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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2020 World Bridge Games Scheduled

The WBF has announced the location and dates for the 2020 World Bridge Games (formerly the Olympiad):

The WBF Press Release:
I am very pleased to let you know that the 2020 World Bridge Games will be held in Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy. The Opening Ceremony will be held on Friday 21st August and the Closing Ceremony will be on Friday 4th September.

As you will be aware, the event is for National Teams (one per WBF Member Country) and National Pairs (for which there is no specific quota).

More details will be sent out in January and will, of course, be on the website at
www.worldbridge.org

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Board Action Regarding 2020 USBCs

At its meeting on December 2nd, 2019, the USBF Board of Directors adopted the Conditions of Contest for the 2020 USBCs, making the following determinations:

1. The Women's USBC will be named the Beth Palmer Women's USBC in memory of deceased USBF Board member Beth Palmer.

2. A player who enters 2 or more USBCs must This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. within one week of entering the second event, which World Championship event s/he will compete in if s/he qualifies for more than one, and will be required to play in the designated World Championship event, absent special approval from the USBF Credentials Committee to withdraw. NOTE: there is no change to the rule that a player who wins the Open USBC is not eligible to enter a subsequent USBC.

Final Conditions of Contest for all of the 2020 USBCs are now linked to the individual event pages accessible under the Tournaments Menu.

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  1. 2019 Board Election Report
  2. Report on 2019 World Championships and WBF Executive Council Meeting
  3. 2019 Nominating Committee Slate
  4. Congratulations to Janice Molson & Sylvia Shi, Hua Yuan Pair winners

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