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Rocky Mountain Winter Go Tournament, Denver, CO.

December 6th, 2003
TD Ulo Tamm
Thirty-two players
Open section winners: Jung Hoon Lee, Zipei Feng;
Low dan and kyu Section: David Johnson (4 wins), Eric Wainwright;
Kyu Section: Sebastian Kuzminsky (4 wins), Steve Shapland

"Up on the Rooftop", Chicago, IL

December 9th, 2003
TD Bob Barber assisted by Al Mishlove
Forty-six players
1ST PLACE DAN: Three way tie: GHERMAN, Sorin, 8d, 3-1; ZHAO, Xin, 4d, 3-1; LU, Jiang, 2d, 3-1;
1ST PLACE LOW KYU: TURNIPSEED, Joel, 5k, 4-0; 2nd Place Low Kyu: OLY, James, 8k, 3-1;
1ST PLACE MID KYU: Two way tie: ROHDE, David, 13k, 4-0; HU,Shengxiong, 17k, 4-0;
2nd Place Mid Kyu: O'DAY, Mike, 17k, 3-1; 1st Place Low Kyu: WANG, Ryan, 24k, 4-0;
2ND PLACE LOW KYU: BARTH, Douglas, 21k, 5-1; 3rd Place Low Kyu: KADAKIA, Tania, 21k, 3-1.

NOVA "Holiday Helper" Winter Tournament, Arlington, VA.

December 20th, 2003
TD Allan Abramson
Twenty-nine players
Chris Garlock, 2d, won the top first-place finish (3-1)
William Cobb, 5k, won the second first-place (4-0)
Other first place winners included Seth Hoffman 6k (4-0); Ethan Baldridge 9k (3-1); Bob Bacon 13k (3-1). Second place winners: Juan Quizon 3d (3-1); Alan Perrin 2k (2-2); John Zhao 6k (3-1); William Baretsky 7k (2-2); Garrett Smith 13k (2-2); Kurt Haldeman 20k (2-2). Third-place winners: Greg Lefler 2d (3-1); C.S. Chin 6k (3-1).

OZA: NEW YORK CITY

January 17 & 18, 2004
TD: Chuck Robbins

Open Division: 1st: Feng Yun; 2nd: Huiren Yang; 3rd: Yansong Zhou; 4th: John J-S Lee; 5th: Ron Snyder; 6th: Ke Huang. A Division: 1st: Yong Chen; 2nd: Wei Chen; 3rd: Siu-Kou Hui; 4th: Lingyu Zen; 5th: Sung Jin Cho B Division: 1st: Peng Li; 2nd: Shi Feng; 3rd: Tak Cheng; 4th: Jia Yu C Division: 1st: Jason Gu; 2nd: John Exeter; 3rd: Michael Samuel; 4th: Jiangtao Gu D Division: 1st: David Choi; 2nd: Dmitri Lechtchinski; 3rd: Joe Carl; 4th: David Carper E Division: 1st: Paul Chetrit; 2nd: Ethan Baldridge; 3rd: Yuchen Feng; 4th: Todd Heidenreich F Division: 1st: Jeffrey Vogel; 2nd: Yang Xu; 3rd: Kevin Shang; 4th: Kevin Wang G Division: 1st: Daniel Xia; 2nd: Justin Chang; 3rd: Dustin Wu; 4th: Eugenia Huang H Division: 1st: Osman Kibar; 2nd: Neil Chen; 3rd: Matthew Tse; 4th: Dominic Gerard

OZA: SEATTLE

January 17 & 18, 2004
TD: Jon Boley
Assistant Director: John Hogan
Referee: Frank Fukuda
Total participants: 105: 85 in the Oza; 28 (8 from Oza) in the Lightning Youth Tournament

Open Division: 1st: Mingjiu Jiang; 2nd: Jie Li; 3rd: Jung Hoon Lee; 4th: Charles Huh; 5th: Ned Phipps; 6th: Edward Kim A Division: 1st: Mike Cai; 2nd: Chunlei Dong; 3rd: Cha Duk Lee; 4th: Christopher Kirschner B Division: 1st: Hyon Cha; 2nd: Jim Huang; 3rd: James McKee; 4th: Barna Rubin C Division: 1st: Alex Chang; 2nd: Lee Anne Bowie; 3rd: Alex Chin; 4th: Jason Baghboudarian D Division: 1st: Ryan Dowling; 2nd: Gabriel Young; 3rd: Leila Baldwin; 4th: Joel Simpson

Lightning Tournament:
3-0 Players: Matthew Burrall, Ryan Dowling, Robert Oto

Four Seasons Champion Series Winter Qualifying Tournament Houston, Tx

January 23-24, 2004
TD: Christopher Vu
ORCHID Division: 1 VU Christopher, Cac Thanh Thu Dao; 2: CHIANG Justin, Clear Lake High School; 3: CHAN Hoi, Clear Lake High School.
PLUM Division: 1: CHAN Jeff, Clear Lake High School; 2: VU David, Cac Thanh Thu Dao;
3: WANG Frank, Clear Lake High School.
CHRYSANTHEMUM Division: 1: TRAN, Huong-Vi, Cac Thanh Thu Dao; 2: PATLOVANY Nick, Clear Lake High School; 3: PATLOVANY Alex, Clear Lake High School
BEGINNERS Division: 1: MAO Mary, Clear Lake High School; 2: LE Thi-Hiep, Cac Thanh Thu Dao; 3: PINJALA Ravi, Clear Lake High School.

North American Fujitsu Qualifying Tournament, IGS Go Server

February 21-22, 2004
1st Huiren Yang, 2nd Thomas Hsiang, 3rd Tie between Jimmy Cha and I-Han Lui, 5th Jung Hoon Lee, 6th John Yoon, 7th Steve Stringfellow, 8th Norman Chadwick

New Jersey Open Princeton, NJ

February 28-29, 2004
TDs: Rick Mott, Paul Matthews
Total participants: 119

1st: Ke Huang 8d; equal 2nd 5th-place winners: Carson Tu 7d, Yuan Zhou 7d, Zhaonian Chen 6d, Weiyuan Yang 7d. Other winners: 5 game winners: Ethan Baldridge 6k, Jared Beck 7k, Nicholas Trieu 23k, Daniel Zhu 24k; 4 game winners: Yong Chen 6d, Xiaoying Huang 5d, Xue Han 5d, Mawshien Chen 3d, Peng Li 2d, Ronghao Chen 1d, Dinghao Wu 1d, Yuchen Feng 3k, Lionel Zhang 3k, Sam Zimmerman 4k, Nelson Hua 7k, Scott Agnew 11k, Aquinas Hobor 14k, Kevin Wang 15k, Guo An Zhang 21k; 3 of 4 game winners: Ximeng Tian 16k.

Charlotte Go Tournament Charlotte, SC

February 28, 2004
TD: Wayne Hansen
Total participants: 18

Winners: Group A: 1st: Changlong Wu; 2nd: Haijang Peng; Group B: 1st: Peter Armenia; 2nd: Adam Bridges; Group C: 1st: Fred Argenio; 2nd: Greg McCall; Group D: 1st: Scott Ellis. Also receiving prizes for playing the most games were Josh Coker, Scott Ellis and Rodney Keaton.

Roy Hayashi Memorial Go Tournament

February 28, 2004
TD: Jeff Horn
Total participants: 34

WINNERS: 3 games: Edward Kim 6d, Frank Brown 11k, Robert Solovay 23k, Dennis Wheeler 17k. 2 games: Ma Dong 6d, Om Ki 3d, Scott Arnold 1d, Richard Bustamante 1d, Tyler Sellon 3k, Mike Malveaux 7k, Luke Allen 9k, Greg Hatayama 13k, Gordon Castaza 20k, Gio Bailo 19k, Jeff Boscole 2k, Duane Kanz 3k

8th Jujo Jiang Cup Youth Goe Tournament Sunnyvale, Ca.

March 7, 2004

Top finishers included: (2D-4D): Zhong, Sichen 4d; Shiah, Sam 3d; Shi, Gina
4d; (1k-1D) Ku, Lawrence 1d; Wang, Benjamin 1d; Luo, Chris 1d; (7k-2k):
Guo, Jimmy 2k; Liu, Willis 5k; Hu, Albert 7k; (11k-9k): Lin, Millicent 10k;
Chen, Albert 16k; Chu, Tristan 10k; (16k-12k): Lim, James 12k; Chow,
Winston 12k; Zhang, Joy 12k; (10k-17k): Hsu, Jonathan 17k; Chao, Eric 20k;
Won, Jason 17k; (24k-22k): Chen, Wayne 22k; Huang, Ward 24k; Yeh, Jettin
24k; (26k-25k): Chou, John 26k; Chen, Yale 25k; Lien, Andrew 25k; (29k):
Sun, Richard 29k; Chen, James 29k; Luh, Alex 29k; (29k): Kao, Tracy 29k;
Su, Sean 29; Chang, Jeffrey 29k.
13x13: A Section: Chang, Alan 29k; Kwan, Isabel 29k; Chu, Thomas 29k; B
Section: Lam, Daniel 29k; Lo, LiLian 29K; Huang, Edward 29k; C Section:
Cheng, Shawna, 29k; Shieh, Justin, 29k; Jiang, Malina, 29k; D Section: Liu,
Lack, 29k; Qin, Tiantong, 29K; Chiu, Vincent, 29k; Xie, Jason, 29k; E
Section: Huang, Howard, 29k; Tseng, Robert, 29k; Qin, Tiancheng, 29k.

Chicago Spring 2004 Tournament, Il.

March 13, 2004
TO: Robert Barber
Total participants: 59

1st Place Dan: BENTHEM, Jim, 2D; 2nd Place Dan: BECK, George, 1D; 1st Place Low Kyu: KATAMAN, George, 3k; 2nd Place Low Kyu: QUIMBY, Thomas, 4k; Tie 1st Place Mid Kyu: HU, Shengxiong, 13k & KIRKLAND, KRIS, 19k; 2nd Place Mid Kyu: BARTH, Douglas 14k; Tie 1st Place High Kyu: KADAKIA, Tania, 20k, ZHANG, Vivian, 28k & LIU, Alex, 30k; 2nd Place High Kyu: BENTHEM, Martin,28k.

Rocky Mountain Spring Go Tournament Denver, Co.

March 27, 2004
TD: Eric Wainwright
Total participants: 48

High dan - 1st: Joseph KIM, 7d; 2nd: Jung Hoon LEE, 8d
Low dan/high kyu - 1st: Anthony KENYON, 5k; 2nd: Bob SORENSON, 4k
Mid kyu - 1st: David MUNHOFEN, 10k; 2nd: Anthony EARL, 8k
Low kyu - 1st: DeeDee ECKLES, 15k; 2nd: Brad EDWARDS, 25k

Nova Cherry Blossom Tournament, Washington, D.C.

March 27, 2004
TD: Chuck Robbins
TO: Mike Lash and Allan Abramson
Total participants: 67

Section A (3D-6D): 1st: GU, Zhenying 5d; 2nd: LEE, Keon Wan 4d
Section B (1D-2D): 1st: YU, Zhong 1d; 2nd: YOON, Sung W 1d
Section C (1K-2K): 1st: Maia, Joe 2k; 2nd: ZHOU, Xin-Li 1k
Section D (3K-4K): 1st: CARL, Joe 3k; 2nd ZIMMERMAN, Sam 4k
Section E (5K-5K): 1st: HOFFMAN, Seth 5k; 2nd: LANCASTER, John 5k
Section F (6K-6K): 1st: BECK, Jared 6k; 2nd: ZHAO, John Q. 6k
Section G (7K-7K): 1st: BLACKBURN, Paul 7k; 2nd: GIONFRIDDO, Sal 7k
Section H (8K-9K): 1st: GREINER, John A. 9k; 2nd: MCILHARGEY, James 8k
Section I (10K-12K): 1st: FIELDING, Robert 12k; 2nd: HEIDENREICH, Todd 10k
Section J (14K-15K): 1st: BLUMENFELD, Horatio 15k; 2nd: MULLIGAN, Rebecca 15k
Section K (17K-20K): 1st: MARKOWITZ, Jonathon 19k; 2nd: CHIN, Kabe 20k
Section L (22K-24K): 1st: CARLSON, Tom 22k; 2nd: BASSETT, Ben 24k
Section M (26K-35K): 1st: TEKEHARA, Keiju 26k; 2nd: CHIN, Kevin 26k

San Francisco Go Club Spring tournament

April 10-11, 2004
TD: Steve Burrall
Total participants: 55

Full results: Div. 1: 1st: Jinlong Zhang 1d, 2nd: Adam Miller 2d, 3rd: Jimmy Guo 1d; Div. 2: 1st: Philippe Vandermersch 2k, 2nd: Danny Swarzman 4k, 3rd: Eric Branlund 3k; Div. 3: 1st: Daniel Lam 10k, 2nd: Morgan Burks 11k, 3rd: Raymond Chan 8k; Div. 4: 1st: Joy Zhang 18k, 2nd: Albert Tao 25k, 3rd: Zack Liu 20k; Div. 5: 1s t: Jennifer Yu 30k, 2nd: Julia Dang 28k, 3rd: Brandon Low 29k

John Groesch Memorial Tournament, College Park, MD

April 17-18, 2004
TD: Chuck Robbins
TO: Steve Mount
Total participants: 29

Dan Section: 1st ($100): XIONG, Yupei, 7d (5 wins); 2nd-3rd (tie) ($25) LIU, Yubo, 3d (4 wins); QUIZON, Juan Pablo 3D (4 wins). Low Kyu Section: 1st: ($30) Carl, Joseph, 2k (4 wins); High Kyu Section: 1st-2nd (tie) ($10): HANAOKA, Brian, 10k (4 wins); CHOU, Jeffery, 15k (4 wins). John Groesch Memorial Prize Co-winners ($25): LIU, Yubo, 3d & CHOU, Jeffery, 3d. The John Groesch Memorial Prize is for the best performance by a player under the age of 20 who is new to tournament go (defined by less than two years of tournament play). This year, the $50 prize was shared by two players who scored 4 points; the trophy went to Jeffery Chou, who has been playing for a shorter time (both are new to the AGA).

John Groesch was a local 8th-grader who played at the University of Maryland Go Club during 2002. He attended regularly and was quite serious about the game, his skill increasing rapidly from about 16 kyu to about 7 kyu. Club members, shocked and saddened to learn of his untimely passing due to complications from the onset of diabetes in December of 2002, named their annual Spring tournament in his memory and established the John Groesch Memorial Prize to honor his inspiring dedication to go. Read more at http://www.wam.umdedu/~smount/Groesch.html

Toronto Open, Canada

April 17-18, 2004
TO: Frank Monks
Total Participants: 56

Championship (Open Section): 1st: Yu, Zhiqi, 7d (Canada); 2nd: Kim, Young, 6d (CA); 3rd: Sedgwick, James, 6d (Can); 4 Dan to 3 Dan: 1st: Wong, Vincent, 4d (Can); 2nd: Yan, Calvin, 4d (Can); 3rd: Guo, Jared, 3d (Can); 2 Dan to 1 Dan: 1st: Galfaso, Lucas, 1d (US); 2nd: Rosenblatt, Greg, 2d (US); 3rd: Weldon, Alex, 2d (Can); 1 Kyu to 9 Kyu: 1st: Frankel-Goldwater, 6k (US); 2nd: McDermott, Tom, 6k (Can); 3rd: Saiyan, Aleks, 2k (Can); 10 Kyu to 28 Kyu: 1st: Sun, Cody, 18k (Can); 2nd: Lipatov, Peter, 11k (Can); 3rd: Davis, Steven, 17k (US).

Vermont Spring Go Tournament, Middlebury, VT.

April 25, 2004
TD: Peter Schumer
Total Participants: 10

Wayne Nelson, 1k, won first place. Bill Arrand, 2k and Mark Hopkins, 2k, tied for 2nd place and 4th place was won by John Elder, 7k.

California High School Goe Tournament, Menio Park, CA

April 25, 2004

1st: Saratoga High School; 2nd: Aragon High School; 3rd: Lowell High School; 4th: Bellarmine College Preparatory; 5th: Mission San Jose High School; 6th Gunn High School; 7th: George Washington High School; 8th: Monta Vista High School.

Empty Sky Spring Tournament, Rochester, NY

May 8-9, 2004

Section A: 1st: Phil Waldron; 2nd: Yong Han; Section B: 1st: Peter Straus; 2nd: Gregory Rosenblatt; Section C: 1st: Chris Wells; 2nd: Julie Zobel; Section D: 1st: Ben Bassett; 2nd: Mike Lamenzo

Go Tournament, Grand Rapids Michigan

May 15, 2004
Total Participants: 22
TO: David Hast

Dan division: 1st: Jim Benthem, 2d; 2nd: David Frankel, 1d; 3rd: Matt Wang, 1d. 1-10 Kyu division: 1st: Daryl Blood, 9k; 2nd: Jason Rudd, 7k; 3rd: Richard Jankowski, 7k. 11-30 Kyu division: 1st: Adam Twork, 19k; 2nd: Paul Miller, 15k; 3rd: Drew Rushton, 16k. In addition, two Fighting Spirit awards were made to those who gave it their best shot: Jared Duncan, 24k and Keith Thobe, 12k.
'Future of the Game' certificate to the youth player with the best winning record: Martin Benthem, 20k

May Madness Tournament, Arlington, VA

May 15, 2004
Total Participants: 24
TO: Alan Abramson

First place winners: Chris Garlock, 2d; Ethan Baldridge, 3k; Raymond Yeh, 7k; Gary Whitten, 14k; Charles Yeon, 26k. Second place winners: Bob Ehrlich, 7k; Todd Heidenreich, 10k; Kurt Haldeman, 21k.

Houston Go Club Spring Tournament

May 22, 2004
Total participants: 31

- Open Section: 1st: Kim, Kyung-sik 6d; 2nd: Xie, Rui 3d; 3rd: Peng, Mike 5d
- Handicap Section One: 1st: Sun, Stephen 4k; 2nd: Yi, Kevin 2k; 3rd Feng, Steve 4k
- Handicap Section Two: 1st: Rouen, Michael 27k; 2nd: Folsam, Brian 15k; 3rd: Jensen, Carey 12k
- Youth Section: 1st: Penny, Leo 35k; 2nd: Sun, Stanley 25k; 3rd: Jhin, Jackson 39k; 4th: Lehotsky, Daniel 40k

31st Maryland Open, Maryland

May 22-23, 2004
Total participants: 81
TO: Keith Arnold
TD: Sam Zimmerman

OPEN SECTION: 1st: Yupei Xiong, pro; 2nd: Yuan Zhou; 3rd: I-Han Lui; 4th: Eric Lui; 5th: Zhaonian Chen.

A SECTION (3-5D): 1st: Yi Huang 4d; 2nd: Yubo Liu 4d; B SECTION (1-2D): 1st: Peter Straus 2d; 2nd: Jia Yu 2d; 3rd: Kenneth Koester, 2d; C SECTION (1-4K): 1st: Xin-Li Zhou 1k; 2nd: Arnold Eudell 4k; D SECTION (5-8K): 1st: Max Peterson 8k; 2nd: Mark Penner 8k; E SECTION (9-11K): 1st: Tim Koo 11k; 2nd: Joseph Craig 10k; F SECTION (12-14K): 1st: Jeffery Chou 13k; 2nd: Bob Bacon 14k; G SECTION (15-27K): 1st: Kevin Koo 20k; 2nd: Rebecca Mulligan 15k.

2nd Feng Yun Youth Go Tournament in Piscataway, NJ

May 29, 2004
TD: Rob Muldowney and Steve Bretherick
Total participants: 71

19X19 TOURNAMENT
- Division A: 1st: GU, Jason; 2nd: YANG, Jack; 3rd (tie): HUA, Nelson; SHANG, Kevin
- Division B: 1st-2nd (tie): SHANG, Andrew; LOWRIE, Matthew; 3rd (tie): WANG, Andrew; XIA, Daniel; CHANG, Justin; LI, Anton; MARKOWITZ, Jonathan
- Division C: 1st: TRIEU, Nicholas; 2nd: LIN, Eric; 3rd (tie): MOLE, Edward; WU, Tiffany; ZHU, Daniel; TSE, Matthew
- Division D: 1st-3rd (tie): ZHU, Sherry; ZHANG, June; WU, Eric
13X13 TOURNAMENT. 6-player round-robin on 5 tables (7 players on table 5)
Table 1: 1st-2nd (tie): WU, Jessie; WU, Catherine; 3rd: HU, Jeffrey
Table 2: 1st: LI, Zachary; 2nd (tie): VEL, Sudhir, DONG, Albert, LIN, Maverick
Table 3: 1st: ZHAO, Michael; 2nd: GAO, Daniel; 3rd: ZHU, Catherine;
Table 4: 1st-2nd (tie): JIANG, Claudia; HOU, Calvin; 3rd(tie): XU, Andy; CHEN, Sophia
Table 5: 1st: ZHANG, Shannon; 2nd: ZHANG, Amy; 3rd: GAO, Kevin

Summer Tournament in Chicago, Illinois

June 5, 2004
Total participants: 40

1st Place Dan: GHERMAN, Sorin 8d; 1st Place Low Kyu: OLY, James 8k; 2nd Place Low Kyu: WALL, Philip 4k; 1st Place Mid Kyu (tie): WANG, Ryan 14k; ZHANG, Richard 14k; 2nd Place Mid Kyu: BAKER, James 19k; 1st Place High Kyu: LIBERMAN, Stan 24k

Rocky Mountain Summer Tournament in Denver, Colorado

June 19, 2004
TO: Ulo Tamm
TD: Stu Horowitz
Total participants: 38

Winners: Open section: 1st: Alan Huang; 2nd: Zipei Feng; Section A (2d-8k): 1st: Rim Chung; 2nd: Stu Horowitz; Section B (9k-21k): 1st: Jasmine Sailing; 2nd Dennis Hardman; Section C (22k-35k): 1st Josh Messenger; 2nd: Griffin Sailing.

Austin Go Tournament, Austin, Tx.

July 10, 2004
TO: Michael Heinich
Total participants: 25

Dan Section: 1st Zhang, Charlie (Lihua); 2nd Hudnall, Christopher; 3rd Michael Ruiz; Single Digit Kyu Section: 1st Schneider, Ira H. (perfect record 4-0); 2nd Marc Eisenbarth; 3rd Green, Kevin J.; Double Digit Kyu Section : 1st Karl Backs; 2nd Andrew Bjorksten; 3rd Justin Chiang.

NoVa Congress Tune-Up, Arlington, Va.

July 17, 2004
TO: Alan Abramson, Mike Lash
TD: Chuck Robbins
Total participants: 28

SECTION A: 1st: Greg Lefler, 2d 3-1; 2nd: Greg Rosenblatt, 2d, 3-1; SECTION B: 1st: Andrew Jackson, 1d 3-1; 2nd: David Wong, 1d, 3-1; SECTION C: 1st Bill Cobb, 5k, 3-0; 2nd: John Lancaster, 6k, 2-2; SECTION D: 1st: John Grenier, 8k, 3-1; 2nd: Raymond Yeh, 6k, 3-1; SECTION E: 1st: Chris Sira, 15k , 3-1; 2nd: Ben Bassett, 17k, 2-2; SECTION F: 1st: Takehara Keiju, 25k, 4-0; 2nd Geoff Boyer, 6k, 3-1

Southern California July Ratings Tournament

July, 2004

UPPER DIVISION: 1st: James (Jong In) Jeong, 8d; 2nd: (3-way tie): Rui Wang 6d, Tony Emsenhuber 5d, and Anthony Chen 5d; LOWER DIVISION: 1st: Allen Drantyev, 3k; 2nd: Jeff McLellan 5k; 3rd: Tom (Yuji) Tabata, 2d.

2004 U.S. Open, Rochester, NY.

July 31-August 8

U.S. OPEN (TD: KEN KOESTER)
Open Section: 1st: Jie Li; 2nd: Lu Wang; 3rd: Yongfei Ge; 4th: Xuefen Lin; 5th: Minshan Shou; 6th: Mozheng Guan; 7th: Edward Kim; 8th: Richard Liang
6D: 1st: Shunichi Hyodo; 2nd: Trevor Morris; 3rd: Masuo Manabe; 5D: 1st: Yaoki Mizuno; 2nd: Keith L. Arnold; 3rd: Jon Boley; 4D: 1st: Ulf Olsson; 2nd: Pal Sannes; 3rd: Jim Huang; 3D: 1st: Gregory Rosenblatt; 2nd: Jia M. Yu; 3rd: Terry Fung; 2D: 1st: Jason Gu; 2nd: Tak Cheng; 3rd: Sean Mason; 1D: 1st: Hao Shen; 2nd: Paul Thordarson; 3rd: Justin Kramer; 1K: 1st: Steve Barberi; 2nd: Calvin Sun; 3rd: Wayne Nelson; 2K: 1st: Joseph Maia; 2nd: William W. Phillips; 3rd: Quentin W. Dombro; 3K: 1st: Yao Guo; 2nd: Justin Bazzano; 3rd: Dana Ballard; 4K: 1st: Steven Bretherick; 2nd: Stephen Sun; 3rd: Nathan Curtis; 5K: 1st: Christopher Kiguchi; 2nd: William Baretsky; 3rd: Leonard Baum; 6-7K: 1st: Charles Slater; 2nd: Matthieu Lucotte; 3rd: Alexandre Burrall; 8-9K: 1st: Scott Agnew; 2nd: Joel Olsen; 3rd: John A. Greiner; 10K: 1st: Mark Irgang; 2nd: Ken Crumpler; 3rd: Ed Hsu; 11-12K: 1st: Jeffrey Vogel; 2nd: Matthew Bengtson; 3rd: Matt Duell; 13â€“14K: 1st: Richard Zhang; 2nd: Justin Chiang; 3rd: Bob Bacon; 15â€“17K: 1st: Peter Zhang; 2nd: Jacquelyn Yuan; 3rd: Calvin Clark; 18â€“20K: 1st: Vincent Chang; 2nd: Everett C. Crenshaw Jr.; 3rd: Stephen Ranger; 22â€“26K: 1st: Nick Benthem; 2nd: Keiju Takehara; 3rd: Martin Benthem; 4th: Stanley Sun; 5th: Chrystal Yuan; 6th: Vivian Zhang; 7th: Selina Chen; 27K & above: 1st: Albert Guo; 2nd: John Wang; 3rd: Elka Dinhofer; 4th: Monica Lai

CONTINUOUS SELF-PAIRED TOURNAMENT (TD: RUSS WILLIAMS)
CHAMPION (most wins over losses): Christopher Kiguchi; Hurricane (most wins): Martin Lebl; Giant Killer (kyu with most dan wins): Nicole Casanta; Kyu Killer (dan with most kyu wins): John Paul Rodman; Grasshopper (biggest rating increase): Bob Zhang; Straight Shooter (most consecutive rank wins): Martin Lebl; Dedicated (most games): Martin Lebl; Sensei (most games against weaker players): Martin Lebl; Faithful (smallest rating change): Fumiko Yamanako; Philanthropist (most losses): Martin Lebl; Optimist (largest rating decrease): Yoshitomo Nakata; Diplomat (most number of games played w/newcomer): Martin Lebl; Rookie of the Year (newcomer that plays the most number of games): Christopher Kiguchi

DIE HARD (TD: CHUCK ROBBINS)
High Dan: 1st: Zhaonian Chen; 2nd: Juan Pablo Quizon; Low Dan: 1st: Jason Gu; 2nd: Anders Kieruf; High Kyu: 1st: Steve Barberi; 2nd: Yoshimoto Nakata; Middle Kyu: 1st: Rick Mott; 2nd: Roland W. Crowl; Low Kyu: 1st: Jeffrey Vogel; 2nd: Christopher Sira

REDMOND CUP (TD: None Redmond with Chuck Robbins)
Senior: 1st: Mozheng Guan; 2nd: Zhao Nian Chen; Junior: 1st: Curtis Tang; 2nd: Johnny Li

YOUTH HANDICAP (TD: TODD HEIDENREICH)
High Dan: 1st: Eric Lui; 2nd: Jesse Chao; Low Dan: 1st: Jason Gu; 2nd: Cherry Shen; High Kyu: 1st: Peter Zhang; 2nd: Joshua Wong/Sheng Xiong Hu; Mid Kyu: 1st: Stanley Sun; 2nd: Nick Benthem; Low Kyu: 1st: Albert Guo; 2nd: Martin Benthem

9X9 (TD: CRAIG HUTCHINSON)
Dan: 1st: Kory Stevens; 2nd: JP Rodman; Kyu: 1st: Dmitri Lechtchinski; 2nd: Selina Chen

13X13 (TD: GREGORY ROSENBLATT)
Dan: 1st: Eric Chang; 2nd: Lawrence Ku; Kyu: 1st: Vincent Chang; 2nd: Ed Hsu

LIGHTNING (TD: KEITH ARNOLD)
Dan: N/A at presstime
Kyu: 1st: Vincent Chang; 2nd: Stanley Sun

TEAM TOURNAMENT (TD: SAL GIONFRIDDO)
1st: Matthew Burall, Richard Liang, Zhao Nian Chen

Dote Memorial Go Tournament, San Francisco, CA

September 4-5, 2004
Total participants: 49

5D-2D DIV: 1st: Tiffany Tsai 3d; 2nd: Matthew Burrall 5d; 3rd: Minyong Li 2d; 1D-2K DIV: 1st: Dave Marvit 2k; 2nd: Eric Branlund 2k; 3rd: Lawrence Ku 1d; 3K-7K DIV: 1st: Frank Berkenkotter 3k; 2nd: Tony Zhang 4k; 3rd: Thos Rike 5k; 8K-15K DIV: 1st: Ariana Tsai 11k; 2nd: Eddie Sonnenblick 8k; 3rd: Linden Chiu 12k; 16K+ DIV: 1st: Julie Burrall 19k and Toby Chang 24k (tie); 3rd: Isabel Kwan 22k

2004 Cotsen Open, Los Angeles, CA

September 18, 2004
Total participants: 98
TD: Chuck Robbins.

Sponsored by Eric Cotsen, this event is renowned for the lavish trimmings, including refundable registration fees, a catered lunch, masseuses, large cash prizes, impressive trophies and more. In the Club Completion, the Chinese Go Club finished 1st for the third straight year, with 216 points, easily besting 2nd-place Santa Monica’s 178 points. The Chinese Go Club donated the $1,000.00 prize to the American Go Foundation. In the Club Competition, each player may choose to affiliate or create a club at the start of the tournament and clubs accumulate points based on the success of their players.

Results: Open Section (6D+, 9 Players): 1st: (1,000): Li, Jie 9d; 2nd: ($500): JEONG, Jong In 8d; 3rd: ($250): MATEESCU, Robert 6d; 4th ($125): HUNG, Joey 8d; 5th ($75): CHANG, Deuk Je 7d; 6th ($50) WANG, Rui 6d
- Dan Section A (4-5D, 16 Players): 1st ($500): HUANG, Jim 4d; 2nd ($250): SUH, Jesse 5d; 3rd ($125): RAN, Qiao 4D
- Dan Section B (2-3D, 14 Players): 1st ($400): XU, Paul 3d; 2nd ($200): SHEN, Cherry 2d; 3rd ($100): MYERS, Bob 3D
- Dan Section C (1D-1K, 12 Players): 1st ($300): SUN, Calvin 1d; 2nd ($150) ZHANG, Tao 1d; 3rd ($75): XU, Tom 1d
- Kyu Section A (1-3K, 13 Players): 1st ($200): CHAR, Wai-to S. 2k; 2nd ($100): HUANG, Ming 1k; 3rd ($60); COTSEN, Lloyd Eric 1k
- Kyu Section B (4-8K, 12 Players): 1st ($100): HUANG, George 7k; 2nd ($80) HUTCHINS, George 7k; 3rd ($50): BIRK, Christoph 4k
- Kyu Section C (9-14K, 12 Players): 1st ($80): NORTON, Mark 9k; 2nd ($60) RADO, Daniel 12k; 3rd ($40): TSAI, Ariana 10k
- Kyu Section D (16-35K, 10 Players): 1st ($60): SHEN, Jerry 28k; 2nd ($40): LIN, Tony 16k; 3rd ($30): ASYNAPS, Michael 26k

Wife Appreciation Tourney, Chicago, Il

September 18, 2004
Total participants: 28
TO: Bob Barber

Results: 1st place Dan: Tan, Mingdong 4d (perhaps 5d, says Barber); 1st place low kyu: Shen, Li 2k; 1st place mid kyu (tie): Halderman, Nick 11k, Rohde, David 11k; 1st place high kyu: Chen, Jesse 26k.

GAGAGAGO Tournament, Alpharetta, GA

September 23, 2004
Total participants: 24
TO: Ken Labach
TD: Chuck Robbins

A Division (6 players): 1st: SIEMON, Debbie 4/0; 2nd: ZHANG, Peigant 3/1; B Division (8 players): 1st: LANGENDORF, Walter 4/0; 2nd: MCCALL, Greg 3/1; C Division (10 players): 1st SALAZAR, Alexandros 4/0; 2nd CARLSON, Tom 3/1; Best Youth (Under 18): DIAMOND, Jonathon 3/1

4th Shoenfield Memorial Marathon, Durham, NC

September 25, 2004
Total participants: 38
TO: Bob Barber

OPEN: Changlong Wu 6d ($250 first prize), Aheng Feng ($150 for second place), Yoshiteru Suzuki (third place, $100)
A section (2D-2k): 1st Woojin Han ($150)
B section (3k-6k): 1st split by Glenn Williamson and Adam Bridges,($60 each)
C section (8k-11k): 1st John Greiner ($100)
D section (12k-14k): Sergio Parreiras ($90)
E section 1st 13-year-old Rob Lampe ($80)

Hoboken Fall Handicap Tournament, Hoboken, NJ

October 3, 2004
Total participants: 50
TO: Larry Russ
TD: Steve Bretherick and Chuck Robbins

Section A (2-3 dan): GU, Jason; WANG, Yi; CHEN, Mawshien; Section B (1K-1D): WU, Steven; SAMUEL, Mike; HARTSELL, Jon; Section C (2K-3K): ZHANG, Lionel; KIGUCHI, Christopher; BYRNE, David; Section D (4K-5K): LUCOTTE, Matthieu; LOWRIE, Matthew; BENYOWITZ, Joel; Section E (6K-9K): SHANG, Kevin; ZHAO, Zhongxia (Ricky); MARKOWITZ, Jonathan; Section F (10K-15K): BENGTSON, Matthew; DONNY-CLARK, Kerry; SHANG, Andrew; Section G (over 15K): JAIN-SHARMA, Vishank; DUAN, Michael; ZHU, Catherine

Texas Four Seasons Winter Tournament, Houston, Tx.

October 16, 2004
Total participants: 10

Mike Peng 5d took top honors in the Texas Winter Four Seasons Tournament, held October 16 in Houston, Texas. In second place was Christopher Vu 12k; Justin Chiang 13k took third and Robert Cordingley 3k was fourth. Ten players participated in the tournament.

NOVA Pumpkin Classic, Northern Va, VA

October 30, 2004
Total participants: 39
TO: Alan Abramson

FIRSTS: Keith Arnold, 5d, 3-1; Ray Hunley, 1d, 3-1; Alan Perrin, 2k, 3-1; Seth Hoffman, 5k, 3-1; John Greiner, 8k, 3-1; Ed Hsu, 9k, 4-0; Bob Bacon, 13k, 3-1; Kabe Chin, 20k, 3-1; Kevin Chin, 27k, 4-0. SECONDS: Hal Small, 3d, 3-1; Ethan Baldridge, 2k, 3-0; Todd Heidenreich, 8k, 2-2; Tim Pollio, 11k, 3-1; Bill Larkin, 14k, 3-1. Thirds: Jim Pickett, 5k, 2-2; Ben Bernstein, 1d, 2-1; Andrew Auernheimer, 15k, 2-1