1997 North American Masters Tournament

Zhujiu Jiang successfully defended his title against Challenger Michael Redmond in the Title Match at the 1997 U.S. Go Congress.

Promotional Round

The promotional round is a best-two-out-of-three match.
W indicates a win for the player on that row
L indicates a loss for the player on that row

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The results for 1997 were:

Name Seed Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Result
Match 1
Yilun Yang 4 W W Promoted to Challenger Round
James Kerwin 7 L L
Match 2
Xiaoren He 5 L W W Promoted to Challenger Round
Janice Kim 8 W L L
Match 3
Liping Huang 6 W W Promoted to Challenger Round
Huiren Yang 9 L L

Challenger Round

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

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(1)
N. Rui		 (2)
M. Redmond		 (3)
J. Cha		 (4)
Y. Yang		 (5)
X. He		 (6)
L. Huang		 Wins Place
(1)
N. Rui		 - L W W W W 4 2
(2)
M. Redmond		 W - W W L W 4 1
(3)
J. Cha		 L L - W W W 3 3
(4)
Y. Yang		 L L L - W W 2 5
(5)
X. He		 L W L L - W 2 4
(6)
L. Huang		 L L L L L - 0 6

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Title Match

The title match was played at the 1997 Go Congress, in Lancaster, PA. Zhujiu Jiang, 9-Dan successfully defended his title against Challenger Michael Redmond

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



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