The Bay Area Go Players tournament in San Francisco July 8 attracted a record 46 players ranging from 20k to 7d. In the 1d-7d band Xu Zao 7d took first place while Matthew Cheng 5d was second. Other results: 4k-1k: 1st Xiaofei Long 2k, 2nd Yunyen Lee 2k
8k-5k: 1st Shanthanu Bhardwaj 5k, 2nd Hyun Yong Jin 5k 20k-9k: Tie for 1st between Casey Dahlin 10k and Steven Whitney 15k
photo: An Weiqi 4d (left) is matched against Matthew Cheng 5d (right); report by Steve Burrall; photos by Jay Chan