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New AGA Chapter Rep -- and Name -- for Seattle

The local chapter of the American Go Association met at the Seattle Go Center on Tuesday, May 26, and unanimously elected Peter Nelson 5d (right) as the new Chapter Representative.  They also changed the name of their chapter to "Seattle AGA Chapter" from "Seattle Go Center".  The Seattle AGA Chapter is organizationally distinct from the nonprofit that runs the Seattle Go Center, although many local players are members of both groups.  The name change was intended to reduce confusion between the two groups.  The Seattle AGA Chapter sponsored the Tacoma Go Congress in 2013. Nelson will be attending the U.S. Go Congress in Minnesota this August, and the Annual Meeting of Chapter Representatives.  He has been a regular at the Go Center  since moving to Seattle from Minnesota in 2014.  He has given many teaching games at the Go Center, and he also teaches online as longstridebaduk.  Nelson has done well in local tournaments, winning the Seattle Pandanet Team Qualifier in September of 2014, and placing second in the Open Section of the 2015 Spring Tournament, losing only to Edward Kim 7d.  He may be contacted by email. - Brian Allen