Thirty players came from as far away as Buffalo, New York City, Boston, and Mechanicsburg, PA to play in the Syracuse Go
Club’s 10th annual Salt City Tournament on Saturday, April 8. Yunhan Li 2d (right), Dan Kwan 2d, and Wayne Nelson 1k took home the A division’s cash prizes of $100, $60, and $40, respectively. Liya Luk 8k, after self-promoting to 6 kyu for the tournament, proceeded to sweep all four of her games in the B division, and Stefan Wang 20k went 4-0 in the C division.
Longtime Syracuse Go Club member Milton Sack 15k pre-celebrated his 100th birthday four months early by winning the one game he played (he drove to the tournament himself and then left after one round to attend a memorial service).
Each player was able to select a new go book to take home at the end of the day, all provided to the tournament at a discount by Slate and Shell. Allen Noe once again served as tournament director, and organizer Richard Moseson’s wife Chris made the tournament’s traditional problem cake (black to play).
– report/photos by Richard Moseson
