1996 Junior Champion Eric Lui
1996 Junior Runner-up Jesse Cao
Peter and None Redmond, American Ing Goe, The American Go Association, and
IGS are proud to announce the fourth Michael Redmond Cup Tournament. This
Goe tournament is open to players under eighteen years old, who are living
in North America. There are two divisions in the tournament; Junior (under
12) and senior (12-17). The tournament is played in two parts; the first
is a round robin played on the Internet Go Server ( IGS League), the second
part is the championship play-off. The top two places in each division of
the IGS league meet face to face to play a three game match.
The championship games will be played either at the American Ing Center
in Menlo Park, CA or at the 1996 US Go Congress. The Michael Redmond Cup
Tournament will pay all travel expenses for the players and awards $1,000.00
in prizes. The Michael Redmond Cup is also the qualifying tournament which
determines the players who will represent the United States in the 14th
World Youth Goe Championship. Players in the world youth tournament must
meet the age requirement and be a US citizen. All young players are encourged
to join the IGS League, regardless of their goe level. If there are enough
entrants the Senior league division will be divided into an Open and a Handicap
section (with prizes of course)
The participants will enjoy playing other young players near their own level
and will have the opportunity to make new friends on the go server. The
registration deadline is Nov. 15, 1996.
Please mail your entry to:
None Redmond
14542 Echo Ridge Drive
Nevada City, CA 95959
or email to: Michael Bull
bull@netcom.com ( manray on IGS)
Please do not delay. Send your registration today!
San Francisco's James Chien won the first two Senior Cups. James Represented
the USA in the 12thWorld Youth where he finished an impressive third. BellamyLiu
came from behind to defeat Yinan Chen to win the 1995 Junior Cup. Bellamy
was the junior player for the USA at the World Youth Championship. Selina
Chang, who played in the 2nd Redmond Cup, also attended the 12th WYGC represening
Canada. Selina was the only player to beat James Chien in the 1995 IGS League.
Michael Redmond learned to play Go when he was in grade school. By the age
of thirteen he had won the Los Angeles Go Tournament three times. Three
times he brought home a (rather large) trophy. One of these trophies, now
at the American Ing Center in Menlo Park,CA, is inscribed with the names
of the winners of the first and second Michael Redmond Cup Tournaments Michael
Redmond, now a professional 7-Dan, lives in Tokyo with his wife Xian Xian
Niu, who is also a professional Go player, and their two daughters Emi and
Yumi.
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