Open Tournament and Workshop Calendar

This will be the Second Annual California State Go Championship. The event will again be hosted by the San Diego Go Club at the San Diego Chess Club in Balboa Park. It will be a 5-round AGA-rated tournament over Thanksgiving Saturday and Sunday. The time control will be 45-minutes with 5 periods of 30-seconds Byo-yomi. The 2018 tournament was won by Calvin Sun, AGA 1P with eight 6-dan-and-above players in the Open, thirty-six players in the Handicap Section and thirty-two youth players in the 13x13 championship. The player with the best record in the Open section, who is a California resident, will become the new California State Champion. But one does not have to be a California resident to play in any section. There will be several handicap sections as well as a youth 13x13 championship for 20+-Kyu players and beginners. There will be a minimum of $1,000.00 in prize money, which will be distributed amongst the various sections. There is a $20. entrance fee. Registration begins in October 2019. To play in round 1, players must register by 11:59 p.m. Thursday (Thanksgiving), November 28, 2019.