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Kevin Yang wins the 2022 China – North America Youth New Pro Tournament

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Kevin Yang 1P won the 2022 China – North America Youth New Pro Tournament by defeating Alexander Qi 1P in the final round. The 2022 China – North America Youth New Pro Tournament was hosted and organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association as part of the 2022 Youth Weiqi Forum. A total of four professional ... Read More

Applications Open for 2023 World Student Go Championship

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The 21st World Student Go Championship will be held at the Nihon Ki-in in Tokyo from February 21 to February 22, 2023. The North American Go Federation is now accepting applications for one player to represent North America in this tournament. Full airfare, accommodations and meals will be provided by the tournament organizing team. Eligibility: ... Read More

Kevin Yang 1P Wins Lanke Cup Preliminary Round

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Kevin Yang 1P has won the preliminary round of the 1st Quzhou Lanke Cup World Weiqi Open Tournament, an international professional event organized by the Chinese Weiqi Association. Yang will represent North America in the tournament, which kicks off December 24, 2022. The 1st Quzhou Lanke Cup offers a prize of 1,800,000 RMB (about $250,000 ... Read More

Ryan Li 3P Wins 2nd Transatlantic Professional Go League

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Text credit: IGF – https://www.intergofed.org/igf-news-feed/ryan-li-3p-wins-2nd-transatlantic-professional-go-league.html The second season of the Transatlantic Professional Go League (TPGL) concluded on July 17th with a best-of-five final match between American professionals Ryan Li 3p and Kevin Yang 1p. Ryan won three games straight, thus winning the match and the whole season. European professionals Ilya Shikshin 4p and Artem Kachanovskyi ... Read More

Meet the NAGF’s newest pros in a live streaming event!

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On Sunday, July 24 from 10 AM to 11:30 AM Pacific Time, the AGA Twitch Channel will stream an online event featuring new pros Kevin Yang 1P and Alexander Qi 1P, hosted by Devin Fraze. During the 90-minute event, Kevin and Alexander will review one game each from the Pro Qualification Tournament, and answer questions ... Read More

Kevin Yang and Alexander Qi Certified as New NAGF Professional Players

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Text credit AGA – https://www.usgo.org/news/2022/07/kevin-yang-and-alexander-qi-top-2022-nagf-professional-tournament/ Kevin Yang and Alexander Qi topped a competitive field at the North American Go Federation’s (NAGF) 2022 Pro Qualification tournament this week. Click here for final standings, game records and links to video commentaries. Held at the National Go Center in Washington D.C., the pro qualifier featured eleven top North American amateurs ... Read More

2022 NAGF Pro Qualification Tournament Begins Coming Sunday

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The North American Go Federation (NAGF) is organizing the 2022 Pro Qualification Tournament next week from June 26 to July 1 at the National Go Center in Washington, DC. The top two players from this tournament will be certified by the NAGF as professional 1 dan. Also, the NAGF offers prize money of $2,000 USD ... Read More

2022 NAGF Pro Qualification Tournament Plans

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The North American Go Federation (NAGF) will hold the 2022 Pro Qualification Tournament at the National Go Center in Washington, D.C. from June 26 to July 1, 2022. Because last year’s tournament was canceled due to covid, the NAGF will certify the top two players from this tournament as new professional players. For more information ... Read More

NAGF Announces Next-Generation Exhibition Match

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The North American Go Federation (NAGF) is hosting exhibition games for North American players. The matches will be between promising young players and professionals. The event details are also available on the NAGF website. When: Saturday December 11th, at 7PM EST (4pm PST) Where: The games will be played online on OGS, and broadcast on the AGA twitch channel. ... Read More