2nd TransAtlantic Youth Go Match

This is the 2nd edition of the TransAtlantic Youth Go Match. This event provides the opportunity for youth players on both sides to get top-level playing experience and make new go friends. The tournament is organized as a team match with ten players per side, with players being invited to by their national or continental go associations.

Games were played in the Transatlantic Youth Go Tournament room on the KGS go server on April 18, 2010. Games were played with ING rules, with time controls of 30 minutes main time + 10 moves/5 minutes Canadian-style overtime.

Teams


First Series 2010-04-18 15:00 GMT, 11 AM Eastern, 8 AM Pacific
Curtis Tang (16) 2004-2006 US representative, World Youth Goe Championship 2006 Redmond Cup Champion	1-0 W+R	Artem Kachanovskyj (17) 2003, 2007-2009 European Representative, World Youth Goe Championship 8th place, 2010 World Student OZA
Ricky Zhao (15) 2nd place, 2009 Redmond Cup	1-0 B+24	Ali Jabarin (16) 1st place, 2009 European Youth Championship 1st place, 2007, 2008 Israeli Championship National team member, 2008 WMSG
Andrew Huang (13) 2nd place, 2008 Redmond Cup Junior Divison 2009 Canadian representative, World Youth Goe Championship	0-1 B+R	Mihai Serban (15) National team member, 2008 WMSG 1st place, 2010 U18 European Youth Goe Championship
Hugh Zhang (13) 1st place, 2008 Redmond Cup Junior division 2nd place, 2008 US Youth Goe Championship National team member, 2008 WMSG	1-0 B+4	Jurij Mykhaljuk (13) 3rd place, 2010 U16 European Youth Goe Championship 2nd place, 2009 U16 Ukranian Youth Goe Championship
Patrick Lung (15) 2nd place, 2006 Redmond Cup Junior division	0-1 B+R	Roman Ruzhanskij (15) 2nd place, 2010 U18 European Youth Goe Championship 1st place, 2009 U16 Ukranian Youth Goe Championship
Second Series 2010-04-18 18:00 GMT, 2 PM Eastern, 11 AM Pacific
Gansheng Shi (15) 2008, 2009 Redmond Cup champion 2008 North American Fujitsu finalist 2008 Canadian representative, World Youth Goe Championship	1-0 B+R	Nikola Mitic (17) 3rd place, 2009 European Youth Championship 2nd place, 2008 Serbian Youth Championship National team member, 2008 WMSG
Calvin Sun (13) 2008-2010 US representative, World Youth Goe Championship National team member, 2008 WMSG 3-time Redmond Cup champion	0-1 B+R	Thomas Debarre (16) 2nd place, 2008 European Youth Goe Championship 3rd place, 2008 Korean Ambassador's Cup 6th place, 2008 World Youth Goe Championship
Jianing Gan (13) 2nd place (tied), 2009 CGA Winter Cup, Open Division	1-0 B+R	Vanessa Wong (14) 2nd place, 2010 U16 European Youth Goe Championship National team member, 2008 WMSG
Daniel Gourdeau (16) National team member, 2008 WMSG	0-1 B+R	Lukas Podpera (15) 4th place, 2010 U16 European Youth Goe Championship
Rémi Campagnie (16) 1st place, 6ème Tournoi de la Vieille Capitale A division CGA League player	0-1 W+6	Pavol Lisy (15) Nationally ranked 3rd
by tiebreaker Final Result 5-5

The organizers would like to thank the European Go Federation, the American Go Association and the Canadian Go Association for their support in making this event possible.