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Undeterred by hurricanes, Space Coast Go Tournament continues

The 2017 Space Coast Go Tournament was held on October 14 in the Community Resource Center in Rockledge, Florida. Rockledge is on the mainland near the Kennedy Space Center and Cocoa Beach.  Last year Hurricane Matthew delayed the games; this year Hurricane Irma blew through earlier.  Rockledge suffered a large amount of mostly minor damage. The three round tournament drew 16 players including folks from Orlando, Sarasota, Port Orange, and the Palm Beaches.  A wide range of ranks split nicely into three groups: Dans, 1 to 8 kyu, and 8 to 28 kyu. Top honors went to Jonathan Fisher, 4D, who won all three of his games.  Aaron Otero was the winner of the upper kyu division, also with three wins.  Joel Kickbusch, 10k, won two out of three to finish first in the lower kyu division.  He also won the raffle for a new Go set generously donated by Yellow Mountain Imports along with other prizes.  The first three players in each division chose books from Slate and Shell as their prizes.  Bart Lipofsky was the tournament director. - report/photos by Bart LipofskyResults: Dan division: Jonathan Fisher, 4D (3-0), Chris Sagner, 3D (1,2), Karsten Henckell, 4D (1,2) Upper kyu: Aaron Otero, 7k (3,0), Lanny Searcy,3k (2,1), Efrain Davila 2k (2,1) Lower kyu: Joel Kickbush, 10k (2,1), Peyton Duncan, 28k (2,1), Yuliang Huang, 15k (2,1) photos (clockwise, starting in upper left):Karsten Henckell 4D (L) vs Jonathan Fisher 4D (R), Dan Micsa, 4D looks on from the sideWinners: (left to right) Jonathan Fisher, Aaron Otero, Joel Kickbusch, Peyton Duncan, Efrain Davila, Yuliang Huang, Chris SagnerJoel Kickbusch 10k with Yellow Mountain Go setEddie Crawford 27k (L) vs Peyton Duncan 28k (R)