Life In 19x19

Andy Liu is one of the strongest player in the NA. No question about it.
How about the second pro selected by this interesting pro-qualifier tournament?
Can anyone post his scores in the US Open and NAIM? Does he have a convincing result?

Well said. We should also remember that only a handful of the sixteen players in the tournament have a realistic shot at winning. A player with a 7.0 rating may get into this tournament, but he isn't going to win. The number of players that actually have to be distinguished is few enough that the ...

Simple double-elimination is not a complicate or fancy system.

I mentioned 'fancy' because it applies three rounds of best-of-three matches in a total of 4-round tournament. That is very interesting because even most international championship tourneys only apply two rounds of best-of-three (or ...

Just because no system is perfect doesn't mean any fancy system can be applied in such an important tournament.

My post does not mean to criticize the AGA but rahter serves as a comment and suggestion for future tournaments. There will be future Pro-exam tournaments, right?

Talking about round ...

two more points:

The first winner only plays with four players. That is kind of inadequate.
Two players might have to play with each other in six games. That is boring.

Thanks vash3g. The link works well.

It is a suprise that they use double-elimination and apply 3 rounds of best-of-three. Very complicate schedule but questionable.

4 players are out after only two games?
One fortunated (or unfortunate?) winner has to play 13 games (worst case) to reach the finish ...

Please more details about the final tournaments. Such as: how many rounds in total? how many rounds per day and when? Thanks

It is very useful if the AGAGD is back online soon.

Is the new AGA website still under construction?

I tried to check the crosstab of 2011 go congress. The results are always' page not found'. See the link: m


The rating system has also been changed, with less functions. Before, I can search one player with a rating range or a club name. Now, you ...

With more and more Pros coming to the US and home-made pros, will AGA reconsider its policy about inviting pros to the congress with subsidies? Do we have a budget each year for inviting them?