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
Bruce Zhu, Michael Hu, Michael Xu, Finn Kolesnik, Harrison Luba, Ethan Wood, photo by Jan Martel
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
Kayden Ge, Eric Xiao, Brian Zhang, Charlie Chen, Brandon Ge, Arthur Gong, photo by Xin Ge
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
Nicole Qiang & Helen Chow, Cecilia Ehrllichman & Katie Hwang, Sharon Chu & Ella Su, photo by Amber Lin
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
Adam Hemmer & Kate Lee, Andrew Chen & Jeff Xiao, and Kevin Wei & Arjun Chaunal, photo by Amber Lin
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.
