Over 60 people turned out for the San Diego Go Club's 2019 Spring Soiree at the San Diego Chess Club in Balboa Park. Forty youth go players competed in either a 13x13 tournament or a 19x19 tournament which were run by Hai Li, a Chinese 5-dan professional. Kevin Charles Yang won the 19x19 tournament with 3-0 record over Evan Tan on tie-breakers. Five players in the 13x13 side earned four victories out of the 5-round non-handicapped competition. Adults playing self-paired games were put in a separate playing room. Both groups combined at 5 p.m. to partake of free pizza provided to both players and spectators. The San Diego Go Club will host the Second Annual 5-Round California Go Championship on the Saturday and Sunday after Thanksgiving (November 30 and December 1, 2019). There will be a prize pool of over $800.
Report/photo by Ted Terpstra, President, San Diego Go Club; photo: Hai Li, Chinese 5P, and his wife, Ya Wen giving awards to some of the twenty 19x19 players.