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Thursday,March22,2012 Volume55,Number7

Daily Bulletin 55thSpringNorthAmericanBridgeChampionships Editors:BrentManley,PaulLinxwilerandSueMunday

Attendance6240 Tables

thru Wednesday evening

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Change in Vanderbilt start times

Beginning with today’s Round of 16 in the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams, starting times will be noon and 7 p.m. Screens will be in use.

By John Carruthers

This year, the Canadian Bridge Federation will induct William Anderson, Boris Baran, Mark Molson and Peter Nagy into the CBF Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Canadian Bridge Championships in Montréal on May 1.

William AndersonBill Anderson may be the least-known member

of the CBF Hall of Fame, but he has been the most influential. It is no exaggeration to say that Bill has influenced every single bridge player in the world. He did this through his development of the distributional point count for Charles Goren. In the mid-Forties, Charlie came to Bill, a long-time friend and brilliant mathematician, and asked Anderson to undertake the mathematical research needed to prove whether a hand’s trick-taking potential could be totally evaluated for suit bidding as well as notrump bidding, on a point-count basis. The problem with

the 4-3-2-1 Work point count was that it was fine for notrump bidding with balanced hands, but was notoriously inaccurate for suit evaluation. At the time, nearly all players still used the Culbertson honor-trick method of evaluating their hands for suit bidding.

Bill spent two years working on the problem. His first task was to verify whether the Work point count method was accurate – he discovered that, although it could be bettered slightly mathematically, the combination of its simplicity and accuracy could not be improved upon. He then set about resolving Goren’s main issue – how to evaluate hands for suit bidding. Bill thus developed the 3-2-1 point scheme for evaluating hands with voids, singletons and doubletons respectively.

Goren paid homage to Anderson in his book “Point Count Bidding in Contract Bridge” (Simon & Shuster, 1949). From the Introduction to that work:

“It required a great deal of study and

Four added to Canadian Bridge Hall of Fame

Gabay, McDevitt win Mixed Pairs

Boston-area players Sheila Gabay and Pat McDevitt paired two solid games in the final of the Rockwell Mixed Pairs to win the contest by just over half a board. It was the first NABC title for Gabay, making her a Grand Life Master. In national events, she has three previous third-place finishes and four seconds, including the Leventritt Silver Ribbon Pairs earlier this week

McDevitt is a three-time NABC champion and is the reigning World Senior Pairs champion.

Gabay said, “My partner was unbelievable! I was just there for the ride. He was perfect!”

The winners, who qualified in 17th place for the final, scored 60.11% in the first final and 58.92% in the second. Their four-session total was 2955.13 (top was 90).

The runners-up were Bernace De Young and Richard Reitman who scored 2888.52.

Young players concentrate in the Card Rook Pairs Wednesday morning. Sixty-four young players from three schools took part. See page xx for more. Photo by Peggy Kaplan.

The Canadian Bridge Federation Hall of Fame will induct four new members May 1 at the Canadian Bridge Championships in Montreal. The new members are, from left, William Anderson, Boris Baran, Mark Molson and Peter Nagy.

Since he took over as World Bridge Federation president at the end of 2010, Gianarrigo Rona has shown himself to be a man full of ideas. One of his latest is a two-pronged effort aimed at

promoting youth bridge while also helping smaller national bridge organizations with their funding.

In the fall of this year, Rona said, the WBF plans to begin daily online bridge games for WBF masterpoints, the proceeds going to support efforts to recruit more Junior players — and to provide financial assistance to smaller bridge federations.

“There are many small countries with dedicated people,” he said, “but they don’t have resources.”

He said he hopes more players will participate in the online WBF games if they know that the entry fees are going to the two worthy causes.

Rona has been in Memphis conducting meetings of the WBF management committee, and he took time on Wednesday to discuss the venue for the 2nd World Mind Sports Games, of which bridge will be a part, has been determined for 2012.

The tournament will be in Lille, France, and will feature the World Transnational Mixed Teams – open to all comers – in addition to the Open, Women’s and Senior Teams.

Each of the three latter events will be open to one representative of each WBF member country, but the mixed teams will be open to any player in good standing with his national bridge organization.

WBF President Ronainvites players to Lille

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Nickell, Strul fall in Vandy

Several high-seeded teams were sidelined in yesterday’s round of 32 in the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams, including perennial powerhouses led by Nick Nickell and Aubrey Strul.

Nickell (the No. 2 seed) was ousted by Juan Carlos Ventin’s team (No. 34) 176-107. Strul (No. 5) was defeated by Phyllis Fireman and company (No. 28) 133-115.

Other upsets include Warren Spector (No. 10) who was beaten by the No. 23 seed led by Mike Levine 163-106, and John Kranyak’s No. 13 team who fell to Peter Bertheau’s No. 20 seed, 169-122.

Play continues today in the round of 16.

Daily Bulletin Thursday, March 22, 2012

Snack Bar InfoThere are two Snack Bar locations near the

playing areas:l Mezzanine Level of the Cook Convention

Center. Hours: 9 am to 6 pml 2nd Floor of the Cook Convention Center.

Hours: 8:30 am to 9 pm

SPECIALEVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

HOSPITALITY

Friday, March 2311:30 pm-2 am Women’s Team Trials meeting. (Marriott, Boardroom)

Sunday, March 2511 am-5:30 pm Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA)8 pm Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA)

All speaker events will be held on Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level of the Convention Center.

Thursday, March 219:15 a.m. Lisa Berkowitz Play to Trick One 6:45 p.m. Barry Harper A Short List of

Conventions You Need

Friday, March 229:15 a.m. Haig Tchamitch Support Doubles 6:45 p.m. Ellen Kent “Panic-ville: This is Not a Zynga Game”

Saturday, March 239:15 a.m. Michael Huston Doing it with Finesse6:45 p.m Jeff Roman Look Beyond Your High-

Card Points

Afternoon food is served at 1:30 p.m. on the Convention Center MezzanineLate-night snacks are served at 10:30 p.m. in the Marriott Ballroom.

Thursday, March 221:30 p.m. Turkey sandwich with chips10:30 p.m. Turkey sandwich with chips

Friday, March 231:30 p.m. Cheeseburger with chips10:30 p.m. Cheeseburger with chips

Saturday, March 24Coffee and pastries will be served at the start of morning games in the

Exhibit Hall and Daylight Pairs playing area10:30 p.m. Cookies and brownies

Be nice!Players are reminded that the Hospitality treats available at 1:30

p.m. are for participants in the morning or morning/afternoon games only.

Hospitality food for participants in afternoon/evening games will be available after the evening session is complete.

Collect your prizesSection top and overall prizes are available at

the Prize Desk at the Convention Center, and Ed Davis, who is manning the desk, says few have picked up their prizes so far.

The desk is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Vugraph operator neededOne vugraph operator is needed for Bridge

Base Online broadcast of the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams starting Wednesday. If you are interested, contact Jan Martel at [email protected].

The InsiderThe hotel and convention center now

understand that after coffee, diet drinks are the beverage of choice during bridge play for our players. After a brief outage yesterday morning, the Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi pipelines have been restored and will flow for the rest of the NABC. This is another example of no matter how often the meeting planners tell the local businesses something, they sometimes don’t believe it until they see it. The planners tell the local restaurants to expect a rush around 4:30 or 5:00, but many don’t open early. The planners tell the hotel the bar will be jammed at 11:30, but many still send half their staff home at 10 p.m. because business is slow. The planners tell the city to notify the cab drivers to hang out at specific times, but you can still walk out to the cab line at 5:00 and there may not be a cab in sight. The planners tell, tell, tell, but the hotels don’t hear, don’t hear, don’t hear, The planners will keep trying and someday hope to find the magic to make themselves heard.

Insider quick tips. Rizzo’s Café: small but awfully good for dinner. The Fire Museum: one hot museum that was designed by the same guys who worked with ACBL to do the Horn Lake masterpiece. The National Ornamental Metal Museum: one of the best-kept secrets in Memphis. The National Civil Rights Museum: moving. Rehab: a bar with a demographic quite a bit younger than the ACBL, but what a great name for a club. And, a walk along the river through Tom Lee Park with a great view of the “M” bridge. (Memphians still call it the new bridge even though it is has been there for 40 years or so.)

The SC and SC2B had a policy disagreement today. As expected, the SC prevailed. The bone of contention? What is the optimum number of retired Navy Seals one should have on one’s payroll? While agreeing that an SC should always have at least four on duty 24 - 7, the SC felt that a total of 28 was an underbid, maintaining that 36 was the bare minimum. SC2B thought this was a waste of money. After trying to explain to the SC what the phrase “waste of money” means, SC2B finally had to agree with the SC, who had calmly explained what the phrase “Do you really want to work here?” means. So following a toast of single malts, the two of them headed to the Corner Bar at the Peabody with a combined entourage of 14 Seals.

The United States Bridge Federation will determine U.S. representatives in the Open, Women’s and Senior events. Canadian teams will be selected by the Canadian Bridge Federation.

The Mixed Teams is a transnational event, meaning teams can be composed of players from different countries.

Rona said the Mixed Teams will begin on Friday, Aug. 17, with Swiss qualifying to the round of 16, with knockout format to the conclusion on Aug. 23.

Lille, Rona said, is an interesting city with a mild climate – high temperatures in the low 70s – and inexpensive hotels and restaurants. He said that for North Americans planning to attend the tournament, the best plan is to fly to Paris (Charles De Gaulle Airport) and take a 45-minute trip on a fast train to Lille. The city is in northern France on the border with Belgium. Brussels is also about 40 minutes away by rail.

Besides planning for the new online tournaments, Rona said the WBF is in the process of redesigning the website with the assistance of ACBL Board Member Al Levy and Kitty Cooper.

Rona said the WBF Technology Committee, chaired by Levy, is always on the lookout for ways to make the bridge experience better for the players and spectators. An example was the new system of card-reading cameras placed on a select number of tables at the world championships in Veldhoven, Netherlands, last fall. Spectators could follow the play card by card, and the video record of the bidding and play made certain rulings at the table easier. The plan is to have such cameras on all tables at future championships.

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Rona

This and most other issues of the Daily Bulletin have been put together by none other than Kathy Stemley, who will be forgiven if she is a bit distracted today as the Buckeyes of her alma mater (Ohio State) take on Cincinnati in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament (March Madness). Come what may, Kathy promises to expertly produce another Daily Bulletin for you tomorrow.

Book signingBrent Manley, chief editor of the 7th edition of

the Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, will be joined by co-editors Barry Rigal and Tracey Yarbro in signing copies of the book at 7 p.m. today at the Convention Center book stall. Manley will also sign copies of Precision Today, the book he wrote with David Berkowitz.

Notice to players regarding chits for food discounts

The chits given to players for food discounts at the convention center may not be reproduced in any way. Photocopied chits will not be honored by vendors, and players presenting duplicated coupons will be asked to surrender them as well.

ParkingParking at the Convention Center is $10 a day – no in-and-out privileges. The entrance is located on the

Front Street side of the building.


JUST FOR NEW PLAYERS

Thinking Bridgeby Eddie Kantar

Dlr: North ♠ A Q 7 6 Vul: Both ♥ K 9 7 6 ♦ 10 2 ♣ A 10 3 ♠ K J ♠ 10 9 4 2 ♥ 8 5 4 2 ♥ 3 ♦ Q J 8 4 ♦ A 9 7 6 3 ♣ 7 6 2 ♣ K 5 4 ♠ 8 5 3 ♥ A Q J 10 ♦ K 5 ♣ Q J 9 8 West North East South 1♣ Pass 1♥ Pass 2♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass

Opening lead: ♦Q Bidding commentary: North has an

automatic raise to 2♥. It is a major error to rebid 1♠ after the 1♥ response intending to support hearts later. Delayed support shows three-card support. As South, even if North has three hearts for the raise to 2♥, bidding 4♥ stands out given the strength of your hand and the strength of your hearts not to mention a double fit.

Lead commentary: Only two adjacent honors (Q-J) are needed to lead an honor against

a suit contract. At notrump, the lead of the queen shows a suit headed by the Q-J-10, Q-J-9 or, exceptionally, the A-Q-J.

Defensive commentary: As East, rise with the ♦A in case South has a singleton king. At trick two, looking at this non-threatening dummy, a passive defense seems best, so return the ♦6, your original fourth-highest diamond. It is important to return the proper card. Some partners watch!

Play commentary: As South, after winning the ♦K, play the ♥A Q, intending to draw trumps before taking the club finesse. However, when East discards on the second heart, switch to plan B. You dare not draw trumps and turn this into a notrump hand before taking the club finesse. If you do and the finesse loses, their diamonds are all winners. Finesse the club now. After it loses and a likely club is returned, draw trumps, run the clubs and take the spade finesse. It works!

Defensive commentary #2: As East, when discarding on hearts, keep length parity with dummy’s spades. When dummy has a four-card side suit, a defender who has four cards in the suit with at least one of them higher than dummy’s lowest card should hang on to all four cards. For example, if dummy has the ♠A K Q 9 and you have the ♠10 7 6 2, hang on to your spade. With the ♠8 6 3 2, however, you can afford to discard spades.

Elvis warns: “Fools Rush In”

Good morning! Here you are, starting another wonderful day filled with ACBL activities, games, interesting (and crazy) people to meet, great food to eat, exciting, confusing and evil boards to play.

Ah, the good life. And here I am

trapped at my computer, trying to dream up more deathless prose to fill this column. I must admit I procrastinated, not turning on The Beast until after my second cup of coffee, because I

couldn’t think of anything to say today (how rare is that!? I must be coming down with the flu.)

As always, just when despair began to creep in, one of my Faithful Readers came through for me. Look what popped into my email!

Hi Marti; Why is it that just when I think I’m beginning to understand this game, something new pops up — yet another situation where I feel under water. Is there no end?

(Author’s note: There is no end. Get used to it.)

Here’s what I held:♠A K 10 9 8 5 2 ♥K Q ♦— ♣K 8 5 4

My partner opened 1♦ and I bid 4NT Blackwood. I know you aren’t supposed to use Blackwood with a void, but I couldn’t visualize a better sequence. My partner showed one ace (turned out he had ♥A 5 4), so I held my nose and jumped into the deep end of the pool. The fact that I bid and made slam is immaterial. I am looking for a better way to get to the proper place. Some people bid the hand 1♦ – 1♠; 2♦ – 4♠ and didn’t get to their slam. Some people bid 1♦ – 1♠; 2♦ – 3♣, then they passed 3NT or bid 4♠, ending the auction.

Any suggestions on how to bid this freakish hand?

Signed,Singing Flat Notes in Memphis.Before I share my Gems of Wisdom on the

subject, I want to turn to The Memphis Flash (another alias for Elvis) and see what he has to say.

You’ll recognize this immediately!Fools rush in, where angels fear to tread And so I come to you my love My heart above my head Though I see the danger there If there’s a chance for me Then I don’t care

Could there be any more relevant lyrics? Once again, the King hit just the right note. And now (although that’s a hard act to follow), here’s what I have to say.

Dear Flat,The most important concept I want

to communicate to you is this: Your using Blackwood with a void is not your real sin. Your real sin is diving in before you check to see if there’s any water in that deep end.

When your partner opens and you hold a hand like that, you sure do hope you are heading for a slam. You have all the time and bidding space in the world to find out exactly where you belong.

All you need to do to position yourself for the best contract is get your partner to bid again. Just name a new suit. Your first bid should be 1♠. That’s all. Just a nice, quiet, forcing bid, a new suit by an unpassed responder (that would be you).

Find out more about partner’s suit. Is she distributional? Should you be in a suit? Maybe she’s got another suit to mention, showing nine or more cards in two suits. Maybe she’ll rebid notrump, showing a balanced hand. Maybe she’s got a big hand and a grand slam is a possibility. Give her a chance to talk to you. This is a duet!

When your pard rebids 2♦ (which she did in the other sequences you mentioned), she is giving you a huge amount of information. First, she has six diamonds. Second, there’s something wrong with the shape of her hand, or she would have rebid notrump. Third, she’s got a minimum hand of no more than 14 high-card points, and probably a hunk of it is distribution. Because of that distributional hand, it sounds like you’re going to be in a suited contract rather than notrump.

Now, your next problem is whether to ask for aces using Blackwood. Being a beginner, you

don’t have enough tools in your toolbox to handle this situation with precision, let alone confidence. The Top 40 Singers have all sorts of goodies (like cuebids and splinters) to get them to the right spot. If your only tool is Blackwood, you just have to do what you did … take the plunge. I seem to be mixing water and tool metaphors here, but you get the idea.

If pard answers with one ace, you are at a disadvantage compared to the more experienced players. If it’s the ♦A, you are sunk. If partner has either of the other two aces, you at least have a chance for slam. If pard answers with two aces you’re in business. But with just one ace?

Listen to Elvis. What have you got to lose?The main point of this, however, is that you

should not go directly to Blackwood. You need to know more about pard’s hand.

Congratulations, by the way, for being willing to rush in. As you gain in knowledge, fill your took kit, learn more instruments, you’ll gain the skills. But there is absolutely no substitute for audacity and courage. Your skills will catch up eventually.

As you can see, I need to hear from you. We don’t want this page to be blank tomorrow, so email me with your triumphs and tribulations, be they in the deep end or the wading pool. [email protected]

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Leaders in the IN Masterpoint Race

1 13.59 Peggy Jalenak, Memphis TN 2 10.06 Leo Jalenak Jr, Memphis TN 3 10.05 Charles Butler, Chicago IL 4 9.62 Jean Paradis, Grand Jct CO 5 9.62 Gail Cizek, Clifton CO 6 9.33 R Paul Urbanick, Chicago IL 7 8.23 Tinna Moy, Newton MA 8 7.94 Nancy Whitfield, Tuscaloosa AL 9 7.94 Cheryl Hutton, Tuscaloosa AL 10 7.65 Will Sutherland, North York ON 11 7.65 Ann Sutherland, North York ON 12 7.63 Robert Williams, Jr, Memphis TN 13 7.53 Mac Dalgleish, Salt Lake City UT 14 6.51 John Bondurant, Memphis TN 15 6.45 Kathy Bold, Edwardsville IL 16 6.45 Linda Badgley, Edwardsville IL 17 6.32 Ronald Williams, Piperton TN 18 5.94 Sibyl McKellar, Memphis TN 19 5.88 William Bowers, Avon CO 20 5.88 Sally Bowers, Avon CO 21 5.79 Ruth Williford, Chidester AR 22 5.79 Ike Williford, Chidester AR 23 5.77 Louise Koenigsfeld, St Louis MO 24 5.77 Atul Hajela, Saint Louis MO 25 5.69 Keith Dawson, Chatham ON


The 2011 Women’s Pairs champs were Marjorie Michelin and Diana Schuld.

Women’s Pairs competefor Whitehead Trophy

Play begins today in the Whitehead Women’s Pairs with two qualifying sessions, followed by two final sessions tomorrow.

This is the 79th Women’s Pairs. At stake is the Whitehead Trophy, donated in 1930 by Wilbur C. Whitehead of New York, a great bridge authority and a member of the team that won the Vanderbilt Cup in 1928, the first year it was in play.

Whitehead (1866-1931) was president of the Simplex Automobile Company, but bridge held such a fascination for him that he retired from business in 1910 to devote his life to bridge.

He was the inventor of many bidding and play conventions, the quick-trick table of card values, the Whitehead system of requirements for original bids and responses and the Whitehead table of preferential leads.

Whitehead was instrumental in standardizing procedures in auction bridge and later in contract bridge.Winners:1930 Olive Peterson, Maud Zontlein1931 Vivi Hanson, Elinor Murdoch1932 Mrs. Jay S. Jones, Olive Peterson1933 Doris Fuller, Mrs. Courtand Smith1934 Helen Bonwit, Helen White1935 Bertine Teichman, Mable Ulbrich1936 Mrs. Jay S. Jones, Sally Young1937 Mable Ervin, Doris Fuller1938 Helen Sobel, Sally Young1939 Helen Sobel, Sally Young1940 Edith Atkinson, Mrs. John Waidlich1941 Mae P. Rosen, Edith Seligman1942 Mae P. Rosen, Edith Seligman1943 Mae P. Rosen, Edith Seligman1944 Ruth Sherman, Margaret Wagar1945 Peggy Golder, Olive Peterson1946 Edith Seligman, Sally Young1947 Gratian Goldstein, Josephine Gutman1948 Gratian Goldstein, Josephine Gutman1949 Kay Rhodes, Ruth Sherman1950 Mrs. John Kelly, Dorothy Thompson1951 Alwina M. Dunphy, Mrs. Edward Minear1952 Shirley Fairchild, Elaine Lee1953 Mrs. Harold P. Swearingen, Barbara Weiner1954 Margaret Alcorn, Sally Neely1955 Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar1956 Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar1957 Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar1958 Betty Nail, Phyllis Novak1959 Betty Adler, Dorothy Hayden1960 Mary Jane Farell, Peggy Solomon1961 Agnes Gordon, Betty Haddad

The Women’s Pairs was held at the Summer North American Championships until 1962. A similar event was held at the Spring NABC 1958-1962 with these winners:1958 Kay Rhodes, Margaret Wagar1959 Bert Epstein, Blossom Grossblatt

1960 Gretchen Feldstein, Jane Mueller1961 May Belle Long, Effie Woods1962 Clarice Holt, Mrs. Greeley Warner

1962 Carol Sanders, Sylvia Stein1963 Mrs. K. L. Sargent, Mrs. Ray Tobin1964 Margaret Alcorn, Lucille Patterson1965 Nancy Gruver, Sue Sachs1966 Virginia Heckel, Edith Kemp1967 Garner McDaniel, Terry Michaels1968 Hermine Baron, Rhoda Walsh1969 Gale Clarke, Gloria Noszka1970 Robin Klar, Tina Rockaway1971 Amalya Kearse, Jacqui Mitchell1972 Kerri Davis, Rhoda Walsh1973 Ann Economidy, Vivian Williamson1974 Pat Leary, Jan Stansby1975 Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss1976 Gail Schaab, Barbara Staton1977 Jacqui Mitchell, Gail Moss1978 Babs Charney, Flo Rotman1979 Anne Burnstein, Edith Kemp1980 Mildred Boyce, Barbara Norwood1981 Emma Jean Hawes, Dorothy Hayden

Truscott1982 Hermine Baron, Beverly Rosenberg1983 Evelyn Levitt, Jo Morse1984 Judy Tucker, Jacqui Mitchell1985 Dale Dermer, JoAnne Caplan1986 Edith Freilich, Nancy Gruver1987 Tobi Deutsch, Kay Schulle1988 Sally Wheeler, Georgiana Gates1989 Nadine Wood, Jeanne Elkner1990 Tobi Deutsch, June Deutsch1991 Leslie Paryzer, Nancy Widman1992 Cheri Bjerkan, Janice Seamon1993 Carol Sanders, Betty Ann Kennedy1994 Corinne Kirkham, Ann Kluewer1995 Lila Perlstein, Juanita Chambers1996 Nancy Widman, Leslie Paryzer1997 Susan Wexler, Margie Gwozdzinsky1998 Judi Radin, Valerie Westheimer1999 Harriet Eaton, Ellen Crawford2000 Joan Stein, Eunice Rosen2001 Judi Radin, Sylvia Moss2002 Cheri Bjerkan, Sue Weinstein2003 Joan Eaton, Candace Griffey2004 Jacqui Mitchell, Amalya Kearse2005 Gail Greenberg, Laurie Vogel2006 Sylvia Moss, Judy Radin2007 Kamla Chawla, Irina Ladyzhevsky2008 Chris Benson, Lynne Feldman2009 Lisa Berkowitz, Joann Glasson2010 Suzy Burger, Linda Lewis2011 Diana Schuld, Marjorie Michelin

The 2011 Silodor Open Pairs winners were Joel Wooldridge and Gavin Wolpert.

Open Pairs competitors vie for Silodor Trophy

The Silodor Open Pairs is a four-session event consisting of two qualifying and two final sessions. The winners’ names are engraved on the Silodor Trophy, presented in memory of Sidney Silodor, winner of the Bermuda Bowl, the McKenney Trophy and more than 30 North American championships.

Silodor, a member of the team that won the first Bermuda Bowl World Championship in 1950, won the Vanderbilt eight times, the Reisinger six times, the Spingold, the Open Pairs and the Master Mixed Teams three times each and the Mixed Pairs five times.

Barry Crane holds the record in the event with seven victories.

Silodor was an original member of the Bridge Hall of Fame, elected in the Sixties when the institution was the province of its creator, The Bridge World magazine.

The trophy was presented in 1963 in memory of Silodor and made retroactive to include winners of the event, which began in 1958.Previous winners:1958 Leonard Harmon, Ivar Stakgold1959 Lew Mathe, Edward Taylor1960 Robert Jordan, Alvin Roth1961 Mark Hodges, Hampton Hume1962 Robert Jordan, Arthur Robinson1963 Norman Kay, Sidney Silodor1964 Barry Crane, Oswald Jacoby1965 John Biddle, James Wisemiller1966 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay1967 Harvey Cohen, Maury Genud1968 Ronald Balu, Richard Spero1969 Robert Freedman, James Mathis1970 Barry Crane, John Fisher1971 1-2. Barry Crane, John Fisher 1-2. Joan Remey, Vincent Remey1972 1-2. Barry Crane, John Fisher 1-2. Matt Granovetter, Merle Tom1973 Michael Hoffman, Jack Rhatigan1974 Barry Crane, John Fisher1975 Garey Hayden, Daniel Hyland1976 Terry Hause, Ernest Ivey1977 Barry Crane, Peter Rank1978 Robert Levin, Mike Passell1979 Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell1980 Paul Lewis, Michael Schreiber1981 Dan Gertsman, Marc Nathan1982 Gerald Caravelli, Craig Janitschke1983 Barry Crane, Mike Passell1984 Lou Bluhm, Bart Bramley1985 Jim Robison, Joey Silver1986 Lew Stansby, Ralph Katz1987 Ed Manfield, Kit Woolsey1988 Ron Rubin, Michael Becker1989 Kit Woolsey, Ed Manfield1990 Don Campbell, Barry Harper1991 Larry Mori, Henry Bethe (became Open Pairs)1992 Bernie Miller, Mike Lucas1993 Russ Ekeblad, Peter Weichsel1994 Lloyd Arvedon, Allan Falk1995 John Strauch, Evan Bailey1996 Ralph Katz, Howard Weinstein1997 Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson1998 Geir Helgemo, Tony Forrester1999 Mike Passell, Michael Seamon2000 Mike Cappelletti, Larry Hicks2001 Jim Tritt, Richard Meffley2002 Joergen Molberg, Boerre Lund2003 Ralph Katz, Michael Rosenberg2004 Larry Cohen, David Berkowitz2005 Bob Morris, Eddie Wold2006 David Berkowitz, Larry Cohen2007 Giorgio Duboin, Roy Welland2008 Robert Lebi, Dan Jacob2009 Nicholas L’Ecuyer, Stephen Landen2010 David Berkowitz, Larry N. Cohen2011 Joel Wooldridge, Gavin Wolpert

Expert pairs needed

The Daily Bulletin staff is searching for expert pairs to participate in the Bidding Box, the bidding challenge that appears monthly in the Bridge Bulletin magazine.

Approximately 30 minutes is required to bid the set of eight problems.

Interested parties should contact the editors of the Daily Bulletin in the Nashville Room at the Marriott, 2nd Floor.



Canadian Hall of Fame

experimentation. But, with the assistance of William M. Anderson of Toronto, head of one of Canada’s foremost life insurance companies and an actuary of great renown, I was able to develop a scale of values which will work effectively in an overwhelming majority of hands.”

And later…“It is appropriate to make acknowledgement,

here, to all those who have contributed both directly and indirectly to this effort…Above all, to William M. Anderson, who not only is the last word where mathematical problems are concerned, but whose broad understanding of the fundamental theories of the game I was able to put to very practical use.”

On Saturday, Aug. 22, 1981, in “Goren on Bridge,” his newspaper column, Goren discussed the development of point-count bidding as follows:

“…I took my problem to a friend of mine who was an actuary – Bill Anderson of Toronto. It was he who devised the distributional point-count that, in conjunction with the Milton Work count, is still the basis of what most people teach and play today…the only thing I am sorry about in the whole matter is that the great amount of work put into point-count bidding by Bill Anderson, and the accuracy and simplicity of his concepts, has not been fully recognized.”

Bill Anderson was an acknowledged genius: he graduated from the University of Toronto with honors in mathematics and physics, joined the North American Life Assurance Company upon graduation and soon become the youngest-ever actuary in Canada. He rose to president, then chairman, of North American Life and became president of both the Canadian Institute of Actuaries and the U.S.-based Society of Actuaries. He was awarded a fellowship in the Faculty of Actuaries of Scotland in 1944. Only 14 of the fellowships had been awarded since the Faculty’s inception more than 100 years before. Bill was responsible for developing and introducing the Code of Professional Conduct for actuaries, putting the profession on the same footing as the medical and legal professions.

Oswald Jacoby – at the time the youngest-ever American to become an actuary – once declared about Bill Anderson:

“I used to claim I was the best actuary among bridge players but quickly abandoned that claim after meeting Bill Anderson, after which I claimed only to be the best bridge player among actuaries.”

Anderson was a successful player, Life Master No. 357, playing with his wife, Marjorie, most of the time, and winning a North American Bridge Championship (NABC) with her. Here is Bill in action on a deal reported in the Goren syndicated bridge column:

“The 4-3-2-1 point count was introduced by Bryant McCampbell in 1915 and publicized by Milton Work in his many writings. However, it was used almost only for notrump bidding. It was not until a Toronto actuary, William Anderson, developed the distributional count in the 40s that point count swept the bridge world.

“Besides his fascination with the mathematical aspects of bridge, Anderson was an accomplished

player. He held the West cards on today’s hand…” Dlr: East ♠ A K 9 5 Vul: E-W ♥ K Q 10 7 6 4 ♦ Q 4 ♣ 7 ♠ Q J 10 6 4 ♠ 8 3 ♥ A 9 5 ♥ J 8 3 2 ♦ K J ♦ 7 5 ♣ A Q 10 ♣ J 9 6 3 2 ♠ 7 2 ♥ — ♦ A 10 9 8 6 3 2 ♣ K 8 5 4 West North East South Pass Pass 1♠ Dbl Pass 3♦ Pass 3♥ Pass 4♦ Pass 5♦ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass

Anderson led the ♠Q, won in the dummy. Declarer led a club with the view to obtaining ruffs in the dummy, and ducked it to West’s 10. Anderson found the only continuation to sink the contract: the ♦K. Declarer won the ace, but now a club ruff would bring West’s trump jack back into play and no club ruff would result in two more club losers.

Just as Milton Work popularized the 4-3-2-1 count developed by Bryant McCampbell, Goren popularized Anderson’s 3-2-1 count. “Point Count Bidding in Contract Bridge” was a runaway bestseller, eventually selling more than 3 million copies. There were 12 reprintings in its first five years and it was translated into many languages. William Anderson belongs with the most-influential figures in the game, alongside Work, Culbertson and Goren.

Boris Baran and Mark MolsonJust as the names of Romulus and Remus,

Héloise and Abélard and Lewis and Clark are forever linked in history, the names of “Mark and Boris” are forever entwined in Canadian bridge. Although many of their successes came as partners, they were successful with others as well. Mark and Boris won seven Canadian National Team Championships (CNTC), one Canadian Open Pairs Championship and five North American Bridge Championships together. They came second in the 1995 Bermuda Bowl, second in the 1992 Pan-American Games and tied for third in the 1990 Rosenblum in Geneva, Switzerland, being denied a place in the final by a scoring error, the correction disallowed upon appeal, one of the most notorious incidents in World Bridge Federation history.

Mark won two more NABCs with other partners, the Reisinger and the Blue Ribbon Pairs, and Boris has won a Senior World Team Championship, an eighth CNTC and three Canadian Senior Team Championships without Mark. Mark won the Richmond Trophy as top Canadian masterpoint winner five times. It is entirely appropriate that they be inducted into the CBF Hall of Fame together. Mark died in 2006 of complications during surgery following a massive heart attack while playing the other game he loved, golf.

One of Boris’s more notable deals occurred in that ill-fated semifinal match against Germany in the 1990 Rosenblum…

Dlr: South ♠ Q 10 7 6 Vul: Both ♥ Q 6 5 ♦ A 7 6 3 ♣ A 9 ♠ K 9 3 ♠ A J 8 4 ♥ 9 4 3 ♥ K 8 7 2 ♦ Q 10 ♦ K 9 5 4 ♣ J 10 6 4 2 ♣ 3 ♠ 5 2 ♥ A J 10 ♦ J 8 2 ♣ K Q 8 7 5 West North East South Baran Bitschene Molson Ludewig 1♥ (1) Pass 1NT (2) Pass 2♣ (3) Pass Pass Dbl Pass 2♠ Dbl All Pass

(1) Canapé(2) Relay; 10 or more high-card points(3) Longer clubs than hearts, 10-12 HCPAt the other table, Canada had gone minus 100

in 3NT and with not many winners here, it looked to be a huge loss – the vugraph commentators were predicting minus 500 or 800. Bitschene led the ♣A and shifted to a low diamond, a good start for Baran. He won the jack with the queen and returned the suit. North won the ace, and still reluctant to play hearts lest Boris have the jack, shifted to a trump. Boris won the 9 and played another spade to dummy’s 8. The two high diamonds followed for heart discards as North followed helplessly.

Baran now administered the coup de grâce – he exited from dummy with the ♥K! Ludewig had to win and, with no trumps or diamonds left, had to play a club or a heart, either one of which would allow Boris to score his three remaining trumps separately. That came to five spade tricks and three diamond tricks, plus 670 and 11 IMPs to Canada.

In the 1992 Pan-American Games, Canada played Brazil in one semifinal. This board, featuring a battle between Mark Molson and Gabriel Chagas, contributed to Canada’s win in the match… Dlr: West ♠ 7 5 Vul: Both ♥ A 5 ♦ J 10 9 8 2 ♣ A Q J 7 ♠ 10 9 6 4 2 ♠ J 8 3 ♥ J 9 8 7 3 ♥ K 4 ♦ A Q 3 ♦ 7 5 ♣ — ♣ K 10 6 5 4 2 ♠ A K Q ♥ Q 10 6 2 ♦ K 6 4 ♣ 9 8 3 West North East South Chagas Baran M Branco Molson Pass 1♦ Pass 1♥ Pass 2♣ Pass 3NT All Pass

Chagas started his fourth-best spade to the jack and king. Molson led a club and when Chagas showed out, he went up with dummy’s ace to run the ♦J. He wanted to knock out West’s entries before East’s to guard against the defense having late spade winners. Chagas won the ace! He continued spades, putting Molson back in his hand.

Chagas was attempting to lure Molson into a continued on page 7


MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET I 8 Tables 15.43 1 Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Richard Gross, Owens Cross Rds AL; James La Force, Stillwater OK 8.18 2 Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK; Patty Riffel, Pocahontas AR; Bobbie Buck, Helena AR; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET II 8 Tables 9.91 1 Claudia Haller - Paula Torstrick - Katherine Schaefer - Judy Huffman, Lexington KY 5.25 2 Carolyn Becraft, Burke VA; Susan Slattery, Alexandria VA; Patricia Anderson, Fargo ND; Sharon Madson, Audubon MN

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET III 7 Tables 6.50 1 Teresa Crosby - Diane Guiliano - Jayne Berube, Germantown TN; Cappie Saunders, Cordova TN 3.45 2 John Chapman - Ti Davis - Wendy Wheeler - Richard Kalkbrenner, Little Rock AR

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET IV 6 Tables 4.59 1 Lawayne Eberhart - Janell Eberhart - James Dunn - Gussie Dunn - Madeline Tonti, Mandeville LA; Raymond Prizler, Houston TX 2.43 2 Jeanne Redington - Carol Layton - Mark Ziegelman, Saint Louis MO; Karen Pahuski, St Louis MO

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET I 6 TablesWayne Larson - Robert Webster, Ripon WI; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI; Cerona Stevens, Marquette MI vsOscar Johnson - Judith Johnson, Prattville AL; Luanne Russell - Lee Stimson, Alexander City AL

Edward Ashworth - Frances Schenk - Todd Lusk - Dana Hastings, Baton Rouge LA vsHans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX; Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Terry Richardson - Joe Black, Austin TX

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET II 6 TablesA J Stephani - Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH; Ryan Schultz - David Camillus, Dayton OH vsMichael Morris - Morgan Defenderfer - Millicent Taylor, Oak Ridge TN; Bill Waters, Knoxville TN

Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR; Brian Cummins, Arlington TN; Becky Bien, Maumelle AR; Byron Southern, Little Rock AR vs

MIMI KOPALD STRATIFIED TUESDAY OPEN PAIRS (CORRECTED) 52.0 Tables / Based on 51 Tables A B C 21.35 1 Sim Therrell - Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN 63.14% 16.01 2 James Melville, Springfield IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 62.78% 12.01 3 Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC; Randolph Johnson, Suffield CT 62.48% 9.01 4 John Erickson, Houston TX; Eddie Bass, Austin TX 60.75% 7.12 5 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA 60.33% 6.10 6 Bob Friz, Leonard TX; Brady Allen, Dallas TX 59.63% 11.81 7 1 Tad Yoshikawa - Florence Yoshikawa, Sunnyvale CA 58.82% 4.74 8 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Birger Holmquist, Kaneohe HI 57.99% 4.27 9 Jo Anne Newby, Knoxville TN; Patricia Jankovic, Alcoa TN 57.45% 6.42 10 Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI; Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR 57.05% 3.56 11 Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR; Roger McNay, Beaverton OR 57.03% 3.28 12 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 56.98% 3.21 13 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Ed Herstein, Ann Arbor MI 56.69% 8.86 14 2 Alisa Crowe, Middletown NJ; Frank Wharton, London Nw3 1en England 56.60% 6.92 3 1 Grant Petersen, Taylor MI; Shiu-Wen Kao, Stone Mountain GA 56.54% 4.98 4 Michael Tallent, Groton MA; Lance Ribeiro, Hampstead NH 56.30% 5.19 5 2 Michael Harris - Sandra Harris, Austin TX 55.60% 3.89 6 3 Larry Rotman, Ancaster ON; J Darryl Pistone, Halifax NS 54.94% 2.95 7 John Wang, Beltsville MD; Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ 54.41% 2.92 8 4 Hannah Tidman, Liberty TN; Yaron Schweizer, Woodbury TN 54.26% 3.28 9 5 Diane Griffiths - Edee Rumley, Langley BC 53.88% 2.69 6 Katherine Hawker - Stephen Hawker, Baltimore MD 52.60%

UNIT 179 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES 20.0 Tables A B C 4.55 1 1 1 Dixie Martin, Sherwood AR; William Herman, Bellevue WA 62.50% 3.41 2 Michael Strong - Johanna Strong, Winfield IL 61.53% 2.24 3/4 Mary Conaway, Birmingham AL; Dennis Luft, Trussville AL 60.28% 2.73 3/4 2 Jeremy Williams, Reynoldsburg OH; Jerome Williams, Westerville OH 60.28% 2.24 5 3 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA 59.39% 2.16 6 4 2 Georgianna Scarborough, Union City TN; Dianna Nerren, Hickman KY 58.74% 1.62 5 3 Mary Ellen Nickodemus, Windsor CO; Beth McGregor, Fort Collins CO 56.75% 0.86 6 Beth Keeney, Fayetteville NC; Norma Bienkowski, Kodak TN 54.76% 1.22 4 Niki Coons, Toronto ON; Roger Hill, Myrtle Beach SC 54.22% 0.91 5 Mary Collins - Karen Young, Tulsa OK 52.97%

WEDNESDAY MORNING CARDROOK PAIRS 8.0 Tables 0.96 1/3 Autumn Robbins - Nathan Taylor, Olive Branch MS 75.00% 0.96 1/3 Omar Jamil - James Reid, Olive Branch MS 75.00% 0.96 1/3 LaMon Portee, Horn Lake MS; Brooke Sanders, Nesbitt MS 75.00% 0.52 4 Sam Sullivan - Kristian Esgasane, Olive Branch MS 70.83% 0.39 5 Amonie Silas - Emma Reese Myers, Olive Branch MS 66.67%


Giorgia Botta, Rome 00189 Italy; Peggyann Klein, New York NY; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL; Gordon Sawyer, Seattle WA

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY KO BRACKET III 8 TablesHelene Siegfried - Judy Pass - Gretchen Smith, St Louis MO; Barbara Stewart, Chesterfield MO vsNelson Daigle - Sharon Henry - E Hugh Lawson, Metairie LA; Henry Bodenheimer, New Orleans LA

Carol Lazerson - Barbara Goldman - Faye Siegel, Atlanta GA; Andrea Leven, Las Vegas NV vsJohn Manderscheid, Houston TX; Jimmy Parker, Monticello AR; Marilyn Maher, Washago ON; Dan Lustig, Germantown ON

SAM’S TOWN CASINO MIDNIGHT ZIP KO 8 Tables 2.73 1 Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Theresa Venhuis, Redmond WA; Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT 1.45 2 Adam Parrish, Arlington MA; Kevin Dwyer - Luz Ortega, Tampa FL; Sylvia Shi, Baltimore MD

TUESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET I 11 Tables 12.83 1 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Diyan Danailov, Sofia A799 Bulgaria; Kalin Karaivanov, Varna Bulgaria; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK 8.98 2 Marjorie Michelin - Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 5.77 3 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Barrientos, Bogota Colombia; Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Senta Lackner, Unterpremstätte Austria 4.49 4 Gail Hawkins - Phyllis Siegel - Loughery Hawkins, Ballwin MO; Jay D Shah, St Louis MO

TUESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET II 9 Tables 7.51 1 Dave Kuschel, Minot ND; Martha Roth, Coronado CA; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA; Margaret Hansell, Champaign IL 5.26 2 Jim Proctor - Karen Anderson, Little Rock AR; Steven Goodman - Carol Frana, Overland Park KS 3.38 3 Kay Cohen - Ronnie Frank - Jane Ettelson, Saint Louis MO; Judith Inker, Wellesley Hills MA 2.63 4 Randal Gentillon - Gavin McGimpsey, Idaho Falls ID; Barbara Gomez, Cumming GA; Margaret Manning, Marietta GA

TUESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET III 9 Tables 5.55 1 Christopher Wang - Russell Sheldon, Pittsburgh PA; Joseph Volanski, Spring TX; Jeffrey Kroll, Conroe TX 3.89 2 Dianne Caldwell, Madison AL; Marilyn Lorch, Owens Cross Rds AL; Lynn Quinlan - Betty Williams, Huntsville AL 2.50 3 Wanda White, Guntown MS; Faye Hodges, Corinth MS; Jackie Stokes, Pontotoc MS; Charlotte Flaherty, Ecru MS 1.94 4 Sherry Wortsmith - Sheila Mehaffy - Ann Lewis - Diane Lord, Little Rock AR

TUESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET IV 9 Tables 4.58 1 Jacqueline Ives, La Jolla CA; Doris Philamalee, Lebanon TN; Bill Christian - Virginia Wofford, San Diego CA 3.21 2 Charles Kelly, Anniston AL; David Kellogg, Jacksonville AL; Margery Whitlock, Wedowee AL; Paula Austin, Oxford AL 2.06 3 Donald Power - Karen Allen, Kalamazoo MI; David Keierleber, Flat Rock NC; Ruth Fly, Ridgeland MS 1.60 4 Ann Caldwell, Memphis TN; Martha Shapiro - John Stewart - Jackie Stewart, Germantown TN

TUESDAY MORNING KO BRACKET V 9 Tables 4.00 1 Louis Luby, Benton MS; W Jean Denson, Brandon MS; Sherry McColgin, Ridgeland MS; Irene Crowder, Madison MS 2.80 2 Sally Bowers - William Bowers, Avon CO; Michael Olson - Alice Olson, Bronxville NY 1.80 3 Kathy Gates, North Little Ro AR; Sandy Jones - Helen Buchanan - Marian Belew, Little Rock AR 1.40 4 William Allendoerfer, Edwardsville IL; Carol Phillips, Godfrey IL; Janet Little, Wood River IL; William Riley, Alton IL

losing option, of which there were now two. Had Mark now played on clubs to knock out the king, counting on the diamond finesse, Marcelo Branco would have won the club and cleared spades, setting up the suit while Chagas had a surprise entry in the ♦Q. The other losing option was to play the ♦K and another diamond – when Chagas won the queen, a heart play by West would require declarer to win the ace and play another (before or after cashing the diamonds), not an obvious play.

Molson devised a beautiful counter – when he won the second spade in hand, he played his low diamond! Chagas was flabbergasted. No matter whether he won it or ducked it, Molson had an entry to the third spade trick and could knock out the ♣K at his leisure.

Peter NagyPeter Nagy was part of the young group of

Montréal players mentored by Sam Gold. He performed the unique feat of coming second twice in the World Open Pairs, each time with a different partner, and both times losing to the same player, Marcelo Branco of Brazil. Each time, Branco also played with a different partner. Peter won four NABCs, two CNTCs and a bronze medal in the Rosenblum Teams.

Peter emigrated to Canada in 1957 after a hair-raising escape from Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution. He mastered English so quickly that he became his high school class valedictorian in Montréal in 1961. After graduating from Princeton University, he entered the options market in New York, later Chicago, before retiring to Las Vegas to play the other game he loved, poker. Like Molson, he died in 2003 after suffering a heart attack playing his second-favorite game, at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Peter was renowned for his conservatism in the bidding, preferring to win his points with terrific card play. He once agreed that he needed a hand that most players would open with a strong two-bid in order for him to jump shift. On the following deal from the 1978 World Open Pairs, Nagy and Kokish met two of the other contenders, Carol van Oppen and André Mulder from the Netherlands…

Dlr: South ♠ 5 4 Vul: E-W ♥ K 10 7 2 ♦ Q 9 ♣ A J 9 7 2 ♠ A Q 10 8 6 2 ♠ K J 9 7 3 ♥ 4 3 ♥ A 9 8 ♦ 8 5 ♦ A 7 2 ♣ K 8 5 ♣ 10 6 ♠ — ♥ Q J 6 5 ♦ K J 10 6 4 3 ♣ Q 4 3 West North East South Van Oppen Nagy Mulder Kokish Pass 2♦ (1) Pass 2♥ (2) Pass 2♠ Pass 4♠ 4NT Pass 5♣ Dbl 5♦ Pass 5♥ Dbl All Pass

(1) Multi (weak two-bid in a major)(2) Pass or correctWith the ♣A offside, 4♠ would have failed by

a trick. Nagy could see that if that were the case, perhaps he could make 5♥. He ruffed the spade lead and tried the ♥Q, which was allowed to hold. No more trumps could be played, so Nagy switched his attention to diamonds, leading a low one to his nine. This was also ducked, but the next diamond was taken with the ace and East continued with spades, again ruffed in the dummy.

Nagy was now in dummy for the last time and needed to make his club play immediately. He had to find clubs and hearts 3-2 and the ♣K onside. The 10 would need to be in East if he were able to pick up the suit (unless West had K-10 doubleton). He reviewed what he knew about the hand: West had six spades and two diamonds (if his count signal was to be believed). If he had three hearts, he’d have a doubleton club and vice versa. Nagy thought it more likely that East had ducked with ace-third of hearts than with ace-doubleton, meaning West would be 6=2=2=3. Thus, when in dummy for the final time, Peter led the ♣Q, picking up the suit. West covered with the king and Peter won, forced out the ♥A, ruffed the spade return, drew the last trump and played the ♣J, peering eagerly at East’s card. It was the 10 and he had plus 650 for a 95% score.


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WEDNESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 9.0 Tables A B C 2.68 1 1 1 Constance Jones - Joan Wentz, Brighton MI 67.56% 1.76 2/3 2/3 Dee Johnston - Patricia Mason, Kansas City MO 63.39% 1.76 2/3 2/3 Kitty Byers - Imogene McDaniel, Jonesboro AR 63.39% 1.34 4 4 2 Lisa Harris - Sheryl Gorden, Memphis TN 53.87% 0.75 5/6 5/6 Shirley Haydel, McComb MS; Raymond Laythe, Saint Louis MO 52.38% 0.75 5/6 5/6 Peggy Jalenak - Leo Jalenak Jr, Memphis TN 52.38% 0.89 3/4 Brenda Shavin, Atlanta GA; Susan Sbar, Tampa FL 49.11% 0.89 3/4 John Morris - Sally Morris, Jonesboro AR 49.11%

WEDNESDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS 7.0 Tables A B 1.79 1 Pam Shields - Jane McCoy, Saltillo MS 67.50% 1.34 2 Carol Koch - Robert Koch, Hot Springs AR 62.92% 1.01 3 Flo Seward - Josie Nuc Kolls, Germantown TN 61.92% 0.76 4 Alice Morgan, Memphis TN; Margie Steinberg, Germantown TN 59.08% 0.62 5 Charles Cox, Memphis TN; Ronald Williams, Piperton TN 56.83% 1.12 1 Marc Oliff - Lori Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ 45.17% 0.84 2 Easter Kirby, Memphis TN; Praja De Silva, Southaven MS 45.08%

WEDNESDAY MORNING CARDROOK PAIRS 8.0 Tables 1.24 1 Sky Gardner, Germantown TN; Blake Kelly, Collierville TN 77.08% 0.93 2 Phillip Dobbins - John Swaim, Germantown TN 69.46% 0.70 3 Thomas Canter - Matthew Higdon, Germantown TN 68.08% 0.52 4 London Jones - Mallie Bichor, Horn Lake MS 63.46% 0.39 5 Tyler Scaramastro - Patrick Canter, Germantown TN 58.33%

UNIT 179 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES37.25 Tables / Based on 18 Tables 6.86 1/2 Peter Manzon, Waltham MA 123.15% 6.86 1/2 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA 123.15% 4.77 3/4 Yaron Schweizer, Woodbury TN 119.85% 4.77 3/4 Hannah Tidman, Liberty TN 119.85% 3.73 5/6 Robert Korten, Frankfort MI 116.70% 3.73 5/6 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH 116.70%


77 TablesMarty Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Robert Levin, Henderson NV vsLou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands

James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Dania FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma Italy vsLeslie Amoils, Toronto ON; Curtis Cheek - Joe Grue, Las Vegas NV; Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON; Ishmael Delmonte, New South Wales Australia; Thomas Bessis, Paris France

Pierre Zimmermann - Franck Multon - Geir Helgemo - Tor Helness - Claudio Nunes - Fulvio Fantoni, Monaco vsPeter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden; Per-Ola Cullin, Johanneshov Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Kevin Bathurst, New York NY

Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice Poland; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia vsPiotr Zak - Grzegorz Lewaciak, Lodz Poland; Jerzy Zaremba, Chapel Hill NC; Jaroslaw Cieslak, Paradzice Poland; Waldemar Frukacz, Gloucester ON

George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt vsMike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN

John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA; Fred Gitelman - Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA vsJosef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany; Roy Welland, New York NY; Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, D-68766Hockenh Germany

Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Trondheim Norway vsPaul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; John Hurd - Joel Wooldridge, New York NY; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk Poland

Juan Carlos Ventin - Juan Pont - Javier Graupera, Barcelona Spain; Alejandro Bianchedi - Ernesto Muzzio, Buenos Aires Argentina; Frederic Wrang, Stockholm Sweden vsAllan Falk, Okemos MI; John Lusky, Portland OR; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA

1. Fleisher16. O’Rourke

9. Ludewig npc 8. Diamond

5.(28.) Fireman12. Gordon

13.(20.)Bertheau4. Monaco

1. Fleisher 13 54 89 15832.(33). Wang 17 38 53 68

17.(48.) Texan Aces 50 55 62 8416. O’Rourke 16 52 90 110

9. Ludewig npc 8 79 114 16824. Ekeblad 55 73 118 149

25. Landen 23 54 63 wd8. Diamond 39 60 134

5. Strul 28 57 72 11528. Fireman 37 47 87 133

21. Li 37 46 74 11912. Gordon 37 84 119 144

13. Kranyak 49 67 97 12220. Bertheau 33 96 136 169

29.(41.) Barrett 18 37 42 484. Monaco 32 66 92 151

PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS

1. Fleisher 23264.(65.) Lewis 59

33. Wang 18332. Tuszynski 72

17. Larsen npc 11248. Texan Aces 127

49. Rosenberg 6916. O’Rourke 149

9. Ludewig npc 15356. Gipson 43

41.(62.) Goldstein 11824. Ekeblad 141

25. Landen 17040. Denmark 143

57. Poon 838. Diamond 136

5. Strul 15160. Narasimhan 146

37. Wyer 15728. Fireman 163

21. Li 17544. Czyzowicz 131

53.(76.) Lavee 11612. Gordon 128

13. Kranyak 16252. Kalita 78

45. Maksymetz 10420. Bertheau 138

29. Rigal 13736.(41.) Barrett 182

61.(68.) LaTraverse 1144. Monaco 196


25.00 17/32 Nick Nickell - Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX 25.00 17/32 Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway 25.00 17/32 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chris Willenken - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 25.00 17/32 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Louk Verhees, 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands; Rico Van Prooijen, Nieuw Vennep Netherlands; Eldad Ginossar, Moshav Zofit Israel; Ron Pachtmann, Kfar Saba Israel 25.00 17/32 Jie Li, Beijing China People’s Republic of China; Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville MD; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 25.00 17/32 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Larry Kozlove, Louisville KY; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY 25.00 17/32 Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Jie Zhao, Boca Raton FL; David Bakhshi, London England 25.00 17/32 Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX; Mark Feldman, Austin TX; Dan Morse, Houston TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX; William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ 25.00 17/32 Justin Lall, Henderson NV; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Judith Bianco - Win Allegaert, New York NY; Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Jaggy Shivdasani, Pleasantville NY

25.00 17/32 Wen Wang, Shanghai Pr People’s Republic of China; Gu Ling, People’s Republic of China; Yu Zhang - Yan Lu, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Xuefeng Feng, Chengdu People’s Republic of China; Li Ping Wang, Shanghai People’s Republic of China 25.00 17/32 Brian Glubok - Marius Agica, New York NY; Allan Graves, Barnet VT; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY 25.00 17/32 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Benedicte Cronier - Sylvie Willard, Paris France 25.00 17/32 G S Jade Barrett - Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Anne Dawson, Delhi LA; Jeff Roman, Alexandria VA; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Goscinna Poland 25.00 17/32 Doug Doub, W Hartford CT; Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jay Borker, Greenwich CT; Gert Jan Paulissen, Amsterdam Netherlands 25.00 17/32 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Keyzad Anklesaria, Reno NV; P Sridhar - Kirubakara Moorthy, Chennai India; Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India; Uttam Gupta, Bangalore India 25.00 17/32 Steve Bloom - Betty Bloom, Duanesburg NY; John Zilic, Houston TX; Jeffrey Juster, Dallas TX

PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS

7. Jacobs 24 54 86 11626. Lall 22 38 71 87

23. Levine 25 70 127 16310. Spector 26 63 83 106

15.(53.) Bloom 7 46 wd18.(47.) Falk 65 135

31.(34.) Ventin 41 69 106 1762. Nickell 33 55 89 107

3. Cayne 2 6 66 139 18530.(35.) Glubok 36 60 85 113

19.(46.) Doub 22 41 68 7414. Amoils 27 92 99 156

11.(54.) Consus Red 35 77 122 16422. Kasle 33 72 98 122

27.(38.) Joel 16 48 90 1196. Lynch 38 68 90 123

7. Jacobs 15358. Yarington 91

39.(64.) Hwang 14226. Lall 179

23. Levine 15442. Sprung 81

55. Carmichael 6110. Spector 192

15. Onstott 12250. (53.) Bloom 143

47. Falk 15818. Milner 67

31. Denmark Open 12034. Ventin 157

63. Zambonini 612. Nickell 103

3. Cayne 20962.(67.) Stephani 106

35. Glubok 13830. Lambardi 121

19. Berg 15246. Doub 154

51. Consus White 9014. Amoils 194

11. Mahaffey 9854. Consus Red 99

43. Korbel 10522. Kasle 159

27.(50.) Brescoll 8638. Joel 149

59. Todd 626. Lynch 179

7. Jacobs10.(23.) Levine

15.(47.) Falk 2.(34.) Ventin

3. Cayne 14. Amoils

11.(54.) Consus Red6. Lynch


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26 5.69 Joanne Dawson, Chatham ON 27 5.62 Sally Morris, Jonesboro AR 28 5.62 John Morris, Jonesboro AR 29 5.56 Laurie Caylen, Memphis TN 30 5.36 Josephine Turner, Tupelo MS 31 5.36 Mary Helen Harris, Marietta GA 32 5.34 Margaret Boveri, Saint Louis MO 33 5.34 Shirley Ryan, St Charles MO 34 5.31 Thomas Lee Jr, Memphis TN 35 5.29 Dee Johnston, Kansas City MO 36 5.29 Patricia Mason, Kansas City MO 37 5.29 Jimmy Dime, Fort Smith AR 38 5.20 Patricia Dalgleish, Salt Lake City UT 39 5.09 Richard Jones, Shawnee Msn KS 40 5.09 Elaine Jones, Shawnee KS 41 5.01 Donald Hixson, Rapid City SD 42 5.01 Virginia Hixson, Rapid City SD 43 4.94 Lue Reid, Blytheville AR 44 4.94 Joan Wentz, Brighton MI 45 4.94 Glendalee Coppedge, Blytheville AR 46 4.94 Constance Jones, Brighton MI 47 4.93 Shirley Haydel, McComb MS 48 4.89 Richard Doss, Hot Springs Vg AR 49 4.87 Thomas Herzog, Reston VA 50 4.82 Jim Garnier, Maple Ridge BC 51 4.76 Patricia Lysaught, Overland Park KS 52 4.76 Patrick Lysaught, Overland Park KS 53 4.76 Glen Quackenbush, Lenexa KS 54 4.76 Sherry Quackenbush, Lenexa KS 55 4.71 Gloria Zupanci, Edwardsville IL 56 4.71 James Zupanci, Edwardsville IL 57 4.66 May Lynn Mansbach, 58 4.61 Robert Meisinger, Memphis TN 59 4.48 Jean Alden, Old Fort NC 60 4.48 Doug Alden, Old Fort NC 61 4.37 Lori Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ 62 4.37 Marc Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ 63 4.36 Paul Smith, Clayton NC 64 4.36 Julia Bon Smith, Chapel Hill NC 65 4.11 Daniel Copp, Memphis TN 66 4.10 Jane Herman, Effingham IL 67 4.10 William Herman, Effingham IL 68 4.09 Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 69 4.09 Donald Keyes, Anchorage AK 70 4.07 Katherine Brents, Germantown TN 71 4.07 Barbara Layman, Memphis TN 72 4.00 Pam Merkel, Jackson TN 73 3.96 Robert Schreiber, Memphis TN 74 3.92 Carole Mangrem, Clarksdale MS 75 3.92 Gloria Mitchell, Madison MS 76 3.87 Sarah Ellison, Jonesboro AR 77 3.87 Bill Cox, Jonesboro AR 78 3.76 Ronald Mason, Elgin TX 79 3.76 Linda Banks, San Marcos TX 80 3.73 Sue Marsh, Jackson TN 81 3.72 Germaine Johnston, Edmond OK 82 3.72 Ron Johnston, Edmond OK 83 3.57 Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hill MI 84 3.57 Roger Leemis, Southfield MI 85 3.50 Carol Bice, Colleyville TX 86 3.50 Sandy Brown, N Richland Hill TX 87 3.50 Diane Segel, Keller TX 88 3.50 Jenny Oswald, Colleyville TX 89 3.49 Vickey Metrailer, Little Rock AR 90 3.49 Vicki Scanlon, Little Rock AR 91 3.46 Janey Musgrove, Greenwood AR 92 3.44 Robert Koch, Hot Springs AR 93 3.44 Carol Koch, Hot Springs AR 94 3.39 Carolyn Taylor, Carbondale IL 95 3.38 Lucy Lee, Memphis TN 96 3.35 Kay Moody, Memphis TN 97 3.35 Beth Edmondson, Memphis TN 98 3.34 Judy Hardin, Olive Branch MS 99 3.34 Janet Knight, Memphis TN 100 3.31 Carolyn Borneman, Conway AR 101 3.31 Gene Borneman, Conway AR


Top In Leaders USA teams competing in China

After the 2012 Summer NABC in Philadelphia, the World Bridge Federation will conduct the World Junior Championships in Taicang, China (near Shanghai) from July 24 to Aug. 4. The United States Bridge Federation will send two teams each to the Patiño Cup (under 26) and the Damiani Cup (under 21) and one team to the Rona Cup (women under 26).

This is the second of five profiles of the teams representing the USBF in China. Patiño Cup – USA 2Donna Compton (NPC)

Stephen DrodgeStephen, 21,

completed two years at Northern Virginia Community College and is now taking a break from formal education, playing a lot of bridge and tutoring high school students in math and science. At his first NABC, in 2008, he won the national 299er pairs. The following year, he won the Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs in San Diego. Stephen’s team won his district’s Flight A GNT this year.

Photo by Peggy Kaplan.

Sean GannonSean learned to

play bridge from his parents and played duplicate for the first time with with his father. One of his memorable bridge moments was a finish in the overalls for the IMP Pairs in Orlando. Sean, 19, is now a sophomore at Wake Forest University, majoring in math.

Lei JinLei finished

high school in Shanghai and earned a dual bachelor of science degree from the University of Michigan (Biomedical Engineering) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Electrical and Computer Engineering). Lei, 23, is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Southern California. He has been playing bridge for four years and is happy that his first international event will be near his hometown, Shanghai.

Zhuo WangJimmy, 21

years old, a native of Beijing, is in his third year of a PhD program in Applied Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania. He studies mathematical models of neurons (“computational neuroscience”) that can explain neurological and behavioral data. He learned bridge in high school and created an application for his tablet computer that allowed him to play bridge in class, without cards (and without being noticed by the instructor). Jimmy represented the USA two years ago in the Junior World Championships in Philadelphia. He and his colleagues from Penn won the ACBL’s Collegiate Championship in 2010 and 2011.

Zizhuo WangJust before his

24th birthday this July, Zizhuo, a native of Beijing, will receive his PhD in management science and engineering from Stanford, where he also earned a master’s degree in Mathematical Finance in 2010. His academic work focuses on the theory and applications of operations research. When he returns from the Junior World Championships in Taicang, he will start work as an assistant professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Minnesota. He started to play bridge at age 11 when he was in high school and was president of the Tsinghua Bridge Club from 2004-2006. In 2009, Zizhou was part of the Stanford team that won the North American Collegiate Championship.

Erli ZhouErli, 20, is

working toward a BS from the University of Southern California with a double major in mathematics and business. He expects to graduate in May 2013, after which he plans to enroll in graduate school. He learned bridge about a decade ago by reading his dad’s collection of bridge books and is excited to be playing in the world championships near his native Shanghai. Erli also enjoys traveling, video games and racing cars.

M.A. LIGHTMAN TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE GAME 26.5 Tables A B C 5.61 1 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL 68.92% 4.21 2 Robert Morris - Kay Johnson, Houston TX 67.04% 3.94 3 1 Marvin Skaggs - Cecile Skaggs, Memphis TN 64.17% 2.96 4 2 1 Amanda Jeger - Iolanda Fantoni, Frankfurt Germany 60.40% 2.42 5 3 2 Valerie Greenberg - Alan Greenberg, Ojai CA 58.89% 1.73 6 Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 58.45% 1.66 4 Alan Charters, Kitchener ON; S Berry, Bath MI 56.67% 1.25 5 Martina Kelley - Michael Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 54.97% 1.63 6 3 Jing Dong Chen, Rowland Heights CA; Gang Chen, Chad 54.90% 1.15 4 Donna Plumer - Daniel Copp, Memphis TN 53.62% 0.86 5 Barbara Woodward, Collierville TN; Martha Shapiro, Germantown TN 50.90%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS 7.0 Tables A B C 1.79 1 Donna Oliver, Bossier City LA; Richard Doss, Hot Springs Vg AR 63.04% 1.34 2 1 Beth Edmondson - Kay Moody, Memphis TN 58.25% 1.01 3 Flo Seward - Josie Nuckolls, Germantown TN 57.92% 0.76 4 Robert Koch - Carol Koch, Hot Springs AR 57.83% 0.91 5 2 Katherine Brents, Germantown TN; Barbara Layman, Memphis TN 55.92% 0.68 3 Marc Oliff - Lori Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ 49.92%


WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS 15.0 Tables A B C 3.53 1 1 Dee Johnston - Patricia Mason, Kansas City MO 68.18% 2.65 2 2 Richard Cantley, Birmingham MI; Dennis Waniolek, Shelby Township MI 64.58% 2.26 3 3 1 Constance Jones - Joan Wentz, Brighton MI 60.04% 1.49 4 4 R Paul Urbanick, Chicago IL; Tinna Moy, Newton MA 57.39% 1.24 5 5 Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO; Carolyn Bond, Shawee Mission KS 57.01% 1.70 6 6 2 Robert Schreiber - Robert Williams, Jr, Memphis TN 55.11% 1.27 3 Dick Johnson - Dale Johnson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 50.38% 0.95 4 John Licharson - Elna Licharson, Odessa ON 49.81% 0.75 5/6 Gloria Zupanci - James Zupanci, Edwardsville IL 49.43% 0.63 5/6 John Morris - Sally Morris, Jonesboro AR 49.43%

NATE SILVERSTEIN DAYLIGHT PAIRS 46.0 Tables / Based on 44 Tables A B C 18.90 1 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 61.77% 14.18 2 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA 59.43% 10.63 3 1 Lee Stokes Hilton - Jim Hilton, Austin TX 59.20% 7.97 4 2 Dave Lang, Ottawa ON; William Sharp, Nepean ON 59.13% 6.30 5 Ann Olsson - Tom Olsson, Urbandale IA 59.04% 5.40 6 Peter Wityk, Des Moines IA; John Gustafson, Clive IA 58.93% 4.73 7 Don Pearsons - Douglas Fisher, Winnipeg MB 57.41% 4.71 8 Carolyn Gibson, Annandale VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 57.32% 3.78 9 Jean Boettcher - Steven Gaynor, Minneapolis MN 56.54% 4.20 10 Brenda Keller, Palm Springs CA; Nancy Cord, Sun Valley ID 56.38% 5.48 11 3 1 Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY; David Howorth, Oxford MS 55.58% 2.94 12 Mark Shaw, Columbia MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 55.50% 4.11 4 Richard Wendricks - A Fetters, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 55.39% 3.25 5 2 Catherine Pretsch, Saint Charles MO; William Bunn, Brentwood MO 54.74% 3.81 6 Ralph Boles III, Huntsville AL; Rita Peterson, Athens AL 54.03% 3.06 7 Bryan Delfs, Kenosha WI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 53.87% 3.35 3 Xiaolun Yi, Fredericton NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 53.56% 2.80 4 April Uhlenburg, King of Prussia PA; Karen Shea, Collierville TN 51.97% 1.40 5 Bernard Windham - Sue Evans, Tallahassee FL 48.02%

BECKER FAMILY KO BRACKET 1 16 Tables 50.98 1 Martin Bloom, Sydney 2031 Australia; Peter David Gill, Sydney Australia; Anthony Nunn, Ashfield NSW 2 Australia; Sartaj Hans, Artarmon NSW 20 Australia 35.69 2 Dano De Falco, 35030 Rubano (P Italy; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy; Patricia Cayne - Jacqui Mitchell, New York NY 20.39 3/4 Barbara Sonsini, Woodside CA; Judi Radin, New York NY; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ 20.39 3/4 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Craig Gower, Johannesburg South Africa; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands

BECKER FAMILY KO BRACKET 2 16 Tables 28.85 1 Bruce Houston, Mc Lean VA; Donald Van Arman, Bloomington IN; Wayne Christensen, Jr, Laporte TX; Powhatan Wooldridge, Buffalo NY 20.20 2 Don Haney, Trussville AL; Dane Kusler - James Partridge, Birmingham AL; Barbara Mackay, Fredericton NB 11.54 3/4 David Taylor - Aaron Mohrman, Seattle WA; Gregory Herman, Bellevue WA; Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA 11.54 3/4 Ann Adler - Larry Adler - Stephen Lightman, Memphis TN; Blake Sanders, Jonesboro AR

BECKER FAMILY KO BRACKET 3 13 Tables 21.72 1 Brian Cummins, Arlington TN; Risa Campbell, Brownsville TN; Visanji Gala - Ed Davis, Germantown TN 15.20 2 Francisco Bernal, Miami FL; Carlos Barrientos, Bogota Colombia; Gerald Lackner - Hans Kadletz, Graz Austria 8.69 3/4 Roxana Tom, Campbellton TX; Katherine Gary - Dorthy Rippstein, Karnes City TX; Roxana Tom, San Antonio TX 8.69 3/4 Pat Jackson - Marilyn Roney - Mary Reynolds - Robert Reynolds, Huntsville AL

BECKER FAMILY KO BRACKET 4 16 Tables 20.69 1 Marvin Weitzenhoffer, Las Vegas NV; John Baker, North Augusta SC; Sam Dodson, Houston TX; Peter Kyper, West Chester PA 14.48 2 John Simpson - Pat Simpson, Madera CA; Barbara Thacker, Clovis CA; Michael Molinari, Sun City Center FL 8.28 3/4 Jim Harp, Dallas TX; Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA; James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Lyn Shapiro, Maitland FL 8.28 3/4 Simon Sellers - Diane Dillman, Barrington IL; James McKinney, Carol Stream IL; Rebecca Deaux, Collierville TN

BECKER FAMILY KO BRACKET 5 12 Tables 14.89 1 Christopher Wang - Russell Sheldon, Pittsburgh PA; Joseph Volanski, Spring TX; Jeffrey Kroll, Conroe TX 10.42 2 Kathy Buford - Ilene Markell - K K Weinberg, Memphis TN; Andrew Cavalier, Pensacola FL 5.96 3/4 Linda Tuff, Lower Sackville NS; Susan Hubley - Heather Gillis - Barb Allen, Halifax NS 5.96 3/4 Judy Carter - Kathy Hughes, Missouri City TX; Glenda Faragher, Sugar Land TX; Diane Jobin, Houston TX

BECKER FAMILY KO BRACKET 6 16 Tables 14.18 1 Robert Fisk, Cincinnati OH; Darin Campo, Huber Hts OH; Robert Korten, Frankfort MI; Michael Creager, Brecksville OH 9.93 2 Donald Cook, Cordova TN; Steven Hodorowski - Helen Easley, Memphis TN; Ken Kishishita, Germantown TN 5.67 3/4 Byron Southern - Ellen Coffield - Bonnie Fincher - Burla Sims, Little Rock AR 5.67 3/4 Richard Chapman - Judy Chapman - William Kinneman - Beverly Kinneman, Little Rock AR

BECKER FAMILY KO BRACKET 7 16 Tables 12.73 1 Martin Klein - Carol Klein, Valley Village CA; Elaine Moore - Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA 8.91 2 Vicki Bell - Claire Lavery, Atlanta GA; Cynthia Cone, Sumter SC; Ann Hicks, Knoxville TN 5.09 3/4 Peter Huggler III, Seminole OK; Henrietta Morris, Arlington TX; Mary Willis - Margie Patterson, Spring TX 5.09 3/4 Mary Hamlett - Loretta Gibbens - Barbara Belfiglio, Nashville TN; Karen Kendrick, Brentwood TN

CAM CAMERON A/X PAIRS 62.0 Tables / Based on 116 Tables A X 30.71 1 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 61.91% 23.03 2 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 61.69% 17.27 3 Michael Courtney, Memphis TN; Paul Wyer, Qld 4212 Aust Australia 61.04% 12.96 4 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 59.85% 10.24 5 B Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 59.69% 16.36 6 1 Deborah Hart, E Falmouth MA; Rick Eissenstat, 97278 Jerusalem Israel 57.88% 7.68 7 Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA 57.74% 6.82 8 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Helen Corbin, Palo Alto CA 57.61% 6.14 9 Jim Miller - Peggy Miller, Olive Branch MS 57.50% 5.58 10 Melody Euler, Temple TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX 57.19% 5.12 11 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA 57.01% 4.72 12 Jim Russell, Bradenton FL; Tom Kniest, University City MO 56.92% 4.39 13 Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 56.62% 4.09 14 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 56.50% 5.26 15 Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; Susan Kusler, Moss Point MS 56.50% 12.27 16 2 A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH 55.44% 3.41 17 Ed Word Jr, Monroe LA; Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA 55.31% 3.15 18/19 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 55.19% 9.20 18/19 3 Frank Wharton, London, England; Paul Walker, London, England 55.19% 2.92 20 Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Sharon Goldman, New York City NY 55.03% 6.90 4 Leon McCarty - Chris Buck, Hurdland MO 54.83% 5.45 5 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA 54.05% 4.67 6 Shiu-Wen Kao, Stone Mountain GA; Grant Petersen, Taylor MI 53.92% 5.98 7 Allen Rew, Independence MO; Keith Smith, Lees Summit MO 53.73% 3.64 8 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; James Hudson, Elmhurst IL 52.96% 3.27 9 Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Richard Brummer, Effingham IL 52.07% 2.97 10 Ross Anderson, Markham ON; Peter Deluca, Woodbridge ON 52.02% 2.73 11 Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Rory Millson, Bronxville NY 51.69% 2.52 12 Eugene Kober - Claudia Kober, Indianapolis IN 51.00%


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ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS 91.0 Tables / Based on 177 Tables100.00 1 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 2955.13 75.00 2 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 2888.52 56.25 3 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 2875.81 44.44 4 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Scott Levine, New York NY 2838.82 40.00 5 Robert Teel Jr - Jane Teel, Birmingham AL 2835.37 36.36 6 Don Kern, Bay Minette AL; Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 2815.27 33.33 7 David Siebert - Jane Dickey, Little Rock AR 2775.72 30.77 8 Karen Walker - James Ward, Champaign IL 2772.93 28.57 9 Ellen Glynn - John Glynn, Annandale VA 2772.35 26.67 10 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 2738.95 25.00 11 Suzanne Stevenson - Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI 2732.98 23.53 12 Michael Schreiber - Amy Downing, Memphis TN 2718.47 22.22 13 Bob Balderson Jr - Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN 2712.58 21.05 14 Ralph Buchalter, South Orange NJ; Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 2711.36 20.00 15 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Bob Drijver, 3051 EG, Rotter Netherlands 2707.27 19.05 16 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Ann Lindley, Alexandria VA 2699.04 18.18 17 William Cole - Shawn Stringer, Silver Spring MD 2697.26 17.39 18 Angela Kaiser, Bonita Springs FL; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 2692.01 16.67 19 Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 2691.05 16.00 20 Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 2687.87 15.38 21 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 2685.79 14.81 22 Mildred Breed, Austin TX; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 2682.01 14.29 23 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 2677.23 13.79 24 Daniel Suty - Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 2664.00 13.33 25 Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 2663.31 12.90 26 Marta Monheim, West Hills CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA 2657.28 14.04 27 Laurie Vogel - Lew Walter, New York NY 2649.69 12.12 28 Rita Ellington, Traverse City MI; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden 2638.97 11.76 29 KIZ Fung, Edmonton AB; David Yang, Darien IL 2637.70 11.43 30 Marion Michielsen, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 2636.08 11.11 31 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 2625.91 10.81 32 Jill Gilbert, Lakeland FL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 2624.31 10.53 33 Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 2617.40 10.26 34 Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 2610.85 10.00 35 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 2609.46 9.76 36 Linda Hughes, Edmond OK; En Xie, Saint Louis MO 2605.23 9.52 37 Rebecca Clough - Roger Clough, Culver City CA 2604.94 9.30 38 Marvin Shapiro, Saint Louis MO; Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO 2600.96 9.09 39 Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 2599.78 8.89 40 Arline Fulton, Englishtown NJ; Kare Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY 2599.60 8.70 41 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Susan Kestenbaum, Huntingdon Vy PA 2597.82 8.51 42 Martin Caley, Montreal QC; Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV 2596.36 8.33 43 Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 2587.72 8.16 44 Mark Yaeger - Lee Atkinson, Hollywood FL 2586.89 8.00 45 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 2586.30 10.34 46 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Michael Polowan, New York NY 2585.48 7.69 47 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 2584.38 7.55 48 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 2579.13 8.54 49 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 2576.85 8.43 50 Ann Brinker Schwall, Houston TX; Richard Troth, Columbia MO 2575.28

RICHARD SWANN A/X SWISS TEAMS 46 Tables / Based on 82 Tables A X 11.94 1 Joshua Parker - Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY; Robert Heitzman Jr, Suffern NY; Allen Kahn, New York NY 106.00 8.96 2 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Sam Lev, New York NY; Tony Forrester, Herefordshire England; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Pszczola, Chapel Hill NC 95.00 6.72 3 Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Weyheriwi 84-20 Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Anna Sarniak, 01494 Poland 90.00 5.04 4 Paul Gipson, Duns Td113pz United Kingdom; Alex Gipson, Orpington England; Samantha Punch, Stirling Fk United Kingdom; Tim Rees, Crowthorne Berk England 88.00 3.78 5 David Sokolow, Austin TX; Maris Zilant, North Miami FL; Stephanie Hamilton-Diesel, Saugus MA; Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA 85.00 2.83 6 Shome Mukherjee, Randolph MA; Richard Weiss, Swampscott MA; Robert Lurie, Wayland MA; John Hrones Jr, Needham MA 82.00 2.13 7 Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; John Mohan, Huixquilucan Mexico; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Joao Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo 01229 Brazil; Miguel Villas-Boas, Sao Paulo Brazil 80.00 1.46 8/9 Craig Allen, Glen Ellyn IL; L James Phillips, Chicago IL; Michael Huston, Joplin MO; Richard Strauss, Northbrook IL 77.00 1.46 8/9 Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; Carolyn Gibson, Annandale VA; Herbert Fallin Jr - La Quitta Talbot, Keller TX 77.00 8.11 1 Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA; Aaron Mohrman - David Taylor, Seattle WA; Gregory Herman, Bellevue WA 69.00 6.08 2 River Dance, Lexington NC; Tiberiu Ungureanu, Columbus OH; Trevor Lumb, Atlanta GA; Elizabeth Ivey, Clarksville TN 68.00 4.56 3 Bill Ream, Burleson TX; Donna Wood, Vista CA; Jacqueline Yockey, Louisville KY; Gerard Laquerriere, Clovis CA 66.00 3.42 4 Richard Whitsitt - Lucille Jenkins - David Jenkins, Rockford IL; Gordon Walker, Naples FL 60.00 2.57 5 Kurt Brescoll - Janet Brescoll, Versailles KY; Terrell Holt - Sondra Holt, Lexington KY 56.00

BECKER FAMILY KO BRACKET 8 16 Tables 9.48 1 Daniel Jablonski, Stoneham MA; Ira Cooper - Catherine Cooper, Woburn MA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON 6.64 2 Ralph Vogel - Terri Schafer - Betty Jean Carter - Jerry Carter, Little Rock AR 3.79 3/4 Karin Meyers, Hastings On Hud NY; Lynn Gryll, Chicago IL; Ila Lynn, US; Martha Rosen, Hartsdale NY 3.79 3/4 Darlene Scott, Oakville ON; Charlene Richardson, Moorefield ON; Diane Jamieson, Kitchener ON; Janice Flossbach, Orillia ON

V.T. GALA COMPACT KO BRACKET 1 16 Tables 28.22 1 Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland; Jon Baldursson, Reykoavik 105 Iceland 19.75 2 Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Colby Vernay, Lacon IL; Barry Schaffer, Frisco TX 12.70 3 Stephen Sturm - Charlotte Sturm, Fullerton CA; Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Birger Holmquist, Kaneohe HI 9.88 4 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Amar Banerjee, Bhadreswar 91 India; Kaustabh Nandi - D Majumder, Kolkata West Be India

V.T. GALA COMPACT KO BRACKET 2 16 Tables 19.48 1 Ed Howard, Lawrence KS; Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO; James La Force, Stillwater OK; Robert Carstedt, Wichita KS 13.64 2 Pawel Niedzielski, Loda 90-013 Poland; Piotr Walczak, Ualisz Poland; Jan Zadroga, Ksiazenice Poland; Domink Jacek Filipowiez, Kalisz 62-800 Poland 8.77 3 Tom Breed, Kingwood TX; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Janet Macchi, Statham GA; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 6.82 4 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Albert Shrive, Dalton PA; Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA

V.T. GALA COMPACT KO BRACKET 3 16 Tables 14.94 1 Siraj Haji - Emmy Haji, Columbus OH; Toni Bales, Pickerington OH; Ernest Napier, Brooklyn NY 10.46 2 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Robert Brady - Stephen Drodge, McLean VA; Sean Gannon, Decatur GA 6.72 3 Paul Janicki - Richard Chan, Markham ON; Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON 5.23 4 Claybourne Waldrop Jr - Melody Gann, Arlington TX; Virginia Sherman, Dallas TX; Mary Needham, San Luis Obispo CA

V.T. GALA COMPACT KO BRACKET 4 12 Tables 10.91 1 Wayne Mattern, Bismarck ND; Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK; Dave Kuschel, Minot ND; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA 7.64 2 Jill Thompson - Barbara Seagram - Alex Kornel - Josee Hammill, Toronto ON 4.91 3 Barry Margolin, Arlington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Benjamin Dickens, Fernandina Bch FL; William Granger, Bradenton FL 3.82 4 Jay Hitt, Goodlettsville TN; Anne Tanner, Nashville TN; John Cox, St Maries ID; Ursula Brzuska, Kelowna BC

V.T. GALA COMPACT KO BRACKET 5 12 Tables 10.00 1 Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX; Henry Caspar, Southaven MS; Terry Richardson, Austin TX 7.00 2 Paul Dole, Antioch TN; Nancy Evins, Lebanon TN; Douglas Hirt - Melanie Hirt, Nashville TN 4.50 3 Jo Ann Hazel, Tampa FL; Raelene Kirkbride, Rock Hill SC; Kim Martin, Charlotte NC; Elizabeth Ghrist, Houston TX 3.50 4 Mark Robertson - Richard Jacobson, Phoenix AZ; Joy Rieckers - Marian Wilson, Tucson AZ

V.T. GALA COMPACT KO BRACKET 6 16 Tables 9.52 1 Michael Carter - Riley Cole - Elizabeth Mounger, Greenwood MS; James Middleton, Winona MS 6.66 2 Charles Sadowski - Jian-Ping Chen, Yorktown VA; Ping Hu, Naperville IL; Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 4.28 3 Junko Amy Noguchi, Takamatsu-Shi, Japan; Joel Martineau, Vancouver BC; Dloye Swift, Slidell LA; Betsi Tunnell, Nashville TN 3.33 4 George Atherton - Susan Atherton - Carol Perrin - Mark Toney, Baton Rouge LAV.T. GALA COMPACT KO BRACKET 7 16 Tables 8.88 1 Cory Perkers - Robert Lass - Zachary Madden - Jared Bass, Chicago IL 6.22 2 Claudia Haller - Katherine Schaefer - Paula Torstrick - Judy Huffman, Lexington KY 4.00 3 Edwin Glickman - Han Sarah Glickman, Snowmass CO; Charles Kelly, Anniston AL; David Kellogg, Jacksonville AL 3.11 4 Irby Jones, Gonzales LA; Elizabeth Arthur - Michael Arthur, Pearl River LA; Martha Jo Jones, Baton Rouge LA


ROSE MARY PACE SIDE B/C/D SWISS TEAMS 36 Tables B C D 6.11 1/2 Jack Whetstone, Apex NC; James Cunningham, Durham NC; Bruce Byrne, Marietta GA; Sambasiva Rao, Morrisville NC 98.00 6.11 1/2 1 Paul Nelson, Petoskey MI; Mark Hess, Charlevoix MI; Marilyn Anstett - Jennifer Paulsrud, Fargo ND 98.00 3.93 3 Mary Cravens, Hodgenville KY; Marge Handley, Elizabethtown KY; Betsy Blakeman - Patricia Humphress, Campbellsville KY 87.00 4.10 4 2 1 Normand Malette, Sudbury ON; Bonnie Bond, Hamilton ON; Charlene Richardson, Moorefield ON; Darlene Scott, Oakville ON 84.00 1.94 5/6 Carolyn Williams, Williston TN; Sarah Dotson, Fayetteville TN; Sara Callaway, Germantown TN; Louise Ruleman, Memphis TN 81.00 3.07 5/6 3 Robert Young - Shiaomay Young, Northfield IL; Cecilia Ip, Walnut Creek CA; Judy Brock, Auburn CA 81.00 2.30 4 Beth McGregor, Fort Collins CO; Trudy Owen, Ft Collins CO; Judith Wolf, Des Moines IA; Mary Ellen Nickodemus, Windsor CO 80.00 1.73 5 Ann Lewis - Sheila Mehaffy - Diane Lord - Sherry Wortsmith, Little Rock AR 77.00 1.14 6/7 Joseph Daniel - Linda Daniel, Culpeper VA; Jody Couch, Southaven MS; Paul Hern, Dayton OH 73.00 2.27 6/7 2 Kathy Twomey, Bloomfield Vlg MI; Greg Johnson, League City TX; Sally Craig, Port Moody BC; Penny Sweeney, Traverse City MI 73.00 1.70 3 James Lawler, Nolensville TN; Sarah Thompson, Columbia TN; Joan Dibaggio, Brentwood TN; Judith Gandee, Franklin TN 64.00 1.28 4 Robert Dolan - Linda Dolan, Etowah NC; John Mindock - Anne Mindock, Hot Springs Vlg AR 62.00

MALCO THEATERS GOLD RUSH PAIRS 53.0 Tables / Based on 63 Tables 7 3 17.76 1 1 Bev Pope - Bill Pope, Burlington ON 63.10% 13.32 2 Tilghman Moore, Gretna LA; Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 59.97% 9.99 3 2 Joanne Dawson - Keith Dawson, Chatham ON 58.78% 7.49 4 3 Yichi Zhang, Pasadena CA; Mutian Zhang, Omaha NE 58.04% 5.50 5/6 Ted Peck, La Crosse WI; Thomas Olson, Madison WI 57.14% 5.50 5/6 Rebecca Fewell - Susan Wrye, Nashville TN 57.14% 4.44 7 Toni Kimmel - Chris Kimmel, Vincennes IN 56.99% 3.58 8/10 4/5 Donald Keyes - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 56.85% 3.58 8/10 Diane Berkowitz, Hawley PA; Stanley Berkowitz, Delray Beach FL 56.85% 3.58 8/10 4/5 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 56.85% 2.96 11 Elaine Hallum - Barbara Rankin, Jonesboro AR 56.55% 2.73 12 6 Tonya Jones - Debbie House, Nashville TN 56.10% 2.54 13 Janet Patterson, Metairie LA; Bonnie Nelson, New Orleans LA 55.95% 2.37 14 7 Connie Hester, Baton Rouge LA; Jeffrey Perigoni, Slidell LA 55.80% 2.22 15 Madalyn Hindman - Patricia Meiners, Jackson MS 55.65% 2.03 16/17 Larry McIntyre - Mary McIntyre, St Paul MN 55.51% 2.03 16/17 Becky Hubert, St Louis MO; Jan Mackey, Saint Louis MO 55.51%

M.A. LIGHTMAN TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE GAME 40.0 Tables A B C 7.58 1 Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 69.28% 5.69 2 1 Mary Petit, Hernando FL; Elizabeth Nagle, Wethersfield CT 66.30% 4.39 3 Pat Jackson - Marilyn Roney, Huntsville AL 62.55% 3.20 4 Steve Shirey - Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 58.10% 2.40 5 John Gilbert, Kitchener ON; Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE 58.00% 4.21 6 2 James Bloom - Cheryl Bloom, Orchard Lake MI 57.95% 3.16 3 Hall Whitaker - Daryl Fisher, Rolla MO 57.54% 3.03 4 1 Peter Shui - Penny Shui, Clarence NY 57.14% 1.78 5 Raymond Lynch - Pauline Longstaff, Bella Vista AR 57.09% 1.78 6 Joe Dehmer Jr. - R Lee Davis, Jackson MS 56.73% 2.27 2 Xiaolun Yi, Fredericton NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 55.31% 1.70 3 Bob Ritter - Sue Ritter, Cordova TN 55.16% 1.28 4 Michael Smith - Susan Seitz, Des Moines IA 51.97% 0.96 5 Larry Kaddatz, Hot Spgs Vlg AR; Linda Smith, Hot Springs Vlg AR 51.62% 0.79 6 Katherine Hawker - Stephen Hawker, Baltimore MD 51.57%

WEDNESDAY EVENING MICAH PARKHURST 299ER PAIRS 8.0 Tables A B C 2.54 1 1 1 Charles Cox, Memphis TN; Donna Pace, Brighton TN 60.71% 1.91 2 2 2 Laurie Caylen, Memphis TN; R Paul Urbanick, Chicago IL 55.36% 1.43 3 3 Stacey Hutchinson, Columbus OH; Pamela Hughes, Bend OR 54.46% 1.07 4 4 Michelle Menz - Todd Barker, Cincinnati OH 53.87% 0.80 5 5 Peggy Jalenak - Leo Jalenak Jr, Memphis TN 53.57% 1.01 3 Constance Jones - Joan Wentz, Brighton MI 52.08% 0.76 4 Stephen Schadt, Memphis TN; Sharon Ohsfeldt, Germantown TN 50.30%

V.T. GALA COMPACT KO BRACKET 8 16 Tables 7.10 1 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; W Oates - P Oates, Brighton MI 4.97 2 David Sauder, Lewisville TX; Melanie Watson - Charles Brown, Denton TX; Kim Brinkman, Flower Mound TX 3.20 3 Edward Listengart, Boca Raton FL; Arleen B. Rosenthal, Boynton Beach FL; Larry Rotman, Ancaster ON; Cynthia Keaton, Coppell TX 2.49 4 Paul Cuneo - Carmen Keys, Houston TX; Nic Hristea, Chicago IL; Mark Wilder, Evanston IL

V.T. GALA COMPACT KO BRACKET 9 16 Tables 5.38 1 Dave Murdock, Wagoner OK; Ann Kent - Norma Kolmer, Muskogee OK; Linda Stearns, Tahlequah OK 3.77 2 Madeline Tonti, Mandeville LA; Bill Beaushaw, Pearl River LA; Raymond Prizler, Houston TX; Bobbi Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 2.42 3 Neil Brackley, Cordova TN; Robert Meisinger - Cary Rodgers, Memphis TN; Lora Adkins, Germantown TN 1.88 4 Janice Fite, Atoka TN; Jan Gaston, Drummonds TN; Sue Kay Reeder - Earl Mast, Arlington TX

A Look BackGreat deals from Past NABCs

West called it #*%&?#!This deal from the 1962 Fall Nationals was

written up by Charles Goren in the February 1963 Bridge Bulletin:

Lew Mathe, the California expert, playing with Mrs. Mathe, recognized the opportunity for a most unusual end-play in this deal from the Mixed Pairs event-but couldn’t put a name to it. Nor could any of the experts who have seen it. Dlr: North ♠ 6 4 2 Vul: Both ♥ K J 6 5 ♦ 4 ♣ A K J 8 2 ♠ Q 10 9 3 ♠ 7 ♥ 10 8 3 2 ♥ A Q 9 7 4 ♦ K 10 7 6 3 ♦ A 8 2 ♣ — ♣ 10 9 5 3 ♠ A K J 8 5 ♥— ♦ Q J 9 5 ♣ Q 7 6 4 West North East South Mrs. Mathe Mathe 1♣ 1♥ 1♠ 2♥ Pass Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT Pass 4♣ Pass 4♠ Pass Pass Double All Pass

Opening lead: ♥2Ruffing the opening lead, declarer led a club

toward dummy. West discarded. A diamond return was won by East’s ace and a club return ruffed by West, who continued hearts, forcing South to ruff again. After cashing the ♠A, declarer led the ♦Q, covered by West and ruffed in dummy. Declarer returned to his hand with a high trump, arriving at this position: ♠ 6 4 2 ♥ K 6 ♦ 4 ♣ K J 8 ♠ Q ♠ ♥ 8 3 ♥ A Q ♦ 10 7 ♦ 8 ♣ — ♣ 10 9 ♠ J ♥— ♦ J 9 ♣ Q 7

South needed four of the last five tricks to make his doubled contract. His lead of the ♣Q had West over a barrel. If West ruffed, that would be his last trick. If he discarded a diamond, South would cash the jack and lead the established 9. When, instead, West discarded a heart, South overtook with dummy’s ♣K, ruffed a heart and led his remaining club. When West ruffed, he had to lead away from his ♦10, giving South the last two tricks.

English expert Alan Truscott, pressed to baptize this wild child of strange distributions, called it an “overtaking strip squeeze throw-in.” West called it something less printable.


TOURNAMENTAPPEALSIn order to keep the bridge public informed of appeal 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. Before they are published in the NABC Appeals Casebook, however, revisions may be made.

National-level Appeals case template for Daily Bulletins

APPEAL CASE 1Subject: Inadvertent designation from dummyEvent: Lebhar IMP PairsSession: Second qualifying

Peter Manzon Board: 2 ♠ 10 9 8 4 3 Vul: N-S ♥ J 9 Dlr: East ♦ 10 6 ♣ Q 9 6 4 Hailong Ao Jian-Jian Wang ♠ A Q J 6 5 2 ♠ — ♥ 6 ♥ A K Q 7 ♦ K 7 ♦ Q 8 5 3 2 ♣ A J 10 5 ♣ K 8 7 2 Robert Bertoni ♠ K 7 ♥ 10 8 5 4 3 2 ♦ A J 9 4 ♣ 3

West North East South 1♦ 1♥ 2♥ (1) Pass 2NT (2) Pass 3♣ Pass 3♦ Pass 3♥ Pass 3NT All Pass

(1) Transfer to spades.(2) Game forcing.Contract: 3NT by EastOpening lead: ♥8Table result: Down one, North-South plus 50Director ruling: 3NT by East, down one,

North-South plus 50Committee ruling: 3NT by East, made three,

East-West plus 400Facts: The director was at the table to handle

a slow play problem when this incident occurred. Although the director did not clearly hear declarer’s designation of the card nor see him point at any cards, declarer called for a “top diamond” and pointed at the clubs. The director missed the word “top.” Very shortly after the designation, declarer attempted to change the designation to “top club.” The play had proceeded:T1: ♥8, ♥6, ♥J, ♥AT2: ♣2, ♣3, ♣10, ♣QT3: ♥9, ♥K, ♥2, ♠2T4: ♦2, ♦4, ♦K, ♦6T5: ♠Q, ♠3, ♦3, ♠KT6: ♠7, ♠J, ♠4, ♦5T7: ♠A, ♠8, ♦8, ♥4

The Ruling: Pursuant to Law 45C4(a), the Director ruled that the diamond was the designated card and must be played. As a consequence, the table result became 3NT by East, down one, North-South plus 50.

The Appeal: East-West appealed the director’s ruling, and East alone attended the hearing.

Appealing Side: East reported that the call for a diamond from the dummy was a “misspeak.” His intention was to cash the clubs and then the heart; taking his nine tricks to make his contract. He then planned to attempt an endplay for an overtrick.

The Committee Decision: The intent of the declarer was obvious from his line of play. He had set up his nine tricks to fulfill his contract and leading a diamond from the dummy at trick eight would be irrational. Such irrationality by itself does not make the play retractable, but when combined with credible evidence that declarer had called for a “top diamond” when there was only one in dummy and had pointed to the three clubs in dummy, it becomes clear that it was his intention to say “club” when he said “diamond.” Further, the committee considered the promptness with which declarer had attempted to change his designation and found that there had been no pause for thought. The committee, therefore, overturned the director’s ruling and changed the final result to 3NT making three for East-West plus 400.

The Committee: Fred King (Chairman), Jim Thurtell, and Paul Janicki.

APPEAL CASE 2Subject: Unauthorized InformationEvent: Platinum PairsSession: Second qualifying

Joel Wooldridge Board: 11 ♠ 10 4 Vul: None ♥ 6 4 Dlr: South ♦ A Q J 7 5 3 ♣ K 8 4 Mike Becker Aubrey Strul ♠ A 8 6 2 ♠ K Q J 7 5 3 ♥ Q 9 ♥ K J 8 3 2 ♦ K 10 4 2 ♦ 9 ♣ J 5 2 ♣ 6 Ahmed Hussein ♠ 9 ♥ A 10 7 5 ♦ 8 6 ♣ A Q 10 9 7 3

West North East South 1♣ Pass 1♦ 2♣ (1) Dbl 3♠ Dbl (2) Pass (3) 4♣ Pass Pass 4♠ Pass Pass 5♣ All Pass

(1) Alerted and explained by West as majors.(2) Disputed break in tempo (BIT) in excess of

10 seconds.(3) In response to a question about North’s

double, South’s response was disputed. East-West reported that South said, “Penalty.” South reported that he said, “probably penalty.”

The Facts: East-West called the director after South bid 4♣. East-West reported that North hesitated in excess of 10 seconds before his double of 3♠. North-South disputed the length of the hesitation. North admitted to a hesitation of 15 to 20 seconds, while South reported that he did not notice the hesitation. There was also a dispute regarding South’s explanation of North’s double of 3♠.

The Ruling: The director ruled pursuant to Laws 16 & 12C1(e) that the table result should be adjusted to 3♠ doubled by West, making four for East-West plus 630. The director determined that a BIT beyond 10 seconds might have occurred, that the BIT demonstrably suggested that South should pull the double, and that pass is a logical alternative to bidding 4♣.

The Appeal: North-South appealed the director’s ruling, and North, South and West appeared at the hearing.

Appealing Side: North-South reported that there was a definite BIT by North prior to the double of 3♠. North argued that despite the BIT, passing the double by South was not a logical alternative to bidding 4♣.

Non-Appealing Side: East-West reported that passing the double of 3♠ was a logical alternative to bidding. East-West also claimed that the double was explained to North-South as “almost penalty.”

The Committee Decision: While the BIT by North prior to his double of 3♠ did suggest to South that bidding might well be better than passing, the committee decided that passing by South was not a logical alternative to bidding. After East announced both majors, probably 5-5, and West jumped to 3♠, the committee could not believe that South had any alternative to bidding over the double.

The Committee: James Thurtell (Chairman), Ed Lazarus, and Fred King.

Bridge with Momma MayBy Rick Logan

Momma May (McCutchen) of Blytheville AR, was my grandmother. At five feet tall, 100 pounds, with golden hair, big brown eyes and a pale round face, she looked more like a child’s doll than a competitive bridge player.

Charles GorenIn the Fifties, Momma May had an opportunity

to play with Charles Goren. Against a 4♠ contract, she led a trump. After the play was over, Goren fussed at her for that lead. Politely, but firmly, she said, “Mr. Goren, the auction indicated a trump lead should probably work well. At least, page 189 of your book says that.” He replied, “Well, the little tiger is right,” and called her that from then on.

Memphis Peabody HotelAt the 1964 Summer Sectional at the Peabody

Hotel with the live mallard ducks in the lobby

fountain, I was in my best coat and tie and playing with Momma May. She proudly introduced me to every pair she knew as her grandson who was loving the game she loved. Then, when one particular couple came to the table, She said, “John and Mary so-and- so, I’d like you to meet Ricky Logan. He’s my gigolo.” Needless-to-say, I turned three shades of red. My grandmother!

Arlington Hotel, Hot Springs AR At the 1966 regional in the Hot Springs

Arlington Hotel, I was playing with Momma May and my parents, Beau and Lulu Logan, in the Thursday board-a-match teams. David and Allan Siebert, Oswald and Jim Jacoby, Jack and Betty Ann Kennedy and Tommy and Carol Sanders all were in the event. After the first session, we were tied with the Siebert team, and finished second to them in the event. It has been a wonderful family memory.

Staring at the Ceiling When Momma May was waiting for another

round to start, she would seemingly stare at the ceiling and rapidly finger her bottom lip. She was analyzing the hands to see if she could have done better.

Ricky-boy Momma May would say, “Now, Ricky-boy, just

correct your errors and take your gifts.”

Life Master NewsFlorence Yoshikawa of Sunnyvale CA

became a Silver Life Master playing in the Sunday Open Pairs with her husband, Tad Yoshikawa.


Sixty-four young players from three area schools descended on the Spring NABC on Wednesday morning to play in their first tournament. Dana Norton, coordinator in the ACBL’s Education Department, said it all went well. “The kids were excited,” she said. “It was a nice field trip for them.”

It all started with a Learn to Play Bridge workshop conducted by Patty Tucker, founder of Atlanta Junior Bridge, last fall. The teachers who took the workshop – from Horn Lake (MS) Intermediate School, Pleasant Hill Elementary (Olive Branch MS) and Houston Middle School (Germantown TN) – went back and taught bridge to

their young players.They turned out on Wednesday for their

tournament, run by IN Directors Judy Cotterman and Priscilla Smith. Each table had an adult volunteer on hand to help the youngsters.

“It was a good event,” said Norton.

Card rooks have a blast at the NABCPhotos by Peggy Kaplan


WEDNESDAY EVENING MICAH PARKHURST 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Charles Cox, Memphis TN; Donna Pace, Brighton TN 60.71% 1 1 1 Laurie Caylen, Memphis TN; R Paul Urbanick, Chicago IL 55.36% 2 2 Michelle Menz - Todd Barker, Cincinnati OH 53.87% 2 2 Stacey Hutchinson, Columbus OH; Pamela Hughes, Bend OR 54.46% 3 3 Peggy Jalenak - Leo Jalenak Jr, Memphis TN 53.57% 3 Joan Maxwell - William Taylor, Davidson NC 52.98% 2 John Wening - George Schaefer, Jefferson City MO 47.32% 3 2 Constance Jones - Joan Wentz, Brighton MI 52.08%

MALCO THEATERS GOLD RUSH PAIRS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Gina Austin Fresh, Wichita KS; Tim Perry, Corbin KY 54.76% 1 1 Tonya Jones - Debbie House, Nashville TN 66.07% 2 1 Jim Garnier, Maple Ridge BC; Robin Hart, North Vancouver BC 53.87% 2 Ted Peck, La Crosse WI; Thomas Olson, Madison WI 55.65% 3 Keith Anderson - Mary Anderson, Rochester MN 53.27% 3 2 Vicki Scanlon - Vickey Metrailer, Little Rock AR 52.98% 4 Toni Kimmel - Chris Kimmel, Vincennes IN 52.38% 4 Tom Beard - Sarah Pentecost, Dresden TN 52.08% 2 Sally Bowers - William Bowers, Avon CO 52.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Bruce Wachsman, Germantown TN; Bill Frazee, Memphis TN 56.85% 1 1 Connie Hester, Baton Rouge LA; Jeffrey Perigoni, Slidell LA 59.23% 2/3 Lillian Shealy - John Shealy, Colorado Spgs CO 55.65% 2 2 Donald Keyes - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 57.14% 2/3 1 Mac Dalgleish, Salt Lake City UT; Thomas Herzog, Reston VA 55.65% 3 Henry Bodenheimer, New Orleans LA; E Hugh Lawson, Metairie LA 55.95% 4 Diane Griffiths - Edee Rumley, Langley BC 51.79% 4 Larry McIntyre - Mary McIntyre, St Paul MN 54.17% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Bev Pope - Bill Pope, Burlington ON 66.37% 1 1 Nancy Rainwater - Annette Woodward, Denver CO 58.93% 2 Becky Hubert, St Louis MO; Jan Mackey, Saint Louis MO 58.33% 2 2 Madalyn Hindman - Patricia Meiners, Jackson MS 56.55% 3 2 Tad Krusiewicz, Rancho Mirage CA; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA 52.68% 3 Ann Carlisle, Memphis TN; Jean Jernigan, Germantown TN 56.25% 4 Carole Kugler, Stony Brook NY; Renee Schwartz, Nesconset NY 51.79% 4 Mary Heiney, Laguna Beach CA; Karen Jachetta, Trabuco Canyon CA 54.76% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Marilyn Fontenot, Lake Charge LA; Roger Hill, Myrtle Beach SC 60.42% 1 Diane Berkowitz, Hawley PA; Stanley Berkowitz, Delray Beach FL 63.39% 2 2 Nelson Daigle - Sharon Henry, Metairie LA 56.25% 2 Phyllis Pettijohn, West Palm Beach FL; Michael Callahan, Manitowoc WI 56.25% 3 Elaine Hallum - Barbara Rankin, Jonesboro AR 55.36% 3 Kathy Love - Samuel Love, Olive Branch MS 54.76% 4 Marilyn Drever - Donald Drever, Regina SK 50.89% 4 Deborah Fabian - Stephen Fabian, Sparta NJ 51.49% 1 Pam Donofrio, Brentwood TN; Gloria Blount, Franklin TN 48.21% 2/3 Charles Brion - Pat Brion, Edmond OK 43.75% 2/3 Paul Smith, Clayton NC; Julia Bon Smith, Chapel Hill NC 43.75% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 59.82% 1 Tilghman Moore, Gretna LA; Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 61.61% 2 2 Yichi Zhang, Pasadena CA; Mutian Zhang, Omaha NE 59.52% 2 Susan Tom - Thomas Tom, Muskegon MI 56.55% 3 Kelly Skalicky, New York NY; Suresh Nayak, Brooklyn NY 58.04% 3 Pat Harlton - Fraser Brooks, Regina SK 55.65% 4 Joanne Dawson - Keith Dawson, Chatham ON 57.44% 4 1 Wally Johnson, Hot Springs Vil AR; Alan Trippel, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 54.17% 2 Nancy Clayman, Boston MA; Susan Rutstein, \boca Raton FL 52.08%

Shark tankBy Steve Cooper, Toronto

I have been running a small duplicate game in the basement “Activity” room at a Seniors retirement residence for about five years now. I inherited the game from Ed, who used to run the weekly game. Now and then, he would ask me to

fill in for him when he had some scheduling conflict. After a while, I was doing it once a month. Then he moved away and it was left to me.

Every Wednesday we have a game that ranges from three to five tables. No masterpoints are at stake. We play 15 or 16

boards. Although I have recently become eligible for the ACBL Senior events myself, I am still younger than the average participant by about 30 years! One regular just turned 100. Last week, when we sat down at her table, my partner asked how she was. “Old and crotchety,” she replied with a smile. I looked her in the eye, returned her smile, and said, “You’re not that crotchety.” In any case, most participants are LOLs, bearing the old-fashioned bridge meaning, before LOL was a way to text laughter The men don’t seem to make it this far.

The players all live in apartments in the building. Over the years that I have been there, the game has lost about seven or eight souls, presumably still playing in The Great Beyond. As a result, we always have to scrounge for players, and actively try to recruit new residents into the game. Some have not played in some time (“I used to play before the war”). Although non-duplicate bridge is popular in the building, many are intimidated by the prospect of facing these “sharks,” so the duplicate game remains small.

I try to restrict myself to directing the game, but am often pressed into service to fill out a table. Sometimes, I have to grab my cell phone and make some calls to try to pry forth a reluctant player. Some are seduced by the prospect of playing with me as their partner. Others just liked to be asked.

One of my current favorite partners is Mary. She is said to be in her mid-90’s, although nobody knows for sure. I am old enough to know better than to ask a lady her age! Recently, when I phoned and asked her to play, she agreed quickly, then asked,” Where is the game?” Although her memory comes and goes, she does have a firm grasp of how to play the odds: Consider the following exchange:

Myrtle: “Do you have any holiday plans this year, Stephen?”

Stephen: “Yes, we are planning on a visit to Newfoundland in June”.

Myrtle: “Oh, I am going on a visit there this coming July”

Betty: “I have never been there, myself. (Turning to face Mary…) Have you ever been there, Mary?”

Mary gives it some careful consideration, and

replies, “Probably!”But you want to hear some stories.The ladies like to raise my bids. They are quite

content to have me play the hands. Last week, Mary picked up a hand with 9 high-card points and 5-5 in the red suits, and opened 1♥. I responded 1♠ and she bid 2♦. But when I bid 2NT, she raised me to three! Tabling the dummy, she said, “He plays them well.” Not that well!

And sometimes the defense is deadly: ♠ A 7 6 ♥ A 5 4 ♦ J 10 5 ♣ K Q 9 3

♠ K 8 2 ♥ K Q 3 2 ♦ 8 7 5 ♣ J 10 4

My partner opened 1♣ as North, then raised my 1♥ to 2♥. The opening lead was a fourth-best diamond, and they cleared three rounds of the suit, with West winning the third round. Could I hope to salvage anything from this? If the hearts were 3-3 (they were), I would make plus 140, while those in notrump could not avoid five losers. And notrump seemed a likely spot – I estimated that most Norths would rebid 1NT. After all, that dummy is particularly notrumpy. It was so notrumpy, that it mesmerized my opponents into thinking we were playing in notrump, as West now tried to “cash” the 13th diamond, and East, from the ♥8 7 6, “pitched” a heart on it! Now I had a trump loser, and was held to 110.

Playing with another lady, I encountered a sequence for the first time (and I have been playing since 1967): With both red, I picked up:♠A J 5 ♥ 6 5 3 2 ♦Q 8 5 4 ♣A 7and heard 1♥ on my left and 2♦ on my right. Opener jump rebid 3♥, and my partner now doubled! Ordinarily, I would expect that to be a premature (and misguided – surely the sequence is forcing?!?) attempt at penalties, but my heart length suggested otherwise. What kind of hand might my partner have. She could not bid over 1♥, but could now bid when they both showed lots of strength? And vulnerable, to boot! Well, I seemed to have no choice, so fearfully I bid 3♠. Opener rebid 4♥, and now partner bid 4♠, which was passed out! She tracked with♠K10 9 6 4 3 ♥— ♦3 2 ♣K 8 6 5 4.

Later, after scoring up my game, I asked pard why she did not bid the first time. She told me she has a strict policy of not coming in initially without at least 10 HCP. Having limited her hand….

Later that same session, I held:♠— ♥A 10 9 6 5 3 ♦K Q 8 4 ♣9 4 2

Partner passed, and RHO started with 1♠. I overcalled 2♥, white against red, and LHO’s 4♠ was passed around to me. I decided that my shape and the vulnerability warranted one more call. With an expert partner, I might bid 4NT to try to suggest

a two-card disparity between my suit lengths, intending to correct 5♣ to 5♦. But in this game, a natural 5♦ seemed more prudent, as I did not want partner to give me the number of her aces over 4NT.

The 5♦ bid surprised everyone, as game bids usually provoke everyone into writing down the contract. They rarely wait for the three passes “to make it official.” However, my partner apparently had a problem over my 5♦. With the idea of a sacrifice bid being outside her experience, she carefully considered

♠6 3 ♥8 4 2 ♦A 10 9 5 3 ♣A 8 6and raised me to six! On the actual spade lead, I found hearts 2-2, diamonds 3-1, and scored up plus 920 (nobody ever doubles me).

Finally, the piece de resistance. ♠ A 10 6 ♥ 6 4 2 ♦ 8 ♣ A Q J 7 6 3

♠ K J 9 ♥ K J 5 ♦ A J 7 5 3 2 ♣ 2 West North East South 1♦ Pass 2♣ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

Receiving a low spade lead, I considered my prospects. These LOLs lead fourth-best religiously, regardless of the bidding. It could even be into declarer’s rebid suit. I know the standard of play in this game is not world class, but I would not want to pass up on a classic entry-creating maneuver in spades. Thus, I carefully won the king, preserving the A-10 in dummy as two later entries should the clubs not be running. The club hook lost, and a low diamond came back. Trying to get some value out of dummy’s 8, I ducked and the king came up! A low diamond back was covered by the queen and ace. I now tabled a low spade.

At this point, I want to take time out to reflect on a couple of common expressions that are used to describe a player’s skill level.

“How does John play?” “Oh, he can follow suit”I have also heard the expression, “He can tell a

club from a spade.”Well, this lady could not do either. Her eyesight

is failing. At some tables, we use bidding boxes to assist with memory and hearing issues. At other tables, they hear better than they see, so they bid the old-fashioned way, verbally.

In any case, LHO followed to my low spade with a club. I pointed out that I had played a spade, not a club. She apologized profusely, retrieved her club, leaned forward to get a good read on the dummy, then plopped the ♠Q on the table! With the clubs not splitting, I soon found myself down one. I never asked her motivation.

The names have been changed.


UNIT 179 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS WW VV EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Dixie Martin, Sherwood AR; William Herman, Bellevue WA 62.50% 1 Michael Strong - Johanna Strong, Winfield IL 61.53% 2/3 Mary Conaway, Birmingham AL; Dennis Luft, Trussville AL 60.28% 2 1 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA 59.39% 2/3 2 Jeremy Williams, Reynoldsburg OH; Jerome Williams, Westerville OH 60.28% 3 2 1 Georgianna Scarborough, Union City TN; Dianna Nerren, Hickman KY 58.74% 4 James Partridge, Birmingham AL; Barbara Mackay, Fredericton NB 57.22% 4 Don Haney, Trussville AL; Dane Kusler, Birmingham AL 57.64% 5 3 2 Niki Coons, Toronto ON; Roger Hill, Myrtle Beach SC 54.22% 5 3 2 Mary Ellen Nickodemus, Windsor CO; Beth McGregor, Fort Collins CO 56.75% 6 4 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Marvin Raines, Fort Washington MD 53.90% 6 4 Beth Keeney, Fayetteville NC; Norma Bienkowski, Kodak TN 54.76% 7 5 Joe Dehmer Jr. - R Lee Davis, Jackson MS 53.20% 7 Linda Pelts, Memphis TN; Jack Greenberg, New York NY 51.75% 8 6 3 Mary Collins - Karen Young, Tulsa OK 52.97% 8 5 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Robert Korten, Frankfort MI 51.47% 6 3 Betty Peden - Blanche Moore, Little Rock AR 50.78% 4 Colleen Bicket, Edmond OK; Betty McCauley, Oklahoma City OK 50.31%

WEDNESDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION WWW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Dee Johnston - Patricia Mason, Kansas City MO 63.39% 1 1 1 Constance Jones - Joan Wentz, Brighton MI 67.56% 2 2 1 Lisa Harris - Sheryl Gorden, Memphis TN 53.87% 2 2 Kitty Byers - Imogene McDaniel, Jonesboro AR 63.39% 3/4 3/4 Shirley Haydel, McComb MS; Raymond Laythe, Saint Louis MO 52.38% 3 3 Thomas Krueger, Shorewood WI; Richard Krueger, Milwaukee WI 51.19% 3/4 3/4 Peggy Jalenak - Leo Jalenak Jr, Memphis TN 52.38% 4/5 4/5 2/3 Brenda Shavin, Atlanta GA; Susan Sbar, Tampa FL 49.11% 4/5 4/5 2/3 John Morris - Sally Morris, Jonesboro AR 49.11%

WEDNESDAY MORNING 49ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B A B 1 Pam Shields - Jane McCoy, Saltillo MS 67.50% 1 Carol Koch - Robert Koch, Hot Springs AR 62.92% 2 Charles Cox, Memphis TN; Ronald Williams, Piperton TN 56.83% 2 Flo Seward - Josie Nuc Kolls, Germantown TN 61.92% 3 Evelyn Kay Lait - Camilla Barber, Memphis TN 49.17% 3 Alice Morgan, Memphis TN; Margie Steinberg, Germantown TN 59.08% 1 Marc Oliff - Lori Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ 45.17% 1 Bhogilal Sheth, Memphis TN; Manilal Shah, Germantown TN 40.83%

WEDNESDAY MORNING CARDROOK PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST 1 Phillip Dobbins - John Swaim, Germantown TN 69.46% 1 Sky Gardner, Germantown TN; Blake Kelly, Collierville TN 77.08% 2 Thomas Canter - Matthew Higdon, Germantown TN 68.08% 2 London Jones - Mallie Bichor, Horn Lake MS 63.46% 3 Darrion Cummings - Jeremiah Livingston, Horn Lake MS 50.79% 3 Tyler Scaramastro - Patrick Canter, Germantown TN 58.33%

WEDNESDAY MORNING CARDROOK PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION VVV EAST-WEST 1 Autumn Robbins - Nathan Taylor, Olive Branch MS 75.00% 1/2 Omar Jamil - James Reid, Olive Branch MS 75.00% 2 Sam Sullivan - Kristian Esgasane, Olive Branch MS 70.83% 1/2 LaMon Portee, Horn Lake MS; Brooke Sanders, Nesbitt MS 75.00% 3 Ryleigh Raymond - Hannah Sylvester, Olive Branch MS 62.50% 3 Amonie Silas - Emma Reese Myers, Olive Branch MS 66.67%

NATE SILVERSTEIN DAYLIGHT PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS CCC BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Peter Wityk, Des Moines IA; John Gustafson, Clive IA 62.09% 1 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 63.62% 2 Ann Olsson - Tom Olsson, Urbandale IA 60.89% 2 David Stark - Valerie Laing, Des Moines IA 59.80% 3 1 1 Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY; David Howorth, Oxford MS 58.39% 3 Carolyn Gibson, Annandale VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 54.79% 4 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 57.73% 4 Mark Shaw, Columbia MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 54.68% 5 2 Carol Bertz, Englewood CO; Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO 55.88% 5 1 James Olson - Ellen Olson, Charleston WV 53.81% 6 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 54.68% 6/7 Peter Mosheim, Miami FL; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 53.38% 7 Charles Anderson, Mononon WI; Phyllis Rahn, Dunlap IL 53.38% 6/7 Patricia Chambers - Robin Chambers, Palo Alto CA 53.38% 8 Barbara Kantrowitz - Seymour Kantrowitz, New York NY 52.83% 8 2 Lowell Lynde Jr, Monticello AR; Paul Graham, Westfield NY 53.27% 9 Barbara Murphy, Newton MA; Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA 52.18% 9 Kathleen Fortney - Charles Fortney, Wheaton IL 52.83% 3 Shirley Derrah - Robert Derrah, Springfield MA 51.74% 3 1 Xiaolun Yi, Fredericton NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 51.85% 4 Raymond Smith - Beverly Smith, Plymouth MN 50.33% 4 Bert Sheldon, Houston TX; Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN 50.22%

M.A. LIGHTMAN TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE GAME WEDNESDAY EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS VV WW ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Pat Jackson - Marilyn Roney, Huntsville AL 62.55% 1 Jacek Jerzy Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Jessica Piafsky, New York NY 69.28% 2 Steve Shirey - Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 58.10% 2 1 Mary Petit, Hernando FL; Elizabeth Nagle, Wethersfield CT 66.30% 3 1 James Bloom - Cheryl Bloom, Orchard Lake MI 57.95% 3 John Gilbert, Kitchener ON; Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE 58.00% 4 Ruby Killebrew, Collierville TN; Colleen Duffy, Memphis TN 57.84% 4 2 Hall Whitaker - Daryl Fisher, Rolla MO 57.54% 5 Janice Nakao - Thomas Quinlan, San Mateo CA 57.24% 5 Richard Higgins, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL 56.98% 6/7 Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB; Peter Clark, Ottawa ON 57.14% 6 3 Joe Dehmer Jr. - R Lee Davis, Jackson MS 56.73% 6/7 2 1 Peter Shui - Penny Shui, Clarence NY 57.14% 7 James Melville, Springfield IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 56.58% 8 3 Raymond Lynch - Pauline Longstaff, Bella Vista AR 57.09% 8 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK 56.38%9/10 Edward Scolnick, Wayland MA; Enrico Beretta, Martin GA 56.73% 9 4 Suman Agarwal, Hilliard OH; Douglas Millsap, Columbus OH 55.87%9/10 Franklin Gonzalez, Menlo Park CA; Lynda Flanger, Gainesville VA 56.73% 10 5 Debbie Feldman - Christopher Cowan, Oakville ON 55.57% 11 4 2 Xiaolun Yi, Fredericton NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 55.31% 11 6 Gary Helman, Syosset NY; Jeremy Lewis, Hampton VA 55.26% 12 Barbara Denley - Sandra Nott, Memphis TN 53.14% 12 7 1 Bob Ritter - Sue Ritter, Cordova TN 55.16% 13 Lil Hemeon - Sharon Stevenson, Saskatoon SK 52.99% 13 8 Bert Sheldon, Houston TX; Paul Sitz, Ramsey MN 53.49% 14 5 John Thomas, Chattanooga TN; Bob Allard, Murfreesboro TN 52.28% 14 9 Monroe Miller, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Steve Merovitz, Laval QC 53.19% 15 Ellen Davidoff, Bellmore NY; Joan Asheroff, Melville NY 52.02% 15 10 Barbara Grantham, Houston TX; Helene Katz, Louisville KY 52.28% 16 6 3 Larry Kaddatz, Hot Spgs Vlg AR; Linda Smith, Hot Springs Vlg AR 51.62% 16 11 2 Michael Smith - Susan Seitz, Des Moines IA 51.97% 7 Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; Glynda Caldwell, Jacksonville FL 51.47% 3 Katherine Hawker - Stephen Hawker, Baltimore MD 51.57% 8 4 Peggy Sciotto - Sheila Fleming, Columbia TN 50.20% 4 John Altman - John Altman, Mariemont OH 51.47% 9 Dorthy Rippstein - Katherine Gary, Karnes City TX 49.44% 10 Diane Dillman, Barrington IL; Rebecca Deaux, Collierville TN 49.04%

CAM CAMERON A/X PAIRS 2ND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OO PP EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Michael Courtney, Memphis TN; Paul Wyer, Qld 4212 Aust Australia 65.38% 1 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 67.08% 2 Charles Sepessy, Cordova TN; Shelba Parmley, Oklahoma City OK 59.69% 2 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 65.36% 3 Lauren Block, Manhasset NY; Howard Friedman, Great Neck NY 59.15% 3 1 Deborah Hart, E Falmouth MA; Rick Eissenstat, 97278 Jerusalem Israel 58.23% 4 Chester Johnson, Chicago IL; Robert Levey, Bethesda MD 56.38% 4/5 Melody Euler, Temple TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX 58.08% 5 Mina Akhnoukh, Ft Lauderdale FL; Paul Nason, Los Angeles CA 56.13% 4/5 2 David Loeb, Heathrow FL; Maureen Loeb, Lake Mary FL 58.08% 6 1 Shiu-Wen Kao, Stone Mountain GA; Grant Petersen, Taylor MI 55.62% 6 3 Stanislaw Kolesnik, Elmwood Park IL; James Hudson, Elmhurst IL 57.38% 7 2 Maya Altarac - Roy Martin, Birmingham AL 55.54% 7 Jim Miller - Peggy Miller, Olive Branch MS 56.85% 8 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 54.15% 8 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Wafik Abdou, Bakersfield CA 56.23% 9 Harold Katz, Memphis TN; Linda Green, Southaven MS 53.92% 9 Ed Word Jr, Monroe LA; Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA 54.08% 10 Patricia Dovell - Adrian Dovell, Gainesville FL 53.46% 10 Irma Schulman, New York NY; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 54.00% 11 Malcolm Ewashkiw, Belleville ON; Robert Hollow, Madoc ON 52.92% 11 Angela Fenton - Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC 52.92% 12 Linda Spangler, Ft Worth TX; Ned Hager, Tulsa OK 52.38% 12 Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 52.23%13/14 3 Eugene Kober - Claudia Kober, Indianapolis IN 51.38% 13 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 51.46%13/14 Tomi FitzGerald, Frisco TX; James Bauer, Dallas TX 51.38% 4 Patricia Rogoski, Memphis TN; Margaret Brennan, West Des Moines IA 49.31% 4 Allen Rew, Independence MO; Keith Smith, Lees Summit MO 48.85% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQ RR EAST-WEST A X A X 1 B Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 66.54% 1 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 64.15% 2 Shirley Presberg - Sharon Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 58.77% 2 Don Piafsky, Toronto ON; Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC 60.85% 3 H Wendell Williams - Carolyn Bryan, Oklahoma City OK 56.38% 3 Jim Russell, Bradenton FL; Tom Kniest, University City MO 59.38% 4 Linda Marshall, Bethesda MD; Steven Schatzow, Washington DC 56.23% 4 Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Sharon Goldman, New York City NY 58.31% 5 1 A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH 56.15% 5 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA 57.46% 6 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Helen Corbin, Palo Alto CA 55.77% 6 Ann Rickard, Simpsonville SC; Michael Oechsler, Charleston SC 55.08% 7 Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA 53.54% 7 Winston Legge Jr - Jennie Legge, Pensacola FL 54.23% 8 Eleanor Onstott, New Orleans LA; Joan Van Geffen, Metairie LA 53.46% 8 Tom Dixon - Clair Berry, Germantown TN 53.23% 9 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, Haverdal 310 4 Sweden 52.54% 9 Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 52.77% 10 2 Catherine Gay, Kalamazoo MI; William Northrop, Schoolcraft MI 52.08% 10 Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 52.62% 11 3 Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Richard Brummer, Effingham IL 51.77% 11 Karen Snyder, Spicewood TX; Janise Saul, San Antonio TX 52.23% 12 4 Leon McCarty - Chris Buck, Hurdland MO 51.54% 12 Jon Nance, Springfield MO; Emory Whitaker, Macon GA 52.00% 1 Frank Wharton, London Nw3 1en England; Paul Walker, London W1U 1BT England 51.31% 2 Ross Anderson, Markham ON; Peter Deluca, Woodbridge ON 50.23% 3 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA 50.15% 4 William Lindemann, Champaign IL; Donald Rogers, Mattoon IL 48.92%

ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A C D G H I J EAST-WEST 1 William Cole - Shawn Stringer, Silver Spring MD 65.12% 1 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 65.05% 2 Pat Levy, Houston TX; Godfrey Chang, Honolulu HI 64.80% 2 Laurie Vogel - Lew Walter, New York NY 64.54% 3 Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA 63.88% 3 Allan Siebert, Little Rock AR; Diana Schuld, Glen Head NY 61.82% 4 Robert Teel Jr - Jane Teel, Birmingham AL 62.55% 4 Angela Kaiser, Bonita Springs FL; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 60.67% 5 Merril Hirsh, Washington DC; Monique Smith, Arlington VA 61.19% 5 Linda Hughes, Edmond OK; En Xie, Saint Louis MO 59.64% 6 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 60.55% 6 Kathy Baum - Jay Baum, Germantown TN 59.15% 7 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Bob Drijver, 3051 EG, Rotter Netherlands 59.10% 7 Karen Walker - James Ward, Champaign IL 59.02% 8 Bob Balderson Jr - Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN 58.11% 8 Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 58.95% 9 Rebecca Clough - Roger Clough, Culver City CA 57.54% 9 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 58.83% 10 Mark Yaeger - Lee Atkinson, Hollywood FL 57.39% 10 Michael Schreiber - Amy Downing, Memphis TN 58.70% 11 Ellen Glynn - John Glynn, Annandale VA 57.07% 11 Marvin Shapiro, Saint Louis MO; Debra Romero, Clarkson Valley MO 58.19% 12 Susan Munday - Jim Munday, Southaven MS 57.07% 12 Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA 56.72% 13 Stan Tulin, Highland Beach FL; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 57.00% 13 Ivanie Yeo, Brighton MA; Lon Sunshine, Framingham MA 56.35% 14 Mildred Breed, Austin TX; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 56.66% 14 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 55.73% 15 Jill Gilbert, Lakeland FL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 56.38% 15 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 55.48% 16 Marta Monheim, West Hills CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA 55.25% 16 Don Kern, Bay Minette AL; Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 55.39% 17 Owen Lynch, Huntsville AL; Terry James, Upper Arlington OH 55.16% 17 Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 55.28% 18 Sharon Anderson - Roger Anderson, Eagan MN 55.12% 18 Rita Ellington, Traverse City MI; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden 55.20% 19 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 55.06% 19 Mary Oshlag - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN 55.13% 20 Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Douglas Wagner, Birmingham AL 55.04% 20 Daniel Suty - Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 54.79% 21 Dan Parish - Elise Parish, Omaha NE 54.52% 21 Andy Avery, Jamaica VT; Cecily Kohler, Washington DC 54.49% 22 Marion Michielsen, 3024 AM Rotterd Netherlands; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 54.05% 22/23 Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 54.37% 23 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Scott Levine, New York NY 53.73% 22/23 Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA; Susan Kestenbaum, Huntingdon Vy PA 54.37% 24 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 53.65% 24/25 David Siebert - Jane Dickey, Little Rock AR 53.98% 25 Kate Burton, Durham CT; Dave Smith, Walls MS 53.55% 24/25 Dot Blue, Nashville TN; Chris Panagopoulos, Franklin TN 53.98% 26 Suzi Subeck, Glenview Nas IL; Stanton Subeck, Glenview IL 53.33% 26 Lorraine Cable, New York NY; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA 53.62% 27 Victoria Muir - William Muir, Kansas City MO 53.09% 27 Joanne Weingold - Jack Weingold, Boca Raton FL 53.57% 28 Roger Pennell - Hachy Pennell, Aurora CO 52.94% 28 Alan Applebaum, Brookline MA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 53.47%29/30 Hao Ge, Bay Village OH; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 52.32% 29 Russell Samuel, Long Beach NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 53.43%29/30 Brian Mason - Gerri Anne Mason, Crossville TN 52.32% 30 Linda Perlman, Lake Park FL; Brian Johnston, Toronto ON 53.40% 31 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Ann Lindley, Alexandria VA 52.13% 31 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 53.30% 32 Ina Demme, Maple ON; Bill Kertes, Toronto ON 51.92% 32 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Ellen Kozlove, Louisville KY 53.23% 33 Faye Marino, Greenwich CT; Fred Hawa, White Plains NY 51.53% 33 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 53.15% 34 Glenn Eisenstein - Abbie Cole, New York NY 51.47% 34 KIZ Fung, Edmonton AB; David Yang, Darien IL 52.96% 35 Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 51.25% 35 Ellie Dorsey, Westminster MD; Fred King, Falls Church VA 52.91% 36 Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 51.23% 36 Nicolas Hammond, Marietta GA; Christal Henner-Welland, New York NY 52.58%


NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS DDD EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Frank Mastrola - Susan Mastrola, Swansea MA 69.50% 1 1 Lee Stokes Hilton - Jim Hilton, Austin TX 67.86% 2 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA 62.53% 2 Jean Boettcher - Steven Gaynor, Minneapolis MN 60.24% 3 Don Pearsons - Douglas Fisher, Winnipeg MB 61.33% 3 Judy Schwarz - Phil Schwarz, Lakeville MN 56.21% 4 Philip Duterme, Bellaire TX; Constance Sackville, Vero Beach FL 56.97% 4 Susan Winkler, Wake Forest NC; Roger Johnson, Sarasota FL 55.88% 5 Ralph Jungwirth - Latrelle Uhl, Modesto CA 54.58% 5 2 1 Catherine Pretsch, Saint Charles MO; William Bunn, Brentwood MO 55.23% 6 1 Ralph Boles III, Huntsville AL; Rita Peterson, Athens AL 53.59% 6 3 Dave Lang, Ottawa ON; William Sharp, Nepean ON 55.01% 7 2 April Uhlenburg, King of Prussia PA; Peter Gray, Ketchum ID 52.40% 7 4 Camilla Rabjohns, Peoria Heights IL; Ann Schuyler, Bloomington IL 53.81% 8 3 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Justin Beck, Sherwood OR 51.74% 8 Brenda Keller, Palm Springs CA; Nancy Cord, Sun Valley ID 53.49% 9 4 James Glasscock - Barbara Glasscock, Brandon MS 50.54% 9 5 Bryan Delfs, Kenosha WI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 51.31% 5 Sherrill Sasser, Ferriday LA; Shan Disman, Alexandria LA 49.89% 6 1 Byron Nimocks, Rye NY; Khalid AlDoori, Harrison NY 48.15% 2 Virginia Gordon, Tupelo MS; June Hellstrom, Fulton MS 47.49%

M.A. LIGHTMAN TUESDAY-THURSDAY SIDE GAME WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS VV WW EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Joshua Stark, Grayslake IL; Suzanne Dunn, Crystal Lake IL 68.92% 1 1 Marvin Skaggs - Cecile Skaggs, Memphis TN 64.17% 2 Robert Morris - Kay Johnson, Houston TX 67.04% 2 2 1 Valerie Greenberg - Alan Greenberg, Ojai CA 58.89% 3 1 1 Amanda Jeger - Iolanda Fantoni, Frankfurt Germany 60.40% 3 Kimberly Music, Lewis Center OH; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY 58.45% 4 Betty Starzec, Sugar Land TX; Betty Freedman, Houston TX 58.33% 4 3 Alan Charters, Kitchener ON; S Berry, Bath MI 56.67% 5 Steve Shirey - Darlene Shirey, Fort Worth TX 58.07% 5 4 Martina Kelley - Michael Kelley, Lake Zurich IL 54.97% 6 2 2 Jing Dong Chen, Rowland Heights CA; Gang Chen, Chad 54.90% 6 Anne Leverone, Saint Paul MN; Ann Economidy, Albuquerque NM 53.87% 7 3 Phyllis Siegel, Ballwin MO; Jay D Shah, St Louis MO 52.40% 7 5 2 Donna Plumer - Daniel Copp, Memphis TN 53.62% 8 4 Somers Collins, Roland AR; Mike Compton, Little Rock AR 51.71% 8 Diyan Danailov, Sofia A799 Bulgaria; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK 53.32% 9 Jim Proctor, Little Rock AR; Steven Goodman, Overland Park KS 51.56% 9 6 Sorina Negulescu, Ellicott City MD; Paula Strand, Kirkland WA 53.13% 10 5 Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; Glynda Caldwell, Jacksonville FL 51.04% 10 Linda Pelts, Memphis TN; Jack Greenberg, New York NY 51.50% 11 6 3 Thomas Shepro - Mary Shepro, Madison WI 50.43% 11 Debbie Wagner, Athens GA; Lois Define, Saint Charles MO 51.20% 3 Barbara Woodward, Collierville TN; Martha Shapiro, Germantown TN 50.90%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XXX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Dee Johnston - Patricia Mason, Kansas City MO 68.18% 1 1 Richard Cantley, Birmingham MI; Dennis Waniolek, Shelby Township MI 64.58% 2 2 Ellen D’Amato, Kansas City MO; Carolyn Bond, Shawee Mission KS 57.01% 2 2 1 Constance Jones - Joan Wentz, Brighton MI 60.04% 3 3 Deborah Steffen - Susan Challen, Santa Barbara CA 52.08% 3 3 R Paul Urbanick, Chicago IL; Tinna Moy, Newton MA 57.39% 4/5 4/5 Shirley Haydel, McComb MS; Raymond Laythe, Saint Louis MO 50.38% 4 4 2 Robert Schreiber - Robert Williams, Jr, Memphis TN 55.11% 4/5 4/5 1 Dick Johnson - Dale Johnson, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 50.38% 5 5 Kitty Byers - Imogene McDaniel, Jonesboro AR 52.27% 6 6 Anna Ham, West Monroe LA; Melba Williamson, Monroe LA 49.81% 6 6 Allan Trynz - Teri Trynz, Boynton Beach FL 51.33% 2 Gloria Zupanci - James Zupanci, Edwardsville IL 49.43% 3 John Licharson - Elna Licharson, Odessa ON 49.81% 3 Mimi Waite, St Simons Isle GA; Ronald Williams, Piperton TN 49.05% 4 John Morris - Sally Morris, Jonesboro AR 49.43%

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 49ER PAIRS ONLY SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Donna Oliver, Bossier City LA; Richard Doss, Hot Springs Vg AR 63.04% 1 1 1 Beth Edmondson - Kay Moody, Memphis TN 58.25% 2 1 Katherine Brents, Germantown TN; Barbara Layman, Memphis TN 55.92% 2 Flo Seward - Josie Nuckolls, Germantown TN 57.92% 3 Chuck Burpee - Mary Jo Burpee, Grand Rapids MI 53.00% 3 Robert Koch - Carol Koch, Hot Springs AR 7.83% 2 1 Marc Oliff - Lori Oliff, Englewood Cliff NJ 49.92%

CAM CAMERON A/X PAIRS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS OO PP EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Jay Segarra, Ocean Springs MS; Susan Kusler, Moss Point MS 61.92% 1 1 Allen Rew, Independence MO; Keith Smith, Lees Summit MO 58.62% 2 Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA; Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA 61.00% 2 Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Barry Rigal, New York NY 58.46% 3 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Pls Vrds Pnsl CA 58.92% 3 Dave Swarthout - Donna Swarthout, San Antonio TX 57.77% 4 Jim Miller - Peggy Miller, Olive Branch MS 58.15% 4 Patrick Dunn - Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA 57.00% 5 1 Deborah Hart, E Falmouth MA; Rick Eissenstat, 97278 Jerusalem Israel 57.54% 5 Michael Courtney, Memphis TN; Paul Wyer, Qld 4212 Aust Australia 56.69% 6 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 56.85% 6 Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA 56.31% 7/8 Louise Davis, Germantown TN; Barbara Johnson, Memphis TN 56.54% 7 Patricia Dovell - Adrian Dovell, Gainesville FL 56.00% 7/8 Ed Word Jr, Monroe LA; Barbara Norris, West Monroe LA 56.54% 8 Shaleen Baze - Susan Davis, Marietta GA 55.08% 9 Melody Euler, Temple TX; James Thurtell, Dallas TX 56.31% 9 Linda Gruber - Bob Gruber, Camarillo CA 55.00% 10 Eileen Cripps, Madison WI; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 56.23% 10 Dee Adams - Alvin Stone, Memphis TN 54.92% 11 Daniel Fong, Rancho Cordova CA; Joan Garcia, Dixon CA 53.62% 11 Harold Katz, Memphis TN; Linda Green, Southaven MS 53.62% 12 David Rodney - Avril Rodney, Fairfax VA 53.23% 12 2 Shiu-Wen Kao, Stone Mountain GA; Grant Petersen, Taylor MI 52.23% 2 Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC; Bobbie Buck, Helena AR 52.46% 3 Eugene Kober - Claudia Kober, Indianapolis IN 50.62% 3 Patricia Rogoski, Memphis TN; Margaret Brennan, West Des Moines IA 51.15% 4 Robert Bertoni, Haverhill MA; Peter Manzon, Waltham MA 48.23% 4 Kimberly Gilman - Robin Hillyard, Carlisle MA 51.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS QQ RR EAST-WEST A X A X 1 1 Frank Wharton, London Nw3 1en England; Paul Walker, London W1U 1BT England 59.08% 1 Srikanth Kodayam, Fremont CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA 61.95% 2 2 Leon McCarty - Chris Buck, Hurdland MO 58.11% 2 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Helen Corbin, Palo Alto CA 59.44% 3 3 Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Rory Millson, Bronxville NY 56.85% 3 1 Kim Eng, Issaquah WA; Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA 57.94% 4 Jon Nance, Springfield MO; Emory Whitaker, Macon GA 56.23% 4 Sage Bassett - Lenore Bassett, Daleville VA 57.49% 5 Jim O’Neil, Palo Alto CA; Kathy Harper, Woodside CA 56.04% 5 Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Haven Sharaf, Danvers MA 56.57% 6 Randy Thompson, Albuquerque NM; Barry Spector, Springfield VA 55.54% 6 2 Tad Yoshikawa - Florence Yoshikawa, Sunnyvale CA 56.26% 7 4 A J Stephani, Cincinnati OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH 54.73% 7 Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Corey Krantz, Drexel Hill PA 55.53% 8 Vincent Yung - Andrew Krywaniuk, Vancouver BC 54.72% 8 3 Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL; Kevin Dybvig, Birmingham AL 55.42%9/10 Jim Russell, Bradenton FL; Tom Kniest, University City MO 54.46% 9 Louallen Thomassen, Hot Springs Vlg AR; Greg Frank, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 54.57%9/10 Molly O’Neill, Ft Lauderdale FL; Zeke Jabbour, Boca Raton FL 54.46% 10 Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA; Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA 54.29% 11 Ross Anderson, Markham ON; Peter Deluca, Woodbridge ON 53.82% 11 Jim Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Scott Hiller, Marshall MN 53.10% 12 Betty Fleischer, Ossining NY; Linda Otness, Greenwich CT 53.02% 12 B Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 52.85% 13 Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA; Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA 52.43% 13 Marlene Keliher, Chestnut Hill MA; Marina Polestra, Boston MA 52.84% 4 Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Richard Brummer, Effingham IL 52.37% 5 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Eric Neumann, Downers Grove IL 50.49%

ROCKWELL MIXED PAIRS FIRST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A C D G H I J EAST-WEST 1 Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Sheila Gabay, Newton MA 60.11% 1 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Scott Levine, New York NY 63.62% 2 Suzanne Stevenson - Robert Cappelli, Bloomfield MI 59.66% 2 Pamela Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Michael Polowan, New York NY 61.75% 3 Hans Jacobs, Downsview ON; Debbie Bennett, Toronto ON 58.91% 3 Ralph Buchalter, South Orange NJ; Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY 61.53% 4 Diane Walker, Gaithersburg MD; Ron Ashbacher, Lead Hill AR 58.85% 4 Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Joseph Stokes, Chicago IL 60.65% 5 Fay Teal, Mesa AZ; Barry Harper, Regina SK 58.78% 5 Kenneth Kranyak, Bay Village OH; Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI 60.42% 6 Craig Robinson - Elaine Landow, Lansdale PA 58.56% 6 Ellen Glynn - John Glynn, Annandale VA 60.33% 7 Don Kern, Bay Minette AL; Jean Talbot, Metairie LA 58.41% 7 William Pettis, Silver Spring MD; Ann Lindley, Alexandria VA 58.98% 8 David Siebert - Jane Dickey, Little Rock AR 58.05% 8 Shelly Dunietz, New York NY; Haig Tchamitch, Scottsdale AZ 58.80% 9 Arline Fulton, Englishtown NJ; Kare Gjaldbfek, Bronx NY 57.90% 9 Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 58.38% 10 Dale Johannesen - Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA 57.69% 10 Lynn Jones, Timonium MD; Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD 58.25% 11 Martin Caley, Montreal QC; Diane Graese, Las Vegas NV 57.02% 11 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA 57.66% 12 Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA 56.29% 12 Donna Dulet, Ocean NJ; Abe Pineles, Jackson NJ 57.51% 13 Stanley Barg, Washington DC; Isabella De Andrade, Rio De Janeiro Brazil 56.03% 13 Bob Balderson Jr - Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN 56.42% 14 Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY; William Ehlers, Montclair NJ 55.97% 14 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN 56.40% 15 Linda Smoak - J Fletcher Smoak, Roanoke VA 55.66% 15 Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL; Marc Rabinowitz, Palm Beach Gdns FL 56.15% 16 Carolyn Sessler, Boca Raton FL; Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA 55.61% 16 Stella Rainey, Tuscaloosa AL; Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 55.35% 17 Claudia Feagin - Jack Feagin Jr, Atlanta GA 55.11% 17 Cathy Nathan - Marc Nathan, New York NY 55.17% 18 Carol Clifford, Miami FL; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 55.07% 18 Meyer Kotkin, Cherry Hill NJ; Jane Ball, Doylestown PA 54.99% 19 Le Yu, Evanston IL; Judy Zhu, Naperville IL 54.69% 19 Sandra Fraser, Victoria BC; Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 54.84% 20 Sheldon Margulis, Saint Louis MO; Chris Benson, Le Roy IL 54.55% 20 John Grantham, Amarillo TX; Rebecca Rogers, Las Vegas NV 54.76% 21 Bryan Storey, Frisco TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 54.36% 21 Marta Monheim, West Hills CA; Andrew Vinock, Woodland Hills CA 54.57% 22 Ellie Hanlon, Tequesta FL; Andre Chartrand, Montreal QC 54.32% 22 Marion Michielsen, 3024 AM Rotterd Netherlands; Hakan Nilsson, West Palm Beach FL 54.35% 23 Rita Ellington, Traverse City MI; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden 54.29% 23 Sharon Meng-Horton, Dade City FL; Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA 54.25% 24 KIZ Fung, Edmonton AB; David Yang, Darien IL 53.86% 24 Robert Teel Jr - Jane Teel, Birmingham AL 53.89% 25 Pierre Flatowicz, Omaha NE; Pam LaShelle, Round Rock TX 53.55% 25 Phillip Becker, Beachwood OH; Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH 53.43% 26 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA 53.45% 26 Kevin Dwyer, Tampa FL; Kimberly Whipple, Boca Grande FL 53.43% 27 Paul Munafo, Huntsville AL; Ellen Kozlove, Louisville KY 53.26% 27 Michael Schreiber - Amy Downing, Memphis TN 53.05% 28 Jill Gilbert, Lakeland FL; Norman Coombs, Brookville IN 53.05% 28 Brenda Montague, Swampscott MA; Jay Cohodes, Sunrise FL 53.00% 29 Barbara Kasle, Boca Raton FL; P Drew Cannell, Doll-Des-Ormeau QC 52.87% 29 Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD 52.95% 30 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 52.85% 30 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Libby Fernandez, Tuscaloosa AL 52.93% 31 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 52.73% 31 Kate Burton, Durham CT; Dave Smith, Walls MS 52.25% 32 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL 52.14% 32 Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA; Bob Drijver, 3051 EG, Rotter Netherlands 52.06% 33 Sally Wheeler - Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 51.89% 33 Ann Brinker Schwall, Houston TX; Richard Troth, Columbia MO 52.06% 34 Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO 51.69% 34 Rebecca Clough - Roger Clough, Culver City CA 51.98% 35 Linda Trent - Brian Trent, Fullerton CA 51.39% 35 Bonnie Melchior - Gerald Koonce, Little Rock AR 51.88% 36 Linda Perlman, Lake Park FL; Brian Johnston, Toronto ON 51.07% 36 Mike Cappelletti, Winter Park FL; Justina McKee, Fernwood MS 51.87%

MALCO THEATERS GOLD RUSH PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION SS EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1/2 Larry McIntyre - Mary McIntyre, St Paul MN 56.85% 1 1 Sally Bowers - William Bowers, Avon CO 58.04% 1/2 Sharron Baird, Olivebranch MS; Rose Rich, Memphis TN 56.85% 2 Keith Anderson - Mary Anderson, Rochester MN 53.87% 3 1 Donald Keyes - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 56.55% 3 Margaret Molwitz, New Canaan CT; Luisa Kelso, Wilton CT 52.98% 4/5 2/3 Connie Hester, Baton Rouge LA; Jeffrey Perigoni, Slidell LA 52.38% 4 Sandra Harris - Michael Harris, Austin TX 51.79% 4/5 2/3 Mary Collins - Karen Young, Tulsa OK 52.38% 2 Maylene Renegar, Burns TN; Bettye Westermann, Nashville TN 50.00% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION TT EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Susan Campbell - Joan Duffy, Marietta GA 58.93% 1 Rebecca Fewell - Susan Wrye, Nashville TN 66.07% 2 Tilghman Moore, Gretna LA; Geoff Chichester, Metairie LA 58.33% 2 1 G Steve Wheeler - Susan Marshbanks, Castle Rock CO 61.01% 3 2 Joseph Bindo - Elaine Bindo, Austin TX 55.95% 3 Elaine Hallum - Barbara Rankin, Jonesboro AR 57.74% 4 Ralph Raber - Karin Raber, Toledo OH 52.38% 4 Marilyn Drever - Donald Drever, Regina SK 50.30% 2 Carol Bice, Colleyville TX; Diane Segel, Keller TX 48.51% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION UU EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Janet Patterson, Metairie LA; Bonnie Nelson, New Orleans LA 59.70% 1 1 Joanne Dawson - Keith Dawson, Chatham ON 60.12% 2 Dana Osburn - Dan Osburn, Dacula GA 57.44% 2 Beverly Greear, Winter Park FL; Linda McEwan, Orlando FL 56.67% 3 George Melhus, Omaha NE; Chris Stewart, Medicine Hat AB 56.42% 3 2 Yichi Zhang, Pasadena CA; Mutian Zhang, Omaha NE 56.55% 4 1 Madalyn Hindman - Patricia Meiners, Jackson MS 54.93% 4 Trella Bromley, Jacksonville FL; Jeff Jackson, White Bear Lake MN 53.70% 2 Sandy Brown, N Richland Hill TX; Jenny Oswald, Colleyville TX 44.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Toni Kimmel - Chris Kimmel, Vincennes IN 61.61% 1 1 Bev Pope - Bill Pope, Burlington ON 59.82% 2 Carmen Duffek, Anthem AZ; Robert MacNeal, Point Ludlow WA 60.42% 2/3 2/3 Tom Williams - Fran Williams, Fairfield Glade TN 53.57% 3 Carole Kugler, Stony Brook NY; Renee Schwartz, Nesconset NY 51.79% 2/3 2/3 Ann Sutherland - Will Sutherland, North York ON 53.57% 4 Deborah Fabian - Stephen Fabian, Sparta NJ 50.89% 4 Becky Hubert, St Louis MO; Jan Mackey, Saint Louis MO 52.68% 1 Michael Olson - Alice Olson, Bronxville NY 49.70% 2 Charles Brion - Pat Brion, Edmond OK 48.51%


Tomorrow’s Bridge Events

Thursday Sponsors

District 10 DayFriday, March 23, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherSidney Lazard Jr. Memorial Friday-Saturday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18Donna Touliatos Thursday-Friday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18Tom and Carol Sanders Side Game 2nd single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game SeriesLouise and Ed Davis Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 3rd 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18

Friday, March 23, 10 a.m.Bob Cohen 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17Bob Cohen 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15

Friday Bridge Club Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Steamboat, Mezzanine Level $16 $18

Friday, March 23, Noon & 7 p.m.VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 5 2nd Floor, Ballroom D $20 Note Change in Starting TimesFriday, March 23, 1 p.m.Unit 179 Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 1st single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18

Friday, March 23, 1 & 7:30 p.m.SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 F 2nd Floor, Ballroom B $20WHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 F 2nd Floor, Ballroom B $20BEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 F 2nd Floor, Ballroom B $17Ruby Killeberew Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18Mobile Bridge Club Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18Mississippi Bridge Association Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18

Friday, March 23, 3 p.m.John Touliatos DMD 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17John Touliatos DMD 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15

Friday, March 23, 7:30 p.m.Biloxi Bridge Club A/X Swiss Teams single 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $15 $17Henry Sender B/C/D Swiss Teams single 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $15 $17Judy Dixon Memorial Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 2nd single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18Henry Francis Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15

Friday, March 23, 11:30 p.m.Sam’s Town Casino Zip KO Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0-3000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2000, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750).*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

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

Sue Emery Memorial Day“Sue Emery was much more than my chief

assistant on the Bridge Bulletin,” says Henry Francis, executive editor of the Bridge Bulletin while was there. “She was my confidant, my crutch, my right hand, my shining star. Our lives were happily intermingled throughout our careers at ACBL. Thirty persons from all over North America contributed to this memorial, a reflection of her impact on the world of bridge.”

Her decision to leave the directing field and become a writer came after the death of her beloved husband, Big John Emery. She didn’t want to return to tournaments where all her memories of John

would compound her grief. Her untiring efforts to make sure that everything in the Bulletin was factually correct. Her smiling face that greeted every visitor to the Daily Bulletin office — some of the younger players even called her “Mother.” Her open house — many a distressed bridge traveler found a haven in her home. Her bridge and personal friendships that endured through the years, right up to the day she died.

C.C. Wei MemorialThe late C.C. Wei enjoyed playing bridge,

but he felt something was missing in the bidding structure. Always one to follow through — consider his success in the tanker-building business — he set

about to seek a solution. The result was Precision, a bidding system based on the Forcing Club. Players all over the world use some form of the Forcing Club as their basic system.

John Touliatos M.D.John Touliatos is a brilliant physician who

specializes in ear, nose and throat. He is the energetic father of five children. He is dedicated to his family and his fellow man, which is why, when his aunt Donna asked him to support the NABC, he gladly agreed. His aunt is registration chairman for the tournament.

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NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 Jean Jansen - Madeline Pfeiffer, Louisville KY 61.01% 1 Peter Basciano, Burlington ON; Elena Petrella, Oakville ON 61.61% 2/3 Ted Peck, La Crosse WI; Thomas Olson, Madison WI 58.63% 2 1 Mac Dalgleish, Salt Lake City UT; Thomas Herzog, Reston VA 54.76% 2/3 Jackye Hohman - Carol Ehlers, Paris TN 58.63% 3 Camilla Baxter, Lake St Louis MO; Carol Rentz, Bridgeton MO 53.87% 4 Steve Graves, Olney MD; Brenda Thomas, Columbia MD 56.25% 4 Cappie Saunders, Cordova TN; Jayne Berube, Germantown TN 52.38% 1 Vicki Scanlon - Vickey Metrailer, Little Rock AR 48.51% 2/3 Mary O’Brien - Ginger Quinn, Little Rock AR 46.13% 2/3 Tonya Jones - Debbie House, Nashville TN 46.13%

NATE SILVERSTEIN DAYLIGHT PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS BBB CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Dave Lang, Ottawa ON; William Sharp, Nepean ON 63.24% 1 Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Barry Purrington, Eagan MN 63.55% 2 Jan Assini, Aurora OH; Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC 59.91% 2 Carolyn Gibson, Annandale VA; Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA 59.85% 3 Sandy McCay, Chapel Hill NC; David Rogers, Pinehurst NC 59.69% 3 Stephen Apodaca, Santa Fe NM; Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV 58.52% 4 Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA 59.65% 4 Peter Wityk, Des Moines IA; John Gustafson, Clive IA 55.77% 5 Paul Burnham, Wilton CT; Sandra DeMartino, Riverside CT 55.20% 5 1 1 Xiaolun Yi, Fredericton NB; Peter Coates, Hanwell NB 55.27% 6 Patricia Chambers - Robin Chambers, Palo Alto CA 55.04% 6 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 54.47% 7 2 Mary Schulz - Eric Schulz, Reynoldsburg OH 54.79% 7 2 John Millard - Suzanne Millard, Cullman AL 54.41% 8 3 Ruth Zowader, Madison NJ; Susan E G Slusky, Highland Park NJ 53.16% 8 3 Jeremy Lewis, Hampton VA; Gary Helman, Syosset NY 53.97% 9 4 Leslie Bays, Kingsport TN; Theo Lichtenstein, Winter Garden FL 51.57% 9 4 Raymond Smith - Beverly Smith, Plymouth MN 53.27% 10 Peter Mosheim, Miami FL; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 51.48% 10 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 53.10% 5 Lowell Lynde Jr, Monticello AR; Paul Graham, Westfield NY 50.61% 5 2 Charles Bilich, Hewlett NY; David Howorth, Oxford MS 52.77% 1 Bernard Windham - Sue Evans, Tallahassee FL 50.28% 6 Nicholas Ogan, Moreland Hills OH; Chantal Whitney, Shaker Heights OH 48.30% 2 Ti Davis - Richard Kalkbrenner, Little Rock AR 47.67% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS DDD EEE EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Brenda Keller, Palm Springs CA; Nancy Cord, Sun Valley ID 59.26% 1/2 Ned Irving, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR; Michael McGuire, Hernando MS 61.76% 2 1 Bryan Delfs, Kenosha WI; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 56.43% 1/2 1 Richard Wendricks - A Fetters, Hot Sprgs Vlg AR 61.76% 3/4 Chuck Said, Nashville TN; John Dockray, Villanova PA 56.32% 3 Janice Van Dyke - Terry Van Dyke, Memphis TN 60.13% 3/4 Mark Shaw, Columbia MD; Martin Graf, Chevy Chase MD 56.32% 4 Ann Olsson - Tom Olsson, Urbandale IA 57.19% 5/6 2 Ralph Boles III, Huntsville AL; Rita Peterson, Athens AL 54.47% 5 2 Glynda Caldwell, Jacksonville FL; Theresa Andino, Niceville FL 53.70% 5/6 Nancy Molesworth - Carlos Munoz, White Plains NY 54.47% 6 Joan Stein - Paul Karas, Milwaukee WI 53.59% 7 3 1 Catherine Pretsch, Saint Charles MO; William Bunn, Brentwood MO 54.25% 7 Don Pearsons - Douglas Fisher, Winnipeg MB 53.49% 8 Jean Boettcher - Steven Gaynor, Minneapolis MN 52.83% 8 3 Charles Riffle, Emerald Hills CA; Justin Beck, Sherwood OR 52.72% 9 Denis Bennett, London England; Brian Senior, Nottingham England 52.72% 9 4 Joyce Thornton - Kay Loss, Little Rock AR 52.29% 4 Elinor Hood, Portland OR; Christy Kadin, Camarillo CA 52.51% 5 1 April Uhlenburg, King of Prussia PA; Karen Shea, Collierville TN 51.53% 2 Margaret Taylor, Saint Louis MO; Roseann Stice, Bethalto IL 48.04%


Today’s Bridge Events

Continued from page 14Thursday Sponsors

Sue Emery Memorial DayThursday, March 22, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherDonna Touliatos Thursday-Friday Morning Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 1st single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18Louise and Ed Davis Wednesday-Friday Morning Bracketed KO Teams 2nd 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18

Thursday, March 22, 10 a.m.Hattiesburg Bridge Club 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17Hattiesburg Bridge Club 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15

Thursday, March 22, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Jane Pridgen Memorial Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Steamboat, Mezzanine Level $16 $18

Thursday, March 22, Noon & 7 p.m.VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 4 2nd Floor, Ballroom D $20 Note Change in Starting Times

Thursday, March 22, 1 p.m.M.A. Lightman Bridge Club Members’ Memorial Side Game 5th single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Tuesday-Thursday Side Game Series

Thursday, March 22, 1 & 7:30 p.m.SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1-2 Q 2nd Floor, Ballroom B $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsWHITEHEAD WOMEN’S PAIRS 1-2 Q 2nd Floor, Ballroom B $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsBEAN RED RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $17 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions. Pre-qualification required.John Touliatos Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18V.T. Gala Stratified Open Swiss Teams 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18Mississippi Bridge Association Thursday-Friday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18

Thursday, March 22, 3 p.m.Carol Paterson 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17Carol Paterson 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15

Thursday, March 22, 7:30 p.m.C.C. Wei Memorial Stratified Side Board-a-Match Teams single 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $15 $17L.R. and Peggy Jalenak Side Game 6th single session 2nd Floor, Exhibit Hall $16 $18 Part of the Tuesday-Thursday Side Game SeriesTom and Carol Sanders Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17Hattiesburg Bridge Club 299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $17Hattiesburg Bridge Club 0-20, 0-5 Pairs single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $15 $15

Thursday, March 22, 11:30 p.m.Pattie Davis and Norma Trafton Zip KO Teams single Cotton Row, Mezzanine Level $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, Strati-Flighted and Strati-Flighted Senior events are divided: A/X (3000+, 0-3000); separate from B/C/D (1000-2000, 500-1000, 0-500). Strata breaks for Stratified and Stratified Senior events are: A (2000+), B (750-2000), C (0-750).*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

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

Jane Pridgen MemorialJane Pridgen epitomized the term “good friend.”

There was nothing she would not do for you, and though she was short in stature, her heart was so big almost everyone she met became her friend. She was always doing something for someone, and served on the board of Baptist’s Camp Good Grief for bereaved children, Ladies of St. Jude, and was a deacon at Lindenwood Christian Church.

Words to describe Jane were fun-loving, outspoken, and fortitude. When her husband became terminally ill, Jane continued to take him, in a wheelchair, to plays, dinner, dancing, and gym workouts. Her own illness, diagnosed in 2006, was met with the same courageous and graceful attitude. Friends who greatly admired Jane’s indomitable spirit secured this sponsorship in her name.

Patti Davis/ Norma Trafton Memorial

Both ladies were long time members of the ACBL who deeply loved and enjoyed the game of bridge. Their generosity of friendship as partners is deeply missed. One of those partners, Ellie Fristensky, remembers them with this sponsorship.

Mississippi Bridge AssociationThis bridge community, Unit 138, covers all of

North and Central Mississippi and as far south as

Brookhaven. It is home to 21 clubs in 14 different cities. Each year, MBA hosts the North American Pairs, District 10 finals, Flight B and C, and also the Grand National Teams, District 10 finals, Flights A, B, and C. This year, June 11-17, MBA will host the Double Dome Regional in the historic, completely renovated King Edward Hotel in downtown Jackson.

Donna TouliatosDonna Touliatos’ interest in bridge skyrocketed

after she read an Audrey Grant teaching book. Not long after she started playing at the M.A. Lightman Bridge Club, she was elected to the Unit 144 and the Lightman Boards. She took one look around the club and said, “We need a change.” And a change the club got — new lights, new tables, a new refrigerator, new panel — you name it. She made fast progress in bridge as well, becoming a Life Master quickly. She is hospitality chairman for this NABC.

Carol and the late Tom SandersCarol and Tom Sanders of Nashville are one of

the top husband-wife combinations in bridge history — just ask Coley McGinnis and Linda Hanson, star players from Nashville. Carol, familiarly known as Mama Bear, won four world championships and captained another on her way to becoming a World Grand Master. An ACBL Grand Master, she was the league’s Honorary Player of the Year

in 1984. A t the North American level, she won 17 championships. She also found time to act in several administrative roles, chair several sectionals and regionals and raise six children.

Tom had a nickname too — Papa Bear. He was an excellent player but became better known for his outstanding contributions to the ACBL. He was (1) the founder of the ACBL Charity Foundation and served as its first president, (2) ACBL president in 1986 and a member of the Board of Directors for 10 years, (3) ACBL and WBF Appeals Committee member, (4) lifetime member of ACBL Board of Governors. He was the only Vanderbilt graduate ever to win the Vanderbilt Trophy and was a participant in Charles Goren’s Championship Bridge series in the Sixties. An ACBL Grand Life Master, he won 14 North American championships.

Carol PatersonThere’s really only one word that describes

Carol Paterson — dynamo! When sets her mind to do something, it gets done. Any local player who had anything to do with preparations for this NABC knows exactly what we mean. Carol was everywhere — preparing tours, setting up hospitality for the spouses of Board members, arranging for music, helping select gifts and prizes, setting up hospitality arrangements — you name it — she either did it or she helped.

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