On February 21, the Eastern Youth Open (EYO) tournament, hosted by New York Go Association, took place online on KGS due to the pandemic. Eighty youth players of all different levels from across North America participated. After 4 rounds of competition, Zixuan Gao 5d took first place, her second recent championship following her performance in the Young Lions Tournament in November of 2020. Below are the results of all seven divisions.
Division A
1st Place: Zixuan Gao
2nd Place: Brady Zhang
3rd Place: Alexander Qi
Division B
1st Place: Jenny Li
2nd Place: Ethan Whitman, Juanshu Lan (tie)
Division C
1st Place: Albert Tang
2nd Place: Evan Tan
3rd Place: Stephanie Tan
Division D
1st Place: Sebastian Liang
2nd Place: Jason Liu
3rd Place: Alex Fan-Cui
Division E
1st Place: Ernest Lam
2nd Place: Juliet Zhang
3rd Place: Hector Lampert-Bates
Division F
1st Place: Naomi Hsieh
2nd Place: Yiting Liu
3rd Place: Duan Gao
Division G
1st Place: Woody Yin
2nd Place: Noah Carrafa
3rd Place: Kye Tang
-photo provided by Zixuan Gao
-report by Stephanie Yin and Rachel Li
