The First New Orleans AGA sponsored Go Tournament hosted by the
Bayou Go Club and the Genghis Khan restaurant is a bounding success!
The open section had seven participants. Jeff Shaevel
and Mike Peng came in from Texas to give our locals a run for their
money. In addition, we were lucky to have Ms. Xuefen Lin, 1 Dan
professional from Houston, Tx, join in the open. She managed to win
the tournament but only by a small margin(4/5). Mike Peng came in a
close second (4/5)and our own, Dr. Kazuo Sato, came in third(3/5).
(Dr. Sato took second place in the spring Houston open.) In addition
to the above, Masastugu Takano(4d), Sam Kuk(3d), Youn Han(4d) and
Jeff Shaevel(3d) participated in the open section.
Ms Lin Xuefen (Pro 1
Dan) possed with Restaurant owner and avid Go player
Henry Lee and David Dinhofer (BGC President) after
receieving her prize for winning first Place in the
open Section
Mink Peng (Houston,
Tx.) completes the Chinese dominance by taking second.
Kazou Sato (New
Orleans, La), after placing 2nd in the Houston Go
Tourney, places 3rd.
We had a total of 12 participants in the handicap
section. This included, Chelsea and Elka Dinhofer, both 8 y.o. and
Cydney Hedgpeth, 9 y.o. Cydney took first in the low kyu
division(2/2). The girls didn't play much but had a lot of fun and
got their pictures taken by the local newspaper photographer.
In the high kyu division, Mr. Che Cho Yun (4k, of
Houston, Tx.(4/5) came in first with Art Davis (15kyu, of New
Orleans, 4/5) coming a close second. Andreas Balser (5k, of New
Orleans, 3/5) came in third.
The Other Participants:
David Dinhofer(2k, New Orleans, La.), Craig Delery(8k,
New Orleans, La.), Ray Davis(11k New Orleans, La.), Eric Suh (12k,
New Orleans, La._, Hongkai Guo(2k? Houston, Tx), Travis Hedgepeth
(12k, New Orleans, La.), Henry Lee (15K? New Orleans, La.)
Che Cho Yun (Houston,
Tx.)receives his Prize for winning first
place
Art Davis and Andreas
Balser posses with David Dinhofer (BGC President).
They finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.
We were honored to have Ms. Lin give a pre-tournament
lecture and watch a spectacular demonstration game between Dr. Shiang
Xiang Lee (7D) and Ms. Lin. We plan to make the game available as a
.sgf file in the near future.
Henry Lee, tournament participant and owner of Genghis
Khan, deserves special credit. Not only did he let us abuse his
restaurant(during none operating hours) but he feed us a spectacular
dinner on Saturday night with live classical music and opera singers
serenading us.
