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Yuan Zhou sweeps DC Chinese Lunar New Year tourney

Forty five players participated in the 11th annual Chinese Lunar New Year tournament on February 10th. The event was held for the first time at the National Go Center in Washington DC with overall first place going to Yuan Zhou 7D with a 4-0 record. Josh Lee 6D was second at 3-1.

Nathan Epstein has been building up the broadcasting capabilities at the National Go Center and was joined in the broadcast room by local AGA Pro, Eric Lui 1P, for live streaming of all rounds on Twitch. They were joined with remote live commentary by Sichen Zhong, Michael Fodera, Stephen Hu, and Robert Tirak. 

Other winners this year were: 3D-4D division - Frederick Bao 4D (1st), Bryan Kim 4D and Yangqing Sun 3D (2nd) 1D-2D division - Quinn Baranoski 2D (1st), Ryan Hunter 2D and Chang Choi 1D (2nd) 1K-5K division - Patrick Sun 5K (1st), Kathy Qiu 3K and Mike Lash 4K (2nd) 6K-8K division - Sarah Crites 6K (1st), Bob Crites 6K and Joon Lee 6K (2nd) 9K-12K division - Alvin Pee 12K (1st), Raymond Luo 10K (2nd) 13K-19K division - Qidi Xu 15K (1st), Julian Turim 15K (2nd) 20K+ division - Antonina Perez-Lopez 20K (1st), Ethan Tung 22K and Justin Wang 30K (2nd)
"A special thanks to our sponsors for this tournament who have donated great trophies and prizes each year," said Gurujeet Khalsa. Dr. Yeni Wong, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), Culture Center of TECRO, and Financial Accounting Tax Specialists, Inc. as well as the organizers: Great Falls Go Club, (Dr. Ching-Sung Chin) and Hai Hua Community Center (Mr. Hank Chao). 
photos: bottom left: Ching-Sung Chin (left), Khalsa and Hank Chao (right); top left: Twitch stream room; top right: Ching-Sung Chin, Yuan Zhou and Khalsa.