The American Go E-Journal

August 10, 2000

U.S. Congress Special Edition

The E-Journal is publishing daily this week from the 
annual U.S. Go Congress in Denver, Colorado.  



In This Issue:
- IN MEMORIUM: SKIP ASCHEIM 
- PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING: Kim & Kerwin
- BY THE NUMBERS
- SCOREBOARD: Ing Cup (Final); Die Hard Tournament (Final); 
Redmond Cup (Youth);  



PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING:  Janice Kim, Pro 1-Dan, & Jim Kerwin, Pro 1-Dan

"You don't have to prevent your opponent from getting everything: 
just half a point less."
-Janice Kim

"Your opponent is entitled to something.  A professional is never 
jealous of what his opponent gets."
- Jim Kerwin 



BY THE NUMBERS

- 24: Congress Director Stu Horiwitz's favorite number (it's Willie 
  Mays jersey # as well as Stu's birthday and his mom's too).
- 15: Number of professional Go players at the Congress
- 70: combined strength of the pros
- 12,005: elevation of game played Wednesday by Terry Benson, 
  Roy laird and Chendao Lin against Feng Yun (Chinese 9-Dan now 
  living and teaching in NJ). 



SCOREBOARD 

ING CUP (Final)
Winner: Thomas HSIANG (4-0)
     4th-round results: 
Thomas HSIANG (Lianzhou YU);    Jong Moon LEE (Ho Suk YI); 
Edward KIM (Jung Hoon LEE);     I-Han LUI (Yuan ZHOU); 
Ted NING (Jonathan WANG);       Dae Yol KIM (Joseph KIM); 
Philip Waldron (James CHIEN);   James SEDGWICK (Howard PU).  


DIE HARD TOURNAMENT
4-round tournament held on Wednesday, the traditional Congress day off. 
4-0 winners: Jonathan Wang, 6D; Jin Chen, 1D; Jean Waldron, 6K.
62 players; TD: Chuck Robbins  


REDMOND CUP (Youth Tournament)

Round 1, Junior League: Eric LUI (defeated Curtis TANG).

NOTE: The Senior League first round game was delayed until Thursday 
due to illness.  


SELF-PAIRED TOURNAMENT
Martin Lebl continues to dominate the field (leading in the 
Champion, Sensei, Straight Shooter, Hurricane and Dedicated 
divisions) but Horst Sudhoff (all the way from Germany) is now 
tied for the lead in the Philanthropist division with Jim Pickett 
and George Schmitten, and Ian Ruskty has taken over the Faithful 
lead. Nathaniel Curran still leads in the Grasshopper, Jeff Horn 
is holding onto a slim lead in the Keith Arnold and George chmitten 
is maintaining a solid lead in the Optimist.



IN MEMORIUM: SKIP ASCHEIM 

The Massachusetts Go Association lost its long time president last 
weekend when Skip Ascheim died, reports Howard Marshall. 

"Skip will be remembered as the most important single force in 
keeping the MGA alive and active for more than two decades," 
Marshall says. 

"A passionate, generous man of the theater," said Ed Siegel of 
the Boston Globe.  Read more about Skip at 
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/221/living/A_passionate_generous_man_of_the_theater+.shtml



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