AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL: News from the American Go Association
January 18, 2003
SPECIAL EDITION: 2003 Fujitsu Report
In This Edition:
CHA & LEE IN N.A. FUJITSU FINAL
GAME RECORDS: Top Boards at the Fujitsu
SCOREBOARD: Baltimore, MD
IN MEMORIAM: Hans Pietsch, 4P
CHA & LEE IN N.A. FUJITSU FINAL
Jimmy Cha and John J-S Lee face off tomorrow (Sunday, 1/19) in the final round
of the 2003 North American Fujitsu Tournament. Both players went undefeated
today in Baltimore, Maryland and will be competing tomorrow for the right to
represent North America at the prestigious Fujitsu international tournament.
Cha defeated Lianzhou Yu and Thomas Hsiang, while Lee beat both June Ki Beck and
Hui Ren Yang. Hui Ren Yang is in third place after defeating Yuan Zhou and
losing to Cha. Thomas Hsiang and Lianzhou Yu are tied for 4/5 places; Hsiang
beat June Ki Beck and lost to Cha; Yu lost to Cha and then beat June Ki Beck.
Yuan Zhou is in sixth place; he lost a squeaker to Hui Ren Yang and beat Eric
Lui, who is in seventh place after losing to both John Lee and Yuan Zhou. In
eighth place is June Ki Beck, who lost to Thomas Hsiang and Yuan Zhou.
This weekend's Fujitsu finals (the first round was played on the IGS) was
organized by Keith Arnold; the Tournament Director is Chuck Robbins. Game
recorders today were Keith Arnold, Ken Koester, Jeff Rohlfs and Chris Garlock.
The final round begins at 9A tomorrow at the Holiday Inn-BWI, 890 Elkridge
Landing Road in Linthicum, MD. Observers will be able to follow the top game on
a big board in a nearby room and it also may be broadcast live on the IGS for
those who cannot attend in person.
GAME RECORDS: Top Boards at the Fujitsu
We're pleased to be able to provide four top games from today's tournament in
our Special Edition of the E-Journal. In Round 1 JIMMY CHA takes on LIANZHOU YU
on the top board in 2003.01.18 Fujitsu Cha-Yu Round 1.sgf while YUAN ZHOU plays
HUI REN YANG on Board Two in 2003.01.18 Fujitsu Zhou-Yang Round 1.sgf. In Round
2 THOMAS HSIANG faces JIMMY CHA on Board 1 in 2003.01.18 Fujitsu Cha-Hsiang
Round 2.sgf and JOHN LEE plays HUI REN YANG on Board 2 in 2003.01.18 Lee-Yang
Round 2.sgf. Although the games are uncommented, we hope you'll enjoy these
high-level games hot from today's boards as North America's top go players
battle it out.
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SCOREBOARD: Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD
January 18, 2003
Fujitsu Amateur Tournament
19 players
TD: Todd Heidenreich
4-game winners: I-Han LUI, Joshua SIMMONS. 3-game winners: Gregory LEFLER, Juan
Pablo QUIZON & Gregory ROSENBLATT. Special Long Distance Award to the
indefatigable Rochester crew, which not only braved snow and cold to play in
Baltimore but then turned around and headed north for the MGA tournament
tomorrow in Boston.
IN MEMORIAM: Hans Pietsch, 4P
The internation go community was shocked and saddened Thursday as news of the
murder of German professional Hans Pietsch flashed around the world. Honorary
Kisei title-holder Hideo Otake called Pietsch "a necessary person in this period
of globalization."
Pietsch was shot by an armed robber in Guatemala, where he was visiting on a
friendship go tour sponsored by the Nihon Kiin, according to the Daily Yomiuri.
Yoshiaki Nagahara, 6P was with Pietsch at the time of the attack but was
unharmed. "The shooting took place when the two men visited Amatitlan Lake, a
scenic spot about 20 kilometers south of Guatemala City," reported the Daily
Yomiuri. "When the men came down from the observatory on the lake, a robber
threatened them and demanded money," and although they gave the robber money,
Pietsch was shot and died before arriving at a nearby hospital.
Born in Bremen, Germany, Pietsch was fascinated with go and went to Japan to
study in the early '90s, making 2P in 1997 and 4P in 2000. He and Nagahara were
touring Cuba, Guatemala and Mexico from January 9-22, and Pietsch was scheduled
to be the official recorder for the second match of the Kisei title tournament,
which opens in Fukushima Prefecture in Japan on January 29.
"Go-players everywhere share the grief of our comrades in Guatemala, Japan and
Germany today," said American Go Association President Chris Kirschner. "We are
all diminished by this tragic and senseless loss."
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