He probably didn’t realize it at the time, but Per Jannersten, age 13, was present for a key moment in bridge history – the test of the first bidding box.

The scene was his home in Stockholm, Sweden. Per’s father, Eric Jannersten, had invited some experts to play a two-table team game. One of the guests was Gosta Nordenson, who had developed a bidding box prototype. Per remembers that the idea for the box was entirely Nordenson’s: “He wanted to eliminate spoken bidding because your voice reveals your feelings whether you like it or not.”

Nordenson’s first model was a kind of ledger with tabs. By the time of the team game at the Jannersten home circa 1961, Nordenson had come up with a different design, a box that sat below table level so that a player could not see it if his partner’s hand moved from one call to another before a final decision was made.

At that point, Nordenson had applied for a patent and Eric Jannersten was considering manufacturing

the boxes.On the evening

of the test, Per says he overheard the adults talking and pronouncing the project viable. A deal was made.

Per remembers that it was a complicated arrangement: Jannersten would print the cards for the bidding boxes, provide them to Nordenson, who would put them in plastic boxes he obtained from another source and return the finished product to Jannersten to be sold.

Daily Bulletin Monday,November28,2011 Volume84,Number4

84thNorthAmericanBridgeChampionships Editors:BrentManleyandSueMunday

Today is Goodwill Day. We invite members of the National Goodwill Committee to join us at a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in room 608/609 of the Convention Center.

We look forward to seeing you there.The National Goodwill Committee

Goodwill Message

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Per Jannersten

Parking informationDiscounted parking is available at Standard

Parking located at 1508 7th Avenue. The cost is $12 for 12 hours with your convention card.

There is no discounted parking at the Washington State Convention Center.

A new application specific to any NABC you attend, including the Fall NABC in Seattle, is now available for your iPhone or Android device – and it’s free.

You can use the app to check on your scores, review the playing schedule, read Daily Bulletins – and lots more.

You can check on the day’s speakers, seminars and workshops, view maps of the floors at the Convention Center. Just about anything you need to know about the NABC can be found with this app.

Downloading the app takes only seconds. In your iPhone app store (Market for Android devices), simply search for NABC or ACBL.

New NABC app

Senior KO in semifinals

Teams captained by Lou Ann O’Rourke, Reese Milner, Kyle Larsen and Gaylor Kasle posted impressive victories to make it to the semifinal round of the Baze Senior Knockout Teams.

The matchups for today are O’Rourke versus Milner and Larsen versus Kasle.

Two of Sunday’s matches were close as O’Rourke fought off a rally by the William Hall team to win 129-106. Larsen also had to deal with a ralling opponent, taking a 113-74 lead into the final quarter, winning despite losing the final set by 20 IMPs.

Hugh Ross is in Seattle to play bridge because it’s good for him.

There was a time Ross attended NABCs with great regularity. His record attests to his success: 19 North Americanl titles spanning the years 1963 to 2003, including six wins in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams. Nor were his wins confined to this continent; he was on the winning Bermuda Bowl team three times---in 1976, 1985 and 1987—playing with three different partners.

Despite those achievements, Ross never considered himself a particularly good card player, but what he had, he says, was instinct. “I don’t let myself get trapped in a rule,” he explains. “Things happen at the table and I like to seize opportunities when they’re there.”

Mike Lawrence (one of Ross’s three winning Bermuda Bowl partners) described the Ross phenomenon this way: “Hugh plays by the seat of his pants more than any other top player I know.”

Ross laughs. “I take that as a compliment. I think that what he means is that I’m good at adapting to circumstances.”

That same adaptability has helped Ross to cope with health problems that kept him from the bridge

table following a stroke eight years ago. With therapy and time, he has been able to recover almost to his pre-stroke physical condition “except that I’m really

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Better health through bridge

Hugh Ross is in Seattle for the NABC

Jacobs leading in Open BAM

The team captained by George Jacobs will start play today in the Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams with a lead of less than half a board. There will be two final sessions today.

Jacobs, Steve Beatty, Walid Elahmady, Tarek Sadek, Agustin Madala and Norberto Bocchi have a carryover of 5, not quite a half board ahead of the Bart Bramley team, who have 4.52. Bramley is playing with Roy Welland, Josef Pikarek and Alexander Smirnov.

Right on Bramley’s heels are James Cayne and his international squad, including four Italian world champions.

18 teams enter final day of

Women’s BAMThe team captained by Geeske Joel pounded

out back-to-back strong qualifying sessions of 17.50 boards and 17 boards to blaze into the final of the Marsha May Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match Teams with a 4.50-board lead. The Mancuso team, by way of a 21-board first session, is not too far behind with a 4.25 carryover.

Last year’s winners, trying to make it a three-peat, currently sit in seventh place, two boards in back of the leaders. They are: Joyce Hampton, Jenny Wolpert, Benedicte Cronier, Sylvie Willard, Sabine Auken and Daniela von Arnim.

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Restaurant discountsShow your convention card at restaurants

displaying the NABC logo in the front window to receive a 10% discount.

SPECIALEVENTSMEETINGS / SEMINARS / RECEPTIONS

CELEBRITY SPEAKER PROGRAM

Monday, Nov. 288:30 a.m.-Noon Teacher Accreditation Program (TAP). Session three of

the ACBL’s popular 10-hour seminar for people interested in learning how to teach bridge successfully. Pre-registration required. Room: 401 (Convention Center).

9 a.m.-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Continuing education for bridge directors to increase their skills. Continues Tuesday. Must attend both sessions. Fee: $15, covers both sessions. Room: Medina (Sheraton).

10:30 a.m.-Noon Competition and Conventions Committee meeting. Room: Kirkland (Sheraton).

11 a.m.-Noon Get Online with BridgeBase.com. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet with Fred Gitelman, creator of the ACBL’s Learn to Play Bridge program. Get a guided tour of the Bridge Base web site and its outstanding teaching features. Room: Issaquah A&B (Sheraton).

5-7 p.m. Goodwill Reception. Reception for members of the ACBL Goodwill Committee. Room: 608/609 (Convention Center).

Tuesday, Nov. 299 a.m.-Noon Bridge Teachers and Bridge Cruises. Join Marilyn

Kalbfleisch, experienced bridge cruise host, for an informative

session about what you need to know to be a successful teacher and bridge host on a cruise ship. Fee: $25 at door. Room: Kirkland (Sheraton).

9 a.m.-Noon Club Director Refresher Course. Part 2. Continuing education for bridge directors to increase their skills. Continued from Tuesday. Must attend both sessions. Room: Medina (Sheraton).

10 a.m. Rose Meltzer’s Breakfast with the Stars. This is your chance to meet Rose and many other of the game’s superstars. The price for the full breakfast is $25 per person (donation to the Junior Fund). Seating is limited. Register in advance at the Information Desk on the fourth floor of the Convention Center to guarantee a spot at the table with the experts you’d like to meet. Room: Cirrus Ballroom, 35th floor – Pike Street Tower (Sheraton)

10:30 a.m.-Noon Foundation for the Preservation and Advancement of Bridge meeting. Room: Leschi (Sheraton).

10:30 a.m.-Noon GNT/NAP Meeting. Room: Issaquah A/B, (Sheraton)

Wednesday, Nov. 3010:30 a.m.-Noon Open Team Trials meeting. Room: Leschi (Sheraton).

Don’t miss the following free lectures (Convention Center, Room 607):Monday, Nov. 28

9:45 a.m. Joan Anderson Weak Two-Bids 6:45 p.m. Haig Tchamitch Support Doubles

Tuesday, Nov. 299:45 a.m. Mike Flader Ruling The Game 6:45 p.m. David Berkowitz Partnerships

Wednesday, Nov. 309:45 a.m. Patti McCallum New DONT (Rule of 8 and 2) 6:45 p.m. Ellen Kent Panic-ville: This Is Not a Zynga Game

Thursday, Dec. 19:45 a.m. Phillip Alder Listen to Place Opposing Honors 6:45 p.m. John Rayner Opener’s Rebids

LATE NIGHT FOODMonday, Nov. 28

6:30–7:15 pm Music in the Atrium11 p.m. – Midnight SeaSharps QuartetLate night snack: Chicken burgers Convention Center Ballroom 6A

Tuesday, Nov. 296:30–7:15 pm Music in the Atrium11 p.m. – Midnight A Taste of Northwest Wines. Late night snack: Wine and cheese. Free tickets to first 500 people.

Tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis starting Sunday at the Information Desk on the fourth floor of the Convention Center.

Location: Sheraton, Metropolitan Ballroom B

Wednesday, Nov. 306:30–7:15 pm Music in the Atrium11 p.m. – Midnight Groove for ThoughtLate night snack: Turkey wraps Convention Center Ballroom 6A

Thursday, Dec. 16:30–7:15 pm Music in the Atrium11 p.m. – Midnight TBALate night snack: Chili Convention Center Ballroom 6A

A Taste of Northwest Wines

Unwind after the Tuesday evening session with a glass of wine and a bite of cheese. Free tickets to “A Taste of Northwest Wines” will be given to the first 500 people. The tickets, available starting Sunday on a first-come, first-served basis, can be obtained at the Information Desk on the fourth floor of the Convention Center. The soiree will be held from 11 p.m. to midnight at the Sheraton in the Metropolitan Ballroom B.

Unit Hospitality SponsorsFind a nice surprise at the unit host desk located

next to the Walk of Fame on the sixth floor of the Convention Center. Units from Alaska, British Columbia and Washington are providing volunteers to help staff the needs of the NABC. Displays include posters and some videos of their areas. Brochures and other give-aways will be available in limited quantities. The unit host desk will be open for an hour before the afternoon and evening sessions.

Monday, Nov. 28Hospitality Sponsors: Bellingham Unit 433,Everett Unit 437 and Mount Vernon Unit 439

Notice to Players Who Live Outside North America

Participation in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs and the 0-5000 Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs is limited to those ACBL members who have earned a Blue Ribbon qualification (or for those members on the Lifetime Top 100 masterpoint list). Foreign players who have not earned a Blue Ribbon qualification but feel they are otherwise qualified must receive a waiver prior to the commencement of these contests. Previously granted waivers will not be honored for the Blue Ribbon and the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs.

For waiver information, please arrive early and see the Director in Charge at the selling site.

Lost ringAn expensive ring, found in a restroom at

the Convention Center, has been turned in to the Daily Bulletin office.

Masterpoint disclaimerScores as reported in the Daily Bulletin are

subject to change because of score changes or corrections.

Asian Night DinnerThe tournament organizers have arranged an

Asian Night Dinner for Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 5 p.m. Tickets must be purchased by Monday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m. and can be obtained at the Information Desk on the fourth floor of the Convention Center. The cost for dinner and tea is $20.

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JUST FOR NEW PLAYERSWhen partner preempts

When partner opens the bidding with a weak bid, many of my students wonder what, if anything, to do. Remember, opener has a weak hand and assumes she is going down about three tricks.

There are two reasons you might raise a preempt. You can raise with Trash (and extra trumps) or you can raise her to game with a lot of assets, what I refer to in class as “Ka-Chings” (money in the bank)!

First, the Trash raise. Say partner opens 2♥ (a weak two-bid showing a six-card suit) and you hold:♠ 7 ♥Q 9 4 2 ♦J 9 4 3 ♣10 8 4 2

If you and partner have very weak hands, it’s safe to assume that your opponents have a game, maybe even a slam. If partner had known you had so many hearts, she would’ve preempted with 3♥ or 4♥. Even though she did her best to take up the opponents’ bidding room, you need to reach into the bidding box and further the preempt. How much higher should you bid? I would recommend a raise to 4♥ with the given hand. Add your trumps to partner’s (the total is 10 with the example hand) and contract to take that number of tricks – bid 4♥. If you have only three-card trump support (nine trumps total), you would raise to 3♥ (nine tricks).

What if partner opens a three-level preempt such as 3♥? The same equation works if you have a Trash hand:

With two-card support, there are nine total trumps and you are already at 3♥. Pass!

With three-card support (10 total trumps), raise to 4♥.

This is a very homogenized version of what

experts refer to as the Law of Total Tricks. Larry Cohen has written books regarding this popular theory, and some experts think that a few adjustments should be made. It can get very complicated. Non-vulnerable, it’s a fantastic tool. If you’re vulnerable, you might be more cautious. You don’t want to get a minus score that resembles your telephone number.

Let’s look at some good hands, where you think you have enough assets that partner might actually make 4♥. A normal weak two-bid opener figures to take about five tricks witbout any help from partner. A responder planning to bid game on power should contribute five additional tricks (to bring the total to 10).

As responder, I’ve had some quacky 16-point hands that wouldn’t have let partner make game. I’ve also had some 13-point hands that made it easy for her to take ten tricks. The difference is not really about points, it’s about tricks and assets. Using the Ka-Ching theory, let’s look at the assets in this hand after partner open 2♥:♠7 ♥Q 9 4 ♦A K 5 3 2 ♣A 8 6 2

Add up the bonus Ka-Chings: Three quick trick Ka-Chings; one high trump honor Ka-Ching; and at least one ruffing Ka-Ching. I’d be very comfortable in raising a 2♥ opener to 4♥.

Here’s another example:♠K Q J ♥A 3 2 ♦Q J 7 6 ♣Q J 3

I see only about three Ka-Chings in this hand. Partner might not even be able to make 2♥! Note that there are more high-card points in the second hand than the first. The rule of thumb is to look at quick tricks as opposed to quacky points (queens

and jacks) when searching for assets.When someone preempts, we are all guessing

what to do. It’s more art than science and we have to use our judgment and make our best guess. Nothing is guaranteed, but maybe knowing about these Ka-Chings will help.

I would enjoy hearing your favorite anecdotes regarding your attendance here in Seattle. You can reach me by email at slamhand@verizon.net

Good luck at the bridge table!

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

Opening lead: ♥A Bidding commentary: As North, your 3♥

cuebid, showing a limit raise in spades or better, assumes that a jump to 3♠ in competition is preemptive. Most players now play that any jump raise in competition is preemptive. Partner assumes a limit raise for the time being. As South, if you would have accepted a limit raise (you would), bid 4♠ over 3♥. If you wouldn’t have accepted a limit raise, sign off at 3♠.

Defensive commentary: As East, start a high-low with the ♥J at trick one. As West, the ♥J shows a singleton or doubleton. Continue with the ♥K. As it happens, the ♥J was from a doubleton and now the ♥Q in dummy is an established winner. In order to kill the ♥Q before trumps are drawn, lead a third

heart. East ruffs the third heart with the ♠9. Play commentary: As South, do not overruff

the ♠9! It is safer to discard your inevitable diamond loser. If East has ruffed with the singleton 9 (possible) and you overruff, you will wind up losing a trump trick to West — a trick you do not have to lose. Worse, you will go down, losing two hearts, a spade and a diamond. However, if you discard a diamond at trick three, you take the next 10 tricks. Making four.

As a defender, when you have established a trick in dummy upon which declarer, now void in the suit, can take a discard (♥Q) and partner is also void in the suit, lead the suit while partner still has a trump to play to kill the discard.

As declarer, if faced with the choice of overruffing a spot card with an honor card (the ♠9 with the ♠Q) that may weaken your trump holding, discard a sure loser instead if you have one.

Newly elected ACBL President Sharon Anderson poses with some new players in the Intermediate/Newcomer game on Sunday. With her are Elizabeth Bowes, Sumi Whitehead, Mikiko Khoo and Robert Redden.

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New encyclopedia now available

The 7th edition of the Official Encyclopedia of Bridge rolled off the presses in October and is available for purchase at the booksellers at the Convention Center on the fourth floor opposite Exhibition Halls A and B.

The following is a review of the encyclopedia by Larry Cohen. The review is scheduled for publication in the January 2012 Bridge Bulletin.

The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, 7th edition

Edited by Brent ManleyA treasureThere are many new (better) features in the 7th

edition of the Official Encyclopedia of Bridge. The page size and type size are bigger than the 2001 (6th) edition. Although there are fewer pages, in this case, less is more. The editors have cut out hundreds of pages of biographies and results. Those items can be found on the included (neatly sealed into the back cover) set of two CDs for your computer. Furthermore, such information is easily available from any search engine or on the ACBL web site.

While the omission of biographies could cost some sales (from people who would have purchased the book just to see their names in print), the tradeoff of having more readable information in the 634 pages is well worth it.

While nobody rates to sit down and read an encyclopedia in order, this version has many features that should catch a reader’s attention.

Instead of being organized like a traditional reference book (with all entries in alphabetical order), it is divided into 26 chapters. Many of them (such as History, Hall of Fame, Top players, Trophies, Rule of X and Curiosities) make for a good read — like reading a mini-book or a long magazine article. Some chapters are by necessity lengthy and

intense (Bidding, Conventions, Card Play, and the old bridge encyclopedia classic, 50 pages of Suit Combinations).

A very useful feature is the comprehensive index (sorted by players and by terms). Unfortunately, there were a bunch of omissions in this area…I suppose the software program just couldn’t quite figure out every time, for example, “Bergen” appeared in the various pages (for conventions, bidding theory, tournament victories, books authored, memorable events, etc.).

The complete Laws of Duplicate Bridge are not in the book nor the accompanying CDs, but information is given where to find them online.

One CD contains results and biographies (neatly grouped by category starting with Diamond Life Masters and going up), the other contains something that could be invaluable to bridge writers, teachers, historians, and just general bridge buffs: a pdf version of the entire encyclopedia. You can save a copy on your computer—creating a valuable reference source (just don’t succumb to the temptation to plagiarize without giving credit—or worse, sharing it with members who should purchase their own).

The price ($54.95) might seem steep, but there are 634 pages jammed with photos and information along with those two CDs. Furthermore, there are many ways to obtain the book at a discount. For me, the photos alone are worth the price; previous bridge encyclopedias were picture-less. In addition to the great oldies photos, there are many humorous Bill Buttle animations interspersed with the text.

It’s unlikely anyone will read this huge volume from cover to cover, but it is a tremendous reference book on all aspects of our great game. Left on a coffee table, it is eminently browsable—one could get absorbed in many different sections. Furthermore, it is likely to be a treasured gift item for any bridge aficionado who wasn’t quite ready to shell out the big bucks, but secretly coveted such a treasured archive.

Published by the American Contract Bridge League and available from Baron Barclay Bridge Supply: www.baronbarclay.com, 800-274-2221.

Making an impressionOn this deal from the second final session of

the Nail Life Master Open Pairs, a young player – Allison Howard – made an impression on Gary Cohler with the smoothness of her discards. Cohler was North, Howard East. Dlr: South ♠ A Q J 9 8 7 Vul: N-S ♥ J 3 2 ♦ A 10 ♣ A Q ♠ -- ♠ 6 3 ♥ A Q 10 9 8 6 5 ♥ K 7 ♦ J 7 2 ♦ K 8 6 3 ♣ 8 3 2 ♣ K J 6 5 4 ♠ K 10 5 4 3 ♥ 4 ♦ Q 9 5 4 ♣ 10 9 7 West North East South Pass 4♥ 4♠ All Pass

Howard, of Cookeville TN, led the ♥K, overtaken by Mike Cappelletti Jr. with the ace to shift to a low club. Cohler decided the club finesse was a loser, so he went up with the ace and formulated a plan based on the assumption that East held both minor-suit kings.

After winning the ♣A. Cohler ruffed a heart in dummy, returned to hand with a trump, ruffed another heart in dummy, then ran his trumps.

At the end, Cohler held the ♦A 10 and the ♣Q in hand, so all he had to do was play the ♣Q, putting East in to lead away from her presumed ♦K to present Cohler with a coveted overtrick.

Cohler, however, didn’t reckon with his left-hand opponent, who had discarded down to the singleton ♦K and the ♣K J. When she was thrown in with the club, Howard had the ♣J to cash to hold Cohler to 10 tricks.

What impressed Cohler was that Howard had come down to a singleton ♦K without a flicker of hesitation or concern.

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Jannersten

Shuttle InfoFree shuttle service

is provided between the Convention Center and the Paramount Hotel, Homewood Suites and Red Lion Inn.

A single shuttle will be available throughout day during the tournament to each of the hotels, but two shuttles will be in service during peak times (before or after sessions).

Members staying at the Paramount Hotel or Homewood Suites may expect a shuttle every 15 minutes (approximately) or every 8 minutes during Guests at the Red Lion Inn may expect a shuttle every 10 minutes (approximately), but every 5 minutes during peak times.

Pickup/Drop-off Locations:Paramount Hotel: Pine Street side of hotel, in

the charter bus zone, directly in front of Dragon Fish Restaurant (which is part of the hotel).

Homewood Suites: The shuttle will pick up directly in front of hotel on Pike Street.

Red Lion Inn: 5th Ave. in front of the main hotel entrance.

Convention Center: First floor, near escalators, go out the doors near the Massage Bar to Convention Place

EntriesAll North American championships with no

upper masterpoint limitation: $20(Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play

in NABC+ events. $1.50 per person per session benefits the International Fund.)

Other North American championships: $17(Note: only ACBL members are eligible to play

in these events.)Regional championships: $16 for ACBL

members, $18 for all othersAll other events: $15 for ACBL members, $17

for all others.

Wrong reason, right resultBy Brian Senior

As is well known, it is often better to be lucky than to be good. What would you lead on this West hand from a bracketed knockout deal? ♠ 9 5 4 ♥ 7 6 3 ♦ J 8 7 5 3 ♣ K 9 West North East South Pass 1♥ Pass 2♣ Pass 2♠(i) Pass 3♦ Pass 3♥ Pass 4NT Pass 5♥(ii) Pass 5NT(iii) Pass 6♥(iv) All Pass

(i) Natural, not promising extra values(ii) Two key cards(iii) Asking for specific kings(iv) No kingI held the hand and, frankly, could see no hope

of defeating the slam. North has made a grand slam try, everything is breaking evenly, and my only significant high card looks to be onside for declarer. I’m sure you can see what I chose to lead – the nine of clubs. I expected that declarer would spurn the finesse and I would save the overtrick, with a slim chance that something better might happen if the contract wasn’t quite as secure as I imagined.

This was the full deal: Dlr: East ♠ K Q 6 Vul: E-W ♥ A Q 5 ♦ A K 6 ♣ J 10 8 4 ♠ 9 5 4 ♠ 10 8 2 ♥ 7 6 3 ♥ 9 2 ♦ J 8 7 5 3 ♦ 10 9 2 ♣ K 9 ♣ A 7 5 3 2 ♠ A J 7 3 ♥ K J 10 8 5 ♦ Q 4 ♣ Q 6

Imagine how pleased I was to find partner, David Kendrick, winning the ace and returning a low club to my king for a one-trick set.

Teammates Jan van Cleeff and Bob Drake were also in 6♥ but the contract made on a diamond lead and we picked up 14 IMPs.

Good communicationOn this deal from the second final session of the

Nail Life Master Open Pairs, Billy Miller and Jacob Morgan used a sophisticated defensive convention to earn a near top. Dlr: West ♠ 6 4 3 Vul: Both ♥ 8 5 ♦ Q 6 4 2 ♣ Q J 6 4 ♠ K Q 9 ♠ J 10 5 2 ♥ 9 7 3 ♥ Q J 10 2 ♦ J 10 8 7 ♦ A 3 ♣ K 10 9 ♣ A 8 2 ♠ A 8 7 ♥ A K 6 4 ♦ K 9 5 ♣ 7 5 3 West North East South Pass Pass 1♣ Dbl 1NT All Pass

Miller, North, led the ♦2, ducked by declarer. Morgan won the ♦K and continued with the 9 to dummy’s ace.

The two play reverse Smith Echo, a defensive convention allowing either player to show whether the suit started by the opening leader should be continued when the opportunity arises.

Miller deduced that, based on Morgan’s return of the ♦9 at trick two, that diamonds was not going to be significant source of tricks for his side. Miller’s spot cards were rather weak, so he didn’t want Morgan to play more diamonds if he got in next.

So when declarer played a spade to the king a trick there, Miller started an echo by playing the ♠6. In the original version of Smith, either defender could play high-low to say the opening lead hit declarer’s soft spot. In reverse Smith, high-low says don’t continue the suit.

Miller completed the echo when declarer played the ♠Q from hand, so when Morgan took the ♠A, instead of continuing with a diamond, he got out with the ♣7: 9, jack, ace. Declarer next played the ♥Q, taken by Morgan with the ace. On the club continuation, declarer was doomed. He put in the ♣10, but Miller won the queen and cleared the suit, so when Morgan got in again with a heart, he could play a diamond to Miller’s queen. The 13th club was the setting trick. Plus 100 was good for 61 matchpoints out of 64 for Miller and Morgan.

Entry feesPlayers must be ACBL members whose service

fees or dues are current in order to compete in any of the following nationally ranked events: Nail Life Master Open Pairs, Smith Life Master Women’s Pairs, Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, Keohane North American Swiss Teams, Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, Mitchell Open Board-a-Match Teams, Marsha May Sternberg Women’s Board-a-Match Teams, the Senior Mixed Pairs, the Super Senior Pairs and the Baze Senior Knockouts.

The entry fees for these contests are $20 per player per session.

Players must also be current ACBL members to play in the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs, Manfield Non-Life Master Pairs and National 99er Pairs. The entry fee is $17 per player per session.

Regional championships are $16 per player per session for ACBL members, $18 for non-members.

All other events are $15 per player per session for ACBL members, $17 for non-members.

Notice to playersEach player must have an ACBL convention

card filled out and on the table. Please note that other types of convention cards, such as the WBF convention card or homemade cards that do not sufficiently resemble the ACBL convention card, are not acceptable substitutes.

Life Master newsOne team produced two new Life Masters

playing in the bracketed knockouts yesterday. First Sue Dodson, Bellingham WA, got the gold points she needed. Then, in the second session, Tracey Meek, also from Bellingham WA, got the gold points she needed. Sue and Tracey were playing with Mike Dodson and Toni Taft from Bellingham WA and Tami McHugh, Boise ID. (Toni and Tami, incidentally, are twins.)

Husband and wife Tom Colwell and Paula Colwell earned their gold cards together in the bracketed knockouts on Sunday. The Colwells traveled to Seattle all the way from Deer Isle ME.

The market for the bidding boxes was not strong at first, in part because only the “upper class” played bridge at that time. To remedy that, the energetic Eric set out to create a market among the lower classes, traveling around Sweden teaching people to play bridge, following later by teaching them how to run bridge clubs.

When they were ready, he had all equipment they needed to run their games.

The big breakthrough came in 1970, when the World Bridge Championships were scheduled for Stockholm. Per remembers that it took a lot of lobbying to convince the World Bridge Federation not to veto the Swedes’ plans for using bidding boxes at the tournament.

Another first at the tournament was running the pairs events barometer style – everyone played the same hands at the same time.

The use of the bidding boxes at the world championship boosted their acceptance. In the early Seventies, Per was running the family business and he bought the patent for the bidding boxes from Nordenson. “There was still good potential in the product,” he recalls, “and we were better positioned to sell them worldwide.”

About 1980, the design for the boxes was changed to make them suitable to sit on top of the table. Per recalls cutting one of the old boxes in two in the basement of his home in the city of Avesta, where Jannersten Forlag, as the company is known today, still has a warehouse.

About a year before his father’s death in 1982, Per had become more involved in running Jannersten Forlag despite obligations to Jannersten Print, a business he started in 1972. Per sold one of his two printing plants in 1981 and the other in 1984.

Today, Jannersten Forlag is the world’s largest manufacturer of bridge equipment, including Duplimate, playing cards and a wireless scoring device called Bridge Scorer.

Jannersten says that when it came to acceptance of bidding boxes, “ACBL was a hard nut.” It was 30 years after the invention of the devices before they were used at an NABC. Jannersten estimates that there are “hundreds of thousands” of his bidding boxes in use in virtually every country where bridge is not prohibited by the government, as is the case, for example, in North Korea and Iran.

Per remembers his father as an indefatigable worker, “burning the candle at both ends,” and “more of a writer and less of a businessman.” Eric wrote books and started and closed a bridge magazine twice before finally establishing Bridgetidningen in 1939. The magazine is still published and is second only to The Bridge World for consecutive years of publication.

Jannersten Forlag does not have a serious competitor for the bidding boxes, in part because they are made to last with tough, nearly indestructible plastic. The boxes have been manufactured that way from the beginning, he says. “We don’t buy and throw away – we buy and maintain. It’s part of the culture.”

Per Jannersten will host a free seminar on the Duplimate on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 9:30 a.m. at the Sheraton, Revenna B. See the ad on page 20.

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FIRST FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE GAME 38.00 Tables / Based on 20 Tables 8.40 1 Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL 126.68% 6.30 2 R Elwin Brown, Ottawa ON 118.27% 5.98 3/4 Gail Meyer, Green Valley AZ 117.75% 5.98 3/4 Michael Keller, Kalispell MT 117.75% 3.68 5/6 Robert Neuhart, Troy NY 116.22% 3.68 5/6 Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY 116.22%

FIRST SUNDAY FAST OPEN PAIRS 40.0 Tables A B C 17.50 1 Jeff McKee, Dale TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 60.85% 13.13 2 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Albert Shrive, Dalton PA 60.75% 9.84 3 Donald Kersey - Paddy Allan, Kingston ON 60.69% 7.38 4 Bonnie Britton, Staten Island NY; Peter Latkany, Brooklyn NY 60.11% 12.92 5 1 David Schmidt, Chilliwack BC; Ralph Cole, Anacortes WA 58.28% 5.00 6 Howard Piltch, South Bend IN; Howard Siegel, Chestnut Hill MA 57.82% 6.17 7 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 57.65% 9.69 8 2 Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI; Kurt Fritz, San Diego CA 57.45% 3.50 9 William Esberg, Long Branch NJ; Richard Budd, Portland ME 56.43% 7.27 10 3 Harvey Bush, Klamath Falls OR; L Stuart Vance, Kailua Kona HI 55.97% 2.92 11 Joan Anderson, West Des Moines IA; Bud Stowe, Clive IA 55.47% 5.45 4 Barbara Kallaus - Patrick Kallaus, Kailua HI 55.47% 6.18 5 1 Will Fox, Bellevue WA; Stanley Roberts, Mercer Island WA 55.31% 6.15 6 2 Rebecca Turnbull, Chehalis WA; Kathleen Powers, Tumwater WA 55.26% 3.23 7 Don Glad - Donald Christensen, Seattle WA 55.09% 2.87 8 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Mary Ruth Di Carlo, Portland OR 54.87% 4.76 9 3 P Oates - W Oates, Brighton MI 54.84% 2.92 4 Maitreyi Karthik - Karthik Srinivasan, Seattle WA 53.52% 2.06 5 Toby McEvoy, Henderson NV; Cindy Casson, Las Vegas NV 53.47% 1.82 6 Rui Gong, Sammamish WA; Yinsheng Tu, Vancouver BC 51.76%

FIRST FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORING SIDE GAME 21.0 Tables A B C 4.70 1 Dolores Brenner, Santa Fe NM; Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL 63.61% 4.25 2 1 Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA; Grant Robinson, Orinda CA 60.83% 3.19 3 2 Gail Meyer, Green Valley AZ; Michael Keller, Kalispell MT 58.47% 1.98 4 James Siegel - Marilyn Nesbit, Ketchum ID 58.33% 2.02 5 Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE; Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 58.06% 2.39 6 3 Edwin Glickman - Han Sarah Glickman, Snowmass CO 57.78% 2.88 4 1 R Kirk, Seattle WA; Curt Peterson, Shoreline WA 57.50% 2.16 5 2 Steve Graves, Olney MD; Margaret Molwitz, New Canaan CT 55.83% 1.62 6 3 Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Roman Sydorak, Los Angeles CA 55.28% 1.22 4 Sanford Jones, Claremont CA; Jason Jones, Diamond Bar CA 54.44% 0.91 5 Clay Laughary, Renton WA; Pete Cowles, Seattle WA 52.36%

FIRST SUNDAY 49ER PAIRS 9.0 Tables A B C 2.00 1 1 1 Ray Pinczkowski, Montrose CO; Jean Gallagher, Borrego CA 62.80% 1.50 2 Michael Miller - Norma Rollins, Putnam Valley NY 60.42% 1.13 3 2 Sheila Ralston - Patricia Hebner, Kirkland WA 57.14% 0.84 4 Jan Ellis, Bellevue WA; Melinda Kresek, Kirkland WA 54.17% 0.78 5 3 2 Alicia Breyer - Steve Breyer, Medina WA 53.87% 0.58 4 3 Rodger Gustafson - Victor Magruder, Federal Way WA 52.68% 0.37 4 Susanne Sherburne - Brady Sherburne, Woodinville WA 51.49%

FIRST SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS 23.0 Tables A B C 4.08 1/2 1/2 Mary Ann Abrams, Pensacola Beach FL; Suzanne Arnold, Gulf Breeze FL 61.31% 4.08 1/2 1/2 Alan Wilson - Lesley Wilson, Port Elgin ON 61.31% 2.62 3 Robert Sherman - Carol Sherman, Los Angeles CA 58.33% 2.17 4 3 Margaret Hedrick, Portland OR; Harvey Lucas, Lake Oswego OR 57.44% 1.63 5 4 Neville Hircock, Victoria BC; Catherine Mills, Sidney BC 57.14% 1.22 6 5 Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN; Betty Salber, St Paul MN 55.65% 0.92 6 Bonnie Nackley, Woodacre CA; Margaret Webb, Renton WA 55.36% 2.02 1 Sally Pasette, Seattle WA; Francella McKinnon, Bainbridge Isl WA 55.06% 1.52 2 Clara Arnold, Central Point OR; Rosemarie Bemis, Hornbrook CA 53.87% 1.00 3/4 Arlene Traub-Simon, Escondido CA; Nira Levy, Encinitas CA 52.98% 1.00 3/4 Mark Rindner - Catherine Dwinnell, Anchorage AK 52.98% 0.64 5 Nancy Carr - Sally Neu, Seattle WA 52.68%

FIRST SUNDAY AM 299ER SWISS 14 Tables A B C 3.39 1 1 1 Craig Von Land, Bothell WA; Lisa Brock, Redmond WA; Craig Mills, Bellevue WA; Gary Marshall, Seattle WA 59.00 2.54 2 2 2 Andrew Purvis, Kirkland WA; LaNita Wacker, Shoreline WA; Tony Patchin, Yakima WA; Peter Montgomery, Bellview WA 54.00 1.91 3 3 Lowell Bassett, Kirkland WA; Donald Brown, Seattle WA; Marilyn Helbig, Bellevue WA; Valerie Lycette, Issaquah WA 48.00 1.43 4 4 3 Paul Taylor - Gerald Schneider, Port Orchard WA; Mark Fitzmorris, St Augustine FL; Linda Garfinkel, Los Angeles CA 47.00 0.94 5/6 5/6 Moises Saul - Elizabeth Saul, Bellevue WA; William Campbell, Mercer Island WA; Judith Dubester, Seattle WA 46.00 0.94 5/6 5/6 David Fulton, Rhododendron OR; Richard Voltz, Rock Island IL; Janneke Noort, Vancouver BC; Alice Ling, Great Falls VA 46.00

WALLINGFORD COMPACT KO I 16 Tables 26.94 1 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 18.86 2 David Stevenson, Wirral England; Elizabeth Commins, Wirral United Kingdom; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA; Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD 12.12 3 Danny Sprung, Philadelphia PA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA; Barry Rigal, New York NY; David Caprera, Denver CO 9.43 4 Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Walid Elahmady - Fouad Hussein, Cairo Egypt

WALLINGFORD COMPACT KO II 12 Tables 16.21 1 Sam Dinkin - Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 11.35 2 Ava Grubman - Elliott Grubman - Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY; Linda Rothstein, New York NY 7.29 3 Hiroko Yanagisawa, Tokoyo Japan; Fumi Tanaka, Tokyo Japan; Hiroki Yokoi, Tokyo 171-003 Japan; Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 21 Japan 5.67 4 Fay Teal, Mesa AZ; Carol Mahoney, Rochester MN; Larry Chow, Abbotsford BC; David Schmidt, Chilliwack BC

WALLINGFORD COMPACT KO III 16 Tables 14.93 1 Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Roger Anderson, Eagan MN; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN; Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY 10.45 2 Randy Corn, Kirkland WA; Marilyn Breeze - Jackie Buroker, Bellevue WA; Thomas Theisen, Encinitas CA 6.72 3 Robert Gerrie - Aban Gerrie, Richmond BC; Angela Fenton, Vancouver BC; Patti Adams, Burnaby BC 5.23 4 Walter Dedio, Morden MB; Paul Lindauer, Varna IL; Marie Duval, Montreal QC; Mary Gorkin, Boca Raton FL

WALLINGFORD COMPACT KO IV 16 Tables 11.44 1 Zizhuo Wang, Palo Alto CA; Zhuo Wang, Philadelphia PA; Erli Zhou, Alhambra CA; Lei Jin, Los Angeles CA 8.01 2 Kay Adams - Dorothy Bennett, Seattle WA; Pamela Hoffmann - Carter Hoffmann, Normandy Park WA 5.15 3 James Andre - Lily Andre, Sugar Land TX; Fan Zhang - Min Zheng, Redmond WA 4.00 4 James Easterling, Casselberry FL; Linda Shallit, Belfair WA; Rangie Sylvestre, Vancouver BC; Robert Michaud, Sun City West AZ

WALLINGFORD COMPACT KO V 16 Tables 8.03 1 Polly Siegel, Los Altos CA; Randy Ryals, Menlo Park CA; Ken Rosenfeld, San Jose CA; Joel Koransky, Saratoga CA 5.62 2 Nora Oliver - Bob Marvin, Fort Worth TX; Ann Marie Gramson, Warrenton OR; Sandra Baker, Seaside OR 3.61 3 William Aeschbacher - Max Aeschbacher, Salt Lake City UT; Ankur Rathi, Fort Worth TX; Theresa Venhuis, Redmond WA 2.81 4 Shirley Rodenborn, Oakland CA; Vernita Davidson, Martinez CA; Michael Baker, Scottsdale AZ; Terry Wolfe, Clinton MT

WALLINGFORD COMPACT KO VI 16 Tables 5.73 1 Steve Kasner - Gregory Herman, Bellevue WA; Leeanne Creech, Snoqualmie WA; Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA 4.01 2 Betsy Bloechl, Lubbock TX; Deborah Steffen, Santa Barbara CA; Martha Farmer - Jack Farmer, Salem OR 2.58 3 Larry Holdren - Myrtis Holdren - John Ellis - Kurt Lichtenberg, Bellevue WA 2.01 4 Michael Klemens - Nancy Klemens, Tarzana CA; Frank Holmes, Albany OR; Walter Thies, Corvallis OR

FIRST SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KO I 7 TablesLinda O’Dell - Burt O’Dell, Jacksonville FL; Bob Dale, Pensacola FL; Graham Shorrocks, St. John’s NL vsLinda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Bay Village OH; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON; Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL

Ken Gee, Regina SK; Cameron Doner, Richmond BC; Yukiko Tokunaga, 1800002 Japan; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM vsGilbert Ramirez, Reno NV; Loretta Bromberg, Bel Tiburon CA; Don Friedman - Michael Levin, San Francisco CA

FIRST SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KO II 6 TablesBryant Town, Edmonton AB; Charles Burns, Vancouver WA; Michael Farebrother, Calgary AB; Marek Foff, Canmore AB vsMichael Creager, Brecksville OH; Jim Jackson, Amasa MI; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI; Paulin Nault, Saint-Anicet QC

Sanjeev Pathak, Roswell GA; Karen Rice - Cecelia Musicant, San Jose CA; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA vsDavid Ticen, Victoria TX; Ronald Francey, Corpus Christi TX; Jim Mulbrandon, Verona WI; Douglas Jansen, Happy Valley OR

FIRST SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KO III 6 TablesAnn Stephens, Olympia WA; William Anderson - Elana Anderson, Seattle WA; Barbara Hass, Medina WA vsKenneth Elliott, Bellingham WA; Lane Galloway, Seattle WA; John Simpson - Pat Simpson, Madera CA

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A CELEBRATION OF LIFEIN MEMORY OF NADINE WOOD

Monday, 28 November 2011, following the evening sessionNadine Wood, a dear friend and tireless

volunteer to the game of bridge, passed away suddenly in August, leaving all who knew her saddened and in shock. A Celebration of Life was held locally in Maryland in September and many friends came from far away to pay tribute to this great lady, the “Matriarch of District 6.”

We wanted to give those of you who knew her, whether you were able to come to Maryland

or not, an opportunity in Seattle to remember Nadine—to join friends and family in recounting fond memories and, of course, indulging in a bit of hospitality. Nadine’s husband, Roland; her brother-in-law; and three nephews will all be there to share the family side of Nadine with you as you will share the bridge memories with them.

If you knew Nadine and would like to join us on Monday night the 28th after the evening

session, please come by the ACBL Bulletin Office, room 604 of the Convention Center, and record your RSVP on the list outside the door. The Celebration of Life will be held in the Metropolitan B room on the 3rd floor of the Sheraton.

1 O’Rourke 18 45 104 17716 Popkin 31 52 72 99

9 Schwartz 32 63 88 1198 Hall(23) 8 44 78 122

5 Levine 25 65 114 16412 Cohen 14 35 79 104

13 Bart(18) 16 69 98 1004 Lall 43 67 77 153

3 DeMartino 40 69 96 17214 Cooper 33 54 65 145

11 Bennett 9 25 30 WD6 Larsen 29 66 112

7 Kasle 51 105 145 17410 Kaminisky 22 59 93 145

15 Anten 17 45 53 722 Lynch 29 60 115 168

BAZE SENIOR KO TEAMS 34 TablesLou Ann O’Rourke, Scottsdale AZ; Marc Jacobus - Drew Casen, Las Vegas NV; Eddie Wold, Houston TX; Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; James Krekorian, Pensacola FL vsReese Milner, Los Angeles CA; Hemant Lall, Dallas TX; Sam Lev, New York NY; Fred Chang, Flushing NY; Russell Ekeblad, Portsmouth RI; Peter Weichsel, Carlsbad CA

Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA; Rose Meltzer, Los Gatos CA; Neil Chambers, Schenectady NY; John Schermer, Seattle WA; William Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Mark Feldman, Austin TX

vsGaylor Kasle, Boca Raton FL; Larry Kozlove, Louisville KY; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Peter Boyd, Darnestown MD; Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA; Fred Stewart, Bloomington NY

45.00 5/8 Carolyn Lynch, Scottsdale AZ; Mike Passell, Las Vegas NV; Garey Hayden, Tucson AZ; Bob Hamman, Dallas TX; Zia Mahmood, New York NY

45.00 5/8 Richard DeMartino, Riverside CT; John Stiefel, Wethersfield CT; Pat McDevitt, Brookline MA; Geoffrey Brod, Avon CT; Dan Morse, Houston TX; John Sutherlin, Dallas TX

45.00 5/8 Mike Levine, Boca Raton FL; Stephen Landen, Ellicott City MD; Daniel Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Jerry Clerkin - Dennis Clerkin, Bloomington IN; Dennis McGarry, Stuart FL

45.00 5/8 William Hall, Thousand Oaks CA; Ron Westwood, Ventura CA; Rebecca Clough - Roger Clough, Culver City CA; Ellen Kent - Robert Kent, Marina Del Rey CA

1. O’Rourke 21 68 106 129

8. Hall (23) 25 32 64 106

5. Levine 24 54 83 98

4. Milner 34 76 111 138

3. DeMartino 27 36 74 102

6. Larsen 28 73 113 121

7. Kasle 40 90 131 162

2. Lynch4 3 66 89 124

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MonitoringAt this and future North American

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

By general monitoring of the session and

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

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

FIRST SUNDAY AFTERNOON BRIDGE+ 12.0 Tables A B 1.90 1 1 Rita O’Hare, Modesto CA; Yasue Scherb, Seattle WA 66.00% 1.43 2 2 Margaret Stanley, Normandy Park WA; Patricia Wagner, Seattl WA 65.83% 1.07 3 3 Carol Nielsen, Renton WA; Linda Plein, Burien WA 65.67% 0.95 4 Linda Longmire, Yarrow Point WA; Gloria Sauro, Issaquah WA 60.50% 0.67 5 4 Elizabeth Smith - Betty Dugan, Davis CA 60.00% 0.45 6 5 Carmen Fitchett - Delbert Fitchett, Bethesda MD 59.17%

Lenore Wyatt - Martin Kuhns, Rancho Mirage CA; Paul Kirk, Jr - Harriett Kirk, Lakewood WA vsJoan Fedor, Sun City West AZ; Lucia Enica, Belmont MA; Bill Whatmough, Fountain Hills AZ; Michael Lattyak, Westchester IL

FIRST SUNDAY-TUESDAY MORNING KO IV 6 TablesChris Gates - Judith Ferguson, Salem OR; Susan Bradford, Dallas OR; Sam Litovsky, Los Angeles CA vsIrwin Rosenfeld, Laguna Hills CA; Alan Cawi, Mission Viejo CA; James George - Susan George, San Clemente CA; Gary Waldron - Carol Foster, Laguna Beach CA

Brian Bleau - Ariya Ball, Gig Harbor WA; Tom Thomsen, Milton Frwtr OR; Jerry Mosher, Walla Walla WA vsGary Gelow, Kirkland WA; Sharon Peters, Bothell WA; Naomi Yoshida - Yoko Reilly, Redmond WA

SATURDAY MIDNIGHT KNOCKOUTS 10 Tables 3.03 1 Kyoko Shimamura, Tokyo 136 Japan; Mizuko Tan Yamada - Toyoko Saito, Tokyo Japan; Samantha Nystrom, Burnaby BC 2.12 2 Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Andrew Krywaniuk, Vancouver BC; Christopher Chalcraft, White Rock BC 1.21 3/4 Matt Schafer - Mirjana Reams - Aaron Mohrman, Seattle WA; Huang Zeng, Bothell WA 1.21 3/4 Marius Agica - Bogdan Agica, New York NY; Mitch Towner, Austin TX; Robert Brewer, Portland OR

SUNDAY AFT 299ER SWISS 16 Tables A B C 3.67 1 1 1 Marie Lamontagne, Squamish BC; Karen Wood, Victoria BC; Kay Brill - Donald Walcher, Medford OR 56.00 2.75 2 2 2 Pamela Gibson, Redmond WA; Kim Eno - Kevin Eno, Lynnwood WA; Patricia Forsman, Seattle WA 54.00 2.06 3 3 3 Craig Caldwell - Gigette Caldwell, San Diego CA; Lois Haskell, Redmond WA; Jane Mentzer, Snohomish WA 53.00 1.55 4 4 Lowell Bassett, Kirkland WA; Donald Brown, Seattle WA; Valerie Lycette, Issaquah WA; Marilyn Helbig, Bellevue WA 48.00 1.16 5 5 4 Craig Von Land, Bothell WA; Lisa Brock, Redmond WA; Craig Mills, Bellevue WA; Gary Marshall, Seattle WA 44.00

1SUN AFT 5/20/50 PAIRS 11.0 Tables A B C 2.21 1 Donald Stark - Karen Hudesman, Seattle WA 66.84% 1.66 2 Carrie Margolin, Olympia WA; Jeanine Graham, Tumwater WA 58.04% 1.24 3 Ned Forman - Beverly Roy, Eugene OR 57.44% 1.10 4 Michael Miller - Norma Rollins, Putnam Valley NY 56.80% 1.30 5 1 1 Elizabeth Smith - Betty Dugan, Davis CA 56.38% 0.98 6 2 Jon Kechejian - Sandy Schoolfield, Seattle WA 54.64% 0.73 3 2 Marilyn Dierickx - Sylvia Bailey, Mercer Island WA 53.87% 0.55 4 Rodger Gustafson - Victor Magruder, Federal Way WA 51.79%

1SUN AFT 299ER PAIRS 23.0 Tables A B C 4.66 1 Lawrence Max Frazier - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 67.82% 4.13 2 1 Robin Beddis, Calgary AB; Susan Pattillo, Chester NS 65.05% 3.10 3 2 1 Stefanie Scott, Holly MI; Margaret Webb, Renton WA 63.10% 1.97 4 Robert Sherman - Carol Sherman, Los Angeles CA 61.01% 2.32 5 3 Harold Sawyer - Susan Snow, Sebastopol CA 60.84% 2.15 6 4 2 Diane Cuoio - Michael Cuoio, Sequim WA 58.63% 1.48 5 Donald Keyes - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 58.21% 0.89 6/7 Beverly Little - Rosemary Denbeste, Issaquah WA 58.04% 0.89 6/7 Adelina Wong-Chor, Vancouver BC; Janis Eaglesham, Maple Ridge BC 58.04% 1.61 3 Donald Garner - Muxin Li, So Pasadena CA 55.44% 1.21 4 Lorenzo Migliorini - Steven Levy, Seattle WA 54.51% 0.95 5 John Naber, Stow MA; Sandra Naber, Victoria BC 53.87% 0.93 6 Henry Lipson - Marjorie Lipson, Sherman Oaks CA 53.74%

1ST SAT-SUN SIDE SERIES 35.0 Tables A B C 6.83 1 1 W Chaplin, Eugene OR; Bob Lyon, Indianapolis IN 63.62% 5.12 2 2 Andrew Loh - Patricia Loh, Solana Beach CA 63.46% 4.11 3 3 Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY; Robert Neuhart, Troy NY 63.09% 2.88 4 4 Grant Mackinnon, Burlington ON; Josie Mitchell, Decatur GA 61.82% 2.16 5 5 Kent White, Lincoln CA; Robert Weaver, Kansas City MO 60.83% 2.88 6 6 Sharon Erwin, Edmonds WA; Steven Lewis, Seattle WA 59.32% 4.10 1 Christine Greenberg, Byron MN; Margaret Lichty, Rochester MN 55.09% 3.08 2 Lenore Wyatt - Martin Kuhns, Rancho Mirage CA 54.51% 2.31 3 Jane Shepard, Panama City Bch FL; Jenny Shaefer, Manassas VA 53.42% 1.73 4 John Anderson - Jack Real, Sequim WA 53.17% 1.56 5 Matt Schafer, Seattle WA; Huang Zeng, Bothell WA 53.15% 0.97 6 Ellen Trout - Barbara Garrison, Vashon WA 52.96%

Bid Box Alerts and Announcements

When using bid 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.

Monday InsiderIt was another great day in Seattle! The players

coming from the Red Lion for the 9 a.m. game had to fight through a 5K run. First a parade, then a road race, what’s next, the S.C. motorcade? Head Honcho Hartman (trial CEO moniker # 2) made it through his first Board of Governors meeting. It was yet another uneventful meeting, J.S. of Montreal, where are you?

The Argosy Newcomer game sets sail this morning. This is a new NABC experience, thank you, Judge John. You championed this idea when most everyone else thought it was crazy. The naysayers were wrong! It sold out and ended up with a waiting list. The Insider is sure all the cruisers will love it. But, remember; no salmon fishing during the hospitality break. Speaking of fishing, AMG is headed down to the fish market tomorrow hoping she’ll get to throw a fish. The Insider will provide her ETA in the Tuesday Bulletin so all her friends can go watch.

Keep playing. Keep racking up your points. And, today make an extra effort to be nice – it is Goodwill Day. Use “please” when you call the director. Be friendly to the caddy – (or your scoring device if you can’t find a caddy). Treat your opponents with respect. Your partner deserves the same treatment you expect. If there is any doubt in your mind how you should behave, simply ask yourself, “What would the S.C. do?” and do the opposite.

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RossJOE & SHIRLEY JABON MEMORIAL OPEN PAIRS 54.0 Tables A B C 22.40 1 Carol Stewart, Henderson NV; Paul Ivaska, Las Vegas NV 63.54% 16.80 2 1 Jeffery Jacob - Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA 61.07% 12.60 3 2 Joe Russell, Anchorage AK; Nancy Grant, Bellevue WA 60.73% 9.45 4 3 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 59.97% 7.47 5 Lynne O’Neill - William Grant, San Diego CA 59.06% 6.40 6 Mark Tolliver - Marc Zwerling, Portland OR 58.97% 6.11 7 4 Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 58.65% 4.98 8 5 Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA; Russell Samuel, Long Beach NY 58.20% 4.90 9 Dolores Brenner, Santa Fe NM; Irwin Klugler, Montclair NJ 57.93% 4.07 10 Rita Bichara, New York NY; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow 35- Poland 57.70% 4.28 11 Barry Senensky, Maple ON; Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 57.65% 4.20 12 6 Frank Page - Pamela Page, Palm Bay FL 57.39% 5.85 13 7 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 56.61% 4.43 14 Jane Dillenberg, New York NY; Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY 55.35% 2.80 15 Jon Bartlett, Portland OR; Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA 55.17% 3.22 8 John Kinn - Cathleen Kinn, Poughkeepsie NY 54.67% 3.10 9 Michael Levin - Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA 54.55% 5.69 10 1 Marlys Haraden, Anaheim CA; Carol Holmes, Meridian ID 54.49% 4.27 2 Robert Raf, W Bloomfield MI; Brian Raf, Portland OR 52.95% 3.20 3 Jorge Nischli - Claudia Tinajero, Mexico Mexico 52.36% 2.40 4 Larry Whitlow, Saskatoon SK; Jason Larrivee, Regina SK 51.89% 1.90 5 Valerie Vaughan - Martin Deneroff, New York NY 51.70% 1.63 6 Frank Stanford - Janice Stanford, Sooke BC 51.27%

SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS 13.0 Tables A B C 3.25 1 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Neville Hircock, Victoria BC 68.94% 2.44 2 Margaret Callinan, Mill Valley CA; Sue Parker, Sausalito CA 62.69% 2.47 3 1 1 W Allen Hopwood, Courtenay BC; Mary Ellen Fisher, Vancouver BC 59.85% 1.85 4 2 Alan Wilson - Lesley Wilson, Port Elgin ON 58.14% 1.39 5 3 Susan Bradford, Dallas OR; Chris Gates, Salem OR 56.82% 1.19 6 4 2 Helen Thom - David Thom, Abbotsford BC 54.73% 0.89 5 3 Marylee Webber, Hood River OR; Christine Lynn, Lyle WA 53.03% 0.62 6 Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; LaNita Wacker, Shoreline WA 52.27% 0.67 4 Donald Stark - Karen Hudesman, Seattle WA 51.70%

SUNDAY EVENING 299ER TEAMS 10 Tables A B C 2.48 1/2 Tom Thomsen, Milton Frwtr OR; Bonnie Turley, Vernon BC; Mary Ferguson, Richland WA; Jacqueline Dale, Irvine CA 63.00 2.48 1/2 1 Diane Jamieson, Kitchener ON; Janice Flossbach, Orillia ON; Stephen Ottridge, Vancouver BC; Jim Garnier, Maple Ridge BC 63.00 1.59 3 William Campbell, Mercer Island WA; David Fulton, Rhododendron OR; Janneke Noort, Vancouver BC; Richard Voltz, Rock Island IL 47.00 1.19 4 Elliott Marshall, Los Angeles CA; Ronald Stanfield, Salt Lake City UT; Patrick Sweeney, Tampa FL; Sonia Conklin, Naples FL 42.00 1.67 2/3 1 Susan Angel - Jerry Angel, Greenbrae CA; Zhuping Hu, New York City NY; Bonnie Nackley, Woodacre CA 40.00 1.42 2/3 Mark Benson, Parish FL; Susan Benson, Parrish FL; Louise Hutchinson, White Rock BC; Elizabeth Gompels, Newton MA 40.00

SUNDAY EVENING SIDE BOARD-A-MATCH 36 Tables A B C 7.67 1 Alvin Levy, Commack NY; George Retek, Montreal QC; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN; Brian Fraser, Victoria BC 17.50 5.75 2 Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL; Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC 16.50 4.31 3 Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA; Pedro Ieong, Hong Kong Hong Kong; Susan Craney, N Royalton OH 16.00 2.84 4/5 James La Fountain, Temple TX; Becky Mosely, San Antonio TX; Jeff McKee, Dale TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 15.50 6.51 4/5 1 Keith Dowdall, Victoria BC; Cary Salmi, Sidney BC; Les Fouks - Zoran Peca, Vancouver BC 15.50 4.27 6/7 2/3 Madhusudan Patel, Houston TX; Ben Sills, Powell River BC; Marianne Daem, Nanaimo BC; Joyce Remsen, Sparks NV 15.00 4.27 6/7 2/3 Donald Doan, Kalispell MT; Janet Weiss, Whitefish MT; Deborah Triolo, Polson MT; Ralph Stone, Missoula MT 15.00 2.41 4/5 Charles Williams, La Quinta CA; Vern Nunnally, Sequim WA; Richard White, University Plac WA; Sidney Porter, Poulsbo WA 13.50 3.50 4/5 1 Art Silvas, Renton WA; June Bruno, Redmond WA; Marilyn Philips - Ivor Philips, Bellevue WA 13.50 1.19 6/8 C Trenor - Sumiko Nagumo, Bellevue WA; Akiko Miwa - Masako Otsuka, Tokyo Japan 13.00 2.63 6/8 2 Ruth Robbins, Renton WA; Frances Still, Douglas AK; Shirley Carlson, Juneau AK; Linda Johnson, US 13.00 1.19 6/8 Paul Cuneo - Carmen Keys - Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX 13.00 1.97 3 Maureen Greeley, Olympia WA; Randy Ross - Debbi Ross, Aberdeen WA; Helen Miller, Lacey WA 11.50 1.48 4 Owen Reese Jr - Adele Reese, Olympia WA; Bert Adams - Carolyn Adams, Steilacoom WA 11.00

Notice to Players Who Live Outside North America

Participation in the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs and the 0-5000 Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs is limited to those ACBL members who have earned a Blue Ribbon qualification (or for those members on the Lifetime Top 100 masterpoint list). Foreign players who have not earned a Blue Ribbon qualification but feel they are otherwise qualified must receive a waiver prior to the commencement of these contests. Previously granted waivers will not be honored for the Blue Ribbon and the Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs.

For waiver information, please arrive early and see the Director in Charge at the selling site.

Winners of the 1986 Reisinger Board-a-Match teams: Hugh Ross, Peter Boyd, Steve Robinson, Peter Pender, Chip Martel and Lew Stansby

clutzy.” His neurological health is a different matter

entirely. “I lost pretty much half my brain,” he says. “My short-term memory is nothing.” He also lost half of his eyesight. “It’s fine on the left, but from the center to the right, things don’t register.”

Bridge, he affirms, has been a fundamental tool in rebuilding his mental acuity. “Bridge helps me concentrate and relax. Min (Ross’s wife of 41 years) insists that I play as much as possible.”

In addition to getting to one NABC a year -- generally the West Coast tournament closest to his home in Oakland – Ross plays bridge online on Bridge Base one or two hours a day.

Min’s parents are from China, Ross says, and when they met him, they called him “Mr. Huge Loss.” “That was just too good not to use,” he smiles. So he made HugeLoss his handle on BBO.

Ross’s short-term memory impairment doesn’t affect his card play as much as one might imagine. “Interest level has a lot to do with retention,” he conjectures. Remembering people’s names, on the other hand, is particularly difficult for him. “If I work really hard, I can get it to stick.”

When asked what he considers the high point of a celebrated bridge career, there is a long pause. Clearly, he is not having trouble remembering a thing; rather, he is recalling and relishing it all with quiet appreciation. Then he says, “My first world championship in 1976.”

While Ross understands that he’ll never be able to play at the level he once played, he seems unbothered. “I enjoy the game.”

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George JacobsCity of residenceChicago

Place of birthChicago

Date of birthDecember 6, 1947

Favorite colorGreen

What kind of food makes you happy?Chinese, Thai and pizza

What drink?Water, when in season

Who is your favorite author? What is your favorite book?Rex Stout, Sherlock Holmes Anthology

What are your all-time favorite movies?“The Sting” and “Bridge Over the River Quai”

Favorite actor? Robert Redford

Favorite actress? Lauren Bacall

What kind of music do you like?Oldies and classical

Is there a bridge book that had a significant influence on you?The Menagerie series by Victor Mollo. It makes bridge fun and that is what sums me up.

What is your favorite bridge convention?Gazilli

What do you see as your best ever bridge result?78.31% game in a national pairs game – best score in history

Who is your favorite bridge player?Alfredo Versace

Do you have any superstitions concerning bridge?Yes. I do not like to see the hand records until the sixth round is completed.

What are bridge players good at besides playing bridge?Mathematics, games, storytelling, eating, gossiping

What do you do when you are not playing bridge?Husband, father and run a limousine company. I love to work and also play games.

What jobs other than bridge have you had?Accountant, forklift truck sales, limousine service

If you could invite any three people past or present to dinner, who would they be?Allan Greenspan, Benjamin Franklin, Douglas MacArthur

Is there something you would love to learn?How to really cook

Tell Me MoreWOMENS BOARD-A-MATCH QUALIFYING

18 Tables Carryover 1 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 4.50 2 Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 4.25 3 Bette Cohn, Sarasota FL; Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN; Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 3.50 4 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; JoAnn Sprung, Philadelphia PA; Susan Picus - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 2.83 5/6 Panette Talia, Campbell CA; Harriel Shea, San Jose CA; Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA; Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA 2.75 5/6 Sylvia Moss - Judi Radin - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 2.75 7/9 Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC; Jenny Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Benedicte Cronier, Paris 75018 France; Sylvie Willard, Paris 75014 France; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, D-68766 Hockenh Germany 2.50 7/9 Valerie Westheimer, New York NY; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Mildred Breed, Austin TX 2.50 7/9 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Catherine D’Ovidio, Courbevoie 9240 France; Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Neve, TX 2.50 10 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, Haverdal 310 4 Sweden; Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping 58431 Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, 3024 AM Rotterd Netherlands 2.2511/12 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Melody Bi, Ashland MA; Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 2.0011/12 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 2.00 13 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Petra Hamman - Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Katrin Litwin, Burnaby BC 1.0014/17 Sharon Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA; Aida Saldzieva, Spijkenisse Netherlands 0.2514/17 Lynne Feldman, San Diego CA; Sylwia McNamara, White Plains NY; Carlyn Steiner, Seattle WA; Ljudmila Kamenova, South Setauket NY 0.2514/17 Marjorie Michelin, Laguna Woods CA; K Fung - Susan Culham, Edmonton AB; Linda McGarry, Stuart FL 0.2514/17 Barbara Nist, Seatac WA; Patti Hartley, Kirkland WA; Janice Randles, Issaquah WA; Jackie Buroker, Bellevue WA 0.25 18 Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA; Diane Cullen - Flo Savage, Beaverton OR; Irene Pickett, Portland OR 0.00

FIRST SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES 31.0 Tables A B C 6.22 1 1 Ian Kirk, Tualatin OR; Margi Redden, Portland OR 62.89% 4.67 2 2 Grant Mackinnon, Burlington ON; Josie Mitchell, Decatur GA 62.87% 3.83 3 3 1 Valerie Greenberg - Alan Greenberg, Ojai CA 60.77% 2.62 4 4 James Black, Manitou Springs CO; Denis Murphy, Colinton AB 59.43% 2.68 5 Gerald Laflamme - Linda Cobham, Grnd-Bay-Wfld NB 59.42% 2.84 6 5 2 Jeanette Bentley, Encinitas CA; Charles Siggins, Phoenix AZ 59.23% 1.73 6 Bill Harlan - Phyllis Harlan, Oklahoma City OK 58.57% 2.13 3 Antony Lee, Berkeley CA; Marshall Mah, Spokane WA 57.21% 1.60 4 Eric Neilson, Kent WA; Lee Morton, Issaquah WA 54.21% 1.20 5 Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Roman Sydorak, Los Angeles CA 53.60% 0.99 6 Donna Parkes, Kennewick WA; Jim Tritz, Richland WA 53.18%

FIRST SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE SERIES89.50 Tables / Based on 33 Tables 10.54 1/2 Josie Mitchell, Decatur GA 124.69% 10.54 1/2 Grant Mackinnon, Burlington ON 124.69% 5.93 3/4 Gerald Laflamme, Grnd-Bay-Wfld NB 117.99% 5.93 3/4 Linda Cobham, Grnd-Bay-Wfld NB 117.99% 4.63 5/6 Eileen O’Neill, Fall River MA 117.52% 4.63 5/6 Marcia White, Lakeville MA 117.52% 5.36 7/8 Charles Siggins, Phoenix AZ 116.42% 5.36 7/8 Jeanette Bentley, Encinitas CA 116.42% 4.55 9 Marshall Mah, Spokane WA 114.66%

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FIRST SUNDAY DAYLIGHT SWISS 40 Tables A B C 17.50 1 David Hildebrand, Lake Forest Par WA; Tom Hammond, Redmond WA; Ronald Tracy, Edmonds WA; Robert Hitchens, Seattle WA 113.00 13.13 2 Joan Eaton, Toronto ON; Karen Cumpstone, Nanaimo BC; Karen Turner - Karen Billett, Victoria BC 110.00 12.41 3/4 1/2 John Leishman - Charles Tompkins, Bellingham WA; Kenneth Llacera - Shirley Llacera, Santa Cruz CA 109.00 12.41 3/4 1/2 Tom Edwards - J Van Keuren, Richland WA; Hubert Wallenfels, Seattle WA; Ruth Twombly, East Orleans MA 109.00 7.98 5 3 Robert Levey, Bethesda MD; Walter Smith Jr, Washington DC; Steven Fox, Kensington MD; Ann Faget, Houston TX 102.00 6.92 6 4 1 William Creech - Doug Cook, Bainbridge Is WA; W Resler, Seattle WA; George Bennett, Bellevue WA 97.00 4.73 7 5 Yong Cao, Redmond WA; William Ge, Burnaby BC; Amy Gao, Richmond BC; Dong Yan, Sammamish WA 95.00 4.05 8 6 Andrew Hesser - Tracy Brines - Maureen Brines - Marilyn Hesser, Richland WA 94.00 3.50 9 Hugh Ross - Min Ross, Oakland CA; Gerald Fox, Napa CA; Darwin Afdahl - Kay Afdahl, Oro Valley AZ; Peggy Craig, El Paso TX 92.00 3.35 10/11 7/8 Dinah Mc Nutt, San Jose CA; Nathaniel Thurston, Palo Alto CA; Billie Coopwood - James Hamilton, Redmond WA 91.00 3.35 10/11 7/8 Nick Tipton - James Thompson, Seattle WA; John Bronson, Lopez Island WA; Claude Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 91.00 5.19 9 2 Lynne White - John White, Lincoln CA; Allen Custer, Edmonds WA; Renee Ottersen, Seattle WA 90.00 3.89 10 3 David Porter, Aurora CO; Nonna Lehmkuhl, Vieques PR; Dolly Monaghan, University Pl WA; Georgie Goyette, San Diego CA 88.00 2.92 4 William Gronau, Edmonds WA; Yat Sing Ma, Lynnwood WA; Nat Raman - Rajam Raman, Seattle WA 81.00 2.31 5 Waldemar Jez, Surrey BC; Greg Barszcz, Coquitlam BC; Andy Dudek - Kris Iniewski, 80.00

FIRST SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET I 16 Tables 35.89 1 Ken Gee, Regina SK; Hannah Moon, Prince Albert SK; Kenji Miyakuni, Tokyo 167-004 Japan; Yukiko Tokunaga, 1800002 Japan; Fred Hamilton, Las Vegas NV; James Marsh Sternberg, Palm Bch Grdns FL 25.12 2 Bob Drake, Scarsdale NY; Brian Senior, Nottingham England; David Kendrick, Royston Herts England; Jan Van Cleeff, Ah Den Haag 250 Netherlands 14.36 3/4 Bill Wittmann - Dennis Goldston, Colorado Spgs CO; Denis Murphy, Colinton AB; James Black, Manitou Springs CO 14.36 3/4 Stuart Goodgold, San Jose CA; Raymond Yuenger, Campbell CA; Grant Robinson, Orinda CA; Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA

FIRST SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET II 16 Tables 23.44 1 Michael Creager, Brecksville OH; Nancy Ogreenc, Wautoma WI; Jim Jackson, Amasa MI; Paulin Nault, Saint-Anicet QC 16.41 2 David Taylor - John Aslin, Seattle WA; Thomas Land, Vashon WA; Robert Getz, Everett WA 9.38 3/4 Edith Huffman, Woodinville WA; Anne S-W Kao, Bellevue WA; Robert Richardson, Clinton WA; Joel Castoriano, Mercer Island WA 9.38 3/4 Jian Hua Tao - Xiaolo Xue - Ling Hu - Ya Ping Jing - Zhen Zhong Guo - Weidong Guo, Beijing People’s Republic of China

FIRST SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET III 16 Tables 19.59 1 Marv Norden, Peachland BC; Peter Crawley, Penticton BC; Maureen Barnes - Diane Knowles, Kelowna BC 13.71 2 Jerold Wershba - Felicia Wershba, Portland OR; James Windus - Renee Senior, Vancouver WA 7.84 3/4 Eugene Kales, East Lansing MI; John Dickenson, North Wales PA; Alan Gross - Estelle Bogart, Newtown Square PA 7.84 3/4 Susan Marshall - Richard Gardner, Clark CO; Roger Miller - Patricia Miller, Aurora CO

FIRST SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET IV 16 Tables 15.31 1 Toni Taft - Tracey Meek - Michael Dodson - Susan Dodson, Bellingham WA; Tami McHugh, Kuna ID 10.72 2 Garry Ramsden-Wood - Warren Richards - Karen Levy - Nancy Klym, Calgary AB 6.12 3/4 Bert Adams - Carolyn Adams, Steilacoom WA; Adele Reese - Owen Reese Jr, Olympia WA 6.12 3/4 Alan Tesler - Martin Gelfand, Mercer Island WA; Victor Bremson - Charles Gravenkemper, Seattle WA

FIRST SATURDAY-SUNDAY KO BRACKET V 16 Tables 11.30 1 Elaine Moore - Thomas Shudic, Burbank CA; Roberta Reaber - Eileen Duffy, Seattle WA 7.91 2 Melanie Kakalec, Fremont CA; Ken Imboden, San Jose CA; Lynn Bartz, Campbell CA; Leslie Perkins, Sunnyvale CA 4.52 3/4 Jake Olsen - Kenneth Dunbar - Barbara Pyles - Margaret Brom, Portland OR 4.52 3/4 Jim Tritz - Mary Ferguson, Richland WA; Donna Parkes, Kennewick WA; Jacqueline Dale, Irvine CA

FREMONT TROLL KO BKACKET I 9 TablesChad Fisher - Tim Hays - William Muir - Victoria Muir, Kansas City MO vsG S Jade Barrett, Elk Point SD; Dianne Sullivan, Solana Beach CA; James La Force, Stillwater OK; Sadik Arf, Saratoga CA; Chris Moll, Raleigh NC; Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland

Hal Stern, Rolling Meadows IL; Barbara Lehman, Glenview IL; Richard Gabriel - Ellen Gabriel, Chicago IL vsJustine Cushing - Melih Ozdil, New York NY; Jiang Gu, Mountain Lakes NJ; Xiaodong Shi, Naperville IL

FREMONT TROLL KO BRACKET II 9 TablesRobert Lavin, East Longmeadow MA; Patricia Wright, Charlotte NC; Samuel Asai, Hood River OR; Joe Rottmann, Vancouver WA; Alex Lo, Gresham OR vsJonathan Cohen, Prior Lake MN; Randy Okubo, Saint Paul MN; Mark Krusemeyer, Northfield MN; Roberto Verthelyi, New York NY

Sanjeev Pathak, Roswell GA; Patricia Worthley, Andover MA; Sue Becker, Canton OH; Anthony Trebaol, Milpitas CA vsJudy Chapman - Dora Lee, Edmonton AB; Allan Sorensen - Paul Sorensen, Berwyn AB

FREMONT TROLL KO BRACKET III 12 TablesDewitt Hudson Jr - Elizabeth Hudson, Arlington TX; Jules Schoenberg - Hazel Schoenberg, Plano TX vsCory Perkers - Robert Lass, Chicago IL; Jerry Miller - Nadyne Cheary, Silver Spring MD

Nancy Munson - Sheryl Nagy - Lisa Evans - Jack Fulcher, Danville CA vsLinda Harrison, Calgary AB; Hao Ge, Bay Village OH; Yan Wang, Scarborough ON; Jianfeng Luo, North York ON; Shan Huang, Toronto ON

FIRST SUNDAY B SWISS BRACKET I 8 Tables / Based on 40 Tables 15.75 1 Douglas Keller - Marion Robertson, San Francisco CA; Robert Ipswitch - Art Quey, San Mateo CA 104.00 11.81 2 Rand Pinsky - Kathy Swaine, Valencia CA; Leslie Pettie, Edmonton AB; Gerri Soffa Carlson, Rncho Pls Vrds CA 82.00 8.86 3 Bart Jolin, Laguna Woods CA; Atsuko Kurishima, Newport Beach CA; Jeanie Farquhar, Foothill Ranch CA; Jack Waller, Ridgecrest CA 80.00

FIRST SUNDAY B SWISS BRACKET II 8 Tables / Based on 24 Tables 9.59 1 Roxana Tom - Karen Fillis - George Fillis, San Antonio TX; Roxana Tom, Campbellton TX 93.00 7.19 2 Ashok Shingavi, Houston TX; Patsy Pierce, Hardin TX; Sally Blewett, Beaumont TX; Birendra BK Singh, Seabrook TX 92.00 5.39 3 Dale Dallaire - Rod Dallaire, Aldie VA; Arlyne Shockman, Philadelphia PA; Robert Hill, Anchorage AK 88.00

FIRST SUNDAY B SWISS BRACKET III 8 Tables / Based on 21 Tables 8.38 1 Tom Colwell - Paula Colwell, Deer Isle ME; J Bradshaw - Carole Bradshaw, Courtenay BC 84.00 6.29 2 Corrine Tapley, Vancouver BC; Christa Mead, New Westminster BC; Dolores Hesse, Morinville AB; Morris Lorber, Torrance CA 82.00 4.71 3 Roz Kahn - Herb Wiltsek - Bobbi Wiltsek - Susan Boeing, San Francisco CA 81.00

FIRST SUNDAY B SWISS BRACKET IV 8 Tables / Based on 18 Tables 7.01 1 Joyce Dickerson - Irva Neyhart - Gregory Smith, Corvallis OR; David Finley, Albany OR 101.00 5.26 2 Mischel Postas, Campbell CA; Z Kadah, Seattle WA; Karen Rice - Matt Moore, San Jose CA 80.00 3.94 3 Duane Starner - Carolyn Starner, Spokane WA; Gary Matsumoto, Peoria AZ; Mary Ann Dettmann, Apache Junction AZ 78.00

FIRST SUNDAY B SWISS BRACKET V 8 Tables / Based on 16 Tables 6.04 1 Mark McKechnie - Leah McKechnie, Medford OR; Robert Kyle - Nancy Kyle, Richland WA 85.00 4.53 2 Kenneth Elliott, Bellingham WA; Lane Galloway, Seattle WA; Tommy Bailey, Shoreline WA; Evan Stoll, Jr, Kingston WA 80.00 3.40 3 Robert Garin - Marie Garin, San Diego CA; Raynor Christianson, Burton WA; Roberta Le Feuvre, Van Nuys CA 77.00

FIRST SUNDAY B SWISS BRACKET VI 8 Tables / Based on 13 Tables 5.10 1 Alexander Frey - Helen Frey, Oceanside CA; Jeffrey Wiegel - Christy Wiegel, Wilsonville OR 94.00 3.83 2 Ann Stephens, Olympia WA; William Anderson - Elana Anderson, Seattle WA; Barbara Hass, Medina WA 81.00 2.87 3 Steve Conaway - Barbara Dahl, San Jose CA; Susan Wachsman - John Wachsman, Mountain View CA 72.00

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FIRST SUNDAY B SWISS BRACKET VII 15 Tables 5.31 1 John Ellis, Bellevue WA; Lynne Phillips, Sammamish WA; Susan Servais - Martha Jenkins, Kirkland WA 91.00 3.98 2 Kenneth Geisler - Arlene Geisler, Clarkston MI; Betty Andersen, Sterling Hts MI; Jeanette Brandt, Monmouth OR 88.00 2.99 3 Duane Herzig, Brier WA; Louise Cooley, Kirkland WA; Ruthann Quinn, Seattle WA; Susanna Hunter, Redmond WA 86.00 2.24 4 Sandy Jean Robinson - Dana Pyke/Dedeluk - Paula Hopwood - Kim Cohos, Calgary AB 84.00 1.77 5 Joe Moore - Chris Moore, Delta BC; Dennis Sager - Jean Sager, Stanwood WA 76.00

FIRST SUNDAY A/X SWISS 24 Tables / Based on 87 Tables A X 28.09 1 John Grantham, Amarillo TX; Rebecca Rogers - Pam Stratton, Las Vegas NV; G Gard Hays, Veradale WA 106.00 21.07 2 Kazuo K. Furuta, Kanagawa-Ken 21 Japan; Hiroko Yanagisawa, Tokoyo Japan; Hisae Izushima, Menlo Park CA; Yuko Kimura, Tokyo Japan 105.00 15.80 3 Eileen Easterling, Casselberry FL; Scott Hiller, Marshall MN; Roger Anderson, Eagan MN; Mike Cappelletti Sr, Alexandria VA 94.00 11.85 4 Aidan Ballantyne, Burnaby BC; Robert Sherman, Lafayette CO; Dennis Newman, Scarsdale NY; Birger Holmquist, Kaneohe HI 84.00 23.76 5 1 Margret Salazar, Green Valley AZ; Bud Stein, Mequon WI; Ludmila Antonova, New York NY; Donald Croysdale, Menomonee Falls WI 83.00 17.82 6 2 Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA; Nathan Glasser, Somerville MA; Walter Rassbach - Nancy Rassbach, Westminster CO 82.00 13.37 7 3 Kumiko Matsuo, Yokohama-Shi Japan; Misuzu Ichihashi - Eiko Nomura, Tokyo Japan; Aiko Mizuuchi, Tokyo Japan Japan 81.00 10.02 8 4 Allan Simon - Daniel Bertrand, Calgary AB; James Griffin Jr, Rancho Mirage CA; Bill Papa, Upland CA 75.00 7.92 5 Michael Boothby, Wenatchee WA; Donna Christensen, Beaverton OR; Tom Williams, Renton WA; Daniel Hoekstra, Portland OR 74.00 6.79 6 Michael Keller, Kalispell MT; Francesca Walton - Paul Graham, Calgary AB; Ernest Olness Jr, Billings MT 73.00 5.94 7 Carl Berenbaum, Elkins Park PA; Barbara Kepple, West Chester PA; Bob Zeller, Kanata ON; R Elwin Brown, Ottawa ON 71.00

FREMONT TROLL KO BRACKET IV 14 TablesGlenn Cossey - Cindy Cossey, Innisfail AB; Don McCarthy - Lisa McCarthy, West Kelowna BC vsWilfred Motokane Jr - Richard S H Wong - Gary Rosenthal, Honolulu HI; Joseph Habeich, Portland OR

Colin Gordon - Nelly Gordon, Los Angeles CA; Nance Lodge - David Lodge, Rancho Mirage CA vsErnst Staudt, Everett WA; Craig Roloff, Mountlake Ter WA; Galen Hesson, Shoreline WA; Muhunthan Sivapragasam, Kirkland WA

FREMONT TROLL KO BRACKET V 14 TablesMarnie Hueston - Marguerite Watson - Gail Richardson - Danielle Goulet, Victoria BC vsJoan Ball - Ollie Weitz - Sheila Strode, Yakima WA; Pat Hanrahan, Zillah WA

Margaret Gibson, Port Moody BC; Mhairi Longridge - Frances Corney, Vancouver BC; Andrew Lee, Richmond BC vsLynda Hirst - Winston Falls, Vancouver WA; Kathleen Holahan, Portland OR; Brian Thomas, Beaverton OR

FREMONT TROLL KO BRACKET VI 14 TablesGary Waldron - Carol Foster, Laguna Beach CA; James George - Susan George, San Clemente CA vsSteve Estvanik - Audrey Wass, Seattle WA; Tim White - Renae Gunstone-White, Mercer Island WA

Marisa Silverman, Aspen CO; Sandy Holmes, Basalt CO; Joyce Schiff - Freda Gail Stern, Dallas TX vsRonald Francey, Corpus Christi TX; David Ticen, Victoria TX; Gary Dayton, Mahomet IL; Jerry Mosher, Walla Walla WA

Seattle 1993 NABC WinnersIn 1993 – when the NABC was last in Seattle –

here’s how the trophies were distributed:

Life Master Open Pairs - Ravindra Murthy and Brad Moss

Life Master Women’s Pairs - Janice Seamon and Sabine Zenkel

Non-Life Master Pairs - Bob Ehrlich and Clark Millikan

49er Pairs - Beverly Ballard and Donna GilliamBlue Ribbon Pairs - Michael Rosenberg and Bob

HammanOpen Board-a-Match Teams - Mike Passell,

Mark Lair, Paul Soloway, Bobby Goldman and Jimmy Cayne (npc)

Women’s Board-a-Match Teams - Juanita Chambers, Jan Cohen, GerriAnne Klafter, Margie Gwozdzinsky and Shawn Womack

Reisinger Board-a-Match - Nick Nickell, Richard Freeman, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman and Bobby Wolff

North American Swiss Team - Shawn Womack, Joe Quinn, Alan Le Bendig and Tom Clarke

Lou Herman Trophy - Bob Hamman

Ear to the groundListening to the bidding is an important facet

of card play. Eric Rodwell made the most of what the bidding told him on this deal from the first final session of the 1993 Life Master Open Pairs. Rodwell was playing with Doug Simson of Columbus OH. Dlr: South ♠ 9 5 Vul: None ♥ K J 7 5 ♦ A K 8 ♣ J 7 6 5 ♠ J 8 4 ♠ A K Q 3 2 ♥ Q 2 ♥ 6 3 ♦ J 10 7 6 5 4 ♦ Q 9 2 ♣ K 9 ♣ Q 8 3 ♠ 10 7 6 ♥ A 10 9 8 4 ♦ 3 ♣ A 10 4 2

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

(1) Precision: 2+ diamonds, 11-15 HCP.(2) Natural and non-forcing.(3) Good heart raise.(4) Random game try.The 1♠ overcall on his right and the spade raise

on his left gave Rodwell a picture of spade shortness in Simson’s hand, making Rodwell’s three low spades look like an asset rather than a debit.

The 20-point game was reached and it was up to Rodwell to take 10 tricks. West led a spade and East cashed the king and ace before switching to a low club. Rodwell ducked, West won the king and returned the ♣9. That suit was solved. Now Rodwell had to decide what to do about trumps.

He cashed the top two diamonds and ruffed a diamond, noting the fall of the queen, and ruffed his last spade low in dummy. West appeared to have started with three spades, six diamonds and two clubs, leaving him only two hearts. Rodwell played the ♥J from dummy, covering with the ace, and played another heart. West’s queen popped up and Rodwell claimed. Plus 420 was worth 41 out of 51 matchpoints.

The club switch at trick three was helpful because Rodwell had poor spots, but he could have made the contract even without that assistance, although he would have had to play for trumps to be 2-2. Say East played three rounds of spades, forcing Rodwell to ruff in dummy. Declarer could then cash the top two trumps, felling the queen, followed by the top two diamonds for a club pitch, then a diamond ruff. Playing one opponent for a doubleton club honor, Rodwell could then cash the ♣A and exit with a club. Because Rodwell had the ♣10, neither player with a doubleton honor could unblock under the ace to good effect.

On the lie of the cards, West (if he didn’t unblock) would be in and forced to play a diamond, allowing Rodwell to ruff in dummy and pitch his last club.

Small mistake, big punishment

Brian Glubok made an opposing defender pay dearly for his error on this deal from the second final session of the 1993 Life Master Open Pairs. Glubok was playing with Chris Compton. Dlr: West ♠ Q 7 Vul: Both ♥ Q 7 5 3 ♦ 4 3 2 ♣ K Q 8 5 ♠ A 8 5 3 2 ♠ K 10 ♥ J ♥ A K 9 8 6 4 2 ♦ J 9 6 ♦ K Q 5 ♣ A J 7 3 ♣ 9 ♠ J 9 6 4 ♥ 10 ♦ A 10 8 7 ♣ 10 6 4 2 West North East South Compton North Glubok South 1♠ Pass 2♥ Pass 2♠ Pass 3♦ Pass 3NT Pass 4♥ All Pass

South led a low club, taken in dummy. Glubok played the ♥J and rode it, noting the fall of the 10 from South. Next Glubok ruffed a club and, just to make sure about trumps, cashed the ♥A. He followed with the ♦Q, hoping this would induce either player to take the ace on the first round. South won and fell from grace by playing a third round of clubs - just what Glubok wanted.

Declarer ruffed, cashed the ♦K and played a diamond to dummy’s jack. After Glubok ruffed the fourth round of clubs, this was the position: ♠ Q 7 ♥ Q 7 ♦ - ♣ - ♠ A 8 5 3 ♠ K 10 ♥ - ♥ K 9 ♦ - ♦ - ♣ - ♣ - ♠ J 9 6 ♥ - ♦ 10 ♣ -

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Glubok played the ♠K and a spade to the ace, catching North in a trump coup. Had South not played the third round of clubs, Glubok would not have been able to reduce his trumps to the same length as North and would have finished with only 11 tricks. South’s seemingly small mistake left his side with only 1 out of 51 matchpoints.

Lord Yarborough speaksEndplays and scoring a trump en passant are

not unusual. However, both techniques along with a Yarborough made this deal from the 1993 Seattle NABC very unusual. Dlr: East ♠ A J Vul: E-W ♥ K Q J ♦ 10 7 5 3 ♣ K 10 8 6 ♠ K 5 4 2 ♠ 8 7 6 3 ♥ 10 ♥ 9 7 6 4 2 ♦ A K Q ♦ 8 6 2 ♣ A Q J 4 3 ♣ 9 ♠ Q 10 9 ♥ A 8 5 3 ♦ J 9 4 ♣ 7 5 2 West North East South Roeder Swearingen Popper Pass Pass 1♣ 1NT(1) Pass Pass 2♠ Pass Pass 2NT Pass Pass 3♠(2) Dbl All Pass

(1) Only 14 high-card points, but promoting positional value of club holding.

(2) Undaunted by vulnerability and showing great confidence in partner’s dummy play.

West opened the ♥K and continued hearts. San Diego’s Rick Roeder ruffed. Roeder played ♣A, ♣Q, covered by the king and ruffed. A heart ruff was followed by ♣J and three rounds of diamonds.

Roeder had eight tricks when he led the ♣4 in this end position: ♠ A J ♥ - ♦ 10 ♣ 10 ♠ K 5 ♠ 8 7 6 ♥ - ♥ 9 ♦ - ♦ - ♣ 4 3 ♣ - ♠ Q 10 9 ♥ A ♦ - ♣ -

Roeder pitched dummy’s last heart and South faced an insoluble dilemma. He finally decided to pitch the ♥A, so Roeder promptly claimed his ninth trick. Suppose South ruffs instead. If South returns the ♥A, Roeder pitches his last club, North is forced to ruff with the ♠J and Roeder will come to his ♠K.

South’s best shot is to ruff partner’s good club and lead a trump. If West carelessly plays the ♠K, North wins the ♠A and the defense scores the last two tricks on a high crossruff.

But declarer prevails on the defense if he plays the ♠5. North wins the ♠J and is helpless. If North plays the ♠A, crashing Roeder’s ♠K, dummy’s 8 wins trick 13. If North plays the ♦10 after winning the ♠J, Roeder scores the ♠K at trick 12.

Did South err by not overtaking the ♥K at trick one and firing back a trump? As long as Roeder does not pop the ♠K (and it is impossible for this to be right if the 1NT overcall is to be trusted), he will prevail with careful play.

Devastating duckIn this deal from the 1993 Reisinger Board-a-

Match Teams, Al Rand bared his king of trumps by ducking, then set the slam contract two tricks when declarer failed to see what Rand was doing.

Dlr: South ♠ 7 5 3 Vul: E-W ♥ K J 5 3 ♦ J 9 2 ♣ J 7 3 ♠ 9 6 ♠ A Q J 10 8 2 ♥ A 9 8 7 ♥ Q 2 ♦ A K Q 10 7 6 5 ♦ 8 3 ♣ - ♣ Q 10 9 ♠ K 4 ♥ 10 6 4 ♦ 4 ♣ A K 8 6 5 4 2 West North East South Rand 3♣ 3♦ 4♣ 4♠ 5♣ 5♦ 6♣ 6♠ Pass Pass Double All Pass

The bidding convinced Rand that one of his opponents had a void in clubs, so he led his singleton diamond instead of a top club. Declarer took this and passed the ♠9, which Rand ducked smoothly. Declarer, suspecting nothing, took a second trump finesse, and the roof fell in. Rand took his king and quickly cashed two clubs.

If declarer had read Rand’s mind and gone up with the ace on the second trump lead, he would have taken all 13 tricks. But he wound up with only 10.

Triple playEric Greco took advantage of a slip by the

defense to rake in most of the matchpoints on this deal from the 1993 Blue Ribbon Pairs. Greco was playing with Bill Cole. Dlr: South ♠ J 4 Vul: E-W ♥ J 10 9 ♦ 8 6 4 2 ♣ J 10 3 2 ♠ A 10 7 5 2 ♠ K 9 ♥ 7 3 ♥ A K Q 8 6 5 2 ♦ 10 5 3 ♦ K Q ♣ Q 8 7 ♣ 6 5 ♠ Q 8 6 3 ♥ 4 ♦ A J 9 7 ♣ A K 9 4 West North East South Cole Greco 1♦ Pass Pass 3♥ Pass 4♥ All Pass

South could have earned his side most of the matchpoints by cashing his three tricks - two high clubs and the ♦A. South fell from grace in a big way, however. He started with the ♣K and, apparently hoping for a set, underled his ♦A. Greco took full

advantage of the error, winning with the king and running all his trumps to inflict a triple repeating squeeze on the hapless defender in the South seat. This was the five-card ending: ♠ J 4 ♥ - ♦ 8 ♣ J 10 ♠ A 10 7 5 ♠ K 9 ♥ - ♥ 2 ♦ - ♦ Q ♣ Q ♣ 6 ♠ Q 8 6 ♥ - ♦ A ♣ A

East led his last heart and South was done. If he discarded a spade, dummy’s spades would all be good. Pitching an ace was equally fatal. If South tossed the ♦A, Greco could cash the ♦Q, squeezing South between spades and the ♣A. If South pitched the ♣A, Greco would lead a club to dummy, squeezing South between spades and the ♦A.

Greco’s adept play earned his side 24 of 25 matchpoints.

Patti McCallum and Maxine Ogino have helped a lot of players at this tournament from their station at the Information Desk on the fourth floor of the convention center.

Charging stationThere is a charging station for cell phones and

other electronic devices next to the local Information Desk on the fourth floor of the Convention Center. There is no charge for the service.

Stewart book availableFrank Stewart’s new book, “Who Has The

Queen?” is on sale at the book desk on the fourth floor of the Convention Center.

The 7th edition of the Official Encyclopedia of Bridge is also available there. You can read Larry Cohen’s review of the encyclopedia on page 4.

Senior Mixed PairsThe first Senior Mixed Pairs will be played

this week. The two-day event starts on Wednesday with two qualifying sessions, followed by two final sessions on Thursday. The winners will receive 80 platinum masterpoints.

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MITCHELL OPEN B-A-M TEAMS QUALIFYING 60 Tables Carryover 1 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain 5.00 2 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Roy Welland, New York NY; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany Germany 4.52 3 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Dania FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR Italy 4.29 4 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Geoff Hampson - Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA 3.33 5 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan - Adam Wildavsky, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 3.10 6/9 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 2.86 6/9 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 2.86 6/9 Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Goscinna Poland; Jon Baldursson, Reykoavik Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland; Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY 2.86 6/9 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; Chien-Yao Tseng, Pasadena CA; Wei-Bung Wang, Seattle WA 2.86 10 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chris Willenken - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 2.6211/12 Andrew Robson - Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; Nafiz Zorlu, Izmir 305 Turkey; Salvador Assael, Alsancak Turkey 2.3811/12 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Venkatrao Koneru - Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Bend OR 2.3813/16 Frederic Volcker, Issy les Moulin France; Jessica Piafsky - Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 2.1413/16 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Peter Herold, Ladysmith BC; Dennis Metcalf, Portland OR; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 2.1413/16 Ida Gronkvist - Mikael Groenkvist, ; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar Sweden; Simon Hult, Sweden 2.1413/16 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; James Melville, Springfield IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 2.14 17 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA 2.0618/20 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Thomas Turgeon - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Rod Caldwell, North Bend WA 1.90 18/20 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 1.9018/20 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; David Caprera, Denver CO; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 1.9021/23 Rajeev Gupta - Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 1.6721/23 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 1.6721/23 Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; David Bakhshi, London England; Louk Verhees, SH Voorhou Netherlands; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain 1.6724/30 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 1.4324/30 Kevin Bathurst, New York NY; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, 11421 Stockholm Sweden; Johan Upmark, Stockho Sweden 1.4324/30 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Adam Meyerson, Santa Clara CA; Samuel Ieong, Mountain View CA 1.4324/30 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 1.4324/30 John Jones, Santa Fe Sprgs CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 1.4324/30 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA; Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 1.4324/30 Eric Mayefsky - Mike Develin, Mountain View CA; Victor Chubukov - Steve Smolen, San Francisco CA 1.43 31 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice 40-479 Poland; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia 1.3532/36 Ken Christiansen, Bothell WA; Ray Loftis - Jim Aitken - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA; Maurice De La Salle, Edmonton AB; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 1.1932/36 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC; Abby Heitner - Lou Reich, Wheaton MD; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 1.1932/36 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Trondheim Norway 1.1932/36 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA 1.1932/36 Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk 09-230 Poland; John Hurd - Joel Wooldridge, New York NY 1.1937/44 Anton Tsypkin, Ashland MA; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Qing Yang, Cupertino CA; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 0.9537/44 Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 0.9537/44 Danny Sprung, Philadelphia PA; Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA; Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 0.95

ABTA President Brenda Simpson at the ABTA booth on the sixth floor of the Convention Center.

Attention, teachers ACBL is offering a one-time-only free Teacher

Accreditation Program course in Memphis to any person who joins the American Bridge Teachers Association before March 15. The course fee is usually $125.

The 75th anniversary of the establishment of the ACBL will be celebrated at the 2012 Spring NABC in Memphis, and the ACBL has invited the ABTA to organize its annual convention March 13-16 instead of the customary summer schedule. The ABTA will return to the summer schedule for future conventions.

Applications for ABTA membership can be picked up at the ABTA booth on the sixth floor at the Convention Center or from the ABTA web site at ABTAhome.com. You can also pick up a sample of the ABTA Quarterly Magazine and book marks at the booth.

Dues are only $35 a year or $90 for three years. Check out all the advantages of being an ABTA member on the web site.

Brenda SimpsonABTA President

Convention card reminderEach player is required to have a convention

card filled out legibly and on the table throughout a session. Both cards of a partnership must be identical and include the first and last names of each member of the partnership.

If a director determines that neither player has a substantially completed card, the partnership may play only the Standard American Yellow Card and may use only standard carding. This restriction may be lifted only at the beginning of a subsequent round after convention cards have been properly prepared and approved by the director. Further, the partnership will receive a 1/6-board matchpoint penalty for each board played, commencing with the next round and continuing until the restriction is lifted. In IMP team games, penalties shall be at the discretion of the director.

If the director determines the partnership has at least one substantially completed convention card but has not fully complied with ACBL regulations, the director may give warnings or assign such penalties as he deems to be appropriate under the circumstances.

The objective of these warnings and penalties is the encouragement of full compliance with ACBL regulations.

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37/44 Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway 0.9537/44 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Hans Christian Graversen, Aalborg Denmark; Freddi Broendum, Broust Denmark; Jacob Roen, Copenhagen Denmark 0.9537/44 Joao Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo 01229 Brazil; Miguel Villas-Boas, Sao Paulo Brazil; Joaquin Pacareu, Santiago Chile Chile; Benjamin Robles, New York NY; Alejandro Bianchedi - Ernesto Muzzio, Buenos Aires Argentina 0.9537/44 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Mikael Rimstedt, Haimstad Sweden; Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 0.9537/44 David Siebert, Little Rock AR; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 0.95 45 Cal Newlin Jr - Flo Newlin - Roger Pennell - Hachy Pennell, Aurora CO 0.8746/48 Mark Yaeger - Lee Atkinson, Hollywood FL; Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 0.7146/48 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Danning Dong, Chicago IL; Tadashi Teramoto, Tokyo Japan 0.7146/48 Donald Hennings - Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Robert Hopkins Jr - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA 0.7149/50 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA; Edward Nagy, Danville CA 0.6349/50 Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 0.6351/56 Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO 0.4851/56 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Blake Rundquist, Clovis CA; Martin Hinds - Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 0.4851/56 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Alan Epley, Seattle WA; Steven Handley, Edmonds WA; Ross Willingham Jr, Federal Way WA 0.4851/56 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn G Netherlands; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Huub Bertens, Tilburg 0,50 Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands 0.4851/56 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Frances Dickman, San Jose CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 0.4851/56 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Jim Leary - Pat Leary, Livermore CA 0.48 57 Adam Pawlowski - Wieslaw Nicinski - Andrzej Kozikowski, ; Mariusz Krasnicki, Lodz Poland 0.2458/60 Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Lee Nowoslawski, Villanova PA; Edward Wojewoda, Tempe AZ; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Arve Farstad, Oslo Norway; Monika Weber, New Haven CT 0.0058/60 Ray Miller - Steve Mansfield, Seattle WA; Stanford Christie, Federal Way WA; Janet Daling, Sun Lakes AZ 0.0058/60 Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN; Dave Setterholm, Issaquah WA; Emery Selymes, Maple Valley WA; Ronald DeHarpporte, Edina MN 0.00

NABC DiaryDrijving hardAccording to Jan van

Cleeff, two members of the Italian team that competed in the world championships in the Netherlands recently were spotted in the fitness center

at the Sheraton, huffing and puffing on the exercise machinery.

When asked why they were working out, one of the Italians replied, “We want to look like Brink and Drijver and get the Bermuda Bowl back.”

That was a reference to Sjoert Brink and Bas Drijver, two members of the young Dutch team that won the Bermuda Bowl in Veldhoven, Netherlands, in October. On their way to the title, the Netherlands defeated Italy in the semifinal round.

Tiptoe through the runnersSpeaking of exercise, Tournament Director Bob

Craig of El Paso TX had to ad lib on Sunday morning when he attempted to cross Fifth Street in downtown Seattle. It seems that the Amica Insurance Seattle Marathon was in progress and runners filled the street he was trying to cross.

After waiting for some time, Craig came up with a plan. He jumped out into the street and started moving with the runners – sort of running – as he slowly and gradually inched his way across the street.

There was no report on Craig’s finish time.

Missing memberThe list of winners of last year’s Keohane North

American Swiss Teams that was published in Daily Bulletin No. 1 should have included Chuck Said, who was a member of that squad.

The phantom appearsBarry Rigal has been providing excellent reports

on bridge play at NABCs for many years now, including the summer tournament in Toronto and in Seattle. Some of his work has appeared in the Seattle Daily Bulletin already.

Sue Munday, associate editor of the ACBL Bridge Bulletin, worked on the Daily Bulletin at Toronto and is a Daily Bulletin editor in Seattle. Somehow, at both venues, the two had never been in the office at the same time.

That caused Munday to question Rigal’s existence. “He’s a ghost,” she insisted – at least until Rigal walked into the Daily Bulletin office on Sunday afternoon.

Munday promptly rushed over to Rigal and gave him the once-over to certify that there really is a person attached to the name. Rigal was relieved at the pronouncement that he is an actual person.

Wild thingThis deal from the second final session of the

Nail Life Master Open Pairs and the Young Life Master Women’s Pairs no doubt caused a lot of talk – and it definitely produced a lot of different results. Dlr: North ♠ A 7 Vul: None ♥ A Q 7 6 5 4 ♦ K 9 4 ♣ A 6 ♠ Q 4 ♠ 6 3 ♥ J 3 2 ♥ K 10 9 8 ♦ 3 2 ♦ 10 5 ♣ 9 8 5 4 3 2 ♣ K Q J 10 7 ♠ K J 10 9 8 5 2 ♥ -- ♦ A Q J 8 7 6 ♣ --

As you can see, North-South can make 7♦, 7♠ or 7NT, the latter two requiring a successful guess in spades. As you might imagine, the results from the seven sections in which the board was played were all over the place.

The most popular result was plus 1010 (6♠ making seven), achieved by more than 30 pairs, followed by 12 scores of plus 1440 (7♦, making).

There were no grand slams bid in the women’s event, but six pairs in the open game achieved plus 1510 for 7♠. Six pairs, all in the open game, went plus 1510 for 7♠. Two pairs bid 6NT, taking all the tricks for plus 1020.

The worst score was minus 100 for a zero in the women’s event, followed by minus 150 which two pairs suffered in the open game for half a matchpoint each.

No doubt the result that hurt the most was plus 260 for the pair in the open event who didn’t even get to game.

In all, there were 13 different scores – plus and minus – on the board. Plus 1510 got the highest score: 61.5 out of 64.

Electronic Device Policy1. For all NABC+

rated events at NABCs: Electronic devices, including but not limited to, phones, cameras, PDAs, and others capable of sending or receiving electronic communication are excluded from the playing areas during any session of play. This does not apply to health-related equipment.

2. For all events at an NABC other than a NABC+ rated event: Except for health-related equipment, or by permission of the Director-in-Charge of the tournament, cell phones, audible pagers or similar equipment may not be operated or operable in any manner in the playing area during a session of play. Any such equipment must not be visible during the session. Sponsoring organizations of other ACBL-sanctioned events are encouraged to adopt a similar policy.

3. These restrictions in numbers 1 and 2 above apply to all pairs, team members, captains, coaches, play recorders (except those designated by ACBL) and kibitzers and are in force throughout any actual playing session or segment of play.

4. A violation of any of the restrictions in numbers 1 and 2 above will result in a disciplinary penalty of one full board (12 IMPs at that form of scoring) for the first offense. A second offense will result in disqualification from the event for the pair/team. Kibitzers violating this policy will be removed from the playing area for the remainder of the session.

SeaSharps QuartetThe SeaSharps were formed as a registered

Barbershop Quartet in 2003. The group has a wide-ranging repertoire of songs from the Twenties through the Sixties, with ballads and up-tunes and gospel songs – and they also perform Christmas songs for the holidays. They have preformed on the Snow Train to Leavenworth for the past five years.

The SeaSharps will perform tonight at 11 p.m. in Ballroom 6A at the Convention Center.

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MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS I N 1/2 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; Chien-Yao Tseng, Pasadena CA; Wei-Bung Wang, Seattle WA 17.50 1/2 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan - Adam Wildavsky, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 17.50 3/4 Frederic Volcker, Issy les Moulin France; Jessica Piafsky - Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 16.50 3/4 Ida Gronkvist - Mikael Groenkvist, ; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar 39363 Sweden; Simon Hult, Sweden 16.50 5 Mark Gordon, Purchase NY; Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Venice FL; Alan Sontag, Gaithersburg MD; David Berkowitz, Boca Raton FL; Terje Aa, Heimdal Norway; Jorgen Molberg, Trondheim Norway 16.00 6/7 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Geoff Hampson - Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA 15.50 6/7 Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk 09-230 Poland; John Hurd - Joel Wooldridge, New York NY 15.50 8/9 Karen Lee Barrett, Elk Point SD; Diana Marquardt, Del Mar CA; Jim Looby, Burbank CA; Ed Ulman, Portland OR 15.00 8/9 Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway 15.00cutline 10 David Lehman, Glenview IL; Dick Melson - Claude Vogel, Chicago IL; Sangarapil Mohan, Oak Brook IL 14.8311/12 Christopher Gibson, Beaverton OR; John Sather, Lake Oswego OR; Cristal Nell, Redmond WA; Mitch Towner, Austin TX 14.5011/12 Mark Aquino, Jamaica Plain MA; Brett Adler, Westport CT; Richard Popper, Wilmington DE; Mark Bartusek, Santa Barbara CA 14.50 13 Jenni Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Bob Balderson Jr, Eden Prairie MN; Paul Meerschaert, Saint Paul MN; Chris Wiegand, Portland OR 13.50 SECTIONS K M 1 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona Spain 21.00 2 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Roy Welland, New York NY; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany Germany 18.50 3/6 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Dania FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy 16.00 3/6 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Venkatrao Koneru - Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Bend OR 16.00 3/6 Anton Tsypkin, Ashland MA; Bill Irvine, Quincy MA; Qing Yang, Cupertino CA; Weishu Wu, Irvine CA 16.00 3/6 Spike Lay, Daytona Beach FL; Bob Etter, Sacramento CA; Steven Cooper - Kitty Cooper, Fort Collins CO 16.00 7/8 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 15.50 7/8 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Adam Meyerson, Santa Clara CA; Samuel Ieong, Mountain View CA 15.50 9 Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 15.00 10 Danny Sprung, Philadelphia PA; Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA; Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 14.5011/12 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; James Melville, Springfield IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 14.0011/12 David Siebert, Little Rock AR; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 14.0013/16 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Alan Epley, Seattle WA; Steven Handley, Edmonds WA; Ross Willingham Jr, Federal Way WA 13.5013/16 David Willis, Ottawa ON; John Morgan, Navan ON; Bill Kertes, Toronto ON; Ranald Davidson, North York ON 13.5013/16 Robert White, Raleigh NC; Michael Kovacich, Stone Mountain GA; Harry Gellis, Midlothian VA; Ed Lazarus, Baltimore MD 13.5013/16 Les Bart - Gloria Bart, Bradenton FL; Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC; Ira Hessel, San Antonio TX 13.50 SECTIONS G L 1 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA 16.83 2 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Thomas Turgeon - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Rod Caldwell, North Bend WA 16.50 3 Jacek Pszczola - Josef Blass, Chapel Hill NC; Cezary Balicki, Smolec Poland; Adam Zmudzinski, Katowice 40-479 Poland; Andrew Gromov - Aleksander Dubinin, Moscow Russia 16.33 4/6 Donald Hennings - Margot Hennings, Annandale VA; Robert Hopkins Jr - Joan Lewis, Arlington VA 16.00 4/6 Eric Mayefsky - Mike Develin, Mountain View CA; Victor Chubukov - Steve Smolen, San Francisco CA 16.00 4/6 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chris Willenken - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 16.00 7 Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw oland; Jacek Romanski, Goscinna Poland; Jon Baldursson, Reykoavik Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, Kopavogur Iceland; Richard Schwartz, East Elmhurst NY 15.50 8/9 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 15.00 8/9 Ulf Nilsson, Dalby Sweden; Eric Leong, Oakland CA; Danning Dong, Chicago IL; Tadashi Teramoto, Tokyo Japan 15.00 10 Andrew Robson - Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; Nafiz Zorlu, Izmir 305 Turkey; Salvador Assael, Alsancak Turkey 14.0011/13 Adam Kaplan, New Port Richey FL; Greg Humphreys, Charlottesville VA; Michael McNamara, White Plains NY; Stephen Drodge, McLean VA 13.5011/13 Edgar L’Heureux, White Rock BC; Jane Youngberg - Andy Hellquist, Surrey BC; Greg Morse, Richmond BC 13.5011/13 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Mikael Rimstedt, Haimstad Sweden; Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 13.50 SECTIONS H J 1/2 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 16.50 1/2 Ken Christiansen, Bothell WA; Ray Loftis - Jim Aitken - Patrick Dunn, Bellevue WA; Maurice De La Salle, Edmonton AB; Michael Yuen, Vancouver BC 16.50 3/4 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA; Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 16.00 3/4 Kevin Bathurst, New York NY; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, 11421 Stockholm Sweden; Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden 16.00 5/8 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC; Abby Heitner - Lou Reich, Wheaton MD; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 15.50 5/8 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 15.50 5/8 Dennis Bilde, Aarhus Denmark; Hans Christian Graversen, Aalborg Denmark; Freddi Broendum, Broust Denmark; Jacob Roen, Copenhagen Denmark 15.50 5/8 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 15.509/11 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; David Caprera, Denver CO; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 15.009/11 Jim Mahaffey, Winter Park FL; Pamela Granovetter - Matt Granovetter, Cincinnati OH; Ron Rubin, Miami FL; John Holland, Stockport England; Gunnar Hallberg, Brighton United Kingdom 15.009/11 Stephen McConnell, Evanston IL; Richard Meffley, Fresno CA; Blake Rundquist, Clovis CA; Martin Hinds - Robert Giragosian, Bakersfield CA 15.00 12 Harvey Brody, San Francisco CA; James Griffin, Sausalito CA; Jeffrey Polisner, Lafayette CA; Edward Nagy, Danville CA 14.83 13 John Jones, Santa Fe Sprgs CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 14.50

JOE & SHIRLEY JABON MEMORIAL OPEN PAIRS 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Dolores Brenner, Santa Fe NM; Irwin Klugler, Montclair NJ 63.59% 1 1 Frank Page - Pamela Page, Palm Bay FL 64.95% 2 1 Joe Russell, Anchorage AK; Nancy Grant, Bellevue WA 60.14% 2 Carol Stewart, Henderson NV; Paul Ivaska, Las Vegas NV 64.67% 3 Donna Bailey, Bothell WA; Barbara Odlin, Gig Harbor WA 58.33% 3 2 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 63.68% 4/5 2 Estelle Margolin, Rego Park NY; John Ide, Carson City NV 57.79% 4 Douglas H Scott - Wonnie Duncan, Anchorage AK 56.34% 4/5 Lynne O’Neill - William Grant, San Diego CA 57.79% 5 3 1 Frank Stanford - Janice Stanford, Sooke BC 56.16% 6 Rita Bichara, New York NY; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow 35- Poland 57.16% 6 Craig Huston, Portland OR; Judy Rimer, La Jolla CA 55.16% 7 3 1 Marlys Haraden, Anaheim CA; Carol Holmes, Meridian ID 56.52% 7 Phyllis Rakevich, Yuma AZ; Ronald Woodard, Olympia WA 53.71% 8 4 2 Robert Raf, W Bloomfield MI; Brian Raf, Portland OR 56.25% 8 4 Jessie Brunswig, Kirkland WA; Linda Redman, Poulsbo WA 53.26% 9 Harry Steiner, Seattle WA; Ann Terry, Kirkland WA 56.07% 9 5 William Hoge - Jim Dingwerth, Olathe KS 51.90% 10 Dan Parish, Omaha NE; Don Kern, Bay Minette AL 52.99% 10 6 Bob Gruber - Linda Gruber, Camarillo CA 51.45% 5 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Frank Knier, Fargo ND 51.54% 7 Joyce Hart - Richard Hart, Piedmont CA 48.64% 6 3 Steve Graves, Olney MD; Douglas Jansen, Happy Valley OR 51.00% 2 Robert Adelman, Edmonds WA; Travis Adelman, San Luis Obispo CA 47.28% 3 Leatha Dudra, Surrey BC; Louise Lott, Bellingham WA 47.19% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Jane Dillenberg, New York NY; Jerry Goldberg, Yonkers NY 63.50% 1 1 Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 60.68% 2 Norman Schwartz, San Marcos CA; Sedat Nassi, Hollywood FL 59.74% 2 2 Woody Dillinger, Golden CO; Clinton Heiple, Boulder CO 58.69% 3 1 John Kinn - Cathleen Kinn, Poughkeepsie NY 59.24% 3 Robert Todd, Tallahassee FL; Judy Hyde, Aspen CO 55.97% 4 Dave Grubbs, Seattle WA; Stephen Hosch, Olympia WA 56.07% 4 3 Jeffery Jacob - Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA 55.37% 5 Barry Senensky, Maple ON; Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 55.96% 5 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 54.62% 6 Rita Ellington, Traverse City MI; Robert Morris, Houston TX 55.35% 6 4 Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA; Russell Samuel, Long Beach NY 54.44% 7 2 Nicholas France, Spring Valley NY; Aaron Cohen, Manchester To NJ 54.03% 7 Lynda Cole, Anacortes WA; Dee Berry, Arlington WA 53.89% 8 Ram Hira, North Vancouver BC; Steven Reuschlein, Middleton WI 53.96% 8 5 Michael Strong - Johanna Strong, Winfield IL 53.85% 9 3 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 53.26% 9 Donald Smith - Katherine Love, Mountain House CA 53.06%10/11 4 1 Bernice Snyder - Lloyd Snyder, Charlottetown PE 53.04% 10 6 Vernita Davidson, Martinez CA; Shirley Rodenborn, Oakland CA 53.02%10/11 Sigrid Price - Russell Quinnell, Napa CA 53.04% 11 7 Robert Bjorge, Bellingham WA; Nina Lubick, Fullerton CA 52.63% 5 Michael Wagner, Portland OR; Don Lowry, Wilsonville OR 52.25% 8 Terry Randles, Issaquah WA; Richard D’Litzenberger, Leavenworth WA 51.70% 6 Richard Garvin, Corvallis OR; Ray Johnston, Portland OR 51.00% 9 1 Vincent Yung - Andrew Krywaniuk, Vancouver BC 49.79% 7 2 Jorge Nischli - Claudia Tinajero, Mexico Mexico 48.92% 2 Valerie Vaughan - Martin Deneroff, New York NY 49.68%

SUNDAY EVENING SIDE BOARD-A-MATCH SECTIONS TT VV A B C 1 Alvin Levy, Commack NY; George Retek, Montreal QC; Sharon Anderson, Eagan MN; Brian Fraser, Victoria BC 17.50 2 Jay Whipple III, Boca Grande FL; Ed Schulte, Tampa FL; Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL; Owen Lien, Hendersonville NC 16.50 3 Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK; Charlotte Blum, La Jolla CA; Pedro Ieong, Hong Kong Hong Kong; Susan Craney, N Royalton OH 16.00 4/5 James La Fountain, Temple TX; Becky Mosely, San Antonio TX; Jeff McKee, Dale TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 15.50 4/5 1 Keith Dowdall, Victoria BC; Cary Salmi, Sidney BC; Les Fouks - Zoran Peca, Vancouver BC 15.50 6/7 2/3 Madhusudan Patel, Houston TX; Ben Sills, Powell River BC; Marianne Daem, Nanaimo BC; Joyce Remsen, Sparks NV 15.00 6/7 2/3 Donald Doan, Kalispell MT; Janet Weiss, Whitefish MT; Deborah Triolo, Polson MT; Ralph Stone, Missoula MT 15.00 8/9 Serge de Muller, Fribourg Switzerland; John Russell, North Barringto IL; Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Eugene Chan, Richmond BC 14.50 8/9 Jian Hua Tao - Xiao Li Xwe - Ling Hu - Ya Ping Jing, 14.5010/11 4/5 Charles Williams, La Quinta CA; Vern Nunnally, Sequim WA; Richard White, University Plac WA; Sidney Porter, Poulsbo WA 13.5010/11 4/5 1 Art Silvas, Renton WA; June Bruno, Redmond WA; Marilyn Philips - Ivor Philips, Bellevue WA 13.5012/14 6/8 C Trenor - Sumiko Nagumo, Bellevue WA; Akiko Miwa - Masako Otsuka, Tokyo Japan 13.0012/14 6/8 2 Ruth Robbins, Renton WA; Frances Still, Douglas AK; Shirley Carlson, Juneau AK; Linda Johnson, US 13.0012/14 6/8 Paul Cuneo - Carmen Keys - Hans Strohmer - Nancy Strohmer, Houston TX 13.00 9 Glenn Boyce, Piedmont CA; Kathryn Von Dohre, Concord CA; Richard Morris - Katherine Morris, Portland OR 12.50 10 James Wheeler, Ridgefield WA; Laura Hammaker, Lake Wood Ranch FL; Donna Braniff - Cynthia Sinn, Beaverton OR 12.00 11/13 Mary Lou Kerr, Toronto ON; Lamya Abougoush - Tina Gokturk, Calgary AB; Rita Dodge, Vancouver BC 11.50 11/13 3 Maureen Greeley, Olympia WA; Randy Ross - Debbi Ross, Aberdeen WA; Helen Miller, Lacey WA 11.50 11/13 Jay Friedenson, Morrisville VT; Maxwell Hughes, Vero Beach FL; Bridgett Pitt, Brookhaven PA; Ruben Egeberg, Rock Island IL 11.50 4 Owen Reese Jr - Adele Reese, Olympia WA; Bert Adams - Carolyn Adams, Steilacoom WA 11.00

SUNDAY EVENING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Neville Hircock, Victoria BC 68.94% 1 Margaret Callinan, Mill Valley CA; Sue Parker, Sausalito CA 62.69% 2 1 1 W Allen Hopwood, Courtenay BC; Mary Ellen Fisher, Vancouver BC 59.85% 2 1 Alan Wilson - Lesley Wilson, Port Elgin ON 58.14% 3 2 2 Helen Thom - David Thom, Abbotsford BC 54.73% 3 2 Susan Bradford, Dallas OR; Chris Gates, Salem OR 56.82% 4 3 Lorenzo Migliorini, Seattle WA; LaNita Wacker, Shoreline WA 52.27% 4 Toby McEvoy, Henderson NV; Cindy Casson, Las Vegas NV 54.17% 5/6 4/5 Donald Stark - Karen Hudesman, Seattle WA 51.70% 5 3 1 Marylee Webber, Hood River OR; Christine Lynn, Lyle WA 53.03% 5/6 4/5 Jan Hart - Lael Cooksley, Redmond OR 51.70% 4 2 Ann Pare - Ronald Pare, The Woodlands TX 50.00%

FIRST SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME SERIES NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS XX YY ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Valerie Greenberg - Alan Greenberg, Ojai CA 60.77% 1 1 Ian Kirk, Tualatin OR; Margi Redden, Portland OR 62.89% 2 Gerald Laflamme - Linda Cobham, Grnd-Bay-Wfld NB 59.42% 2 2 Grant Mackinnon, Burlington ON; Josie Mitchell, Decatur GA 62.87% 3 2 2 Jeanette Bentley, Encinitas CA; Charles Siggins, Phoenix AZ 59.23% 3 3 James Black, Manitou Springs CO; Denis Murphy, Colinton AB 59.43% 4 3 Bill Harlan - Phyllis Harlan, Oklahoma City OK 58.57% 4 Yatindra Sahae, Carmel Valley CA; Subba Ravipudi, Downey CA 58.29% 5 4 Clark Ransom - Joy Balser, Scottsdale AZ 58.18% 5 4 1 Antony Lee, Berkeley CA; Marshall Mah, Spokane WA 57.21% 6 5 Barry Segal - Casey Segal, Boynton Beach FL 58.12% 6 5 Robin Hart, North Vancouver BC; Hazel Skelton, Calgary AB 55.59% 7 Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC; Ann Labe, Carlsbad CA 57.66% 7 6 2 Eric Neilson, Kent WA; Lee Morton, Issaquah WA 54.21% 8 Himanshu Joshi, Chester NJ; William Esberg, Long Branch NJ 56.42% 8 7 Stan Bodlak, Vancouver BC; James Weir, Aldergrove BC 54.00% 9 6 Svetlana Stojsic, Salt Lake City UT; Ann Morin, Park City UT 55.06% 9 Noe Mallari, San Diego CA; Kim Wang, Torrance CA 53.95% 10 Alice Leicht - Marvin French, San Diego CA 54.19% 10 8 James Woodman - Brenda Woodman, Mount Pearl NL 53.74% 11 7 3 Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Roman Sydorak, Los Angeles CA 53.60% 11 9 3 Donna Parkes, Kennewick WA; Jim Tritz, Richland WA 53.18% 12 8 4 Susan Seitz - Michael Smith, Des Moines IA 52.75% 12 10 4 George Varra - Elizabeth Varra, Windsor CO 52.98% 9 5 Susan Kestenbaum, Huntingdon Vy PA; Carole Davis, Shaw Island WA 52.44% 11 5 Rebecca Anspach, Minneapolis MN; Alex Roman, Burnaby BC 52.50% 10 Barbara Kinney - Barbra Cowan, Wenatchee WA 52.39% 12 6 Alice Ling, Great Falls VA; Jenny Shaefer, Manassas VA 51.88% 11 Ofra Blonder - Diane Winiger, New York NY 50.59% 6 Eleanor Scott-Kerr, Duncan BC; Heather McIntosh, Ladysmith BC 50.57%

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FIRST SUNDAY AFTERNOON 5/20/50 PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Donald Stark - Karen Hudesman, Seattle WA 66.84% 1 Michael Miller - Norma Rollins, Putnam Valley NY 56.80% 2 Carrie Margolin, Olympia WA; Jeanine Graham, Tumwater WA 58.04% 2 1 1 Elizabeth Smith - Betty Dugan, Davis CA 56.38% 3 Ned Forman - Beverly Roy, Eugene OR 57.44% 3 2 2 Marilyn Dierickx - Sylvia Bailey, Mercer Island WA 53.87% 4 1 Jon Kechejian - Sandy Schoolfield, Seattle WA 54.64% 4 Linda Longmire, Yarrow Point WA; Cleo Postle, Lincoln CA 53.65% 2 Don Logerwell - Pat Logerwell, Reno NV 51.40% 1 Patricia Hogan - Georgia Spencer, Portland OR 33.93%

FIRST SUNDAY AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Donald Keyes - Terry Henderson, Anchorage AK 58.21% 1 Lawrence Max Frazier - Fred Brown, San Jose CA 67.82% 2/3 2/3 Beverly Little - Rosemary Denbeste, Issaquah WA 58.04% 2 1 Maggie Burke, Tacoma WA; Judith Hussey, Fircrest WA 57.44% 2/3 2/3 Adelina Wong-Chor, Vancouver BC; Janis Eaglesham, Maple Ridge BC 58.04% 3 2 1 Henry Lipson - Marjorie Lipson, Sherman Oaks CA 53.74% 4 4 1 John Naber, Stow MA; Sandra Naber, Victoria BC 53.87% 4 3 David Hersh, Nelson BC; Susan Mackintosh, Winlaw BC 52.68% 2 Kenneth Diamond, Mercer Island WA; Susan Lehr, Seattle WA 51.86% 4 Anne Bialous, The Dalles OR; Peyt Turner, White Salmon WA 50.00% 2 Marylee Webber, Hood River OR; Christine Lynn, Lyle WA 49.69% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LLL EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Robin Beddis, Calgary AB; Susan Pattillo, Chester NS 65.05% 1 1 1 Stefanie Scott, Holly MI; Margaret Webb, Renton WA 63.10% 2 2 1 Diane Cuoio - Michael Cuoio, Sequim WA 58.63% 2 Robert Sherman - Carol Sherman, Los Angeles CA 61.01% 3 Catherine Mills, Sidney BC; Vernon Forster, Tsawwassen BC 57.44% 3 2 Harold Sawyer - Susan Snow, Sebastopol CA 60.84% 4 3 2 Donald Garner - Muxin Li, So Pasadena CA 55.44% 4 3 2 Lorenzo Migliorini - Steven Levy, Seattle WA 54.51% 5 4 3 W Allen Hopwood, Courtenay BC; Mary Ellen Fisher, Vancouver BC 50.26% 5 4 3 Rosemarie Bemis, Hornbrook CA; Clara Arnold, Central Point OR 48.77%

FIRST SATURDAY-SUNDAY SIDE GAME SERIES 3 OF 4 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS XX YY ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 W Chaplin, Eugene OR; Bob Lyon, Indianapolis IN 63.62% 1 1 Bernard Neuhart, Niskayuna NY; Robert Neuhart, Troy NY 63.09% 2 2 Andrew Loh - Patricia Loh, Solana Beach CA 63.46% 2 2 Sharon Erwin, Edmonds WA; Steven Lewis, Seattle WA 59.32% 3 3 Grant Mackinnon, Burlington ON; Josie Mitchell, Decatur GA 61.82% 3 3 Carl Wilson, Tacoma WA; Douglas West, Ocean Park WA 58.76% 4 4 Kent White, Lincoln CA; Robert Weaver, Kansas City MO 60.83% 4 4 Etsuko Hasegawa, Chiba Japan; Sachiko Kato, Kanagawa Japan 57.14% 5 Gerald Laflamme - Linda Cobham, Grnd-Bay-Wfld NB 58.57% 5 Andre Asbury, Warner Robins GA; Frank Asbury, Valdosta GA 57.11% 6 5 Arthur Bergman - Jacqueline Bergman, Panama City FL 58.03% 6 Mary Vickers, Apex NC; Eugene Chan, Richmond BC 56.98% 7 6 Pamela Ziegel, Petoskey MI; Jane Huff, Columbus OH 56.75% 7 Eurydice Nours, Richmond BC; Daniel Williams, Henderson NV 56.91% 8 7 Eileen O’Neill, Fall River MA; Marcia White, Lakeville MA 55.77% 8 5 1 Christine Greenberg, Byron MN; Margaret Lichty, Rochester MN 55.09% 9 William Chan, Van Buren ME; Noe Mallari, San Diego CA 53.77% 9 6 2 Lenore Wyatt - Martin Kuhns, Rancho Mirage CA 54.51% 10 8 1 Jane Shepard, Panama City Bch FL; Jenny Shaefer, Manassas VA 53.42% 10 7 Hugh Wade - Sylvia Wade, Anchorage AK 54.24% 11 9 2 Matt Schafer, Seattle WA; Huang Zeng, Bothell WA 53.15% 11 8 Judy Davis, Portland OR; Robert Law, Tigard OR 53.31% 12 10 3 Harriett Kirk - Paul Kirk, Jr, Lakewood WA 52.90% 12 9 3 John Anderson - Jack Real, Sequim WA 53.17% 13 11 4 James Shaw - Daphne Shaw, Bowen Island BC 52.64% 13 10 4 Ellen Trout - Barbara Garrison, Vashon WA 52.96% 14 12 5 Nicholas Albion, Burien WA; William Bryce, Vashon WA 52.10% 14 11 Margaret King - Cynthia Glad, Seattle WA 52.60% 6 Sheila Kaye - Bob Sommerhalder, Victoria BC 51.13% 12 5 Larry Lorenz - Betsy Lorenz, Seattle WA 52.05% 7 Bette Andreas, Victoria BC; Robert Lapage, West Sussex P01 Great Britain 48.78% 6 William Henderson - Diana Henderson, Seattle WA 49.22%

FIRST SUNDAY OPEN PAIRS SESSION 1 NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS A B EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mark Tolliver - Marc Zwerling, Portland OR 68.66% 1 1 Joe Russell, Anchorage AK; Nancy Grant, Bellevue WA 61.32% 2 Carol Stewart, Henderson NV; Paul Ivaska, Las Vegas NV 62.41% 2 2 Brad Kalweit - Sheila Smith, Olympia WA 58.79% 3 Anna Bromberg, Brooklyn NY; Linda Rothstein, New York NY 61.96% 3 Rita Bichara, New York NY; Krzysztof Martens, Rzeszow Poland 58.24% 4 1 Suzanne Siebert, Little Rock AR; Jacqueline DeRouin, Okemos MI 60.42% 4 3 Jon Neimand, Eugene OR; Walter Maxymuk, Toms River NJ 57.61% 5 Lynne O’Neill - William Grant, San Diego CA 60.33% 5 4 Lance Chamberlain, Rochester MN; Henry Nelson, Zelienople PA 56.25% 6 Phyllis Rakevich, Yuma AZ; Ronald Woodard, Olympia WA 55.53% 6 5 John Miller, Stillwater MN; Frank Knier, Fargo ND 54.71% 7 2 Joyce Hart - Richard Hart, Piedmont CA 54.35% 7 Harry Steiner, Seattle WA; Ann Terry, Kirkland WA 53.89% 8 Glen Neidhardt, Edmonds WA; Rose Bolson, Lake Forest Par WA 54.26% 8 6 1 R Chan, Vancouver BC; C Tsou, Richmond BC 52.81% 9 3 Jessie Brunswig, Kirkland WA; Linda Redman, Poulsbo WA 54.08% 9 Dolores Brenner, Santa Fe NM; Irwin Klugler, Montclair NJ 52.26% 10 4 1 Splinter Smith Jr, Homer AK; Marianne Wieland, Anchorage AK 52.99% 10 7 Tom Joyce, East Hartford CT; Richard Prouser, Lake Oswego OR 51.36% 5 2 Robert Adelman, Edmonds WA; Travis Adelman, San Luis Obispo CA 52.54% 2 Leatha Dudra, Surrey BC; Louise Lott, Bellingham WA 51.00% 6 3 Marlys Haraden, Anaheim CA; Carol Holmes, Meridian ID 52.45% 3 Robert Raf, W Bloomfield MI; Brian Raf, Portland OR 49.64% NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS C D EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Jeffery Jacob - Ben Bomber, Vancouver WA 66.76% 1 1 D. Lionel O’Young, Walnut CA; Kou-Ping Cheng, Saratoga CA 59.96% 2 2 Michael Levin - Liliane Kirchhoff, San Francisco CA 63.22% 2 Barry Senensky, Maple ON; Barbara Shnier, Toronto ON 59.33% 3 3 Barry Samuel, Santa Rosa CA; Russell Samuel, Long Beach NY 61.96% 3 Howard Parker III, Clements CA; Ron Haack, New York NY 56.70% 4 4 Patricia Rogoski, Memphis TN; Joyce McMonagle, Cordova TN 60.51% 4 2 1 Jorge Nischli - Claudia Tinajero, Mexico Mexico 55.80% 5 Jon Bartlett, Portland OR; Connie Coquillette, Vancouver WA 59.42% 5 3 Linda Shallit, Belfair WA; Rangie Sylvestre, Vancouver BC 55.16% 6 5 Theresa Andino, Niceville FL; Bonnie Wilke, Aspen CO 57.70% 6 4 Gary Robinson, Sebastopol CA; Peter Lit, Elk CA 54.71% 7 6 Serge Aronovich - Marianne Aronovich, Tuxedo Park NY 56.61% 7 5 2 Bruce Hildebrand, Bellevue WA; Clifford Marx, Everett WA 53.17% 8 Tania Reyes Hiller, Shrub Oak NY; Cenk Tuncok, Amesbury MA 55.25% 8 6 Jonna Robinson, San Jose CA; Karen Renne, Bozeman MT 52.63% 9 7 1 Larry Whitlow, Saskatoon SK; Jason Larrivee, Regina SK 54.53% 9 7 Michael Strong - Johanna Strong, Winfield IL 52.54% 10 8 2 Valerie Vaughan - Martin Deneroff, New York NY 53.71% 10 8 Irma Andrews - Peter Andrews, Aptos CA 52.17% 11 Robert Bjorge, Bellingham WA; Nina Lubick, Fullerton CA 53.44% 11 Terry Randles, Issaquah WA; Richard D’Litzenberger, Leavenworth WA 50.27% 3 Kathie Hoehne - Linda Vernon, Anchorage AK 42.57%

MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH 1ST QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS I M 1 Patricia Tucker, Atlanta GA; Kevin Collins, Dunwoody GA; Jerry Helms - Robert Bitterman, Charlotte NC 19.00 2 Roger McNay, Beaverton OR; Peter Herold, Ladysmith BC; Dennis Metcalf, Portland OR; Ken Scholes, Bellevue WA 18.50 3 John Diamond, Boca Raton FL; Brian Platnick, Evanston IL; Geoff Hampson - Fred Gitelman, Las Vegas NV; Eric Greco, Wynnewood PA; Brad Moss, San Anselmo CA 18.00 4/5 Sheila Ekeblad, Providence RI; David Bakhshi, London England; Louk Verhees, 2215 SH Voorhou Netherlands; Carlos Pellegrini, Buenos Aires Argentina; Diego Brenner, L’Eixample Barc Spain 17.50 4/5 Bart Bramley, Dallas TX; Roy Welland, New York NY; Josef Piekarek, Hamburg Germany; Alexander Smirnov, Lubeck Germany Germany 17.50 6/7 Jared Lilienstein - Michael Polowan - Adam Wildavsky, New York NY; Jan Jansma, Spijkenisse Netherlands 15.50 6/7 Larry Mori, Clearwater FL; Venkatrao Koneru - Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX; David Grainger, Bend OR 15.50 8/9 Adam Pawlowski - Wieslaw Nicinski - Andrzej Kozikowski, ; Mariusz Krasnicki, Pl-91-224 Lodz Poland 15.00 8/9 Tien-Chun Yang, San Jose CA; Sathya Bettadapura, Campbell CA; Chien-Yao Tseng, Pasadena CA; Wei-Bung Wang, Seattle WA 15.00 10 Frederic Volcker, Issy les Moulin France; Jessica Piafsky - Barry Piafsky, New York NY; Don Piafsky, Toronto ON 14.5011/14 Gavin Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Paul Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Krzysztof Buras, Warszawa Poland; Grzegorz Narkiewicz, Bielsk 09-230 Poland; John Hurd - Joel Wooldridge, New York NY 14.0011/14 Robert Lebi, Toronto ON; Jacob Morgan, Madison WI; Billy Miller, Las Vegas NV; Dan Jacob, Vancouver BC 14.0011/14 Li-Chung Chen, Cupertino CA; Ari Greenberg, San Francisco CA; Adam Meyerson, Santa Clara CA; Samuel Ieong, Mountain View CA 14.0011/14 Danny Sprung, Philadelphia PA; Lloyd Arvedon, Natick MA; Paul Lewis, Sioux Falls SD; Daniel Korbel, Waterloo ON; Jonathan Steinberg, Toronto ON; Stephen Gladyszak, Chelsea MA 14.00 SECTIONS K N 1 James Cayne, New York NY; Michael Seamon, Dania FL; Alfredo Versace - Lorenzo Lauria, Rome Italy; Giorgio Duboin, Torino Italy; Antonio Sementa, Parma PR 43100 Italy 19.50 2 Erez Hendelman, New York NY; Herbert Jordan, Miami FL; James Melville, Springfield IL; Will Engel, Freeport IL 17.00 3 Steve Gross, Westlake Vilg CA; Ellen Anten, Encino CA; Frances Dickman, San Jose CA; Jim Munday, Southaven MS 16.50 4/6 George Jacobs, Hinsdale IL; Steve Beatty, Mill Creek WA; Walid Elahmady - Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt; Agustin Madala, Buenos Aires Argentina; Norberto Bocchi, Barcelona 080 Spain 16.00 4/6 Joao Paulo Campos, Sao Paulo 01229 Brazil; Miguel Villas-Boas, Sao Paulo Brazil; Joaquin Pacareu, Santiago Chile Chile; Benjamin Robles, New York NY; Alejandro Bianchedi - Ernesto Muzzio, Buenos Aires Argentina 16.00 4/6 Thomas Carmichael, Kennesaw GA; Daniel Lavee, Thornhill ON; Joshua Donn, Las Vegas NV; Jason Feldman, San Diego CA 16.00 7 Peg Waller, Eden Prairie MN; Dave Setterholm, Issaquah WA; Emery Selymes, Maple Valley WA; Ronald DeHarpporte, Edina MN 15.008/10 Steve Zolotow, Las Vegas NV; Ron Smith, San Francisco CA; Eugene Saxe, Briarcliff NY; Alexander Ornstein, Roslyn Heights NY 14.508/10 David Siebert, Little Rock AR; Bill Cook Jr, Madison MS; Mark Perlmutter, San Diego CA; Rick Roeder, La Mesa CA 14.508/10 Ida Gronkvist - Mikael Groenkvist, ; Simon Ekenberg, Kalmar 39363 Sweden; Simon Hult, Sweden 14.50 11 Howard Epley, Kent WA; Alan Epley, Seattle WA; Steven Handley, Edmonds WA; Ross Willingham Jr, Federal Way WA 14.0012/14 Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL; Richard Reitman, Los Gatos CA; Philip Hiestand, Irvine CA; Kay Enfield, Santa Fe NM 13.5012/14 Sandra Fraser - Doug Fraser, Victoria BC; Abby Heitner - Lou Reich, Wheaton MD; Alan Popkin, St Louis MO; Nancy Popkin, Saint Louis MO 13.5012/14 Aubrey Strul - Michael Becker, Boca Raton FL; Howard Weinstein, San Diego CA; Steve Garner, Chicago IL; Boye Brogeland, Norway; Erik Saelensminde, Jessheim Norway 13.50 SECTIONS G J 1 Andrew Robson - Rita Shugart, Pebble Beach CA; Nafiz Zorlu, Izmir 305 Turkey; Salvador Assael, Alsancak Turkey 17.50 2/3 Lewis Finkel, Jupiter FL; Apolinary Kowalski, Warsaw Poland; Jacek Romanski, Goscinna 7/33 Poland; Jon Baldursson, Reykoavik 105 Iceland; Thorlakur Jonsson, 200 Kopavogur Iceland; Richard Schwartz, East 17.00 Elmhurst NY 2/3 Rajeev Gupta - Pat Galligan, San Mateo CA; Michael Heymann, Fort Worth TX; Joel Datloff, Vancouver WA 17.00 4 Mark Yaeger - Lee Atkinson, Hollywood FL; Bernace De Young, Miami FL; Gen Geiger, Sarasota FL 16.50 5 Cal Newlin Jr - Flo Newlin - Roger Pennell - Hachy Pennell, Aurora CO 15.50 6 Piotr Tuszynski, Warsaw Poland; Lee Nowoslawski, Villanova PA; Edward Wojewoda, Tempe AZ; Ellis Feigenbaum, Laguna Woods CA; Arve Farstad, Oslo Norway; Monika Weber, New Haven CT 15.00 7/8 Bruce Noda, Corte Madera CA; Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA; Michel Schneider, Berkeley CA; Jim Leary - Pat Leary, Livermore CA 14.50 7/8 Martin Fleisher, New York NY; Michael Kamil, Holmdel NJ; Robert Levin, Henderson NV; Steve Weinstein, Andes NY; Chip Martel, Davis CA; Lew Stansby, Dublin CA 14.509/11 Dave Westfall, Spokane WA; Thomas Turgeon - Richard Oshlag, Memphis TN; Rod Caldwell, North Bend WA 14.009/11 Corey Krantz, Drexel Hill PA; Kelley Hwang, New York NY; Fred King, Falls Church VA; Robert Bell, Washington DC 14.009/11 Allan Stauber, Palm Bch Grdns FL; Stephen Goldstein, Anaheim CA; Zane Gary Brown, San Francisco CA; Buddy Hanby, The Woodlands TX 14.0012/15 Eric Mayefsky - Mike Develin, Mountain View CA; Victor Chubukov - Steve Smolen, San Francisco CA 13.5012/15 Mary Ann Berg, Atherton CA; Bauke Muller, Hoorn Netherlands; Simon De Wijs, Doorn 304G Netherlands; Mark Lair, Canyon TX; Huub Bertens, Tilburg Netherlands; Ton Bakkeren, Oisterwijk Netherlands 13.5012/15 Richard Gertner, Ossining NY; Bill Greenberg, Laguna Niguel CA; John Feo, Kennewick WA; Seth Cohen, Stamford CT 13.5012/15 Linda Wiener, Vancouver WA; Andrew Hoskins, Burlingame CA; Michael Bodell, Santa Clara CA; Metin Gokcen, Sunnyvale CA 13.50

WOMENS BOARD-A-MATCH 2ND QUALIFYING SESSION SECTION E 1 Bette Cohn, Sarasota FL; Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN; Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 18.00 2 Sylvia Moss - Judi Radin - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 16.00 3 Panette Talia, Campbell CA; Harriel Shea, San Jose CA; Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA; Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA 15.50 4 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Catherine D’Ovidio, Courbevoie 9240 France; Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Neve, TX 15.00 5 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; JoAnn Sprung, Philadelphia PA; Susan Picus - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 14.65 6 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Melody Bi, Ashland MA; Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 14.50 7/8 Suzanne Jones, Boulder CO; Anne Brenner, Denver CO; Donna Swarthout - Ellen Hessel, San Antonio TX 13.50 7/8 Barbara Schultz, Shawnigan Lake BC; Susan Clayton, Chemainus BC; Ingrid Anderson, Nanoose Bay BC; Rita Beny, Victoria BC 13.50 SECTION S 1 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 17.00 2/4 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, Haverdal 310 4 Sweden; Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, 3024 AM Rotterd Netherlands 15.50 2/4 Polly Dunn, Bellevue WA; Diane Cullen - Flo Savage, Beaverton OR; Irene Pickett, Portland OR 15.50 2/4 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 15.50 5 Fay Teal, Mesa AZ; Nancy Wittwer, Falls City NE; Carol Mahoney, Rochester MN; Elise Parish, Omaha NE 15.00 6/7 Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC; Jenny Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Benedicte Cronier, Paris France; Sylvie Willard, Paris France; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, D-68766 Hockenh Germany 14.50 6/7 Valerie Westheimer, New York NY; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Mildred Breed, Austin TX 14.50

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FIRST FRIDAY-SUNDAY MORNING SIDE GAME (3 OF 3 SESSIONS) NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS YY ZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Teresa Boyd, Lafayette CA; Grant Robinson, Orinda CA 60.83% 1 Dolores Brenner, Santa Fe NM; Valentin Kovachev, Glencoe IL 63.61% 2 Amal Dasgupta, Wilmington DE; Alfred Lee, Rncho Pls Vrd CA 58.06% 2 1 Gail Meyer, Green Valley AZ; Michael Keller, Kalispell MT 58.47% 3 2 1 R Kirk, Seattle WA; Curt Peterson, Shoreline WA 57.50% 3 James Siegel - Marilyn Nesbit, Ketchum ID 58.33% 4 3 Madhusudan Patel - Ashok Shingavi, Houston TX 55.00% 4 2 Edwin Glickman - Han Sarah Glickman, Snowmass CO 57.78% 5 4 Pamela Ziegel, Petoskey MI; Jane Huff, Columbus OH 54.86% 5 3 1 Steve Graves, Olney MD; Margaret Molwitz, New Canaan CT 55.83% 6 5 2 Sanford Jones, Claremont CA; Jason Jones, Diamond Bar CA 54.44% 6 4 2 Thomas Cox, Mount Juliet TN; Roman Sydorak, Los Angeles CA 55.28% 7 Peter Morse, North Vancouver BC; Buddhadeb Biswas, Lexington MA 54.03% 7 5 Bruce Yoder, Port Orchard WA; Linda Redman, Poulsbo WA 53.47% 8 6 Kasmer Andreychuk, Yorkton SK; Marcia Andreychuck, Calgary AB 52.78% 8 6 3 Clay Laughary, Renton WA; Pete Cowles, Seattle WA 52.36% 7 Randal Gentillon, Idaho Falls ID; Dana Reinhart, Lakewood WA 52.50% 7 Kent White, Lincoln CA; Carl Brame, Tacoma WA 51.67% 3 Christopher Chalcraft, White Rock BC; Andrew Krywaniuk, Vancouver BC 50.97% 4 George Varra - Elizabeth Varra, Windsor CO 50.28%

FIRST SUNDAY 49ER PAIRS 5/10/50 SESSION NORTH-SOUTH SECTION BBB EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 1 Ray Pinczkowski, Montrose CO; Jean Gallagher, Borrego CA 62.80% 1 Michael Miller - Norma Rollins, Putnam Valley NY 60.42% 2 2 Sheila Ralston - Patricia Hebner, Kirkland WA 57.14% 2 Jan Ellis, Bellevue WA; Melinda Kresek, Kirkland WA 54.17% 3 Judith Sherr - Stanley Sherr, Seattle WA 51.19% 3 1 1 Alicia Breyer - Steve Breyer, Medina WA 53.87% 4 2 Charlene Gram, Vancouver BC; Mary Halpin, Osoyoos BC 48.81% 4 2 2 Rodger Gustafson - Victor Magruder, Federal Way WA 52.68% 3 Katherine Schriver - Lee Schriver, University Pl WA 52.08%

FIRST SUNDAY MORNING 299ER PAIRS NORTH-SOUTH SECTION CCC EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Joyce Lilleberg, Corvallis OR; Maribeth Petrino, Bothell WA 55.06% 1 Robert Sherman - Carol Sherman, Los Angeles CA 58.33% 2 Karen Eveland, Lewiston ID; Lenore Hanson, Renton WA 54.76% 2 1 Neville Hircock, Victoria BC; Catherine Mills, Sidney BC 57.14% 3 1 1 Clara Arnold, Central Point OR; Rosemarie Bemis, Hornbrook CA 53.87% 3 2 Maggie Burke, Tacoma WA; Judith Hussey, Fircrest WA 52.68% 4 2 2 Arlene Traub-Simon, Escondido CA; Nira Levy, Encinitas CA 52.98% 4 3 1 Penny Lepp - Ray Lepp, Bellevue WA 52.38% 3 George Parkins, Vienna VA; Herb Garfinkel, Los Angeles CA 52.38% NORTH-SOUTH SECTION LLL EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 1 Margaret Hedrick, Portland OR; Harvey Lucas, Lake Oswego OR 57.44% 1/2 1/2 Mary Ann Abrams, Pensacola Beach FL; Suzanne Arnold, Gulf Breeze FL 61.31% 2 2 Marguerite Cowles, Edina MN; Betty Salber, St Paul MN 55.65% 1/2 1/2 Alan Wilson - Lesley Wilson, Port Elgin ON 61.31% 3 3 1 Sally Pasette, Seattle WA; Francella McKinnon, Bainbridge Isl WA 55.06% 3 3 Bonnie Nackley, Woodacre CA; Margaret Webb, Renton WA 55.36% 4 Adelina Wong-Chor, Vancouver BC; Janis Eaglesham, Maple Ridge BC 53.87% 4 4 1 Mark Rindner - Catherine Dwinnell, Anchorage AK 52.98% 5 4 William Herman - Michele Herman, Bellevue WA 52.38% 5 5 2 Nancy Carr - Sally Neu, Seattle WA 52.68%

FIRST SUNDAY AFTERNOON BRIDGE+ NORTH-SOUTH SECTION EEE EAST-WEST A B A B 1 1 Rita O’Hare, Modesto CA; Yasue Scherb, Seattle WA 66.00% 1 Linda Longmire, Yarrow Point WA; Gloria Sauro, Issaquah WA 60.50% 2 2 Margaret Stanley, Normandy Park WA; Patricia Wagner, Seattl WA 65.83% 2 1 Elizabeth Smith - Betty Dugan, Davis CA 60.00% 3 3 Carol Nielsen, Renton WA; Linda Plein, Burien WA 65.67% 3 2 Mary Beck, Burlington VT; A James Robertson, San Francisco CA 58.50% 4 4 Carmen Fitchett - Delbert Fitchett, Bethesda MD 59.17% 4 3 Marilyn Dierickx - Sylvia Bailey, Mercer Island WA 58.33% 5 Alice Nelson - Gary Nelson, Auburn WA 55.00% 5 Linda Plantz, Renton WA; Jo-Anne Bowen, Vancouver WA 58.00%

FIRST SUNDAY FAST OPEN PAIRS 2 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS XXX YYY ZZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 62.24% 1 1 1 Rebecca Turnbull, Chehalis WA; Kathleen Powers, Tumwater WA 61.29% 2 1 1 P Oates - W Oates, Brighton MI 60.76% 2 Jeff McKee, Dale TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 60.86% 3 Joan Anderson, West Des Moines IA; Bud Stowe, Clive IA 60.16% 3 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Albert Shrive, Dalton PA 60.85% 4 Bonnie Britton, Staten Island NY; Peter Latkany, Brooklyn NY 60.15% 4 2 David Schmidt, Chilliwack BC; Ralph Cole, Anacortes WA 57.92% 5 Donald Kersey - Paddy Allan, Kingston ON 59.07% 5 Dave Smith, Walls MS; Kate Burton, Durham CT 57.19% 6 2 Keith Hafen - Susan Hafen, Long Beach CA 57.93% 6 3 Harvey Bush, Klamath Falls OR; L Stuart Vance, Kailua Kona HI 54.97% 7 Howard Piltch, South Bend IN; Howard Siegel, Chestnut Hill MA 57.57% 7 4 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 54.95% 8 3 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Mary Ruth Di Carlo, Portland OR 57.42% 8 Becky Mosely, San Antonio TX; James La Fountain, Temple TX 54.34% 9 William Esberg, Long Branch NJ; Richard Budd, Portland ME 57.09% 9 5 T Gould - Frances Gould, Vancouver BC 54.10% 10 4 Don Glad - Donald Christensen, Seattle WA 56.08% 10 6 Joseph Thomas - Joyce Nakasaki, Redondo Beach CA 53.85% 11 5 2 Rui Gong, Sammamish WA; Yinsheng Tu, Vancouver BC 54.95% 11 7 Robert Flitton - Ted Heck, Victoria BC 53.15% 12 6 Barbara Kallaus - Patrick Kallaus, Kailua HI 54.86% 12 Bobby Maynard - Terry Currie, Houston TX 52.79% 13 7 3 Will Fox, Bellevue WA; Stanley Roberts, Mercer Island WA 54.31% 13 8 2 Sheryl McEwan - Margie Mastran, Reston VA 52.41% 14 Ronald Jauch - Jamie Newman, Nevada City CA 53.94% 14 9 Sally Kirtley, North Granby CT; Helen Pawlowski, Westfield MA 52.34% 15 8 Gilbert Brigham, Issaquah WA; Richard Davidson, Pasadena TX 53.65% 15 10 3 Maxine McComas - R Duane McComas, Portland OR 52.24% 16 9 4 Sarah Weinberg - Gary Weinberg, Columbia MD 53.42% 16 Richard Price, Fort Worth TX; James Brier, Las Vegas NV 52.08% 10 Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI; Kurt Fritz, San Diego CA 52.71% 11 Mario Mory - Phyllis Mory, Los Angeles CA 51.05% 11 Maria Pendergast, W Hollywood CA; Maria Abbott, San Francisco CA 52.65% 12 Travis Crump - Alfred Crump, Wyomissing PA 51.03% 12 Eileen Ojakangas - Leona Hanson, Davis CA 52.12% 4 Maitreyi Karthik - Karthik Srinivasan, Seattle WA 50.15% 5 Marilyn Steele, Richland WA; Jeanne Johnson, Kirkland WA 49.64% 5 Toby McEvoy, Henderson NV; Cindy Casson, Las Vegas NV 49.41% 6 Mark Headlee, Mercer Island WA; Philip Woo, Bellevue WA 48.53% 6 Thomas Berringer - Jean Berringer, Phoenix AZ 46.55%

Sunday Nov. 27 SponsorsJoe and Shirley Jabon Memorial

Stratified Open PairsJoe and Shirley were among the most

prominent couples on the Seattle bridge scene. Their contributions to the game of bridge were significant, whether it was their legendary parties, their development and sponsorship of what is now Seattle’s Only Bridge Burlesque or their bridge achievements.

Joe spent his early years in New Orleans. At about age 15, he was one of the original Quiz Kids. He attended Tulane University, where he discovered bridge and developed a partnership with Sidney Lazard. Upon his arrival in Seattle in the 1950s, he immediately became one of the leading players. He originated bridge plays and burlesques beginning with “My Fair Partner,” which he developed, performed in, and for which he wrote the lyrics. Joe was active in Seattle bridge activities and served as

president during his years on the unit board. He also served on the District 19 board.

Joe created and provided the Jabon Bridge Trophy, awarded annually to the newcomer (0-20 masterpoints) who wins the most masterpoints at Seattle sectional tournaments.

Shirley, arguably the social grand dame of Seattle bridge, believed that social interaction and camaraderie were as much a part of bridge as the game itself. It was in that spirit that volunteer work on countless committees at all levels predominated in her bridge activities One of her greatest commitments was to the Jabon Players, which eventually became Seattle’s Only Bridge Burlesque. Her organizational and social skills were indispensable to its growth and success.

Bill Flaherty Memorial Stratified Side B-A-M Teams

William “Bill” Flaherty was the seventh of eight children born to Dr. Richard and Madeline Flaherty. He was raised in Spokane and graduated from Gonzaga Prep and Eastern Washington University.

Bill was a well-known player on the Pacific Northwest bridge scene for more than 40 years including his 20-residence in the Seattle area. He was an avid competitor, a consummate gentleman, and a great friend to a continually-increasing number of players. Bill’s advice to his close bridge friends was: (a) the opponents are irrelevant; (b) be slow to anger; (c) the best revenge on distasteful opponents is to declare one trick better, double and beat them, and when they double you, make your contract.

His successes were numerous and ongoing with a wide-range of partners and teammates, including a win in the final regional championship that he contested before his death at age sixty-three

More Sunday Sponsors

SECTIONS H L 1 Frank Nickell, New York NY; Ralph Katz, Burr Ridge IL; Gary Cohler, Miami FL; Jeff Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Chris Compton, Dallas TX 17.00 2/3 Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT; Mark Dahl, Richmond VA; Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA; Yiji Starr, Wayland MA 16.00 2/3 Michael Rosenberg, Cupertino CA; Chris Willenken - Bjorn Fallenius, New York NY; Peter Fredin, Malmo Sweden 16.00 4/5 Jerry Premo, Sacramento CA; Kay Beck, Noblesville IN; Nick Wiebe, Oakland CA; Crispin Barrere, Berkeley CA 15.50 4/5 Sidney Brownstein, Santa Monica CA; David Caprera, Denver CO; Ed Davis, Seal Beach CA; Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA 15.50 6/7 John Jones, Santa Fe Sprgs CA; Gene Simpson, San Rafael CA; Leo Bell, Long Beach CA; Hamish Bennett, Menlo Park CA 15.00 6/7 Hansa Narasimhan, Los Altos Hills CA; Cecilia Rimstedt, 43335 Partille Sweden; Mikael Rimstedt, Haimstad Sweden; Ola Rimstedt, Halmstad Sweden 15.00 8 Barry Rigal, New York NY; Glenn Milgrim, Forest Hills NY; Allan Falk, Okemos MI; Peter Friedland, Cupertino CA 14.509/11 Jeffrey Ford, Redmond WA; Chris Moore - Jennifer Chalfan, Bellevue WA; Kim Eng, Issaquah WA 14.009/11 Ray Miller - Steve Mansfield, Seattle WA; Stanford Christie, Federal Way WA; Janet Daling, Sun Lakes AZ 14.009/11 John Onstott, New Orleans LA; Nicolas L’Ecuyer, Montreal QC; Vincent Demuy, Laval QC; Bruce Ferguson, Palm Springs CA 14.0012/14 Daniel Friedman - Linda Friedman, Orinda CA; Robert Munson, Danville CA; Bruce Tuttle, Berkeley CA 13.5012/14 Jason Rosenfeld, San Mateo CA; Drew Becker, Chicago IL; Howard Liu, US; William Watson, Sunnyvale CA 13.5012/14 Kevin Bathurst, New York NY; Daniel Zagorin, Chicago IL; Peter Bertheau, Taby Sweden; Fredrik Nystrom, 11421 Stockholm Sweden; Johan Upmark, 115 58 Stockho Sweden 13.50

MARSHA MAY STERNBERG BOARD-A-MATCH FIRST QUALIFYING SESSION SECTIONS E S 1 Renee Mancuso, Los Angeles CA; Rozanne Pollack, Basking Ridge NJ; Cheri Bjerkan, Elmhurst IL; Kathleen Sulgrove, Twinsburg OH; Pam Wittes, Venice CA; Linda Lewis, Sioux Falls SD 21.00 2 Geeske Joel, Palo Alto CA; Tobi Sokolow, Austin TX; Jill Levin, Henderson NV; Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA; Janice Seamon-Molson, Hollywood FL; Debbie Rosenberg, Cupertino CA 17.50 3 Betty Ann Kennedy, Shreveport LA; JoAnn Sprung, Philadelphia PA; Susan Picus - Gail Greenberg, New York NY 16.50 4/5 Joyce Hampton, Blythewood SC; Jenny Wolpert, Jupiter FL; Benedicte Cronier, Paris 75018 France; Sylvie Willard, Paris 75014 France; Sabine Auken, Charlottenlund Denmark; Daniela von Arnim, D-68766 Hockenh Germany 16.00 4/5 Valerie Westheimer, New York NY; Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Huntsville AL; Shawn Quinn, Sugar Land TX; Mildred Breed, Austin TX 16.00 6/7 Panette Talia, Campbell CA; Harriel Shea, San Jose CA; Heather Cutting, Portola Valley CA; Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA 15.50 6/7 Karen McCallum, Exeter NH; Catherine D’Ovidio, Courbevoie 9240 France; Lynn Baker, Austin TX; Neve, TX 15.50 8/9 Peggy Kaplan, Minnetonka MN; Melody Bi, Ashland MA; Cynthia Balderson, Eden Prairie MN; Carole Miner, Rochester MN 15.00 8/9 Sylvia Moss - Judi Radin - Migry Zur Campanile, New York NY; Jo Anna Stansby, Dublin CA 15.0010/13 Yue Su, Vancouver BC; Yuan Chen, Toronto ON; Sheila Pies, Osprey FL; Renjun Guo, Mountain House CA; Julie Zhu, Vero Beach FL 14.5010/13 Bette Cohn, Sarasota FL; Mary Oshlag, Memphis TN; Susi Ross, Winter Spgs FL; Elaine Said, Nashville TN 14.50 10/13 Lynda Nitabach, N Plainfield NJ; Sandra Rimstedt, Haverdal 310 4 Sweden; Emma Sjoberg, Linkoping 58431 Sweden; Meike Wortel, Amsterdam Netherlands; Marion Michielsen, 3024 AM Rotterd Netherlands 14.5010/13 Sharon Gerstman, Buffalo NY; Sally Woolsey, Kensington CA; Lynn Johannesen, Saratoga CA; Aida Saldzieva, Spijkenisse Netherlands 14.5014/17 Barbara Nist, Seatac WA; Patti Hartley, Kirkland WA; Janice Randles, Issaquah WA; Jackie Buroker, Bellevue WA 14.0014/17 Maritha Pottenger - Phyllis Yates, San Diego CA; Christine Urbanek, Tonawanda NY; Kit Humphrey, Berkeley CA 14.0014/17 Nancy Passell, Plano TX; Petra Hamman - Peggy Sutherlin, Dallas TX; Nell Cahn, Shreveport LA; Katrin Litwin, Burnaby BC 14.0014/17 Phyllis Fireman, Chestnut Hill MA; Kerri Sanborn, Stony Point NY; Shannon Cappelletti, Delray Beach FL; Irina Levitina, Hackensack NJ; Beth Palmer, Chevy Chase MD; Lynn Deas, Schenectady NY 14.00

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Tomorrow’s Bridge EventsTuesday, November 29, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherMt. Adams Tuesday-Thursday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 1st Hall 4A $16 $18Mt. Baker Sunday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 3rd Hall 4A $16 $18Okanagan Lake Monday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 3-4 Hall 4A $16 $18Western Hemlock Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 2nd single session Hall 4A $16 $18

Tuesday, November 29, 10:30 a.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Room 607 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Room 607 $15 $15

Tuesday, November 29, 10:30 a.m. & 3 p.m.Georgine Fagerlund Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Ballroom 6B $16 $18

Tuesday, November 29, 1 p.m.Steller’s Jay Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Hall 4A $16 $18

Tuesday, November 29, 1 & 7:30 p.m.KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS 1-2 Q Ballroom 6C $20 -- Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions.Mini-Blue Ribbon Pairs 1-2 Q Ballroom 6C $17 -- Pre-qualification required. 2 qualifying, 2 semifinal, 2 final sessions. Limited to players with fewer than 5000 masterpoints.BAZE SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 5 Room 618 $20 – Screens: second session at 8 p.m.Janet Daling Stratified Open Pairs 1-2 Hall 4A $16 $18 3000+; 0-3000Rhododendron (Gold Rush) 750/300 Pairs 1-2 Hall 4A $16 $18 Gold points for 0-750Space Needle Tuesday-Wednesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Hall 4A $16 $18Seattle Underground Memorial Monday-Tuesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Hall 4A $16 $18

Tuesday, November 29, 3 p.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Room 607 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Room 607 $15 $15

Tuesday, November 29, 7:30 p.m.Dean & Betty Corn Memorial Strati-Flighted A/X & B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Hall 4A $15 $17Steller’s Jay Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 4th single session Hall 4A $16 $18Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Room 607 $15 $17299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Room 607 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Room 607 $15 $15

Tuesday, November 29, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Room 607 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game.*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.

Georgine Fagerlund Stratified Daylight Open Pairs

Janet Daling Stratified Open Pairs by Diane Setterholm

Janet Daling was born in New Jersey, and lived in various states from Maine to Texas before settling in Washington, where she earned her PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Washington in 1977. For 30 years, Dr. Daling taught at the University of Washington where she is Professor Emeritus.

She also conducted research at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) in Seattle, focusing predominately on breast cancer until retiring in 2008. During her career Janet published approximately 400 medical papers and has been awarded numerous professional honors including the Outstanding Alumni for the year 1994 by the

University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, and the Donovan J. Thompson Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award from the FHCRC Division of Public Health Sciences in 2000. This year, the Fifth Annual American Association for Cancer Research Award was given to her and a team of internationally renowned molecular biologists, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and clinicians from FHCRC and the University of Washington for their years of efforts which have played a vital role in understanding HPV virus and in the development of the HPV vaccine.

Janet’s love of bridge began almost 50 years ago. She is a Platinum Life Master with more than 18,000 masterpoints. She has numerous regional wins, and has placed second in two NABC events. She feels her main contribution to Seattle bridge during her professional career was hiring more than 30 local bridge players for various positions on her studies at the cancer center.

After spending winters in Arizona for a number of years, Janet recently made Sun Lakes AZ her permanent home. She enjoys playing bridge at the community bridge club there, but continues to attend many ACBL tournaments around the U.S.

Janet has one son and is a devoted Grandma to two grandsons and 2 great grandchildren. Because all of them reside in Eastern Washington, she returns to the Northwest frequently.

Dean and Betty CornDean and Betty Corn bought the Walla Walla

Friday Night Bridge Club game for one dollar and ran it for a dozen fun years. They sold it for one dollar in 1993. Amassing 700 black, silver and red points, they never made Life Master, but they were masters of quality lives.

Tuesday Sponsors

FIRST SUNDAY FAST OPEN PAIRS 1 OF 2 SESSIONS NORTH-SOUTH SECTIONS XXX YYY ZZZ EAST-WEST A B C A B C 1 Mike Bovarnick, Mercer Island WA; Suzanne Sax, Seattle WA 62.14% 1 Donald Kersey - Paddy Allan, Kingston ON 62.32% 2 Jeff McKee, Dale TX; Greg Resz, Weatherford TX 60.83% 2 1 Lillian Johannessen, Honolulu HI; Kurt Fritz, San Diego CA 62.20% 3 Donna Rodwell, Clearwater Bch FL; Albert Shrive, Dalton PA 60.65% 3 Bonnie Britton, Staten Island NY; Peter Latkany, Brooklyn NY 60.06% 4/5 1/2 David Schmidt, Chilliwack BC; Ralph Cole, Anacortes WA 58.63% 4 2 Harvey Bush, Klamath Falls OR; L Stuart Vance, Kailua Kona HI 56.96% 4/5 1/2 1 Kathy Gilman, Shoreline WA; Sunny Koontz, Palm Beach FL 58.63% 5 3 1 Maitreyi Karthik - Karthik Srinivasan, Seattle WA 56.89% 6 Howard Piltch, South Bend IN; Howard Siegel, Chestnut Hill MA 58.07% 6 4 2 Will Fox, Bellevue WA; Stanley Roberts, Mercer Island WA 56.31% 7 3 Geraint Harker, Boulder CO; Katelin Yates, Erie CO 57.70% 7 5 Barbara Kallaus - Patrick Kallaus, Kailua HI 56.07% 8 4 2 Toby McEvoy, Henderson NV; Cindy Casson, Las Vegas NV 57.53% 8 William Esberg, Long Branch NJ; Richard Budd, Portland ME 55.78% 9 Clay Sundermeyer - Nada Sundermeyer, Bellevue WA 57.03% 9 Ronald Jauch - Jamie Newman, Nevada City CA 54.64% 10 Linda Green, Southaven MS; Carol Bruno, Peoria AZ 56.79% 10 6 Don Glad - Donald Christensen, Seattle WA 54.11% 11 5 Laurel Ewing, Kirkland WA; Bobbie Damon, Redmond WA 56.07% 11 7 3 Alice Wright - Thomas Wright, San Francisco CA 53.33% 12 6 3 Claire Young - Wallace McOuat, San Anselmo CA 55.89% 12 8 Janet Grove, Hillsborough CA; Linda Schwarz, San Mateo CA 53.27% 13 7 Robyn Hedly - Per Hedly, Denver CO 55.83% 13 Muffie Gur - Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ 53.06% 14 8 Mario Mory - Phyllis Mory, Los Angeles CA 54.76% 14 Faye Parsons, Saratoga CA; Jeffrey Hack, San Jose CA 52.92% 15 Dave Smith, Walls MS; Kate Burton, Durham CT 53.57% 15 9 Nancy Driscoll, Capitola CA; Mary Peterson, Santa Cruz CA 51.90% 16 Robert Varty - Michael Curley, Grand Rapids MI 53.44% 16 Richard Price, Fort Worth TX; James Brier, Las Vegas NV 51.81% 9 Justin Beck, Sherwood OR; Mary Ruth Di Carlo, Portland OR 52.32% 10 4 Gary Corbett, Medina WA; Frederick Fogg, Seattle WA 51.08% 10 Joseph Thomas - Joyce Nakasaki, Redondo Beach CA 51.90% 11 T Gould - Frances Gould, Vancouver BC 50.71% 11 Robert Flitton - Ted Heck, Victoria BC 51.25% 12 Suzy Ryder - Thomas Ryder, Boise ID 50.70% 12 Linda Kleinsasser - Allen Kleinsasser, Bellevue WA 50.83% 13 Keith Hafen - Susan Hafen, Long Beach CA 50.60% 4 Rebecca Turnbull, Chehalis WA; Kathleen Powers, Tumwater WA 49.23% 5 P Oates - W Oates, Brighton MI 48.93% 5 Ann Atcheson, Fairfax VA; M. David Jackson, Alexandria VA 47.32% 6 Jerry Paulukonis - Leo Egashira, Seattle WA 48.87% 7 Rui Gong, Sammamish WA; Yinsheng Tu, Vancouver BC 48.57%

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Today’s Bridge Events

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.

Goodwill DayMonday, November 28, 9 a.m.

Event Session Sold Entry/player/session ACBL members* OtherOkanagan Lake Monday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Compact Knockout Teams 1-2 Hall 4A $16 $18Mt. Baker Sunday-Tuesday Morning Bracketed Knockout Teams 2nd Hall 4A $16 $18

Western Hemlock Monday-Wednesday Morning Side Game Series 1st single session Hall 4A $16 $18

Monday, November 28, 10:30 a.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Room 607 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Room 607 $15 $15

Monday, November 28, 10:30 a.m. & 3 p.m.Caroline Yurochak Memorial Stratified Daylight Open Pairs 1-2 Ballroom 6B $16 $18

Monday, November 28, 1 p.m.Steller’s Jay Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 1st single session Hall 4A $16 $18

Monday, November 28, 1 & 7:30 p.m.MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Ballroom 6E $20 --MARSHA MAY STERNBERG WOMEN’S BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS 1-2 F Ballroom 6E $20 -- Note: second session is at 7:30 p.m.BAZE SENIOR KNOCKOUT TEAMS Round 4 Room 618 $20 – Screens: second session at 8 p.m.Miles Adkins Memorial & Coulee City Strati-Flighted A/X Pairs 1-2 Ballroom 6C $16 $18Miles Adkins Memorial & Coulee City Strati-Flighted B/C/D Pairs 1-2 Hall 4A $16 $18Seattle Underground Monday-Tuesday Bracketed Knockout Teams 1-2 Hall 4A $16 $18Queen Anne Monday Compact Knockout Teams 1-4 Hall 4A $16 $18Fremont Troll Sunday-Monday Bracketed Knockout Teams 3-4 Ballroom 6C $16 $18

Monday, November 28, 3 p.m.299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Room 607 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Room 607 $15 $15

Monday, November 28, 7:30 p.m.Frank Cady Memorial Strati-Flighted A/X & B/C/D Side Swiss Teams single Hall 4A $15 $17Steller’s Jay Monday-Wednesday Side Game Series 2nd single session Hall 4A $16 $18Stratified 299er Swiss Teams single Room 607 $15 $17299er, 199er, 99er & 49er Pairs single Room 607 $15 $170-20, 0-5 Pairs single Room 607 $15 $15

Monday, November 28, 11:30 p.m.Zip Knockout Teams single Room 607 $12/team/match

Unless otherwise noted, strata breaks for all stratified events are: A (3000+), B (750-3000), C (0-750). For Strati-Flighted events, A/X are 5000+/0-5000 and play in their own game; B (1500-3000), C (750-1500) and D (0-750) play in their own game.*Members whose dues payment is current and Life Masters whose service fee payment is current.

Caroline Yurovchak Memorial Stratified Daylight Open Pairs

A game player since childhood, Caroline “Carrie” Yurovchak discovered bridge in the mid-1940s and began playing duplicate with a foursome who traveled to Mount Vernon in 1946. In 1948, Carrie and her husband Andy helped found the Bellingham Club. She finished first on the club’s initial night of play. She continued to be a club member until her death.

A longtime Life Master, Carrie played every Bellingham sectional and participated in national and regional tournament events in St. Louis, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver and Hawaii (twice). She even included bridge in her travels to Estonia and Czechoslovakia.

At the age of 93, Carrie continued to play duplicate three times a week and rubber bridge four times a week, playing with the same competitiveness and zeal she had always displayed for the game.

Carrie played bridge last month on a Friday afternoon at the Lakeway Club, went out to dinner and played Saturday evening with a large group of bridge friends. She died the next morning. Carrie left this life doing what she loved. She was a fantastic lady.

Frank Cady Memorial Strati-Flighted Side Swiss Teams

Frank Cady graduated from Queen Anne High School in Seattle and later the University of Washington with an engineering degree. Frank was a very social person, one who had a knack for putting all in his presence at ease. Frank loved family activities and, apart from bridge, he was an avid fisherman and golfer. His experiences generated a range of stories and anecdotes that still stir the memories of those who had the pleasure of knowing him.

Frank was a prominent player in Northwest bridge for more than 40 years and half of a number of partnerships - ones marked as much by their pleasant manner as their ongoing success. Frank’s light and

enjoyable approach to the game made encounters with him a pleasure, independent of the match outcome. He mentored all levels of players with the same courtesy and humor he exhibited in all of his bridge activities.

Miles Adkins Memorial/Coulee City Strati-Flighted Pairs

Miles Adkins was born on Aug. 27, 1928 and died on Jan. 6, 2011.

After graduating from Coulee City High School, Miles served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army. After military service, Miles obtained a degree in agriculture from Washington State University. He was a self-employed wheat farmer.

Miles had three joys in life: bridge, football and politics. He became Life Master number 6359 in August 1965, and is listed in the ACBL Lifetime Top 500.

Miles was a lifelong resident of Coulee City WA, and a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge.

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