Following the decision by the WBF to no longer allow players to consult written defenses against “Multi” at the table, the USBF has also eliminated the authorization for written defenses to those bids. This change will apply starting with the 2025 USBCs. “Multi” means an opening bid of 2 of a minor the only weak meaning of which is weak 2 of one Major.

At its meeting on February 10th, the USBF Board approved the following teams to represent the USBF at the 2025 WYBTC, pending completion of a small amount of outstanding documentation by some players.

U26 Division

USA1: Finn Kolesnik - Michael Xu
           Harrison Luba - Bo Han (Bruce) Zhu
           Michael Hu - Ethan Wood
           NPC - Joe Grue

USA2: Stella Wan - Olivia Schireson
           Cornelius Duffie - Jacob Freeman
           Richard Jeng - Brent Xiao
           NPC - Christian Jolly

U21 Division

USA1: Avery Silverstein - Daniel Balof
           Jack Boge - Ethan Derman
           Michael Haas - Sam Pahk
           NPC - Aaron Silverstein

USA2: Brandon Ge - Arthur Gong
           Charlie Chen - Eric Xiao
           Kayden Ge - Brian Zhang
           NPC - Brian Platnick

U26 Women Division

USA1: Cecilia Ehrlichman - Katie Hwang
           Helen Chow - Nicole Qian
          Ava Donnellan - Kyra Helmbold
          NPC - Kent Mignocchi

USA2: Ella Su*- Sharon Chu
           Katie Sullivan - Caroline Zhao
           Jasmine Bakhshi - Jessie Cai
           NPC - Mitch Dunitz

U16 Division

USA1: Jeff Xiao - Andrew Chen
            Kyo Chen - Alex Shih
           Adam Hemmer - Zinnia Meyer
           NPC - Alex Kolesnik

USA2: Jayson Lee - Kate Lee
            Lee Blocher - Alex Xu
            Kevin Wei - Arjun Chaunal
            NPC - Will Watson