Three previous winners of Seattle Go Center tournaments competed in the Spring Tournament, held May 6. They were Sorin Gherman 6d, who won the 2018 Jin Chen tournament, Kai Fugami 6d, winner of the 2017 Anniversary Tournament, and Yue Zhang 7d, who won the 2016 Anniversary Tournament. Yue Zhang won the eight person Open Section with a 3-0 record, while the other two players had 2-1 records, along with Zhixiang Lou 5d.
The Handicapped Section had 20 players. In a change from previous tournaments, there were no bands in the Handicapped Section. Book and equipment prizes were given to all players who won three games. They were Zihong Yao 2d, Frank Brown 6k, Xiangnan Chen 7k, and Lucas Lu 9k, who also won the youth prize.
Your reporter also noticed a wide range of game recording techniques. Some of the strongest players just relied on memory, while other players used paper kifu, laptops, tablets, and video recording with a cell phone. First photo: Yue Zhang in center of photo. Photos/report by Brian Allen
