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Curtis Tang 7d Bests Tough Field to Win SoCal Tourney

Curtis Tang 7d (8.32) weathered tough competition to take top honors in the 2011 Southern California championship, reports tournament organizer Kevin Chao. The overall turnout of 54 included five 7 dan players, including three with ratings above 8, and many 6 dan players.  Tang (at left) was undefeated in the five-round tournament, held March 5-6 in Alhambra, California, at Mr. Abel Pa's Southern California Chinese Broadcasting building.   First prize was $600 along with a handsome trophy.  The main event was followed Sunday night by a "youth mini-tournament" won by Ezana Berhane 5k.
 Full results: Top three in the open section:  Curtis Tang 7d (5 wins), Danny Ko 7d (4-1), Yixian Zhou 6d (3-2). Dan section: Yunxuan Li, 2d (5 wins), Andrew Okun 1d(4-1), and tied for third, Jerry Shen 4d (3-2) and Tim Chi 1d (3-2). High Kyu section: Preston Hutchins 2k (4-1), Alex Lee 3k (3-2), Jeffery Zhang 4k (3-2). Mid Kyu section: Andrew Hong 5k (4-1), Cyris Sargon 8k (4-1), David Baran 9k (4-1).  Low Kyu section: Raymond Liu 10k (4-1), Jerry Lu  14kyu (4-1), Susanna Pfeffer, 13k (4-1). photo by Andy Okun