Burning Board 2023!

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June 12-18, 2023

40 Go fans entered the woods at Umstead State Park in Raleigh, North Carolina in mid-June, and 40 winners emerged after 7 days of camping, lectures, simuls, game reviews, teaching games and, yes, 6 long tournament games. Lectures were provided by our long-time favorite author, teacher and strong Go player Yuan Zhou. Teacher Zhou clearly explained and helped us appreciate a number of games, and provided details such as the etymology of Ko: Disaster! Simuls, game reviews and teaching games were wonderfully done by Korean pro Eunkyo Do 1P. Eunkyo Do 1P is visiting the US for the first time and will be attending the US Go Congress in July. She has a strong presence on YouTube (Go Inside) and would be happy to gain more students. Participants enjoyed the usual Burning Board camaraderie and s'mores around the ceremonial board burning Saturday night.

Although everyone attending was a winner, the tournament champions were as follows: 1st place in the open section was won by local star player Sheng Huo. 2nd was Jeremiah Donley and Derek Zhou took 3rd. Section A was won by organizer Paul Celmer, with tournament director extraordinaire Devin Fraze taking 2nd. Bart Jacob nobly represented Texas with a 3rd place finish. Justin Su continues to shine seizing 1st place in section B, followed closely by Paul Mendola in 2nd with Katie Oh so close behind in 3rd place. Another local, Neal Siekierski clearly won Section C, although Daniel Chiquito was close behind in 2nd. Jeff Martyn rounded out the section in 3rd place. D division was won by Andrew Rush, with Elliot Pahel-Short placing a very strong 2nd and Jacob Rush at 3rd. Tournament winners took home cash prizes as well as custom made trophies created by Frank Salantrie and Bob Bacon.

Pictures of this event are posted here. Eunkyo Do 1P has a short video of the event here.

Game Results appear below.

trophies

Entrants	AGA Rating	AGA ID	Wins	Losses
Jeremiah Donley	5D	20614	4	2
Sheng Huo	3D	24076	5	1
Derek Zhou	3D	23477	3	3
Micah Feldman	3D	1454	2	4
Andrew Zalesak	3D	17540	2	0
Frank Salantrie	3D	2014	1	2
Audrey Wang	3D	19390	0	1
Joshua Guarino	2D	12197	1	1
Charles Alden	1D	4679	2	4
Thomas Bitonti	1D	3540	3	3
Paul Celmer	1K	4910	4	2
Devin Fraze	1K	20133	4	2
Nathan Chan	1K	19395	2	4
Matt Clarke	1K	23016	2	0
Peter Armenia	3K	8489	2	4
Adam Bridges	3K	9995	0	4
Bart Jacob	4K	3979	4	2
Jim Conyngham	4K	6623	3	3
David Jakab	4K	30309	2	0
Paul Mendola	5K	25871	4	2
Katie Oh	5K	30222	3	3
Ursa Woodring	6K	25969	1	5
Paul R Howard	6K	3984	3	3
Bob Bacon	6K	11286	2	2
Justin Su	7K	21377	5	1
Matthew Gregoire	7K	25500	3	3
Jeff Martyn	8K	16259	2	4
Avin Newswanger	9K	30247	1	5
Daniel Chiquito	10K	22928	4	2
Neal Siekierski	11K	25939	5	1
Russell Herman	11K	2776	2	2
Tianyi Lin	13K	25971	0	6
Elliot Pahel-Short	15K	30296	3	1
Andrew Rush	16K	30212	4	2
Mike Keith	19K	26283	1	1
Jacob Rush	20K	30312	1	5

Round One
White	Black	Winner	Handicap	Komi
Jeremiah Donley	Micah Feldman	W	0	7
Derek Zhou	Sheng Huo	B	0	7
Charles Alden	Jim Conyngham	W	3	0
Devin Fraze	Thomas Bitonti	W	0	7
Paul Celmer	Nathan Chan	W	0	7
Bart Jacob	Peter Armenia	W	0	7
Paul Mendola	Katie Oh	B	0	7
Matthew Gregoire	Paul Howard	W	0	7
Bob Bacon	Ursa Woodring	W	0	7
Justin Su	Jeff Martyn	W	0	7
Avin Newswanger	Daniel Chiquito	B	0	7
Neal Siekierski	Russell Herman	W	0	7
Tianyi Lin	Andrew Rush	B	2	0
Elliot Pahel-Short	Jacob Rush	W	2	0
Round Two
White	Black	Winner	Handicap	Komi
Sheng Huo	Jeremiah Donley	W	0	7
Micah Feldman	Derek Zhou	W	0	7
Thomas Bitonti	Charles Alden	W	0	7
Paul Celmer	Devin Fraze	W	0	7
Nathan Chan	Peter Armenia	W	0	0
Katie Oh	Bart Jacob	B	0	7
Jim Conyngham	Paul Mendola	B	0	7
Ursa Woodring	Matthew Gregoire	B	0	7
Paul Howard	Justin Su	B	0	7
Jeff Martyn	Avin Newswanger	W	0	7
Russell Herman	Daniel Chiquito	B	0	7
Neal Siekierski	Andrew Rush	B	4	0
Tianyi Lin	Jacob Rush	B	6	0
Round Three
White	Black	Winner	Handicap	Komi
Micah Feldman	Sheng Huo	B	0	7
Jeremiah Donley	Nathan Chan	W	0	0
Charles Alden	Derek Zhou	B	0	7
Thomas Bitonti	Paul Celmer	W	0	7
Devin Fraze	Adam Bridges	W	0	0
Bart Jacob	Matthew Gregoire	W	2	0
Peter Armenia	Paul Mendola	B	0	0
Katie Oh	Jim Conyngham	B	0	7
Ursa Woodring	Justin Su	B	0	7
Paul Howard	Avin Newswanger	W	2	0
Jeff Martyn	Daniel Chiquito	W	0	0
Neal Siekierski	Tianyi Lin	W	0	0
Russell Herman	Jacob Rush	W	8	0
Andrew Rush	Elliot Pahel-Short	W	0	7

Round Four
White	Black	Winner	Handicap	Komi
Sheng Huo	Frank Salantrie	W	0	7
Derek Zhou	Jeremiah Donley	W	0	7
Micah Feldman	Thomas Bitonti	W	0	7
Charles Alden	Paul Celmer	W	0	7
Nathan Chan	Devin Fraze	B	0	7
Adam Bridges	Bart Jacob	B	0	7
Peter Armenia	Katie Oh	W	0	0
Jim Conyngham	Matthew Gregoire	W	2	0
Paul Mendola	Justin Su	W	0	0
Paul Howard	Ursa Woodring	W	0	7
Jeff Martyn	Neal Siekierski	B	2	0
Daniel Chiquito	Tianyi Lin	W	2	0
Bob Bacon	Avin Newswanger	W	2	0
Andrew Rush	Jacob Rush	W	3	0
Round Five
White	Black	Winner	Handicap	Komi
Sheng Huo	Audrey Wang	W	0	7
Andrew Zalesak	Micah Feldman	W	0	7
Derek Zhou	Joshua Guarino	B	0	7
Frank Salantrie	Jeremiah Donley	B	0	7
Thomas Bitonti	Nathan Chan	W	0	7
Devin Fraze	Charles Alden	W	0	7
Paul Celmer	Bart Jacob	W	2	0
Peter Armenia	Jim Conyngham	B	0	7
Adam Bridges	Katie Oh	B	0	0
Paul Mendola	David Jakab	B	0	7
Justin Su	Matthew Gregoire	W	0	7
Paul Howard	Daniel Chiquito	W	3	0
Ursa Woodring	Jeff Martyn	W	0	0
Avin Newswanger	Neal Siekierski	B	0	0
Russell Herman	Andrew Rush	W	4	0
Tianyi Lin	Elliot Pahel-Short	B	0	0
Jacob Rush	Mike Keith	B	0	7
Matt Clarke	Bob Bacon	W	4	0
Round Six
White	Black	Winner	Handicap	Komi
Sheng Huo	Andrew Zalesak	B	0	7
Jeremiah Donley	Joshua Guarino	W	0	7
Micah Feldman	Paul Celmer	B	0	0
Thomas Bitonti	Derek Zhou	B	0	7
Charles Alden	Frank Salantrie	B	0	7
Matt Clarke	Devin Fraze	W	0	7
Nathan Chan	Bart Jacob	W	2	0
Jim Conyngham	David Jakab	B	0	7
Peter Armenia	Ursa Woodring	W	2	0
Adam Bridges	Paul Mendola	B	0	0
Katie Oh	Paul Howard	W	0	7
Justin Su	Bob Bacon	W	0	7
Matthew Gregoire	Jeff Martyn	W	0	7
Daniel Chiquito	Andrew Rush	W	5	0
Neal Siekierski	Jacob Rush	W	8	0
Avin Newswanger	Tianyi Lin	W	3	0
Elliot Pahel-Short	Mike Keith	W	3	0

Last update June 20, 2023