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That Toddlin' Town
Part 2 of the report of the Summer NABC in Chicago.
NABC+ Fast Open Pairs
Nick L'Ecuyer and Robert Lebi,
who had never played together before
the Summer NABC in Chicago,
put together a solid final set to win

NABC+ Fast Open Pairs winners:
Robert Lebi and Nick L'Ecuyer.

Second in the NABC+ Fast Open
Pairs were Doug Doub and Adam
Wildavsky.

the Fast Open Pairs by about 11
matchpoints on an 51 top.
Second place went to Doug Doub
and Adam Wildravsky, who suffered
some bad luck on the final round
when the opponents bid to a pushy
game that required a guess in a key
suit. When declarer got it right, Doub
and Wildavsky received a poor score
instead of a near top had declarer
gone wrong.
L'Ecuyer, who lives in Montreal,
and Lebi, of Toronto, have been
adversaries many times in Canadian
team events but never partners before
Chicago.
L'Ecuyer is marketing director for
a private portfolio management firm,
Giverny Capital Co. Lebi just retired
in February as a systems analyst for
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the IT department of the largest brokerage company in Canada.
Neither professes to be especially
fast in the play (in the national Fast
Open, rounds are 11 minutes long
and slow play penalties are vigorously enforced), but they managed.
"We survived," said L'Ecuyer, who
was winning his first North American
championship.
"We got only one slow play penalty," said Lebi, who won his second
major title. He and Mark Molson won
the Blue Ribbon Pairs in Lancaster
PA in 1989.
190 Pairs

1. Nicolas L'Ecuyer, Montreal QC -
Robert Lebi, Toronto ON
1738.47
2. Douglas Doub, W Hartford CT - Adam
Wildavsky, Jackson Heights NY
1727.06
3. Joseph Godefrin, Sarasota FL -
Ed Schulte, Tampa FL
1674.30
4. Tarek Sadek, Cairo Egypt -
Michael Polowan, New York NY 1658.47
5. Venkatrao Koneru, San Antonio TX -
Jim Krekorian, New York NY
1650.76
6. John McLaughlin, Melrose MA -
Lloyd Arvedon, Bedford MA
1614.48
7. Bryan Maksymetz, Coquitlam BC - Lars
Andersson, Bromma Sweden
1572.31
8. Joshua Donn, Henderson NV -
Jason Feldman, San Diego CA
1557.08
9. Gavin Wolpert, Thornhill ON - Chris
Willenken, New York NY
1555.27
10. G S Jade Barrett, Vancouver WA -
Blair Seidler, Fair Lawn NJ
1551.76
11. Aaron Silverstein - Judith Bianco,
New York NY
1547.58
12. Andrew McIntosh, London England -
David Bakhshi, London, England 1545.09
13. Qing Yang, Cupertino CA -
Junyi Zhu, Salt Lake Cty UT
1544.27
14. Robert Glickman, Woodland Hills CA
- Matt Meckstroth, Gainesville FL 1530.73
15. Mark Itabashi, Murrieta CA -
Eric Leong, Oakland CA
1527.19
16. Ken Cohen, Philadelphia PA -
Keith Garber, Las Vegas NV
1523.49
17. Darren Wolpert, Thornhill ON -
Leslie Amoils, Toronto ON
1517.07
18. Pratap Rajadhyaksha, Powell OH -
Boris Baran, Cote Saint-Luc QC 1517.03
19. Jacqueline Sincoff, St. Louis MO -
John Zilic, Houston TX
1516.52
20. Ross Grabel, Huntington Bh CA -
Jon Wittes, Palm Desert CA
1516.23
21. Mark De Garcia - Marcus Rodhouse,
Columbia MO
1508.35
22. James Ward, Champaign IL -

William Doroshow, Skokie IL
1499.17
23. Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD -
Steve Robinson, Arlington VA
1489.09
24. Joel Wooldridge, Buffalo NY -
Kevin Bathurst, New York NY
1487.40
25. Ai-Tai Lo, Reston VA - David
Chechelashvili, San Diego CA
1486.51
26. Larry Mori, Clearwater FL -
Dan Morse, Houston TX
1482.10
27. Abraham Pineles, Jackson NJ -
Alexander Allen, Annandale NJ
1478.06
28. Kent Hartman, San Diego CA -
Sumner Steinfeldt, Washington DC 1472.56
29. Andrew De Sosa, Chatsworth CA -
Yi Liu, Chicago IL
1471.22
30. Michael Mayer, Cherry Hill NJ -
William Peters, Laurel MD
1469.41
31. Rob Crawford, Henderson NV -
Chester Johnson, Chicago IL
1466.46
32. Leonard Ernst, Las Vegas NV -
Ken Gee, Regina SK
1463.14
33. Larry Cohen - James Bjerkan,
Elmhurst IL
1462.08
34. Joe Gottler, Elberta AL -
Richard Logan, Diamondhead MS 1461.45
35. Jay Korobow, Levittown PA -
Tim Crank, Cincinnati OH
1460.84
36. John Diamond, New York NY -
Brian Platnick, Evanston IL
1459.83
37. Ulker Mutlu - Bernard Bernstein,
Clearwater FL
1459.16
38. Jeffrey Goldsmith, Tujunga CA -
Jerry Gaer, Scottsdale AZ
1456.89
39. Melvin Marcus, Waltham MA -
Rena Lieberman, North Easton MA 1454.44
40. Darrell Keel - Steve Bruno,
Peoria AZ
1454.25
41. Kerry Smith, Milwaukee WI -
Mitch Dunitz, Sherman Oaks CA 1451.15
42. Marilyn Burali-Forti, Lake Forest IL -
Barbara Saben, Northbrook IL
1442.60
43. Nan Wang, Eatontown NJ -
Reha Gur, Leonardo NJ
1439.00
44. Blake Rundquist, Clovis CA -
Paul McDaniels, Richmond CA
1435.38
46. Greg Hinze, San Antonio TX -
Nagy Kamel, Plano TX
1428.78
47. Donald Blum, Atlanta GA -
Betsey Schneider, San Carlos CA 1425.96
48. Birger Holmquist, Kaneohe HI -
1425.90
Donald Foote, Red Hook NY
49. Jenni Hartsman, Kennesaw GA -
Samuel Hirschman, Ann Arbor MI 1419.42

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