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2013 U.S. Go Congress at a Glance: Report/Game Index

From before the Opening Ceremonies to the closing Awards Banquet, the American Go E-Journal once again provided comprehensive coverage of the annual U.S. Go Congress, this year held August 3-11 in Tacoma, WA. In addition to broadcasting and posting dozens of top games, many with commentary by professional go players, the EJ published daily tournament recaps and previews (a new feature this year), interviews, features and scrapbooks of photos from the biggest event on the US go calendar. Here's a selection of our coverage, organized into a handy overview. All the coverage is available online: click on U.S. Go Congress under Categories or search for specific keywords. Game records are posted on the US Open, NAMT  and Strong Players Open; also see below for clickable links to the professional game commentaries.

Tournament Reports U.S. Go Congress Recap: Yuhan Zhang Wins U.S. Open2013 North American Masters Tournament: Final Results(includes player photos)2013 Strong Players Open: Final Results(includes player photos) Los Angeles Tops Inaugural Pandanet-AGA City League Amy Wang and Justin Ching Win Pair Go Tourney Andrew Lu Repeats As Die Hard Winner

Daily Recaps/PreviewsU.S. Go Congress Preview: Sunday, August 4U.S. Go Congress Recap/Preview: Monday, August 5 U.S. Go Congress Recap/Preview: Tuesday, August 6 U.S. Go Congress Recap/Preview: Wednesday, August 7 U.S. Go Congress Recap/Preview: Friday, August 9 U.S. Go Congress Recap/Preview: Matthew Hu Repeats as NAMT Champ; Cong Li Wins SPO

Congress Photo Scrapbooks U.S. Go Congress Scrapbook: Saturday, August 3U.S. Go Congress Scrapbook: Sunday, August 4 U.S. Go Congress Scrapbook: Monday, August 5U.S. Go Congress Scrapbook: Tuesday, August 6
Other Reports Everyone’s A Winner at NAMT Board Auction Dolen & Fukuda Receive Lasker Awards Go History Lessons on Display at Congress Takemiya on Teaching Korean Leaders visit Seattle Go CenterAuto Exec Turns His Sights on Popularizing Go Go Quiz: Something In Common

Youth Reports Defending Champs Hold Onto Redmond Cup TitlesChing, Huang, and Xu Top Youth Team Tourney Kurebayashi’s Top Youth-Adult Pair Go Frisbee Go – Youth Room Style Gan and Ye Score in Redmond Cup; Lightning Tourney in Youth Room

Game Commentaries: The E-Journal team broadcast 15 professional commentaries during the 2013 U.S. Go Congress. In addition to the U.S. Open, the North American Masters and the Strong Players Open, we also covered the Pandanet-AGA City League A-League final as well as the Samsung Qualifier taking place in Korea. 
U.S. Open Round 1, Board 1: Jennie Shen 2P on Zi Yang (Matthew) Hu vs. Tianyu (Bill) Lin 
U.S. Open Round 2, Board 1: Cathy Li 1P on Zi Yang Hu vs. Jianing Gan 
U.S. Open Round 3, Board 1: Shirley Lin 1P on Zi Yang Hu vs. Yuhan Zhang 7d 
U.S. Open Round 3, Board 1:Chujo Chihiro 3P on Zi Yang Hu 1p vs. Yuhan Zhang 7d 
U.S. Open Round 3, Board 2: Myungwan Kim 9P on Calvin Sun 7d vs. Peilun Li 7d 
U.S. Open Round 4 Board 1: Wei Chen 3P on Yuhan Zhang 7d vs. Calvin Sun 7d 
U.S. Open Round 5 Board 1: Mingjiu Jiang 9P on Yuhan Zhang 7d vs. Peilun Li 7d 
NAMT Round 1 Board 1: Yang Yi 6P on Matthew Hu 1p vs Jianing Gan 7d 
NAMT Round 2, Board 1:  Yilun Yang 7P on Calvin Sun 7d vs. Zi Yang Hu 1P 
NAMT Round 4 Board 1: Takemiya Masaki on Stephanie Yin 1p vs. Zi Yang Hu 1P 
NAMT Round 4 Board 2: Mingming Yin 1p on Hugh Zhang 7d vs Andy Liu 1P 
SPO Round 2 Board 2: BeomGeun (Evan) Cho 7d vs Yuhan Zhang 7d (player commentary) 
SPO Round 4 Board 1:  Myungwan Kim on Cong Li 3P vs Yuhan Zhang 7D 
SPO Round 4 Board 2:  Huiren Yang 1p on Peilun Li 7d vs Evan Cho 7d 
Pandanet-AGA City League A-League final: Myungwan Kim 9P on Beumgeon (Evan) Cho and Jie Li 
Samsung Qualifier: Mingjiu Jiang 7P on Eric Lui 7d vs Ben Lockhart

2013 US GO CONGRESS EJ TEAM Managing Editor: Chris Garlock; Assistant Manager: Todd Heidenreich; Broadcast coordinator: Steve Colburn and Dennis Wheeler; Photography: Phil Straus; KGS admin: Akane Negishi, with Sadaharu Wakisaka; Youth Editor: Paul Barchilon; Myron Souris (off-site support). Simulcast Manager: Solomon Smilack; 
US Open Game Recorders: Dennis Wheeler, Richard Dolen, Mike Lepore, Frank Lam. 
NAMT Game Recorders: Dennis Wheeler, Richard Dolen, Andrew Jackson, Solomon Smilack, David Weimer, Logan Lancaster, Brian Leahy, Ethan Frank, Matt Payton, Alex Salazar, Mike Lepore. 
Professionals: Cathy Li, Myunyan Kim, Yilun Yang, Shirley Lin, Huiren Yang, Mingjiu Jiang, Takemiya Masaki & Pro Coordinator I-Han Lui. 
photo by Phil Straus