21st International Istanbul Go Tournament

Welcome to the official page of the 21st Istanbul International Go Tournament. The tournament will be held on the 24th and 25th of September.

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. Updated on 2022-09-21

Preregistration was available until the 19th of September. Thank you for your interest and registering early to help the organization team.

Tournament Sponsors and Supporters

We are currently actively looking for sponsors, please contact us if you would like to sponsor the 21st edition of the Istanbul Go Tournament.

The 21th edition of the Istanbul Go Tournament is brought to you by the kind sponsorship of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Spor Istanbul for the venue, and organizational support of the Turkish Go Players’ Association

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Logo with Spor İstanbul Logo

Venue

We strive to provide the best venue possible in every new installment of the Istanbul Go Tournament.
We are still in due process of negotiating the location of the venue…

İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Fatih Spor Kompleksi will be the venue for this year’s edition of the Istanbul Go Open with the kind support and sponsorship of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Spor Istanbul.

For details about the venue: https://spor.istanbul/en/fatih-spor-kompleksi/

Address

Fatih Spor Kompleksi,

Karagümrük Mahallesi Kaleboyu Caddesi 111/A

Fatih/İstanbul

How to get there

Find and use the M1 metro line to Topkapi Ulubatlı Station. After disembarking and getting out of the station look for the sign with the Spor Istanbul logo (our sporsor) on it and follow the road for another 200m. The entrance will be on your right with a big blue gate that has the name Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Fatih Spor Kompleksi written on it.

Map

https://goo.gl/maps/JSK4g4ZqNyUWbhA29

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 shortly…
  • Referees: To be announced shortly…
  • Pairing Operator: To be announced shortly…
  • 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 21st Istanbul International Go Tournament is bound by the following rules and regulations:

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

Under 16 Tournament Rules

  • Tournament Coordinator: Istanbul Go Players’ Association
  • Appeals Board: To be determined on the day of the tournament.
  • Head Referee: To be announced shortly…
  • Referees: To be announced shortly…
  • Pairing Operator: To be announced shortly…
  • Tournament system: McMahon
  • Game rules: Japanese rule set, no handicap
  • Time: 15 minutes sudden death
  • Komi: 6.5

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)

September 24th (Saturday)
08:30 – 09:00 : Registration
09:45 – 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

September 25th (Sunday)

Under 16 rapid tournament
08:30 – 09:00 : Registration
09:00 – 09:10 : Opening Ceremony and Pairing
09:15 – 10:00 : Round 1
10:05 – 10:50 : Round 2
11:00 – 11:45 : Round 3
12:00 Award Ceremony

Main Tournament continuation
12:00 – 15:00 : Round 4
15:00 – 15:15 : Break
15:15 – 18:15 : Round 5
18:15 – 18:45 : Award Ceremony and Finale

Prizes and Awards

Main Awards

Kindly sponsored by Spor İstanbul and the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the first 3 players will receive the following:

  1. First Place — 2000 TRL
  2. Second Place — 1000 TRL
  3. Third Place — 500 TRL

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 on the 19th of September. 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 registrees who will be absent to notify the organizing committee until 21:00 (UTC+3) on Friday, 23 September.

Registration Fee

[cmsms_table animation_delay=”0″][cmsms_tr][cmsms_td]Late registrants[/cmsms_td][cmsms_td]100 TRL[/cmsms_td][/cmsms_tr][cmsms_tr][cmsms_td] Non-member preregistrants[/cmsms_td][cmsms_td]60 TRL[/cmsms_td][/cmsms_tr][cmsms_tr][cmsms_td]Preregistered members[/cmsms_td][cmsms_td]40 TRL[/cmsms_td][/cmsms_tr][cmsms_tr][cmsms_td]Preregistered U18[/cmsms_td][cmsms_td]20 TRL[/cmsms_td][/cmsms_tr][cmsms_tr][cmsms_td]First tournament (No EGF record)[/cmsms_td][cmsms_td]30 TRL[/cmsms_td][/cmsms_tr][/cmsms_table]

Pre-Registration

Preregistration deadline was on the 19th of September. 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 21st Istanbul Go Open whatsapp group will be deleted 1 week after the tournament ends.

List of Registerees

#Ad / NameSoyad / SurnameSeviye / RankGoRŞehir / CityÜlke Kodu / Country CodeKatılım / Participating in
1TarıkÖzdemir5 Kyu1600AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2UğurArıkan3 Dan2300AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
3CüneytAlibeyoğulları20 Kyu100İstanbulTR1
4DoğaçKöse2 Dan2200İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
5BarkınÇelebican1 Dan2100İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
6KürşatElitok1 Dan2100KonyaTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
7EgemenSelBilmiyor-900İstanbulTRU16
8HandeOlgar7 Kyu1400İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
9MustafaUztürk10 Kyu1100İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
10ÖyküGençbay25 Kyu-400ErzurumTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
11FatihDemiralay4 Kyu1700AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
12Arda SerdarPektezol20 Kyu100İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
13Yusuf EymenBodakçıBilmiyor-900İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
14İlknurGürşen7 Kyu1400İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
15FatihSulak3 Dan2300AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
16AlperSulak1 Dan2100AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5, U16
17AtakanErdem12 Kyu900AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
18Ömer SaimSüzer3 Kyu1800AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
19EmreBektöre1 Dan2100EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
20ÖnderOrakoğlu4 Kyu1700EskişehirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
21Tolga EmreBaşargan3 Kyu1800İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
22FatihKalayoğlu1 Kyu2000İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
23SevalAltuğ1 Dan2100İzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
24ErdiÇoban1 Dan2100İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
25HayriKılıç2 Dan2200İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
26VolkanBurç5 Kyu1600İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
27BeratÖnder5 Kyu1600İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
28TonyClaasen4 Dan2400HamburgDE1, 2, 3, 4, 5
29BirandAdal3 Dan2300AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
30CerenYıldız15 Kyu600AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
31DoğukanErgin15 Kyu600İzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
32GüçlüYılmaz8 Kyu1300İzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
33Doğukan BoraAlay9 Kyu1200AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
34BerkinGürcan2 Kyu1900DenizliTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
35MilosBojanic4 Dan2400BelgradeRS1, 2, 3, 4, 5
36MihajloAndjelic2 Dan2200BelgradeRS1, 2, 3, 4, 5
37NalanKayacan8 Kyu1300İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
38Hasan TahsinŞen8 Kyu1300AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
39EsraDinçkan18 Kyu300AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
40ÇağatayTavşanoğlu1 Kyu2000AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
41ErenKurter2 Dan2200AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
42SemaSeymen9 Kyu1200İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
43UlaşÖren4 Dan2400İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
44SerapSüleymanoğlu2 Kyu1900İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
45IrmakGüntav10 Kyu1100İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
46HülyaÇolak2 Kyu1900İzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
47Mehmet AliGöktaş6 Kyu1500İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5, U16
48ZariyeAbazi14 Kyu700TetovoNMK1, 2, 3, 4, 5
49Özgürİşçimen4 Kyu1700İstanbulTR4, 5, U16
50Erkanİşçimen12 Kyu900İstanbulTR4, 5
51Rüzgar ElvanBaş19 Kyu200İstanbulTRU16
52HakanÇemrek1 Dan2100İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
53Ayşe NilÖncel8 Kyu1300İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
54Salih ÖzkanDursun3 Kyu1800İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
55EmreBayat4 Kyu1700MuğlaTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
56TuğkanEren3 Dan2300İzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
57LeylaKaşıkçı4 Kyu1700İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
58Mehmet CemalÇaylak15 Kyu600İstanbulTR1, 2, 3
59Aşha AçinKanbolat8 Kyu1300İstanbulTRU16
60Albek DoğuKanbolat10 Kyu1100İstanbulTRU16
61Koças KuzeyKanbolat10 Kyu1100İstanbulTRU16
62BerkeÜner6 Kyu1500İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5, U16
63ErenDenktaş16 Kyu500İstanbulTRU16
64FettahYaliçli4 Kyu1700İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
65AlexanderKube5 Kyu1600ChemnitzDE1, 2, 3, 4, 5
66MerveGürcan10 Kyu1100İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
67Orhan CanAcar3 Kyu1800İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
68CatalinIonescu5 Kyu1600BucharestRO1, 2, 3, 4, 5
69MelisCiğer12 Kyu900İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
70ÖmerNaiboğlu8 Kyu1300İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
71Ahmet SüheylKiriş4 Kyu1700İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
72HataycanÖzgür3 Dan2300İzmirTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
73SemihBilki5 Kyu1600İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
74ServetDaşdemir1 Kyu2000İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
75SedefEvren4 Kyu1700İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
76EtkinÖzgan3 Kyu1800İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
77AliKulübecioğlu5 Kyu1600İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
78ZeynelSezgin1 Kyu2000İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
79EmreAk4 Kyu1700İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
80SarpÖztürk10 Kyu1100İstanbulTRU16
81İrem NurUzun19 Kyu200İstanbulTRU16
82GönülÇolak15 Kyu600İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
83AltanKuntay3 Dan2300DenizliTR5
84Ufuk EmreYıldırım1 Dan2100İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
85TubaTiğrekBilmiyor-900KocaeliTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
86DeryaÇiftçi13 Kyu800İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
87UfukAktaş15 Kyu600İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
88TarduÇelik20 Kyu100MuğlaTRU16
89Kızıl KaplanGürses17 Kyu400İstanbulTRU16
90GünÜrkmez12 Kyu900İstanbulTRU16
91Mehmet BarışAlbayrak1 Dan2100İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
92DinaAntepli20 Kyu100İstanbulTRU16
93AlpayTürkoğlu18 Kyu300İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, U16
94AylinTürkoğlu22 Kyu-100İstanbulTR1, 2, 3
95Canİzgi13 Kyu800İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
96Arasİnamlık20 Kyu100İstanbulTRU16
97VeyselÖzbudak1 Dan2100AnkaraTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
98EmreZora17 Kyu400İstanbulTRU16
99Özgür ArasDoğuç20 Kyu100İstanbulTRU16
100EgeErgun15 Kyu600İstanbulTRU16
101Ayşe DenizArtuner12 Kyu900BursaTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
102EmreKovancı1 Kyu2000İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
103Ahmet SinanUygun8 Kyu1300İstanbulTR1, 2, 3, 4, 5
104EgeErdoğan18 Kyu300İstanbulTRU16
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