2010 Canadian Open

palapiku · #1

The 2010 Canadian Open will be held Sept. 4-6 in Vancouver, BC. Details here.

Anyone planning to attend?

Myself, I live here, so I pretty much have to go.

Nikolas73 · #2

I will be there (I think)!

Also because I live nearby... I'd be curious about how many people are coming from somewhere outside of BC.

Alakazam · #3

Although I can't go due to lack of airfare money ><, many of my friends from Toronto are going from Toronto, and I hear pretty much all the top 7d players will be there. The friends from Toronto I'm mentioning are almost all 5-6d in strength ^^

gobert · #4

Here is a tentative list for the open(A) division:

Li, Ryan 8 dan
Hu, Ziyang 7 dan
Koh, Juyong 8 dan
Yang, Jing 8 dan
Fan, Jun 7 dan
Ge, Yongfei 7 dan
Chen, Zhaonian 6 dan
Shi, Gan Sheng 7 dan
Lin, Bill 7 dan
Fung, Jeffrey 6 dan
Yu, John 6 dan
Hu, Joe 6 dan
Yang, Jack 6 dan
Zhang, Peter 6 dan
Huang, Andrew 6 dan
Sha, Irene 6 dan
Gourdeau, Daniel 6 dan
Sedgwick, James 6 dan

Looks pretty strong compared with this year's NAIM ;-)

hyperpape · #5

Will any games be broadcast?

gobert · #6

Not likely, from past experience. :sad:

Here is the tournament link:

http://www.go-canada.org/tournament/201 ... anopen.php

Alakazam · #7

Lol, Although I don't get what that "8-Dan" Insolence is, haha. Canadian ratings don't even go to 8 Dan, and how can someone like Zchen be 6 Dan and someone about the same level be called 8 Dan? Jeez...
I'm one stone, or maybe even half a stone too weak to play in the open division! >< Sad life~

gobert · #8

12 years old Hu Ziyang defeated Ryan Li, Dong Wang, Zi Wang, zchen, and Jing Yang, and took the 2010 Canadian Open Champion after just 5 rounds, he is expected to win the 6th round agaunst Bill Lin.

Wow!!!

gobert · #9

Ryan Li took 2nd place with 5 wins and 1 loss(to Hu Ziyang), defeating strong players like Yongfei Ge and Jing Yang.

gobert · **#10**

more photos.

gobert · **#11**

gobert · **#12**

and more

gobert · **#13**

and more

hyperpape · **#14**

Woah! Who are Hu and Ryan? I'm a yank, and therefore know a bit less about Canadian go, but I know who Yongfei and Jing Yang are, and they're quite impressive players to beat.

palapiku · **#15**

Thanks gobert!

Alakazam · **#16**

^^ I'm in the 3rd picture, wearing blue, 6 and 7th wearing green, and in the tenth I should be sitting at the board in the middle where no one is playing, but my opponent hadn't shown up, so I'm watching games ^^

I managed 3rd place in 5d division, but Di (standing behind me in picture 3) got 1st, 5 wins! Some of his opponent were from open division (as were mine I guess).

POGO · **#17**

Alakazam wrote:

^^ I'm in the 3rd picture, wearing blue, 6 and 7th wearing green, and in the tenth I should be sitting at the board in the middle where no one is playing, but my opponent hadn't shown up, so I'm watching games ^^

I managed 3rd place in 5d division, but Di (standing behind me in picture 3) got 1st, 5 wins! Some of his opponent were from open division (as were mine I guess).

wow i see ya there.

i was gonna go this year but the goverment audited me. :/ had a place to stay to >.<

Nikolas73 · **#18**

I'm a little late here, but that was a great tournament, many thanks to the organizers. There hasn't been a Go event that large in Vancouver since 2004 - now I may consider going to the Canadian Open next year even if it means buying a plane ticket! It was really fun.

I still can't believe a 12 year old won the championship :clap:

ljl · **#19**

Humm well do they let americans play? I pretty much hate going to LossAngles CA, so if I could make the Canadain one next year that would be cool.

Nikolas73 · **#20**

ljl wrote:

Humm well do they let americans play? I pretty much hate going to LossAngles CA, so if I could make the Canadain one next year that would be cool.

Yes, I believe AGA members are allowed to play (that may not even be required, I'm not sure). There were a few Americans at this year's tournament.

It was just announced that the next Canadian Open will be in Edmonton, Alberta: http://www.go-canada.org/news/news_2010-09-29.php#open

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