Thirty-seven players showed up last Sunday to take part in the San Diego Go Club's "Back-to-School" Tournament.
A new resident to the area, Alan Ai (7.2-dan) won the Open section with a 3-0 record over a strong field including two 6-dans and a 5-dan. "The last time Ai was seen in San Diego, he took second place in the 2017 Redmond Cup at the U.S. Go Congress here," reports San Diego Go Club President Ted Terpstra. "He is now enrolled at UCSD, so hopefully, he will become a familiar face at San Diego Go Club events." The club was honored to have two Chinese pros who now live in Southern California stop by to watch the competition: Hai Li and Weihan Hua, who is the president of the UCSD Go Club.