Top US Players to Compete in 4th AGA Pro Tourney January 3-9

[DrStraw]

I voted for Manuel Velasco only for his name... the first spanish name in a tournament of pro qualification

Darsey does not sound very Spanish.

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I voted for Manuel Velasco only for his name... the first spanish name in a tournament of pro qualification

but he's from Canada and speaks French

[Darsey]

I voted for Manuel Velasco only for his name... the first spanish name in a tournament of pro qualification

but he's from Canada and speaks French

Yes... but "Manuel" is a spanish name, don't try quit me the hope

If I be serious, I think that Eric Lui will the next AGA pro.

[Darsey]

The first round (i got the kifus from OGS):

Eric Lui (black) defeats Manuel Velasco (white)



Daniel Gourdeau (white) defeats Jeremy Chiu (black)



Sarah Yu (black) defeats Andrew Lu (white)



Ben Lockhart (black) defeats Aaron Ye (white). Black wins for 1'5.



The next round, play Eric Lui against Sarah Yu and Daniel Gourdeau against Ben Lockhart

[Dojango]

Sarah and Ben were losing 0-1 in the BO3 because of the results of the round robin against their opponents. They are now 1-1 and they will play against versus this morning against Andrew and Aaron for qualification. Aaron and Andrew still have a chance.
Daniel and Eric won versus their opponents in the round robin and won in the first knock-out round, so they are both qualified for semi-final.

[Darsey]

Yes, sorry. I forget it.
The 3th game of Sarah Yu and Andrew Lu (Andrew Lu wins):
https://online-go.com/review/98927

Aaron Ye (white) defeats Ben Lockhart (black):
https://online-go.com/review/98923

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Eric wins!!!

[DrStraw]

So, the tournament is over and we have another AGA Pro. That's five so far, all shodan. Is there a mechanism for any of these pros to be promoted or are they shodan for life?