The 2006 Philadelphia Fall Open
The Penn Go Society held its second annual AGA-rated Go tournament at the University of Pennsylvania, on Sunday, December 10, 2006. Twenty-seven participants turned out to compete in the AGA-rated Go tournament, which was organized and directed by Peter Nassar, Matt Bengtson, and Paul Matthews. The tournament featured 4 rounds of play, with 3 Divisions of players, full handicaps, and Fischer time format (18 min basic time + 15 s / move additional). Prizes were awarded for the top 4 winners of each Division.
For the second year in a row, Ricky Zhao, 3-dan, took the first place prize with an amazing 4-0 record. Special thanks go to Bill Cobb at Slate and Shell, who donated a number of books for the kyu-level prizes; as well as to Josh Marcus and Tim Coble who secured for us a working laser printer at the last minute; and finally to all our friends who helped us set-up and break-down the event!
Results
- Division I (1 dan and stronger)
- Z. "Ricky" Zhao, 3 dan, 4-0
- P. Straus, 3 dan
- J. Yan, 1 dan
- C. Rim, 2 dan
- Division II (1 kyu - 9 kyu)
- A. Huang, 9 kyu, 4-0
- J. Merritt, 4 kyu
- D. Kerkeslager, 7 kyu
- M. Walker, 4 kyu
- Division III (10 kyu - 25 kyu)
- A. Norton, 14 kyu, 4-0
- J. Nyquist, 10 kyu
- T. Coble, 10 kyu
- J. Snavely, 12 kyu
Game Records
The following four games are taken from Ricky Zhao, 3 dan, the winner of the 2006 Philadelphia Fall Open. Click on any or all of the games below to download them and view them on your sgf client. Special thanks to Ricky for graciously donating his game records to our club!
| Game | Black | White | Handicap | Komi | Record |
| 1 | Ricky Zhao, 3 dan | Chuck Robbins, 5 dan | 2-stone | 0.5 | sgf |
| 2 | Ricky Zhao, 3 dan | Lionel Zhang, 5 dan | 2-stone | 0.5 | sgf |
| 3 | Bruce Katz, 2 dan | Ricky Zhao, 3 dan | None | 7.5 | sgf |
| 4 | Ricky Zhao, 3 dan | Peter Straus, 3 dan | none | 7.5 | sgf |
