Rising youth stars Dongha Lee (3d), 4-0, and Richard Duan (4d), 3-1, won 1st and 2nd in the high dan section of
NGC’s annual Back-to-School event. The lower dan and kyu section saw Patrick Sun (3k) and Arthur Wang (3k) sharing 1st and 2nd closely followed by Joonha Lee (4k) also 3-1. All games in both sections were handicapped.
To celebrate the end of vacation and school restarting, all 29 participants received a 5x5 souvenir photograph of wildlife in the Galapagos where TD and photographer Gurujeet Khalsa recently vacationed. All 3 and 4 game winners received an 8x8 print. Quipped one participant, “No booby prizes, just blue-footed boobies.”