More than 50 players turned out for two go tournaments hosted by the San Diego Go Club on Sunday, September 25: the 2022 U16 Girls and U16 Boys California State Go Championship and the San Diego End-of-Summer Go Tournament.
Abigail Wanyu Chen was the U16 Girls California State champion, while Chunwei Shi won the U16 Boys California State Go Championship. The event was a handicap only competition with players from all over Southern California competing. As has become a San Diego Go Club tradition, a trophy was awarded to the youngest player, five year old Michelle Lin 25k. With the surge of new and renewing AGA members at the tournaments, reports club president Ted Terpstra, the San Diego Go Club now has 100 AGA members, and will most likely break the 100 AGA-member mark when registration opens on October 1 for the 2022 King Cup – California Go Championship over the Thanksgiving weekend. In 2021, 70-players took part in the King Cup go tournaments over the Thanksgiving weekend.
2022 U16 handicap tournament report:
U16 Boys: 1 Chunwei Shi 1d (4-0); 2 Kevin Huang 6d; 3 Andy Shunwei Zhou 1d.
U16 Girls: 1 Abigail Wanyu Chen 5k; 2 Angel Shunying Zhou 2k; 3 Zoe Tan 5k.
In the Third Section: 1 Skye Haotian Chen 7k; 2 Fei-Lian Zhang 8k; 3 Jeremy Li.
The second competition of the day was the San Diego End-of-Summer Go Tournament. Intended to be a fun tournament, with no prizes, no trophies, and no titles, 26 players showed up, including a very strong Open section, with one 7-dan and four 6-dans.
Xingang Huang 2d and Arunas Rudvalis 6k were the only undefeated players in the handicap section. All players and spectators were treated to free pizza for lunch.
San Diego End-of-Summer Go Tournament report:
Open Section: 1) Shang Zhou 7.0d; 2) Aiyang Lu 6.8d; 3) Moxuan Liu 6.0d
Handicap Sections:
First Division: 1. Xingang Huang 2.4d; 2. Qi Xia 2.0d; 3. Henry You 4.1d
Second Division: 1. Lester C Lanphear 2.0k; 2. Paul Margetts 2.8k; 3. Aaron Demby Jones 4.3k
Third Division: 1. Arunas Rudvalis 6.0k; 2. George G Spellman Jr 11.0k; 3. Edric Chan 18.0k
Reporting by Ted Terpstra; photos by Enrique Garcia and Henry You.
