NOVA GO CLUB

Tournament Results for 2006

Holiday Helper tournament, 16 December 2006

30 players from 4dan to 35k, showed up to participate. Chuck Robbins and Chris Sira directed the tournament. Winners:

Dan Section - Haskell Small 3-0

1k-4k – tie: Phillip London and Nick Hoover 4-0

5k—6k - tie: Raymond Yeh and Ching-Sing Chin 3-1

7k-9k – Keiiju Takehara 2-2

15k-18k - Kevin Chin 4-0

30+k - Melody Chao 2-1

Pumpkin Classic tournament, 28 October 2006

A record 52 players, some from as far away as Pittsburg and RTP, were on hand for the annual scramble for pumpkins and gourds at NOVA-GMU. In spite of a computer crash, all four rounds finished relatively on time! Seven players 5 D and above clashed in the top section. Local sensei Yuan Zhou was upset not just once, but twice, by Daniel Chou and Keith Arnold. The winners were:

First place: Daniel Chou, 5 D, 3-1, Odie Hestnes, 1 D, 3-1, John Moore, 3 K, 4-0, Bob Ehrlich, 6 K, 2-2, John Greiner, 7 K, 3-0, and Nathan Schmitz, 8 K, (tied at 3-1), Bob Bacon, 9 K, 4-0, Kevin Chin, 15 K, 4-0, Tom Carlson, 16 K, and Hanwei Yin, 17 K, and Yukino Takehara, 17 K, (all tied at 2-2), Vi Cao, 21 K, 3-1

Second place: Kwo-Ping Ho, 6 D, 3-1, Tianren Tan, 1 D, 3-1, Robert Ferguson, 1 K, and Max Peterson, 5 K, (tied at 3-1), Ching-Sung Chin, 6 K, 2-2, Craig Nelson, 8 K, 2-2, Samantha Fede, 9 K, 2-2, Kabe Chin, 10 K, 2-2, and Melody Chao, 30 K, 2-1

Special achievement in third place: George Wang, 4 D, 3-1

Congress Tune-Up tournament, 22 July 2006

Forty-one players participated in the NOVA Congress Tune-up tournament on Saturday, 22 July. Of these, four pairs played in the pair go section for two rounds, then joined the main tournament. Our longest distance visitor was Mehnet Bersbey, from Turkey! The winners were:

Pair GO:First place, Keiju and YukinoTakehara, combined rank of 13 K, upsetting the 1 D team of Trevor Morris and Karen Gold in the final game!

Congress Tune-Up: First place, Xinmu Tan, 4 D, 4-0 (upsetting both Yuan Zhou, 8 D and Trevor Morris, 6 D), James Wu, 1 D, 3-1, Philip London, 5 K, 4-0, Ching-Sung Chin, 6 K, 3-1, Nathan Schmitz, 14 K, 4-0, Jon Grantham, 19 K, 3-1, and Melody Chao, 31 K, 4-0.

Second place, Scott Waldron, 3 D, 3-1, Tianren Tan, 1 K, 2-2, Mehnet Bersbey, 2 K, 3-1, Sudhir Vel, 3 K, 3-1, Stephen Tung, 8 K, 2-2, Jennifer Lin, 14 K, 3-1, Yukino Takehara, 19 K, 2-0, and Bill Strider, 27 K, 2-2

May Madness tournament, 20 May 2006.

Thirty-two players came to the May Madness. Everyone brought a mystery prize, so everyone went home with a prize!

First place: Chuck Robbins, 4 D, 3-1, Matt Bengston, 3 K, 4-0, Tianren Tan, 5 K, 4-0, Ching-Sung Chin, 6 K, 4-0, Paul Blackburn, 7 K, 3-1, Alpha Chen, 8 K, 3-1, Quynh Vo, 15 K, 4-0, and Melody Chao, 32 K, 4-0.

Second place: Scott Waldron, 3 D, 2-2, Robert Ferguson, 3 K, 3-1, Bob Ehrlich, 6 K, 2-2, John Greiner, 6 K, 2-2, Raymond Yeh, 6 K, 2-2, Keiju Takehara, 10 K, 3-1, Jennifer Lin, 14 K, 3-1, and Yukino Takehara, 21 K, 3-1.

Cherry Blossom tournament, 25 March 2006

Eighty-two players participated in the NOVA Cherry Blossom 2006 tournament, at the Sumner School in Washington DC. Two came all the way from Japan: Tadashi Kohmoto, 6 D, and Susumu Hyodo, 4 D. We hope that this is the beginning of an ongoing exchange with our Japanese friends. Players from Rochester, NY, North Carolina, and Ohio also made the trip! The winners were:

First Place: Eric Lui, 7 D, 4-0, Xinmu Tan, 4 D, 3-1, Ray Hunley, 1 D, 3-1, Adam Bridges, 2 K, 4-0, Neil Bernardo, 3 K, 3-1, Todd Blatt, 5 K, 3-1, Yiyu Wang, 6 K, 4-0, Nicholas Blake, 7 K, 4-0, Neil Bernstein, 8 K, 3-1, Kei Kawabata, 9 K, 4-0, Samantha Fede, 13 K, 3-1, Jennifer Lin, 15 K, 3-1, Todd Sprang, 18 K, 4-0, and Matthew Harding, 30 K, 4-0.

Second Place: Tadashi Kohmoto, 6 D, 2-2, Keith Arnold, 5 D, 2-2, Chuck Robbins, 4 D, 3-1, Scott Waldron, 2 D, 3-1, Wei Mao, 2 K, 3-1, Matt Bengston, 2 K, 2-2, John Lancaster, 5 K, 3-1, John Gipson, 6 K, 3-1, Ching-Sung Chin, 7 K, 3-1, Alpha Chen, 8 K, 2-2, Allen Giles, 8 K, 2-2, Bob Bacon, 9 K, 3-1, Keiju Takehara, 12 K, 3-1, Deidre Golash, 15 K, 3-1, Chris Long, 20 K, 3-1, and Stephanie Xu, 29 K, 2-2.

Third place (for those with winning records): Sung Yoon, 1 K, 3-1, David Hough, 20 K, 3-1, and Vi Cao, 20 K, 3-1.

Valentine’s Au Pair Pair tournament, 18 Feb 2006:

The first NOVA Valentine's Au Pair Pair Go Tournament was held on Saturday, 18 Feb 2006, at the George Mason Law School in Arlington VA. Eleven pairs participated, exceeding the wildest expectations of the director.

After two rounds, the winners (2-0) were:

Mike LePore (2 D) and Quynh Vo (17 K), playing as a 7 K team, and Keiju Takehara (12 K) and Yukino Takehara (26 K), playing as an 18 K team.

The other teams were: Ed Kao (6 D) and Fonda Chan (16 K), playing as a 4 K team; Hal Small
(3 D) and Betsy Small (13 K), playing as a 4 K team; Jim Pickett (5 K) and Louise Ingram (8 K), playing as a 5 K team; Scott Waldron (1 D) and Jennifer Lin (19 K), playing as an 8 K team; Trevor Morris (6 D) and Abby Morris (35 K), playing as a 14 K team; Keith Arnold (5 D) and Melanie Arnold (35 K), playing as a 14 K team; Todd Blatt (5 K) and Melanie Blatt (26 K), playing as a 14 K team; Eric Hittinger (12 K) and Rachel Hittinger (28 K), playing as a 19 K team; and Todd Sprang (18 K) and Stephanie Xu (28 K), playing as a 22 K team.

Each team which won one game received a second place prize. We agreed to hold our second pair tournament in July, as part of our Congress Tune-Up Tournament.

Valentine’s Lonely Hearts Handicap Tournament, 18 Feb 2006:

Nineteen players participated, later joined by four of the pair go players. The winners were:

First place - Eric Lui (8 D), 4-0; John Porvaznik (23 K), 4-0; Seong-Min Lee (28 K), 4-0; Bob Ehrlich (7 K), 3-0; and Kevin Chin (16 K), 2-2

Second place - Ken Koester (2 D), 2-1, Melody Chao (35 K), 2-1; John Lancaster (5 K), 2-2; Raymond Yeh (6 K), 2-2; Paul Blackburn (7 K), 2-2; and Tienren Tan (12 K), 2-2.