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Xinyiang Jiang 7d and Xiangnan Zheng 7d took first place at the top table at Youth-Adult Pair Go at the Go Congress on Aug. 4th.  Often a warm up for the official Pair Go Tournament on Thursday night, the more casual event gives many teams their first chance to play pair go in a tournament setting.  18 pairs competed for prizes and fun, with pros Hajin Lee 3P and Calvin Sun 1P both getting in on the action as well.  Rengo pair Yunxuan Li 6d and Ashish Varma 4d took first place at table two, while Andrew Zhang 7k and Nqua Xiong 3k won at table three, Steve Zhang 17k and Collette Bezio 11k won at table four.  

Bezio, the author of Aji's Quest is attending her first Go Congress, and described her 7 year old partner as "amazing".  Other youth events this week included Lighting Go, 9x9, and 13x13 mini tourneys.  Team 13x13 Rengo, with three players on each team alternating moves, and the 19x19 Youth Team Tourney are set for Thursday and Friday.  -Story and Photo by Paul Barchilon, E-J Youth Editor.  Upper Left: Xinyiang Jiang 7d and Xiangnan Zheng 7d (l) play Albert Yen 7d and Chang Yun Hsin 6d; Hajin Lee 3p and Kiren Polora 8k (r) play Ethan Frank 6k and Sherrie Echols 9k (l).