8 players
from the Great Falls Go Club (GFGC) attended the Pumpkin Go Tournament held last Saturday
(10/30) at the George Mason University (Arlington Campus).  There are 43 players in total, ranging from 28K to 7D. 13 players of the Virginia Tech drove 4 hours to come to the tournament.

We, GFGC,  had an unprecedented wonderful
result...

Kabe Chin, 2K, 3-1, 3^rd place (2級，3勝 1負，第3名)

Kevin Chin, 3K, 4-1, 2^nd place (3級，4勝 1負，第2名)

Joey Phoon, 7K, 4-1, 1^st place (7級，4勝 1負，第1名)

Kenny Huynh, 10K, 4-1, 1^st
place (10級，4勝 1負，第1名)

Joseph Lee, 15K, 4-0, 1^st place (15級，4勝0負，第1名)

Tristin Tran, 17K, 4-0, 1^st place (17級，4勝0負，第1名)

Tariq Khan, 26K, 4-0, 1^st
place (26級，4勝 0負，第1名)

            Judy Pan, 28K, 3-1 (28級，3勝 1負)

There are five teams in the Team Competition. Our kids won the amazing 1^st and 2^nd
places –

Phoooon Team (Joseph, Kabe, Tristin, Tariq,) 1^st
place (15-1, 94%)(第1名，15勝1負)

Pink Purple Elephants (Kevin, Judy, Kenny) 2^nd
place (11-3, 79%)(第2名，11勝3負)

It’s Joseph Lee’s and Judy Pan’s
1^st Go tournament. And they
both achieved wonderful results as you can see above! Kevin Chin, Joey Phoon,
and Kenny Huynh all challenged themselves by signing up for playing 5
matches. Great Job!!

Reminder
… the next Go tournament (Slate & Shell Open) is scheduled on 12/11
(Sat). Please plan accordingly if you plan
to attend the tournament.

這是「德元棋社」(Great Falls Go Club)参賽以來前所未有的好成績、好結果，本社小朋友是有一些sandbagger(低報者)，如，第一次前往比賽的J&J(Joseph及Judy)，其實力肯定強過所報的15級、28級；Tariq在KGS上有15級的實力，AGA上仍是26級；Tristin在17級打轉多時。當然，其他隊也許也有些高報者(自以為強者)，扮豬都可以食老虎，高報者遇上低報者，自然兵敗如山倒‧‧‧陰錯陽差，成就「德元棋社」史無前例的好成績。