Sylvia Shi
{{short description|American bridge player}}
Sylvia Shi (born July 24, 1988) is an American multi national champion and world champion in duplicate bridge.
Career
Shi started playing bridge in 2011 when she picked it up over learning to fly planes as a much-needed new hobby after a break-up.{{Citation | title = Daily Bulletin | volume = 90 | issue = 3, page 1 | date = November 26, 2017 | url = http://cdn.acbl.org/nabc/2017/03/bulletins/db3.pdf }} While she is well-versed in many systems, she has a fondness for playing TOSR (transfer-oriented systemic relay),{{citation|url=http://www.bantha.org/~pahk/bridge/tosr/|title=Transfer-Oriented Symmetric Relay Precision|accessdate=25 January 2018}} a form of Precision Club.{{cite web|url=https://bridgewinners.com/profile/sylvia-shi/|title=Sylvia Shi's Bridge Winner Profile|website=www.bridgewinners.com|accessdate=25 January 2018}} Shi became a Grand Life Master in December 2019 at the San Francisco NABC.{{cn|date=May 2022}}
Shi admitted to cheating at online bridge through self-kibitzing{{Cite web|date=2020-07-23|title=Confession of a Self Kibitzer Pt 2|url=https://bridgewinners.com/article/view/confession-of-a-self-kibitzer-pt-2/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=Bridge Winners|language=en}} and was suspended by the American Contract Bridge League from July 2020 to July 2023.[https://web2.acbl.org/discipline/HR_Shi.pdf ACBL Appeals and Charges Committee Report.]
She is now on probation with the ACBL through 2026.
Bridge accomplishments
=Wins=
- Grand National Teams Flight C 2012, Flight A 2016
- Lebhar IMP Pairs 2015
- NABC+ Mixed Swiss Teams 2015
- Sternberg Women's Board-a-Match Teams 2016
- 10K Mixed Swiss Teams 2016
- Torlontano Trophy 2016
- Smith Life Master Women's Pairs 2017
=Runners-up=
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{WBFpeople|30703}}
{{WPCBIndex}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shi, Sylvia}}