| The Triangle Go Group | Staying Connected for Over 50 Years |
The Triangle Go Group has been holding small ratings tournaments every few months or so, beginning in April, 2007. These tournaments are self-paired, loosely structured, and intended primarily to be a method for players to obtain or refine their AGA ratings without having to travel to another state. These tournaments will emphasize recruitment of new players, and introduce new players to the use of game clocks and AGA rules.
Friendship/Ratings tournaments are only slightly different from regular ratings tournaments. Friendship/Ratings events are paired tournaments, with entry fees returned as prize money in various bands.
Results from our second tournament, on June 23rd, 2007, were submitted to the AGA on June 24th, and the AGA posted new ratings on June 25th! Below is a chart based on rated games from the this tournament. This time, we collected a $10 entry fee, which paid for drinks, a fine lunch, and left a little for cash prizes. First place winner ($40) was Tom McCarthy; second place ($25) went to Gerry Canavan; and Will Daland won third ($15). Places were based on outcomes of both rated and unrated games.
We held our first ratings tournament on April 28, 2007. Results from this tournament were emailed to the AGA on April 29th, and they posted new ratings on May 2nd. Below is a chart generated from the results file that was sent to the AGA. Only rated games appear in this listing.
| PLAYERS | ||||
| Entrants | Entry Rating | Wins | Loses | |
| Dale Blann | 18k | 0 | 3 | |
| Gerry Canavan | 9k | 6 | 2 | |
| Austin Robinson | 9k | 3 | 4 | |
| Steven Tatlow | 11k | 1 | 5 | |
| Frank Salantrie | 3d | 1 | 2 | |
| Will Daland | 9k | 3 | 2 | |
| Bob Bacon | 8k | 1 | 2 | |
| Vincent Dimattia | 11k | 1 | 3 | |
| Steve Uhl | 1d | 2 | 1 | |
| Glenn Williamson | 3k | 3 | 1 | |
| Paul Celmer | 1d | 1 | 3 | |
| Tom McCarthy | 7k | 5 | 0 | |
| Tom Carlson | 14k | 3 | 2 | |
| Steve Manning | 15k | 3 | 2 | |
| Peter Armenia | 2k | 1 | 2 | |
| Jason Bates | 1k | 1 | 1 | |
| RATED GAMES | ||||
| Played White | Played Black | Who Won? | Handicap | Komi |
| Gerry Canavan | Austin Robinson | w | 0 | 7 |
| Paul Celmer | Glenn Williamson | b | 3 | 0 |
| Vincent Dimattia | Dale Blann | w | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Bacon | Gerry Canavan | b | 0 | 0 |
| Will Daland | Steven Tatlow | w | 0 | 0 |
| Will Daland | Steve Manning | w | 4 | 0 |
| Tom McCarthy | Austin Robinson | w | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Tatlow | Tom Carlson | b | 3 | 0 |
| Steven Tatlow | Steve Manning | b | 4 | 0 |
| Austin Robinson | Will Daland | w | 0 | 7 |
| Gerry Canavan | Will Daland | w | 0 | 7 |
| Bob Bacon | Vincent Dimattia | w | 3 | 0 |
| Gerry Canavan | Will Daland | b | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Celmer | Peter Armenia | b | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Salantrie | Steve Uhl | b | 2 | 0 |
| Austin Robinson | Steven Tatlow | w | 2 | 0 |
| Glenn Williamson | Tom McCarthy | b | 4 | 0 |
| Gerry Canavan | Steven Tatlow | w | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Carlson | Steve Manning | b | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McCarthy | Steve Manning | w | 6 | 0 |
| Austin Robinson | Tom Carlson | b | 5 | 0 |
| Peter Armenia | Glenn Williamson | b | 0 | 0 |
| Tom McCarthy | Gerry Canavan | w | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Salantrie | Paul Celmer | w | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Uhl | Jason Bates | w | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Carlson | Dale Blann | w | 4 | 0 |
| Austin Robinson | Vincent Dimattia | w | 2 | 9 |
| Gerry Canavan | Tom Carlson | w | 5 | 0 |
| Vincent Dimattia | Steven Tatlow | b | 0 | 7 |
| Steve Manning | Dale Blann | w | 3 | 0 |
| Jason Bates | Peter Armenia | w | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Salantrie | Glenn Williamson | b | 4 | 0 |
| Austin Robinson | Gerry Canavan | b | 0 | 7 |
| Paul Celmer | Steve Uhl | w | 0 | 7 |
| Tom McCarthy | Bob Bacon | w | 0 | 0 |
| PLAYERS | ||||
| Entrants | Entry Rating | Wins | Loses | |
| Emily Mount | 16k | 2 | 2 | |
| Xiaoping Wu | 1k | 2 | 1 | |
| Brian Wu | 35k | 2 | 0 | |
| Paul Celmer | 1d | 1 | 3 | |
| Steve Manning | 15k | 1 | 2 | |
| Bob Bacon | 8k | 1 | 3 | |
| Michael Plesser | 19k | 0 | 2 | |
| Adam Plesser | 7k | 1 | 1 | |
| Adam Bridges | 2k | 1 | 2 | |
| Peter Armenia | 3k | 3 | 1 | |
| Frank Salantrie | 3d | 1 | 1 | |
| Tom McCarthy | 8k | 4 | 0 | |
| RATED GAMES | ||||
| Played White | Played Black | Who Won? | Handicap | Komi |
| Michael Plesser | Brian Wu | b | 9 | 0.5 |
| Steve Manning | Emily Mount | b | 1 | 0.5 |
| Peter Armenia | Bob Bacon | w | 4 | 0.5 |
| Paul Celmer | Xiaoping Wu | b | 1 | 0.5 |
| Adam Bridges | Adam Plesser | b | 5 | 0.5 |
| Tom McCarthy | Emily Mount | w | 6 | 0.5 |
| Bob Bacon | Steve Manning | b | 7 | 0.5 |
| Paul Celmer | Peter Armenia | b | 3 | 0.5 |
| Frank Salantrie | Xiaoping Wu | b | 3 | 0.5 |
| Tom McCarthy | Bob Bacon | w | 0 | 7.5 |
| Tom McCarthy | Steve Manning | w | 6 | 0.5 |
| Paul Celmer | Adam Bridges | b | 2 | 0.5 |
| Peter Armenia | Adam Plesser | w | 4 | 0.5 |
| Emily Mount | Michael Plesser | w | 2 | 0.5 |
| Frank Salantrie | Xiaoping Wu | w | 2 | 0.5 |
| Emily Mount | Brian Wu | b | 9 | 0.5 |
| Adam Bridges | Tom McCarthy | b | 5 | 0.5 |
| Paul Celmer | Peter Armenia | w | 3 | 0.5 |
| Bob Bacon | Emily Mount | w | 8 | 0.5 |