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.

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Gensheng Shi 1P AGA (left), Allan Abramson, Jeff Shaevel, Myungwan Kim 9P KBA, Andy Liu 1P AGA(right) 4 August 2012

Andy Liu and Gansheng Shi are the first two professionals. Liu and Shi received their professional certificates 4 August 2012.

Preliminaries

Main Tournament

  • Held at the US Congress site the week before congress (July 30 - August 3).
  • Official page [ext] here includes full details, schedule of games, full results, and SGF records of selected games.
  • Qualified players:

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

See also

WesternProfessionals

Footnotes

[1] [ext] http://lifein19x19.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=95654#p95654


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