AUGUST 6th TO 11th
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PLAYERS
Michael
Chen
33 years old
Financial Analyst
Jeremiah
Donley
26 years old
Freelance SWE
Abraham
Florencia
35 years old
Math & Go Teacher
Emil
Garcia
36 years old
Insurance Advisor
Joel
Kenny
31 years old
Software Developer
Eric
Lee
30 years old
Software Engineer
Stephen
Dong-Lien
Lin
Lin
26 years old
Technical Solutions Engineer
Nathan
Morse
23 years old
Streamer & YouTuber
Audrey
Yinli
Wang
Wang
54 years old
Part Time Teacher
Edward
Zhiyuan
Zhang
Zhang
43 years old
Financial Services Executive
Eric
Yoder
29 years old
Amazon Sorter
Audrey
Yinli
Wang
Wang
34 years old
Columbus, Ohio
INFORMATION
The 2023 NAGF Professional Qualifications will be held from August 6th to the 11th at the Go Center in San Francisco, USA.
The NAGF will certify one player from this tournament as a new professional. As a North American pro they will qualify to compete in major international tournaments. Additionally the winner will receive $2,000 with second place getting $1,000.
Preliminary Round
Semi-final Round
Final Round
- Two groups of six-seven players play round-robin.
- The top two players from each group advance to the semi-final round.
- In case of a tie, there may be up to one tie-breaking match:
- Two-player tie will be resolved using a head-to-head result
- Three or more players tie will be resolved in the following order: (1) head-to-head, (2) random draw + one tie-breaking match
- The players of each group are as follows (players are listed alphabetically):
- All games use nigiri to choose color.
Semi-final Round
- Each group’s #1 player and the other group’s #2 player play a best-of-three match. If the top and second players are not decided, TD may use another random method to place players.
- The semi-final round will be played on August 9 - 10.
- First and 3rd game colors are chosen with nigiri.
Final Round
- The winners from the semi-final round play a best-of-three match.
- The games will be played on August 10 - 11.
- Even if the two finalists had played at the preliminary round, the previous result will not be counted for the best-of-three match.
- First and 3rd game colors are chosen with nigiri.
Other notes
Covid safety
- Triple Ko/Super Ko: TD decides a draw. We will continue the tournament with the draw, and use the tie-breaking rules when needed.
- Nigiri: The older player gets white for nigiri (following Go custom). The player who wins the guessing game chooses the color.
- There will be no meal break during a game.
- For any unexpected situations, the TD will make the final decision.
- Players are not allowed to have any electronic devices with them during a match. "Electronic devices" includes phones, tablets, smart watches, etc. There will be a place to store personal devices during each game. The venue will use a hand-held metal detector to check players for forbidden items.
- Observers are not allowed to communicate with players at any time during a match.
Covid safety
- Mask wearing: Optional
- Showing symptoms: Anyone who displays symptoms, such as a high temperature or continuous coughing, will be asked to leave the venue for the day and take a Covid test the same day. In case a player takes a day off, all remaining games for the day will be forfeited.
- Players are not allowed to compete if they test positive for Covid during the event. All remaining games will be automatically forfeited.
Schedule
Sunday, August 6, 2023
Round 1 - 4:30 pm GMT (Round Robin )
- watch commentary from Michael Zhou 6D and Amy Guo 5DRound 2 - 9:30 pm GMT (Round Robin )
- watch commentary from Paige Lemaster 6D and TritonMonday, August 7, 2023
Round 3 - 4:30 pm GMT (Round Robin )
- watch commentary from Albert Yen 8D and Justin Teng 6DRound 4 - 9:30 pm GMT (Round Robin)
- watch commentary from Paul Mendola (MidnightTheBlue) 5k and Katie Oh 5kTuesday, August 8, 2023
Round 5 - 4:30 pm GMT (Round Robin )
- watch live commentary from Albert Yen 8D and Arthur Yeh 5DWednesday, August 9, 2023 - Semi Finals
Game 1 - 4:30 pm GMT (Best of 3)
Michael Chen [WIN] VS Joel Kenny [view on OGS]
Eric Yoder VS Eric Lee [WIN] [view on OGS]
- watch commentary from Justin Teng 6D and Jiuheng He 5DGame 2 - 9:30 pm GMT (Best of 3)
Michael Chen [WIN] VS Joel Kenny [view on OGS]
Eric Yoder VS Eric Lee [WIN] [view on OGS]
- watch commentary from Michael Zhou 6D & Audrey Wang 3DThursday, August 10, 2023 - Finals
NO GAME - 4:30 pm GMT
Game 1 of Finals - 9:30 pm GMT
Michael Chen [WIN] VS Eric Lee [view on OGS]
- watch commentary from Sathya Singh (LionGuySai) & OpalFriday, August 11, 2023 - Finals
Game 2 of Finals - 4:30 pm GMT
Michael Chen [WIN] VS Eric Lee [view on OGS]
- watch commentary from Ben Mantle (Benkyo) and Nate Morse (TelegraphGo)Congratulations to Michael Chen 1 Dan Pro
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