American Go E-Journal

Sixteen top players will face off this weekend in the North American BC Card Cup qualifier. The 4-round online tourney starts at 1p (EST) this Saturday, November 13 on KGS, with Round 2 set for 6p Saturday, Round 3 at 1p Sunday 11/14 and Round 4 at 6p on Sunday. The winner will go on to compete in the preliminary tournament in Korea in mid-January 2011, and winners there will join a large group of professional players to fight for the 54 places in the main tournament. The BC Card Cup World Baduk Championship is one of the six major world championships, with prize money of $270,000, and $90,000 for the runner-up. The players in this weekend’s qualifier are: Zhiyuan Liu, Eric Lui, Sorin Gherman, Curtis Tang, Jie Liang, Seung Hyun Hong, Yuan Zhou, Jung Lee, Guthrie Price, Jason Gu, Hugh Zhang, Daniel Chou, Yun-Bo Yi, Yong Chen, Yinli Wang, Martin Lebl. AGA National Tournament Director Edward (Zhiyuan) Zhang is the NA BC Card Cup Tournament Director.