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FENG YUN GO SCHOOL-HIGHLAND PARK TEAM MATCH, NJ.

December 4th, 2004
TD Feng Yun 9P
10 Boards

Board 1: Gu, Jason 3d (FY) defeated Bartell, Tom 5d (HP); Board 2: Yang, Jack 2d (FY) beat Huang, Xiaoying 5d (HP); Board 3: Zhou, Xun 4d (HP) defeated Feng, Yuchen 2d (FY); Board 4: Cao, Guaoliang 5d (HP) beat Wang, Jonathan 2k (FY); Board 5: Chen Wei 4d (HP) defeated Kiguchi, Christopher 2k (FY); Board 6: Zhang, Yiming 4d (HP) beat Shang, Kevin 5k (FY); Board 7: Zhao, Vicky 6k (FY) defeated Zhang, Kai 4d; Board 8: Xu, Yang 7k (FY) beat Li, Perry 2d (HP); Board 9: Chu, Gaosheng 2d (HP) defeated Yan, Jasmine 8K (FY); Board 10: Jonathan Markowitz (FY) beat Yang, Spencer (HP).

Princeton Fall Self-Paired Tournament

December 5th, 2004
TO Rick Mott
28 players

Best performances : Matthew Lowrie, 9-11 games, Matthew Bengtson (4/5) and Jonathan Markowitz (7/10) “Ratings Rocket awards :Jonathan Markowitz, and Aquinas Hobor Most-Improved awards: Matthew Lowrie and Alex Pak

Four More Years?! Tournament, Chicago, IL.

December 5th, 2004
TO Bob Barber
39 players

1st Place Dan: ZHOU, William 2d; 2nd Place Dan: CHON, Hwan U 3d; 1st Place Low Kyu: PRATT, Jeff 3k; 1st Place Mid Kyu: ROHDE, David 11k; Tie 1st Place High Kyu: CHEN, Jesse 26k & WANG, John 26K; 2nd Place High Kyu: XU, Diana 26k.

2004 Western Go, an online tournament

December 14th, 2004
78 players

For dan-level results, Zhao Nian Chen (NJ) came in first at 5-1 in Tier 1 (4D-6D+); Jim Huang (CA) came in second at 5-1;and Robert Oto (CA) came in third at 3-2. Zhao Nian is a high school player, and was a Redmond Cup finalist this summer. Five out of the six players in Tier 1 were students. In Tier 2 (3D), Ryan Smith (OR) came in first at 3-0; Adam Miller (CA) came in second at2-1. In Tier 3 (2D), Tomoko Kotera (MN) took first at 2-0; Masaya Tsukamoto (CA) and Tak Cheng (NY) tied for second at 2-1 (their losses coming to Ms. Kotera). Tomoko Kotera is a middle school student and has now promoted two rounds in a row. In Tier 4 (1D-1K), Robert Muldowney (NJ) took first at 3-0; Lionel Zhang (NY) took second at 1-1,and Masaaki Hamaguchi (NJ) took third at 1-1. Lionel Zhang is an elementary school player. In other results, Christopher Kiguchi (elementary school, NJ) went 3-2 in Tier 5; Tao Li (graduate student, OR) and Matt Mallory (high school, TX) both went 3-0 in Tier 6; and Zhongxia Zhao (elementary school, NJ) went 3-2 in Tier 7. For a complete listing of results, go to http://westerngo.org/

Northern Virginia Go Club Holiday Helper Tournament , Va.

December 18th, 2004
TO Max Peterson
TD Chuck Robbins
30 players

A SECTION: 1st: Andrew Jackson 1d, 4-0; 2nd: RayHunley 1d, 3-1; B SECTION: 1st: Arnold Eudell 4k, 3-1; 2nd: JohnLancaster 2-2; C SECTION: 1st: Max Peterson 6k 4-0, 2nd: Mike Lash 6k,2-2; D SECTION: 1st: Bob Ehrlich 7k, 2-2; 2nd: Paul Blackburn 7k 2-2; ESECTION: 1st: Steve Holton 12k, 3-1; 2nd: John Greiner 8k, 3-1; FSECTION: 1st: Bob Bacon 13k, 3-1; 2nd: Keiju Takehara 13k, 1-3; GSECTION: 1st: Geoff Boyer 25l, 4-0; 2nd: Kurt Haldeman 20k, 2-2

3rd annual Feng Yun Tournament , Piscataway, NJ

January 8, 2005
TD Larry Russ and Steve Bretherick
63 players

19X19 TOURNAMENT
- Open Section: 1st: HUANG, Ke, 4 pts; 2nd: ZHUO, Yansong;, 3pts.; 3rd: CHEN, Zhaonian, 2 pts
- 5d-1d: 1st: HU, Michael, 4 pts; 2nd : HUANG, Xiaoying, 3 pts; 3rd : XU, Wenjie, 3 pts;
- 1k-6k: 1st: ZHANG, Lionel, 4 pts; 2nd: SHANG, Kevin 4 pts; 3rd :ZHAO, Zhongxia, 4 pts.
- 7k-15k: 1st: ZHANG, Peter, 4 pts 2nd: NAZIF, Zaher 3 pts 3rd: XIA, Daniel 3 pts
- over 16k: 1st: ZHU, Daniel 4 pts; 2nd: LIN, Maverick 3 pts. 3rd: VEL, Sudhir 3 pts.
13X13 TOURNAMENT. 7-player round-robin on 2 tables
Table 1: 1st: Jay Hung; 2nd: Kristian Leung; 3rd:Mellisa Danitz
Table 2: 1st: Claudia Jiang; 2nd: Sean He; 3rd: Sean Li, William Chen (tie)

2004 National High School Team Tournament

FINAL RESULTS:
Champion: Clear Lake HS, Houston, Texas; Challenger: Riverview HS, Riverview, Michigan
Playoff Finalists (alphabetical order): Clear Lake HS, Houston, Texas (second team); Highland Park HS, Highland Park, New Jersey; Lincoln MS, Santa Monica, California; Monta Vista HS, Cupertino, California; New York Metropolitan, Consolidated HS in New York City; Plano Senior HS, Plano, Texas
See the full report at www.geocities.com/seaottergoclub/RSCPlayoffs.html

MGA Winter Tournament, Mass.

January 16, 2005
TD Zack Grossbart.
28 Players

Full winner's report: 1st: Wai Cheung, 10 k, 4-0; 2nd: Gang Tang 4k, 4-0; 3rd: Siming Liu 3k.

Mid-Winter Tournament, Seattle, Wa.

January 16, 2005
36 Players

Two Dans, Barna Rubin and Paul Kim tied for top honors
The Kyu section Daniel Capwell 2k came in first with Frank Brown 11k in second; both Daniel and Frank went undefeated.

SLATE & SHELL OPEN, Richmond, VA

January 22, 2005
19 Players

4-0 William Larkin 14k
3-1 Chuck Robbins 3d, Ethan Baldridge 1d, Paul Celmer 2k, John Greiner 8k, and Kurt Haldeman 20k

Boulder Library Kids' Go Tournament, Boulder, Co.

January 16, 2005
19 Players

Jessica and Katherine Lin, two nine-year-old identical twins, placed first and second in the open section of the January 16 Boulder (CO) Library Kids' Go Tournament. Third place was Antonia Lin (no relation). The first place winners of the other sections were: Jae-Hyun Choi for A, Yaphet Tewahade for B, Nicolas Ledru for C and Siyang Sun for D. The youngest player, Justin Pappas, who at only five years of age is able to challenge some of the older kids, won a special award.

Winter Tournament, Denver, Co.

January 29, 2005
TO: Ulo Tamm
47 Players

Winners report: Open (8 players): 1: Feng, Zipei, 7d; 2: Lee, Jung Hoon, 7d; 3: Weiss, David, 3d. 2d-5k (14 players): 1: Chung, Rim, 2d; 2: Kenyon, Anthony, 3k; 3: White, Ron, 4k. 7-10k (11 players): 1: Wallstedt, Michael, 7k (UT); 2: Cheney, Brock, 7 k (UT); 3: Meyer, Robert, 8k. 11-19k (8 players): 1: Parreiras, Sergio, 11k (NC) ; 2: Strohmann, Thomas, 11k; 3: Hardman, Dennis, 14k. 20k and up (7 players): 1: Carmical, Justin, 26k; 2: Edwards, Brad, 20k; 3: Jord, Karen, 23k.

NOVA MAY MADNESS, Northern Virginia

February 4, 2005
TO: Alan Abramson
38 Players

Full winner's report: 1st (4-0): Chris Garlock, 2d; Jun Hwang 1d; John Zhao 6k; Alpha Chen 12k; Dave Hough, 21k; Kevin Chin 26k. 2nd: Chuck Robbins, 4d; Alan Perrin 2k; Bob Bacon 12k; Robert Ferguson 16k; Ben Farmer 26k. 3rd: Sergio Perreiras 11k; Scott Waldron 12k

Western Go Pla yers (WGP) Round 10 ladder play

February 10, 2005
TO: Robert O'Malley
104 Players

Results for the dan-level tiers: Tier 1 (5D-6D+) Zhaonian Chen (HS, NJ) took 1st, going 3-0 and Jim Hyuang (UG, CA) took 2nd going 3-1. In Tier 2, Tiffany Tsai (UG, CA) took 1st (3-0), Jason Gu (HS, NJ) (2-0) took 2nd, and Steve Burrall (CA) (2-1) took 3rd. Tier 3: Tak Cheng (UG, NY) took 1st (3-1), Zhe Fu (GS, OR) (2-1) took 2nd, and Matt Burrall (MS, CA) (2-1) took 3rd. In Tier 4: Brian Leahy (CA) (3-1) took 1st. In Tier 5 (1D): Michael Cheng (HS, CA) (4-0) took 1st, Tommy Slater (HS, CA) (2-1) took 2nd. Christopher Kiguchi (ES, NJ) attains his promotion to the 1D tier, going (5-1) in Tier 6 (1K-2K). For a complete listing of results, see http://westerngo.org/ladder/

46th Annual New Jersey Open

February 26-27, 2005
TD: Rick Mott and Paul Matthews
78 Players

Open Section: 1st: Zhaonian Chen 7d; 2nd: Ke Huang 8d; 3rd: Weiyuan Yang 7d; 4th: Zhiyuan (Andy) Liu 6d.
4-out-of-5 game winners: Peng Liu 5d; Wenjie Xu 4d; Jack Yang 4d; Saul Lapidus 1k; Jiangtao Gu 2k; Jared Beck 2k; Larry Bartels 4k; Ed Hsu 7k; Chris Roudiez 8k; Nicholas Trieu 13k.

"Remember the Alamo!", Chicago, Il

March 6, 2005
TD: Bob Barber
37 Players

1st Place Dan: Robert Frohardt 1d; 1st Place Low Kyu: Jiri Kataman 1k; 1st Place Mid Kyu: Daniel Smith 12k; 1st Place High Kyu: John Wang 25k; 2nd Place High Kyu: Diana Xu 25k.

San Francisco Go Club Spring tournament

April 2-3, 2005
TD: Steve Burrall and Roger Ku
40 Players

Div. 1 (6d-2d): 1st: Robert Oto 5d; 2nd: Gina Shi 5d; 3rd: Michael Kass 4d; Div. 2 (2d-3k): 1st: Lawrence Ku 2d; 2nd: Tony Zhang 1d; 3rd (tie): Jinlong Zhang 2d and Jacky Chong 2d; Div. 3 (4k-12k): 1st: Karoline Burrall 10k; 2nd: Ariana Tsai 6k; 3rd: Joy Zhang 10k; Div. 4 (12k-29k): 1st: Roger Schrag 12k; 2nd: Albert Tao 12k; 3rd: Julie Burrall 16k

4th Cotsen, Los Angeles, CA.

Complete winner's report ($5,000 in prizes):
Open Section: 1st: Jie Li 9d ($1,000); 2nd: Joey Hung 8d ($500); 3rd: Rui Wang 7d ($250); 4th: Jong In Jeong 8d ($125); 5th: Seung Hyun Hong 7d ($75); 6th: Ned Phipps 7d ($50).
Handicap Section: 4-5d: 1st: Anthony Chen 5d ($500); 2nd: The Ming Wu 4d ($250); 3rd: Jim Huang 5d ($125); 2-3d: 1st: Joanne Phipps 3d ($400); 2nd: Tom Xu 2d ($200); 3rd: Tommy Slater 2d ($100); 1d: 1st: Tom Trilling 1d ($300); 2nd: Fu Ming Gong 1d ($150); 3rd: Robert Schrader; 1-6k ($75): 1st: George Huang 6k ($200); 2nd: John Iwanaga 2k ($100); 3rd: Wai-to Char 2k ($60); 7-10k: 1st: Chi-Hse Teng 8k ($100); 2nd: Ryan Fix 8k ($80); 3rd: John Reed 9k ($50); 11-18k: 1st: Chris Burg 12k ($80); Nathan Borggren 14k ($60); 3rd: Ryen Castillo 15k ($40); 4th: Chris Cameron 17k; 5th: Chance Reimer 14k; 20k+: 1st: Steve Hsin 30k ($60); 2nd: Lance Hsu 25k ($40); 3rd: Alex Ledante 30k ($30).

Vermont Spring Go Tournament

April, 2005
17 Players

1st: Chris Sobolowski 8k (4-0); 2nd: Quentin Dombro 2k (3-1); 3rd: Su Co Chon Duc 19k (3-1).

3rd Feng Yun Youth Tournament, Piscataway, NJ

June 13, 2005
TD Feng Yun 9P
44 players

19x19 (35 players, 5 rounds): Section A: YANG, Jack 5 wins; GU, Jason 4 wins; ZHAO, Zhongxia (Ricky) 3 wins; Section B: WANG, Jonathan 3 wins; SHANG, Kevin; XU, Yang 3 wins; YAN, Jasmine 3 wins; Section C: ZHAO, Allan Xiang 5 win; ZHANG, Peter 4 wins; LI, Anton 3 wins; TRIEU, Nicholas 3 wins; Section D: LI, Jaron 5 wins; LIN, Maverick 4 wins; LI, Albert 2 wins; HO, Jason 2 wins; VEL, Sudhir 2 wins; Section E: TSE, Matthew 5 wins; WU, Tiffany 3 wins; AN, Terence 2 wins; WU, Jessie 2 wins; Section F: DANITZ, Melissa, 5 wins; NAN, Karen 3 wins; LEUNG, Kristian 3
wins
13x13 (10 players, 6 rounds): HUANG, Andrew 6 wins; YE, Peter 5 wins; DANITZ, Melissa 5 wins; LEE, Richard 5 wins.

Twin Cities tournament

June , 2005
30 players

1st: Edward Zhang 5d; 2nd: Matthew Curran 5d. Aaron Broege 10k, David Scripps 14k, and Brigid Strait 21k were all undefeated. David Wolfe 1d, Peter Hansmeier 1k, Cory Herberg 6k, and Sam Sheets 14k finished with 3-1 records.

NOVA Congress Tune-Up, Arlington, VA.

July 16, 2005
TO: Allan Abramson
38 players

First place: Juan Pablo Quizon 4d, 3-1; Alan Perrin 1d, 3-1; David Wong 1d, 3-0; Jeffrey Chou 6k, 4-0; Alpha Chen 8k, 3-1; Keiju Takehara 13k, 3-1; Kabe Chin,15k, 3-1; Alexander Lee 16k, 3-1; Jennifer Lin 24k, 4-0. Second place: Eric Lui 7d, 3-1; Adam Bridges 3k, 2-2; Raymond Yeh 6k, 3-1; Todd Heidenreich 8k, 3-1; James Wu 10k, 3-1; Tim Kang 19k, 3-1; Kevin Chin 20k, 3-1; Vi Cao 24k, 3-1

Summer Go Tournament, Austin, Tx.

July 23, 2005
TO: Michael Heinich
22 players

Dan: 1st: Wu, Xianliang; 2nd: Gabbert, Adam; Kyu I: 1st: Feng, Powei; 2nd: Hu, Alex; Kyu II: 1st: Foran, Gary; 2nd: Mercer, Stephen.

Lightning Tournament, 2005 U.S. Go Congress.

TD: Keith Arnold
144 players

Dan tables: Patrick Sun 1d, Tony Zhang 1d, Tom Xu 3d, Kento Nikaido 3 d, Hao Sen 2d, Lawrence Ku 2d, Cornel Burzo 7d, Kory Stevens 4d, Gina Shi 6d, Cherry Shen 3d. Kyu tables: Chris Watson 12k, Eileen Hlavka 9k, Selina Chen 21k, Luke Allen 7k, Eunice Lin 6k, Angela Pham 30k, Jason Won 3k, Jordan Hoang 1k, Albert Guo 2k, Timothy Pollin 4k, Kevin Shang 4k, Zack Liu 14k, Jacquelyn Yuan 16k, Karoline Burrall 10k.

Summer Rocky Mountain Go Tournament, Co

TD Ulo Tamm
September 10, 2005
37 players

OPEN SECTION: 1st: Zipei Feng, 4-0; 2nd: David Ring, 3-1; DAN SECTION: 1st: Kent Evenson, 4-0; 2nd: Stu Horowitz 4-0; 1ST KYU SECTION: 1st: Thomas Strohmann, 3-1; 2nd: Bruce Young, 2-2; 2ND KYU SECTION: 1st: Steven Bird, 4-0; 2nd: Danny Top, 3-1; 3RD KYU SECTION: 1st: Kellin Pelrine; 2nd: Amara Sailing.

"The Truth Is Out There" tournament, Chicago, Il.

TD Bob Barber
September 10, 2005
34 players

1st Place Dan: ZHOU, Will 3d; 2nd Place Dan: URSO, Chris 1d; 1st Place Low Kyu (tie): KOLB, Laura 6k, HUYNH, Lee 7k; 1st Place Mid Kyu: WANG, Ryan 11k; 1st Place High Kyu: CHEN, Jesse 24k.

Dote Memorial Tournament, San Francisco, CA

TD:Steve Burrall
Sept 10, 11
50 players

Div. 1: 1st: James Chien 7d; 2nd: Tommy Slater 3d; 3rd: Lawrence Ku 3d; Div. 2: 1st: Fred Hopkins 3k; 2nd: Andrew Okun 4k; 3rd: Hugh Zhang 5k; Div. 3: 1st: Michael Su 10k; 2nd: Calvin Clark 11k; 3rd: Zack Liu 12k; Div. 4: 1st: David Tien 15k; 2nd: Derek Tao 29k; 3rd: Jingxi Zhai 22k; 2005 Dote Memorial Award for best year-long performance: Jacky Chong 3d.

Moon Cha Memorial Tournament, Germantown, MD

TD:Steve Burrall
Sept 24
30 players

Open Section: 3d and up (even games): 1st: Eric Lui 7d; 2nd: Tong Chen 6d; 3rd: Chuck Robbins 4d. Section A: 1st: Ray Hunley 1d; 2nd: Scott Waldron 1k; 3rd: Wei Mao 3k. Section B: 1st: Todd Blatt 6k; 2nd: James Wu 8k; 3rd: Jonathan Hilt 19k.

Fifth Memorial Go Marathon, Cary, NC

TD:Steve Burrall
Sept 24
51 players

Section A (2D-3D), Jeff Kuang (5-0) edged Woojin Han (4-1) by a half point in the first round. Tom Bitonti swept Section B (1D-2k) with a perfect 5-0 score, and Glenn Williamson was clear first with 4-1 in Group C (3k-5k). Sergio Parreiras and John Moore tied for first in Section D (6k-8k) with scores of 4-1. Walter Nurmi (5-0) topped Joey O'Donnell (4-1) in the final round to win Section E (9k-12k), and Tom Carlson and Jonathan Hilt scored 4-1 to tie for first in Section F (16k and up).

Hoboken Fall Ratings Tournament

TO:Larry Russ,
TD: Steve Bretherick and Chuck Robbins
Sept 25, 2005
52 players

OPEN SECTION: 1st: Andy Liu, 4-0; 2nd: Zhaonian Chen, 3-1; 3rd: Jason Gu 2-2; SECTION B: 1st: Steven Wu, 4-0; 2nd: Yi Wang 3-1; 3rd: Lionel Zhang 2-2; SECTION C: 1st: Christopher Kiguchi, 3-1; 2nd: Ed Downes 2-2; 3rd: Sal Gionfriddo 2-2; SECTION D: 1st: Clayton Wilkie, 4-0; 2nd: Kevin Shang 3-1; 3rd: Zhongxia "Ricky" Zhao 2-2; SECTION E: 1st: Xiaowei Sun, 4-0; 2nd: Jasmine Yan 3-1; 3rd: Nathan Borggren 3-2; SECTION F: 1st: Sean He, 4-0; 2nd: Thibault Berger 3-1; 3rd: Tiffany Wu 2-2, Eric Wu 2-2.

2005 Texas Open, Navasota, Tx.

TO: Robert Cordingly
TD: Jeff Shaevel
33 players

Open (10 players): 1st: Jie Li 9d, San Diego, CA, 5-0, $1500; 2nd: Kyung-Sik Kim 7d, Houston, TX, 4-1, $750; 3rd: Dong Soo Kim 6d, Houston, TX, 3-2, $350.
Handicap (23 players): 1st: Joo Cho 7k, Katy, TX, 6-1, $200; 2nd: Hwi Soo Cho 10k, Katy, TX, 6-1, $100 (son of Joo); 3rd: Jonathan Sobieski 13k, Houston, TX, 5-2, $50. Youngest player: Stanley Sun, 23k, Houston, TX 4-3 (9 yrs old) won a go book donated by Barnes & Noble.