Yesterday I played with Len in the open Swiss at the Nashua Regional with teammates Kathy and Saul (not a regular partnership). Because of the new flighting by average masterpoints, we ended up being in flight B which was just as well since we didn't distinguish ourselves brilliantly, ending up 8= in B. There were 52 teams altogether and we were tied for 20th overall (but flight A "paid" only 19 places). Surprisingly, we didn't bid and make any slams. We got to the six level twice, pushing a bit too much perhaps, but both times the slam failed. Other than that we didn't have any major problems. For the uninitiated, a "Swiss" is run by matching teams with the same current total victory points (each of the eight matches that a team plays has 20 victory points available to be shared between the two opponents).
Today, Kim is playing in the open pairs with Donna. At the break they were lying 2nd so I'm hoping that the Chicken Parm at dinner at the Villa Banca has helped push them into first place. We had dinner with our friends Rob, Melissa, Steve and Dave from NY/NJ.
Meanwhile, Adam and Doug and the rest of USA 1 in Sao Paulo are not doing too well. They're lying 17th (of 22) teams. But USA 2 looks well placed (5th currently) to qualify for the 8-team playoffs.
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