American Go E-Journal

A few follow-ups to the Cotsen Open, which recently celebrated its 30^th anniversary with one of the biggest tournaments yet:
Games: Top-board game records are posted here.
Videos: Click here for a playlist of all the Cotsen videos, including a brand-new highlights reel and interviews with founder Eric Cotsen, first-time game recorder Timothy Yu and more.
Results: See below for the complete list of winners.

Credits: The Cotsen is sponsored by Eric Cotsen; this year’s tournament was organized by Ryan Murray and directed by Kevin Chao. The tournament Co-Organizer was Chris Saenz and the Assistant Director was ChiWu (Jack) Chao. Yilun Yang 7P was the resident pro. Leah Wilson was the MG Studio rep, Georgett Cota was the Assistant Organizer and the official tournament photographer was Charles Brewer, who also served as a volunteer. Other volunteers were Wenguang Wu and Devin Fraze. Vendors were Kogi (food truck) and TPT (tables/chairs). Paula and Cindy were the massage therapists.

The E-Journal crew was headed up by Managing Editor Chris Garlock, who also produced the videos. Jeff Fitzgerald was the videographer and video editor. Game recorders were Kevin Hwang, Vince Ma, Yen-Chin Wang, Timothy Yu and Lionel Zhang. Stephen Hu provided technical support.

Special thanks to AGA president Andy Okun.

2019 Cotsen Winner Report (Final)
Open Section: 1^st: Mark Lee (5-0); 2^nd: Andy Liu (4-1); 3^rd: Evan Lin (4-1); 4^th: Xiaocheng Hu (4-1); 5^th: Calvin Sun (4-1); 6^th: Ying Ngai Yu (3-2).
Section A (4d-2d): 1^st: Kosuke Sato (5-0); 2^nd: Zhizhe Zhang (5-0); 3^rd: Ashish Varma (4-1)
Section B (1d-2k): 1^st: Tony Yang (5-0); 2^nd: Tommy Yinhe Liu (5-0); 3^rd: Andrew Luo (4-1)
Section C (3k-5k): 1^st: Billy Maier (5-0); 2^nd: Samuel Kennedy (5-0); 3^rd: Shawn Blue (4-1)
Section D (6k-10k): 1^st: David Su (4-1); 2^nd: Mario Espinoza (4-1); 3^rd: Viet Nguyen (4-1)
Section E (11k-30k): 1^st: Jiqi Wang (5-0); 2^nd: Michael Lee (5-0); 3^rd: Xiao Tiao Wang (4-1)Club prize winner: Santa Monica Go Club