In October last year, nearly 50 AGA players competed online in the 10th Virginia Open via BadukClub‘s tournament platform.
Yi Li 7D (5W-1L), an undergraduate at Duke University and 2021 North Carolina champion, overcame a 3rd-round loss to take 1st place over Zhengbokang Tang 8D (5W-1L) from Colorado by a narrow SOS margin. James Chih-Rong Sun 6D from Canada won the Youth 1st-Place award, and Stephanie Tan 1D from Indiana was the women’s champion.
“Even with the expected errors and no-shows, our TDs worked overtime to maximize the number of games played and perfect the pairings,” stated Co-TD Devin Fraze. “Players seem delighted. With a total of 0 players struggling with technical details and with all games starting automatically. The BadukClub in-page chat helped a few players befriend another and was flooded at the end with many thanks.”
Qingbo Zhang was the co-TD and distributed prizes and certificates. The total prize pool was $560 with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place of the Open Elite division receiving $200, $100, and $50 respectively.
Full winners report:
Division, Prizes, 1st, 2nd, 3rd (and/or 4th)
Open Elite (6-8D) $200/100/50 :Yi Li, Zhengbokang Tang, Chen Zhang, Jimmy Creeks (Jing Guo)
Open (4-5D): Qingbo Zhang, Juanshu Lan, Mani Sanford
Youth 1D+ James Sun, Juanshu Lan, Al Tang
Youth 1-9K Derek Zhou, Massa Jin, Kai Lan
Youth 10-20K Chenchen Xiong, Kyle Tang, Lucia Moscola
Women’s Stephanie Tan, Angel Zhou, Della Tang, Anna Zhou, (5th Serena Tu, 6th Lucia Moscola, 7th Melody Liu)
Expert (1-3D) Al Tang, Stephanie Tan, Evan Tan
Proficient (1-4K) Derek Hounong Zhou, Massa Jin, Tai-An Cha
Intermediate (5-9K) Jim Sandy, Justin Collier, Della Tang
Novice (10-20K) Chenchen Xiong, Kyle Tang, Steven A Zilber
The Capital Go Club also plans to host an in-person tournament in Fairfax Virginia on 11/27/2022, which may feature a hybrid tourney with the California State Championship over the same weekend.
Report by the Capital Go Club
