About 20 players competed in the 2026 Japanese Festival DFW Go Tournament, held November 7–8 at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden and cohosted by the Fort Worth and Dallas Go Clubs.
Zelong Dong won the Open Section with a 3–2 record, edging runner-up Anh Nguyen, also 3–2, on SODOS tiebreak points. Tieling Xie finished third with two wins, two losses and a bye.
Xilong Zhang swept the Handicap Section with a perfect 5–0 record. Eelis Yu placed second at 4–1, followed by Adam Lopez at 3–2.
Five-year-old Ryan Chang was the youngest participant—and, organizers report, the youngest player in the DFW Go Tournament in the past decade.
Ray Saenz directed the tournament, with sponsorship support from the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.