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Tournament Recap: In the second round of the North American Masters Tournament Monday night at the U.S. Go Congress, Zi Yang Hu defeated Calvin Sun on Board 1, while Jie Liang (left in photo)  handed Andy Liu 1P (right) his second defeat in the NAMT and Mingming Yin beat Tianyu Lin. In the Strong Players Open, Li Cong beat Peilun Li on Board 1, while Yuhan Zhang defeated Beomgeun Cho and Juyong Koh won against Albert Yen. Click here for full results — and game records — of each round: U.S. Open; NAMT; SPO. photo by Phil Straus

Pro Game Commentaries: We’ve got three pro game commentaries so far: Jennie Shen 2P on the U.S. Open Round 1 game Sunday between Zi Yang (Matthew) Hu and Tianyu [Bill] Lin; Cathy Li 1P on the U.S. Open Round 2 game Monday between Zi Yang Hu and Jianing Gan, and a special bonus: Myungwan Kim 9P’s (left) commentary on the Pandanet-AGA City League A-League final between Beumgeon (Evan) Cho and Jie Li, which was played last Saturday. photo by Chris Garlock

Midnight Madness Welcomes Hardcore Players: “Join the ranks of the truly hard core go players where the go never ends,” urges Midnight Madness TD Martin Lebl. “Five tables of midnight fun and madness daily in the main playing hall.” Just show up between 11:30 and 11:50 to sign up for the round each day; pairings after 11:55, with games starting at midnight.

Online live coverage of top boards at the U.S. Open begins at 9a (PST) on KGS (look for the USGO accounts), and Board 1 will also be simulcast on IGS; professional commentary by Yilun Yang 7P and Shirley Lin 1P begins at 10a. Redmond Cup coverage on KGS will begin at 3p. Our live coverage of the North American Ing Masters and Strong Players Open begins at 7p. Results — and game records — are here: U.S. Open; NAMT; SPO.

Lightning Go Table Winners: Jeremy Chiu 6d, Jimmy Yang 5d, Sammy Zhang 4d, Linden Chiu 3d, Daniel Liu 3d, Chenchen Luu 2d, Daniel Puzan 1k, Yukino Takehara 2k, Yuku Sakurai 3k, Devin Fraze 4k, Eric Liu 5k, Austin Cao 9k, Maxwell Chen 16k. 76 players participated; Keith Arnold was the TD, of course. photo by Chris Garlock

Go Quiz Answer: Greg, Gary and Garrett share more than the initial “G”; their last name is Smith (though none are related).

Correction: Yuhan Zhang defeated Cong Li 3p in the first round of the U.S. Open; we mistakenly reported that Li won.

Monday’s Snapshots: center: Lightning Go Tournament (Chris Garlock); top right: Yang Yi 6P lectures on the san-ren-sei opening (Peter Mooyman); middle right: in the Youth Room (Phil Straus); bottom right: top boards being broadcast in the main playing area; bottom left: Maeda Ryo 6P lecture (Straus); middle left: at the Teacher’s Workshop; top left: Ozdal Barkan with shirt & sign (Straus). Got Congress photos? Email ’em to us at journal@usgo.org
Click here for Phil Straus’ complete album.  

Tournament Recap: Top players get two bites at the competitive apple at the U.S. Go Congress, playing in both the U.S. Open in the morning and then in either the North American Masters Tournament (NAMT) or the Strong Players Open (SPO). In an upset win, Jianing Gan 7D forced a resignation by Andy Liu 1P in yesterday’s first-round action at the U.S Open (USO), but Liu — who conducted a simul in the afternoon (right) — notched a decisive win against Yuan Zhou 7D in the evening round of the NAMT.   In other top-board USO action, Canadian pro Zi Yang Hu 1P beat Tianyu (Bill) Li, Chinese pro Cong Li 3P lost to Yuhan Zhang 7D and Beomgeun Cho (9.2 AGA) defeated Andrew Lu (7.5 AGA). In other NAMT top results, Hugh Zhang 7D scored an upset against Yongfei Ge 8D, Zi Yang Hu 1P defeated Jianing Gan 7D and Andy Liu 1P beat Yuan Zhou 7D. In the SPO, Cong Li defeated James Sedgwick 7D of Canada, while Beomgeun Cho beat Andrew Lu and Juyong Koh 7D defeated Maojie Xia 6D. Track results — and check out game records, where available — of each round here: U.S. Open; NAMT; SPO. For Congress tourney crosstabs going back to 2008, click here. photo by Chris Garlock

Today’s online live coverage of Round 2 of the U.S. Open begins at 9a (PST) on KGS (look for the USGO accounts); professional commentary by Myungwan Kim 9P and Cathy Li 1P begins at 10a. Our coverage of the second round in the North American Ing Masters and Strong Players Open begins at 7p.

Seen & Heard:  A top player in the US Open was late to his game because he was found trying to get into the wrong room, which turned out to be a locked storage closet, not the playing room.

Attention Congress Attendees: Exercise sharpens your mind: pick-up tennis and soccer games are at 4p this afternoon: see the signs outside the main playing area for details. Don’t forget to send us your Congress reports, sightings and photos. Got something all Congress attendees should know? Email it to us at journal@usgo.org!

Correction: This report has been corrected to reflect Chinese pro Cong Li 3P’s loss to Yuhan Zhang 7D in the US Open; our original report said that Li won.