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Saturday, March 19, 2016 Volume 59, Number 9

59th Spring North American Bridge Championships [email protected] Editors: Sue Munday and Brent Manley

ATTENDANCE through Friday 10,311 tables

Daily Bulletin

Goodwill MessageSmile often.

Sandy DeMartino, chairAilieen Osofsky Goodwill Committee

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Marsz, Marsz, Klukowski** “Marsz, Marsz Dabrowski” (March, March,

Dabrowski) is the first verse of the Polish national anthem’s chorus. Dabrowski was a Polish General with a strong patriotic attitude).

By Francesca CanaliAt 20 years old, Michal Klukowski has already

remarkably contributed to the bridge history of his country by winning four major champions – world and European. In Reno he was playing in the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams on the Mahaffey team (Jim Mahaffey npc, David Bakhshi, Bob Hamman, Roger Lee, Piotr Gawrys and Sam Lev).

Besides his bridge talent, what is most impressive about Klukowski is his extremely strong temperament. Two years ago, he was playing in the final against two top-ranked players, fighting for the world title (World Bridge Series, Sanya 2014). When one of his opponents asked him not to make noises while extracting the cards from the bidding box, the 18-year-old boy did not feel intimidated. He looked straight into his opponent’s eyes and replied: “I don’t think that is the reason you are

NPR spotlights bridgeBy Darbi Padbury

Rather than get into the “nitty gritty” of bridge and the NABC, Ahn Gray, news reporter for Reno Public Radio, the local NPR affiliate, wanted to tell a story “about the devoted bridge fans.”

On Monday morning, some of the game’s most notable personalities and a couple of its rising stars sat down to talk with Gray. They described their love for the game and what motivates them to keep playing.

“When I come to a tournament, I get sort of lost in this world. I lose track of time and often don’t even know what day it is.

If the bar is more crowded than normal, it’s only then that I realize it must be a Friday, rather than Tuesday.”

– Oren Kriegel“For me, I think

the biggest appeal to it was that you never see it all, that no matter how good you get, there’s always something new. I’ve been playing seriously for 30-plus years, and if I go and play this afternoon, there would be three or four bridge deals that I had never encountered

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Silodor Open Pairs winners: Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell.

Meckstroth, Rodwell winwin Silodor Open PairsDisappointed to have lost in the second round

of the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams, Jeff Meckstroth and Eric Rodwell took their frustration out on the field in the Silodor Open Pairs, winning the event

Russian women victorious in LM Women’s Pairs

In a close race, Victoria Gromova and Tatiana Ponomareva edged out their competitors to win the

Victors in the NABC 10K Knockout: Mark Jones, Steve Stewart, Vlad Isporski and Mac Busby.

Melville strong inNABC KO win

The team captained by James Melville jumped out to a 22-IMP lead after one quarter and led throughout the match in defeating the Paul Darin

Women’s Pairs winners: Tatiana Ponomareva and Victoria Gromova.

It’s been a March Madness kind of Vanderbilt bracket this year, with the powerful Nickell and Zimmermann teams going out early and two more top-10 seeds sent to the sidelines in Friday’s quarterfinal round, leaving these semifinal pairings:

No. 1 Lavazza (Norberto Bocchi, Diego Brenner, Zia Mahmood, Giorgio Duboin, Alejandro Bianchedi and Agustin Madala) versus No. 5 Peter Bertheau (Daniel Zagorin, Bas Drijver and Sjoert Brink).

No. 3 James Cayne (Michael Seamon, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Antonio Sementa and Mustafa Cem Tokay) versus No. 15 Andrew Rosenthal (Aaron Silverstein, Chris Willenken, Jan Jansma, Thomas Bessis and Frederic Volcker).

The high seeds who lost on Friday were No. 7 John Diamond and No. 8 Martin Fleisher. The latter was taken out by the Lavazza team. Fleisher won the opening set and had a 76-59 lead at the halfway

Vanderbilt semis set, two high seeds fall


Saturday, March 19, 2016 Daily Bulletin

Presented by the ACBL Educational Foundation Don’t miss these free lectures by some of the best-known players in the game! Talks will be held in the Eldorado Convention Center. Speakers and topics are subject to change.

Saturday, March 199:15 am Barbara Seagram A Failure to Communicate6:45 pm Hank Meyer Planning the Play at Notrump

SPECIAL EVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Sunday, March 20 Peter Pender Memorial Vugraph. (Room TBA)

ENTERTAINMENT and HOSPITALITYLate-night snacks will be served at the Silver Legacy at 10:30 p.m. near the Silver Baron Ballroom on the mezzanine level and at 11 p.m. at the Reno Ballroom.

Saturday, March 19Silver Legacy’s famous sticky buns

Sunday, March 20Apples

Bridge Bucks and check cashing

Bridge Bucks and check cashing services will be available:

Silver Legacy, mezzanine levelOutside (to the left of) the Silver Baron roomsSaturday, March 19 9:30–10 a.m. and Noon–1 p.m.Players may purchase Bridge Bucks using

American Express in addition to VISA, MasterCard and Discover.

There is a check cashing limit of $500 a day.

Smoking PolicySmoking is not permitted in the playing area

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

A focused playerNot long ago, Bob Sanner of Palo Alto CA was

playing in a tournament in Mountain View CA. He and three other players went out to dinner between sessions one night. On their way back to the tournament venue, Sanner’s partner asked, “Do you think Bernie Sanders has a chance to win?” Before Sanner could answer, one of the other players piped up: “Where does he stand in the event right now?”

Decisions, decisionsAll writers look with special affection on the

deals they themselves write up. David Caprera (East in this write-up, playing with Billy Pollack) drew this to my attention. It’s from the Thursday afternoon Open Pairs. To quote a British comedian of 40 years ago, I think you’ll like it – not a lot, but you’ll like it. Dlr: South ♠ Q J 10 7 Vul: Both ♥ 8 2 ♦ Q J 9 4 2 ♣ 8 4 ♠ A 9 3 ♠ 8 2 ♥ K 10 9 7 5 ♥ Q J 4 3 ♦ — ♦ K ♣ 10 9 7 5 2 ♣ A K Q J 6 3 ♠ K 6 5 4 ♥ A 6 ♦ A 10 8 7 6 5 3 ♣ — West North East South 1♦ 1♥ Dbl 4♦ 4♠ Pass Pass 5♥ Pass Pass 5♠ Dbl All Pass

All three of your calls are not without interest. You might bid 4♣ at your first turn if it showed a fit in hearts, but in an unfamiliar partnership 4♦ is less ambiguous. At your second turn, maybe 5♣ is an option but 5♥ perhaps gives less away. At your third turn, you double more to stop partner than for any concrete belief you should actually beat 5♠!

Partner leads the ♥9, promising the 10. Playing standard signals, you have your first decision. You play the jack in an attempt to suggest an even number.

Declarer wins the ♥A, leads the ♠5 to the 10, partner playing the 9 and you drop the 2, suit preference for clubs. Partner wins the ♠A and tracks the ♥10. Duck or overtake? If you overtake, which is technically the right play? Answer: None of the above!

Look again at the full board: Partner is begging you to play a diamond, so why don’t you? Note: It can never cost. Declarer is clearly 4-2 in the majors, whether he has four, five or six diamonds, your clubs won’t go away. But if he has seven . . .

Masterpoint disclaimerResults reported in the Daily Bulletin are

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

CorrectionIn Thursday’s Daily Bulletin on page 3, the

device used to duplicate boards for the NABC was incorrectly identified. ACBL uses the PlayBridgeDealer4 for that task.

Sneaky, sneakyDon Kern of Bay Minette AL pulled a fast one

in the second qualifying session of the Mixed Pairs that earned him and partner Faye Marino a near top. ♠ A 7 ♥ A Q 8 5 ♦ K 9 3 2 ♣ 9 6 4 ♠ K 10 5 ♠ Q J 9 8 4 3 2 ♥ 3 ♥ 4 ♦ A Q J 8 7 5 ♦ 10 4 ♣ K 8 5 ♣ A Q 7 ♠ 6 ♥ K J 10 9 7 6 2 ♦ 6 ♣ J 10 3 2

Kern played 4♠ from the East. On the lead of the ♦6 (which he suspected was a singleton), he won the ace in dummy and casually played the ♦10 from his hand. He led the ♠10, which held, and then the ♦Q. North ducked and now Kern had one more trick than he was entitled to. Pure gold at matchpoints!


JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSImproving your game

By Brent Manley

Playing in a women’s pairs in New York City, one of the players heard a 1NT opener on her right. The woman turned to her left-hand opponents and asked about the 1NT opener’s range. English was the lady’s second language, and she didn’t understand the question. The questioner tried to clarify by stating that she just wanted to know how many points her partner had. She said, “Oh! I’m not sure, but she’s a Life Master!”

I am a runner. I don’t have a lot of talent, but I’m persistent because I enjoy the sport so much. Despite my average achievements in running, I have been running races for more than three decades, and I have no plans to stop. I tell people you don’t have to be in the elite class to enjoy the sport (thank goodness).

The same goes for bridge. You can find enormous enjoyment in the game even if you never achieve world-class or expert status.

That said, most players I know want to get better at the game. When I found out about bridge while serving in the U.S. Army in 1970, I was instantly smitten. I didn’t initially realize how little I knew – it was virtually nothing – but I desperately wanted to get better.

I started by reading. I learned a lot early on from Watson’s “Classic Book on the Play of the Hand.” It was originally published in 1934, but the principles Watson outlined for card play and defense are just as relevant today.

I devoured bridge books and found that reading helped my game more than I expected because it enabled me to recognize certain situations when they arose in actual play. Here’s an example:

You land in 6♥ during an auction that included a 3♠ bid by your left-hand opponent.

West leads the ♠K. Over to you. ♠ J 3 ♥ A 8 6 5 4 ♦ A 3 ♣ K J 10

♠ A 2 ♥ K Q J 10 7 ♦ K 10 ♣ A 7 6 3

You win the ♠A, pull trumps in two rounds, West having a singleton. It looks like you must guess who has the ♣Q, and it seems logical to play East for that card considering you already know eight of West’s cards (seven spades and one heart). Look at little deeper and you will see there is no need to try to find the ♣Q. You have a 100% line of play. Simply cash your two diamonds (eliminating that suit from both hands) and play

a spade. West is marked with the ♠Q, so he will win the trick, at which point he will have to play a club, solving that suit for you. If he plays a diamond or a spade, you will discard a club from dummy while you ruff in your hand. Slam made! The East-West cards:

♠ K Q 10 9 8 5 4 ♠ 7 6 ♥ 9 ♥ 3 2 ♦ 7 6 ♦ Q J 9 8 5 4 2 ♣ Q 5 2 ♣ 9 8 4

Having read about this kind of play before I actually encountered it at the table meant I didn’t screw it up, go down in a maker and then wonder what went wrong.

Tomorrow: More tips for improving your game.

What can go wrong? By Eddie Kantar

Dlr: North ♠ 10 Vul: Both ♥ K 2 ♦ A Q 9 8 4 ♣ K Q 10 8 2

♠ A K 9 ♥ Q 10 4 3 ♦ K J 2 ♣ 9 7 4

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

Opening lead: ♠5. East plays the queen.Plan the play at IMPs and at matchpoints. At IMPs, where safety is first, win the spade

and cross to the ♦Q to lead a low heart (key play).If East has the ♥A and jumps up with it to

return a spade, you have at least nine tricks: five diamonds, two hearts and two spades. If the ♥Q wins, lead a club to set up your ninth trick. The most the opponents can take after winning the ♣A is three heart tricks.

If West takes the ♥Q, he may return a spade

hoping partner has the 9. That play won’t work. Now you have five diamonds, three spades, one heart and a soon-to-be-developed club for at least 10 tricks.

The bottom line is that at IMP scoring, you have a 100% play for the contract. But how should you play at matchpoints, where overtricks are so crucial?

If the club suit comes in for four tricks, you have at least 11 tricks, but you may go down

trying for them. For example, if East has both club honors or if you misguess the clubs after the first club wins and East can get in for a spade return, you are history.

If you feel you need a good score, attack clubs. If you have a sound winning game, take the money and run by leading a heart toward your queen at trick three.

Lyn Sacco of Pleasant Hill CA and Don Walcher of Hailey ID met at the Spring NABC and formed a partnership to play in the Intermediate/Newcomer games.

The Top Intermediate/Newcomer masterpoint leaders can be found on page 14.


Hit the slopes, go for the matchpointsBob Sanner of Palo Alto has been having fun at

the Spring NABC, but not just from playing bridge. He has been rising at 6:30 a.m. and, with his non-bridge-playing wife, Barbara, driving 30 miles to the Mount Rose ski area, where he has season passes. They leave the ski area in time for him to play bridge in the afternoon and evening.

After Tuesday’s refreshing trip to Mount Rose, Sanner came back to Reno to play in the Daylight Open Pairs, where he scored a near top with some expert card play (hands rotated). Dlr: South ♠ 10 6 3 Vul: None ♥ A Q ♦ K 9 7 ♣ K J 10 6 2 ♠ 8 ♠ Q J 9 7 5 4 ♥ 10 8 6 4 ♥ K 9 3 ♦ J 6 5 3 ♦ Q 8 4 ♣ A 9 8 3 ♣ 4 ♠ A K 2 ♥ J 7 5 2 ♦ A 10 2 ♣ Q 7 5 West North East South 1♦ Pass 2♣ Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All Pass

West led the ♥4 and Sanner put in the queen. East won the ♥K and returned the 9 to dummy’s ace. Sanner than played on clubs, West winning the ♣A and returning the ♥8 to Sanner’s jack, Sanner discarding a low spade from dummy.

Sanner then cashed the top spades. When West showed out on the second high spade, Sanner knew that a double squeeze was in the offing. West was guarding hearts, East spades, so both had to guard diamonds.

Sanner ran the clubs to reach this four-card end position: ♠ — ♥ — ♦ K 9 7 ♣ 2 ♠ — ♠ Q ♥ 10 ♥ — ♦ J 6 5 ♦ Q 8 4 ♣ — ♣ — ♠ 2 ♥ 7 ♦ A 10 ♣ —

On the play of the ♣2, East had to discard a diamond or Sanner’s ♠2 would be a winner. Sanner threw the spade and waited for West’s selection. Discarding the ♥10 would make Sanner’s ♥7 good, so West had to pitch a diamond. Sanner then played a diamond to his ace and another to the king as the opponents’ jack and queen fell on the same trick. The ♦7 was trick number 12, good for a 92% score.

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO 1 6 Tables 13.92 1 Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA; Jason Dufault - Bryant Town, Edmonton AB 9.74 2 Teri Smoot, Placerville CA; Jerry Nakamura, El Dorado Hills CA; Ginny Curtis, Citrus Heights CA; Mary Ose, Sacramento CA

WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY MORNING KO 2 7 Tables 7.90 1 Fred Batten - Penelope Rudolph, Grosse Pointe MI; Lucy Peacock - Richard Peacock, Grosse Pt Shore MI 5.53 2 Ann Little - Jill Wallace - Paul Ferber - Jerry Lynn, Reno NV

SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S PAIRS 26.0 Tables / Based on 56 Tables100.00 1 Victoria Gromova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 806.87 75.00 2 Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 802.72 56.25 3 Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 802.17 44.44 4 Susan Picus - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 785.07 40.00 5 Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy 756.26 36.36 6 Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 749.58 33.33 7 Cecilia Rimstedt, Sweden; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 744.14 30.77 8 Lisa Berkowitz - Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 743.78 28.57 9 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 736.76 26.67 10 Aurelie Thizy, Cachan France; Sylvie Willard, Paris France 724.68 25.00 11 Donna Givner, Golden CO; Cheryl Gorman, Omaha NE 723.39 23.53 12 Pat Leary, Livermore CA; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 720.15 22.22 13 Vandana Vidwans, Fremont CA; Shelley Lapkoff, Berkeley CA 706.99 21.05 14 Justine Hancock - Barbara Mikkelson, Las Vegas NV 706.90 20.00 15 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Natalie Bassil, Boston MA 699.95 19.05 16 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 699.43 18.18 17 Jessica Lai, Oakland CA; Jo Ginsberg, San Francisco CA 696.40 17.39 18 Sylwia McNamara, Scarsdale NY; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 693.37 16.67 19 Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN; Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN 683.53 16.00 20 Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Judi Radin, New York NY 682.21 15.38 21 Rhoda Prager, Boca Raton FL; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 674.18 14.81 22 Benedicte Cronier, Paris France; Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL 670.52 14.29 23 Xiaoxue Walker, Mission Viejo CA; Debbie Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 669.58 13.79 24 Toni Bales, Pickerington OH; Kamla Chawla, Longmeadow MA 667.28 13.33 25 Ricki Rogers, Mount Laurel NJ; Ann McClelland, La Canada Flt CA 666.30 12.90 26 Karen Billett - Karen Turner, Victoria BC 665.25 12.50 27 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 663.47 12.12 28 Leigh Anne Shafer - Marielle Brentnall, Winnipeg MB 661.93

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 91.0 Tables / Based on 168 Tables125.00 1 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 3206.00 93.75 2 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 3114.00 70.31 3 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 3094.75 55.56 4 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Michael Polowan, New York NY 3034.54 50.00 5 Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 2979.11 45.45 6 Owen Lien, Detroit MI; Larry Mori, Clearwater FL 2951.28 41.67 7 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 2926.41 38.46 8 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 2901.31 35.71 9 Leszek Rabiega, Watsonville CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA 2887.57 33.33 10 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 2875.43 31.25 11 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 2857.33 29.41 12 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Dewayne Jones, Mechanicsville VA 2821.87 27.78 13 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 2816.99 26.32 14 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 2792.04 25.00 15 Andrew DeSosa, Chatsworth CA; Lee Maddocks, Modesto CA 2782.99 23.81 16 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; William Sanford, Orangevale CA 2777.63 22.73 17 Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Rica Tarnoff, New York NY 2747.63 21.74 18 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV 2746.53 20.83 19 Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Hurd, New York NY 2734.96 20.00 20 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Ethan Liu, Fremont CA 2720.01 19.23 21 Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 2713.13 18.52 22 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 2710.63 17.86 23 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 2696.04 17.24 24 Rui Li, People’s Republic of China; Zhaobin Xie, 2682.10 16.67 25 Rachael Moller - David Gurvich, New York NY 2681.08 16.13 26 Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Levy Stern, Rehovot 765371 Israel 2675.49 15.63 27 Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 2674.97 15.15 28 C. Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 2664.93 14.71 29 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 2648.37 14.29 30 Marc Lachapelle, Saint-Laurent QC; Pascale Gaudreault, Montreal QC 2642.92 13.89 31 Cameron Cotton, Chula Vista CA; Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 2641.13 13.51 32 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA 2634.98 13.16 33 Pete Pluhta, Pullman WA; Charles Bennett, Spokane WA 2628.51 16.57 34 Phillip Becker - Bernie Greenspan, Beachwood OH 2618.26 12.50 35 Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA; Edward Nagy, Danville CA 2615.86 12.20 36 Robert Bell, New Providence NJ; Ben Tucker, Vashon WA 2609.17 11.90 37 Franck Multon - Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco 2605.84 11.63 38 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 2597.69 15.12 39 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Brian Glubok, New York NY 2596.63 11.11 40 Gary King - Anthony Bianchi, Houston TX 2593.13 10.87 41 Nicolas Hammond, Alpharetta GA; Ronald Kral, Reston VA 2589.37 18.47 42 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 2586.45 10.42 43 Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Maurice De La Salle, Edmonton AB 2585.80 10.20 44 Walter Schuster - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria 2582.71 10.00 45 Ayako Miyakuni - Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 2580.84 9.80 46 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA 2580.17 13.45 47 William Watson, Sunnyvale CA; Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA 2578.04 9.43 48 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 2577.04 16.30 49 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 2575.46 20.81 50 Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk Poland 2574.74


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NPR

before.”– Fred Gitelman“The recent

event, the Platinum Pairs – my partner and I are both female – if you look at the final day, I think there were maybe three other women in the event. Honestly, I would like to be one of the top bridge players ignoring gender.”

– Sylvia Shi“Bridge, many

people don’t realize, is a lot like golf … the mental attitude, the ability to play well when you’re feeling strong, and cracking up when you’re under pressure … if I spend five minutes with you playing bridge, I’ll know more about you than if I spend six months living with you. Bridge is a very revealing game.”

– Zia Mahmood“You always

want to win, but beating Zia is a bit like striking out the pitcher at this point.”

– Bob Hamman describing the friendly competition between Zia and himself

You can read the full story, “Thousands of Bridge Devotees Compete in Reno Tournament,” on www.kunr.org.

Bridge has also been featured prominently in the last month in Vanity Fair and the New Yorker and online at RollingStone.com

FRIDAY FLIGHT A PAIRS 52.0 Tables / Based on 102 Tables A X 36.92 1 Ellis Feigenbaum - Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 61.19% 27.69 2 Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 60.50% 20.77 3 1 Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA; Joshua Kuschner, Concord MA 60.38% 15.58 4 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 60.00% 12.31 5 Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA; Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV 59.69% 10.55 6 Winthrop Allegaert - Scott Levine, New York NY 57.92% 9.23 7 Emory Whitaker, Macon GA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 56.98% 14.21 8 2 James Merzon, Templeton CA; Peter Lit, Elk CA 56.72% 7.38 9 Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 56.69% 10.66 10 3 David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 56.61% 7.99 11 4 Lisa Evans, Danville CA; Cheryl Haines, Half Moon Bay CA 56.42% 5.78 12 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 56.17% 6.32 13 5 Judi Callaham, Fair Oaks CA; Hank Eng, San Antonio TX 55.73% 5.41 14 6 Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH 55.00% 4.74 15 7 Marvin Darter - Linda Darter, North Port FL 54.35% 5.94 16 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA 54.31% 4.21 17 8 Yanong Han, Milpitas CA; Wanfeng Mou, Sugar Land TX 54.27% 3.79 18/19 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 54.08% 4.05 18/19 9 Satish Gupta - Lin Goldstein, Reno NV 54.08% 3.52 20 Paul Janicki, Markham ON; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 53.96% 5.78 21 10 Terry Terzian, Castro Valley CA; Steven Huhman, Larchmont NY 53.64% 3.21 22 Kenneth Woodman, Boca Raton FL; Robert Delaney, Richmond IN 53.58% 3.16 23 11 Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Atam Lalchandani, Incline Village NV 53.38% 2.90 24/25 Alexander Labry, Austin TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 53.35% 2.90 24/25 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Nancy Marcus, New York NY 53.35% 2.92 26 12 Alex Kornel - Barbara Seagram, Toronto ON 52.88% 2.71 27 13 Walt Cummins, Prescott AZ; Mark Teich, Bluffton SC 52.85% 2.53 14 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Charles James, Auburn WA 52.84% 4.05 15 Ringo Chung, Mississauga ON; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 52.27% 2.75 16/17 Sherman Gao, Orange CA; Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA 52.15% 2.17 16/17 Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Bill Greenberg, Laguna Niguel CA 52.15%

FRIDAY EVENING SIDE GAME 21.0 Tables A X Y 7.23 1 1 Jie-Ren Shih, Mountain View CA; Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI 64.38% 5.42 2 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Jean Barry, Livermore CA 63.51% 4.07 3 2 1 Daniel Kroll, Berkeley CA; Misook Jung, Beverly Hills CA 62.64% 3.05 4 Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI 59.84% 2.99 5 3 Ann Faget, Houston TX; Charles Hilding, Rosharon TX 58.61% 1.51 6/7 Daniel Williams, Henderson NV; George Mitchell, Douglas NB 58.06% 2.63 6/7 4 2 Barbara Page - Gail Vick, Modesto CA 58.06% 1.68 5 Joan Waletzky, Shaker Heights OH; Karl Zaman, Strongsville OH 57.63% 1.27 6 David White, Lancaster CA; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA 56.92% 1.97 3 Carol Raimondo, Cayucos CA; Marvin Weitzenhoffer, Las Vegas NV 54.68% 1.48 4 Robert Rouse - Joan Rouse, Lincoln CA 53.59% 1.11 5 Jerry Thorpe - Paul Bartron, Tacoma WA 51.63% 0.88 6 Judith Remmers - Connie Arnold, Modesto CA 51.09%

NABC 0-10,000 KNOCKOUT 24 Tables 76.00 1 James Melville, Springfield IL; Vladislav Isporski, Sofia Bulgaria; Stephen Stewart, Overland Park KS; Mark Jones, Birmingham AL 57.00 2 Paul Darin - Mac Busby - Sam Madison-Jammal, San Diego CA; Leon Fisher, Oceanside CA 38.00 3/4 Robert Kent - Ellen Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN; Andy Kaufman, Upper Gwynedd PA 38.00 3/4 Erwin Linzner - Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA; Mark McCarthy - David Neuman, San Francisco CA 17.10 5/8 Jonathan Fleischmann, Bloomfield MI; Stephen Mackay, Markham ON; Ray Jotcham, Scarborough ON; Kurt Dasher, Petersburg MI; Robert Houtrow, Delton MI; Robert Korten, Frankfort MI 17.10 5/8 Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Jan Zadroga, Todz Poland; Jerry Stamatov - Diyan Danailov, Sofia Bulgaria; Tom Ottley - Douglas H Scott, Anchorage AK 17.10 5/8 Sherwin Moscow - Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA; David Green, Sherwood OR; Edward Lee, Portland OR 17.10 5/8 Albert Shrive, Naples FL; Jim McKeown, State College PA; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL; Michael Ranis, New York NY; George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ; Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY


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(Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Central Time), or email [email protected].

THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 1 9 Tables 7.98 1 Randal Gentillon, Idaho Falls ID; Quentin Wilmot - Gilbert Ramirez, Reno NV; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA 5.59 2 Renee Hoffman, Seal Beach CA; Murali Nair, Phoenix AZ; Lester Kodama - Mitsuko Kodama, Mililani HI 3.59 3 Jim Steelquist - Jennifer Steelquist, Rescue CA; Art Hutton - Jackie Hutton, Stanwood WA 2.79 4 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Jim Solomon, San Luis Obispo CA; Susan Haas, Cottonwood CA; Nanette Hittmeier, Olympia WA

THURSDAY-FRIDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 2 9 Tables 5.37 1 Per Halvorsen, Laksevag Norway; Leif Bjorn Odden, Drangedal Norway; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Henrietta Morris, Arlington TX 3.76 2 Paul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC; Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 2.42 3 Barry Sorenson - Lucille Sorenson - Darrel Larcom - Sharon Larcom, North Bend OR 1.88 4 Richard Gettmann - Nancy Serne, Bend OR; Roy Grice - Donald Robinson, Boise ID

THURSDAY ZIP KO 5 Tables 2.80 1 Morten Bilde, Hovedgaard Denmark; John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Kelvin Ng, Singapore Singapore; Mitch Towner, Tucson AZ 1.96 2 Wesley May, Menlo Park CA; Christiane Turner - Jo Murray - Chuck Abramo, Ketchum ID

FRIDAY-SATURDAY MORNING COMPACT KO 12 TablesSona Bhambhra - Ramesh Bhambhra, Saratoga CA; Jeremy Adelman - Christopher Brainerd, Davis CA vsBob Robbins - Michael Schwimmer - John Swanson - Sharon Bahry, Reno NV

Elenalani Lam, Sunnyvale CA; Therese Huot - Suzanne Viau, Boucherville QC; Lee Stanhope, Concord CA vsMargaret Young, Cincinnati OH; Judy Ruehl, Batavia OH; Dallas Moore, Trotwood OH; Brian Ross, Charlestown IN

FRIDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 16.5 Tables A B C 6.30 1 1 Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY; Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ 62.51% 4.73 2 2 Calista Graham - Curtis Bare, Charlottesville VA 59.27% 3.54 3 3 Charles Kelly, Anniston AL; Leon Galecki, Langston AL 59.23% 3.15 4 4 Brenda Mason Carter - Dianne Miller, San Diego CA 58.62% 2.21 5 Alene Wrobel, Farr West UT; Robert Donaldson, Ogden UT 58.08% 1.55 6 5 Thomas Roberg, Raleigh NC; Jeannette Stern, Carmel CA 56.78% 1.65 7 6 Donald Keyes - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 56.13% 2.14 1 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Mark Marty, Clayton CA 54.85% 1.61 2 Marilyn Abramson - Pat Sandler, Scottsdale AZ 50.52% 1.20 3 David Whitman - Richard Fabbre, Roseville CA 49.94%

FRIDAY MORNING LIMITED PAIRS 14.0 Tables A B C 3.15 1 1 Robert Kahn - Christine Kahn, Pleasanton CA 60.61% 2.36 2 2 Anne Ward - Nick Ward, Los Altos Hills CA 58.33% 1.55 3/4 3/4 Linda Steffan, Sacramento CA; Susan West, Sausalito CA 57.39% 2.22 3/4 3/4 1 Charon Jenner - Debra Leggett, Sacramento CA 57.39% 1.67 5 5 2 Alice Probst - Jon Probst, Reno NV 56.82% 1.25 6 6 3 Judy Kale - Lana Stanley, Napa CA 55.87% 0.94 4 Willa King, Newport Beach CA; May Mengstab, Laguna Woods CA 54.92% 0.70 5 Karen Cabrera - Robert Cabrera, Oakland CA 53.22%

FRIDAY MORNING NEWCOMERS 5.5 Tables A B C 1.63 1 1 1 Patricia Owens, Incline Village NV; Jane Maloney, Kula HI 58.99% 1.22 2 2 Helen Gibson, Bellevue WA; Nancy Sundberg, Mercer Island WA 56.45% 0.92 3 3 Mary Willis, Tahoe City CA; Kathleen Semrad, Truckee CA 53.60% 0.87 4 2 Marus Jastrow - William Jastrow, Reno NV 52.73%



KlukowskiOpen Swiss teams begin play todayThe Open Swiss Teams begin play today with

the Jacoby Trophy honoring the winners. This is a four-session event with two qualifying sessions and two final sessions.

The trophy is named for Oswald and Jim Jacoby – one of the premier father-son pairs in ACBL history, the first father-son to win a national championship together and the first father-son to be elected to the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame.

The senior Jacoby (1902–1984) won his first major title – the National Team Championship of the American Whist League – in 1929 and his last major title – the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams – in 1983.

In between, he won the McKenney

Trophy (now the Barry Crane Top 500) four times. He was the first player to win 1,000 masterpoints

in a single year and the first player to earn 10,000 masterpoints.

Jacoby won seven Spingolds, seven Vanderbilts, two Reisingers and more than a dozen other major titles. He was named to the ACBL Bridge Hall of Fame in 1965.

He and son Jim are the co-authors of Jacoby Transfer Bids, Jacoby 2NT and other bidding ideas. Together, they won the Reisinger in 1955 – when Jim was 22 – and the Vanderbilt in 1965.

Jim Jacoby (1933–1991), elected to the Hall of Fame in 1997, won the Bermuda Bowl in 1970 and 1971, the World Mixed Teams in 1972 and the World Team Olympiad in 1988. He won more than 14 NABC titles and captured the Barry Crane Top 500 in 1988 – the same year he won the Olympiad title.

The history of the event became more complicated in 2015, when it was one by a team including a pair involved in the ongoing cheating scandal. The other members of the team announced they wished to renounce the title. Adjudication on the matter is pending.

Previous winners:1982 Allan Stauber, Jan Janitschke, Ross Grabel,

Mike Smolen1983 Mike Albert, Ira Rubin, Grant Baze, Barry

Crane1984 Bart Bramley, Mark Cohen, Milt

Rosenberg, Ralph Katz1985 John Devine, Alan Sontag, John Mohan,

Roger Bates1986 Mark Cohen, Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson,

Kit Woolsey1987 Eddie Kantar, Alan Sontag, Roger Bates,

John Mohan, John Devine1988 Ron Sukoneck, Doug Fraser, Kamel

Fergani, Bill Pettis1989 Jim Mahaffey, Ron Andersen, Paul

Soloway, Bobby Goldman, Jeff

Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell (became Open Swiss Teams)1990 John Sutherlin, Bart Bramley, Gerald

Michaud, Larry Richardson, Bob Hamman1991 George Rosenkranz, Eddie Wold, Mark

Lair, Mike Passell, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman

1992 Richard Schwartz, Drew Casen, Michael Seamon, Richard Pavlicek, Fred Stewart, Steve Weinstein

1993 Tony Kasday, Michael Seamon, Steve Sion, Billy Cohen, Ron Smith

1994 Perry Johnson, Jeff Meckstroth, Chip Martel, Eric Rodwell

1995 Ralph Cohen, Billy Cohen, Peter Nagy, George Mittelman, Marty Sklar, Hugh Ross

1996 Jimmy Cayne, Bjorn Fallenius, Brian Glubok, Chuck Burger, Mats Nisland, Mike Passell

1997 Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Brian Glubok, Bart Bramley, Walter Schafer, Geir Helgemo

1998 Edith Rosenkranz, Ralph Cohen, Ron Smith, Bob Etter, Bob Morris

1999 Sam Lev, Brian Glubok, Michael Polowan, John Mohan, Barnet Shenkin

2000 Mike Cappelletti Jr., Gary Cohler, Mark Lair, Richard Finberg

2001 George Jacobs, Ralph Katz, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin

2002 Perry Johnson, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Paul Soloway

2003 Peter Bertheau, Fredrik Nystrom, Christal Henner-Welland, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes, Fred Gitelman

2004 Jacek Pszczola, Michal Kwiecien, Piotr Gawrys, Sam Lev, Michael Polowan, Chris Willenken

2005 James Cayne, Michael Seamon, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Robert Levin, Steve Weinstein

2006 Bob Hamman, Robert Levin, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Paul Soloway, Steve Weinstein

2007 David Maidman, Marin Marinov, Kalin Karaivanov, Ruman Trendafilov

2008 Perry Johnson, Chris Compton, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell

2009 Bob Hamman, Zia Mahmood, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell

2010 John Diamond, Brian Platnick, Brad Moss, Fred Gitleman, Eric Greco, Geoff Hampson

2011 Greg Hinze, Dan Morse, Jacob Morgan, Michael Polowan, Steve Shirey, David Yang

2012 Gaylor Kasle, Larry Kozlove, Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson, Fred Stewart, Kit Woolsey

2013 Richard Schwartz, Allan Graves, Jon Baldursson, Thorlakur Jonsson, Espen Lindqvist, Boye Brogeland

2014 Sabine Auken, Josef Piekarek, Christina Madsen, Alexander Smirnov, Roy Welland

2015 Richard Schwartz, Allan Graves, Boye Brogeland, Espen Lindqvist, Ron Schwartz, Lotan Fisher *

* Charges of collusive cheating have been brought against Lotan Fisher and Ron Schwartz and a hearing is scheduled for July 2016. In accordance with the ACBL Code of Disciplinary Regulations section 4.1.8, Forfeiture of Masterpoints/Titles for Unethical Behavior, the outcome of the hearing (and appeal) may result in this title being vacated.

losing.” Winning that gold medal, Klukowski became

the youngest world champion in the history of bridge, supplanting Bobby Levin, who won the title at 24 years old.

Could you tell us about the last Bermuda Bowl and how you joined the Polish team after the start of the tournament?

MK: As you know, the WBF withdrew the invitation to play for one of the three Polish pairs. So my partner, Piotr Gawrys, and I got a phone call from the Polish Bridge League. They asked us to immediately leave for Chennai. We just took the plane. I was happy to be able to represent my country.

So, how did you feel about taking your compatriots’ place on the National team?

MK: I was sorry for them, especially because I don’t think they are guilty. I am sure that they don’t blame me for agreeing to take their place.

Did you meet them in Chennai? What did you say each other?

MK: We met for few minutes only. We just looked in each other’s eyes… You know, there are situations in life when you don’t need to speak.

Many players in the Bermuda Bowl didn’t want you and your partner to join the competition because it had already started; some players even tried to exclude you. What do you think about this?

MK: It’s hard for me to evaluate. I would say that I would let a team of four add a pair, given the circumstances, but you know, I am looking at the situation from my point of view. I can’t know what I would have done in their place. At the beginning I did not feel much at ease at the idea, but all the players were very nice and kind with my partner and me and the atmosphere was OK.

Some think that Poland should have withdrawn from the Bermuda Bowl. Does this change the taste of victory for you?

MK: It makes the victory even sweeter. When a pair from your team is accused and left out and you get the title anyway, you are proving that your country is clean and truly strong.

Which is the strongest emotion for you? Winning or losing?

MK (thinks for a while): Yes, true, losing is a bigger emotion. When I lose, I feel burnt inside, and if it is my fault it hurts even more. It takes up to some days to go through the frustration.

After winning world titles do you still have bridge ambitions?

MK: Sure I do. I’ve never been beyond the round of 16 of a NABC. This is my goal now.

Which teams do you fear the most here at the Vanderbilt?

MK: I don’t want to say because then if we play against them they would know. If you ask me which is the favorite team here, I would answer that it is probably Lavazza.

How do you feel about being the youngest world champion and breaking the record?

MK: It is nice setting a record, but to be honest, I don’t really care about age. I care about being a world champion, independent of the age. And it is wonderful.

Did you achieve your dream of being a bridge pro?

MK: I am trying to. I am looking for sponsors and I wish to go on playing and travelling around

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Riding the rushJenni Carmichael and Greg Humphreys led the

two-day Rockwell Mixed Pairs from start to finish in spectacular fashion. Humphreys selected these two deals that contributed to their success.

Here’s our first board of the afternoon (first final session) on Wednesday. It’s about the importance of bidding in tempo.

I pick up:♠K Q J 4 2 ♥2 ♦A K Q 9 7 ♣A10

My right-hand opponent opened 3♥ and I bid a pretty heavy 3♠. LHO bid 4♥ and partner bids 4♠. After what felt like about two minutes, my RHO finally decided to compete to 5♥. I take the push to 5♠, and when this passes back around to my RHO, he doubles.

I get a club lead, and see in dummy (hands rotated):

Board 1 ♠ 9 8 5 Dlr: East ♥ A Vul: None ♦ 8 5 4 2 ♣ K J 6 5 2

♠ K Q J 4 2 ♥ 2 ♦ A K Q 9 7 ♣ A 10 West North East South Carmichael Humphreys 3♥ 3♠ 4♥ 4♠ 5♥ 5♠ Pass Pass Double All Pass

Eventually, I decide to win the lead in dummy and run the ♠9. It held the trick! I ended up taking 12 tricks for plus 750, edging out the pairs in 4♠ doubled making five. Here was the layout:

♠ 9 8 5 ♥ A ♦ 8 5 4 2 ♣ K J 6 5 2 ♠ 6 ♠ A 10 7 3 ♥ K J 9 7 ♥ Q 10 8 6 5 4 3 ♦ 10 6 3 ♦ K ♣ Q 8 7 4 3 ♣ 9 ♠ K Q J 4 2 ♥ 2 ♦ A K Q 9 7 ♣ A 10

This was worth only about 80 percent of the matchpoints, however, because a few pairs bid and made 6♦ – probably after a Michaels-ish sequence and a non-spade lead by West.

Here’s another deal where Jenni’s aggressive bidding earned us 100 percent of the matchpoints.

I held:♠A Q 8 5 ♥9 6 4 ♦9 7 3 *C *J 6 4.

My RHO opened 1NT (15–17) and LHO bid 2♥, transferring to spades. Partner doubled 2♥ for the lead (we were red versus white). The opponents quickly bid up to 4♠, and because I trust my partner more than the opponents, I decided to double this. She did take a red versus white call, after all!

West North East South Humphreys Carmichael 1NT Pass 2♥ Dbl 2♠ Pass 4♠ Pass Pass Dbl All Pass

I led a heart, like a good partner, and dummy is:

♠ J 10 9 6 4 ♥ Q 3 ♦ K 10 4 ♣ A 10 8 ♠ A Q 8 5 ♥ 9 6 4 ♦ 9 7 3 ♣ J 6 4

The heart lead went to partner’s jack and declarer’s ace. I found myself back on lead at trick two with a spade honor, and thinking that because partner can have only 7–8 points, and she doubled for the lead, she must have another suit headed by an honor. I knew I would be in again before declarer could pitch anything, so I shifted to a club, because partner’s hypothetical ♦A couldn’t go away, but her hypothetical ♣K could.

Sure enough, as you can see from the full deal, this is the only defense that defeats 4♠. I might not

love partner’s double of 2♥, but it sure did work on this hand.

Board 3 ♠ J 10 9 6 4 Dlr: South ♥ Q 3 Vul: E–W ♦ K 10 4 ♣ A 10 8 ♠ A Q 8 5 ♠ 3 ♥ 9 6 4 ♥ K J 8 7 2 ♦ 9 7 3 ♦ 8 6 ♣ J 6 4 ♣ K 9 7 3 2 ♠ K 7 2 ♥ A 10 5 ♦ A Q J 5 2 ♣ Q 5

(Jenni admits that her double was technically not a call she or anyone might ordinarily make. But it was late in the session and she was intoxicated by the 75 percent game she and Greg had going.)

MonitoringAt this and future North American

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

By general monitoring of the session and

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

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


Picking your moment!By Barry Rigal

In third seat, you hold something like ♠5 3 ♥Q 3 2 ♦8 6 5 3 2 ♣8 5 3.

This is the auction:West North East South1♦ Dbl ?

How do you get in your opponents’ way?In the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams round

of 32 , Nick Jacob, playing with Sartaj Hans, experimented with a strength-showing redouble! When he heard 2♥ to his left, passed back to him, he decided he had done enough. These were the North-South hands: ♠ K Q J 2 ♥ J 7 4 ♦ K ♣ K Q 7 6 4

♠ 7 6 4 ♥ A K 10 5 ♦ J 10 4 ♣ A 8 2

If feels like 4♠ and 4♥ are both decent games. The point to remember is that after the redouble, many players (but not South in this case, apparently) play a jump as shapely but not a real invitation.

the world playing bridge in the future.Which are your favourite tournaments?MK: The NABCs. All the strongest players in

the world are here, so they are very challenging.What about your partnership with Piotr

Gawrys? How did you start playing together? Is the age difference a problem for you?

MK: In 2014, Piotr asked me to play with him and I enthusiastically accepted. Age difference is not a problem. I don’t care about my partner’s age.

The next World Bridge Games will be held in Wroclaw, your birthplace. Is this inspirational for you?

MK: For me it is important just like all the other championships, but it is true that, as many of my friends will come and root for us, it will probably be particularly exciting.

Have you ever had a moment of weakness in your bridge life?

MK: When I was 10 years old I was playing at the club with my dad. I had 10 top trumps and 11 top tricks, but I forgot to draw trumps and my father was furious. And I thought: “I don’t want to play bridge anymore, it destroys my family.” But then I overcame that feeling of failure and just tried again.

About Michal Klukowski...• 20 years old (born on May 25, 1996);• He was born in Wroclaw, Poland. Now lives in

Malopolskie (in the south of Poland);• He is the youngest world champion in history

of bridge;• He is engaged to Justyna Zmuda, also

representing Poland (on the Women’s team);• He is attending Cracow University

(economics), despite having little time to devote to his studies;

• Titles: Gold medal - World Open Teams Championships (Chennai, 2015)

Gold medal - European Youth Championships (Tromso, 2015)

Gold medal - World Series - Open Teams (Sanya, 2014)

Gold medal - World Youngsters Teams Championships (Taicang, 2012).


Klukowski

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH PAIRS 47.0 Tables 7 5 2 13.09 1 1 Shelley Cooper, Santa Fe NM; Russell Rector, Oakland CA 63.50% 9.82 2 2 Lee Dunn, Reno NV; Darrick Chee, Orange CA 63.24% 7.36 3 3 1 Julie Greenberg, San Diego CA; Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA 62.35% 5.52 4 Greg Foss - Jeannene LeVitre, Reno NV 60.74% 4.98 5 4 Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 58.93% 3.94 6 5 Anne Neeter, Sedona AZ; Judi Gentry, Los Altos CA 58.63% 3.27 7 Larry Yarger, West Point NE; Lisa Hebert, Ottawa ON 58.18% 3.37 8 6 Donald Rogers, Reno NV; Tomoko Rogers, Mattoon IL 58.04% 2.95 9 7 Karla Reynolds, Scottsdale AZ; Deborah Laut, Lafayette CO 56.99% 4.04 10/11 8/9 2 Kristin Smith - Steven Smith, Corralitos CA 55.95% 2.49 10/11 8/9 Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 55.95% 2.15 12 10 Roger Leemis - Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hls MI 55.36% 3.03 13 11 3 Douglas Campbell, Highland Park CA; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 55.23% 1.84 14 12 George Steele, Austin TX; Sam Aucoin, Honolulu HI 55.06% 2.27 15 13 4 Joan Smith, San Jose CA; Sherry Ruskin, San Francisco CA 54.97% 1.80 16 14 5 Lois Bartels, Sun City West AZ; Janet Gordon, Madison WI 54.46% 1.73 17 15 6 Peg Remaklus - Malcolm Scott, Vacaville CA 54.40% 1.35 18/19 16/17 Libby Longstreth, Riverbank CA; Christine Barkley, Modesto CA 54.17% 1.35 18/19 16/17 Marie-France Ghent - Cherri Ross, Reno NV 54.17% 1.35 20 18 7 Gregory Clemmons - Janet Clemmons, Hillsboro OR 53.96% 1.45 21 19 Hellar Nakonechny, Carman MB; Gloria Woloshyn, Winnipeg MB 53.93% 1.61 22 20 Karen Eveland, Lewiston ID; Richard Carlson, Moscow ID 53.42% 1.20 23 21 8 David Welch - Kathryn Welch, Truckee CA 53.34% 1.24 24 22 William Voss - Jeffrey Phillips, Grand Junction CO 53.32% 1.45 9 Susan Jennings - Steven Jennings, Nacogdoches TX 53.17%

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT A PAIRS 57.0 Tables / Based on 97 Tables A B C 36.35 1 John Koch, Saint Cloud MN; Terry Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN 61.60% 27.26 2 Richard Vatter, Bradenton FL; Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 61.42% 20.45 3 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Ravinder Ohri, New Hyde Park NY 59.54% 15.34 4 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA 59.42% 12.12 5 Judy Kay - Bill Hardy, Beaverton OR 58.42% 10.39 6 Claudette Hartman, Austin TX; Mildred Breed, Cypress TX 58.19% 9.09 7 Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT; Rick Prouser, Lake Oswego OR 57.77% 8.08 8 William Grant, San Diego CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 57.53% 7.27 9 Suzy Burger - Lynne Schaeffer, West Bloomfield MI 57.41% 6.61 10 Robert Korten, Frankfort MI; Robert Houtrow, Delton MI 57.33% 6.52 11 Gary Tomczyk, Las Vegas NV; Jim Backstrom, Henderson NV 57.32% 6.70 12 Jerry Keller, Laurel MD; David Idleman, Coralville IA 57.26% 15.62 13 1 1 Becky Stevens, Redmond WA; J C Chupack, Seattle WA 57.08% 11.72 14 2 Bob Sendall, Morro Bay CA; Edwin Straver, Incline Village NV 56.85% 8.79 15 3 Paul Blumberg, Sparks NV; James Paschal, Reno NV 56.74% 5.03 16 Richard Budd, Portland ME; Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 56.53% 4.08 17 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 56.50% 6.59 18 4 2 Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA; David Cheng, Palo Alto CA 56.42% 3.88 19 Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 56.27% 3.46 20 Gerald Fox, Napa CA; Tom Jacobson, Fairfield CA 55.88% 6.15 21 5 3 Russell Johnson, Olympia WA; Eddie Bishop, Lacey WA 55.58% 3.42 22 Bruce Blakely, San Rafael CA; Shelly Dunietz, Santa Rosa CA 55.54% 3.98 23 Robert Thomson, San Rafael CA; Joseph Kushner, Mill Valley CA 55.18% 3.33 24 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 55.15% 2.80 25 Buzz Farnes, Midvale UT; Oris Mowry, Phoenix AZ 55.08% 2.69 26 John Kohler, Phoenix AZ; Beverly Hartin, Rancho Mirage CA 55.07% 5.69 27 Nick Demmon, Roseville CA; David Vidaver, Sacramento CA 54.93% 2.95 28 Gee Gee Walker, Medford OR; Molly Tinsley, Ashland OR 54.81% 2.42 29 Yas Takeda - Joan Culbertson, Hacienda Hgts CA 54.78% 4.46 6 4 Hank Liu, Haidian Distric People’s Republic of China; Misook Jung, Beverly Hills CA 54.65% 3.91 7 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA 54.21% 3.47 8 5 Margie Cole - Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY 54.05% 3.12 9 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD 53.90% 2.84 10 6 Henry Kingdon - Pat Friesen, San Rafael CA 53.15% 2.60 11 7 William Tenney - Art Herbon, Nipomo CA 52.71% 2.40 12 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 52.46% 3.02 13 8 Carole Schmitz - Wilhelmina White, Redding CA 52.24% 2.08 14 9 Madelaine Kleinman - Robert Kleinman, Kailua HI 51.96% 2.86 15 Carol Huston - Mark Bloom, Chico CA 51.92% 2.76 16 10 Bonnie Hertzog, Richmond IN; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS 51.77% 2.00 17 George Mitchell, Douglas NB; Barbara Mackay, Fredericton NB 51.73% 1.79 18 Maryruth Negro - James Negro, Wellesley MA 51.04%

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2015 Fast Open Pairs winners Igor Savchenko and Irina Kislitsyna.

Start Your Engines!The NABC+ Fast Open Pairs, which requires

players to finish their two-board rounds in 11 minutes, begins today. The event consists of two qualifying sessions followed by two final sessions tomorrow. Previous winners:2000 Aaron Silverstein, Chris Willenken2001 Mark Itabashi, Jim Robison2002 Alan Kleist, Leo LaSota2003 John Hurd, Joel Wooldridge2004 Peter Weiden, Rick Zucker2005 Ralph Buchalter, Chris Willenken2006 Robert Lebi, Nick L’Ecuyer2007 Geoff Hampson, Robert Levin 2008 Doug Doub, Adam Wildavsky2009 Dick Bruno, Peggy Kaplan2010 Dan Jacob, Nagy Kamel2011 John Diamond, Geoff Hampson2012 Tom Kniest, Ed Schulte 2013 Jim Munday, Larry Sealy 2014 Adam Grossack, Zachary Grossack2015 Igor Savchenko, Irina Kislitsyna


10K

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SIDE GAME 22.0 Tables A B C 7.47 1 Ana Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Louk Verhees Jr, 2215 Jx Voorhou Netherlands 66.58% 5.60 2 1 Phoebe Chang, Los Angeles CA; Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI 63.08% 4.20 3 Janise Saul, San Antonio TX; John Johnson, Harlingen TX 61.10% 3.83 4 2 Dennis Hanel, Twin Falls ID; Carolyn Timmermann, Vancouver WA 61.07% 2.61 5 Chuck Said - Halle Fowler, Nashville TN 60.98% 1.87 6 Jerry Stamatov, Sofia Bulgaria; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 58.85% 2.87 7 3 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Sieglinde Chromecek, 8280 Fa Rstenfe Austria 56.94% 2.15 8 4 Roxana Tom, Campbellton TX; Katherine Gary, Karnes City TX 56.46% 2.14 5 1 Barnaby Grist, Reno NV; Graham Grist, Norfolk England 55.97% 1.21 6 Barry Sorenson - Lucille Sorenson, North Bend OR 55.33% 1.61 2 Dennis Uthe, Roseville CA; Ginny Curtis, Citrus Heights CA 51.49% 1.20 3 Kenneth Gibson - Wendy Gibson, Stow OH 51.28%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON LIMITED PAIRS 12.5 Tables A B C 3.02 1 Miriam Steinberg, Carmichael CA; John Reynen, Sacramento CA 61.03% 2.27 2 1 Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID; Wesley May, Menlo Park CA 59.93% 1.70 3 2 1 Mary Willis, Tahoe City CA; Kathleen Semrad, Truckee CA 57.95% 1.27 4 3 2 Laura Carlson - Monica Brandl, Reno NV 55.49% 0.96 5 4 Marie Ernst - Marjorie Quaglieri, Reno NV 55.49% 0.72 6 Rita Schaulat, Novato CA; Peggy McCormick, San Rafael CA 55.47% 0.86 5 3 Wendy Schwartz, Walnut Creek CA; Karen Corburn, San Ramon CA 54.87% 0.65 4 Karen Cabrera - Robert Cabrera, Oakland CA 51.88%

FRIDAY EVENING LIMITED PAIRS 8.0 Tables A B C 2.07 1/2 Steven Solem, Vale SD; Virginia Brier, Tucson AZ 58.33% 2.07 1/2 1 Kristin Smith - Steven Smith, Corralitos CA 58.33% 1.33 3 Pat Kirby, Brentwood TN; Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 57.74% 1.00 4 Jeanette Hanna - Brad Hanna, Clackamas OR 55.65% 1.18 5 Joel Reimnitz - Charlene Reimnitz, Pacific Grove CA 54.76% 1.33 2 1 Karen Cabrera - Robert Cabrera, Oakland CA 52.08% 0.98 3 May Mengstab, Laguna Woods CA; Shirley Chang, Milpitas CA 50.89% 0.74 4 Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID; Wesley May, Menlo Park CA 48.81% 1.00 2 Alan Wood - Nancy Wood, Sparks NV 46.13%

FRIDAY FLIGHT B PAIRS 9.0 Tables / Based on 49 Tables B C 18.07 1 1 Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY; Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON 56.37% 13.55 2 2 Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA; Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA 54.75% 10.16 3 3 Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 54.51% 7.62 4 Dave Walker, Seattle WA; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK 54.05% 6.02 5 4 Jonathan Cohen, Rohnert Park CA; Larry Spanier, Santa Rosa CA 53.47%

FRIDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 12.0 Tables 7 3 5.05 1 Gale Gropp, Bellingham WA; Marilyn Knipp, Delta BC 61.17% 3.79 2 Patricia Irwin - Mary Teply, Mill Valley CA 56.72% 2.84 3 Thomas Sheahan - Marsha Horowitz, Sonoma CA 56.06% 3.54 4 1 Ronald Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT; Candice Ragsdale-Polloc, Taylors UT 55.11% 1.68 5 Anthony Muller, Pebble Beach CA; Joyce Newell, Monterey CA 54.36% 2.66 6/7 2 Amy Hansell - Lisa Euphrat, Piedmont CA 54.17% 1.35 6/7 Mariann Kessler - Barbara Smith, Walnut Creek CA 54.17% 1.99 3 Nancy Remple - Thomas Chambers, Portland OR 53.60% 1.49 4 Tai Wang, Rosemead CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 52.46%

The runners-up in the NABC 10K Knockout: Paul Darin, Sam Madison-Jammal, Leon Fisher and Mac Busby.squad 127-75 for the championship in the NABC 10K Knockout. No competitor could have more than 10,000 masterpoints.

Melville, of Springfield IL, played with Vlad Isporski of Sofia, Bulgaria; Steve Stewart of Overland Park KS and Mark Jones of Birmingham AL.

For the 10K event, Melville wore his “lucky” shirt from his and Isporski’s victory in the Fast Open Pairs in Denver last fall.

Darin and teammates Mac Busby and Sam Madison-Jammal are from San Diego. Their fourth, Leon Fisher, is from Oceanside CA.

Darin complimented the winners, telling a tournament director, “We were never really in it. The better team won.”


Vanderbilt update

point, but Lavazza outscored their opponents 58-34 in the third quarter to take a 7-IMP lead then won the final set 30-15 to advance with a 147-125 victory.

Diamond led Rosenthal early but fell behind at the halfway point and never recovered, losing 116-79.

Two other matches were cut short when the losing teams withdrew. The Lian team, winners over the Zimmermann and Bart Bramley squads, lost the first set to Cayne 60-0 and, down 127-49, withdrew after three quarters. Lian was originally seeded 59th.

The Richard Schwartz team struggled from the outset against Bertheau, losing the first set 43-3 and scoring only 24 IMPs in 45 boards. Schwartz, facing a 141-24 deficit, withdrew after three sets.


Winners of the 2015 Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams: Irvina Levitina, JoAnna Stansby, Pamela Granovetter, Karen McCallum and Kerri Sanborn; not pictured, captain Lynn Baker.

Women’s Swiss TeamsThe Machlin Women’s Swiss Teams

competition begins today with two qualifying sessions, followed by two final sessions on Sunday.

Winners are honored by the Machlin Trophy, donated by the Machlin family in memory of longtime ACBL employee Sadie Machlin. Sadie was the sister of ACBL chief tournament director Al Sobel and the mother of Jerry Machlin, national tournament director.

The Machlin’s Women’s Swiss pays 100% platinum points even though, starting in 2014, a win in the event no longer qualifies for Grand Life Master.Previous winners:1982 Dorothy Truscott, Stasha Cohen, Edith

(Kemp) Freilich, Nancy Gruver, Mary Jane Farell, Randi Montin, Mike Smolen (npc)

1983 Kathie Wei-Sender, Judi Radin, Gail Greenberg, Jacqui Mitchell, Betty Ann Kennedy, Carol Sanders

1984 June Deutsch, Tobi Deutsch, Cheri Bjerkan, Margie Gwozdzinsky, Dorothy Truscott, Sue Halperin

1985 Sue Farino, Dianna Gordon, June Deutsch, Tobi Deutsch, Rhoda Walsh

1986 Jan Martel, Rozanne Pollack, Lynne Pollenz, Lynne Feldman, Roberta Epstein, Sue Picus

1987 Cheri Bjerkan, Juanita Chambers, Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer

1988 Helen Utegaard, Rhoda Walsh, Carol Pincus, Beverly Rosenberg

1989 Kerri Shuman, Kitty Bethe, Margie Gwozdzinsky, Karen McCallum

1990 Kerri Shuman, Karen McCallum, Edith Rosenkranz, Sabine Zenkel, Daniela von Arnim

1991 1-2. Jacqui Mitchell, Joyce Lilie, Amalya Kearse, Jo Morse

1-2. Ron Andersen (npc), Kay Schulle, Jill Meyers, Randi Montin, Pam Wittes, Juanita Chambers, Cheri Bjerkan

1992 Gail Greenberg, Judy Tucker, Dorothy Truscott, Lisa Berkowitz, Sandra Landy, Michele Handley

1993 Kay Schulle, Jill Meyers, Kerri Shuman, Karen McCallum

1994 Juanita Chambers, Rhoda Kratenstein, Shawn Womack, Jan Cohen, Hjordis Eythorsdottir

1995 Kathie Wei-Sender, Carol Sanders, Betty Ann Kennedy, Sue Sachs, Lynn Deas, Beth Palmer

1996 Kathie Wei-Sender, Sue Sachs, Beth Palmer, Lynn Deas, Juanita Chambers

1997 Pam Wittes, Shawn Quinn, Cheri Bjerkan, Sue Weinstein, Stasha Cohen, Judy Wadas

1998 Jo Morse, Karen McCallum, Rose

Johnson-Meltzer, Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Lynn Baker

1999 Robin Klar, Joan Jackson, Petra Hamman, Peggy Sutherlin, Shawn Quinn, Mildred Breed

2000 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Valerie Westheimer, Judy Wadas, Linda Lewis, Karen Barrett

2001 Lynn Baker, Jill Meyers, Randi Montin, Irina Levitina, Karen McCallum, Kerri Sanborn

2002 Kathie Wei-Sender, Betty Ann Kennedy, Janice Seamon-Molson, Tobi Sokolow, Jill Levin, Sue Picus

2003 Valerie Westheimer, Judi Radin, Mildred Breed, Shawn Quinn

2004 JoAnn Sprung, Kathleen Sulgrove, Peggy Sutherlin, Karen Allison

2005 Hansa Narasimhan, JoAnna Stansby, Debbie Rosenberg, Irina Levitina, Sue Picus, Jill Levin

2006 Mildred Breed, Pamela Granovetter, Sylvia Moss, Judy Radin, Shawn Quinn, Migry Zur-Campanile

2007 Lynn Baker, Lynn Deas, Irina Levitina, Karen McCallum, Beth Palmer, Kerri Sanborn

2008 Lisa Berkowitz, Cheri Bjerkan, Joann Glasson, Sue Weinstein

2009 Janice Seamon-Molson, Phyllis Fireman, Shannon Cappelletti, Jill Levin, Tobi Sokolow, Jill Meyers

2010 Phyllis Fireman, Martine Verbeek, Shannon Cappelletti, Wietske van Zwol, Migry Zur Campanile, Shawn Quinn

2011 1-2. Geeske Joel, Jill Levin, Janice Seamon-Molson, Debbie Rosenberg, Tobi Sokolow, Jill Meyers

1-2. Joyce Hampton, Jenny Wolpert, Benedicte Cronier, Sylvie Willard, Sabine Auken, Daniella von Arnim

2012 Barbara Sonsini, Lynn Deas, Irina Levitina, Kerri Sanborn, Beth Palmer, Judi Radin

2013 Sylvia Moss, Cecila Rimstedt, Joann Glasson, Meike Wortel, Marion Michielsen, Laura Dekkers

2014 Hu Wen, Gan Ling, Wang Yanhong, Huang Yan, Li Lixuan, Li Yiting

2015 Lynn Baker, Karen McCallum, Pamela Granovetter, JoAnna Stansby, Irina Levitina, Kerri Sanborn

Electronic Device Policy 1.11.1 The electronic device policy allows

players to bring electronic devices into the playing area. Except for health-related equipment and/or by permission of the Director-in-Charge of the tournament, all such devices must be inoperable and turned off.

1.11.2 Any device capable of either sending or receiving electronic signals must not be visible during the session.

1.11.3 This policy applies to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, play recorders and kibitzers with the exception of those persons designated by the ACBL.

1.11.4 A violation of the policy will result in an automatic penalty pursuant to Law 91 of the Laws of Duplicate Bridge of one full board at matchpoints/board-a-match scoring, 12 IMPs at IMP pairs/knockouts or 20% maximum of VPs available per match in a Swiss team event for the first offense. A second offense will result in disqualification from the event for the pair/team.


Silodor

Runners-up in the Silodor Open Pairs: John Kranyak and Phyllis Fireman.by 92 matchpoints on a 90 top.

Second place in the event went to Phyllis Fireman and John Kranyak.

“It’s good to win again,” said Meckstroth, who earned his 58th North American championship. Rodwell has 59. “We haven’t won a national event since Chicago (last summer) and that’s a long drought for us.”

After the first day of play, the twosome – among the most successful pairs in bridge history – were in sixth place, about 70 matchpoints out of first. In the first final session, they scored 66.11% to take the lead by about two-thirds of a board. They increased the margin with a 58.94% game in the second final session.


Women’s

They were second in the Women’s Pairs: Sheri Winestock and Shannon Cappelletti.

Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs. The top four pairs were bunched within a board when the bell sounded.

Gromova and Ponomareva, both from Moscow, compiled four solid sessions – 65%, 59.50%, 56% and 58% – and needed every point. Nipping at their heels, Shannon Cappelletti and Sheri Winestock were but 4.15 points (25 top) off the pace.

In third, 2.05 points behind the runners-up, were Ellen Kozlove of Boca Raton FL and Anne Brenner of Denver CO.

This is the second NABC title for Gromova and Ponomareva. They won this same event in 2012.

This is the first time Winestock has finished as high as second. She says she and Cappelletti are teaming up with the Russians (and Jan Assini and Joanne Weingold) to play the Machlin Women’s Swiss which starts today.


69 TablesNorberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain; Zia Mahmood, New York NY; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Alejandro Bianchedi - Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina vsPeter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Bas Drijver, Capelle Aan Den Netherlands; Sjoert Brink, Rotterdam Netherlands

James Cayne - Michael Seamon, Boca Raton FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy; Mustafa Cem Tokay, Roma 00197 Italy vsAndrew Rosenthal - Aaron Silverstein - Chris Willenken, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands; Thomas Bessis, Paris France; Frederic Volcker, Issy Les Moulin France

80.00 5/8 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Geoff Hampson, Las Vegas NV; Justin Lall, Plano TX; Kevin Bathurst, Palm Bch Gdns FL 80.00 5/8 Martin Fleisher - Roy Welland - Joe Grue, New York NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Brad Moss, Denver CO 80.00 5/8 Richard Schwartz, Aventura FL; Allan Graves, Saint Johnsbury VT; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Espen Lindqvist, Arendal Norway; Huub Bertens, Bend OR; Daniel Korbel, Hamilton ON 80.00 5/8 Ruo Yang Lian - Yang Cai - Fei Gao, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Hua Poon - Choon Chou Loo, Singapore Singapore 50.00 9/16 Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Roger Lee, Las Vegas NV; David Bakhshi, London England; Sam Lev, New York NY; Michal Klukowski, Dolnoslaskie Poland; Piotr Gawrys, Warsaw Poland 50.00 9/16 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA; Sartaj Hans, Sydney Australia; Nick Jacob, Auckland New Zealand

PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS

1. Lavazza64. Rippey (65)

32. Hanlon33. Aker

17. Meltzer48. Lo

16. Tulin49. Liu

9. Berg56. Sakr

24. Robinson41. Wortel

25. Wolff (npc)40. Pavlicek

8. Fleisher57. Gibson

5. Bertheau60. Lu

28. Fireman37. Narasimhan

21. De Knijff44. Barbosa

12. Spector53. Sprung

13. Schwartz52. Steinberg

20. Levine45. Ivatury

29. Grabel36. Hollman

4. Gordon61. Ryan (68)

Lavazza 30 64 79 124Hanlon 27 46 48 69

Meltzer 54 38 70 83Tulin 50 86 98 129

Sakr 27 48 99 110Wortel 34 81 121 164

Pavlicek (25) 31 77 99 110Fleisher 27 42 83 150

Bertheau 67 128 158 216Narasimhan 10 29 64 106

De Knijf 14 42 59 90Spector 15 29 89 106

Schwartz 61 114 146 146Levine 36 49 53 -

Hollman 40 75 102 125Gordon 22 49 82 96

Lavazza 29 47 78 88Tulin 9 21 52 68

Wortel (41) 34 56 85 109Fleisher 23 43 85 133

Bertheau 51 89 117 152Spector 7 22 47 70

Schwartz 48 58 87 137Hollman 27 57 88 110

Lavazza 28 59 117 147

Fleisher 49 76 110 125

Bertheau 43 70 141 141

Schwartz (13) 3 8 24 24

Lavazza

Bertheau


50.00 9/16 Warren Spector, Palm Beach FL; Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt; Michael Kamil, Spartanburg SC; Richard Coren, Highland Beach FL 50.00 9/16 Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL; Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Jacek Kalita, Warsaw Poland; Michal Nowosadzki, Wroclaw Poland; Alon Birman - Dror Padon, Tel Aviv Israel 50.00 9/16 Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Reese Milner, Sarasota FL; Frederic Wrang - Johan Sylvan, Stockholm Sweden; Jack Zhao, Boca Raton FL; Eldad Ginossar, Chicago IL 50.00 9/16 Gaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Dan Morse, Houston TX; David Grainger, Roseville CA; Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; John Schermer, Seattle WA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY

50.00 9/16 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands; Joris Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands; Richard Ritmeijer - MagdalenaTicha, The Netherlands Netherlands 50.00 9/16 Meike Wortel, Oslo Norway; Ida Groenkvist, Orebro Sweden; Tobias Polak, Rotterdam Netherlands; Bruce Rogoff, Boca Raton FL 25.00 17/32 May Sakr, Bryn Mawr PA; Jarosleaw Cieslak, Paradzice Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk 80-467 Poland; Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw 02-382 Poland

PAIRINGS IN TODAY’S VANDERBILT KO TEAMS

2. Nickell63. Smith

31. Kasle34. Wolfson

18. PD Times47. Leong

15. Rosenthal50. Castner

10. Mahaffey (npc)55. Tarnoff (64)

23. O’Rourke42. Texan Aces

26. Harris39. Barron

7. Diamond58. Shugart

6. Zimmerman59. Lian

27. Chmurski38. Goldberg

22. Street43. Baker

11. Bramley54. Fourgaudot (55)

14. Gupta51. Howard

19. Lall46. P. Cayne

30. Onstott35. Meyers

3. J. Cayne62. Postas

Kasle (31) 22 31 74 91Rosenthal 26 46 75 102

Mahaffey (npc) 17 60 78 84Diamond 45 78 111 160

Lian (59) 27 68 84 115Bramley 42 55 91 111

H. Lall (19) 19 58 89 136J. Cayne 47 103 152 159

Nickell 80 74 59 18Kasle 105 79 52 13

PD Times 122 76 48 25Rosenthal 157 125 71 54

Mahaffey (npc) 136 107 62 46Texan Aces 49 30 16 10

Harris 84 70 43 20Diamond 162 132 105 58

Lian (59) 120 95 83\2 61Goldberg (38) 117 56 23 11

Street 95 71 44 27Bramley 133 104 85 52

Gupta 98 64 38 11H. Lall 102 56 32 19

Onstott 69 58 39 17J. Cayne 92 63 42 8

Rosenthal (15) 20 46 91 116

Diamond 25 39 45 79

Lian (59) 0 29 49 49

J. Cayne 60 86 127 127

The Vanderbilt KO rankings and masterpoint awards that appeared in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin were incorrect. We apologize for the error.

Rosenthal

J. Cayne


Intermediate/Newcomer masterpoint leaders(through Saturday afternoon)

1 11.97 Wesley May, Menlo Park CA 2 11.23 Roy Redlich, Petaluma CA 3 11.23 Hans Van Boldrik, Santa Rosa CA 4 10.37 Barbara Norman, Healdsburg CA 5 10.37 Linda Marin, Calistoga CA 6 10.33 Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID 7 10.33 John Reynen, Sacramento CA 8 9.64 Murray Cutten, Goodyear AZ 9 9.05 Virginia Brier, Tucson AZ 10 8.65 Nancy Epoch, Topeka KS 11 8.48 Judith Robyns, Reno NV 12 8.48 Robert Robyns, Reno NV 13 7.96 Miriam Steinberg, Carmichael CA 14 7.52 Kathleen Semrad, Truckee CA 15 7.48 Steven Solem, Vale SD 16 7.38 Charles Mann, San Francisco CA 17 7.36 Charon Jenner, Sacramento CA 18 7.36 Debra Leggett, Sacramento CA 19 7.28 Willa King, Newport Beach CA 20 7.24 Stephanie McCarty, Sparks NV 21 7.13 Vera Dodson, Overland Park KS 22 7.07 Jamie Herbon, Nipomo CA 23 7.07 Art Herbon, Nipomo CA 24 6.80 Robert Rottmayer, Santa Rosa CA 25 6.77 Alice Probst, Reno NV 26 6.77 Jon Probst, Reno NV 27 6.76 Alice Nelson, Bend OR 28 6.76 Gary Nelson, Bend OR 29 6.72 Ed Gould, Incline Village NV 30 6.72 Cornelia Gould, Incline Village NV 31 6.67 Terrance McKerrs, Topeka KS 32 6.57 Terry Vokos, Santa Cruz CA 33 6.57 Suzanne Carver, Bakersfield CA 34 6.54 Karen Rice, Sebastopol CA 35 6.54 Donna Soehrens, Healdsburg CA 36 6.43 Susan Jennings, Nacogdoches TX 37 6.43 Steven Jennings, Nacogdoches TX 38 6.31 Kevin Smith, Ione CA 39 6.22 Linda Lannoye, Mesquite NV 40 6.20 Mara Cohen, Porter Ranch CA 41 6.20 Alan Cohen, Porter Ranch CA 42 6.16 Christine Kahn, Pleasanton CA 43 6.16 Robert Kahn, Pleasanton CA 44 5.96 Kathryn Welch, Truckee CA 45 5.96 David Welch, Truckee CA 46 5.75 Catherine Oetjen, Brentwood CA 47 5.70 May Mengstab, Laguna Woods CA 48 5.65 Shirley Womack, Stockton CA 49 5.65 Wendy Buchanan, Woodbridge CA 50 5.52 Les Nakasaki, Montebello CA 51 5.52 Don Nakasaki, Chino CA 52 5.47 Deborah Drysdale, San Francisco CA 53 5.46 George Carter, San Francisco CA 54 5.41 Mary Willis, Tahoe City CA 55 5.25 Keith Selbrede, Camarillo CA 56 5.21 Jonathan Bourne, Mammoth Lakes CA 57 5.21 Penny Bourne, Mammoth Lakes CA 58 5.16 Dick Trapp, Carson City NV 59 5.16 Gerry Trapp, Carson City NV 60 5.16 Elizabeth McKay, Pavillion WY 61 5.15 Melissa Moore, Lawrence KS 62 5.14 Dana Davis, Reno NV 63 5.12 Jack Grasham, Brookings OR 64 5.12 Debbie Grasham, Brookings OR 65 5.12 Mary Silky, Syracuse NY 66 5.12 Bill Silky, Syracuse NY 67 5.11 Lenore Lemon, Mammoth Lakes CA 68 5.10 Mary Lyons, Santa Rosa CA 69 5.08 Terry Gordon, Novato CA 70 5.08 Richard Gordon, Novato CA

FRIDAY EVENING A SWISS 39 Tables / Based on 69 Tables A X Y 15.99 1 Bart Nab, Tilburg Netherlands; Bob Drijver, Rotterdam Netherlands; Tim Verbeek, Netherlands; Danny Molenaar, Den Haag Netherlands; Dano De Falco, Rubano (PD) Italy; Patricia Cayne, Boca Raton FL 76.00 11.99 2 Robert Hollman, Santa Barbara CA; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA; Berend Van Den Bos, Den Haag Netherlands; Joris van Lankveld, Amsterdam Netherlands 62.00 8.99 3 Justine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Benito Garozzo, Wilmington DE; Kauko Koistinen, Espoo Finland; Vesa Fagerlund, Tampere Finland 58.00 6.75 4 Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Peter Gill, Sydney Australia; Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; P Drew Cannell, Dol-Des-Ormeaux QC 56.00 4.43 5/6 Richard Anderson - Janice Anderson, Regina SK; William McFall, New Berlin WI; Donald Mamula, Mill Creek WA 55.00 4.43 5/6 Alfred Tuckman, Laguna Woods CA; Susan Gilison, Royal Plm Beach FL; Peter Wallis - Siegfried Konig, Brisbane Australia 55.00 7.54 7 1 1 William Bailey, Palo Alto CA; Max Schireson, Stanford CA; Debbie Rosenberg - Kevin Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Olivier Chapelle, Sunnyvale CA 51.00 1.96 8/9 Robert Otto, Iowa City IA; Dwight Bender, London ON; Thomas Flanders, Cedar Rapids IA; Audrius Mizeikis, Scottsdale AZ 50.00 1.96 8/9 Juanita Chambers - Barbara Ferm, Dallas TX; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA 50.00 5.66 10 2 Gerald Nehra, Muskegon MI; William Granger, Bradenton FL; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI; Eileen Cripps, Madison WI 49.00 4.24 3 2 Yuqiao Zhao, Unknown People’s Republic of China; Haibo Zhao, Beijing People’s Republic of China; David Willmott, Folsom CA; Nancy Cook, Sacramento CA 47.00 3.18 4 3 Jill Thompson - Jill Foran, Toronto ON; Christopher Cowan - Debbie Feldman, Oakville ON 45.00 2.09 5/6 4/5 Chip Cleveland - Roberta Cleveland, Bend OR; Laura Smith - Larry Smith, Redmond OR 43.00 2.09 5/6 4/5 John Emmerson, Federal Way WA; Luigi Lenaz, Newtown PA; Merle Stetser, Honolulu HI; Arnold Holmberg, Minneapolis MN 43.00

FRIDAY EVENING B SWISS 30 Tables B C D 6.53 1 Adair Karlin - Joan Merrill - Jared Boulds - William Schelstrate, Tucson AZ 60.00 5.18 2 1 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY; Debra LaMountain, Forest Hills NY; Janine Buss, Port Washington NY 56.00 3.00 3/5 2/4 Roy Ladd - Albert Stock - Ruth Baker, Valencia CA; Tracy Boys, Sherman Oaks CA 54.00 3.00 3/5 2/4 Kris Wong - Gail Gabiati, San Francisco CA; Joe Blackford, Lincoln CA; Edna Pierson, Jerome ID 54.00 3.00 3/5 2/4 Calvin Konner, Bethesda MD; Jim Solomon, San Luis Obispo CA; Amar Chunder, San Jose CA; Sukumar Mukherji, San Ramon CA 54.00 1.64 6 5 Wilfred Motokane Jr - Richard S H Wong, Honolulu HI; Gary Rosenthal, Kailua HI; Joseph Habeich, Portland OR 52.00 1.23 7 6 Susan Boyers - Sherry Larsen Beville, Oakland CA; Ching Chao, Danville CA; Catherine Molnar, Piedmont CA 51.00 2.10 1 Richard Gordon - Terry Gordon, Novato CA; Paulette Moe, Ross CA; Carolyn Farren, Larkspur CA 40.00 1.58 2 Richard Rogers - Stephanie Rogers - Stuart Pollak - Lee Pollak, San Francisco CA 39.00 1.18 3 Jeannette Jensen, Sunnyvale CA; Linda Stuart, San Dimas CA; Douglas Campbell, Highland Park CA; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 38.00

THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO 4 14 Tables 19.91 1 Donna Barrow - Judith Ude, Littleton CO; Nancy Rainwater, Denver CO; Joan Curran, Castle Pines CO 13.94 2 Olivia Laufer - John Laufer, Toronto ON; Albena-Maria Vassileva, North Bay ON; Sean Pryke, Dundas ON 7.96 3/4 Jayne Silver, West Palm Beach FL; Shirley Hayes - Frank Alexandro, Kirkland WA; Linda Schnoll, Palm Bch Gdns FL 7.96 3/4 Katherine Grant, Riverview FL; Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Virginia Bright, Sarasota FL; Kaye Hoffmaster, Somers MT

THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO 5 14 Tables 15.89 1 Byron Southern - Ellen Coffield, Little Rock AR; Lois Mazuren, Sardis BC; Diane Bishoff, Reno NV 11.12 2 Susan Vogtlin, Rio Vista CA; Therese Huot - Suzanne Viau, Boucherville QC; Marlene Mohr, Lodi CA 6.36 3/4 Kris Wong - Gail Gabiati, San Francisco CA; Edna Pierson, Jerome ID; Joe Blackford, Lincoln CA 6.36 3/4 Donald Buchanan, Gold River CA; J Fischer, Newcastle CA; Ann Swaim, Marstons Mls MA; Sue Tuana, Roseville CA

THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO 6 16 Tables 12.85 1 Robert Barnes, Concord CA; William LeMaire, El Sobrante CA; Gary Hargrove, Fairview Hgts IL; Laurence Lange, Orinda CA 9.00 2 Bill Ranard - Billie Ranard, Bozeman MT; Barry Heller, Burbank CA; Michael Schultz, Lake Oswego OR 5.14 3/4 Paul Andre Paquin - Suzanne Arsenault, Saint-Bruno QC; Pierrette Desmarais, Saint-Hyacinthe QC; Michel Trudel, Granby QC 5.14 3/4 Colin Hemsley - Anne Dudman, San Jose CA; Deborah Machlin, Los Altos CA; Rita Rubenfeld, Portola Valley CA

FRIDAY COMPACT KO 1 16 Tables 32.50 1 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX 22.75 2 Mel Colchamiro, Merrick NY; Jeffrey Rothstein, New York NY; Russell Samuel, Coram NY; Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan 14.63 3 Vinita Gupta, Woodside CA; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Fredrik Nystrom - Johan Upmark, Stockholm Sweden 11.38 4 Daniel Wilderman, New York NY; Jason Rosenfeld, San Francisco CA; Jennifer Gu, Palo Alto CA; Kenneth Zuckerberg, Chicago IL


THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO 1 16 Tables 58.48 1 Bartosz Chmurski, Lomianky Poland; Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Marcin Lesniewski, Zakopane Poland; Piotr Tuczynski, Poznan 60-433 Poland; Boguslaw Gierulski, Elblag Poland; Jerzy Skrzypczak, Mragowo Poland 40.94 2 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Chapel Hill NC; Aleksander Dubinin - Andrew Gromov, Moscow Russia; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Mark Lair, Canyon TX 23.39 3/4 Lou Ann O’Rourke, Portola Valley CA; Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV; Mike Passell, Plano TX; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Chris Compton, Dallas TX; Jacek Romanski, Lublin Poland 23.39 3/4 G Venkatesh, Los Altos CA; Jyotindra Shah, Mumbai India; Adam Mesbur - Nicholas Fitzgibbon, Dublin Ireland; P Sridhar, Chennai India; Sundarram Srinivatan, Chennai Tamil 6 India

THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO 2 12 Tables 27.00 1 Debbie Benner - Arthur Crystal, Fairfield CT; Tony Viidik - Joan Viidik, Waterloo ON 18.90 2 Nancy Ferguson, Greenbrae CA; David Bryant, Ashland OR; Nancy Zakim, Kentfield CA; Treva Zarlengo, Novato CA 10.80 3/4 James Smith, Mapleton OR; Jon Neimand, Eugene OR; Ron Jauch - Jamie Newman, Nevada City CA 10.80 3/4 John Cox, Saint Maries ID; Ursula Brzuska, D-21391 Reppens Germany; Alene Wrobel, Farr West UT; Robert Donaldson, Ogden UT

THURSDAY-FRIDAY KO 3 14 Tables 22.37 1 Fred Chasalow, Belmont CA; Arif Janjua, Saratoga CA; Ken Rosenfeld, San Jose CA; Edward Zuckerberg, Los Altos Hills CA 15.66 2 Jane Jennings, Ben Lomond CA; Mike Smith, Charleston SC; Ken Gamble, Capitola CA; Carol Maggipinto, Aptos CA 8.95 3/4 Thomas Racciatti, Minneapolis MN; Joseph Seemann, Sainte-Julienne QC; Dave Slegel, The Dalles OR; Sam Dodson, Houston TX 8.95 3/4 Jerry Nakamura, El Dorado Hills CA; Cassandra Mani, Novato CA; Douglas Keller, San Francisco CA; John Zamboni, Caldwell ID

FRIDAY COMPACT KO 2 16 Tables 20.09 1 June Keith, New Westminster BC; Fu Zhong, Beijing People’s Republic of China; Guoxu Zhang, Sanya People’s Republic of China; Jadwiga Polujan, Calgary AB 14.06 2 Albert Shrive, Naples FL; Jim McKeown, State College PA; Michael Ranis, New York NY; Donald Dalpe, Fort Myers FL 9.04 3 Mike Rippey, Orinda CA; Kamil Nowak, Kiellt Poland; Grazyna Brewiak - Jaroslaw Piasecki, Mundelein IL 7.03 4 Terry McHenry - Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL; Robert Micone, Tustin CA; John Petrie, Long Beach CA

FRIDAY COMPACT KO 3 15 Tables 15.35 1 H Jay Sloofman, Ardsley NY; Timothy Baird, White Plains NY; George Krizel, Atlantic City NJ; Albert Shekhter, Brooklyn NY 10.75 2 Kunio Okui, Castro Valley CA; Edwin Seputis, Oakland CA; Ravi Bhalla, Berkeley CA; Chuck Wong, Danville CA 6.91 3 Lorraine Cable, Elmhurst NY; Jess Jurkovic, New York NY; David Yoon, Bayside NY; Doug Anderson, Quincy MA 5.37 4 Ala Hamilton-Day, Rose Valley PA; Glen Perry, Voorheesville NY; Thomas Andrews, Utica NY; Gary Hillenbrand, Lehighton PA

FRIDAY COMPACT KO 4 12 Tables 10.82 1 David Rottmayer - William Rottmayer, Spokane WA; Robert Rottmayer, Santa Rosa CA; Kenneth Koutz, Guerneville CA 7.57 2 John Dickenson, North Wales PA; Milton Neher, Richardson TX; David Cohan, Doylestown PA; Don Malone, Rockford IL 4.87 3 Jason Dufault - Bryant Town, Edmonton AB; Peter Cleaves, Sarasota FL; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA 3.79 4 Jeremy Lewis, Glen Allen VA; Holly Campbell, Stevensville MT; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Lawrence Diamond, Tacoma WA

FRIDAY COMPACT KO 5 16 Tables 10.30 1 Brian Rink, Denver CO; Ti Davis, Little Rock AR; Peter Attwood, Sarnia ON; Brian McGuire, United Kingdom Great Britain 7.21 2 James Breeden - Margaret Breeden - Paul Pugsley - Brenda Pugsley, Carson City NV 4.64 3 Pamela Hoffmann - Carter Hoffmann, Normandy Park WA; M Mardesich - Cathy Woodburne, Seattle WA 3.61 4 Norman Marks, Oakland CA; Norman Marks II, Jacksonville FL; Leon Galecki, Langston AL; Charles Kelly, Anniston AL

FRIDAY COMPACT KO 6 16 Tables 9.23 1 Paul Lee, San Jose CA; Tsao-Tung Tsai, Cupertino CA; Edward So, Pleasanton CA; Douglas Allan, Lincoln CA 6.46 2 Judy Soong - Jeanette Shinsako, San Francisco CA; Judith Arbus, Toronto ON; Patty Michael, San Mateo CA 4.15 3 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; M David Jackson, Alexandria VA; George Parkins, Vienna VA; Keith Thorp, Klamath Falls OR 3.23 4 Fred Batten - Penelope Rudolph, Grosse Pointe MI; Richard Peacock - Lucy Peacock, Grosse Pt Shore MI

FRIDAY COMPACT KO 7 16 Tables 6.84 1 Bill Phillips - Carol Phillips, Flagstaff AZ; Peg Cook - Edith Heath, Sedona AZ 4.79 2 Anne Harrington, San Mateo CA; Larry Murray, Windsor ON; F Winston Samuel, Dartmouth NS; Rick Shepard, Atascadero CA 3.08 3 Nicholas Pchelkin - Leona Pchelkin, Minden NV; Robert Langson, Carson City NV; Alan Godes, Needham MA 2.39 4 Vard Nelson - Frances Nelson, Evergreen CO; Roger France - Mary France, Buena Vista CO

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How to Work Acrostics PuzzlesThe grid of the puzzle below is not a

crossword; it’s a quotation from a bridge book, written by one of America’s finest woman players, who passed away in 2015. The words in the quote don’t necessarily end at the right edge of each horizontal line; they only end when a black square follows a group of the numbered letters. And the unique thing about acrostic puzzles is that the first

letter of each clue answer, reading down from CLUE A through the final clue, will spell out the name of the book’s author … followed by the title of that book!

You will notice that ALL letters in the quote are numbered; these numbers are followed by a clue letter referral, which tells the solver which of the clue answers will give you that particular letter.

Working in both directions … from the clues to the grid and vice versa… is the secret (and the fun!) in solving acrostics. Just keep plugging away, back and forth, and BOTH puzzles … the quote and the clue answers … can be solved eventually.

Enjoy yourselves! Joel Hoersch

Puzzle solution on page 20


Exit hereBy Barry Rigal

This deal came from the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams round-of-16 match between the Bramley and Lian teams. Dlr: South ♠ Q 5 3 2 Vul: None ♥ K 7 4 2 ♦ 9 4 ♣ K J 4 ♠ J 10 9 ♠ K 8 7 6 ♥ A J 10 8 3 ♥ Q 9 6 ♦ Q 7 ♦ K 10 2 ♣ 10 6 5 ♣ Q 3 2 ♠ A 4 ♥ 5 ♦ A J 8 6 5 3 ♣ A 9 8 7 West North East South 1♦ 1♥ Dbl 2♦ 3♦ All Pass

Both tables in the match between the Bart Bramley and Ruo Yang Lian teams played in 3♦, but in one room East had simply raised to 2♥ and declarer misguessed the ♣Q to go down.

On the auction shown, Bramley led the ♠J to the queen, king and ace. The declarer, Poon Hua, led a heart up at trick two. Bramley won the ♥A and cashed the ♠10 and continued with the ♠9. Declarer ruffed and guessed well to lead the ♦A and another diamond. This was the position at that point: ♠ 5 ♥ K 7 4 ♦ — ♣ K J 4 ♠ — ♠ 8 ♥ J 10 8 3 ♥ Q 9 ♦ — ♦ K ♣ 10 6 5 ♣ Q 3 2 ♠ — ♥ — ♦ J 8 6 ♣ A 9 8 7

Bramley won and exited in hearts. Declarer won the ♥K, ruffed a heart, led a club to the king and ruffed dummy’s last heart East pitching his spade, before exiting in diamonds. In the two-card ending, East had to lead a club round to dummy’s jack for declarer’s ninth trick.

Use of the bidding box — Alerts and Announcements

When using bidding boxes, the ACBL requires that players tap the Alert strip and say “Alert” at the same time.

When making an Announcement, use the Announcement word (such as “transfer”) and tap the Alert strip at the same time. A player who Alerts or Announces a bid must make sure his opponents are aware that an Alert or Announcement has been made.


The Official Record – Part 1

ACBL’s formal disciplinary procedure at tournaments

By Christina Van Leeuwen

Many clubs and tournaments employ the ACBL’s Zero Tolerance Policy to deal with instances of unacceptable behavior. Unfortunately, there are sometimes incidents of a more serious nature or patterns of offensive behavior that must be addressed in a more severe manner.

All ACBL units and districts are required to have a recorder. A recorder’s responsibilities include receiving and investigating both reports of objectionable conduct and allegations of unethical behavior that occur within their jurisdiction. For example, a complaint regarding an incident that occurred during a sectional tournament should be sent to the sponsoring unit’s recorder.

There is also a national recorder, Sam Whitten, who is a full-time employee of the ACBL.

Incidents can be reported using a player memo, also known as a recorder form. You can obtain one of these forms from a tournament director, but any written complaint (including email) that is sent to the recorder will be accepted in lieu of an actual player memo. You may also complete the form online and submit it directly to the ACBL. The complaint should include your name and contact information, the name of your partner, the

name of your opponents (noting if one or both are responsible for the incident in question), a complete description of what occurred and thorough documentation of the hand in question. Reporting any behavioral violation or questionable bridge action during a tournament should always go to a TD first. The TD will ensure that the complaint reaches the appropriate parties, including the recorder.

Once a recorder has received a complaint, he will investigate the complaint by talking to the individuals involved and any witnesses that can be located. Then the recorder will make one of three determinations. If the complaint and subsequent investigation uncovers a violation that the recorder believes is serious enough to bring before a disciplinary committee, he will present the

complaint to the unit or district president, who will become the charging party and will ask the unit or district disciplinary chair to convene a disciplinary committee to hold a hearing. This process and the procedures followed by the disciplinary committee are outlined in the ACBL Code of Disciplinary Regulations (CDR).

If, after completing the investigation, the recorder is unconvinced that the complaint warrants a disciplinary committee but feels the incident is still troubling, he will keep this complaint on file and forward a copy

to the National Recorder’s office. This complaint may then be used in a future disciplinary case as part of a pattern of behavior demonstrated by the subject. This is known as recording the complaint.

Lastly, if the recorder does not feel that a violation has taken place, he can choose not to record the incident and the complaint will go no further. While recorder complaints and investigations are confidential, the recorder will notify the parties involved which of these three actions he has taken with the complaint.

Complaints fall into one of two general categories: behavioral and bridge. Behavioral complaints are fairly self-explanatory, and the recorder must simply decide if the behavior warrants a disciplinary committee or if it should simply be recorded in the event that more such complaints are presented about the same individual in the future.

Bridge complaints should include as much detail about the deal as possible, including the exact hands (hand records are very useful for this purpose). One should also include the bidding, the opening lead and, when relevant, the play of the hand. Recorders use these player memos documenting unusual action taken at the table to build cases against partnerships that are using covert methods to signal information to each other. Prearranged partnership collusion by means of signaling to exchange information is the most serious form of cheating that exists within bridge. While a single complaint is very rarely sufficient to prove such a case, a number of hands demonstrating unusual actions can bring a pattern to light. It will be up to an ethics committee to determine if this pattern proves cheating. It is important to keep in mind that public accusations of cheating are not tolerated. All such accusations must be made in private to a tournament director or recorder. To do otherwise is a violation of the CDR.

The CDR, Recorder Regulations, and many other resources outlining the ACBL Recorder System are available on the ACBL website at acbl.org/tournaments_page/ethics-and-discipline/.

Staff in the ACBL’s National Recorder office is more than happy to discuss any issue members may have encountered while playing in an ACBL-sanctioned event and direct them to the proper authority under ACBL regulations. You can reach the National Recorder’s office at [email protected] or 662–253–3146.


FRIDAY FLIGHT B PAIRS 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST B C B C 1 1 Jonathan Cohen, Rohnert Park CA; Larry Spanier, Santa Rosa CA 57.64% 1 1 Davis Heussler, East Aurora NY; Linda Burroughsford, Fort Erie ON 62.73% 2 Dave Walker, Seattle WA; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK 54.86% 2 David Ticen, Victoria TX; Kim Brinkman, Highland Vlg TX 56.02% 3 2 Roger Smith, Pittsburg CA; Jacqueline Zayac, Lafayette CA 51.39% 3 2 Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA; Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA 51.85% 4 3 James Brier - Betty Tanenbaum, Las Vegas NV 50.93% 4 Mark Phelps - Sharon Hebert, Eureka CA 51.16%

FRIDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Ronald Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT; Candice Ragsdale-Polloc, Taylors UT 57.39% 1 1 Nancy Remple - Thomas Chambers, Portland OR 60.23% 2 Jim Parks, Atascadero CA; Ted Witt, Sun Valley ID 55.49% 2 Amy Hansell - Lisa Euphrat, Piedmont CA 54.17% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST 7 3 7 3 1 1 Tai Wang, Rosemead CA; Ying Liu, Palo Alto CA 59.28% 1 Gale Gropp, Bellingham WA; Marilyn Knipp, Delta BC 63.07% 2 Judith Brown - Pat Smith, Goodyear AZ 51.14% 2 Mariann Kessler - Barbara Smith, Walnut Creek CA 56.25% 2 Arjun Singh, Lakewood CO; Sharon Berglund, Parker CO 49.05% 1 Charlotte Bailey, Needham MA; Susan Johnson, Harlingen TX 47.16%

SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L EAST-WEST 1 Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 62.38% 1 Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 62.46% 2 Victoria Gromova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 57.77% 2 Lisa Berkowitz - Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 62.31% 3 Donna Givner, Golden CO; Cheryl Gorman, Omaha NE 56.85% 3 Susan Picus - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 59.23% 4 Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Bella Ionis-Sorren, Fort Lauderdale FL 56.38% 4 Karen Billett - Karen Turner, Victoria BC 57.46% 5 Julie Smith, Vancouver BC; Pat Thomas, Iowa City IA 55.08% 5 Tracey Bauer, San Rafael CA; Arti Bhargava, Mill Valley CA 56.31% 6 Vandana Vidwans, Fremont CA; Shelley Lapkoff, Berkeley CA 55.00% 6 Jovanka Smederevac, Vienna Austria; Gabriella Olivieri, Alessandria Italy 55.38% 7 Brenda Keller, Palm Springs CA; Carole Liss, San Rafael CA 54.15% 7 Stacy Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Judi Radin, New York NY 54.62% 8 Benedicte Cronier, Paris France; Emily Harrell, Shoal Creek AL 53.08% 8 Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 53.31% 9 Rhoda Prager, Boca Raton FL; Nancy Molesworth, White Plains NY 52.62% 9 Rozanne Pollack, New York NY; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL 52.85% 10 Sylwia McNamara, Scarsdale NY; Dori Byrnes, Morris Plains NJ 52.54% 10 Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Linda Lewis, Las Vegas NV 52.62%

FRIDAY FLIGHT A PAIRS EVENING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS G H EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Joseph Kivel, Newport Coast CA; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA 62.77% 1 Ellis Feigenbaum - Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 63.62% 2 1 Satish Gupta - Lin Goldstein, Reno NV 62.38% 2 1 Mary Ose, Sacramento CA; Teri Smoot, Placerville CA 59.46% 3 Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 58.15% 3 2 D Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 55.92% 4 Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY 57.85% 4 3 Lisa Evans, Danville CA; Cheryl Haines, Half Moon Bay CA 54.69% 5 Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA; Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV 56.23% 5 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 54.54% 6 2 Gary Donner, Bluffton SC; Deborah Murphy, San Francisco CA 56.15% 6 Fred King, Mc Lean VA; Walter Schenker, Pine Brook NJ 53.00% 7 3 Judi Callaham, Fair Oaks CA; Hank Eng, San Antonio TX 54.77% 7 4 Alex Kornel - Barbara Seagram, Toronto ON 51.08% 8 Frederick Wills - Harriet Eaton Morris, Miami FL 52.92% 8 Patrick Dunn - Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 50.92% 9 4 Raymond Yuenger, Campbell CA; Panette Talia, Kelseyville CA 52.69% 9 5 Thomas Anderson - Shelley Burns, North Vancouver BC 50.62% 10 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 52.38% 10 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 50.46% 5 David Strauss, San Francisco CA; Paul Kushner, So Lake Tahoe CA 52.23% 6 Brian Snell - Suman Agarwal, Columbus OH 50.38% 6 Sherman Gao, Orange CA; Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA 48.54% 7 Elaine Ware, Vernon BC; Sandy McIlwain, Invermere BC 49.77% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I J EAST-WEST A X A X 1 1 Terry Terzian, Castro Valley CA; Steven Huhman, Larchmont NY 59.21% 1 Bert Newman - Kathy Newman, West Bloomfield MI 62.79% 2 2 Marianne Aronovich - Serge Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 58.69% 2 1 Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA; Joshua Kuschner, Concord MA 61.52% 3 Kenneth Woodman, Boca Raton FL; Robert Delaney, Richmond IN 58.46% 3 2 David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 60.76% 4 Emory Whitaker, Macon GA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 58.26% 4 Sam Dinkin, Austin TX; Michael Shuster, Collegeville PA 60.43% 5 Gilbert Stinebaugh, Van Nuys CA; Cliff Goodrich, Long Beach CA 56.05% 5 3 James Merzon, Templeton CA; Peter Lit, Elk CA 58.74% 6 Miguel Reygadas, Tlalpan Mexico; C. Valerie Gamio, Palos Verdes Pn CA 55.13% 6 4 Jeff Brown, Albuquerque NM; Christine Denny, Encinitas CA 55.46% 7/8 3 Rajendra Gokhale, Cupertino CA; Satya Rami, Morganville NJ 53.54% 7 5 Yanong Han, Milpitas CA; Wanfeng Mou, Sugar Land TX 54.69% 7/8 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Geoffrey Phipps, Bluffton SC 53.54% 8 Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA; Steven Love, Laguna Niguel CA 52.02% 9 4 Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Atam Lalchandani, Incline Village NV 53.08% 9 Jan Soules, Elk Grove CA; Veronica McMurdie, Sacramento CA 52.00% 10 5 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Charles James, Auburn WA 53.07% 10 Judy Pede, Grass Valley CA; Carreen Hinds, Bakersfield CA 49.92% 6 Gayle Quiros - Judith Washor, Scottsdale AZ 50.92% 6 Cathy Shpall, Beverly Hills CA; Deborah Cohen, Lisle IL 49.43% 7 Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 49.70% 7 Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Bill Greenberg, Laguna Niguel CA 48.62%

FRIDAY EVENING SIDE GAME (FRIDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS MMM NNN EAST-WEST A X Y A X Y 1 Judy Elbogen, Mission Viejo CA; Jean Barry, Livermore CA 63.51% 1 1 Jie-Ren Shih, Mountain View CA; Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI 64.38% 2 1 Ann Faget, Houston TX; Charles Hilding, Rosharon TX 58.61% 2 2 1 Daniel Kroll, Berkeley CA; Misook Jung, Beverly Hills CA 62.64% 3 2 1 Barbara Page - Gail Vick, Modesto CA 58.06% 3 Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI 59.84% 4 3 David White, Lancaster CA; Pat Larin, Rancho Mirage CA 56.92% 4 Daniel Williams, Henderson NV; George Mitchell, Douglas NB 58.06% 5 4 2 Carol Raimondo, Cayucos CA; Marvin Weitzenhoffer, Las Vegas NV 54.68% 5 3 Joan Waletzky, Shaker Heights OH; Karl Zaman, Strongsville OH 57.63% 6 5 Jeanne Dea, Sierra Madre CA; Sandra Rucker, San Gabriel CA 53.43% 6 4 2 Robert Rouse - Joan Rouse, Lincoln CA 53.59% 7 Jerry Stamatov, Sofia Bulgaria; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 53.27% 7 James Smith, Mapleton OR; Jon Neimand, Eugene OR 51.58% 8 6 3 Jerry Thorpe - Paul Bartron, Tacoma WA 51.63% 8 5 3 Judith Remmers - Connie Arnold, Modesto CA 51.09% 4 Dale Grady - Val Grady, Pearland TX 50.22% 6 Margaret Moen, Seattle WA; Paula Strand, Kirkland WA 50.76% 7 David Binney - William Fleming, Seattle WA 50.44% 4 Margie Hall, Glendora CA; Ann Raymond, South Pasadena CA 48.37%

(Mary Jane) Farell, “The Precarious Preempt”

Unfortunately space-saving bids aren’t always as economical as might seem. When a player saves space for herself, she automatically saves it for her opponents too. On some deals the opponents can make more profitable use of this space than you can. Good shutout bidding aims to prevent this.

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Answers to puzzle on page 17 Please be on your best behavior.

The ACBL wants you to know that Zero Tolerance is in effect at this tournament.

You are expected to treat your partner and opponents with respect and a friendly demeanor. As the ZT policy dictates, rude behavior will not be tolerated.

If a player at the table behaves in an unacceptable manner, the director should be called immediately. The director may assess an immediate ¼ board disciplinary penalty (3 IMPs in team games). If both members of a partnership are guilty, the penalties are additive (¼ board per player = ½ board). A second offense in the same event may result in ejection.

The ultimate purpose of the ZT policy is to create a much more pleasant atmosphere in our NABCs and a more enjoyable bridge experience for everyone.

Please be scent-sitive!Some people have an extreme sensitivity to

fragrances (colognes or perfumes). Many ACBL clubs, units and districts have adopted policies that prohibit players from wearing fragrances. The ACBL has not issued an official policy on the matter, preferring instead to appeal to the goodwill of its members to refrain from using fragrances.

Because duplicate bridge requires players to be in close proximity to each other, individuals who suffer from fragrance-related reactions cannot avoid those who are wearing them. Among the commonly reported symptoms are intense headaches (indeed, fragrances can frequently be a trigger for migraine sufferers) or breathing-related problems. For these individuals, the issue is much more serious than simply disliking a particular smell — it’s a real health problem.

The ACBL asks everyone to give this issue the consideration it deserves. Please, if you’re going to play in a club or a tournament, don’t wear cologne, perfume or scented lotions.


FRIDAY EVENING SIDE GAME (FRIDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS GGG HHH EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Dennis Hanel, Twin Falls ID; Carolyn Timmermann, Vancouver WA 61.07% 1 Ana Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Louk Verhees Jr, Jx Voorhou Netherlands 66.58% 2 Chuck Said - Halle Fowler, Nashville TN 60.98% 2 1 Phoebe Chang, Los Angeles CA; Kun-Chieh Wang, Madison WI 63.08% 3 Jerry Stamatov, Sofia Bulgaria; Robert Porter, Henderson NV 58.85% 3 Janise Saul, San Antonio TX; John Johnson, Harlingen TX 61.10% 4 2 Roxana Tom, Campbellton TX; Katherine Gary, Karnes City TX 56.46% 4 2 Gerald Lackner, Graz Austria; Sieglinde Chromecek, Fa Rstenfe Austria 56.94% 5 3 1 Barnaby Grist, Reno NV; Graham Grist, Norfolk England 55.97% 5 Katherine Ewing - Edwin Ewing, Sacramento CA 55.05% 6 4 Barry Sorenson - Lucille Sorenson, North Bend OR 55.33% 6 3 Kathy Gilman, Shoreline WA; Ann Romeo, Sammamish WA 54.38% 7 5 Mel Edelblute - Virginia Jensen, Reno NV 54.88% 7 Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Marilyn Kivel, Newport Coast CA 54.05% 8 H Philip Monyer, Middletown PA; Jeremy Lynch, Millersburg PA 54.13% 8 4 Jerry Thorpe - Paul Bartron, Tacoma WA 53.63% 9 6 Eileen Ojakangas - Leona Hanson, Davis CA 51.93% 9 5 1 Dennis Uthe, Roseville CA; Ginny Curtis, Citrus Heights CA 51.49% 2 Kenneth Gibson - Wendy Gibson, Stow OH 51.28%

FRIDAY FLIGHT B PAIRS 1 OF 2 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST B C B C 1 1 Ron Birnbaum, Los Angeles CA; Thomas McDow, Rock Hill SC 67.13% 1 1 Carla Francis, Castro Valley CA; Linda Decquir, Wildomar CA 55.56% 2 2 Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA; Joel Fuhrman, Kirkland WA 57.64% 2 Randal Gentillon - Alfred Kemp, Idaho Falls ID 51.62% 3 3 Beverly Meyer, Carson City NV; Ruth Rouse, Gardnerville NV 53.70% 3/4 Mark Phelps - Sharon Hebert, Eureka CA 50.69% 4 Dave Walker, Seattle WA; Brenda Glaze, Anchorage AK 53.24% 3/4 2 Anita Morse, North Vancouver BC; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA 50.69%

FRIDAY GOLD RUSH PAIRS 1 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION DDD EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Gale Gropp, Bellingham WA; Marilyn Knipp, Delta BC 59.28% 1 1 Patricia Irwin - Mary Teply, Mill Valley CA 60.61% 2 Janet Crossley, San Rafael CA; Beverly Bloss, Sausalito CA 59.09% 2 2 Anthony Muller, Pebble Beach CA; Joyce Newell, Monterey CA 57.77% 2 Ronald Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT; Candice Ragsdale-Polloc, Taylors UT 52.84% 1 Lili Bassett, Piedmont CA; Jeff Fountain, Oakland CA 48.30% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Amy Hansell - Lisa Euphrat, Piedmont CA 54.17% 1 Thomas Sheahan - Marsha Horowitz, Sonoma CA 64.02% 2 2 Lawrence Hanna, Huntington Bch CA; Joan Rickers, Mission Viejo CA 51.70% 2 1 Marcia Mattoon, Albany CA; Karen Aldridge, Oakland CA 52.65% 2 Jo Anne Georgi - William Georgi, Eleele HI 50.76%

FRIDAY FLIGHT A PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS H J EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Winthrop Allegaert - Scott Levine, New York NY 65.62% 1 Stanley Roberts, Kirkland WA; Roger Bates, Las Vegas NV 63.15% 2 1 Ryan Schultz, Dayton OH; Peter Whipple, Mason OH 61.69% 2 1 Ringo Chung, Mississauga ON; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 61.92% 3 Paul Janicki, Markham ON; Merlin Vilhauer, Beaverton OR 60.54% 3 2 Marvin Darter - Linda Darter, North Port FL 60.23% 4 2 Walt Cummins, Prescott AZ; Mark Teich, Bluffton SC 56.62% 4 3 Judi Callaham, Fair Oaks CA; Hank Eng, San Antonio TX 56.69% 5 3 Suresh Mahajan, Del Mar CA; Bill Greenberg, Laguna Niguel CA 55.69% 5 Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA 55.77% 6 Sam Goldberg, Dix Hills NY; Kelley Hwang, New York NY 54.85% 6 Emory Whitaker, Macon GA; Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA 55.69% 7 4 Yanong Han, Milpitas CA; Wanfeng Mou, Sugar Land TX 53.85% 7 Alexander Labry, Austin TX; Jack Lacy, Lago Vista TX 54.77% 8 5 Kathy Venton, Petaluma CA; Judy Singer, Scarborough ON 53.62% 8 4 Ed Barad - Carol McCully, Palos Verdes Es CA 53.77% 9 6 Judy Riehs - David Langer, Buffalo Grove IL 51.85% 9 5 Roger Passal, Woodside CA; Atam Lalchandani, Incline Village NV 53.69% 10 Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA; Buddhadeb Biswas, San Jose CA 51.54% 10 6 Robert Shore, Los Angeles CA; Paul Markarian, Lancaster CA 52.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS I G EAST-WEST A X A X 1 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Andrew Hoskins, Palo Alto CA 60.31% 1 Kevin Dwyer, Melbourne FL; Stan Tulin, Boca Raton FL 65.46% 2 1 Douglas Kuschner, Valencia CA; Joshua Kuschner, Concord MA 59.23% 2 Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA; Michael Cassel II, Roseville MN 62.85% 3 Ellis Feigenbaum - Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA 58.77% 3 1 Lisa Evans, Danville CA; Cheryl Haines, Half Moon Bay CA 58.15% 4 Kent Mignocchi, Bronx NY; Nancy Marcus, New York NY 56.85% 4 2 Sherman Gao, Orange CA; Mariko Kakimoto, Newport Beach CA 55.77% 5 Jim Russell, Sarasota FL; John Grantham, Bentonville AR 56.54% 5/6 3/4 James Merzon, Templeton CA; Peter Lit, Elk CA 54.69% 6/8 2/4 Ronald Powell, Santa Clara CA; David Sterling, Walnut Creek CA 54.69% 5/6 3/4 Garth Gregory, Chico CA; John Stonebraker, Magalia CA 54.69% 6/8 2/4 Miwako Wong - Julie Joyce, Cupertino CA 54.69% 7 5 Kim Wang, Torrance CA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 53.46% 6/8 2/4 Alex Kornel - Barbara Seagram, Toronto ON 54.69% 8 6 Marie Smerjac, Castle Rock CO; Therese Koller, Pueblo CO 52.92% 9 Marge Neate, North Vancouver BC; Rock Shi Yan, Richmond BC 53.00% 9 Weidong Pei, Brea CA; Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA 52.69% 10 5 Arianna Testa - Bernardo Biondo, Rome Italy 52.62% 10 Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Charles James, Auburn WA 52.62% 11 6 David Neuman, San Francisco CA; Bob Klein, Santa Rosa CA 52.46% 11 Patrick Dunn - Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 52.54% 7 George Bessinger - Kathee Bessinger, La Mesa CA 52.08%

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH AFTERNOON 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION A EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Karla Reynolds, Scottsdale AZ; Deborah Laut, Lafayette CO 68.45% 1 1 David Chittick - Jane Chittick, Venice FL 58.04% 2 2 Lee Dunn, Reno NV; Darrick Chee, Orange CA 64.58% 2 2 George Steele, Austin TX; Sam Aucoin, Honolulu HI 57.44% 3 3 Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 57.44% 3 3 B George Holcombe, Henderson NV; Ellen Coll, Corte Madera CA 52.08% 4 4 Arlene Smith - Lyle Smith, Sault Ste Marie ON 51.19% 4 4 1 Layne Zagorin, Chicago IL; Gail Titus, Oakville ON 51.19% 1 Rose Keller, Sheridan MT; Virginia Kebe, Butte MT 47.02% 2 Rebecca Kunzman - John Kunzman, Walnut Creek CA 50.89% 2 Lorraine Cliff - David Cliff, Wayland MA 44.94% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION B EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 1 Kristin Smith - Steven Smith, Corralitos CA 60.71% 1 1 Nancy Alvarado, Yucaipa CA; Dorothy Mersereau, Calgary AB 60.71% 2 2 Anne Neeter, Sedona AZ; Judi Gentry, Los Altos CA 56.85% 2 2 1 Lorraine Allen - Adrienne Prince, Scottsdale AZ 52.38% 3 3 Libby Longstreth, Riverbank CA; Christine Barkley, Modesto CA 55.65% 3 3 Diane Dollinger - Peter Dollinger, Los Altos CA 51.79% 4 4 Richard Gordon - Terry Gordon, Novato CA 49.70% 4 4 Karen Eveland, Lewiston ID; Richard Carlson, Moscow ID 50.30% 2/3 Cynthia Fredrickson, Fair Oaks CA; Claes Harde, Orangevale CA 49.40% 2 Brettny Hardy, Oakland CA; Julie Coghill, Juneau AK 50.00% 2/3 Bonnie Scheeland, Portland OR; Deanne Takasumi, Tigard OR 49.40% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION C EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 1 Lois Bartels, Sun City West AZ; Janet Gordon, Madison WI 62.50% 1 1 Shelley Cooper, Santa Fe NM; Russell Rector, Oakland CA 65.18% 2 2 Donald Bierman, Fremont CA; Shailesh Shah, Hayward CA 58.93% 2 2 1 Virginia Brier - P Kambourian, Tucson AZ 58.63% 3 Larry Yarger, West Point NE; Lisa Hebert, Ottawa ON 58.04% 3 3 William Voss - Jeffrey Phillips, Grand Junction CO 56.55% 4 3 Marie-France Ghent - Cherri Ross, Reno NV 57.74% 4 4 Marjorie Gardner - D Marie Bresch, Carson City NV 55.65% 2 Deborah Fulton, Morgantown WV; Laurence Dunford, Palos Heights IL 43.75% 2/3 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Laura Craft, Leander TX 46.73% 2/3 Donna Neff, San Francisco CA; Linda Lannoye, Mesquite NV 46.73%

FRI EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION XX EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Joel Reimnitz - Charlene Reimnitz, Pacific Grove CA 54.76% 1/2 Steven Solem, Vale SD; Virginia Brier, Tucson AZ 58.33% 2 Dixie Wantoch, Overland Park KS; Jeff Morrison, Penn Valley CA 53.27% 1/2 1 Kristin Smith - Steven Smith, Corralitos CA 58.33% 3 1 1 Karen Cabrera - Robert Cabrera, Oakland CA 52.08% 3 Pat Kirby, Brentwood TN; Jeanne Hanrahan, East Norwich NY 57.74% 2 May Mengstab, Laguna Woods CA; Shirley Chang, Milpitas CA 50.89% 2 Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID; Wesley May, Menlo Park CA 48.81% 1 Jan Ladd - Tomoko Stock, Valencia CA 45.54%

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS SECOND FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS M N O R V W X EAST-WEST 1 Owen Lien, Detroit MI; Larry Mori, Clearwater FL 63.43% 1 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Michael Polowan, New York NY 65.88% 2 Andrew DeSosa, Chatsworth CA; Lee Maddocks, Modesto CA 60.62% 2 Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 63.91% 3 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 60.48% 3 Rachael Moller - David Gurvich, New York NY 63.29% 4 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; William Sanford, Orangevale CA 60.36% 4 C Ganzer, Brooklyn NY; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA 63.20% 5 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV 58.98% 5 Adam Grossack, Newton MA; Brian Glubok, New York NY 61.79% 6 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 58.94% 6 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 59.54% 7 Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 58.53% 7 Michael Schreiber, Memphis TN; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 58.73% 8 Ari Sippola, Irving TX; Suvabrata Biswas, Katy TX 58.11% 8 Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Richard Chan, Markham ON 58.26% 9 Joseph Viola III, Altadena CA; Franklin Lowenthal, Pleasanton CA 57.85% 9 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 58.25% 10 Rammohan Sarangan, Arlington VA; Kelvin Raywood, Vancouver BC 57.80% 10 Adam Wildavsky, Dillon CO; Douglas Doub, West Hartford CT 58.01% 11 Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC; Maurice De La Salle, Edmonton AB 57.71% 11 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 57.64% 12 Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Levy Stern, Rehovot 765371 Israel 57.40% 12 Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Dewayne Jones, Mechanicsville VA 57.55% 13 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 56.75% 13 Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Rica Tarnoff, New York NY 57.32% 14 Rui Li, People’s Republic of China; Zhaobin Xie, 56.29% 14 Nicolas Hammond, Alpharetta GA; Ronald Kral, Reston VA 56.95% 15 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Ethan Liu, Fremont CA 55.74% 15 Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; Leo Bell, Carlsbad CA 56.32% 16 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 55.67% 16 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 55.93% 17 Lea Rogers, Spokane WA; G Gard Hays, Veradale WA 55.48% 17 Sondra Schubiner, Franklin MI; Frank Treiber III, Toledo OH 55.66% 18 Carl Oeser, Roseville CA; Douglas Jacobs, Chico CA 55.24% 18 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 54.82% 19 Ayako Miyakuni - Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo Japan 55.23% 19 Rodrigo Garcia Da Rosa, Argentina Argentina; Rita Shugart, Monterey CA 54.67% 20 William Pollack, New York NY; David Caprera, Denver CO 55.19% 20 McKenzie Myers, Seatac WA; Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA 54.60% 21 Pete Pluhta, Pullman WA; Charles Bennett, Spokane WA 54.27% 21 William Rudman Jr, Castro Valley CA; Glenn Quinn, Carson City NV 54.37% 22 Eric Robinson, New York NY; Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT 54.14% 22 Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC; Neil Kimelman, Winnipeg MB 53.82% 23 Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 54.13% 23 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 53.70% 24 Christian Jolly, Huntsville AL; Charles Durrin III, Madison AL 53.93% 24 Stephen Sanborn - Kerri Sanborn, Delray Beach FL 53.03% 25 Zachary Grossack, Newton MA; Dana Berkowitz, New York NY 53.91% 25 Julius Sigurjonsson, 201 Kopavogur Iceland; Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC 52.80% 26 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 53.62% 26 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA 52.70% 27 Irina Kislitsyna, Aventura FL; Vladimir Oudalov, Plainsboro NJ 53.41% 27 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 52.63% 28 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 53.32% 28 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 52.62% 29 Zachary Brescoll, Charlotte NC; Anam Tebha, Las Vegas NV 53.21% 29 Phil Clayton, Huntington Bch CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA 52.37% 30 Cameron Cotton, Chula Vista CA; Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 53.21% 30 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 52.04% 31 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA 53.14% 31 Marc Lachapelle, Saint-Laurent QC; Pascale Gaudreault, Montreal QC 52.04% 32 Pablo Lambardi - Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina 52.57% 32 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA 51.95% 33 Ann Borgschulte, Lexington MA; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 52.43% 33 Robert Bell, New Providence NJ; Ben Tucker, Vashon WA 51.93% 34 Rai Osborne - Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA 52.34% 34 Linda Friedman - Daniel Friedman, Orinda CA 51.58% 35 Jon Bartlett - John Ashton, Portland OR 52.28% 35 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 51.46% 36 Franck Multon - Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco 51.59% 36 David Ruderman, Burtonsville MD; Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 51.32%


THURSDAY MORNING SIDE GAME (THURSDAY-SATURDAY MORNING SIDE SERIES) NORTH-SOUTH SECTION MM EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Brenda Mason Carter - Dianne Miller, San Diego CA 58.62% 1 1 Jonathan Forde, Geneva NY; Maya Alela, Teec Nos Pos AZ 62.51% 2 Alene Wrobel, Farr West UT; Robert Donaldson, Ogden UT 58.08% 2 2 Calista Graham - Curtis Bare, Charlottesville VA 59.27% 3 2 Donald Keyes - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 56.13% 3 3 Charles Kelly, Anniston AL; Leon Galecki, Langston AL 59.23% 4 3 1 Anne Hollingsworth, Walnut Creek CA; Mark Marty, Clayton CA 54.85% 4 4 Thomas Roberg, Raleigh NC; Jeannette Stern, Carmel CA 56.78% 5 4 Mark Blanchard, Bay Shore NY; Laurie Berlin, Lido Beach NY 53.00% 5 5 Virginia Bright, Sarasota FL; Kaye Hoffmaster, Somers MT 55.56% 6 5 Wilbur Argersinger, Ann Arbor MI; Katherine Grant, Riverview FL 52.08% 6 6 Mark Craig - Sharon Hoger, Austin TX 53.88% 7 June Keith, New Westminster BC; Thomas Anderson, North Vancouver BC 51.06% 7 1 Marilyn Abramson - Pat Sandler, Scottsdale AZ 50.52% 2 David Whitman - Richard Fabbre, Roseville CA 49.94% 2 Anthony Muller, Pebble Beach CA; Joyce Newell, Monterey CA 44.08%

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT A PAIRS FIRST SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS RRR UUU EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Ravinder Ohri, New Hyde Park NY 61.23% 1 Judy Kay - Bill Hardy, Beaverton OR 63.92% 2 Richard Vatter, Bradenton FL; Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 60.54% 2 Fred Hoffer, Montreal QC; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 60.69% 3 Claudette Hartman, Austin TX; Mildred Breed, Cypress TX 56.00% 3 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA 58.85% 4 Gee Gee Walker, Medford OR; Molly Tinsley, Ashland OR 54.69% 4 1 Carol Huston - Mark Bloom, Chico CA 58.46% 5 1 David Baskin - Louise Heil, El Dorado Hills CA 54.38% 5 Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT; Rick Prouser, Lake Oswego OR 57.00% 6 2 George Mitchell, Douglas NB; Barbara Mackay, Fredericton NB 53.92% 6 2 1 Henry Kingdon - Pat Friesen, San Rafael CA 55.46% 7 3 1 Becky Stevens, Redmond WA; J C Chupack, Seattle WA 53.62% 7 3 2 William Kebe, Jr, Butte MT; Larry Keller, Sheridan MT 54.46% 8 4 Paul Gans Jr - Jeanne Carpenter, Redding CA 53.08% 8 James Madison, Silver Creek WA; Ronald Woodard, Olympia WA 53.62% 9 Gerald Fox, Napa CA; Tom Jacobson, Fairfield CA 52.77% 9 4 3 Madelaine Kleinman - Robert Kleinman, Kailua HI 52.38% 10 5 2 Irma Andrews - Peter Andrews, Aptos CA 52.46% 10 Steve Bruno, Oceanside CA; Janice Randles, Palm Desert CA 52.15% 11 6 3 Thomas Fagan - Katie Fagan, Kailua HI 52.08% 11 5 Mark Wainer - Nancy Wainer, Soquel CA 51.69% 7 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 50.38% 6 4 Ramona Berger - Richard Berger, Denver CO 50.62% 4 Russell Johnson, Olympia WA; Eddie Bishop, Lacey WA 49.31% 7 5 Maryruth Negro - James Negro, Wellesley MA 50.23%

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION D EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 Greg Foss - Jeannene LeVitre, Reno NV 63.99% 1 1 1 Julie Greenberg, San Diego CA; Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA 64.88% 2 1 1 Gregory Clemmons - Janet Clemmons, Hillsboro OR 59.23% 2 2 Donald Rogers, Reno NV; Tomoko Rogers, Mattoon IL 57.44% 3 2 Peg Remaklus - Malcolm Scott, Vacaville CA 56.85% 3 3 Marjorie Mandery - Roger Mandery, Mount Vernon WA 51.79% 4 3 Catherine Goetz, Clarkston WA; Renee Petersen, Moscow ID 54.76% 4 Paulette Moe, Ross CA; Carolyn Farren, Larkspur CA 51.49% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION E EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 1 Douglas Campbell, Highland Park CA; Bradley Leach, Oro Valley AZ 65.77% 1 1 Hellar Nakonechny, Carman MB; Gloria Woloshyn, Winnipeg MB 65.18% 2 2 2 Lee Pollak - Stuart Pollak, San Francisco CA 55.36% 2 2 1 Joan Smith, San Jose CA; Sherry Ruskin, San Francisco CA 56.55% 3 3 Barbara Nielsen, Saint George UT; Louetta Staab, Dammeron Valley UT 54.17% 3 3 David Welch - Kathryn Welch, Truckee CA 56.25% 4 4 Phyllis Sutter, West Linn OR; Janice Smith, Portland OR 51.79% 4 4 Marti Jones, Aptos CA; Judith Murdock, Capitola CA 47.62%

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT A PAIRS SECOND SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS RRR UUU E AST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Richard Vatter, Bradenton FL; Jo Anne Vatter, Cadillac MI 62.31% 1 1 1 Russell Johnson, Olympia WA; Eddie Bishop, Lacey WA 61.85% 2 Iftikhar Baqai, Irvine CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA 60.00% 2/3 Michael Gladfelter - Mary Jane Gladfelter, Columbus OH 60.54% 3 Buzz Farnes, Midvale UT; Oris Mowry, Phoenix AZ 58.69% 2/3 2 2 Becky Stevens, Redmond WA; J C Chupack, Seattle WA 60.54% 4 Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT; Rick Prouser, Lake Oswego OR 58.54% 4 Claudette Hartman, Austin TX; Mildred Breed, Cypress TX 60.38% 5 Jean La Traverse, Montreal QC; Michael Lipkin, Brooklyn NY 55.85% 5 Gerald Fox, Napa CA; Tom Jacobson, Fairfield CA 59.00% 6 1 1 Bonnie Hertzog, Richmond IN; Sandra Macpherson, Halifax NS 55.00% 6 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Ravinder Ohri, New Hyde Park NY 57.85% 7 Jerry Ranney - Jane Ranney, Morrison CO 54.77% 7 Andrew Zibart, Portland OR; Zu Ming Cheng, Pasadena CA 57.69% 8 2 Michael Marcucci, San Gabriel CA; Edward Schwartz, Pasadena CA 54.23% 8 Gee Gee Walker, Medford OR; Molly Tinsley, Ashland OR 54.92% 9 Kathy Bye, Burnaby BC; Sheila Sache, Delta BC 53.54% 9 James Slinger, Corralitos CA; Steve Slinger, Randolph WI 54.85% 10 Abe Jakob - Jesse Laird, Fort Lauderdale FL 52.54% 10 3 3 Frederick Linnemeyer - Patricia Linnemeyer, Franklin Lakes NJ 54.62% 11 Steve Bruno, Oceanside CA; Janice Randles, Palm Desert CA 52.38% 11 4 Bryan Delfs, Kent WA; Todd Fisher, Chicago IL 54.54% 3 2 Maryruth Negro - James Negro, Wellesley MA 51.85% 5 Barbara Kallaus, Kailua HI; Robert Liu, Honolulu HI 51.77% 4/5 3/4 Betty Tanenbaum - James Brier, Las Vegas NV 51.54% 6 4 Henry Kingdon - Pat Friesen, San Rafael CA 50.85% 4/5 3/4 Madelaine Kleinman - Robert Kleinman, Kailua HI 51.54% 7 Zia Kazimi, Clancy MT; Stephen Visocan, Townsend MT 49.92% 6 Mary Sievers, Stockton CA; Rose Knutson, Lodi CA 50.46% 7 Mark Wainer - Nancy Wainer, Soquel CA 50.23% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SSS TTT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Nick Demmon, Roseville CA; David Vidaver, Sacramento CA 60.31% 1 Gary Tomczyk, Las Vegas NV; Jim Backstrom, Henderson NV 63.62% 2 Robert Thomson, San Rafael CA; Joseph Kushner, Mill Valley CA 58.62% 2/3 Bruce Blakely, San Rafael CA; Shelly Dunietz, Santa Rosa CA 63.15% 3 1 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA 58.23% 2/3 John Koch, Saint Cloud MN; Terry Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN 63.15% 4 Suzy Burger - Lynne Schaeffer, West Bloomfield MI 56.92% 4 1 1 Hank Liu, Haidian Distric People’s Republic of China; Misook Jung, Beverly Hills CA 58.15% 5 William Grant, San Diego CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 56.54% 5 Robert Korten, Frankfort MI; Robert Houtrow, Delton MI 57.92% 6 2 1 Carole Schmitz - Wilhelmina White, Redding CA 55.15% 6 2 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD 57.69% 7 3 Gillian Miniter - Radu Nistor, New York NY 54.08% 7 3 Bob Sendall, Morro Bay CA; Edwin Straver, Incline Village NV 55.69% 8 4 2 Drayton Swartz, Castro Valley CA; S Andrew Sass, Fremont CA 54.00% 8 4 2 Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA; David Cheng, Palo Alto CA 54.77% 9 John Kohler, Phoenix AZ; Beverly Hartin, Rancho Mirage CA 53.15% 9 Richard Budd, Portland ME; Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 54.69% 10 Jerry Keller, Laurel MD; David Idleman, Coralville IA 53.08% 10 5 3 J Penney - Helen Miller, Lacey WA 53.23% 11 5 3 Donna Carr, Encinitas CA; Mary Fenton, Carlsbad CA 52.77% 11 Yas Takeda - Joan Culbertson, Hacienda Hgts CA 52.31% 12 James Milam, Idaho Falls ID; Stephen Skinner, Huntington Bch CA 51.85% 12 6 Bryan Morgan, Dallas TX; Paul Burnham, Wilton CT 51.54% 6 4 Thomas Ryder - Suzy Ryder, Boise ID 50.46% 7 David Chinn, Elk Grove CA; Mie Thiemmedh, San Bruno CA 50.85% 8 4 Margie Cole - Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY 50.77%

SILODOR OPEN PAIRS 1ST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS M N O R V W X EAST-WEST 1 Mike Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Loretta Rivers, Monroe LA 64.74% 1 Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL; Jeff Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 66.11% 2 John Kranyak, Las Vegas NV; Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA 64.25% 2 Jim Munday, Southaven MS; Richard Pavlicek, Fort Lauderdale FL 59.68% 3 Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 62.67% 3 John Rayner - Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 59.60% 4 Leszek Rabiega, Watsonville CA; Nick Bykov, Stockton CA 61.93% 4 Vincent Demuy, Palm Bch Gdns FL; John Hurd, New York NY 59.14% 5 Marc Lachapelle, Saint-Laurent QC; Pascale Gaudreault, Montreal QC 59.96% 5 Om Chokriwala, Sherman Oaks CA; Brandon Sheumaker, Santa Ana CA 58.82% 6 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Ron La Cour, Freeland WA 58.98% 6 John Lusky, Portland OR; Allan Falk, Okemos MI 58.72% 7 Marion Michielsen, Stockholm Sweden; Richard Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA 58.30% 7 Owen Lien, Detroit MI; Larry Mori, Clearwater FL 58.20% 8 Robert Bell, New Providence NJ; Ben Tucker, Vashon WA 58.19% 8 Walter Schuster - Alexander Wernle, Vienna Austria 57.99% 9 Joel Wooldridge, Astoria NY; Michael Polowan, New York NY 57.08% 9 Ray Miller, Seattle WA; Dave Westfall, Spokane WA 57.70% 10 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Len Vishnevsky, San Francisco CA 56.54% 10 John McAllister, Charlottesville VA; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 57.63% 11 Gary King - Anthony Bianchi, Houston TX 56.13% 11 Andrew DeSosa, Chatsworth CA; Lee Maddocks, Modesto CA 57.49% 12 David Johnson - John D Aguiar, Calgary AB 55.62% 12 Pete Pluhta, Pullman WA; Charles Bennett, Spokane WA 56.81% 13 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Andrew Chesterton, Winchester MA 55.45% 13 Franklin Merblum, Bloomfield CT; Jeffrey Juster, New Orleans LA 56.70% 14 Linda Friedman - Daniel Friedman, Orinda CA 55.11% 14 Doug Baxter - David Lindop, Toronto ON 56.62% 15 David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY 55.05% 15 Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA 56.49% 16 George Tornay Jr, Palm Bch Gdns FL; Rich Kasprowicz, Schenectady NY 54.45% 16 Ross Grabel, Palm Desert CA; Howard Weinstein, Rancho Mirage CA 56.23% 17 Lapt Chan, Forest Hills NY; Rica Tarnoff, New York NY 54.15% 17 Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Ashraf El Sadi, Union City CA 56.17% 18 William Arlinghaus, Ann Arbor MI; Stephen Cox, Eugene OR 54.00% 18 Cameron Cotton, Chula Vista CA; Alan Gailfus, Carlsbad CA 56.15% 19 Bruce Horiguchi, Gardena CA; Steve Mager, Hermosa Beach CA 53.66% 19 Weishu Wu, Irvine CA; Ethan Liu, Fremont CA 55.39% 20 Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX; Erez Hendelman, New York NY 53.51% 20 Kenneth Chatzinoff, Cinnaminson NJ; Bill Parks, Macungie PA 55.23% 21 Neil Silverman, Fort Lauderdale FL; Billy Cohen, Sherman Oaks CA 53.50% 21 Jay Barron, Tulsa OK; Levy Stern, Rehovot 765371 Israel 54.86% 22 Howard Liu, San Mateo CA; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ 53.34% 22 Gary Soules, Elk Grove CA; Edward Nagy, Danville CA 54.52% 23 Gerry McCully - James Galand, Victoria BC 53.23% 23 Danny Sprung - Joann Sprung, Las Vegas NV 54.27% 24 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Lynn Baker, Austin TX 52.85% 24 Eugene Kales, Arlington VA; Ellen Cherniavsky, Silver Spring MD 54.20% 25 Piotr Nawrocki, Warsaw 02-382 Poland; Piotr Wiankowski, Gdansk 80-467 Poland 52.49% 25 Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD 53.33% 26 Douglas Simson, Columbus OH; Jeff Aker, Briarcliff NY 52.21% 26 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Sidney Yang, Richmond BC 53.01% 27 Jerry Helms, Charlotte NC; Robert Bitterman, Sarasota FL 51.89% 27 Roger Lord - Jacqueline Sincoff, Saint Louis MO 52.84% 28 Mark Bennett - Godfrey Chang, Honolulu HI 51.83% 28 Franck Multon - Pierre Zimmermann, Monaco 52.77% 29 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Christopher Gibson, Tigard OR 51.81% 29 J. Jay Roll, Clovis CA; Lowell Andrews, Huntington Bch CA 52.47% 30 Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Rajeev Gupta, Oakland CA 51.78% 30 Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; William Sanford, Orangevale CA 52.20% 31 Chuck Malcolm - Marti Malcolm, Olathe KS 51.66% 31 Michael Kruley, Pleasant Hill CA; Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA 52.17% 32 Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Tom Kniest, Brentwood MO 51.61% 32 Anant Rathi, San Diego CA; Nathaniel Munger, Palo Alto CA 51.63% 33 Julius Sigurjonsson, 201 Kopavogur Iceland; Michael Gamble, Shawnigan Lake BC 51.49% 33 Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 51.61% 34 Julie Arbit, Rochester Hills MI; Jordan Kaye, West Bloomfield MI 51.31% 34 Jon Bartlett - John Ashton, Portland OR 51.42% 35 Edmund Wu - Harlan Hullinger, San Francisco CA 51.23% 35 Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Alex Hudson, Raleigh NC 51.38% 36 Lloyd Arvedon, Woburn MA; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA 51.10% 36 Rai Osborne - Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA 51.33%

FRIDAY AFTERNOON LIMITED PAIRS AFTERNOON SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Miriam Steinberg, Carmichael CA; John Reynen, Sacramento CA 61.03% 1 1 Christiane Turner, Ketchum ID; Wesley May, Menlo Park CA 59.93% 2 1 1 Laura Carlson - Monica Brandl, Reno NV 55.49% 2 2 1 Mary Willis, Tahoe City CA; Kathleen Semrad, Truckee CA 57.95% 3 2 Marie Ernst - Marjorie Quaglieri, Reno NV 55.49% 3 3 2 Wendy Schwartz, Walnut Creek CA; Karen Corburn, San Ramon CA 54.87% 4 Rita Schaulat, Novato CA; Peggy McCormick, San Rafael CA 55.47% 4 Betty Mintz - Stanley Tuhrim, New York NY 54.53% 5 Joan Oakley - Sally Graham, Roseville CA 55.20% 5 Brad Hanna - Jeanette Hanna, Clackamas OR 53.78% 3 2 Karen Cabrera - Robert Cabrera, Oakland CA 51.88% 4 Marolyn Wells, Berkeley CA; Patricia Hart, Michigan City IN 50.02%

SMITH LIFE MASTER WOMEN’S FIRST FINAL SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS K L EAST-WEST 1 Cheryl Schneider, Westerville OH; Anita Torrence, Bexley OH 59.69% 1 Sheri Winestock, Las Vegas NV; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL 60.46% 2 Susan Picus - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 59.38% 2 Victoria Gromova - Tatiana Ponomareva, Moscow Russia 56.38% 3 Hansa Narasimhan, Mountain View CA; Jill Levin, Henderson NV 58.23% 3 Justine Hancock - Barbara Mikkelson, Las Vegas NV 56.23% 4 Ellen Kozlove, Boca Raton FL; Anne Brenner, Denver CO 56.31% 4/5 Aurelie Thizy, Cachan France; Sylvie Willard, Paris France 54.15% 5 Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Nancy Katz, Carolina PR 54.08% 4/5 Donna Givner, Golden CO; Cheryl Gorman, Omaha NE 54.15% 6 Sheila Gabay, Newton MA; Natalie Bassil, Boston MA 53.69% 6/7 Cecilia Rimstedt, Vastra Frolunda Sweden; Sally Meckstroth, Clearwater Bch FL 54.08% 7 Jacqueline Ortiz, Santa Rosa CA; Prudence Saunders, Palo Alto CA 52.54% 6/7 Ricki Rogers, Mount Laurel NJ; Ann McClelland, La Canada Flt CA 54.08% 8 Lisa Berkowitz - Susan Miller, Boca Raton FL 52.15% 8 Gerrianne Mason, Crossville TN; Allison L Cappelletti, Cookeville TN 54.00% 9 Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX; Nancy Passell, Plano TX 51.77% 9 K Fung, Edmonton AB; Stephannie Culbertson, New York NY 52.77% 10 Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 51.46% 10 Pat Leary, Livermore CA; Georgiana Gates, Houston TX 52.54%


Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsSunday, March 20, 10 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members OtherStrati-Flighted A/X Swiss Teams 1-2 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Strati-Flighted B/C Swiss Teams 1-2 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Gold Rush 750/300 Swiss Teams 1-2 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750. All above: Play-through.Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 5th single session Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $15 $15

Sunday, March 20, 10 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.Stratified Fast Open Pairs 1-2 Silver Baron CDE, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $16 $20

Sunday, March 20, 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 3-4 Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $16 $20

Sunday, March 20, 11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 F Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $20

Sunday, March 20, 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.JACOBY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $20

Sunday, March 20, 11 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.MACHLIN WOMEN’S SWISS TEAMS 1-2 F Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $20 plus team screen surcharge of $40 per session

Sunday, March 20, 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS Final Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $20 plus team screen surcharge of $40 per session

Sunday, March 20, 2:30 p.m.Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 6th single session Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (Unlimited/5000) separate from B/C (2500/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (Unlimited/5000/3000), B/C/D (2500/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/2500/1500), Gold Rush 750/500/200. Stratified events: A (Unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). In B flights, no single player may be over 2500. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

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

NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS SSS TTT EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jerry Keller, Laurel MD; David Idleman, Coralville IA 61.44% 1 1 Paul Blumberg, Sparks NV; James Paschal, Reno NV 66.32% 2 Richard Budd, Portland ME; Zachary Grossack, Newton MA 58.37% 2 Eileen Paley, Scarsdale NY; Mimi Bieber, Hartsdale NY 65.00% 3 1 1 Henryk Szejnwald, Los Altos CA; David Cheng, Palo Alto CA 58.07% 3 John Koch, Saint Cloud MN; Terry Beckman, Brooklyn Park MN 60.05% 4 2 Bob Sendall, Morro Bay CA; Edwin Straver, Incline Village NV 58.00% 4 William Grant, San Diego CA; Andrew Loh, Solana Beach CA 58.52% 5 Suzy Burger - Lynne Schaeffer, West Bloomfield MI 57.89% 5 Alice Kinningham, Aurora CO; Debra Dallas, Highlands Ranch CO 57.73% 6 3 2 William Tenney - Art Herbon, Nipomo CA 57.42% 6 2 1 Dolores Mackinnon, San Francisco CA; Chet Young, Alameda CA 57.10% 7 4 3 Margie Cole - Leonardo Fruscoloni, New York NY 57.34% 7 Robert Korten, Frankfort MI; Robert Houtrow, Delton MI 56.74% 8 Yas Takeda - Joan Culbertson, Hacienda Hgts CA 57.25% 8 Albert Wilson Jr, Brookings OR; Suzanne Cook, McKinleyville CA 54.72% 9 John Kohler, Phoenix AZ; Beverly Hartin, Rancho Mirage CA 56.98% 9 3 Bijoy Anand - Janice Madsen, Jacksonville FL 51.56% 10 Holly Aufmann, Escondido CA; Jean Holt, San Marcos CA 54.12% 10 4 Jim Gaarder, Columbia MD; Jimmy Ritzenberg, Bethesda MD 51.48% 11 Jerry Ranney - Jane Ranney, Morrison CO 53.30% 11 Gary Tomczyk, Las Vegas NV; Jim Backstrom, Henderson NV 51.03% 12 5 Ove Jonsson, St-Aubin Switzerland; Manuela Marani, Los Gatos CA 51.84% 12 5 Ann McDougal - Barbara Grantham, Houston TX 50.46% 6 4 Hank Liu, Haidian Distric People’s Republic of China; Misook Jung, Beverly Hills CA 51.15% 6 Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA; Dwight Hunt, Granada Hills CA 50.19% 7 Samuel Phillips, Largo FL; Lowell Phillips, North Potomac MD 50.10% 7 2 Carole Schmitz - Wilhelmina White, Redding CA 49.34% 3 Terrence Rawlings, Sun City Center FL; Jeffrey Rawlings, Santa Barbara CA 49.25% 4 Stephen Toschlog - W Armstrong, Richmond IN 48.81%

FRIDAY DAYLIGHT GOLD RUSH MORNING SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION A EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Janet Tainty, Santa Cruz CA; Linda Hanson, Capitola CA 60.42% 1 1 Roger Leemis - Terran Leemis, Bloomfield Hls MI 65.48% 2 2 Karen Eveland, Lewiston ID; Richard Carlson, Moscow ID 56.55% 2 2 Lee Dunn, Reno NV; Darrick Chee, Orange CA 61.90% 3 3 1 Sara Sevey - Jim Sevey, La Quinta CA 54.46% 3/4 3/4 Al Peponis, Morgan Hill CA; Norman Dow, Gilroy CA 54.17% 4 4 2 Dixie Wantoch, Overland Park KS; Sheila Pechinski, Bangor ME 52.38% 3/4 3/4 Diane Dollinger - Peter Dollinger, Los Altos CA 54.17% 1 Cornelia Gould - Ed Gould, Incline Village NV 50.89% 2 Lorraine Cliff - David Cliff, Wayland MA 47.62% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION B EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Valorie Zentil, Camarillo CA; Kailee Graham, Agoura Hills CA 58.33% 1 1 Anne Neeter, Sedona AZ; Judi Gentry, Los Altos CA 60.42% 2 2 Sharon McNutt, Magalia CA; Patricia Fitzgerald, Chico CA 56.55% 2 2 Richard Gordon - Terry Gordon, Novato CA 55.95% 3 3 George Steele, Austin TX; Sam Aucoin, Honolulu HI 52.68% 3 3 1 Cynthia Fredrickson, Fair Oaks CA; Claes Harde, Orangevale CA 53.57% 4 Dorothy Malutta - Phyllis Cramblet, Aptos CA 51.49% 4/5 4/5 Maria Poh, Las Vegas NV; Donna Fisher, North Las Vegas NV 52.68% 1 Rebecca Kunzman - John Kunzman, Walnut Creek CA 50.60% 4/5 4/5 Libby Longstreth, Riverbank CA; Christine Barkley, Modesto CA 52.68% 2 Kristin Smith - Steven Smith, Corralitos CA 51.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION D EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Brian Richardson - Kay Richardson, Ottawa ON 54.80% 1 1 Steven Drucker - Russell Kirschenbaum, Oakland CA 60.67% 2 2 Terry Adamik, Henderson NV; Jan Hart, Redmond OR 53.73% 2 Greg Foss - Jeannene LeVitre, Reno NV 57.48% 3 3 1 Joan Smith, San Jose CA; Sherry Ruskin, San Francisco CA 53.40% 3 2 Nelson Burros - Marcie Burros, New York NY 57.40% 4 4 Eleanor Thomas - Rex Thomas, Mount Pleasant IA 52.68% 4 3 1 Peg Remaklus - Malcolm Scott, Vacaville CA 51.96% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION E EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 Shelley Cooper, Santa Fe NM; Russell Rector, Oakland CA 61.82% 1 1 1 Susan Jennings - Steven Jennings, Nacogdoches TX 64.67% 2 2 1 Marie Groh - Timothy Niebauer, Boulder CO 61.52% 2 2 Sharon Carpenter - Rebecca Brown, Bellingham WA 54.72% 3 3 2 Sharon Dameron, Cedar Park TX; Laura Craft, Leander TX 54.46% 3 3 2 Camele Wanat, San Mateo CA; Jeanie Kwong, Foster City CA 53.27% 4 4 Donald Walcher, Hailey ID; Peter Jack, Medford OR 50.72% 4 4 William Voss - Jeffrey Phillips, Grand Junction CO 50.08% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION C EAST-WEST 7 5 2 7 5 2 1 1 1 Julie Greenberg, San Diego CA; Janet Dunlap, Cardiff CA 59.82% 1 Larry Yarger, West Point NE; Lisa Hebert, Ottawa ON 58.33% 2 2 Donald Rogers, Reno NV; Tomoko Rogers, Mattoon IL 58.63% 2 1 1 Dorothy Stone, Grass Valley CA; Duncan Macvean, Placerville CA 55.36% 3 Carol Knowles, San Mateo CA; Eleanor Battaglia, Foster City CA 54.17% 3 2 Bill Jones, Grass Valley CA; Charles Powell, Nevada City CA 52.68% 4 3 2 Paulette Moe, Ross CA; Carolyn Farren, Larkspur CA 50.60% 4 3 Marie-France Ghent - Cherri Ross, Reno NV 50.60%

FRIDAY MORNING LIMITED PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION YY EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Robert Kahn - Christine Kahn, Pleasanton CA 60.61% 1 1 1 Alice Probst - Jon Probst, Reno NV 56.82% 2 2 Anne Ward - Nick Ward, Los Altos Hills CA 58.33% 2 2 2 Judy Kale - Lana Stanley, Napa CA 55.87% 3/4 3/4 Linda Steffan, Sacramento CA; Susan West, Sausalito CA 57.39% 3 3 3 Willa King, Newport Beach CA; May Mengstab, Laguna Woods CA 54.92% 3/4 3/4 1 Charon Jenner - Debra Leggett, Sacramento CA 57.39% 4 4 4 Karen Cabrera - Robert Cabrera, Oakland CA 53.22% 5/6 5/6 Miriam Steinberg, Carmichael CA; John Reynen, Sacramento CA 52.84% 5 5 Warren Goodnow - Judy Goodnow, Palo Alto CA 52.84% 5/6 5/6 2 Michael Olson - Alice Olson, Reno NV 52.84% 6 6 Linda Yazell, Hayward CA; Pat Culpepper, Portland OR 51.89% 3 Jane Martin, Reno NV; Janice Welsh, Kahului HI 50.19%

FRIDAY MORNING NEWCOMERS SECTION XX A B C 1 1 1 Patricia Owens, Incline Village NV; Jane Maloney, Kula HI 58.99% 2 2 Helen Gibson, Bellevue WA; Nancy Sundberg, Mercer Island WA 56.45% 3 3 Mary Willis, Tahoe City CA; Kathleen Semrad, Truckee CA 53.60% 4 2 Marus Jastrow - William Jastrow, Reno NV 52.73%


Today’s Bridge EventsSaturday, March 19, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members OtherStratified Side Swiss Teams single Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Friday-Saturday Morning Compact KO Teams 3-4 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Thursday-Saturday Morning Side Game Series 3rd single session Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20

Saturday, March 19, 10 a.m.299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $15

Saturday, March 19, 10 a.m. & 3 p.m.Strati-Flighted Daylight A/B/C Open Pairs 1-2 Silver Baron CDE, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $16 $20Daylight Gold Rush 750/500/200 Pairs 1-2 Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $16 $20 Gold points for 0–750.

Saturday, March 19, Noon & 7 p.m.VANDERBILT KNOCKOUT TEAMS 1-2 SF Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $20 plus team screen surcharge of $40 per session

Saturday, March 19, 1 p.m.Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 3rd single session Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20

Saturday, March 19, 1 & 4:30 p.m.NABC+ FAST PAIRS 1-2 Q Mandalay Ballroom, Lower level, Circus Circus $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessions

Saturday, March 19, 1 & 7:30 p.m.JACOBY OPEN SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsMACHLIN WOMEN’S SWISS TEAMS 1-2 Q Reno Ballroom (1/2 block on E 4th St) $20 2 qualifying, 2 final sessionsSaturday Compact Bracketed KO Teams 1-4 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20Saturday-Sunday Bracketed KO Teams 1-2 Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $16 $20 Continues Sunday at 10 a.m.Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $16 $20

Saturday, March 19, 3 p.m.299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $15

Saturday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.Stratified Side Swiss Teams single Expo Hall, Lower level, Silver Legacy $15 $19Friday-Sunday Side Game Series 4th single session Silver Baron AB, Mezzanine, Silver Legacy $16 $20Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $19299er, 199er, 99er, 49er Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $190-20, 0-5 Pairs single Convention Center, Lower level, Eldorado $15 $15

Unless otherwise noted: The three-flight events (two-session) are divided: A/X (Unlimited/5000) separate from B/C (2500/1500) and the Gold Rush (750/300). Two-flight events are divided A/X/Y (Unlimited/5000/3000), B/C/D (2500/1500/500) if no Gold Rush; A/B/C (Unlimited/2500/1500), Gold Rush 750/500/200. Stratified events: A (Unlimited), B (750–2500) and C (0–750). In B flights, no single player may be over 2500. In Gold Rush events, no single player may be over 750. 299er and lower events are stratified at the discretion of the director. BOLD, UPPER CASE = NABC+ events. UPPER CASE = NABC events. *Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

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

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