More Like WINneapolis for D19

District 19 won big at the summer NABC in Minneapolis, held July 9-19. 85 players scored over 2000 total masterpoints at the event, with a whopping 50 players placing in nationally rated events, including 9 players placing in the Youth NABC events.  Congratulations to everyone who brought home victories!

In the Youth NABC, Arjun Chaunal (Issaquah, WA) placed 5th in the Thursday AM Youth Pairs and 1st in the Thursday Aft Youth Swiss. Alexandra Deschenes (Bellevue, WA), Avery Liang (Bellevue, WA), Lanhao Zhao (Sammamish, WA), and Alex Zhu (Bellevue, WA) formed a team that took 5th in the Thursday Aft Youth Swiss. Arjun continued their success by winning the Baron Barclay National Youth Open Pairs and was joined by Nathan Kasperkiewicz (Redmond, WA) placing 6th in the event and partnership Leyi Chen (Bellevue, WA) and Jessica Yao (Bellevue, WA) placing 8th. Derek Deschenes (Bellevue, WA) scored a win in the Saturday Aft Youth Open Swiss Teams.  Wrapping up the Youth NABC, Nathan took 2nd with his team in the National Youth Open Swiss Teams, followed closely by Arjun in 3rd and partnership Lanhao and Alex in 5th.

In the GNTs, D19’s Flight A team consisting of John Aslin (Seattle, WA), John Krah (Seattle, WA), Aaron Mohrman (Seattle, WA), and David Taylor (Seattle, WA) made it to day 2 but unfortunately was then eliminated by the D14 team.  

In the von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs, Victor Chubukov (Seattle, W) took 21st. Partnership Tom Carmichael (Marysville, WA) and Dan Jacob (Vancouver, BC) took 27th. Tracy Brines (Richland, WA) placed 34th.  Partnership Michael Christensen (Seattle, WA) and T Brian Zaugg (Burien, WA) took 57th. Michael Gamble (Shawnigan Lake, BC) took 62nd. Partnership Kim Eng (Issaquah, WA) and Eric Sieg (Issaquah, WA) took 77th.

Xiaojing Deng (Richmond, BC) and Xiaoming Shen (Richmond, BC) placed 22nd in the NABC+ Open Pairs.

In the David Bruce 0-6000 Life Master Pairs, Brian Koblenz (Leavenworth, WA) finished 4th. 

John Schermer (Seattle, WA) finished 17/32 in the Spingold Knockout Teams.

Michael Gamble (Shawnigan Lake, BC) took first in the Truscott/USPC Senior Swiss, and Dan Jacob (Vancouver, BC) took 10th.

Jenni Carmichael (Marysville, WA) finished 5th in the Freeman Mixed Board-a-Match.

Nine players placed in the Wernher Open Pairs. Victor Chubukov (Seattle, WA) took 21st. Partnership Tom Carmichael (Marysville, WA) and James Holzhauer (Seattle, WA) took 22nd. Partnership Michael Christensen (Seattle, WA) and Ray Miller (Seattle, WA) took 32nd. Close behind, Steve Beatty (Mill Creek, WA) took 35th. Douglas Kuschner took 38th. Partnership Kim Eng (Issaquah, WA) and Eric Sieg (Issaquah, WA) took 59th.

In the 10K NABC Pairs, Barry Balof (Walla Walla, WA) and Claire Valente (Walla Walla, WA) won the event. Shelley Burns (North Vancouver, BC) placed 10th. Shelley also went on to place 3rd in the 10K Mixed Swiss.

Finishing up the event, John Krah placed 5th in the Bean Red Ribbon Pairs, and, in the Roth Open Swiss, John Schermer (Seattle, WA) placed 8th.

A full list of the masterpoint winners from D19 follows.

Masterpoints Won	First Name	Last Name	City	Province/State
118.41	Michael	Gamble	Shawnigan Lake	BC
98.47	Barry	Balof	Walla Walla	WA
82.97	John	Schermer	Seattle	WA
71.46	Claire	Valente	Walla Walla	WA
68.57	Victor	Chubukov	Seattle	WA
65.74	Tom	Carmichael	Marysville	WA
58.34	Dan	Jacob	Vancouver	BC
49.24	Daniel	Balof	Walla Walla	WA
46.81	Brian	Koblenz	Leavenworth	WA
45.33	JC	Chupack	Seattle	WA
45.33	Scott	Chupack	Seattle	WA
44	Jenni	Carmichael	Marysville	WA
42.54	Kim	Eng	Issaquah	WA
42.54	Eric	Sieg	Issaquah	WA
42.34	Michael	Christensen	Seattle	WA
40.67	Tracy	Brines	Richland	WA
37.16	Arjun	Chaunal	Issaquah	WA
37.16	John	Krah	Seattle	WA
37.03	Shelley	Burns	North Vancouver	BC
33.87	Fred	Yu	Bellevue	WA
33.87	Chungli C	Wang	Bellevue	WA
33.38	Ann	Romeo	Seattle	WA
32.78	James	Holzhauer	Seattle	WA
28.1	Ray	Miller	Seattle	WA
26.71	Xiaojing	Deng	Richmond	BC
26.71	Xiaoming	Shen	Richmond	BC
25.59	John	Aslin	Seattle	WA
25.59	David	Taylor	Seattle	WA
25.09	David	Binney	Seattle	WA
24.2	Aaron	Mohrman	Seattle	WA
24.01	Andrew	Mitchell	Oak Harbor	WA
22.29	James	Andre	Allyn	WA
22.29	Lorenzo	Migliorini	Seattle	WA
22.29	Lily	Andre	Allyn	WA
20.64	Chris	Morris-Lent	Seattle	WA
20.48	Stan	Christie	Kirkland	WA
20.45	T Brian	Zaugg	Burien	WA
20.15	Mary Eliza	Balof	Walla Walla	WA
20.03	Nathan	Kasperkiewicz	Redmond	WA
19.79	Bryan	Delfs	Renton	WA
18.84	Michael	Lee	Seattle	WA
18.5	Richard	D'Litzenberger	Leavenworth	WA
17.79	Robert	Munger	Seattle	WA
17.79	Anne	Kao	Bellevue	WA
17.51	Sarah	Thesenvitz	Black Diamond	WA
17.51	Greg	Thesenvitz	Black Diamond	WA
16.58	Arvind	Ranasaria	Redmond	WA
16.58	Rajendra	Gokhale	Seattle	WA
16.26	Steve	Beatty	Mill Creek	WA
15.37	Douglas	Kuschner	Auburn	WA
13.74	Laura	Miller	Mercer Island	WA
12.75	Shannon	Kasperkiewicz	Redmond	WA
12.22	Arthur	Gong	Sammamish	WA
12.22	Jason	Yao	Bellevue	WA
12.09	David	Janeway	Lake Stevens	WA
12.09	Stephanie	Janeway	Lake Stevens	WA
10.67	Donald	Bailey	Port Angeles	WA
10.67	Judith	Bratton	Port Angeles	WA
10.12	Leyi	Chen	Bellevue	WA
10.12	Jessica	Yao	Bellevue	WA
10.05	Brenda	Glaze	Anchorage	AK
9.66	Becky	Stevens	Seattle	WA
8.68	Jeffrey	Ford	Redmond	WA
8.45	Cindy	Oishi	West Vancouver	BC
8.38	Russel	Boknecht	Lacey	WA
7.95	Mudit	Chaunal	Issaquah	WA
7.9	Karen	Eveland	Lewiston	ID
7.8	Muyi	Chen	Bellevue	WA
7.77	Elizabeth	Heron	Seattle	WA
7.4	Julie	Smith	Vancouver	BC
6.54	Derek	Deschenes	Bellevue	WA
6.28	Sue	Anderson	Seattle	WA
5.97	Avery	Liang	Bellevue	WA
5.56	Bill	Rose	Seattle	WA
5.44	Bogdan	Vulcan	Sammamish	WA
4.79	Lanhao	Zhao	Sammamish	WA
4.79	Alex	Zhu	Bellevue	WA
4.63	Mike	Develin	Kirkland	WA
4.17	Craig	Mills	Kirkland	WA
4.17	Lisa	Brock	Kirkland	WA
4.01	Alexander	Osborn	Sammamish	WA
3.28	Sophia	Maymudes	Seattle	WA
2.94	Alexandra	Deschenes	Bellevue	WA
2.77	Dave	Westfall	Spokane	WA
2.27	Matthew	Brunoehler	Kodiak	AK
1.71	Kevin	Cline	Seattle	WA