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Myung-wan Kim 9P to Commentate on Tygem Online Pro Prelim

Myungwan Kim 9P (right) will be doing live game commentary on top games at the TygemGo Online Pro Prelim, which begins June 2 on the Tygem go server. Games will be played at 12:30p (EST) throughout the month of June. "Remember, everyone can play in this online prelim,” said President Allan Abramson. “Plus, you’ll get a button commemorating your participation!”  Click here to register. Live commentary on Tygem includes audio and video feed and is one of the features of the Korea-based go server.

“They started the company with live commentaries and it still is a very popular feature with Korean go players,” Kim tells the E-Journal. The schedule: Lower round: 2 rounds of single elimination on June 2nd and 3^rd; Middle round: 3 rounds of double elimination on June 9th,10th and 16^th; Upper round: 3 round of double elimination on June 17th, 23th and 24th. Final head to head: June 30th. 
photo: Myung-wan Kim commenting a game at the recent Cotsen Open; photo by Chris Garlock