The first North American Youth Open took place on September 5th, 2020 in the AGA Tournament Room on KGS. Hosted by the New York Go Association and sponsored by the American Go Foundation, the North American Youth Open is one of the highest-class youth Go tournament in North America. Over 100 youth players registered and competed for the highest honor and over $1,000 in prizes.
After 4 rounds of competition, award winners for the eight divisions were as follows:
Division A (4D and above) - 1st place: Michael Sato; 2nd place tie: Ben Gong & Frederick Bao
Division B (1D to 3D) - 1st place: Zixuan Gao; 2nd place: Ethan Whitman; 3rd Place: Katherine Xie
Division C (3K to 1K): - 1st place: Derek Zhou; 2nd place: Alan Yang; 3rd Place: Steve Ling
Division D (6K to 4K): - 1st place: Frank Wang; 2nd place: Chenhui Zhang; 3rd Place: Jason Yang
Division E (10K to 7K): - 1st place: Manny Jauregui; 2nd place: Jamie Tan; 3rd Place: Daniel Luo
Division F (14K to 12K): - 1st place:Matthew Wang; 2nd place: Lucas Yang; 3rd Place: Lucia Moscola
Division G (19K to 15K): - 1st place: Enzo Aozono-Araldi; 2nd place: Caleb Tan; 3rd Place: Avik Hardy
Division H (25K to 20K) - 1st place: Yiting Liu; 2nd place: Eric Wang; 3rd Place: Enzo Moscola