North Carolina Championship Tournament, September 22, 2018.
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The first North Carolina State Champion Tournament was held at Umstead State Park in Raleigh, NC on September 22, 2018. Forty two players turned out and Ying Shen 2P offered game reviews onsite.
Chen An 7d earned the first North Carolina State Champion with a perfect 4-0 score and Chengyu Fu 7d and Brian Wu 3d share second place in Open section. Tao Ma 2k swept all four games to take first place in Division A (2d-2k) and 8-year old Sheng Hou 1d and Peter St. John 1k took second. Bob Bacon 6k managed to not only serve as one of the tournament organizers but also won first place with a perfect score in Division B (3-6k) while Harrison Pedigo 4k, LeRoy Anderson 5k, and Justin Blank 3k shared second place. First-time tournament player Ki Y. Kim 8k collected the top award in Division C (7-11k) and Tom Roncoli 7k and Andrew Thieman 7k shared second place. Justin Su 15k was first in Division D (12k & up) and Janus Childester was second.
- Jeff Kuang, Tournament Director
The following tables reflect the 4 rounds of play. The first table is a record of entries with Win/Loss records. The next 4 tables display the results from each round. This data is based on the TD file submitted to the AGA, cross checked with the wall boards from the tournament. Komi is shown as a whole number. A Komi of 7 represents a Komi of 7.5, and a komi of 0 means an actual komi of 0.5. In the Rounds tables, the winner of each pairing is in bold type.
| Entrants | AGA Rating | AGA ID | Wins | Losses |
| Chen An | 7D | 23123 | 4 | 0 |
| Chengyu Fu | 7D | 24098 | 3 | 1 |
| Jeff Kuang | 4D | 13845 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Wu | 3D | 15452 | 3 | 1 |
| Frank Salantrie | 3D | 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| Suyoung Yoon | 3D | 23325 | 2 | 2 |
| Seogil Yoon | 3D | 24102 | 2 | 2 |
| Hongzhou Li | 3D | 24091 | 2 | 2 |
| Andrew Xu | 3D | 21265 | 1 | 3 |
| Haixin Yang | 3D | 24131 | 1 | 3 |
| Sheng Huo | 1D | 24076 | 3 | 1 |
| Nathan Borggren | 1D | 13212 | 2 | 2 |
| Xiaoping Wu | 1D | 13472 | 1 | 0 |
| Jiayi Chen | 1D | 24112 | 1 | 3 |
| Paul Celmer | 1D | 4910 | 1 | 3 |
| Thomas Bitonti | 1D | 3540 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter St.John | 1K | 1083 | 3 | 1 |
| Chun Ho Chung | 1K | 24115 | 1 | 3 |
| Matthew Baker | 1K | 23335 | 1 | 3 |
| Tao Ma | 2K | 23534 | 4 | 0 |
| Justin Blank | 3K | 13891 | 2 | 2 |
| Adam Bridges | 3K | 9995 | 0 | 1 |
| Harrison Pedigo | 4K | 23829 | 2 | 2 |
| Leroy Anderson | 5K | 22924 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Yod Teague | 5K | 22237 | 0 | 4 |
| Bob Bacon | 6K | 11286 | 3 | 0 |
| Andrew Thieman | 7K | 23749 | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Roncoli | 7K | 22607 | 2 | 2 |
| Kerianne Squitire | 7K | 17795 | 1 | 3 |
| Garrett Weeter | 7K | 23530 | 1 | 3 |
| Ki Kim | 8k | 24123 | 4 | 0 |
| John Aiken | 8K | 16709 | 2 | 1 |
| Vincent Dimattia | 8K | 13019 | 2 | 1 |
| Dale Blann | 11K | 10348 | 1 | 2 |
| Bhaskar Bharath | 12K | 22914 | 2 | 2 |
| Russell Herman | 12K | 2776 | 1 | 3 |
| Justin Su | 15K | 21377 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Nonini | 15K | 15693 | 0 | 3 |
| Janus Chidester | 16K | 24081 | 3 | 1 |
| Ajay Dheeraj | 18K | 23529 | 2 | 2 |
| Sky Wang | 25K | 23870 | 2 | 2 |
| Larry Liu | 26K | 24124 | 0 | 3 |
Round One |
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| White | Black | Winner | Handicap | Komi |
| Chengyu Fu | Brian Wu | W | 0 | 7 |
| Jeff Kuang | Chen An | B | 0 | 7 |
| Haixin Yang | Andrew Xu | B | 0 | 7 |
| Seogil Yoon | Frank Salantrie | B | 0 | 7 |
| Suyoung Yoon | Hongzhou Li | W | 0 | 7 |
| Paul Celmer | Sheng Huo | B | 0 | 7 |
| Jiayi Chen | Nathan Borggren | B | 0 | 7 |
| Tao Ma | Chun Chung | W | 0 | 7 |
| Peter St.John | Baker, Austin | W | 0 | 7 |
| Justin Blank | Harrison Pedigo | W | 0 | 7 |
| Teague, Yod | Leroy Anderson | B | 0 | 7 |
| Garrett Weeter | Kerianne Squitire | B | 0 | 7 |
| Tom Roncoli | Andrew Thieman | B | 0 | 7 |
| Vincent Dimattia | Dale Blann | W | 2 | 0 |
| Ki Kim | John Aiken | W | 0 | 7 |
| Russell Herman | Bhaskar Bharath | W | 0 | 7 |
| Don Nonini | Justin Su | B | 0 | 7 |
| Janus Chidester | Ajay Dheeraj | W | 0 | 0 |
| Sky Wang | Larry Liu | W | 0 | 7 |
Round Two |
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| White | Black | Winner | Handicap | Komi |
| Chen An | Chengyu Fu | W | 0 | 7 |
| Andrew Xu | Jeff Kuang | B | 0 | 7 |
| Frank Salantrie | Suyoung Yoon | W | 0 | 7 |
| Hongzhou Li | Haixin Yang | W | 0 | 7 |
| Brian Wu | Seogil Yoon | W | 0 | 7 |
| Nathan Borggren | Sheng Huo | B | 0 | 7 |
| Chun Chung | Jiayi Chen | B | 0 | 7 |
| Peter St.John | Paul Celmer | W | 0 | 7 |
| Baker, Austin | Tao Ma | B | 0 | 7 |
| Justin Blank | Leroy Anderson | W | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Pedigo | Teague, Yod | W | 0 | 7 |
| Andrew Thieman | Bob Bacon | B | 0 | 7 |
| Kerianne Squitire | Vincent Dimattia | B | 0 | 7 |
| Ki Kim | Garrett Weeter | W | 0 | 7 |
| John Aiken | Tom Roncoli | W | 0 | 7 |
| Dale Blann | Russell Herman | W | 0 | 7 |
| Bhaskar Bharath | Justin Su | B | 0 | 0 |
| Janus Chidester | Don Nonini | W | 0 | 7 |
| Ajay Dheeraj | Sky Wang | W | 0 | 7 |
Round Three | ||||
| White | Black | Winner | Handicap | Komi |
| Frank Salantrie | Chen An | B | 0 | 7 |
| Chengyu Fu | Hongzhou Li | W | 0 | 7 |
| Haixin Yang | Brian Wu | B | 0 | 7 |
| Suyoung Yoon | Andrew Xu | W | 0 | 7 |
| Sheng Huo | Seogil Yoon | B | 0 | 7 |
| Nathan Borggren | Paul Celmer | W | 0 | 7 |
| Jiayi Chen | Peter St.John | B | 0 | 7 |
| Tao Ma | Justin Blank | W | 0 | 7 |
| Chun Chung | Baker, Austin | W | 0 | 7 |
| Leroy Anderson | Harrison Pedigo | B | 0 | 7 |
| Bob Bacon | Teague, Yod | W | 0 | 7 |
| Kerianne Squitire | Ki Kim | B | 0 | 7 |
| Vincent Dimattia | Andrew Thieman | B | 0 | 7 |
| Garrett Weeter | Tom Roncoli | B | 0 | 7 |
| John Aiken | Russell Herman | W | 3 | 0 |
| Dale Blann | Bhaskar Bharath | B | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Su | Janus Chidester | W | 0 | 7 |
| Don Nonini | Sky Wang | B | 3 | 0 |
| Ajay Dheeraj | Larry Liu | W | 2 | 0 |
Round Four |
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| White | Black | Winner | Handicap | Komi |
| Chen An | Suyoung Yoon | W | 0 | 7 |
| Jeff Kuang | Chengyu Fu | B | 0 | 7 |
| Brian Wu | Frank Salantrie | W | 0 | 7 |
| Hongzhou Li | Nathan Borggren | W | 0 | 7 |
| Seogil Yoon | Andrew Xu | W | 0 | 7 |
| Jiayi Chen | Haixin Yang | B | 0 | 7 |
| Sheng Huo | Peter St.John | W | 0 | 7 |
| Thomas Bitonti | Tao Ma | B | 0 | 7 |
| Justin Blank | Xiaoping Wu | B | 0 | 7 |
| Paul Celmer | Chun Chung | W | 0 | 7 |
| Baker, Austin | Harrison Pedigo | W | 0 | 7 |
| Adam Bridges | Bob Bacon | B | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Thieman | Leroy Anderson | B | 0 | 7 |
| Teague, Yod | Ki Kim | B | 0 | 7 |
| Tom Roncoli | Kerianne Squitire | W | 0 | 7 |
| Garrett Weeter | Russell Herman | W | 3 | 0 |
| Bhaskar Bharath | Ajay Dheeraj | W | 4 | 0 |
| Justin Su | Sky Wang | W | 5 | 0 |
| Janus Chidester | Larry Liu | W | 5 | 0 |