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Mexican Kids Sharpen Tourney Skills

"The kids at our school, Gimnasio de Go,  had a very busy December with three tournaments  at different places," reports Mexico City organizer Siddhartha  Avila.  "On December 4th Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ran the El otro Tesuji  tournament organized by college and high school students. We sent four elementary school representatives, Paula Corona, Valeria Gonzalez, Mariana García and Omar Zavala-who got 3rd place, pictures here. On December 7th, our group played in the Biblioteca de México, Torneo de Go 2013, a children's tournament organized by myself,  in collaboration with Biblioteca de México José Vasconcelos, a library where we are offering free go workshops on Saturdays. Winners report: 1st place: Fernanda; 2nd place: Diego Alí and Akira; 3rd place: Naohmi and Kairi. Pictures here.  Finally, on December 13th, we played in the Torneo de Go Invierno 2013, this was our winter elementary school go tournament, which was divided in two brackets." Winners report: 20kyu-25kyu division: 1st place: Sebastián; 2nd place: Marcos; 3rd place: Diego Alí; 10kyu-19kyu division: 1st place: Omar; 2nd place: Diego Armando; 3rd place: Valeria, pictures here.-Paul Barchilon, E-J Youth Editor.  Photo by Siddhartha Avila: At Biblioteca de México José Vasconcelos