Mark Lee scored a perfect 5-0 record to win the 2016 New Jersey Open championship March 19-20 at Princeton University. 
Lee (right), who lives in Los Angeles, has been having a good year, winning the Jin Chen Open on January 3, sweeping the Southern Cal Go Championship March 5-6 and winning the San Diego tournament in January. Zhaonian (Michael) Chen was second, Zhongxia (Ricky) Zhao third, Alan Huang fourth and Yunxuan Li fifth. Click here to view all player standings, ratings and pairings. A total of 155 players registered, and as many as 142 played in each round in the 2-day tournament held in Princeton, New Jersey. Click here to see tourney photos on the AGA’s Twitter feed. The Princeton student go club organized this event with support from alumnus adviser Rick Mott and the Feng Yun Go School; Paul Matthews was the tournament director. “Thanks to Chris Garlock and John Pinkerton for broadcasting boards 1 and 2 on KGS,” said Matthews.
Winning 4 or 5 games at any level in this tournament is hard because players were matched by ratings which were dynamically updated, says Matthews.
The use of Fischer time controls and online preregistration enabled precise control of round times.
– report/photo by Chris Garlock, with additional reporting by Paul Matthews
NOTE: this post has been updated to reflect Mark Lee winning the Jin Chen Open on January 3.
