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.

## Contents

* 1 U.S. Go Congresses and Winners
* 2 U.S. Open
* 3 North American Ing Masters
* 4 North American Pair Go Championship[16]
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 References

## U.S. Go Congresses and Winners

Year | Number | Location | Sponsoring Club | US Open winner | NAMT winner

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1985  | 1st  | Westminster, Maryland  |  | Thomas Hsiang  |
1986  | 2nd  | Seattle, Washington  |  | 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, Colorado  |  | 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, Massachusetts  | Western MA Go Club  | John Lee  | Charles Huh
1994  | 10th  | Washington, D.C. |  | Keun-Young Lee  | John Lee
1995  | 11th  | Seattle, Washington  |  | 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, California  |  | Danning Jiang
2000  | 16th  | Denver, Colorado  |  | Ted Ning  | Thomas Hsiang
2001  | 17th  | York, Pennsylvania  | Baltimore Go Club  | Yongfei Ge  | Ke Huang
2002  | 18th  | Chicago, Illinois  |  | Jung Hoon Lee  | Jie Li
2003  | 19th  | Houston, Texas  | Houston Go Club  | Jie Li  | Joey Hung
2004  | 20th  | Rochester, New York  | Empty Sky Go Club  | Jie Li
2005  | 21st  | Tacoma, Washington  | Tacoma Go Club and Seattle Go Center  | Xuefen Lin
2006  | 22nd  | Black Mountain, North Carolina  | Triangle Go Group  | Andy Liu  | Zhaonian (Michael) Chen
2007  | 23rd  | Lancaster, Pennsylvania  | 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, California  | 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  | New York, New York  | Gotham Go Group  | Mark Lee
2015  | 31st  | Twin Cities, Minnesota  |  | Yulin Tong
2016  | 32nd  | Boston, Massachusetts  | Massachusetts Go Association  | Bao Yun
2017  | 33rd  | San Diego, California  | San Diego Go Club  | Wu Hao
2018  | 34th  | Williamsburg, Virginia  | National Go Center  | Tim Song
2019  | 35th  | Madison, Wisconsin  | Madison Go Club  | Frederick Bao  | Eiko Nyu
2020  | 36th  | Estes Park, Colorado  | Cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic. Held online.  | Xinyu Tu
2021  | 37th  | Cleveland, Ohio  | Cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic. Held online.  | Kbs8438
2022  | 38th  | Estes Park, Colorado  |  | Tony Yang  | Han Han
2023[1][2] | 39th  | Kent, Ohio  | 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. From 2014 thru 2024, all players in the U.S. Open received the same time of 90 minutes base time with 5 - 30 second byo-yomi periods. Starting in 2025, the AGA switched from byo-yomi to bonus time (also known as Fisher time). The 2025 setting for the U. S. Open (including the Masters) is 60 minutes basic time and 20 seconds increment.

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 Place

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2023[4] | Tony Yang  |  |  |  |  |
2022[5] | Tony Yang  |  |  |  |  |
2013[6] | Yuhan Zhang  |  |  |  |  |
2012[7] | Zi Yang Hu  | Ge Liu  | Zhiyuan (Andy) Liu  | Pengwang Song  | Curtis Tang  | Beomgeun Cho
2011[8] | Yongfei Ge  | ZhaoNian Chen  | Zi Yang Hu  | Mingming Yin  | Mengchen Zhang  | Tianyu (Bill) Lin
2010[9] | Myungwan Kim
2009[10]
2008[11] | Kuo Yin  | Yongfei Ge  | Bi Jang  | Mingjiu Jiang  | Eric Lui
2007[12] | Yongfei Ge  | Mingjiu Jiang  | Guangjiong Chen  | Zhaonian Chen  | Eric Lui  | Jie Liang
2006[13] | Zhiyuan Liu (Andy)  | Mingjiu Jiang  | Seung Hyun Hong  | Curtis Tang  | Zhaonian Chen  | Dal Soo Kim
2005[14] | Xuefen Lin  | Takahiro Kitagawa  | Yongfei Ge  | Haifeng Liu  | Lu Wang (Jeffrey) & Zhaonian Chen
2004[15] | Jie Li  | Lu Wang  | Yongfei Ge  | Xuefen Lin  | Minshan Shou  | Mozheng Guan

## North American Ing Masters

Year | Champion | One Loss

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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[16]

Year | Champion | runner-up | top four

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Female Player | Male Player | Female Player | Male Player | Female Player | Male Player | 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 (Audrey) | Edward (Edward) Zhang
2009 | Yinli Wang (Audrey) | 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
2019 | Tianyi (Tina) Li | Aaron Ye
2022 | Tianyi (Tina) Li | Albert Yen | Liya Luk | Edward Zhang | Samantha Soo | Jerry Ju | Paige Kimball | Jasper Emerton
2023 | Liya Luk | Tianyuan Zhang | Jamie Tang | Albert Yen | Paige Lemaster | Jeremiah Donley | Annie Wagner | Edward Zhang
2024 | Tianyi (Tina) Li | Tianyuan Zhang | Angel Zhou | Edward Zhang | Grace Pan | Alex Fan-Cui | Riannie Duan | Dash Zhang
2025 | Yinli (Audrey) Wang | Zhiyuan (Edward) Zhang | Emily Xie | Harrison Dow | Samantha Mougette | Peter Armenia | Angel Zhou | Alex Fan-Cui

## See also

* Go at the 2010 Asian Games
* Go competitions
* International Go Federation
* List of Go organizations
* List of professional Go tournaments

## External links

* This year's US Go Congress webpage
* US Open history

## References

1. ↑ "2023 U.S. Go Congress set for July 8-16 in Kent, Ohio - American Go Association". 2023-02-07. https://www.usgo.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=454497&item_id=84794.
2. ↑ Garlock, Chris (2023-07-16). "2023 US Go Congress Masters/Open winners - American Go Association". https://www.usgo.org/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=454497&item_id=90590.
3. ↑ "The North American Masters Tournament | American Go Association". http://www.usgo.org/north-american-masters-tournament.
4. ↑ [1]
5. ↑ [2]
6. ↑ 2013 US Open
7. ↑ 2012 US Open
8. ↑ 2011 US Open
9. ↑ 2010 US Open
10. ↑ 2009 US Open
11. ↑ 2008 US Open
12. ↑ US Open 2007 Final standings
13. ↑ 2006 US Open
14. ↑ 2005 US Go Congress
15. ↑ AMERICAN GO E JOURNAL August 9, 2004
16. ↑ Pair Go®

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