The U.S. Go Congress is the largest annual Go event in the United States, first held in 1985 and now into its 35th consecutive year. It is organized by the American Go Association in conjunction with one or more local clubs, and is a week-long tournament and learning opportunity for Go players. Several hundred people generally attend, including a number of professional players. A few major tournaments are incorporated into the week, including the U.S. Open and the North American Masters (NAMT) tournament.
The U.S. Open is a six-round Swiss-McMahon Go tournament with the longest time limits of any North American tournament. The Open is the largest Go tournament in North America. In 2006 and 2007, the tournament's top prize was $2,000.
Players are grouped by strength into different sections. These range from beginners (33kyu - 30kyu) to the advanced open section (7 dan and above).
Until 2014, High dan players (4 dan and above) received a base time of 120 minutes with 5 - 30 second byo-yomi periods. All other players received a base time of 90 minutes with 5 - 30 second byo-yomi periods. Starting from 2014, all players in the U.S. Open received the same time of 90 minutes base time with 5 - 30 second byo-yomi periods.
Additionally, beginning in 2014, the open section of the U.S. Open (7 dan and above) was combined with the North American Ing Masters into a 9-round tournament with a top prize of $5,000.[3] Players who were not 7 dan but had accumulated a sufficient number of qualifier points were also eligible to play in this section. Players who were 7 dan or above who did not wish to play in the North American Masters Tournament were allowed to play in the top section of the U.S. Open, which now combined 6 dan and 7 dan players, albeit with a lower amount of prize money at stake.
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources U S Go Congress news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The U S Go Congress is the largest annual Go event in the United States first held in 1985 and now into its 35th consecutive year It is organized by the American Go Association in conjunction with one or more local clubs and is a week long tournament and learning opportunity for Go players Several hundred people generally attend including a number of professional players A few major tournaments are incorporated into the week including the U S Open and the North American Masters NAMT tournament Contents 1 U S Go Congresses and Winners 2 U S Open 3 North American Ing Masters 4 See also 5 External links 6 ReferencesU S Go Congresses and Winners EditYear Number Location Sponsoring Club US Open winner NAMT winner1985 1st Westminster Maryland Thomas Hsiang1986 2nd Seattle Washington Ji Young Yoo1987 3rd South Hadley Massachusetts Western MA Go Club Chuang Zhuan Yu1988 4th Berkeley California Hong Soo Shin1989 5th New Brunswick New Jersey Paul Hu1990 6th Loretto Heights Colorado Jung Ho Lim1991 7th Rochester New York Empty Sky Go Club Si Yeon Li Charles Huh1992 8th Salem Oregon Woo Jin Kim Dae Yol Kim1993 9th South Hadley Massachusetts Western MA Go Club John Lee Charles Huh1994 10th Washington D C Keun Young Lee John Lee1995 11th Seattle Washington Danning Jiang Thomas Hsiang1996 12th Cleveland Ohio Danning Jiang Jong Moon Lee1997 13th Lancaster Pennsylvania Thomas Hsiang Keun Young Lee1998 14th Santa Fe New Mexico Jie Li Jong Moon Lee1999 15th San Francisco California Danning Jiang2000 16th Denver Colorado Ted Ning Thomas Hsiang2001 17th York Pennsylvania Baltimore Go Club Yongfei Ge Ke Huang2002 18th Chicago Illinois Jung Hoon Lee Jie Li2003 19th Houston Texas Houston Go Club Jie Li Joey Hung2004 20th Rochester New York Empty Sky Go Club Jie Li2005 21st Tacoma Washington Tacoma Go Club and Seattle Go Center Xuefen Lin2006 22nd Black Mountain North Carolina Triangle Go Group Andy Liu Zhaonian Michael Chen2007 23rd Lancaster Pennsylvania Penn Go Society Yongfei Ge Mingjiu Jiang2008 24th Portland Oregon Portland Go Club Myungwan Kim Yun Feng2009 25th Washington D C NOVA Go Club Andy Liu2010 26th Colorado Springs Colorado Springs Go Club Huiren Yang2011 27th Santa Barbara California Orange County Go Club amp LA Go Club Yongfei Ge Zi Yang Hu2012 28th Black Mountain North Carolina The Triangle Go Group Zi Yang Hu Zi Yang Hu2013 29th Tacoma Washington Tacoma Go Club and Seattle Go Center Yuhan Zhang Zi Yang Hu2014 30th New York New York Gotham Go Group Mark Lee2015 31st Twin Cities Minnesota Yulin Tong2016 32nd Boston Massachusetts Massachusetts Go Association Bao Yun2017 33rd San Diego California San Diego Go Club Wu Hao2018 34th Williamsburg Virginia National Go Center Tim Song2019 35th Madison Wisconsin Madison Go Club Eiko Nyu2020 36th Estes Park Colorado Cancelled because of COVID 19 pandemic Held online Xinyu Tu2021 37th Cleveland Ohio Cancelled because of COVID 19 pandemic Held online Kbs84382022 38th Estes Park Colorado Tony Yang Han Han2023 1 2 39th Kent Ohio Cleveland Go Club Tony Yang Han HanU S Open EditThe U S Open is a six round Swiss McMahon Go tournament with the longest time limits of any North American tournament The Open is the largest Go tournament in North America In 2006 and 2007 the tournament s top prize was 2 000 Players are grouped by strength into different sections These range from beginners 33kyu 30kyu to the advanced open section 7 dan and above Until 2014 High dan players 4 dan and above received a base time of 120 minutes with 5 30 second byo yomi periods All other players received a base time of 90 minutes with 5 30 second byo yomi periods Starting from 2014 all players in the U S Open received the same time of 90 minutes base time with 5 30 second byo yomi periods Additionally beginning in 2014 the open section of the U S Open 7 dan and above was combined with the North American Ing Masters into a 9 round tournament with a top prize of 5 000 3 Players who were not 7 dan but had accumulated a sufficient number of qualifier points were also eligible to play in this section Players who were 7 dan or above who did not wish to play in the North American Masters Tournament were allowed to play in the top section of the U S Open which now combined 6 dan and 7 dan players albeit with a lower amount of prize money at stake Year Champion Runner up Third place Fourth Place Fifth Place Sixth Place2013 4 Yuhan Zhang2012 5 Zi Yang Hu Ge Liu Zhiyuan Andy Liu Pengwang Song Curtis Tang Beomgeun Cho2011 6 Yongfei Ge ZhaoNian Chen Zi Yang Hu Mingming Yin Mengchen Zhang Tianyu Bill Lin2010 7 Myungwan Kim2009 8 2008 9 Kuo Yin Yongfei Ge Bi Jang Mingjiu Jiang Eric Lui2007 10 Yongfei Ge Mingjiu Jiang Guangjiong Chen Zhaonian Chen Eric Lui Jie Liang2006 11 Zhiyuan Liu Andy Mingjiu Jiang Seung Hyun Hong Curtis Tang Zhaonian Chen Dal Soo Kim2005 12 Xuefen Lin Takahiro Kitagawa Yongfei Ge Haifeng Liu Lu Wang Jeffrey amp Zhaonian Chen2004 13 Jie Li Lu Wang Yongfei Ge Xuefen Lin Minshan Shou Mozheng GuanNorth American Ing Masters EditYear Champion One Loss2013 Zi Yang Hu Zhi Yuan Andy Liu Mingming Stephanie Yin Jie Liang Tianyu Bill Lin2012 Ziyang Hu Zhiyuan Andy Liu Yongfei Ge Eric Lui Curtis Tang2011 Ziyang Hu Mingjiu Jiang Huiren Yang Yongfei Ge Curtis Tang2010 Huiren Yang Mingjiu Jiang Yilun Yang Yongfei Ge Eric Lui Juyong Koh2009 Andy Liu Yun Feng Yilun Yang Mingjiu Jiang Jie Li Yongfei Ge2008 Yun Feng Yilun Yang Xuefen Lin Zhaonian Chen Juyong Koh Thomas HsiangSee also Edit nbsp Go portalGo at the 2010 Asian Games Go competitions International Go Federation List of Go organizations List of professional Go tournamentsExternal links EditThis year s US Go Congress webpage US Open historyReferences Edit 2023 U S Go Congress set for July 8 16 in Kent Ohio American Go Association American Go Association 2023 02 07 Retrieved 2023 08 01 Garlock Chris 2023 07 16 2023 US Go Congress Masters Open winners American Go Association American Go Association Retrieved 2023 08 01 The North American Masters Tournament American Go Association www usgo org Retrieved 2016 03 02 2013 US Open 2012 US Open 2011 US Open 2010 US Open 2009 US Open 2008 US Open US Open 2007 Final standings 2006 US Open 2005 US Go Congress AMERICAN GO E JOURNAL August 9 2004 nbsp This Go related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title U S Go Congress amp oldid 1176026637, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
