News / Articles

Evan Cho Wins 2013 Cotsen Open in Thrilling Win Over Andy Liu

Beumgeon (Evan) Cho defeated Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu in an edge-of-the-seat nailbiting Round 5 victory on Sunday to win the 2013 Cotsen Open. The thrilling last-round contest between the two undefeated players -- Liu was going for a bi-coastal sweep after winning the Gotham Open earlier this month in New York City -- drew a crowd in the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles as well as online where observers watched Myungwan Kim 9P's live analysis of the game. 

In third place was Eric Lui, Won Sik Lee took 4th place, Calvin Sun 5th and Andrew Lu 6th. Santa Monica won the $1,000 Club Champion prize, Orange County was second and Tucson third. In other division results, Anders Kierulf won Division A (4d-3d), Daniel Alvira won Division B (2d-1d), Jung Kang won Division C (1-5k), Gary Huang won Division D (6-11k) and Charles Polkiewicz won Division E (12k+).
 Click here for the final crosstab and see below for game records. photos: at right: Cho (center) with tournament sponsor Eric Cotsen (right) and AGA President Andy Okun; at left: the round 5 game. report by Chris Garlock; photos by Chrissy Hampton.
Round 42013.10.27_CotsenRd4Bd1_Won Sik Lee-Beomgeun Cho-Hajin Lee Commentary 2013.10.27_CotsenRd4Bd2_Andy Liu-Eric Lui 2013.10.27_CotsenRd4Bd3_Deuk Chang-Rui Wang
Round 5 2013.10.27_CotsenRd5Bd1_Beomgeun Cho-Andy Liu-Myungwan Kim Commentary2013.10.27_CotsenRd5Bd2_Juyong Ko-Won Sik Lee2013.10.27_CotsenRd5Bd3_Eric Lui-Ari Saito2013.10.27_Cotsen-pro-pro_Wang Qun-YilunYang