tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46342130868224980282024-03-17T20:04:04.495-07:00Online Buffalo Duplicate Bridge Columndale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.comBlogger601125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-40397364531781724252024-03-15T09:33:00.000-07:002024-03-15T09:33:08.181-07:00Duplicate Bridge: March 16, 2024 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrL3lRwLhTXFpxM06WCv1CkbY7bn1m-QLAbFpBqx-Jr1i-CO1HF0HOvi8EdapvFHdjP7InHukK4-mL8J05MbyzPlQkqeL24M2H1vC_d7Uu6dLB-aRGsH6F3WsRtbYvwyMVLdxxdQYUJ7_aOitgmQ6OErsU0wRxkFARc97NYEeJZzz8UEzGbXA9HrKWN8/s2048/jackl.of-diamonds.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVrL3lRwLhTXFpxM06WCv1CkbY7bn1m-QLAbFpBqx-Jr1i-CO1HF0HOvi8EdapvFHdjP7InHukK4-mL8J05MbyzPlQkqeL24M2H1vC_d7Uu6dLB-aRGsH6F3WsRtbYvwyMVLdxxdQYUJ7_aOitgmQ6OErsU0wRxkFARc97NYEeJZzz8UEzGbXA9HrKWN8/w426-h640/jackl.of-diamonds.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Just around the corner </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">is the Toronto Easter Regional Tournament,
which will be held from Tuesday, March 26, to Easter Sunday, March 31, in the Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/03/2403102.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <b>Buffalo Bridge Center</b>,
60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190, <span style="color: black;">offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games five days a week with special
games on the weekends. As of Jan. 1, fee for face-to-face games is $8 for
members and $11 for non-members. Membership is $75 per year. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> or call 716-</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Center is starting a
social game in its lessons room on Tuesday mornings during the regular 10:30
a.m. game. Players can go at their own speed and style. Fee is $5 to cover
expenses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">
<span style="color: black;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 1.750 points. For more info on this
game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The East Aurora Bridge Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> begins play at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in
the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Attendance is
generally three or four tables. For more info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The Bridge Centre of Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St. Catharines, Ont., offers a
mix of online games and in-person games at its club in Tremont Square opposite
the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with fewer than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers
at 1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m. Thursdays.
For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons. Games at the Tonawanda Senior
Center will be on hiatus for the entire month of February. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31. For more info, click this
</span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/03/2403102.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rochester Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/04/2404319.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28. For more info,
click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/04/2404322.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to
Monday, May 27. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/05/2405101.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Sectional 0-750
Tournament –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">
Niagara-on-the-Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ont. Friday, May 31, to Sunday, June 2. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/06/2406308.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto 0-500 Sectional
Tournament –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Leaside
Memorial Gardens, 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, June 8, and
Sunday, June 9. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/06/2406353.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">District 5 STaC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">
Participating sanctioned clubs. Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 112 Intermediate/Novice
Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Temple B'Rith
Kodesh and Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Road, Fairport. Friday,
June 14, and Saturday, June 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rochester Summer Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, July 6, and Sunday, July 7. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/07/2407326.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Summer Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, July 12, to Sunday, July 14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">North American Bridge
Championships (NABC) –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front St. West, Toronto,
Ont. Thursday, July 18, to Sunday, July 28. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://www.acbl.org/toronto/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Finger Lakes Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Louis Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200
Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, Aug. 5, to Saturday, Aug. 10. For more info,
click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/08/2408107.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Week of March 4 to March 10</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game online. North-south, Wilma Ziegman and Glen Quintal, 66.20%; Kathryn
Bernard and Kathy Lee, 62.04%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 52.78%;
Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser, 50.46%; east-west, Margaret Zhou and Joyce
Frayer, 60.65%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 57.87%; Diana Smith and David
Schott, 52.31%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 49.54%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 63.33%; Linda Zittel and
Joyce Greensapn, 57.78%; Ruth Nawotniak and Paul Zittel, 53.33%; Joanne Nover
and David Schott, 50.55%; east-west, Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 60.48%; Betty
Metz and John Bfennan, 56.19%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 52.38%; Carol Licata
and Ilene Rothman, 49.52%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 60.71%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg,
57.94%; Sue Neubecker and Chris Urbanek, 51.86%; Betty Metz and Barbara
Landree, 50.99%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Betty Metz and Sue Neubecker,
58.33%; Walt Olszewski and Ed Drozen, 56.94%; Joanne Nover and David Whitt,
55.56%; Sharon Wilcox and Joyce Greenspan, 54.17%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Sharon Benz and Terry Fraas, 55.21%; (tie) Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo,
Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 53.13%; John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 52.08%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Sunday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 60.26%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara,
58.98%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 56.73%; Judy Graf and John
Ziemer, 53.52%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 52.89%; (3-way tie) Kathy
Pollock and Sue Neubecker, Pat Haynes and David Whitt, Larry Abate and Dave
Larcom, 50.96%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 65%; Bert Feasley and Dave Larcom, 57.50%; Pat and
Dick Rasmus, 55%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Delaware Wednesday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> 0-2,000 game online. North-south, Sue Manning and Sam
Khayatt, 63.89%; Jim Lanzo and Walt Olszewski, 62.15%; Dana Turner and Bruce
Wachsman, 53.82%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 49.31%; east-west, Betty Mintz and
Stanley Tuhrim, 59.72%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 57.64%; Laura and Howard
Twersky, 55.90%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 53.82%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Shirley
Cassety and George Mayers, 64%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 59%; Bill Rogers and Bill
Westley, 56%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 66%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 57%; east-west, Pat
Truell and Pat McAllester, 56%; Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 54%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rose
Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 63.9%; Ed and Mike Rupp, 58.3%; Midge Coates and Rob
Buchanan, 54.2%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jan. 1, 2024, to Feb. 29, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">0-5 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Michael Rupp, 4.74; Maxine Seller, 0.59.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">5-20 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Fran Holmes, 1.41; Devon Marlette, 0.99;
Marie Aaron, 0.90.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">20-50 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Ilene Rothman, 4.60; Brian Fleming, 3.93;
Kathleen Voigt, 2.99; Maxine Johnson, 2.35; Michel Dupuis, 1.74; Karen Dearing,
0.55; Phyllis Stasiowski, 0.39.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">50-100 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Maria Schory, 8.60; John Houghtaling, 5.68;
Cynthia Tashjian, 4.26; Candace Graser, 3.92; Gary Keenan, 3.20; Elaine Idzik,
3.02; (tie) Anne Slater, Mary Ellen Cotter, 2.99; Mike Metzger, 2.93; Amy Habib,
2.81.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">100-200 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Carol Licata, 10.44; Jim Hassett, 4.41; Joan
Ciszak, 2.20; Janet Desmon, 1.99; Fran Schmidt, 1.98; Susan Levy, 1.96; (tie)
Jim Greno, Betsy Greno, 1.89; Bill Noltee, 1.40.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">200-300 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Maria Amlani, 15.86; Laura Houghtaling, 5.88;
Patty Porter, 1.12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">300-500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Kusum Phadke, 6.81; Pat Haynes, 6.74; Bob
Ciszak, 6.32; Margaret Zhou, 4.04; Joanne Nover, 3.38; Jim McClure, 2.65; Ruth
Nawotniak, 1.38; David Schott, 1.15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">500-1,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Martha Townson, 18.07; Sushil Amlani, 10.66;
Ed Harman, 10.05; Larry Himelein, 8.22; (tie) Violet Makhija, Jasbeer Makhija, 8.02;
Bonnie Clement, 7.24; Joyce Frayer, 7.21; Richard McGowan, 4.38; Henry Chudy,
2.74. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,000-1,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Jim Lanzo, 45.24; Vic Bergsten, 13.07;
(tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 5.93; Mary Ball, 3.57.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,500-2,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gay Simpson, 29.01; John Bava, 18.13; Walt
Olszewski, 4.62; Rajat Basu, 2.90; Pinky Regan, 1.70; Joyce Greenspan, 0.89; Sandi
England, 0.83; (tie) Paula Kotowski, Nancy Kessler, 0.42.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2,500-3,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Art Morth, 6.03; Linda Burroughsford,
1.69; Dale Anderson, 0.48; Bill Rushmore, 0.28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">3,500-5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Judy Padgug, 8.80; Davis Heussler, 3.38;
Ken Meier, 2.09.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More than 5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Saleh Fetouh, 25.63; Jay Levy, 0.56.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The Duplicate Bridge column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is compiled weekly by News Staff
Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped appearing Saturdays in The
Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced local bridge clubs to halt
face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of more
than 2,960 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-75153736157073906702024-03-08T14:14:00.000-08:002024-03-08T14:14:26.832-08:00Duplicate Bridge: March 9, 2024 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP25erqS48hPPhRM3yv-moJVPZFJO1bmq3xl2vraf-GjhkjS1Brr6H8-GnIp12dWcQ_VvANyYgnf1bCiq1ZdDNJBy2ZkjwFbdZPa-hJpb47mZpRR6fKyk_Gn31rl4IDJZISsb2e4ZfXdI-A0Lw-BKON6AwUhShxeAMOeOAhMLxUFlGO-yj6nbe_qBOXA/s1117/jackofhearts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="728" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP25erqS48hPPhRM3yv-moJVPZFJO1bmq3xl2vraf-GjhkjS1Brr6H8-GnIp12dWcQ_VvANyYgnf1bCiq1ZdDNJBy2ZkjwFbdZPa-hJpb47mZpRR6fKyk_Gn31rl4IDJZISsb2e4ZfXdI-A0Lw-BKON6AwUhShxeAMOeOAhMLxUFlGO-yj6nbe_qBOXA/w418-h640/jackofhearts.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> <b>Buffalo Bridge Center</b>,
60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190, celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with an
Erin go Braugh party on Sunday, March 10. Bring refreshments to share at noon
before the game at 12:30 p.m. For partners, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1155 or
email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Center also offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games five days a week with special
games on the weekends. As of Jan. 1, fee for face-to-face games is $8 for
members and $11 for non-members. Membership is $75 per year. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Center is staring a
social game in its lessons room on Tuesday mornings during the regular 10:30
a.m. game. Players can go at their own speed and style. Fee is $5 to cover
expenses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 1.001 points. For more info on this
game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The East Aurora Bridge Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> begins play at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in
the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Attendance is
generally three or four tables. For more info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The Bridge Centre of Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St. Catharines, Ont., offers a
mix of online games and in-person games at its club in Tremont Square opposite
the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with fewer than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers at
1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons. Games at the Tonawanda Senior
Center will be on hiatus for the entire month of February. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31. For more info, click this
</span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/03/2403102.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rochester Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/04/2404319.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28. For more info,
click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/04/2404322.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/05/2405101.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Sectional 0-750
Tournament –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Niagara-on-the-Lake
Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, May 31,
to Sunday, June 2. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/06/2406308.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto 0-500 Sectional
Tournament –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Leaside
Memorial Gardens, 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, June 8, and
Sunday, June 9. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/06/2406353.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">District 5 STaC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">
Participating sanctioned clubs. Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 112 Intermediate/Novice
Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Temple B'Rith
Kodesh and Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Road, Fairport. Friday,
June 14, and Saturday, June 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rochester Summer Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, July 6, and Sunday, July 7. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/07/2407326.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Summer Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, July 12, to Sunday, July 14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">North American Bridge
Championships (NABC) –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front St. West, Toronto,
Ont. Thursday, July 18, to Sunday, July 28. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://www.acbl.org/toronto/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Finger Lakes Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Louis Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200
Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, Aug. 5, to Saturday, Aug. 10. For more info,
click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/08/2408107.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Week of Feb. 26 to March 3</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game online. Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 67.36%; Carol Licata and Larry
Himelein, 61.11%; Jim and Michael Hassett, 59.03%; Leslie Deich and Fran
Holmes, 54.17%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 52.78%; Candace Graser and Cynthia
Tashjian, 50.69%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Ruth Nawotniak and Paul Zittel, 61.11%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 60.71%; Linda Zittel and Susan Cardamone, 56.55%; Joan Nigrelli and
Gini Sicignano, 53.87%; east-west, Judy Zeckhauser and Pat Haynes, 55.65%;
Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 54.17%; Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 53.57%;
Elaine Rinfrette and Betty Metz, 53.27%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 60.71%; Jay Costello and Bud
Seidenberg, 54.17%; Chris Urbanek and Jay Levy, 52.98%; (tie) John Ziemer and
Mike Ryan, Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo, 50%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Kathy’s
Snowbird Game. 0-1001 game online. Brian Fleming and Michael Rupp, 75%; Jim
McClure and Richard McGowan, 56.48%; Rajat Basu and John Bava, 52.78%; Joanne
Nover and Janet Desmon, 50.93%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> Pat Haynes and David Schott,
63.13%; Sandi England and Walt Olszewski, 56.77%; Betty Metz and Paul Zittel,
51.25%. <span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, 67.71%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
57.29%; Martha Welte and Larry Abate, 52.08%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 60%; (tie) Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, Peggy Mead
and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 55%.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Delaware Wednesday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> 0-2,000 game online. Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt, 63.33%;
Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 58.89%; Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 57.22%; (tie)
Jeannie Sedwick and Terry Camp, Wanda Moorman and Donna Rait, 55.56%; Ed Harman
and Bob Ciszak, 55%; Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 52.22%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Pat Radtke and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 61%; Fritz Schweiger and Carol Neuhaus, 57%;
east-west, Bill Westley and Bill Rogers, 61%; David Young and Tim Hartnett, 55%.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Angie Price and Bill Westley, 61%; Anne O'Connor and Joan Stankiewicz, 58%; east-west,
Elaine Wegrzyn and Gus Alfano, 58%; Fritz Schweiger and Carol Neuhaus, 56%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jan. 1, 2024, to Jan. 31, 2024</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">0-5 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> John Brennan, 1.25; Alice Cooley,
0.74; Cathy Hetzler, 0.72; Elaine Rinfrette, 0.56. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">5-20 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Anthony Girasole, 4.38; Joan Nigrelli,
1.65; Barbara Kaye, 1.53; Dennis Daly, 1.19; Bill Duax, 0.71; Zakie Nohra,
0.42.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">20-50 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Ilene Rothman, 5.56; Molly Morris, 3.90; Brian
Fleming, 3.52; Gini Sicignano, 1.65; Helen Scott, 1.53; Peggy Stock, 0.64;
(tie) Peggy Mead, Pepe Justicia-Linde, 0.60; Donna Starnes, 0.26. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">50-100 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jo Ann Smith, 2.04; Susan Cardamone, 1.36;
Maureen Cancilla, 1.03; Mike Meachan, 0.69; Howard Epstein, 0.29. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">100-200 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Carol Licata, 5.56; Tom England, 1.54. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">200-300 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> David Whitt, 4.66; Laurie Foster, 3.52; Maria
Amlani, 1.41; Ethan Xie, 1.07; John Fiegl, 0.58. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">300-500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Joanne Nover, 14.11; Pat Haynes, 11.93; David
Schott, 11.11; Ruth Nawotniak, 4.99; Margaret Zhou, 3.62; Agi Maisel, 3.35;
Linda Milch, 2.36; Jim McClure, 1.99; Judy Zeckhauser, 1.40. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">500-1,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Larry Himelein, 16.54; Joyce Frayer,
10.58; Paul Zittel, 8.02; Linda Zittel, 7.32; Ed Morgan, 6.06; Joe Miranda,
5.66; (tie) Larry Abate, Ed Drozen, 5.20; Sharon Wilcox, 4.84; Andrei Reinhorn,
4.36. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,000-1,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Mary Ball, 12.19; Betty Metz, 8.41;
Howard Foster, 8.15; Terry Fraas, 7.87; (tie) Marilyn Wortzman, Jim Easton,
7.73; Kamil Bishara, 7.50; Sue Neubecker, 5.46; Bob Kaprove, 5.30; Vic
Bergsten, 3.54. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,500-2,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Pinky Regan, 13.09; David Colligan, 7.89;
Paula Kotowski, 6.78; Tova Reinhorn, 3.59; (tie) Walt Olszewski, Gay Simpson, 4.32;
Joyce Greenspan, 3.94; Judy Kaprove, 3.71; Sandi England, 2.13; Nancy Kessler,
1.40. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2,500-3,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Fred Yellen, 20.77; Linda Burroughsford,
5.76; Dale Anderson, 1.80; Pat Rasmus, 0.84. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">3,500-5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> John Ziemer, 17.71; Donna Steffan, 16.87;
Mike Ryan, 16.41; Judy Graf, 13.53; Davis Heussler, 10.67; Martha Welte, 6.59;
Jim Gullo, 3.77; Barbara Libby, 1.15. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Over 5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Jay Costello, 18.81; Bud Seidenberg,
16.03; Chris Urbanek, 13.30; Jay Levy, 11.51; Sharon Benz, 10.88; Saleh Fetouh,
1.97. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The Duplicate Bridge column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is compiled weekly by News Staff
Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped appearing Saturdays in The
Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced local bridge clubs to halt
face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of more
than 2,960 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">Next special game</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">
at the Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190, is the
Erin go Braugh party on Sunday, March 10. Bring refreshments to share at noon
before the game at 12:30 p.m. For partners, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1155 or
email phaynes508@roadrunner.com.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Center also offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games five days a week with special
games on the weekends. As of Jan. 1, fee for face-to-face games is $8 for
members and $11 for non-members. Membership is $75 per year. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 1.001 points. For more info on this
game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The East Aurora Bridge Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> begins play at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in
the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Attendance is
generally three or four tables. For more info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The Bridge Centre of Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in St. Catharines, Ont., offers a
mix of online games and in-person games at its club in Tremont Square opposite
the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with fewer than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers at
1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons. Games at the Tonawanda Senior
Center were on hiatus for the entire month of February. Play there resumes this coming week. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31. For more info, click this
</span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/03/2403102.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Rochester Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/04/2404319.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28. For more info,
click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/04/2404322.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/05/2405101.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Niagara Sectional 0-750
Tournament –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Niagara-on-the-Lake
Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, May 31,
to Sunday, June 2. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/06/2406308.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto 0-500 Sectional
Tournament –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Leaside
Memorial Gardens, 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, June 8, and
Sunday, June 9. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/06/2406353.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">District 5 STaC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">
Participating sanctioned clubs. Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Unit 112 Intermediate/Novice
Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Temple B'Rith
Kodesh and Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Road, Fairport. Friday,
June 14, and Saturday, June 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Rochester Summer Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, July 6, and Sunday, July 7. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/07/2407326.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Summer Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, July 12, to Sunday, July 14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">North American Bridge
Championships (NABC) –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front St. West, Toronto,
Ont. Thursday, July 18, to Sunday, July 28. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://www.acbl.org/toronto/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Finger Lakes Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Louis Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200
Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, Aug. 5, to Saturday, Aug. 10. For more info,
click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/08/2408107.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Week of Feb. 19 to Feb. 25</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-750
game online. Sue Sullivan and Terry Camp, 65.05%; Ilene Rothman and Carol
Licata, 64.12%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 59.49%; Violet and Jasbeer
Makhija, 54.40%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 51.16%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein,
50.46%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Pat Wolcott and Joe Miranda, 63.46%; Laurie and Howard
Foster, 55.15%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 54.43%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 53%; Sharon Wilcox and Ruth Wurster, 51.71%; east-west, Margaret
Zhou and Ed Morgan, 59.10%; Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 57.77%; Linda
Zittel and Mary Terrana, 53.27%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 52.17%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Linda Burroughsford and Jay Levy, 65.74%; Davis Heussler and David
Colligan, 55.56%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 55.09%; Donna Steffan and Fred
Yellen, 52.78%; Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 50%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Kathy’s
Snowbird Game. 0-1001 game online. Laura and John Houghtaling, 68.52%; (tie)
Phyllis Stasiowski and Terry Camp, Joanne Nover and Janet Desmon, 54.63%; Joyce
Greenspan and Brian Fleming, 53.70%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Sharon Wilcox and Joyce Greenspan,
60.58%; Terry Fraas and Tova Reinhorn, 57.68%; Pat Haynes and David Schott,
56.71%; Sandi England and Ruth Wurster, 56.33%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie
Clement, 52.10%. <span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 60.12%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 59.52%;
John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 57.74%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 67%; John Fiegl and Dave Larcom, 52%;
Linda and Paul Zittel, 49%.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">Delaware Wednesday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;"> 0-2,000 game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 70.14%;
Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 60.76%; Donna Rait and Wanda Moorman, 56.94%;
Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 51.74%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 49.65%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
(Tie) Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz,
62.85%; east-west, (3-way tie) Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, Ruth Nawotniak
and Bill Rogers, David Young and Tim Hartnett, 54.76%.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The Duplicate Bridge column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> is compiled weekly by News Staff
Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped appearing Saturdays in The
Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced local bridge clubs to halt
face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of more
than 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.</span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-1577718365516314322024-02-25T17:03:00.000-08:002024-02-25T17:03:43.088-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Feb. 24, 2024 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpDQASLYyLluKjK622c3_wzItbfxp6Dmc62Oa10DxpAUoJPTuVI9kWzi7LjJ6E7UJBsXzGuF_TQj24PsZe1a2aLR3iVKPD7TDm31_8T8USJkWvnQKsIa4IwUU3C65T5kIG4i6PgoJ8HQv5kz-1F_w6LC2-lUodDATpNCWi7bYBr8UxEEhs7QwNxRK3Bs/s1364/queenofclubs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpDQASLYyLluKjK622c3_wzItbfxp6Dmc62Oa10DxpAUoJPTuVI9kWzi7LjJ6E7UJBsXzGuF_TQj24PsZe1a2aLR3iVKPD7TDm31_8T8USJkWvnQKsIa4IwUU3C65T5kIG4i6PgoJ8HQv5kz-1F_w6LC2-lUodDATpNCWi7bYBr8UxEEhs7QwNxRK3Bs/w480-h640/queenofclubs.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The Buffalo Bridge Center</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> at 60 Dingens St., off Exit 1 on the I-190,
offers a regular lineup of in-person and online games five days a week with
special games on the weekends. As of Jan. 1, fee for face-to-face games is $8
for members and $11 for non-members. Membership is $75 per year. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; font-size: 18pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 1.001 points. For more info on this
game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The East Aurora Bridge Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> begins play at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in
the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Attendance is
generally three or four tables. For more info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The Bridge Centre of Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St. Catharines, Ont., offers a
mix of online games and in-person games at its club in Tremont Square opposite
the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with fewer than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers at
1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons. Games at the Tonawanda Senior
Center will be on hiatus for the entire month of February. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31. For more info, click this
</span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/03/2403102.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rochester Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/04/2404319.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28. For more info,
click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/04/2404322.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/05/2405101.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Sectional 0-750
Tournament –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Niagara-on-the-Lake
Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, May 31,
to Sunday, June 2. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/06/2406308.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto 0-500 Sectional
Tournament –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Leaside
Memorial Gardens, 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, June 8, and
Sunday, June 9. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/06/2406353.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">District 5 STaC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">
Participating sanctioned clubs. Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 112 Intermediate/Novice
Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Temple B'Rith
Kodesh and Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Road, Fairport. Friday,
June 14, and Saturday, June 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rochester Summer Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, July 6, and Sunday, July 7. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/07/2407326.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Summer Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, July 12, to Sunday, July 14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">North American Bridge
Championships (NABC) –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front St. West, Toronto,
Ont. Thursday, July 18, to Sunday, July 28. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://www.acbl.org/toronto/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Finger Lakes Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Louis Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200
Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, Aug. 5, to Saturday, Aug. 10. For more info,
click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/08/2408107.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Week of Feb. 12 to Feb. 18</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game online. North-south, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 66.67%; Maria Schory and
Mike Metzger, 64.35%; Jim and Michael Hassett, 58.80%; east-west, Carol Licata
and Larry Himelein, 61.57%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 61.11%; Margaret
Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 52.31%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Schott, 57.14%; Gini Sicignano and
Joan Nigrelli, 54.37%; Jim Lanzo and Paul Zittel, 53.17%; Linda Milch and Jim
Lanzo, 52.38%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 51.59%; east-west, Sharon Wilcox
and Ruth Wurster, 60.71%; (tie) Maria Amlani and Brian Fleming, Margaret Zhou
and Ed Morgan, 53.17%; Pat Haynes and Judy Zeckhauser, 49.21%; Betty Metz and
Sushil Amlani, 48.81%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-99
game. %. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Sharon Benz and Judy Graf, 58.33%; (tie) John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, Jay
Costello and Jay Levy, 54.17%; Gay Simpson and Martha Welte, 47.92%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Kathy’s
Snowbird Game. 0-1001 game online. Janet Desmon and Joanne Nover, 63.89%; Maria
Amlani and Brian Fleming, 59.03%; (tie) Ed and Michael Rupp, Barbara Cody and
partner, 56.94%; Richard McGowan and Jim McClure, 56.25%; Cynthia Tashjian and
Karen Dearing, 53.47%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> Joanne Nover and Brian Fleming,
58.75%; (tie) Tova Reinhorn and Agi Maisel, Alice Cooley and Dennis Daly, 55%. <span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 61%; Donna Steffan and John Ziemer, 56%;
Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 49%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Terry Fraas and Chris Urbanek, 61.86%; Saleh Fetouh and Bud Seidenberg,
57.05%; Judy Graf and John Ziemer, 56.41%; Jay Levy and Fred Yellen, 54.81%;
Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 54.17%; Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 52.24%; (tie)
Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, Nancy Wolstoncroft and Martha Welte, 51.92%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Joanne LaFay and Linda Zittel, 64.58%; (tie) Bert Feasley and Paul
Zittel, Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 55.21%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Delaware Wednesday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> 0-2,000 game online. North-south, Sue Manning and Sam
Khayatt, 61.51%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 58.33%; Betty Mintz and Stanley
Tuhrim, 54.76%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 49.60%; east-west, Marion Fox
and Jim Lanzo, 61.11%; Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 59.52%; Deborah
Zimmerman and Tom Kamowski, 59.13%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 56.35%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Nancy
Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke, 64%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 56%; Judie
Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 54%. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Anne O'Connor and Joan Stankiewicz, 63%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers,
56%; east-west, Jill and Bruce Brown, 68%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 56%.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for All Games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jan. 1, 2024, to Jan. 31, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">0-5 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Maxine Seller, 0.59; Michael Rupp, 0.13.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">5-20 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Anthony Girasole, 2.98; Devon Marlette,
0.99; Marie Aaron, 0.90; Zakie Nohra, 0.42; Fran Holmes, 0.17.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">20-50 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Ilene Rothman, 5.96; Brian Fleming, 2.64;
Maxine Johnson, 1.56; Kathleen Voigt, 1.07; (tie) Molly Morris, Michel Dupuis,
0.96; Karen Dearing, 0.24; (tie) Peggy Mead, Pepe Justicia-Linde, 0.18. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">50-100 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Maria Schory, 5.71; John Houghtaling,
4.40; Susan Burns, 2.67; Jo Ann Smith, 2.41; Howard Epstein, 2.20; Mary Ellen
Cotter, 2.02; Elaine Idzik, 1.85; Mike Metzger, 1.81; Gary Keenan, 1.58;
Candace Graser, 1.52.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">100-200 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Carol Licata, 9.48; Jim Hassett, 2.52;
Susan Levy, 1.96; Joan Ciszak, 1.92; (tie) Jim Greno, Betsy Greno, 1.89; Fran
Schmidt, 1.30; Bill Noltee, 0.84.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">200-300 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Maria Amlani, 6.99; Laura Houghtaling,
4.40; David Whitt, 3.59; Laurie Foster, 1.60; Patty Porter, 1.12. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">300-500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Pat Haynes, 7.79; Joanne Nover, 7.68;
David Schott, 6.25; Kusum Phadke, 4.46; Bob Ciszak, 4.08; Ruth Nawotniak, 3.05;
Jim McClure, 2.83; Linda Milch, 1.73; Agi Maisel, 1.49; Margaret Zhou, 1.34.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">500-1,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Larry Himelein, 14.96; Martha Townson,
11.52; Sushil Amlani, 7.62; Bonnie Clement, 6.84; Joyce Frayer, 6.52; Ed
Drozen, 4.13; Ed Harman, 3.94; Paul Zittel, 3.84; (tie) Violet Makhija, Jasbeer
Makhija, 2.70. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,000-1,500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jim Lanzo, 26.65; Vic Bergsten, 10.49;
Kamil Bishara, 5.70; Sue Neubecker, 5.46; (tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman,
5.43; Betty Metz, 5.37; Howard Foster, 5.32; Mary Ball, 4.70; Bob Kaprove,
4.26.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,500-2,500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Gay Simpson, 22.10; John Bava, 13.88;
Pinky Regan, 6.25; Walt Olszewski, 4.19; Judy Kaprove, 3.28; Rajat Basu, 3.27;
(tie) Paula Kotowski, Nancy Kessler, 1.82; Tova Reinhorn, 1.65; David Colligan,
1.08.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2,500-3,500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fred Yellen, 13.09; Linda Burroughsford,
7.12; Art Morth, 3.09; Dale Anderson, 1.81; Pat Rasmus, 0.84. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">3,500-5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Davis Heussler, 19.51; Donna Steffan,
9.26; Mike Ryan, 6.04; Judy Padgug, 5.99; Judy Graf, 4.47; Jim Gullo, 3.79;
John Ziemer, 3.13; Martha Welte, 2.25; Barbara Libby, 1.15; Ken Meier, 0.38.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More than 5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Saleh Fetouh, 51.03; Glenn Milgrim, 44.12;
Jay Levy, 11.29; Jay Costello, 7.26; Sharon Benz, 6.86; Chris Urbanek, 6.50;
Bud Seidenberg, 5.15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The Duplicate Bridge column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is compiled weekly by News Staff
Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped appearing Saturdays in The
Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced local bridge clubs to halt
face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of more
than 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-51947100074485718562024-02-15T20:45:00.000-08:002024-02-15T20:45:39.815-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Feb. 17, 2024 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLc-cJNWy1SnRY5L885qy12y-Os-7I6-qGEiKJpPja-ig-E0cIM0CS65gPQGmDUEheY-pMTNoAc8d3nhlu7ahZUF7-SzBRWXiJjL4VZw1uAgiP4OLRw3dRlkDLhMx62Wj7iqnBuzUigDH3LvndJvMKebiZPTORGPFwamUMpfbGaPujmd7OUKIhSoKCC7E/s252/queen%20of%20diamonds.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="180" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLc-cJNWy1SnRY5L885qy12y-Os-7I6-qGEiKJpPja-ig-E0cIM0CS65gPQGmDUEheY-pMTNoAc8d3nhlu7ahZUF7-SzBRWXiJjL4VZw1uAgiP4OLRw3dRlkDLhMx62Wj7iqnBuzUigDH3LvndJvMKebiZPTORGPFwamUMpfbGaPujmd7OUKIhSoKCC7E/w457-h640/queen%20of%20diamonds.png" width="457" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> <b>Buffalo Bridge Center</b> at 60
Dingens St. holds a Valentine game today, Saturday, Feb. 17, with refreshments
at noon and the game at 12:30 p.m. Players are encouraged to wear red and bring
a snack or refreshment to share. For partners, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1155
or email </span><a href="mailto:phaynes508@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">phaynes508@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 18pt;">.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Congratulations</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> to Chris Urbanek and Jay Levy, who earned
the most master points among Buffalo area players at the Niagara Sectional
Tournament Feb. 9 to 11 in St. Catharines, Ont. They each won 14.44 points.
Also doing well were Kamil Bishara and Dian Petrov, with 8.12 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Buffalo Bridge Center</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> offers a regular lineup of in-person and
online games five days a week with special games on the weekends. As of Jan. 1,
fee for face-to-face games is $8 for members and $11 for non-members. Membership
is $75 per year. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 1.001 points. For more info on this
game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The East Aurora Bridge Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> begins play at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in
the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Attendance is
generally three or four tables. For more info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The Bridge Centre of Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St. Catharines, Ont., offers a
mix of online games and in-person games at its club in Tremont Square opposite
the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with fewer than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers at
1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons. Games at the Tonawanda Senior
Center will be on hiatus for the entire month of February. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31. For more info, click this
<a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/03/2403102.pdf">link</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rochester Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14. For more info, click
this <a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/04/2404319.pdf">link</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28. For more info,
click this <a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/04/2404322.pdf">link</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. For more info, click this <a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/05/2405101.pdf">link</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Sectional 0-750
Tournament –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Niagara-on-the-Lake
Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, May 31,
to Sunday, June 2. For more info, click this <a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/06/2406308.pdf">link</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto 0-500 Sectional
Tournament –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Leaside
Memorial Gardens, 1073 Millwood Road, Toronto, Ont. Saturday, June 8, and
Sunday, June 9. For more info, click this <a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/06/2406353.pdf">link</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">District 5 STaC (Sectional
Tournament at the Clubs) –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">
Participating sanctioned clubs. Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 112 Intermediate/Novice
Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Temple B'Rith
Kodesh and Perinton Community Center, 1350 Turk Hill Road, Fairport. Friday,
June 14, and Saturday, June 15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rochester Summer Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gates Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo
Road, Rochester. Saturday, July 6, and Sunday, July 7. For more info, click
this <a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/07/2407326.pdf">link</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Summer Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, July 12, to Sunday, July 14.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">North American Bridge
Championships (NABC) –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, 255 Front St. West, Toronto,
Ont. Thursday, July 18, to Sunday, July 28. For more info, click this <a href="https://www.acbl.org/toronto/">link</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Finger Lakes Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Louis Wolk JCC of Greater Rochester, 1200
Edgewood Ave., Rochester. Monday, Aug. 5, to Saturday, Aug. 10. For more info,
click this <a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/08/2408107.pdf">link</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Week of Feb. 5 to Feb. 11</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Monday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 73.33%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce
Frayer, 58.89%; Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser, 55.56%; Carolyn Sue Adams
and Terry Camp, 54.44%; Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes, 52.78%; Carol Licata and
Larry Himelein, 50%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday
morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 60.50%; Joanne Nover and
David Schott, 53.57%; Linda Milch and Joe Miranda, 52.34%; Cathy Hetzler and
Bill Duax, 52.13%; east-west, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 64.20%; Carol Licata
and Ilene Rothman, 58.89%; Margaret Zhou and Ed Mortan, 57.14%; Agi Maisel and
Pat Haynes, 53.95%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 60.42%; Mary Ball and Jay Levy, 57.29%;
Fred Yellen and Kamil Bishara, 54.17%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Kathy’s
Snowbird Game. 0-1001 game online. (Tie) Michael Rupp and Terry Camp, Jim
McClure and Richard McGowan, 61.11%; Cathy Alexander and Viswanath Khaltan,
55.56%; Bill Noltee and partner, 54.17%; Maureen Saab and Elizabeth Schreier,
52.08%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 64.76%;
Betty Metz and Barbara Landree, 60.60%; Joanne Nover and David Whitt, 56.18%;
Laurie and Howard Foster, 53.16%. <span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Buffalo Bridge Center Friday
morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Martha Welte and Larry Abate, 56.25%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
54.17%; Terry Fraas and Cathy Majewski, 52.08%; (3-way tie) Tova and Andrei
Reinhorn, Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, Chris Urbanek and John Ziemer, 50%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East Aurora
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. (Tie) Linda and Paul Zittel, Joanne LaFay and Joe Miranda, 58%; Mary
Terrana and Gordon Crone, 55%.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Delaware Wednesday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> 0-2,000 game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 62.70%;
Marion Fox and Janet Stuart, 62.30%; Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 56.75%; Gary
Keenan and Jim Hassett, 50%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 70%; Edna and Ron Fill, 55%; east-west,
Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 62%; Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 56</span>
<span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">%. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Amherst Senior Center Friday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Edna and Ron Fill, 59%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 58%; east-west, Carol
Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 63%; Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 56%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jan. 1, 2024, to Jan. 31, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">0-5 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Maxine Seller, 0.59; Michael Rupp, 0.13.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">5-20 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Devon Marlette, 0.99; Marie Aaron, 0.90;
Fran Holmes, 0.17.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">20-50 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Ilene Rothman, 3.70; Brian Fleming, 1.83;
Maxine Johnson, 1.55; Kathleen Voigt, 1.07; Michel Dupuis, 0.96; Karen Dearing,
0.24.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">50-100 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Maria Schory, 5.71; John Houghtaling,
4.40; Susan Burns, 2.67; Jo Ann Smith, 2.41; Mary Ellen Cotter, 2.02; Howard
Epstein, 1.91; Elaine Idzik, 1.85; Mike Metzger, 1.81; Gary Keenan, 1.58;
Candace Graser, 1.52.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">100-200 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Carol Licata, 7.22; Jim Hassett, 2.52;
Susan Levy, 1.96; Joan Ciszak, 1.92; (tie) Jim Greno, Betsy Greno, 1.89; Fran
Schmidt, 1.30; Bill Noltee, 0.84.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">200-300 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Maria Amlani, 6.18; Laura Houghtaling,
4.40; Patty Porter, 1.12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">300-500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Kusum Phadke, 4.46; Bob Ciszak, 4.08; Pat
Haynes, 1.93; Ruth Nawotnhiak, 1.38; Joanne Nover, 1.37; Margaret Zhou, 1.34;
Jim McClure, 0.84; David Schott, 0.75.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">500-1,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Martha Townson, 11.52; Bonnie Clement,
6.84; Larry Himelein, 5.90; Sushil Amlani, 5.85; Ed Harman, 3.94; Joyce Frayer,
2.94; (tie) Violet Makhija, Jasbeer Makhija, 2.70; Richard McGowan, 2.55; Bill
Rich, 2.21. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,000-1,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Jim Lanzo, 26.27; Vic Bergsten, 10.49;
(tie) Jim Easton, Marilyn Wortzman, 1.81; Mary Ball, 1.12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,500-2,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gay Simpson, 18.70; John Bava, 13.24;
Rajat Basu, 2.58; Walt Olszewski, 2.10; Sandi England, 0.83; (tie) Paula
Kotowski, Nancy Kessler, 0.42.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2,500-3,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Art Morth, 3.09; Dale Anderson, 0.48.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">3,500-5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Judy Padgug, 5.99; Davis Heussler, 1.89;
Ken Meier, 0.38.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More than 5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Saleh Fetouh, 5.44.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">The Duplicate Bridge column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is compiled weekly by News Staff
Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped appearing Saturdays in The
Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face
play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of more
than 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span></p><p></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-2804683784220902912024-02-08T21:50:00.000-08:002024-02-10T15:47:38.261-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Feb. 10, 2024<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKTCJcKGF63IB_xs2_ruFJxi_w440oKYYViFf-szok94l1XHBP7nTGG1QiSmXeHQ4cGPcZL1m21ExrSBXuO3BNFQcO2dqXPSqQ9obdi6N0LQh_7JMrRDz1zh2CUVu-tMmt0Tdfihj6hpAHcI9BqA9PzUJebEVpEQaL_lkDSyl4dQQoXoDwjUqd0h5vMU/s662/queen.of.hearts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="428" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKTCJcKGF63IB_xs2_ruFJxi_w440oKYYViFf-szok94l1XHBP7nTGG1QiSmXeHQ4cGPcZL1m21ExrSBXuO3BNFQcO2dqXPSqQ9obdi6N0LQh_7JMrRDz1zh2CUVu-tMmt0Tdfihj6hpAHcI9BqA9PzUJebEVpEQaL_lkDSyl4dQQoXoDwjUqd0h5vMU/w414-h640/queen.of.hearts.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The Niagara Sectional Tournament</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> continues today, Saturday, Feb. 10, in
the<b> </b>Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St.,
St. Catharines, Ont., and continues Sunday, Feb. 11. Games are at 10 a.m. and
2:30 p.m. Saturday, with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="font-size: 18pt;">.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> <b>Buffalo Bridge Center</b> at 60
Dingens St. will hold a Valentine game next Saturday, Feb. 17, with
refreshments at noon and the game at 12:30 p.m. Players are encouraged to wear
red and bring a snack or refreshment to share. For partners, call Pat Haynes at
716-202-1155 or email <a href="mailto:phaynes508@roadrunner.com">phaynes508@roadrunner.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Center offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games five days a week with special
games on the weekends. As of Jan. 1, fee for face-to-face games is $8 for
members and $11 for non-members. Membership is $75 per year. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 1.001 points. For more info on this
game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with less than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers at
1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons. Games at the Tonawanda Senior
Center will be on hiatus for the entire month of February. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Today, Saturday, Feb. 10, and Sunday,
Feb. 11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Week of Jan. 2</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">9</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">
to </span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;">Feb. 4</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-750
game online. Joan and Bob Ciszak, 61.11%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 60.56%;
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 57.22%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 53.33%;
Marie Aaron and Ruth Nawotniak, 50.56%; Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 50%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Laurie and Howard Foster, 59.99%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim
Easton, 57.61%; Ruth Nawotniak and Joe Miranda, 56.55%; Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 53.61%; Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 53.27%; east-west, Carol Licata
and Ilene Rothman, 58.59%; Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 57.57%; Mary Ball and
Joyce Frayer, 55.76%; Judy Zeckhauser and Pat Haynes, 51.02%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Sharon Benz and Kamil Bishara, 57.87%; Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 56.94%;
Gay Simpson and Martha Welte, 53.24%; (tie) Davis Heussler and David Colligan,
Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 50.46%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 50%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Kathy’s
Snowbird Game. 0-1001 game online. Maria Amlani and Jim Lanzo, 67.36%; Jeannie
Sedwick and John Bava, 64.58%; Elaine Colokathis and Pat Barnes, 61.11%; Laura
and John Houghtaling, 51.39%; Susan Levy and Bill Noltee, 50%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Bonnie Clement and
Joanne Nover, 68.75%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 51.88%; Ed Drozen and
Walt Olszewski, 65%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.13%. <span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 61%; (tie) John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, Linda
Burroughsford and Fred Yellen, 55%; Donna Steffan and Kamil Bishara, 50%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Joanne LaFay and Linda Zittel, 61.90%; Emily
Tocheff and Dave Larcom, 54.17%; Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 53.57%; Ed
Morgan and Sandi England, 52.98%; John Fiegl and Paul Zittel, 51.79%.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">Delaware Wednesday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;"> 0-2,000 game online. Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 72.78%; Paul
Zittel and Jim Lanzo, 60%; Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 57.78%; Henry Chudy
and Jeff Bender, 53.33%; Gary Keenan and Jim Hassett, 52.22%; Walt Olszewski
and Sushil Amlani, 50.56%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 59%; Edna and Ron Fill, 51%; east-west,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke, 65%; Fritz Schweiger and Rich Kayton, 62%. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 63%; (tie) Jill and Bruce Brown, Anne O’Connor
and Joan Stankiewicz, 53%; east-west, (tie) Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, Mary
and Jim Atwood, 59%; Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 54%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Sue
Pacer and Fritz Schweiger, 60%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 59%; Midge Coates
and Rob Buchanan, 58%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Jan. 1, 2024, to Jan. 31, 2024</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">0-5 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Maxine Seller, 0.59; Michael Rupp,
0.13.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">5-20 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Anthony Girasole, 2.98; Devon Marlette,
0.99; Marie Aaron, 0.90; Zakie Nohra, 0.42; Fran Holmes, 0.17.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">20-50 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Ilene Rothman, 5.96; Brian Fleming, 2.64;
Maxine Johnson, 1.56; Kathleen Voigt, 1.07; (tie) Molly Morris and Michel Dupuis,
0.96; Karen Dearing, 0.24; (tie) Peggy Mead, Pepe Justicia-Linde, 0.18. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">50-100 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Maria Schory, 5.71; John Houghtaling,
4.40; Susan Burns, 2.67%; Jo Ann Smith, 2.41; Howard Epstein, 2.20; Mary Ellen
Cotter, 2.02; Elaine Idzik, 1.85; Mike Metzger, 1.81; Gary Keenan, 1.58;
Candace Graser, 1.52. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">100-200 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Carol Licata, 9.48; Jim Hassett, 2.52; Susan
Levy, 1.96; Joan Ciszak, 1.92; (tie) Betsy Greno, Jim Greno, 1.89; Fran
Schmidt, 1.30; Bill Noltee, 0.84. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">200-300 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Maria Amlani, 6.99; Laura Houghtaling,
4.40; David Whitt, 3.59; Laurie Foster, 1.60; Patty Porter, 1.12. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">300-500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Pat Haynes, 7.79; Joanne Nover, 7.68;
David Schott, 6.25; Kusum Phadke, 4.46; Bob Ciszak, 4.08; Ruth Nawotniak, 3.65;
Jim McClure, 2.83; Linda Milch, 1.73; Agi Maisel, 1.49; Margaret Zhou, 1.34. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">500-1,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Larry Himelein, 14.96; Martha Townson,
11.52; Sushil Amlani, 7.62; Bonnie Clement, 6.84; Joyce Frayer, 6.52; Ed
Drozen, 4.73; Ed Harman, 3.94; Paul Zittel, 3.84; (tie) Violet Makhija, Jasbeer
Makhija, 2.79. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">1,000-1,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Jim Lanzo, 26.65; Vic Bergsten, 10.49;
Kamil Bishara, 5.70; Sue Neubecker, 5.46; (tie) Marilyn Eastman, Jim Easton, 5.43;
Betty Metz, 5.37; Howard Foster, 5.32; Mary Ball, 4.70; Bob Kaprove, 4.26. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">1,500-2,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Gay Simpson, 22.10; John Bava, 13.88;
Pinky Regan, 6.25; Walt Olszewski, 4.19; Judy Kaprove, 3.28; Rajat Basu, 2.58;
(tie) Paula Kotowski, Nancy Kessler, 1.82; Tova Reinhorn, 1.65; David Colligan,
1.08. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2,500-3,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Fred Yellen, 13.09; Art Morth, 3.09; Dale
Anderson, 1.81; Pat Rasmus, 0.84; Linda Burroughsford, 0.49. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">3,500-5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Donna Steffan, 9.26; Mike Ryan, 6.04; Judy
Padgug, 5.99; Davis Heussler, 5.55; Judy Graf, 4.47; John Ziemer, 3.13; Martha
Welte, 2.25; Jim Gullo, 1.22; Barbara Libby, 1.15; Ken Meier, 0.38. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Over 5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Jay Costello, 7.26; Sharon Benz, 6.86;
Chris Urbanek, 6.50; Saleh Fetouh, 5.44; Bud Seidenberg, 5.15. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of more
than 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.</span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-4811978662147312592024-02-01T22:59:00.000-08:002024-02-01T23:04:25.726-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Feb. 3, 2024 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIhMpHiN727jL_yjirjVV6fkEmKYWKl-fF4jJ_ZuXvV_GRvNaHclG7YYmcqEg4devoFuXCCDoKyFpf694UCpkmNFeom0oNOmt0yC36nDxlkT96Qt_e2cuD9QMDbcHnUcv8_pCMN-mb-0q9u-dtF9dYU_t1oVs0k8s1QqNfCXFeUmoPquPo5SPwi3FODw/s263/queenofspades.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="191" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYIhMpHiN727jL_yjirjVV6fkEmKYWKl-fF4jJ_ZuXvV_GRvNaHclG7YYmcqEg4devoFuXCCDoKyFpf694UCpkmNFeom0oNOmt0yC36nDxlkT96Qt_e2cuD9QMDbcHnUcv8_pCMN-mb-0q9u-dtF9dYU_t1oVs0k8s1QqNfCXFeUmoPquPo5SPwi3FODw/w465-h640/queenofspades.jpg" width="465" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The Niagara Sectional Tournament</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> begins Friday, Feb. 9, in the <b> </b>Holiday
Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont.,
and continues through Feb. 11. Games are at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.
and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday. For more info,
click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="font-size: 18pt;">.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> <b>Buffalo Bridge Center</b> offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games five days a week with special
games on the weekends. As of Jan. 1, fee for face-to-face games is $8 for
members and $11 for non-members. Membership is $75 per year. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 1.001 points. For more info on this
game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with less than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers at
1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons. Games at the Tonawanda Senior
Center will be on hiatus for the entire month of February. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Week of Jan. 22 to Jan. 28</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-750
game online. Carol Licata and Howard Wolfish, 63.89%; Michael and Jim Hassett,
58.89%; Joyce Frayer and Ruth Nawotniak, 56.67%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija,
54.64%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 52.22%; Karen Dearing and Mike Metzler,
51.67%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Schott, 62.58%; Pat Haynes and Joe
Miranda, 58.08%; Paul Zittel and Jim Lanzo, 49.25%; east-west, Mary Ball and
Joyce Frayer, 59.50; Sue Neubecker and Sushil Amlani, 57.50%; Betty Metz and
Ruth Nawotniak, 55.60%; Maria Amlani and Brian Fleming, 54.60%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Donna Steffan and Jay Costello, 62.04%; Chris Urbanek and Fred Yellen,
61.11%; Howard Foster and Davis Heussler, 56.48%; Betty Metz and Terry Fraas,
53.24%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 51.85</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Kathy’s
Snowbird Game. 0-1001 game online. Ilene Rothman and Brian Fleming, 72.22%;
Susan Levy and Bill Noltee, 63.89%; Sue Anderson and Glenna McNally, 62.05%;
Audrey Ray and Pat Haynes, 58.33%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Fida Mansour and Anthony Girasole,
69.45%; Walt Olszewski and Ed Drozen, 56.25%; Joyce Greenspan and Sharon
Wilcox, 53.26%; Paula Kotowski and Nancy Kessler, 50.32%. <span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 65.63%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
59.38%; Donna Steffan and Fred Yellen, 52.08%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. North-south, Sharon Benz and Fred Yellen, 61.05%; Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 58.12%; Terry Fraas and Cathy Majewski, 57.70%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil
Bishara, 56.68%; John Bava and Ed Moran, 54.29%; east-west, Pat Haynes and
David Whitt, 60.80%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.61%; Tova and Andrei
Reinhorn, 52.93%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 51.49%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Home-style pairs. (3-way tie) Sandi England and
Ed Morgan, Linda and Paul Zittel, Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 2 wins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">Delaware Wednesday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;"> 0-2,000 game online. Debbie and Bill Nash, 63.89%; (tie)
Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, Gillian Mouat and Wendy Zinman-smith, 57.78%; Bill
Rich and Richard McGowan, 57.22%; Beth Whelan and Terry Camp, 56.56%; Madhav
Deshmukh and Jim Lanzo, 54.44%; Gary Keenan and Jim Hassett 50.56%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 62%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 56%; east-west,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Radtke, 58%; Edna and Ron Fill, 55%. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 60.28%; Edna and Ron Fill, 59.72%;
east-west, Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 68%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 67%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Rose
Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 86.3%; Midge Coates and Rog Buchanan, 62.5%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of more
than 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.</span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-39214837869571824102024-01-25T20:12:00.000-08:002024-01-25T20:13:37.423-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Jan. 27, 2024 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEA33N0p_GujkCFlgaXYwo9Vm4jb2BY5DtPMawYt-1u1oPwSgkdkzrs7cNhr594XDqsqI0Va5CYv7K959nyAnBkS87n6eGdcRNK1t5wzTJfvl8_Ea7MYAuMjBG6sdvYpV7_gA6nuACutC4CgNd3PqlPbXhT966L2PaahT_B1pdxe7-s8qQ2xIjxBx3Ay0/s252/King-of-Clubs1015.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="180" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEA33N0p_GujkCFlgaXYwo9Vm4jb2BY5DtPMawYt-1u1oPwSgkdkzrs7cNhr594XDqsqI0Va5CYv7K959nyAnBkS87n6eGdcRNK1t5wzTJfvl8_Ea7MYAuMjBG6sdvYpV7_gA6nuACutC4CgNd3PqlPbXhT966L2PaahT_B1pdxe7-s8qQ2xIjxBx3Ay0/w457-h640/King-of-Clubs1015.png" width="457" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> <b>Buffalo Bridge Center</b> holds its
annual meeting and game today, Saturday, Jan. 27, in the club rooms at<b> </b>60
Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1. Meeting first, then an open game follows.
It’s free for Bridge Center members. The meeting and game had been rescheduled
for last Saturday, Jan. 20, but was postponed due to the snow.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Under normal circumstances, the
Bridge Center offers a regular lineup of in-person and online games five days a
week with special games on the weekends. As of Jan. 1, fee for face-to-face
games is $8 for members and $11 for non-members. Membership is $75 per year. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more info on this
game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with less than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers at
1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Week of Jan. 15 to Jan. 21</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-750
game online. Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 65.74%; Jim and Michael Hassett,
53.70%; Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 52.78%; Fay Greenholtz and David
Freimuth, 51.85%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. Canceled due to weather. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Canceled due to weather. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Kathy’s
Snowbird Game. 0-1001 game online. North-south, Omar Meguid and partner,
68.98%; Maxine Seller and partner, 53.24%; Ilene Rothman and Carol Licata,
50.46%; east-west, Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 59.26%; Anne Slater and
Kathleen Voigt, 58.80%; Fran Schmidt and Phyllis Wilkinson, 52.31%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> <span style="color: black;">Canceled
due to weather. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Canceled due to weather. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Canceled due to weather. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">Delaware Wednesday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;"> 0-2,000 game online. North-south,</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 62.96%; Richard McGowan and
Bill Rich, 60.19%; Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 50.46%; east-west, Ilene
Rothman and Carol Licata, 58.33%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 56.94%; Wendy
Zinman-Smith and Terry Camp, 53.70</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Jan. 1, 2023, to Dec. 31, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">0-5 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Brian Fleming, 24.64; Ilene Rothman, 16.99; Anthony
Girasole, 14.66; Dennis Daly, 10.06; Shrikant Joshi, 8.64; Bill Rogers, 7.43; Bill
Duax, 5.86; Fran Holmes, 3.70; Mike Rupp, 3.54; Maxine Seller, 2.98. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">5-20 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Zakie Nohra, 12.11; Gini Sicignano, 5.96; Jeannine
Dupuis, 4.90; Mary Luce, 4,56; Karen Dearing, 4.29; Devon Marlette, 4.06; Barbara
Kaye, 3.15. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">20-50 Points –</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Maria Schory, 18.25; Mike Metzger, 15.98; Molly
Morris, 13.28; Jo Ann Smith, 12.97; Phyllis Stasiowski, 12.23; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 11.88; Kathleen Voigt, 11.43; Anne Slater, 10.35; Donna
Starnes, 8.01; Maxine Johnson, 7.98. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">50-100 Points –</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Carol Licata, 35.27; Howard Epstein, 28.97; Susan
Cardamone, 21.78; John Houghtaling, 18.67; Darwin Skalski, 17.33; Jim Greno, 17.30;
Betsy Greno, 15.61; Cynthia Tashjian, 15.13; Candace Graser, 12.09; Gary
Keenan, 10.10. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">100-200 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Maria Amlani, 40.21; Fran Schmidt, 20.28; Judith
McDermid, 18.08; Tiger Li, 17.74; Jim Hassett, 17.17; Raj Puri, 13.90; Betty
DeFeo, 13.72; Joan Ciszak, 11.91; Barbara Scott, 6.99; Pam Righter, 5.92. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">200-300 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">David Schott, 96.05; Pat Haynes, 82.17; Joanne Nover, 70.98;
David Whitt, 61.26; Kusum Phadke, 56.46; Laurie Foster, 29.87; Bob Ciszak, 21.87;
Laura Houghtaling, 18.67; John Fiegl, 9.89; Gerry Hooley, 8.51. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">300-500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Larry Himelein, 121 even; Bram Hamovitch, 87.66; Terry
Hamovitch, 85.53; Audrey Ray, 38.97; Linda Milch, 35.72; Jim McClure, 32.80; Ruth
Nawotniak, 30.03; Jim O’Hara, 27.95; Margaret Zhou, 18.93; Agi Maisel, 17.02.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">500-1,000 Points –</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Jim Lanzo, 161.24; Martha Townson, 116.47; Bonnie
Clement, 92.52; Vic Bergsten, 74.06; Joyce Frayer, 72.59; Richard McGowan, 66.17;
Marilyn Wortzman, 66.15; Violet Makhija, 60 even; Betty Metz, 57.87; Paul
Zittel, 55.56. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">1,000-1,500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Kamil Bishara, 120.10; Amita Arora, 106.63; Jim
Easton, 67.86; Howard Foster, 65.31; John Marvin, 62.50; Sue Neubecker, 58.16;
Mary Ball, 50.50; Joyce Greenspan, 39.07; Joanne Lafay, 34.94; Rajat Basu, 29.74.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">1,500-2,500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Gay Simpson, 153.63; Sandi England, 95.83; John Bava, 75.33;
Pinky Regan, 54.12; Tova Reinhorn, 53.65; Paula Kotowski, 43.46; David
Colligan, 37.06; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 32.28; Walt Olszewski, 22.70; Martin
Pieterse, 19.53. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">2,500-3,500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Linda Burroughsford, 218.85; Ken Meier, 129.54; Fred
Yellen, 124.74; Mike Silverman, 30.37; Allen Beroza, 27.58; Pat Rasmus, 22.45;
Bill Rushmore, 18.57; Dale Anderson, 12.81; Art Morth, 9.75. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">3,500-5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Davis Heussler, 415.01; Chongmin Zhang, 176.73; John
Ziemer, 168.32; Mike Ryan, 163.64; Donna Steffan, 137.95; Judy Graf, 102.89;
Martha Welte, 72.35; Judy Padgug, 68.34; Kathy Pollock, 67.90; Barbara Libby, 55.39.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Over 5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Saleh Fetouh, 631.12; Dian Petrov, 262.40; Jay Levy, 238.19;
Chris Urbanek, 208.72; Jay Costello, 161.91; Bud Seidenberg, 144.96; Sharon
Benz, 51.02; Glenn Milgrim, 27.33. <b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of more
than 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.</span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-73978782789244008802024-01-18T14:18:00.000-08:002024-01-18T14:18:16.989-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Jan. 20, 2024<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI277-foC19TEGW-N2XnZyRGT3bMrDMeKq1prPdaDvYqw7eS2E4O7bbmcnbitRM3pSQkCndEjNSlZCvmNcfg05zI0c8xzqm7NqbGaHdnqBL1USic35mytFWiHTahIK0sfEJddW0bL1u609PNzl6BlBVA5qhsz-4EBxlJxvCU6IF3QYYJtafm6rdV0ZAbg/s450/kingofhearts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="330" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI277-foC19TEGW-N2XnZyRGT3bMrDMeKq1prPdaDvYqw7eS2E4O7bbmcnbitRM3pSQkCndEjNSlZCvmNcfg05zI0c8xzqm7NqbGaHdnqBL1USic35mytFWiHTahIK0sfEJddW0bL1u609PNzl6BlBVA5qhsz-4EBxlJxvCU6IF3QYYJtafm6rdV0ZAbg/w470-h640/kingofhearts.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">All this snow </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">has prompted the Buffalo Bridge Center to
postpone its annual meeting and game scheduled for today, Saturday, Jan. 20, in
the club rooms at<b> </b>60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1. The meeting
and game has been rescheduled for noon next Saturday, Jan. 27, weather
permitting. Meeting first, then an open game follows, It’s free for Bridge
Center members.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Games next week at the Bridge
Center will be held as scheduled, depending on the weather. If Buffalo schools
are closed, then the Bridge Center will be closed. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Under normal circumstances, the
Bridge Center offers a regular lineup of in-person and online games. As of Jan.
1, fee for face-to-face games is $8 for members and $11 for non-members. Membership
is $75 per year. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Currently on
hiatus. Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more
info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with less than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers at
1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Week of Jan. 8 to Jan. 14</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-750
game online. Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 66.67%; Jennifer and Howar
Epstein, 58.33%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 52.78%; Jim and Michael Hassett, 50.69%;
Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 50%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Ruth Wurster and Mary Terrana, 61.25%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 55%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 50.63%; east-west, Carol Licata
and Ilene Rothman, 60.42%; Betty Metz and Ruth Nawotniak, 53.65%; Joyce
Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 52.60%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 61%; Sue Neubecker and Wilson McClaren, 60%;
Martha Welte and Gay Simpson, 56%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Sue Neubecker and Ed Drozen,
61.64%; Paula Kotowski and Nancy Kessler, 61.36%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim
Easton, 58.21%; Pat Haynes and David Schott, 56.33%; Betty Metz and Anthony
Girasole, 52.63<span style="color: black;">%.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 70%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
55%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 52%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game online. North-south, Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 67.59%; Wanda
Moorman and Donna Rait, 59.72%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 55.09%; Jim Lanzo and
Madhav Deshmukh, 49.07%; east-west, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 61.11%; Ed
Harman and Bill Rich, 56.02%; Wilma Ziegman and Wendy Zimman-Smith, 52.31%;
Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 51.39%.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Ron Fill and David Young, 58%; Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 55%; east-west,
Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 69%; (tie) Jill and Bruce Brown, Elaine Wegrzyn
and Jim Cook, 52%. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 61%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 56%;
east-west, Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 57%; Elaine Wegrzyn and Gus Alfano,
54%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Jan. 1, 2023, to Dec. 31, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">0-5 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Brian Fleming, 10.64; Bill Rogers, 4.21; Michael
Rupp, 3.54; Fran Holmes, 3.05; Ilene Rothman, 2.18; David Taylor, 2.05.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">5-20 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Karen Dearing, 4.29; Devon Marlette, 3.66;
Mary Luce, 3.63.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">20-50 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Maria Schory, 18.25; Mike Metzger, 15.98; Kathleen
Voigt, 8.23; Michel Dupuis, 7.72; Phyllis Stasiowski, 7.63; Anne Slater, 7.58; Jo
Ann Smith, 4.34; Maxine Johnson, 3.71; Maureen Saab, 2.97; Donna Starnes, 2.09;
Judy Reich, 1.23. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">50-100 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Carol Licata, 22.21; Howard Epstein, 21.41;
Jim Greno, 17.30; Betsy Greno, 15.61; Cynthia Tashjian, 14.47; Candace Graser, 12.09;
John Houghtaling, 10.32; Gary Keenan, 10.10; Susan Burns, 7.33; Mary Ellen
Cotter, 5.42. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">100-200 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Maria Amlani, 35.10; Fran Schmidt, 20.28;
Jim Hassett, 17.17; Judy McDermid, 13.74; Betty DeFeo, 3.51; Bill Noltee, 1.84;
Janie Polk, 1.37. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">200-300 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Kusum Phadke, 54.88; David Schott, 16.68;
Bob Ciszak, 10.80; Laura Houghtaling, 10.32; Pat Haynes, 7.78; Joanne Nover, 5.23;
Gerry Hooley, 4 even. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">300-500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">(Tie) Bram Hamovitch, Terry Hamovitch, 58.35;
Larry Himelein, 25.24; Ruth Nawotniak, 14.97; Jim O’Hara, 8.23; Margaret Zhou,
6.34; Audrey Ray, 4.52; Jim McClure, 3.44; Diana Smith, 2.95; Judy Zeckhauser,
1.03. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">500-1,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Jim Lanzo, 100.92; Martha Townson, 70.04;
Vic Bergsten, 58.24; Violet Makhija, 48.79; Jasbeer Makhija, 46.70; Richard
McGowan, 26.27; Joyce Frayer, 25.36; Sushil Amlani, 25.22; Bonnie Clement, 20.09;
Brian Block, 16.98; Bill Rich, 16.64.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">1,000-1,500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amita Arora, 106.02; Bob Kaprove, 15.58;
Jim Easton, 15.48; Rajat Basu, 14.89; Mary Ball, 8.93; Bert Feasley, 3.89. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">1,500-2,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Gay Simpson, 102.02; Sandi England, 63.86;
John Bava, 55.17; Pinky Regan, 13.67; Walt Olszewski, 11.72; David Colligan,
2.50; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 2.12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2,500-3,500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Ken Meier, 125.42; Allen Beroza, 27.58;
Linda Burroughsford, 20.93; Dale Anderson, 5.01. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">3,500-5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Barbara Libby, 45.08; Davis Heussler, 21.07;
Martha Welte, 17.31; Judy Padgug, 10.33; Kathy Pollock, 2.08. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Over 5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Saleh Fetouh, 16.17; Jay Levy, 7.40; Dian
Petrov, 4.41; John Sinclair, 3.25.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of more
than 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-90286006470178427942024-01-11T21:42:00.000-08:002024-01-11T21:42:00.613-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Jan. 13, 2024 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxmsY1mHMYBMuiTkzfWaDJbd4y0r2Ah0OtMhXwBjZMOLcoSc1Xqub53loPT5heQGBYEn1BSuudnq3GojauKVA23UvJCE0HS-COAYIrmdLKWglgj9sh6oCI9CCJNFJ0tEqssLuftQkgucP6UQV6d1Lc6Kso1i4AJfWLoba7dkLe638DMgUsUTWZ283HPY/s1000/King-of-spades-DSM-Staatsmijnen-Wim-Simons-Designs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="666" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxmsY1mHMYBMuiTkzfWaDJbd4y0r2Ah0OtMhXwBjZMOLcoSc1Xqub53loPT5heQGBYEn1BSuudnq3GojauKVA23UvJCE0HS-COAYIrmdLKWglgj9sh6oCI9CCJNFJ0tEqssLuftQkgucP6UQV6d1Lc6Kso1i4AJfWLoba7dkLe638DMgUsUTWZ283HPY/w426-h640/King-of-spades-DSM-Staatsmijnen-Wim-Simons-Designs.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Congratulations </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;">to
Saleh Fetouh, who collected the most master points among Buffalo players at the
Cleveland Rock & Roll Regional Tournament Jan. 3 to 7 in Independence,
Ohio. He earned 34.85 and was tied for 17th overall. Also doing well in
Cleveland was Jay Levy with 11.29 points.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Buffalo Bridge Center</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1, will
hold its annual meeting at noon next Saturday, Jan. 20. An open game follows,
which is free for Bridge Center members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Center offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games. As of Jan. 1, fee for
face-to-face games is $8 for members and $11 for non-members. Membership is $75
per year. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Currently on
hiatus. Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more
info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with less than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers at
1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Week of Jan. 1 to Jan. 7</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Pat Haynes and David Whitt, 60%; Joanne Nover and Agi
Maisel, 55.20%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 51.50%; east-west, Betty Metz and
Sushil Amlani, 57.67%; Marcia Wright and Ginger Maiman, 56.58%; Joyce Greenspan
and Andrei Reinhorn, 51.83 %.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 68.06%; Chris Urbanek and Larry Abate,
56.25%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 55.56%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 50%;
Sharon Benz and Sue Neubecker, 49.31%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south, Ed Drozen and Walt
Olszewski, 63.75%; Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 55.63%; Joanne Nover and Agi
Maisel, 51.25%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 61.25%; Betty Metz
and Sue Neubecker, 56.88<span style="color: black;">%.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, 62.50%; Donna Steffan and Jay Costello,
57.29%; Barbara Libby and Gay Simpson, 55.21%; Martha Welte and Larry Abate,
52.08%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 62.50%; Pat and Dick
Rasmus, 61.46%; Bert Feasley and Dave Larcom, 54.17%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 50%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game online. North-south, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 63.43%; Beena Deshmukh
and Bill Rich, 57.87%; Wanda Moorman and Donna Rait, 52.31%; east-west, Walt
Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 62.96%; Lynn and Jon Clemmons, 54.17%; (tie) Ed Harman
and Bob Ciszak, Ilene Rothman and Carol Licata, 51.39%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 59%; Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski,
54.2%; east-west, Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 60%; Bill Rogers and Bill
Westley, 59%.</span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">North-south,
Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 57.5%; (tie) Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, Ed
and Mike Rapp, 52.5%; east-west, Joanne Biondo and Ron Fill, 59.4%; (tie) Sue
Strasser and Judy White, Cindy Darone and Fritz Schweiger, 52.1%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jan. 1, 2023, to Dec. 31, 2023</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">0-5 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Ilene Rothman, 14.81; Brian Fleming,
14 even; Anthony Girasole, 13.24; Dennis Daly, 10.06; Bill Duax, 5.08; Shrikant
Joshi, 5.03; Maxine Seller, 2.98; Pat Sciandra, 1.81; Linda Marsh, 1.75; Patricia
Doyle, 1.48.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">5-20 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Zakie Nohra, 12.11; Gini Sicignano, 5.18;
Jeannine Dupuis, 3.41; Barbara Kaye, 3.15.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">20-50 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Pepe Justicia-Linde, 11.88; Molly
Morris, 9.69; Jo Ann Smith, 8.63; Peggy Mead, 7.23; Lorey Repicci, 6.47; Bill
Donaldson, 5.09; Donna Starnes, 4.54; Fred Schweiger, 4.47; Peggy Stock, 4.18;
Phyllis Stasiowski, 4.04.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">50-100 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Susan Cardamone, 21.78; Carol
Licata, 13.06; John Houghtaling, 8.35; Maureen Cancilla, 6.30; Amy Habib, 4.42;
Elaine Idzik, 3.46; Paul Ziebarth, 3.45; Mary Ellen Cotter, 2.42; Howard
Epstein, 2.22; Susan Burns, 1.89. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">100-200 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Joan Ciszak, 8.64; Raj Puri, 8.44; Betty
DeFeo, 7.14; Barbara Scott, 6.74; Pam Righter, 5.92; (tie) Janet Desmon, Maria
Amlani, 1.88. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">200-300 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> David Schott, 52.38; Joanne Nover, 49.87;
David Whitt, 39.88; Pat Haynes, 39.56; Laurie Foster, 29.87; John Fiegl, 9.89; Bob
Ciszak, 8.64; Laura Houghtaling, 8.35; John Scott, 6.74; Gerry Hooley, 4.51.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">300-500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Larry Himelein, 55.67; Linda Milch, 31.47;
Jim McClure, 29.36; Bram Hamovitch, 17.19; Terry Hamovitch, 15.06; Maryann
Szafran, 14.72; Ruth Nawotniak, 11.84; Audrey Ray, 10.50; Margaret Zhou, 10.48;
Agi Maisel, 10.13.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">500-1,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Betty Metz, 48.87; Marilyn Wortzman,
44.73; Andrei Reinhorn, 39.41; Richard McGowan, 36.22; Paul Zittel, 34.32;
Bonnie Clement, 29.97; Ed Morgan, 29.07; Linda Zittel, 28.80; Joyce Frayer, 28.68;
Paula Rosen, 24.98. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,000-1,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Kamil Bishara, 60.18; John Marvin, 57.25;
Sue Neubecker, 47.58; Jim Easton, 46.44; Howard Foster, 34.60; Joanne LaFay, 29.81;
Mary Ball, 27.10; Joyce Greenspan, 23.15; Bert Feasley, 11.05; Bill Regan, 8.27.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,500-2,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Tova Reinhorn, 45.45; Pinky Regan, 33.59;
Paula Kotowski, 33.31; Gay Simpson, 19.10; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 13.74; Judy
Kaprove, 12.21; David Colligan, 10.64; Sandi England, 9.86; Barbara Pieterse, 8.67;
Martin Pieterse, 6.52. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2,500-3,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Fred Yellen, 76.73; Linda
Burroughsford, 31.20; Pat Rasmus, 22.45; Mike Silverman, 3.69; Dale Anderson,
2.79; Bill Rushmore, 1.63; Art Morth, 1.09.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">3,500-5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Mike Ryan, 105.41; John Ziemer, 98.65;
Donna Steffan, 85.35; Davis Heussler, 66.49; Judy Graf, 65.21; Judy Padgug, 33.85;
Martha Welte, 25.74; Jim Gullo, 22.77; Kathy Pollock, 11.60; Chongmin Zhang,
4.59.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Over 5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Bud Seidenberg, 91.69; Chris
Urbanek, 69.35; Jay Costello, 67.76; Jay Levy, 65.11; Sharon Benz, 38.27; Saleh
Fetouh, 15.13; Dian Petrov, 14.61.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of more
than 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-30871619662124337602024-01-04T14:26:00.000-08:002024-01-04T14:26:20.743-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Jan. 6, 2024 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_kEsIIO4rIQvEy9ugQ-CCHW6kwdEjretdrbzPfVsGELQhiaxpRBht0VnIrF99hcHi4Yf-C9FhcRJnYoBcLmk3y4FW-lhSlfB2QbkU6MormuP-a78dRd8A7_2QUENNbYbzcYwWj0RfQucKk-eqsD8-MFwzMk-sgqm-GgkJX0afQwnBYZggX2o37gkxes/s1612/aceofclubsbraque.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih_kEsIIO4rIQvEy9ugQ-CCHW6kwdEjretdrbzPfVsGELQhiaxpRBht0VnIrF99hcHi4Yf-C9FhcRJnYoBcLmk3y4FW-lhSlfB2QbkU6MormuP-a78dRd8A7_2QUENNbYbzcYwWj0RfQucKk-eqsD8-MFwzMk-sgqm-GgkJX0afQwnBYZggX2o37gkxes/w476-h640/aceofclubsbraque.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Buffalo Bridge Center</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1, will
hold its annual meeting at noon on Saturday, Jan. 20. An open game follows,
which is free for Bridge Center members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Center offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games. As of Jan. 1, fee for
face-to-face games is $8 for members and $11 for non-members. Membership is $75
per year. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Currently on
hiatus. Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more
info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. There is also
a face-to-face game for 499ers (players with less than 500 points) at 1 p.m.
Monday, a beginner game with a mini-lesson at 6 p.m. Monday, a game for 199ers at
1 p.m. Tuesdays, a 299er game at 7 p.m. Wednesday; a 999er game at 1 p.m.
Thursday, and a 299er game at 9 a.m. Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, a Swiss teams contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required),
alternating with open games every other week, and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Today, Saturday, Jan. 6,
and Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401101.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Today, Saturday, Jan. 6, and Sunday,
Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Today, Saturday, Jan. 6, and Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Week of Dec. 25 to Dec. 31</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center Christmas
Day –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game.
Tova Reinhorn and Barbara Libby, 66.67%; Laurie and Howard Foster, 64.58%.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 63.75%; Linda Zittel and Betty Metz, 56.35%;
Paul Zittel and Jim Lanzo, 53.71%; Sue Neubecker and Dennis Daly, 51.57%; Paula
Rosen and Jim McClure, 50.78%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 63%; Judy Graf and Kamil Bishara, 54%; Sharon
Benz and Sue Neubecker, 51%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox,
69.05%; (tie) Paula Kotowski and Nancy Kessler, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim
Easton, 61.11%; Betty Metz and Judie Bailey, 53.97<span style="color: black;">%.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 59.52%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
58.33%; Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 51.79%; Donna Steffan and John Ziemer,
50 %. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Linda and Paul Zittel, 60%; Joanne LaFay and John
Fiegl, 59%; Pat and Dick Rasmus, 49%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game online. (Tie) Lynn and Jon Clemmons, Sue Manning and Sam Khayatt, 65.28%;
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 59.03%; Jim Lanzo and Madhav Deshmakh, 53.47%; Jeff
Bender and Henry Chudy, 52.08%; Maria Schory and Terry Camp, 50%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 57.3%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 56.6%;
east-west, Raj Puri and Shrikant Joshi, 67%; Bill Rogers and Bill Westley, 61%.</span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Joanne
Biondo and Ron Fill, 62.5%; (tie) Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, Rose
Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 56.3%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-39916619158188709372024-01-04T14:22:00.000-08:002024-01-04T14:23:43.051-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Dec. 30, 2023 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UzIXv61m91ihWt3Tkyl0t2TGCAsfZvfAqqCP8fxmlzMxLrkNOGqfhzK_bhidVzLVTYMe5SBAkswhwlAuO8B_iazsVdkeTWGEoQe-x3UAJdOnr5fqDNairyWFfQ_Clmd5P2hF5tpFpBfjhsRjh6CcXpSXybEj3fAayX43X0RkMINIwa6J-pCAa7t7wQ0/s251/aceofdiamonds.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5UzIXv61m91ihWt3Tkyl0t2TGCAsfZvfAqqCP8fxmlzMxLrkNOGqfhzK_bhidVzLVTYMe5SBAkswhwlAuO8B_iazsVdkeTWGEoQe-x3UAJdOnr5fqDNairyWFfQ_Clmd5P2hF5tpFpBfjhsRjh6CcXpSXybEj3fAayX43X0RkMINIwa6J-pCAa7t7wQ0/w513-h640/aceofdiamonds.png" width="513" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Buffalo Bridge Center</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1, offers
a regular lineup of in-person and online games. <span style="background: white;">For
more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Currently on
hiatus. Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more
info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401101.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Week of Dec. 18 to Dec. 24</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-750
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 63.89%; Ilene Rothman and Carol
Licata, 59.03%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 55.56%; Jim Hassett and Terry
Camp, 51.39%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Brian Fleming and Anthony Girasole, 56.67%; Ruth Nawotniak
and Richard McGowan, 56.25%; Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 54.58%; Pat
Haynes and David Whitt, 53.75%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton,
59.17%; Tova Reinhorn and Terry Fraas, 52.92%; Ginger Maiman and Susan
Cardamone, 48.75%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 58.52%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 56.67%;
Donna Steffan and Jay Costello, 55.19%; Jay Levy and Ethan Xie, 54.07%; Nancy
Kessler and Paula Kotowski, 51.85%; Davis Heussler and Kamil Bishara, 50.74%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox,
65.08%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.14%; Sue Neubecker and Betty Metz,
56.35%; Ed Morgan and Paul Zittel, 52.38%; Jim McClure and Richard McGowan,
50.79<span style="color: black;">%.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 73.96%; Sharon Benz and John Ziemer,
55.21%; Davis Heussler and David Colligan, 54.17%; Jay Costello and Bud
Seidenberg, 51.04%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. </span><span style="font-size: 24px;">Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 57%; Pat and Dick Rasmus, 55%; Joanne LaFay and Dave Larcom, 53</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game online. North-south, Bill Rich and Richard McGowan, 63.49%; Sue Manning
and Sam Khayatt, 56.35%; Wanda Moorman and Donna Rait, 53.57%; Diana Smith and
Bill Jones, 53.17%; east-west, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 65.08%; Walt
Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 60.71%; Terry Camp and John Templin, 55.95%; Lynn and
Jon Clemmons, 53.57%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.17%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 57%; Edna and Ron Fill, 55%; east-west,
David Young and Tim Hartnett, 54%; (tie) Mary and Jim Atwood, Judie Bailey and
Joan Stankiewicz, 51.33%. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 59%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 58%; east-west, Shrikant Joshi and
Raj Puri, 64%; David Young and Tim Hartnett, 53%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Susan
and Harvey Lichtblau, 68.8%; Ed and Mike Rupp, 53.8%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna
Fill, 52.5%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Jan. 1, 2023, to Nov. 30, 2023 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">0-5 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Brian Fleming, 23.57; Ilene Rothman, 16.43; Anthony
Girasole, 12.33; Shrikant Joshi, 8.64; Dennis Daly, 8.27; Bill Rogers, 7.43; Bill
Duax, 5.08; Mike Rupp, 3.46; Fran Holmes, 3.25; Maxine Seller, 2.98. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">5-20 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Zakie Nohra, 10.80; Gini Sicignano, 5.18; Mary Luce, 4,56;
Karen Dearing, 4.29; Jeannine Dupuis, 4.12; Devon Marlette, 3.61; Barbara Kaye,
2.90. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">20-50 Points –</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Maria Schory, 17.16; Mike Metzger, 15.81; Molly
Morris, 13.28; Jo Ann Smith, 12.47; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 11.88; Phyllis
Stasiowski, 10.83; Kathleen Voigt, 10.73; Anne Slater, 10.36; Donna Starnes, 8.01;
Maxine Johnson, 7.64. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">50-100 Points –</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Carol Licata, 34.07; Howard Epstein, 28.12; Susan
Cardamone, 21.17; John Houghtaling, 18.35; Darwin Skalski, 17.33; Jim Greno, 17.33;
Betsy Greno, 15.61; Cynthia Tashjian, 13.75; Candace Graser, 11.59; Gary
Keenan, 9.95. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">100-200 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Maria Amlani, 38.73; Fran Schmidt, 19.54; Tiger Li,
17.74; Judith McDermid, 17.18; Jim Hassett, 16.78; Raj Puri, 13.90; Betty
DeFeo, 13.44; Joan Ciszak, 11.91; Barbara Scott, 6.99; Pam Righter, 5.92. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">200-300 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">David Schott, 91.40; Pat Haynes, 76.69; Joanne Nover, 70.23;
David Whitt, 59.50; Kusum Phadke, 56.01; Laurie Foster, 27.84; Bob Ciszak, 21.87;
Laura Houghtaling, 18.35; John Fiegl, 9.31; Gerry Hooley, 8.51. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">300-500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Larry Himelein, 111.83; Bram Hamovitch, 80.15; Terry
Hamovitch, 78.02; Audrey Ray, 37.47; Linda Milch, 35.44; Jim McClure, 32.28;
Jim O’Hara, 27.95; Ruth Nawotniak, 26.76; Margaret Zhou, 18.93; Agi Maisel, 15.46;
Maryann Szafran, 12.51.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">500-1,000 Points –</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Jim Lanzo, 147.09; Martha Townson, 105.74; Bonnie
Clement, 83.72; Vic Bergsten, 73.10; Joyce Frayer, 67.12; Richard McGowan, 63.11;
Marilyn Wortzman, 57.87; Violet Makhija, 56.32; Betty Metz, 50.08; Paul Zittel,
48.59. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">1,000-1,500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Kamil Bishara, 109 even; Amita Arora, 106.63; Howard
Foster, 62.72; Jim Easton, 59.58; John Marvin, 56.25; Sue Neubecker, 54.22;
Mary Ball, 45.03; Joyce Greenspan, 36.39; Joanne Lafay, 34.36; Rajat Basu, 28.78.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">1,500-2,500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Gay Simpson, 150.37; Sandi England, 91.47; John Bava, 74.14;
Tova Reinhorn, 48.46; Pinky Regan, 45.95; Paula Kotowski, 39.36; Nancy
Wolstoncroft, 32.28; David Colligan, 28.86; Walt Olszewski, 20.96; Martin
Pieterse, 15.96. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">2,500-3,500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Linda Burroughsford, 216.88; Ken Meier, 129.54; Fred
Yellen, 118.25; Mike Silverman, 30.37; Allen Beroza, 27.58; Pat Rasmus, 21.87;
Bill Rushmore, 18.57; Dale Anderson, 12.81; Art Morth, 9.75. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">3,500-5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Davis Heussler, 398.13; Chongmin Zhang, 176.73; John
Ziemer, 155.22; Mike Ryan, 152.81; Donna Steffan, 133.11; Judy Graf, 99.58;
Martha Welte, 69.27; Judy Padgug, 66.46; Kathy Pollock, 64.84; Barbara Libby, 53.56;
Jim Gullo, 53.18. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Over 5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Saleh Fetouh, 558 even; Dian Petrov, 259.70; Jay Levy,
228.32; Chris Urbanek, 199.12; Jay Costello, 152.08; Bud Seidenberg, 136.33;
Sharon Benz, 45.38; Glenn Milgrim, 27.33. <b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-33597215214537784682023-12-21T14:34:00.000-08:002023-12-21T14:34:40.309-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Dec. 23, 2023 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqEr5sLwu_RHpvuOrDOY3zp6pwrR6-J5F6cbF6RqcN3Uo8ljDASMfORE7v-rk5mcF3ot82DYAOhBlGhnhxpwDvqI7urxNUCyEoAJTlvvtCmey0C6EtXlIOfjf8Y2W3P4tAkW4Dj09j1I3MBd1oKMjHD79zn03WVhNeHsWnXcwoTum_WEJJfyjEnM1yW0E/s255/AceofHearts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="198" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqEr5sLwu_RHpvuOrDOY3zp6pwrR6-J5F6cbF6RqcN3Uo8ljDASMfORE7v-rk5mcF3ot82DYAOhBlGhnhxpwDvqI7urxNUCyEoAJTlvvtCmey0C6EtXlIOfjf8Y2W3P4tAkW4Dj09j1I3MBd1oKMjHD79zn03WVhNeHsWnXcwoTum_WEJJfyjEnM1yW0E/w497-h640/AceofHearts.png" width="497" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Christmas Day is the occasion </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">for an open game at the Bridge Center of
Buffalo, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1. The game starts at 12:30 p.m.
on Monday, Dec. 25, with refreshments at noon. To register, email Andrei
Reinhorn at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/reinhorna@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">reinhorna@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Center also offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games. <span style="background: white;">For
more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Currently on
hiatus. Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more
info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401101.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Week of Dec. 11 to Dec. 17</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 68.89%; Phyllis Stasiowski and Terry
Camp, 61.11%; Carolyn Sue Adams and partner, 59.44%; Fran Schmidt and Richard
McGowan, 58.89%; Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes, 51.67%; Cynthia Tashjian and
Candace Graser, 51.11%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 59.65%; Paul Zittel and Ed
Morgan, 57.27%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 53.82%; Richard McGowan and
Anthony Girasole, 52.81%; Laurie and Howard Foster, 51.79%; east-west, Betty
Metz and Andrei Reinhorn, 66.86%; Henry Chudy and Larry Himelein, 61.43%; Terry
Fraas and Tova Reinhorn, 54.29%; Ginger Maiman and Marcia Wright, 50.49%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Betty Metz and Terry Fraas, 58.33%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg,
56.94%; (tie) Judy Graf and Sharon Benz, John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 56.25%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span> <span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Sue Neubecker and Wilson McClaren,
63.75%; Pat Haynes and Maryann Szafran, 55%; east-west, Walt Olszewski and Ed
Drozen, 56.88%; Larry Himelein and Henry Chudy, 54.39<span style="color: black;">%.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Kamil Bishara and Chris Urbanek, 60%; Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg,
57%; Sharon Benz and John Ziemer, 53%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 50%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Barb Booi and Paul Zittel, 59.72%; Bert Feasley
and Davis Heussler, 55.56%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 52.08%; Sandi
England and Ed Morgan, 51.39%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game online. Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 63.19%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija,
56.25%; Fay Greenholtz and Bill Pounds, 52.78%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein,
52.78%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 60%; Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 52%;
east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 75%; Elaine Wegrzyn and Jim Cook, 58%. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 67%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 65%;
east-west, Mary and Jim Atwood, 58%; Rolene Pozarny and Usha Khurana, 56%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Ed
and Mike Rupp, 76.4%; Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, 61.1%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jan. 1, 2023, to Nov. 30, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">0-5 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Brian Fleming, 10.64; Bill Rogers, 4.21; Michael
Rupp, 3.40; Fran Holmes, 2.61; Ilene Rothman, 1.62; David Taylor, 1.17.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">5-20 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Karen Dearing, 4.29; Mary Luce, 3.63;
Devon Marlette, 3.21.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">20-50 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Maria Schory, 17.16; Mike Metzger, 15.51; Anne
Slater, 7.58; Michel Dupuis, 7.57; Kathleen Voigt, 7.53; Phyllis Stasiowski, 6.23;
Jo Ann Smith, 3.84; Maxine Johnson, 3.37; Maureen Saab, 2.97; Donna Starnes, 2.09;
Judy Reich, 1.23. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">50-100 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Howard Epstein, 21.13; Carol Licata, 21.01;
Jim Greno, 17.30; Betsy Greno, 15.61; Cynthia Tashjian, 13.09; Candace Graser, 11.59;
John Houghtaling, 10 even; Gary Keenan, 9.95; Susan Burns, 6.85; Mary Ellen
Cotter, 5.08. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">100-200 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Maria Amlani, 33.62; Fran Schmidt, 19.54;
Jim Hassett, 16.78; Judy McDermid, 13.34; Betty DeFeo, 3,23; Bill Noltee, 1.84;
Janie Polk, 1.37; Joan Ciszak; 0.84; (tie) Faith Lowell, Janet Desmon, 0.56. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">200-300 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Kusum Phadke, 54.43; David Schott, 16.36;
Bob Ciszak, 10.80; Laura Houghtaling, 10 even; Pat Haynes, 7.78; Joanne Nover, 5.23;
Gerry Hooley, 4 even; Judith Babat, 1.08; Patty Porter, 0.72. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">300-500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">(Tie) Bram Hamovitch, Terry Hamovitch, 56.88;
Larry Himelein, 22.92; Ruth Nawotniak, 12.50; Jim O’Hara, 8.23; Margaret Zhou,
6.34; Audrey Ray, 4.52; Jim McClure, 3.44; Diana Smith, 2.71; Judy Zeckhauser,
1.03. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">500-1,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jim Lanzo, 95.48; Martha Townson, 67.32;
Vic Bergsten, 57.28; Violet Makhija, 45.11; Jasbeer Makhija, 43.02; Richard
McGowan, 24.89; Joyce Frayer, 24.56; Sushil Amlani, 23.51; Bonnie Clement, 18.81;
Brian Block, 16.98; Bill Rich, 15.60.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,000-1,500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amita Arora, 106.02; Rajat Basu, 14.89; Bob
Kaprove, 14.74; Jim Easton, 14.49; Mary Ball, 8.13; Bert Feasley, 3.89. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,500-2,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gay Simpson, 99.08; Sandi England, 63.02;
John Bava, 54.39; Pinky Regan, 13.67; Walt Olszewski, 11.05; Elaine
Kurasiewicz, 2.12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2,500-3,500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Ken Meier, 125.42; Allen Beroza, 27.58;
Linda Burroughsford, 18.96; Dale Anderson, 5.01. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">3,500-5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Barbara Libby, 45.08; Davis Heussler, 18.57;
Martha Welte, 15.34; Judy Padgug, 8.45; Kathy Pollock, 2.08. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Over 5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Saleh Fetouh, 16.17; Jay Levy, 7.40; Dian
Petrov, 4.41; John Sinclair, 3.25.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-3210892506637093582023-12-15T14:44:00.000-08:002023-12-15T14:44:57.896-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Dec. 16, 2023 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4-ei8_9Iy11UrIjJJH7dUDVUjJybGgvOsxAjWtUrHtwKW6vG_axwKx2kxoObHQH6NxMKkv7Y_VWYvVS1tcd4_Rvkie1aYu23_Hk8X_aZG_SCnptmol58lL_rSoNt-jkSSxN8QStSiWUwTUqAcTlxhzMVuHAeYgu-8FJFd19Bhbe6s22rtjC99eSmkGY/s1740/Ace_of_spades.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1740" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4-ei8_9Iy11UrIjJJH7dUDVUjJybGgvOsxAjWtUrHtwKW6vG_axwKx2kxoObHQH6NxMKkv7Y_VWYvVS1tcd4_Rvkie1aYu23_Hk8X_aZG_SCnptmol58lL_rSoNt-jkSSxN8QStSiWUwTUqAcTlxhzMVuHAeYgu-8FJFd19Bhbe6s22rtjC99eSmkGY/w442-h640/Ace_of_spades.svg.png" width="442" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Center of Buffalo</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1,
will hold an open game on Christmas Day, Monday, Dec. 25. Refreshments at noon.
Game at 12:30 p.m. To register, email Andrei Reinhorn at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/reinhorna@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">reinhorna@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Center also offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games. <span style="background: white;">For
more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Currently on
hiatus. Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more
info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401101.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Week of Dec. 4 to Dec. 10</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game online. Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 62.96%; Phyllis Stasiowski and
Terry Camp, 62.04%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 55.56%; Cynthia Tashjian
and Candace Graser, 54.63%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.73%; Bonnie Clement and
Larry Himelein, 57.14%; Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 54.76%; Pat Haynes and
David Whitt, 52.78%; Joanne Nover and Tova Reinhorn, 52.78%; east-west, Betty
Metz and Paul Zittel, 56.35%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.97%; Terry Fraas
and Ed Morgan, 53.17%; Sue Neubecker and Bill Duax, 52.78%; Joyce Greenspan and
Andrei Reinhorn, 51.98%; Ginger Maiman and Marcia Wright, 51.59%; Linda Milch
and Susan Cardamone, 51.19%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Jay Levy and Jay Costello, 61.11%; Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg,
57.41%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 56.02%; Davis Heussler and Kamil Bishara,
51.39%; Paula Kotowski and Nancy Kessler, 50.93%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game.</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 57.94%; Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 55.56%; Mary Ball and Joyce
Frayer, 51.59%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 58.33%; (tie) Davis Heussler and Fred
Yellen, Donna Steffan and Mike Ryan, 53.13%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. North-south, Sandi England and Ed Morgan, 59.66%; Fred Yellen and Bud
Seidenberg, 56.44%; Judy Graf and John Ziemer, 54.92%; Howard Foster and Mike
Ryan, 53.79%; Martha Welte and Gay Simpson, 53.1%; Florence Boyd and Ruth
Wurster, 51.33%; Barbara Landree and Betty Metz, 50.38%; Sharon Wilcox and
Joyce Greenspan, 50.19%; east-west, Davis Heussler and Joy Levy, 63.83%; Kathy
Pollock and Sharon Benz, 61.36%; Chris Urbanek and Saleh Fetouh, 60.42%; Agi
Maisel and Pat Haynes, 56.82%; Paula Kotowski and Wilson McClaren, 54.73%; Mary
Ball and Joyce Frayer, 54.36%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game online. Pauline Davidson and Pier Luigi Forlani, 63.89%; Henry Chudy and
Jeff Bender, 58.33%; Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 56.25%; (tie) Sushil Amlani
and Madhav Deshmukh, Walter Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 52.08%.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center Monday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 61%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 54%; east-west,
Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 55%; (tie) Joe Huber and Fritz Schweigert,
David Young and Tim Hartnett, 50%. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 57%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 56%;
east-west, Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 68%; Raj Puri and Shrikant Joshi,
63%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Ed
and Mike Rupp, 70.8%; Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, 58.3%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jan. 1, 2023, to Nov. 30, 2023</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">0-5 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Ilene Rothman, 14.81; Brian Fleming,
12.93; Anthony Girasole, 10.91; Dennis Daly, 8.27; Bill Duax, 5.08; Shrikant
Joshi, 5.03; Maxine Seller, 2.98; Pat Sciandra, 1.81; Patricia Doyle, 1.48; Linda
Marsh, 1.25.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">5-20 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Zakie Nohra, 10.80; Gini Sicignano, 5.18;
Jeannine Dupuis, 3.41; Barbara Kaye, 2.90.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">20-50 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Pepe Justicia-Linde, 11.88; Molly
Morris, 9.69; Jo Ann Smith, 8.63; Peggy Mead, 7.23; Lorey Repicci, 6.47; Bill
Donaldson, 5.09; Donna Starnes, 4.54; Fred Schweiger, 4.47; Peggy Stock, 4.18;
Phyllis Stasiowski, 4.04.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">50-100 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Susan Cardamone, 21.17; Carol
Licata, 13.06; John Houghtaling, 8.35; Maureen Cancilla, 5.83; Amy Habib, 4.42;
Paul Ziebarth, 3.45; Elaine Idzik, 2.74; Mary Ellen Cotter, 2.42; Howard
Epstein, 1.65; (tie) Susan Burns, Carole Sedita, 1.53. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">100-200 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Joan Ciszak, 8.64; Raj Puri, 8.44; Betty
DeFeo, 7.14; Barbara Scott, 6.74; Pam Righter, 5.92; (tie) Janet Desmon, Maria
Amlani, 1.88. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">200-300 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> David Schott, 52.38; Joanne Nover, 49.12;
David Whitt, 38.90; Pat Haynes, 36.36; Laurie Foster, 27.84; John Fiegl, 9.31; Bob
Ciszak, 8.64; Laura Houghtaling, 8.35; John Scott, 6.74; Gerry Hooley, 4.51.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">300-500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Larry Himelein, 53.55; Linda Milch, 31.19;
Jim McClure, 28.84; Bram Hamovitch, 13.96; Maryann Szafran, 12.51; Terry
Hamovitch, 11.83; Ruth Nawotniak, 11.04; Audrey Ray, 10.50; Margaret Zhou, 10.48;
Judy Zeckhauser, 9.57; Agi Maisel, 8.57.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">500-1,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Betty Metz, 42.30; Marilyn Wortzman,
41.32; Richard McGowan, 34.54; Andrei Reinhorn, 33,81; Paul Zittel, 29.85;
Bonnie Clement, 28.88; Joyce Frayer, 28.68; Linda Zittel, 26.95; Dave Larcom, 24.56;
Ed Morgan, 24.31. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,000-1,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> John Marvin, 51 even; Kamil Bishara,
49.74; Sue Neubecker, 44.42; Jim Easton, 43.03; Howard Foster, 32.01; Joanne
LaFay, 29.23; Mary Ball, 24.15; Joyce Greenspan, 20.47; Bert Feasley, 10.10; Bill
Regan, 7.93. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,500-2,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Tova Reinhorn, 40.26; Paula
Kotowski, 30.06; Pinky Regan, 25.42; Gay Simpson, 18.78; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 13.74;
Judy Kaprove, 9.95; Sandi England, 9.86; David Colligan, 8.08; Sue Bergman,
6.48; Barbara Pieterse, 5.10. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2,500-3,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Fred Yellen, 72.36; Linda
Burroughsford, 31.20; Pat Rasmus, 21.87; Mike Silverman, 3.69; Dale Anderson,
2.79; Bill Rushmore, 1.63.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">3,500-5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Mike Ryan, 96.63; John Ziemer, 86.49;
Donna Steffan, 81.62; Judy Graf, 61.90; Davis Heussler, 56.11; Judy Padgug, 33.85;
Martha Welte, 25.42; Jim Gullo, 22.77; Kathy Pollock, 9.19; Chongmin Zhang,
4.59.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Over 5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Bud Seidenberg, 85.97; Jay Costello,
63.10; Chris Urbanek, 59.75; Jay Levy, 58.83; Sharon Benz, 32.63; Saleh Fetouh,
13.32; Dian Petrov, 11.91.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next measure
of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-65376554044438847632023-12-08T19:10:00.000-08:002023-12-08T19:10:54.506-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Dec. 9, 2023 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHafRq1980eQCFhUidbgYHF9KFE0A_xn_lbCUQ39mphd2iInG8_n70H5SX2vP8AmcjE1kUBisoOhaVrfHQx88w5QqwplXy994evBJG1eRn01jqhyFagoeAwgv795seaACrUeaYliIqSoFAItzK8Lb7A0qbr3xZTFSwXUkn_uYlL83TxdK45irLw4w1wjY/s270/jackofclubss.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="186" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHafRq1980eQCFhUidbgYHF9KFE0A_xn_lbCUQ39mphd2iInG8_n70H5SX2vP8AmcjE1kUBisoOhaVrfHQx88w5QqwplXy994evBJG1eRn01jqhyFagoeAwgv795seaACrUeaYliIqSoFAItzK8Lb7A0qbr3xZTFSwXUkn_uYlL83TxdK45irLw4w1wjY/w441-h640/jackofclubss.png" width="441" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">A free game </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">at 12:30 p.m. today, Saturday, Dec. 9, is centerpiece
of the Bridge Center of Buffalo’s official grand opening celebration at its new
location, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1. Refreshments at noon. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014. Games began
Oct. 31 at the new location. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Center also offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Currently on
hiatus. Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more
info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401101.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Buffalo Bridge Center, 60 Dingens St. off
the I-190 at Exit 1. Friday, April 26, to Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Week of Nov. 27 to Dec. 3</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game online. Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 62.78%; Leslie Deich and Fran
Holmes, 59.44%; Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 57.78%; Violet and Jasbeer
Makhija, 56.11%; Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser, 51.67%; Bonnie Clement
and David Schott, 50.56%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 67.86%; Joanne Nover and
David Whitt, 54.76%; Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 51.19%; east-west, Mary Ball
and Joyce Frayer, 68.65%; Richard McGowan and David Schott, 56.35%; (tie) Betty
Metz and Dave Larcom, Anthony Girasole and Jim Mansour, 53.57%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Sue Neubecker and Chris Urbanek, 62.50%; John Ziemer and Mike Ryan,
57.50%; Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo, 55%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. Walt Olszewski and Ed Drozen, 70.16%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton,
60.63%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 51.43%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie
Clement, 50.71%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Donna Steffan and Davis Heussler, 61%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 58%;
Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 54%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Peggy Mead and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 64.29%;
Joanne LaFay and Linda Zittel, 61.90%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 52.98%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game online. Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 70.56%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer,
58.89%; Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 57.78%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija,
53.89%; Maria Schory and Michael Metzger, 51.67%; (tie) Jennifer and Howard
Epstein, Wilma Ziegman and Terry Camp, 48.33%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 116 Annual Meeting
Saturday afternoon –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">
North-south, John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 59.28%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil
Bishara, 57.77%; Laurie and Howard Foster, 55.68%; Barbara Libby and Sandi
England, 55.49%; Larry Abate and Rajat Basu, 54.73%; (tie) John Bava and Ed
Morgan, Jay Levy and Bud Seidenberg, 51.14%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement,
50%; east-west, Barbara and Martin Pieterse, 59.47%; Davis Heussler and David
Colligan, 56.82%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 53.60%; Mary Terrana and Gordon
Crone, 53.03%; Betty Metz and Judie Bailey, 52.46%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn,
51.89%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Edna and Ron Fill, 56%; Karen Synor and George Mayers, 55%; east-west, Nancy
Wolstoncroft and Shirley Cassety, 77%; Mary and Jim Atwood, 56%. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 63.4%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 63.2%; (tie) Mary
and Jim Atwood, Carol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 53%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Ed
and Mike Rupp, 67%; Kay Brinkman and Fritz Schweiger, 50%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-62052993191845862302023-12-02T12:00:00.000-08:002023-12-02T12:00:24.372-08:00Duplicate Bridge, Dec. 2, 2023 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBamqgXlgtOu_g6AVj-GdlVcBsp9DFzXEQ1XQdY6czcb3-A1QbXaWi25ug4jnkpIIkyn9gibEOy9aDEwlfffGg6ByIyfl0kVEKpaTYGtRuf5JAQRvnHVFiCu5MK7Zz-S79MnpTT0W3IVCatxrgRORHdEZQwhoWXAUBRp7Owdhlfb62NqQB8SZDYERYQxs/s2048/jackl.of-diamonds.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBamqgXlgtOu_g6AVj-GdlVcBsp9DFzXEQ1XQdY6czcb3-A1QbXaWi25ug4jnkpIIkyn9gibEOy9aDEwlfffGg6ByIyfl0kVEKpaTYGtRuf5JAQRvnHVFiCu5MK7Zz-S79MnpTT0W3IVCatxrgRORHdEZQwhoWXAUBRp7Owdhlfb62NqQB8SZDYERYQxs/w426-h640/jackl.of-diamonds.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Center of Buffalo</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> will hold an official grand opening
celebration with an open house Saturday, Dec. 9, at its new location, 60
Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit 1. Refreshments at noon. Free game at 12:30
p.m. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014. Games at
the new location began Oct. 31. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Center also offers a
regular lineup of in-person and online games. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Currently on
hiatus. Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more
info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401101.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Location TBA. Friday, April 26, to
Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Week of Nov. 20 to Nov. 26</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-750
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 61.67%; Carol Licata and Larry
Himelein, 60.42%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 56.67%; Fran Schmidt and
Richard McGowan, 55.69%; Michael and Jim Hassett, 51.57%; Jennifer and Howard
Epstein, 50.14%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 65%; Bonnie Clement and Larry
Himelein, 60.63%; Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 55.63%; Joanne Nover and
David Schott, 48.13%; east-west, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 64.38%; Joyce
Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox, 51.25%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 49.38%;
Judy Zeckhauser and Pat Haynes, 48.13%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. (Tie) Judy Graf and Fred Yellen, Sue Neubecker and Betty Metz, 55%; Mike
Ryan and John Ziemer, 54%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 62.22%; (3-way tie) Richard McGowan
and Bill Rich, Jim Lanzo and Paul Zittel, Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 56.11%;
(tie) Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, Maria Schory and Mike Metzger, 52.78; Joyce
Bess and Terry Camp, 52.22%.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 56.4%; Edna and Ron Fill, 56.1%; east-west,
Mary and Jim Atwood, 63%; Jack Cukierman and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 57%. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Ed
and Mike Rupp, 70.6%; Judy White and Paul Morgante, 58.7%; Midge and Rob
Buchanan, 51.6%.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.</span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-29817951977415245792023-11-21T16:11:00.000-08:002023-11-21T16:11:59.079-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Nov. 25, 2023 <p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1H2fFh2Hk08ifdWZXRvUrwo2UKzH9-Gl4h1TAOtdk2pdFgHzj_hgwtv1MxSicIwG1dI4wZaTmJbGfgK4JjQyWtrFBdb3uHRAsWLS9s0ok4gTn6cPKbz2zWLhcMgBVqIslY5jQ80apUIpj32hAwkjgZ69zNlbxvAZR5jBXcMyw-EDBhhmbmeJxj_TcbHw/s700/Jack%20of%20Hearts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1H2fFh2Hk08ifdWZXRvUrwo2UKzH9-Gl4h1TAOtdk2pdFgHzj_hgwtv1MxSicIwG1dI4wZaTmJbGfgK4JjQyWtrFBdb3uHRAsWLS9s0ok4gTn6cPKbz2zWLhcMgBVqIslY5jQ80apUIpj32hAwkjgZ69zNlbxvAZR5jBXcMyw-EDBhhmbmeJxj_TcbHw/w458-h640/Jack%20of%20Hearts.jpg" width="458" /></a></b></div><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">The annual meeting and game</span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> of Western New York Unit 116 of the
American Contract Bridge League will be held Saturday, Dec. 2, in the social
hall at the Main Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Meeting at 11 a.m.,
lunch at 11:30, stratified open game at 12:30 p.m. $15 fee includes lunch. RSVP
to John Bava at <a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/jbava@roadrunner.com">jbava@roadrunner.com</a>
or Larry Abate at <a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/larab1016@verizon.net">larab1016@verizon.net</a>
or call John Bava at 908-256-6466.</span><p></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><b>The Bridge Center of Buffalo</b>
began playing Oct. 31 at its new location, 60 Dingens St. off the I-190 at Exit
1, and will hold an official grand opening celebration with an open house
Saturday, Dec. 9. Refreshments at noon. Free game at 12:30 p.m. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Center also offers a regular
lineup of in-person and online games. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points if there
are enough tables. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Upgraded to
now include players with up to 2,000 points. Simultaneous game for players with
fewer than 99 points if there are enough tables. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Currently on
hiatus. Kathy's Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points. For more
info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this <a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401101.pdf">link</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Location TBA. Friday, April 26, to
Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Week of Nov. 13 to Nov. 19</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 63.89%; Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis,
58.33%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 54.63%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 60%; (tie) Laurie and
Howard Foster, Paul Zittel and Jim Lanzo, 57.78%; Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 55.83%; Ruth Wurster and Mary Terrana, 55.56%; Anthony Girasole and Jim
Mansour, 54.44%; east-west, Tova Reinhorn and Sue Neubecker, 61.67%; Richard
McGowan and Joe Miranda, 56.39%; (tie) Terry Fraas and Betty Metz, Marcia
Wright and Ginger Maiman, 52.78%; (3-way tie) Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, Judy
Zeckhauser and Judith Babat, Rajat Basu and Debashis Ghosh, 49.17%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Jay Levy, 68.75%; (tie) Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg,
Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 52.08%; Sue Neubecker and Betty Metz, 50%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. Paula Rosen and Richard McGowan, 55.56%; (tie) Joanne Nover and Joyce
Greenspan, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 53.97%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Donna Steffan and John Ziemer, 62.50%; Martha Welte and Larry Abate,
56.25%; Kathy Pollock and Sharon Benz, 54.17%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Gordon Crone and Mary Terrana, 55.36%; Maureen
Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 54.17%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 53.57%; Bert Feasley
and Davis Heussler, 51.79%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game online. Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 68.33%; Madhav Deshmukh and Jim Lanzo,
59.44%; Wanda Moorman and Donna Rait, 55%; Ruth Nowatniak and Bill Rogers,
52.22%; (3-way tie) Jeff Bender and Henry Chudy, Betsy and Jim Greno, Joan
Becker and Marion Fox, 50.56%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 65%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 58%; east-west,
Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 64%; Jack Cukierman and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 55%. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Dan Blatz, 59%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 54%; east-west, (3-way
tie) Betsy and Dick Heuer, Fritz Schweiger and Carol Neuhaus, Rolene Pozarny
and Shirley Cassety, 56.94%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Ed
and Mike Rupp, 65.1%; Judy White and Sue Strasser, 60.3%; Paul Morgante and Ron
Fill, 58.7%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit
116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Jan. 1, 2023, to Oct. 31, 2023 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">0-5 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Brian Fleming, 23.57; Ilene Rothman, 15.07; Anthony
Girasole, 10.93; Shrikant Joshi, 8.64; Dennis Daly, 8.27; Bill Rogers, 5.86; Bill
Duax, 5.08; Maxine Seller, 2.98; Fran Holmes, 2.58; (tie) Melanie Skalski and
Carol Li, 2.11. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">5-20 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Zakie Nohra, 10.80; Gini Sicignano, 4.92; Mary Luce, 4,56;
Jeannine Dupuis, 3.86; Barbara Kaye, 2.90; Devon Marlette, 2.81; Karen Dearing,
2.02. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">20-50 Points –</span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Maria Schory, 14.81; Mike Metzger, 14.28; Molly
Morris, 13.28; Jo Ann Smith, 12.14; Phyllis Stasiowski, 10.83; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 8.91; Kathleen Voigt, 8.90; Anne Slater, 8.61; Donna Starnes, 7.91;
Maxine Johnson, 7.40. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">50-100 Points –</span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> Carol Licata, 32.04; Howard Epstein, 26.64; Susan
Cardamone, 20.81; Darwin Skalski, 17.33; John Houghtaling, 17.23; Jim Greno, 16.34;
Betsy Greno, 15.34; Cynthia Tashjian, 12.45; Candace Graser, 10.02; Mary Ellen
Cotter, 8.90. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">100-200 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Maria Amlani, 38.73; Tiger Li, 17.74; Judith McDermid,
17.18; Fran Schmidt, 17.12; Jim Hassett, 15.45; Raj Puri, 13.90; Betty DeFeo, 11.82;
Joan Ciszak, 11.31; Pam Righter, 5.92; Barbara Scott, 4.89. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">200-300 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">David Schott, 83.82; Pat Haynes, 73.36; Joanne Nover, 66.33;
David Whitt, 59.04; Kusum Phadke, 56.01; Laurie Foster, 25.87; Bob Ciszak, 19.81;
Laura Houghtaling, 17.23; John Fiegl, 9.31; Gerry Hooley, 8.51. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">300-500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Larry Himelein, 104.06; Bram Hamovitch, 74.24; Terry
Hamovitch, 72.11; Linda Milch, 34.83; Audrey Ray, 34.72; Jim McClure, 31.24; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jim O’Hara, 26.99; Ruth Nawotniak, 26.76; Margaret
Zhou, 17.75; Agi Maisel, 15.13; Maryann Szafran, 12.26.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">500-1,000 Points –</span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> Jim Lanzo, 138.21; Martha Townson, 100.71; Bonnie
Clement, 80.65; Vic Bergsten, 66.86; Joyce Frayer, 63.23; Richard McGowan, 55.75;
Marilyn Wortzman, 55.27; Violet Makhija, 50.49; Betty Metz, 45.85; Paul Zittel,
45.41. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">1,000-1,500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Amita Arora, 106.63; Kamil Bishara, 102.66; Howard
Foster, 60.75; Jim Easton, 56.98; John Marvin, 51.37; Sue Neubecker, 48.23; Mary
Ball, 41.14; Joyce Greenspan, 34 even; Joanne Lafay, 30.95; Rajat Basu, 27.70. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">1,500-2,500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Gay Simpson, 142.66; Sandi England, 90.54; John Bava, 71.08;
Paula Kotowski, 36.28; Pinky Regan, 35.59; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 32.28; Tova
Reinhorn, 28.90; David Colligan, 27.96; Walt Olszewski, 17.24; Martin Pieterse,
15.96. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">2,500-3,500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Linda Burroughsford, 177.22; Ken Meier, 128.32; Fred
Yellen, 114.31; Mike Silverman, 30.37; Allen Beroza, 27.58; Pat Rasmus, 21.87; Bill
Rushmore, 18.57; Dale Anderson, 11.76; Art Morth, 9.75. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">3,500-5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Davis Heussler, 367.64; Chongmin Zhang, 148.09; Mike
Ryan, 147.16; John Ziemer, 146.94; Donna Steffan, 122.46; Judy Graf, 97.51;
Judy Padgug, 66.46; Martha Welte, 65.83; Barbara Libby, 53.56; Jim Gullo, 53.18.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Over 5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Saleh Fetouh, 458.31; Dian Petrov, 233.27; Jay Levy, 220.71;
Chris Urbanek, 185.46; Jay Costello, 139.94; Bud Seidenberg, 133.10; Sharon
Benz, 42.32; Glenn Milgrim, 19.33. <b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-51943729789719923332023-11-16T22:00:00.000-08:002023-11-21T08:08:03.723-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Nov. 18, 2023 <p></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZogTX_aSw0o70sZzmPmebx9sBy5JqcqF2Q1m_UMuD6D6Xf-PBT1lU4sA95YRbkdl_8tIMVbQ7kjhdOuSJqr3HY__rgnOGquQcRRfaQNvi-tMID8JRAg-IU15KmcuSbWeGM9ZCu8Z4hxN8pCnKG-0zGwFALBlgWQ5hG_Ng8loG2w22Ee1bSa8YRGlpO0/s1800/Jack.of.Spades.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZogTX_aSw0o70sZzmPmebx9sBy5JqcqF2Q1m_UMuD6D6Xf-PBT1lU4sA95YRbkdl_8tIMVbQ7kjhdOuSJqr3HY__rgnOGquQcRRfaQNvi-tMID8JRAg-IU15KmcuSbWeGM9ZCu8Z4hxN8pCnKG-0zGwFALBlgWQ5hG_Ng8loG2w22Ee1bSa8YRGlpO0/w426-h640/Jack.of.Spades.png" width="426" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Congratulations </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">to Saleh Fetouh, who won the most master
points among Buffalo area players in the Niagara Regional Tournament Nov. 7 to
Nov. 12 in the Holiday Inn and Conference Center in St. Catharines, Ont. He
earned 79.64 points and was second overall. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Other Buffalo area players doing
well in St. Catharines include Linda Burroughsford, 24.78 points; Davis
Heussler, 19.78; Chongmin Zhang, 19.36; Jay Costello, 12.14; and Chris Urbanek,
10.34. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Buffalo Bridge Center </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Thursday,
Nov. 23, and Friday, Nov. 24.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Center is offering a
regular lineup of in-person games in its new location – 60 Dingens St. in South
Buffalo, not far from Exit 1 on the I-190 expressway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The sign out front says,
"Family Help Center." The club entrance is on the right side of the
building, off the parking lot, third door toward the back. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Kathy's Snowbird
Game for players with fewer than 750 points, which apparently is on hiatus
until the snow flies. For more info on this game, call director Kathy Pollock
or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Location TBA. Friday, April 26, to
Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Week of Nov. 6 to Nov. 12</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-750
game online. Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 70.14%; Violet and Jasbeer
Makhijz, 61.11%; Terry Camp and Gary Keenan, 56.25%; Jim and Michael Hassett, 52.70%;
(tie) Maria Schory and Michael Metzger, Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 50%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, (tie) Laurie and Howard Foster, Betty Metz and Jim McClure,
60.71%; (tie) Joyce Frayer and Mary Ball, Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 50.30%;
east-west, Margaret Zhou and Ed Morgan, 61.90%; Tova Reinhorn and Joyce
Greenspan, 61.31%; (tie) Irene Rothman and Carol Licata, Larry Himelein and David
Schott, 51.19%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Judy Graf and Sharon Benz, 69%; Martha Welte and Gay Simpson, 57%; Fred
Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 56%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. Larry Himelein and David Schott, 60%; Joyce Greenspan and Joe Miranda,
57.50%; Linda Milch and Maryann Szafran, 52.50%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Linda Zittel and Joanne LaFay, 70.83%; Peggy Mead
and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 53.13%; Sandi England and Ed Morgan, 50%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 64.44%; Donna Rait and Wanda Moorman,
58.39%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 54.44%; Ilene Rothman and Carol Licata,
53.33%; Ed Harman and Bill Rich, 51.67%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 57%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Burns, 56%; east-west,
Joan Nigrelli and Angela Curtis, 55%; Anita Gink and Freda Brummer, 54.7%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">North-south,
Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 58.3%; Cindy Darone and Fritz Schweiger, 54.2%;
east-west, Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, 64.2%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau,
55.8%.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Jan. 1, 2023, to Oct. 31, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">0-5 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Brian Fleming, 10.64; Bill Rogers, 2.64; Michael
Rupp, 1.98; Fran Holmes, 1.94; Ilene Rothman, 1.17; (tie) Jane Harrington,
David Taylor, 0.48.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">5-20 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Karen Dearing, 4.29; Mary Luce, 3.63;
Devon Marlette, 2.41.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">20-50 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Maria Schory, 14.81; Mike Metzger, 14.28; Michel
Dupuis, 7.69; Anne Slater, 6.61; Kathleen Voigt, 6.47; Phyllis Stasiowski, 6.23;
Jo Ann Smith, 3.51; Maxine Johnson, 3.13; Maureen Saab, 2.97; Donna Starnes, 1.99;
Judy Reich, 1.23. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">50-100 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Howard Epstein, 20.32; Carol Licata, 19.89;
Jim Greno, 16.34; Betsy Greno, 15.34; Cynthia Tashjian, 11.79; Candace Graser, 10.02;
John Houghtaling, 8.88; Gary Keenan, 8.42; Susan Burns, 6.34; Mary Ellen
Cotter, 4.63. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">100-200 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Maria Amlani, 33.62; Fran Schmidt, 17.12;
Jim Hassett, 15.45; Judy McDermid, 13.34; Betty DeFeo, 2.24; Bill Noltee, 1.84;
Janie Polk, 1.37; Joan Ciszak; 0.84; (tie) Faith Lowell, Janet Desmon, 0.56. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">200-300 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Kusum Phadke, 54.43; David Schott, 15.08; Bob
Ciszak, 9.34; Laura Houghtaling, 8.88; Pat Haynes, 7.78; Joanne Nover, 5.23;
Gerry Hooley, 4 even; Judith Babat, 1.08; Patty Porter, 0.72. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">300-500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">(Tie) Bram Hamovitch, Terry Hamovitch, 51.82;
Larry Himelein, 20.39; Ruth Nawotniak, 12.50; Jim O’Hara, 8.23; Margaret Zhou,
6.34; Audrey Ray, 4.52; Jim McClure, 3.44; Diana Smith, 2.71; Judy Zeckhauser,
1.03. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">500-1,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Jim Lanzo, 89.42; Martha Townson, 63.47;
Vic Bergsten, 51.04; Violet Makhija, 39.28; Jasbeer Makhija, 37.19; Sushil
Amlani, 22.95; Joyce Frayer, 22.56; Richard McGowan, 21.79; Bonnie Clement, 17.53;
Brian Block, 16.98; Marilyn Wortzman, 14.49.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">1,000-1,500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amita Arora, 106.02; Rajat Basu, 14.89; Jim
Easton, 14.49; Bob Kaprove, 14.34; Mary Ball, 6.13; Bert Feasley, 1.39. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">1,500-2,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Gay Simpson, 91.95; Sandi England, 62.62;
John Bava, 51.86; Pinky Regan, 13.67; Walt Olszewski, 10.57; Elaine
Kurasiewicz, 2.12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2,500-3,500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Ken Meier, 124.20; Allen Beroza, 27.58;
Linda Burroughsford, 18.07; Dale Anderson, 5.01. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">3,500-5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Barbara Libby, 45.08; Davis Heussler, 16.07;
Martha Welte, 14.45; Judy Padgug, 8.45; Kathy Pollock, 2.08. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Over 5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Saleh Fetouh, 16.17; Jay Levy, 7.40; Dian
Petrov, 4.41; John Sinclair, 3.25.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-35619921074560871052023-11-09T21:27:00.002-08:002023-11-16T20:39:05.366-08:00Duplicate Bridge: Nov. 11, 2023 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05ROP2WveqtPNpsypOtHJeIv6ssRIrC2zO6e-Wh6oEG8v7SvaZwxoTThOIQjWhLwjZ08UTMFxGlKcb9q5FPs-qA7JPcrlJwZeClAROyKeWAAxqHrwLUBx3jqfT6nlHRfrHTmt5rsUEQxHvYS-UlXGPRABuesGGAW4bBSZSLq_AEJx8WJioMQwU_KwNTw/s1364/queenofclubs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05ROP2WveqtPNpsypOtHJeIv6ssRIrC2zO6e-Wh6oEG8v7SvaZwxoTThOIQjWhLwjZ08UTMFxGlKcb9q5FPs-qA7JPcrlJwZeClAROyKeWAAxqHrwLUBx3jqfT6nlHRfrHTmt5rsUEQxHvYS-UlXGPRABuesGGAW4bBSZSLq_AEJx8WJioMQwU_KwNTw/w480-h640/queenofclubs.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Niagara Falls
Regional Tournament </span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: normal;">continues today, Saturday, Nov. 11, with games
at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. in the </span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St.,
St. Catharines, Ont. It concludes with Swiss teams at 10 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 12.
For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/11/2311104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Buffalo Bridge Center </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">is offering a regular lineup of in-person
games in its new location – 60 Dingens St. in South Buffalo, not far from Exit
1 on the I-190 expressway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The sign out front says,
"Family Help Center." The club entrance is on the right side of the
building, off the parking lot, third door toward the back. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call 716-</span>
<span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-</span> <span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">424-0014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 18pt;">.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2023</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Niagara Falls Regional –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway
Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Today, Saturday, Nov.
11, and Sunday, Nov. 12. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/11/2311104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Location TBA. Friday, April 26, to
Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Week of Oct. 30 to Nov. 5</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-750
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 70.56%; Jim and Michael Hassett,
58.33%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 56.67%; Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer,
53.89%; (tie) Carolyn Sue Adams and David Schott, Michel Dupuis and Gary
Keenan, 52.22%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Paul Zittel and Ed Morgan, 67.86%; Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 63.10%; Susan Cardamone and Joe Miranda, 54.37%; Miri Salamone-Burnett
and Thom Burnett, 53.37%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 53.17%; east-west,
Tova Reinhorn and Agi Maisel, 61.90%; (tie) Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, Joyce
Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 55.95%; Audrey Ray and Terry Fraas, 54.76%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 68.06%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer,
52.78%; Sharon Benz and Andrei Reinhorn, 52.31%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf,
50.46%; Betty Metz and Tova Reinhorn, 50%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. Larry Himelein and David Schott, 58.73%; Sue Neubecker and Ed Drozen,
57.14%; (tie) Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer,
56.35%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. John Ziemer and Mike Ryan, 62.50%; Linda Burroughsford and Davis
Heussler, 55.21%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 51.46%; Judy Graf and Fred Yellen,
50%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Joanne LaFay and Joe Miranda, 70%; Linda and Paul
Zittel, 54%; Peggy Mead and Pepe Justicia-Linde, 50%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 66.67%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer,
60.56%; Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 56.11%; Maria Schory and Michael Metzger,
55.56%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 53.89%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 56%; Cindy Darone and Rich Kayton, 52%; east-west, Jack
Cukierman and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 64%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Shirley Cassety, 61%.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 62.3%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley,
61.7%; east-west, Bobbi and Joe Huber, 57.4%; Carol Chudy and Linda Hassett,
56.8%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cindy Darone and Fritz Schweiger, 70.8%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 62.5%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Jan. 1, 2023, to Oct. 31, 2023</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">0-5 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Ilene Rothman, 13.90; Brian Fleming,
12.93; Anthony Girasole, 9.51; Dennis Daly, 8.27; Bill Duax, 5.08; Shrikant
Joshi, 5.03; Maxine Seller, 2.98; Pat Sciandra, 1.81; Patricia Doyle, 1.48; Linda
Marsh, 1.25.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">5-20 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Zakie Nohra, 10.80; Gini Sicignano,
4.92; Jeannine Dupuis, 3.15; Barbara Kaye, 2.90.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">20-50 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Molly Morris, 9.69; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 8.91; Jo Ann Smith, 8.63; Lorey Repicci, 6.47; Bill Donaldson,
5.09; Donna Starnes, 4.54; Fred Schweiger, 4.47; Peggy Mead, 4.26; Peggy Stock,
4.18; Phyllis Stasiowski, 4.04.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">50-100 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Susan Cardamone, 20.81; Carol
Licata, 12.15; John Houghtaling, 8.35; Maureen Cancilla, 4.99; Amy Habib, 4.42;
Paul Ziebarth, 3.45; Mary Ellen Cotter, 2.42; Elaine Idzik, 1.56; (tie) Susan
Burns, Carole Sedita, 1.53. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">100-200 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Raj Puri, 8.44; Joan Ciszak, 8.04;
Betty DeFeo, 6.51; Pam Righter, 5.92; Barbara Scott, 4.64; (tie) Janet Desmon, Maria
Amlani, 1.88. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">200-300 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> David Schott, 47.03; Joanne Nover, 45.22;
David Whitt, 38.44; Pat Haynes, 35.78; Laurie Foster, 25.87; John Fiegl, 9.31; Laura
Houghtaling, 8.35; Bob Ciszak, 8.04; John Scott, 4.64; Gerry Hooley, 4.51.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">300-500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Larry Himelein, 49.26; Linda Milch, 30.58;
Jim McClure, 27.80; Bram Hamovitch, 13.11; Maryann Szafran, 12.26; Ruth
Nawotniak, 11.04; Terry Hamovitch, 10.98; Audrey Ray, 10.56; Margaret Zhou,
9.30; Judy Zeckhauser, 8.99; Agi Maisel, 8.24.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">500-1,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Marilyn Wortzman, 38.72; Betty Metz,
38.07; Andrei Reinhorn, 32.543; Richard McGowan, 30.28; Paul Zittel, 27.17;
Bonnie Clement, 27.09; Joyce Frayer, 26.79; Linda Zittel, 23.79; Dave Larcom, 23.13;
Paula Rosen, 21.97.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">1,000-1,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Kamil Bishara, 49.74; John Marvin, 47.47;
Jim Easton, 40.43; Sue Neubecker, 38.43; Howard Foster, 30.04; Joanne LaFay, 25.82;
Mary Ball, 22.26; Joyce Greenspan, 18.08; Bert Feasley, 10.10; Judie Bailey,
6.41.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">1,500-2,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Tova Reinhorn, 36.19; Paula
Kotowski, 28.98; Gay Simpson, 18.20; Pinky Regan, 15.69; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 13.74;
Sandi England, 9.33; David Colligan, 8.08; Judy Kaprove, 7.27; Sue Bergman,
6.48; Barbara Pieterse, 5.10. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2,500-3,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Fred Yellen, 68.42; Linda
Burroughsford, 30.46; Pat Rasmus, 21.87; Mike Silverman, 3.69; Dale Anderson,
2.97; Bill Rushmore, 1.63.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">3,500-5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Mike Ryan, 91.97; John Ziemer, 79.20;
Donna Steffan, 78.13; Judy Graf, 59.83; Davis Heussler, 55.37; Judy Padgug, 33.85;
Martha Welte, 22.87; Jim Gullo, 22.44; Kathy Pollock, 7.71; Chongmin Zhang,
4.59.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Over 5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Bud Seidenberg, 82.74; Jay Costello,
63.10; Chris Urbanek, 56/43; Jay Levy, 56.20; Sharon Benz, 29.57; Saleh Fetouh,
13.32; Dian Petrov, 11.91.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-72264577124151089982023-11-04T14:08:00.001-07:002023-11-04T14:08:15.878-07:00Duplicate Bridge: Nov. 4, 2023 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJzTr0eC_Wy6kAhOBnUTaSi-wajxq3UcIwPtESpSkNvA5ncIBUZOugJOS8yZdo_ekV6lemSvPKh5DK4wwAq4lTOzFClpeswUq_otOsH9QtrZSTgGVeBlTUYj5jh3-RjYLmii-XXWfY14Gk1teDPADb_n6q7WX5S1r_D_FYSnwYy2hDwkPoyCrLN2GQuE/s1057/queen_of_diamonds___the_three_musketeers_by_karinyan_db8eai9-pre.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="756" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpJzTr0eC_Wy6kAhOBnUTaSi-wajxq3UcIwPtESpSkNvA5ncIBUZOugJOS8yZdo_ekV6lemSvPKh5DK4wwAq4lTOzFClpeswUq_otOsH9QtrZSTgGVeBlTUYj5jh3-RjYLmii-XXWfY14Gk1teDPADb_n6q7WX5S1r_D_FYSnwYy2hDwkPoyCrLN2GQuE/w458-h640/queen_of_diamonds___the_three_musketeers_by_karinyan_db8eai9-pre.png" width="458" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Niagara Falls
Regional Tournament </span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt; font-weight: normal;">opens Tuesday, Nov. 7 in the </span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont., and continues through Sunday,
Nov. 12. Games are held daily at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/11/2311104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Congratulations</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> to Dian Petrov, who collected the most
master points among Buffalo area players at the Buffalo Spooktacular Regional
Tournament Oct. 24 to Oct. 29 in the M Hotel in Cheektowaga. He won 42.94
points and was tenth overall. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Other local master point leaders
included Mike Ryan, 22.22; Gay Simpson, 21.66; John Ziemer, 21.37; Glenn
Milgrim, 19.33; Saleh Fetouh, 18.66; Kathy Pollock, 18.51; Judy Gray, 17.81;
Jim Gullo, 17.59; and Davis Heussler, 15.72. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Also Linda Burroughsford, 14.39;
Bud Seidenberg, 14.12; Howard Foster, 14.04; Bill Rushmore, 11.97; Jay Levy,
11.79; Mary Terrana, 11.78; Sandi England, 11.47; Fred Yellen, 10.89; Mike
Silverman, 10.66; Ed Morgan, 10.51; and Ruth Wurster, 10.29.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Buffalo Bridge Center </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">is offering a regular lineup of in-person
games in its new location – 60 Dingens St. in South Buffalo, not far from Exit
1 on the I-190 expressway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The sign out front says,
"Family Help Center." The club entrance is on the right side of the
building, off the parking lot, third door toward the back. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call
716-280-6114.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-280-6114.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 18pt;">.</span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., is closed Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12, for the
regional tournament but otherwise offers a mix of online games and in-person
games at its club in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off
Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2023</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Falls Regional –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway
Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to
Sunday, Nov. 12. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/11/2311104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Holiday Inn and Suites Parkway Conference
Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, Feb.
11. For more info, click this <a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/02/2402324.pdf">link</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Easter Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, March 26, to Sunday, March 31.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spring Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Location TBA. Friday, April 26, to
Sunday, April 28.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland All-American
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 21, to Monday,
May 27. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Week of Oct. 23 to Oct. 29</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game online. %. Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 62.96%; Violet and Jasbeer
Makhija, 61.11%; Leslie Deich and Fran Holmes, 52.78%; Jim and Michael Hassett,
51.85%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Home-style pairs. Maureen Cancilla and Peggy
Mead, 3 wins; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 2 wins. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game online. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 63.89%; Joyce Bess and Terry Camp,
62.96%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 50.93%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 65%; Edna and Ron Fill, 56%; east-west,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Burns, 66%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 63%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 59.9%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 59.6%; east-west, Karen Synor,
61%; Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 60%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rose
Bochiechio and Paul Morgante, 66.3%; Ed and Mike Rupp, 52.5%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-40549606767576316742023-10-25T10:07:00.000-07:002023-10-25T10:07:02.447-07:00Duplicate Bridge: Oct. 28, 2023 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxpqFqd7jkYnhnUTLSRgcAz383UZXFXb23tAs0dxG52lwy3BDCaHwqY8BxiDW-eH6vVE_-eEdu0s-EjG1GnKoleLWjRo9uNdwck_T8_4YL8SQX11wLlMPdzy3HhMckJLrKogF9d9OFeboEhjYwcGCAJoCbhIDks0cDPTDOl447nQ9-60AOE4ZHwtBfl0/s626/queen-hearts-playing-card-neon-sign_1262-20767.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="626" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxpqFqd7jkYnhnUTLSRgcAz383UZXFXb23tAs0dxG52lwy3BDCaHwqY8BxiDW-eH6vVE_-eEdu0s-EjG1GnKoleLWjRo9uNdwck_T8_4YL8SQX11wLlMPdzy3HhMckJLrKogF9d9OFeboEhjYwcGCAJoCbhIDks0cDPTDOl447nQ9-60AOE4ZHwtBfl0/w640-h640/queen-hearts-playing-card-neon-sign_1262-20767.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Buffalo Spooktacular
Regional Tournament</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> continues
today, Saturday, Oct. 28, in the M Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, next
to the Walden Galleria, with games at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Play concludes Sunday,
Oct. 29, with Swiss teams at 10:30 a.m. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/10/2310104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Buffalo Bridge Center, </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">which is closed for the tournament, <b> </b>resumes
face-to-face games Tuesday, Oct. 31, in its new location – 60 Dingens St. in
South Buffalo, not far from Exit 1 on the I-190 expressway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The sign out front says,
"Family Help Center." The club entrance is on the right side of the
building, off the parking lot, third door toward the back. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call
716-280-6114.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2023</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Falls Regional –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Holiday Inn, 327 Ontario St., St.
Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/11/2311104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Week of Oct. 16 to Oct. 22</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game. Phyllis Stasiowski and Diana Smith, 62.04%; Joyce Frayer and Ruth
Nawotniak, 61.11%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 52.78%; Jim Hassett and
Terry Camp, 51.85%; Michel Dupuis and Gary Keenan, 50%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 57.54%; Marilyn
Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.54%; Sharon Wilcox and Larry Himelein, 53.97%;
Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 53.17%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 52.78%;
east-west, Judith Babat and Judy Zeckhauser, 64.29%; Linda Milch and Susan
Cardamone, 57.94%; Marcia Wright and Ginger Maiman, 56.35%; Richard McGowan and
Anthony Girasole, 54.76%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Judy Graf and Jim Gullo, 60.71%; Jay Levy and Bud Seidenberg, 57.14%; Linda
Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 53.57%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 60.63%; Sharon Wilcox and
Bill Duax, 52.50%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 58.13%; Judith
Babat and Hannah Weinberg, 51.25%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 62.50%; Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 62.04%;
Donna Steffan and John Ziemer, 57.41%; Jo Nasoff-Finton and Sharon Benz, 56.02%.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 60.12%; Dan Clark
and Dave Larcom, 56.55%; Maureen Cancilla and Kathy Donnelly, 52.38%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game. Ed Maguire and Bryan Brooking, 61.67%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 59.44%;
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 58.33%; Madhav Deshmukh and Sushil Amlani, 57.78%;
Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 56.67%; (tie) Richard McGowan and Bill Rich,
Matia Schory and Mike Metzger, 50.56%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Shirley Cassety, 59%; Edna and Ron Fill, 58%; east-west,
Mary and Jim Atwood, 56%; Carol Drongosky and Lorey Repicci, 54%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Linda Vassallo and Walt Olszewski, 60%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 55%; east-west, Ellen
Lochead and Elaine Wegrzyn, 62%; Catol Neuhaus and Fritz Schweiger, 56%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Ed
and Mike Rupp, 55%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 50%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Play in All Venues<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center; text-indent: .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Jan. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2023 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">0-5 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Brian Fleming, 22.12; Ilene Rothman, 13.43; Anthony
Girasole, 8.61; Dennis Daly, 7.74; Bill Rogers, 5.86; Shrikant Joshi, 5.03;
Bill Duax, 3.77; Maxine Seller, 2.98; Fran Holmes, 2.24; (tie) Melanie Skalski
and Carol Li, 2.11. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">5-20 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Zakie Nohra, 10.32; Gini Sicignano, 4.92; Mary Luce, 4
even; Jeannine Dupuis, 3.69; Barbara Kaye, 2.90; Devon Marlette, 2.81; Karen
Dearing, 2.02. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">20-50 Points –</span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Maria Schory, 14.05; Molly Morris, 13.28; Mike
Metzger, 12.72; Jo Ann Smith, 11.21; Pepe Justicia-Linde, 8.91; (tie) Phyllis
Stasiowski, Kathleen Voigt, 8.90; Anne Slater, 8.61; Maxine Johnson, 7.40; Donna
Starnes, 7.11. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">50-100 Points –</span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> Carol Licata, 28.52; Howard Epstein, 22.97; Darwin
Skalski, 16.91; Jim Greno, 16 even; Susan Cardamone, 14.26; Betsy Greno, 15
even; John Houghtaling, 14.61; Cynthia Tashjian, 11.89; Candace Graser, 9.46; Mary
Ellen Cotter, 8.50. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">100-200 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Maria Amlani, 30.88; Tiger Li, 17.32; Judith McDermid,
15.66; Fran Schmidt, 15.45; Jim Hassett, 13.59; Joan Ciszak, 11.07; Betty
DeFeo, 10.50; Raj Puri, 8.44; Pam Righter, 4.91; Barbara Scott, 4.89. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">200-300 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">David Schott, 72.28; Pat Haynes, 70.74; David Whitt, 59.04;
Joanne Nover, 58.49; Kusum Phadke, 54.73; Laurie Foster, 25.87; Bob Ciszak, 15.89;
Laura Houghtaling, 14.61; John Fiegl, 9.31; Gerry Hooley, 8.51. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">300-500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Larry Himelein, 90.71; Bram Hamovitch, 72.12; Terry
Hamovitch, 69.99; Audrey Ray, 28.54; Linda Milch, 27.57; Jim O’Hara, 26.99;
Ruth Nawotniak, 26.76; Jim McClure, 24.57; Margaret Zhou, 17.41; Agi Maisel, 12.10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">500-1,000 Points –</span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"> Jim Lanzo, 119.49; Martha Townson, 89.47; Bonnie
Clement, 69.91; Vic Bergsten, 61.34; Joyce Frayer, 53.46; Marilyn Wortzman, 50.80;
Violet Makhija, 44.62; Richard McGowan, 43.83; Betty Metz, 42.35; Paul Zittel, 37.30.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">1,000-1,500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Amita Arora, 106.63; Kamil Bishara, 94.84; Jim Easton,
52.51; Howard Foster, 46.71; Sue Neubecker, 41.69; John Marvin, 37.79; Mary
Ball, 33.01; Joanne Lafay, 23.67; Joyce Greenspan, 23.10; Rajat Basu, 22.49. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">1,500-2,500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Gay Simpson, 107.48; Sandi England, 74.90; John Bava, 62.12;
Paula Kotowski, 32.95; Pinky Regan, 32.63; Tova Reinhorn, 28.90; David
Colligan, 27.96; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 27.43; Walt Olszewski, 11.54; Judy
Kaprove, 9.82. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">2,500-3,500 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Linda Burroughsford, 149.72; Ken Meier, 112.81; Fred
Yellen, 101.23; Allen Beroza, 24.41; Mike Silverman, 19.71; Pat Rasmus, 19.43; Dale
Anderson, 8.13; Bill Rushmore, 6.60; Art Morth, 6.06. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">3,500-5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Davis Heussler, 335.29; Chongmin Zhang, 142.03; Mike
Ryan, 119.29; John Ziemer, 116.80; Donna Steffan, 107.38; Judy Graf, 77.66;
Judy Padgug, 66.46; Martha Welte, 57.45; Barbara Libby, 46.96; Jim Gullo, 33.55.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Over 5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Saleh Fetouh, 394.86; Jay Levy, 206.55; Dian Petrov, 190.03;
Chris Urbanek, 177.46; Jay Costello, 127.38; Bud Seidenberg, 114.89; Sharon
Benz, 38.24. <b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-14171763876218449062023-10-21T15:16:00.003-07:002023-10-21T15:16:43.182-07:00Duplicate Bridge: Oct. 21, 2023 <p></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmRzX51GLL3g7Xgh8VRK8DWaPTclm2Pf7E3UHMfnpihjuA3IvuvPVnBXo3dBE0i0a28qDmaQeJBwnhC49VRqTAahJeK-wsboGJ1ene-FUxOC573ZhJ47bFF9ivvTYE5t_Ab9h6sUCa8PdSWJGSkS7qCvs8cmonyFwVlBZR2eHxRfEA_jIk7NLQRo7xEU/s263/queenofspades.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="191" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmRzX51GLL3g7Xgh8VRK8DWaPTclm2Pf7E3UHMfnpihjuA3IvuvPVnBXo3dBE0i0a28qDmaQeJBwnhC49VRqTAahJeK-wsboGJ1ene-FUxOC573ZhJ47bFF9ivvTYE5t_Ab9h6sUCa8PdSWJGSkS7qCvs8cmonyFwVlBZR2eHxRfEA_jIk7NLQRo7xEU/w465-h640/queenofspades.jpg" width="465" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Buffalo Spooktacular
Regional Tournament</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> gets
under way Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the M Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, next
to the Walden Galleria, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 29. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/10/2310104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Buffalo Bridge Center </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">has played its last game in the Boulevard
Mall in Amherst. When face-to-face games resume Tuesday, Oct. 31, they will be in
a new location – 60 Dingens St. in South Buffalo, not far from Exit 1 on the
I-190 expressway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The sign out front says,
"Family Help Center." The club entrance is on the right side of the
building, off the parking lot, third door toward the back. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call
716-280-6114.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a face-to-face
game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a face-to-face
game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, and another
one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays. On
Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7
p.m. Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2023</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spooktacular
Regional –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> M
Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Tuesday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Oct. 29. For
more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/10/2310104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Falls Regional –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Holiday Inn, 327 Ontario St., St.
Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/11/2311104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to
Sunday, Jan. 7. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Week of Oct. 9 to Oct. 15</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game. Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 66.67%; Bob Ciszak and David Schott,
58.33%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 55.55%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija,
53.89%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 52.22%; Michael and Jim Hassett, 51.67%.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 60.58%; Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 57.08%; Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 55.48%; east-west, Laura and
John Houghtaling, 61.69%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 58.20%; Sue
Neubecker and Brian Fleming, 53.26%; Tova Reinhorn and Joyce Frayer, 52.10%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-99
game. Jackie Simon and Bill Duax, 65%; Anthony Girasole and Jim Mansour, 51.67%.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 60.42%; Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 58.33%; Martha
Welte and Gay Simpson, 52.78%; Donna Steffan and Jay Costello, 52.08%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. Tova Reinhorn and Ed Drozen, 62.73%; Linda Milch and Richard McGowan,
60.91%; (tie) Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, Sue Neubecker and Wilson
McClaren, 54.55%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 53.64%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie
Clement, 52.73%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 59.38%; (tie) Linda Burroughsford and Davis
Heussler, Donna Steffan and John Ziemer, 55.21%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Pat and Dick Rasmus, 66%; Dan Clark and Dave
Larcom, 56%; Joanne LaFay and Linda Zittel, 50%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 61.11%; Penny Larson and Dana Turner, 59.44%;
Ed Harman and Bill Rich, 58.33%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 57.22%; Henry
Chudy and Jeff Bender, 56.11%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Edna and Ron Fill, 56%; (tie) Mike and Ed Rupp, Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley,
54%; east-west, Shrikant Joshi and Raj Puri, 58%; Walt Olszewski and Ed Drozen,
53%.</span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center Wednesday
afternoon –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> (Tie) Midge
Coates and Rob Buchanan, Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 65.3%; Joanne Biondo
and Ron Fill, 50%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jan. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">0-5 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Brian Fleming, 9.76; Bill Rogers, 2.64; Fran
Holmes, 1.60; Michael Rupp, 1.51; Ilene Rothman, 0.97; (tie) Jane Harrington,
David Taylor, 0.48.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">5-20 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mary Luce, 3.63; Devon Marlette, 2.41;
Karen Dearing, 2.02.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">20-50 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Maria Schory, 14.05; Mike Metzger, 12.72;
Anne Slater, 6.61; Kathleen Voigt, 6.47; Michel Dupuis, 6.10; Phyllis
Stasiowski, 4.95; Jo Ann Smith, 3.51; Maxine Johnson, 3.13; Maureen Saab, 2.97;
Judy Reich, 1.23. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">50-100 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Howard Epstein, 19.02; Carol Licata, 17.81;
Jim Greno, 16 even; Betsy Greno, 15 even; Cynthia Tashjian, 11.23; Candace
Graser, 9.46; John Houghtaling, 8.88; Gary Keenan, 7.32; Susan Burns, 6.34;
Mary Ellen Cotter, 4.23. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">100-200 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Maria Amlani, 28.70; Fran Schmidt, 15.45;
Jim Hassett, 13.59; Judy McDermid, 11.82; Bill Noltee, 1.84; Betty DeFeo, 1.60;
Janie Polk, 1.37; Joan Ciszak; 0.84; (tie) Faith Lowell, Janet Desmon, 0.56. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">200-300 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Kusum Phadke, 53.15; David Schott, 14.23;
Laura Houghtaling, 8.88; Pat Haynes, 7.78; Bob Ciszak, 6.86; Joanne Nover, 5.23;
Gerry Hooley, 4 even; Judith Babat, 1.08; Patty Porter, 0.72. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">300-500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">(Tie) Bram Hamovitch, Terry Hamovitch, 49.70;
Larry Himelein, 18.51; Ruth Nawotniak, 12.50; Jim O’Hara, 8.23; Margaret Zhou, 6
even; Audrey Ray, 4.52; Jim McClure, 3.44; Diana Smith, 1.08; Judy Zeckhauser,
1.03. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">500-1,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Jim Lanzo, 78.95; Martha Townson, 57.22; Vic
Bergsten, 47.02; Violet Makhija, 34.30; Jasbeer Makhija, 32.31; Joyce Frayer, 20.98;
Richard McGowan, 20.12; Bonnie Clement, 17.03; Brian Block, 16.98; Sushil
Amlani, 16.96.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,000-1,500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amita Arora, 106.02; Rajat Basu, 13.76; Bob
Kaprove, 13.37; Jim Easton, 13.12; Mary Ball, 5.79; Bert Feasley, 1.39. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">1,500-2,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gay Simpson, 80.01; Sandi England, 58.45;
John Bava, 46.25; Pinky Regan, 10.71; Walt Olszewski, 9.23; Elaine Kurasiewicz,
2.12.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2,500-3,500 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Ken Meier, 108.49; Allen Beroza, 24.41;
Linda Burroughsford, 13.48; Dale Anderson, 5.01. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">3,500-5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Barbara Libby, 43.39; Martha Welte, 14.45;
Judy Padgug, 8.45; Davis Heussler, 8.20. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Over 5,000 Points – </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Saleh Fetouh, 16.17; Jay Levy, 6.56; Dian
Petrov, 4.11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of just
over 2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span></p><p></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-48941577106111925332023-10-13T22:19:00.009-07:002023-10-13T22:22:52.412-07:00Duplicate Bridge: Oct. 14, 2023 – The Buffalo Bridge Center Is Moving<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVZbpgRNMTQRNMUI4-EjPzK8sZaxk28C2a1WynIrzc2iG2GnG-BgodjDAU0uKJuiOtoWApmQhn4K1sSbTqS0BIJgii14tPQhDnA6nPt5cRGOMUcFEhRg1a2GlsXbNpVnWLZisHebyVWHi21zjPTJV4WyWSrqpfmZVg0DC4gxNK-73QpXKcQ1yGo2fJ6Q/s252/King-of-Clubs1015.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="180" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoVZbpgRNMTQRNMUI4-EjPzK8sZaxk28C2a1WynIrzc2iG2GnG-BgodjDAU0uKJuiOtoWApmQhn4K1sSbTqS0BIJgii14tPQhDnA6nPt5cRGOMUcFEhRg1a2GlsXbNpVnWLZisHebyVWHi21zjPTJV4WyWSrqpfmZVg0DC4gxNK-73QpXKcQ1yGo2fJ6Q/w457-h640/King-of-Clubs1015.png" width="457" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">This is the final week</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> for Buffalo Bridge Center games in the
Boulevard Mall in Amherst. Like other small tenants in the mall, the club was
told to move out by the end of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The last game at Boulevard Mall
will be held on Friday, Oct. 20. The club will be closed the following week
during the Buffalo Regional Tournament and will reopen in a new location on
Tuesday, Oct. 31. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The club's new home is at 60
Dingens St. in South Buffalo, not far from Exit 1 on the I-190 expressway. Sign
on the front of the building says "Family Help Center." The club
entrance is on the right side of the building, off the parking lot, third door
toward the back. <span style="background: white;">For more info, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call
716-280-6114.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Buffalo Spooktacular
Regional Tournament</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> will
be held from Tuesday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Oct. 29, in the M Hotel, 2040 Walden
Ave., Cheektowaga, next to the Walden Galleria. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/10/2310104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Congratulations</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> to Kathy Pollock, who won the most master
points among the Buffalo area players at the Rochester Fall Sectional
Tournament Oct. 7 and 8. She earned 3.92 points. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games more than three years ago.
Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101
King St., East Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more
info, email director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays.
On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7
p.m. Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2023</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Pittsburgh Fall Sectional
–</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Greater
Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Fri., Oct. 20, to
Sunday, Oct. 22.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Spooktacular
Regional –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> M
Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Tuesday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Oct. 29. For
more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/10/2310104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Niagara Falls Regional –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Holiday Inn, 327 Ontario St., St.
Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/11/2311104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Cleveland Rock & Roll
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Embassy Suites
Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 3, to Sunday,
Jan. 7. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto Non-Life-Master
Regional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton
Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7.
For more info, click this <a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401111.pdf">link</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Toronto January Sectional –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St. West,
Toronto, Ont. Friday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 7. For more info, click this <a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2024/01/2401337.pdf">link</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Week of Oct. 2 to Oct. 8</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-750
game. Karen Dearing and Michael Metzger, 63.89%; Candace Graser and Cynthia
Tashjian, 62.50%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 53.47%; Fran Schmidt and Richard
McGowan, 51.39%; Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, 50%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 61.11%; Joanne Nover and David
Schott, 56.67%; Violet Makhija and Maria Amlani, 55.28%; Bonnie Clement and Larry
Himelein, 54.17%; east-west, Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone, 61.94%; Mary Ball
and Joyce Frayer, 56.39%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman, 56.11%; Betty Metz
and Sushil Amlani, 54.72%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Linda Burroughsford and Davis Heussler, 64.29%; Miri Salamone Burnett and
Thom Burnett, 60.12%; Donna Steffan and Jay Costello, 50.60%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 64.58%; Linda Milch and Jim
McClure, 58.33%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 45.83%; east-west, Larry
Himelein and David Schott, 59.17%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 57.50%;
Betty Metz and Audrey Ray, 55.83%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 63.54%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer,
58.33%; Donna Steffan and Linda Burroughsford, 57.29%; Tova and Andrei
Reinhorn, 48.96%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Joanne LaFay and Joe Miranda, 60.42%; Mary
Terrana and Gordon Crone, 59.38%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 58.33%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> 0-2,000
game. Walt Olszewski and Jim Lanzo, 68.89%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 57.22%;
Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 55.56%; Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 53.89%; (tie)
Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, Gary Keenan and Jim Hassett, 52.78%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 64%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 61%; east-west, Jack
Cukierman and Melvyn Mesnekoff, 62%; Judie Bailey and Pat Radtke, 61%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> North-south,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and George Mayers, 64%; Ellen Lochead and Bill Westley, 55%;
east-west, Ruth Nawotniak and Bill Rogers, 56%; Linda Milch and Paula Rosen, 55%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Ed
and Mike Rupp, 66.7%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 63.9%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Jan. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2023</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">0-5 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Ilene Rothman, 12.46; Brian Fleming,
12.36; Anthony Girasole, 8.61; Dennis Daly, 7.74; Shrikant Joshi, 5.03; Bill
Duax, 3.77; Maxine Seller, 2.98; Pat Sciandra, 1.81; Patricia Doyle, 1.48; Mary
Jean Shields, 1.24.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">5-20 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Zakie Nohra, 10.32; Gini Sicignano, 4.92;
Jeannine Dupuis, 2.37; Barbara Kaye, 2.90.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">20-50 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Molly Morris, 9.69; Pepe
Justicia-Linde, 8.91; Jo Ann Smith, 7.70; Lorey Repicci, 6.47; Bill Donaldson,
5.09; Donna Starnes, 4.54; Fred Schweiger, 4.47; Peggy Stock, 4.18; Peggy Mead,
3.90; Phyllis Stasiowski, 3.39.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">50-100 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Susan Cardamone, 15.26; Carol
Licata, 10.71; John Houghtaling, 5.73; Maureen Cancilla, 3.48; Paul Ziebarth, 3.45;
Mary Ellen Cotter, 2.42; Elaine Idzik, 1.56; Nancy Deneen, 1.11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">100-200 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Raj Puri, 8.44; Joan Ciszak, 7.80;
Betty DeFeo, 5.86; Pam Righter, 4.91; Barbara Scott, 4.64; Janet Desmon, 1.88. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">200-300 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> David Schott, 42.39; Joanne Nover, 40.20;
David Whitt, 38.44; Pat Haynes, 34.31; Laurie Foster, 25.87; John Fiegl, 9.31; Bob
Ciszak, 7.80; Laura Houghtaling, 5.73; John Scott, 4.64; Gerry Hooley, 4.51.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">300-500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Larry Himelein, 47.22; Linda Milch, 23.32;
Jim McClure, 21.13; Bram Hamovitch, 13.11; Ruth Nawotniak, 11.04; Terry
Hamovitch, 10.98; Maryann Szafran, 10.14; Margaret Zhou, 9.30; Audrey Ray, 8.90;
Agi Maisel, 7.40.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">500-1,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Betty Metz, 37.22; Marilyn Wortzman,
35.62; Andrei Reinhorn, 25.37; Paul Zittel, 25.26; Bonnie Clement, 25.24; Joyce
Frayer, 24.97; Richard McGowan, 23.71; Linda Zittel, 22.16; Ed Morgan, 20.90; Dave
Larcom, 18.11.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">1,000-1,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Kamil Bishara, 45.47; Jim Easton, 37.33;
Sue Neubecker, 36.96; John Marvin, 33.89; Howard Foster, 30.04; Joanne LaFay, 22.67;
Mary Ball, 20.74; Joyce Greenspan, 16.23; Bert Feasley, 10.10; Judie Bailey, 6.41.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">1,500-2,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Tova Reinhorn, 27.81; Paula
Kotowski, 23.65; Gay Simpson, 16.62; Pinky Regan, 15.69; Nancy Wolstoncroft, 13.74;
Sandi England, 9.33; David Colligan, 8.08; Judy Kaprove, 7.27; Sue Bergman, 6.48;
Barbara Pieterse, 5.10. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">2,500-3,500 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Fred Yellen, 66.23; Linda
Burroughsford, 22.85; Pat Rasmus, 19.43; Mike Silverman, 3.69; Bill Rushmore,
1.63.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">3,500-5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Mike Ryan, 87.24; John Ziemer, 71.35;
Donna Steffan, 70.39; Judy Graf, 57.79; Davis Heussler, 47.53; Judy Padgug, 33.85;
Martha Welte, 21.29; Jim Gullo, 20.40; Kathy Pollock, 7.71; Chongmin Zhang,
4.59.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Over 5,000 Points –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> Bud Seidenberg, 78.85; Jay Costello,
57.87; Jay Levy, 54.67; Chris Urbanek, 52.16; Sharon Benz, 28.59; Saleh Fetouh,
13.32; Dian Petrov, 11.91.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of
2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">.</span><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><br /><p></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-8461502359253980792023-10-07T20:50:00.000-07:002023-10-07T20:50:04.801-07:00Duplicate Bridge: Oct. 7, 2023 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOSMhsnEUxdqg-jq_1eEihIC7b-JT3rumw5NCyTv2mw8hj_bQNq7Wk7JXnG1sFsSeU2-j5gzL19fhvsZ-yvjukdZEoqEYm5FJBN5r-xyG2PEzwVvkipI6t49jMX8JRzyZauuuQsxO8d-bsRXtA9JE4GUSm0fbWjpkJbvwMfzPMIbd7bhvkuAOT4OuaJ0/s1000/kingofdiamonds2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOSMhsnEUxdqg-jq_1eEihIC7b-JT3rumw5NCyTv2mw8hj_bQNq7Wk7JXnG1sFsSeU2-j5gzL19fhvsZ-yvjukdZEoqEYm5FJBN5r-xyG2PEzwVvkipI6t49jMX8JRzyZauuuQsxO8d-bsRXtA9JE4GUSm0fbWjpkJbvwMfzPMIbd7bhvkuAOT4OuaJ0/w480-h640/kingofdiamonds2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">More access to virtual games</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> on Bridge Base Online is being offered by
the Airport Bridge Club, which currently is not holding face-to-face games. It
has affiliated with a new group of clubs, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge
Collective, where most games are $3.50. For more info, click this <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home">link</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Club also continues
to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The
Buffalo Bridge Center</span></strong><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst offers a regular
lineup of face-to-face games and online games. For more info, visit </span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call
716-280-6114.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-280-6114.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points, which apparently is on
hiatus until the snow flies. For more info on this game, call director Kathy
Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games three years ago. Play begins
at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East
Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more info, email
director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7
p.m. Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2023</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rochester Fall Sectional
–</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gates Recreation
Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Rochester. Today, Saturday, Oct. 7, and Sunday, Oct.
8. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://tournaments.acbl.org/schedule.php?sanction=2310324"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Pittsburgh Fall Sectional
–</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Greater
Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Fri., Oct. 20, to
Sunday, Oct. 22.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spooktacular
Regional –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> M
Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Tuesday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Oct. 29. For
more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/10/2310104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Falls Regional –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Holiday Inn, 327 Ontario St., St.
Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/11/2311104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Week of Sept. 25 to Oct. 1</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game. Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 73.15%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 55.56%;
Ruth Nawotniak and Joyce Frayer, 54.63%; Carol Licata and Larry Himelein,
51.85%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Violet Makhija and Laurie Foster, 63.27%; Maryann Szafran
and John Marving, 58.33%; Paula Rosen and Jim McClure, 55.56%; Ruth Nawotniak
and Brian Fleming, 54.01%; Joanne Nover and David Schott, 51.23%; east-west, Sue
Neubecker and Henry Chudy, 59.44%; Anthony Girasole and Richard McGowan,
55.83%; Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 55.28%; Linda Milch and Susan Cardamone,
54.44%; Rajat Basu and Debashis Ghosh, 51.11%; Shirkant Joshi and Raj Puri,
50.56%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 60.94%; (tie) Jay Levy and Jay Costello, 58.85%;
Davis Heussler and Howard Foster, 55.21%; Donna Steffan and Jim Gullo, 55.21%;
Chris Urbanek and Fred Yellen, 52.60%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. Paula Rosen and Linda Milch, 65%; Sue Neubecker and Wilson McClaren, 55.63%;
Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 54.38%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 53.75%;
Rajat Basu and Raj Puri, 50.63%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 67.71%; Donna Steffan and Mike Ryan, 52.08%;
Sharon Benz and Kathy Pollock, 51.04%; (tie) Martha Welte and Larry Abate, Sue
Neubecker and Jay Costello, 48.96%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open game. Linda and Doug McCalla, 73.21%; Ann and Joe
Williams, 50%; Maureen Cancilla and Peggy Mead, 49.40%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 57.41%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 56.48%;
Marion Fox and Dershi Sexena, 55.56%; Maria Schory and Michael Metzger, 53.70%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Edna and Ron Fill, 60%; Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 55%; east-west,
Nancy Wolstoncroft and Pat Burns, 70%; Elaine Wegrzyn and James Cook, 50%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
(tie) Edna and Ron Fill, Mike and Ed Rupp, 60%; east-west, (3-way tie) Rick
Kayton and Ted Kollarz, Midge Coates and Rob Buchanan, Carol Neuhaus and Fritz
Schweiger, 55%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Ed and
Mike Rupp, 67.1%; Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, 57.1%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of
2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4634213086822498028.post-77285309029052787392023-09-29T09:45:00.002-07:002023-09-29T09:45:34.346-07:00Duplicate Bridge: Sept. 30, 2023 <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKEDR6ELi_iwLAyNGDRP6NNpRf1rr8sq23lT3wsEkQY-7sqvJHY5NHlF7PbCOSz2J1iq2xYfmK71bxKWMQp0PSPdzrOfEP660vSo8_Ad7WbI3Z4-9pjhPZWJ17QsyyqH3mVTa8NkeTPMFYZla0aFA06h7GLZs94YTylVynR_8iANDZE61uXMbRvckK0I/s450/kingofhearts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="330" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRKEDR6ELi_iwLAyNGDRP6NNpRf1rr8sq23lT3wsEkQY-7sqvJHY5NHlF7PbCOSz2J1iq2xYfmK71bxKWMQp0PSPdzrOfEP660vSo8_Ad7WbI3Z4-9pjhPZWJ17QsyyqH3mVTa8NkeTPMFYZla0aFA06h7GLZs94YTylVynR_8iANDZE61uXMbRvckK0I/w470-h640/kingofhearts.jpg" width="470" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Two regional
tournaments</span></b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> are on the schedule locally during the next few weeks. First up is the
Halloween themed Buffalo Spooktacular Regional from Tuesday, Oct. 24, to Sunday,
Oct. 29, in the M Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, next door to the Walden
Galleria. For more info, </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/10/2310104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. That’s followed by the Niagara Falls Regional from Tuesday, Nov.
7, to Sunday, Nov. 12, in the Holiday Inn and Conference Center, 327 Ontario
St., St. Catharines, Ont. For more info on that one, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/11/2311104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The
Buffalo Bridge Center</span></strong><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in the Boulevard Mall in Amherst offers a regular
lineup of face-to-face games and online games. For more info, visit </span><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="background: white; font-size: 18.0pt;">the Buffalo Bridge Center website</span></a><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call
716-280-6114.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">In-person games:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,200 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Open to
all players. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 100 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. For players
with fewer than 1,600 points. Simultaneous game for players with fewer than 99
points. Free lesson at 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Open to all
players by pre-registration only. Call 716-280-6114.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Virtual games on Bridge Base Online:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Mondays, 7 p.m. For players with
fewer than 750 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 11 a.m. Kathy's
Snowbird Game for players with fewer than 750 points, which apparently is on
hiatus until the snow flies. For more info on this game, call director Kathy
Pollock or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/BridgeKat@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">BridgeKat@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Delaware
Wednesday game for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For info on this game,
call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/eharmon@roadrunner.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">eharmon@roadrunner.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The East Aurora Bridge
Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> was the
first local club to return to face-to-face games three years ago. Play begins
at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East
Aurora. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more info, email
director Dave Larcom at </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/dmocral@verizon.net"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dmocral@verizon.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Bridge Centre of
Niagara</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in St.
Catharines, Ont., offers a mix of online games and in-person games at its club
in Tremont Square opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face games for all
players are offered at 1 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. There’s also a
face-to-face game for players with less than 500 points at 1 p.m. Monday, a
face-to-face game for players with fewer than 750 points at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
and another one for those with less than 100 points concurrently at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesdays. On Friday, there’s a 299er game at 9 a.m. and an open game at 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The club also hosts several
virtual games on Bridge Base Online. There’s one for 499ers at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, an open game for all players at 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, a Swiss teams
contest at 7 p.m. Tuesdays (pre-registration required), and an open game at 7
p.m. Thursdays. For more info, click </span><a href="https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Face-to-face play</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> in non-sanctioned clubs is offered
at the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst
Senior Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, which currently is not holding
face-to-face games, has affiliated with a new groups of clubs on Bridge Base
Online, the SE Club of Clubs Online Bridge Collective, where most games are $3.
For more info, click this <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/se-club-of-clubs/home">link</a>. The
Airport Club also continues to be part of the Alliance 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 </span><a href="https://thebuffalonews-my.sharepoint.com/personal/danderson_buffnews_com/Documents/alliancebridgeclub.com"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">alliancebridgeclub.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or call Airport Club manager Bill
Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tournament calendar</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">2023</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">District 5 North American
Pairs Final –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Erie
Bridge Club, 1221 Grant Ave., Erie, Pa. Today, Saturday, Sept. 30, and Sunday,
Oct. 1. For info, click this </span><a href="file:///C:/Users/danderson/Downloads/2023%2520NAP.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Rochester Fall Sectional
–</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Gates
Recreation Center, 1605 Buffalo Road, Rochester. Saturday, Oct. 7, and Sunday,
Oct. 8. For more info, click this </span><a href="https://tournaments.acbl.org/schedule.php?sanction=2310324"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Pittsburgh Fall Sectional
–</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Greater
Pittsburgh Masonic Center, 3579 Masonic Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. Fri., Oct. 20, to
Sunday, Oct. 22.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Spooktacular
Regional –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> M
Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga. Tuesday, Oct. 24, to Sunday, Oct. 29. For
more info, click this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/10/2310104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Niagara Falls Regional –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Holiday Inn, 327 Ontario St., St.
Catharines, Ont. Tuesday, Nov. 7, to Sunday, Nov. 12. For more info, click
this </span><a href="https://web2.acbl.org/Tournaments/Ads/2023/11/2311104.pdf"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">link</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge club websites:</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Click names for links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bridgecenterofbuffalo.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge
Center of Buffalo</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.unit116.com/"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">Western New York Unit 116</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Airport Bridge Club, which continues to be on hiatus, does not
have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Week of Sept. 18 to Sept. 24</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">ACBL Affiliated Clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Monday evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-750
game. Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 67.22%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 61.67%;
Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 58.89%; Carol Licata and Larry Himelein,
57.78%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Tuesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. North-south, Joanne Nover and David Whitt, 66.01%; Joe Miranda and
Richard McGowan, 60.71%; Jini and John Rubenstein, 58.42%; Marilyn Wortzman and
Jim Easton, 54.47%; Jeannine Dupuis and Gini Sicignano, 53.44%; east-west,
Anthony Girasole and Jim Mansour, 61.55%; Carol Licata and Ilene Rothman,
59.57%; Maryann Szafran and Henry Chudy, 59.07%; Larry Himelein and David
Schott, 54.49%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> Open
game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 66.20%; Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 57.87%;
(tie) Davis Heussler and Kamil Bishara, Gay Simpson and Martha Welte, 50.93%;
Tova and Andrei Reinhorn, 48.15%.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Thursday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-1,600
game. Sue Neubecker and Wilson McClaren, 63.05%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim
Easton, 58.39%; Linda Milch and Richard McGowan, 54.55%; Joanne Nover and David
Whitt, 54.07%; Joyce Greenspan and Sharon Wilcox, 53.58%; Betty Metz and Audrey
Ray, 52.11%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center
Friday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Kathy Pollock and Chongmin Zhang, 66.67%; (3-way tie) Judy Padgug and
Fred Yellen, Judy Graf and Scott Elwood, Sharon Benz and John Marvin, 53.24%;
(tie) Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 52.31%.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday
afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open
game. Chris Urbanek and Kamil Bishara, 79.17%; Judy Graf and John Ziemer,
57.81%; Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 52.78%; Gay Simpson and Martha Welte,
51.85%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Mike Silverman, 48.44%; Sue Neubecker and Jo
Nasoff-Finton, 47.40%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Bridge Club of East
Aurora Wednesday morning –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Open game. Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 58.33%; (tie) Joan and
Bob Ciszak, Joanne LaFay and Barbara Booi, 52.08%; (tie) Linda and Paul Zittel,
Mary Terrana and Gordon Crone, 50%. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Delaware Wednesday
evening –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 0-2,000
game. Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 59.72%; Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 56.94%;
Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 54.17%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Other clubs</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Monday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Jill and Bruce Brown, 65%; Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, 59%; east-west,
Bill Westley and Dan Blatz, 69%; Nancy Wolstoncroft and Jo Nasoff-Finton, 56%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Amherst Senior Center
Friday afternoon –</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> North-south,
Karen Synor and Jeff Peters, 57%; Edna and Ron Fill, 56%; east-west, Bill
Rogers and Bill Westley, 69%; Linda Milch and Paula Rosen, 60%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Tonawanda Senior Center
Wednesday afternoon –</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> Ed and
Mike Rupp, 61.3%; Rose Bochiechio and Edna Fill, 50%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Duplicate Bridge
column</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">These days you can find it in two
places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current Saturday date and
that should bring up a link to it on </span><a href="http://buffalonews.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">buffalonews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, the Buffalo News website. Another place
to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at </span><a href="http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">Deadline for submission of scores
and notices is Tuesday night. Email </span><a href="mailto:danderson@buffnews.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">danderson@buffnews.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"> or </span><a href="mailto:dahotwings@aol.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">dahotwings@aol.com</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">. Office phone is 716-849-4420.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">• • •</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">A Gold Life Master</span></strong><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">, Dale Anderson has a career total of
2,950 master points. He occasionally writes about his quest for the next
measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge
adventures </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4751538909512269187#allposts/src=sidebar"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 18.0pt;">.</span></p>dale andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110395233277665556noreply@blogger.com0