U.S. GO NEWS (2/8/2010): FENG YUN/JIE LI WIN N.A. PAIR GO 1ST ROUND: Feng Yun and Jie Li defeated Wan Chen and Curtis Tang Sunday night in the first round of the North American World Pair Go Qualifier, played on IGS.
 USYGC SEASON OPENS: The 2010 United States Youth Go Championship is kicking into gear, with qualifiers now scheduled across the country. First up is the Orange County Go Club, in Los Angeles, on Feb. 21-22. New Qualifier locations have been added as well, with Boston, New Jersey, Colorado, and San Francisco all hosting events. There will also be an online qualifier, hosted by the AGHS. KIRBY SWEEPS NORCAL TOURNEY: Brian Kirby topped February's monthly ratings tournament in Northern California, February 6 in Menlo Park, CA. SMARTGO IN SOUTH KOREA AND COMING SOON TO IPAD: SmartGo Pro for the iPhone/iPod touch is now available in South Korea under the name "Smartgo Pro Baduk,"
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 WORLD GO NEWS: RUI NAIWEI WINS 9TH FEMALE MYEONGIN TITLE: Rui Naiwei 9P defeated Cho Hyeyeon 8P by resignation in the third and final round of the 11th Female Myeongin (Meijin) on February 8. CHO U 3-0 IN KISEI: Cho U 9P defeated Yamashita Keigo by a whopping 8.5 points in the third round of the 34th Kisei title match on February 3-4. JAPAN KNOCKED OUT OF BC CUP: Japan’s Iyama Yuta and Yamada Kimio were both eliminated in the second round of the BC Card Cup, ending any hopes of Japan entering into the finals. KOREA TAKES WOMEN'S TEAM MATCH CUP: Korea’s Park Jieun 9P swept the 3rd stage of the Jeongganjang Cup, winning all four rounds and giving Korea their win on February 4. IYAMA YUTA HOLDS LEAD IN HONINBO LEAGUE: Iyama Yuta 9P, current Meijin, holds the lead in the Honinbo League with a 4-0 record at the halfway point.
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 EUROPEAN GO NEWS: DINERCHTEIN TO FUJITSU FINALS: Alexander Dinerchtein 3P will represent Europe at this year’s Fujitsu World Go Championship. Click here for the game. The Fujitsu will be held in Japan in April.  TÖRMÄNEN TAKES TAKAPOTKU: Antti Törmänen 5d from Oulu took the Takapotku tournament, sweeping the Pandanet event 5-0 in Helsinki, Finland last weekend. Click here for results METTA CELEBRATES TENTH TORTELLINO: Carlo Metta 1d from Pisa won all five rounds of the Tortellino Tournament in Vignola (Modena province), Italy to celebrate the first decennium of Tortellina Go Club. Click here for results and here for a gallery of photos ANGUILA SWEEPS SPANISH TITLE: Oscar Anguila swept the tournament for the 'Campeón de Espana' title in mid-January in Barcelona. Click here for results DANIGABI TAKES EARLY LEAD IN KGS LEAGUE: Danigabi from Argentina sprinted to an early lead in the top-division in the first week of the second Korean Insei League on KGS. Danigabi notched three wins against second-place Arlequ1 from France and leads 9-0. TOP PLAYERS FLOCK TO AMSTERDAM: Top-ranked players are heading to the 39th annual Amsterdam International Go Tournament, set for May 13–16. Early entrants include current French Champion Yanqi Zhang 6d, former Dutch Champion Merlijn Kuin 6d, current co-winner of the Dutch finals Peter Brouwer 5d and former Amsterdam Open winner – and first Senior Champion of Holland -- Robert Rehm 5d.
- Peter Dijkema, European Correspondent, with Krzysztof Bozek (Barcelona report)
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