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2025 USBCs Start April 24th
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No more Written Defenses vs Multi in USBF events
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.
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Board Approves 8 Teams for the 2025 World Youth Bridge Team Championships
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
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WAN TEAM, U26 USA2 FOR THE 2025 WYBTC
After a tough loss to Kolesnik in the hard-fought USA1 Final, the Wan team (Stella Wan & Olivia Schireson, Cornelius Duffie & Jacob Freeman, and Richard Jeng & Brent Xiao dominated the USA2 final, defeating Chen (Tianyang Chen-Will Duan, Rory Xiao-Jonathan Yue, Philip Wang-Fangqing Yuan) by over 100 IMPs. WELL DONE & GOOD LUCK IN THE WYBTC next summer.
Olivia Schireson, Brent Xiao, Cornelius Duffie, Stella Wan, Richard Jeng, Jacob Freeman, photo by Joe Stokes
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