USA-Canada Youth Friendship Match

This is the first of hopefully many friendship tournaments between North American youth players. This event provides the opportunity for youth players on both sides to get top-level playing experience and make new go playing friends. The tournament is organized as a team match with three players per side, with players being invited to compete based on their standing in the ratings lists. Games were played on the KGS go server, with organizer Lawrence Ku acting as tournament director.

Teams


Andy Liu 2006 US Open national champion 2002 Redmond Cup champion 2007 WAGC representative.	1-0 W+R	Gansheng Shi 2008 Redmond Cup champion North American Fujitsu finalist.

Ricky Zhao	1-0 B+R	Daniel Gourdeau National team member, 2008 WMSG.

Calvin Sun Three-time Redmond Cup champion.	1-0 W+R	Patrick Lung
	Final Result: 3-0 USA

The organizers would like to thank the American Go Association, the Canadian Go Association and Akane Negishi of KGS for organizational assistance and technical support.