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The Grand National Teams 

A Refreshingly Different Bridge Experience 

By Jeff Miller 

Are you serious about improving your game? 

If so, plan to play in The Grand National Teams. This 

event gives players the experience of playing in a national 

event without the time and expense of traveling. Winners 

in four different flights from each ACBL District will 

compete for the right to represent their District at the 

NABC in New York next summer. A substantial subsidy 

helps the winning teams continue District 13’s tradition 

of GNT excellence. 

District 13, which includes Chicago, Wisconsin, and the 

Upper Peninsula of Michigan, has an innovative format 

that allows participants to “play up” for experience against 

strong opposition without losing their chances to win. 

Eventually, there is a Flight just right for everyone. 

Ask any good player. Nearly all will tell you that they 

spent a lot of time playing in strong games, and it was the 

key to improving. These chances are increasingly rare, 

especially in the local area. There are many opportunities 

to play events against players at one’s own level; almost 

every event is stratified or bracketed. 

Now here is a chance to get some valuable experience 

without sacrificing your chance to win. You could start by 

playing up in the “Championship” or “A” flights, the focus 

of this article. Here are the benefits: 

Ê You will see how experts handle the same problems 

you have. This will be even easier since the District 

is providing hand copies after the match. 

Ê You won’t get any unwanted lessons — but if you 

ask, you might learn more in a day than you have 

learned in months. 

Ê You will see how top teams and partnerships behave 

and cooperate. It is a great experience. 

Ê You will create stories that you can recount for 

years. People still talk about matches among the 

strong Chicago teams from 25 years ago. 

Ê You might score a big upset. They do happen and 

you can become an instant celebrity. You earn more 

respect from a GNT upset victory than from 

multiple wins of bracketed games. 

The top flights provide strong competition, a congenial 

setting, and the highest principles of ethics and sporting 

behavior. It is an experience everyone should enjoy. When 

you lose (and all but one team will eventually lose) eligible 

players can “drop down” into Flight A competition or enter 

the Flight B and C events, which will be held in April. We 

will have more on that event in the next issue. 

The Championship Flight and Flight A events begin 

February 7-8, 2004, at the American Legion in Northbrook 

with surviving teams competing again in two weeks. Please 

see our ads and flyers for full details. 

Players with questions about the event or those who 

want to play but need teammates should call or email the 

District GNT coordinator: Jeff Miller, jmiller@newarc.com, 

630-548-0517 office, 630-357-0341 home. 

Want to see your picture 

here? Want to play against 

these five experts? This is the 

time. The team of Ralph 

Katz, Jerry Goldfein, 

Xiadong Shi, Kerry Smith 

and Steve Garner were last 

year’s winners. However, the 

year before they did not make 

the final match. This could 

be the year that you knock 

them out. 

History of the Grand National Teams 

Originally the Grand National Teams was a North 

American contest with all 25 ACBL districts participating. 

Now the Championship division is a United States event, 

with only the 23 U.S. districts participating. The event was 

subdivided into three separate events in 1985. Qualifiers 

earned their right to compete by winning at the grassroots 

level earlier in the year. (District 13 does not require club 

qualifying events.) The winners at the NABC level have 

their names engraved on the Morehead Trophy, donated 

by The New York Times in memory of its longtime bridge 

editor, Albert H. Morehead. The trophy was originally 

awarded to the winners of a special knockout team event 

that followed the Reisinger team contest at the Fall NABC 

in 1967 but was withdrawn when the event proved 

unpopular. Since 1973 the trophy has been awarded to 

winners of the Grand National Teams.

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Editorial 

President’s Message 

by Frank Chadwell 

As the year 2003 comes to a close, so does my 24 months as president 

of the Chicago Contract Bridge Association. I would like to take this 

opportunity to thank all my fellow Board members for all the hard work 

and assistance they have given me during my tenure. I have enjoyed 

working at the administrative end of our organization, and will continue 

to do so. As of WinterFest 2004, your new executive committee for the 

CCBA will be Lavern Wiebe; president; John Goldstein; vice-president; 

Stan Katz; treasurer; and myself as secretary. 

The main function of the CCBA is to run tournaments for our 

organization. In the past two years we have moved our SummerFest 

Regional into Rosemont (the Stephens Convention Center was not a great 

site; but your Board listened to your input about this Regional and we are 

going to a new and better location in 2004; the Holiday Inn in Rosemont). 

We have spent two years at the Weber Leisure Center in Skokie for the 

Labor Day Sectional. This is a fine site; attendance is growing there. Last 

month was the second year for our new FallFest Sectional at the Lindner 

Conference Center in Lombard; also a good site. Attendance at our Central 

States Regional at Lake Geneva in October 2003 was up over 75 tables 

from 2002; for this we are extremely encouraged. 

The Board continues to struggle with the Kibitzer; our most recent 

editor, Linda Hargnett, resigned in October 2003. This first issue for 2004 

is being done by Patty Chiszar, who as you all know is the Unit 123 

Administrator. We will keep the membership informed on further 

developments with the Kibitzer. 

Please do not hesitate to contact me with comments or requests 

(fchadwell@sbhic.com). This is your organization; we as members of the 

Board continue to try and make our tournaments better for everyone. 

2004 CCBA 

Tournament Schedule 

2004 NABC: Reno: 3/18-28; New York 7/8-18; Orlando: 11/18-28 

WinterFest Sectional 1/16-18 Hyatt O’Hare 

District 13 STAC 2/2-8 Local Clubs 

STAC 3/1-7 Local Clubs 

GNT Champ & A Round 1 2/7-8 American Legion 

GNT Champ & A Round 2 2/21-22 Location to be announced 

GNT B Combined District Final 4/3-4 American Legion 

GNT C Combined District Final 4/3-4 American Legion 

299er Sectional 5/1-2 American Legion 

ABA/CCBA Sectional 6/4-6 Midwest Bridge Club 

SummerFest Regional 6/28 to 7/4 Holiday Inn O’Hare 


Labor Day Sectional 9/3-6 Weber Leisure Center 

299er Sectional 10/9-10 American Legion 

Central States Regional 10/25-31 Lake Geneva 

District 13 STAC 11/1-7 Local Clubs 

FallFest Sectional 11/12-14 Lindner Conference Center 


Chicago 

Contract 

Bridge 

Association 

2003 Officers and Board 

Members 

President 

Frank Chadwell 

Vice President 

Lavern Wiebe 

Treasurer 

Stan Katz 

Secretary 

John Goldstein 

District 13 Director 

Harriette Buckman 

Board of Directors 

Jackie Addis 

Angie Clark 

Steve Garner 

Kay Hathaway 

James Kolb 

Carl Sharp 

Ginny Schuett 

Thomas Sucher 

Jody Wadhwa 

Robert Ward 

Unit Administrator 

Kibitzer Editor 

Patty Chiszar

Newcomer Corner 

Improving Your 

Competitive Bidding Methods 

By Rowen Bell 

Every newcomer to bridge has 

heard the advice, “nothing improves 

your game more than playing against 

good competition.” As true as this advice 

may be, there are a variety of reasons 

why it can be daunting for relative 

newcomers to make the transition 

to playing against players of greater experience. 

One of these reasons is unfamiliarity 

with the bidding methods 

used by your opponents. 

In this 3-part article, I briefly discuss 

three bidding methods that you 

will frequently encounter in Chicagoarea 

bridge tournaments: the weak 

1NT opening; the strong 1C opening 

(Precision); and the two-way 1C opening 

(Polish). The focus of the article is 

on simple principles that should allow 

you to more confidently and effectively 

compete against opponents who make 

use of these bidding methods. 

Weak 1NT 

Traditional U.S. methods use an 

opening bid of 1NT to show balanced 

hands with roughly 15-17 HCP (some 

still use 16-18 HCP). However, traditional 

U.K. methods use the 1NT opening 

to show a balanced hand with only 

12-14 HCP – the so-called “weak 

notrump”. This treatment has gained 

many adherents in the U.S., and today 

you may see players use a variety of 

weak ranges for the 1NT opening, such 

as 13-15 HCP, 11-14 HCP, or even 10- 

12 HCP – the “mini notrump”. Make 

sure you and your partner agree on 

what is a weak notrump hand. I have 

played a 13-15 NT with one opponent 

assuming strong and the other weak, 

with humorous results. 

Regardless of the precise range of 

your opponents’ weak 1NT opening, 

you should keep two principles in mind 

when it comes to bidding after their 

weak notrump. 

First, it is imperative that you have 

some ability to penalize the opponents 

when you have a big balanced hand. 

If you play natural methods over a 

strong 1NT opening, or if you have 

learned the Cappelletti defense to 1NT, 

then you have no problem here: you can 

simply double, showing a balanced 

hand with at least 15 HCP (although I 

would double on some 14-counts, like 

JT9x AQx Kx KJTx). Recall that this 

double isn’t a takeout bid; it’s an invitation 

to your partner to penalize the 

opponents, although partner is welcome 

to bid at the 2-level if very weak 

(when 1NT may make) or at the 3-level 

if very strong (when the penalty may 

not compensate you for the game that 

you can make). 

However, if you have adopted the 

popular DONT defense to 1NT, where 

double shows a single-suited hand, you 

can no longer double with the big balanced 

hand. As such, if the opponent 

to your right opens a weak 1NT and 

you hold a balanced 18-count, when 

playing DONT you would have to pass, 

and you might end up beating 1NT 3 

tricks undoubled (+150 or +300) when 

you could have made 3NT (+400 or 

+600). Thus, if you and your partner 

play DONT, I strongly suggest that you 

agree to play DONT only against the 

strong notrump, and to revert to natural 

methods over the weak notrump. Of 

course, you need to discuss this with 

partner in advance. 

Second, your bidding over the weak 

notrump should be constructive, not 

destructive. 

When my right-hand opponent 

opens a strong notrump, I would be 

happy to bid 2S on QT9xxx x KQx xxx 

at neither vulnerable, since I should be 

reasonably safe and I want to make it 

harder for my opponents – who very 

likely have the majority of the strength 

– to determine whether or not they have 

a heart fit and whether or not to bid 

game. However, I believe that it is a 

losing tactic to bid 2S on this hand over 

a weak notrump opening. 

When bidding over an opponent’s 

weak notrump, your focus needs to be 

on finding game when game is there. 

As such, direct bids need to promise 

close to opening bid values, so that partner 

can feel free to invite game without 

worrying about putting the partnership 

in danger. For example, over a 

weak 1NT to my right, the lower limit 

of a 2S bid is more like QT9xxx x KQx 

Axx – a marginal opening bid. It’s a 

good idea to make sure that you and 

your partner are on the same wavelength 

here. 

Part II, The Strong 1C, will appear 

in the next Kibitzer. 

What Sort of 

Partner Are You? 

From February 1996 Grand Slam 

Bridge Advisor. Take our survey and 

find out! Pick one answer for each 

question and add up your score. A 

low score makes you a great partner. 

1.On the first hand you open very 

light. Partner ends in game and goes 

down. Do you: a. quibble with 

Partner’s poor declarer play? b. 

compliment the opponents on their 

inspired defense? c. apologize as 

soon as you lay down dummy and 

promise yourself not to do it again 

(at least tonight)? 

2.You bid spades twice but the opponents 

still end up in no trumps. 

Partner doesn’t lead your suit, not 

once but three times, and an impossible 

contract is made. Do you: a. 

fix partner with a glare and lay out 

your entire spade suit one card at a 

time in a long line across the table? 

b. mention to declarer that perhaps 

a spade lead might have caused 

problems? c. smile and pick up the 

next hand? 

3.Partner successfully brings home a 

close game. Do you: a. explain how 

partner could have found the 

overtrick that would have given 

your side a clear top? b. ask if anyone 

at the table was watching “60 

Minutes” last night? c. offer congratulations 

until partner blushes? 

4.Partner lays down a superb dummy. 

Far too superb, in fact, for your partscore 

contract. Do you: a. shake 

your head slowly, give partner a 

withering stare and snap “ever 

heard of jumping?” b. exclaim 

“what an abundance of riches!” c. 

say “thank you partner,” just like 

you always do? 

5.It’s partner’s birthday. Which book 

do you give? a. “Basic Card Play for 

Idiots” b. “Men are from Mars, 

Women are from Venus” c. A homemade 

book celebrating ten of 

partner’s greatest bridge hands. 

6.Late in the game, the opponents 

squeak home on the last trick to 

make their game. Partner insists 

this was due to your risky trump 

lead. You’re not so sure. Do you: a. 

fight back, pining the blame on 

partner’s careless discards? b. get 

teary-eyed and mess up the next 

hand because you’re too upset to 

think straight? c. say “maybe 

you’re right, let’s discuss it later.” 

(a - 3, b - 2, c - 3) 

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Junior Masters 

Susan Appelbass 

John Bagdzius 

Scott Bieber 

Elaine Blumenthal 

Max Brock 

Joan Corn 

Lynn Cotteleer 

Elana Dolgina 

Debora Friedman 

Alvin Goldblatt 

Thomas Goodman 

Marilyn Harvey 

Lois Hollander 

Ann Jones 

Ellen Katz 

Gilbert Katz 

Oreme Lazo 

Mary Knoll 

Louis Lane 

Lasse Leskinen 

Tom Longwell 

Norman Lubarsky 

Robert Lund 

Etta Marcus 

Terri Martin 

Krzysztof Matuszczyk 

Lois Michaels 

Barbara Niehus 

Jane Norman 

Judy Olsen 

Gerald O’Neill 

Richard Powers 

Jeannete Richmond 

Eve Rosenfeld 

Kay Rubin 

Mark Rubin 

Judy Serck 

Jagdish Shah 

Shobba Shah 

Gale Shillington 

Joan Slattery 

J.C. Smyth 

Jeffrey Soble 

Ellen Stannard 

Jozef Staszewski 

Sharon Trube 

Carol Vanderwilt 

Philip Voorhees 

James Walsh 

Frank Warzak 

Joey Wasilew 

Saundra Zessar 

Club Masters 

Richard Axelrood 

Robert Block 

Joanne Colen 

Sally Dickey 

Solis Dubnick 

Suzanne Fienberg 

Pearl Freedman 

Kate Gancer 

Robert Frossman 

Sam Hull 

Mary Johnson 

David Kost 

Kevin Litz 

Douglas MacDonald 

Fred Mohl 

Marsha Morgan 

Eleanor Nuellen 

James Nuellen 

Gayle Oleff 

Barbara Prendergast 

Barbara Rohrdanz 

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Member Achievements 

Rank Advancements 

Lynne Rosenbaum 

James Roth 

Helen Schlesinger 

Jess Schessel 

Ila Shah 

Cookie Shevin 

Richard Shuma 

George Slezak 

Beth Staehlin 

Rhoda Sterling 

Sarah Walker 

New Sectional Masters 

Lesley Anixter 

Marie Athey 

Marlene Benzuly 

Fred Blaumeller 

James Burdett 

Mary Cieslik 

Stanley Dembinsky 

Janice Fields 

Bill Fitzgerald 

Marvin Fox 

Betty Harre 

Larry Haun 

Vaughn Hooks 

Albert Hopfer 

Alyssa Kennedy 

Bill Kingery 

Heike Kingery 

Catherine Koules 

Wende Lane 

Frances Leavitt 

Joyce Meitus 

Martha Marsh 

Sandra Massel 

Lorraine Meltzer 

Mary Methe 

Rosede Olson 

Steve Oshen 

Kathy Preziosi 

Alan Reinberg 

Holly Rozner 

Jeanette Steiner 

John Steiner 

Benjamin Stephan 

Carol Stibbe 

Pauline Wiseman 

James Wong 

Regional Masters 

Muhammad Abedi 

Marshall Baum 

Bonnie Bergdoll 

Maureen Blyth 

George Brandt 

Massimo Braschi 

Minette Brooks 

Maurice Champagne 

Anthony Curtis 

Randy Dahl 

Bruce Dawson 

June Dudeck 

Elaine Everett 

Keith Farral 

Judy Filler 

Carole Gleason 

Phylis Grossman 

Charles Johnson 

David Kuchar 

Arthur Levoff 

Thomas Morgan 

John Otto 

Joel Regier 

David Reynolds 

Geri Root 

Elaine Rose 

Vello Saarva 

Charlotte Schmidt 

D.W. Scofield 

Rebecca Shepherd 

Nanak Shukla 

Johanna Strong 

Roz Supera 

Linda Sweig 

Mitch Sweig 

Candace Timson 

Jeff Vedeges 

Nathan Wagner 

Stanislaw Wedzina 

NABC Masters 

Thomas Adams 

Charles Alexander 

Kerry Flom 

Ellen Gross 

David Juberien 

Cheryl Lapin 

Alice Mansell 

Oksana Marchuk 

Darrell Rotter 

Michael Strong 

Ashley Szymski 

Herbert Taylor 

Stanley Winton 

New Life Masters 

Marcie Berky 

Leonard Block 

Elaine Bowers 

Lech Brzozowski 

Martin Harris 

Arlene Karel 

Shirley Newman 

Betty Papangelis 

Burt Schmarak 

Wesley Suzuki 

Roger Theis 

Bronze Life Masters 

Joy Allfonsi 

Marcie Berky 

Susan Decker 

Daniel Driggett 

Beverly Asher Hoffman 

Leonard Block 

Elaine Tallackson 

James Leopold 

Janet McDonald 

Barbara Moss 

Robert Neumann 

Dorothy Nilson 

Jonathan Rivet 

William Robinson 

Wesley Suzuki 

Silver Life Masters 

Donald Addis 

Mae Balsamo 

James Dressler 

Nancy Granahan 

Paul Janus 

Dorothy Leonard 

Judith Nelsen 

Steven Norvich 

Mickey Shaffer 

Betty Wade 

Bernyce Zimmerman 

Gold Life Masters 

Patricia Chiszar 

M. Miller 

Diamond Life Master 

Dean Cohler 

William Doroshow 

Ace of Clubs 

Standings as of 

November 1, 2003 

Rookie 

Fred Mohl - 17.63 

Solis Dudnick - 16.95 

Doug MacDonald -15.97 

Junior Master 

Sue J. Apter - 39.63 

Jack W Eilrich - 21.57 

Fred Blaumueller - 21.44 

Club Master 

Marshall Baum - 55.84 

Suzanne G Mahn - 45.24 

William Cape - 42.71 

Sectional Master 

George Goewey -74.99 

A. Khano - 70.58 

Edna Eisenberg - 49.75 

Regional Master 

Frank Samuels - 73.76 

Marian Strickland - 65.39 

John Lally - 64.50 

NABC Master 

Wesley Suzuki - 97.70 

Nancy Frank - 93.33 

William Kilbride - 75.86 

Life Master 

Ellen Miller - 85.57 

Janet McDonald - 52.95 

Marlene Hefter - 52.14 

Bronze Life Master 

John Javella - 80.30 

Georgia J Satriano - 68.34 

Gunnar E. Berg - 66.86 

Silver Life Master 

Ruth Westberg - 188.24 

Irwin Bender - 159.62 

Tom Hallum - 122.05 

Gold Life Master 

Dean Cohler - 142.71 

Mary Sauer - 139.87 

Jack Rosen - 138.43 


John Aumiller - 194.75 

Wayne Carrick - 108.70 

Robert Jackson - 60.75 

Grand Life Master 

Claude Vogel - 68.76 

Gerald Caravelli - 9.08 

John Russell - 7.55 

Mini-McKenney 

Standings as of 

November 1, 2003 

Rookie 

Kevin Litz - 32.44 

Rose Ann Donzelli - 28.96 

Earle Miller - 27.46 

Junior Master 

Sue Apter - 47.32 

Fred Blaumueller - 46.95 

Jack Eilrich - 43.10 

Club Master 

Jaroslaw Piasecki - 83.71 

Elaine Everett - 82.14 

Marshall Baum- 81.76 

Sectional Master 

George Goewey- 152.60 

Michael Strong - 142.99 

Jacqueline Rapp - 90.88 

Regional Master 

Martin Harris - 299.05 

Terri Kies - 103.55 

Marian Strickland - 103.00 

NABC Master 

Steven Norvich - 833.79 

Jonathan Rivet - 247.09 

Nancy Frank - 203.94 

Life Master 

Ellen Miller - 198.54 

Paul Hamper - 102.34 

Gerald Greene - 91.90 

Bronze Life Master 

Jack Forstadt - 283.87 

Chris Monsour - 250.81 

George Klemic - 198.51 

Silver Life Master 

Gerald Gitles - 480.26 

Robert Oslin - 469.34 

David Yang - 263.16 

Gold Life Master 

Martin Morris- 387.94 

Dean Cohler - 343.75 

Alfred Simmons - 260.65 


John Aumiller - 339.93 

George Jacobs - 297.17 

Jeff Miller - 286.51 

Grand Life Master 

John Russell - 796.60 

Ralph Katz - 616.37 

Claude Vogel - 586.34 

70% Games 

Evelyn Clark & Hilda Cavazoz — 72.32 

Oliver Atkin & Mariateresa Krneta — 71% 

Elaine Diamond & Dr. Seymour — 70.77%

Tournament Results 

CCBA/ABA Sectional 

October 4, 2003 

Midwest Bridge Club 

STRATIFIED SWISS TEAMS — 24 Teams 

8.50 1 Chester G Johnson - Herbert Taylor 

- Fred Buckman - Harriette Buckman 116.00 

6.38 2 Robert Price, Alfred Simmons, Edward 

Lumpkin, Gladys Randall, Minette 

Brooks 103.00 

4.85 4 1 Romuald Mindak - Stanislaw Musial - 

Jozef Staszewski - Stanislaw Wedzina 88.00 

3.64 5 2 A. Kirk Twiss - Frank Chadwell - 

Rowen Bell - Christopher Monsour 83.00 

2.60 4 1 Fred Clayton - John Otto - Richard 

Claus - James McKinney 76.00 

Charles Whitman - Kay Malkmus 72.00 

1.95 2 Christine Buchanan - Beverly Garner - 

Gloria Andrews - Ida Bohannon 67.00 

STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRs — 16 Pairs 

3.00 1 1 1 Marvin Comer - Annease Comer 75.00 

2.25 2 2 George Klemic - Michael Airdo 74.40 

Stars of Tomorrow 

299er Sectional 

October 11-12, 2003 

Northbrook, Illinois 

Saturday, October 11 

KNOCKOUT BRACKET A — 6 Teams 

7.27 1 Donna Cole - Joyce Meitus - Jackie Barnett - 

Gale Luckman 

5.45 2 Elaine Rose - Maurice Champagne - Joe 

Durlak - Linda Davis 

KNOCKOUT BRACKET B — 5 Teams 

4.94 1 Paul Kubala Jr - Budd Goldstein - Shirley 

Mueller - William Reisenbuchler 

3.71 2 Robert Fredricksen - Elaine Everett - Oksana 

Marchuk - Alice Mansell 

KNOCKOUT BRACKET C — 9 Teams 

3.79 1 Fred Blaumueller - Kathy Preziosi - Eleanor 

Langhenry - Carole Gleason 

2.84 2 William Artz - Colette Novich - David Kuchar - 

Kevin Litz 

1.90 3/4 Phyllis Grossman - Robert Grossman - Danna 

Dudnick - Solis Dudnick 

1.90 3/4 Lynne Rosenbaum - Alan Reinberg - Marsha 

Morgan - Janice Hannsz 

AFTERNOON STRATIFIED 299ER PAIRS — 28 Pairs 

A B C 

2.93 1 1 1 Judy Filler - Judi Singer 186.17 

2.20 2 Cheryl Lapin - Shizuyo Chojnowski 184.58 

1.85 3 2 2 Kathleen Gleason - Jane Morrissey 179.19 

1.24 4 Frank La Master - Nancy La Master 178.42 

1.39 5 3 Joyce Gibson - Shirley Rogers 175.09 

1.04 6 4 Lynn Goldman - Lois Mills 172.26 

1.05 5 3 John Pruitt - Keith Farral 169.08 

0.59 6 Ellen Gross - Marshall Baum 166.50 

0.79 4 Suzanne Friedman - Beth Staehlin 158.83 

0.59 5 Elinor Patrick - Betty Basler 156.21 

AFTERNOON STRATIFIED 49ER PAIRs — 10 Pairs 

1.13 1 KathY Youngberg - Kathleen Conway 63.00 

0.85 2 Bradley Shaps - Gail Shaps 58.13 

0.64 3 Irwin Krimke - Charles Mann 54.63 

0.48 4 June Gecan - Dorothy Whistler 54.38 

0.80 1 Ann Witt - Terri Martin 49.88 

0.60 2 Rose Ann Donzelli - Joyce Russian 47.50 

EVENING STRATIFIED 299ER PAIRS — 15 Pairs 

1.82 1 1 1 Nancy Bruick - John Bruick 94.17 

1.37 2 2 2 Martha Noyes - Rosede Olson 91.20 

1.02 3 3 Denise Kadleck - Helen Donovan 90.99 

0.77 4 Joyce Gibson - Shirley Rogers 90.25 

0.58 5 Phyllis Seeman - Arlene Snap 84.40 

0.67 4 3 Laurie Hamachek - Rachel Campbell 82.96 

Sunday, October 12 

STRATIFIED 299ER SWISS TEAMS — 24 Teams 

A B C 

5.15 1 Farlin Caufield - Thomas Hardy - E Kain Sr - 

John Novak 107.00 

3.86 2 Nancy La Master - Frank La Master - Barbara 

Walczak - Faye Anderson Frank Sells 94.00 

3.57 3 1 Judy Cohen - Denise Kadleck - Babette 

Brenner - Debbie Zelinsky 93.00 

2.17 4 Ellen Gross - Marshall Baum - Cheryl Lapin - 

Shizuyo Chojnowski 87.00 

2.68 5 2 Sue Ekman - Barry Ekman - Maurice 

Champagne - Joe Durlak 84.00 

2.04 6 3 1 William Artz - Kevin Litz - Colette Novich - 

Paulette Swofford 82.00 

1.53 4/5 2 Joyce Russian - Rose Ann Donzelli - Eleanor 

Nuellen - James Nuellen 79.00 

1.32 4/5 Carolyn Damon - Rachel Campbell - Audrey 

Danocup - Richard Frankovic 79.00 

North American Open 

Pairs District Final 


Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 

District NAOP Flight A 

Ralph and 

Martha Katz 

2nd Place Flight A 

24.00 1 Paul Stern - William Malesevich 126.69 

18.00 2 Martha Katz - Ralph Katz 123.56 

13.50 3 Yvette Neary - Sun-O Ho 118.12 

District NAOP Flight B 

Nikolay Demirev and 

Xiadong Shi 

1st Place Flight B 

Sam Miller and 

Marc Passman 

2nd Place Flight B 

16.00 1 Nikolay Demirev - Xiaodong Shi 133.63 

12.00 2 Samuel Miller - Marc Passman 120.10 

9.00 3 Kenneth Hilbrich - Andrew Harvey 120.10 

District NAOP Flight C 

Mike Potoczak and 

Jaroslaw Piasecki 

1st Place Flight C 

10.00 1 Mike Potoczak - Jaroslaw Piasecki 107.83 

7.50 2 Lech Brzozowski - Wlodzimierz 

Lopalewski 84.50 

5.63 3 Michael McQuistan - Brian Hartwig 83.80 

Support Your Local Bridge Club 

By Playing Once A Week 

The next several pages highlights the winners of recent 

tournament play. At the recent Regional many photographs 

were taken but we regret we were not able to use the photographs 

on these pages. The memory card we were using broke 

and we lost all of these photos. 

Central States Regional 


Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 

Monday, October 20 

FIRST BRACKETED KNOCKOUT A — 12 Teams 

29.90 1 Samuel Lowell - Eddie Wold - Mike Passell - 

Mary Chilcote - Geoff Hampson 

22.43 2 Jack Weingold - Joanne Antoniou - Eric 

Rodwell - Jeff Meckstroth 

FIRST BRACKETED KNOCKOUT B — 10 Teams 

20.19 1 Agnes McNulty - Donna Rodwell - Lucy 

Hillestad - Corinne Lee 

15.14 2 Kay Korte - Frances Doss - Janette Howard - 

Patricia Chiszar 

FIRST BRACKETED KNOCKOUT C — 12 Teams 

17.04 1 Richard Chase - Joan Gaaskjolen - Merle 

Gaaskjolen - Alfred Killian 

12.78 2 Nancy Granahan - Maureen Cantillon - Jo 

Rogan - Rita Peterson 

FIRST BRACKETED KNOCKOUT D — 12 Teams 

12.84 1 Michael Strong - Nancy Headen - Fred 

Clayton - Gene Miley 

9.63 2 Marilyn Gould - Charles Gould - Carol 

Friedman - Shirley Newman 

FIRST BRACKETED KNOCKOUT E — 10 Teams 

9.13 1 D. Radosevich - Patricia Taylor - Kathleen 

Gleason - Gwen Meehan-Braun 

6.85 2 Joan Bailey-Murray - Audrey Danocup - 

Harold Miller - Richard Gierat 

EVENING STRATIFIED CHARITY PAIRS — 12 Pairs 

3.73 1 1 1 Sandra Andreen - Robert Stackhouse 58.00 

2.80 2 Dick Arnold - Ed Judy 57.50 

1.81 4 2 2 George Klemic - Jonathan Rivet 55.00 

1.81 4 2 Martin Harris - Rick Kaye 55.00 

EVENING STRATIFIED 299ER PAIRS — 18 Pairs 

2.68 1 Scott Chupack - J C Smyth 77.80 

2.01 2 Paul Stunkel - Thomas Hardy 68.70 

2.26 3 1 1 Sylvia McConnell - Dianne Davis 66.10 

1.70 4 2 2 Judie Hlavka - Dee Becker 64.70 

Tuesday, October 21 

STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS — 56 Pairs 

Mark Friedlander 

and 

Sharon Fellars 

1st Place Flight A 

13.30 1 Mark Friedlander - Sharon Fellars 381.50 

9.98 2 Richard Fellars - John Startzel 381.00 

7.38 1 Judy Riehs - David Langer 358.50 

5.54 2 Ivan Figueredo - Ken Mohr 355.50 

3.96 1 Gerald Greene - Paul Hamper 324.00 

2.97 2 David Feldman - Cherrolyn Woolwine 311.00 

TUE-WED KNOCKOUTS 1 — 9 Teams 

24.53 1 Robert Hollman - Marc Jacobus - Gaylor Kasle - 

Grant Baze - Craig Henderson 

18.40 2 Michael Slaven - Jeffrey Carter - Christopher Yu - 

Jonathan Rivet - Ronald Bredemann 


17.56 1 Mary Kelly - Peggy Dean - Donna Suby - Nancy 

Hegna 

13.17 2 Edward Nield - Rachel Chittaro - Rosalie 

Campeau - Mary Kever 


13.52 1 Sandra Andreen - Robert Stackhouse - Ping Lee - 

Sharon McMillan 

10.14 2 Ann Youngmann - Deborah Koster - Sandra 

Warren - Joyce Meitus 


9.79 1 Elaine Rose - Maurice Champagne - Elsie Miller - 

Lois Ingram 

7.34 2 Judi Singer - Barbara Rubin - Gail Goldstein - 

Judy Filler 

EVENING 299ER PAIRS — 19 Pairs 

2.83 1 1 1 Barbara Hulsmeyer - Irene Barker 104.92 

2.12 2 2 2 Thomas Shepro - Mary Shepro 

1.59 3 Helen Donovan - Gordon Jensen 

104.59 

99.20 5 

1.42 4 3 3 Barbara Walczak - Frank Sells 99.00

EVENING SIDE GAME — 16 Pairs 

2.73 1 Stanton Subeck - Suzi Subeck 118.00 

2.05 2 Karl Gohl - W James Ball 96.00 

2.58 3 1 Rene McFall - William McFall 95.00 

1.94 4 2 Paul Spear - Betsy Downs 93.50 

1.49 5 3 Mary Leonard - June Harrison 90.50 

2.12 4 1 Jeff Cianci - Steve Kolacki 89.00 

1.59 5 2 Renee Shambeau - Phyllis Seeman 86.00 

1.19 3 Pat Waselchuk - Ruth Masse 81.50 

MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES — 30 Pairs 

3.79 1 1 Steven Norvich - Gerald Szymski 185.50 

2.84 2 Jay Whipple III - Robert McPhee 168.00 

2.73 5 2 1 Robert Stackhouse - Sandra Andreen 154.00 

1.80 2Phyllis Grossman - Jeane Greenbaum 147.50 

MORNING STRATIFIED 299ERS — 19 Pairs 

2.83 1 1 Thomas Shepro - Mary Shepro 133.34 

2.12 2 Jeff Cianci - Steve Kolacki 130.17 

1.52 4 2 1 Linda Rough - Jeannette Chase 118.45 

1.10 2 Rose Donzelli - Lydia Wachal 105.77 

AFTERNOON SIDE GAME SERIES 1 — 22 Pairs 

3.19 1 Shawn Concannon - Terri Kies 147.00 


3.03 3 1 G. Mikel - Diane Clark 129.50 

2.58 5 2 1 Donald McGoorty - Donna Ambrose 126.50 

1.94 6 3 2 Adrienne Kamp - Lorraine Chase 118.00 

STRATIFIED 299ER PAIRS — 18 Pairs 

2.68 1 1 Colette Novich - Paulette Swofford 103.50 

2.01 2 2 1 Barbara Walczak - Frank Sells 103.00 

1.19 5 5 2 Rose Ann Donzelli - Lydia Wachal 92.50 

EVENING STRATIFIED SWISS TEAMS — 14 Teams 

3.64 1 Billy Miller - Curtis Cheek - Vincent Demuy - 

Gavin Wolpert 73.00 

Steven Picus, Jerry 

Poliquin, Larry Delfs and 

Michael Kolacki 

1st Flight B 

6 

Carolyn Lewis, 

CharlesSoukup, 

James Kolb 

and Tom Beardsley 

1st Flight C 

2.88 2 1 Steven Picus - Jerry Poliquin - Larry Delfs - 

Michael Kolacki 55.00 

2.43 3 2 1 James Kolb - Carolyn Lewis - Tom Beardsley 

- Charles Soukup 50.00 

1.82 4 3 2 Marian Brill - Muriel Silbar - Frank Heilbronner 

- Robert Mandel 45.00 

Wednesday, October 22 

STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS — 64 Pairs 

12.04 1 John Winter - George Urquhart 404.71 

9.03 2 Harriette Buckman - M Metz 389.38 

8.74 4 1 Andrew Harvey - Henry Meurer 369.00 

6.56 2 Jo Perlson - Shirley Weisenthal 349.50 

4.95 3 1 Grace Rosenke - Leone Townsend 338.75 

3.71 4 2 R. Arneson - Gloria Arneson 337.00 


2.26 1 1 Thomas Shepro - Mary Shepro 74.50 

1.70 2 Jeff Cianci - Rose Ann Donzelli 73.50 

1.34 3 2 Jennifer Musson - Judie Hlavka 70.00 

1.12 4 1 Sandra Hetrick - Irma Larsen 60.50 

0.84 2 Mary Knoll - Jose Thomas 53.00 


21.35 1 Samuel Miller - Barbara Saben 444.35 

16.01 2 Rita Ellington - Martin Caley 438.44 

9.01 4 1 John Seng - David Langer 430.36 

4.65 2 Kathleen Wood - Donald Penberthy 404.13 

4.20 3 1 Alan Reinberg - Gerald Landy 386.70 

3.15 2 Gustavo Saravia - Carla Saravia 363.70 

EVENING B-A-M — 15 Teams 

4.17 1 Robert Oslin - Muhammad Abedi - Michael 

Edwards - Ellen Crawford 20.50 

3.13 2 Yvette Neary - William Malesevich - Ruth 

Stearns - Sun-O Ho 15.50 

3.34 3 1 Yonsey Karasek - Myrna Huber - Charles 

McDonough - Gary Gang 14.50 

2.51 4 2 1 Donald Dall - Frederick Thielsen - Janet 

McDonald - Charles Sweet 13.50 

EVENING SIDE GAME — 32 Pairs 

Jane Olson and 

George Adams 

1st Place Flight A 

June Harrison and 

Mary Leonard 

1st Place Flight C 

3.94 1 Jane Olson - George Adams 191.00 

3.49 2 1 June Harrison - Mary Leonard 185.00 

3.03 3 2 1 Leda Kulawinski - Helen Dickinson 180.50 

2.27 4 3 2 Chaz Davis - Sicy Davis 179.50 

MORNING SIDE GAME — 33 Pairs 

4.10 1 John Russell - Bernace Deyoung 176.18 

3.08 2 Angie Clark - Michael Edwards 168.00 

3.79 3 1 1 Lila Fletcher - Lois Killinger 156.00 

2.84 4 2 2 Judi Hechtman - Judy Filler 150.00 

MORNING STRATIFIED 299ERS — 22 Pairs 

2.97 1 1 Muriel Goldberg - Roberta Levine 109.50 

2.23 2 Jean Jolin - Melanie Kaplan 105.50 

1.61 5 2 1 Joan Siavelis - Diane Treslo 93.00 

1.19 2 Katherine Freeman - James Knowles 86.50 

AFTERNOON SIDE GAME — 19 Pairs 

3.03 1 1 1 Janet McDonald - Charles Sweet 137.23 

2.27 2 2 2 Phyllis Grossman - Arlene Roman 128.00 

Thursday, October 23 


23.45 1 Samuel Miller - Jim Humphrey 403.50 

17.59 2 1 1 Michael McQuistan - Brian Hartwig 371.00 

13.19 3 2 John Seng - David Langer 370.50 

4.15 3 Sali Ma - Victor Carter 332.50 

3.15 2 Charles McDonough - Gary Gang 322.00 

THURSDAY/FRIDAY KNOCKOUT A — 12 Teams 

23.77 1 Joan Stein - Sheldon Margulis - Mary Warden 

- Phil Warden - Jeff Miller - Brad Carmichael 

17.83 2 Ginny Schuett - Paul Schroeder - Dick Benson 

- Chris Benson 

THURSDAY/FRIDAY KNOCKOUT B — 9 Teams 

14.16 1 Merle Gaaskjolen - Joan Gaaskjolen - Myrna 

Huber - Yonsey Karasek 

10.62 2 Edward Nield - Rachel Chittaro - Paul Hibbard 

- Diane Hibbard 

THURSDAY/FRIDAY KNOCKOUT C — 9 Teams 

9.74 1 Robert Peterman - Mary Ellen Peterman - 

Terry McCloskey - Marge Wendt 

7.31 2 Thomas Morgan - Elizabeth Green - Edward 

Pickus - Kay Opeka 

SIDE GAME SERIES — 18 Pairs 

2.88 1 Dewy Cundiff - Peg Cundiff 104.00 

2.39 2 1 Sylvia Leibach - Richard Chase 97.00 

2.39 2 1 Gerald Szymski - Christopher Yu 97.00 

2.13 3 1 Marian Brill - Muriel Silbar 95.50 

2.13 3 1 Ellen Miller - Gale Luckman 95.50 

0.86 2 Alfred Killian - Alice Grist 93.50 

299ER STRATIFIED PAIRS — 12 Pairs 

2.26 1 1 Helen Donovan - Carmelita Blackman 79.00 


1.27 3 3 2 Daniel & Kathryn Chamberlain 67.00 

SIDE GAME SERIES 2 — 16 Pairs 

2.73 1 1 Nancy Armstrong - Frances Price 104.43 

2.12 2 2 1 Nancy Frank - Marshall Baum 98.86 

1.59 3 2 Walter Rattan - Joanne Rattan 90.86 

MIDNIGHT KNOCKOUT — 8 Teams 

2.73 1 Jeffrey Carter - Jean Christopher - Larry 

Cohen - Jerry Poliquin 

2.05 2 Loretta Faivre - Raymond Root - Elaine 

Bowers - I. Barbara Corrigan 

MORNING SIDE GAME — 33 Pairs 

4.10 1 1 1 Robert Fredricksen - Elaine Everett 178.71 

3.08 2 Ken Gee - Sara Parks M D 172.59 

2.39 2 Ronald Sills - Donald Patterson 155.50 

2.51 2 2 Cecilia Tourneau - Rebecca Shepherd155.50 

MORNING STRATIFIED 299ER PR — 30 Pairs 

3.53 1 1 1 Suzanne Friedman - Beth Staehlin 160.50 



10.92 1 Mary Sauer - Patricia Barnes 385.72 


7.56 3 1 1 Lois Olberts - Robert Christensen 371.89 

5.67 2 Charles Wright Jr - Jan Churchwell 355.44 

4.25 3 2 Robert Walk - Edward Margulies 351.73 

AFTERNOON 299ER PAIRS — 20 Pairs 

2.83 1 Marti Goldberg - Lois Mills 102.00 

2.12 2 Patricia Reinartz - Carol Herr 97.00 

1.68 3 1 Barbara Walczak - Frank Sells 95.00 

1.26 2 1 Joan Wilson - Dorothy Kelly 94.50 

EVENING STRATIFIED SWISS TEAMS — 14 Teams 

3.64 1 Billie Mitchell - Rod Van Wyk - Gary Sawyer - 

Richard Holmes 56.00 

2.88 2 1 Judy Ventura - Loretta Faivre - D. Nelson - 

Pearl Balde 52.00 

2.16 4 2 1 Gene Miley - Vi Grisham - Nancy Headen - 

Michael Strong 46.00 

Friday, October 24 


23.10 1 David Yang - Nikolay Demirev 396.85 

17.33 2 Susan Miller - Stanley Katz 390.50 

12.99 3 1 Nancy Armstrong - Frances Price 388.67 

5.54 2 Paul Janus - William Smith 345.00 

3.71 1 Drew Becker - Jason Rosenfeld 311.21 

2.78 2 Rosalie Campeau - Jerry Campeau 298.50 

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY KNOCKOUT A — 12 Teams 

28.37 1 Robert Morris - Eddie Wold - Mary Chilcote - 

Samuel Lowell - Mike Passell - G. Hampson 

21.28 2 Michael Katz - Mike Bandler - Billy Miller - 

Curtis Cheek - Vincent Demuy - G. Wolpert 

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY KNOCKOUT B — 9 Teams 

18.89 1 Marlene Konik - James Dressler - John 

Vincent - Marc Passman 

14.17 2 Russell Guilford - John Milligan - Thomas 

Sucher - Mark Raymond Ganzer 

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY KNOCKOUT C — 16 Teams 

17.00 1 William Zimmerman - Timothy Luker - Nancy 

Ogreenc - Nancy Grimes 

12.75 2 Ronald Sholes - Carole Sholes - Ruben 

Egeberg - James Melville 

WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY KNOCKOUT D — 13 Teams 

10.51 1 Janis Friesler - Nancy Lieberman - Patti 

Weigler - S. Tuff 

7.88 2 Paul Thuma - Marlene Benzuly - Barbara 

Harris - Barbara Bebee - Adrienne Kamp 

AFTERNOON SIDE GAME SERIES — 16 Pairs 

2.73 1 1 1 Karen Lazarus - William Kilbride 102.50 

2.05 2 2 Richard Jahn - Angie Clark 101.50 

1.94 3 3 2 Wesley Suzuki - Daniel Driggett 98.00 

EVENING B-A-M TEAMS — 9 Teams 

3.17 1 Mike Katz - Billy Miller - V. Demuy - 

Curtis Cheek 17.00 

2.38 2 Patrick Borman - William Malesevich - Ruth 

Stearns - Doug Henry 16.50 

2.34 4 1 1 Donald Dall - Joel Regier - Charles Sweet - 

Barry Segal 12.50 


2.26 1 1 1 Mark Langer - Dabe Schatz 67.50 

1.70 2 2 Charles Johnson - Demaris Johnson 66.50 

1.27 3 3 2 Sharon Trube - Rose Ann Donzelli 66.00 

EVENING SIDE GAME SERIES — 26 Pairs 

3.49 1 Corinne Lee - Kathleen Wood 136.50 

2.62 2 Lawrence Fogelson - Wayne Carrick 133.50 

2.65 3 1 1 Rochelle Shapiro - Marcie Berky 121.50 

2.65 3 1 1 Robert Fredricksen - Elaine Everett 121.50 

MIDNIGHT ZIP KNOCKOUT — 9 Teams 

2.88 1 Mike Slaven - Amin Karim - C. Lee, K. Wood 

2.16 2 Sali Ma - David Feldman - Earle Miller - 

Sandra Andreen 


3.94 1 1 Richard Chase - Christopher Yu 167.00 

2.96 2 2 Raymond Root - Gunnar Berg 165.50 

2.73 1 Richard Hevrdejs - Ron Blouin 142.00 

2.05 2 Cecilia Tourneau - Rebecca Shepherd137.00 

MORNING 299ER PAIRS — 23 Pairs 

3.11 1 Carolyn Damon - Burton Lewis 132.55 

2.33 2 1 Paul Primeau - Mary Primeau 123.15 

1.75 3 2 1 Barbara Morgan - Fred Johnston 122.84 

1.19 2 Rose Ann Donzelli - Sharon Trube 112.03 


2.68 1 1 1 Christine Weiler - Arlene Vuturo 101.00 

2.01 2 Patrick Haverty - Karl Dencker 95.00 

1.43 4 2 Paul Primeau - Mary Primeau 92.50 

1.03 2 Jennifer Musson - Mary Fregien 86.50 


10.08 1 1 1 Marshall Baum - Robert Howard 373.00 

7.56 2 Mary Sauer - Emilie Anderson 366.68 

5.14 4 2 Fran Johnson - Mary Paju 357.77 

3.14 6 4 2 Gloria Arneson - R Arneson 357.00 

Ruth Sterns and 

Patrick Borman 

1st Place 

Barometer Pairs 

Nikolay Demirev and 

David Yang 

1st Place Flight A

Saturday, October 25 

BAROMETER OPEN PAIRS — 44 Pairs 

26.23 1 Patrick Borman - Ruth Stearns 366.75 

19.67 2 Bob Fashingbauer - Stanley Katz 346.26 


7.28 1 Lawrence Fogelson - Wayne Carrick 392.89 

5.46 2 1 1 Barbara Myers - Norma Janecky 379.82 

3.90 2 James Hudson - Marlene Estes 341.68 

2.52 2 Richard Ford - Kathy Ford 310.05 

MORNING BRACKETED KNOCKOUT A —10 Teams 

19.93 1 Michael Katz - Billy Miller - Curtis Cheek - 

Gavin Wolpert - Vincent Demuy 

14.95 2 Craig Henderson - Robert Hollman - Marc 

Jacobus - Grant Baze 

MORNING BRACKETED KNOCKOUT B — 9 Teams 

11.13 1 William Smith - Michael Roeder - James 

Dressler - Paul Janus 

8.35 2 Yonsey Karasek - Myrna Huber - Robert 

Stackhouse - Sharon McMillan - Ping Lee 

FRIDAY/SATURDAY KNOCKOUT A — 9 Teams 

23.77 1 Robert Morris - Mike Passell - Geoff Hampson 

- Eddie Wold - Mary Chilcote - Samuel Lowell 

17.83 2 Michael Slaven - Amin Karim - James O’Neil - 

Ralph Hoffman 

FRIDAY/SATURDAY KNOCKOUT B — 10 Teams 

17.37 1 Richard Chase - Laurence Zung - David 

Hudson - Alfred Killian 

13.03 2 Frank Chadwell - Cookie Evans - Ellen 

Gabriel - A. Kirk Twiss - Steve Kreiner 

FRIDAY/SATURDAY KNOCKOUT C — 9 Teams 

12.72 1 Philip Simon - David Secondino - Eleanor 

Pollock - J Hanley 

9.54 2 Loretta Faivre - Judy Ventura - Daedrie 

Kleppe - Patricia Kossoris 

FRIDAY/SATURDAY KNOCKOUT D — 9 Teams 

8.80 1 John Otto - Fred Clayton - John Fitzpatrick - 

James McKinney 

6.60 2 Michael Strong - Johanna Strong - Mary 

Southwick - Robert Forbes 

AFTERNOON SIDE GAME SERIES — 10 Pairs 

2.28 1 Steven Norvich - Claude Vogel 63.00 

2.12 2 1 Raymond Root - Gerald Szymski 62.00 

1.59 3 2 John Pruitt - Keith Farral 60.00 

STRATIFIED B/C/D PAIRS — 28 Pairs 

6.79 1 Joseph Winkler - Tim Tullis 409.42 

5.09 2 Audrey Gordon - Janice Feinglass 346.98 

4.45 5 1 Katherine Rehak - Alice Flynn 335.99 

3.40 2 Patricia Braun - David Juberien 330.74 

2.97 3 1 Patricia McElligott - Diane Beyer 330.17 

2.23 5 2 Rudolph Bruntyn - Thomas Aldrich III 304.62 


2.40 1 1 1 Joe Zimmermann - Judy Zimmermann78.50 

1.74 2 2 Bill Grisham - Vi Grisham 75.00 

1.74 2 Ronald Niesing - Judy Niesing 63.00 


3.34 1 Gerald Szymski - Gerald Gitles 113.00 

2.73 2 1 1 Michael Strong - Johanna Strong 110.50 

2.05 4 2 2 Robert Walk - Terri Kies 100.50 

EVENING SIDE GAME SERIES — 45 Pairs 

5.01 1 1 Rachel Chittaro - Edward Nield 147.94 

3.76 2 Michael Slaven - Amin Karim 136.50 

2.88 5 2 1 Jerry Palm - Constance Stevens 128.00 

2.16 3 2 Jerzy Jelen - Michael Omielski 127.00 

SATURDAY/SUNDAY KNOCKOUTS A — 10 Teams 

19.93 1 Joanne Antoniou - Jack Weingold - Jeff 

Meckstroth - Eric Rodwell 

14.95 2 Paul Schroeder - Ginny Schuett - Chris 

Benson - Dick Benson 

SATURDAY/SUNDAY KNOCKOUTS B — 10 Teams 

10.61 1 Ronald Sholes - Carole Sholes - Will Engel - 

James Melville 

7.96 2 Lucy Hillestad - Caroline Pieper - Nancy 

Jones - Jerry Boothe 

MIDNIGHT ZIP KNOCKOUTS — 12 Teams 

3.34 1 Tim Tullis - Joseph Winkler - R Bickel - Brian 

Beecher Sr. 

2.51 2 Jonathan Rivet - Jonathan Greiman - George 

Klemic - Michael Lee 

MORNING STRATIFIED 299ER PRS — 18 Pairs 

2.68 1 Scott Chupack - Mark Dimberg 108.00 

2.02 2 1 1 Eleanor Nuellen - Elana Dolgina 96.50 

1.52 3 2 Penny Carduff - Joan Siavelis 95.00 

AFTERNOON STRATAIFIED 299 PAIRS — 14 Pairs 

2.40 1 1 1 Beth Staehlin - Suzanne Friedman 76.20 

1.80 2 Byrl Malmanger - Pat Malmanger 67.50 

1.35 3 J C Smyth - Scott Chupack 65.01 

1.43 4 2 2 Daniel & Chamberlain 63.90 

EVENING SWISS TEAMS — 14 Teams 

3.64 1 Gabriel Tawil - David Schudson - Jim O’Brien 

- Sandra O’Brien 56.00 

2.73 2 Nick Cordell - Charlotte Schmidt - Arthur 

Flashinski - Earle Miller 54.00 

2.28 4 1 Donna Simon - Daniel Simon - Barbara 

Medlock - Gordon Medlock 51.00 

1.71 5 2 Mardi Deml - Sandra Manglitz - Dean 

Whiteway - Henry Thibault 41.00 

1.97 1 Paul Hamper - Gerald Greene - Marcie Berky 

- Rochelle Shapiro 40.00 

Sunday, October 26 

FIRST STRATIFIED 299ER SWISS TEAMS — 14 Teams 

3.39 1 1 Michele Raffel - Jane Kornblut - Lesley Anixter 

- Jan Ratliff 76.00 

2.54 2 2 1 Barbara Walczak - Frank Sells - Kathryn 

Chamberlain - Daniel Chamberlain 53.00 

1.91 3 Geneva Carlson - Joan Wilson - Dorothy Kelly 

- Sylvia Sommerfeldt 49.00 

1.65 5 3 2 Judie Hlavka - Dee Becker - Irma Larsen - 

Jane Bryant 44.00 

SECONDSTRATIFIED 299ER SWISS TEAMS — 14 Teams 

3.39 1 1 Karl Dencker - Rajahneen Dencker - Patrick 

Haverty - Jack Sanders 58.00 

2.54 2 Carolyn Damon - Margit Lindgren - Richard 

Frankovic - Burton Lewis 50.00 

2.20 4 2 Judi Hechtman - Judy Filler - Roberta Levine - 

Muriel Goldberg 44.00 

1.58 4 1 Judie Hlavka - Dee Becker - Irma Larsen - 

Jane Bryant 41.00 

1.19 2 Jagdish Shah - Shobha Shah - Stella Sach - 

Etta Marcus 40.00 

A/X SWISS TEAMS — 37 Teams 

Lavern and Ellen 

Wiebe and Harriette 

and Fred Buckman 

1st Place 

Stratified Swiss 

Teams 

31.24 1 Fred Buckman - Harriette Buckman - Ellen 

Wiebe - Lavern Wiebe 100.00 

23.43 2 Samuel Lowell - Mike Passell - Geoff 

Hampson - Mary Chilcote - Ed Wold 98.00 

21.07 8 1 Marian Krasowski - Stanislaw Wedzina - 

Maciej Jaworski - Marian Kowalewski 85.00 

13.83 2/3 James Dressler - David Langer - Betsy Downs 

- Mike Jones 70.00 

13.83 2/3 Michael Omielski - Jacek Michalski - Ryszard 

Matuszczyk - Krzysztof Matuszczyk 70.00 

B/C/D STRATIFIED SWISS TEAMS — 58 Teams 

20.07 1 Shirley Weisenthal - Sondra Breslauer - 

Esther Wiviott - JoPerlson 104.00 

15.05 2 Pennie Levin - Ellen Gross - Judy Haid - 

Donna Shavell 95.00 

9.88 3/4 1 Timothy Luker - William Zimmerman - Nancy 

Ogreenc - Mary Helen Halmstad 93.00 

7.05 5 2 Patricia Braun - Fred Clayton - Richard Claus 

- David Juberien 92.00 

4.63 1 Hanqun Qi - Karthik Srinivasan - Joe Nolan - 

Melissa Chester 91.00 

3.18 2 Tadeusz Szych - Norbert Iwanowicz - Lech 

Brzozowski - Alfred Koda 82.00 

STRATIFIED SENIOR SWISS TEAMS — 14 Teams 

6.72 1 Sally Levering - Al Levering - Michael Kutska - 

Suzanne Dunaway 99.00 

5.04 2 Richard Sternlieb - Willie Zurfluh - Sharon 

Kocher - Barbara Suran 98.00 

3.31 5 1 R. Nordeng - B. Nordeng - Donald Schuette - 

Joan Schuette 84.00 

TUESDAY/THURSDAY SIDE GAME SERIES — 154 Players 

6.37 1/2 Terri Kies 124.01% 

6.37 1/2 Shawn Concannon 124.01% 

FRIDAY/SATURDAY SIDE GAME SERIES — 182 Players 

5.88 1/2 Lawrence Fogelson 121.81% 

5.88 1/2 Wayne Carrick 121.81% 

MORNING SIDE GAME SERIES — 177 Players 

7.28 1 Gerald Szymski 137.53% 

5.98 2/3 Bernace Deyoung 131.31% 

5.98 2/3 John Russell 131.31% 

FallFest Sectional 

November 14-16, 2003 

Lombard, Illinois 

FRIDAY STRATIFIED DAYLIGHT PAIRS — 50 Pairs 

8.00 1 Wesley Suzuki - Emilie Anderson 199.04 

6.00 2 1 Ron Popp - John Vincent 191.63 

4.50 3 2 James Wing - Greg Berry 190.04 

2.96 3 1 Nancy Frank - Arlene Karel 187.96 

2.21 2 Fred Blaumueller - Carole Gleason 185.91 

FRIDAY MORN. STRATIFIED 199ER PAIRS — 26 Pairs 

2.19 1 1 Frances Leavitt - Mary Cieslik 168.00 

1.64 2 Jane Morrissey - Carol Thorne 167.00 

1.35 3 2 1 Mary Lou Fry - Jim Fry 164.50 

1.01 4 3 2 Jeannette Chase - Linda Rough 152.50 

FRIDAY AFTERNOON SPEEDBALL PAIRS — 59 Pairs 

6.67 1 1 1 Rose Ann Donzelli - Andrew Wojdelski 166.50 

5.00 2 2 George Adams - Donald Addis 164.28 

2.81 4 3 2 Harry Weindruch - Ellen Gross 158.17 

STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS —61 Pairs 

9.33 1 Gitta Ralston - Allan Jonas 213.50 

7.00 2 Sharon Pobloske - Robert Jackson 208.50 

5.25 3 1 E Dalton - Mark Frueh 201.50 

3.94 4 2 Jack Forstadt - Christopher Yu 190.18 

2.59 1 Blythe Olshan Findley - David Findley 168.26 

1.94 2 Roger Hendrick - George Clark 165.00 

STRATIFIED FUTURE MASTER — 30 Pairs 

2.38 1 1 1 Steve Boger - Diane Boger 189.00 

1.79 2 2 2 Barbara Morgan - Fred Johnston 179.50 

SATURDAY AFTERNOON OPEN PAIRS — 56 Pairs 

9.17 1 1 1 Zbigniew Muszynski - MiKE Omielski 208.50 

6.88 2 Sam Katz - Kerry Smith 202.00 

4.52 3 2 2 K. Matuszczyk - Ryszard Matuszczyk 181.00 

4.52 3 2 James Kehoe - Earle Miller 181.00 

SATURDAY AFTERNOON 199ER PAIRS — 33 Pairs 

2.57 1 1 Steve Oshen - John Garrett 196.94 

1.93 2 2 1 Lynne Marley - Craig Wakefield 188.44 

1.01 2 Nance Booty - Suzann Patterson 179.93 

SATURDAY EVENING OPEN PAIRS — 38 Pairs 

6.33 1 Rowen Bell - Daniel Levin 140.50 

4.75 2 Lavern Wiebe - Ellen Wiebe 136.50 

2.81 1 1 Ryszard Matuszczyk - K.Matuszczyk 122.00 

2.81 1 1 Lech Brzozowski - Tadeusz Szych 122.00 

SATURDAY EVENING 199ER PAIRS — 18 Pairs 

1.81 1 1 1 Penny Carduff - Joan Siavelis 99.50 

1.36 2 2 Bill Grisham - Vi Grisham 95.00 

1.02 3 3 2 Earle Miller - John Garrett 94.50 

BRACKETED KNOCKOUT A — 6 Teams 

12.50 1 Jeff Schuett - Ginny Schuett - Xiaodong Shi - 

Stanley Katz - Nikolay Demirev 

9.38 2 Charles Wright Jr - Mike Meltzer - Jan 

Churchwell - Marian Strickland 

BRACKETED KNOCKOUT B — 8 Teams 

7.07 1 Roger Hendrick - Roger Theis - Ashley 

Szymski - George Clark 

5.30 2 John Otto - Patricia Pohlman - James 

McKinney - Richard Claus 

BRACKETED KNOCKOUT C — 6 Teams 

5.02 1 D. Radosevich - Byrl Malmanger - Diane 

Boger - Steve Boger 

3.77 2 James Wong - Janice Hannsz - Elaine Rose - 

Conrad Johnson 

BRACKETED KNOCKOUT D — 6 Teams 

4.32 1 Robert Fredricksen - E Barrow - Alice Mansell 

- Elaine Everett 

3.24 2 Candace Timson - Jane Morrissey - Dodi 

Larrick - Carol Thorne 

SUNDAY FLIGHT A SWISS TEAMS — 17 Teams 

18.46 1 Jim Burt - Kathy Burt - Robert Jackson - 

Sharon Pobloske 106.00 

13.85 2 Jeff Schuett - Sangarapil Mohan - Xiaodong 

Shi - David Yang - Nikolay Demirev 100.00 

SUNDAY FLIGHT B/C — 31 Teams 

8.23 1 Gilbert Nicoll - George Adams - Steven 

Brashler - L Pelletier 105.00 

6.17 2 1 John Otto - Patricia Pohlman - Mildred Wing - 

Nancy Headen 95.00 

4.63 3 2 Nancy Frank - Ellen Gross - Robert Solomon - 

Georgann Humphrey 94.00 

SUNDAY FLIGHT D/E/F SWISS — 20 Teams 

4.54 1 Joan Bailey-Murray - R Kerwin - Chere 

Morrison - Laurie Hamachek 99.00 

3.41 2 Jeanette Steiner - Carol Stibbe - Robert 

Forbes - Donald Mason 96.00 

3.57 3 1 Ping Liu - Bruce Derylo - John Steiner - Betty 

Steffek 92.00 

2.68 4 2 Rebecca Shepherd - Lois Hoyer - Ron 

Hopman - Caralee Hopman 88.00 

2.42 1 Thomas Brandt - Michael Hagerty - James 

McIntyre - Mary McIntyre 84.00 

1.82 2 Ronald Kohn - Jo Kohn - Ronald Zachary - 

Gale Shillington 70.00 

If you win an event we want 

your picture. So if you are a 

winner in the December STAC, 

just email the Kibitzer a photo. 

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8 

News From The Clubs 

Around Town . . . The new club “Top Board” will 

open beginning Saturday, January 3, 2004. “Top Board” 

will play at 1:00 each Saturday at the Tamarack Retirement 

Center at 55 Greeley St., Palatine, IL 60067. Starting at 

12:15, Mark Ganzer will present a 20 minute interactive 

bridge lesson designed to improve your bridge results. This 

Barometer? 

Is It For Me? 

by Steve Garner 

Ever get off to a fast start 

in the finals of an open pairs 

and find yourself wondering 

if you’re near the top of the 

leaderboard? Wonder no 

longer. The CCBA offers you 

a Barometer Open Pairs, a 

two session event with a 

qualifying session in the 

afternoon (normal scoring) 

and a final session that 

provides round by round 

scores and comparisons. 

It’s fun to see how many 

pairs bid that slam or how 

many declarers failed to take 

nine tricks in 3NT. And 

since you always know 

where atop the leaderboard 

you sit, you can plan your 

strategy accordingly when 

playing against opponents 

with a higher score than 

yours. So c’mon and play in 

the Barometer Open Pairs, a 

truly unique event and one 

where you don’t ever have to 

wait for your scores! 

The finals of the Chicago 

Invitational Pairs is a 

Barometer Event. 

Invitations went out to all 

players with 1300 

masterpoints or more plus 

players that won events 

during 2003. If you received 

an invitition then make a 

reservation today and give 

this event a try. You might 

just find out that it is for you. 

will be followed by a Q & A session. Richard Meuller will be 

directing the game. If you have any questions, please call 

Brian Berkelhamer at 847-815-0101 . . . The Olympia Bridge 

Club is planning a special Barometer Event on President’s 

Day, February 16. You can call Sue Erickson at 847-398- 

3440 for more information . . . Look through the list below 

for all of the special events planned by Club Directors 

throughout Unit 123. I am sorry the type is so small but it 

was the only way to fit in the length of all of the information. 

Date Time Day Club Location Event 

1-Jan Thu Lake Shore BC Chicago No Game 

1-Jan 11:00 Thu Golf Maine DBC Niles No Game 

1-Jan 7:15 Thu South Suburban Thorton No Game 

1-Jan 11:00 Thu Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest No Game 

1-Jan 7:30 Thu Deerfield BC Deerfield No Game 

4-Jan 1:00 Sun Bridge on Sheridan Chicago Club Championship 

4-Jan 1:00 Sun South Suburban Thorton Potluck and 1:30 Pair Game 

6-Jan 7:30 Tues Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest Swiss Team Club Championship 

7-Jan 11:30 Wed Fox DBC Oak Park Club Championship 

8-Jan 12:15 Thu South Suburban Thorton Club Championship 

8-Jan 7:30 Thu Deerfield BC Deerfield Unit Game 

9-Jan 8:00 Fri South Suburban Thorton Charity Game 

12-Jan 6:30 Mon Lawson BC Chicago Club Championship 

14-Jan 10:30 Wed Deerfield BC Deerfield Club Championship 

16-Jan 10:30 Fri New Lenox DBC New Lenox Club Championship 

16-Jan 11:30 Fri South Suburban Thorton Potluck and 12:15 Pair Game 

16-Jan Fri Northwest DBC Arlington Heights Games Closed 

17-Jan 12:30 Sat Winshore DBC Winnetka No Game 

18-Jan 1:00 Sun Bridge on Sheridan Chicago No Game 

18-Jan 1:00 Sun South Suburban Thorton Potluck and 1:30 Pair Game 

19-Jan 11:00 Mon Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest Club Championship 

21-Jan 12:30 Wed Lake Shore BC Chicago Club Championship 

21-Jan 10:30 Wed New Lenox DBC New Lenox Membership Game 

23-Jan 10:30 Fri Northwest DBC Arlington Heights Club Championship 

24-Jan 12:30 Sat Winshore DBC Winnetka International Fund Game 

26-Jan 7:30 Mon South Suburban Thorton Club Championship 

27-Jan 11:30 Tues ABC DBC Skokie Club Championship 

28-Jan 7:00 Wed New Lenox DBC New Lenox Club Championship 

29-Jan 11:00 Thu Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest Handicap Club Championship 

29-Jan 7:30 Thu Deerfield BC Deerfield Charity Swiss Team 

30-Jan 7:30 Fri West Suburban Darien Swiss Team Club Championship 

30-Jan 7:45 Fri New Lenox DBC New Lenox Swiss Team Club Championship 

2-Feb 12:30 Mon Eazy Bridge Winnetka STAC 

2-Feb 7:30 Mon South Suburban Thorton STAC 

2-Feb 11:00 Mon Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest STAC 

3-Feb 11:00 Tues Golf Maine DBC Niles STAC 

3-Feb 11:30 Tues ABC DBC Skokie STAC 

3-Feb 7:30 Tues Playgound DBC Rolling Meadows STAC 

3-Feb 7:30 Tues Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest STAC 

4-Feb 11:30 Wed Fox DBC Oak Park STAC 

4-Feb 12:30 Wed Lake Shore BC Chicago STAC 

4-Feb 10:30 Wed New Lenox DBC New Lenox STAC 

4-Feb 7:00 Wed New Lenox DBC New Lenox STAC 

4-Feb 7:30 Wed Double Dummy Palatine STAC 

4-Feb 10:30 Wed Deerfield BC Deerfield STAC 

5-Feb 12:30 Thu Lake Shore BC Chicago STAC 

5-Feb 11:00 Thu Golf Maine DBC Niles STAC 

5-Feb 12:15 Thu South Suburban Thorton STAC 

5-Feb 11:00 Thu Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest STAC 

5-Feb 7:30 Thu Deerfield BC Deerfield STAC 

6-Feb 7:30 Fri West Suburban Darien STAC 

6-Feb 11:00 Fri Winnetka DBC Winnetka STAC 

6-Feb 10:30 Fri New Lenox DBC New Lenox STAC 

6-Feb 12:15 Fri South Suburban Thorton STAC 

6-Feb 10:30/7:30 Fri Northwest DBC Arlington Heights STAC 

7-Feb 12:30 Sat Winshore DBC Winnetka STAC 

7-Feb 8:00 Sat South Suburban Thorton STAC 

8-Feb 1:00 Sun Bridge on Sheridan Chicago STAC 

10-Feb 12:15 Tues South Suburban Thorton Charity Game 

10-Feb 7:30 Tues Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest Junior Fund Game - Board a Match 

11-Feb 10:30 Wed New Lenox DBC New Lenox ACBL Charity Game 

11-Feb 7:00 Wed New Lenox DBC New Lenox Unit Game 

11-Feb 7:30 Wed Double Dummy Palatine Club Championship 

12-Feb 11:00 Thu Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest Junior Fund Club Champsionship 

12-Feb 7:30 Thu Deerfield BC Deerfield Junior Fund Club Champsionship 

13-Feb 7:30 Fri West Suburban Darien Junior Fund Game 

13-Feb 12:15 Fri South Suburban Thorton Membership Game 

14-Feb 8:00 Sat South Suburban Thorton Membership Team Game 

15-Feb 7:00 Sun South Suburban Thorton Club Championship 

16-Feb 11:00 Mon Olympia DBC Palatine Barometer Club Championship 

16-Feb 11:00 Mon Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest Junior Fund Club Champsionship 

17-Feb 7:30 Tues Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest Junior Fund “No Bottoms: CC 

18-Feb 11:30 Wed Fox DBC Oak Park ICC Game 

18-Feb 10:30 Wed New Lenox DBC New Lenox Club Championship 

19-Feb 12:15 Thu South Suburban Thorton Charity Game 

19-Feb 7:30 Thu Deerfield BC Deerfield Junior Fund Swiss Team 

20-Feb 10:30 Fri New Lenox DBC New Lenox Club Championship 

20-Feb 11:30 Fri South Suburban Thorton Potluck and 12:15 Pair Game 

22-Feb 1:00 Sun Bridge on Sheridan Chicago Junior Fund Game 

23-Feb 11:00 Mon Olympia DBC Palatine ACBL-wide Senior Pairs 

23-Feb 11:00 Mon Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest ACBL-wide Senior Pairs 

23-Feb 6:30 Mon Lawson BC Chicago Charity Club Champsionship 

24-Feb 7:30 Tues Lake Forest DBC Lake Forest Junior Fund Swiss Team 

25-Feb 12:30 Wed Lake Shore BC Chicago Junior Fund Game 

25-Feb 10:30 Wed Deerfield BC Deerfield Junior Fund Club Champsionship 

26-Feb 12:30 Thu Lake Shore BC Chicago Junior Fund Game

Chicago Silver 

Point 

Sectional 

January 

16-18, 2004 

Hyatt Regency 

The Chicago Invitational Pairs is the 

premier event in Chicago. To play in this event 

you must receive an invitation. Invitations go 

to all players within District 13 who have 

1,300 masterpoints. In addition to these 

players, invitations also go out to players who 

have won events in Unit 123’s 2003 tournaments. 

Invitations went out the first week of 

December. You must make a reservation with 

Frank Chadwell in order to play in the Invitational 

Pairs. The rules of eligibility for the 

Chicago Invitational Pairs can be found at the 

CCBA Webpage at www.bridgeinchicago.com. 

OPEN EVENT SCHEDULE 

FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 

10:30 ACBL Charity Education Foundation 

Stratified Pairs 

3:30 Stratified Speedball Pairs 

(event will finish by 6:30) 

8:00 Stratified Open Pairs 

Chicago Invitational Pairs 

(qualifying round, matchpoint scoring) 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 

1:30 Finals of the Chicago Invitational Pairs 

(final round, barometer scoring) 

Stratified Open Pairs 

5:30 Annual Dinner and Meeting 

8:00 Stratified Board-A-Match Teams 

Stratified Open Pairs 

STRATIFICATION 

A: 1500+ 

B: 750-1500 

C : 0-750 

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18 

11:00 Stratiflighted Swiss Teams, 

Playthrough 

7 boards, 7 matches, 20 VP scoring 

A 1500+, AX 0-3000; 

B/C Stratified B 750 to 1500, C 0-750 

Take a break from Winter and play bridge. 

Tournament Chairman: Jackie Addis 

630-515-0101 or jackieaddis@comcast.net 

Invitational Pairs Chairman: Frank Chadwell 

773-883-0083 or fchadwell@sbhic.com 

Partnerships: Carl Sharp 312-234-1945, days; or 

evenings at 773-483-3734, ibsharp@mymailstation.com 

For additional information: 

Chicago Contract Bridge Association 

630-235-4718 or www.bridgeinchicago.com 

PARKING: 

$8.00 with in and out privileges. The parking is covered with 

direct access to the playing area on the second floor. If it is 

snowing (which we hope it will 

not be) you will not have to 

venture out into the elements. 

The ACBL Policy of discounted 

entry fees for members will be 

in effect for all events. Nonmembers 

will not be charged a 

surcharge in the 99'er and 

charity events. There will be a 

$1.00 surcharge for non-ACBL 

members. 

EVENTS FOR NEWCOMERS 

0-199 MASTERPOINTS 

All single session events - Partners guaranteed 

if you arrive 30 minutes before game time. 

Stratification for Future Master Stratified Pairs 

(0-20/20-50/50-100/100-200) 

Friday, January 16 

10:30 Future Master Stratified Pairs 



Saturday, January 17 



Sunday, January 18 

299er Day 

11:00 Stratified 299 Swiss Teams 

2 Sessions, more Silver Points! 

0-100, 100-200, 200-300 

Play Bridge with this 

Very Fun Group! 

Hyatt Regency O'Hare 

9300 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, River Road at Kennedy Expressway 

Rosemont, IL 60018 — Call for reservations: 847-696-1234 

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GNT Flyer 

TC

Annual Membership 

Dinner and Meeting 

Saturday January 17, 2004 

The Menu Includes: 

Caesar Salad with Herb Croutons 

and Creamy Caesar Dressing 

Black Angus Sirloin Steak with a Mild 

Peppercorn Sauce accompanied by 

Grilled Breast of Chicken 

with Mushroom Cream Sauce 

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes 

Fresh Seasonal Vegetables 

Rolls & Butter 

New York Style Cheesecake 

with a Raspberry Sauce 

Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee and Tea 

$15 per person, with the balance of the 

cost being subsidized by Unit 123. You 

may reserve a table by purchasing and 

paying for a table for 10. 

You can purchase dinner tickets from 

Jackie Addis, 

7326 Gigi Lane 

Darien, IL 60561, 

by sending a SASE with a 

check payable to the CCBA. 

Edward W. Buerger 

The bridge family lost a remarkable fellow with the 

death of Ed Buerger. Quite the gamesman, when Ed missed 

a bridge session, it was probably because he played in a 

chess or backgammon tournament. 

With over 3,000 masterpoints, the strongest part of Ed’s 

game was declarer play. A mathematician of sorts, his 

understanding of percentages, restricted choice, squeezes, 

etc., made him a formidable foe. Ed liked to repeat the latest 

joke from table to table, but was generally quiet in small 

talk. In contrast, his language skills prompted him to 

engage foreign-born players in banter in their own tongues, 

both European and Asian. 

Ed was active in the Church of Latter Day Saints. Such 

a mind. Quite a loss. 

ACBL Board Highlights 

by Harriette Buckman 

The ACBL Board of Directors met in New Orleans prior 

to the Fall NABC. Our meetings were very productive and 

I’d like to share some of the highlights that will have an 

effect on bridge in Chicago. 

The Fall meeting always begins with the approval of 

next year’s budget. The next three NABC’s are projected to 

be up 5,000 tables over the current year. We expect membership 

to be up slightly and tournament income to be up 

approximately 5%. The budget for 2004 reflects a 6.4% increase 

over last year, with salaries going up approximately 

3%; health care costs increasing by approximately 7%; an 

increased training budget; an increase in marketing expenses; 

and an increase in the cost of the ACBL Bulletin. 

We expect these costs to have a positive effect. 

At the current time there is no plan for entry fees to rise 

at the NABC but if they do we have approved 25% of the per 

table increase will be directed back to the local planning 

organization. What this means is that after the 2006 Chicago 

NABC more money will be given back to our District. 

Other highlights from our meeting include: 

♣ Any ACBL member who files a civil action or submits a 

dispute to arbitration for damages against the ACBL shall 

be automatically suspended from the ACBL. If the ACBL 

receives a favorable result, then the suspension will only 

be lifted after all expenses incurred by the ACBL have 

been reimbursed. 

♣ I chaired a committee to review the North American Open 

Pairs event. My committee recommended the event remain 

the same except that at the club level the surcharge 

per player to be reduced from the current $1.75 to $1.00. 

We also asked ACBL Management to promote this event 

more extensively at the club level. In our District we will 

have club qualifiers next summer followed by a 2-day combined 

Unit and District Finals. We hope that the lower 

fees will encourage more players to enter this event. 

♣ If you are planning to play in the Spingold next summer 

in New York, the game times will be 10:00 and 4:00. 

Games times for the Mini-Spingold will be 1:00 and 7:30 

until the round of 8, then the games times will be the 

same as the Spingold. 

♣ The International Fund Game in January will be held 

the Saturday before the Super Bowl. To make sure clubs 

are successful with this event we moved and passed that 

Units can not schedule any bridge event at the same time. 

♣ The Board has always been supportive of child care at 

the NABC’s. In support this effort we have approved program 

funding to ensure this program continues. 

♣ A complete review of NABC events will be undertaken 

by the Bridge Committee. Input will be sought from 

throughout the membership. If you have thoughts on this 

issue please let me know so that I can forward your suggestions 

to this committee. 

♣ A committee has been appointed to examine all special 

games held at clubs for consistency of masterpoint awards, 

fees paid and how frequently they are run. Again, if you 

have any comments for this committee please let me know. 

As your representative to the ACBL Board of Directors I 

want to know how you feel. I am your voice on the ACBL 

Board so I need to know how the memberships feels on the 

issues. If you have comments please feel free to 

contact me at: harriette@dressing.org. 

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The Kibitzer, January/February 2004 

Patricia Chiszar, Editor 

kibitzer@bridgeinchicago.com 

630-235-4718 

Chicago Contract Bridge Association 

PO Box 2585, Naperville, IL 60567 

630.235.4718 

Online: www.bridgeinchicago.com 

Email: ccba@bridgeinchicago.com 

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Not Sure of your 

Masterpoints? 

The ACBL has a program that allows you to call the ACBL 

24-hours a day and find out exactly how many masterpoints 

you have . . . and they will tell the color breakdown. So if you 

are not sure about how many masterpoints you have call and 

you will find out your most current total. 

Here's how it works: Call 1/800-467-1623 and you will 

reach ACBL's Interactive Voice Response System. A human 

voice will guide you through the very simple steps you can 

take to find out your service fee or dues status, request 

Bulletin delivery, inquire about masterpoints or just leave a 

message. You will also be able to find out the six most recent 

masterpoint transactions. You will need to have your player 

number handy and have a touch-tone telephone. 

Going South for the Winter 

Would like to continue to receive the Kibitzer while you 

are away this winter? When you contact the ACBL with 

your address change just tell them that this is a temporary 

address change and that you would like to remain in Unit 

123. By doing this you will remain a member of the Unit 

and you will continue to receive the Kibitzer. 

Flight C Players Top Event 

Marshall Baum and Bob Howard, Flight C players, really 

made a name for themselves at the Central States Regional 

in Lake Geneva. Marshall and Bob (who have a combined 

total of 200 masterpoints between them) won the twosession 

Friday Senior Pairs. It is very unusual for a Flight 

C pair to have a section top in A and it is even more rare for 

a Flight C pair to win a two session event. This win qualifies 

them for a Silver Ribbon Qualification. Congratulations to 

this pair and watch for their names at future tournaments. 

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Permit #49 

A Chance To Give Back 

This is the time of the year 

we ask our members who are 

able to give something back to 

the organization which has given 

them so much pleasure. A small donation 

of cash or new goods will 

help to fill the baskets 

given away at the annual 

WinterFest dinner. The 

baskets are always a highlight 

at the Annual Meeting 

Dinner so we like to give away 

as many as we can. 

Our Baskets 

are empty. 

Checks should be made payable to the CCBA and mailed 

to Jackie Addis, 7326 Gigi Lane, Darien, Il 60561. If you 

have other donations, please call Jackie at 630-515-0101. 

Around Town 

Judy Wadas and Bart Bramley, formerly from Chicago, 

were married in Dallas last month. They have been together 

26 years and have decided that it was time to get married. 

Gunnar Berg and Patti Payne were married the day before 

Thanksgiving in New Orleans. They met at SummerFest 

last summer when Patti came to the partnership desk looking 

for a partner. I’d say she found one. 

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