Amazing! A huge congrats to our two GNT-C teams, who have both made it to the semi-finals after Day 3 of the Chicago NABC 2023. For many of them, it was their first time playing behind bidding screens, and each team finished with commanding leads and over 150 IMPs on the scoreboard! Let’s wish good luck to Team Boge and Team Mandel as they enter the last two days of the GNT.
District 24 GNT-C Records Broken!
Our District has had a very successful set of GNT-C runs in the past decade. The last time a D24 player won a face-to-face national finals was 2014, when Sam Kuang led a team to victory in Las Vegas (he was playing for D21 according to the Daily Bulletin photo of their victory) The year prior, Matt Rudary and James Southern reached the semi-finals in Atlanta 2013. Matt paired up with Dan Lev, and Yoko Sobol in Washington DC 2016 to reach the quarter-finals. Most recently, Henry Xing won the national finals in 2021 during the online GNTs held during the pandemic.
For this year, it will be the first time ever we have two teams entering the semi-finals, and by luck of the draw and victory points, they were in separate parts of the bracket for the entire knockout phase. We might even see an all-NYC finals, giving us a 52-board rematch for the Battle of the Jacks.
For the semi-finals today, Team Boge will play against the District 4 team from Devon, PA. Team Mandel will play against the District 8 team from Urbana, IL.
Update: Team Boge has won the entire national finals, with Team Mandel taking 2nd place. A great Distrct 24 showing!
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