1998 North American Masters
Promotion Round
Match 1
| Player | Seed | 1 | 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yilun Yang (7p) |
5 | B+R | W+R | Promoted to Challenger Round |
 Janice Kim (1p) |
8 | X | X | - |
Match 2
| Player | Seed | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liping Huang (4p) |
6 | W+R | X | B+R | Promoted to Challenger Round |
| Huiren Yang (1p) |
9 | X | W+R | X | - |
Match 3
| Player | Seed | 1 | 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 James Kerwin (1p) |
7 | W+R | B+R | Promoted to Challenger Round |
| Xian Xian Niu (3p) |
10 | X | X | - |
Commented games
Commentary is available for some games:
- James Kerwin vs. Xian Xian Niu (commentary by Michael Redmond)
Challenger Round
| Player | Redmond | Rui | Cha | He | Yang | Huang | Kerwin | Wins | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Redmond (8p) |
- | W+T | X | B+R | B+R | B+R | W+R | 5 | 2 | ||
| N. Rui (9p) |
X | - | X | B+R | B+R | B+15 | B+R | 4 | 3 | ||
| J. Cha (4p) |
B+R | W+R | - | W+R | B+13 | B+R | X | 5 | 1 | ||
| X. He (5p) |
X | X | X | - | X | B+R | B+7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Y. Yang (7p) |
X | X | X | W+7 | - | B+5 | W+R | 3 | 4 | ||
| L. Huang (4p) |
X | X | X | X | X | - | W+9 | 1 | 7 | ||
| J. Kerwin (1p) |
X | X | B+R | X | X | X | - | 1 | 6 |
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Title Match
| Zhujiu Jiang |
B+9 | W+R | 2 |
| J. Cha |
X | X | 0 |
Tournament Staff
- Chandao Lin
- Don Wiener
- Jeff Shaevel
- Mark Okada (IGS support)
- Tim Casey (IGS support)