Tournament Results for 2007
Pumpkin Classic tournament, 27 October 2007
Three dozen players braved the rain to play in the 2007 NOVA Pumpkin Classic tournament on Saturday, 27 October. Winners of the Great Pumpkin for perfect records of 4-0 were: Keiju Takehara, 5 K, and Joey Phoon, 29 K. The full list of winners, each of whom also took home a pumpkin:
First place: Trevor Morris, 6 D, 3-1, Craig Nelson, 2 D, 3-1, Todd Blatt, 1 K, 3-1, Keiju Takehara, 5 K, 4-0, Kabe Chin, 7 K, 3-1, and Joey Phoon, 29 K, 4-0
Second Place: Daniel Chou, 7 D, 2-2, Patrick Allen, 1 D and Ben Armitage, 1 D, tied at 2-2, Nathan Schmitz, 2 K and Stephen Tung, 3 K, tied at3-1, C.S.Chin, 5 K, 3-1, Kelsey Dyer, 7 K and Yukino Takehara, 10 K, tied at 2-2, and Melody Chao, 30 K, 3-1
Congress Tune-Up tournament, 14 July 2007
26 players participated:
First place: Daniel Chou, 6d (3-1); Dave Wong, 2d (3-0); Ben Armitage, 1k (3-1); Stephen Tung, 4k (3-1); Keiju Takehara, 8k (4-0); Yukino Takehara, 13k (2-2); Alex Yen, 30k (4-0).
Second place: Nicholas Jhirad, 6d (2-2); Bob Ehrlich, 6k (3-1); Kabe Chin, 8k (3-1); Calvin Li, 12k (2-2).
Cherry Blossom tournament, 31 March 2007
84 players participated in the annual Cherry Blossom at the Sumner School, in downtown DC. Chris Garlock, John Pinkerton, and Todd Heidenreich broadcast boards 1 and 2 live on KGS. Over one dozen celebrated afterward at Heritage India for dinner, too.
First place: Eric Lui 8d (4-0); Scott Waldron 4d (3-1); Zhaochi Wei 2d (4-0); Tianren Tan 2d (4-0); Odie Hestnes 1d (4-0); Gregory Lysko 3k (4-0); Craig Garrett 4k (2-2); Stephen Tung 5k (4-0); Mike Lash 6k (4-0); David Warzinski 7k & Samantha Fede 7k (2-2); Matthew Harding 8k (4-0); Shannon Jones 9k & Kabe Chin 9k(3-1); Hanwei Yin 14k (3-1); Joel Wheatley 18k (4-0); Melody Chao 30k (3-1).
Second place: Nicholas Jhriad 5d(3-1); Andrew Jackson 4d (2-2); Daniel Poore 1d (2-2); Ed Hsu 1d (2-1); Nicole Casanta 1 K (3-1); Joe Maia 2k (3-1); Arnold Eudell 4k (2-2); Sam Zimmerman 4k (2-2); Kathy Qiu 4k (2-2); Bill Cobb 4k (2-1); Chin-Sung Chin 5k (2-2); John Zhao 5k (2-2); John Gipson 6k (3-1); Raymond Yeh 6k (3-1); Patrick Allen 6k (3-1); Andrew Hubbard 8k (3-1); Robert Lorenz 12k (3-0); Larom Lancaster 18k (3-1); Alex Yen 29k (3-1); Joey Phoon 30k (3-0).
Chinese Lunar New Year tournament, 3 February 2007
An undefeated Daniel Chou 6d topped the tournament. A total of 73 players - including many new players from the Chinese-American community -- turned out for three simultaneous tournaments, a 4-round regular tournament, 3-round Pair Go tournament and a kid's Lightning Tournament. Chou, a 29-year-old software engineer, learned the game as a child in Taipei and only recently started playing again.
Held at the George Mason Law School in Arlington, VA, the tournament was organized by the NoVa Go Club, the Great Falls Go/Chess Club and the Hai Hua Community Center. The tournament's main financial sponsors were Yeena Liu, UBS Financial Advisor (www.ubs.com/fa/yeenaliu) and the Culture Center of TECRO. Other sponsors included Slate & Shell, Financial Tax Specialist, Inc., Fu-Lin Y. Lee, Ph.D, Frank de Groot, Teacher Chin, Michael Houh & Ivy Lang and TECRO. The sponsors' generous contributions allowed cash prizes for the winners in each tournament. Allan Abramson co-organized the event with Ching-Sung Chin, who was also Editor-in-Chief of the 30-page tournament program book. Hank Chao brought all the trophies and piggy banks in honor of the Year of the Pig from Shanghai. The top boards in both the main and Pair Go tournaments were broadcast live on KGS and IGS. E-Journal coverage - game recording, photography and reporting -- was provided by Chris Garlock and John Pinkerton, and Todd Blatt of the UMBC Go Club provided laptop support.
Winners:Chinese Lunar New Year Tournament:
First place: Daniel Chou 6d, Yi Jin Chen 2d, Peter St John 1d, Guo Xu Wei, 2k, Max Peterson 5k, Justin Blank 6k, Neil Berstein 8k, Kabe Chin 10k, Kevin Chin 14k, Alex Yen 33k, and Joey Phoon 35k.
Second place: James Wu 3d, Jinglu Qiao 2d, Ben Bernstein, 1d, Jie Wei Fan 1d, Zhaochi Wei 1d, Kathy Qiu 4k, John Zhao 5k, Samantha Fede 8k, Patrick Allen 9k, and Nephi Griffith 19k. Perfect records of 4-0 were produced by Daniel Chou, Yi Jin Chen, Max Peterson, Neil Bernstein, Kevin Chin, Alex Yen and Joey Phoon.
Pair Go Tournament:
The winners were the team of Scott Waldron, 4d and Quynh Vo, 7k, with a perfect record of 3-0. Second place in a tie-breaker was taken by the team of Todd Blatt, 3k, and Stephanie Xu, 18k, at 2-1. Four other teams participated.
Beginners' Lightning Tournament:
This one attracted eight young players rated 30-35k. The dominant winner was Wesley Chen with a perfect record of 8-0. Second was Eric Xie at 6-2. Third was Marcus Phoon at 5-3. Other competitors included Ashley Chen, Michael Tang, Eric Tchong, Krystal Chao, and Jessie Tang.