Fang Jia Hsu topped a field of 62 players competing for $3,000 in prizes at the 27th Jiang Zhu Jiu Ing Cup on February 10 in San Francisco, California. The annual event is sponsored by Ing’s Goe Foundation of California. Players competed for four rounds in five sections with Fang Jia Hsu winning the top section. Prizes in each section were given to fourth place.
Once again several players came from China for the tournament, including the family of Rui Naijian, the brother of Rui Nai Wei 9P. You can find the complete tournament summary here.
Section summary of prize winners:
Open Section
1. Hsu, Fang Jia
2. Tao, Shuaiheng
3. Xie, Chao
4. Rui, Naijian
Dan Section
1. Steven Chen
2. Jin Yao
3. Christopher
4. Linden Chiu
Expert Section
1. Nan Zhong
2. Ke Yan Rui
3. Jay Chan
4. Hojin Lee
Intermediate Section
1. Tai-An Cha
2. Ryan Lear
3. Ke Xin Rui
4. Tyler Moore
Novice Section
1. Eric Yang
2. David Baran
3. Steven Scher
4. Michal sawicki-ciuk
report/photos by Ernest Brown; collage by Chris Garlock
