Andy Liu Wins AGA-TYGEMGO Pro Final to Become First U.S.-certified Professional

 

Friday August 3, 2012

 

   

 

Andy Liu defeated Gansheng Shi on Friday morning to become the first US certified go professional, prevailing 2-1 in the final match of the AGA-TYGEMGO Pro tournament. Shi then defeated Jianing Gan Friday afternoon by 1.5 points in the first round of the three-game match to determine the other US certified professional. The second round will be held at 9a Saturday morning, with the third round (if necessary) to be held Saturday afternoon. Both games will be broadcast - with live commentary by Myungwan Kim 9P - on TygemGo Korea1 Server and on KGS. "This was a really exciting Final," an exhausted Kim told the E-Journal. "All the top finalists were young players, which bodes well for the future of the new American pro system. This Final was not the end," Kim added. "There's a lot to do, both domestically and internationally, now that our first two US certified pros have joined the ranks of American professionals."

Here are the full results of Friday"s games from the AGA-TYGEMGO Pro Finals. The name in ALL CAPS is the winner (color played, next match). 

 

For latest standings and game records, click here and scroll down to Results.

 

Morning games (8/3):

Promotional League:
4A (Game 3): ANDY LIU (B, PRO), Gansheng Shi (B, 7A)

Exhibition League:
Game 1: CURTIS TANG (W), Andrew Lu (B)
Game 2: CALVIN SUN (W), Sooil Kim (B)
Game 3: BILL LIN (B), Hugh Zhang (W)
Game 4: EDWARD KIM (W), Justin Teng (B)
Game 5: MATTHEW BURRALL (B), Ben Lockhart (W)
Game 6: NED PHIPPS (W), Yuan Zhou (B)

 

Afternoon games:
7A (Game 1): GANSHENG SHI (B), Jianing Gan (W)

 

Saturday? (8/4) schedule:
Morning game:
7A (Game 2): Gansheng Shi, Jianing Gan

Exhibition League
Game 1: Curtis Tang, Calvin Sun
Game 2: Sooil Kim, Matthew Burrall
Game 3: Yuan Zhou, Edward Kim
Game 4: Bill Lin, Andrew Lu
Game 5: Justin Teng, Ned Phipps

Afternoon schedule:
7A (Game 3, if needed): Gansheng Shi, Jianing Gan

photo at right: TD Jeff Shaevel congratulates Liu; photos (left) by Nik Gonzales, Second Camera, The Surrounding Game

 

from Amercian Go Association(http://www.usgo.org)