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Andy Liu 1P & Kevin Huang 7D Lead Washington Open Baduk Championship

Saturday April 26, 2014

Andy Liu 1P (right) leads the first Washington Open Baduk Championship, 3-0 going into the final two rounds in Vienna, VA this weekend. Kevin Huang 7D is also 3-0 so the two are sure to meet on Sunday. Top-board games will be broadcast on KGS starting at 9:30a EST. Other top 2-game winners were Elaine Jiang 6D, Li Siyuan 7D, Zhaonian Chen 7D, Wu Changlong 7D (left in photo), Stephanie Yi and Kang Shin 7D. Click here for standings as of Round 3: Andy Liu 8d-Park In 2D and Liu Jian 2D-Stephen Webb 25k. See below for game records for Board 1 Rounds 1-3. 88 players turned out for the first day of play at the newest major AGA event, co-hosted by the Korean Amateur Baduk Association (KABA) and the American Go Association (AGA), and organized by the NOVA Go Club, the Baltimore Go Club, and the Korean-American Go Association.
2014.04.26_WOBC-Rd1-B1-Siyuan-Yin
2014.04.26_WOBC-Rd2-B1-Changlong-Liu
2014.04.26_WOBC-Rd3-B1-Liu-Chen
– report/photo/game records by Chris Garlock

 

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