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2018 Carolina Spring Tournament

Carolina Spring Tournament

Date: Sunday, April 22, 2018, 8:40am – 5:30pm

Location: Room 107, Hanes Hall, UNC campus, Chapel Hill, NC.



Hanes Hall is on the UNC campus off of E. Cameron Ave., just south of Memorial Hall. Room 107 is at the south west corner of the first floor. Please view the location via Google Maps, here. Parking is available at various locations near the tournament site, but please observe all posted signs and park only in legally available spaces.

PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for first round pairing and an early start. To participate in the first round you must register before 6:00 PM Saturday, April 21st. After successfully completing the registration form below you should receive an email message confirming your registration, so please enter your email address correctly. If you do not receive the email confirmation, please email bobbacon&#64earthlink.net for a confirmation. Check in begins Sunday morning at 8:40 AM, and the first round will begin at 9:00. The tournament will wrap up by 5:30 PM.

Jeff Kuang will be serving as the Tournament Director. The tournament will consist of 4 rounds of play. Time settings will be 45 minutes main time, with 5 byo-yomi periods of 30 seconds each. This is an AGA rated tournament.

Participants should enter at their actual AGA ratings. Unrated entrants will be assigned a temporary rating after review by a strong player and approval by the Tournament Director. Unrated players will be paired at the sole discretion of the Tournament Director, Jeff Kuang.

Entry costs are $20 for adults and $10 for youths and students. Please renew your AGA membership online before the tournament. You must be a current AGA member to participate, and AGA membership or renewal forms will be available at the tournament. Please see the AGA website for information on AGA membership prices and their online form for new registrations or renewals. There will be generous cash prizes in all sections, with all entry fees returned as prizes. The prize money for any ties will be split between the tied players, as determined by the Tournament Director.

Lunch will be provided onsite courtesy of the Triangle Go Group. Please note any dietary restrictions in the comments section of the registration form.


Registration



Your Name:  
Your AGA ID Number (if known):  
Your AGA Rating (estimate if non-AGA):   Kyu  Dan
Your email address:  
Your telephone number:  
Questions/Comments:  
      

 

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2017 Carolina Spring Tournament


2017 Carolina Spring Tournament

Time: Sunday, May 21, 2017, 8:45am – 5:30pm
Location:
Room 107, Hanes Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


(click link above to see Hanes Hall in Google map)



Hanes Hall is just off Cameron Avenue, behind Memorial Hall. Here’s a link to the location of the site. Since the tournament is on a Sunday, parking should be readily available. Please do read the parking signs carefully, as some are reserved Monday through Friday and others reserved all days. Here’s a link to a parking map of the campus.

Preregistration is REQUIRED for first round pairing and an early start. To participate in the first round you must register before 8:00 PM Saturday, May 20th. After successfully completing this online form you will receive an email message confirming your registration, so please enter your email address correctly. Check in begins Sunday morning at 8:45 AM, and the first round will begin at 9:00. This building will be open 8:30 AM, and the tournament will likely be finished by 5:00 or 6:00 PM.

The tournament will consist of 4 rounds of play. Time settings will probably be 45 minutes main time, with 5 byo-yomi periods of 30 seconds each. This is an AGA rated tournament.

Current AGA members enter at their actual AGA ratings. Unrated entrants will be assigned a temporary rating after review by a strong player. Unrated players will be paired at the sole discretion of the Tournament Director, Owen Chen. Self-promotion is possible with the permission of the Tournament Director.

Handicaps will follow the formula used in the self-paired tournament at the US Go Congress based on difference of rating, e.g. 7.5 points komi for ratings difference of 0.6 or less, 0.5 points komi for difference of 0.6 to 1.5, 2 stones handicap for difference of 1.6 to 2.5, 3 stones for difference of 2.6 to 3.5, etc. The open section might be different.

Entry costs are $20 for adults and $10 for youths and students. Please renew your AGA membership online before the tournament. You must be a current AGA member to participate, and AGA membership or renewal forms will be available at the tournament. Please see the AGA website for information on AGA membership prices and their online form for new registrations or renewals. There will be generous cash prizes in all sections, with all entry fees returned as prizes. The prize money for any ties will be split between the tied players.

Lunch will be provided onsite courtesy of the Triangle Go Group.

We will have a Pro Workshop by Ying Shen 2p on May 20, Saturday, 2-7pm in the same UNC location:
http://www.carygo.org/workshop


Tournament Registration



Your Name:  
Your AGA ID Number (if known):  
Your AGA Rating (estimate if non-AGA):   Kyu  Dan
Your email address:  
Your cell phone number:  
Questions/Comments:  
      

 


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2016 Carolina Spring Tournament

2016 Carolina Spring Tournament

Date: Sunday, May 15, 2016,

Location: Shelter #1 in Umstead State Park, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Registration: http://www.trianglegoclub.org/regist_spring_2016.htm

The annual Carolina Spring Tournament will be held in Raleigh, NC, on Sunday, May 15th, 2016.  The tournament will be divided into sections based on AGA ratings, with generous cash prizes in each section.  The entry fee is $10 for youths 18 or younger, and $20 for everyone else. 

AGA membership and preregistration are required. Lunch will be provided onsite by the Triangle Go Group.  Register online at http://www.trianglegoclub.org/regist_spring_2016.htm

2015 Carolina Spring Go Tournament

Cary Chinese School won the team competition and Eric Zhang, 5d topped the individual competition in the 2015 Carolina Spring Go Tournament

The 12th annual tournament Carolina Spring Go Tournament, held in Raleigh on April 19th, co-organized by the Chinese American Friendship Association of North Carolina (CAFA), Confucius Institute at NC State, and the Cary Go Club, and attracted 28 Go players with a wide range of ages and Go experience but with an equal amount of love for Go.

CCS Team 1 of Alvin Chen, Alex Kuang and Ellen Zeng, and CCS Team 2 of Andy Chen, Jasmine Ye and Ethan Wan won the team competition
while Eric Zhang 5d topped the highest level individual competition in the Open section.

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2015 Carolina Spring Go Tournament Signup

•What: 2015 Carolina Spring Go Tournament – An AGA Rated Event
•When: Sunday, April 19th, 2015, 9:00am–5:30pm
•Where: NCSU Campus, Mann Hall, Room 323
•Registration: http://www.carygo.org/register

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Wu 7d Topped the 2014 Carolina Spring Go Tournament

Organized by the Cary Go Club and the Chinese-American Friendship Association of North Carolina, the annual Carolina Spring Go Tournament was held in Raleigh on May 11th, 2014.

Changlong Wu, 7d won the open section in the individual competition and the Chinese School at Chapel Hilll team, led by Wu also won the team competition. The complete list of winners is as follows:

Section: open (3d-7d)
1st place: Changlong Wu 4-0
2nd place: Hangbo Zhang 3-1

Section: A (9k-1d)
1st place: Andrew Zhang 3-1
2nd place: none

Section: B (15k-10k)
1st place: Alvin Chen 3-1
2nd place: Steven Manning 3-1

Section: C (30k-16k)
1st place: Colin Zhang 4-0
2nd place: Alex Kuang 3-1

Team Competition Winner:
Chinese School at Chapel Hill
Changlong Wu
Andrew Zhang
Colin Zhang

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2014 Carolina Spring Go Tournament

What: 2014 Carolina Spring Go Tournament – An AGA Rated Event
When: Sunday, May 11th, 2014, 9:00am–5:30pm
Where: Room 2235, SAS Hall, 2311 Stinson Dr, NCSU North Campus, Raleigh, NC 27607

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CSCH won the Team Tournament and Wu 7d topped the Open Section in the 2013 Carolina Spring Go Tournament

The Chinese School at Chapel Hill Team Won the 2013 Team Tournament and Changlong Wu 7d Topped the Individual Competition in the 2013 Carolina Spring Go Tournament

The 10th annual Carolina Spring Go Tournament was held in Raleigh on May 18th, 2013. Organized by the Cary Go Club and the Chinese-American Friendship Association of North Carolina, the tournament attracted 30 Go players with ages ranging from 6 to 70 years old.

One of the unique features of the tournament was a team competition for the youth players. A total of 4 teams representing Raleigh Academy of Chinese Language (RACL), Cary Chinese School (CCS) and Chinese School at Chapel Hill (CSCH) competed in the team tournament.

The team competition was fierce. Young players kept reporting and checking the team scores posted on the wall after each round. In the end, the Chinese School at Chapel Hill team consisting of Justin Zhang, Andrew Huan and their teacher Eric Zhang won the team competition.

In the individual competition, a new Duke student, Liqun Liu, who was a 5 dan in China, gave the long-term North Carolina Champion – Changlong Wu 7d a fierce challenge. Wu won the close match against Liu and eventually won the open sectin with a perfect score of 4-0. Liu finished the second place in the open section with the only loss to Wu.

Xiaoping Wu 1d won Section A (1d-2d) with a perfect score of 4-0. John Zhu 9k won Section B (9k-1k) with a score of 3-1. Tom Carlson 10k topped Section C (15k-10k) with a perfect score of 4-0. Justin Zhang 19k, who was a member of the Chinese School at Chapel Hill team that won the team competition, also won the individual champion in Section D (25k-16k) with a perfect score of 4-0.


教堂山中文学校获得2013北卡之春围棋锦标赛团体冠军, 吴昌龙 7段夺取个人冠军

一年一度的北卡之春围棋锦标赛于5月18日在北卡州立大学举行。该项比赛由美国围棋协会分会—凯瑞围棋俱乐部 (Cary Go Club) 以及北卡华人联谊会(CAFA)共同举办。这项已有十年历史的北卡之春围棋锦标赛是美国围棋协会认可的正式比赛。该项比赛对所有的围棋爱好者公开, 是整个北卡规模最大,水平最高的围棋公开赛。比赛成绩上报美国围棋协会,每位棋手比赛成绩计入积分,取得相应的美国围棋协会段位。

共有三十位围棋爱好者参加了今年的比赛。这项传统的比赛最大的特点是参赛的小棋手多。为了鼓励小棋手的参赛热情,组织者特为小棋手们设置了团体比赛,三位小棋手组成一个队。每个队员的个人成绩累加为团体成绩,决出一个团体冠军。共有4只队参加了团体赛,其中来自凯瑞中文学校(CCS)的小棋手们组成了两个队,来自洛丽汉语学校(RACL)和教堂山中文学校(CSCH) 的小棋手们分别组成另了两个队。

团体比赛争夺的异常激烈,各队的比分一直咬的很紧,直到最后一轮,每个队都有机会夺冠。结果由张理雷 (Justin Zhang) ,宦安极(Andrew Huan)及老师张振5段组成的教堂山中文学校队,夺取团体冠军。

个人比赛方面, 来自教堂山的吴昌龙 7段以四战全胜的成绩夺得最高级别组 — 公开组的冠军。今年刚从中国来的杜克大学学生刘立群(中国业余5段) 首次参加美国围棋协会的比赛,即以三胜一负的佳绩夺得公开组的亚军。

来自凯瑞的吴小平初段以四战全胜的成绩获得A组(初段至二段组)冠军。

来自凯瑞中文学校的朱大龙(John Zhu)同学以四战三胜的成绩夺得B组(9级至初级)冠军。

来自洛丽的美国白人Tom Carlson以四战三胜的成绩夺得C组(15级至10级)冠军。

来自教堂山中文学校张理雷 (Justin Zhang) 以四战全胜的成绩获得-D组(25级至16级)冠军

进行一整天的紧张激烈比赛结束了,老老少少棋友们却意犹未尽,相约在明年的赛场上再继续手谈!

对围棋感兴趣的北卡朋友们,不妨参加凯瑞围棋俱乐部的活动,详情请见凯瑞围棋俱乐部的网站: www.carygo.org

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2012 Carolina Spring Go Tournament Results

Cary Chinese School Teams Won the 2012 Team Tournament

Owen Chen Topped the Individual Competition

 

Organized by the Cary Go Club and the Chinese-American Friendship Association of North Carolina, the annual Carolina Spring Go Tournament played in Raleigh last Sunday attracted 34 Go players with ages ranging from 6 to 70 years old.

One of the unique features of the tournament was a team competition for the youth players.   A total of 4 teams representing Raleigh Academy of Chinese Language (RACL), Cary Chinese School (CCS) and Chinese School at Chapel Hill (CSCH) competed in the team tournament.

The team competition was fierce. Young players kept reporting and checking the team scores posted on the wall after each round. In the end, two teams from CCS –   CCS Team 1, consisting of Alvin Chen, John Zhu and their teacher Jeff Kuang, and CCS Team 2, consisting of Byron Qi, Larry Zhang and David Hao, tied for the first place in the team competition with each team scoring 8 wins.

In the individual competition, Owen Chen 5d won the open section. Jeff Kuang 5d and Guojun Zhu 4d tied for the second place of the open section, each with 3 wins.

Brian Wu 1d won Section A (6k-1d) with a score of 3-1.  Ralph Abbey 10k, Alvin Chen 12k and Jeff Martyn 10k all won 3 games and tied for the first place in Section B (15k-10k).    In beginner section of Section C (27k-19k), Byron Qi 20k, Anna Wiggins 19k and Larry Zhang 20k tied for the first place, each with 3 wins.


凯瑞中文学校获得2012北卡之春围棋锦标赛团体冠军, 陈剑文5段夺取个人冠军

一年一度的北卡之春围棋锦标赛于4月22日在北卡州立大学Talley 学生中心举行。该项比赛由美国围棋协会分会—凯瑞围棋俱乐部 (Cary Go Club) 以及北卡华人联谊会(CAFA)共同举办。这项已有九年历史的北卡之春围棋锦标赛是美国围棋协会认可的正式比赛。该项比赛对所有的围棋爱好者公开, 是整个北卡规模最大,水平最高的围棋公开赛。比赛成绩上报美国围棋协会,每位棋手比赛成绩计入积分,取得相应的美国围棋协会段位。

共有34位围棋爱好者参加上星期天的比赛。参赛的棋手五花八门。有地地道道的美国人,有在中国学棋的美籍华人,也有在美国出生的华裔儿童。年龄大的有七十来岁,小的仅有七岁。棋力强的有美国围棋协会5段选手,棋力弱的有30级初学者。

这届比赛最大的特点是参赛的小棋手多。为了鼓励小棋手的参赛热情,今年的比赛为小棋手们增加了团体赛,三位小棋手组成一个队。每个队员的个人成绩累加为团体成绩,决出一个团体冠军。共有4只队参加了团体赛,其中来自凯瑞中文学校(CCS)的小棋手们组成了两个队,来自洛丽汉语学校(RACL)和教堂山中文学校(CSCH)的小棋手们分别组成另了两个队。

团体比赛争夺的异常激烈,各队的比分一直咬的很紧,直到最后一轮,每个队都有机会夺冠。结果由陈梓桐 (Alvin Chen) ,朱大龙(John Zhu)及老师况纪湛5段组成的凯瑞中文学校一队, 和由祁白龙 (Byron Qi), Larry Zhang and David Hao组成的凯瑞中文学校二队并列团体冠军。

个人比赛方面, 来自凯瑞的陈剑文 5段夺得最高级别组 — 公开组的冠军。 况纪湛5段与朱国军4段并列公开组的亚军。

华裔小朋友吴师哲(Brian Wu) 以四战三胜的成绩获得A组(6级至初段组)冠军。

Ralph Abbey,陈梓桐 (Alvin Chen) ,Jeff Martyn 以相同四战三胜的成绩并列B组(15级至10级)冠军。

祁白龙 (Byron Qi), Larry Zhang 和Anna Wiggin同样以四战三胜的成绩并列初级组 – C组(27级至19级)冠军。

一天紧张激烈的比赛结束了,老老少少棋友们意犹未尽,相约明年再继续手谈!

 

 

 

 

 

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Cary Chinese School Teams Won the 2012 Team Tournament

 

 

Owen Chen

 

Owen Chen (middle) won the Open Section. Jeff Kuang (right) and Guojun Zhu (left) tied for the second place

 

 

 

 

Brian Wu won section A (6k-1d)

 

 

 

Anna Wiggins 19k, Byron Qi 20k, and Larry Zhang 20k tied for the first place in section C( 27k-19k)

 

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2011 Carolina Spring Go Tournament Results

2011 Carolina Spring Go Tournament
(2011北卡之春围棋锦标赛)

Cary Chinese School Team Won 2011 Carolina Spring Go Team Tournament

Organized by the Cary Go Club and the Chinese-American Friendship Association of North Carolina, the annual Carolina Spring Go Tournament played in Raleigh last Sunday attracted 30 Go players with ages ranging from 7 to 70 years old. For the first time in the tournament’s 8-year history, a team event was organized for the youth players. Each team consisted of 3 players, with each team member’s individual score being accumulated for the team score. Twelve Go class students from the Cary Chinese School formed 3 teams while three students from the Raleigh Academy of Chinese Language formed the remaining team.

The team competition was fierce. Young players kept reporting and checking the team scores posted on the wall after each round. For the most part, the team scores were very close and each team had a chance to win the team tournament in the last round. In the end, Cary Chinese School Team B, consisting of Alvin Chen, John Zhu and Byron Qi, won the team event with 7 individual wins.

In the individual competition, Jimmy Yang 4d of Virginia swept the open section with 4-0. Jeff Kuang 5d and Owen Chen 5d tied for the second place of the open section, each with one loss.

Andrew Zalesak 1k won Section A (7k-1d), Ralph Abbey 13k won Section B (8k-15k) and Samuel Sites 18k won Section C (16k-19k). All three of them went a perfect score of 4-0 to win their sections. Larry Zhang 20k won Section D (20k-25k) with 3-1. Alvin Chen 16k finished second in Section C with 3-1 and Byron Qi went 2-2 and yet still finished in the second place of Section D.

 


凯瑞中文学校获得2011北卡之春围棋锦标赛团体冠军

一年一度的北卡之春围棋锦标赛于4月10日在北卡州立大学Talley 学生中心举行。该项比赛由美国围棋协会分会—凯瑞围棋俱乐部 (Cary Go Club) 以及北卡华人联谊会(CAFA)共同举办。这项已有八年历史的北卡之春围棋锦标赛是美国围棋协会认可的正式比赛。比赛成绩上报美国围棋协会,每位棋手比赛成绩计入积分,取得相应的美国围棋协会段位。

共有30位围棋爱好者参加上星期天的比赛。参赛的棋手五花八门。有地地道道的美国人,有在中国学棋的美籍华人,也有在美国出生的华裔儿童。年龄大的有七十来岁,小的仅有七岁。棋力强的有美国围棋协会5段选手,棋力弱的有25级初学者。

今年的比赛于往年相比,最大的特点是参赛的小棋手多。为了鼓励小棋手的参赛热情,今年的比赛特意为小棋手们增加了团体赛,三位小棋手组成一个队。每个队员的个人成绩累加为团体成绩,决出一个团体冠军。共有4只队参加了团体赛,其中来自凯瑞中文学校(CCS)的小棋手们组成了A, B, C三个队,来自洛丽汉语学校(RACL)的小棋手们组成另一个队。

团体比赛争夺的异常激烈,各队的比分一直咬的很紧,直到最后一轮,每个队都有机会夺冠。结果由陈梓桐 (Alvin Chen) ,朱大龙(John Zhu)及祁白龙 (Byron Qi) 组成的凯瑞中文学校 B 队以微弱优势夺得团体冠军。

个人比赛方面, 来自弗吉尼亚的一位华裔学生Jimmy Yang 5段以四战全胜的成绩夺得最高级别组 — 公开组的冠军。 本地的况纪湛5段与陈剑文5段并列公开组的亚军。

美国人Andrew Zalesak 以全胜的战绩夺得A组(7级至初段组)冠军。华裔小朋友吴师哲(Brian Wu) 以四战三胜的成绩获得A组亚军。

另一美国人Ralph Abbey也以全胜的战绩夺得B组(8级至15级)冠军。华裔小朋友陈梓桐 (Alvin Chen) 以四战三胜的成绩获得该组亚军。

拥有半个华人血统的小朋友Samuel Sites以全胜的战绩战绩夺得初级组 – C组(16级至19级)冠军。华裔小朋友Larry Zhang 以四战三胜的成绩获得D组(20级至25级)冠军, 祁白龙 (Byron Qi) 获得D组亚军。

一天紧张激烈的比赛结束了,老老少少棋友们意犹未尽,相约明年再继续手谈!