From: Larry Kaufman <lkaufman <at> WIZARD <dot> NET>
Date: 7 apr 2000
Subject: D.C. qualifier

     The final game of the D.C. qualifier event for the World Championship
in New York was played tonite.  My son Raymond achieved a winning advantage
against J. Yoshinari 4 Dan (rated #3 in the U.S.), but missed his chances
in the endgame and lost.  So no playoff game was needed; Martin Koyama 4
Dan is the D.C. qualifier.

1. Martin Koyama   4 Dan  6+ 5+ 4- 3+ 2+      4-1
2. J. Yoshinari    4 Dan  4+ 6+ 3+ 5- 1-      3-2
3. H. Egoshi       4 Dan  5+ 4+ 2- 1- 6+      3-2
4. Ray Kaufman     2 Dan  2- 3- 1+ 6+ 5       3-2
5. Mike Lamb       1 Dan  3- 1- 6+ 2+ 4-      2-3
6. Steve Nishigawa 1 kyu  1- 2- 5- 4- 3-      0-5

     Other players participating in preliminaries were:
Larry Kaufman 5 Dan, K. Wachi 1 Dan, E. Motohashi 1 kyu, Mike Strickland 4
kyu, Ed Strickland 5 kyu, Joseph Strickland 8 kyu, Edgar Radonich 15 kyu.

     Larry Kaufman, tournament director