Eighteen players entered the September 18 Cocoa Go Tournament in Cocoa, Florida, with ranks from 4-dan to 25-kyu and ages that spanned more than 60 years. The two youngest players are shown below (top left) facing off in Round 2. Eddie Crawford 25k is on the left and Yuliang Huang 15k is on the right. Lu Mueller-Kaul 16k and Lewis Hyman 14k are
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- Eddie Crawford 25K (left front), Yuliang Huang 15K (right front) Lu Mueller-Kaul 16K (left back), Lewis Hyman 14K (right back)
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- Steve Barberi 1K (left), Johnathan Fisher 3D (right), Tony Yon 6K (right, back)
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- Johnathan Fisher 3D (left), Dan Micsa 4D (right), Joe Carl 2K (center, back)
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- First place winners: Heather Crawford 14K (left), Steve Barberi 1K (center), Tony Vick 6K (right)
at the back of the table. The event was a one-day Swiss with three rounds and three categories, hosted by the Space Coast Area Go Association. First place winners were Steve Barberi 1k, Tony Vick 6k, and Heather Crawford 14k. Prizes were donated by Slate and Shell and Yellow Mountain Imports and were awarded to the first three places in each category. Cocoa is located in Brevard County on the east central coast of Florida, near the Kennedy Space Center. The Central Brevard Library provided a free meeting room for the event. A pizza party followed the event at the home of Bart and Judy Lipofsky.
– report by Bart Lipofsky
WINNERS
Category 1 (above 5K)
1 Steve Barberi 1K AGA 2323
2 Johnathan Fisher 3D AGA 21138
3 Joseph Carl 2K AGA 7767
Category 2 (above 11K)
1 Tony Vick 6K AGA 19856
2 Paul Wiegand 7K 8204
3 Anthony Yon 6K 15880
Category 3 (above 30K)
1 Heather Crawford 14K AGA 18750
2 Yuliang Huang 15K (tie) AGA 20387
2 Lu MuellerKaul 16K (tie) AGA 20961
3 Eddie Crawford 25K 21449
