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U.S. Go Congress Recap/Preview: Tuesday, August 6

Tournament Recap: In the second round of the North American Masters Tournament Monday night at the U.S. Go Congress, Zi Yang Hu defeated Calvin Sun on Board 1, while Jie Liang (left in photo)  handed Andy Liu 1P (right) his second defeat in the NAMT and Mingming Yin beat Tianyu Lin. In the Strong Players Open, Li Cong beat Peilun Li on Board 1, while Yuhan Zhang defeated Beomgeun Cho and Juyong Koh won against Albert Yen. Click here for full results — and game records — of each round: U.S. Open; NAMT; SPO. photo by Phil Straus

Pro Game Commentaries: We've got three pro game commentaries so far: Jennie Shen 2P on the U.S. Open Round 1 game Sunday between Zi Yang (Matthew) Hu and Tianyu [Bill] Lin; Cathy Li 1P on the U.S. Open Round 2 game Monday between Zi Yang Hu and Jianing Gan, and a special bonus: Myungwan Kim 9P's (left) commentary on the Pandanet-AGA City League A-League final between Beumgeon (Evan) Cho and Jie Li, which was played last Saturday. photo by Chris Garlock

Midnight Madness Welcomes Hardcore Players: "Join the ranks of the truly hard core go players where the go never ends," urges Midnight Madness TD Martin Lebl. "Five tables of midnight fun and madness daily in the main playing hall." Just show up between 11:30 and 11:50 to sign up for the round each day; pairings after 11:55, with games starting at midnight. 
Online live coverage of top boards at the U.S. Open begins at 9a (PST) on KGS (look for the USGO accounts), and Board 1 will also be simulcast on IGS; professional commentary by Yilun Yang 7P and Shirley Lin 1P begins at 10a. Redmond Cup coverage on KGS will begin at 3p. Our live coverage of the North American Ing Masters and Strong Players Open begins at 7p. Results -- and game records -- are here: U.S. Open; NAMT; SPO.

Lightning Go Table Winners: Jeremy Chiu 6d, Jimmy Yang 5d, Sammy Zhang 4d, Linden Chiu 3d, Daniel Liu 3d, Chenchen Luu 2d, Daniel Puzan 1k, Yukino Takehara 2k, Yuku Sakurai 3k, Devin Fraze 4k, Eric Liu 5k, Austin Cao 9k, Maxwell Chen 16k. 76 players participated; Keith Arnold was the TD, of course. photo by Chris Garlock
Go Quiz Answer: Greg, Gary and Garrett share more than the initial "G"; their last name is Smith (though none are related). 
Correction: Yuhan Zhang defeated Cong Li 3p in the first round of the U.S. Open; we mistakenly reported that Li won.