January 2-5
Washington Bridge League 

39th Annual

Presidential Tournament
Results by Day:  Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday  

Tournament Facts and Figures

Total number of tables in play - 366
Total number of players attending - 621
Total number of players winning masterpoints - 456
Total number of masterpoints won - 1236.14

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Thursday

Morning Open Pairs
31 Pairs
MPs A B C Names Score
4.33

1

Daniel Shankle Jr - Juline Glaz, Germantown MD 66.99%
3.25

2

Andrew Gofreed, La Plata MD; Alfred Steinberg, Potomac MD 62.74%
2.70

3

1
Arthur Mackwell, Washington DC; Dolores Rioux, Lanham MD 61.29%
1.83

4

Jim Houghton - Raphael Kahn, Washington DC 59.35%
1.37

5

Rossi Lindstrom, Silver Spring MD; Barbara Rothkin, Bethesda MD 57.71%
1.03

6

Sylvia Levy, Silver Spring MD; Eileen Theimer, Olney MD 57.38%
2.03

2
James Prentiss, Damascus MD; Alan Haga, Columbia MD 56.62%
1.52

3

1

 John Laurim, Hyattsville MD; Emil Rassofsky, Beltsville MD 54.71%
1.14

4
Audrey Stern, Greenbelt MD; Micheline Heiche, Silver Spring MD 53.15%
0.95

5
William Hudson, Laurel MD; Franklyn Taylor Jr, Upper Marlboro MD 51.61%
0.64

6
Morris Tepper - Wallace Oliver, Silver Spring MD 51.05%
1.14

2

 Charles King, Bethesda MD; Cynthia Helms, Washington DC 46.82%
0.86

3

 Mary Ann Moskowitz, Wheaton MD; Deitrich Ford, Upper Marlboro MD 46.40%


Flighted Open Pairs

Flights A/X
70 Pairs
MPs A X Names Score
12.55

1
Margot Hennings, Falls Church VA; Prahalad Rajkumar, Arlington VA 65.54%
9.41

2

1

 Robert Hartmann, Washington DC; Ronald Spieker, Arlington VA 62.82%
7.06

3
Fred King, Falls Church VA; Richard Wegman, Bethesda MD 61.45%
5.29

4
Leo LaSota, College Park MD; Alan Kleist, Cheverly MD 60.30%
3.97

5
Andrew Gofreed, La Plata MD; Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville MD 59.75%
2.98

6
Jim Houghton, Washington DC; John Adams, Silver Spring MD 59.12%
4.11

7

2

 Terry Feetham, Bethesda MD; Donald Berman, Laurel MD 59.11%
1.68

8
Richard Ferrin, Washington DC; Eugene Kales, Arlington VA 58.71%
3.08

3

 Madan Nanda - Gabriele Nanda, Reston VA 58.17%
2.31

4

 Weizhong Bao, Herndon VA; Kefu Xu, Gaithersburg MD 57.75%
1.73

5

 Michael Polunin, Alexandria VA; Sulaiman Ghaussy, Fairfax VA 56.89%
1.30

6

 Bob Kerchner, Falls Church VA; Kenneth Katzner, Washington DC 56.45%

Flights B/C
58 Pairs
MPs B C Names Score
5.22

1

1

 Jon Ranhand, Rockville MD; Donald Goldman, Potomac MD 64.88%
3.92

2
Kitty Gottfried - Eileen Houghton, Silver Spring MD 63.99%
2.94

3

2

 Thavendran Arulnandhy, Washington DC; Cecilia Valdivieso, Bethesda MD 62.50%
2.20

4
Alice Wegman, Bethesda MD; John Glynn, Beltsville MD 62.20%
1.65

5
Mary Mudd - Barry Sparks, Fairfax Station VA 59.64%
1.77

6

3

 Bryan Macpherson, Arlington VA; Christon Johnson, Falls Church VA 58.99%
1.32

4

 David Hamilton, Rockville MD; Michelle Cantave, Silver Spring MD 58.33%
1.34

5

 Joana Da Silva - David Harris, Silver Spring MD 56.85%
0.75

6

 Robert Wissman, Arlington VA; John Christensen, Baltimore MD 55.65%


Evening 199er Pairs
16 Pairs
MPs A B C Names Score
1.71

1

1

1

 Joan Fitzpatrick, Bethesda MD; Gail Morgenweck, Silver Spring MD 62.88%
1.28

2

2

2

 Julie Oethinger - Joan Donoghue, Chevy Chase MD 59.23%
0.96

3

Arnold Kritz, Bethlehem PA; Nathaniel Preston, Silver Spring MD 58.38%
0.72

4

Albert Leon, Potomac MD; Millie Reizenstein, Bethesda MD 56.97%
0.54

5

James Scott, Potomac MD; Ruth Freedman, Bethesda MD 52.50%
0.72

3
Eric Nash, Columbia MD; Wilma Middleton, Washington DC 49.02%
0.59

4

3

 Michael Gill - Jeremy Tilstvs, Reisterstown MD 48.98%

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Friday


Morning Open Pairs
48 Pairs
MPs A B C Names Score
5.67

1

Ellen Klosson, Silver Spring; Alfred Steinberg, Potomac 68.27%
4.25

2

Leo LaSota, College Park; Alan Kleist, Cheverly 66.26%
3.19

3

Fred King - Robert Gookin, Falls Church 64.99%
3.35

4

1
Janet Dence, Cabin John; Edwin Fuller Jr, Montgomry Vlg 64.26%
2.51

5

2

1

 Arthur Mackwell, Washington; Zoe Martindale, Silver Spring 64.12%
1.88

6

3

2

 Mark Rosen - Eugene Fisher, Potomac 62.50%
1.41

4
Constance Bynum, Chevy Chase; K Soderberg, Bethesda 60.04%
1.16

5

3

 Todd Zimnoch, Portland; Joseph Ogulin, Sterling 58.63%
0.92

6
Robert Hartmann, Washington; Alan Breed, Mc Lean 56.34%
0.92

4

 Marshall Kramer, Rockville; Nelu Schwartz, Brookeville 55.24%
0.76

5

 Mary Ann Moskowitz, Wheaton; Deitrich Ford, Upper Marlboro 50.26%


Afternoon Open Pairs
48 Pairs
MPs A B C Names Score
6.67

1

Terry Feetham, Bethesda MD; Leon Letwin, Washington DC 66.44%
5.00

2

Glenn Lublin, Silver Spring MD; Jim Allen Jr, Montgomry Vlg MD 65.74%
3.75

3

Steve Robinson, Arlington VA; Alfred Steinberg, Potomac MD 63.43%
2.81

4

Warren Kaufman, Bowie MD; Shou-Ling Wang, Bethesda MD 61.81%
2.11

5

John Adams, Silver Spring MD; Jim Houghton, Washington DC 61.57%
3.21

6

1
Janet Dence, Cabin John MD; Edwin Fuller Jr, Montgomry Vlg MD 61.40%
2.41

2
Ronald Kral, Reston VA; Ralph Sturgis, Laurel MD 55.90%
1.81

3

1

 Ted Guthrie - Suzanne Abrams, Washington DC 54.63%
1.35

4
Robert Hartmann, Washington DC; Alan Breed, Mc Lean VA 52.78%
1.02

5
Kevin Avery, Arnold MD; Steven Ivins, Arlington VA 51.62%
0.76

6
Edward Rodrigues, Annandale VA; Dayle Masumura, Vienna VA 51.23%
1.30

2

 Michelle Cantave, Silver Spring MD; Todd Zimnoch, Fallston MD 50.12%
1.00

3

 William Gill - Michael Gill, Reisterstown MD 49.25%
0.73

4

 Jean Morgan, Silver Spring MD; John Laurim, Hyattsville MD 48.41%


Afternoon 299er Pairs
12 Pairs
MPs A B C Names Score
1.62

1

1
Sherrie Schrama, Upper Marlboro MD; Richard Bryan, Silver Spring MD 67.50%
1.22

2

2
Samuel Bowlin, Dumfries VA; Wanda Avila, Washington DC 62.08%
0.91

3

3
Robert Lawrence - Frances Lawrence, Chevy Chase MD 56.67%
0.68

4

Juan Pardo, Silver Spring MD; John Lowe III, Washington DC 54.58%
0.64

4
Walter Mitnick, Owings Mills MD; David Bort, Keedysville MD 52.92%


Evening Open Pairs
34 Pairs
MPs A B C Names Score
5.50

1

Donna Rogall, Silver Spring MD; Robert Gookin, Falls Church VA 63.26%
4.13

2

1
Kitty Gottfried, Silver Spring MD; Hy Chansky, Greenbelt MD 61.55%
3.09

3

Arnie Frankel, Laurel MD; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 58.52%
2.32

4

2

1

 William Gill - Michael Gill, Reisterstown MD 57.77%
1.53

5/6

Fred King, Falls Church VA; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 57.01%
1.58

5/6

3

2

 Todd Zimnoch, Fallston MD; Joseph Ogulin, Sterling VA 57.01%
1.19

4
Glenn Young - Michael Polunin, Alexandria VA 56.82%
1.13

5

3

 Khon Lien, Baltimore MD; Michelle Cantave, Silver Spring MD 55.68%
0.67

6
Dorothy Weinstein - Marvin Weinstein, Silver Spring MD 54.55%
0.68

4

 Bob Armstrong, Clifton VA; Don Henry, Alexandria VA 50.38%


Evening 299er Pairs
12 Pairs
MPs A B C Names Score
1.62

1

1

1

 Thomas Din, Rockville MD; Gloria Halstead, Alexandria VA 56.36%
1.22

2

2

2

 David Raley, Germantown MD; Jon Chasson, 55.00%
0.80

3/4

3/4
Robert Munger, Frederick MD; David Bort, Keedysville MD 52.73%
0.80

3/4

3/4
Wanda Avila, Washington DC; Samuel Bowlin, Dumfries VA 52.73%

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Saturday

 

Morning Senior Pairs
24 Pairs
MPs A B C Names Score
2.93

1

Donald Van Arman - Bruce Houston, Mc Lean VA 63.89%
2.20

2

Jerome Resnick, Moorestown NJ; Eugene Davidson, Washington DC 63.43%
1.65

3

Jim O'Neil - Mary O'Neil, Rockville MD 60.42%
1.24

4

Mark Rosen, Potomac MD; Ben Laden, Washington DC 58.33%
1.71

5

1
Leila Whiting, Silver Spring MD; Audrey Stern, Greenbelt MD 57.64%
1.28

6

2

1

 Michael Gottesman, Falls Church VA; Silas Wasserstrom, Washington DC 56.48%
0.96

3
Charles Pan, Chevy Chase MD; James Rodgers, Silver Spring MD 53.01%
0.85

4

2

 John Lowe III, Washington DC; John Laurim, Hyattsville MD 52.31%


Afternoon Flighted Pairs

  Flights A/X
40 Pairs
MPs A X Names Score
10.21

1/2
Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 61.03%
10.21

1/2

1

 Hal Hindman, Fairfax VA; Mark Chen, Oak Hill VA 61.03%
6.56

3
David Gottfried, North Potomac MD; Earl Glickstein, Gaithersburg MD 58.10%
4.92

4
Kenneth Davis, Alexandria VA; John Ashe, Fairfax VA 57.59%
3.69

5
John Adams, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 56.88%
2.96

6

2

 Randy Zeibert, Potomac MD; Jim Hahn, Falls Church VA 56.38%
2.22

7

3

 Andrew Lipps, Mc Lean VA; Eric Branfman, Washington DC 56.17%
1.66

4

 Kenton Schoen, Falls Church VA; Charles Yaple, Annandale VA 53.74%
1.25

5

 Gerald Goodale - Vickie Goodale, Leesburg VA 53.64%
1.00

6

 Suellen Poland, Pikesville MD; Joseph Trapani, Hydes MD 51.92%

Flights B/C
36 Pairs
MPs B C Names Score
3.75

1

1

 John Laurim, Hyattsville MD; John Lowe III, Washington DC 59.20%
2.81

2
Alice Wegman - Seema Bhagwat, Bethesda MD 58.07%
2.11

3

2

 Betty Siefring, Hyattsville MD; Cecilia Valdivieso, Bethesda MD 57.78%
1.58

4
Alice Johnson, Silver Spring MD; Allen Lord, Laurel MD 57.70%
1.22

5

3

 Reese House - Suzanne Abrams, Washington DC 56.66%
0.92

6

4

 Jon Farber, Alexandria VA; Steven Fox, Kensington MD 56.25%
1.27

5

 Robert Wissman, Arlington VA; John Christensen, Baltimore MD 55.04%
0.89

6

 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Mahadeo Patwardhan, Herndon VA 54.72%


Afternoon Senior Pairs
22 Pairs
MPs A B C Names Score
2.80

1

1
Marvin Weinstein - Dorothy Weinstein, Silver Spring MD 61.57%
2.10

2

Jerome Resnick, Moorestown NJ; Eugene Davidson, Washington DC 59.95%
1.58

3

2
Gregory Mullins, Stafford VA; David Wakefield, Silver Spring MD 58.33%
1.18

4

Carolyn Gibson, Annandale VA; Jean Levin, Springfield VA 56.71%
0.89

5

Bernard Oetjen, Mc Lean VA; J. David Grier, Warrenton VA 55.09%
0.66

6

Jim O'Neil - Mary O'Neil, Rockville MD 54.63%
1.02

3
Charles Pan, Chevy Chase MD; James Rodgers, Silver Spring MD 51.62%
1.13

4

1

 Cynthia Helms, Washington DC; Barbara Porterfield, Chevy Chase MD 50.23%
0.58

5
Joan Benesch - William Benesch, Washington DC 49.31%
0.85

2

 Marshall Kramer, Rockville MD; Nelu Schwartz, Brookeville MD 49.07%


Afternoon 299er Pairs
22 Pairs
MPs A B C Names Score
2.12

1

1
Robert Schwab - Anne Derbes, Silver Spring MD 67.26%
1.59

2

2
Robert Munger, Frederick MD; David Bort, Keedysville MD 56.67%
1.19

3

Raymond Hays, Silver Spring MD; Ruth Freedman, Bethesda MD 54.46%
1.13

4

3

1

 Jeff Youngen - Mary O'Shea, Arlington VA 54.17%
0.67

5

Millie Reizenstein, Bethesda MD; Albert Leon, Potomac MD 53.65%
0.53

6

Helen Solomon, Silver Spring MD; Rae Newman, Rockville MD 53.15%
0.85

4

2

 Dale Collinson, Chevy Chase MD; Steve Rosenthal, Bethesda MD 52.85%
0.46

5
Marie Siefring, Wheaton MD; Richard Bryan, Silver Spring MD 51.49%
0.64

3

 Michael Gill - Jeremy Tilstvs, Reisterstown MD 50.30%
0.48

4

 Tim Kuhn, Millersville MD; Edward Dyer, Laurel MD 48.39%


Evening Flighted Pairs

 Flights A/X
30 Pairs
MPs A X Names Score
7.50

1
Jim Wakefield, Fairfax Station VA; Helene Bauman, Arlington VA 64.74%
5.63

2
John Adams, Silver Spring MD; Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 62.34%
4.22

3

1

 Brad Theurer, Gaithersburg MD; R Eissenstat, Baltimore MD 61.86%
3.16

4

2

 Danijel Zenko, Mc Lean VA; Glenn Young, Alexandria VA 61.70%
2.37

5

3

 Charleen Brand, Silver Spring MD; John Lawrence, Germantown MD 59.94%
1.78

6

4

 Donald Berman, Laurel MD; Leon Letwin, Washington DC 58.65%
0.85

5

 Ellen Cherniavsky - Donna Rogall, Silver Spring MD 54.97%

Flights B/C
18 Pairs
MPs B C Names Score
2.54

1

1

 Sandra Forsythe - Steven Forsythe, Silver Spring MD 60.91%
1.91

2
Robert Padgett - Linda Padgett, Springfield VA 59.46%
1.43

3

2

 Mary Baxter, Silver Spring MD; Brian Childers, Germantown MD 56.28%
1.07

4

3

 Jay Kelkar, Oak Hill VA; Mahadeo Patwardhan, Herndon VA 55.30%
0.80

5
Jan Garber, Rockville MD; Allen Lord, Laurel MD 55.06%
0.73

4

 Robert Wissman, Arlington VA; John Christensen, Baltimore MD 53.04%


Evening 299er Pairs
22 Pairs
MPs A B C Names Score
2.12

1

Michael Goldman, Rockville MD; William Mendez Jr, Alexandria VA 59.52%
1.59

2

Walter Lafferty - Mary Lafferty, Silver Spring MD 58.93%
1.67

3/4

1/2
Reni Malloy, North Potomac MD; Juanita Beeson, Rockville MD 57.44%
1.67

3/4

1/2

1

 Thomas Din, Rockville MD; Gloria Halstead, Alexandria VA 57.44%
0.74

5

Leonid Fastovsky, Arlington VA; Juan Pardo, Silver Spring MD 54.46%
1.07

6

3

2

 Jean Donnell, Laurel MD; Jack Lawrence, Beltsville MD 54.17%
0.80

4

3

 Lorraine Davis, Silver Spring MD; Freida Joyce, 51.79%
0.60

5
Miriam Freed, ; Ruth Freedman, Bethesda MD 51.49%
0.54

6

4

 David Mead, Delwood MD; Kathleen O'Toole, Derwood MD 50.89%
0.41

5

 Julie Oethinger - Joan Donoghue, Chevy Chase MD 49.70%

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Sunday

 

Flighted Swiss Teams

 Flights A/X
21 Teams
MPs A X Names Score
14.75

1
Steve Robinson, Arlington Virginia; Mark Shaw - Barbara Shaw, Laurel Maryland; Leo LaSota, College Park Maryland; Alan Kleist, Cheverly Maryland 107.00
11.06

2
Jennifer Koonce, Odenton Maryland; Zeke Letellier, Arlington Virginia; Diane Lazarus - Ed Lazarus, Baltimore Maryland 104.00
8.30

3
Louis Stuckey, Timonium Maryland; Tom Cogan, Annapolis Maryland; Joseph Trapani, Hydes Maryland; Helene Bauman, Arlington Virginia 91.00
6.22

4
Kenneth Davis, Alexandria Virginia; Stan Schenker, Reston Virginia; Charles Yaple, Annandale Virginia; Kenton Schoen, Falls Church Virginia 81.00
4.67

5
Andrew Gofreed, La Plata Maryland; Alan Tenenbaum, Rockville Maryland; Edward Gofreed - Stephen Swearingen, Arlington Virginia 80.00
3.50

6
Arnie Frankel, Laurel Maryland; Robert Klein, Dunn Loring Virginia; Ellen Klosson, Silver Spring Maryland; David Ruderman, Burtonsville Maryland 79.00
5.19

7/8

1/2

 Weizhong Bao - Hailong Ao - Huailin Chen, Herndon Virginia; Jian-Jian Wang, Clarksville Maryland; Kefu Xu, Gaithersburg MD 75.00
5.19

7/8

1/2

 Michael Richey, Springfield Virginia; Lloyd Rawley, Greenbelt Maryland; John Lawrence, Germantown Maryland; Charity Sack, Chevy Chase Maryland 75.00
3.34

3

 Robert Graves, Greenbelt Maryland; Donna Graves, Severn Maryland; Mita Banerjee, Bethesda Maryland; James Geist, Laurel Maryland 68.00

Flights B/C
21 Teams
MPs B C Names Score
4.15

1
Eileen Houghton - Kitty Gottfried, Silver Spring Maryland; Walter Kerns, Gaithersburg Maryland; Daniel Feldman, North Potomac Maryland 107.00
3.11

2
Steven Rothman, Alexandria Virginia; Bruce Bucklinger, Burke Virginia; John Lowe III, Washington District of Columbia; D Tonnesen, Woodbridge Virginia 103.00
2.33

3

1

 Melville Yudkin, Annandale Virginia; Frank Cardillo - Leo Cardillo, Fairfax Virginia; Christon Johnson, Falls Church Virginia; Paul Krueger, Arlington Virginia 92.00
1.75

4

2

 David Hamilton, Rockville Maryland; Michelle Cantave - Joana Da Silva, Silver Spring Maryland; Robert Gunnell Jr, Sterling Virginia 90.00
1.31

5
Janet Dence, Cabin John Maryland; Edwin Fuller Jr, Montgomry Vlg Maryland; Alice Wegman, Bethesda Maryland; John Glynn, Beltsville Maryland 84.00
0.98

6
Alfred Graham, Glen Burnie Maryland; David Grabiner, Columbia Maryland; Joseph Ogulin, Sterling Virginia; Penny Stoever, Mount Airy Maryland 77.00
1.16

3

 Jon Ranhand, Rockville Maryland; Donald Goldman - Steven Sacks, Potomac Maryland; Marc Werner, 75.00
0.76

4/5

 Richard Cassell, Annandale Virginia; Gordon Hatheway Jr, Fairfax Virginia; Alan Dockterman, Arlington Virginia; John McCann, Sterling Virginia 74.00
0.84

4/5

 Ted Guthrie - Andres Doernberg - Suzanne Abrams - Reese House, Washington District of Columbia 74.00


Morning 299er Swiss Teams
7 Teams
MPs A B C Names Score
1.51

1/2

Georgia Lyhus - Arlan Lyhus, Fulton MD; Sarah Pinocci, Beltsville MD; Rose Hadidian, Silver Spring MD 46.00
1.51

1/2

1

1

 David Raley, Germantown MD; Jon Chasson, ; Thomas Din, Rockville MD; Gloria Halstead, Alexandria VA 46.00
1.07

3

2
Jean Agenbroad, Garrett Park MD; Frieda Joyce, ; Lorraine Davis - Shirley Forrester, Silver Spring MD 44.00


Afternoon 299er Swiss Teams
4 Teams
MPs Rank Names Score
1.41

1

 Georgia Lyhus - Arlan Lyhus, Fulton MD; Rose Hadidian, Silver Spring MD; Sarah Pinocci, Beltsville MD 36.00

 

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