Aga Professionals
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Introduction
The AGA, in partnership with KBA and Tygem, has started to develop a Pro system. There will be a series of preliminaries this year, leading up to a qualifier tournament held at the US Go Congress. The players will be eligible to compete in several major Korean tournaments (Samsung Cup, LG Cup, BCcard Cup, Olleh KT Cup and Myung-in), in addition to those events where AGA players may participate.
Andy Liu and Gansheng Shi are the first two professionals. Liu and Shi received their professional certificates 4 August 2012.
Preliminaries
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Cotsen April 28-29, 2012
- Qualified: Calvin Sun and Curtis Tang
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Seattle May 5-6, 2012
- Qualified: Edward Kim
- Maryland Open May 26-27 (
http://baltimoregoclub.org/md_open)
- Qualified: Andy Liu
- Tygem online tournament (
http://www.tygembaduk.com/tygem/home.asp)
- Canadian Go Association Invites
- Gansheng Shi and Jing Yang
- AGA Invites
- Jie Li, Zhaonian Chen and Danny Ko
Main Tournament
- Held at the US Congress site the week before congress (July 30 - August 3).
- Official page
here includes full details, schedule of games, full results, and SGF records of selected games.
- Qualified players:
- Calvin Sun -- 1st qualifier from Cotsen
- Curtis Tang -- 2nd qualifier from Cotsen
- Edward Kim -- 1st qualifier from Seattle
- Andy Liu -- 1st qualifier from Maryland
Prerequisites
- Competitors have to be U.S. or Canadian citizens (proof required) and AGA members. They can sign up for the AGA when they register for the tournament. In future years, competitors will need to show that they have been members of the AGA for at least a year.[1]
Links
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AGA Ejournal announces the deal with Korea.
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KBA MOU
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Tygem MOU
See also
Footnotes
[1] http://lifein19x19.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=95654#p95654