[Seattle Go Center] Spring tournament results

Hello Go fans,

The Spring Tournament on Sunday, May 5th had 30 participants -- 22 in the Handicap section, and 8 in the Open section.

Yue Zhang 7d swept the Open section, winning all three of his games (and the $150 prize), which I believe marks the third time he's taken first place in a Seattle Open tournament. (2016 Anniversary Open, 2018 Spring Open, and now 2019 Spring Open.)

In the Handicap section, three-game winners were Brendan Roof 1k, Frank Brown 5k, Brian Dai 6k, George Schmitten 9k, and Zixuan Gao 13k; and they got to select a Go book from the prizes table. The two who are Youth players (17 or younger) also were awarded a special cash prize, with some generous assistance from Sonny Cho.

One encouraging fact: Three out of eight of the Open section players were Youth, as were half of the Handicap section players. So, keep helping with those outreach efforts -- it's having an effect.

Tournament direction was provided by Bill Chiles, with an assist from Daniel Top. AGA Chapter Representive Nick Wilmes helped with organizing the event, and pitched in with registration duties. Pizza lunch was included in the cost of registration, thanks to the AGA Chapter Rewards program. We gain Chapter Rewards points for every AGA member who affiliates themselves with the Seattle AGA Chapter (you can login to your AGA account and do that -- feel free to ask me to help with that, since it's a slightly tricky interface). We also gain points for every rated tournament game we report.

The next tournament with prizes will be the Anniversary Tournament -- probably October 6, but stay tuned for the latest information.

See you soon at the Go Center,

Mike Malveaux
Seattle Go Center Programs Manager

email: programs@SeattleGo.org
web: www.SeattleGo.org
Go Center phone: 206-545-1424

PS - Much thanks to Narateena the Announcement Elf for keeping the reminders going!

PPS - There are enough new members on our announcements list that I am not ashamed to recycle this joke.
Why did black play the one-space jump?

(To get to the other side.)
Thanks, Frank!

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