The Dhir team - Arjun Dhir-Will Zhu, Sam Amer-Greg Herman-Burke Snowden, defeated the Wei team - Hongji Wei-Chang Liu, Yewen Fan-Nian Si, Che Shen-Yichen Yin on the final board of the match, when the declarer in 7 diamonds had to decide whether to take a finesse or play for a squeeze and made the wrong decision. Review the bidding and play in the final segment here for lots of excitement.
Burke Snowden, Sam Amer, Greg Herman, Will Zhu, Arjun Dhir, photo by Sylvia Shi
Ben Kristensen, Adam Kaplan, Zack Grossack, Christian Jolly, Kevin Rosenberg, Oren Kriegel, photo by Bo Xiao
Sarah Youngquist, Kevin Huang, Richard Jeng, Brent Xiao, Cornelius Duffie, photo by Sylvia Shi
Harrison Luba, Rory Xiao, Michael Hu, Arthur Zhou, Jonathan Yue, photo by Bo Xiao
Sophia Chang, Lucy Zhang, Isha Thapa, Amber Lin, photo by Sylvia Shi
Teams in the Under 26 and Under 21 divisions of the 2017 Michael Seamon Junior USBC started play today in Atlanta. Thanks to Bo Xiao, here's what the playing room looked like this morning:
Play started in the 2017 IMSA Elite Mind Games in Huai'an, China, on Dec. 9th. The event concludes on Dec. 15th. Those dates are in China, which is a day later than in the US. USBF is represented by Open and Women's Teams.
In the team event, the USA Women's team finished third.
NPC David Sokolow, Tobi Sokolow, Joanne Weingold, Janice Seamon, Kerri Sanborn, DIsa Eythorsdottir, Shannon Cappelletti,
Photo by Francesca Canali
Brad Moss, Jacek "Pepsi" Pszczola, May Sakr, Justin Lall, Shan Huang, & Kevin Dwyer
Photo by Francesca Canali.
The tournament website has links to information about the event, including results and Daily Bulletins. The IMSA Elite Mind Games will be shown on BBO Vugraph each day. If I've figured out the time difference correctly, BBO coverage starts at 5:30 Pacific time, 8:30 East Coast time.