AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL: News from the American Go Association

August 7, 2003

In This Edition:
JOEY HUNG WINS ING AMATEUR
AMATEUR ING 4TH ROUND RESULTS
HEWITT TOP DIE HARDER

JOEY HUNG WINS ING AMATEUR: In a surprise upset, Joey Hung 6d defeated defending Amateur Ing champion Jie Li 6d by resignation in Wednesday night's final round, winning the 2003 Amateur Ing title. "I taught him too well," said Li good-naturedly as Joey, a huge smile lighting up his face, accepted congratulations from onlookers. The 27-year-old software engineer from Fremont, CA, credits Li, his teacher for the last four years, for helping improve his game. Although he's been playing for twenty years and achieved 6d when he was just 16, Joey says the last four years studying with Jie Li have made a huge difference in his game. Joey's advice to would-be top players is to "Play a lot! The three periods of the most growth in my strength were when I was playing the most go. You need a good teacher to show you your mistakes, but it's best to play a lot of games." Perhaps sowing his own seeds for a new future Ing champion, Joey now has thirty students of his own, ranging in age fro!
 m 5 to 17 years old.
- reported by Chris Garlock

AMATEUR ING 4TH ROUND RESULTS: Joey Hung (4-0) defeated Jie Li (3-1); Moon Chong Kim (3-1) beat Ned Phipps (2-2); Yongfei Ge (3-1) won over Ke Huang (2-2); Jong Moon Lee (3-1) beat Lianzhou Yu (2-2); Michael Zeng (2-2) defeated Yuan Zhou (1-3); Jung Hoon Lee (2-2) beat Thomas Hsiang (1-3); I-han Lui (2-2) won over James Sedgwick (1-3) and Eric Lui (1-3) defeated Jon Boley (0-4). Final standings will be reported later this week. 
- reported by Bob Barber

HEWITT TOP DIE HARDER: Bill Hewitt 3d won top honors in Wednesday's Die Hard Tournament, a 4-round event held during the traditional Congress Day Off. An amazing 107 players passed up visits to the Houston Space Center, museums or Galveston's Moody Gardens to participate. Those wishing to emulate Hewitt's perfect 4-0 may want to consider the benefits of the focus and discipline of taking up shakuhachi, the Japanese flute Bill has learned to play since retiring a few years ago. Other winners: Low Dan: Hildegard Puttkemmer 2d (3-1); High Kyu: Peter Straus 1k (4-0); High Kyu Honorable Mention goes to Che Cho Yun 5k (4-0); Low Kyu: Stephen Sun (4-0); Low Kyu Honorable Mention: Sheng Xiong Xie 23k (4-0). 

E-JOURNAL GO CONGRESS EDITION STAFF: Chris Garlock, Bill Cobb, Bob Barber, Joe Carl, Mike Heinich, Jeff Miller.

FORMATTING NOTE: We apologize if there are formatting problems with the Congress Edition of the E-Journal, which is filed from a Palm PDA.