American Go E-Journal

Jianing Gan 7d and Aaron Ye 5d swept their divisions in the 2012 Redmond Cup.  Fifteen-year-old Jianing Gan 7d, from Canada, placed first in the Cup’s online qualifiers and proved unstoppable, with a perfect record. His opponent in the finals at the US Go Congress was defending champion Calvin Sun, 7d, age 15, who has won the Redmond three times. Both boys also competed in the AGA Tygem professional tourney, last week, and Gan proved exceptionally strong, placing third in the event.  His opponent, and new American pro, Ganshing Shi 1P provides commentary on the exciting final match in the game record below.  In the Redmond Junior Division ten-year-olds Aaron Ye 5d and Austen Liao 2d duked it out.  Ye, who is also the reigning US Youth Champion in the under-12 division, played solidly in both rounds, winning by convincing double-digit margins.  Liao, competing in the Redmond for the first time, did his best, but was overwhelmed by the defending champion. -Report/photo by Paul Barchilon, E-J Youth Editor.  Photo: Jianing Gan 7d (l) vs. Calvin Sun 7d (r).