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Duplicate Bridge: Aug. 22, 2020

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A regionally rated ACBL tournament awaits players online next week. “Virtual Vacation,” which will award gold and red master points, begins Thursday, Aug. 27, and continues through Sunday, Aug. 30, on Bridge Base Online. For details, visit acbl.org or bridgebase.com.
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All local clubs encourage their players to continue competing on the Internet until face-to-face games can resume.
Open to all players on Bridge Base Online are the Support Your Club games every day at 10 a.m., 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., which send part of the game fees to a club that players designate. For more info, visit acbl.org/virtual or bridgebase.com.
Local clubs also share in the fees from online games they sponsor as Virtual Clubs on BBO for players who are affiliated with them.
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The Airport Bridge Club has linked up with the Alliance Bridge Club, the ACBL’s largest bridge club, which offers more than a dozen games every day. Anyone who has played at the Airport Club is automatically a member. For more info, visit alliancebridgeclub.com or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at 603-6943.
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The Bridge Center of Buffalo offers games three or four days a week on Bridge Base Online and the Lockport Duplicate Bridge Club has games there on Tuesday evening and Saturday afternoon. For the most part, the calendar follows the schedule that the clubs maintained when they were able to play games face to face.
For more info, visit the Bridge Center of Buffalo website, call director Dian Petrov at 228-2230 or email him at dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
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The Delaware Wednesday Club plays at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on Bridge Base Online, the same time that it had its actual games.
Delaware Wednesday is invitational and to ensure that it is restricted primarily to club members, there’s a master point limit of 1,500 on players who want to join. None of the club members has more than 1,500 points.
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Canceled due to the pandemic is the Buffalo Fall Sectional Tournament Sept. 11 to 13. The annual Unit 116 meeting Dec. 5 is still pending and the Mentoring Program and the Youth Bridge Program are currently on hold.
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The Saturday Duplicate Bridge column is on hiatus in the print edition of The Buffalo News until clubs resume regular play, but it’s alive and well online. The syndicated Daily Bridge Club column by Frank Stewart will continue to appear.
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Tournament calendar
2020
CANCELED: Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Sept. 1, to Monday, Sept. 7.
CANCELED: Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 11, to Sunday, Sept. 13.
CANCELED: St. Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Sept. 15, to Sunday, Sept. 20.
CANCELED: Rochester Fall Sectional – Saturday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 4.
CANCELED: Buffalo Regional – Buffalo Grand Hotel (formerly Adam's Mark), 120 Church St., Buffalo. Tuesday, Oct. 20, to Sunday, Oct. 25.
CANCELED: Finger Lakes Sectional – Seneca County Office Building, 1 DiPronio Drive, Seneca Falls. Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8.
CANCELED: Unit 255 Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, to Sunday, Nov. 15.
District 5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – Local clubs, if they're open and if the ACBL provides a director. Monday, Dec. 7, to Sunday, Dec. 13.
2021
Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, to Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021.
Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, to Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021.
St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, to Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021.
Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West. Tuesday, March 30, 2021, to Sunday, April 4, 2021.
Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 16, 2021, to Sunday, April 18, 2021.
Cleveland All-American Regional – Embassy Suites, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 25, 2021, to Monday, May 31, 2021.
Niagara-on-the-Lake Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 4, 2021, to Sunday, June 6, 2021.
Southwest Ontario Regional – Bingemans Conference and Convention Centre, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ont. Tuesday, July 6, 2021, to Sunday, July 11, 2021.
Rochester Regional – RIT Inn and Conference Center, 5257 W. Henrietta Road, Henrietta. Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, to Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021.
St. Catharines 299er Sectional – Bridge Centre of Niagara, 6-2E Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont. Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, and Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021.
Pittsburgh Labor Day Regional – DoubleTree Pittsburgh-Green Tree, 500 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, to Monday, Sept. 8, 2021.
Great Lakes Sectional – Erie Bridge Center, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, and Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021.
Buffalo Fall Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, to Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021.
Buffalo Regional – Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, to Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021.
St. Catharines Regional – Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, to Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021.
Unit 255 Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Path, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, Nov. 13, 2021, to Sunday, Nov. 15, 2021.
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Bridge club websites:
Click names for links.
The Airport Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.
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The Duplicate Bridge column is compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version normally appears in the Life & Arts section in the Saturday edition of The Buffalo News.
During this hiatus, it can be found by Googling  “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date, which should bring up a link to it on buffalonews.com, the Buffalo News website.
Sometimes the online version does not materialize on the Buffalo News website, at least not in a timely fashion. Worse yet, columns from previous weeks currently cannot be accessed on the News website. But all is not lost. They are available in an appendix to Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/
The online version contains unabridged scores and a longer list of notices. Deadline for submission of scores and notices is Tuesday night. Email danderson@buffnews.com or dahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is 716-849-4420.
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Now a Gold Life Master, Dale Anderson has a career total of more than 2,700 master points and is playing online these days. He blogs about his quest for the next measure of achievement, Emerald Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.
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Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of Aug. 10 to Aug. 16
Bridge Center of Buffalo Monday evening – 99ers. North-south, Cynthia Tashjian and William Qu, 60.07%; Isabelle Banas and Peg Feather, 59.33%; Elaine Idzik and Martha Townson, 58.38%; Carol Licata and Stephane Ronget, 56.40%; east-west, Darwin Skalski and Tiger Li, 66.72%; Linda Henschel and Martha Cain, 62.55%; Janet and David Desmon, 61.76%; Jennifer Epstein and Andrew Jiang, 54.12%.  
Bridge Center of Buffalo Tuesday afternoon – Non-life masters. North-south, Audrey Ray and Margaret Zhou, 59.26%; Ruth Nawotniak and Rajat Basu, 58.33%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 54.01%; Nancy Deneen and Martha Townson, 51.85%; east-west, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 65.43%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 65.12%; Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 58.02%; Jim Hassett and Bill Rich, 50.93%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Wednesday evening – Novice game. Cynthia Tashjian and Carol Licata, 60.95%; Joann and Gary Keenan, 59.40%; Keen Williams and Eric Ma, 56.67%; Jo Ann Smith and Maria Schory, 54.88%.
Bridge Center of Buffalo Thursday afternoon – 999er game. North-south, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 63.13%; Jim Hassett and Bill Rich, 58.84%; Darwin Skalski and Tiger Li, 58.59%; Patty Porter and Carol Roth, 57.58%; east-west, Richard McGowan and Jim McClure, 60.10%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 58.84%; Seema Bhagwat and Beena Deshmukh, 57.07%; Rajat Basu and John Bava, 51.26%.
Delaware Wednesday evening – Beena and Madhav Deshmukh, 62.50%; Miriam Regnet and Jim Lanzo, 59.03%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 54.86%; Ed Harman and Bill Rich, 52.08%.   
Garret Club Invitational Monday morning – Amy Habib and Carole Sedita, 60.19%; Virginia Kalbach and Molly Morris, 57.41%; Linda Henschel and Susan Burns, 52.78%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Tuesday evening – Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 62.50%; Jeff Bender and Gabe Tannenbaum, 59.72%.
Lockport Duplicate Bridge Saturday afternoon – Rajarshi Roy and Jim Lanzo, 67.36%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 65.28%; Ed Morgan and Ken Meier, 56.25%; (tie) Carol Licata and Stephane Ronget, Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 52.08%.  
Twentieth Century Club Invitational Friday morning –Linda Henschel and Jane Constantine, 67.08%; Bonnie Botsford and Helen Scott, 61.53%; Anne Allen and Mary Ellen Cotter, 56.11%; Lenore Belzer and Mary Bell, 53.61%; Elaine Idzik and Chris-Elaine Santilli, 50.14%.

Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Overall Play
Jan. 1, 2020, to July 31, 2020


0-5 Points – Linda Henschel, 30.64; Nancy Deneen, 27.72; Martha Cain, 23.51; Elaine Idzik, 16.46; (tie) Mary Ellen Cotter, Anne Allen, 13.23.

5-20 Points – Martha Townson, 46.75; Jane Constantine, 8.94; Fred Schweiger, 7.33; Marcia Turley, 6.63; David Desmon, 5.21; Gini Sicignano, 5.11.

20-50 Points – Stephane Ronget, 17.30; Maria Amlani, 16.90; David Schott, 14.84; Mary Joyce, 14.43; Cherry Searle, 10.89.

50-100 Points – Larry Himelein, 45.20; Joanne Nover, 24.67; Rose Ann Grimaldi, 13.28; Pam Righter, 13.26; Barbara Hill, 11.81.

100-200 Points – Bonnie Clement, 46.41; Vic Bergsten, 45.88; James O’Hara, 31.56; Terry Hamovitch, 30.21; Bram Hamovitch, 27.91; Audrey Ray, 25.13; Ann Marie Ryan, 24.37.

200-300 Points – Jim Lanzo, 78.74; Jasbeer Makhija, 25.32; Margaret Zhou, 24.49; Patty Porter, 22.11; Ruth Nawotniak, 16.34.

300-500 Points – Larry Abate, 76.06; Joyce Frayer, 56.43; Amita Arora, 52.24; Violet Makhija, 25.88; Sushil Amlani, 20.49; Pawan Matta, 16.62.

500-1000 Points – Bob Sommerstein, 90.43; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 65.39; Mary Ball, 61.35; John Bava, 51.30; Ten-Pao Lee, 44.61; Ed Morgan, 44.57.

1000-1500 Points – David Colligan, 66.94; Gay Simpson, 63.92; Sandi England, 48.21; Joyce Greenspan, 31.91; Joanne LaFay, 27.49; Howard Foster, 27.01; Terry Fraas, 25.98; Ron Henrikson, 22.20.

1500-2500 Points – (Tie) Martha Welte, John Welte, 274.58; Davis Heussler, 135.77; Linda Burroughsford, 112.39; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 72.95; Walt Olszewski, 38.74. 

2500-3500 Points – Allen Beroza, 88.62; David Millward, 70.67; Ken Meier, 66.19; John Sinclair, 58.36; Fred Yellen, 53.07; Dale Anderson, 51.07; Mike Silverman, 50.61.

3500-5000 Points – Sharon Benz, 64.44; Barbara Libby, 61.59; Mike Ryan, 61.01; John Ziemer, 57.90; Christy Kellogg, 53.67; Judy Padgug, 46.65.

5000-7500 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 163.50; Alan Greer, 100.85; Bert Hargeshimer, 55.60; Jay Costello, 39.27.

Over 7500 Points – Bud Seidenberg, 105.06; Chris Urbanek, 75.46; Jay Levy, 46.82.



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