Dear Members,
Our 22nd Anniversary Tournament on Oct. 1 had a good crowd: 40 players. The tournament went smoothly, despite the large size, and it has already been rated by the AGA. We put our newly refinished boards to good use, and broke out some of our new “Leap” game clocks after we put out all of our older “Excalibur” clocks.
The Open Section filled up with 8 players, all of them 3 dan or stronger. The winner was Kai Fugami, playing his first tournament at the Go Center. Kai grew up in Japan, and he was an insei for a while with the Kansai Ki-in. He is a 8-dan amateur in Japan. Kai’s dad grew up in Seattle, and Kai’s family has now moved to Bellingham. We hope to see more of Kai!
Second place in the Open Section went to Alex (Xinlei) Liu. He is currently an AGA 7 dan. Alex won our Spring Tournament this year, and placed second to Yue Zhang last year in the Anniversary Tournament. Third place went to Yichen Li, who currently has an AGA 6 dan rating.
The Children’s Prize went to Austen Li, who won all his games in the Handicapped Section. He also placed first in the DDK Group. Young Amy Ling placed second in this group.
The Middle Group of the Handicapped Section had six 9 kyu players, with other players up to 4 kyu. Go Center Instructor Larry Eclipse won this section, with volunteer Christian De Oro taking second, and Thursday afternoon manager Nathan Saritzky taking third.
The Upper Group of the Handicapped Section extended up to 2 dan. It was won by Brendan Roof, who selected both volumes of Cho Chikun’s “All About Life and Death” for his prize. Former Board member Dan (Denga) Tang placed second. He selected a complete set of Hikaru No Go manga. He said that he would donate them back to the Go Center when he was done with them.
Cheers,
Brian
Brian Allen
General Manager
Seattle Go Center
manager@seattlego.org email
206 545-1424 phone Go Center
206 632-1122 phone home office
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