Our latest guest, Andrew Chen, is our youngest ever, by a lot! 8-year old Andrew is the ACBL's youngest ever Life Master, a feat many spend decades striving for. In May 2020, Andrew, at the age of eight years and three days, smashed the previous record holder's mark by more than a year. He also was the first to set the record since the requirements for being a Life Master moved from three hundred to five hundred Masterpoints.
All four members of Andrew's immediate family, his mother Sarah, his brother Charlie and his father Steve, are bridge players. He is also a product of Silicon Valley Youth Bridge, whose pizza parties are helping introduce many young people to the game. Steve also joins us, to whom Andrew gives a lot of credit for his amazing achievement.
Episode Highlights:
1:40" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 1:40- Andrew's favorite bridge player—and no, it's not his dad :)
4:20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 4:20- Andrew enjoys punishing his opponents
6:43" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 6:43- How Andrew decided to pursue the youngest Life Master title
9:15" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 9:15- The players who helped Andrew in obtaining the title
12:35" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 12:35- A glimpse into Andrew's bidding system
14:34" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 14:34- Andrew the ambassador
16:35" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 16:35- How Andrew's parents met
17:05" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 17:05- How Andrew's family plays bridge.
19:15" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 19:15- Andrew doesn't neglect his reading
20:43" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 20:43- Video games that Andrew enjoy playing
22:35" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 22:35- Andrew's height
25:08" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 25:08- Andrew as the narrator for Double Dummy???
27:45" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> 27:45- Andrew's language fluencies