2nd TransAtlantic Youth Go Match


2010-04-18

This was the second annual friendship tournament between North American and Europe youth players. It allowed international competition at a time when volcanic ash clouds stopped flying in north-west Europe. The tournament is organized as a team match with ten players per side, with players being invited to by their national or continental Go organisations. Games were played in the Transatlantic Youth Go Tournament room on the KGS Go Server on 18th April 2010. Games were be played with Ing rules, with time controls of 30 minutes main time + 10 moves in 5 minutes Canadian-style overtime.

First Series - 15:00 GMT

  • 1 Curtis Tang (16, America) - Artem Kachanovskyj (17, Ukraine) 0
  • 1 Ricky Zhao (15, America) - Ali Jabarin (16, Israel) 0
  • 0 Andrew Huang (13, Canada) - Mihai Serban (15, Romania) 1
  • 1 Hugh Zhang (13, America) - Jurij Mykhaljuk (13, Ukraine) 0
  • 0 Patrick Lung (15, Canada) - Roman Ruzhanskij (15, Ukraine) 1

Second Series - 18:00 GMT

  • 1 Gansheng Shi (15, Canada) - Nikola Mitic (17, Serbia) 0
  • 0 Calvin Sun (13, America)- Thomas Debarre (16, France) 1
  • 1 Jianing Gan (13, Canada) - Vanessa Wong (14, UK) 0
  • 0 Daniel Gourdeau (16, Canada) - Lukas Podpera (15, Czechia) 1
  • 0 Remi Campagnie (16, Canada) - Pavol Lisy (15, Slovakia) 1

Final Score

  • 5 USA & Canada - Europe 5 (USA & Canada win on tie-break)

AGA Report with player photos

2009 Match