Pairings: complete pairings:here Winner list: SGF for games: championship SGF : Championship Game RecordRound 2 Kevin Yang 1P/David Shi def. Grace Pan/Alex Fan-Cui : Kevin Yang's Game RecordDivision B final (SGF attached above) Game commentaries by Edward Zhang The American Go Honor Society (AGHS) hosted nearly 50 players in an exciting pair go/rengo tournament on the KGS go server on February 11, 2024. Ample deliberation time is allowed, with 30-minute basic time then 5x30-seconds in byo yomi. Liaoran Cao from Clemson University (SC) teamed up with the former US Pair Go champion(pair-go) Edward Zhang (VA) to play against Zixuan Gao from Seattle AGA Chapter and Albert Tang (MI) in the championship match. Both Tang and Zhang are Capital Go Club members. The high-stake game remained peaceful until Cao's move 102 tenuki and move 106 cut counterattack, pushing it to a climax of sudden "all-in"-- a 60-point value liberty-race. A new generation of American go leaders emerged and directed the tournament: Kevin Yang, Tony Yang, Steve Zhang, Jake Kim and Grace Chen. Founded about a decade ago, the AGHS is led by students Jamie Tang, Liya Luk, Kevin Yang et. al View other impressive projects and initiatives by AGHS Here (Link) In Division B's dramatic final, Wang and Huang attempted three times to kill dragon's of McGowan and Wong, though the first attempt ended with their own 17-stone dragon being captured, and the second attempt fruitless. However the third time's a charm, as they captured a 62-point dragon to claim a comeback victory!
