Meyers, Mohan win Edgar Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs
Jill Meyers of Santa Monica CA and John Mohan of St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, boosted by a strong first final session, won the Edgar Kaplan
Blue Ribbon Pairs. It is the first time either player has won the
event, and it is only the second time in the history of the contest
that a mixed pair has finished first. Dorothy Hayden Truscott and B.
Jay Becker won the inaugural Blue Ribbon Pairs in 1963.
It is Meyers' eighth NABC victory, and the second NABC championship
here in Boston - Meyers was a member of the winning squad in the
Women's Board-a-Match Teams. In 1987, Meyers won the Lou Herman
Trophy, given to the player who earns the most masterpoints at the
Fall NABC. With these two victories, Meyers will be in contention for
this year's Herman Trophy as well.
Meyers has three world championship victories - the Venice Cup in 1993
and 1997 and the Women's World Pairs Championship, won with partner
Shawn Quinn, in Lille, France in 1998.
Mohan is a 16-time NABC champion. His most recent win occurred at the
San Antonio NABC with partner Sam Lev in the Life Master Pairs. With
this victory, Mohan moves into the lead for this year's Player of the
Year contest.
Mohan's best finish in world competition was his third place
performance at the World Open Pairs in 1978.
Meyers and Mohan posted a 1239.07 total, finishing more than a board
ahead of their nearest competitors.
"John was just wonderful to play with," said Meyers repeatedly to
friends and well-wishers who congratulated her after the event.
Mohan said, "We had a nice round in the afternoon - about 60% - but
the evening round was just above average. It was enough, however."
In second place were John Sutherlin of Dallas TX and Russ Ekeblad of
Providence RI. Both players are many-time NABC champions. It was the
highest finish for either player in this event. Sutherlin and Ekeblad
finished with 1195.55 matchpoints.
Third place went to Aaron Silverstein of New York NY and Pablo
Lambardi of Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a score of 1184.01.
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EDGAR KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS - Final Results
78 Pairs
190.00 1 Jill Meyers, Santa Monica CA;
John Mohan, Frederiksted, Virgin lands 1239.07
142.50 2 Russell Ekeblad, Providence RI;
John Sutherlin, Dallas TX 1195.55
106.88 3 Sam Lev, New York NY;
Peter Gawrys, Poland 1184.01
87.69 4 Zia Mahmood, New York NY;
Howard Weinstein, Chicago IL 1179.14
81.43 5 Lew Stansby, Castro Valley CA;
Steve Weinstein, Glen Ridge NJ 1174.45
76.00 6 Geir Helgemo, Norway;
Richard Freeman, Atlanta GA 1164.33
71.25 7 Aaron Silverstein, New York NY;
Pablo Lambardi, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1160.91
67.06 8 George Rosenkranz; Eddie Wold, Houston TX 1148.22
63.33 9 Nick Bykov, Carmichael CA;
Mark Ralph, San Francisco CA 1148.20
60.00 10 Gordon McOrmond, Delta BC; Dan Jacob, Burnaby BC 1147.65
57.00 11 Michael Whitman, San Francisco CA;
Grant Baze, La Jolla CA 1137.46
54.29 12 Allen Hawkins Jr - Jim Foster, Birmingham AL 1135.98
51.82 13 Yifan Yang, Darien IL;
Jiun-Ming Chen, West Lafayette IN 1130.27
49.57 14 Peter Boyd, Silver Spring MD;
Steve Robinson, Arlington VA 1126.49
47.50 15 Roger Bates, Mesa AZ; Robin Klar, Spring TX 1122.71
45.60 16 Richard Katz, N Versailles PA;
Robert Levin, Orlando FL 1120.20
43.85 17 William Pettis - Beth Palmer, Silver Spring MD 1114.42
42.22 18 Noberto Bocchi, Milan, Italy;
Giorgio Duboin, Torino, Italy 1105.54
40.71 19 Douglas Doub, Hartford CT;
John Rengstorff, New York NY 1095.34
39.31 20 Steve Beatty, Destrehan LA;
Jon Wittes, Claremont CA 1084.51
38.00 21 David Berkowitz, Old Tappan NJ;
Larry Cohen, Boca Raton FL 1079.22
36.77 22 Gregory Arbour, Vancouver BC;
Morrie Kleinplatz, Windsor ON 1076.14
35.63 23 Val Covalciuc - Richard Covalciuc, Omaha NE 1063.27
34.55 24 Fred Stewart, Kingston NY;
Kit Woolsey, Kensington CA 1053.14
33.53 25 Linda Lewis - Paul Lewis, Las Vegas NV 1051.06
32.57 26 Chris Willenken, New York NY;
Ron Smith, San Francisco CA 1040.42
31.67 27 Marvin Rosenblatt, Hartford CT;
Lynda Rosenblatt, Passaic NJ 1035.05
30.81 28 Brian Glubok, Hampstead PQ;
Kyle Larsen, San Francisco CA 1032.55
30.00 29 John Armstrong, Liverpool UK;
John Holland, Manchester,UK 1027.96
29.23 30 Janet Daling - Steve Mansfield, Seattle WA 1026.27
28.50 31 Tom Fox, Fargo ND;
Walter Schafer Jr, Bloomingdale IL 1025.17
27.80 32 Kenneth Kranyak - John Kranyak, Bay Village OH 1023.37
27.14 33 Paul Soloway, Mill Creek WA;
Steve Catlett,Richmond VA 1019.97
26.51 34 Jose M. Valdes - Paolo Pasquini, Miami FL 1018.15
25.91 35 Eric Greco, Philadelphia PA;
Geoff Hampson, Okemos MI 1016.77
25.33 36 Joseph Silver, Hampstead PQ;
Per Olov Sundelin, Stockholm, Sweden 1015.69
24.78 37 Barry Rigal, New York NY;
David Treadwell, Wilmington DE 1012.79
24.26 38 David Yang, Chicago IL;
Xiaodong Shi, Highland Park IL 1007.89
23.75 39 Richard Coren, Hollywood FL;
Marc Jacobus, Las Vegas NV 1007.59
23.27 40 Tom Townsend - Mark Teltscher, London, England 1002.83
22.80 41 Paul Benedict, Pikesville MD;
Tom Cogan, Annapolis MD 998.34
22.35 42 Debbie Rosenberg, New Rochelle NY;
Michael Rosenberg, Wykagyl NY 996.26
21.92 43 Nader Hanna, Willowdale ON;Robert Lebi, Toronto ON 993.43
21.51 44 Gerhard Schiesser,Kitzbuhel Austria; Audrzej Knap 992.24
21.11 45 Stephen Shane, White Plains NY;
Eugene Davidson, Washington DC 989.20
20.73 46 Ishmael Del Monte, Sydney, Australia;
Ashley Bach, Auckland, New Zealand 988.92
20.36 47 Alan Le Bendig - Rhoda Walsh, Los Angeles CA 987.54
20.00 48 Cindy Harris - Joe Harris, Albuquerque NM 973.97
19.66 49 R Zeckhauser, Cambridge MA;
Jaggy Shivdasani, NY NY 969.87
19.32 50 Marty Seligman, Philadelphia PA;
Eric Rodwell, Clearwater FL 967.05
19.00 51 Linda Gordon - Robb Gordon, New York NY 963.51
18.69 52 Bryna Kra, Columbus OH;
Mike Goldsmith, Manchester UK 960.27
18.39 53 Justin Lall, Plano TX; Hemant Lall, Tarzana CA 958.79
18.10 54 Glenn Eisenstein - Bobbie Satz, Boca Raton FL 958.43
17.81 55 Denny Sacul - Karwvr Iranky, Indonesia 958.02
17.54 56 Lin Ya Fu - Shen Jia Xiang, China 957.36
17.27 57 Alan Schwartz, Fairfax VA;
Michael Levinson, Daly City CA 955.49
17.02 58 Jim Hall, Minneapolis MN;
Paul Meerschaert, Excelsior MN 949.33
16.76 59 Andrew Bernstein, Memphis TN;
Bernard Yomtov, Cambridge MA 942.59
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