2005 US GO CONGRESS TOURNAMENT REPORT (FINAL) Presented by The Tacoma Go Club, the Seattle Go Center and the American Go Association. Acknowledgements: The Ing Foundation, The Nihon Kiin, The Kansai Kiin, The Hankook Ki-won, The China Wei-qi, and The Canadian Go Association

In Memoriam: Gregory Lefler

US MASTERS(TDs: Jon Boley and Jeff Shaevel): Champion: Jie Li

10TH AMERICAN ING CUP (TD: Chuck Robbins): 1st: Jie Li; 2nd: Jong Moon Lee; 3rd: Joey Hung; 4th: Yuan Zhou; 5th: Thomas Hsiang; 6th: Dewu Zhang; 7th: Eric Lui; 8th: Yongfei Ge

US OPEN (TD: Ken Koster): 361 players. Open Section: 1st: Xuefen Lin; 2nd: Takahiro Kitagawa; 3rd: Yongfei Ge; 4th: Haifeng Liu; 5th: (tie): Lu Wang & Zhaonian Chen; 6 Dan: 1st: Richard Liang; 2nd: Kenichi Shigemi; 3rd: Matthew Burrall; 5 Dan: 1st: Jim Huang; 2nd: Jack Shih; 3rd: Tsuneyuki Suzuki; 4 Dan: 1st: Landon Brownell; 2nd: Kory Stevens; 3rd: Juan Pablo Quizon; 4th: Francis M. Roads; 3 Dan: 1st: Cherry Shen; 2nd: Terry Fung; 3rd: Calvin Sun; 4th: Nakano Masayuki; 2 Dan: 1st: Hao Shen; 2nd: William Newman; 3rd: Lawrence Ku; 4th: Tommy Slater; 1 Dan: 1st: Lionel Zhang; 2nd: Jim Levenick; 3rd: Richard Bustamante; 4th: Tony Zhang; 1 Kyu: 1st: Asher Tubman; 2nd: Robert J. Barber; 3rd: Sal Gionfriddo; 4th: Steve Barberi; 2 Kyu: 1st: Christopher Lupton; 2nd: Setsuki Sakamoto; 3rd: Albert Guo; 4th: Akira Kimura; 3 Kyu: 1st: Josh Larson: 2nd: Steffen Kurz; 3rd: James Fienup; 4 Kyu: 1st: Kevin Shang; 2nd: Tim Pollio; 3rd: Peter Aremenia; 5 Kyu: 1st: George Huang; 2nd: Max Peterson; 3rd: Leonard Baum; 4th: Jeffrey J. McLellan; 5th: Benjamin Harter; 6 Kyu: 1st: Solomon Smilack; 2nd: Chen-Yi Lin; 3rd: Jim Conyngham; 7 Kyu: 1st: Laura Kolb; 2nd: Jasmine Yan; 3rd: Luke Allen; 8 Kyu: 1st: Chris Burg; 2nd: Joel Olson; 3rd: Peter Drake; 9 Kyu: 1st: Tim Woodcock; 2nd: Frank Brown; 3rd: Edward Phipps-Benett; 4th: Lee Huynh; 10 Kyu: 1st: David Allen; 2nd: Jonathan Sabo; 11 Kyu: 1st: Brett Cooper; 12 Kyu: 1st: Sheng Xiong Hu; 2nd: Zack Liu; 3rd: Calvin Clark; 13 Kyu: 1st: Jeffrey Ning; 14 Kyu; 1st: Dennis Fong; 15-19 Kyu: 1st: Toby Chang; 2nd: Joel Simpson; 3rd: Lothar Narins; 4th: Jeff Henrikson; 20-28 Kyu: 1st: Selina Chen; 2nd: Eric Wu; 3rd: Liam Royce; 4th: Julia Shi; 29+ Kyu: 1st: Alexander Enger; 2nd: Angela Pham; 3rd: Gary Metcalf; 4th: Sammy Zhang

DIE HARD (TD: Chuck Robbins): Section A: 1st Place: Takahiro Kitagawa; Section B: 1st Place: Landon Brownell; 2nd Place: Kory Stevens; Section C: 1st Place: Lawrence Ku; 2nd Place: Lionel Zhang; 3rd Place: William Cushing; Section D: 1st Place: William Phillips; Section E: 1st Place: Stefan Helms; Section F: 1st Place: Johnathan Sabo; Section G: Jonathan Canning

MIDNIGHT MADNESS (TD: Chuck Robbins): Winners: Section A: Kitagawa Takahiro; Section B: Scott Dossey; Section C: Solomon Smilack. Honorable Mention: Section D: Justin Chiang

SELF-PAIRED (TD: Mike Malveaux): Champion, Giant Killer, Straight Shooter & Hurricane: Leonard Baum; Sensei, Philanthropist & Dedicated: Martin Lebl; Grasshopper: Angela Pham; Keith Arnold Award: Horst Sudhoff; Faithful: Jean Waldron; Optimist: Paul Jacobs.

PAIR GO & YOUTH PAIR GO (TD: Jeff Shaevel): Grand Champions: Cherry Shen and Joey Hung; 2nd: Gina Shi, Robert Oto. Youth Champion: Zhaonian Chen With Adult: Akane Negishi. Special Taki Prizes for Pair Go Spirit: Best Youth Couple: Julie Burall and Kento Nikado; Best Mixed Youth/Adult Couple: Melanie Arnold and Keith Arnold; Best Adult Couple: Sandra Edson and Sam Zimmerman

YOUTH HANDICAP (TD: Terry Benson): Dan Section: 1st: Lawrence Ku 2d; 2nd: Tommy Slater 2d; 3rd: Tom Xu 2d; High Kyu Section: 1st: Jasmine Yan 7k; 2nd: Eunice Lin 6k; Mid Kyu Section: 1st: Zack Liu 14k; 2nd: Jeffrey Ning 13k; Low Kyu Section: 1st: Tiffany Wu 21k; 2nd: Eric Wu 21k

YOUTH LIGHTNING (TD: Todd Heidenreich): Table Winners: William Zhou 3d; Kento Nikaido 3d; Eunice Lin, 6k; Chance Reimer 7k; Andrew Shang 14k

YOUTH 9X9 & 13X13 (TD: Todd Heidenreich): Table Winners: 9x9: Lawrence Ku 2d; Chance Reimer 12k; Andrew Shang 14k; Greg Butzi 17k; Eric Wu 25k; 13x13: Lawrence Ku 2d; Linden Chiu 1k; Jasmine Yan 9k; Andrew Shang 14k; Isabel Kwan 18k; Alex Enger 22k; Eric Wu 25k

12TH MICHAEL REDMOND CUP (TD: Jon Boley & Chuck Robbins): Senior Division: 1st: ZhaoNian Chen; 2nd: Richard Liang. Junior Division: 1st: Lionel Zhang; 2nd: Calvin Sun

9X9 TOURNAMENT (TDs: Craig Hutchinson & Bob Barber): Dan Winner: Bob Hearn; Kyu Winner: ShenXiong Hu

13X13 TOURNAMENT (TD: Jim Hlavka): Dan Section: Terry Fung; Upper Kyu Section: Jasime Yan; Lower Kyu Section: Justin Chang

CRAZY GO (TD: Scott Arnold): About 80 in attendance; Winner: Everyone!

LIGHTNING GO (TD: Keith Arnold): Dan Champion: Cornel Burzo; Kyu Champion: Tim Pollio

BOB HIGH MEMORIAL POETRY AND SONG COMPETITION (TD: Chris Kirschner): Songs: 1st Place: "Invasions Raise Awkward Questions" Francis Roads; 2nd Place "Student of Go" John O'Conner; Honorable Mentions: "Moves That Ain't Right" - Bob Felice; "How To Deal With Hamete" - Bob Felice. Poems: 1st Place: "In Memory of Iwamoto Kaoru" - Francis Roads; 2nd Place: "Waiting For The Pairings" - Francis Roads. Honorable Mentions: "Once a Year" - Richard Liang

Edward Lasker Awards: This award is given to express the American Go Association’s appreciation for the long labor of a distinguished go organizer. This year we have two recipients, Sam Zimmerman, our longtime database manager, and Craig Hutchinson, who has kept our archives for over thirty years. Named to commemorate the contribution of chess Grand Master Dr. Edward Lasker, who learned go late in life, recognized its beauty and value, declared it a better game than chess, wrote a beginners book, "Go and Go-moku", and - with others - founded the AGA in 1935.