U.S. Go Congress

The U.S. Go Congress is the largest annual Go event in the United States, first held in 1985 and now into its 35th consecutive year. It is organized by the American Go Association in conjunction with one or more local clubs, and is a week-long tournament and learning opportunity for Go players. Several hundred people generally attend, including a number of professional players. A few major tournaments are incorporated into the week, including the U.S. Open and the North American Masters (NAMT) tournament.

U.S. Go Congresses and Winners

Year	Number	Location	Sponsoring Club	US Open winner	NAMT winner
1985	1st	Westminster, Maryland		Thomas Hsiang
1986	2nd	Seattle, Washington		Ji Young Yoo
1987	3rd	South Hadley, Massachusetts	Western MA Go Club	Chuang Zhuan Yu
1988	4th	Berkeley, California		Hong Soo Shin
1989	5th	New Brunswick, New Jersey		Paul Hu
1990	6th	Loretto Heights, Colorado		Jung Ho Lim
1991	7th	Rochester, New York	Empty Sky Go Club	Si Yeon Li	Charles Huh
1992	8th	Salem, Oregon		Woo Jin Kim	Dae Yol Kim
1993	9th	South Hadley, Massachusetts	Western MA Go Club	John Lee	Charles Huh
1994	10th	Washington, D.C.		Keun-Young Lee	John Lee
1995	11th	Seattle, Washington		Danning Jiang	Thomas Hsiang
1996	12th	Cleveland, Ohio		Danning Jiang	Jong Moon Lee
1997	13th	Lancaster, Pennsylvania		Thomas Hsiang	Keun Young Lee
1998	14th	Santa Fe, New Mexico		Jie Li	Jong Moon Lee
1999	15th	San Francisco, California		Danning Jiang
2000	16th	Denver, Colorado		Ted Ning	Thomas Hsiang
2001	17th	York, Pennsylvania	Baltimore Go Club	Yongfei Ge	Ke Huang
2002	18th	Chicago, Illinois		Jung Hoon Lee	Jie Li
2003	19th	Houston, Texas	Houston Go Club	Jie Li	Joey Hung
2004	20th	Rochester, New York	Empty Sky Go Club		Jie Li
2005	21st	Tacoma, Washington	Tacoma Go Club and Seattle Go Center	Xuefen Lin
2006	22nd	Black Mountain, North Carolina	Triangle Go Group	Andy Liu	Zhaonian (Michael) Chen
2007	23rd	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	Penn Go Society	Yongfei Ge	Mingjiu Jiang
2008	24th	Portland, Oregon	Portland Go Club	Myungwan Kim	Yun Feng
2009	25th	Washington, D.C.	NOVA Go Club		Andy Liu
2010	26th	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Springs Go Club		Huiren Yang
2011	27th	Santa Barbara, California	Orange County Go Club & LA Go Club	Yongfei Ge	Zi Yang Hu
2012	28th	Black Mountain, North Carolina	The Triangle Go Group	Zi Yang Hu	Zi Yang Hu
2013	29th	Tacoma, Washington	Tacoma Go Club and Seattle Go Center	Yuhan Zhang	Zi Yang Hu
2014	30th	New York, New York	Gotham Go Group	Mark Lee
2015	31st	Twin Cities, Minnesota		Yulin Tong
2016	32nd	Boston, Massachusetts	Massachusetts Go Association	Bao Yun
2017	33rd	San Diego, California	San Diego Go Club	Wu Hao
2018	34th	Williamsburg, Virginia	National Go Center	Tim Song
2019	35th	Madison, Wisconsin	Madison Go Club	Eiko Nyu
2020	36th	Estes Park, Colorado	Cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic. Held online.	Xinyu Tu
2021	37th	Cleveland, Ohio	Cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic. Held online.	Kbs8438
2022	38th	Estes Park, Colorado		Tony Yang	Han Han
2023	39th	Kent, Ohio	Cleveland Go Club	Tony Yang	Han Han

U.S. Open

The U.S. Open is a six-round Swiss-McMahon Go tournament with the longest time limits of any North American tournament. The Open is the largest Go tournament in North America. In 2006 and 2007, the tournament's top prize was $2,000.

Players are grouped by strength into different sections. These range from beginners (33kyu - 30kyu) to the advanced open section (7 dan and above).

Until 2014, High dan players (4 dan and above) received a base time of 120 minutes with 5 - 30 second byo-yomi periods. All other players received a base time of 90 minutes with 5 - 30 second byo-yomi periods. Starting from 2014, all players in the U.S. Open received the same time of 90 minutes base time with 5 - 30 second byo-yomi periods.

Additionally, beginning in 2014, the open section of the U.S. Open (7 dan and above) was combined with the North American Ing Masters into a 9-round tournament with a top prize of $5,000. Players who were not 7 dan but had accumulated a sufficient number of qualifier points were also eligible to play in this section. Players who were 7 dan or above who did not wish to play in the North American Masters Tournament were allowed to play in the top section of the U.S. Open, which now combined 6 dan and 7 dan players, albeit with a lower amount of prize money at stake.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth Place	Fifth Place	Sixth Place
2013	Yuhan Zhang
2012	Zi Yang Hu	Ge Liu	Zhiyuan (Andy) Liu	Pengwang Song	Curtis Tang	Beomgeun Cho
2011	Yongfei Ge	ZhaoNian Chen	Zi Yang Hu	Mingming Yin	Mengchen Zhang	Tianyu (Bill) Lin
2010	Myungwan Kim
2009
2008		Kuo Yin	Yongfei Ge	Bi Jang	Mingjiu Jiang	Eric Lui
2007	Yongfei Ge	Mingjiu Jiang	Guangjiong Chen	Zhaonian Chen	Eric Lui	Jie Liang
2006	Zhiyuan Liu (Andy)	Mingjiu Jiang	Seung Hyun Hong	Curtis Tang	Zhaonian Chen	Dal Soo Kim
2005	Xuefen Lin	Takahiro Kitagawa	Yongfei Ge	Haifeng Liu	Lu Wang (Jeffrey) & Zhaonian Chen
2004	Jie Li	Lu Wang	Yongfei Ge	Xuefen Lin	Minshan Shou	Mozheng Guan

North American Ing Masters

Year	Champion	One Loss
2013	Zi Yang Hu	Zhi Yuan (Andy) Liu, Mingming (Stephanie) Yin, Jie Liang, Tianyu (Bill) Lin
2012	Ziyang Hu	Zhiyuan (Andy) Liu, Yongfei Ge, Eric Lui, Curtis Tang
2011	Ziyang Hu	Mingjiu Jiang, Huiren Yang, Yongfei Ge, Curtis Tang
2010	Huiren Yang	Mingjiu Jiang, Yilun Yang, Yongfei Ge, Eric Lui, Juyong Koh
2009	Andy Liu	Yun Feng, Yilun Yang, Mingjiu Jiang, Jie Li, Yongfei Ge
2008	Yun Feng	Yilun Yang, Xuefen Lin, Zhaonian Chen, Juyong Koh, Thomas Hsiang

See also

• Go at the 2010 Asian Games
• Go competitions
• International Go Federation
• List of Go organizations
• List of professional Go tournaments

External links

• This year's US Go Congress webpage
• US Open history