“When we renamed this annual event from Congress Tune-up to Summer Sizzler, we weren’t thinking it would be quite so literal,” reports TD 
Gurujeet Khalsa. “However, with one of the two roof AC units going out just previous to the tournament and DC temperatures approaching 100 degrees, not all of the heat was over the Go board. Still, with fans and plenty of bottled water on ice, an enthusiastic crowd of 47 players had a great time and many stayed for the DC premiere of The Surrounding Game in the evening.” Players made the trip from as far as North Carolina and Michigan for the event.
photo (right): watching the live stream of Board 1; photo by Nate Eagle.
Eric Lui 1P, the local AGA pro, continued his unbeaten streak in events at the National Go Center taking overall first place at 4-0. Justin Teng 6D took second place in the top section with a 3-1 record. Other winners were: Gu Zhenying 5D (2-2), Qingbo Zhang 5D (2-2), Yanqing Sun 3D (3-1), Joel Cahalan 2D (3-1), Ryan Hunter 1D (3-1), Nate Eagle 1K (3-1), Adam Bridges 3K (3-1), Austin Robinson 4K (4-0), Tevis Tsai 7K (4-0), Joon Lee 9K (3-1), James Liu 10K (4-0), Deirdre Golash 11K (3-1), and Erik Fagerstrom 27K (3-1).
photo (left): Enjoying The Surrounding Game on Saturday evening; photo by Nate Eagle.
Special thanks to Nathan Epstein who live streamed the games on the top board from the National Go Center’s Facebook page.
