The 5th North American Kyu Championships was held on February 3rd on KGS, and allowed kyu players from the US, Canada, and Mexico to test their mettle. 13-year old Andrew Zhang 1k and 9-year old Jiayang Su 2k topped the field of 56 young players to win their respective Senior(13-17) and Junior (12 and under) divisions. This victory also granted them an invitation to play in the 25th Redmond Cup (traditionally restricted to only dan-level players), which will be opening for registration very soon. Complete tournament results can be found here.
All division winners in each of 5 brackets will receive crystal trophies with their names engraved into them. In addition, courtesy of the American Go Foundation, all players who completed the tournament received either a $400 scholarship to the 2018 AGA Go Camp (details TBD) or a $200 scholarship to the 2018 US Go Congress in Williamsburg, Virginia.
