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Mingming Yin 1P Sweeps 2012 YKNOT

After two weekends of fierce competition, Mingming Yin 1P of New York emerged as the champion of the Young Kwon National Online Tournament (YKNOT). Mingming Yin was the only player to win all five rounds in the tournament, which was hosted on KGS. Andy Liu 7D took second place, with third place going to last year's YKNOT champion Zhanbo Sun, both with 4 wins. Other division winners included Nick Jhirad 6D, Meng Lu 4D, Louie Liu 1k, Stephen Allen 6k, and Julian Erville 8k. TDs were Karoline Burrall, Chris Kirschner, Dennis Wheeler, Tina Zhang, and Kevin Hwang. “Thanks very much to Young Kwon of Pearl River, NY for sponsoring a successful tournament, and also to KGS for hosting and KGS admins for announcements and providing tournament support!” says Burrall.
 photo from the Strong Player's Open at the 2011 U.S. Go Congress, which Lin won. 
GAME RECORDS (click to download sgf file):Round 3: Andy Liu vs. Mingming YinRound 4 Andy Liu vs. Zhanbo SunRound 5: Mingming Yin vs. Lie Liang