October 2019 Newsletter

4th Floor, 820 N Orleans Street Chicago, IL 60610 (312) 631-3948 http:/www.bridgewebs.com/chicagodbc

It’s That Time Again! Our club calendar starts in the fall with two annual milestones: Board election and dues due. Consider running for the Board—this is your chance to have an effect on how the club operates. A good Board is essential any good organization. Board membership is not onerous—one meeting every couple of months. Plus each member is asked to contribute his or her efforts in some way, depending on individual interests and availability. And it’s also time to pay your annual CDB dues--$60 per year—if you haven’t done so yet. Your dues support all our member benefits—our Rank Advancement parties, this newsletter, all our championship games, holiday parties, and more. Members have access to lots of resources on our Bridgewebs site. And importantly, members pay $2 less than nonmembers per game at the club and receive significant discounts on lessons. Dues must be paid by November 30. Please update your email, phone, and address online as needed. See you at the club!

Upcoming Special Events

October 5, Saturday afternoon – Rank Advancement Party;

I/N Plaque Event

October 6, Sunday afternoon – Swiss Teams

October 25, Friday evening – Annual Meeting and Election

November 3, Sunday afternoon – Open Teams Plaque Event

November 5, Tuesday evening – Mentor/Advanced Mentee Game

November 21, Thursday evening – Mentor/Mentee Game with Dinner

More 2019 Special Events December 15, Sunday afternoon– Holiday Party and Game

Click on Calendar below the News on the Home Page to see the full schedules at http://bridgewebs.com/cgi-bin/bwom/bw.cgi?club=chicagodbc&pid=display_future

They are also posted at the Club.

Annual Meeting and Election Is Coming October 25 is the annual meeting and Board election for Chicago Duplicate Bridge. Board members whose current terms are expiring include Judy Adler, Merilee Elliott, Matthew Dyer, Barry Little, and Francie Margolin. Those with one more year on their current term include Guy Franklin, Rosede Olson, David Schroeder, and Brad Stout. If you are interested in serving on the Board, please contact Dave Schroeder, election chair, at dave8459@yahoo.com. Board terms are 2 years.

Homemade Cookies and Developing Bridge Players: What a Combo!

October 3 is the next Mentor/Advanced Mentee game at Chicago Duplicate Bridge. Held at 6:30 the first Tuesday evening of every month, these games are designed to provide our I/N players with some individualized feedback on their bidding and play. They are “regular” games and award Masterpoints with appropriate stratification. Mentees who are interested in participating should send email to Dave Schroeder at dave8459@yahoo.com and come with a completed convention card. Another benefit—treats provided by Dave, baker extraordinaire! This month the date is also National Homemade Cookie Day. We encourage players to make and bring their favorite cookies—like an early holiday cookie exchange if they don’t all get eaten!

Club Courtesy

Cell phones have been an increasing annoyance for our players. Directors have been asked to penalize players whose phones disrupt the game, in particular those who are repeat offenders. If you must use your phone, please leave the room. If you are expecting an important call, please find out how to turn your phone to vibrate, and leave the room to take the call. If possible, alert the Director in advance that you are expecting a call.

There has also been an increase in "odor" complaints, in both directions. Odiferous players are a problem in the confined space of a bridge club, and regular bathing and laundry are encouraged, to say the least. Your overuse of perfume and scent is overwhelming for some of our players, and an actual allergen for a small number. Ideally, forego the perfume completely; we’re all sweet enough without it.

Parking Rate Increase Beginning August 1, the cost of parking in the lot to the north of our building increased. The

lot’s owners, EZ Parking, raised the costs to us, including the monthly rent paid by the club, to

reflect their own increased costs. The club will continue to subsidize the parking fee for

players. The fee for the first 10 spots, paid directly to the game Director, is now $6.00. The fee

for subsequent parkers is $8.50. Parking is free on Sundays and evenings. It is imperative that

all players display their CDB parking permits or decals every time they park, including on

Sundays and evenings. “Outsiders” sometimes claim to be bridge players to escape paying

parking fees, and the lot’s staff are cracking down on offenders.

Beverages for SALE at CDB

The beverage cooler stocked with water, pop, and LaCroix has proved to be a big hit and a

huge improvement over the previous vending machine. However, some of our players fail to

pay for their beverage of choice. We know which of our players regularly fail to pay. Please do

the right thing and put your $1 in the jar EVERY time.

Beginner, Intermediate/Novice News Beginners are welcome at Chicago Duplicate Bridge. We offer at least 4 games every week for players with limited Masterpoints, as well as separate games at special events if attendance warrants. All games are stratified and provide Masterpoints. High school students can play for $1.00. Supervised play consists of play of several hands with advice and commentary available; a short lesson is often included. And we have lessons at several levels; see below. ❖ Supervised Play

o Wednesday evening 6:30

o Friday morning 10:30

❖ Scheduled games

o 299er Monday 12:15

o 299er Wednesday 12:15

o 99er Thursday 6:30

o 99er Friday 1:00

o 499er Saturday 11:15

Lessons—We’ve Got Lessons!

Chicago Duplicate Bridge offers bridge lessons for beginners, intermediate players, and advanced players. Instructors include Brad Stout, Rosede Olson, and Eldad “Gino” Ginossar. Gino is an expert bridge player and a great teacher; we are especially fortunate to have him at Chicago Duplicate Bridge. Listed below are current offerings.

❖ Beginning Bridge (Rosede Olson)

o Wednesdays, 5:30 pm, beginning October 2

o $150 for 6-week session, which includes a beginning bridge book; $25

drop-in cost (optional book $15)

❖ Master Lessons for Advanced Players (Gino Ginossar)

o Mondays, 9:15/9:30 am

o NO LESSON October 7 or 14; lessons resume October 21

o $35 per session for members; $40 for nonmembers

❖ Bidding for Intermediate Players (Gino Ginossar)

o Wednesdays, 9:15/9:30 am

o $200 for 8-session series for CDB members; $35 per session for

nonmembers/drop-in cost

❖ Supervised Play with I/N Lesson (Guy Franklin)

o Fridays, 10:30 am

o $10 per session

Bidding a minor suit slam after a 2NT opening

After a 2NT opening, the only available bid below 3NT not used to find a major suit fit is 3 .

The 3 response can be employed to explore for the minor(s). Minor Suit Stayman (MSS) is a

Gino’s Corner

useful convention in this situation. Responder bids 3 to find a 4-card minor holding in opener’s hand. Using this convention, responder shows both minor suits with at least 5-4 distribution and sufficient strength to invite slam, 10+ points.

In response to 3 (MSS), opener bids any 4+ card minor at the 4 level, starting a slam sequence by bidding controls or RKCB. Without a 4-card minor, opener bids 3NT. Responder can pass 3NT with a minimal hand. With additional HCP or more shape, responder continues by bidding the longer minor at the 4 level. Here are 2 hands where responder would use MSS:

2 75 AQ1083 K9542

Q76 9 KQ106 A10962 The following 2 examples show opener’s response to MSS:

(G) (H) West East West East

2NT 3 2NT 3

3NT 4 In hand (G), opener West does not have a 4-card minor. In hand (H), opener West has 4 diamonds. Here are the full opener hands:

West (G): AJ8 KQ75 A32 AQ2

West (H): AJ92 AQ8 AQ106 K7

Upcoming Tournaments

So many tournaments, and plenty of time! Check out all the upcoming tournaments. For more

information on upcoming local tournaments, see http://bridgeinchicago.com/tournaments/.

For ACBL-wide tournaments, see http://tournaments.acbl.org/.

❖ Milwaukee Fallfest Sectional o October 2-5 o Milwaukee, WI

❖ Caseyville Sectional o October 4-6 o Caseyville, IL (St. Louis area)

See the Leaves Sectional

o Springfield, IL o October 11-13

❖ Northwest Indiana Fall Sectional o Highland, IN o October 11-13

Player Achievements

CDB players continue to do well. Congratulations to these players for success at the club! Note: All games Open unless otherwise noted.

65.00 – 69.99% Games 8/28 John Miller, William Berkman 68.96

8/31 Kathryn Norman, Christine Lyon 66.67

8/31 Aleksander Lishkov, Rosede Olson 65.89

9/2 Richard Dallet, Bob Shen 65.87

9/2 199er Joan Stelmack, Tom Stelmack 66.67

9/3 Bruce Ladin, Carole Greene 66.22

9/4 George Clark, Marshall Levine 69.09

9/6 Frances Margolin, Barry Little 66.87

9/7 Claude Vogel, Richard Gabriel 67.26

9/11 John Miller, William Berkman 65.97

9/12 Herb Rosen, Duke Bhatia 68.15

9/12 Katherine Rehak, William Buchman 65.77

9/12 99er George Alukal, David Kulig 65.00

9/16 299er Allan Odden, Sheldon Migdal 67.46

9/17 Aleksander Lishkov, Rosede Olson 65.50

9/18 299er Susan Diamond, Arllyn Freeman 68.13

9/19 Katherine Rehak, Matthew Dyer 65.00

9/22 Aleksander Lishkov, John Deech 66.02

9/23 299er Mary Brown, Mary Murtaugh 67.46

70.00 or Over Games 9/5 Eli Jolley, Merilee Elliott 72.00

9/5 99er George Alukal, David Kulig 75.92

9/9 299er Laura McCormick, Linda Levine 76.19

9/13 George Clark, Matthew Dyer 70.83

9/17 George Clark, Carole Greene 70.29

Player Rank Advancement

Congratulations to the following members who have advanced in ACBL rank in July, as noted

on September 6.

Eileen Pembroke, Junior Master; Ilan Wolff, Advanced NABC Master; Daiva Vitukynaite, Bronze Life Master; Joseph Tomlinson, Ruby Life Master; Cherrolyn Woolwine, Sapphire Life Master.

Congratulations to these players for success away from the Club!

CDB was exceptionally well represented at the North American Pairs competition in

Milwaukee on Saturday, September 14. Each pair will represent District 13 at the Spring NABC

in Columbus next year. The North American Pairs is a prestigious national level event with

three pairs from each district competing. A flight was won by George Jacobs and Claude Vogel.

B flight was won convincingly by Kevin Choi and Cory Perkers. And C flight was won by

Cindy Polayes and Carolyn Turek. As a result of their success, they are both now life masters.

See additional results below.

Milwaukee Summer Milwaukee, WI

August 20-25, 2019

Tuesday Strat F1 A/X/Y Pairs 2A

5X, 4Y Kendra Bridges, Tom Fogarty Margie Zolla, John Miller

Wednesday Strat F1 A/X/Y Pairs 2A 8A, 2X 6X, 2Y

5Y

Ilan Wolff, Jack Oest Philip McPeek, Kendra Bridges Margie Zolla, John Miller Judy Katz, Laura Werner

Thursday Side Series 1A, 1B, 1C

4A, 3B Daniel Wright Leslie Phelps

Thursday Side Pairs – 7 tables 5A, 4B, 3C Daniel Wright

Thursday Strat F1 Swiss Teams 3A Ilan Wolff, Jack Oest, Cynthia

Thursday Side Pairs – 10 tables 1A Daniel Wright

Thursday Strat F1 A/X/Y Pairs

1A 3A, 1C

4A 4B

Kendra Bridges, Tom Fogarty David Joyce Robert Lass Charles Fortney, Daniel Wright

Saturday A/X Pairs 2A 3A

Joseph Stokes Robert Lass

Sunday Strat F1 A/X Swiss 1A, 1X

3A Jack Bierig, Gail Shaps Geoff Bridges, Kendra Bridges

Labor Day Silver Point Sectional

Skokie, IL

August 29-September 2, 2019

Thursday Charity Pairs 5A, 2B

7A George Marx, Joseph Tomlinson Toddy Levitt

Friday Morning NLM Pairs 2A, 2B 6A, 5B, 1C

6B

Marjorie Goettsche Frances Margolin, Peggy Wolf Rosalie Sturtevant, James Sturtevant

Friday Morning Open Pair/Team

(Pairs)

1A 2A

14A 5B 2C 4C 5C

Cheri Bjerkan, Joseph Stokes L. James Phillips Judy Zhu Judy Isenberg Monte Lamb, Patricia Ballman Daniel Wright Cynthia Polayes, Carolyn Turek

Friday Morning Team Segment

1A 2A 3A 5A 7A

10A 10A

2B, 1C 5B 3C

Cheri Bjerkan, Joseph Stokes L. James Phillips Kendra Bridges Judy Zhu George Clark, Matthew Dyer James O’Neil, Hal Stern Barbara Saben, Richard Strauss Daniel Wright Michael Cochran, Matthew Staman Cynthia Polayes, Carolyn Turek

Friday Afternoon 499er Pairs 5A, 5B Kay Collins

Friday Afternoon Open Pair/Team

(Pair)

1A 4A 5A

11A 13A

5B, 2C 5C

Judy Zhu Cheri Bjerkan, Joseph Stokes Amin Hakim Patt Quinn David Joyce Daniel Wright Carolyn Turek, Cynthia Polayes

Friday Afternoon Open Pair/Team

(Team)

1A 2A 2A 4A 5A

10A

Amin Hakim L James Phillips Cheri Bjerkan, Joseph Stokes Judy Zhu Todd Fisher, Tom Fogarty Susan Eggebrecht, Jane Kennedy, Carolyn Rowley

10A 10A, 3B

4B

4B, 2C 4C

Hal Stern, James O’Neil Carole Knoblauch, Burton Stern, Loring Knoblauch, Missy Ravid Judy Isenberg Daniel Wright Carolyn Turek, Cynthia Polayes

Memorial Charity Pairs 1A 1A

4A, 3B

Patt Quinn Claude Weil, Joseph Tomlinson Susan Eggebrecht, Jane Kennedy

Saturday Morning 499er Pairs 1A, 1B

3C 5C

Marjorie Goettsche Frances Margolin, Peggy Wolf Eula Ford, Pat Knowles

Saturday Morning Open

Pair/Team (Pairs)

3A 4A

8A, 2B 13A 14A 5B 5C

Joseph Stokes Jack Oest John Miller Judy Isenberg Barbara Saben Susan Eggebrecht Carolyn Turek, Cynthia Polayes

Saturday Morning Open

Pair/Team (Teams)

1A 2A, 1B 5A, 2B

6A 10A, 3B, 1C

10A 5B

Joseph Stokes Susan Eggebrecht Janet Nachman, John Miller David Joyce, Jack Oest, L James Phillips Monte Lamb, Carolyn Turek, Cynthia Polayes Daniel Wright Brad Stout, Matthew Dyer

Saturday Afternoon 499er Pairs 5A, 5B Kunal Pujara

Saturday Afternoon Open

Pair/Team (Teams)

1A 2A 2A

6A, 2B 8A

9A, 3B 11A 6B

Tom Fogarty Richard Strauss, Mohammed Abedi Judy Zhu, Geoff Bridges, Kendra Bridges Susan Eggebrecht Joseph Stokes Gail Shaps, James Abbott, Jack Bierig Judy Isenberg John Miller

Saturday Afternoon Open

Pair/Team (Pairs)

2A, 2B 4A 5A

10A 12A 15A 5B 5C

Susan Eggebrecht Tom Fogarty Jack Oest Joseph Stokes Geoff Bridges, Kendra Bridges Judy Isenberg Gail Shaps, Jack Bierig Carolyn Turek, Cynthia Polayes

Sunday Morning 499er Pairs 6A, 6B Kunal Pujara, Les White

Sunday Morning Open Pair/Team

(Teams)

1A 2A 4A 5A 6A 6A 3B

Judy Zhu L James Phillips David Joyce Amin Hakim Michael Cochran Claude Weil, Joseph Tomlinson Missy Ravid

Sunday Morning Open Pair/Team

(Pairs)

2A 6A 7A 8A

10A 12A, 2B

4B 5B 2C

L James Phillips David Joyce Gediminas Poska, Daiva Vitukynaite Judy Zhu Tom Fogarty, Todd Fisher Adriana Humada, Michael Airdo Cory Perkers, Yixin Tang Jamie Rubenstein, Linda Sweig Cynthia Huang, Aleksander Lishkov

Sunday Afternoon 499er Pairs 5A, 5B 6A, 6B

Eva Farkas, Martin Farkas Rosalie Sturtevant, James Sturtevant

Sunday Afternoon Open

Pair/Team (Teams)

1A 2A 2A

4S

7A, 2B, 1C

7A

Todd Fisher, Tom Fogarty Judy Zhu Charles Fortney, Geoff Bridges, Edwin Glickman, Kendra Bridges Gediminas Poska, Daiva Vitukynaite Cynthia Huang, Aleksander Lishkov, Ilan Wolff Richard Strauss, Judy Isenberg

Sunday Afternoon Open

Pair/Team (Pairs)

1A 4A, 2B, 1C

5A 7A 3C 4C

Geoff Bridges, Kendra Bridges Ilan Wolff Richard Strauss, Judy Isenberg Gediminas Poska, Daiva Vitukynaite Daniel Wright Cynthia Huang, Aleksander Lishkov

Monday Morning NLM Swiss

Teams

(7 tables)

2A, 2B Eva Farkas, Martin Farkas, Emanuel Kahana, Rivka Kahana

Monday Morning NLM Swiss

Teams

(5 tables)

1A, 1B, 1C Christine Lyon

Monday Morning Swiss Teams

1A, 1B 3A 3A

Claude Vogel, Judy Zhu James Diebel Daiva Vitukynaite, Gediminas Poska

5A 8A

11A 3B

3B 5B

6B 1C

Joseph Stokes L James Phillips, David Joyce Ilan Wolff, Jack Oest,Cynthia Huang James Abbott, Matthew Dyer, Aleksander Lishkov Cory Perkers, Kevin Choi Judi Katz, Patricia Ballman, George Marx, Joseph Tomlinson Herbert Rosen, Allen Sweet Carolyn Naselli, Robin Roy, Judith Adler, Beverly Yusim

On the Banks of the Wabash Terre Haute, IN

September 6-8, 2019 Saturday AM Open Pairs 7A John Miller

Saturday Afternoon Open Pairs 3A John Miller

Rockford Classic Cherry Valley, IL

September 8-10, 2019 Monday AM Pairs/Team (P) 4A, 2B Paul Hamper, Paul Prez

Monday AM Pairs/Team (T) 1A Paul Hamper, Paul Prez

Tuesday AM Pairs/Team (P) 2A Judy Zhu

Tuesday AM Pairs/Team (T) 2A Judy Zhu

Tuesday Afternoon Pairs/Team (P) 2A Judy Zhu

Tuesday Afternoon Pairs/Team (T) 3A Judy Zhu

District 13 NAP Final Milwaukee, WI

September 14, 2019

Flight A

1 2 7 8

George Jacobs, Claude Vogel Daiva Vitukynaite, Gediminas Poska L James Phillips Aleksander Lishkov, Katherine Rehak

Flight B 1 2

Kevin Choi, Cory Perkers James Abbott

Unit 123 Rankings

Congratulations to players in the top 10 of Unit 123 rankings posted September 6!

Mini McKinney Ace of Clubs 0-5 Nancy Krippel #2 0-5 Nancy Krippel #2

5-20 Aleksander Lishkov #1 Cynthia Huang #2 Kunal Pujara #4 Rob Moore #7 Art Moore #8 Mary Anderson #10

5-20 Aleksandar Lishkov #1 Kunal Pujara #2 Mary Anderson #6 Tamar Shilo #7 Rob Moore #8 Mai Phan #9 Bob Lenet #10

20-50 Daniel Weiss #1 Raphael Hallerman #2 Nick Evens #3 Steven Strong #9

20-50 Nick Evens #7

50-100 Sarik Goyal #1 Zihan Tan #4 Helen Blinder #6 Frances Margolin #7 Tricia Fox #8

50-100 Helen Blinder #2 Frances Margolin #3 Sarik Goyal #4 Tricia Fox #5 Jon Carroll #8

100-200 James Sturtevant #2 Rosalie Sturtevant #2 Patricia Ballman #5 Missy Ravid #7 Pauline Oyama #8 James English #9 Les White #10

100-200 Patricia Ballman #2 Pauline Oyama #3 Missy Ravid #4 James English #5 Kathryn Norman #6 Les White #9

200-300 Tracy Nolan #3 Brad Stout #5 Christine Lyon #8 Jan Sax #9 Marjorie Goettsche #10

200-300 Tracy Nolan #2 Steven Norman #4 Christine Lyon #5

300-500 Monte Lamb #1 Cynthia Polayes #3 Carolyn Turek #5 Marcy Gookin #8 Valy Lev #9

300-500 Cynthia Polayes #1 Monte Lamb #4 Jay Schneider #6 Carolyn Turek #7 Marie Stevenson #8 Marcy Gookin #10

500-1000 Adriana Humada #1 Philip McPeek #2 Judi Katz #3 William Berkman #4 Daniel Wright #5

500-1000 Adriana Humada #1 William Berkman #2 Judi Katz #3 Marjorie Zolla #4 Sandi Schlueter #5

5 Nic Hristea, Mark Pinkowski

Flight C 1 Cynthia Polayes, Carolyn Turek

Mini McKinney Ace of Clubs Marjorie Zolla #7 Sandi Schlueter #8 Eileen Tardy #9 Janet Hickerson #10

Eileen Tardy #6 David Schroeder #7 Duke Bhatia #8 A Bascon #9

1000-1500 Rosede Olson #2 Susan Eggebrecht #3 Mark Pinkowski #5 Janet Nachman #8 Mary Schultz #9

1000-1500 Rosede Olson #1 Susan Eggebrecht #3 Mary Schultz #4 Janet Nachman #5 Linda Sweig #9

1500-2500 John Miller #1 Bruce Ladin #2 Michael Airdo #3 Geoff Bridges #7 Caryl Brown #8 David Joyce #9

1500-2500 John Miller #1 Bruce Ladin #2 Michael Airdo #4 Caryl Brown #7 Gerald Landy #10

2500-3500 Tom Fogarty #1 Matthew Dyer #3 John Goring #4 George Clark #7

2500-3500 Matthew Dyer #1 George Clark #2 Carole Green #5 Katherine Rehak #7 Paul Lindauer #8

3500 -5000 Kendra Bridges #1

Robert Lass #4

Joseph Stokes #5

3500-5000 Toddy Leavitt #2 Kendra Bridges #4 Jane Kennedy #5

5000-7500 Judy Zhu #4

5000-7500 Judy Zhu #1 James Diebel #2 Susan Adams #5 Richard Strauss #10

7500-10000 Eldad Ginossar #1 Amin Hakim #2 Ellen Kent #3 Jack Oest #6 Barbara Saben #10

7500-10000 Amin Hakim #1 Barbara Saben #5 Eldad Ginossar #7 Ellen Kent #8 Muhammad Abedi #10

10000+ 10000+ L. James Phillips #2 Claude Vogel #8