American Go E-Journal

Mark Lee won the sixth annual Jin Chen Memorial Tournament, held at the Seattle Go Center on January 3.  Lee (in yellow shirt) was visiting from California; readers may remember that he was undefeated in the U.S. Open in 2014.  Dong (David) Ma placed 2nd in the Open Section of the Jin Chen, which had eight players.  The Handicapped Sections had 20 players.   The Dan Handicapped Section was won by Zhihong Yao, with Dengda (Dan) Tang placing 2nd.  The SDK section was won by John Johnson, with Eric Backus placing 2nd.  The DDK  section was won by Elan Ma, with Michael Hixenbaugh placing second.  Elan Ma, who was undefeated in her games, also won the Youth Prize.  
– photo/report by Brian Allen