U.S. Go Congress
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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.
U.S. Go Congresses and Winners
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Number !! Location !! Sponsoring Club !! US Open winner !! NAMT winner |
| 1985
|1st | | |
| 1986
|2nd | | |
| 1987
|3rd |Western MA Go Club | |
| 1988
|4th | | |
| 1989
|5th | | |
| 1990
|6th | | |
| 1991
|7th |Empty Sky Go Club |
| 1992
|8th | |
| 1993
|9th |South Hadley, Massachusetts |Western MA Go Club |John Lee |Charles Huh |
| 1994
|10th | |John Lee |
| 1995
|11th |Seattle, Washington | |
| 1996
|12th | |Danning Jiang |
| 1997
|13th | |Thomas Hsiang |Keun Young Lee |
| 1998
|14th | |rowspan=2|Jong Moon Lee |
| 1999
|15th | |Danning Jiang |
| 2000
|16th | |Thomas Hsiang |
| 2001
|17th |Baltimore Go Club |Yongfei Ge |Ke Huang |
| 2002
|18th | |Jung Hoon Lee |Jie Li |
| 2003
|19th |Houston Go Club |rowspan=2|Jie Li |Joey Hung |
| 2004
|20th |Rochester, New York |Empty Sky Go Club |rowspan=2|Jie Li |
| 2005
|21st |Tacoma Go Club and Seattle Go Center |Xuefen Lin |
| 2006
|22nd |Black Mountain, North Carolina |Triangle Go Group |Zhaonian (Michael) Chen |
| 2007
|23rd |Lancaster, Pennsylvania |Penn Go Society |Yongfei Ge |
| 2008
|24th |Portland Go Club |rowspan=3|Myungwan Kim |
| 2009
|25th |Washington, D.C. |NOVA Go Club |Andy Liu |
| 2010
|26th |Springs Go Club |Huiren Yang |
| 2011
|27th |Orange County Go Club & LA Go Club |Yongfei Ge |Zi Yang Hu |
| 2012
|28th |Black Mountain, North Carolina |The Triangle Go Group |Zi Yang Hu |Zi Yang Hu |
| 2013
|29th |Tacoma, Washington |Tacoma Go Club and Seattle Go Center |Yuhan Zhang |Zi Yang Hu |
| 2014
|30th |Gotham Go Group |colspan=2|Mark Lee |
| 2015
|31st | |colspan=2|Yulin Tong |
| 2016
|32nd |Massachusetts Go Association |colspan=2|Bao Yun |
| 2017
|33rd |San Diego Go Club |colspan=2|Wu Hao |
| 2018
|34th |National Go Center | colspan=2|Tim Song |
| 2019
|35th |Madison Go Club |Frederick Bao |Eiko Nyu |
| 2020
|36th |Cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic. Held online. | colspan=2|Xinyu Tu |
| 2021
|37th |Cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic. Held online. | colspan=2|Kbs8438 |
| 2022
|38th | |Tony Yang |Han Han |
| 2023{{cite web |url= https://www.usgo.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=454497&item_id=84794 |title=2023 U.S. Go Congress set for July 8-16 in Kent, Ohio - American Go Association |author= |date=2023-02-07 |website=American Go Association|access-date=2023-08-01}}{{cite web |url= https://www.usgo.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=454497&item_id=90590 |title=2023 US Go Congress Masters/Open winners - American Go Association |last=Garlock |first=Chris |date=2023-07-16 |website=American Go Association|access-date=2023-08-01}}
|39th |Cleveland Go Club |Tony Yang |Han Han |
| 2024
|40th |Portland, Oregon | | | |
| 2025
|41st |Georgetown, Texas |Austin 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 $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.{{Cite web|url = http://www.usgo.org/north-american-masters-tournament|title = The North American Masters Tournament {{!}} American Go Association|website = www.usgo.org|access-date = 2016-03-02}} 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.
North American Ing Masters
| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Champion !! One Loss |
| 2013
|Zi Yang Hu |Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu, Mingming (Stephanie) Yin, Jie Liang, Tianyu (Bill) Lin |
| 2012
|Ziyang Hu |Zhiyuan (Andy) Liu, Yongfei Ge, Eric Lui, Curtis Tang |
| 2011
|Ziyang Hu |Mingjiu Jiang, Huiren Yang, Yongfei Ge, Curtis Tang |
| 2010
|Huiren Yang |Mingjiu Jiang, Yilun Yang, Yongfei Ge, Eric Lui, Juyong Koh |
| 2009
|Andy Liu |Yun Feng, Yilun Yang, Mingjiu Jiang, Jie Li, Yongfei Ge |
| 2008
|Yun Feng |Yilun Yang, Xuefen Lin, Zhaonian Chen, Juyong Koh, Thomas Hsiang |
North American Pair Go Championship<ref>[https://www.usgo-archive.org/pair-go%C2%AE Pair Go®]</ref>
| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Female Player!!Male Player | ||
| 1991 | Debbie Siemon | Zhi-Li Peng |
| 1992 | Judy Schwabe | Thomas Hsiang |
| 1993 | Debbie Siemon | John Lee |
| 1994 | Debbie Siemon | John Lee、 |
| 1995 | Lee Anne Bowie | James Chien |
| 1996 | Debbie Siemon | Thomas Hsiang |
| 1997 | Pauline Pohl | Ted Ning |
| 1998 | Joanne Phipps | Ned Phipps |
| 1999 | Louisa Chan | James Chien |
| 2000 | Gina Shi | Joey Hung |
| 2001 | Debbie Siemon | Thomas Hsiang |
| 2002 | Wan Yu Chen | Ted Ning |
| 2003 | Gina Shi | Mozheng Guan |
| 2004 | Kristen Burrall | Yuan Zhou |
| 2005 | Cherry Shen | Joey Hung |
| 2006 | Wang Chen | Curtis Tang |
| 2007 | Cherry Shen | Eric Lui |
| 2008 | Yinli Wang | Edward Zhang |
| 2009 | Yinli Wang | Yuan Zhou |
| 2010 | Wan Chen | Curtis Tang |
| 2011 | Roxanne Tam | Yuan Zhou |
| 2012 | Kelsey Dyer | Yuan Zhou |
| 2013 | Amy Wang | Justin Ching |
| 2014 | Yiwen Ye | Daehyuk Ko |
| 2015 | Amy Wang | Daehyuk Ko |
| 2016 | Gabriella Su | Jeremy Chiu |
| 2017 | Gabriella Su | Justin Teng |
| 2018 | Sophia Wang | Alan Huang |
See also
{{Portal|Go}}
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- Go at the 2010 Asian Games
- Go competitions
- International Go Federation
- List of Go organizations
- List of professional Go tournaments
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External links
- [http://www.gocongress.org/ This year's US Go Congress webpage]
- [http://www.usgo.org/tournaments/USOpen/ US Open history]