Open Tournament and Workshop Calendar

What is the U20 Eastern Youth Open? The U20 Eastern Youth Open is a youth tournament held by New York Go Association for all young players who are under 20 years old with over $1,500 prize pool. After Google AlphaGo appeared in 2016, Go became more and more popular in Western countries. More people started to understand Go and like this intellectual mind-sport. After 3-year promoting Go by the New York Go Association, Go already is popular in many elementary schools, and other eastern US cities. It is the time to provide an opportunity for young players to compete in a high standard face-to-face tournament. This is also the original intention for New York Go Association to hold this competition. The New York Go Association intends to host this competition annually and makes this event the largest youth Go tournament in the East. Please register at www.ny-go.org. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, August 28, 2019. AGA membership is required. Click here to become a member. Eligibility All of the participants must be under 20 years old by the date of the tournament. The rank requirement to enter is 10 kyu or higher. All players must be a current AGA or CGA member. Players whose AGA ranks are out of date, but have a KGS rank with at least 10 most recent games at the rank of 10 kyu or higher may enter. Pre-registration is required. Prizes Cash prizes and plaques are awarded in all divisions. In order to be eligible for a prize, all players must compete for all rounds. Tournament Rules: Where: New York Institute of Go: 255-05 Northern Blvd. 2F, Little Neck, NY 11362 Rule Set: AGA, Swiss-style, 19 x 19 board Time Limit: 30 minutes main time and 5 periods of 20 second Byo-yomi Handicaps: there will be no handicap in the open division, in other divisions, the handicap will be the difference in the two players’ ranks minus one. The maximum handicap is 6 stones. Brackets: all brackets will be divided by ranks but depends on the range of participants. If a player does not show up within 15 minutes of the start of the round, the player forfeits the game. Tournament Schedule The tournament will be held on Saturday, August 31, 2019. Here is the preliminary schedule: Announcement: 9:30 AM Round 1: 9:45-11:00 AM Round 2: 11:00-12:15PM Lunch Break: 12:15-1:00 PM Round 3: 1:00-2:15 PM Round 4: 2:15-3:30 PM Award Ceremony: 4:00 PM For more information or questions please contact td.nyig@gmail.com

Please join us for the MGA Fall Handicap Tournament! Details in link :)

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.