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The 1st U20 Eastern Youth Open (AGA Rated)

  • What is the U20 Eastern Youth Open? The U20 Eastern Youth Open is a youth tournament held by New York Go Association for all young players who are under 20 years old with over $1,500 prize pool. After Google AlphaGo appeared in 2016, Go became more and more popular in Western countries. More people started to understand Go and like this intellectual mind-sport. After 3-year promoting Go by the New York Go Association, Go already is popular in many elementary schools, and other eastern US cities. It is the time to provide an opportunity for young players to compete in a high standard face-to-face tournament. This is also the original intention for New York Go Association to hold this competition. The New York Go Association intends to host this competition annually and makes this event the largest youth Go tournament in the East.
  • When: Saturday, August 31, 2019 ​(9:30AM-4:00PM)
  • Where: New York Institute of Go: 255-05 Northern Blvd, 2FL, Little Neck, NY 11362
Register here! Please read the tournament rules here. ​
Requirement: All of the participants must be under 20 years old by the date of the tournament. The rank requirement to entry is 10 kyu or higher. All players must be a current AGA or CGA member. Players whose AGA ranks are out of date, but have a KGS rank with at least 10 most recent games at rank of 10 kyu or higher may enter. Pre-registration is required.

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Stephanie and AGA Chief Editor Chris commentated on Facebook AI Pair Go match!
Story can be found here.
Photos are found at AGA official website. (photos by Phil Straus; top: (l-r) Yin, Garlock and Gong commenting; bottom (l-r): Garlock, Yin, Gong, Pinkerton, Liu, Li.)

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