Competitors at the 38th WYGC in Singapore; photo by Mingjiu Jiang
Registration is now open for the 40th World Youth Goe Championship US Qualifier, which will determine this year's US representative. Interested players must be under the age of 18 as of August 28, 2025, have US citizenship, and have resided in the US for at least 6 of the past 12 months. Players must also not have represented the US in the Senior division of this tournament within the past three years. The top four players seeded by AGA rating will be selected to play in a single-elimination tournament on May 3 and May 10, 2025 at 9:00 am PT (one round each day). The qualifier will be played on OGS, using Ing rules and time settings of 1 hour + 3x30 seconds byo-yomi. A Teams video call will also be required for all games.
To register, please email Mingjiu Jiang at mingjiu7p@hotmail.com with your name, date of birth, rating, OGS ID, Teams ID, phone number, and address by the end of April 26, 2025.
The winner of this qualifier will become the US representative at this year's World Youth Goe Championship in Malaysia between August 21-27, 2025. The player will be reimbursed $1,400 for airfare, and food and lodging will be covered by the organizers, courtesy of the Ing's Goe Foundation.