The US has won the
Brunei Friendship Cup, which was held Saturday Feb. 16th, on KGS. Sponsored by the American Go Honor Society, and the Brunei I-Go Society. "The match revived an earlier tourney last held in 2010, and renewed an international friendship with countries in Southeast Asia," reports tournament coordinator Andrew Huang. This year's event featured two teams from Southeast Asia, a team from Canada, and a team from the United States (selected by a qualifying event the prior week). The US team featured Aaron Ye 5d, Jeremy Chiu 5d, Louie Liu 1d, Sathya Singh 1k, Jeremiah Donley 4k, Joshua Song 12k, Eric Liu 3k, Kalin Bradley 6k, and Monsoon Shrestha 8k. In the end, the Americans were victorious after posting a 3-0 record, while SE Asia Team 2 (2-1) got second, SE Asia Team 1(1-2) got third, and Canada (0-3) got fourth. "Most importantly, some international friendships were made," reports Huang, "and very exciting games were played (including a
triple ko in the qualifying event). We look forward to an even more successful event next year." Full reports are
here.
-Paul Barchilon, E-J Youth Editor. Photo of Brunei players from xinwengolife.wordpress.com.