BI JANG 9D SWEEPS COTSEN: Bi Jang 9d swept the 2007 Cotsen Open 5-0 to win the $1,000 top prize and his third AGA tournament. The former Korean insei – who reached #14 among Korean amateurs and is now visiting and teaching in Seattle, WA – is undefeated thus far in three AGA tournaments this year.

Dae Hyk Ko 8d took 2nd place, Robert Mateescu 8d was 3rd, Jong In Jeong 8d 4th, Lu (Jeffrey) Wang 8d 5th and Calvin Sun 6th. The Orange County Go Club won the $1,000 Go Club prize.

After all, we had a great time for playing GO games !

Continue below is the complete winner's report. 

(handicap division):

Division A (4-5d): 1st: Wei Sha, 2nd: Tony Emsenhuber, 3rd: Tianbing Chen;

Division B (3d-1k): 1st: Brett Kelly, 2nd: Brian Leahy, 3rd: Theodore Drange;

Division C (2k-5k): 1st: Kevin Yang, 2nd: Irving Lai, 3rd: Card (Fred) Hopkins;

Division D (6-8k): 1st: Xu Ming Li, 2nd: Edward Lee; 3rd: Michael Lebl;

Division E (9-12k): 1st: Victor Aranda, 2nd: Bryant Luong, 3rd: David Whiteside;

Division F (13-16k): 1st: Henry Zhang, 2nd: Peter Zhou, 3rd: Gordon Castanza;

Division G (18-34k):  and Vincent Yue, 2nd: Michael Asynaps, 3rd: Sunny Blue.

Go Clubs: 1st: Orange County (59 points); 2nd: Santa Monica (49); 3rd: Ventura (23); 4th Tucson (22).