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With 27 players participating in this year’s 5th annual Salt City Go Tournament in Syracuse, NY, Jared Beck 2D of Ithaca captured the top A division prize of $100 and SUNY Upstate student Chang Kim 3D took the $75 second place prize in that division.  Peter Wynn 4K and Eric Hookway 18k, both ofSyracuse, won the B and C divisions respectively, both finishing with 4-0 records.  Fifteen prizes, most of them books from Slate and Shell, were presented to the top game winners.  Jim Gonnella won the coveted – and tasty — cake problem prize.
Photo: Beck (r) and Kim (l); photo by Richard Moseson

Supporters of the U.S. team at the upcoming World Mind Sports Games (2nd World Mind Sports Games to be held in France; AGA Seeks Donations for U.S. Team 3/24 EJ) can now donate directly by clicking on the Mind Sports Games 2012 donate button. “Every donation helps and every contribution is appreciated,” says American Go Association President Allan Abramson.

The American Go Association is seeking a secretary. The secretary mainly takes minutes at AGA board meetings and schedules the occasional special meeting. “This is something you can do from the comfort of your own home while listening to the mellifluous sounds of the Board members’ voices as we exercise our brilliant rhetorical skills,” joked Board Member Daniel Smith. The volunteer position require a time commitment of about 2-5 hours per month, plus a couple of hours at the US Go Congress if the secretary attends. To apply or inquire about the position, email agaboard@usgo.org.

Charles Su 1k (left) won the Davis/Sacramento Go Club Spring Quarterly Tournament, held at the Arcade Library in Sacramento on March 31. “Despite the rain, there was a field of ten players from 4 dan to 15 kyu,” reports organizer Willard Haynes. Su won the Upper Division, while the Lower Division winner was Allan Louderback (right), 4 kyu. Both had 3 wins and 1 loss.