Duplicate Bridge: Feb. 26, 2022

 

There’s a new location for the Buffalo Spring Sectional Tournament. It’s being moved from the Main-Transit Fire Hall in Amherst, site of many sectionals for the past several years, to the Buffalo Bridge Center, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Dates remain the same – Friday, April 1, to Sunday, April 3. For more info, click this link.

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In person games return to the Bridge Centre of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning Wednesday, March 2, now that Ontario has relaxed Covid-19 restrictions. Proof of vaccination and mask-wearing required. The club’s other regularly scheduled games continue on Bridge Base Online.

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Face-to-face games in the Buffalo bridge clubs may become more frequent now that Omicron variant is subsiding. The Buffalo Bridge Center has in-person open games at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. Friday. Attendance is ranging from three to five tables.

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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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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.

Available on Bridge Base Online are the Buffalo Bridge Center’s 0-750 master point limit game at 7 p.m. Mondays, a 1,200-point master point limit game at noon Tuesday, a 1,500-point game at noon Thursdays and the Delaware Wednesday game at 7 p.m. Wednesday, which is limited to 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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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 on Bridge Base Online under auspices of the Buffalo Bridge Center 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

Rochester Spring Sectional – Moose Lodge, 5375 W. Henrietta Road, West Henrietta. Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27. For more info, click this link.

NEW LOCATION: Buffalo Spring Sectional – Buffalo Bridge Center, 3362 Sheridan Drive at Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Friday, April 1, to Sunday, April 3. For more info, click this link.

Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 12, to Sunday, April 17. For info, click this link.

Ithaca Sectional – Kendal at Ithaca, 2230 N. Triphammer Road, Ithaca. Saturday, May 14, and Sunday, May 15.

Cleveland All American Regional – Embassy Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 24, to Monday, May 30. For 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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Duplicate scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of Feb. 14 to Feb. 20

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game. North-south, Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 61.57%; Michael and Jim Hassett, 57.87% Barb and Jim Aston, 56.94%; east-west, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 62.96%; Mary Holmes and Leslie Deich, 59.72%; Jo Ann Smith and Maria Schory, 52.31%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,200 game. North-south, Audrey Ray and Sharon Wilcox, 63.43%; Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo, 62.96%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 56.48%; Jim Hassett and Bill Rich, 52.31%; east-west, Pamela Lombardo and John Marvin, 67.13%; Richard McGowan and Jim McClure, 54.63%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 53.24%; Judy Zeckhauser and Pat Haynes, 50.46%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, 61.11%; Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 58.33%; Chris Urbanek and John Sinclair, 53.47%; Donna Steffan and Judy Padgug, 50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,500 game. North-south, Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 60.20%; (tie) Judy Zeckhauser and Pat Haynes, Maria Schory and Jim Hassett, 54.42%; Henry Chudy and Bill Rich, 51.36%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.18%; Carol Roth and Audrey Ray, 53.74%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 52.38%; Janet Desmon and Joanne Nover, 51.02%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 57.14%; Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, 55.36%; Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 52.98; Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 52.38%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Pat and Dick Rasmus, 66.67%; Paul Zittel and Bert Feasley, 60.12%; Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, 54.17%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – Seema Bhagwat and Beena Deshmukh, 67.46%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 66.67%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 61.11; Madhav Deshmakh and Sushil Amlani, 55.95%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Thursday – Edna and Ron Fill 65%; Ron Canestro and Joe Huber, 63%; Joshi Shrikant and Raj Puri, 58%.

Amherst Senior Center Friday – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 57.1%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 56.7%; east-west, Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 68%; Elaine Wegrzyn and Gus Alfano, 64%.

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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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A Gold Life Master, Dale Anderson has reached a career total of 2,900 master points. Playing exclusively online these days 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.

 

Duplicate Bridge: Feb. 19, 2022

 

The Bridge Centre of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., will return to holding in-person games at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning March 2 following Ontario’s relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions. Proof of vaccination and mask-wearing required. The club’s other regularly scheduled games continue on Bridge Base Online.

• • •

Face-to-face games in the Buffalo bridge clubs may become more frequent now that Omicron variant is subsiding. The Buffalo Bridge Center has in-person open games at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. Friday. Attendance is ranging from three to five tables.

• • •

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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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.

Available on Bridge Base Online are the Buffalo Bridge Center’s 0-750 master point limit game at 7 p.m. Mondays, a 1,200-point master point limit game at noon Tuesday, a 1,500-point game at noon Thursdays 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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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 on Bridge Base Online under auspices of the Buffalo Bridge Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday. For info, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.

The Bridge Centre of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., will return to holding in-person games at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning March 2 following Ontario’s relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions. Proof of vaccination and mask-wearing required. The club’s other regularly scheduled games continue on Bridge Base Online.

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Tournament calendar

2022

Rochester Spring Sectional – Moose Lodge, 5375 W. Henrietta Road, West Henrietta. Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27. For more info, click this link.

NEW LOCATION: Buffalo Spring Sectional – Airport Bridge Club, 275 S. Cayuga Road, Cheektowaga. Friday, April 1, to Sunday, April 3. For more info, click this link.

Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 12, to Sunday, April 17. For info, click this link.

Ithaca Sectional – Kendal at Ithaca, 2230 N. Triphammer Road, Ithaca. Saturday, May 14, and Sunday, May 15.

Cleveland All American Regional – Embassy Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 24, to Monday, May 30. For 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.

• • •

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.

• • •

A Gold Life Master, Dale Anderson has reached a career total of 2,900 master points. Playing exclusively online these days 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 Feb. 7 to Feb. 13

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game. North-south, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 60.19%; Karen Dearing and Michael Metzger, 55.09%; Jim and Michael Hassett, 52.31%; east-west, Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 55.56%; (tie) Carol Licata and Stephane Ronget, Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 54.63%; Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Graser, 53.70%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,200 game. Jim Hassett and Bill Rich, 65.97%; Sharon Wilcox and Audrey Ray, 61.81%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.72%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 53.47%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, 57.50%; Chris Urbanek and Fred Yellen, 52.50%; Donna Steffan and Stan Kozlowski, 50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,500 game. North-south, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 58.93%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 56.55%; (tie) Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, Maria and Sushil Amlani, 51.79%; east-west, Seema Bhagwat and Beena Deshmukh, 69.05%; Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 58.93%; Linda Milch and Jim McClure, 54.76%; Usha Khurana and Violet Makhija, 50.60%; Candace Graser and Cynthia Tashjian, 50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Christy Kellogg and Bert Hargeshimer, 65%; Donna Steffan and John Sinclair, 53%; (tie) Judy Graf and Mike Ryan, Judy Padgug and John Ziemer, 50%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Saturday morning – 0-1,500 game. Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 61.11%; Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo, 59.72%; Fran Schmidt and Richard McGowan, 59.03%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 54.17%; Sharon Wilcox and Audrey Ray, 52.08%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Pepe Justicia- Colleen Haynes and Joe Miranda, 62%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 55%; Martha Townson and Jim Lanzo, 54%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – Ed Harman and Bill Rich, 67.78%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 61.67%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 60%; Madhav Deshmukh and Jim Lanzo, 54.44%; Jim Hassett and Gary Keenan, 51.11%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Thursday – North-south, Marian Morber and George Mayers, 58%; Jill and Bruce Brown, 54%; east-west, Alicia Kolipinski and Shirley Cassety, 61%; Elizabeth Parnlind and David Young, 59%.

Amherst Senior Center Friday – North-south, Shirley Cassety and George Mayers, 65%; Mike and Ed Rupp, 57%; east-west, Pat Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 59%; Bobbi and Joe Huber, 58%.

Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Overall Play

Jan. 1, 2022, to Jan. 31, 2022

5-20 Points – Mary Luce, 1.47; Molly Morris, 0.56; Michel Dupuis, 0.52; Karen Dearing, 0.43.

20-50 Points – Jo Ann Smith, 2.75; Howard Epstein, 2.32; Maria Schory, 1.87; Mary Berlow, 1.35; John Houghtaling, 1.24.

50-100 Points – Jim Hassett, 4.57; Jennifer Epstein, 3.55; Betsy and Jim Greno, 2.79; Candace Graser, 2.63; Cynthia Tashjian, 2.45.

100-200 Points – Judith McDermid, 7.03; David Schott, 6.51; Joanne Nover, 5.37; Maria Amlani, 3.39; Janet Desmon, 2.47; Joan Ciszak, 2.14.

200-300 Points – Audrey Ray, 6.45; Carol Roth, 6.22; Pat Haynes, 4.58; Margaret Zhou, 4.51; Bob Ciszak, 3.36; Patty Porter, 3.09.

300-500 Points – Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 18.84; Martha Townson, 18.43; Larry Himelein, 8.55; Bonnie Clement, 8.48; Barbara Landree, 4.11.

500-1,000 Points – Jim Lanzo, 23.63; Vic Bergsten, 18.45; Amita Arora, 16.96; Marilyn Wortzman, 14.29; Sushil Amlami, 7.76; Paul Zittel, 7.53; Joyce Frayer, 6.88; Linda Zittel, 6.64; Bill Rich, 6.57.

1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Easton, 14.29; John Bava, 6.98; Howard Foster, 4.36; Judy Kaprove, 4.08; Sandi England, 3.98; Rajat Basu, 3.86; Sue Neubecker, 3.79; Joyce Greenspan, 3.30; Carol Bedell, 3.12.

1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 11.67; Gene Finton, 10.44; Pinky Regan, 3.68; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 2.46.

2,500-3,500 Points – (Tie) John and Martha Welte, 60.37; Ken Meier, 29.67; Davis Heussler, 26.32; Fred Yellen, 5.88; Allen Beroza, 5.50; Dale Anderson, 4.39; Bill Rushmore, 3.85; Linda Burroughsford, 3.10.

3,500-5,000 Points – John Ziemer, 11.30; Mike Ryan, 10.16; Donna Steffan, 6.41; Judy Padgug, 5.91; Kathy Pollock, 4.98; Barbara Libby, 4.87; Judy Graf, 4.18.

Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 43.65; Dian Petrov, 31; Jay Costello, 13.24; Chris Urbanek, 11.75; Sharon Benz, 6.83; Bud Seidenberg, 6.44; John Sinclair, 5.41.

Duplicate Bridge: Feb. 12, 2022

 

All virtual club games today, Saturday, Feb. 12, and Sunday, Feb. 13, on Bridge Base Online will offer double points, half red, half black, for winners. They’re calling it a Valentine’s Weekend ACBL Virtual Club Event. 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 on Bridge Base Online under auspices of the Buffalo Bridge Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday. For info, call Ed Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.

The Bridge Centre of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., 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.

• • •

Face-to-face games in the bridge clubs continue to be at a minimum because of Covid. The Bridge Center of Buffalo has 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.

Available on Bridge Base Online are the club’s 0-750 master point limit game at 7 p.m. Mondays, a 1,200-point master point limit game at noon Tuesday, a 1,500-point game at noon Thursdays 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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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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Tournament calendar

2022

Rochester Spring Sectional – Moose Lodge, 5375 W. Henrietta Road, West Henrietta. Saturday, March 26, and Sunday, March 27. For more info, click this link.

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 1, to Sunday, April 3. For more info, click this link.

Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 12, to Sunday, April 17. For info, click this link.

Ithaca Sectional – Kendal at Ithaca, 2230 N. Triphammer Road, Ithaca. Saturday, May 14, and Sunday, May 15.

Cleveland All American Regional – Embassy Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 24, to Monday, May 30. For 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.

• • •

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.

• • •

A Gold Life Master, Dale Anderson has reached a career total of 2,900 master points. Playing exclusively online these days 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 Jan. 31 to Feb. 6

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game. North-south, Joyce Frayer and Margaret Zhou, 66.98%; Jo Ann Smith and Maria Schory, 54.94%; Gary Keenan and Michel Dupuis, 52.16%; Linda Burstein and Tom Fahey, 51.54%; Cynthia Tashjian and Candace Grasere, 50.62%; east-west, Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 63.89%; Sushil Amlani and Jim Lanzo, 61.42%; Amita Arora and Martha Townson, 60.49%; Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 57.72%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 49.07%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,200 game. North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 64.81%; Richard McGowan and Jim McClure, 61.11%; Betsy and Jim Greno, 57.87%; Carla Press and Agi Maisel, 50%; east-west, Larry Himelein and David Schott, 63.43%; Carol Roth and Rivona Ehrenreich, 56.02%; Amita Arora and Wendy Zimman-Smith, 54.17%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 53.24%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Bud Seidenberg and Fred Yellen, 67.36%; Donna Steffan and Judy Graf, 54.86%; Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, 54.17%; Howard Foster and Davis Heussler, 53.47%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,500 game. North-south, Jennifer Epstein and Terry Camp, 59.52%; Amita Arora and Jim Lanzo, 55.10%; (tie) Carol Roth and Audrey Ray, Pat Haynes and Judy Zeckhausere, 53.74%; east-west, Richard McGowan and Bill Rich, 55.44%; Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 54.76%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 52.04%; Janet Desmon and Joanne Nover, 51.70%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Pepe Justicia-Linde and Peggy Meade, 55%; Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, 52.50%; (tie) Pat Haynes and Joe Miranda, Paul Zittel and Bert Feasley, 50%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 62.22%; Jan O’Mara and Walt Olszewski, 58.33%; Madhav Deshmukh and Jim Lanzo, 57.22%; Beena Deshmukh and Bill Rich, 55.56%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 55%; Henry Chudy and Jeff Bender, 54.44%.

Other clubs

Amherst Senior Center Thursday – North-south, %.

Amherst Senior Center Friday – North-south, %.

Unit 116 Master Point Leaders for Club Play

Jan. 1, 2022, to Jan. 31, 2022

5-20 Points – Mary Luce, 1.47; Molly Morris, 0.56; Michel Dupuis, 0.52; Karen Dearing, 0.43.

20-50 Points – Jo Ann Smith, 2.75; Howard Epstein, 2.32; Maria Schory, 1.87; Mary Berlow, 1.35; John Houghtaling, 1.24.

50-100 Points – Jim Hassett, 4.57; Jennifer Epstein, 3.55; Betsy and Jim Greno, 2.79; Candace Graser, 2.63; Cynthia Tashjian, 2.45.

100-200 Points – Judith McDermid, 7.03; David Schott, 6.51; Joanne Nover, 5.37; Maria Amlani, 3.39; Janet Desmon, 2.47.

200-300 Points – Audrey Ray, 6.45; Carol Roth, 6.22; Margaret Zhou, 3.39; Patty Porter, 3.09; Bob Ciszak, 2.41.

300-500 Points – Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 18.84; Martha Townson, 17.29; Larry Himelein, 8.55; Bonnie Clement, 8.48.

500-1,000 Points – Jim Lanzo, 22.49; Amita Arora, 16.96; Marilyn Wortzman, 14.29; Vic Bergsten, 13.18; Sushil Amlami, 7.76; Bill Rich, 6.57; Joyce Frayer, 5.76; Richard McGowan, 4.95.

1,000-1,500 Points – Jim Easton, 14.29; John Bava, 4.48; Judy Kaprove, 4.08; Rajat Basu, 3.86; Sandi England, 3.45; Joyce Greenspan, 3.30; Tova Reinhorn, 2.23.

1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 10.72; Gene Finton, 10.44; Pinky Regan, 3.68; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 2.46.

2,500-3,500 Points – (Tie) John and Martha Welte, 60.37; Ken Meier, 29.67; Davis Heussler, 5.81; Allen Beroza, 5.50; Dale Anderson, 4.39; Linda Burroughsford, 3.10.

3,500-5,000 Points – Mike Ryan, 7.56; John Ziemer, 6.03; Donna Steffan, 3.26; Judy Padgug, 2.61; Judy Graf, 2.48; Barbara Libby, 2.41.

Over 5,000 Points – Jay Costello, 5.38; John Sinclair, 4.32; Saleh Fetouh, 3.34; Chris Urbanek, 2.71; Sharon Benz, 2.68; Bud Seidenberg, 2.04.

Duplicate Bridge: Feb. 5, 2022

 

Congratulations to Saleh Fetouh, the top master point winner at the Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament Jan. 21 to Jan. 23 in the Main-Transit Fire Hall. He earned 9.31 points. Runner-up was Jay Costello with 7.86.

Other point leaders were Chris Urbanek and Davis Heussler, both with 6.74; Paul Zittle with 6.61; Linda Zittel, 5.72; Fred Yellen, 5.29; Vic Bergsten and John Ziemer, both with 5.27; and Kathy Pollock, 4.98. In all, 49 players earned points.  

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Face-to-face games in the bridge clubs are at a minimum because of Covid. The Bridge Center of Buffalo now has moved its game at noon Tuesday back to Bridge Base Online. Master point limit is 1,200. For the moment, the club is continuing its other face-to-face games – 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, a 1,500-point game at noon Thursdays 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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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.

• • •

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

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.

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Tournament calendar

2022

GONE FROM THE ACBL SCHEDULE: St. Catharines Sectional – Holiday Inn & Suites Parkway Conference Center, 327 Ontario St., St. Catharines, Ont. Friday, Feb. 11, to Sunday, Feb. 13.

Buffalo Spring Sectional – Main-Transit Fire Hall, 6777 Main St., Amherst. Friday, April 1, to Sunday, April 3. For more info, click this link.

Toronto Easter Regional – Sheraton Toronto Centre, 123 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ont. Tuesday, April 12, to Sunday, April 17. For 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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A Gold Life Master, Dale Anderson has reached a career total of 2,900 master points. Playing exclusively online these days 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 Jan. 24 to Jan. 30

Buffalo Bridge Center Monday evening – 0-750 game. North-south, Margaret Zhou and Joyce Frayer, 68.98%; Carol Roth and Patty Porter, 66.67%; Candace Graser and Cynthia Tashjian, 50%; east-west, Carol Licata and Stephane Ronget, 57.87%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 54.63%; Bonnie Clement and David Schott, 52.31%; Janet and David Desmon, 50.93%; Jeannine and Michel Dupuis, 50.46%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,200 game. North-south, (tie) Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, Jo Ann Smith and David Schott, 61.11%; (tie) Jim Hassett and Bill Rich, Cynthia Tashjian and Jennifer Epstein, 51.85%; east-west, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.72%; Bonnie Clement and Larry Himelein, 53.70%; Agi Maisel and Pat Haynes, 53.24%; Laura and John Houghtaling, 50.93%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Wednesday morning – Open game. Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 55.95%; Sharon Benz and John Sinclair, 55.36%; (tie) Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, Howard Foster and Davis Heussler, 52.38%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Thursday morning – 0-1,500 game. Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 59.75%; Usha Khurana and Bill Rich, 57.50%; Agi Maisel and Tova Reinhorn, 54.75%; Terry and Bram Hamovitch, 53.75%; Judith Duberstein and Susan Levy, 51.25%; east-west, Carol Roth and Audrey Ray, 55%; Sharon Wilcox and Joyce Greenspan, 54.25%; (tie) Rajat Basu and John Bava, Wilma Ziegman and Amita Arora, 52.25%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 52%; Janet Desmon and Joanne Nover, 51.75%.

Buffalo Bridge Center Friday morning – Open game. Bud Seidenberg and Jay Costello, 63.54%; Judy Gray and Mike Ryan, 58.33%; Chris Urbanek and Sharon Benz, 57.29%; Barbara Landree and Sue Neubecker, 50%.

Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Pat and Dick Rasmus, 70%; (tie) Dan Clark and Dave Larcom, Renee Cancilla and Peggy Meade, 52.50%.

Delaware Wednesday evening – North-south, Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 65.28%; Ed Harman and Bob Ciszak, 55.56%; Walt Olszewski and Sushil Amlani, 51.39%; east-west, Jennifer and Howard Epstein, 64.35%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 59.72%; Jeff Bender and Henry Chudy, 48.61%.

Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament Friday, Jan. 21 – Open pairs. Linda and Paul Zittel, 62.04%; Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, 59.49%; Jay Levy and Robert Cannizzaro, 56.02%; Barbara Libby and Nancy Wolstoncroft, 55.09%; Donna Steffan and Saleh Fetouh, 54.63%; Chris Urbanek and John Sinclair, 53.01%.

Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament Saturday, Jan. 22 – Open pairs. Vic Bergsten and John Ziemer, 63.30%; (tie) Saleh Fetouh and Jay Costello, Pat Haynes and Gerald Hitt, 61.06%; Howard Foster and Mike Ryan, 57.53%; Sharon Benz and Fred Yellen, 57.21%; Chris Urbanek and John Marvin, 56.73%; Betty Metz and Barbara Landree, 55.13%.

Buffalo Winter Sectional Tournament Sunday, Jan. 23 – Swiss teams. Saleh Fetouh, Bud Seidenberg, Chris Urbanek and Jay Costello, 121 victory points; Davis Heussler, Judy Padgug, Kathy Pollock and Bill Rushmore, 87 vps; John Bava, Bert Hargeshimer, Denise Slattery and Alex Kowal, 82 vps.