Junior Teams and NPCs for 2020 WYBTC

The USBF Board has approved the following teams and NPCs for the 2020 WYBTC in Salsomaggiore:

 

Patiño Cup (Under 26)
USA1:

Hongji Wei - Yichen Yin

Zach Grossack - Kevin Rosenberg

Adam Kaplan - Ben Kristensen

NPC: Brian Platnick

USA2:

Louis-Amaury Beauchet - Nolan Chang

Hakan Berk - David Soukup

Daniel Sonner - Isaac Stephani

NPC: David Caprera

 

Damiani Cup (Under 21)
USA1:

Finn Kolesnik - Michael Xu

Harrison Luba - Sarah Youngquist

Zhaofeng Phillip Wang - Jonathan Yue

NPC: Adam Grossack

USA2:

Michael Hu - Arthur Zhou

Cornelius Duffie - Stella Wan

Richard Jeng - Brent Xiao

NPC: Joel Wooldridge

 

Rona Cup (Young Women Under 26)
USA:

Sophia Chang - Lucy Zhang

Cynthia Huang - Morgan Johnstone

Emma Kolesnik - Amber Lin

NPC: Kent Mignocchi

 

Koç University Cup (Under 16)
USA1:

Marley Cedrone - Zach Posternak

Arthur Gong - Eric Xiao

Michael Haas - Sam Pahk

NPC: Alex Kolesnik

USA2:

Charlie Chen - Kayden Ge

Branden Ge - Olivia Schireson

Ethan Xie - Brian Zhang

NPC: Will Watson

 

 

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Congratulations Stephani and Xiao Teams

The two USA2 teams for the 2020 WYBTC were decided at the 2019 Michael Seamon United States Bridge Championships today.

In the Under 26 Division, Stephani (Beauchet-Chang, Berk-Soukup) defeated Fan (Wei, Si-Xiong) by 68 IMPs in the USA2 final today. They will join Kaplan (USA1) in the Patiño Cup this summer. 

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Louis Amaury Beauchet, Hakan Berk, Isaac Stephani, David Soukup, Nolan Chang. Photo by Min Bai.

In the Under 21 Division, Xiao (B. Xiao-Jeng, Hu-Zhou, Duffie-Wan) defeated Vohra (Smith, Lui-Liu, R. Xiao-Yue) by 72 IMPs. They will join Kolesnik (USA1) this summer in the Damiani Cup.

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Richard Jeng, Brent Xiao, Cornelius Duffie, Arthur Zhou, Michael Hu, Stella Wan. Photo by Min Bai.

The Stephani team will be required to add a player so that the teams going to Salsomaggiore have 6 players.

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Congratulations Cedrone, Kolesnik, and Lin Teams

The remaining 3 USA1 teams for the 2020 WYBTC were decided at the 2019 Michael Seamon United States Bridge Championships today.

In the Under 16 Division, who will contest for the Koç University Cup this summer, Cedrone (Pasternak, Haas-Pahk, Gong-Xiao) defeated Ge (B, Ge-Schireson, K, Ge-Chen, Zhang-Xie) by 1.83 IMPs - the U16 teams carried over 51% of their SemiFinal score to the Final).

2019Cedrone team 

Marley Cedrone, Zacharia Pasternak, Sam Pahk, Michael Haas, Eric Xiao, Arthur Gong. Photo by Min Bai

In the Under 21 Division, playing for the Damiani Cup, Kolesnik (F. Kolesnik-Xu, Luba-Youngquist) defeated Xiao (B. Xiao-Jeng, Hu-Zhou, Duffie-Wan) by 15 IMPs (the teams were tied at the end of 3 quarters of play).

2019 Kolesnik team

Harrison Luba, Michael Xu, Finn Kolesnik, Sarah Youngquist, photo by Min Bai

In the Women Under 26 Division, the Lin team (Lin-E. Kolesnik, Chang-Zhang) earned the right to compete for the Rona Cup by defeating Hsieh (Hsieh-Cai, Fashingbauer-Miller).

2019Lin team

Amber Lin, Emma Kolesnik, Lucy Zhang, Sophia Chang. Photo by Min Bai

The Kolesnik & Lin teams will be required to add a pair so that the teams going to Salsomaggiore have 6 players.

 

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CONGRATULATIONS Kaplan Team, USA1 for the 2020 Patiño Cup

The team captained by Adam Kaplan (Ben Kristensen, Kevin Rosenberg-Zach Grossack, Arjun Dhir-Yichen Yin)  led from start to finish in the 2019 Michael Seamon Junior United States Bridge Championship Under 26 division, winning the Round Robin by almost a full match and defeating the Xu team in the SemiFinals and the Hallerman team in the Final by over 80 IMPs. They will be USA1 for the Under 26 division at the 2020 World Youth Bridge Team Championships, to be contested in Salsomaggiore, Italy in August.

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Arjun Dhir, Zach Grossack, Yichen Yin, Adam Kaplan, Kevin Rosenberg, and Ben Kristensen, photo by Min Bai

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  1. 2020 World Bridge Games Scheduled
  2. Board Action Regarding 2020 USBCs
  3. 2019 Board Election Report
  4. Report on 2019 World Championships and WBF Executive Council Meeting