The 2012 New Jersey Open had a record 131 registered players, including college students from Stony Brook, Cornell, Rutgers, and Princeton. Many current and former students of the Feng Yun Go School participated including the overall winner, Michael Chen, and runner up, Ricky Zhao. Incidentally, Michael is a recent graduate of Princeton University, and Ricky has been accepted by Princeton.
Certificates and cash prizes were given to the following winners.
| New Jersey State Championship ($500/$250/$150) | ||
| 1st | Zhaonian (Michael) Chen 7d | |
| 2nd | Zhongxia (Ricky) Zhao 7d | |
| 3rd | Minshan Shou 7d | |
| 5 Game Winners ($80) | ||
| Forest Song 5d | ||
| Gyuhyeon (David) Sim 3d | ||
| Julian Erville 6k | ||
| 4 Game Winners ($50) | ||
| William Lockhart 5d | ||
| Sudhir Vel 4d | ||
| Kelsey Dyer 2d | ||
| Nathan Borggren 2d | ||
| Joshua Guarino 1d | ||
| G. Nicholas D'Andrea 2k | ||
| David Shin 4k | ||
| Ilhee Kim 5k | ||
| William Xu 5k | ||
| Gurujeet Khalsa 7k | ||
| Joyce Hong 9k | ||
| Quentin Berthet 10k | ||
| Sean Burton 10k | ||
| Zeshi Du 11k | ||
| Zachary Rudi Schanne 12k | ||
| Christopher Cho 17k | ||
| Zhi Liu 17k | ||
Complete tournament standings, including updated ratings and all game results, can be found at the Go Tourney Ratings website.
In addition, the Bob Ryder Memorial Beginner's Prize, a fine complete go set, was given by random drawing to Daheng Shen 23k.
The New Jersey Open was organized by Rick Mott and the Princeton Go Club. The tournament director was Paul Matthews.
A Chinese language report on the New Jersey Open is also available.