Photos from congress

[Joaz Banbeck]

First, the pros who attended:

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Some of them won. Here are the top 6 finishers in order, bracketed by the three TDs: Sam Zimmerman on the far left, Chris Kirchner on the far right, and next to him Ken Koester.:

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Our own Daniel the Smith learning to be a pro from Yang:

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Jennie Shen reacting to a bad move:

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And a variety of costumes...

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And last, but not least, two of the many copies of the sign that appeared in the men's bathroom right next to the main room after the second day:

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[daniel_the_smith]

Eeek, I will have to supply a better picture of me

Here is the game that's on the board. Mr. Yang is saying my (black's) last move (29) didn't make any sense. I was happy with this game (even vs. 2d and the 2d died big) until the review, when it turned out my cut at 69 doesn't actually work (can you see why?). Fortunately my opponent didn't start reading until it was too late.

(;GM[1]FF[4]SZ[19]AP[SmartGo Kifu1.1.2]
GN[2010-08-05a]
PW[Keiju Takehara]
PB[Daniel Smith]
DT[2010-08-05]
KM[7.5]
RE[B+R]
RU[AGA (Area)]CH[1];B[qd];W[dp];B[pq];W[dc];B[oc];W[ci];B[qo];W[jd];B[fq]
;W[fp];B[gp];W[fo];B[eq];W[dq]
(;B[jq]
(;W[dm];B[pj];W[go];B[hp];W[mc];B[jk];W[in]
(;B[ko]
(;W[km];B[mn];W[lk];B[ji];W[li];B[hm];W[hn];B[dl];W[cl];B[dk];W[ck];B[dj]
;W[di];B[em];W[en];B[ei];W[cj]
(;B[eh];W[gk];B[fl];W[im];B[dn];W[cm];B[fn];W[eo];B[hl];W[hk];B[il];W[hi]
;B[ef];W[cf];B[jg];W[kf];B[kl];W[ll];B[gn];W[gm];B[gl];W[fm];B[kg]
(;W[lf];B[lg];W[mg];B[mh];W[lh];B[ng];W[mf];B[lm];W[jm];B[kk];W[nh];B[mi]
;W[mj];B[ni];W[nj];B[oi];W[pk];B[qj];W[oj];B[ph];W[mm];B[ln];W[nm];B[ol]
;W[om];B[pl];W[pm];B[ql];W[ok];B[nl];W[ml];B[qk];W[op];B[pp];W[no];B[mp]
;W[kj];B[jj];W[np];B[mq];W[nn];B[po];W[rn];B[qm];W[pn];B[qn];W[or];B[pr]
;W[lq];B[mo];W[mr];B[nq];W[oq];B[nr];W[ps];B[ns];W[if];B[ig];W[hg];B[hf]
;W[ih];B[ki];W[gg];B[ff];W[gf];B[ed];W[ik];B[jl];W[ej];B[ec];W[fk];B[kh]
;W[el];B[lj];W[cd];B[ic];W[gc];B[jc];W[hd];B[jf];W[je];B[ie];W[id];B[gb]
;W[fb];B[hb];W[fc];B[lb];W[mb];B[lc];W[ld];B[kd];W[kc];B[kb];W[ja];B[md]
;W[nd];B[le];W[me];B[ld];W[nc];B[ob];W[nf];B[ke];RW[])
(;W[ej];B[fj];W[fk];B[ek];W[el])
(;W[ln];B[lo]))
(;B[fk];W[eh];B[fi];W[ed]))
(;W[kn];B[ln];W[lm]))
(;B[kn];W[km];B[jm];W[jn];B[kl];W[ko];B[ln];W[lo];B[mn];W[ip];B[iq];W[lq]
))
(;W[gq];B[hq];W[gr];B[hr];W[go];B[hp])
(;W[ei];B[cn];W[gq];B[hq];W[gr];B[hr];W[go];B[hp];W[er];B[fr]))
(;B[kq])
(;B[iq]))

[psk31]

That's not Paul Barchelon standing next to Chris Kirchner, it's Ken Koester. Ken had responsibility for the strong players room. Paul did handle the youth tournament I believe.

[xed_over]

and that's not a wizard costume, that's Fujiwara no Sai

[Magicwand]

.... when it turned out my cut at 69 doesn't actually work (can you see why?).

M10 miai @ K10 and net?

[daniel_the_smith]

Yeah, that's the idea.

White has some forcing moves, after which the net works.

[Joaz Banbeck]

Eeek, I will have to supply a better picture of me

Sorry, it's an old cell phone camera. The blurring is bad, but I liked the composition. The postures are perfect. You are totaly focussed on what he is saying, and he is pointing at the board with full arm and hand, not just his hand.

[vash3g]

Jennie's last name is Shen, not Shin.