Chicago

Pandanet account: lsugyen
Go career: Albert Yen is an 8 dan player from Chicago. He first started playing go at the age of five after watching Hikaru no Go on television, and became 6 dan in Taiwan when he was 7. Albert continued to compete in America after he moved to Chicago in fifth grade and studied under Jiang Mingjiu 7p. To date, he has made several showings in national and international tournaments, including winning representation to the World Youth Goe Championship in 2014, 1st place in the Redmond Cup in 2015, and 4th place at the 2019 World Amateur Go Championship. He is a regular contributor to the AGA E-Journal, and published his first Go book, titled "Overcoming Human Igo", last year. Albert is currently a fourth year undergraduate student in UIC's GPPA BS/MD program in Chicago. Outside of go, Albert enjoys running and ping pong.
Rank: 8 dan