AMERICAN GO E-JOURNAL: News from the American Go Association

August 8, 2003

In This Edition:
JIE LI LEADS IN US OPEN
PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING: Huiren Yang, 1P
CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS;
- 9x9 Update
- 13x13 Update
- Lightning Update
THE BIG MOVE

JIE LI LEADS IN US OPEN: Jie Li 6d leads in the U.S. Open, undefeated after four rounds and looking to repeat his 2002 U.S. Open championship. Also 4-0 with just two rounds left to play are Steven Burrall, 4d, John Stephenson 3d, Andreas Hauenstein 2d, Tommy Slater 1d, Hao Shen 2k, James Bonomo 2k, Alan Perrin, 3k, Tien-Kai Kang, 4k, Steve Feng 5k, William Zhou 6k, Vincent Tam, 7k, Yao Guo 8k, Justin Bazzano 8k, Cherry Shen 9k, David Montoya 10k, Tom Xo 12k, John Eckelkamp 14k, James Li 15k, Shen Xiong Xie 23k and Crystal Yuan, 27k.  
- reported by Joe Carl

PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING: Huiren Yang, 1P
"Ko is difficult," Huiren Yang said at his Wednesday night lecture. "It's hard to know when to start and can be hard to manage, even for a 9 dan." Yang also reminded the crowd that "Your opponent's vital point is your vital point" and "Getting a base is important; get stable!" Last but not least "You can't capture the dragon but you can punish the dragon."

CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS

9x9 Update: Rachel Small 16k beat Stephen Sun 6k to win the kyu section. Kory Stephens 3d is playing Terry Fung 3d in the finals of the dan section.

13x13 Update: Shengxiong Xie beat David Rohde 14k to win the kyu section.

Lightning Update: David Montoya 10k and Lionel Zhang 4k are in the finals of the kyu section, while the dan playoffs are still to be played.
- reported by Mike Heinich

THE BIG MOVE: Because the Congress playing area will be used for college orientation Friday, the entire Congress has moved across the street for the day, so reports on the Self-Paired and Pair Go tournaments will be filed in Friday's edition. 

E-JOURNAL GO CONGRESS EDITION STAFF: Chris Garlock, Bill Cobb, Bob Barber, Joe Carl, Mike Heinich, Jeff Miller.

FORMATTING NOTE: We apologize if there are formatting problems with the Congress Edition of the E-Journal, which is filed from a Palm PDA.