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I played yesterday in the Seattle Cherry Blossom Tournament - which was held at the Seattle Center, together with the Cherry Blossom Festival,the annual Japanese event here in Seattle.

I managed to win the tournament with 3-0 (normally there are 4 rounds, but the 3rd one ran late and it wasn’t time for the 4th one for some players) after a lucky win against Steve Stringfellow (6 dan AGA).

The highlight of the day though was the visit by Cho Seokbin (also spelled Cho Seok Bin in some other sources) - the famous ex-insei from Korea (just to avoid confusion: many insei from Korea are as strong as professional players) who is now living in Europe (Germany) and winning a lot of tournaments there.

Seokbin is on a Go tour in the US - he is in Seattle for the next week or so, and will visit Tacoma and Portland next.

He is not only a very strong player, but also a great Go teacher: he commented my final game with Steve, and today he gave a very nice lecture on joseki - I’ll post both the game commentary and some highlights form the lecture on my website in the next few days.

Just in case you are in the Seattle area (or nearby): Cho Seokbin will present another lecture on Tuesday, April 24th at the Seattle Go Center (from 7 pm), and will play simultaneous games on Wednesday, April 25th, also at the Seattle Go Center, from 6 pm to 9 pm.

Also, if you are interested in one-on-one lessons with Cho Seokbin while he is in the US, please send an email to Jon Boley (”jon at airsltd.com”).

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