Cities around the United States select teams of three people (and two substitutes) to compete against each other.
Teams play each other online at www.pandanet-igs.com during specified times set-up weeks in advance.
The games use AGA rules and a minimum of two out of three players on the team must win their games for the team to win.
Top teams in each league receive prize money, glory, and honor. Naturally, Devin will get to keep all the money.
1½ cups
Butter
3 cups
Flour
COLUMBUS' AGA CITY LEAGUE TEAM
Feifan first learned Go in China and is currently a student at THE Ohio State University. The Columbus team is unsure as to the true identity of Tom and it is suspected that he may actually be AlphaGo and is simply holding back to make us feel better. Either that or ... he is actually a cyborg from the future!
FEIFAN "TOM" JIA
5 dan | TOOOOOOM
Craig started playing go in 2006 at UMBC and the Baltimore Go Club. It was at that time he met his eternal rival, Patrick Allen. Craig has played off and on since then, striving to best his rival while only managing to stay neck and neck. Since moving to Columbus, OH, he has become a cornerstone of the Go Club. (AGA/CIA intel has confirmed with certainty that Craig is 100% definitely maybe possibly a Cyborg)
CRAIG NELSON
3 dan | cnel
Patrick also started playing go in 2006 at UMBC at the experimental Go Player breeding facilities. In an attempt to match his eternal rival Craig, he too began to play less regularly. In the meantime, Patrick "Time" Allen played Starcraft II professionally and also became a beefy rock climber! He began playing go again regularly after moving to Columbus for the purpose of joining the top-secret cyborg Go-player experiments.
PATRICK ALLEN
3 dan | PJA
A beloved local Weiqi organizer, Dajiang has played Weiqi on and off for well over 40 years. His achievements include 4th place in Wuhan University Weiqi tournament for school Employees and two time Champions of Columbus Go Tournament. He may or may-not be the one creating all the cyborgs.
DAJIANG HE
2 dan | minghuo
Youth Director at US Go Congress, Full-Time Go Organizer. He learned the game while bicycling and hitch hiking around the US learning from each towns local clubs. Devin has recently been diagnosed with a serious illness known as GoMania. It's a life-long illness that causes him to relentlessly organize Go events. There is no known cure, but lab tests have shown that stretching, sunlight, and friendship have positive health effects that allow Devin to organize even more Go!
DEVIN FRAZE
2 kyu | Quinn