U.S. Go Congress

The U.S. Go Congress is the largest annual Go event in the United States, first held in 1985 and now into its 28th consecutive year. It is organized by the American Go Association, 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 Ing Masters (NAIM) tournament.

Contents 1 Past U.S. Go Congress and Winners 2 U.S. Open 3 North American Ing Masters 4 Other Events 5 See also 6 External links 7 References

Past U.S. Go Congress and Winners

Year	Number	Location	Sponsoring Club	US Open winner	NAIM winner
1985	1st	Westminster, Maryland		Ho Suk Yi[1]
1986	2nd	Seattle, WA		Ji Young Yoo
1987	3rd	South Hadley, Massachusetts	Western MA Go Club	Chuang Zhuan Yu
1988	4th	Berkeley, California		Hong Soo Shin
1989	5th	New Brunswick, New Jersey		Paul Hu
1990	6th	Loretto Heights, CO		Jung Ho Lim
1991	7th	Rochester, New York	Empty Sky Go Club	Si Yeon Li	Charles Huh
1992	8th	Salem, Oregon		Woo Jin Kim	Dae Yol Kim
1993	9th	South Hadley, MA	Western MA Go Club	John Lee	Charles Huh
1994	10th	Washington, D.C.		Keun-Young Lee	John Lee
1995	11th	Seattle, WA		Danning Jiang	Thomas Hsiang
1996	12th	Cleveland, Ohio		Danning Jiang	Jong Moon Lee
1997	13th	Lancaster, Pennsylvania		Thomas Hsiang	Keun Young Lee
1998	14th	Santa Fe, New Mexico		Jie Li	Jong Moon Lee
1999	15th	San Francisco, CA		Danning Jiang
2000	16th	Denver, CO		Ted Ning	Thomas Hsiang
2001	17th	York, Pennsylvania	Baltimore Go Club	Yongfei Ge	Ke Huang
2002	18th	Chicago, IL		Jie Li	Jie Li
2003	19th	Houston, TX	Houston Go Club		Joey Hung
2004	20th	Rochester, NY	Empty Sky Go Club		Jie Li
2005	21st	Tacoma, Washington	Tacoma Go Club and Seattle Go Center	Xuefen Lin
2006	22nd	Asheville, North Carolina	Triangle Go Group	Andy Liu	Zhaonian (Michael) Chen
2007	23rd	Lancaster, PA	Penn Go Society	Yongfei Ge	Mingjiu Jiang
2008	24th	Portland, Oregon	Portland Go Club	Myungwan Kim	Yun Feng
2009	25th	Washington, D.C.	NOVA Go Club		Andy Liu
2010	26th	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Springs Go Club		Huiren Yang
2011	27th	Santa Barbara, CA	Orange County Go Club & LA Go Club

U.S. Open

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 $2000. The prizes for the 2008 tournament have not yet been announced.

Players are grouped by strength into different sections. These range from beginners (33kyu - 30kyu) to the advanced open section (7 dan and above).

High dan players (4 dan and above) receive a base time of 120 minutes with 5 - 30 second byo-yomi periods. All other players receive a base time of 90 minutes with 5 - 30 second byo-yomi periods.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Fifth Place	Sixth Place
2009
2008[2]	Myungwan Kim	Kuo Yin	Yongfei Ge	Bi Jang	Mingjiu Jiang	Eric Lui
2007[3]	Yongfei Ge	Mingjiu Jiang	Guangjiong Chen	Zhaonian Chen	Eric Lui	Jie Liang
2006[4]	Zhiyuan Liu (Andy)	Mingjiu Jiang	Seung Hyun Hong	Curtis Tang	Zhaonian Chen	Dal Soo Kim
2005[5]	Xuefen Lin	Takahiro Kitagawa	Yongfei Ge	Haifeng Liu	Lu Wang (Jeffrey) & Zhaonian Chen
2004[6]	Jie Li	Lu Wang	Yongfei Ge	Xuefen Lin	Minshan Shou	Mozheng Guan

North American Ing Masters

Other Events

Other events include:^[7]

See also

	Book: Go:The Board Game
Wikipedia books are collections of articles that can be downloaded or ordered in print.

External links

• 2009 US Go Congress webpage
• General US Go Congress webpage
• US Open history

References