Welcome to the official page of the 22^nd Istanbul International Go Tournament. The tournament will be held on the 30^th of September and 1^st 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. Updated on 2023-05-18

Preregistration will be open until the 20^th 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 22^nd edition of the Istanbul Go Tournament.

The 22^nd 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

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 22^nd 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 30^th (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

October 1^st (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 — To be announced…
2. Second Place — To be announced…
3. Third Place — To be announced…

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 20^th 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, 29 September.

Registration Fee

Late registrants	To be announced
Non-member preregistrants	To be announced
Preregistered members	To be announced
Preregistered U18	To be announced
First tournament (No EGF record)	To be announced

Pre-Registration

Preregistration deadline is on the 20^th 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 22^nd Istanbul Go Open whatsapp group will be deleted 1 week after the tournament ends.

List of Registerees

#	Ad / Name	Soyad / Surname	Seviye / Rank	GoR	Şehir / City	Ülke Kodu / Country Code	Katılım / Participating in

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