Ljudmila Kamenova of South Setauket NY and Alex Perlin of Metuchen NJ won the NABC+ Fast Open Pairs. They are both graduates of MIT with PhDs in mathematics. “She took a lot of tricks,” said Perlin. “I needed help from her.” The pair also placed 10th in the Rockwell Mixed Pairs earlier this week.
It is the first national title for Perlin (aside from three NABC Robot Individual wins) and the third for Kamenova, who won the Marsha May Sternberg Womens B-A-M Teams in 2017 and 2018.
Second in the NABC+ Fast Open Pairs were David Hoffman of Galloway NJ and Ken Bercuson of Las Vegas, NV.