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Flight B Live Results

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Lee Lin

Results after lunch. final results and bracket: Jonas-Silver (top seed bye) Kuang vs Poon (seed 2) Tetzlaff vs Sigward (3rd seed) Yang vs Mandell (4th seed)

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Lipkin Leads Championship Flight Opening Round

Posted on February 24, 2024 by Lee Lin

Six teams entered the GNT Championship Flight opening round today to play 50 boards in a round robin. They played 10 rounds of 5 boards each, which allows for more match awards and more flexibility or the 5-handed and 6-handed … Continue reading →

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WOW: The GNYBA Bulletin from 1984

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Lee Lin

In the middle of all the GNT excitement, we have uncovered an absolute treasure from 40 years ago thanks to Adam Wildavsky. Decades ago, the GNYBA published a regular bulletin and we have our hands on the November 1984 copy. … Continue reading →

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GNT Flight B Seeding Problem

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Lee Lin

We have an interesting first world problem. There are a lot of teams signed up for GNT Flight B this year in District 24. In fact, it is popular enough that the every eligible member of our District GNT Committee … Continue reading →

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Smirnov Advances to GNT-C Semi Finals

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Lee Lin

The 2nd KO of the KO-packed GNT season has completed with Smirnov prevailing to the semi-finals with a 65-22 halftime score and finishing the match with a final score of 114-34. First off, congratulations to the 5th place team consisting … Continue reading →

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All GNT KO Matches Scheduled

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Lee Lin

Let’s give all the advancing captains in Flight A and C a huge round of applause. Every first round KO match seems to be scheduled, most of them in February! Flight A Semi Finals First, the early bird award goes … Continue reading →

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GNT Knock Outs: Trophy Wars

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Lee Lin

We’ve entered the GNT phase that everyone both loves and hates: the KO rounds. For those in Flight C playing GNTs for the first time, congratulations. You are guaranteed to win a big chunk of gold and red points, but … Continue reading →

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GNT Flight C: Rockoff and Li Take Opening Round

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Lee Lin

The 12 Flight C teams played 50 boards each today in two groups of 6 teams. In group A, the leaders are Music Li, Yuchen Xu, Joshua Allen, and Lee Silberman. Also surviving to the KO round are Team Oratofsky … Continue reading →

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GNT Live Updates 2024-02-04

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Lee Lin

Flight A Opening Round Results: Group A: TrabulusDziekanskiJonas-Silver Group B:ChangEkinci finals flight C both groups

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Flight C Reaches 12 Teams, Conditions Explained

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Lee Lin

Just after celebrating the party in GNT Flight A, Flight C has also reached pre-pandemic levels with 12 teams. Filling a teams event with 48 players in our District, all non life masters with under 500 Masterpoints, is incredible. A … Continue reading →

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