American Go E-Journal

In the Samsung preliminaries that finished yesterday, U.S. player Eric Lui won against Ben Lockhart, also from the U.S.  In the other 18 groups, China took 11, Korea 6, and Japan 1.  These 19 winners will join the 13 seeded players in the next round, to be held in Shanghai September 3-5.  Other highlights from the preliminaries include the re-emergence of Seo Bongsu and Komatsu Hideki, two popular players from yesteryear. “We’re tremendously proud of both Eric and Ben,” said American Go Association President Andy Okun. “We look forward to following Eric this fall.” Click here for the Lui-Lockhart game record.
– Thomas Hsiang; photo courtesy Cyberoro, which has a full report (in Korean); there’s also a report on newscj.com
NOTE: updated 8/8 9:22a (PST) with new photo and link to Cyberoro