Welcome to the official page of the 26^th Istanbul International Go Tournament. The tournament will be held on the 9^th thru 10^th of October.

This page will be updated regularly until the end of the tournament. Please consider following us through our social media accounts and rss for the latest.

Preregistration was open until the 4^th of October. Thank you for your interest and registering early to help the organization team.

Tournament Details

The tournament takes part in European Grand Prix 2027, as a Bonus Point Level-C tournament.

Tournament Sponsors and Supporters

We are currently actively looking for sponsors, please contact us if you would like to sponsor the 26^th edition of the Istanbul Go Tournament.

The 26^th edition of the Istanbul Go Tournament will be brought to you by the kind organizational support of Istanbul Go Okulu and the Turkish Go Association.

We also have the support of Go Magic and Kifu Master “www.kifumaster.org” regarding tournament prizes.

Venue

To be announced

Address

To be announced

How to get there

Will be added

Map

To be announced

Tournament Rules

Main Tournament Rules

• Tournament Coordinator: Istanbul Go Players’ Association
• Appeals Board: To be determined on the day of the tournament.
• Head Referee: To be announced
• Referees: To be announced
• Pairing Operator: Barkın Çelebican
• Tournament system: McMahon
• Game rules: Japanese rule set, no handicap
• Time: 60 min. + 3 x 30 seconds Byoyomi
• Komi: 6.5

As an EGF Tournament the 26^th Istanbul International Go Tournament is bound by the following rules and regulations:

1. EGF General Tournament Rules
2. EGF Tournament System Rules

For Turkish Nationals:

As per the directive of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Go Association (TGOD), it is required that national players with a rating of 800 or higher are to pay a Licensing fee. The fee is set at 500TRY for all players, with a 50% discount for TGOD members who have payed their dues before March. If you are a Turkish National player with 800GoR or above please make sure you have made the payment prior to the tournament. See TGOD website for details.

Tournament Schedule

Since the preparations are still under due process, please be informed that the below schedule is provisional and may be subject to change. (All listed times are Turkish local times: UTC+3)

October 9^th (Saturday)
08:30 – 09:30 : Registration
09:30 – 10:00 : Opening Ceremony and Pairing
10:00 – 12:30 : Round 1
12:30 – 13:30 : Lunch Break
13:30 – 16:00 : Round 2
16:00 – 16:15 : Break
16:15 – 18:45 : Round 3

October 10^th (Sunday)

10:15 – 10:30 : Meeting and preparations
10:30 – 13:00 : Round 4
13:00 – 14:00 : Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:30 : Round 5
17:00 – 17:30 : Award Ceremony and Finale

Prizes and Awards

Main Awards

We are currently working on sponsoring performance awards…

1st to 5th place prizes are for players of EGF member countries.

1. First Place — To be announced
2. Second Place — To be announced
3. Third Place — To be announced
4. Fourth Place — To be announced
5. Fifth Place — To be announced
6. Fighting Spirit Special award — Medal
7. Women Stars – Medal
8. Young Stars – Medal

Secondary Awards

As a McMahon tournament The Istanbul Go Open also prepares many surprises and small prizes for well performing participants that have participated in all rounds and with a win record over 70%. We are currently working on sponsoring performance awards…

Registration and participation

Preregistration deadline is the 4^th of October. We would like to remind our participants that preparations are made based on the list of preregistered players. In the unlikely event of demand surpassing projections, preregistering players will have precedence over latecomers. The risks and liabilities arising from not registering prior to the preregistration deadline rest solely on the players.

Attention: Since it will not be possible to organize the tournament correctly and a timely manner, the participants not present at the tournament venue on the first day of the tournament without prior notice, will be dropped from the tournament. We kindly request registrants who will be absent to notify the organizing committee until 21:00 (UTC+3) on Friday, 8 October.

Registration Fee

Prices maybe subject to change due to economical circumstances.

Late registrants		To be announced
Preregistered	To be announced	To be announced
Preregistered TR Association Members	To be announced	To be announced
Preregistered U18	To be announced	To be announced
First tournament (No EGF record)	To be announced	To be announced

Pre-Registration

Preregistration deadline will be on the 4^th of October. The registration form will be closed as of midnight of the 4^th of October local time. Thank you for your interest.

For ease and speed of communication and possible last minute changes a whatsapp group will be formed, we kindly urge you to participate in the group. The 26^th Istanbul Go Open whatsapp group will be deleted 1 week after the tournament ends.

List of Registrants

Tournament Results

Will be announced here after the tournament.

Main Tournament Wall List

Will be announced here after the tournament.