Tournament Results for 2008
May Madness tournament, 17 May 2008
The NOVA May Madness tournament was held on Saturday, 17 May, at GMU, Arlington, VA. Twenty-eight players participated. The rules for the Madness stipulated that each player bring a wrapped prize, so everyone would go home with something. Only a few forgot this requirement, and the tournament director provided the "missing" prizes.
The winners were:
First place:
Matt Bengston, 1D, Keiju Takehara, 3K, Arnold Eudell, 4K, Yukino Takehara, 9K, Joey Phoon, 14K, Katherine Kasischke, 32K
Second place:
Richard Kim, 2D, Baifu Li, 5K, Kevin Chin, 9K, Evan Schwartz, 18K, Kenny Hyunh, 27K
Cherry Blossom tournament, 29 March 2008
71 players participated in the NOVA Cherry Blossom tournament on Saturday, 29 March, at the Sumner School in Washington, DC. The winners were:
First place: Eric Lui, 8 D (3-1), Bo Qian, 5 D (3-1), Phillip London, 1 D (4-0), Stephen Tung, 2 K (3-1), Xiaoling Du, 3 K (4-0), Keiju Takehara, 4 K (3-1), Sam Zimmerman, 4 K (3-1), Boris Bernadsky, 5 K (2-2), Steve Colburn, 6 K (4-0), Yukino Takehara, 9 K (3-1), Kevin Chin, 9 K (3-0), Deirdre Gloash, 15 K (3-1), Joey Phoon, 17 K (4-0), Alex Yen, 20 K (4-0), Melody Chao, 27 K (4-0), Kenny Hyunh, 30 K (4-0),
Second place: Yuan Zhou, 8 D, (3-1), Hal Small, 3 D (3-1), Odie Hestnes, 1 D (3-1), Adam Bridges, 2 K (3-1), Matthew Harding, 3 K (2-2), Kathy Qiu, 4 K (3-1), George Ashworth, 6 K (3-1), Raymond Yeh, 6 K (3-1), Gurujeet Khalsa, 14 K (2-2), Vi Cao, 19 K (2-2), Justin Hsu, 27 K (3-1), John Cho, 28 K (3-1), Katherine Kasischke, 32 K (3-1)
Chinese Lunar New Year tournament, 2 Feb 2008
Korean insei Hong-Suk Song 8d took top honors in the Chinese Lunar New Year Tournament.Over 70 players took part in the second annual event, which once again drew participation from many members of the local Chinese community, thanks largely to the hard work of Ching-Sung Chin, Hank Chao and Yeena Liu, who represented UBS, our principal sponsor. The event featured three simultaneous tournaments: a 4-round handicap, a pair go, and a beginner's lightning tournament.
Three pairs played in the pair go event, and in two rounds each finished 1-1, tied for both first and last. The pair teams of Andrew Jackson 4d - Gwyn Whieldon 22k, and Scott Waldron 4d - Quynh Vo 3k, each took home a bottle of wine to console themselves. The team of Keiju and Yukino Takehara, being minors, took home a bottle of apple cider.
Julian Li 35k, took the honors in the lightning tournament, with a perfect 4-0 record.
In the main handicap tournament, everyone who had a perfect 4-0 result took home a trophy, a prize and $20. Mr. Song, as the top band winner, took home $40. The winners were:
First Place: Hong-Suk Song, 8d (Korean Insei), 4-0; Yi Jin Chen 3d, 4-0; Ji Li, 2s, 4-0; Jiwei Fan 1d, 4-0; Wei Guo, 2k, 3-1; Jian Deng, 5k, 3-1; Baifu Li 6k, 4-0; Kevin Chin 9k, 4-0; Winston Ou 12k, 3-1; Ben Wang 15k, 3-1; Joey Phoon 25k, 4-0; and Melody Chao 30k, 4-0.
Second Place: Yuan Zhou 8d and Renjie Wang 6d (tied), 2-2; Li Wang 3d, 2-2; Jinglu Qiao 2d, 3-1; Todd Blatt 1k, 2-2; Xiaoling Du 3k, 2-2; Jerry Chen 6k, and Kabe Chin 6k (tied), 3-1; Louise Ingram 8k, 3-1; Garrett Smith 12k, 3-1; Gurujeet Khalsa 19k, 3-1; Justin Hsu 27k, 2-2; and Kenny Hyunh 32k, 2-2.