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Yun Bao Wins U.S. Open Masters Tournament; Gaoyuan Zhang Wins U.S. Open

Yun Bao 7d defeated Zhongfan Jian on Saturday morning to complete his flawless 9-0 sweep of this year's US Open Masters. In fact, Bao's only loss this week was in his unrated blindfold match against Eric Lui on Monday (right); Bao had won his Masters game against Lui the previous night. Hanchen Zhang 1P was second and Andy Liu 1P third in the US Masters. 44 players participated. Gaoyuan Zhang 6D, also undefeated, won the 2016 US Open, topping a record field of 498; Zefan Wen 6D was second and David Lu 6D third. See below for US Open division winners, listed 1st to 3rd for each division. Matthew Hershberger directed both tournaments. 

US Open Results 6-Dan: Gaoyuan Zhang 6D (6 wins); Zefan Wen 6D; David Lu 6D 5-Dan: Sai Sun 5D (6 wins); Michelle Zhang 5D; Forest Song 5D 4-Dan: Minh Vo 4D; Yong Chen 4D; Ruoshi Sun 4D 3-Dan: Soren Jaffe 3D (6 wins); Dominique Cornuejols 3D; Meng Cai 3D 2-Dan: Lee Huynh 2D; Daniel Puzan 2D; Michael Fellner 2D 1-Dan: Jochen Tappe 1D (6 wins); Ken Koester, Jr 1D; Terry Luo 1D 1-Kyu: David Frankel 1K (6 wins); Shawn Ligocki 1K; Bill Phillips 1K 2-Kyu: Lei Xu 2K; Michael Scudder 2K; Jeff Pratt 2K 3-Kyu: François van Walleghem 3K; Bart Jacob 3K; Darrell Speck 3K 4-Kyu: Chi Wong 4K; Mishal Awadah 4K; William Maier 4K 5-Kyu: Theodore Terpstra 5K; Phil Tracy 5K; Robert Ehrlich 5K 6-Kyu: Gurujeet Khalsa 6K; Robert Gilman 6K; Weiqiu You 6K 7-Kyu: Joel Olson 7K; Johnathan Gohde 7K; Tevis Tsai 7K 8-Kyu: Dave Whipp 8K (6 wins); Wen Lepore 8K; Joseph Chaves 8K 9-Kyu: Adam Isom 9K (6 wins); Wendel Silva 9K; Liya Luk 9K DDK A: Jiamu Si 12K (6 wins); Dan Maas 10K; Jung Lee 10K DDK B: Alexandra Patz 13K; Lawrence Gross 13K; Michael Williams 13K DDK C: Lawrence Pierce 24K; Antonina Perez-Lopez 20K; Maya Boerner 20K photos by Chris Garlock