The 2008 event will be held over the weekend of December 6th and 7th at Burpham Village Hall in Guildford.
BGA Mobile on the day:
This will be given by several dan players, and will be suitable for any level of player from total beginner to 1 kyu. All welcome.
Small groups of similar kyu level players will be grouped for each session which will have a theme such as: Openings, Counting, Endgame, Fuseki, Invasion, Tesuji, Life and Death etc.
Generally the teach-in is an enjoyable way of learning some go. It
is informal and the groups are small enough that the teacher can
comfortably cope with individuals' questions on the material being
presented. Typically there are four groups, decided on the day,
but perhaps
A Swiss tournament, where opposing players normally have the same number of wins. The draw will aim for 4-stone handicap games. Prizes will be awarded to all players with 3 or 4 wins (would be 20 prizes with 64 entrants). The cup and £25 cash prize will be awarded to the strongest player on 4/4, SOS etc being used as tie break. Total beginners are welcome, indeed encouraged, to enter the tournament if they attend Saturday's teach in.
The registration queue will be closed at 10:15 in order to register those already queuing and still complete the draw by 10:35. Any late arrivals will get byes or play shortened extra-handicap games as is convenient, arranged after the main draw for round 1 has been done.
AGA rules will apply except that in an x stone game, the time allowance is 50+2x minutes for black and 50-2x minutes for white. No overtime – sudden death. Komi is given in addition to handicap stones. In any disputes, the organiser's decision is final.
There may be very minor changes to the handicaps compared to the 2006 scheme used last year to aim for Black and White wins of approximately 50%/50%. See the end of this page for details.
Large handicap games (eg 20 stones) may occasionally be required, they are played as 9 stones plus an extra 10 komi per handicap above 9.
A subsidiary small board tournament will be run on the Sunday.
There will be other side events.
Entry form without payment should be sent to
Sadly prices have had to rise slightly this year. If more folk
enter, we may be able to reduce it 2009.
Due to sponsorship from BingoLotto,
it is possible to reduce the entry fees for the teach-in. We are presuming that
this is a once off offer - take advantage of it whilst it is there.
Early entry greatly appreciated.
Entry fees (Pounds): Sat only Sun only Both days Adult (including students >18)8.004.00 10.0014.0012.00 <18, >65, UB404.002.00 5.007.006.00 Supplements: Non BGA member 1.00 2.00 1.50 Entries after Dec 3 2.00 4.00 3.00 A 50% discount is offered to any individual attending their first GO tournament. Name: ____________________ Grade: __________________ Club: ____________________ Phone: __________________ Email: ______________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________ Total cost: £______________ Please tick appropriate entry fees.
Please do not pay before the event.
Free tea / coffee / squash and biscuits are provided throughout. Food available locally (more choice on Saturday).
Burpham Village Hall near Sainsbury's north of Guildford. Grid
reference TQ013523, postcode
Please park in Sutherland's playing field car park, not on the road outside the hall. A key to the car park will be available, you will not get locked in. There are a few places at the back of the hall - first come, first served.
Saturday: Bus 36 at :17, :37 and :57 from Guildford bus station to Green Man; 15 minute journey. Sunday: Bus 36 at 09:55 (arrives 10:06). (Bus info from web timetable in July 2008.) Taxis from railway station. Allow 10 minutes to walk from the railway station to the bus station. Allow 5 minute walk from Green Man to hall.
If coming by car from the A31, at the A31 / A3 junction, follow the A3/M25/London signs. Then follow the map.
If coming by car from the A3 south (or A31), exit the A3 to follow the "Leisure centre" signs. Then follow the map.
If coming by car from the A3 north, exit the A3 to follow "Burpham". Then follow the map.
Details of Youth Hostels, B & B and other accomodation available if required.
Q1: Black to play and kill white.
The rules were slightly changed in 2006 to reflect the fact that in the previous couple of years Black has been winning significantly more (108) games than White (76).
The change has been to the komi. The old rules were "handicap plus komi to black of six plus grade difference". The new rules are "handicap plus komi to black of six".
The following chart provides data from the previous 3 tournaments. The Y axis is the winner's grade (0 = 1 dan), the X axis is the loser's grade. Each blob represents one or more games, the bigger the blob, the more games of this type.
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