The only player in this year's tournament with a 5-0 record was Andrew Perry (20k), earning special mention.
All our 4-games winners deserve special mention, receiving top prize for their sections.
Huge thanks to our sponsors! We couldn't've had such a successful tournament without them, and their ongoing contribution to the Go community.
OGS
AwesomeBaduk
In-seong's Yunguseng Dojang
Chris Sagner
BadukPop
Shawn's Go Group
Guo Juan's Internet Go School
SmartGo
The number of people to thank for help throughout the tournament is too large to go into in detail.
Please see the full write-up here for more details: http://wmgc.massgo.org/ne-open-2023/
Special call out to Terry Benson for Crazy Go.
Special call out to Jae Donly for off-site streaming support, motivation, and coordination. Without him, the popular streaming of the top boards would not have happened
Thanks to my partner Martha Marteney (25k) for logistical support.
Everyone else, in no particular order: Chris Sagner, Lingyu Liu, Eva Casey, Cheuk, Jamie Tang, and Gavin, Kara Ray, Devin Fraze, Baduk Club, Jamie Tang, Katie Oh, Amy Guo, Tyler Oyakawa, Michael Zhou, Cassidy Cloutier, Ryan Horner, Chris Morse, Chia Chan. My sincerest apologies for those that I omitted.