The American Go E-Journal

August 12, 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:
- NEWS FLASH: RUI WINS KUKSOO
- PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING: Nakayama on how to get strong
- BY THE NUMBERS
- SCOREBOARD: U.S. Open; Self-Paired; Lightning Tournament; 
Redmond Cup, 9x9, Duplicate Go
- CREDITS 



NEWS FLASH! RUI WINS KUKSOO

Naiwei Rui, who stunned the Go world by winning the Kuksoo 
earlier this year, just won this year's Women's Kuksoo Thursday 
night, 2-1.  



PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING

" A good teacher and good books are the key to improving at Go."

- Noriyuki Nakayama, Japanese pro and longtime Go Congress attendee.  



BY THE NUMBERS

- 581: Number of U.S. Open games played to date
- 476: Number of Self-Paired games played to date



SCOREBOARD 


U.S. OPEN

Open Section: (Finalists) 
Thomas HSIANG;   Ted NING;   Jong Moon LEE;   Joey HUNG.

Dan/Kyu 5-game winners: 
Eric LUI;           Steven PINE;        Alain LO;           
Gordon FRASER;      Paul BENSEN;        Eileen HLAVKA;   
Stefan JACEWITZ;    Joanne KELLEHER;    Crystal YUAN.  


SELF-PAIRED TOURNAMENT (Update)

Champion: Martin LEBL; Giant Killer: David FRANKEL; 
Sensei: Horst SUDHOFF; Philanthropist: Horst SUDHOFF; 
Grasshopper: James SEDGWICK; Straight Shooter: Martin LEBL; 
Hurricane: Martin LEBL; The Keith Arnold: Horst SUDHOFF; 
Dedicated: Martin LEBL (60 games played!); Faithful: Ian UMEMOTO; 
Optimist: George SCHMITTEN. 


LIGHTNING TOURNAMENT

Dan Finalists: Ned Phipps, 7D, Piers Shepperson, 4D

Kyu Finalists: J.P. Rodman, 7K, Matthew Burrall 


REDMOND CUP (Final)

Senior League Winner; Eric LUI 


9x9 TOURNAMENT 

Finalists: Pauline Pohl, 3K; Karoline Burrall, 19K 


DUPLICATE GO

Winner: Philip Waldron (White in both 13x13 and 19x19 versions); 
John Paul Waldron, (Black in both versions) . 

This is a variation in which the contestants all begin with the 
identical board position and play on from there. 



CREDITS

The E-Journal has been made possible this week by the enthusiastic 
support and assistance of the tournament directors: Bert BATES 
(Ing Cup); Don WIENER (Pairs Go); Craig HUTCHINSON (9x9); Marc PALMER 
(13x13); Keith ARNOLD (Lightning Go); Mike BULL & None REDMOND 
(Redmond Cup); Terry BENSON (Crazy Go); Walt LAUER (Duplicate Go); 
David FOTLAND (Computer Go). 

Special thanks to Chuck ROBBINS, who not only co-directed the 
U.S. Open, Die-Hard and Self-Paired Tournaments this week, but was 
the key source of much of the tournament and BY THE NUMBERS data. 



Chris Garlock, Managing Editor
American Go Journal & American Go E-Journal
chrisgarlock@earthlink.net