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Thursday’s Go Congress Report: Mark Lee Takes Lead in Masters; Xiaotian Hu Leading in US Open

Thursday August 14, 2014

Mark Lee Takes Lead in Masters; Xiaotian Hu Leading in US Open: Eighteen-year-old Mark Lee 7D (right) has taken the lead in the US Open Masters Division, beating Zirui Song 1P in the sixth round Thursday morning to stretch his winning streak to 6-0. The former insei from Korea is a student of Myungwan Kim 9P and will be going to school in Los Angeles this Fall. Masters players with 5-1 records are Matthew Hu, Conner Li and Ryan Li; click here for the cross-tab, including game records for games broadcast on KGS by the EJ. In the US Open, Xiaotian Hu is leading with a 4-0 record; click here for the cross-tab. There will be two Masters rounds on Friday, Round 7 starting at 9a and Round 8 starting at 7p; top board games will be broadcast live on KGS; as usual there will be pro game commentaries beginning around 10a on KGS.

Chiu Wins Die Hard Tourney: Jeremy Chiu 6d topped a field of 81 players at Wednesday’s Die Hard Tournament, emerging as champion with a perfect 4-0 record.

Pair Go Photo Album Posted: Photographer Sarah Small’s gorgeous images from Thursday night’s Pair Go Tournament have been posted on Facebook; we’ll post results tomorrow.

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