Ho Son 7d Wins Seattle Top Go Players' Tournament
Brian Allen | Published on 4/9/2013
Ho Son 7d won the first competition of the Seattle Top Go Player's Tournament on April 7, while Edward Kim 7d and Chan Jeong tied for 2nd place.
The deciding game between Son and Kim was played late on Sunday afternoon, and is posted on the news page of the Seattle Go Center website (Both players are also on the AGA Pandanet City League Seattle A Team, and Edward Kim won the AGA Tygem Pro Preliminary in Seattle last year). The round robin tournament took place on the first Sundays of February, March and April at the Seattle Go Center, and had 8 players. Son won a cash prize of $250, and a trophy topped by the Seattle Space Needle with titles in four languages: English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean. A second competition is planned for the first Sundays of May, June and July 2013 at the Seattle Go Center. All strong players are welcome to join in. The tournament was organized by Sonny Cho, using a format popular in Korea. All games are played on an open board, but some handicapping is done with reverse komi. The winner of this competition, Ho Son, will be giving extra komi to all players for the next round.
Photo: Winner Ho Son/ Text and photo by Brian Allen