3rd TransAtlantic Youth Go Match

This is the 3rd edition of the TransAtlantic Youth Go Match. This event provides the opportunity for youth players on both sides to get top-level playing experience and make new go friends. The tournament is organized as a team match with ten players per side, with players being invited to by their national or continental go associations.

Games were played in the Transatlantic Youth Go Tournament room on the KGS go server on April 17, 2011. Games are played with ING rules, with time controls of 30 minutes main time + 10 moves/5 minutes Canadian-style overtime.

Teams


First Series 2011-04-17 15:00 GMT, 11 AM Eastern, 8 AM Pacific
Bill Lin (14)	0-1 B+R	Ali Jabarin (17) 1st place, 2009 European Youth Championship 1st place, 2007, 2008 Israeli Championship National team member, 2008 WMSG
Jianing Gan (14) 2nd place (tied), 2009 CGA Winter Cup, Open Division	1-0 B+6	Mihai Serban (15) National team member, 2008 WMSG 1st place, 2010 U18 European Youth Goe Championship
Peter Zhang (16)	0-1 B+R	Alexandr Vashurov (15) 1st place, 2008 Russian Under-12 Championship 4th place, 2008 Russian Youth Championship 3rd place, 2007 European Children Championship
Andrew Lu (14) US WYGC Representative, 2009	1-0 B+R	Roman Ruzhanskij (16) 2nd place, 2010 U18 European Youth Goe Championship 1st place, 2009 U16 Ukranian Youth Goe Championship
Aaron Ye (8) 1st place, 2011 US Youth Goe Championship, Jr Low Dan division 1st place, 2010 US Youth Goe Championship, Jr Low Dan division	0-1 B+R	Vladyslav Verteletskyj (11) 1st place, 2011 U12 European Youth Goe Championship Nationally ranked 3rd
Oliver Wolf (11) 1st place, Redmond Cup 2010, Junior Division	1-0 B+32	Stepan Popov (11) 2nd place, 2011 U12 European Youth Goe Championship
Second Series 2011-04-17 18:00 GMT, 2 PM Eastern, 11 AM Pacific
Ryan Li (16) 7th place, 5th Korean Prime Minister Cup	0-1 B+4	Thomas Debarre (17) 2nd place, 2008 European Youth Goe Championship 3rd place, 2008 Korean Ambassador's Cup 6th place, 2008 World Youth Goe Championship
Gansheng Shi (16) 2008, 2009 Redmond Cup champion 2008 North American Fujitsu finalist 2008 Canadian representative, World Youth Goe Championship	1-0 B+8	Pavol Lisy (16) Nationally ranked 3rd
Ricky Zhao (16) 2nd place, 2009 Redmond Cup	0-1 B+R	Mateusz Surma (15) 7-time Polish Youth Champion 2nd place, 2008 Polish Championship 6th place, 2006 Austrian Open
Hugh Zhang (14) 1st place, 2008 Redmond Cup Junior division 2nd place, 2008 US Youth Goe Championship National team member, 2008 WMSG	0-1 W+10	Vanessa Wong (15) 2nd place, 2010 U16 European Youth Goe Championship National team member, 2008 WMSG
Daniel Gourdeau (17) National team member, 2008 WMSG	1-0 W+R	Lukas Podpera (16) 6th place, 2010 WYGC 4th place, 2010 U16 European Youth Goe Championship 3 time Czech Youth Champion
Final Result 5-6

The organizers would like to thank the European Go Federation, the American Go Association and the Canadian Go Association for their support in making this event possible.