We withdrew down 156 with 15 boards to play. Congrats to the Fleisher team -- they played well! They'll likely face the Nickell team next.

Down by 104 with 77 boards to go. Plenty of time yet, but I'm starting to think about booking a flight home!

We lost only 4 for the set. We still have a lot of ground to make up Weds! Doug and I get to sleep late. We'll be out for the morning set.

We were down 52 after 3 sets. After the 4th we'll be down more. Right now we're minus 11 for the set with 1 board to go at the other table.

We're down by 35 at the 1/4 mark. Official scores will be posted here: http://ping.fm/LoEU1

Last night we won by 56. Today we trail Fleisher by 8, 35-27, after the first of 8 sets in a two-day match. Doug and I are out the 2nd set.

We won the fourth set 52-9. At the two-thirds mark we lead by 37. Doug and I will be out the fifth set.

We're down by 5 at half time. As Dan Morse used to tell me "It's better to be down early than down late."

Doug and I sat out the second set. Our teammates did well. One third of the way through our match we lead by 28, 94-66.

We're playing Lapt Chan's team in the Round of "16", which has 10 teams. After the first of six 15-board sets we lead by 6, 39-33.

I'm in Chicago for the US Bridge Championships, playing on the Robinson team. We're the five seed, and we're defending. www.usbf.org.