American Go E-Journal

The E-Journal has just gotten word that US players Andy Liu 1p and Eric Lui 1p will play two of the top players in the worldtonight, starting at 9:30p EST. Liu (right) will play Lee Sedol 9p (left) of Korea and Lui will play Hane Naoki 9p of Japan in the first round of the 8th Ing Pro tournament in Shanghai.  The games start at 9:30a local time April 20 in Shanghai, which is tonight, April 19, at 9:30 p.m. EST, 6:30 PST.  The games will be watchable on Sina.com, Tygem and wbaduk, various sources say.  The tournament, which is single elimination, gives each player three hours main time and two extra 20-minute periods to be bought for two points each.  Please post to the AGA’s Facebook page or tweet us @theaga if you have better information about viewing the games. 
— Andrew Okun, President, American Go Association; photo courtesy XIAO Qiang and SHENG Hongli, organizers in the Shanghai Ing Foundation