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WHAT: Tallahassee WeiQi (GO) Championship Tournament
PURPOSES: meet friends through WeiQi, introduce our culture, enrich our life outside working and studying
SPONSORED AND ORGANIZED BY: Chinese Association of Tallahassee (CAT), who has set aside $50 to buy trophies or medals for winners
ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS: members, families and friends of CAT and CSSA
COST: free
AWARDS: the top 2 or top 3 players (depend on the number of participants) will receive trophies or medals
OPENING CEREMONY: Saturday, April 17th, 2004, 7:30pm at Chinese Martial Arts Center (508-2D Capital Circle S.E.)
FIRST ROUND CONTEST: Saturday, April 17th, 2004, following the Opening Ceremony
HOW TO REGISTER: email your Name and Home Phone to tzhang@admin.fsu.edu
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 9:00PM on Friday, April 16th, 2004
RULES, NOTES, ETC.: 1. Each player will play at most one game per week during weekend, either 7:30PM on Saturday or Sunday at Chinese Martial Arts Center or 1:30PM on Sunday at Chinese School.
2. Each player must participate every round of the contest, including the Opening Ceremony. Any absence will result in disqualification.
3. The system we will use depends on number of participants. The possible systems to choose from are playoff, round-robin, and "2 losses and out" (the system used by  College Baseball World Series). The system will be finalized at the Opening Ceremony.
4. We will not pre-set any seed players. Each registered player will be treated equally, and will draw his/her seeding randomly at the Opening Ceremony.

Zhang, Tianming
645-4891

WeiQi (GO) Championship Tournament     Update 1

We all had a great time playing GO on Saturday! Thank Zhang Yuan for generously providing us a place to get together, and Chen Yen, Wei Xing, Tan Peter for voluntering as our judges.

We have exactly 12 players divided into three groups:

Group A: Chen Jingping (1), Ralph Quinn (0), Yang Qiping(1),  Zhu Xiaoyuan (0)
Group B: Jiang Tiehu (1), Yang Zhenghai (0), Song Likai (1), Su Jianhua (0)
Group C: Yuan Xin (1), Xu Bin (0), Zhang Tianming (1), Zhang Yuan (0)

Our 2nd round of in-group contest will be this coming Saturday, April 24th, at 7:30PM, Chinese Martial Arts Center. Please make sure not to be late or absent, or you may be kicked out of the tournament. Group A will have Zhu Xiaoyuan playing against Ralph Quinn, and Yang Qiping playing against Chen Jingping; Group B will have Yang Zhenghai playing against Song Likai, and Jiang Tiehu playing against Su Jianhua; Group C will have Xu Bin playing against Zhang Yuan, and Yuan Xin playing against Zhang Tianming.

The top 2 players in each group will advance to the playoff. The 3 winners of the playoff will then play 2 games against each other to decide the tournament Champion, the Silver Medalist and the Bronze Medalist. If there is a tie when deciding the top 2 players within a group, additonal games will be played among those players who have the same score.


See you all on Saturday!

Tianming

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