Te wo Tsunaide '08

Moment: Round 1 Players: Bob Meyer and Karen Jordan (left), Dave Weiss and Katherine Lin (right). Dave and Katherine won. Pair Ratings: 4 kyu, 1 dan Photo Credit: Larry LeJeune Comments: Last year's #2 Pair (Karen and Bob) faces last year's #1 Pair (Katherine and Dave) in round 1. Dave and Katherine prevailed in this game, but fell to this year's #1 Pair in the 2nd round.

Moment: Round 1 Players: Meg Wanek and Forrest Soper (left) vs Jay Hoh and Tucker Bergin. Jay and Tucker won. Pair Ratings: 28 kyu, 21 kyu Photo Credit: Bruce Young Comments: 2 of the new Pairs at the tournament this year. Meg and Forrest fought valiantly, and received a nice In-Sync vote from Jay for their efforts in this game. It was a tough first game, because Jay and Tucker went on to become the 2nd Place High Kyu Pair after only being defeated by the 1st Place Pair.

Moment: Round 1 Players: Rachel Daley and Ryan Bernstein (left) vs Amara Sailing and Gordon Klock (right). Rachel and Ryan won. Pair Ratings: 15 kyu, 18 kyu Photo Credit: Jasmine Sailing Comments: It's early in the game, but it looks like it is already pretty fun. This was the first game in Rachel and Ryan's winning streak. After managing to win all 3 of their games, they became the 1st Place Pair High Kyu Pair. This early on, Amara and Gordon look like they are still holding up well.

Moment: Round 1 Players: Albert Hwang and Diana Yang (left) vs Jessica Lin and Yaphet Tewahade (right). Jessica and Yaphet won. Pair Ratings: 7 kyu, 2 kyu Photo Credit: Bruce Young Comments: Last year's Most In-Sync Pair (Albert and Diana) vs this year's Most In-Sync Pair (Jessica and Yaphet). I'm not sure what else happened in this game, but I do know that Diana and Albert had the 2nd lowest (2nd best) losing score for this round. They won their next 2 games, becoming 3rd place in the tournament and the Out-Standing Youth Pair winners.

Moment: Round 2 Players: Katherine Lin and Dave Weiss (left) vs Laurie Linz and Stu Horowitz (right). Laurie and Stu won. Pair Ratings: 1 dan, 2 kyu Photo Credit: Bruce Young Comments: Last year's #1 Pair (Katherine and Dave) vs this year's #1 Pair (Laurie and Stu). It looks like a tough game for black, but Laurie and Stu pulled it off in the end.

Moment: Round 2 Players: CJ and Aichan Tewahade (left) vs Thomas Creel and Jessie Ramos (right). Thomas and Jessie won. Pair Ratings: 12 kyu, 14 kyu Photo Credit: Bruce Young Comments: Aichan and and CJ were an impromptu Pair, I don't believe they had met prior to the tournament. Aichan used to play with her brother Yaphet, but needed to take a test during round 1. Jessie and Thomas had the strange luck of playing CJ in 2 different Pairs, and prevailed in this game (it was a close one!).