1996 North American Masters Tournament

Zhu-jiu Jiang, 9-dan, successfully defended the title against challenger Naiwei Rui.

The format of the tournament was two rounds:

Challenger Round: round robin for all but title holder.
Title Match: best-two-out-of-three between winner of Challenger Round and current title holder.

Participants

Title holder from the 1995 NAMT was Zhu-jiu Jiang, 9-dan. The challengers were:

Name Rank Country Location Seed

1) Naiwei Rui Nine-Dan China San Francisco, CA 6

2) Michael Redmond Eight-Dan Japan Chiba, Japan 7

3) Yilun Yang Seven-Dan China Los Angeles, CA 2

4) Xiaoren He Five-Dan China Montreal, Canada 3

5) Liping Huang Four-Dan China Chicago, IL 8

6) James Cha Four-Dan Korea Los Angeles, CA 1

7) James Kerwin One-Dan Japan Minneapolis, MN 4

8) Janice Kim One-Dan Korea New York City, NY 5

	Name	Rank	Country	Location	Seed
1)	Naiwei Rui	Nine-Dan	China	San Francisco, CA	6
2)	Michael Redmond	Eight-Dan	Japan	Chiba, Japan	7
3)	Yilun Yang	Seven-Dan	China	Los Angeles, CA	2
4)	Xiaoren He	Five-Dan	China	Montreal, Canada	3
5)	Liping Huang	Four-Dan	China	Chicago, IL	8
6)	James Cha	Four-Dan	Korea	Los Angeles, CA	1
7)	James Kerwin	One-Dan	Japan	Minneapolis, MN	4
8)	Janice Kim	One-Dan	Korea	New York City, NY	5

Click on a player name above for biographical information and photo, if available.

Challenger Round

Players are listed in seed order.

	indicates a win for the player on that row
	indicates a loss for the player on that row

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(1)
J. Cha (2)
Y. Yang (3)
X. He (4)
J. Kerwin (5)
J. Kim (6)
N. Rui (7)
M. Redmond (8)
L. Huang Wins Place

(1)
J. Cha - 5 3rd

(2)
Y. Yang - 4

(3)
X. He - 3

(4)
J. Kerwin - 1

(5)
J. Kim - 0

(6)
N. Rui - 7 1st

(7)
M. Redmond - 6 2nd

(8)
L. Huang - 2

Title Match

The title match was played at the 1996 Go Congress, in Cleveland, OH. Zhujiu Jiang, 9-Dan successfully defended his title against the winner of the Challenger Round, Naiwei Rui, 9-Dan.

The game records may be downloaded by clicking the round numbers below:

Round #1: Jiang (w) - Rui (b), Black wins by resignation.
Round #2: Rui (w) - Jiang (b), Black wins by resignation.
Round #3: Jiang (w) - Rui (b), White wins by 3 points.

Š1996 American Go Association
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	(1) J. Cha	(2) Y. Yang	(3) X. He	(4) J. Kerwin	(5) J. Kim	(6) N. Rui	(7) M. Redmond	(8) L. Huang	Wins	Place
(1) J. Cha	-								5	3rd
(2) Y. Yang		-							4
(3) X. He			-						3
(4) J. Kerwin				-					1
(5) J. Kim					-				0
(6) N. Rui						-			7	1st
(7) M. Redmond							-		6	2nd
(8) L. Huang								-	2