American Go E-Journal

Go teacher Evan Cho 7d has won the second TRENDnet Southern California Go Championship, reports tournament organizer Kevin Chao.  A small but enthusiastic crowd of 32 met at the Arcadia Badminton Club in Arcadia, CA, for the tournament, which is sponsored by the global network hardware provider.  Cho beat Curtis Tang 7d for the top section prize and Gus Price 7d came in third.  In the dan section, Daniel Alvira won top honors followed by Jay Zheng, Jerry Shen and Jeffrey Zhang.  In high kyu, Preston Hutchins won, followed by Andy Cheng and AGA Executive Vice President Ted Terpstra.  Mid-kyu: David Baran, followed by AGF Teacher of the Year Joe Walters and Hena Garcia.  Low-kyu, Jeremy Shen followed by Sean Tucker and AGF Director Larry Gross.  The go playing happened in an upstairs room at the giant badminton club; some players went downstairs and played badminton while waiting for their next round, making the weekend a combined mental and physical workout.