Alan Huang built a lead but Kim Jung-Seon of S. Korea came back in round 7 to sweep the 43rd WAGC. Round 7/7 Table 1 Game Record Huang's 5W-2L record tied for 3rd-place, but finished 5th by SOS. China took 2nd-place. Canadian rep Manuel Velasco finished 13th. Round 2/7 vs the 43rd WAGC runner-up Yang Chukun (China) Game Record The game remained close despite complicated fights over 200 moves. Unfortunately Huang made a mistake in overtime with short of liberty in a 100-point-dragon liberty race. Photos from the International Go Federation and the Chinese Weiqi Association. The Huron Emery and the Capital Go Club interviewed the U.S. representative Alan Huang 7D, who won the representation with the most points in AGA's Points System for WAGC and KPMC international invitationals. Huang shared his exciting WAGC journey in Dec. 2023, thoughts on critical games, culture-exchange tours, improving tips for amateurs, AI, and fun stuff like karaoke with Rihanna and Taylor Swift songs. Stay tuned for video clips of the interview. "They (WAGC host) have already connected me with a driver from airport to the playing hall. I found there’re actually two of them, the driver and a volunteer from the tournament. This is 12am! I’m like, WOW! It feels nice to be treated so well! It just really surprised me." Huang praised for the diligence of the host well organizing the prestigious international invitational. "Between the hotel and the playing hall, there are also about five people just stationed there with (WAGC) signs, telling you which way to go and you don’t get lost. And at the elevator, someone presses the elevator button (for you)." Said Huang of being treated as a VIP of the city of Shenzhen.
