We held our GNYBA Winter League semi-finals on this quiet Saturday night, in order to avoid conflicts with the all-important Valentine’s Day. However, we livened up the BBO party with a live vugraph broadcast.
Eventually several dozens of people joined from around the world, all strangers to me, in order to watch the featured KOEPPEL vs DAVIDS+ match – and it was a close through the very end! Well done on all sides. In Group A Lynne Koeppel, Mustafa Cem Tokay, Okay Gur, and Gokhan M Yilmaz will move on to the finals and face Leonardo Cima, Ettore Bianchi, Alessandro Gandoglia, and Giacomo Percario.
Group B Gambit Success?
In Group B, season leader LENTZ opted to play against the 3rd place team BETTER THAN OK ON A GOOD DAY (who were the Season 1 swiss winners). The gambit paid off, as LENTZ will advance to the finals, as well as THE FROZEN TUNDRA, who originally finished the regular season swiss in 4th. Tune in next Sunday to watch Philip Lentz, Jeffrey Rothstein, Thomas G Rozinski, and Grigoriy Blekherman play against Eric A Hendrickson, Paul G Gutterman, Andrew Caranicas, Richard D Lawson, Robert Schachter, and Mark I Krusemeyer.
Group C New York vs Connecticut
In Group C, both 24-board quarterfinal matches saw heavy IMPs swings, grossing 240 total IMPs across the both matches (yes, we play common boards with Group A, but apparently uncommon contracts and play). My team, team MCDERMOTT, lost to the GREENWITCHES while THE LSSB QUARTET knocked out season 1 winners THE NMFERs. I don’t know for sure, but I’m guessing team GREENWTICHES consisting of Sharon Phillips, Fern M Lindsay, Cathy Dann, Kathy Markby, Nell W Otto, and Lindsay Ormsby have some members from Connecticut – welcome and congrats! They will face Laura J Schisgall, Stanley Sterenberg, Stanley Tuhrim, and Betty J Mintz (definitely New Yorkers).
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