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January 11, 2003
Piscataway, NJ 
Feng Yun Go Tournament 
62 Players (27 dan players, 35 kyu players)
Sponsor: Ing Foundation
Organizer: Feng Yun; Assistant Organizer: Larry Russ
Director: Chuck Robbins
Assistant Director: Robert Muldowney
Open Section (10 players): 1st: HUANG, KE 7d; 2nd: GUAN, Mozheng, 7d; 3rd: ZHOU, Yansong 6d
Dan Division: 1-6d (17 players): 1st: CHEN, Wei 1d; 2nd: CHEN, Zhaonian 4d; 3rd: LIU, Andy 4d.
Upper Kyu Division: 1-6k (21 players): 1st ZHANG, Yinghe 3k; 2nd: CHEN, Yu 4k; 3rd: PALMER, Marc 1k.
Lower Kyu Division: 7-22k (14 players): 1st: SIMMONS, Joshua 16k; 2nd: ROSENBLATT, Gregory 20; 3rd: MCCOWAN, Ian 7k.

January 11, 2003
Piscataway, NJ
Feng Yun Youth Tournament 
42 players; ranging from 5 to 15 years old.
Sponsor: Ing Foundation
Organizer: Feng Yun
Assistant Organizer: Larry Russ
Director: Chuck Robbins
Assistant Director: Robert Muldowney
19x19 Older Group (12 players): 1st: GU, Jason 15k; 2nd: LIN, Ken 20k; 3rd: HSU,Eric 20 
19x19 Younger Group (17 players): 1st: SHANG, Kevin 20; 2nd: YAN, Jasmine 20k; 3rd: DAI, Anna 20k
13x13 Older Group (8 players): 1st: ZHONG, Peter 25k; 2nd: HSU, Sophia 25k; 3rd: AN, Terrence 25
13x13 Younger Group (12 players); 1st: XU, Yang 25k; 2nd: SHANG, Andrew 25k; 3rd: ZHAO, Bonng 25k.

January 18, 2003
Baltimore, MD
Fujitsu Amateur Tournament
19 players
TD: Todd Heidenreich
4-game winners: I-Han LUI, Joshua SIMMONS. 3-game winners: Gregory LEFLER, Juan Pablo QUIZON & Gregory ROSENBLATT. Special Long Distance Award to the indefatigable Rochester crew, which not only braved snow and cold to play in Baltimore but then turned around and headed north for the MGA tournament tomorrow in Boston. 

January 4-5, 2003
San Francisco, CA
11th Jujo Jiang GOE Tournament
Open section: 1st: Jiang, Zhu-jiu (Jujo); 2nd: Jiang, Ming Jiu; 3rd: Hung, Joey; 4th: Chen, Wei-Yu; 5th: Hong, Seung; 6th: Chien, James; 7th: Bull, Michael; 8th: Xu, Patrick; 9th: Yao, Jin; 10th: Kemper, Lance; 11th: Phipps, Ned; 12th: Wang, Justin. 
Handicap section: 1st: Tang, Curtis 4d; 2nd: Wang, Xunfeng, 5d; 3rd: Van, Kiet Chanh 3d; 4th: Shi, Gina 4d; 5th: Burrall, Steven, 4d; 6th: Hao, Jerry 3d; 7th: Min, Hong-yu 5d; 8th: Harris, Mark, 4d; 9th: Phipps, Joanne, 3d; 10th: Chen, Wan Yu 3d; 11th: Fotland, David 3d; 12th: Zucker, Joshua 3d; 13th: Brown, Ernest 3d; 14th:Kass, Michael 5d.
2d-1d: 1st: Tsai, Tiffany, 2d; 2nd (2-way tie): Elchert, Ken 2d & Shiah, Samuel, 2d; 4th: Tang, Isaac 1d; 5th: Mang, Josef 1d
1k-4k: 1st: Marvit, Dave 3k; 2nd: Tang, Stephen 3k; 3rd: Oto, Robert 1k 
5k-10k: 1st: Shen, Hao 6k; 2nd: Sonnenblick, Eddie 10k; 3rd: Zhang, Tony 9k 
11k & up: 1st: Liu, Kevin 11k; 2nd: Shieh, Ray 29k; 3rd: Lim, James 13k 

January 11, 2003
Arlington, VA
NOVA Winter Warmer Go Tournament
20 players
Organizer: Allan ABRAMSON
DANS: 1ST: Brian KLEINER, 4d, 3-1; 2nd: Hal SMALL, 3d, 2-2
1-4 KYUS: 1st: Ray HUNLEY, 1k, 3-1; 2nd: Sam ZIMMERMAN, 4k, 2-2
6 KYUS: Kathy QIU, 6k, 4-0 (promoted to 5k); 2nd: Raymond YEH, 6 K, 3-1, 
7-10 KYUS: 1st: Seth HOFFMAN, 9k, 3-1; 2nd: Louise INGRAM, 8k, 2-2
11-14 KYUS: 1st: Todd HEIDENREICH, 14k, 3-1
15 AND UNDER KYUS: 1st: Greg MCCALL, 17k, 4-0 (promoted to 15k)

January 11, 2003
Salem, OR
5th Salem Winter Handicap
32 players, inc. 8 youth players.
3 rounds, Ing Sponsored, 
DAN: Three way tie for first (all 2-1): Jun, ByungSu, 6d; Hakala, Ben 1d; Letts, Peter, 1d
SINGLE KYU: Three way tie for first (all 3-0): Shelley, Christopher 1k; Wahl, Ed, 7k; Riehl, Dave, 7k
DOUBLE KYU: Tie for first (3-0): French, Aaron, 21k; Davis, Caleb (14) 27k; Three way tie for third (2-1): Bliss, Chris, 15k; Hodge, Trevor 17k; Klymak, Jody, 18k; Gaty, Cynthia, 26k

January 19, 2003
Boston, MA
MGA Winter Handicap Tournament
44 players
TD: Don Wiener
5d-5k Section Winners: 1st: Gregory LEFLER, 3k, 4-0; 2nd: John CHAMBERLAIN, 4k, 4-0; 3rd: Won KIM, 5d, 3-1.
6k-22k Section Winners: 1st: Susan SCOTT, 21k, 4-0; 2nd: Leif GERJUOY, 13k, and Gregory ROSENBLATT, 16k tied with 3-1.

February 22, 2003
Toronto, Canada
Toronto Go Club Tournament
TD: Frank MONKS
32 players (including 2 carloads from Rochester, NY!)
Division A (5d-1k): 1st: Chris Garlock, 2d (Wash., DC); 2nd: Harry Weisbaum,
1d (Tor).
Division B (2k-6k): 1st: Ziya Kadioglu, 5k (Tor); 2nd: Jia Yu, 3k (Roch.,
NY)
Division C (10k-17k): 1st: Justin Kramer, 11k (Roch., NY); 2nd: Timothy
Lillicrap, 12k (Tor).
Division D (17k-25k): Milan Davidovic, 10k (Tor); 2nd: Ryan Dadsun, 25k.

February 22, 2003
Chicago, IL
"Axe Me No Questions"
45 players; TD: Robert BARBER
1st High Dan: GHERMAN, Sorin, 7d; 1st Low Dan: LU, Jiang, 1d; 1st Low Kyu: (Four way tie) LEE, Girak, 2k; PRATT, Jeff, 5k; RUBENSTEIN, Mark 6k; SKRABACZ, Carl, 8k; 1st Mid Kyu: ZHOU, William, 13k; 1st High Kyu: (Two way tie) ROHDE, David, 21k, WANG, Ryan, 25k. 

March 1-2, 2003
Princeton, NJ
New Jersey Open
85 registered players, including young players from the the Feng Yun go school. Organized and directed by Rick MOTT and Paul MATTHEWS
NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP: co-champions: I-Han LUI (8d), Ke HUANG (8D); equal 3rd-4th: Yansong ZHOU (7d), Mozheng GUAN (7d). 
OTHER WINNERS: 5 game winners: Jason GU (10k), Walter HO (22k); 4 game winners: Zhaonian CHEN (5D), Keith ARNOLD (5D), Xiaoying HUANG (3D), Xiaogang MA (3D), Dayong YU (2D), Peng LI (1D), Michael HU (1K), Michael VAN WIE (4K), Nathan CURTIS (6K), Zaher NAZIF (7K), Hochul LEE (12K), Ken LIN (13K), Thomas WRZOSEK (15K) 3 of 4 game winners: Yongzhong WU (4K), Nelson HUA (26K). 

March 2
Sunnyvale, CA
7th Zhu Jiu Jiang Youth Goe Tournaments
7TH ZHU JIU JIANG 19X19 YOUTH GOE TOURNAMENT 
A SECTION: 1st: Shiah, Sam, 5d; 2nd: Burrall, Matthew, 5d; 3rd: Zhong, Sichen, 5d. 
B SECTION: 1st: Orii, Naoki, 1d; 2nd: Luo, Chris, 1d; 3rd: Yen, Jonathan, 1d.
C SECTION: 1st: Cheng, Hank, 2k; 2nd: Liu, Kevin, 2k; 3rd: Zhang, Tony, 2k.
D SECTION: 1st: Chow, Winston, 4k; 2nd: Kuang, Leonard, 4k; 3rd: Yim, Arnold, 4k.
E SECTION: 1st: Huang, Owen, 6k; 2nd: Zhang, Pamela, 6k; 3rd: Leong, Lim-man, 6k.
F SECTION: 1st: Chow, Wesley, 8k; 2nd: Sheu, Angela, 8k; 3rd: Shieh, Austin, 8k.
G SECTION: 1st: Chen, Albert, 10k; 2nd: Chen, Wayne, 10k; 3rd: Huang, Ward, 10k.
H SECTION: 1st: Liu, Howard, 12k; 2nd: Chang, Vincent, 12k; 3rd: Ma, Kevin, 12k.

7TH ZHU JIU JIANG 13X13 YOUTH GOE TOURNAMENT 
A SECTION: 1st: Tang, Amy, 29k; 2nd: Jen, Vivian, 29k; 3rd: Chen, Jame, 29k.
B SECTION: 1st: Liu, Jason, 29k; 2nd: Teng, Angelica, 29k; 3rd: Chang, Jeffrey, 29k.
C SECTION: Lien, Andrew, 29k; 2nd: Chen, Yale, 29k; 3rd: Coughran, Brendan, 29k.
D SECTION: 1st: Chao, Eric, 29k; 2nd: Sun, Margaret, 29k; 3rd: Lee, Roger, 29k. 
E SECTION: 1st: Ju, Stephany, 29k; 2nd: Woo, Eugene, 29k; 3rd: Chang, Lisa, 29k.

March 22, 2003
Washington, DC
NoVa Cherry Blossom
TD: Allan Abramson 1st place winners: Chuck Robbins, 2d, 4-0; Ray Hunley, 2k, 3-1; Ken Qiu, 3k, 4-0, promoted to 1k; Kathy Qiu, 5k, 3-1; Juan Quizon, 7k, 4-0, promoted to 6k; Seth Hoffman, 9k, 3-1; Ed Caldeira, 13k, 3-1; Peter LeFevre, 16k, 3-0, promoted to 15k; Eoghan Barry, 28k, 4-0, promoted to 25k. 2nd place winners: Keith Arnold, 5d, 2-1; Brian Kleiner, 4d, 2-2; Hal Small, 3d, 2-1; Longwen Deng, 2d, 2-1; Xin-Li Zhou, 2k, 2-2; Jeremy Banzhaf, 3k, 3-1; Sam Zimmerman, 4k, 3-1; Raymond Yeh, 7k, 3-1; George Wilson, 8k, 3-1; Joshua Simmons, 8k, 3-1; James McIlhargey, 13k, 3-1; Garrett Smith, 14k, 3-1; Kabe Chin, 20k, 2-2; Matt Kulikosky, 25k, 3-1. 

10th Michael Redmond Cup League Senior Division
Round 1 results: Zipei Feng did not log on; Andy Liu won on W vs Kristen Burrall; Tiffany Tsai lost vs Mozeng Guan on B; Richard Liang won on W vs Gina Shi; Jin Chen won vs Matt Burrall on B; Jason Pan lost on W vs Ming Curran. 

March 29, 2003
Philadelphia, PA
2003 Philadelphia Tournament
25 players
Organizer: Phil Straus; Director: Chuck Robbins
1st: LEFLER, Greg, 2k, 4-0 $60; 2nd: LU, Ke, 4d, 3-1, $20; BERNSTEIN, Ben, 1k, 3-1, $20; BANZHAF, Jeremy, 3k, 3-1, $20; WALKER, Mead, 5k, 3-1, $20; DOBBINS, Michael 6k, 3-1, $20; WINTERS, Andrew 13k, 3-0, $20; ROFE, Amanda, 16k, 3-1, $20. 

March 30-31, 2003
Hoboken, NJ
HOBOKEN 2003 CLUB TOURNAMENT
20 players; Director: Larry Russ
4-game winners: none: what a tough field!
3-game winners: QIAO, Qi, 3d; LI, Peng, 1d; HU, Michael, 1k; MARTIN, David, 4k; BRETHERICK, Steve, 4k; LUCOTTE, Matthieu, 6k; WATKINS, Charles 12 k.
KUDOS to TD Larry Russ for prompt results reporting in the proper format (see above): the hard-working E-Journal editors thank you, Larry!

March 29, 2003
Tacoma, WA
TACOMA/UPS GO CLUBS INAUGURAL TOURNAMENT
3 rounds (plus an optional round that drew only 4 players)
30 players; Director: Steve Stringfellow
3-game winners: WANG, Jeffrey, 6d; SAFFELL, Matt, 4k; HATAYAMA, Greg, 16k. (Greg also won his optional game, so he's really a 4-game winner.); 2-game winners: MA, Dong, 6d; BOLEY, Jon, 6d; HU, Richard, 3d; HUANG, Steve, 3d; LETTS, Peter, 2d; HAYASHI, Roy, 1d; MCKEE, James, 3k; PETERS, Glenn, 4k; MALVEAUX, Mike, 7k; NEW, Gordon, 8k. 
We had an unusually strong field: 20% of the players were 6-dans. Thanks for the strong support at Tacoma's first AGA tournament by players from other clubs, near (Seattle Go Center / Seattle Chinese Go Club) and far (Matt Saffell, Peter Letts, and Glenn Peters drove up from Oregon)! For complete results and a few photos, go to 
http://www.hilltopgo.com/evrep/tac0303/

April 5-6, 2003
San Francisco, CA
SAN FRANCISCO GO CLUB SPRING TOURNAMENT 
40 players.
4d-6d: 1st: Dong Zhang 6d; 2nd: Gina Shi 4d; 3rd: Jouyoung Kim 6d
2k-2d: 1st: Brian Leahy 1d; 2nd: Robert Oto 2d; 3rd: Carlo Nitsch, 2d
9k-4k: 1st: Yi-Seob Byeon 4k; 2nd: Charles Slater 8k; 3rd: Paul Bensen 4k
10k+: 1st: Patrick Varda 15k; 2nd: Karoline Burrall 17k; 3rd: Kevin Murakoshi 15k

April 5-6, 2003
College Park, MD
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND TOURNAMENT 
31 players
Organizer: Steve Mount; Director: Chuck Robbins
Dan Division: 1st: ($150) LI, Ning 5d; 2nd: ($50) LIU, Andy 5d; 3rd: ($50) GUO, Haiming 5d
Kyu Division: 1st: MCILHARGEY, James 13k; 2nd: MOORE, Michael 25k
Both kyu winners won a free membership to go4go.net donated by the owner of go4go.

April 13, 2003
Boston, MA
MGA SPRING TOURNAMENT 
TD: Roland Crowl
1st: Jinsung You, 1k; tie for 2nd: Jeffrey Miller, 8k & John Kraemer, 13k

April 19, 2003
Middlebury, VT
GEORGE SPORZYNSKI MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
16 players (plus 8 players in 13X13 novice tournament)
TD: Peter Schumer
1st: Chuck Robbins (3D) 4 0, 2nd: Peter Schumer (2k) 3 1, 3rd: Bill
Arrand (2k) 3 1, 4th: Quentin Dombro (2k) 3 1, 5th: Eva Casey (3k) 3
1. 1st place prize $100 gift certificate to Yutopian Enterprises/Kiseido (with
support from Ing Foundation), 2nd place prize: $80 gift certificate to
Yutopian Enterprises/Kiseido, 3rd and 4th prizes included books donated
by Slate and Shell. 

April 26, 2003
Houston, TX
HOUSTON SPRING GO TOURNAMENT
University of Houston
TD: George Wang
Attendees: 33
Section I: 1st, WANG, George, 4D, 3/1; 2nd, HUDNALL, Christopher, 1D, 3/1; 3rd, RODMAN, John Paul, 4K, 3/1
Section II: 1st, RHODES, Kris, 14K, 4/0; 2nd, HOLDEN, William F., 8K, 4/0; 3rd, VU, David 23K, 3/1;
Section III: 1st, VU, Christopher, 24K, 4/0; 2nd, WANG, Frank 29K, 4/0; 3rd, ROUEN, Michael, 30K, 4/0

April 27, 2003
Amherst, MA
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS GO TOURNAMENT
TD: Matt Noonan
18 players
17 rated games
2k and up: Andreu Cabré (3 0); 3k 9k: Nathan Curtis (4 0); 10k and down: Ross Duncan (3 1)

May 3, 2003
Corvallis, OR
Corvallis Spring Go Tournament
41 players, including 17 youth players. 
AGA-rated event, with generous fund matching by the Ing Foundation. The strongest players were Mr. Byung Su Jun, 6D+, from Portland, and Mr. Peter Yam, 4D, from Eugene. The strongest youth players were Bryant Brownell, 2 kyu, age 17, Landon Brownell, 3 kyu, age 13, and Jang Won Bae, 6 kyu, age 12, all with the Corvallis Go Club. There were also many new players entered in the 25 kyu to 27 kyu range. Several players went 3-0: Hua Yao, 2D, Corvallis; Ed Wahl, 5K, Corvallis; Justin Bazzano, 11K, Corvallis; Benjamin Tilford, 15K, Portland; Caleb Davis, 20K, Corvallis (youth); Sebastian Zwicknagel, 25K, Eugene; Dylan Gordon, 27K, Salem (youth); and Xiaoyu Shi, 27K, Corvallis (youth). With the new AGA members resulting from this tournament, the Corvallis Go Club now has the largest AGA membership of any Go club in Oregon (26 current AGA members). What is different about this number is that 14 of the members are 18 or younger (youth members). A total of 17 new AGA memberships were obtained as a result of this tournament (ten were players from outside of Corvallis).

May 3, 2003
Denver, CO 
DENVER TOURNAMENT
20 players 
TD: Eric Kim
Open section: 1st: Jung Hoon Lee; 2nd: Joseph Kim
Low dan: 1st: David Weiss; 2nd: Lary Leeper
Kyu section: Three-way tie after 3rd tie breaker and all declared as winners of section: David Johnson, David Munhofer, and James Michali.
Youth Winners: JHIN, Jackson, 38K, Age 8; SUN, Stanley, 29K, Age 7

May 2/3, 2003
Los Angeles, California
2003 COTSEN OPEN AND HANDICAP TOURNAMENT
Check out Dave Dyer's photos of the Cotsen Open at
http://Cotsen2003.ipfox.com/

OPEN (6 Dan and Up) (13 players): 1st: Lin, Xuefen 1P $1000; 2nd: Li, Jie
6d $500; 3rd: Jeong, Jong In 6d $250; 4th: Chang, Deuk Je 6d $125; 5th:
Hung, Joey 6d $75; 6th: Kim, Yong Hyun 6d $50
1st DAN DIVISION (5d-4d) (18 players): 1st: Zhou, Yixian 5d $500; 2nd:
Tang, Curtis 5d $250; 3rd: Pine, Steven 5d $125
2nd DAN DIVISION (3d-2d) (18 players): 1st: Lee, Elton 3d $400; 2nd: Ok,
Kyung H 3d $200; 3rd: Kim, Nam Soo 2d $100;
3RD DAN DIVISION (1d) (16 players): 1st: Xu, Paul 1d $300; 2nd: Zhou, Qi-Hao 1d
$150; 3rd: Huang, Jim 1d $75
1ST KYU DIVISION (1k-4k) (22 players): 1st: Tabata, Tom 1k $200; 2nd: Huang,
Ming 2k $100; 3rd: Shen, Hao 3k $60
2ND KYU DIVISION (5k-10k) (18 players): 1st: Coo, Gus 5k $100; 2nd: Guo,
Felix 5k $80; 3rd: McLellan, Jeffrey 5k $50
3RD KYU DIVISION (12k-19k) (16 players): 1st: Xu, Tom 18k $80; 2nd Hutchins,
Preston 12k $60; 3rd: Chang, Alex 15k $40
4TH KYU DIVISION (20k+ ) (26 Players): 1st: Li, Thomas 20k $60; 2nd: Lin,
Tom 25k $40; 3rd: Chiang, Fred 25k $30

May 10/11, 2003
Rochester, NY
EMPTY SKY SPRING TOURNAMENT
Players: 37; Dan: 10; Kyu: 27
Sponsor: Ing Foundation
Organizer: Greg Lefler
Director: Chuck Robbins

HIGH DAN DIVISION 4-7d, 5 Players: 1st: HSIANG, Thomas 7D; 2nd: WALDRON, Phillip 5D 
Low Dan Division 1-3d, 5 Players: 1st: CHEN, Ralph 2D; 2nd: ROBBINS, Chuck 3D
Upper Kyu Division 1-5k, 8 Players: 1st: YU, Jia 1K; 2nd: LEFLER, Greg 1K
Middle Kyu Division 6-11k, 8 Players: 1st: GOUSIOS, Peter 6K; 2nd: LEE, Young 11K
Lower Kyu Division 12-25k, 11 Players: 1st: WELLS, Chris 15K; 2nd: GUSTAVSON, Carrie 17K

May 10, 2003
Dearborn, MI
Lower Kyu Division: (>10k): 1st: David ROHDE; 2nd: Julia FERRY; 3rd: Keith YOUNG 
Upper Kyu Division: (1-10k): 1st: Su YI; 2nd: Stefan FILIPEK; 3rd: Andrew PENNY 
Dan-Level Division: (1dan and stronger): 1st: Yunbo-YI; 2nd: Jin CHEN; 3rd: Richard LIANG. 
Special Awards: Books that were donated to us from Slate and Shell were handed out as special awards. Edged out of 3rd in the Lower Kyu Division - Josh BALOH; Edged out of 3rd in the Upper Kyu Division - Bill PHILLIPS; Fighting Spirit - Chris DUNN; Outstanding Beginner Enthusiasm - The Howell Go Club. 

May 10, 2003
Arlington, VA
NOVA MAY MADNESS SELF-PAIRED 
13 players; TD: Allan Abramson
Winners: Arnold Eudell, 4k, 4-0; John Greiner, 10k, 4-1. 

May 24-25, 2003
Baltimore, MD
30TH MARYLAND OPEN
Organizer: Keith Arnold
Tournament Director: Sam Zimmerman
90 players (a new record!)
Open Section: 1st: Feng Yun 9p $1300; 2nd: Yupei Xiong 1p $400; 3rd: Kevin Lee 7d $100; 4th: Ke Huang 7d $100; 5th: Yuan Zhou 7d $100
A Section: 1st: Haiming Guo 5d; 2nd: Wei Chen 3d; 3rd: Zhaonian Chen 5 dan
B Section: 1st: William Hewitt 2d; 2nd: Michael Basaman 2d
C Section: 1st: Gregory Lefler 1k (Kyu Champion); 2nd: Ian McCown 3k; 3rd: Steve Barberi 1k
D Section: 1st: Peter Straus 4k; 2nd: James Pickett 6k; 3rd: Nathan Curtis 5k
E Section: 1st: John Greiner 10k; 2nd: Mark Irgang 11k
F Section: 1st: Ed Caldiers 13k; 2nd: Benjamin Johnson 15k
G Section: 1st: Christian Sachse 23k; 2nd: Jack Nosek 19k; 3rd: Keven Koo 20 k

June 14, 2003
Chicago, IL
ONE NATION UNDER GO
43 players
Organizer/Director: Bob Barber
1st Place Low Kyu (3 way tie): PRATT, Jeffrey, 4k; MASON, Sean, 5k; ZHOU, William, 8k
1st Place Mid Kyu (2 way tie): URSO, Chris, 19k; ZHAN, Shawn, 19k; 2nd Place Mid Kyu: ROHDE, David, 16k
1st Place High Kyu: WANG, Ryan, 25k

Austin, TX
24 players 
TD: Russ Williams, ably assisted by Jeff Shaevel and Jim Conyngham, plus one emergency phone call to Chuck Robbins.
Dan band: 1st: Zhang, Yue 3D; 2nd: Zhu, Yi 6D and Lin, Kohan 1D (tie)
Upper Kyu band: 1st: Williams, Russ 5K; 2nd: Eaton, Joe 7K
Lower Kyu band: 1st: Montoya, David 11K; 2nd: Mills, Anderson 12K and
Eisenbarth, Marc 14K (tie)

July 19, 2003
Arlington, VA
NOVA CONGRESS TUNE-UP
40 players, including a contingent from Rochester, NY.
1st: Wei Wang, 5d (4-0); Xinmu Tan, 2d, promoted to 3d (4-0); Alan Perrin, 3k (3-1); Gregory Rosenblatt, 6k, promoted to 5k (4-0); John Greiner, 9k (3-1); Horacio Blumenfeld, 17k (3-1); Matthew Kennedy, 25k (3-1). 
2nd: Chuck Robbins, 3d (3-1); Gregory Leffler, 1d (2-2); David Takehashi, 3k (3-1); Raymond Yeh, 7k (3-1); Robert Lorentz, 13k (3-1); Jeremiah Parry-Hill, 16k (3-1); Keiju Takehara, 30k (3-1).
3rd: Matthew Penner, 14k (3-1); Kurt Haldeman, 22k (3-1).
- tournament reports edited by Jason Tellin

July 5, 2003
Orlando, FL
FLORIDA STATE GO CHAMPIONSHIP
On July 5th & 6th, the Tesuji Go Club and the Go-Orlando organized the first annual Florida State Go Championship. Located at the University of Florida and hosted by the UCF Asian Student Association, organizers report that the tournament "was a great success." A representative of the Venezuelan Go Association lent the tournament an international flavor. Dan Micsa, 3d won the championship, while Gregory Geller, 2d came in second and Paul Benson, 4k was third. Ian VanSice was the top scholastic player.

August 3, 2003: SIFU HU WINS UN-CONGRESS
A chilly day turned sunny at the “Wish We Were There" tournament in Tacoma, WA on August 3rd as we squinted into the near frictionless surfaces of our uber-yellow Ing boards on the verdant grounds of Puget Sound University, amid the pings of digital clocks and the pure analog peals of the neighboring "Cheer Camp." There certainly was a lot to cheer about as we were greeted by the Fantastic Four of Federal Way. Smiling and bespectacled, Xing Xiong 5d, Richard Hu 5d, Jinhe Cui 4d, and Steve Huang 4d cheerfully picked apart our positions and patiently pummeled through the four rounds of our ratings run. There was one, however who was able to withstand the might of our visiting friends. Not even the Fantastic Four was a match for the harmonious harmony and melodious miai of Steve Stringfellow, newly minted 6-dan. Stringfellow was undefeated until being mysteriously called away to parts unknown, just before the final round, leaving Sifu Hu to win the day and the Sony Clie, the 1st prize generously donated by TD Mike Malveaux. The full report, including the merely mortal kyu players: Stringfellow, Steve, won 3/3 then dropped; $15; Xiong, Xing won 3/4; $20 of which he donated $10 back to TGC; Hu, Richard won 3/4 (beating Xiong in his last game); $20 + Clie; Hughes, Michael won 3/4; $15; Cui, Jinhe, won 2/4; $10; Huang, Steve won 2/4; $10; Baghboudarain, Jason, won 2/4; $10; Malveaux, Mike, won 1/4; Hatayama, Greg, won 0/4; benefactor certificate; Castanza, Gordon, won 0/3 then dropped; benefactor certificate.
- reported by Jason Tellin

September 6, 2003: ZHAO TOPS CHICAGO
Zhongxin Zhao 4d took top honors in the September 6 Chicago Fall Tournament, reports TD Bob Barber. With forty seven players participating, the complete results are: 1st Place Dan: ZHAO, Zhongxin, 4d, 4-0 $60; 2nd Place Dan: GHERMAN, Sorin, 7d, 4-1 $30; 1st Place High Kyu: BROWN, Richard, 3k, 4-0 $60; 2nd Place High Kyu: ZHOU, William, 2k, 5-1 $30; TIE 3rd Place High Kyu: WALL, Philip, 5k, 4-1 $30; TIE 3rd Place High Kyu: LACZ, Patrick, 7k, 4-1 $30; TIE 1st Place Mid Kyu: XIE, Ben, 16k, 5-0 $60; TIE 1st Place Mid Kyu: ZHAN, Shawn, 17k, 4-0 $60; TIE 1st Place Low Kyu: HU, Shengxiong, 21k, 4-0 $60; TIE 1st Place Low Kyu: WANG, Ryan, 24k, 4-0 $60. 

September 13,2003: DENVER STILL REAPING MENDENHALL LEGACY
Denver's first "NO FEE Tournament" was a big success, reports Ulo Tamm. Attendance at the September 13 event, which charged no entry fees other than AGA fees, increased almost 41% over the most recent event. "After the tournament, our top player thought the big prizes are not needed, just great competition and numbers," says Stu, who adds that "much credit goes to our recently passed friend, an avid teacher and go player, Bob Mendenhall: the Go Group he established in Boulder was a great part of the 41% increase." Thirty-four players in three sections competed under the direction of Stu Horowitz. Although the tournament had no cash prizes, winners chose from table full of donations: books, bowls signed by Naiwei Rui & Jujo Jiang, old issues of GO World, bumper stickers, copies of old AGA Go Journals (possibly a collectors item) and two original drawings donated by Lonnie Wiens, a local go-playing artist. Section winners drew numbers to select the prizes. Youth dominated this tournament: Open section: Winner, Zipei Feng; Low dan: Winner Robert Frohardt; Low kyu: Winner David Johnson

September 20, 2003: 45 BRAVE HURRICANE FOR JOE SHOENFIELD MEMORIAL TOURNEY
Despite Hurricane Isabel's devastation, a record 45 players turned out for the third annual Joe Shoenfield Memorial Go tournament September 20 in Durham, North Carolina. Cash prizes were awarded in each section. Defending champion Suk Jun Kim took first prize in the open section with a perfect 5-0, with Sheng Feng and Yuanjing Zhou tied for second place at 4-1. The A section was won by Woojin Han, 1k, at 4-1, and Brent Marinello won the B section, also at 4-1. Erik Lindquist and Wayne Hansen, both 7k, tied for first in section C at 4-1 and Frank Thorne 11K swept section D at 5-0. A three-way tie for first in section E was shared by Dave Laverdure 16k, Scott Ellis 17k, and Joseph O'Donnell 20k, all at 4-1. Because of the full schedule (five rounds of rapid-pace play) organizers provided both a full lunch and supper, supplied by Peter Armenia, Dave Fruchtenicht, Adam Bridges, Adam's wife Arlene, and others. The tournament was held at the home of Charles and Tessie Alden. "Despite the fact that Hurricane Isabel had bulldozed her way through northeastern North Carolina and Virginia only two days before, leaving much of the region without power, nearly everyone who said they would come did," report organizers Paul Celmer and Charles Alden, who add that "many had fascinating anecdotes about harrowing adventures dodging downed trees and power lines." Most inspiring of these tales, perhaps, was the inimitable Chuck Robbins' account of coming all the way from Pennsylvania only to have to crawl along the Interstate as cars squeezed past an overturned RV on I-85 in Virginia, and then having to take a few hours on back roads to finally get to Durham Friday evening in time for a little informal go-playing. "After his mad trek south, he played all day Saturday, and then left that night for a ten-hour drive to Hoboken, New Jersey to direct a tournament there on Sunday!" say Celmer and Alden. "We suppose the force of a hurricane is nothing compared to the passion a go player has for the game." Or as Alden said in a pre-storm email "Not to worry - a hurricane has only one eye." 

September 20, 2003: CHINESE CULTURE DAY IN TACOMA, WA
Meanwhile, across the country, a dozen came to play on a sunny Saturday at Pacific Lutheran University, in Tacoma, Washington. The September 20 tournament was part of the Chinese Culture Festival and was held in a music recital room "that echoed percussively with each slapped stone," reports organizer Mike Malveaux. "The strongest players took turns beating each other: Jon Boley, manager of the Seattle Go Center, beat Ma Dong of the Seattle Chinese Go Club; and Steve Stringfellow notched a win in his perennial rivalry with Jon Boley, but lost to Ma Dong." Ben Tilford trekked up from Oregon, and pitched in at the demonstration table between games, teaching the rules to a number of young future players. Chinese Cultural Consul Shixun Yan was among the spectators who passed through the tournament area during the Chinese Culture Festival. 4-game winner: McKee, James, 4k; 3-game winners: Xiong, Xing, 6d; Cai, Mike, 3d; Yang, Zijiang, 2d; Tilford, Benjamin 10k. Photos posted at http://www.hilltopgo.com/evrep/plufall2003

September 21, 2003: HOBOKEN HOSTS RECORD TURNOUT
A record 72 players turned out for Sunday's September Handicap Tournament in Hoboken, NJ. The unusually large field was swelled by large contingents from the Empty Sky Go Club of Rochester and New Jersey's own Feng Yun Go School, with approximately 20 players from each club, reports Director Steve Bretherick. The Rochester contingent included some brand-new players who got a chance to test their skill against more experienced -- but much younger -- competitors from Feng Yun's school. "I could have eaten that kid, he was so small," one player was heard lamenting. "One thing we can all count on," says Bretherick. "Any player from either of these go hotbeds will be much stronger the next time we see them." Organized by Larry Russ and directed by Steve Bretherick and Chuck Robbins, winners were: 4-game winners: BARTELL, Tom; WANG, Andrew, and 3 generations of the Gu family: Jason GU, his father Jimmy GU and his grandfather Duo De CAI. 3-game winners: LEFLER, Greg; PALMER, Marc; ZHANG, Lionel; CURTIS, Nathan; BARNETT, David; SCHURTER, Terri; LIN, Ken; PARRY-HILL, Jeremiah; WANG, Kevin; SHANG, Kevin; ZHAO, Zhongxia; YAN, Jasmine; TIAN, Ximeng; LI, Anton; SHANG, Andrew; DOMBROWSKI, Dan; CHOTIKUL, Mike.

HIGHLAND PARK & CHARLES RIVER TIED IN SUPER-GO: "After an exhausting 4 months of playing 28 games and an impressive seven game winning streak by Xiaoying Huang, Highland Park Go Club and Charles River Go Club are tied with two player left for each side," reports organizer Rob Muldowney. Another match with 10 players for each side has also been arranged between U. of Maryland GC and Highland Park. See http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~xyhuang/ for a schedule of the final matches and the new tournament.

September 28: ROSENBLATT TOPS WESTERN MA TOURNEY
Gregory Rosenblatt 2k took top honors in the Fall Western Massachusetts Go Tournament, held September 28 in Amherst, MA. Thirty players turned out for the event, which was directed by Andreu Cabre. Winners: 2k and up: 1st. Gregory Rosenblatt; 2nd. Huan Yang; 3k 10k: 1st. Li Song; 2nd. Jeffrey Miller; 10k and down: 1st. Andrew Hall; 2nd. Daisuke Tanaka. 

October 18: OTO TOPS SF DOTE MEMORIAL TOURNEY
Robert Oto 3d placed first in the dan division at the San Francisco Go Club Dote Memorial Tournament Oct 18 19. Steve Burrall was the Tournament Director; 30 players attended. The complete results: Dan division: 1st, Robert Oto 3d; 2nd, Adam Miller 1d; 3rd, Brian Leahy 2d. Upper Kyu division: 1st, Lawrence Ku 6k, 2nd, Owen Carver 7k; 3rd, Herb Doughty 3k; Lower Kyu division tie for 1st Karoline Burrall 15k and Jacky Chong 12k; 3rd Craig Helfgott 8k. Dote Memorial trophy: Robert Oto 3d for best performance throughout the year.

October 25: YOUNG GUNS FACE OFF IN NJ
The Feng Yun October Ratings Tournament in Piscataway, NJ “once more brought together two forces in the Northeast go world - the young guns from Rochester and the even younger guns from the Feng Yun Go School,” reports Steve Bretherick. “Plans for a formal team tournament didn't work out, but we manually paired the first two rounds to include match-ups between each of the 17 Rochester players and a player from New Jersey. Rochester's beginners Amy Huang and Eugenia Huang came through with 2 wins each but overall New Jersey defended its home court advantage 24-10. Plans for a return match haven't been made yet - maybe at the US Open?” The October 25 event drew 67 players and was organized by Feng Yun and directed by Steve Bretherick. Complete results: 3-game winners: HU, Michael; HU, Erh-Wen; WANG, Jonathan, CHEN, Gang; MA, Hongguang; SHANG, Kevin; LI, Anton; HUANG, Amy 2-game winners: LEFLER, Greg; CHEN, Mawshien; GU, Jiangtao; GU, Jason; FRENCH, Ernest; SU, Pichuan; NAZIF, Zaher; WANG, Yuan Yuan; ZOBEL, Julie; FENG, Yuchen; XU, Yang; XIAO, Ziran; HUA, Nelson; ZHAO, Zhongxia; WANG, Andrew; YAN, Jasmine; XUE, James; XIA, Daniel; TIAN, Ximeng; ZHANG, Peter; WU, Dustin; HUANG, Eugenia; MOLE, Edward; DUAN, Michael Junhao; ZHU, Sherry. 

October 25: ROBBINS WINS THE PUMPKIN
Chuck Robbins 3d took top honors in the NOVA Pumpkin Classic, with a 3-0 result that included a win over Yuan Zhou, 8d. As usual, Allan Abramson organized and directed the event, in which 34 players participated. Winners had their choice of seasonally appropriate pumpkins or gourds. Other first place winners included Chris Garlock 2d, 3-1; Joe Maia 2k, 3-1; Sam Zimmerman 4k, 3-1; John Gipson 8k, 3-1; Max Peterson, 12k, 4-0 (promoted to 10k); Keiju Takehara, 30k, 3-1 (promoted to 28k). Second place winners: Yuan Zhou, 8d, 3-1; Ray Hunley, 1d, 3-1; Alan Perrin, 2k, 2-2; Arnold Eudell, 4k, 2-2; Raymond Yeh, 7k, 3-1; Eoghan Barry, 15k, 2-2; Mike Stevens, 23k, 2-2. 

November 1-2: GARLOCK TOPS EMPTY SKY
Former Rochesterian Chris Garlock 2d won the Empty Sky Go Club Ing Tournament in Rochester, New York. Thirty four players competed in the 5 round event November 1 2, which was organized by ESGC President Greg Lefler and directed by Chuck Robbins (who,
despite driving all the way up from Lancaster, PA, generously byed himself out two rounds to keep the field even). "We'd like to thank the Ing Foundation for its support," said Lefler. "Using the Ing grant for prizes allows us to use the registration fees for discounts for students, morning
refreshments, etc. We really appreciate it...thanks!" Complete results: SECTION A (1d 3d) 1st: Chris Garlock, 2d, $90; 2nd: Chuck Robbins, 3d, $80; 3rd: Jia Yu, 2d, $70. SECTION B (1k 4k) 1st: Nathan Curtis, 4k, $65; 2nd: Saul Lapidus, 1k, $55; 3rd: Jim Fienup, 3k, $45. SECTION C (7k 10k) 1st: Yuan Yuan Wang, 9k, $65; 2nd: Ed Brannin, 7k, $55; 3rd: William Baretsky, 8k, $45. SECTION D (12k 15k) 1st: Scott Agnew, 12k, $65; 2nd: Ben Spillers, 12k, $55; 3rd: Carrie Gustavson, 13k, $45. SECTION E (16k 26k) 1st: Becky Mulligan, 18k, $65; 2nd: Stephen Ranger, 20k, $55; 3rd: Steve Person, 18k, $45

November 1-2: KIM WINS IN PORTLAND
Forty go players from San Diego to Seattle played five rounds over two days at the Portland Go Tournament November 1 & 2 in Portland, Oregon, reports organizer Glenn Peters. “Thanks to everyone who came and those who helped out,” says Peters. “And also big thanks to the Ing Foundation for matching funds to help out with the prize money.” Winners: Division I (Dan level players): 1st: Edward Kim; 2nd place: Jeff Horn; 3rd: Ki Om; Division II (Single kyu players): 1st: James Acres; 2nd: Tom Hodges; 3rd: Glenn Peters; Division III (Double kyu players): 1st: Benjamin Tilford; 2nd: Trevor Hodge; 3rd: Aaron French

November 15-16: WANG WINS HOUSTON: Vincent Wang 6d took top honors in the 2003 Houston Go Club Fall Tournament November 15-16. A record forty-three players participated, with 10 players in the Open Section. Complete results: Open Section (5 Rounds, 10 Players): 1st: Vincent Wang 6D (4 wins); 2nd: Moon Chong Kim 7D (4 wins); 3rd: Dong Soo Kim 7D (3 wins). Handicap Section 1 (7 Rounds, 11 Players): 1st: Stephen Sun 5K (6 wins); 2nd: Michael Kim 4D (5 wins); 3rd: Jin Zhang 3D (3 wins). Handicap Section 2 (7 Rounds, 11 Players); 1st: Barry Willey 12K (6 wins); 2nd: Carey Jensen 11K (6 wins); 3rd: Stanley Sun 26K (5 wins); Handicap Section 3 (7 Rounds, 11 Players): 1st: James McCain 30K (6 wins); 2nd: Michael Quintero 30K (4 wins); 3rd: Michael Rouen 28K (4 wins). 
- reported by George Wang, Tournament Director

November 22: ZHANG MOST IMPROVED IN PRINCETON: Sandwiched between the Mid-Atlantic and the Korean tournaments, the Princeton Fall Self-Paired had a low turnout of 15 players, but they played 28 rated games and added five new members to the AGA. Most improved was Peter Zhang, who won four straight games and had his rating jump nearly three stones. Ron Elroy also had a 4/0 record. Lionel Zhang won four games, losing only when he gave 9 stones to Alex Pak, one of a pioneering group of three high-school players from the newly formed Horace Mann go club in New York. The USCF has an active Scholastics program; can Scholastic Go be on the way? Stay tuned. 
- reported by Rick Mott

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