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Results — Day Two — Tuesday, April 14

Brain Workout Section!

For those of you who used to like the puzzles I printed in the old bulletins, here is a link to an online version: one of the puzzles that I used to feature in the old paper Bulletins, but it is easy to play on a computer as well. Not so easy on a tablet or phone, since most of the puzzles require right-clicks, not easily done in a tablet or phone environment. Tents gives you a grid of cells, some of which contain trees. The objective is to place tents in some of the remaining cells, such that 1) there is one tent for each tree that is directly adjacent to it, horizontally or vertically, but not diagonally, 2) no two tents are adjacent (even diagonally), 3) the number of tents in each row and column matches the numbers given to the right and below the grid. Strategy: Find the squares that cannot contain tents at all (too far from trees) and mark them off with an X, then look for rows and columns where the possibilities match the numbers and mark tents in all remaining squares. This will give you more squares adjacent to the tent that can be eliminated, and the answer will slowly appear. Click on the puzzle you want to try at the right (or the caption below) to go to the page with all the instructions you’ll need. These puzzles come from Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection (see below) and there are links there to apps for most devices.	Easy puzzle (McBruce’s time: 0min 41sec)
	Medium puzzle (McBruce’s time: 1min 14sec)
	Tricky puzzle (McBruce’s time: 9min 35sec!)

This Day in History - April 14 Birthdays - Answers

Tomorrow’s Schedule — Day Three — Wednesday, April 15

Morning-only Event (9:00am)

Wednesday Morning Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Morning Side Game Series (2nd of 5).

Strat Limits (by pair average) A: 3000+, B: 1500 - 3000, C: 0 - 500.
Masterpoints: Mostly red points but gold points for overall winners if they play another session in the Morning Side Game Series, and a chance for gold points for individuals whose two best games in the series (played with the same or different partners) are good enough to make the series overalls.
Leavenworth 2023 winners (8 tables):
A: Karen Rise, Leavenworth WA; Jenni Carmichael, Marysville WA
B, C: Brian Koblenz, Leavenworth WA; Marilyn Olson, Wenatchee WA
Whistler 2025 winners (11, 12 tables):
A, B: Margaret Walthall - Thomas Loveday, Sequim WA
C: Edward Kelley IV - Benjamin Kelley, Gig Harbor WA

Afternoon-Evening Events (1:00pm, 7:00pm)

Wednesday Edelweiss Bracketed Round Robin Teams: Team game, 4-6 players on a team, short matches scored in IMPs and converted to victory points.

Bracketed, by team average into brackets of usually 7-9 teams; each team will play all, or nearly all, of the other teams in their bracket.
Masterpoints: Gold points for overalls, or red points for match awards. Lower brackets may have part-gold, part-red for overalls, based on masterpoints.
Leavenworth 2023 winners (16 teams in two brackets over two days):
Bracket I: Brian Koblenz - Richard D'Litzenberger, Leavenworth WA; John Cox, Bayfield CO; Pete Cowles, Lynnwood WA
Bracket II: Ken Hutchings - Alberta Hutchings - Irene Morrow - Audrey Hancock, Penticton BC
Whistler 2025 winners (30 teams in four brackets over two days):
Bracket I: Brad Bart, Coquitlam BC; Bob Todd, Winnipeg MB; Michael Hargreaves, Victoria BC; Dan Jacob - Bryan Maksymetz, Vancouver BC
Bracket II: Howard Coren - Bob Gagnon - Chris Wuerscher - Mike D Aguiar, Calgary AB
Bracket III: Brenda Mathews - Jennifer Parkyn - Tom Weckworth, Kamloops BC; Jerzy Jankowski, Kelowna BC
Bracket IV: Dan Dover - Cindy Watt - Jamie Watt - Andrew Melton, Calgary AB

Wednesday Open Pairs: Two session pairs game, matchpoint scoring.

Strat Limits (by pair average) A: 3000+, B: 1500 - 3000, C: 0 - 1500.
Masterpoints: Gold points for overalls and some section tops, other awards are red points. Note that you can win points in the first session that are replaced by a higher overall award after the second: you get the greater of your overall award or the sum of the session awards; not both combined.
Leavenworth 2023 winners (all played teams!):
Whistler 2025 winners (12, 12½ tables):
A: Julie Smith, Vancouver BC; Judy Harris, Salmon Arm BC
X: Marianne Daem - Daryl Krepps, Nanaimo BC
Y: Dex Stuberg, Seattle WA; Cliff Marx, Everett WA

Wednesday Gold Rush 0-750 Pairs: Two session pairs game, matchpoint scoring.

Strat Limits (by pair average) 7: 500 - 750, 5: 300 - 500, 3: 0 - 300. No individuals over 750 points may play in this event, even if the pair average is below 750.
Masterpoints: Gold points for top strat overalls and some section tops, other awards are red points.  Note that you can win points in the first session that are replaced by a higher overall award after the second: you get the greater of your overall award or the sum of the session awards; not both combined.
Leavenworth 2023 winners (10, 10 tables):
7: Bill Ellsworth - Linda Ellsworth, Calgary AB
5: Carlyn Gauen, Sammamish WA; Katherine Davis, Tacoma WA
3: Greg Thesenvitz - Sarah Thesenvitz, Black Diamond WA
Whistler 2025 winners (17, 13 tables):
7: Bill Ellsworth - Linda Ellsworth, Calgary AB
4: Carol Jensen, White Rock BC; Sue McEvoy, Langley BC
2: Keith Stevenson, Vancouver BC; Jane Lutman, North Vancouver BC

Afternoon-only Event (1:00pm)

Wednesday Afternoon Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Afternoon Side Game Series (2nd of 5).

Strat Limits (by pair average) A: 1500+, B: 500 - 1500, C: 0 - 500.
Masterpoints: Mostly red points but gold points for overall winners if they play another session in the Afternoon Side Game Series, and a chance for gold points for individuals whose two best games in the series (played with the same or different partners) are good enough to make the series overalls.
Leavenworth 2023 winners (7 tables):
A: Ron Beall - Jennifer Beall, Bellingham WA
B: Clifford Feldman - Robert Munger, Seattle WA
C: Marilyn Olson - Karolin Highland, Wenatchee WA
Whistler 2025 winners (5 tables):
A, B, C: Diane Zebroff - Linda Angstadt, Kamloops BC

Evening-only Event (7:00pm)

Wednesday Evening Side Game: Pairs game, part of the Evening Side Game Series (3rd of 5).

Strat Limits (by pair average) A: 1500+, B: 500 - 1500, C: 0 - 500.
Masterpoints: Mostly red points but gold points for overall winners if they play another session in the Evening Side Game Series, and a chance for gold points for individuals whose two best games in the series (played with the same or different partners) are good enough to make the series overalls.
Leavenworth 2023 winners (5 tables):
A: Dennis Heller - Connie Heller, Clinton WA
B: Norma Hols - Brenda Simpson, Spokane WA
C: Patrick O'Neil - Sandra Edson, Nelson BC

Daily Deal Answer

Dummy: ♠ A K Q   ♥ A Q 8 6   ♦ K Q T 5 2   ♣ 9

J. Crawford: ♠ 3   ♥ K 4   ♦ A 6   ♣ A K Q T 8 4 3 2

“In 7♣, as I thought about what to do after leading the 9♣ from dummy, I noticed complete silence around me. Both newspaper-shuffling kibitzers behind me, waiting for the rubber to end so they could cut into the next one, could see the nine-card fit and one defender’s hand, and neither was bored enough to go back to reading the newspaper! If clubs were 2-2 or 3-1, or even 4-0 with the wrong defender, they’d both already know the inevitable result and would be reading stories and shuffling pages. Interest meant potential! So I took the finesse!”