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Peter Nelson Wins Jin Chen Tournament

Peter Nelson 5d beat Edward Kim 7d, the dean of Northwest go players, to win the Open Section of the  Jin Chen Memorial Tournament at the Seattle Go Center on Jan. 8.   The players agreed that Kim played one slack move in the middle of a complicated fight between five unsettled groups, and he said "good job!"

 to Nelson as he resigned. It was the first time Nelson has beaten Kim in five tournament match-ups. Kim placed second, and Dengda Tang third in the Open Section. In the Handicapped Sections, John Hogan took first place among the Single Digit Kyu Players.  Hogan was visiting from Arizona, where he now lives.  It was very nice to see the former Seattle Go Center TD get to play three games without any worries about running the tournam ent.  Michael Fain placed 2nd and Eric Backus 3rd. In the Double Digit Kyu Player section, Nathan Saritzky placed first, with Carl Anderson 2nd, and Ray Illian 3rd.  The Youth Prize went to Maya Altschuler, who had a 2-1 record.   The tournament had 29 players. 

Photos: (top right) Peter Nelson; (top left) Edward Kim teaching between rounds; (bottom left) Emma playing Yuriko - an even game across an age difference of more than 80 years.  Photos/report by Brian Allen