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Canwa Vancouver 1 wins Pandanet City League for third time

A tournament that began last October culminated in a 3-game showdown Saturday afternoon at the U.S. Go Congress in San Diego. The Canwa Vancouver 1 team faced Greater Washington in the finals of the Pandanet AGA City League, having topped the A League over seven rounds since October. In the end, Canwa Vancouver 1 prevailed, adding a third City League title to their wins in 2014 and 2016, and collecting the $5,000 top prize. Canwa's Matthew Hu 1p (B, second from right) lost to Greater Washington's Tim Song 1p (W; left) on Board 1, but Canwa's Ryan Li 1p (B, right) defeated Eric Lui 1p (w) on Board 2 and teammate Bill Lin 7d (b) defeated Yuan Zhou 7d (w) on Board 3 to secure the win for Canwa Vancouver. Cathy Li 1p (second from left) captained the team. "Each of these players took the maximum amount of time to play," reports TD Steve Colburn. "They each seemed to be intently thinking during their one hour of main time and played most of the game during byo-yomi. It was very tense at the ending of each game as most of the players were hanging on with only one period of time left." The full list of winners from the other Leagues are: A League: Third = Boston; Fourth = Seattle 1; Fifth = Bay Area B League: Winner = NY City; Second = Chicago; Third = Wash DC 1; Fourth = SF 1 C League: Winner = Syracuse; Second = Ottawa 2 D League: Winner = Cincinnati; Second = New Mexico photo by Steve Colburn