Mark Lee, Zirui Song & Youyin Cao Leading in US Masters: Defending Masters champion Mark Lee scored his third successive win on Monday, defeating Chen Wang, but his 3-0 record has company, with both Zirui Song and Youyin Cao also undefeated so far. Click here for the tourney crosstab. Click here for results through Round 2 in the US Open.

2015 US Open Masters — The Players: An album of EJ photographer Phil Straus’ portraits of all 26 players in the US Open Masters tournament has been posted  on the AGA’s Facebook page.

Stones Fly at Lightning Tournament: 68 players turned out for this year’s Lightning Tournament, organized as usual by Keith Arnold (standing). The winners will play off later this week; table winners were Yihang Sun 5d, Mirano Shireki 5d, Jinhan Bai 4d, Gilbert Feng 2d, Daniel Puzan 1d, Jim Hlavka 1d, Pauline Pohl 2k, Ethan Frank 6k, Tevis  Tsai 7k, Preston Peng 9k, Sarah Crites 11k and Steve Zhang 17k.

Lee-Sibicki Game Draws a Crowd: Despite some technical glitches with the video feed, Hajin Lee’s game against Nick Sibicki (left) drew plenty of on-site interest, with nearly 100 gathering on the first floor of the student center to watch the popular go video bloggers play. Lee played on the stage in Scooter’s, while the game against Sibicki — who was in another room upstairs — was projected on the screen behind her and broadcast online. After the game, which Lee won handily, the two reviewed the game and took questions from the appreciative crowd. Another match is being planned for Thursday at 3p.
– reports/photos by Chris Garlock

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