North Carolina State Championship
and 21st Annual Memorial Go Tournament

September 17, 2022, at Umstead State Park in Raleigh, NC

Thirty Go enthusiasts gathered on September 17, 2022 at Umstead Park, Raleigh, NC for the North Carolina Championship and 21st Annual Memorial Tournament. The weather was ideal and spirits were jovial as familiar and new friends competed for trophies and cash prizes.

After 4 rounds of intense competition the open section (3 to 7 Dan) ended with 3 players winning 3 games and losing 1. SMS scores were used to declare the new North Carolina State Champion: Pengyu Guo.
 
First place in the open section was deemed to be Edward Zhang, with Chen Zhang securing 2nd place honors.
 
Section A (2 to 3 Dan) also had 3 ties at the top, and SMS scores determined 1st place honors for Suyoung Yoon, with Nianci Gan in 2nd place.
 
Section B (all 1 Dan) was clearly won by Xiaoping Wu, who posted a perfect record of 4-0. Second place was taken home by Florida visitor Dakota Krafick.
 
The winner of section C (1-3 Kyu) was Tao Mao with an impressive 3-1 score, with second place going to Paul Celmer.
 
6 to 9 Kyu comprised section D, which was handily won by Justin Su, who posted the only other perfect 4-0 record of the day. Ben Parrot was named for 2nd, although later review suggests that Yihui Shao earned that position and young Mr. Shao was awarded a trophy and cash prize after the event.
 
Section E (10-12 Kyu) had multiple ties, with the winner, Sky Wang, determined by SMS scores. Neal Siekierski was awarded 2nd place.

A magnificent lunch was prepared and presented by Arlene Bridges with assistance from Russell Herman. The Tournament was smoothly run by Tournament Director Jeff Kuang.

A grid of all players, their records and results of each round appear below.