1994 US Open
Tournament Director: Sam Zimmerman, with Allan Abramson and Duane Burns
Tournament Report
From the American Go Journal: The national championship is the big tournament of the year. With 90 minute per player time limits (120 minutes in the high-dan sections) and a leisurely pace (one game per day), serious players of all strengths see it as a chance to play their best Go. The 230 players in this year's event broke all records for North American tournament attendance. The championship went off without a hatch, literally; in over 600 matches, not one dispute had to be solved by the TD.
Last year's champion, 18 year-old John Lee, lost his last two rounds. The winner of this year's U.S. Open is Keun-Young Lee from Baltimore, and Jong Moon Lee took second, but as Keun-Young Lee is not a citizen, Jong Moon Lee will represent the U.S. in Japan.
Keun-Young Lee is a long time resident of the U.S. A soft-spoken but wonderfully friendly person, he was the first person to graduate from the Choon-Am, the great Go school in Korea. If all the "Choon-am-sters" were tallied, the combined pro dans of everyone who went to Choong-am would be more than 100, including Lee Chang-Ho's six. Keun-Young Lee did not turn pro but has taught many now famous pros and is one of the people in the most repsected Go circles in Korea. Janice Kim called Mr. Lee's last game in the US Open "the most interesting game I have ever seen in America."