Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Duplicate Bridge: Dec. 25, 2021

 


Face-to-face games in the bridge clubs are closing down because of Covid again. The Bridge Center of Buffalo has moved its game at noon Thursday back to Bridge Base Online. Master point limit is 1,500. For the moment, the club is continuing its other face-to-face games – a 999er game at noon Tuesday with lessons at 11 and 11:30 a.m.; an open game at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday; and an open game at 10:30 a.m. Friday. Attendance is ranging from three to five tables.

Continuing on Bridge Base Online are the club’s 0-750 master point game at 7 p.m. Mondays and the Delaware Wednesday game at 7 p.m. Wednesday for players with fewer than 2,000 points. For more info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website, call 716-691-6201 or email acting club manager Terry Fraas at tmfraas@gmail.com.

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Still on the calendar, pandemic permitting, is the Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament, scheduled for Friday, Jan. 21, to Sunday, Jan. 23, in the social hall of the Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. For more info, click this link.

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The Bridge Centre of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., has stopped holding its in-person games on Wednesdays and Thursdays due to Covid-19. All of the club’s games are back on Bridge Base Online. When will face-to-face play return? The board of directors will discuss it next month.

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The East Aurora Bridge Club has been holding face-to-face games for more than a year. Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Players must wear masks. Attendance is generally three or four tables. For more info, email director Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.

Also back to in-person play is the Lockport Duplicate Club. Games begin at 1 p.m. Saturdays in the Dale Center, 33 Ontario St., Lockport. For info, call Dian Petrov at 716-668-1226.

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In-person games also are held twice a week at the Bridge Centre of Niagara, in a plaza at 2 Tremont Drive, St. Catharines, Ont., off Glendale Avenue across from the Pen Centre Mall. There’s an open game at 1 p.m. Wednesday and a 499er game at 1 p.m. Thursday. The Wednesday game has been filling nine to 13 tables, while the Thursday game is seeing six to nine tables. Proof of vaccination and masks required. Americans crossing into Canada also will need an approved test to guarantee that they are virus-free. For those who can’t attend, the club also hosts several games on Bridge Base Online throughout the week. See the schedule at https://www.bridgewebs.com/niagara.

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Players who aren’t comfortable with face-to-face play or who are not vaccinated can earn ACBL master points in a variety of games sponsored by local clubs on Bridge Base Online. Info can be found at acbl.org or bridgebase.com.

The Rust Belt Bridge Group, which invites players from Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh to play on Bridge Base Online, has novice games at 9:45 a.m. Monday to Saturday, with open games at 9:50. To visit the group’s homepage, click this link. For other info, call Dian Petrov at 716-688-1226 or email dpetrov@roadrunner.com.

The Airport Bridge Club is linked on Bridge Base Online with the Alliance Bridge Club, the ACBL’s largest bridge club, which offers more than a dozen games every day. Anyone who has played at the Airport Club is automatically a member. For more info, visit alliancebridgeclub.com or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at 716-603-6943.

The Delaware Wednesday Club plays under auspices of the Buffalo Bridge Center on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Wednesday. For info, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.

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Tournament calendar

2022

Cleveland Rock and Roll Regional – Embassy Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Wednesday, Jan. 5, to Sunday, Jan. 9. For more info, click this link.

Buffalo Winter Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, Jan. 21, to Sunday, Jan. 23. For more info, click this link.

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Bridge club websites:

Click names for links.

Bridge Center of Buffalo.

Bridge Club Meridian.

Western New York Unit 116.

The Airport Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.

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The Duplicate Bridge column is compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.

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 buffalonews.com, the Buffalo News website. Another place to find it is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/

Deadline for submission of scores and notices is Tuesday night. Email danderson@buffnews.com or dahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is 716-849-4420.

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Now a Gold Life Master, Dale Anderson is playing online these days and has a career total of nearly 2,900 master points. Online play doesn’t provide as much drama for his bridge blog as face-to-face competition, but he still writes about his quest for the next measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other bridge adventures here.

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Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of Dec. 13 to Dec. 19

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game. North-south, Paula Rosen and Linda Milch, 73.68%; James and Michael Hassett, 58.07%; Jo Ann Smith and Maria Schory, 53.04%; east-west, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 59.92%; Ruth Nawotniak and Richard McGowan, 58.20%; Leslie Deich and Mary Holmes, 56.75%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 50.13%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday afternoon – 0-1,150 game. (Tie) Pat Haynes and Audrey Ray, John Marvin and Sol Messinger, 56.25%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 51.25%.  

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Swiss teams. Bala Srinivasan, Georganne Mackaronis and partners, 97 victory points; Jim Greno, David Taylor and partners, 80 vps; Terry and Bram Hamovitch, Bonnie Clement and Agi Maisel, 69 vps.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Chris Urbanek and John Sinclair, 66.67%; Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, 61.46%; Sharon Benz and Judy Graf, 47.92%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,500 game. North-south, Agi Maisel and Tova Reinhorn, 63.10%; Maria Schory and Jim Hassett, 59.92%; Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo, 58.33%; east-west, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 58.33%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 53.97%; Rivona Ehrenreich and Judith Babat, 53.17%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open Game. John Ziemer and Vic Bergsten, 61.31%; Christy Kellogg and Stan Kozlowski, 60.12%; Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 54.76%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Pat Maynes and Joe Miranda, 59%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 58%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 64.29%; Amita Arora and Martha Townson, 55.95%; Carol Licata and Stephane Ronget, 54.37%; east-west, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 66.27%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 58.73%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 54.37%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Thursday – North-south, Joe Huber and Ron Canestro, 56.3%; Raj Puri and Joshi Shirkant, 55.6%; east-west, Alicia Kolipinski and Shirley Cassety, 65%; (tie) Jill and Bruce Brown, Edna and Ron Fill, 51%.

Amherst Senior Center Friday – North-south, Edna and Ron Fill, 60%; Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 53%; east-west, Bobbi and Joe Huber, 60%; Rich Kayton and Ted Kotlarz, 51%.

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