We had 18 1/2 tables for this Tuesday evening Club Appreciation Game. The
game was structured as two 9-table sections plus a bumping pair. By flipping
a coin twice, the bumpers were assigned to Section A E-W. This meant that most
N-S pairs in that section had a 3-board sit-out. Again using pre-dealt hands,
we were able to score across the field with top on each board being 15.
I corrected two or three scoring errors at the club, and discovered three more
when I checked all the results:
Section A. Board 3 NS9 v EW8 650 not 590 wrong score for 5SX making 5
Section B. Board 3 NS7 v EW4 690 not 790 wrong score for 4SX making 6 (not 7)
Board 8 NS3 v EW3 -690 not -90 deceptive handwriting
With the scores very close at the top, even these small corrections could have
jumbled the rankings, but this time they produced no significant changes.
The spread between first and sixth place was just over 9 MP (on a 15 top this is
barely half a board). Any of the top six teams might have won the event with
only one more good score -- perhaps even an overtrick on a key board.
Congratulations to Ann Baum and Steve Groag for the best score of the evening, at
just over 60%. The winners' margin over Tony Maglione and Sandra Geffert in 2nd
place had been only 1.2 MP before the corrections, but increased to 2.7 MP. The
masterpoint awards in these Club Appreciation Games are generous, with the winners
earning 4.83 masterpoints.
With two sections, I award Free Plays to four pairs, within the following strata:
1. Ann and Steve for First Overall at 60.24%,
2. Sandra Geffert and Tony Maglione for first among Flight C (0-500 MP) at 59.50%,
only 2 1/2 MP ahead of Harry Marsh and Michael Stevens,
3. Chuck Rossi and Scott Nyman for first among Flight B pairs (500-1500 MP) at
58.22%, nearly a full board ahead of John Pararas and Chuck Greenslit,
4. No award in Limited A (1500-3000 MP) as none of these pairs (exceept Steve and
Ann) reached the required minimum 58% game (Milton Binder and Don Carow were
closest at 55.4%), and
5. Michael Stevens and Harry Marsh for next best section top at 58.79%, barely
one MP ahead of Bob Stubbs and Richard Saval.
The only difficult ruling of the night came on board 1 where this strange auction
ensued:
North East South West
Pass Pass 1D 2NT (unusual on QJx-AQJTx-void-KTxxx)
3S Pass * Pass Dbl (* significant break in tempo)
4D Dbl All Pass
4DX was down two for -300. I ruled that Pass was a logical alternative for
West after East's hesitation, and backed the contract up to 3S undoubled, but
this ill-considered overcall would be down four according to Deep Finesse, so
the adjusted score was still -200.
All of these computer generated hands are totally randomly dealt, but this set
offered a wealth of high-level doubled contracts that made. The best example
was board 27 where some E-W pairs took a 6DX sacrifice against N-S's 5H game
which was making. But 6DX also made for +1090! -- a 4-way tie for top!
We are displaced from Temple Reyim for the next two Tuesdays due to more Jewish
holidays. Our Tuesday night games will be held in Westwooe on October 14 and
October 21. Our Monday and Friday daytime games will still be at Reyim. The
game next Tuesday is an InterClub Championship where we will be playing the same
hands at many clubs across the country and the scores will be matchpointed across
a very large field -- top on a board is typically 100.
There will be a daytime SWISS teams on Friday October 17th, and a Tuesday evening
Swiss on October 28th. When you have a team together, please pre-register by
e-mail or by using the form on the website.
Thank you all for coming!
Club Appreciation Game Tuesday Eve Session October 7, 2008
Scores after 27 boards Average: 180.0 Section A B North-South
Pair Pct Score Section Rank Overall Rank MPs
A B C A B C
A 9 60.26 216.94 A 1 1 4.83(OA) Steven Groag - Ann Baum
B 9 59.50 214.20 C 2 1 1 2 1 1 3.62(OA) Anthony Maglione - Sandra Geffert
B 7 57.75 207.90 C 3 2 2 6 5 4 1.21(SA) Larry Hanerfeld - Rona Gugliemino
A 4 55.44 199.57 A 4 0.85(SA) Milton Binder - Donald Carow
B 4 54.72 197.00 B 5 3 6 0.73(OB) John Pararas - Chuck Greenslit
A 6 53.24 191.66 A 6 0.40(SA) Joseph De Gaetano - Natalie Bassil
B 5 50.94 183.37 A 7 0.35(SA) Elaine Blaustein - Elinor Silverman
A 3 50.44 181.57 B 8 4 0.49(SB) Robin Hillyard - Leonard Aberbach
A 8 49.92 179.70 B Claire Aronson - Estelle Katz
A 5 49.15 176.93 C Timothy Hill - Mahesh Shetye
A 7 49.14 176.90 B Catherine Sallar - Marie Sengupta
B 6 48.49 174.57 A Anita Taylor - Anand Lele
B 3 45.49 163.77 A Myra Kolton - Daniel Colatosti
B 1 45.48 163.73 A Peter Matthews - Charles McLain III
B 2 45.22 162.78 C William Gay - Massimo De Nadai
A 1 42.71 153.74 B Cleveland Peeke - Arnold Jacobson
B 8 42.03 151.30 B Edward Sullivan - Chris Gradijan
A 2 40.05 144.17 B Louis Russo - Peter Zucker
Club Appreciation Game Tuesday Eve Session October 7, 2008
Scores after 27 boards Average: 180.0 Section A B East-West
Pair Pct Score Section Rank Overall Rank MPs
A B C A B C
B 1 58.79 211.63 C 1 1 1 3 2 2 2.72(OA) Michael Stevens - Harry Marsh
A 8 58.49 210.55 C 2 2 2 4 3 3 2.04(OA) Robert Stubbs - Richard Saval
B 8 58.22 209.60 B 3 3 5 4 1.53(OA) Charles Rossi - Scott Nyman
A 3 53.12 191.23 A 4 0.85(SA) Sheila Gabay - Luke Gillespie
A 6 52.44 188.80 A 5 0.48(SA) Nataly Goldin - Arkady Shifrin
A 10 51.69 186.09 B 6 4 0.56(SB) Elliot Fienberg - David Poole
A 5 50.77 182.78 C 7 5 3 5 0.72(OC) Stephen Cohen - Paul Melman
B 2 50.42 181.50 C 8 6 4 0.44(SC) John Byers - Michael Mitzenmacher
A 4 49.96 179.87 C Jane Adams - Howard Canan
B 5 49.83 179.37 B M Foster - Anthony Anisowicz
B 9 48.93 176.13 A Shekhar Sengupta - Saul Agranoff
B 6 48.67 175.20 B Edward Scolnick - Gerald Wadness
B 4 48.04 172.93 C Allan Toledano - James Stam
A 9 46.87 168.72 A Donald Kurson - Sandra Nyman
A 2 46.50 167.40 C Paul Kelly - Anthony Fireman
B 3 45.89 165.20 A Lewis Gamerman - Amnon Gabay
A 7 45.69 164.49 C Richard Hermon-Taylor - Ed Najjar
A 1 43.73 157.44 C Ruth Banghart - Susan Banghart
B 7 41.04 147.76 B James Reed - Homer Reed Jr
Click here for Section B.
Club Appreciation Game Tuesday Eve Session October 7, 2008
Scores after 27 boards Average: 180.0 Section A North-South
Pair Pct Score Section Rank Overall Rank MPs
A B C A B C
9 60.26 216.94 A 1 1 4.83(OA) Steven Groag - Ann Baum
4 55.44 199.57 A 4 0.85(SA) Milton Binder - Donald Carow
6 53.24 191.66 A 6 0.40(SA) Joseph De Gaetano - Natalie Bassil
3 50.44 181.57 B 8 4 0.49(SB) Robin Hillyard - Leonard Aberbach
8 49.92 179.70 B Claire Aronson - Estelle Katz
5 49.15 176.93 C Timothy Hill - Mahesh Shetye
7 49.14 176.90 B Catherine Sallar - Marie Sengupta
1 42.71 153.74 B Cleveland Peeke - Arnold Jacobson
2 40.05 144.17 B Louis Russo - Peter Zucker
**PAIRS**
BOARD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
\/
1> 6- 15 6- 2- 9 13 - 11
-420 ---- 300 -420 -500 -200 50 -800 -140
2> 8- 8- 2 13 4 1 8- 4
620 ---- 620 50 650 140 -90 620 140
3> 8.57 5.90 13.90 2.70 5.90 0.03 11.77
450 ---- 420 690 200 NP 420 -100 650
4> 13 7 13 13 15 0 3 10
100 -140 ---- 100 100 140 -800 -200 -100
5> 2- 8- 8- 2- 8- 2- 14 8-
-450 -420 ---- -420 -450 -420 -450 -170 -420
6> 11- 3 3 7- 3 11- 11- 15
100 -650 ---- -650 -620 -650 100 100 200
7> 8 2 1 14 8 8 8 8
650 400 200 ---- 800 650 650 650 650
8> 9- 4 9- 11 8 13 13 4
-200 -450 -200 ---- -110 -300 -100 -100 -450
9> 5- 10- 14- 1 10- 10- 1 5-
-660 -630 -600 ---- -690 -630 -630 -690 -660
10> 1 8 8 2- 5 8 15 4
-200 110 110 -100 ---- 100 110 500 -80
11> 1 0 3 6 3 10 10 15
-400 -420 -100 50 ---- -100 100 100 470
12> 6- 3- 0 10 3- 10 14 10
500 100 -500 600 ---- 100 600 750 600
13> 3- - 10- 10- 3- 3- 3- 10-
500 100 680 680 500 ---- 500 500 680
14> 1- 1- 0 12- 12- 4 15 4
-120 -120 -150 100 100 ---- -110 110 -110
15> 10- 5 10- 10- 10- 5 - 10-
110 100 110 110 110 ---- 100 -100 110
16> 0 5- 12- 5- 9 12- 12- 1
420 460 490 460 480 490 ---- 490 430
17> 1 11- 14- 11- 9 14- 4- 2
-100 480 490 480 450 490 ---- 400 -50
18> 10.17 10.17 2.17 10.17 3.23 10.17 10.17 10.17
630 630 130 630 150 630 ---- 630 630
19> 5 12- 2- 2- 0 7- 7- 14
110 170 -50 -50 -100 140 140 ---- 420
20> 10- 5- 13- 13- 5- 5- 13- 13-
-620 -630 -600 -600 -630 -630 -600 ---- -600
21> 12 3- 3- 6- 0 3- 12 12
620 100 100 170 -590 100 620 ---- 620
22> 8- 8- 13- 8- 1- 15 8- 3-
100 100 200 100 -300 800 100 -150 ----
23> 7 5 - 14 12- 2- 5 8
690 680 -200 1470 1440 650 680 710 ----
24> 2 10 5 0 14 10 5 3
150 430 400 -50 460 430 400 180 ----
25> 1 14- 7- 7- 13 2 7- 7-
---- 150 980 480 480 800 420 480 480
26> 6 11- 9- 15 6 6 1- 13-
---- 120 150 140 600 120 120 -100 200
27> 11- 1- 11- 6 6 11- 11- 11-
---- 450 -1090 450 -50 -50 450 450 450
Club Appreciation Game Tuesday Eve Session October 7, 2008
Scores after 27 boards Average: 180.0 Section A East-West
Pair Pct Score Section Rank Overall Rank MPs
A B C A B C
8 58.49 210.55 C 2 2 2 4 3 3 2.04(OA) Robert Stubbs - Richard Saval
3 53.12 191.23 A 4 0.85(SA) Sheila Gabay - Luke Gillespie
6 52.44 188.80 A 5 0.48(SA) Nataly Goldin - Arkady Shifrin
10 51.69 186.09 B 6 4 0.56(SB) Elliot Fienberg - David Poole
5 50.77 182.78 C 7 5 3 5 0.72(OC) Stephen Cohen - Paul Melman
4 49.96 179.87 C Jane Adams - Howard Canan
9 46.87 168.72 A Donald Kurson - Sandra Nyman
2 46.50 167.40 C Paul Kelly - Anthony Fireman
7 45.69 164.49 C Richard Hermon-Taylor - Ed Najjar
1 43.73 157.44 C Ruth Banghart - Susan Banghart
**PAIRS**
BOARD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
\/
1> 8- 6 2 0 14- 8- 4 12-
420 200 ---- -50 -300 800 420 140 500 ----
2> 6- 11 14 6- 6- 13 11 2
-620 -140 ---- 90 -620 -620 -50 -140 -650 ----
3> 6.43 9.10 9.10 14.97 1.10 3.23 12.30
-450 NP ---- -420 -420 100 -690 -650 -200 ----
4> 0 8 15 12 2 5 2 2
-140 140 800 ---- 200 -100 100 ---- -100 -100
5> 6- 6- 12- 1 6- 6- 12- 12-
420 420 450 ---- 170 420 420 ---- 450 450
6> 12 12 3- 3- 12 0 3- 7-
650 650 -100 ---- -100 650 -200 ---- -100 620
7> 7 14 7 7 1 7 7 13
---- -650 -200 -650 ---- -650 -800 -650 -650 -400
8> 2 5- 2 11 4 5- 7 11
---- 100 200 100 ---- 450 110 200 300 450
9> 4- - 14 9- 14 9- 4- 4-
---- 630 600 690 ---- 660 690 660 630 630
10> 7 7 0 12- 14 10 7 11
-110 -110 -500 100 ---- ---- 200 -100 -110 80
11> 5 12 5 9 14 12 15 0
-100 100 -100 -50 ---- ---- 400 100 420 -470
12> 5 15 1 5 8- 11- 11- 5
-600 500 -750 -600 ---- ---- -500 -100 -100 -600
13> 4- 11- 4- 4- 11- 11- 14- 11-
-680 -500 -680 -680 -500 -500 ---- -100 ---- -500
14> 15 0 2- 11 2- 13- 13- 11
150 -110 -100 110 -100 120 ---- 120 ---- 110
15> 4- 14- 4- 4- 4- 4- 10 10
-110 100 -110 -110 -110 -110 ---- -100 ---- -100
16> 2- 14 6 15 2- 9- 2- 9-
-490 ---- -430 -480 -420 -490 -460 ---- -490 -460
17> 10- 13 6 14 - 3- - 3-
-400 ---- 50 -450 100 -490 -480 ---- -490 -480
18> 4.83 4.83 11.77 4.83 4.83 4.83 12.83 4.83
-630 ---- -630 -150 -630 -630 -630 ---- -130 -630
19> 12- 1 15 10 7- 2- 7- 12-
50 -420 100 -110 -140 -170 -140 50 ---- ----
20> 1- 1- 9- 4- 9- 9- 1- 1-
600 600 630 620 630 630 600 600 ---- ----
21> 8- 3 15 3 11- 11- 3 11-
-170 -620 590 -620 -100 -100 -620 -100 ---- ----
22> 13- 6- 0 6- 6- 11- 6- 1-
---- 300 -100 -800 -100 -100 ---- 150 -100 -200
23> 2- 8 12- 10 10 7 1 14-
-----1440 -690 -650 -680 -680 ---- -710 -1470 200
24> 1 13 5 5 10 12 15 10
---- -460 -150 -430 -430 -400 ---- -180 50 -400
25> 7- 14 13 - 7- 7- 7- 2
-480 ---- ---- -150 -420 -980 -480 -480 -480 -800
26> 0 9 9 3- 13- 5- 1- 9
-600 ---- ---- -120 -120 -150 100 -140 -200 -120
27> 9 3- 3- 13- 3- 3- 3- 9
50 ---- ---- -450 -450 1090 -450 -450 -450 50
Section B
Club Appreciation Game Tuesday Eve Session October 7, 2008
Scores after 27 boards Average: 180.0 Section B North-South
Pair Pct Score Section Rank Overall Rank MPs
A B C A B C
9 59.50 214.20 C 2 1 1 2 1 1 3.62(OA) Anthony Maglione - Sandra Geffert
7 57.75 207.90 C 3 2 2 6 5 4 1.21(SA) Larry Hanerfeld - Rona Gugliemino
4 54.72 197.00 B 5 3 6 0.73(OB) John Pararas - Chuck Greenslit
5 50.94 183.37 A 7 0.35(SA) Elaine Blaustein - Elinor Silverman
6 48.49 174.57 A Anita Taylor - Anand Lele
3 45.49 163.77 A Myra Kolton - Daniel Colatosti
1 45.48 163.73 A Peter Matthews - Charles McLain III
2 45.22 162.78 C William Gay - Massimo De Nadai
8 42.03 151.30 B Edward Sullivan - Chris Gradijan
**PAIRS**
BOARD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
\/
1> 6- 6- 4 13 2- 13 - 10
-420 ---- -420 -450 50 -500 50 -800 -170
2> 8- 0 15 8- 8- 13 4 13
620 ---- -100 680 620 620 650 140 650
3> 2.70 1.10 13.90 10.70 5.90 13.90 9.63 5.90
200 ---- -50 690 590 420 690 480 420
4> 7 7 3 3 1 7 11 7
-140 -140 ---- -200 -200 -300 -140 PASS -140
5> 12 13 15 2- 8- 2- 2- 8-
-400 -200 ---- 50 -450 -420 -450 -450 -420
6> 3 3 11- 3 7- 11- 3 11-
-650 -650 ---- 100 -650 -620 100 -650 100
7> 0 13 15 3 8 8 8 8
-100 680 1400 ---- 600 650 650 650 650
8> 4 4 0 15 4 4 4 13
-450 -450 -690 ---- 110 -450 -450 -450 -100
9> 5- 1 5- 13 14- 10- 5- 5-
-660 -690 -660 ---- -620 -600 -630 -660 -660
10> 13 2- 8 12 8 0 14 11
200 -100 110 130 ---- 110 -500 300 120
11> 10 13- 10 3 6 10 6 13-
100 140 100 -100 ---- 50 100 50 140
12> 14 10 5 6- 1 10 2 14
750 600 300 500 ---- -200 600 50 750
13> - 6- 10- 15 10- 10- 6- 14
100 650 680 1050 680 ---- 680 650 850
14> 12- 9 4 12- 9 6 9 7
100 50 -110 100 50 ---- -100 50 -90
15> 2- 10- 10- 10- 15 5 - 2-
50 110 110 110 130 ---- 100 -100 50
16> 5- 2 5- 12- 12- 5- 5- 12-
460 450 460 490 490 460 ---- 460 490
17> 7 4- 0 11- 8 11- 4- 4-
420 400 -150 480 430 480 ---- 400 400
18> 0.03 10.17 1.10 10.17 10.17 10.17 4.30
-200 NP 630 100 630 630 ---- 630 180
19> 7- 7- 10- 2- 2- 10- 12- 15
140 140 150 -50 -50 150 170 ---- 430
20> 5- 5- - - 5- 5- 10- 5-
-630 -630 -660 -660 -630 -630 -620 ---- -630
21> 8 12 12 12 3- 6- 1 12
300 620 620 620 100 170 -530 ---- 620
22> 8- 3- 13- 8- 8- 0 1- 8-
100 -150 200 100 100 -600 -300 100 ----
23> 10 2- 5 - 10 12- 15 10
1430 650 680 -200 1430 1440 2220 1430 ----
24> 10 10 10 15 1 5 10 10
430 430 430 800 110 400 430 430 ----
25> 11 7- 0 3- 14- 7- 3- 12
---- 490 480 -50 450 980 480 450 510
26> 3 1- 9- 6 6 13- 11- 0
---- 110 -100 140 120 120 200 150 -400
27> 1- 11- 1- 6 11- 11- 1- 4
-----1090 450 -1090 -50 450 450 -1090 -100
Club Appreciation Game Tuesday Eve Session October 7, 2008
Scores after 27 boards Average: 180.0 Section B East-West
Pair Pct Score Section Rank Overall Rank MPs
A B C A B C
1 58.79 211.63 C 1 1 1 3 2 2 2.72(OA) Michael Stevens - Harry Marsh
8 58.22 209.60 B 3 3 5 4 1.53(OA) Charles Rossi - Scott Nyman
2 50.42 181.50 C 8 6 4 0.44(SC) John Byers - Michael Mitzenmacher
5 49.83 179.37 B M Foster - Anthony Anisowicz
9 48.93 176.13 A Shekhar Sengupta - Saul Agranoff
6 48.67 175.20 B Edward Scolnick - Gerald Wadness
4 48.04 172.93 C Allan Toledano - James Stam
3 45.89 165.20 A Lewis Gamerman - Amnon Gabay
7 41.04 147.76 B James Reed - Homer Reed Jr
**PAIRS**
BOARD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
\/
1> 8- 12- 2 8- 14- 11 5 2
420 500 ---- -50 420 800 450 170 -50
2> 6- 6- 2 15 11 0 2 6-
-620 -620 ---- -650 100 -140 -680 -650 -620
3> 12.30 9.10 1.10 13.90 5.37 1.10 9.10 4.30
-200 -420 ---- -690 50 -480 -690 -420 -590
4> 14 8 8 4 12 8 12 8
300 140 140 ---- PASS 200 140 200 140
5> 6- 2 12- 12- 0 6- 12- 3
420 200 450 ---- 450 -50 420 450 400
6> 7- 12 3- 12 3- 3- 12 12
620 650 -100 ---- 650 -100 -100 650 650
7> 2 7 0 7 7 12 15 7
-680 -650 -1400 -650 ---- -650 -600 100 -650
8> 11 11 15 11 2 0 11 11
450 450 690 450 ---- 100 -110 450 450
9> 14 4- 9- 9- 9- 2 9- -
690 630 660 660 ---- 660 620 660 600
10> 15 7 1 3 4 2 7 12-
500 -110 -300 -130 -120 ---- -200 -110 100
11> 5 5 9 12 1- 5 9 1-
-100 -100 -50 100 -140 ---- -100 -50 -140
12> 5 10 13 8- 1 1 14 5
-600 -300 -50 -500 -750 ---- -750 200 -600
13> 4- 8- 0 1 4- 14- 8- 4-
-680 -650 -1050 -850 -680 -100 ---- -650 -680
14> 11 6 2- 8 6 2- 6 9
110 -50 -100 90 -50 -100 ---- -50 100
15> 4- 14- 4- 12- 0 12- 4- 10
-110 100 -110 -50 -130 -50 ---- -110 -100
16> 9- 2- 2- 2- 9- 9- 13 9-
-460 -490 -490 -490 -460 -460 -450 ---- -460
17> 10- 3- 10- 7 8 3- 10- 15
-400 -480 -400 -430 -420 -480 -400 ---- 150
18> 4.83 13.90 10.70 4.83 14.97 4.83 4.83
-630 -100 -180 -630 200 -630 NP ---- -630
19> 12- 0 12- 7- 4- 7- 2- 4-
50 -430 50 -140 -150 -140 -170 -150 ----
20> 14- 9- 9- 9- 9- 9- 4- 14-
660 630 630 630 630 630 620 660 ----
21> 3 3 11- 7 8- 3 14 3
-620 -620 -100 -300 -170 -620 530 -620 ----
22> 6- 6- 15 11- 13- 1- 6- 6-
---- -100 -100 600 150 300 -200 -100 -100
23> 5 5 2- 12- 0 10 5 14-
-----1430 -1430 -1440 -650 -2220 -680 -1430 200
24> 14 5 10 5 5 5 5 0
---- -110 -430 -400 -430 -430 -430 -430 -800
25> 11- - 4 7- 7- 11- 15 3
-450 ---- -980 -490 -480 -480 -450 50 -510
26> 9 9 12 1- 13- 3- 5- 15
-120 ---- -120 -110 -200 100 -150 -140 400
27> 9 3- 13- 3- 3- 13- 13- 11
50 ---- -450 1090 -450 -450 1090 1090 100