Our 20th Anniversary Tournament had 48 players, the largest fall tournament we have had in many years. And our evening party had over 100 attending! Thanks to our friends from the Nihon Ki-in, Mr. Hiroshi Yamashiro 9P and Mr. Feng Shiung 6P “Kuma Sensei”, for coming all the way from Japan!
- Toast to Twenty Years at the Seattle Go Center
- 20th Anniversary Tournament
- Ben Hakala and Chris Kirschner
- Andy Okun of the AGA plays Harry van der Krogt of the European Go Center
- Ben Hakala gets Dan Handicapped Section 2nd Place Prize
- Lee Anne Bowie, President of the Seattle Go Center
- Mr. Hiroshi Yamashiro 9P from the Nihon Ki-in
- Japanese Consul General Mashahiro Omura
- Harry van der Krogt from the European Go Cultural Center
- Okinawan Music by Mako and Noriko
- Shiho Kurauchi on koto
- Frank Fukuda playing guitar
- Fumi Tagata, soprano
- Sound Singers at Go Center Anniversary
- Hikojiro Katsuhisa with the Sound Singers
- Kuma Sensei teaching
- Kuma Sensei giving a lesson after a simul game