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 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 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  | 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

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

## 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. ↑ 2013 US Open
5. ↑ 2012 US Open
6. ↑ 2011 US Open
7. ↑ 2010 US Open
8. ↑ 2009 US Open
9. ↑ 2008 US Open
10. ↑ US Open 2007 Final standings
11. ↑ 2006 US Open
12. ↑ 2005 US Go Congress
13. ↑ AMERICAN GO E JOURNAL August 9, 2004

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