The American Go E-Journal

August 11, 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:
- PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING: Kim & Kerwin on the art of sacrifice
- BY THE NUMBERS
- SCOREBOARD: U.S. Open (4th Round results); Pair Go (Final); 
Redmond Cup (Youth); Self-Paired Tournament; Lightning Tournament 
Update; 9x9 Tournament; Crazy Go 



PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING: Kerwin & Kim on the art of sacrifice

"When you're being chased by a dog, throw him a bone." 
- James Kerwin, Pro 1-Dan.

"How many stones must die before we learn to give up one?"
- Janice Kim, Pro 1-Dan. 



BY THE NUMBERS 

- 14,000: elevation of game played Wednesday atop Pike's Peak 
by S00 Kyun Cha (4-Dan Korean Pro) against Eric Wainwright, 
Glen Peters & Jeff Horn.  



SCOREBOARD 


U.S. OPEN (4th Round results)

4-0 winners: 
Thomas HSIANG, 7D;      Eric LUI, 4D;        Fred KING, 3D; 
Craig HUTCHINSON, 1D;   Steven PINE, 1K;     Mark GILSTON, 1K; 
Alain LO, 2K;           Gordon FRASER, 3K;   Robert SLOAN, 4K; 
Paul BENSEN, 5K;        Russ WILLIAMS, 6K;   Henry HELLER, 6L; 
Andy LIU, 12K;          Eileen HLAVKA, 16K;  Stefan JACEWITZ, 19K; 
Joanne KELLEHER, 20K;   Crystal YUAN, 30K.

NOTE: There are two rounds remaining in the Open. 


PAIR GO

Table 1 winners: Gina SHIH, 1K & Joey HUNG, 7D (they will represent 
the U.S. at the World Pair Go Championships).

2nd: Joanne PHIPPS, 3D & Ned PHIPPS, 7D

3rd: Debbie SIEMON, 3D & Thomas HSIANG, 7D

4th: Pauline POHL, 3K & Ted NING, 7D 


Redmond Cup (Youth)

Junior League winner: Eric LUI, 2-0 (Curtis TANG).

Senior League 1st Round Results: Jonathan WANG (Richard Liang). 



SELF-PAIRED TOURNAMENT

Current Division leaders: Champion: Martin LEBL; Giant Killer: 
David FRANKEL; Sensei: Martin LEBL; Philanthropist: Jim Pickett; 
Grasshopper: Nathaniel CURRAN; Straight Shooter: Horst SUDHOFF; 
Hurricane: Martin LEBL; The Keith Arnold: Horst SUDHOFF; 
Dedicated: Martin LEBL; Faithful: Ian UMEMOTO; Optimist: Heorge 
SCHMITTEN. 



LIGHTNING TOURNAMENT UPDATE

Dan semi-finalists: Ned PHIPPS, 7D, Richard LIANG, 3D

Dan finalist: Piers SHEPPERSON, 4D

(The winner in the semi-finals will play Shepperson for the 
Dan Lightning Championship)

Kyu quarterfinalists: Eric WIENS, 22K, Jackie YUAN, 19K 

Kyu semi-finalist: J.P. RODMAN, 7K.

Kyu finalist: Matthew BURRALL.

(The quarterfinalist winner will play the semi-finalist and 
the winner will play Burrall for the Kyu Lightning Championship) 



9x9 Tournament

Quarter-finalists: Philip WALDRON, 5D, Pauline POHL, 3K.

Semi-finalists: Nathaniel CURRAN, 9K, Karoline BURRALL, 19K.  



Crazy Go

"The 23-line board was busy from the moment Ron Snyder asked 
'Where's my 23-line board?' at the beginning of the evening," 
reports Tournament Director Terry Benson.

More than sixty players participated in Tuesday night's annual 
foray into experimental Go.

"The centerpiece of the room was Rengo Kriegspiel -- tables set 
like a flower, strange calls and laughter for hours," says Benson. 
"There was lots of spiral Go, four-color Go, progressive, triple 
and joker Go, as well as 3-D Go."

"This year's new game was Stochastic Go, introduced by Howard 
Landman: regular moves are followed by a 'dice round' using one 
six-side die and two 20-sided dice of different color which can 
add, subtract, change or remove moves on the board." 

As always, "Everyone won, and a good time was had by all," 
concludes Benson.