Tournaments
SPECIAL EVENT: On February 24, 2008 MGA participated in a team tournament between the club members, MIT students and Stuyvesant students.
The tournament was hosted at the MGA club. The final results were:
- 1st place: Stuyvesant with 9 wins
- 2nd place: Massachusetts Go Association with 5 wins
- 3rd place: Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 4 wins
The Massachusetts Go Association sponsors four tournaments per year. The tournaments are held at the MGA club (see Location & Contact page). They are AGA-rated, one-day, four-round handicap tournaments with prizes for the top three finishers. American Go Association membership is required and is available at registration. Membership in a foreign Go association is an acceptable substitute.
The entry fee is $15 for Massachusetts Go Association members and $20 for non-members. The proceeds benefit the MGA.
Following tournament dates are currently scheduled for 2008-2009:
- Sunday April 20th, 2008
- Sunday July 20th, 2008
- Sunday October 19th, 2008 (change in the schedule)
- Sunday January 18th, 2009
REGISTRATION: Registration is at 9:30 AM.
RULES: Playing by the Japanese rules. Each player gets 45 minutes main time plus unlimited 5/25 byo-yomi periods after the main time (5 minutes for 25 moves).
For further information contact the tournament director, Eva Casey (eva
theworld.com).
Following is the list of past tournament winners:
| Tournament | First Place | Second Place | Third Place |
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| 2008 Summer | Joseph Chen, 16k | Yuanliang Chu, 2d | Eric Reid, 4k |
| 2008 Spring | Gus Heck, 3k | Tu Nguyen, 10k | Adam Luter, 3k |
| 2008 Winter | David Spitz, 6k | Sam Huang, 15k | Gus Heck, 3k |
| 2007 Fall | Mark Irgang, 8k | Sam Huang, 16k | Doug Frantz, 12k |
| 2007 Summer | Eric Reid, 4k | Robert Huxtable, 6k | Pete Martin, 8k |
| 2007 Spring | Alvin Sanchez, 12k | Wanda Metcalf, 4k | Jing Wei Ling, 4d |
| 2007 Winter | David Gurevich, 1d Alex Borland, 7k | Edward Faulkner, 16k | |
| 2006 Fall | John Aspinall, 4k | David Kahn, 11k | Alex Henzel, 5k |
| 2006 Summer | David Gurevich, 3k | Chuck Robbins, 4d Deren Dohoda, 5k | Ed Gillis, 2d Pete Martin, 12k |
| 2006 Spring | Lim Jing, 3d | David Kahn, 12k | Tim Button, 16k |
| 2006 Winter | Marty Spector, 2k | Deren Dohoda, 9k | Andrew Hall, 1k |
| 2005 Fall | Gus Heck, 8k | Jie Liang, 7d | Andrew Hall, 1k |
| 2005 Summer | Matt Mallory, 2k | Thomas Lui, 6k | Thomas Tanayo, 3k |
| 2005 Spring | Wai Cheung Man, 8k | Gang Tang, 3k | Mike Tobias, 10k |
| 2005 Winter | Jinsung Yoo, 5d | Chuck Robbins | Chris Garlock |
| 2004 Fall Upper Band | Shuhua Wu, 2k | Guizhong Yao, 4d | Becci Torrey, 2k |
| 2004 Fall Lower Band | Siming Lui, 5k | Wai Cheung Man, 12k | Jennifer Wu, 9k |
| 2004 Summer | Yu Zhong, 4d Doug Frantz, 13k | Sal Gionfriddo, 2k | |
| 2004 Spring Upper Band | David Lin, 3d | Ke Lu, 4d | Chris Papazian, 1d |
| 2004 Spring Lower Band | Shuhua Wu, 4k | Alexander Schwartz, 15k | Roland Crowl, 5k Robert Thau, 4k |
| 2004 Winter | Walther Chen, 2k | Gus Heck, 8k | Jinsung Yoo, 5d Evan Morse, 10k |
| 2003 Fall | Bob Hearn, 1k | Won Kim, 5d | Eric Reid, 3k |
| 2003 Summer 7k-7d section | Mike Van Wie, 2k | Greg Lefler, 1d | Roland Crowl, 6k |
| 2003 Summer 25k-8k section | Gus Heck, 8k William Baretsky, 15k | Jeremiah Parry-Hill, 16k | |
| 2003 Spring | Jinsung You, 1k | Jeffrey Miller, 8k John Kraemer, 13k | |
| 2003 Winter 5k-5d section | Gregory Lefler, 3k | John Chamberlain, 4k | Won Kim, 5d |
| 2003 Winter 22k-6k section | Susan Scott, 21k | Leif Gerjuoy, 13k Gregory Rosenblatt, 16k | |
| 2002 Fall | Jin Chen, 5d | Gregory Lefler, 4k | Julien Duquesnay, 16k |
| 2002 Summer | Jie Liang, 7d | Matt Greenberg, 9k | Chris Papazian, 6k |
| 2002 Spring | Ben Shisler,3d | Gus Heck, 8k | Won Kim, 5d Alex Henzel, 4k |
| 2002 Winter | Douglas Zhang,6d Daniel Dvinov, 10k | John Aspinall, 5k | |
| 2001 Fall | Nathan Curtis, 17k | Bob Hearn, 2k | Won Kim, 5d |
| 2001 Summer | Ding Liang, 4d | David Kahn, 15k | Mark Ma, 3d |
| 2001 Spring | Jean-Philippe Estradier, 8k | Won Kim, 5d | Eric Nelson, 14k |
| 2001 Winter | Rich Chalmers, 1d Alex Hezel, 6k | David Khan, 16k | |
| 2000 Fall | Michael Vaughn, 4k | Dave Mallon, 4d | Won Kim, 5d |
| 2000 Summer | Sang Lee, 6d | Scott Armstrong, 11k | Rick Hubbell, 6d |
| 2000 Spring | Eric Osman, 2d | Gus Heck, 12k | David Mallon, 4d |
| 2000 Winter | Rich Chalmers, 1k Roland Crowl, 6k | Bob Hearn, 3k | |
| 1999 Fall | Kirby Huget, 9k | Ben Shisler, 3d | Eva Casey, 3k |
| 1999 Summer | Eric Reid, 3k | Shinichiro Tomioka, 6d | David Kahn, 20k |
| 1999 Spring | Doug Frantz, 12k | Grace Gao, 3d | Michael Vaughn, 4k |
| 1999 Winter | Rich Chalmers, 2k | Dan Hewins, 4d Bill Arrand, 2k Bill Witthoft, 5k | |
| 1998 Fall | David Morell, 3k | Jim Bonvouloir, 4k | Jean-Philippe Estradier, 8k |
| 1998 Summer | Gabriel Ostriker, 12k | Don Wiener, 6d | Eric Osman, 2d |
| 1998 Spring | Jean-Philippe Estradier, 12k | Ben Shisler, 3d | Peter Schumer, 3k |
| 1998 Winter | Dave Herman, 3d Bill Witthoft, 6k | Won Kim, 5d | |
| 1997 Fall | Michael Vaughn, 4k | Lukas Biewald, 1k | David Mallon, 4d David Morell, 5k |
| 1997 Summer | Xu Limin, 2d Alex Henzel, 5k | Won Kim, 5d | |
| 1997 Spring | Keith Crews, 3d | David Morell, 8k | Bill Holden, 5k |
| 1997 Winter | Eva Casey, 3k | Kim Dae Yol, 6d | Andreu Cabré, 3d |
| 1996 Fall | Don Wiener, 6d | John Small, 9k | Bruce Swift, 1k Wanda Metcalf, 3k |
| 1996 Summer | Geoff Hopcraft, 10k | Dave Herman, 2d | Hugh Albright, 3k |
| 1996 Spring | David Lin, 3d | Robert Ursiny, 7k Roland Crowl, 8k | |
| 1996 Winter | Keith Crews, 3d | J.T. Hwang, 5k | John Small, 14k |
| 1995 Fall | Robert Ursiny, 13k | Don Wiener, 6d | Dave Herman, 2d Bill Holden, 4k |
| 1995 Summer | Andreu Cabré, 2d Paul Mitchell, 5k | Robert Ursiny, 14k | |
| 1995 Spring Upper Band | Cesar Sanchez, 4d | Bob Barber, 1k | Bruce Swift, 2k |
| Lower Band | Tom Deckert, 4k | Robert Ursiny, 15k | John Small, 18k |
| 1995 Winter Upper Band | Yinghong Cheng, 2d | Steve Parrott, 4d | Eric Reid, 2k |
| Lower Band | Bill Merriam, 8k | Robert Ursiny, 16k | Art McGrath, 4k |
| 1994 Fall | David Mallon, 3d Tom Deckert, 5k | David Carlton, 4k | |
| 1994 Summer | Ben Shisler, 2d David Carlton, 5k | Eric Osman, 2d | |
| 1994 Spring | Bogdan Dobrescu, 3d Bill Holden, 6k | Dae Yol Kim, 6d Ben Shisler, 1d |
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| 1994 Winter | Pierre Colmez, 6d | Bill Merriam, 10k | Mitchell Mondino, 4k Mark Cassidy, 12k |
| 1993 Fall | Pierre Colmez, 6d | Bill Merriam, 11k | Rick Rush, 5k |
| 1993 Summer | Keith Crews, 2d | David Carlton, 6k | David Mallon, 3d |
| 1993 Spring | Bill Merriam, 12k | Bogdan Dobrescu, 2d | Wanda Metcalf, 4k |
| 1993 Winter | Shinya Higashi, 2d | John Ray, 4k | Wei-Jia Su, 2d |
| 1992 Fall | Bill Saltman, 1k | Art McGrath, 6k | John Ray, 4k |
| 1992 Summer | Franklin Pierce, 1k | Ben Shisler, 1k | Edward Frelhich, 5d |
| 1992 Spring | Bob Kamsler, 3d | Cliff Harrison, 4k | Tony Flanders, 2k |
| 1992 Winter | Dan Hewins, 1d | Dennis Klockow, 6k | David Mallon, 3d |
| 1991 Fall | Yutaka Aiyama, 6d | Rick Rush, 10k | Wei-Jia Su, 2d Alex Henzel, 10k |
| 1991 Summer | Bob Kamsler, 3d Ben Shisler, 5k | Eric Osman, 2d Ron Maartmann-Moe, 9k |
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| 1991 Spring | Che-Fn Yu, 4d | Roger Hjulstrom, 4k | Keith Crews, 2d Graham Higgins, 7k |
| 1991 Winter | Keith Crews, 2d Bill Holden, 8k | David Mallon, 3d | |
| 1990 Fall Upper Band | Che-Fn Yu, 2d | Wei-Jia Su, 1d | Zhuo-Ru Ding, 5d |
| Lower Band | Michael Hutchings, 7k | Graham Higgins, 8k | Ben Shisler, 8k |
| 1990 Summer | David Herman, 1d | Mitchell Mondino, 5k | Mac Emshwiller, 8k Jeff Loomis, 13k |
| 1990 Spring Upper Band | David Herman, 1d | Bob Myers, 3d | Bill Saltman, 1k |
| Lower Band | Peter Richterich, 7k | Dennis Klockow, 8k | Roger Hjulstrom, 5k |
| 1990 Winter | Bruce Wilcox, 5d | Zhuo-Ru Ding, 5d Bill Saltman, 2k Mitchell Mondino, 5k | |
| 1989 Fall Upper Band | Fred Hahn, 4d | Anthony Ku, 2k | Hwa-Pyng Tseng, 5d Bob Kamsler, 3d |
| Lower Band | Wanda Metcalf, 5k | Paul Howard, 11k | Craig Cleaveland, 5k |
| 1989 Summer Upper Band | Dan Hewins, 1k | Sam Shinn, 2d | Skip Ascheim, 3d Brad Jones, 1d |
| Lower Band | Roger Hjulstrom, 6k | Ara Charder, 11k | Peter Norman, 8k |
| 1989 Spring | Jun Shimazaki, 6d Michael Cavallo, 15k | Steve Parrott, 3d | |
| 1989 Winter | Riki Tomoyoshi, 5d Steven Miller, 7k | Bill Holden, 9k | |
| 1988 Fall | Duncan Brown, 14k | Don Wiener, 6d | Shmuel Halevi, 6k |
| 1988 Summer | Minoru Amadera, 1d | David Osgood, 5k | Phil Peterson, 2k |
| 1988 Spring | Phil Peterson, 3k | Norm Pederson, 5k | Steve Parrott, 3d |
| 1988 Winter | Tony Flanders, 3k Peter Norman, 11k | Bruce Wilcox, 5d | |
| 1987 Fall | Bruce Swift, 5k | Zhuo-Ru Ding, 4d | Skip Ascheim, 3d |
| 1987 Summer | Pim Van Dijken, 1d | Laurent Zibaut, 8k | Don Wiener, 5d |
| 1987 Spring | Don Wiener, 5d | Bevin Brett, 14k | Wanda Metcalf, 7k |
| 1987 Winter | Don Wiener, 5d | Phil Straus, 2k | Eric Osman, 1k Dave Brown, 8k |
| 1986 Fall | Don Wiener, 5d | Kiri Naiman, 2k | Eva Casey, 4k |
| 1986 Summer | Don Wiener, 5d | Skip Ascheim, 3d | Phil Peterson, 3k |
| 1986 Spring | Don Wiener, 5d Paul Howard, 13k | Henry Leung, 1d | |
| 1985 Fall | Keith Crews, 1k | Phil Peterson, 3k | Ed Wallner, 5k |
| 1985 Spring | Jonathan Buss, 11k | Keith Crews, 1k | Wanda Metcalf, 9k |
| 1984 Fall | Dan Weise, 6k | Eva Casey, 4k | Masa Kageyama, 1k |
| 1984 Spring | Laura Yedwab, 3k | Henry Leung, 1k | Don Wiener, 5d Skip Ascheim, 3d Wanda Metcalf, 9k |
| 1983 Fall | Micah Feldman, 2d | Steve Cahill, 10k | Roy Zito-Wolf, 5k |
| 1983 Spring | Skip Ascheim, 3d Micah Feldman, 2d | Don Wiener, 5d | |
| 1982 Fall | Keith Crews, 3k | Bob Kamsler, 3d | Steve Cahill, 15k |
| 1982 Spring | Don Wiener, 5d | Roger Tucker, 6k | Keith Crews, 3k |
| 1981 Spring | Bruce Wilcox, 5d | Rone Hubbard, 4k | Skip Ascheim, 3d Preston Bush, 2k |