugh too much and are having way too much fun! You are a Bad Example (just kidding). There’s no question you newcomers are as competitive as the open players. You are just as

Thinking bridge By Eddie Kantar Dlr: West Vul: None ♠7 ♥ A K 10 9 7 ♦K432 ♣765

♠ K 10 8 6 2 ♥43 ♦ Q J 10 ♣KJ3

♠A5 ♥QJ65 ♦986 ♣Q984

♠QJ943 ♥82 ♦A75 ♣ A 10 2 West North East South Pass Pass Pass 1♠ 2♥ 3♠ All Pass Opening lead: ♥A (ace from A-K in unsupported suits). Bidding commentary: When you have a five-card major, 10 or 11 high-card points are enough to open in fourth seat. North’s jump to 3♠ is a limit raise showing 9-11 support points with at least four-card support. Those who play a jump to 3♠ as preemptive will cuebid to show a limit raise. East is not strong enough to bid 4♥ facing a passed hand, nor is South strong enough to bid 4♠. Lead commentary: This is the story about leading the ace or the king from ace-king

eager to win masterpoints, although many of you are confused about pigmented points. (You’re not alone!) You’re just as intense when you bid and play. You enjoy your postmortems with the same verve as do your more experienced counterparts. You love looking at the hand records and examining alternatives. So just why is it that you seem to be having more fun? Hmmm. Here are a couple thoughts. 1. You still think this is just a game, not a career choice. During the holiday season, it’s easy to spot the newcomers ... they are in the malls shopping and in the store buying ingredients for cookies. Open players do all their shopping online at 3 a.m., don’t cook any major meals, get rid of visitors after a couple hours — all so they can get back to their real job . . . at the bridge club. 2. You can still have fun, even if you don’t win. A wellplayed contract, even by an Cartoons from GO AHEAD! LAUGH by Jude Goodwin. Published opponent, is a pleasure, the by Master Point Press and available at the book tables. social interaction is exciting ... especially at a tournament with This is not to say that open players aren’t all those new friends-to-be. having fun or are grumpy and accusatory. Not at 3. The game itself is your focus, rather than all. It just seems that you newcomers are having the win or loss. How the bidding went, the more fun than anyone in the joint. Whatever mysteries of the lie of the cards, is where your you’re doing, don’t stop! attention is. This is hard to verbalize, but the pleasure for many of you is still in the process P.S. I said earlier that my workshop was rather than the outcome. Do you know what I “Long Suits — Better than Money.” Well, that’s mean? a lie. Show me the money and I’ll give you my 4. And this one, I think, is the biggie. You six-card suit and take your three cards any day aren’t so positive you are right that you feel it of the week! necessary to castigate your partners and opponents P.P.S. If you have any thoughts on why about being wrong. When you have discussions, newcomers seem to be having so much fun, eyour objective isn’t determining who was right or mail me at [email protected]. I’d love to wrong. It’s more focused on, “Where did the train hear what you’re thinking. that hit me come from?” combinations. 1. The ace is led at trick one. After trick one, the king is led. 2. The king is also led in supported suits. Had East supported hearts, West should lead the king. 3. The king is also led from A-K-x-(x) in any suit partner has bid, supported or not. Chances are it will have been supported, but it doesn’t matter, the king is led. Leading the ace in a suit partner has bid denies the king. With A-K blank, everything is reversed. Defensive commentary: East plays the ♥Q

at trick one, promising the jack (or a singleton). West leads a low heart at trick two and East wins and leads a diamond to West’s king. West should exit safely with a diamond. Play commentary: After winning the second diamond, South drives out the ♠A. Assuming East wins and gets out with a diamond, South must locate the ♣Q. West, a passed hand, has turned up with the ♥A K and the ♦K. As it is unlikely that West has the ♣Q, guess who does?

Maryann Bond, Roberta Lovell and Connie Weed dropped in on the Intermediate/New comer area Monday evening after losing a knockout teams match. All three are from Fargo ND, as is missing teammate, Joey Gilbertson. The women said there is a strong contingent from Fargo at the NABC. Ask them about uff da!

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Goodwill Continued from page 1 hosted by ACBL Goodwill Chair Aileen Osofsky. One of her jobs on Monday was making Sharon Osberg an honorary member of the national Goodwill Committee. Former ACBL General Counsel Jeff Polisner introduced Osberg, a banking executive and former world champion who often plays bridge with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and investment guru Warren Buffett. Polisner said Osberg is great a getting publicity for bridge. “She plays with people who aren’t very good – like Gates and Buffett – and she still gets great publicity for bridge.” When she took the podium, Osberg told Polisner, “I’m going to tell Bill and Warren what you said.” Osberg, two-time winner of the Venice Cup – the world’s top women’s team event – said she was appearing at the meeting on behalf of the School Bridge League. She said Gates and Buffett have contributed significant dollars to advance the cause of getting more young people interested in the game. The latest effort began after she wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times. She was contacted by The League, a New Jersey-based organization with the infrastructure to set up bridge classes in schools all over the U.S. “We are now targeting hundreds of schools and thousands of kids,” said Osberg, “and I hope to have an update you next year about how wonderfully successful we have been.” Another highlight of the meeting was the introduction of the medal winners from the recently concluded World Bridge Team Championships in Shanghai, China. First to be congratulated were the Venice Cup winners – Hansa Narasimhan, Jill Levin, Jill Meyers, Irina Levitina, JoAnna Stansby, Debbie Rosenberg and non-playing captain Gail Greenberg. They received enthusiastic applause from the gathering. Other medal winners were also acknowledged and cheered: Bermuda Bowl silver George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Howard Weinstein, Steve Garner, npc Jan Martel and coach Chip Martel Senior Bowl gold: Rose Meltzer, Alan Sontag, Roger Bates, Grant Baze, Lew Stansby and Bart Bramley, npc Kyle Larsen and coach Patty Magnus. Senior Bowl bronze: Gaylor Kasle, Dan Morse, Bobby Wolff, Dan Gerstman, John Sutherlin, Ron Smith and npc Donna Compton. Osofsky started the program by acknowledging the passing of three Goodwill members: Paul Soloway, Joan Cohen and Bill “Kurly” Holt. District 21 representative Roger Smith welcomed everyone, then turned the podium over to NABC Chair Bruce Blakely, who encouraged the crowd to get away from the bridge tables, if only briefly, to see some of the city of San Francisco. ACBL President Sharon Fairchild, nearing the end of her term, reflected on her travels during 2007, thanking “everyone who made me feel so welcome.”

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NABC Diary Which way is up? Every time you think you’ve seen everything, someone like Glenn Eisenstein stops by the Daily Bulletin office to prove you wrong. It seems that Eisenstein’s teammates in the Victory Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams went to the wrong section when it was time for the game to begin. These are No. 3 seeds, mind you – world champions with piles of masterpoints and vast experience. That error by itself would not have been a huge problem. The team that was supposed to be where Eisenstein’s teammates went might arrive (or already be at the table) and everything would be hunky-dory after the players made it to their correct tables. Unfortunately, the same error was committed by another No. 3 seed, so both teams played the entire session out of place. The upshot was that the two teams had no comparisons – and they messed up scores for all the pairs they played against. Eisenstein said he was very impressed with Tournament Director Steve Bates and his assistants for their hours of work in attempting to come up with some valid scores out of the mess. Eisenstein’s final comment: “It takes world champions to do something like this.”

Who Noozit? Among the more interested spectators at the Fall NABC is one Tim Lundeen, CEO and founder of Web Crossing Inc., a San Francisco company that creates message boards and social networking software. At one time, he was a serious bridge player – he and Chip Martel were frequent partners more than 25 years ago – but he quit the game to start his career and a family. Because the NABC is in San Francisco, Lundeen added a gadget to his Noozit.com web site – an online newspaper – that allows for registered users to insert bridge deals and write about them. There are several deals at the Noozit site now, including one written by Bob Hamman and some by Martel. In his day, said Lundeen, he was a “pretty decent” bridge player. On a tour of the tournament site with Martel, Lundeen said watching all the bridge made him “think seriously” about starting to play again.

Checking the dummy New Life Masters are usually reported elsewhere in this publication, but one of ACBL’s newest, Yvonne Snyder, didn’t earn her gold card at the NABC. It happened three weeks ago at a STaC in Southern California. Yvonne’s partner was Judy Seger of Los Angeles. For those who don’t know, Yvonne is married to the legendary Eddie Kantar, who has written about playing with her in the Home Game articles published for many years in the ACBL Bridge Bulletin. The Home Game pieces are meant to be fun, and over the years Yvonne has received more than her share of kidding from her husband. It’s different now that Yvonne has achieved higher status in ACBL rankings. “The bottom line,” said Kantar, “is she doesn’t want to play with me any more – and she’s looking at the dummy to see if I bid properly.” Perhaps the author of the next Home Game story will be Yvonne.

Sam would approve

NABC Chair Bruce Blakely and Roger Smith, District 21 representative on the ACBL Board of Directors.

Phyllis Harlan, who represents District 15 on the ACBL Board of Directors, was kidding CEO Jay Baum the other night at the Patron Member dinner. It seems Baum was greeting everyone at the door as they made it to the president’s suite at the Marriott. “I see you’ve been promoted to doorman,” said Harlan. Answered Baum: “I’m practicing for my job in retirement: Welcome to Walmart! Welcome to Walmart!”

Endplay By Brian Senior Deep Finesse assures us that South can make 3NT on Board 19 of the second qualifying session of the Victor Mitchell Open BAM (hands rotated), but it failed far more often than not. Dlr: East ♠ J 10 9 7 6 Vul: N-S ♥J97 ♦K53 ♣ 10 5 ♠A82 ♠Q543 ♥A84 ♥532 ♦Q92 ♦ 10 8 7 6 ♣J972 ♣K6 ♠K ♥ K Q 10 6 ♦AJ4 ♣AQ843 One of Europe's top lady players, Nevena Senior, declared 3NT on the lead of a low heart, which she won with the king. She played the ♠K, and that was ducked. Now a heart to the 9 was followed by the ♠J, won by West's ace while declarer pitched a club. West could have cashed the ♥A now, but it would have made no difference. He actually switched to a low club for the 10, king and ace, and Nevena played a heart. North won the ♥A and played the ♣J, which was ducked. North was endplayed. A club or a diamond would give a trick in that suit, and a spade would establish that suit while the ♦K was still in dummy to provide an entry. There was no escape, and declarer had nine tricks and a winning board. It may seem that the defense would have been better placed had East won the second spade and played a diamond through. Declarer can still prevail. She wins the ♦A and plays a heart to West's ace. Again, West is endplayed. If he plays a spade, he establishes dummy's winners, while a diamond gives the ninth trick in that suit. After a club to the king and ace, declarer cashes the fourth heart and North is squeezed in three suits. Again, there is no escape.

Tough Defense By Brian Senior 4♥ was a popular, if unsuccessful, spot on this deal from the first qualifying session of the Victor Mitchell Open BAM (hands rotated). Dlr: West Vul: E-W ♠ 10 9 8 6 ♥9832 ♦ 10 ♣ 10 8 7 6

♠KQJ ♥KQ6 ♦Q73 ♣AQ54

♠A7 ♥ 10 ♦AKJ9652 ♣K93

♠5432 ♥AJ754 ♦84 ♣J2 West makes the natural lead of the singleton diamond, which East overtakes to play two more winning diamonds, probably signaling for clubs in the process. There is a lie of the cards that permits 4♥ to make from here, but at BAM scoring, the practical declarer will accept one down and pitch a club at trick three. West throws two spades. At my table, East now switched to ♠A and another spade, and I could draw trumps and claim the remainder. South missed an opportunity for a defense that would have been a worthy story for the Daily Bulletin. When the third diamond scores, there is a defense for two down - play a fourth diamond! Declarer will ruff in dummy as North throws a third spade. Declarer cashes the ♥K and ♥Q, then may ruff a club back to hand to draw the remaining trumps - but that exhausts him of trumps and he cannot get a spade trick. If, on the other hand, declarer establishes the spades before drawing trumps, West gets a spade ruff. I wonder if anyone found that defense?

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Fantoni, Nunes won the 2006 “Azzura” Ribbon Pairs Italian superstars Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes captured the victory in last year's Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, becoming the first pair from their country to accomplish the feat. Fantoni and Nunes, gold medalists at the Open Pairs in the 2002 World Bridge Championships in Montreal, won last year's Blue Ribbon contest by one board over runners-up Drew Casen and Jm Krekorian. The event The Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs ranks with the Life Master Pairs as one of the most prestigious – and toughest – pair events on the ACBL calendar. Like the LM Pairs, the Blue Ribbon Pairs is played over three days and includes two qualifying, two semifinal and two final sessions. Entry is restricted to winners and runners-up in regional championships – plus high finishers in North American championships, members of current Grand National district championship teams, members of current official teams representing ACBL and the top 100 lifetime masterpoint holders. The Blue Ribbon Pairs was renamed the Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs in 1999 to honor one of bridge's all-time great players, writers, administrators and the authority on the laws of the game. Kaplan (1925-1997) won his first North American championship in 1953 – the Vanderbilt – and his last in 1997 – the Open Swiss Teams at the Spring NABC in Dallas. Kaplan was recognized as the world's foremost authority on the laws of duplicate and rubber bridge. He became co-chairman of the ACBL Laws Commission in 1978 and was co-chairman of the WBF Laws Commission at the time of his death. He was named ACBL Honorary Member in 1993. In 1995 he was inducted into the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame and the WBF Hall of Fame. The trophy The event is contested for the Cavendish Trophy, awarded for the National Open Pair Championship and donated by the Cavendish Club of New York in 1928. Since 1963, the trophy has been awarded to winners of the Blue Ribbon Pairs. Winners and runners-up: 1963 1. B. Jay Becker, Dorothy Hayden; 2. Harold Harkavy, Cliff Russell 1964 1. Robert D. Hamman, Lewis L. Mathe; 2. Gunther Polak, Robert G. Sharp 1965 1. Chuck Henke, John H. Moran; 2. Michael S. Lawrence, Ron Von der Porten 1966 1. Charles Coon, Richard Zeckhauser; 2. Leland Ferer, Gratian Goldstein 1967 1. Sami R. Kehela, Baron Wolf Lebovic; 2. Phil Feldesman, Lewis L. Mathe 1968 1. Larry Cohen, Richard H. Katz; 2. Bobby Goldman, Michael S. Lawrence 1969 1. Erik Paulsen, Alex Tschekaloff; 2-4. Sami R. Kehela, Eric R. Murray; 2-4. Tom Hodapp, Robert F. Morris; 2-4. Larry Cohen, Richard H. Katz 1970 1. Chuck F. Burger, Ira S. Rubin; 2. Richard Freeman, Cliff Russell 1971 1. Roger Bates, John M. Grantham; 2. Hermine Baron, Michael S. Lawrence 1972 1. Richard Khautin, Warren Kornfeld; 2. Garey Hayden, Mark Lair 1973 1. Steve Robinson, Kit Woolsey; 2. Kathie Cappelletti, Mike Cappelletti 1974 1. Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay; 2. Roger Bates, George Rosenkranz 1975 1. Steve Robinson, Kit Woolsey; 2. Ron E. Andersen, Hugh C. MacLean 1976 1. Jay Apfelbaum, Bill Edelstein; 2. James Jacoby, David Berkowitz 1977 1. Lou Bluhm, Thomas K. Sanders; 2. Kathie Cappelletti, Mike Cappelletti 1978 1. Ron E. Andersen, David Berkowitz; 2. Ted Horning, Peter Nagy 1979 1. Robert Levin, Ron Smith; 2. James Bennett, Chester Davis

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1. Warren Rosner, Allan Stauber; 2. Dan Morse, G. Robert Nail 1. Larry N. Cohen, Ron Gerard; 2. Chip Martel, Lew Stansby 1. Eric Rodwell, Jeff Meckstroth; 2-3. Robert Blanchard, Drew Casen; 2-3 Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson 1. Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen; 2. Peter Weichsel, Mike Lawrence 1-2. Jack Kennedy, Bobby Wolff; 1-2. David Funk, Mark Lair 1. Eric Rodwell, Walter Johnson; 2. Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield 1. Bob Hamman, Ron Von der Porten; 2. Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield 1. Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein; 2. Kerri Shuman, Robert Levin 1. Marty Bergen, Larry N. Cohen; 2. Robert Levin, Ron Smith 1. Mark Molson, Robert Lebi; 2. Gaylor Kasle, Roger Bates 1. Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield; 2. Brian Glubok, Sam Lev 1. Bob Hamman, Nick Nickell; 2. Mark Tolliver, Marc Zwerling 1. Haig Tchamitch, Adam Wildavsky; 2. Brad Moss, Ravindra Murthy 1. Bob Hamman, Michael Rosenberg; 2. Martin De Bruin, Steve Price 1. Mark Lair, Alexander Weiland; 2. Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein 1. David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen; 2. Paul Kiefer, Jerry Helms 1. Jim Krekorian, Bob Blanchard; 2. Larry Cohen. David Berkowitz 1. Adam Wildavsky, Allan Falk; 2. Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester 1. Zia Mahmood, Howard Weinstein; 2. Eric Rodwell, Marty Seligman 1. Jill Meyers, John Mohan; 2. John Sutherlin, Russ Ekeblad 1. Richard Coren, Marc Jacobus; 2. Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein 1. Salvador Assael, Nafiz Zorlu; 2. Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Steve Landen 1. Sidney Lazard, Bart Bramley; 2. Kit Woolsey, Fred Stewart 1. Michael Seamon, Geir Helgemo; 2. Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson 1. Tarek Sadek, Walid Elahmady; 2. Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein 1. Gavin Wolpert, Jenny Ryman; 2. Sabine Auken, Daniela von Arnim 1. Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes; 2. Drew Casen, Jim Krekorian

Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs begins today The Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs, a national-rated four-session event limited to players with fewer than 5000 masterpoints, begins today. The contest features a two-session qualifier and a two-session final tomorrow. The inaugural Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs were held at the 2005 Fall NABC in Denver. The winners were Marty Harris of Chicago IL and Jacob Morgan of Madison WI. In 2006, Joe Houde of St. Augustine FL and Divakar Bhargava of Richmond VA were the champs. There is a pre-qualification requirement: players must have earned a Blue Ribbon qualification to participate. (Players from outside North America must be granted a waiver to enter. Contact ACBL Chief Tournament Director Rick Beye at the Tournament Operations office or at the selling locations prior to game time.) The entry fee is $16.50 per player per session.

Last year’s winners: Joe Houde (left) and Divakar Bhargava won the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs.

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Open BAM Continued from page 1 In second with 36.83 was the Russian-Polish team of Andrew Gromov (captain), Aleksander Dubinin, Cezary Balicki and Adam Zmudzinski. The Gromov team won Sunday’s qualifying round, and maintained their lead after the first final session. The Strul team, however, was already making their move, trailing Gromov in second place. But Strul’s strong performance in the second final allowed them to overtake the leaders and cruise to the win. Strul, originally from South Africa, is retired and has lived in the U.S. for 30 years. He lives in Delray Beach FL. Partner Michael Becker, of Boca Raton FL, chalked up his first win in the event. Teammates Berkowitz, Cohen, Stansby and Martel have each won the Open BAM at least one time previously.

Senior KO Continued from page 1 Kaminski (Yeshayahu Levit, Pinhas Romik, Marcelo Branco, George Mittelman and Arno Hobart) by halftime. Their lead dropped to 19 IMPs after three sets, and Kaminski turned up the pressure in the last quarter, but it was not enough. Levine won 121-112. Hollman (Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin, Brenda Keller, Bruce Ferguson) took off to a 30-IMP lead early in the match against DeMartino (John Stiefel, Geoffrey Brod, Mel Colchamiro and Pat McDevitt). They led the rest of the match, but a furious lastquarter rally by DeMartino made the match close. Hollman hung on, however, to win 158-151.

Diamond ace By Tim Bourke Dlr: East Vul: Both

West

♠ K Q 10 8 4 ♥Q6 ♦QJ7 ♣KQ6

♠AJ75 ♥AJ7 ♦K985 ♣A5 North East

South 1NT 3♠ 5♣

Pass 2♥ Pass Pass 4NT Pass Pass 6♠ All Pass West leads a low trump against your fine spade slam and East follows. How do you plan to make 12 tricks? Solution ♠ K Q 10 8 4 ♥Q6 ♦QJ7 ♣KQ6 ♠932 ♠6 ♥K94 ♥ 10 8 5 3 2 ♦ A 10 3 2 ♦64 ♣873 ♣ J 10 9 2 ♠AJ75 ♥AJ7 ♦K985 ♣A5 You should draw three rounds of trumps with the king, queen and ace so that you end in hand to lead a low diamond toward dummy. When the West has the ♦A, the contract is assured. If he plays the ace, you will make five trumps, one heart, three diamonds and three clubs. Suppose instead West follows with a low diamond and dummy’s queen holds. Then you will cross back to hand with the ♣A to lead a second low diamond towards dummy. On the diagrammed deal, when the ♦J wins the trick, you will then cash the three top clubs and discard the ♦9 from hand before exiting with a diamond. West will win the ♦A and have to lead a heart or concede a ruffand-discard by leading the ♦10.

You might ask, “What happens if East takes the queen or jack of diamonds with the ace and exits with a heart?” Then you should rise with the ♥A and cash all of your black-suit winners. If the ♥K has not appeared and there is no reason to play East for diamond length, cash your remaining diamond winners and hope that the ♦9 is high.

Sub-Moysian fit By Brian Senior The key on this deal from the second qualifying session of the Victor Mitchell Open BAM was to play game in the 4-2 heart fit - a tough challenge, but one that was achieved by at least two pairs. Dlr: North ♠ 10 5 3 2 Vul: Both ♥K4 ♦Q5 ♣ A K J 10 3 ♠764 ♠QJ9 ♥975 ♥ 10 8 3 2 ♦ A 10 4 3 ♦K9862 ♣654 ♣7 ♠AK8 ♥AQJ6 ♦J7 ♣Q982 West North East South Hackett Armstrong 1♠ Pass 2♣ Pass 2♠ Pass 2NT Pass 3♣ Pass 3♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass This one will need some translation. 1♠ showed four or more cards in the context of a 1416 1NT and the 2♣ response was two-way, either a natural game-force or a constructive three- or four-card spade raise. 2♠ showed four spades in a minimum hand and was passable by a limit-raise hand. John Armstrong's 2NT rebid confirmed the game-force, and now Paul Hackett showed his club support - though perhaps not quite this good. 3♥ was the natural continuation, exploring the possibility of playing 3NT. Hackett could see that diamonds were a problem and judged well to raise to 4♥ rather than go back to clubs - and that suited Armstrong just fine. West North East South Nystrom Berthau 1NT Pass 2♣ Pass 2♠ Pass 3♦ Pass 3♥ Pass 4♣ Pass 4♥ All Pass Swedish pair, Fredrik Nystrom and Peter Berthau found a different route to the top spot. 1NT was 14-16 and 2♣ Stayman. Berthau next used a shape enquiry and the 3♥ response showed clubs. 4♣ was natural and forcing and Nystrom, with great trumps, cuebid the ♥K. Berthau could see that there was no diamond control and that partner had to hold ♥K-x-(x), which offered an excellent alternative to the club game, so he passed, which must have worried Nystrom until he saw the dummy. Well judged.

Monitoring At this and future North American Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ events with visible, real-time cameras. The images will be recorded and will be available for later official inspection and review. 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.

TOURNAMENT APPEALS In order to keep the bridge public informed of appeals results in a timely fashion, the NABC Daily Bulletin staff publishes write-ups. Every effort is made to ensure that these reports are accurate and complete. However, before they are published in the NABC Appeals Casebook revisions may be made.

APPEAL CASE 1 Nail Life Master Pairs First final session

Board #2 Vul: N-S Dlr: East Bobby Levin ♠7 ♥K7543 ♦AQ75 ♣J93

West

Andrew Gumperz ♠ A Q 10 8 ♥AQ ♦ J 10 9 8 ♣642 Roy Welland ♠KJ942 ♥J982 ♦K3 ♣KQ Michael Corey ♠653 ♥ 10 6 ♦642 ♣ A 10 8 7 5

North

East 1♣ Pass

South Pass Pass

1♥ 1♠ Dbl All Pass Facts: The director was called after the afternoon session. 1♣ was, by agreement, natural. The Ruling: In accordance with Law 40A, a player is permitted to make an intentionally misleading call. Since there is no evidence of a concealed understanding and West's double is considered to be a normal action, the table result of 1♠ doubled, down one, North-South minus 200, was allowed to stand. The Appeal: North said that he believed West's double was very unusual, since West would not be interested in defending 1♠ doubled. He said he had given West's bidding problem to three "nationally experienced" players and no one chose to double as West had done. He said, "If I thought double were a usual bid, I wouldn't be here." East made no assertion that his hand was missorted. The 1♣ bid, by agreement, was natural. The Decision: While recognizing the eccentricity of East's bidding, the committee noted that Law 40 (noted by the director) gives a player the right to make intentionally misleading calls. As a matter of bridge judgment, the committee found nothing abnormal about West's reopening double. Accordingly, the committee could find no infraction or impropriety on which to base an adjustment. Although East's opening 1♣ bid was eccentric and his pass of the 1♠ overcall arguably unusual, there was nothing to indicate they were predicated on any impropriety or infraction. West's 1♥ bid was ordinary and his double was hardly unusual, so there did not appear to be "fielding of a psych." The director informed North that if he felt there should be a record of this East-West's bidding, a player memo would be appropriate. The committee believed that a bridge appeals committee was not the proper venue to air this matter. Therefore, an appeal without merit warning (AWMW) was issued to N-S. DIC: Henry Cukoff Chairperson: Barry Rigal Committee Members: Michael Huston, Eugene Kales, Ed Lazarus, Chris Moll

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29.0 Tables A 5.92 1 4.44 2 3.41 3 2.50 4 2.56 5/6 1.64 5/6 1.96 1.44 1.87 1.18 1.15

B 1

C 1

2

2

3 4 5 6

3 4 5 6

Charles Berger, San Francisco CA; Brian Reis, San Mateo CA Cynthia Morelli - R Craig Hemphill, Jacksonville FL Leila Jinnah - Al Jinnah, Vancouver BC James Praught, Summerside PE; Alan Strauss, Modesto CA Ausra Geaski, Manchester CT; Jonna Robinson, San Jose CA Elbert Moore - Dorothy Moore, Crofton KY Andrew Nalos, Vancouver BC; Kenneth Ramsay, West Vancouver BC Christopher Cowan - Stephen Young, Mississauga ON Richard Hayes - Norma Hayes, Yuba City CA Frederic Platt - Constance Platt, Denver CO Kris Sommer - Richard Stevenson, Los Angeles CA

64.58% 61.31% 61.01% 60.71% 59.23% 59.23% 57.62% 56.25% 55.36% 53.27% 51.19%

MONDAY MORNINIG 49ER PAIRS 23.0 Tables D 3.47 1 2.60 2 1.95 3 1.69 4 1.10 5 1.10 6 1.27 0.95 0.71 0.74 0.56 0.42 0.37

E

F

1

1

2

3 4 5 6

2 3 4 5

Melvin Rosen, Mill Valley CA; Jerry Mednick, San Rafael CA Lenore Cavallero, Hillsborough CA; Susan Boeing, San Francisco CA Sue Eltringham, Walnut Creek CA; Joyce Mirwald, Concord CA Adeline Thomas - Arthur Thomas, Hillsborough CA Julian Standen - George Jeffrey, San Francisco CA Drue Ashford - Joan Larkin, San Francisco CA Roberta Gravelle, Walnut Creek CA; William Barron, Benicia CA Dawn Black - Alice Redfield, Atherton CA Arthur Donaldson - Mary Donaldson, Walnut Creek CA Frank Woods, San Francisco CA; Jane Carter, Colusa CA Barbara Curry - James Curry, Hillsborough CA Dorothy Taylor - Lillian Cape, San Francisco CA Patrica Raven, Kentfield CA; Nancy Zacher, San Francisco CA

63.10% 62.73% 61.01% 59.74% 58.59% 58.33% 57.74% 57.44% 57.14% 55.86% 55.06% 53.10% 51.19%

MONDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 25.5 Tables A 5.09 1 3.82 2 2.86 3 2.32 4 1.74 5 1.31 6 1.14 1.27 1.14 0.72

B 1 2

C 1

3 4 5 6

2

3 4 5

Miriam Tobolowsky, Los Angeles CA; Yasuo Koshi, Tokyo Japan Judy McGough, Seattle WA; Patricia Hewitt, Los Gatos CA Mary Spellman - Nell Magnuson, Santa Rosa CA David Silberman, Livermore CA; John Wild, Danville CA Don Harlor - Meg Herz Harlor, Santa Cruz CA D Ross White - Barbara White, Coronado CA Kenneth Kennington - Lynn Dahm, Vallejo CA John Dawson, Willowbrook IL; Eva Jonas, Cambridge MA Mary Johnson - Nora Schell, Winter Park FL Annette Bialson, Palo Alto CA; Etta Herbach, Belmont CA

63.26% 62.88% 61.68% 61.61% 61.06% 59.66% 59.10% 58.49% 53.98% 51.33%

MONDAY STRATIFIED FAST OPEN PAIRS 34.0 Tables A 26.97 1 20.23 2 15.17 3 11.38 4 8.53 5 6.40 6 4.80 7 3.60 8 3.68 4.20 3.15 2.13 2.57 2.52 1.33

B 1

C

2 3

9 4 5 6

1 2 3 4 5

Gary King, Hermosa Beach CA; Jordan Chodorow, Los Angeles CA Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ; Nan Wang, Eatontown NJ Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Bob Crossley, Corte Madera CA Ronald Jauch - Jamie Newman, Nevada City CA Lee Maddocks, Modesto CA; David Sandberg, Alameda CA Linda Tuff, Lower Sackville NS; Susan Hubley, Halifax NS Patricia Tucker - Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland Dom Di Felice, Denver CO; Michael Roche, Victoria BC Dan Wong, Hayward CA; Prakash Karamchandani, Fremont CA Jason Smith, Brooklyn NY; Herbert Lee, Santa Cruz CA Sydelle Shamah, Deal NJ; Sylvia Gindi, Oakhurst NJ Bob Weise - Cathy Weise, Reno NV Alex Lovejoy, Somerville MA; Jonathan Bittner, Boston MA Dawne Dickenson, Yountville CA; Britt-Marie Eldred, Napa CA

65.18% 62.20% 60.86% 59.73% 59.27% 59.10% 59.04% 58.33% 57.74% 56.27% 53.72% 52.49% 51.64% 50.74% 48.19%

MONDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 19.5 Tables A 3.15 1 2.36 2 1.77 3 1.33 4 1.00 5 0.75 6 0.74 1.05 0.51 0.46

B 1 2 3 4

5 6

C 1

2 3 4

Barbara Curry - James Curry, Hillsborough CA Cathy Adams - Ally Whiteneck, Alamo CA Lynne Humphrey, Moraga CA; Trisha Oconnor, Walnut Creek CA Antica Odabashian - Ann Goldbert, Santa Rosa CA Sharon Henning, Larkspur CA; Cheri Bartel, La Quinta CA Sue Eltringham, Walnut Creek CA; Joyce Mirwald, Concord CA Leonard Soloway, Lafayette CA; Ralph Muller, Concord CA Linda Bucklin - Helen Spalding, San Francisco CA Nancy Zacher, San Francisco CA; Patrica Raven, Kentfield CA De Ann Spalding - Mary Pilara, San Francisco CA

72.83% 61.27% 60.96% 59.95% 59.27% 57.22% 56.45% 56.38% 53.79% 53.13%

SUNDAY MIDNITE KO 16 Tables 3.94 1 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Victor Rivkin, San Jose CA; Nina Lubick-Reich, Fullerton CA; J’Neane Huey, Fort Worth TX 2.96 2 Greg Keidan, Wooster OH; Bruce Keidan, Pittsburgh PA; McKenzie Myers, Charlottesville VA; Brian Meyer, Cheektowaga NY 1.97 3/4 Carolyn Lux, Fredericksbrg TX; Eugene Lux, Fredericksburg TX; Arne Maki - Gene Maki, Dallas OR 1.97 3/4 Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Sabina Lim, Cerritos CA; Ron Lien, Brea CA; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET I 8 Tables Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Jan Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; Witold Turant, Lodz Poland; Bob Carteaux, Fort Wayne IN vs Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Jack Shartsis, Huntington Wds MI; James Melville, Springfield IL; Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI; Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Leonard Melander Jr, West Bloomfield MI SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET II 8 Tables Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Graham Shorrocks, St John S NL; Richard Higgins, Burke VA; Richard Veach, Laurel MD vs Douglas H Scott - Norman Holthouse - Marion Kelly - Edward Rais, Anchorage AK SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET III 8 Tables Robert Gish, El Monte CA; Kurt Fritz, Kailua HI; Manish Dixit, Naperville IL; Karen Byrd, Los Angeles CA vs Paul Wright Jr, Mount Pleasant SC; Kenneth Dye, Morrisville NC; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA; Scott Hiller, Marshall MN SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET IV 8 Tables Bruce Gantner - Larry Anderson, Farmington NM; Kerma Jones, North Salt Lake UT; Judy Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT vs Dan Scarola - Betty Kael, Oakland CA; Keith Gunn, Orinda CA; Daniel Rubinfeld, Berkeley CA SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 5 8 Tables Donald Taylor, Bishop CA; David Taylor, Seattle WA; Valeria Kittinger - Dianne Crunk, Mammoth Lakes CA vs Glenn Mason - Judith Mason - Wayne Kaneko - Barbara Simon, Honolulu HI SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET 6 8 Tables Adir Even, Brookline MA; Mark Heumann, Watertown MA; Judy Cohen, Chicago IL; Babette Brenner, Morton Grove IL vs Mary Ann Bond - Connie Weed - Joey Gilbertson, Fargo ND; Roberta Lovell, Farrgo ND MONDAY-TUESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 16 Tables Charles Williams, Port Angeles WA; Leslie Packman, Atlanta GA; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Jane Basilico, Santa Cruz CA vs Kyoung-Won Yoo, Seocho-Ku Seoul South Korea; Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; Lars Ritzman, Stockholm Sweden; Ulf-Eric Nehlin, Sundbyberg Sweden vs Chris Moll, Jefferson City TN; Bruce Reeve, Raleigh NC; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Richard Helams Jr, West Monroe LA Veronica McMurdie - John McMurdie, Sacramento CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA; Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA vs Makiko Sato, Tokyo Japan; Hiroko Sekiyama, Kanagawaken Japan; Yoko Nenohi, Kawasaki-Shi Japan; Toshiko Kaho, Tokyo Japan MONDAY-TUESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 16 Tables Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Andrew Garnett, St Petersburg FL; Robert Glickman, Berkeley CA; Matt Meckstroth, Fairfax VA vs Russ Jones, Jonesboro AR; Jerry Fong, Marianna AR; Gary Fong - Gladys Fong, Saratoga CA

Page 8 Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA; Eleanor Gendill, Denver CO; Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA; Christopher Galbraith, Pleasant Hill CA vs Robert Hartman, Oakland CA; Frederick Steele - John Corey David Fielder, San Francisco CA MONDAY-TUESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 3 14 Tables David Sarten, Pattery Point, Australia; Susanne Sarten, Tasmania 7004 Australia; Mary Bernstein - Tom Bernstein, Omaha NE vs Bruce Thiher, Minneapolis MN; Bud Smith, Tucson AZ; Al Crane, Coarse Gold CA; Glen Ford, Oakhurst CA Brian Hegarty - Judy Bredall, Colorado Spgs CO; Arnold Grushkin - Beverly Grushkin, Westport CT vs Sheldon Zimbler, Ft Lauderdale FL; Lori Jacobs, Boca Raton FL; Gary Nitzberg - Paul Jorgensen, Carson City NV MONDAY-TUESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 4 12 Tables Shirley Liss, Fairbanks AK; Teresa Bombardier, Anchorage AK; James Tunnell - Gayle Tunnell, San Francisco CA vs Marc Franklin, San Francisco CA; Lucia Hilton - Carol Frank, Santa Fe NM; Kenneth Tishgart, Ross CA Susan Eastman, Delmar NY; Lucretia Locke - Sharron Voorhees, San Diego CA; Greg Schepens, Austin TX vs Terry Jones, Falls Church VA; Pamela Fitch, Sacramento CA; Kathryn Le Gro, Carmichael CA; Ralph Meyer, Ridgewood NJ MONDAY-TUESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 5 12 Tables Janet Natov - Constance Johansson, Novato CA; Jeannette Hallquist, Charlottesville VA; Florence Gado, Green Valley AZ vs Patricia Lavergne - Eleanor Cavanagh, Ottawa ON; Mary Hudson - Peggy Beck, Mesa AZ Lynda Swenson - Gary Swenson, Wichita Falls TX; Margaret Callinan, Mill Valley CA; Vicki Quinn, Corte Madera CA vs Mike Bozarth - Barbara Sonnenblick, San Francisco CA; Aster Wu, Wilmington DE; John Waddington, Glenburnie ON MONDAY-TUESDAY MORNING COMPACT KO BRACKET 6 12 Tables Douglas MacDonald, Evanston IL; Mary Walters, Oak Park IL; Jack Baugh - Patricia Baugh, Voorheesville NY vs Ronald Baron - Ken Rosenfeld, San Jose CA; Nathan Wilmes, Oakland CA; Gary Kao, Milpitas CA Bob Bradley - Jocelyn Bradley, Honolulu HI; James Green - Jane Green, Mercer Island WA vs Ronald Mulcare - Michael Fehr, San Francisco CA; Susan Bowser, San Rafael CA; Helene Warwick, Sausalito CA MONDAY A.M. COMPACT CONSOLATION BRACKET 1 8 Tables David Siebert, Little Rock AR; James Tucker Jr, Alexander City AL; Robert Kent, Marina Dl Rey CA; Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA vs Barbara Oshman, Atherton CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; G Gard Hays, Veradale WA Shirley Eide, Bakersfield CA; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA; Pedro Ieong, Hong Kong Hong Kong; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK vs Ricki Rogers, Moorestown NJ; Melissa Baker, West Harrison NY; Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL vs Robert Donaldson, Ogden UT; Alene Wrobel, Farr West UT; Vandana Jhawar - Pradeep Jhawar, Layton UT MONDAY A.M. COMPACT CONSOLATION BRACKET 2 8 Tables Claude Tremblay - Muriel Tremblay, Niagara On Lake ON; Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY; Robert Neuhart, Troy NY vs Verdie White - William Bob Case - Monica Mitchell - Doris Ham, Hot Springs AR vs Kirk Elyakin - Marilyn Elyakin - Paul Fried, Monroe Twp NJ; Kathryn Ritterbush, Albuquerque NM

Daily Bulletin MONDAY STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS 87.0 Tables A 22.21 1 16.66 2 12.49 3 9.37 4 7.03 5 5.27 6 3.95 7 3.02 8 2.92 9 14.64 10.98 8.24 6.18 4.63 3.21 3.04 2.34 4.60 3.45 2.59 2.32 2.34

B

1 2 3 4 5 6/7 6/7 8

C

1

2 3 4 5 6

Reidar Laland, Knepp Norway; Ingvar Erga, Klepp St Norway Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Janice Nakao, San Mateo CA Walter Hoeger - Renate Hoeger, Nuernberg Germany Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI Helene Drake - George Drake, Phoenix AZ Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Allan Wolf, Ridgefield CT Jenny Rose, Henderson NV; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA Gim Ong - Jose Tharayil, Winnipeg MB Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Greg House, S San Fran CA James Breeden - Margaret Breeden, Carson City NV Peggy Ellis - Jean Ludwig, New York NY H Vince Mueller, San Rafael CA; Angelo Servino, Bel Tiburon CA Patricia Ostovar, Pacifica CA; Ann Longknife, San Mateo CA Pat Zieger - Jo Anne Murdock, Yuba City CA Sidney Gordon - Ellen Gordon, Melrose Park PA Fay Teal, Mesa AZ; Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME Karen Barrett, Darien CT; Douglas Thompson, Acton MA Noel Hanford, Rancho Mirage CA; Joelle Benioff, Hillsborough CA Joan Bower, Los Altos Hills CA; Michael O’Leary, Santa Clara CA Paula Jaffe, Tiburon CA; Patricia Newton, Greenbrae CA Steven Adams - Sally Adams, Chico CA Margaret Rourke - Russell Barlow, Piedmont CA

61.94% 61.62% 61.54% 60.18% 60.02% 59.86% 59.38% 59.29% 58.89% 58.81% 58.17% 57.05% 56.33% 56.01% 54.89% 54.89% 54.81% 54.33% 54.17% 53.69% 53.45% 52.56%

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 48.0 Tables A 8.80 1 6.60 2 4.95 3 5.24 4 2.78 5 3.93 3.53 2.21 2.64 2.24 1.49 1.12

6

B 1

C

2

1

3 4 5 6

2 3 4 5 6

Kent White, Lincoln CA; Ella Bosse, Roseville CA Robert Longhi, Lahaina HI; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ Diana Holt, Palm Beach FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL Steven Lipson - Serl Zimmerman, Palm Desert CA Gitte Hecht-Johansen, London England; Nevena Senior, Bulwell Notting England Shelly Hershberger - Dean Jenkins, Kailua Kona HI Ron Buck - Robert Chase, San Francisco CA Carol Cassedy - Ty Cassedy, Port Orchard WA Robert Berger, Berkeley CA; Dhiru Tanna, Miami FL Chris Poulos, Mission Viego CA; Dollie Poulos, Mission Viejo CA Peter Manzon - Alan Korpi, Waltham MA Kris Sommer - Richard Stevenson, Los Angeles CA

68.98% 63.89% 62.73% 62.50% 61.86% 61.80% 61.57% 59.49% 58.56% 58.33% 56.73% 54.86%

SAN FRAN QUICKTRICKS CLUB OPEN PAIRS 91.5 Tables A 32.03 1 24.02 2 18.02 3 13.51 4 10.13 5 16.83 6 5.70 4.28 12.62 3.20 3.03 4.24 4.38 8.29 8.29 5.33 3.99 3.52 4.82 3.62 2.84 3.91 2.09

B

1

C

1

7 8 9 2 10 11 12 13 14/15 3/4 14/15 3/4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 6

William Wickham - Gene Freed, Los Angeles CA Ralph Mocker, Goleta CA; Carl Michelet, Carpinteria CA Fred King, Falls Church VA; Robert Bell, Washington DC Gary Ge - William Ge, Vancouver BC Ava Grubman - Steven Zlotnick, Brooklyn NY Feng Chian, Taipei People’s Republic of China; Barry Ko, Berkeley CA Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA Darlene Shirey - Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY Ann Hedden, Watkinsville GA; Gary Peck, Hayward CA William Esberg, Long Branch NJ; Harvinder Sidhu, Marlton NJ Jim Looby, Burbank CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR Frances Dickman, San Jose CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA Stephen Young - Christopher Cowan, Mississauga ON Susan Slinger, Corralitos CA; Jane Jennings, Ben Lomond CA D Raija Davis, Reno NV; Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA John Guth, Days Creek OR; Danny O’Broclyn, Yuba City CA William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX Stephen Kaufman - Emmanuel Vacakis, San Francisco CA Andrey Artamonov - Julia Barsel, Burnaby BC Daniel Rothwell, Eugene OR; Ivan Jen, San Jose CA Ronald Dixon, Vancouver BC; Stan Fong, Toronto CD Mike Giesler - Allison Brandt, Philadelphia PA

62.50% 62.34% 60.58% 60.02% 59.55% 59.05% 58.97% 57.93% 57.91% 57.77% 57.37% 57.35% 57.21% 56.81% 56.81% 56.21% 54.93% 54.65% 54.17% 52.48% 52.12% 52.08% 51.44%

MONDAY EVENING 299ER SWISS TEAMS 10 Tables A 2.83 1

B 1

2.12

2

2

1.39

3/4

1.39

3/4

C 1

Sandra Drinan - Frank Drinan - John Kring - Louise Kring, Saginaw MI Natalie Crew - Clifford Crew - Susan Vogtlin, Rio Vista CA; Robert Lohse, Discovery Bay CA Helen Nathan, New York NY; Marcia Lauffer-Rosner, Los Angeles CA; Jean Carusi, Omaha NE; Sunny Koontz, Palm Beach FL Don Harlor - Meg Herz Harlor, Santa Cruz CA; Judy Wasco, Marshalltown IA; Marty Freer, San Diego CA

52.00 48.00 47.00 47.00

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39.0 Tables A 6.92 1 5.19 2 3.89 3 3.07 4 2.19 5 2.98 6 1.73 2.24 1.68 1.26 0.98 0.71

B 1 2

C

3 4 5 6

1 2 3 4 5 6

John Peternell, San Francisco CA; Karen Perling, La Jolla CA Greg Foss - Jeannene LeVitre, Reno NV Thomas Burger, Englewood CO; Jack Purdy, Broomfield CO Deborah Levine - Gerald Levine, Belvedere CA Judy Cohen, Chicago IL; Babette Brenner, Morton Grove IL Alan Carlton, Alameda CA; John Sherwood, Orinda CA Nancy Coleman - John Camphouse, Bishop CA Marynel Musch - Bill Musch, Orting WA Jennifer Paulsrud - Marilyn Anstett, Fargo ND James Green - Jane Green, Mercer Island WA Jeanne Redington - Carol Layton, Saint Louis MO Nora Schell - Mary Johnson, Winter Park FL

71.43% 64.58% 61.93% 61.55% 61.31% 59.82% 59.28% 58.71% 58.03% 57.74% 53.79% 53.60%

MONDAY EVENING 49ER PAIRS 9.0 Tables A 2.00 1 1.50 2 1.13 3 1.04 4 0.70 5 0.78 0.65 0.57

B

C

1 2 3 4

1 2

Peter Huppert - Susan Ruwart, San Francisco CA Antica Odabashian - Ann Goldbert, Santa Rosa CA Robin Williams, Greenwich CT; Nancy Gaunt, Evansville IN Molly Anderson, Larkspur CA; Carol Morse, Glen Ellen CA Valerie Greenberg - Alan Greenberg, Ojai CA Stephen Reynolds, Santa Cruz CA; Enyi Chen, Singapore Singapore Brian Klein - Bruce Rutan, San Francisco CA Richard Ramage III, Seattle WA; Sheridan Colbourn, Danville CA

66.96% 59.35% 58.29% 55.28% 53.02% 52.80% 52.42% 51.24%

MONDAY FLIGHT A/X SWISS TEAMS 72 Tables A 14.30 1 10.73

X

2

12.27

3

5.28

4/5

5.28

4/5

1

2.97

6/7

2.97

6/7

9.20

8/9

1.75

8/9

6.90

10

3

5.18

11/12

4

1.25

11/12

1.10

13

3.40

14/15 5/6

3.40

2

14/15 5/6

2.18

7

Makiko Sato, Tokyo 143-0027 Japan; Hiroko Sekiyama, Kanagawaken Japan; Yoko Nenohi, Kawasaki-Shi 21 Japan; Toshiko Kaho, Tokyo 185-0014 Japan Mike Cappelletti, Hixson TN; Jay Baum, Germantown TN; Spike Lay Marilyn Garcia, Daytona Beach FL Lynn Yokel, Campbell CA; Daniel Kroll, Berkeley CA; James Caray Jr, San Francisco CA; Georgianna Spinazze, Saratoga CA Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Joergen Molberg, Trondheim Norway; Jim Krekorian, New York NY; John Onstott, New Orleans LA Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Dennis Dawson, Santa Fe NM; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; Hemant Lall - Bob Hamman, Dallas TX Ross Rainwater - Jackie Jarigese, Vancouver WA; Christopher Young, San Diego CA; Craig Huston, Portland OR Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Hanover PA; Martin Chaitt, West Palm Beach FL; Ellasue Chaitt, Palm Bch Gdns FL Jessel Rothfield - Seamus Browne - Sue Lusk, ; Therese Tully, Brisbane Australia Renate Hansen, Kitzbuehel Austria; Andreas Babsch, Vienna Austria; Hubert Obermain - Arno Lindermann, Donald Blum, Atlanta GA; John Gassenheimer - Jill Fisch, Short Hills NJ; Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA Stephen Cheston, Chicago IL; Laurence Zung, Evanston IL; Ellen Miller, Highland Park IL; Richard Wieland, Falls Church VA Minako Takahashi - Fumiko Kimura - Sachiko Yamamura, Tokyo Japan; Michiko Ohno, Tokyo 178 Japan Richard Schmieder - Jyme Schmieder, Boerne TX; Diane Shannon, Saratoga CA; Donald Rothschild, Sunnyvale CA Ed Barad, Marina del Rey CA; Carol McCully, Manhattan Beach CA; Margot Hirsch, Arlington TX; J’Neane Huey, Fort Worth TX Kate Hill - Toby Shapiro, Santa Rosa CA; Sigrid Price - Russell Quinnell, Napa CA Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; Lars Ritzman, Stockholm Sweden; Ulf-Eric Nehlin, Sundbyberg Sweden; Kyoung-Won Yoo, Seocho-Ku Seoul South Korea

67.00 65.00 62.00 58.00

58.00 56.00 56.00 55.00 55.00 54.00 53.00 53.00 51.00 49.00 49.00

48.00

MONDAY STRATA B/C/D SWISS TEAMS 77 Tables B 11.69 1 7.68

C 1

2/3

7.68

2/3

4.32

4/5

6.37

4/5

2

4.78

6

3

3.14

7/8

4/5

4.25

7/8

4/5

1.76 1.76

D

1

6/7 6/7

3.19

2

2.39

3

1.79

4

1.34

5

Robert Berger - Crispin Barrere - Joel Teller, Berkeley CA; Dhiru Tanna, Miami FL Nancy Girtler, Bel Tiburon CA; Mardelle Buss, Mill Valley CA; Mayday Card, Larkspur CA; Julie Coffin, Belvedere CA Roxy Freedman - Marielle Brentnall - Susan Cohen - Jerry Cohen, Winnipeg MB John Tolson - Lynne Tolson, Bedford NS; Carol Thompson - Peter Ineson, Halifax NS Malcolm Barker, Chalfont St Gil Great Britain; Suzanne Gill, Norwich Norf Nr Great Britain; Graham Grist, Nr13 3pd England; Victoria Gregory, Pittsburg KS Nancy Maidman - Dean Leslie, New York NY; Ronald Oest - Sandi Oest, Palmdale CA Paul Levine, San Carlos CA; Leonard Brill - Bette Meers-O’Hara, San Francisco CA; Edward Cowan Jr, Prescott AZ Pier Luigi Forlani, Berkeley CA; Frank Rooney - Paul Rasmussen - Isabella Polenghi-Gross, Oakland CA Elaine Paul - Bobby Paul - Irene Corne - Robert Corne, Winnipeg MB Mary Johnson - Marv Riedesel, Prior Lake MN; Wayne Gergen, Minneapolis MN; Clifford Lundberg, Elk River MN Sally Ann Rhea - Michael Lee Stabler, Boulder CO; Jack Baugh Patricia Baugh, Voorheesville NY Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA; Jim Canty, Berkeley CA; Gretchen Smith, Piedmont CA; Laura Cheever, Oakland CA G Keith Freeman - Virginia Sykes, Pinole CA; Carol Cottam, Concord CA; Iris Libby, Orinda CA Nell Magnuson - Mary Spellman, Santa Rosa CA; Joan Katkov, Kentfield CA; Sally Adams, Walnut Creek CA

65.00 61.00 61.00 57.00

57.00 56.00 55.00 55.00 54.00 54.00 49.00 45.00 44.00 37.00

MONDAY A.M. COMPACT CONSOLATION BRACKET 3 7 Tables Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX; Patsy Pierce, Hardin TX; Phyllis Ogden - Ann Blohm, Houston TX vs Ann Bernson - Muriel Stitt - Oded Stitt - Vicki Sutton, Honolulu HI Norman Marks - Norman Marks II, Oakland CA; Michael Ravera - David Sisson, San Jose CA vs Cheryl Glaza, Kaneohe HI; Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI; Jean Luning - Cheryl McIlroy, Kailua HI MONDAY A.M. COMPACT CONSOLATION BRACKET 4 6 Tables Stuart Danoff - Joan Danoff, Stamford CT; Nancy Baker - Nancy Luke, Honolulu HI vs John Young, Sparks NV; Dorothy Case, Anchorage AK; Burkhard Schneider, Grosse Pointe MI; Cora Robey, Reno NV vs Olivia Stockton - Annie Chiljian - Beverly Daniels - Mary Jo Howard-Davila, Fresno CA MONDAY A.M. COMPACT CONSOLATION BRACKET 5 6 Tables Jeannette McNeil, Menlo Park CA; Diane Kelley, Palo Alto CA; Stan Charney - Freya Charney, Atherton CA vs Marlow Muldoon - Joyce Muldoon, Irving TX; Nurit Elis - Ami Elis, Pittsburgh PA Linda Thies - Terry Sappah - Kathie Hoehne - Linda Vernon, Anchorage AK vs Michael Walker - William Bowld - Jean Scripps, Rancho Mirage CA; Darryl Hendershot, Dsrt Hot Spgs CA MONDAY A.M. COMPACT CONSOLATION BRACKET 6 6 Tables Pamela Elsner - Ernest Elsner, Avon CO; Thomas McCalden Marcia McCalden, Wolcott CO vs Cathy Adams - Ally Whiteneck, Alamo CA; Leonard Soloway, Lafayette CA; Ralph Muller, Concord CA Marisa Silverman - Susan Knox, Aspen CO; Sandy Holmes, Snowmass CO; Courtney Keller, Basalt CO vs Kathy High - Terry McMillan - Pam Sands, Modesto CA; Candace Garvey, Surprise AZ BILL HOLT KO BRACKET 1 16 Tables 51.37 1 Cydney Hayes - Don Campbell, Saskatoon SK; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA; Aaron Silverstein, New York NY 38.53 2 David Maidman - Marin Marinov, New York NY; Kalin Karaivanov - Roumen Trendafilov, Varna Bulgaria 25.69 3/4 George Rosenkranz, Mexico Mexico; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G Netherlands; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Rita Ellington, Traverse City MI; Robert Morris, Houston TX 25.69 3/4 Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD; Mark Shaw, Hanover PA; Martin Chaitt, West Palm Beach FL; Ellasue Chaitt, Palm Bch Gdns FL BILL HOLT KO BRACKET 2 16 Tables 41.16 1 Keith Connolly, Minneapolis MN; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 30.87 2 Thomas Greer, W Hollywood CA; Stephen Aarons, Toronto ON; Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 20.58 3/4 Robert Gordon - Peter Bisgeier, Northport NY; Art Brodsky, Huntingtn Sta NY; Ljudmila Kamenova, Stony Brook NY 20.58 3/4 Donald Sache - Doug Hansford, Delta BC; Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Dennis Groden, West Vancouver BC BILL HOLT KO BRACKET 3 16 Tables 34.73 1 Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Evan Markowitz, New York NY; Jason Chiu, San Jose CA; Bernice Gee, Regina SK; Jan Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; Witold Turant, Lodz Poland 26.05 2 Raymond Depew - Norman Dressler, Kingston PA; James Fowlkes - Patricia Fowlkes, Garner NC 17.37 3/4 Fred Chasalow, Millbrae CA; Howard Epley, Kent WA; Alan Epley, Bellevue WA; Craig Zastera, Woodinville WA 17.37 3/4 Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; KyoungWon Yoo, Seocho-Ku Seoul South Korea; Lars Ritzman, Stockholm Sweden; Ulf-Eric Nehlin, Sundbyberg Sweden BILL HOLT KO BRACKET 4 16 Tables 29.30 1 Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Barbara McLendon, New York NY; John Barth, Santa Cruz CA; Mike Develin, Berkeley CA 21.98 2 Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, Burke VA; Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT 14.65 3/4 Monica Angus, West Vancouver BC; Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC; Doreen McOrmond, Vancouver BC; Sheila Sache, Delta BC 14.65 3/4 Ed Barad, Marina del Rey CA; Carol McCully, Manhattan Beach CA; Donald Seldeen - Neil Joseph Smyth, Santa Cruz CA

Page 10 BILL HOLT KO BRACKET 5 16 Tables 25.71 1 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Derek Fiero - Teddi Fiero - Mansoor Gowani, San Jose CA 19.28 2 Neal Perlman - Marcie Perlman, San Angelo TX; Bert Rettner, Fresno CA; Mick Friedberg, Aptos CA 12.86 3/4 Norman Holthouse - Rita Holthouse - Wonnie Duncan - Marion Kelly - Edward Rais, Anchorage AK 12.86 3/4 Edward Hynes, Penobsquis NB; Lynn Stanley - Leo Mahoney - Anne Mahoney, Moncton NB 5.78 5/8 Robert C.F. Wang, El Monte CA; William Ng, Chatsworth CA; Matt Chiwo Leung, Montebello CA; Shiu-Ming Huang, San Marino CA BILL HOLT KO BRACKET 6 16 Tables 22.95 1 Lauren Friedman, Daly City CA; Molly Tinsley, Ashland OR; Bruce Osterweil - Thomas McLaughlin, San Francisco CA 17.21 2 Alan Schneider - Sherie Schneider, Beverly Hills CA; Viktor Anikovich, Los Angeles CA; Igor Milman, Brooklyn NY 11.48 3/4 Randy Ekman, Dallas TX; Glenn Dicus, West Hollywood CA; Sam Atabaki, San Ramon CA; Mary Skavaril, Columbus OH 11.48 3/4 Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON; Kirk Elyakin - Marilyn Elyakin, Monroe Twp NJ BILL HOLT KO BRACKET 7 16 Tables 19.60 1 Vernita Davidson - Deborah Triolo, Martinez CA; Bradley Komsthoeft, Clayton CA; Per Baardsen, Lafayette CA 14.70 2 Julia Price - Mary Lou Kerr - Dixie Lee Birnie, Toronto ON; Lamya Abougoush, Calgary AB 9.80 3/4 Bruce Gantner - Larry Anderson, Farmington NM; Janet Hutchins - Renee Ferrera, Portland OR 9.80 3/4 Susan Rowley, Orlando FL; Gail Giffen, Lafayette CA; Clara Stokes - Edward Stokes, Danville CA BILL HOLT KO BRACKET 8 16 Tables 16.32 1 Art Quey, San Mateo CA; Ray Fong, Burlingame CA; Victor Galis - Ioana Galis, Fremont CA 12.24 2 Kenneth Dekker - Linda Volz, El Reno OK; Eileen Kotecki, Saratoga CA; Bruce Scott, San Jose CA 8.16 3/4 John McCall - Diane McCall, Zephyr Cove NV; Paul McEleney, Menlo Park CA; Donald Plorde, Port Ludlow WA 8.16 3/4 Robert Walton - Clarke Fairbrother, Santa Ana CA; Susan Johnson - John Johnson, Newport Beach CA 3.67 5/8 Danielle Hejmanowski - Nancy Johnson - Sara Rothmuller, Santa Rosa CA; Scott Gulland, Rocklin CA 3.67 5/8 Patsy Pierce, Hardin TX; Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX; Ann Blohm - Phyllis Ogden, Houston TX BILL HOLT KO BRACKET 9 16 Tables 14.18 1 Valeria Kittinger - Dianne Crunk, Mammoth Lakes CA; Donald Taylor, Bishop CA; David Taylor, Seattle WA 10.64 2 Ching Chao - Carson Liao, Danville CA; Andrew Loh - Patricia Loh, Solana Beach CA; Grace Da Silva, Oakland CA 7.09 3/4 Barbara Unger - Richard Unger, Weybridge VT; Carol Turner, San Diego CA; Setsuko Nakazawa, Escondido CA 7.09 3/4 Allen Wolman - John Hornback, Los Altos CA; Steve Barasch, Sunnyvale CA; Sioux Atkinson, Portola Valley CA; Donna Armstrong, Mountain View CA 3.19 5/8 Ann Bernson - Vicki Sutton - Muriel Stitt Oded Stitt, Honolulu HI BILL HOLT KO BRACKET 10 16 Tables 11.95 1 Don Grider - Inez Grider, Georgetown TX; Susan Seitz - Michael Smith, Des Moines IA 8.96 2 Mary Ann Bond - Connie Weed - Joey Gilbertson, Fargo ND; Roberta Lovell, Farrgo ND 5.98 3/4 Linda Williams, Livermore CA; Margo Mueller, Memphis TN; Marla Silva, Dan Point CA; Warren Hoffnung, San Clemente CA 5.98 3/4 Linda Thies - Kathie Hoehne - Linda Vernon Terry Sappah, Anchorage AK MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 16 Tables 33.84 1 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain 25.38 2 Steve Becker, Old Greenwich CT; Gail Greenberg - Jeffrey Hand, New York NY; Larry Bausher, West Haven CT 18.61 3 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White, Raleigh NC; Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL 15.23 4 Claire Tornay - George Tornay Jr, Palm Beach Gdns FL; Bud Marsh, Scottsdale AZ; Melih Ozdil, Astoria NY MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 16 Tables 29.41 1 Barry Harper, Regina SK; Doug Deschner, Red Deer AB; Thomas Gandolfo, Edmonton AB; Alan Wienman, Morton IL 22.06 2 Joel Hoersch - Greg Michaels, San Diego CA; John Kissinger, San Clemente CA; Jon Wright, La Mesa CA 16.18 3 Pamela Wild, Daytona Beach FL; Shirley Presberg, Boca Raton FL; Joan Van Geffen - Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 13.23 4 Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC; Hao Ge, Cleveland OH

Daily Bulletin MONDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 17.5 Tables A 3.96 1 3.06 2 2.30 3 1.72 4 1.29 5 0.97 6 1.34 1.01 0.76

B

C

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

2 3 4

Lawrence Patrick, Honolulu HI; Teresa Jefferson, Seaside OR John Sherwood, Orinda CA; Alan Carlton, Alameda CA Jacqueline Bell - Bonnie Scheeland, Portland OR Karen Johnson, Smithville NJ; Nancy Daly, New York NY Michael Raffetto - Wanda Raffetto, Lincoln CA Raymond Struck - Cathy Struck, Hattiesburg MS Lawrence Burnett - D Gill Sperlein, San Francisco CA Jacqueline Longacre - Hella Lacroix, Lincoln CA Jo Anne Kelley - Charles Kelley, Pacific Plsades CA

66.86% 61.36% 60.80% 59.71% 58.88% 58.71% 57.39% 55.37% 55.17%

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 60.0 Tables A 10.62 1 7.97 2 5.97 3 7.28 4 3.36 5 2.52 6 2.33 7/8 2.33 7/8 5.46 4.10 3.59 2.02 3.08 2.31 1.87 1.31 0.97

B

C

1

2 3/4 3/4 5/6 5/6

1

2 3 4 5 6

James Nash - Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE Lorena Choplin - Phillip Schiffert, Roseville CA Lance Shull - Audrey Ventura, Raleigh NC Matthew Hoskins - Elizabeth Hoskins, Shoreham-By-Sea England Tony Petronella, North Kingstown RI; Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY David Zapatka, Sun Lakes AZ; Sam Atabaki, San Ramon CA Bill Barkley, New Bern NC; Allen Bowman, Green Valley AZ Martha Young, Dallas TX; Mym Young, Atlantic Beach NC Joyce Neville, White Marsh VA; Tracy Brines, Suffolk VA Sam Dodson, Houston TX; Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN Lynn Stanley - Anne Mahoney, Moncton NB Michael Corey, Bellevue WA; Elizabeth Mead, Castro Valley CA Ting To, Twickenham Mid England; Victor Hsu, Waldwick NJ Edward Chadwick - Jeanette Reitzer, Sydney Australia Andrew Wulfhorst, Oregon City OR; Cathy Stockwell, Portland OR Marlene Watts - David Beauchamp, Sydney Australia John De Soto, San Francisco CA; Anthony D’Angelo, Pacific Plsds CA

MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 3 14 Tables 26.47 1 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; James Melville, Springfield IL; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Rick Kaye, Bingham Farms MI 19.85 2 Josh Sher, Woodland Hls CA; Christopher Monsour, Chicago IL; Joe Harris - Sudip Dosanjh, Albuquerque NM 14.56 3 Richard Zucker, Dobbs Ferry NY; Roberta Meadow, New York NY; Sylwia McNamara - Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 11.91 4 Harriette Buckman, Lincolnwood IL; George Retek, Westmount QC; Brian Fraser, Victoria BC; Leo Weniger, Halifax NS MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 4 12 Tables 23.82 1 Clark Millikan, Mountain View CA; Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Steve Chen, Fremont CA 17.87 2 Faye Marino, Greenwich CT; Mimi Bieber, Armonk NY; Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY 13.10 3 Joan Vigdor - Charles Wolpert - Joseph Menkes - Barbara Menkes, Boynton Beach FL 10.72 4 Charles Nemes, Hinsdale IL; Martin Morris, Wheeling IL; Ron Lien, Brea CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 5 13 Tables 21.44 1 Jeanne McKenzie, Medford MA; Bud Biswas, Lexington MA; Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA; Joseph De Gaetano, Atkinson NH 16.08 2 Marcia Dean - Robert Dean, San Jose CA; Jean Barry, Livermore CA; Jennifer Jones, Santa Rosa CA 11.79 3 Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA; Robert Fournier - Geo. Fred Williams III, Knoxville TN; Richard Ekstrum, Crystal MN 9.65 4 Jack Longman - Kathy Longman, Clearwater FL; Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Rick Schoenfield, Westchester IL MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 6 16 Tables 19.30 1 Gene Maki - Teresa Ozias - Arne Maki, Dallas OR; Dick Mc Cluer, Vancouver WA 14.48 2 Sherry Jackson - Justin Lall, New York NY; Phil Clayton, San Juan Capo CA; Matthew Haag, Livermore CA 10.62 3 Ann Gillespie - Eddie Rose, Laguna Niguel CA; Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Edward Frymoyer, Half Moon Bay CA 8.69 4 Larry Rabideau, Saint Anne IL; John De Forest, Monee IL; Sally Levering - Al Levering, Frankfort IL MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 7 16 Tables 17.37 1 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Samuel Ieong, Stanford CA; Adam Meyerson, Los Angeles CA; Xiaodong Zhang, Fremont CA 13.03 2 Michael Moffatt - Vicki Moffatt, Surrey BC; John Cox, Kellogg ID; Suzanne St Thomas, Salem OR 9.55 3 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA; Owen Leibman, San Francisco CA 7.82 4 Daniel Denison - Mary Lou Denison, Solana Beach CA; Bernard Figueiredo - Hanan Deeby, Vista CA MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 8 16 Tables 15.63 1 Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH; Susan Korbel, Waterloo ON; Barbara Berwick - Harlan Hullinger, San Francisco CA

68.59% 68.11% 65.06% 63.62% 62.82% 62.66% 61.06% 61.06% 59.78% 59.62% 59.62% 59.29% 59.29% 58.65% 56.89% 54.97% 53.37%

11.72 2 Paul Sorensen - Allan Sorensen, Berwyn AB; Leslie Pettie, Edmonton AB; Al Blinder, Torrance CA 8.60 3 Louis Sachar, Austin TX; Nancy Jo Gordy, Port Ludlow WA; Barbara Mackay - Joe Fang, Fredericton NB 7.03 4 Cristina Tita, Northville MI; Kurt Dasher, Petersburg MI; Carol Kasle, Bloomfield MI; JoAnne Lowe, Fountain Hls AZ MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 9 16 Tables 14.07 1 Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Jeffery Scott, Bedford MA; Jack Vecchione, Boston MA 10.55 2 Carol Huston - Mohamed Shagrun - Gloria Shagrun, Chico CA; Marie Nowlin Simi, Paradise CA 7.74 3 Victor Chubukov - Steve Smolen, San Francisco CA; Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Eugene Hung, San Jose CA 6.33 4 Donald Croysdale, Elm Grove WI; Kerry Brothers, Oxbow ND; Carol Rynders - Teresa Sackett, Saint Paul MN MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 10 16 Tables 12.66 1 Michael Ventri, Fullerton CA; Milton Kalikman, Azusa CA; Jeffrey Boak, Bethesda MD; Shawn Stringer, Silver Spring MD 9.50 2 Robert Munson - Nancy Munson, Danville CA; Mike Munson, La Jolla CA; Girts Ozolins, Torrance CA 6.96 3 Mario Mory - Phyllis Mory - R Carroll - S Carroll, Los Angeles CA 5.70 4 Dileep Bal, Kapaa HI; Eileen Eastman, Sacramento CA; R Bruce Martin, Paia HI; Harjinder Ajmani, Kula HI MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 11 16 Tables 11.39 1 Herb Wiltsek - Bobbi Wiltsek - Stan Chow, San Francisco CA; Cathy Hildebrand, Williamsburg VA 8.54 2 Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ; Andrew Garnett, St Petersburg FL; Matt Meckstroth, Fairfax VA; Robert Glickman, Berkeley CA 6.26 3 Carol Frank, Burbank CA; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA; Kathy Pollock, Tonawanda NY; Janet Garthe, Suttons Bay MI 5.13 4 Andrew Risman - Merryl Chin, Toronto ON; David Kroft - Jean Dilcock, Thornhill ON MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 12 16 Tables 10.25 1 Howard Liu, Redmond WA; Dell Berg, Milton WA; Matt Klimesh, Pasadena CA; Roger Lee, Arcadia CA 7.69 2 Tiger Li Li Williams, Elk Point SD; Tammy Pepper, Thousand Oaks CA; Cam Meyer, Bend OR; Matthew Mallory, San Diego CA 5.64 3 Gene Katz, Carlsbad CA; Liam Johnstone, Birmingham England; Jon Downing, Solihull England; Meg Andrews, San Francisco CA 4.61 4 Richard Goldberg - Beverly Goldberg, Greenbrae CA; Adrianne Feuer, Corte Madera CA; Clifford Lardinois, San Rafael CA MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 13 16 Tables 9.23 1 Michael Molinari, Coarsegold CA; Barbara Thacker, Clovis CA; Richard Aronson - Corey Cole, Oakhurst CA 6.92 2 Alfred Tuckman, Monroe Township NJ; Marcia Vaughan - Al Martinez, Irvine CA; Jon King, Balboa Island CA 5.08 3 Ronnie Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Annette Goldberg, Berkeley CA; Jiti Bhatia - Gurcharan Bhatia, Edmonton AB 4.15 4 Chris Moore - Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; Matt Moore, San Jose CA; Daniel Rappaport, Saratoga CA

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VICTOR MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 60 Tables 140.00 1 Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Michael Becker - David Berkowitz - Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA 105.00 2 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice 40-479 Poland 78.75 3 Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Nader Hanna, Willowdale ON; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 62.22 4 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Hollywood FL; Fulvio Fantoni - Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Claudio Nunes, Roma Italy 56.00 5 Gunnar Hallberg, London England; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Michael Moss, New York NY 50.91 6 Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Huntsville AL; Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Brad Moss, Tarzana CA; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL 46.67 7 Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Sarasota FL; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV 43.08 8 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; John Swanson Jr, Mission Viejo CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Huub Bertens, Tilburg 50 Netherlands; Aton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands 40.00 9 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Martin Caley, Montreal QC; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 37.33 10 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 33.97 11/12 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Mark Feldman, Hoboken NJ; Howard Weinstein, Sarasota FL; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 33.97 11/12 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Gavin Wolpert, New York NY; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Vincent Demuy, Arundel QC 31.11 13 Barry Goren, Las Vegas NV; Walter Johnson, Columbus OH; David Lehman, Glenview IL; Dick Melson, Chicago IL 29.47 14 Manuel Capucho - Maria Capucho - Antonio Palma - Joad Barbosa, Lisboa 28.00 15 Barry Rigal - P Czerniewski, New York NY; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; John Hassett, Kennesaw GA 26.67 16 John Kranyak - Melanie Tucker - John Hurd, New York NY; Bas Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Joel Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan 3 Netherlands 25.45 17 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Bob Balderson Jr, Eden Prairie MN; Alan Watson, Lexington MA; Melody Bi, Woodbury MN 24.35 18 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Geir Helgemo, Trondheim Ca Norway; Tor Helness, Oslo Norway 23.33 19 Christal Henner-Welland - Roy Welland - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina 22.40 20 George Jacobs - Ralph Katz, Hinsdale IL; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Michael Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Robert Levin, Bronx NY 21.54 21 Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Larry Cohen, Las Vegas NV 20.74 22 John Lusky - Randy Pickett, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 20.00 23 Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY; Stephen Sanborn, Poughkeepsie NY; Warren Rosner, White Plains NY; Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL 19.31 24 Brian Glubok, New York NY; David Hoffner, Smithville NJ; Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Adam Wildavsky, Jackson Heights NY 18.67 25 Diego Brenner, Barcelona Spain; Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC; Jan Jansma, Malden Netherlands; Louk Verhees, 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands; David Bakhshi, London England 18.06 26 Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; Edward Wojewoda, Clovis CA; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 0 Poland 17.50 27 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Michael Polowan - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Bartosz Chmurski - Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 16.97 28 Andrew Robson - Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Ishmael Delmonte, Double Bay NSW Australia 16.47 29 Jaroslaw Piasecki, Buffalo Grove IL; Pawel Piotr Boruta, Des Plaines IL; Gabriela Rabiega - Leszek Rabiega, Salt Lake City UT 16.00 30 Margot Hennings - Donald Hennings, Annandale VA; Robert Hopkins Jr - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA 15.56 31 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Marshall Miles, Redlands CA; David Chechelashvili, San Diego CA 15.14 32 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Fredrik Nystrom, Stockholm 112 Sweden; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Zhao Jie, Tianjin People’s Republic of China 14.74 33 Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Uday Ivatury, New York NY; Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD; Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD 14.36 34 Bjarni Einarsson, 740 Neskaupstad Iceland; Rick Henderson, Los Angeles CA; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland 14.00 35 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Robert Blanchard - Shane Blanchard, New York NY 13.66 36 Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; James Tritt, Fresno CA; David Weiss, Fullerton CA 13.33 37 Erez Hendelman - Shelly Dunietz, New York NY; Rahn Smith, Brandon FL; Sharon Meng-Horton, Dade City FL 13.02 38 Charles Weed, Shreveport LA; Dano De Falco, 35030 Rubano (P Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT; Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ 12.73 39 Tom Trachuk, Walnut Creek CA; Bill Staats, Southlake TX; Bill Heid, Pacifica CA; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 12.44 40 Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON; Mark Leonard, Ypsilanti MI; Roger Lord - Richard Riezman, Saint Louis MO 12.17 41 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Ron Haack, New York NY; Stanley Katz, Memphis TN; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 11.91 42 Qing Yang, Cupertino CA; Weishu Wu, Plano TX; Michael Prahin, Irvington NY; Alex Perlin, Metuchen NJ 11.67 43 Rune Hauge, St Petersport Great Britain; Jan Svendsen, London W11 Norway; Erik Saelensminde, Bergen Norway; Per Erik Austberg, Kattem 70 Norway; Jon-Egil Furunes, Oslo Norway

39.73 36.83 35.91 34.09 34.00 33.59 33.36 33.27 32.95 32.41 31.86 31.86 31.84 31.64 31.18 31.00 30.36 30.23 29.59 29.51 29.41 29.14 29.09 29.00 28.73 28.64 28.56 28.47 27.75 27.41 27.23 27.18 26.91 26.86 26.83 26.50 26.41 26.18 25.97 25.95 25.64 25.59 25.50

Page 12 MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 14 16 Tables 8.31 1 Edwin Glickman - Han Sarah Glickman, Snowmass CO; Brian Hegarty - Judy Bredall, Colorado Spgs CO 6.23 2 Richard Kilner - Martia Fikes, Palo Alto CA; Peter Kilner, Mountain View CA; Dorothy Shannahan, Sunnyvale CA 4.57 3 Ivor McGloughlin, Pittsburgh PA; Judith Gidden, Chicago IL; Peter Baxter, Davenport FL; Margaret Howe, Birkenhead Great Britain 3.74 4 Kurt Fritz, Kailua HI; Nancy Heck - Karen Byrd, Los Angeles CA; Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 15 16 Tables 7.48 1 Sara Foster - Linda Danzig - Charlotte Blank Syril Atherton, San Francisco CA 5.61 2 F Maughan, Sun Valley ID; Jeanne Welch, Ketchum ID; Mary Armacost - Kathleen Martin, Hillsborough CA 4.11 3 Jennifer Nisenoff, Vienna VA; Terry Jones, Falls Church VA; Austin Fitzgerald, Kinnelon NJ; Ralph Meyer, Ridgewood NJ 3.37 4 Alan Hamilton - Susan Hamilton, Sonora CA; Robert Solomon, Hathaway Pnes CA; Lydia Solomon, Hathaway Pines CA MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 16 16 Tables 6.73 1 Troy Lemons - Roberta Lemons, Danville CA; Walter Herrick, Frankfort MI; Al Levenson, Alameda CA 5.05 2 Jim Harp - Rhonda Huser, Dallas TX; Margaret Raymond, Kingwood TX; Shay Ura, Plano TX 3.70 3 William Sperry - Nancy Sperry, San Diego CA; Madonna Donaldson - Chuck Donaldson, Escondido CA 3.03 4 Betty Blumlein - Barbara Sonnenblick Dolores Bee - Judith Stein, San Francisco CA MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 17 16 Tables 6.06 1 Lorrie Smith, West Sand Lake NY; Rhoda Pollock, Middletown NY; Ron Karp, Occidental CA; Betty Karp, Atlanta GA 4.55 2 Kay Olness - Debbi Myers, Billings MT; Christina Siemer, Lewistown MT; Anita Stone, Greenbrae CA 3.33 3 Ann Stolfa - David Stolfa, Englewood CO; Carla McKennett - Ann McGrew, Denver CO 2.73 4 Angelika Hederer, Los Angeles CA; Bonnie Taylor, Menands NY; Judie Hlavka - Dee Becker, Racine WI MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 18 16 Tables 5.45 1 David Folger, Lincoln CA; R Kunde, Chandler AZ; Tim Keller, Orangevale CA; Jim Hlavka, Los Altos CA 4.09 2 Stuart Danoff - Joan Danoff, Stamford CT; Douglas MacDonald, Evanston IL; Mary Walters, Oak Park IL 3.00 3 Stan Charney - Freya Charney, Atherton CA; Jeannette McNeil, Menlo Park CA; Diane Kelley, Palo Alto CA 2.45 4 Alan Malloy - Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; David Sisson - Michael Ravera, San Jose CA MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 19 16 Tables 4.91 1 Roz Kahn - Martha Rosenberg - Louis Lipset Ronald Goodman, San Francisco CA 3.68 2 Virginia Taylor - Ann Rutledge - Lorraine Lazowick - Ruth Ruyle, Roseville CA 2.70 3 Frank Concepcion, Walnut Creek CA; Judy Berg - Eva Hyman - Elizabeth Golamco, Alamo CA 2.21 4 Ralph Gordon, Lethbridge AB; Marina Ernst, Cranbrook BC; Chuck Abramo - Jo Murray, Ketchum ID MONDAY COMPACT KO BRACKET 20 16 Tables 4.42 1 Al Crane, Coarse Gold CA; Rebecca Anspach, Saint Paul MN; Christopher Stack, Brentwood CA; Helen Rolfe, Richmond VA 3.32 2 Kathy High - Terry McMillan - Pam Sands, Modesto CA; Candace Garvey, Surprise AZ 2.43 3 Kevin Shiue - Michelle Lee, San Francisco CA; Herma Altshule, Santa Monica CA; Marion Tumen, Pacific Palis CA 1.99 4 Robert Karriker - A Heidi Karriker, Norman OK; Elsie Stanislaw, Grand Rapids MI; Karen Stevenson, Comstock Park MI MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #1 8 Tables 14.70 1 Sarah Dunn, London United Kingdom; David Gold, Reading R Great Britain; David Ewart, London England; Andrew McIntosh, London Wc England 11.03 2 V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA; Corinne Kirkham - Jim Kirkham, San Bernardino CA 8.09 3 John Begley, Berkeley CA; Helen Studabaker, Pinole CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; Michael Lawrence, Brentwood TN MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #2 8 Tables 12.71 1 Greg Hinze - Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY; Nagy Kamel, Plano TX 9.53 2 Rick Rowland, Wilmington DE; Raymond Raskin, King of Prussia PA; Craig Robinson - Elaine Landow, Lansdale PA 6.99 3 James Senter - Gale Senter, San Clemente CA; Kenneth Smith, Lathrup Village MI; Roger Clough, Culver City CA MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #3 7 Tables 11.44 1 Sallie Jac Schafer, Newport Beach CA; Rai Osborne - Allen Golbert, Anaheim CA; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA

Daily Bulletin 8.58 2 Roman Klein, Oakville ON; Peter Clark, Ottawa ON; Ronald Sutherland, Mississauga ON; Gerald La Flamme, Grnd-Bay-Wfld NB 6.29 3 William McFall, New Berlin WI; Sun-O Ho, Brookfield WI; Ahmed Sorathia, Chino CA; Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #4 6 Tables 10.30 1 Betty Blatt - Nancy Gunn - Lynn Blumenthal, Santa Rosa CA; Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA 7.73 2 Shawn Abernethy - David Binney - Jude Ballard - Neil Ballard, Seattle WA 5.67 3 Jessica Piafsky - Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #5 6 Tables 9.27 1 Gary Spongberg - Lucy Spongberg, Niskayuna NY; Walter Smith, West Sand Lake NY; Peter Wick, Cohoes NY 2 Shirley Eide, Bakersfield CA; Kasmer 6.95 Andreychuk, Yorkton SK; Pedro Ieong, Hong Kong Hong Kong; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA 5.10 3 Mary Gorkin, Hallandale Bch FL; Mary Gerner, Sarasota FL; George Krizel, Fstrvl Trvose PA; Doris McGinley, Venice FL MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #6 8 Tables 8.34 1 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA; Marvin Shatz, Hilton Head SC; Peter Wolf, Hilton Head Is SC 6.26 2 Douglas H Scott - Tom Ottley, Anchorage AK; Bob Clements, San Francisco CA; Dilip Udeshi, Bensalem PA MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #7 8 Tables 7.51 1 Jack Belur, Bellevue WA; Harold Binder, Dana Point CA; Susan Benon, Laguna Niguel CA; Barton Buffington, North Kingstown RI 5.63 2 Kenneth Allan - Paddy Allan - Shona Crausen - Mark Donovan, Kingston ON 4.13 3 Marcus Evans, La Palma CA; Dewitt Hudson Jr, Arlington TX; Daniel Williams, Denver CO; Roger Smith, Sacramento CA MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #8 8 Tables 6.76 1 Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT; Allen Reiter, Caesaria Israel; Natalie Bassil, Boston MA; Ofer Haramati, Katzir Israel 5.07 2 Joel Koransky, San Jose CA; Katarzyna Wesolowska, Los Gatos CA; Faye Parsons, Saratoga CA; Jodi Kimbrell, Spokane WA 3.72 3 Sally Chapleau - Constance Sackville, Vero Beach FL; Shirley Salvo, Kiawah Island SC; Linda Luther, N Charleston SC MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #9 8 Tables 6.08 1 Adrienne Oliff, Palo Alto CA; Elaine Lowenthal, San Francisco CA; Mary Ann Larkin - Julianne Robinson, Los Altos CA 4.56 2 Frank Hastings, Cranbrook BC; Kirk Homis Virginia Youens, Victoria BC; Cornel Sawchuk, Nanoose Bay BC 3.34 3 Joseph Murray, Maple Shade NJ; Ricki Rogers, Moorestown NJ; Melissa Baker - Robert Baker, West Harrison NY MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #10 8 Tables 5.47 1 Jean Monette, Hallandale FL; Judith Murray, Harwich Port MA; Florence Hackman, Chatham MA; Claude Henin, Ottawa ON 4.10 2 Daniel Simon - Donna Simon, South Bend IN; Elaine Bowers, University Park FL; Judith Lichter, Sparta WI MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #11 8 Tables 4.92 1 Anthony Toogood - Irene Toogood, Qualicum Beach BC; June McConnell - Robert McConnell, Rancho Mirage CA 3.69 2 Rozi Alhale - Jack Alhale, New York NY; Dick Wilson - Marilyn Goldman, Rochester NY 2.71 3 Sylvia Riewerts, Eureka CA; Lawrence Crumb, Fortuna CA; Rose Boot, Fresno CA; Paul Fried, Monroe Twp NJ MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #12 8 Tables 4.43 1 Brian Kemper, Sunnyvale CA; Michael Cohen, Denver CO; Floyd McWilliams, Woodside CA; Joel Singer, Santa Clara CA 3.32 2 Allan Tushman, West Bloomfield MI; Duaine Benard, Redford MI; Robert Ewigleben - Jayne Ewigleben, Elizabethtown KY 2.44 3 Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA; William Sumner, Palo Alto CA; Judith Timmons - Richard Timmons, Alamo CA MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #13 8 Tables 3.99 1 Michael Nistler, Petaluma CA; Allan Quaile, Cedar Valley ON; Douglas Jansen, Portland OR; Cassandra Mani, Mill Valley CA 2.99 2 Ruth White - Nelda Linman, Bend OR; Menashe Cieplinski, Halifax NS; Linda Shallit, Belfair WA 2.19 3 Tony Traster - Rosalie Traster, New York NY; Sharon Larson, Carmel CA; Martha Hawley, Carmel Valley CA

MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #14 8 Tables 3.59 1 Erin Gove, Los Gatos CA; Florence Yoshikawa - Tad Yoshikawa, Sunnyvale CA; Janet Adamiak, Saratoga CA 2.69 2 Barbara Simon - Wayne Kaneko - Luke Han Busaba Williams, Honolulu HI 1.97 3 Eddie Moriguchi - Alice Moriguchi - Sandy Kay - Jeanette Shinsako, San Francisco CA MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #15 8 Tables 3.23 1 Sheldon Zimbler, Ft Lauderdale FL; Lori Jacobs, Boca Raton FL; Gary Nitzberg - Paul Jorgensen, Carson City NV 2.42 2 Nancy Fisher, Carmichael CA; Lynn Pasternak, Bel Tiburon CA; Janice Levin, Elk Grove CA; Cherie Shimek, Sacramento CA 1.78 3 Judith Rich - Susie Butler, Marblehead MA; Glenn Young, Buffalo NY; Michael Wolf, New York NY MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #16 8 Tables 2.91 1 Laurie Pastrano, Winter Park FL; Kenlynn Gilbert, Bellevue WA; Virginia Swift - Joseph Barbary, New York NY 2.18 2 Carla Hudner, Kentfield CA; Alice Wright, San Francisco CA; Joan Creed, Sausalito CA; Alice Saxton, Larkspur CA 1.60 3 Don Delparte - Kay Delparte - Joyce Butler Dennis Butler, Regina SK MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #17 8 Tables 2.62 1 Stephen Lubeck, San Carlos CA; Frances Bennett - John Schwartz, Palo Alto CA; John Mattis, Sunnyvale CA 1.97 2 Nancy Barker - Winifred Smith, Orinda CA; Mary Krouse, Diablo CA; Patricia Keenan, Danville CA MONDAY COMPACT CONSO #18 8 Tables / Based on 11 Tables 2.36 1 Emily Rankin - Jon Rankin, Nichols NY; Sandy Desilets, Port St Lucie FL; Rhoda Chickering, E Montpelier VT 1.77 2 Michael Arthur - Elizabeth Arthur, Pearl River LA; Ronald Bunnell - Barbara Bunnell, Phoenix AZ MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #19 8 Tables 2.12 1 Anthony Davito - Linda Davito, Pleasanton CA; Eusebio Menezes, Cupertino CA; Phyllis Gaffney, Sunnyvale CA 1.59 2 Amy Liang Wu, Fremont CA; Jia Tarng Wang, Milpitas CA; Hedy Wee, San Ramon CA; Gopi Aiyar, Danville CA 1.17 3 Marlow Muldoon - Joyce Muldoon, Irving TX; Terri U’Prichard, Egg Harbor Twp NJ; John Goetsch, Lowell OR MONDAY COMPACT CONSOLATION #20 8 Tables 1.91 1 Colette Quaife - Art Quaife, San Jose CA; Thomas Feury - Claire Feury, Milpitas CA 1.43 2 Timothy Stewart, Laurel MD; Nicholas Erpelding, Minneapolis MN; Jeffrey Dale, Davis CA; Daniel Fife, Dallas TX

Women’s BAM Continued from page 1 the day about half a board behind the leaders, but scored 18 out of 26 in the first final session to lead by nearly six boards with a session to play. They scored well in the evening session to win going away. Second place went to Valerie Westheimer, Migry Zur Campanile, Hjordis Eythorsdottir and JoAnn Sprung. The winners play under the team name JiefongHeji, a Chinese newspaper and restaurant chain, respectively. Most have had some international experience, although communicating with them is difficult because they know little English. Wu knows a bit of English, and she said all team members play Precision. They have been granted waivers to play in the Blue Ribbon Pairs, which starts today. Asked about their chances in the six-session event, Wu said, “We just want to get to the final.” Bo Xiao, a native of China who lives in California, acted as an interpreter of sorts. He said a couple of team members have jobs, but most just play bridge. “The game is so wonderful,” he said. “they just want to play.”

Young players, take notice Are you 20 or younger? Are you interested in playing in a world bridge championship next year in Beijing, China? If so, e-mail Jason Feldman at [email protected] for information about the tournament and finding partners.

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MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 50 Tables 110.00 1 82.50 61.88 48.89 44.00 40.00 36.67 33.85 31.43

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

29.33 10 27.50 11 25.88 12 24.44 13 23.16 14 22.00 15 20.95 16 20.00 17 19.13 18

Ping Wang, Hangzhou People’s Republic of China; Shaohong Wu, Guangzhou People’s Republic of China; Jian Wang, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Yongmei Zhou, Shanghai People’s Republic of China Valerie Westheimer, New York NY; Migry Zur Campanile, Las Vegas NV; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; JoAnn Sprung, Philadelphia PA Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Lisa Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Joann Glasson, Pennington NJ; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Sue Weinstein, Las Vegas NV Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Shannon Cappelletti, Hollywood FL; Jenny Wolpert, New York City NY; Shawn Quinn, Krakow Poland Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC; Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA; Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Mildred Breed - Tobi Sokolow, Austi TX; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Daniela von Arnim, Hockenh Germany; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark Cecilia Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden; Sara Sivelind, Ludvika Sweden; Marion Michielsen, Rotterdam Netherlands; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands Roni Atkins, Pittsburgh PA; Jan George, Las Vegas NV; Barbara Clinton, Aurora ON; Sharon Jabbour, Boca Raton FL Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA; Adrienne Green, Los Angeles CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA Judy Fisher, Monte Sereno CA; Bonnie Beardsley, Milpitas CA; Prudenc Saunders, Palo Alto CA; Alice Hopkins, Capitola CA Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA; Joan Jackson - Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Becky Rogers, Las Vegas NV K Fung - Susan Culham, Edmonton AB; June Pocock, New Westminster BC; Kathy Adachi, Surrey BC Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Beth Palmer, Silver Spring MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Karen McCallum, US; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ Joan Eaton, North York ON; Candace Griffey, Vero Beach FL; Kathy Baum, Germantown TN; Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Carole Miner, Rochester MN; Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ Jill Levin, Bronx NY; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY; JoAnna Stansby, Castro Valley CA Marianne Spanier, Scottsdale AZ; Janet Daling, Peoria AZ; Cathy Strauch, San Diego CA; G. Margie Gwozdzinsky, New York NY Margaret Bourke, Act Australia; Dagmar Neumann - Candice Feitelson, Sydney Australia; Jan Cormack, Auckland New Zealand Mickie Chambers, Atlanta GA; Nadine Wood, Silver Spring MD; Cynthi Hinckley, Guayanabo PR; Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY

Senior moment Mel Colchamiro played the following deal (rotated) carefully to earn his team a swing in the quarterfinal round of the Senior Knockouts. Colchamiro was playing with team captain Rich DeMartino in their match against Tony Kasday’s squad. Dlr: East ♠3 Vul: E-W ♥ 10 8 6 5 ♦AK4 ♣97643 ♠ J 10 9 2 ♠AQ64 ♥— ♥K742 ♦862 ♦QJ973 ♣ K J 10 8 5 2 ♣— ♠K875 ♥AQJ93 ♦ 10 5 ♣AQ West

Dbl 4♠ Pass

North East DeMartino 1♦ 3♥ (1) 3♠ 5♦ (2) Pass Pass Dbl

South Colchamiro 1♥ 4♥ 5♥ All Pass

(1) Weak. (2) Lead directing. West began with the ♠J to East’s ace. On a low heart switch, declarer played the queen, and when that won, proceeded to eliminate the spades. After cashing the ♠K (pitching a club from dummy), Colchamiro ruffed a spade, cashed the ♦A K, ruffed a diamond in the closed hand and ruffed his last spade. This was the position with the lead in dummy:

♠— ♥— ♦— ♣ K J 10 8 5

♠— ♥ 10 ♦— ♣9764

♠— ♥AJ9 ♦— ♣AQ

♠— ♥K74 ♦QJ ♣—

The ♥10 was played, East ducking, but when declarer perforce played a club from dummy, East was finished. If he ruffed, declarer could extract

40.16 32.08 31.16 30.80 30.52 29.32 29.18 29.06 28.28 27.54 27.00 26.90 26.52 26.30 26.06 25.86 25.52 25.06

the last enemy trump and claim. If he pitched a diamond instead, declarer would win the ♣A and exit with the ♣Q. West would win the trick, but declarer would take the last two with the ♥A J over East’s ♥K 7. Making five doubled for plus 650. This was a pickup of 10 IMPs for the DeMartino team when the result at the other table was 4♠ by East-West, down two, for 200.

Monitoring At this and future North American Championships, ACBL will be monitoring NABC+ events with visible, real-time cameras. The images will be recorded and will be available for later official inspection and review. 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.

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San Francisco 1996: A look back Here are some interesting deals from the 1996 Fall NABC in San Francisco.

Deja vu Larry Dawson had an eerie feeling as he played this deal. Dawson was playing with Dick Walker. Dlr: West ♠AK84 Vul: None ♥K97 ♦A9643 ♣K ♠ Q J 10 2 ♠975 ♥QJ86 ♥42 ♦Q87 ♦ K 10 ♣92 ♣ Q 10 7 6 4 3 ♠63 ♥ A 10 5 3 ♦J52 ♣AJ85 North South 1♦ 1♥ 1♠ 1NT 2NT 3NT Pass West got off to the imaginative lead of the ♠2, ducked by Dawson to East’s 7. East returned a spade to dummy’s ace, and Dawson began to experience deja vu as he eyed the diamond holding between his hand and dummy. “It was just like a hand I played in 1990, the last time the NABCs were held in San Francisco,” Dawson said. In dummy with the ♠A, Dawson played a low diamond toward his hand. East popped up with the ♦K. Dawson, had seen this same layout before. Convinced that fate had dealt him the same arrangement, Dawson won the spade return played wide open. He cashed the ♣K and the ♥K, then played a heart to his hand and cashed the ♣A. Then came the test. He put the ♦J on the table — low, low, 10. Bingo! The next diamond picked up the queen, and Dawson had 10 tricks and a fine score for plus 430. “The only reason I played it that way was because of 1990,” said Dawson.

Fit to be tied Down three in a freely bid game usually doesn’t feel like a good result, especially when an opponent has made a tricky opening lead you didn’t work out. Thus, Paul Soloway was happy to end up with a push on this deal from the Open Board-a-Match Teams. Soloway and Bobby Goldman played against Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell. Dlr: North ♠KJ2 Vul: E–W ♥AQ4 ♦J7542 ♣J4 ♠A83 ♠ Q 10 7 4 ♥8632 ♥7 ♦83 ♦A96 ♣ A 10 8 6 ♣Q9752 ♠963 ♥ K J 10 9 5 ♦ K Q 10 ♣K3 North South Goldman Soloway 1♦ 1♥ 1NT 2♦ (1) 2♥ 3NT 4♥ Pass (1) Game-forcing checkback. Meckstroth hit on the diabolical opening lead of a low spade and Soloway, hoping for some luck, played low from dummy. Rodwell won the ♠10 and shot back a club. Soloway misguessed by playing the king, and Meckstroth won the ace to return the ♠8. Soloway put in the jack, losing to the queen, and then saw Rodwell cash the ♣Q and return a spade to Meckstroth’s ace. The defenders still had the ♦A coming, so Soloway finished at minus 150 in the pushy game and was pretty sure the board was a lost cause.

Soloway was surprised, therefore, to find that teammates Mark Lair and Richard Schwartz were plus 150 on the deal despite defending a different contract. At the other table, North became declarer at 3NT and misguessed on the lead of a low club from East. The defenders took five clubs and two aces for their own plus 150 and a push — the hard way.

All fouled up On some deals, even if you’re a world champion, you’re just not destined for glory. That happened on this deal from the Open Board-a-Match Teams — and John Russell was right there to take advantage. He was playing with Rob Crawford against a pair of world champions. Dlr: East ♠Q93 Vul: Both ♥742 ♦J9875 ♣97 ♠8 ♠ J 10 4 2 ♥KQ863 ♥ 10 9 ♦A3 ♦ K 10 6 4 ♣ K J 10 5 2 ♣643 ♠AK765 ♥AJ5 ♦Q2 ♣AQ8 West North East South Crawford Russell Pass 1♠ 2♠ (1) Pass 3♣ Dbl Pass 3♠ All Pass (1) Top and bottom cuebid: clubs and at least four hearts. West got the defense off to the wrong start with the ♣10 lead. Russell won the ♣Q, cashed the ace and ruffed a club in dummy. Next he played a low diamond to his ♦Q and West’s ♦A. West had a chance to defeat the contract by playing another diamond to East’s ♦10 so that East could make the killing heart switch, but West got out with the ♥K to the 2, 10 and ace. Russell then played a spade to dummy’s queen and a low spade toward his hand, East splitting his spade honors as Russell won the ace. Next he played a low diamond from his hand, putting in dummy’s jack. East won the ♦K and continued with the ♥9. Russell played low, and the blockage in hearts kept the defenders from cashing two tricks in that suit immediately. East had no choice but to continue with the ♦10 — a spade play would be into Russell’s tenace — but Russell ruffed and exited with the ♥J, leaving West on play at trick 11 with the fourth and last trick for the defense. Russell held the ♠K 7, East the ♠10 5. That was plus 140 and a clear win on the board.

A successful falsecard A simple falsecard was the difference on this deal from the Life Master Open Pairs. Dlr: North ♠A92 Vul: Both ♥AJ74 ♦Q3 ♣Q652 ♠QJ876 ♠ 10 3 ♥3 ♥ K 10 8 5 ♦J654 ♦K9872 ♣J83 ♣A9 ♠K54 ♥Q962 ♦ A 10 ♣ K 10 7 4 West North East South Smith Mohan Oshlag S ch u l l eM o h an 1♣ 1♦ 1♥ Dbl Redbl Pass 2NT 3♦ 3♥ Pass 3NT All Pass John Mohan’s redouble was a muddying action — ordinarily it means that he has only three-card support. His subsequent 3♥ bid showed that he had good heart support, but Kay Schulle-Mohan, with a reasonably square hand, decided to go for notrump.

Dave Smith led a low diamond, and SchulleMohan guessed correctly, winning the 10. Hearts looked like a good source of tricks, so declarer led a low heart and finessed the jack — successfully! Not only did Richard Oshlag not win the trick, he falsecarded with the ♥8. Look at the situation from Schulle-Mohan’s point of view. It appeared that West had the ♥K. Since Oshlag dropped the ♥8, it seemed likely that he had the ♥10 8 and Smith the ♥K 5 3. So Schulle-Mohan, led the ♣Q. Oshlag won the ace and cleared the diamond suit. Declarer led the ♥Q, hoping to pin the 10, and was disappointed when this lost to the king. She was even unhappier to note that Smith had not followed suit, so she was going to be able to take only two heart tricks. If Oshlag had won the first round of hearts, declarer would have discovered the situation by playing the ♥A. Then she could have finessed the ♥9 for a third heart trick. This would have led to down one. As it was, she had to settle for down two.

Brilliancy prize — not! It’s the Swiss teams, round seven, and you are chugging along in the middle of the field. The current match is going well — in fact, it is going so well, you can afford to experiment in search of that ever-elusive brilliancy prize. The opponents are in 4♥ on the auction shown below. You lead the ♦A to see: Dummy ♠AQ6 ♥972 ♦J875 ♣ 10 7 4 You ♠ K 10 8 7 4 ♥K6 ♦A43 ♣952 West North East South You Partner Pass Pass 2♦ 2♥ 2♠ 3♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass Everyone follows to your ♦A lead, and you play a second diamond. Declarer ruffs and starts thinking. You build up a picture of declarer’s hand, perhaps: ♠J x x ♥A Q J x x ♦ x ♣A K J x. Declarer will take a spade finesse, then play a heart to the queen. If you duck, declarer will use his remaining entry to repeat the heart finesse. Now you win, cash your spade and exit with a diamond. Declarer must lose a club at the end. If you win the first heart, declarer can use his remaining entry to take the club finesse and will come home. Your mind is made up. Declarer takes the spade finesse and plays a heart to the queen. You duck, declarer shrugs his shoulders, lays down the ♥A, dropping your king and partner’s jack, and gives up a spade and a club for his contract. The full deal: ♠AQ6 ♥972 ♦J875 ♣ 10 7 4 ♠ K 10 8 7 4 ♠3 ♥K6 ♥J5 ♦A43 ♦ K Q 9 62 ♣952 ♣KQ873 ♠J952 ♥ A Q 10 8 4 3 ♦ 10 ♣AJ This may remind you of the Victor Mollo quote in which he says, “Maybe if you didn’t try to be so clever, you wouldn’t end up looking so stupid.”

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Ruling the Game by Mike Flader, Associate National Tournament Director

Claims Part 1 Problems with faulty or poorly stated claims help directors keep busy at tournaments. This series of articles will help players and directors deal more effectively with disputed claims. A claim is defined as a statement by a player that he will win a specific number of the remaining tricks in a deal. In order for a statement to be a claim, it must refer to tricks other than the one currently in progress. A player may also be deemed to have claimed when he faces his hand or suggests that play be curtailed. Should a player make a claim? While it is true that claims occasionally create problems, the answer to this question is almost certainly yes. Prolonging the play of a hand unnecessarily is actually a violation of the Laws. How should a claim be made? Any claim should be accompanied by a clarification statement, a comprehensive statement about the order in which the claimer intends to win the number of tricks he is claiming. If there is an outstanding trump at the time of the claim, it should be mentioned. If finesses remain to be taken, the intended order of play should be stated. At the time of his claim, the claimer should face his unplayed cards, allowing his opponents time to examine his hand and the claim. What happens next? 1. The opponents may choose to acquiesce if they agree that the claim is valid. Then, they move on to the next board. 2. If the opponents take issue with the claim, they call the director. Until he arrives at the table, no one takes any further action. 3. Play ceases after a claim! It is contrary to the Laws to play on, and the director is to void any plays made after a claim was disputed. What procedure should the director follow when he gets to the table? 1. Find out what the contract is. 2. Ask the claimer to repeat his clarification statement. 3. Have his opponents face their unplayed cards and state their objections to the claim. 4. Adjudicate the claim as equitably as possible to both sides, resolving doubtful issues in favor of the non-claiming side. As I mentioned earlier, some contested claims are merely badly stated. Others are bad claims. The following two deals from recent NABCs will illustrate the difference.

♠ 10 9 7 6 2 ♥ J 10 ♦K862 ♣KQ

♠KJ83 ♥K8 ♦QJ ♣ 10 9 4 3 2

♠Q ♥AQ7653 ♦A7543 ♣7

♠A54 ♥942 ♦ 10 9 ♣AJ865

The contract was 4♥ by South. West led the ♣K which won. West then played a spade to the ace, and the low club return was ruffed by declarer. A low diamond toward dummy was captured by West’s king. The diamond exit was won in dummy. The ♠K J were next (South pitching diamonds) followed by the trump king and a trump to the queen in the closed hand. At that point, declarer claimed, saying only, “my hand is good.” After some discussion, the director was called. In this case, the director should rule that declarer was aware of the

outstanding trump. The line of play adopted is consistent with this state of affairs. Once he has drawn exactly two rounds of trumps, he knows his hand is good, and he most assuredly knows that one trump is still outstanding.

♠4 ♥A9 ♦8765 ♣KJ8742

♠KQ3 ♥ J 10 5 ♦ K Q J 10 3 2 ♣6 ♠ 10 8 7 5 ♥Q842 ♦4 ♣ Q 10 9 3 ♠AJ962 ♥K763 ♦A9 ♣A5

The contract was 6♠ by South. The lead was the ♥A. West switched to a diamond, won by declarer’s ace. A trump to dummy’s ♠K was followed by the ♠Q on which West pitched a club. At this point, declarer detached the ♠A from her hand, faced her cards, and said she would overtake her second diamond in the dummy. West said he could ruff the diamond. Here, the director should rule in favor of the defense. North has failed to mention the 4–1 trump break. Additionally, she could have claimed after the king of spades cashed and both opponents followed suit since only a 5–0 break could have hurt her. Those two facts make it possible, indeed even likely, that she was not aware of the distribution of the trump suit.

Part 2 Let’s examine how to adjudicate a claim when there is an outstanding trump. Much of the information contained in this article was borrowed from the TechFiles section of ACBLScore, an invaluable aid to directors. Law 70C states that the director is to award a trick to the opponents when a trump is outstanding and: 1. the claimer made no statement about the outstanding trump, 2. it is at all likely that the claimer at the time of his statement was unaware that a trump remained in the opponent’s hand, and 3. a trick could be lost to that trump through any normal play of the remaining cards. How can we determine if the declarer was unaware of an outstanding trump? He may admit to having forgotten it, but frequently the line of play adopted by the declarer is a clue to his intent. For example, if he has a holding such as A–10–x–x–x opposite K–J–x–x–x and he cashes the ace (or king) and claims when both opponents follow, it is very unlikely that he has miscounted trumps. Or if he holds A–10–x–x–x opposite K–Q–9–x and leads the king of the suit, claiming when both opponents follow to the trick, he has not forgotten about the outstanding trumps. But, if he played a second round of the suit, and one of the opponents showed out, we should be more skeptical — he may have missed the discard. Once we decide that declarer may have been unaware of an outstanding trump, we are to award a trick(s) to the defenders if they can make a trick with the trump through any normal play of the remaining cards. Thus, if dummy remains with three aces, one of them the ace of trumps, and declarer says dummy is high, a defender holding a trump will make a trick with that trump if he can ruff either of dummy’s side suit winners. The declarer cannot be allowed to play a round of trumps as a safety check if he forgot that the trump was outstanding or forgot to mention that he was playing the ace of trumps first. In general, declarer is never allowed to play trumps to draw any trumps of which he may have been unaware if doing so would be to his advantage.

What if the remaining cards in the dummy had been the 2 of trumps along with two side-suit winners when declarer made his claim? A defender remains with the 3 of trumps and two winners in another side suit. In this case, it cannot be right to make the declarer lead the trump first since playing trumps in a case like this is irrational. So in this case, the defender is entitled to one trick only. When the dummy’s trump is the queen and one of the defenders holds the king, the situation becomes murkier since it may not be irrational to try to cash a “high trump” just in case there are any lurkers. While it is dangerous for the director to try to rigidly follow guideline since the chance exists that he may use them instead of common sense, there are some guidelines that we may follow when adjudicating a claim: 1. The order of play of non-trump suits should be the worst possible for the claimer (although play within the suit is normally from the top down). 2. Declarer may never attempt to draw any trumps of which he was likely unaware, if doing so would be to his advantage. 3. t is considered a normal play for declarer to take a safety check with a “high” trump. 4. Declarer should not be forced to play the remainder of his trumps to his disadvantage if both opponents have shown out of the suit.

TODAY’S SENIOR KO TEAMS PAIRING 33 Tables Mike Levine - Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL; Bobby Wolff, Las Vegas NV; Dan Morse, Houston TX; Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Chuck Said, Nashville TN vs Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Dennis Clerkin - Jerry Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Brenda Keller - Bruce Ferguson, Boise ID 70.00 3/4 Amos Kaminski, New York NY; Yeshayahu Levit, Tel-Aviv Israel; Pinhas Romik, Nes Zidna 74120 Israel; Marcelo Branco, Rio De Janeiro Brazil; George Mittelman - Arno Hobart, Toronto ON 70.00 3/4 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA 45.00 5/8 Tony Kasday, Puyallup WA; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Gaylor Kasle - Barnet Shenkin, Boca Raton FL; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Dan Gerstman, Buffalo NY 45.00 5/8 Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Robert White - Jim Linhart, Raleigh NC; Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL; Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; David Lindop, Toronto ON 45.00 5/8 Jim Kirkham - Corinne Kirkham, San Bernardino CA; Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Greg House, S San Fran CA; V Jay Tipton - Linda Tipton, Irvine CA 45.00 5/8 Jim Reiman, Mansfield OH; Dave Swarthout, San Antonio TX; William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Jay Baum, Germantown TN; Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX; Bryan Storey, Plano TX

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Daily Bulletin MONDAY STRATIFIED FAST OPEN PAIRS, 1ST SESSION SECTION KK EAST-WEST A B C Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 63.99% 1 1 Gary King, Hermosa Beach CA; Jordan Chodorow, Los Angeles CA Claire Alpert, New York NY; Valentin Kovachev, Stony Brook NY 60.71% 2 Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ; Nan Wang, Eatontown NJ Lacy Jennings, San Diego CA; Charles Messenger, Salinas CA 55.65% 3 Walter Rassbach - Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO Debra Wilhelmi - Ralph Wilhelmi, Olympia WA 53.57% 4 Carl Nelson - Abigail Nichols, Washington DC Grant Peacock, Mantoloking NJ; Mac Busby, San Diego CA 51.79% 5 2 Nola Simon, Irvine CA; Lillian Richmond, Huntington Bh CA 1 Judith Schrafft - Sunny Koontz, Palm Beach FL NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LL EAST-WEST A B C Patricia Tucker - Samuel Marks, Atlanta GA 66.88% 1 Ronald Jauch - Jamie Newman, Nevada City CA Lee Maddocks, Modesto CA; David Sandberg, Alameda CA 59.90% 2 1 Linda Tuff, Lower Sackville NS; Susan Hubley, Halifax NS Nina Glazer, Santa Monica CA; Anna Benatar, Los Angeles CA 57.70% 3 2 1 Dan Wong, Hayward CA; Prakash Karamchandani, Fremont CA Caroline Vincent, Santa Monica CA; Robert Moest, Los Angeles CA 53.65% 4 Toyohiko Ozawa, Kawasaki City Japan; Misako Fukazawa, Higashiyama Kyo Japan Sydelle Shamah, Deal NJ; Sylvia Gindi, Oakhurst NJ 49.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST A B C Barbara Doran - Eric Landau, Silver Spring MD 59.82% 1 Dom Di Felice, Denver CO; Michael Roche, Victoria BC Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Bob Crossley, Corte Madera CA 58.93% 2 Philip Altus - Muriel Altus, Tampa FL Shaun Chooi, Dallas TX; Ian Friedland, Mountain View CA 57.74% 3 1 1 Alex Lovejoy, Somerville MA; Jonathan Bittner, Boston MA Craig Kavin - Nancy Kavin, Oxnard CA 51.79% 4 Spike Lay - Marilyn Garcia, Daytona Beach FL Jason Smith, Brooklyn NY; Herbert Lee, Santa Cruz CA 50.89% 2 Steve Reynolds - Carolyn Reynolds, Tucson AZ Yoko Tanaka - Helene Ettelson, San Francisco CA 48.21% NORTH-SOUTH

A 1 2 3 4 5

B

C

1

A 1 2 3 4

B

C

2 3

1

A 1 2 3 4

B

C

1

1 2

1

NORTH-SOUTH A 1 2 3 4 5 6

B

1 2 3 4

C

1

2 A 1 2 3 4 5 6

B

C

1

1

2 3

2

4

Walter Hoeger - Renate Hoeger, Nuernberg Germany Donald Spaulding, Los Altos CA; Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON; Dan McCaw, Toronto ON Jack Conway - Anne Beaurivage, Wichita KS Dabney Miller, Alamo CA; Roger Weiss, Clayton CA Patricia Ostovar, Pacifica CA; Ann Longknife, San Mateo CA Frank Bruce, San Francisco CA; Martin Skrypzak, Honolulu HI Charlotte Harris - Bert Harris, Laguna Woods CA NORTH-SOUTH Helene Fornia, Clyde Hill WA; Phyllis Gravitz, Mercer Island WA Margaret Rourke - Russell Barlow, Piedmont CA Sandra Hammer, New Smyrna Bch FL; Courtney Nelson, Wells VT Ann Faget, Houston TX; Steven Fox, Kensington MD Steven Adams - Sally Adams, Chico CA Melvin Lubart, Hummelstown PA; H Philip Monyer, Middletown PA Michel Fromont - Lawrence Fromont, France

NORTH-SOUTH A 1 2 3 4 5 6

A 1 2 3 4 5 6

B 1 2 3

C

4

1 2

B 1

C

2 3

1

4

2

Peggy Ellis - Jean Ludwig, New York NY H Vince Mueller, San Rafael CA; Angelo Servino, Bel Tiburon CA Marsha Sampson, San Rafael CA; Edith Glynn, Kentfield CA Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA Shou-Ling Wang, Bethesda MD; Gail Rust, Daytona Beach FL Doris Opdenvelde - Fred Day, Toronto ON Bill Darden - Melvin Rueppel, Estes Park CO Merrily Van Zevern - Susan Mullaly, Santa Rosa CA NORTH-SOUTH Jamie Rubenstein, Scottsdale AZ; Robert Victor, Palm Springs CA Robert Liss, San Rafael CA; Ellen Schiller, Greenbrae CA Edward Rothman - Ilse Rothman, Dartmouth MA Wayne Christensen, Jr, Laporte TX; Margaret Mataga, Glendale CA Paula Jaffe, Tiburon CA; Patricia Newton, Greenbrae CA Michael Boothby, Wenatchee WA; Dennis Sorensen, Udon Thani Thailand Joan Bower, Los Altos Hills CA; Michael O’Leary, Santa Clara CA

MONDAY STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS SECTION GGG A B 64.74% 1 57.21% 2 56.41% 3 54.97% 4 1 52.24% 5 2 51.44% 6/7 3 50.48% 6/7 50.32% SECTION HHH A B 63.78% 1 1 55.61% 2 2 54.17% 3 54.01% 4 51.12% 5 50.64% 6/7 49.36% 6/7 3 4 SECTION III A B 61.38% 1 60.26% 2 58.65% 3 1 58.17% 4 2 53.69% 5 3 51.92% 6 4 47.28% 45.19% SECTION JJJ A B 66.35% 1 62.66% 2 54.65% 3/4 1 54.17% 3/4 50.64% 5/7 2/3 50.16% 5/7 2/3 49.36% 5/7 4

A 1 2 3 4 5 6

B

C

1 2 3 1

A 1 2 3 4 5 6

B

C

1

2 3 4

Reidar Laland, Knepp Norway; Ingvar Erga, Klepp St Norway Hugh Ross, Oakland CA; Peter Lit, Elk CA Dariush Youssefi, Half Moon Bay CA; Sal Ignoffo, Millbrae CA Mike Sloan, Jeffersonville IN; Linda Harrison, Calgary AB Jo Levy - Robert Johnson, Grand Junction CO Leti Quintal, Ewa Beach HI; Joseph Carlomagno, Mc Lean VA Bert Hall, Orinda CA; Julius Kerenyi, Lincoln CA Michael Peikert - Fran Peikert, Hickory Corners MI NORTH-SOUTH

1

Marshall Yancey - Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey, San Jose CA J Dudley Alexander - Carlton Furnberg, Livermore CA Hal Knilans - Gerri Knilans, Thousand Oaks CA Gim Ong - Jose Tharayil, Winnipeg MB Christine Hevener, San Mateo CA; Nancy Gordon, Foster City CA Marilyn Nesbit - Peter Gray, Ketchum ID Ed Tranovich, Naperville IL; Eugene Wilson, Fort Myers FL

SECTION KKK A 67.47% 1 58.17% 2 57.85% 3 57.37% 4 56.73% 5/6 50.48% 5/6 50.16% 40.71% SECTION LLL A 60.58% 1 59.29% 2 58.97% 3 53.21% 4 52.88% 5 51.44% 6 51.12%

B

1

1 2

NORTH-SOUTH B 1 2

C 1

Barbara Curry - James Curry, Hillsborough CA Leonard Soloway, Lafayette CA; Ralph Muller, Concord CA Jeanne Russo - Dee Alexander, Modesto CA Janis Brown, Martinez CA; Bill Bussboom, Sacramento CA NORTH-SOUTH

A 1 2 3 4

B 1 2

C Cathy Adams - Ally Whiteneck, Alamo CA Lynne Humphrey, Moraga CA; Trisha Oconnor, Walnut Creek CA Sharon Henning, Larkspur CA; Cheri Bartel, La Quinta CA Roberta Gravelle, Walnut Creek CA; William Barron, Benicia CA

3

NORTH-SOUTH

1 2

A 1 2 3 4 5 6

B

C

1 2 3 4

1 2

B 1

C

2 3 4

1 2

A 1 2 3 4

B 1 2

C 1 2

A 1 2 3 4

B 1

Nell Magnuson - Mary Spellman, Santa Rosa CA Walter Vater - Virginia Vater, Benicia CA Norma Epler, San Jose CA; Happy Fordham, Sunnyvale CA John Murphy, San Francisco CA; Ferg Challborn, Erickson MB Mary Schultze - Robert Schultze, Union MI Jacqueline Longacre - Hella Lacroix, Lincoln CA NORTH-SOUTH

A 1 2 3 4 5 6

Deborah Levine - Gerald Levine, Belvedere CA Jean Luning, Kailua HI; Robin Williams, Greenwich CT Jeanne Redington - Carol Layton, Saint Louis MO Nora Schell - Mary Johnson, Winter Park FL Patricia Anderson, Fargo ND; Sharon Madson, Scottsdale AZ Ruby Soderstrom - Gretchen Piercy, Chico CA

1 2

3

Jennifer Paulsrud - Marilyn Anstett, Fargo ND James Green - Jane Green, Mercer Island WA Marcia McCalden - Thomas McCalden, Wolcott CO Henry Harris - Carol Lefcourt, Incline Village NV

SECTION EEE A 58.03% 1 57.74% 2 54.17% 3 53.57% 4

55.29% 54.17% 53.85% 53.37% 52.56% 51.76% 51.76% 51.12% 50.80%

Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Janice Nakao, San Mateo CA Hans Stocker - Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL Maria Abbott, San Francisco CA; D Hinckley, Guayanabo PR Norman Wang, Palo Alto CA; Y Chen, Fremont CA Margot Livenspargar, Apple Valley CA; Ralf Singer, Foster City CA Marilyn Pultz - Bill Follis, Fort Collins CO Zeke Mataga, Glendale CA; Yosh Mataga, Stockton CA

66.83% 56.25% 54.17% 53.37% 53.04% 52.40% 51.76%

EAST-WEST C

1

Jenny Rose, Henderson NV; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI Maria Pendergast, W Hollywood CA; Joann Shirley, San Francisco CA Helene Drake - George Drake, Phoenix AZ Noel Hanford, Rancho Mirage CA; Joelle Benioff, Hillsborough CA William Traver, Campbell CA; Dan O’Neal, Saratoga CA Darwin Afdahl - Kay Afdahl, Oro Valley AZ Pat Zieger - Jo Anne Murdock, Yuba City CA Diana Lowe, Palo Alto CA; Seeming Tsui, Hong Kong Hong Kong EAST-WEST

63.46% 59.13% 56.09% 56.09% 54.01% 54.01% 54.01% 46.31% 45.67%

Philip Pearl, Fountain Valley CA; Marie Wiley, London ON Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Greg House, S San Fran CA James Breeden - Margaret Breeden, Carson City NV Werner Hausmann - Helen Hausmann, Boynton Beach FL Karen Barrett, Darien CT; Douglas Thompson, Acton MA Robert Brisson - Elizabeth Brisson, Pleasantville NY Jane Ellingsen - Lois Daley, Walnut Creek CA Robert Roman, Greenbrae CA; Carole Liss, San Rafael CA EAST-WEST

61.86% 59.78% 57.69% 53.85% 51.60% 51.60% 51.12% 51.12%

Frances Condon, Corte Madera CA; Arlene Sauser, Sausalito CA Robert Ng, Millbrae CA; Chester Chwang, San Francisco CA Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH; Georgette King, Miami Beach FL Haruko Koshi - Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Tokyo Japan Fay Teal, Mesa AZ; Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME Gerry Litton, Oakland CA; Corey Largman, Berkeley CA Herbert Scibbe - Janice Scibbe, Brecksville OH Joel Steinberg, Burlingame CA; Edward Hornung, San Bruno CA

56.57% 55.93% 55.61% 55.29% 52.56% 51.92% 50.00% 44.71%

C

1

C 1

EAST-WEST C

1 C 1

2

Antica Odabashian - Ann Goldbert, Santa Rosa CA Sue Eltringham, Walnut Creek CA; Joyce Mirwald, Concord CA Evelyn Kamas - Karen Hopkins, Sunnyvale CA Karen Hunt, Monte Sereno CA; Sheri Archer, Campbell CA De Ann Spalding - Mary Pilara, San Francisco CA EAST-WEST

59.95% 57.22% 55.46% 53.82% 53.13%

Linda Bucklin - Helen Spalding, San Francisco CA David Cookson - Margot Cookson, Hillsborough CA Tecca Blankfeld, Lafayette CA; Jackie Harris, Walnut Creek CA Susan Stiege, Los Altos CA; Betty Rosa, San Jose CA Nancy Zacher, San Francisco CA; Patrica Raven, Kentfield CA Douglas Braman - Janet Braman, Minden NV

56.38% 55.99% 55.11% 54.76% 53.79% 53.44%

EAST-WEST C 1 2

Nancy Coleman - John Camphouse, Bishop CA Marynel Musch - Bill Musch, Orting WA Patricia Bader - Richard Bader, Saratoga CA Pamela Elsner - Ernest Elsner, Avon CO James Coons - Angela Coons, Healdsburg CA Ralph Tarter - Gordon Carter, Penn Valley CA Kay Penstone, Gearhart OR; Sue Boyle, Long Beach WA EAST-WEST

59.28% 58.71% 53.41% 53.03% 51.70% 50.76% 50.76%

Thomas Burger, Englewood CO; Jack Purdy, Broomfield CO Hope Koford, Murphys CA; Patti Hudson, Angels Camp CA Yang Ching Lai - Show-Ling Lai, Antioch CA Bruce Nissim, San Anselmo CA; Nancy Daly, New York NY Geraldine Christensen, Laporte TX; Wayne Christensen,Iii, Temecula CA Don Harlor - Meg Herz Harlor, Santa Cruz CA Kay Coffey - Sidney Spies, Piedmont CA EAST-WEST

61.93% 57.58% 56.82% 52.84% 52.46% 52.27% 50.00%

John Peternell, San Francisco CA; Karen Perling, La Jolla CA Greg Foss - Jeannene LeVitre, Reno NV Judy Cohen, Chicago IL; Babette Brenner, Morton Grove IL Alan Carlton, Alameda CA; John Sherwood, Orinda CA Barbara Olsen, Pickering ON; Catharine Gilmour, Toronto ON

71.43% 64.58% 61.31% 59.82% 52.68%

C

1 2

NORTH-SOUTH

Sidney Gordon - Ellen Gordon, Melrose Park PA Isadore Sharp - Rosalie Sharp, Toronto ON Hilary Miller, Vallejo CA; Danny Schamehorn, Washago ON Shirley Blum, Millbrae CA; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA Jess Sellers III, San Bernardino CA; Randy Pace, Elverta CA Barbara Swan, Roseville CA; Joan Mesias, Temple City CA Consorcia Ravelo - Celso Ravelo, San Jose CA William Drake, Minneapolis MN; John Crouch, Edina MN Vinita Gupta - Naren Gupta, Woodside CA EAST-WEST

C

2 3 4

MONDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS SECTION CCC A B 57.95% 1 1 56.82% 2 2 55.68% 3 3 53.98% 4 4 51.14% 5 50.76% 6/7 6/7 SECTION DDD A B 61.55% 1 57.58% 2 1 53.79% 3 2 53.60% 4 53.03% 5 3 52.84% 6 4

62.98% 59.29% 58.49% 53.69% 49.36% 49.20% 49.20%

EAST-WEST

2

MONDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS SECTION AAA A B 72.83% 1 1 56.45% 2 55.01% 3 52.82% 4 2 SECTION BBB A B 61.27% 1 1 60.96% 2 59.27% 3 55.00% 4 2 3

John Derdall - Jan Derdall, Western Springs IL Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Allan Wolf, Ridgefield CT Lillian Weissman, Long Beach NY; Laura Wolin, Brooklyn NY Ron Pennington, Costa Mesa CA; Robert Hinrichs, Corona del Mar CA Mignon Nearmyer, Plymouth MN; Gene Nelson, Maple Grove MN William Shaughnessy, San Mateo CA; Mie Thiemmedh, San Bruno CA Diane Prettyman, Redding CA; Dave Kruse, Lakehead CA

C

2

A 1 2 3 4

58.93% 58.63% 52.98% 52.68% 49.70%

EAST-WEST

3/4 3/4 B 1

68.27% 62.55% 55.40% 54.89%

C

2 NORTH-SOUTH

68.15% 60.42% 58.63% 55.36% 50.60% 48.51%

B 1 2

C

3 4

1 2

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES, 1ST SESSION SECTION WW EAST-WEST A B C Kent White, Lincoln CA; Ella Bosse, Roseville CA 68.98% 1 Phyllis Parker, Long Beach CA; Patricia Elms, Newport Beach CA Diana Holt, Palm Beach FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL 62.73% 2 1 Daniel Rubinfeld, Berkeley CA; Dan Scarola, Oakland CA Carol Cassedy - Ty Cassedy, Port Orchard WA 59.49% 3 Gregory Chaffee - David Oakley, San Diego CA Daisy Straus - E Lawrence Kolton, San Francisco CA 55.55% 4 Larry King, Grass Valley CA; Charlotte Anderson, Madison WI Joan Gould, Santa Fe NM; Constance Sommer, Old Greenwich CT 50.93% 2 Cindy Kirk - Gary Kirk, Novato CA Arlene Elder, Big Bear Lake CA; Bud Pate, Silver Springs NV 46.06% 3 Joyce Hart - Richard Hart, Piedmont CA 1 Barbara Tommasini - Ronald Tommasini, Louisville KY 2 Helen Orr - Doris Grau, San Francisco CA NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST A B C Robert Longhi, Lahaina HI; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ 63.89% 1 1 1 Ron Buck - Robert Chase, San Francisco CA Abbie Cole - Glenn Eisenstein, New York NY 59.03% 2 2 Greg Stander, Golden CO; Ted Witt, Denver CO Robert Neuhart, Troy NY; Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY 57.64% 3 3 2 Kris Sommer - Richard Stevenson, Los Angeles CA Joan Weiss - Ernie Benesch, San Francisco CA 56.02% 4 Jack Margid, San Francisco CA; Susan Furchtenicht, Santa Maria CA Elizabeth Belatini - Felix Ysturiz, San Francisco CA 52.31% Barbara Taniguchi, Fresno CA; Angela Cozzarin, Abingdon VA 37.50% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C Fani Hason, San Diego CA; Sedat Nassi, Charlotte NC 60.19% 1 1 1 Steven Lipson - Serl Zimmerman, Palm Desert CA Robert Berger, Berkeley CA; Dhiru Tanna, Miami FL 58.56% 2 2 Shelly Hershberger - Dean Jenkins, Kailua Kona HI Joan Johnson, Pls Vrds Estate CA; Bea Cron, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 54.86% 3 3 John Weinberg - Sarah Weinberg, Mercer Island WA Curtiss Cohen, Chicago IL; Dennis Dubin, Philadelphia PA 54.17% 4 4 2 Mary Bernstein - Tom Bernstein, Omaha NE Marvin Kolodzik, Cincinnati OH; Linda Gallaher, Morehead KY 51.16% 5 Robert Gish, El Monte CA; Manish Dixit, Naperville IL Hadi Eslambolchi, Los Gatos CA; Ali Eslambolchi, San Jose CA 51.16% NORTH-SOUTH

A 1 2 3 4

A 1 2 3 4 5/6 5/6

C

2 3

1 2

B

C

1 2 3

1 2

B

C

1 2 3 4/5 4/5

1 2

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SECTION ZZ

Chris Poulos, Mission Viego CA; Dollie Poulos, Mission Viejo CA Peter Manzon - Alan Korpi, Waltham MA Edward Zuckerberg - Karen Zuckerberg, Dobbs Ferry NY Elizabeth Vermillion - Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA Loarn Thoelecke, San Anselmo CA; Robert McNeil, San Francisco CA Fred Pfister - Celeste Sinton, Helena MT

58.33% 56.73% 56.73% 54.17% 54.01% 50.96%

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Gitte Hecht-Johansen, London England; Nevena Senior, Bulwell Notting England Dave Hellwig, Minneapolis MN; Alan Strauss, Modesto CA Richard Veach, Laurel MD; Stefano Coppola, Pompano Beach FL Gertrud McLachlan, Tustin CA; Lorrie Schramm, Anaheim CA Grant Mackinnon, Burlington ON; Donna Marks, Atlanta GA Tony Ferroni - Ted Verhagen, Keswick VA Katherine Trubey, Spruce Pine NC; Allison White, Bakersville NC

61.86% 59.46% 57.21% 54.33% 53.69% 50.32% 49.20%

VICTOR MITCHELL OPEN BAM FIRST FINAL SESSION SECTIONS I K Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Mark Feldman, Hoboken NJ; Howard Weinstein, Sarasota FL; Steve Garner, Chicago IL 17.50 Arch McKellar, Dobbs Ferry NY; Stephen Sanborn, Poughkeepsie NY; Warren Rosner, White Plains NY; Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL 16.00 Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA; Marshall Miles, Redlands CA; David Chechelashvili, San Diego CA 16.00 Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice 40-479 Poland 15.83 Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Farid Assemi, Fresno CA; Edward Wojewoda, Clovis CA; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw 0 Poland 15.50 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Michael Polowan - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Bartosz Chmurski - Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 15.50 Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Richard Katz, N Versailles PA; Larry Cohen, Las Vegas NV 15.50 Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA; James Tritt, Fresno CA; David Weiss, Fullerton CA 15.00 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 15.00 John McLaughlin, Melrose MA; Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA; Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Chris Larsen, Costa Mesa CA 14.50 Jeff Schuett, Riverwoods IL; Ron Haack, New York NY; Stanley Katz, Memphis TN; Chester Johnson, Chicago IL 14.00 Nicoleta Giura - Nick Hughes, Bondi Australia; David Morgan, Melborne Australia; Alex Martelli, Bologna Italy; Joan McKeon, Queensland Australia 14.00 SECTIONS J L Gunnar Hallberg, London England; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC; Michael Moss, New York NY 17.50 Aubrey Strul, Delray Beach FL; Michael Becker - David Berkowitz - Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA 17.00 Connie Goldberg, Merion Station PA; Bill Eisenberg, Perris CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA; Nader Hanna, Willowdale ON; Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 16.50 Barry Goren, Las Vegas NV; Walter Johnson, Columbus OH; David Lehman, Glenview IL; Dick Melson, Chicago IL 16.00 Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Sarasota FL; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV 15.00 Joe Grue, New York NY; Curtis Cheek, Huntsville AL; Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Brad Moss, Tarzana CA; Jeff Meckstroth, Tampa FL; Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL 15.00 John Kranyak - Melanie Tucker - John Hurd, New York NY; Bas Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Joel Wooldridge, Buffalo NY; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdan 3 Netherlands 15.00 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Hollywood FL; Fulvio Fantoni - Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Claudio Nunes, Roma Italy 14.50 Jason Feldman, San Diego CA; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Gavin Wolpert, New York NY; Nikolay Demirev, Arlington Hts IL; Vincent Demuy, Arundel QC 14.50 Dick Yarington, Seattle WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Martin Caley, Montreal QC; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY 14.50 Bjarni Einarsson, 740 Neskaupstad Iceland; Rick Henderson, Los Angeles CA; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Jon Baldursson, Hafnarfjordur Iceland 14.00 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; John Swanson Jr, Mission Viejo CA; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Huub Bertens, Tilburg 50 Netherlands; Aton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands14.00 SAN FRAN QUICKTRICKS OPEN PAIRS, 1ST SESSION SECTION C EAST-WEST A B C Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 62.50% 1 Zakir Mohammed - Elizabeth Marcus, San Francisco CA Margery Gould, Los Angeles CA; Barbara Baeskens, Upland CA 58.65% 2 Jim Looby, Burbank CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR John Aslin, Woodinville WA; Paul Schwaighart, Normandy Park WA 54.81% 3 Janyne Provencher - Sylvain Mayer, Montreal QC Daniel Rothwell, Eugene OR; Ivan Jen, San Jose CA 54.25% 4 1 John Guth, Days Creek OR; Danny O’Broclyn, Yuba City CA Ralph Cox, Niwot CO; Karen Williams Cox, Littleton CO 54.15% 5 Noreen Sugarman - David Crausen, Kingston ON Eric Groves, San Francisco CA; Daniel Groves, Bloomington IN 52.56% 6 Don Laycock - Sharon Lee, San Francisco CA 2 1 Virginia Pappas - Lorraine Basson, San Francisco CA 3 2 Adir Even, Brookline MA; Mark Heumann, Watertown MA NORTH-SOUTH SECTION D EAST-WEST A B C Gregory Trautman - Brad Kalweit, Olympia WA 56.41% 1 1 1 Stephen Kaufman - Emmanuel Vacakis, San Francisco CA Lynne O’Neill - Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA 55.13% 2 2 Andrey Artamonov - Julia Barsel, Burnaby BC Brian Eisenberg - Thomas Franklin III, Martinez CA 53.37% 3 Frances Dickman, San Jose CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 53.37% 4 3 Bernice Frucht, San Francisco CA; Bella Berkovitch, Burlingame CA Mike Giesler - Allison Brandt, Philadelphia PA 53.21% 5 W Samuels Jr, Lafayette CA; Robert Zeckhauser, South Orange NJ Susan Duval, Irvington NY; Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY 52.40% 6 Gene Keidan, Pittsburgh PA; Mary Vickers, Apex NC NORTH-SOUTH SECTION E EAST-WEST A B C Joanne Minken-Levy, Los Angeles CA; Rhoda Walsh, Palm Desert CA 62.34% 1 1 1 Feng Chian, Taipei People’s Republic of China; Barry Ko, Berkeley CA Ava Grubman - Steven Zlotnick, Brooklyn NY 59.29% 2 Beverly Perry, New York NY; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA D Raija Davis, Reno NV; Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA 58.81% 3 2 Susan Slinger, Corralitos CA; Jane Jennings, Ben Lomond CA Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 58.65% 4 3 James Metcalfe - Patty Metcalfe, Edmonton AB Doug Baxter - Brian Johnston, Toronto ON 58.01% 5 4 Denise Daley - Tom Rothgiesser, San Francisco CA Barbara Kennedy - Jacqueline Devine, Sacramento CA 52.72% 6 Ellyn Batko, Deerfield IL; Jane Shaw, Hanover PA Suzanne Cook, Eureka CA; Ted Zimmerman, Monroe Twp NJ 47.92% Barbara Miller, Bangor PA; Neal Satten, Wynnewood PA 47.76% David Sarten, Pattery Point, Australia; Susanne Sarten, Tasmania 7004 Australia 44.55% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION F EAST-WEST A B C William Wickham - Gene Freed, Los Angeles CA 65.38% 1 Fred King, Falls Church VA; Robert Bell, Washington DC Rachel Chittaro, Kildeer IL; Edward Nield, Westchester IL 59.78% 2 Kenneth Llacera, Santa Cruz CA; James Slinger, Corralitos CA Sandra Robson, New Westminster BC; Gene Fomin, Glacier WA 58.01% 3 1 1 Nicholas Carlson, San Francisco CA; Brad Jones, Vacaville CA Gary Ge - William Ge, Vancouver BC 54.49% 4 Ellie Goldman, Lansdale PA; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE Seth Cohen, Brooklyn NY; D Anne Pientka, Phoenix AZ 51.76% 5 Darlene Shirey - Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX Bobbie Gomer, Willow Grove PA; Edward Groner, Houston TX 51.76% 6 Terry Butler, Aspen CO; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ Elizabeth Bally, Castro Valley CA; Civia Rudman, San Leandro CA 50.64% 2 Benjamin Leitner - Michael Leitner, San Jose CA Sharon Simiona, Waitakere City New Zealand; Alison Browne, Reading Berkshi England 42.63% 3 James Sullivan - Carolyn Sullivan, Richfield OH NORTH-SOUTH SECTION G EAST-WEST A B C Ali Topcu - Sara Topcu, Sacramento CA 59.13% 1 Sarah Wiener, Fort Lee NJ; Judy Wirtenberg, East Brunswick NJ William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 56.09% 2 Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD Andrew Tylman, Toronto ON; Joyce Lelah, Los Angeles CA 54.65% 3 1 Marty Zupan, Arlington VA; David Jackson, Sequim WA Graham Shorrocks, St John S NL; Gustav Axen, New Westminster BC 53.85% 4 Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA; Nancy Blaustein, Walnut Creek CA Nelson Davis, Seattle WA; Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY 52.72% 5 2 Robert Hormel, Portland OR; Darlene Thompson, Lake Oswego OR Jim Linhart, Raleigh NC; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 51.92% 6 Ping Zhu, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Bo Xiao, Fremont CA Ronald Dixon, Vancouver BC; Stan Fong, Toronto CD 45.35% 3 Charles Aldenderfer - Peter Aldenderfer, Indianapolis IN 1 Tim Gillott - Janet Hedlund, Salinas CA NORTH-SOUTH SECTION H EAST-WEST A B C Ralph Mocker, Goleta CA; Carl Michelet, Carpinteria CA 60.10% 1 Thomas Land - Barbara McHarg, Seattle WA Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA 59.13% 2 John Gustafson - Helen Gustafson, Des Moines IA Terry Goodykoontz, Champaign IL; Leah Newell, Springfield IL 57.69% 3 1 Paul Walker, London England; Frank Wharton, London England David Berent - Shirley Gordon, Aventura FL 55.45% 4 2 Thomas Reiner, Sydney Australia; Max De Koven, Westmount QC Ann Hedden, Watkinsville GA; Gary Peck, Hayward CA 55.13% 5 Angeline Murray - Teresa Szymczak, Walnut Creek CA Berna Case, Roslyn NY; Elaine Kahn, Lido Beach NY 54.01% 6 3 Paul Blumberg, Sparks NV; Irene Harlow, Reno NV Terrence Ibbs, Miami Beach FL; Dennis Smith, Anchorage AK 51.28% 4 Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI; John Rollinson, Clovis NM 1 Keith McMahan, Auburn CA; William Goldman, Lansdale PA NORTH-SOUTH

A 1 2 3 4 5 6

A 1 2 3/4 3/4 5 6 A 1 2 3 4 5 6

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C

1 2 3

1

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C

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1

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C

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2 3 1

A 1 2 3 4 5 6

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1

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1 2 3 1

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4/5 4/5

WOMENS BOARD-A-MATCH 1ST FINAL SESSION SECTION A Ping Wang, Hangzhou People’s Republic of China; Shaohong Wu, Guangzhou People’s Republic of China; Jian Wang, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Yongmei Zhou, Shanghai People’s Republic of China Roni Atkins, Pittsburgh PA; Jan George, Las Vegas NV; Barbara Clinton, Aurora ON; Sharon Jabbour, Boca Raton FL Ellie Hanlon - Mary Savko, Tequesta FL; Meg Klamp, Ft Myers FL; Chris Urbanek, Tonawanda NY Rebecca Clough, Culver City CA; Adrienne Green, Los Angeles CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Beth Palmer, Silver Spring MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Karen McCallum, US; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ SECTION B Sylvia Caley, Montreal QC; Marjorie Michelin, Los Angeles CA; Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Shannon Cappelletti, Hollywood FL; Jenny Wolpert, New York City NY; Shawn Quinn, 30-218 Krakow Poland Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA; Joan Jackson - Petra Hamman, Dallas TX; Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Becky Rogers, Las Vegas NV Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA; Lisa Fishman, Bellevue WA; Dee Berry, Arlington WA; Barbara Nist, Seattle WA Joan Eaton, North York ON; Candace Griffey, Vero Beach FL; Kathy Baum, Germantown TN; Laurie Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Carole Miner, Rochester MN; Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN SAN FRAN QUICKTRICKS CLUB OPEN PAIRS, SECOND SESSION SECTION F EAST-WEST A B C Darlene Shirey - Steve Shirey, Fort Worth TX 61.86% 1 Lynne O’Neill - Maritha Pottenger, San Diego CA William Wickham - Gene Freed, Los Angeles CA 59.62% 2 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI; Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 59.62% 3 Richard Weiss, Swampscott MA; Graham Wakefield, Waitakere City New Zealand Helen Corbin, Menlo Park CA; Charlotte Sturm, Fullerton CA 57.85% 4 Susan Duval, Irvington NY; Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY Andrew Rosenthal - David Moss, New York NY 54.81% 5 Bruce Cobb - Garth Yettick, Denver CO Beata Czachor, Tampa FL; Ellis Feigenbaum, Petah Tikva 493 Israel 54.49% 6 Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA John Spurgeon - Karen Renne, Cedaredge CO 49.68% 1 Gari Andreini - Milli Andreini, Corona Del Mar CA James Sullivan - Carolyn Sullivan, Richfield OH 47.12% 2/3 1 Mike Giesler - Allison Brandt, Philadelphia PA Sharon Fauss, La Grange CA; Joan Garcia, Dixon CA 45.67% 2/3 Jim O’Brien - Sandra O’Brien, Brookfield WI Nicholas Carlson, San Francisco CA; Brad Jones, Vacaville CA 42.95% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION G EAST-WEST A B C Eli Borok - Lois Borok, Los Angeles CA 58.01% 1 1 Stephen Young - Christopher Cowan, Mississauga ON Arnold Malasky, Longboat Key FL; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 56.89% 2 Ralph Mocker, Goleta CA; Carl Michelet, Carpinteria CA Vincent Messina, Wolfeboro NH; Billie Vickers, Montgomery AL 54.65% 3 Rodney Wilton, Port Carling ON; Kathryn Ritterbush, Albuquerque NM Ping Zhu, Shanghai People’s Republic of China; Bo Xiao, Fremont CA 54.01% 4 Ann Hedden, Watkinsville GA; Gary Peck, Hayward CA William Garrard Jr - Donna Garrard, Irving TX 53.21% 5 Ethan Stein, Irvington NY; Koko Adachi, Toyko 112-0012 Japan Jim Linhart, Raleigh NC; Michael Huston, Joplin MO 53.04% 6/7 Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA; Michael Mikyska, Los Angeles CA Christopher Pisarra, Lafayette CA; Nancy Blaustein, Walnut Creek CA 53.04% 6/7 2 John Corey - David Fielder, San Francisco CA Sally Adler - Ted Adler, Virginia Beach VA 51.92% 3 1 Bruce Brown - Elizabeth Brown, Denton TX 4 Paul Blumberg, Sparks NV; Irene Harlow, Reno NV NORTH-SOUTH SECTION H EAST-WEST A B C Joe Gottler, Elberta AL; John Potter, Panama City FL 62.98% 1 1 1 Ronald Dixon, Vancouver BC; Stan Fong, Toronto CD Jim Cheney, Hilo HI; Michael Schrage, New York NY 55.93% 2 Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Warren Cederborg, Visalia CA Harvey Katz, Marina del Rey CA; Jill Richmond, Los Angeles CA 54.49% 3 Rick Norton Jr, Oceanside CA; Saul Gross, Miami Beach FL Brenda Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Sigrid Castellsague, Barcelona 53.53% 4 Andrew Tylman, Toronto ON; Joyce Lelah, Los Angeles CA Angeline Murray - Teresa Szymczak, Walnut Creek CA 52.56% 5 Richard Gabriel, Chicago IL; Hal Stern, Rolling Meadows IL Paul Walker, London England; Frank Wharton, London England 48.88% 6 2 Marti Masley - Janet Macchi, Stuart FL Berna Case, Roslyn NY; Elaine Kahn, Lido Beach NY 48.40% 3 Marty Zupan, Arlington VA; David Jackson, Sequim WA Richmond Simmons - Marilynn Simmons, Paget Bermuda 47.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION C EAST-WEST A B C Hisae Izushima, Menlo Park CA; Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 21 Japan 60.54% 1 William Rudman Jr, Castro Valley CA; George Whitworth, Coarsegold CA Jim Looby, Burbank CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 57.45% 2 Ava Grubman - Steven Zlotnick, Brooklyn NY John Guth, Days Creek OR; Danny O’Broclyn, Yuba City CA 56.61% 3 1 Robert Chilvers, San Rafael CA; Bram Bevis Dresden, Greenbrae CA Ralph Jungwirth - Latrelle Uhl, Modesto CA 55.86% 4 2 Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY Noreen Sugarman - David Crausen, Kingston ON 55.58% 5 3 D Raija Davis, Reno NV; Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA Don Laycock - Sharon Lee, San Francisco CA 51.64% 6 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Helene Gay, Santa Rosa CA James Hopkin, Orinda CA; Andrew McManus, Lafayette CA 48.47% Virginia Pappas - Lorraine Basson, San Francisco CA 47.30%

62.50% 57.25% 54.01% 53.25% 53.04% 51.96% 50.68% 50.20%

61.70% 58.17% 56.73% 53.04% 50.64% 50.16%

59.13% 56.09% 55.45% 52.56% 51.60% 51.44%

62.82% 55.61% 54.49% 54.17% 54.01% 53.69% 51.76% 51.44%

59.78% 55.29% 55.13% 54.01% 52.88% 52.56% 51.28% 50.32%

57.05% 56.89% 56.57% 56.09% 53.04% 52.56% 49.52% 48.24%

18.00 14.50 13.50 13.00 12.50 15.50 14.50 14.00 13.00 13.00

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58.01% 56.73% 56.09% 55.13% 52.24% 50.80% 50.16% 49.68% 49.68%

67.95% 64.58% 62.02% 60.42% 53.85% 50.96% 50.96% 47.44% 46.96%

58.81% 58.17% 58.01% 54.33% 53.69% 51.76% 49.36%

62.54% 59.81% 59.33% 57.16% 53.61% 53.43%

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SECTION D

Frances Dickman, San Jose CA; Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA W Samuels Jr, Lafayette CA; Robert Zeckhauser, South Orange NJ Tony Kasday, Puyallup WA; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX Gail Schwartz, New York NY; Elliott Grubman, Brooklyn NY Larry Ascher - Diana Tenery-Ascher, Oceanside NY Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA; Curtis Pryor, Palo Alto CA Jay Sweet - Charles Cohler, San Francisco CA Lawrence Hanna, Huntington Bh CA; Richard Hanna, Laguna Woods CA NORTH-SOUTH

57.69% 55.45% 54.81% 54.49% 54.01% 52.88% 50.32% 48.56% SECTION E

C

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Gary Ge - William Ge, Vancouver BC Fred King, Falls Church VA; Robert Bell, Washington DC Patricia Worthley, Andover MA; Larry Chow, Abbotsford BC Sandra Robson, New Westminster BC; Gene Fomin, Glacier WA Marion Robertson, San Francisco CA; Doris Ashcroft, Stockton CA Carolyn Pinto, Fort Worth TX; J Bachman Nabors III, Kempner TX Margaret Moen - Bonnie Tanner, Seattle WA Rachel Chittaro, Kildeer IL; Edward Nield, Westchester IL EAST-WEST

A B C 64.90% 1 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Susan Picus, New York NY 58.97% 2 John Aslin, Woodinville WA; Paul Schwaighart, Normandy Park WA 58.17% 3 Maurice Blustein - Ole Godefroy, Bellevue WA 55.93% 4 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 53.85% 5 1 Robert Hartman, Oakland CA; Frederick Steele, San Francisco CA 53.85% 6 2 Joan Tschirki, Aurora CO; Osvaldo Barreiro, Pasadena CA 45.83% 3 1 Daniel Rothwell, Eugene OR; Ivan Jen, San Jose CA 45.83% MONDAY EVENING 49ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C Peter Huppert - Susan Ruwart, San Francisco CA 66.96% 1 1 Antica Odabashian - Ann Goldbert, Santa Rosa CA Valerie Greenberg - Alan Greenberg, Ojai CA 53.02% 2 Robin Williams, Greenwich CT; Nancy Gaunt, Evansville IN Brian Klein - Bruce Rutan, San Francisco CA 52.42% 3 2 Molly Anderson, Larkspur CA; Carol Morse, Glen Ellen CA Margaret Siverts - Bernice Kluber, Walnut Creek CA 52.34% 4 1 Stephen Reynolds, Santa Cruz CA; Enyi Chen, Singapore Singapore Janis Brown, Martinez CA; Bill Bussboom, Sacremento CA 51.96% Richard Ramage III, Seattle WA; Sheridan Colbourn, Danville CA 51.24% MONDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST A B C Jacqueline Bell - Bonnie Scheeland, Portland OR 60.80% 1 Lawrence Patrick, Honolulu HI; Teresa Jefferson, Seaside OR Karen Johnson, Smithville NJ; Nancy Daly, New York NY 59.71% 2 1 1 John Sherwood, Orinda CA; Alan Carlton, Alameda CA Michael Raffetto - Wanda Raffetto, Lincoln CA 58.88% 3 2 2 David Fredlund - Carol Fredlund, Minneapolis MN Raymond Struck - Cathy Struck, Hattiesburg MS 58.71% 4 Darryl Hendershot, Dsrt Hot Spgs CA; Michael Walker, Rancho Mirage CA Lawrence Burnett - D Gill Sperlein, San Francisco CA 57.39% 5 3 Sharon Madson, Scottsdale AZ; Patricia Anderson, Fargo ND Jacqueline Longacre - Hella Lacroix, Lincoln CA 55.37% 6 4 Martha Chatoian - Ralph Chatoian, Lincoln CA Jo Anne Kelley - Charles Kelley, Pacific Plsades CA 55.17% 7 5 Lynn Norris, San Francisco CA; Maureen Vasquez, San Mateo CA MONDAY-WEDNESDAY SIDE GAME SERIES, 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST A B C Sam Dodson, Houston TX; Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN 59.62% 1 Bill Barkley, New Bern NC; Allen Bowman, Green Valley AZ Peggy Craig - Robert Craig, El Paso TX 58.33% 2 1 Michael Corey, Bellevue WA; Elizabeth Mead, Castro Valley CA Wolfe Thompson, Lake Oswego OR; Marc Zwerling, Portland OR 58.17% 3 2 1 Edward Chadwick - Jeanette Reitzer, Sydney Australia Daniel McGuire - Molly Hosford, Las Vegas NV 54.33% 4 3 2 John De Soto, San Francisco CA; Anthony D’Angelo, Pacific Plsds CA John Currie, Toronto ON; John Currie, Halifax NS 53.69% 5 4 Joan Brody, Morristown NJ; Mimi Trenchard, Montville NJ Ginnie Blitzman, Mission Viejo CA; Joseph Habeich, Portland OR 52.40% 6 Guy Monroe, Newport OR; Valerie Larkin, Chicago IL Dixie Hornby, Albuquerque NM; Consorcia Ravelo, San Jose CA 51.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST A B C Tony Petronella, North Kingstown RI; Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY 62.82% 1 Martha Young, Dallas TX; Mym Young, Atlantic Beach NC Joyce Neville, White Marsh VA; Tracy Brines, Suffolk VA 59.78% 2 1 Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Portland OR Howard Page - Shirley Hoffert, Mesa AZ 55.29% 3 Donald Sache, Delta BC; Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC Winnie Jasper - Jerry Chamberlain, Moraga CA 54.97% 4 2 1 Elizabeth Stevenson, Wirral England; Hans Kadletz, Graz Austria Ann Miller, Bakersfield CA; N Gilchrist, Pacifica CA 54.65% 5 3 2 Ron Pennington, Costa Mesa CA; Robert Hinrichs, Corona del Mar CA Mike Sloan, Jeffersonville IN; Linda Harrison, Calgary AB 50.32% 6 Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL; Joy Scher, Delray Beach FL Judy Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT; Kerma Jones, North Salt Lake UT 49.20% 4 Elizabeth Traylor, Reston VA; Cathy Stryker, Vienna VA Stephen Kahn - Jerome Solari, San Francisco CA 47.92% Fani Hason - Marc Matz, San Diego CA 47.92% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJJ EAST-WEST A B C Lorena Choplin - Phillip Schiffert, Roseville CA 68.11% 1 Lance Shull - Audrey Ventura, Raleigh NC Carl Spencer, Farmington NM; Neal Strand, Mountain View CA 58.33% 2 David Zapatka, Sun Lakes AZ; Sam Atabaki, San Ramon CA Jonna Robinson, San Jose CA; Ausra Geaski, Manchester CT 54.97% 3 1 1 Ting To, Twickenham Mid England; Victor Hsu, Waldwick NJ Sondra Caplin - Donald Caplin, Waltham MA 53.21% 4 Christopher Apitz - Ellen Dilbert, Waltham MA Evelyn Hodge, Burnaby BC; Marge Neate, West Vancouver BC 52.72% 5 Carol Schoenhals, Lubbock TX; Joseph Clark, Dallas TX Diane Winiger - Ofra Blonder, New York NY 51.76% 6/7 2 Jim Rupp Jr - Ocki Krogfoss, Thousand Oaks CA Eileen Ojakangas - Leona Hanson, Davis CA 50.32% 6/7 Stefano Coppola, Pompano Beach FL; Richard Veach, Laurel MD Leonor Frankel, Greenacres FL; Albert Malouf, San Mateo CA 48.72% 3 2 Barbara Tommasini - Ronald Tommasini, Louisville KY Carol De Koven, Westmount QC; Liliane Reiner, Northbridge Australia 46.96% 4 Eugene Opinante, Nesconset NY; Joan Opinante, Green Valley AZ NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LLL EAST-WEST A B C James Nash - Cookie Hoberman, Omaha NE 68.59% 1 1 Matthew Hoskins - Elizabeth Hoskins, Shoreham-By-Sea England Andrew Wulfhorst, Oregon City OR; Cathy Stockwell, Portland OR 56.89% 2 2 Lynn Stanley - Anne Mahoney, Moncton NB Marlene Watts - David Beauchamp, Sydney Australia 54.97% 3 Gitte Hecht-Johansen, London England; Nevena Senior, Bulwell Notting England Jack Margid - Eleanor Parker, San Francisco CA 54.97% 4 Peg Cundiff - Dewy Cundiff, Las Vegas NV Michael Slaven, Elkhart IN; Betty Jackson, Pebble Beach CA 53.69% 5 3 John Loney, Laguna Woods CA; Nina Lubick-Reich, Fullerton CA Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; Reiko Raese, Boulder CO 53.69% 6 4 1 Eugene Lux, Fredericksburg TX; Carolyn Lux, Fredericksbrg TX Robin Beddis, Calgary AB; Susan Pattillo, Vancouver BC 51.92% Monica Mitchell - Doris Ham, Hot Springs AR 51.28%

William Esberg, Long Branch NJ; Harvinder Sidhu, Marlton NJ Feng Chian, Taipei People’s Republic of China; Barry Ko, Berkeley CA Susan Slinger, Corralitos CA; Jane Jennings, Ben Lomond CA Beverly Perry, New York NY; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA Lois Zeisler, Fairfield CT; Norman Leslie, New Orleans LA Leslie Friedman - Andrea Schneider, Berkeley CA Denise Daley - Tom Rothgiesser, San Francisco CA Janice L Wild, Briarcliff NY; John Rose, East Chatham NY

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES, 1ST SESSION SECTION O EAST-WEST A B C Richard Hayes - Norma Hayes, Yuba City CA 55.36% 1 1 1 Charles Berger, San Francisco CA; Brian Reis, San Mateo CA John Russell, North Barringto IL; Dan Mathieson, Regina SK 55.06% 2 James Praught, Summerside PE; Alan Strauss, Modesto CA Frederic Platt - Constance Platt, Denver CO 53.27% 3 Brenda Keller, Boise ID; Susan Buckley, Atherton CA Kent White - Sten Akerlund, Lincoln CA 50.00% 4 2 Pete Neuwirth, Berkeley CA; Marc Glickman, San Francisco CA 3 Sandra Prosnitz, Bronx NY; Toni Schwartz, Tarrytown NY 2 James Mullen, Oak Island NC; Martha Boen, Alpharetta GA NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Y EAST-WEST A B C Andrew Nalos, Vancouver BC; Kenneth Ramsay, West Vancouver BC 57.62% 1 Cynthia Morelli - R Craig Hemphill, Jacksonville FL Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Bud Biswas, Lexington MA 57.57% 2 John Loney, Laguna Woods CA; Ellis Feigenbaum, Petah Tikva 493 Israel Edwin Ewing, Sacramento CA; Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE 55.53% 3 Faye Parsons, Saratoga CA; Fung Bao, Cupertino CA Angeline Murray, Walnut Creek CA; Christopher Stack, Brentwood CA 55.18% 4 Larry Ascher - Diana Tenery-Ascher, Oceanside NY Jennifer Nisenoff, Vienna VA; Austin Fitzgerald, Kinnelon NJ 46.30% 1 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX 2 Michael Lee Stabler, Boulder CO; A Slapkauskas, Glen Ellyn IL 1 Sheila Kim, Minnetonka MN; Richard Lassow, Minneapolis MN NORTH-SOUTH SECTION Z EAST-WEST A B C Leila Jinnah - Al Jinnah, Vancouver BC 61.01% 1/2 1 Ausra Geaski, Manchester CT; Jonna Robinson, San Jose CA Nancy Zakim, Kentfield CA; Walter Smith, West Sand Lake NY 57.14% 1/2 Elbert Moore - Dorothy Moore, Crofton KY Christopher Cowan - Stephen Young, Mississauga ON 56.25% 3 Richard Ekstrum, Crystal MN; Mary Henderson, Naples FL Michael Schrage, New York NY; Dave Hellwig, Minneapolis MN 50.89% 4 2 Robert C.F. Wang, El Monte CA; Shiu-Ming Huang, San Marino CA Natalie Crew - Clifford Crew, Rio Vista CA 49.11% 3 1 Kris Sommer - Richard Stevenson, Los Angeles CA 2 Dennis Smith, Anchorage AK; Terrence Ibbs, Miami Beach FL MONDAY STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS, 1ST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION HHH EAST-WEST A B C Patricia Ostovar, Pacifica CA; Ann Longknife, San Mateo CA 61.22% 1 1 Jeremy Smee, St Catharines ON; Walter Farber, New York NY Richard Fein - Brenda Fein, Boynton Beach FL 56.09% 2/3 Walter Hoeger - Renate Hoeger, Nuernberg Germany Charlotte Falk, Reno NV; Carlos D’Assumpcao, San Francisco CA 54.65% 2/3 Antonia Okany, Etobicoke ON; Dan McCaw, Toronto ON Sidney Gordon - Ellen Gordon, Melrose Park PA 54.49% 4/5 2 John O’Brien, Concord CA; Perry Scheinok, Richmond CA Judie Belyea - Lachman Advani, Ottawa ON 53.53% 4/5 Jess Sellers III, San Bernardino CA; Randy Pace, Elverta CA Berneice Anglea, Pasadena CA; Nunzio Martorina, Midland TX 53.37% 6 Donald Spaulding, Los Altos CA; Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY Isadore Sharp - Rosalie Sharp, Toronto ON 51.60% 3 Frank Bruce, San Francisco CA; Martin Skrypzak, Honolulu HI William Drake, Minneapolis MN; John Crouch, Edina MN 50.48% 4 1 Dabney Miller, Alamo CA; Roger Weiss, Clayton CA 2 Audrey Pauly, Beverly Hills CA; Vera Mandell, Los Angeles CA NORTH-SOUTH SECTION III EAST-WEST A B C Sarita Mathiasen, Albany CA; Janice Nakao, San Mateo CA 56.41% 1 1 1 Joan Bower, Los Altos Hills CA; Michael O’Leary, Santa Clara CA Maria Abbott, San Francisco CA; D Hinckley, Guayanabo PR 54.65% 2 Michael Boothby, Wenatchee WA; Dennis Sorensen, Udon Thani Thailand Robert Scolnick - Doreen Scolnick, Carlsbad CA 54.33% 3/4 2/3 Darlene Roby, Roseville CA; Atanas Todorov, Portland OR Margot Livenspargar, Apple Valley CA; Ralf Singer, Foster City CA 53.69% 3/4 2/3 2 Paula Jaffe, Tiburon CA; Patricia Newton, Greenbrae CA Bette Scope - Ivan Scope, San Francisco CA 53.69% 5 Charles Gill - Carol Garnett, St Petersburg FL Hope Ellis - Brian Ellis, Beachwood OH 52.72% 6 Giorgio Helmsdorff, Bogota Colombia; Evelyn Kleinsasser, Alachua FL Cecil Glaessner - Theodore Glaessner, Pacific Plsds CA 51.44% 4 Celia Bjerkan - Patricia Edgar, Hayward CA Zeke Mataga, Glendale CA; Yosh Mataga, Stockton CA 49.84% Marilyn Pultz - Bill Follis, Fort Collins CO 48.56% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION JJJ EAST-WEST A B C Pat Zieger - Jo Anne Murdock, Yuba City CA 65.71% 1 Bob Autrey, Marietta GA; Joe Walden, Monroe NC Nada Sundermeyer - Clay Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 55.29% 2 Doris Opdenvelde - Fred Day, Toronto ON Noel Hanford, Rancho Mirage CA; Joelle Benioff, Hillsborough CA 54.65% 3/4 Jenny Rose, Henderson NV; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA Patricia Laflin, Palm Springs CA; Tony Glynne, Los Gatos CA 54.33% 3/4 Ted Richmond, San Carlos CA; Roger Dewes, San Mateo CA Diana Lowe, Palo Alto CA; Seeming Tsui, Hong Kong Hong Kong 54.33% 5 1 Peggy Ellis - Jean Ludwig, New York NY Margo Putnam, Redmond WA; Dudley Brown, Grandview WA 52.56% 6 Shou-Ling Wang, Bethesda MD; Gail Rust, Daytona Beach FL Merrily Van Zevern - Susan Mullaly, Santa Rosa CA 51.28% 2 H Vince Mueller, San Rafael CA; Angelo Servino, Bel Tiburon CA 3 1 Bill Darden - Melvin Rueppel, Estes Park CO 4 2 William Thorp, Dana Point CA; Dorothy Conway, Ottawa ON NORTH-SOUTH SECTION KKK EAST-WEST A B C James Breeden - Margaret Breeden, Carson City NV 59.94% 1 Gim Ong - Jose Tharayil, Winnipeg MB Jack Bryant, Saint Louis MO; Greg House, S San Fran CA 58.01% 2 Michele Foran, Oconomowoc WI; William Malesevich, Mayville WI Karen Barrett, Darien CT; Douglas Thompson, Acton MA 58.01% 3/4 Marshall Yancey - Marolyn Imaoka-Yancey, San Jose CA Robert Roman, Greenbrae CA; Carole Liss, San Rafael CA 53.85% 3/4 1 Marcia Fisher - Barrie Fisher, Los Angeles CA Leona Hanson - Eileen Ojakangas, Davis CA 53.53% 5 2 Marilyn Nesbit - Peter Gray, Ketchum ID David Gambelin, San Jose CA; William Yetter, Saratoga CA 50.80% 6 3 Ed Tranovich, Naperville IL; Eugene Wilson, Fort Myers FL 1 Ginny Poulter, Oakland Twp MI; Meril Ferguson, Redwood City CA NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LLL EAST-WEST A B C N Gilchrist, Pacifica CA; Ann Miller, Bakersfield CA 59.13% 1 Hugh Ross, Oakland CA; Peter Lit, Elk CA Geraldine Chavez, Cincinnati OH; Georgette King, Miami Beach FL 57.69% 2 Reidar Laland, Knepp Norway; Ingvar Erga, Klepp St Norway Haruko Koshi - Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Tokyo Japan 57.37% 3 Michael Slaven, Elkhart IN; Betty Jackson, Pebble Beach CA Fay Teal, Mesa AZ; Alan Walters, Cape Porpoise ME 57.21% 4 1 1 Michael Peikert - Fran Peikert, Hickory Corners MI Richard Marchand - Dick Crocker, Novato CA 56.25% 5 2 Mauricio Epelbaum, Los Angeles CA; Ken Bishop, Beverly Hills CA Joel Steinberg, Burlingame CA; Edward Hornung, San Bruno CA 53.21% 6 3 Leti Quintal, Ewa Beach HI; Joseph Carlomagno, Mc Lean VA 4 Bert Hall, Orinda CA; Julius Kerenyi, Lincoln CA 2 Margaret Rourke - Russell Barlow, Piedmont CA

65.54% 58.33% 55.77% 53.69% 52.24% 52.24% 48.56% 48.40%

60.58% 56.09% 55.93% 55.45% 54.33% 54.17% 50.00%

59.35% 58.29% 55.28% 52.80%

66.86% 61.36% 54.92% 52.46% 50.00% 49.43% 49.24%

61.06% 59.29% 58.65% 53.37% 52.56% 50.48%

61.06% 57.85% 56.73% 52.56% 51.60% 51.28% 50.80%

65.06% 62.66% 59.29% 54.49% 53.85% 51.12% 51.12% 50.64% 47.92%

63.62% 59.62% 56.25% 55.13% 53.69% 49.68%

NORTH-SOUTH

A 1 2 3 4

B 1

C 1

2 3

2

A 1 2 3 4

B 1

C 1

2 2

A 1 2 3 4

B 1

C 1

2 3 2

A 1 2 3 4 5 6

B 1 2

C 1

3

4 2

A 1 2 3 4/5 4/5 6

B

C

1 2 3

4 1 2 A 1 2 3 4/5 4/5 6

B 1

C

2

1

3

2

4

A 1 2/3 2/3 4 5 6

A 1 2 3 4 5 6

B 1

C 1

2 3

B 1

2 3 4

C

1 2

64.58% 60.71% 58.48% 54.46% 47.62% 46.13%

61.31% 57.02% 55.18% 55.06% 49.28% 46.61% 46.01%

59.23% 59.23% 54.17% 52.38% 51.19% 50.89%

58.65% 58.33% 58.33% 55.45% 55.45% 52.56% 51.12% 50.00% 44.07%

58.97% 58.81% 56.73% 56.73% 55.61% 53.21% 49.36%

59.62% 58.17% 55.29% 55.29% 54.97% 54.17% 53.85% 49.68% 46.96%

65.38% 61.22% 54.81% 54.81% 53.37% 52.08% 41.35%

57.85% 56.41% 56.09% 54.65% 53.21% 52.72% 52.24% 49.52%

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A 1 2 3 4 5 6

B

SECTION GGG A 63.94% 1 55.77% 2 54.97% 3 54.01% 4 52.88% 5 52.40% 6 51.28%

C

1

1

2 3

2

E

F

Helene Drake - George Drake, Phoenix AZ Melvin Lubart, Hummelstown PA; H Philip Monyer, Middletown PA Lillian Weissman, Long Beach NY; Laura Wolin, Brooklyn NY John Hartigan - Pamela Hartigan, Hamden CT Helene Fornia, Clyde Hill WA; Phyllis Gravitz, Mercer Island WA Joan Hamer, Westcott England; Melbourne Hamer, Westcott England Mignon Nearmyer, Plymouth MN; Gene Nelson, Maple Grove MN

1 2 3 4

D 1 2 3 4 5

E 1 2

1 2 F 1

Drue Ashford - Joan Larkin, San Francisco CA Roberta Gravelle, Walnut Creek CA; William Barron, Benicia CA Arthur Donaldson - Mary Donaldson, Walnut Creek CA Marjorie Russell - Carroll Brooks, Walnut Creek CA Lynne Humphrey, Moraga CA; Trisha Oconnor, Walnut Creek CA Janie Crockett, Vernon BC; Helen Stewart, West Vancouver BC Siesel Maibach - Eleanor Fraenkel, San Francisco CA NORTH-SOUTH Lenore Cavallero, Hillsborough CA; Susan Boeing, San Francisco CA Jane White, Moraga CA; Estelle Werb, Orinda CA Nancy Lee, San Mateo CA; Tomoko Hirata, Burlingame CA Brenda Metz, Santa Clara CA; Lu Isaacs, US Jeanne Russo - Dee Alexander, Modesto CA

B 1 2 3 4

C 1

2 A 1 2 3 4 5

B

C

1 2 3 4

1

1

1

2 3

2

MONDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS SECTION CCC A B 63.26% 1 1 59.66% 2 2 53.98% 3 3 52.84% 4 4 52.08% 5 5 51.33% SECTION DDD A B 61.68% 1 1 61.61% 2 2 58.38% 3 3 54.96% 4 53.57% 5

NORTH-SOUTH A 1 2 3 4 5

C

MONDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS SECTION AAA D E 58.33% 1 57.74% 2 57.14% 3 1 54.76% 4 2 52.38% 3 49.40% 45.54% SECTION BBB D E 62.73% 1 1 55.40% 2 55.14% 3 54.17% 4 2 53.57% 5 3 4

NORTH-SOUTH D 1 2 3 4

EAST-WEST B

Miriam Tobolowsky, Los Angeles CA; Yasuo Koshi, Tokyo Japan D Ross White - Barbara White, Coronado CA Jackie Greenberg, Greenbrae CA; Marilyn Smith, Glen Ellen CA Norma Epler, San Jose CA; Happy Fordham, Sunnyvale CA Dennis Leatherman - Carol Leatherman, Castle Rock CO Annette Bialson, Palo Alto CA; Etta Herbach, Belmont CA NORTH-SOUTH Mary Spellman - Nell Magnuson, Santa Rosa CA David Silberman, Livermore CA; John Wild, Danville CA Annette Halleen - Douglas Halleen, Carmel CA Charlotte Sholes, Larkspur CO; Marjorie McDonald, Castle Rock CO Jacqueline Bell - Bonnie Scheeland, Portland OR

NORTH-SOUTH B 1 2 3

C 1

A 1 2 3 4 5

B

C

Bob Weise - Cathy Weise, Reno NV Lee Maddocks, Modesto CA; David Sandberg, Alameda CA Sydelle Shamah, Deal NJ; Sylvia Gindi, Oakhurst NJ Howard Page - Shirley Hoffert, Mesa AZ Carl Nelson - Abigail Nichols, Washington DC NORTH-SOUTH

1 2

1

B

C

Jim Munday - Susan Munday, Camarillo CA Dan Wong, Hayward CA; Prakash Karamchandani, Fremont CA Joan Lane - Elizabeth Noronha, San Francisco CA Linda Tuff, Lower Sackville NS; Susan Hubley, Halifax NS Pam Peard - Dann Kramer, Calgary AB NORTH-SOUTH

A 1 2 3 4

1 2

1

Spike Lay - Marilyn Garcia, Daytona Beach FL Chris Karabinas, Tucson AZ; Harold Feldheim, Hamden CT Dom Di Felice, Denver CO; Michael Roche, Victoria BC Penny De Rose, Sulphur LA; Ruth Ableman, Irvine CA Alex Lovejoy, Somerville MA; Jonathan Bittner, Boston MA

60.42% 55.77% 55.45% 53.53% 51.76% 51.28%

EAST-WEST F

1 2

Melvin Rosen, Mill Valley CA; Jerry Mednick, San Rafael CA Sue Eltringham, Walnut Creek CA; Joyce Mirwald, Concord CA Dawn Black - Alice Redfield, Atherton CA Barbara Curry - James Curry, Hillsborough CA Patrica Raven, Kentfield CA; Nancy Zacher, San Francisco CA

63.10% 61.01% 57.44% 55.06% 51.19%

EAST-WEST F

1

Adeline Thomas - Arthur Thomas, Hillsborough CA Julian Standen - George Jeffrey, San Francisco CA Sheri Archer, Campbell CA; Karen Hunt, Monte Sereno CA Frank Woods, San Francisco CA; Jane Carter, Colusa CA Marian Christensen, Woodside CA; Dorothy Lodato, Palo Alto CA Sylvia Allen, Walnut Creek CA; Rosemary Boss, Benicia CA

59.74% 58.59% 56.21% 55.86% 53.79% 53.32%

EAST-WEST C 1

2

Judy McGough, Seattle WA; Patricia Hewitt, Los Gatos CA Mary Johnson - Nora Schell, Winter Park FL Nancy Finney, Burlingame CA; Susan Hagerty, Los Alcos CA Ginger Andersen, Tumwater WA; Victoria Sheldon, Olympia WA Marynel Musch - Bill Musch, Orting WA

62.88% 53.98% 53.79% 51.70% 50.57%

EAST-WEST C

1

2

A 1 2 3 4 5

Lawrence Lau, Westport CT; Allan Wolf, Ridgefield CT Steven Adams - Sally Adams, Chico CA Dariush Youssefi, Half Moon Bay CA; Sal Ignoffo, Millbrae CA William Corliss, Davis CA; Jean Macdonald, Sacramento CA Michiko Furumoto, Kawasaki Japan; Keiko Suzuki, Tokyo Japan Michel Fromont - Lawrence Fromont, France

Don Harlor - Meg Herz Harlor, Santa Cruz CA Kenneth Kennington - Lynn Dahm, Vallejo CA John Dawson, Willowbrook IL; Eva Jonas, Cambridge MA Joan Katkov, Kentfield CA; Sally Adams, Walnut Creek CA Donald Stein - Linda Stein, Mill Creek WA Madine Breed, Emeryville CA; Roma Yvonne Rehfisch, Oakland CA

MONDAY MORNING STRATIFIED FAST OPEN PAIRS SECTION KK EAST-WEST A B C 61.90% 1 Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ; Nan Wang, Eatontown NJ 58.63% 2 1 Gary King, Hermosa Beach CA; Jordan Chodorow, Los Angeles CA 55.36% 3 Tom Grue - E Sue Grue, Las Vegas NV 55.06% 4 Nina Glazer, Santa Monica CA; Anna Benatar, Los Angeles CA 53.27% 5 Barbara Doran - Eric Landau, Silver Spring MD 2 1 Judith Schrafft - Sunny Koontz, Palm Beach FL SECTION LL EAST-WEST A B C 58.33% 1 Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Bob Crossley, Corte Madera CA 57.14% 2/3 Craig Kavin - Nancy Kavin, Oxnard CA 55.95% 2/3 Phyllis Allmacher - Kurt Allmacher, Surprise AZ 55.65% 4 1 1 Jason Smith, Brooklyn NY; Herbert Lee, Santa Cruz CA 55.06% 5 Toyohiko Ozawa, Kawasaki City Japan; Misako Fukazawa, Higashiyama Japan 2 Joseph Thomas - Joyce Nakasaki, Redondo Beach CA SECTION MM EAST-WEST A B C 58.93% 1 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA 56.85% 2 Jean Barkas - Alice Mitchell, Laguna Woods CA 56.55% 3 Valerie Aron, Santa Monica CA; David Segal, Los Angeles CA 52.38% 4/5 Carlos Pellegrini, B.A. Argentina; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland 48.51% 4/5 Claire Alpert, New York NY; Valentin Kovachev, Stony Brook NY 1 Debra Wilhelmi - Ralph Wilhelmi, Olympia WA

61.06% 59.10% 58.49% 55.96% 55.88% 49.84%

63.99% 62.20% 60.12% 55.65% 53.57% 46.43%

62.80% 56.85% 56.85% 56.55% 56.25% 48.21%

59.82% 57.74% 56.25% 52.68% 52.68% 51.19%

TOMORROW ’S BRIDGE EVENTS Wednesday, November 28, 9 a.m. Event

Session

Sold

Wednesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series

1-2 2nd 3rd single session

Yerba Buena 7 Yerba Buena 6 Yerba Buena 7

Entry/player/session ACBL members** $15.50 $15.50 $15.50

Other $17.50 $17.50 $17.50

$14.50 $14.50

$16.50 $14.50

$15.50 $15.50

$17.50 $17.50

$15.50

$17.50

Wednesday, November 28, 10 a.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs 0-20, 0-5 Pairs

single single

Golden Gate A Golden Gate A

Wednesday, November 28, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. The Sherie Greenberg Stratified Daylight Open Pairs Stratified Senior Pairs

1-2 1-2

Golden Gate C Golden Gate B

Wednesday, November 28, 1 p.m. The Eric Dundatscheck Memorial Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series Sierra A 5th Floor

5th single session

Wednesday, November 28, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs Strati-Flighted A/X & B/C/D Swiss Teams Seven eight-board matches Stratified Open Pairs The Gene Simpson Wednesday-Thursday Bracketed Knockout Teams Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed Knockout Teams

1-2 SF 1-2 F 1-2

Yerba Buena 9 Yerba Buena 9 Yerba Buena 8

$18 $16.50 $15.50

— — $17.50

1-2 1-2 3-4

Nob Hill Yerba Buena 7 Pacific J 4th Floor

$15.50 $15.50 $15.50

$17.50 $17.50 $17.50

299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs 0-20, 0-5 Pairs

single single

$14.50 $14.50

$16.50 $14.50

Wednesday, November 28, 3 p.m. Golden Gate A Golden Gate A

Wednesday, November 28, 7:30 p.m. Stratified Board-a-Match Teams Stratified IMP Pairs Both events above open to Swiss non-qualifiers and new entrants. Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series Stratified 299er Swiss Teams 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs 0-20, 0-5 Pairs

single single

Yerba Buena 7 Golden Gate C

$14.50 $14.50

$16.50 $16.50

6th single session single single single

Golden Gate C Golden Gate A Golden Gate A Golden Gate A

$15.50 $14.50 $14.50 $14.50

$17.50 $16.50 $16.50 $14.50

Wednesday, November 28, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams

single

Golden Gate A

$12/team/match

Note: Pre-registration for the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams required by 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for Stratified Open and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

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See page 2 for other events

Tuesday, November 27, 9 a.m. Event

Session

Sold

Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams Sunday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams Monday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series

1st 3rd 3-4 2nd single session

Yerba Buena 7 Yerba Buena 6 Yerba Buena 6 Yerba Buena 7

299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs 0-20, 0-5 Pairs

single single

Entry/player/session ACBL members** $15.50 $15.50 $15.50 $15.50

Other $17.50 $17.50 $17.50 $17.50

$14.50 $14.50

$16.50 $14.50

$15.50 $15.50

$17.50 $17.50

$15.50

$17.50

$18

—

$16.50

—

$18 $15.50

— $17.50

$15.50

$17.50

$15.50

$17.50

$14.50 $14.50

$16.50 $14.50

$14.50 $15.50 $14.50 $14.50 $14.50

$16.50 $17.50 $16.50 $16.50 $14.50

Tuesday, November 27, 10 a.m. Golden Gate A Golden Gate A

Tuesday, November 27, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m. Stratified Daylight Open Pairs The Betty Condon Stratified Senior Pairs

1-2 1-2

The Sacramento Unit 505 Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series

3rd single session

Golden Gate C Golden Gate B

Tuesday, November 27, 1 p.m. Sierra A 5th Floor

Tuesday, November 27, 1 & 7:30 p.m. Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs 1-2 Q Yerba Buena 9 Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs 1-2 Q Yerba Buena 8 Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions. Limited to players with fewer than 5000 masterpoints. Senior Knockout Teams Finals Sierra K 5th Floor The Lura Crossley Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Nob Hill (2000+; 0-2000) Dahlia Pairs 1-2 Golden Gate C (300-750; 0-300) The Karen Kelsey Memorial Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Yerba Buena 7

Tuesday, November 27, 3 p.m. 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs 0-20, 0-5 Pairs

single single

Strati-Flighted A/X and B/C/D Swiss Teams Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series Stratified 299er Swiss Teams 299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs 0-20, 0-5 Pairs

single 4th single session single single single

Golden Gate A Golden Gate A

Tuesday, November 27, 7:30 p.m. Yerba Buena 7 Golden Gate B Golden Gate A Golden Gate A Golden Gate A

Tuesday, November 27, 11:30 p.m. Zip Knockout Teams

single

Golden Gate A

$12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for Stratified Open and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1000-2000), C (500-1000) and D (0-500) play in their own game. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

Memorials and Honorariums In Memory of Betty Condon

Honoring Lura Crossley

Betty was born in the Philippines and lived in the Far East, the Middle East and Europe all before age 45. She was an elegant and sophisticated lady who was well educated and very talented. She attended Washington University in St. Louis (studying English) and graduated from the University of Hawaii as a fine arts major. Her hobbies included painting and sketching, golf and skeet shooting, gardening and flower arranging and bridge! She told me that she made a promise to herself not to introduce me to bridge: She thought I might really get too much into it! (How did she know?) As a result, I never played with her. Pity. — Barbara Sonsini

Lura Crossley has had a profound impact on duplicate bridge in the San Francisco Bay Area dating back to the 1950s. Lura and her husband Cap Crossley Jr., founded the Marin Unit in 1954. By 1959, there were 250 members. She became a Life Master in 1959, the same year Cap was president of the Western Conference. Lura started running bridge games and teaching in her home in Greenbrae in the Fifties. She held duplicate games in many locations throughout Marin until securing a permanent “home” in Larkspur for the Crossley Bridge Center in 1970. Lura’s mantra was “good bridge and good fellowship.” She was known for having a friendly game with wonderful homemade

refreshments, and made many bridge players feel at home at her club. In the Sixties and Seventies, Lura taught thousands of students in department stores and at clubs around the S.F. Bay Area. She also lectured and directed bridge cruises as the West Coast Representative of Travel with Goren, traveling the world many times over. Lura has continued to teach at the annual Crossley Bridge Camp and lecture on cruises into her 80s. Her three sons, Bill, Dave and Bob were all young Life Masters, winning tournaments in their teens. Her daughter Janet is a part-time bridge teacher and director. Lura, while still involved with the Crossley Bridge Center, is turning over the reigns to Bob and Janet, but still enjoys playing bridge whenever she can.

Notice to players who live outside North America Participation in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs and the 0-5000 Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs is limited to those ACBL members who have earned a Blue Ribbon qualification (or for those members on the Lifetime Top 100 masterpoint list). Participation in the Life Master Open and Women’s Pairs is restricted to ACBL members who have achieved the rank of Life Master. Foreign players who do not meet these criteria, but feel they are otherwise eligible, must receive a waiver prior to the commencement of these contests. Previously granted waivers will be honored. For waiver information, please contact ACBL Chief Tournament Director Rick Beye here at the tournament. He may be contacted through the Tournament Operations office and he will also be available at the selling sites.