There would be opened the first Baduk tournament in America which is cooperated by Korea and America Baduk Associations.

The 1st Washington Open Baduk Championship will be held during 26^th~27^th of April
in cooperation with KABA and AGA(America Go Association).

About 150 Baduk lovers in Washington are will attend this championship. And Korea, America, China, Japan etc small clubs will join for better relationship.

To support this great championship, Seo DaeWon vice president of KABA and Park SoHun 3Dan from Korea will join and Kim MyongWan 9Dan who is spreading Baduk in America will also join. From the America side, Andrew Okun president of America Go Association and Allan Abramson ex-president of AGA will join to celebrate and support.

This championship will be co-organized by BALT Go Club and NOVA Go Blub. If anyone interested in joining championship, contact to Allan Abramson(allanhome1@verizon.net) or James Lee head of Korea Baduk Club(donglee