Celmer, Castanza and Smith Win in AGA Board Elections
Paul Celmer edged out Zhiyuan ‘Edward’ Zhang for the Eastern seat on the AGA’s Board of Directors in the just-concluded election; Celmer received 26 votes, or 53%, to 22 – or 44% — for Zhang. Gordon Castanza (Western) and Daniel Smith (central) were unopposed and won with 92% and 87%, respectively.
U.S. Go Congress Tournament Crosstab Links
2011 US Open
2011 North American Masters Tournament
2011 Redmond Cup Junior Division
2011 Redmond Cup Senior Division
2011 Strong Players Open
13×13 Tournament: Seth Wax 5d; Eric Su 4d; Chris Linden 1d; Luke Zhang 1d; Austen Liao 4k; Michael Lash 6k; Julian Erville 10k; Kalinda Fraser 18k. Four tables each of dan players and kyu players. Tournament directed by Jim Hlavka.
– Laura Kolb
9×9 Tournament: Tournament Director: Jay Tabaniag
# of Participants: 54
Table 1 winner: Gansheng Shi 7d 5-0
Curtis Tang 7d 0-5; Matthew Burrall 7d 2-3; Calvin Sun 7d 2-3; Hugh Zhang 7d 2-3; Lionel Zhang 6d 4-1
Table 2 winner: Zhirui Yang 6d 4-1; Table 3 winner: Tony Xie 6d 4-1; Table 4 winner: Jerry Shen 4d 4-1; Table 5 winner: Henry Zhang 1k 4-1; Table 6 winner: Michael Scudder 2k 5-0; Table 7 winner: Sathya Anand 3k 4-1; Table 8 winner: William Fraser 5k 4-1; Table 9 winner: David Niu 6k 4-1
photo: the main room at the U.S. Open on Monday morning; photo by Chris Garlock
