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First Eternal Cup Southern California Go Championship draws big field

Chris Garlock | Published on 11/15/2024

Ninety enthusiastic Go players from all over the U.S. spent the beautiful weekend of November 9-10 gathered in the large playing hall of World Journal newspaper HQ building in Monterey Park California to compete in the First Eternal Cup Southern California Go Championship tournament, featuring what organizers say was “the largest cash award for a regional North American Go tournament.”

The 22 players in the Open Section included 6 7-Dan players, ten 6-Dan players and six 6-Dan players.  A highly competitive event, no one finished the six-round tournament without a loss. Shuaiheng Tao 7D took top honors, while in second place was Ninghan Duan 7D and Yifan Wu 7D was third.   

 

For the other sections, from the high dan to beginner section, each section had chosen four winners to receive trophies and cash prizes, and all players did their best to bring something home.

Enrique Garcia, head of San Diego Go club, volunteered to do top board online broadcasting and between rounds, he did some off-line game reviews and Q/A with prizes for the young players.


The winner list is as follows:


Champion  Shuaiheng Tao  7 dan  (5 wins, 1 loss)
2nd place  Ninghan Duan   7 dan  (5 wins, 1 loss)
3rd place   Yifan wu  7 dan  (4 wins, 2 losses)    
4th place    Shang Zhou   7 dan (4 wins, 2 losses)   
5th place moxuan Liu   6 dan  (4 wins, 2 losses)
6th place Mike Sato 6 dan  (4 wins, 2 losses)


High Dan section

1st place    Liam Liu       4 dan  5 wins 
2nd place   Seowoo Wang      5 dan  4 wins
3rd place   Christophe Humbert  4 dan  4 wins
4th place Stephanie Tan      3 dan  4 wins 


Low Dan section

1st place   Igasho Yin     2 dan   5 wins 
2nd place  Peter Chen    1 dan   5 wins
3rd place   Zhengwen Bi 2 dan   4 wins
4th place   Xuewei Chen 2 dan   4 wins 

 

Strong Kyu section

1st place   Olive Long        6 wins 
2nd place Dongsheng  Guo   5 wins 
3rd place Ruoyu Wen        5 wins 
4th place  Roger Abrhansson  4 wins  


Mid kyu section

1st place    Guo Jinlin     5 wins  
2nd place Zizhou Zhang   4 win 
3rd place Juwon Choi 4 wins  
4th place  William Fang   4 wins  

 

Beginner section

1st place   Chelsea Pan   6 wins 
2nd place Jaylene Chang  5 wins
3rd place Alex loo  4 wins 
4th place  Chloe Fang  4 wins 

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