Thirty-eight different players in five divisions competed in the recent Coffee Cup Tournament, organized by the Santa Monica Go Club. “This was the first year that we set up a live stream of one featured board each round,” reports Brent Russell. “We broadcast live on Twitch (no game recording) and were surprised by a number of viewers despite short notice of the stream. Thanks to the successful implementation of this first-time broadcast, we look forward to streaming gameplay at future tournaments.”
Aiyang Lu won the top division; here are complete results:
Division 1: 6D - 4D (7 players): 1st - Aiyang Lu; 2nd - Tyler Oyakawa; 3rd - Moxuan Liu.
Division 2: 3D - 2D (6 players): 1st - Yiyang Zeng; 2nd - Joaquin Perkins; 3rd - Igasho Yin
Division 3: 1K - 4K (9 players): 1st - Yuqi Hu; 2nd - Marc Sarrel; 3rd - Olive Long
Division 4: 5K - 8K (11 players): 1st - David Su; 2nd - Arunas Rudvalis; 3rd - Bryan Guillen
Division 5: 11K - 25K (5 players): 1st - Alan Li; 2nd - Charlotte Zhou; 3rd - Richard Xiang