Welcome to the official page of the 23rd Istanbul International Go Tournament. The tournament will be held on the 21st thru 22nd 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 2024-09-15, 11 new registrants, registration closed.
Preregistration will be open until the 15th 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 23rd edition of the Istanbul Go Tournament.
The 23rd 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 Association.
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: 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 22nd Istanbul International Go Tournament is bound by the following rules and regulations:
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: Barkın Çelebican
- Tournament system: Swiss
- Game rules: Japanese rule set, no handicap
- Time: 30 minutes sudden death
- Komi: 6.5
The U16 side tournament will be uploaded to the EGD as a C class tournament, hence it is bound by the same rules and regulations as the main tournament. Tournament is open to players born after the 21st of September 2008.
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 21st (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 22nd (Sunday)
Under 16 rapid tournament
08:30 – 09:00 : Registration
09:00 – 09:10 : Opening Ceremony and Pairing
09:15 – 10:15 : Round 1
10:20 – 11:20 : Round 2
11:25 – 12:25 : Round 3
12:30 Award Ceremony
Main Tournament continuation
13:00 – 15:30 : Round 4
15:30 – 15:45 : Break
15:45 – 18:15 : Round 5
18:30 – 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:
- First Place — 200€
- Second Place — 100€
- Third Place — 50€
- Fourth Place — Medal
- Fifth Place — Medal
- Fighting Spirit Special award — Medal
- 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 was the 15th 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 registrants who will be absent to notify the organizing committee until 21:00 (UTC+3) on Friday, 20 September.
Registration Fee
| Late registrants | 400TL |
| Non-member preregistrants | 300TL |
| Preregistered members | 200TL |
| Preregistered U18 | 200TL |
| First tournament (No EGF record) | 200TL |
Pre-Registration
Preregistration deadline was on the 15th of September. Registration has been closed as of midnight of the 15th of September 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 23rd Istanbul Go Open whatsapp group will be deleted 1 week after the tournament ends.
Our venue sponsor has mandated that we refer and urge our participants to register on their site via https://online.spor.istanbul we will be collecting Turkish Citizen ID Numbers or Passport Numbers in order to coordinate our list of participants. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
List of Registrants
| # | Ad / Name | Soyad / Surname | Seviye / Rank | GoR | Şehir / City | Ülke Kodu / Country Code | Katılım / Participating in | AGVKN / EGDPIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude | Brisson | 3k | 1685 | Marseille | FR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 13513291 |
| 2 | Elena Otilia | Tarita Cimpeanu | 10k | 1083 | Bucharest | RO | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 17662513 |
| 3 | Doğaç | Köse | 3d | 2266 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 14825052 |
| 4 | Özgür | İşçimen | 1k | 1981 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 19650136 |
| 5 | Erkan | İşçimen | 10k | 1132 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 19737278 |
| 6 | Uğur | Arikan | 3d | 2303 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 17374423 |
| 7 | Çağatay | Tavşanoğlu | 1k | 1923 | Ankara | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 13650659 |
| 8 | Fatih | Kalayoğlu | 1k | 1893 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 16501947 |
| 9 | Serhat | Türktan | 16k | 529 | Eskişehir | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20413052 |
| 10 | Sepken | Kaptanoğlu | 17k | 443 | Eskişehir | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20450056 |
| 11 | Kursat | Elitok | 1d | 2076 | Denizli | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 18598701 |
| 12 | Orhan Can | Acar | 3k | 1757 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 15649810 |
| 13 | İlknur | Gürşen | 8k | 1270 | Çanakkale | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 19049041 |
| 14 | Hayri | Kılıç | 1d | 2178 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 13737526 |
| 15 | Ertuğ | Akkol | 2d | 2151 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 10633920 |
| 16 | Vladan | Pecha | 3k | 1746 | Raškovice | CZ | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 10337657 |
| 17 | Ulaş | Ören | 5d | 2493 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 16298832 |
| 18 | Serap | Süleymanoğlu | 2k | 1781 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 17625938 |
| 19 | Ali Kemal | Uygun | 4k | 1808 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 16462842 |
| 20 | Doğan | Ergezen | 6k | 1510 | Ankara | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20562146 |
| 21 | Uğur | Taşdelen | 4k | 1626 | Ankara | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 18213250 |
| 22 | Tarık | Özdemir | 3k | 1589 | Ankara | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 19898351 |
| 23 | Miloš | Bojanić | 4d | 2418 | Beograd | RS | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 10337085 |
| 24 | Jan | Adamek | 4k | 1695 | Frydek-mistek | CZ | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 17986925 |
| 25 | Gözde | Taşkın | 6k | 1479 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 15462832 |
| 26 | Seval | Altuğ | 1d | 2043 | İzmir | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 15898542 |
| 27 | Alpay Cemre | Çam | 1d | 1966 | İzmir | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 18225273 |
| 28 | Oğuz | Erdoğan | 3k | 1790 | İzmir | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20162956 |
| 29 | Mert | Çetin | 20k | 185 | İstanbul | TR | U16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20462189 |
| 30 | Ali | Kulubecioğlu | 1k | 1962 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 19250198 |
| 31 | Doğukan | Ergin | 10k | 1115 | İzmir | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 19298059 |
| 32 | Ömer | Naiboğlu | 1d | 2096 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 19413075 |
| 33 | İlkay | Köroğlu | Bilmiyorum | -900 | Kocaeli | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | |
| 34 | Ozan | Şahin | Bilmiyorum | -900 | Kocaeli | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | |
| 35 | Volkan | Burç | 4k | 1701 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 14098854 |
| 36 | Ege | Köse | 2d | 2165 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 17401153 |
| 37 | Oktay | Uysal | 3k | 1687 | Eskişehir | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 14001845 |
| 38 | Seçkin | Görüşük | 4k | 1688 | Çanakkale | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 16498845 |
| 39 | Berat | Önder | 4k | 1738 | Eskişehir | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 16998751 |
| 40 | Sercan | Karabacak | 5k | 1585 | Ankara | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20162967 |
| 41 | Ece | Obuter | 22k | -100 | İstanbul | TR | U16 | |
| 42 | Arda Serdar | Pektezol | 9k | 1152 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20137469 |
| 43 | Tolga Emre | Başargan | 3k | 1811 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 18786845 |
| 44 | Güçlü | Yılmaz | 7k | 1404 | Izmir | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 15098039 |
| 45 | Boğaçhan | Özmahmut | 15k | 646 | İstanbul | TR | U16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20398609 |
| 46 | Doruk | Cansev | 3k | 1724 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3 | 20325569 |
| 47 | Ahmet Kemal | Ökmen | 3k | 1769 | Çanakkale | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 15413816 |
| 48 | Irmak | Güntav | 4k | 1675 | İstanbul/izmir | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 19237812 |
| 49 | Mete Rıza | Nemlioğlu | 5k | 1643 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 19301381 |
| 50 | Eren | Kurter | 2d | 2146 | Ankara | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 14274513 |
| 51 | Kaya | Güvercin | 16k | 754 | İstanbul | TR | U16 | 20449473 |
| 52 | Ege | Ergun | 11k | 983 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 19650961 |
| 53 | Tuğçe Hanife | Baybars | 30k | -900 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | |
| 54 | Uğur | Doğan | 15k | 551 | Kayseri | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20413371 |
| 55 | Hande | Olgar | 7k | 1304 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 16901269 |
| 56 | Berke | Üner | 2d | 2190 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 18398193 |
| 57 | Emre | Ak | 4k | 1739 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 3, 4, 5 | 18698207 |
| 58 | Şevin | Özuğuz | 19k | 200 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2 | |
| 59 | Çağlayan | Duman | 2d | 2181 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 16586196 |
| 60 | Aren | Denktaş | 6k | 1551 | İstanbul | TR | U16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20386608 |
| 61 | Mizessyn | François | 3d | 2333 | Antony | FR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 10386541 |
| 62 | Önder | Orakoğlu | 4k | 1665 | Eskişehir | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 17398271 |
| 63 | Batu | Aras | 20k | -333 | İstanbul | TR | U16 | 20437593 |
| 64 | Azra | Alzafer | 16k | 269 | İstanbul | TR | U16 | 20333610 |
| 65 | Ege | Ertok | 18k | 74 | İstanbul | TR | U16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20425460 |
| 66 | Sefa | Atar | 11k | 996 | Ankara | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20133487 |
| 67 | Kerem | Karaerkek | 2d | 2155 | Ankara | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 10498576 |
| 68 | Servet | Daşdemir | 1k | 1960 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 17637367 |
| 69 | Ayşe Deniz | Artuner | 12k | 920 | Bursa | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 15337872 |
| 70 | Oğuzhan | Arıkan | 22k | -371 | İstanbul | TR | U16 | 20425581 |
| 71 | Stanislav | Balakirev | 3k | 1828 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 15250235 |
| 72 | Cem | Tatlıer | 24k | 248 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3 | 18762260 |
| 73 | Yavuz | Mester | 1d | 2099 | Çanakkale | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 15262632 |
| 74 | Oğuz | Gençer | 13k | 800 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 19786536 |
| 75 | Mustafa Ferhan | Dedemen | 22k | -385 | İstanbul | TR | U16 | 20401590 |
| 76 | Ahmet Kerem | Dedemen | 23k | -453 | İstanbul | TR | U16 | 20449594 |
| 77 | Mehmet Selim | Birben | 9k | 907 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 17625806 |
| 78 | Doruk Ahmet | Bertan | Bilmiyorum | -900 | İstanbul | TR | U16 | |
| 79 | Bahar | Duransoy | 18k | 120 | İstanbul | TR | U16 | 20498467 |
| 80 | Vera | Yücel | 20k | 54 | İstanbul | TR | U16 | 20437461 |
| 81 | Derya | Çifçi | 13k | 632 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 19550157 |
| 82 | Julia | Balakireva | 4k | 1600 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 14349379 |
| 83 | Ahmet Kerem | Erçetin | 6k | 1483 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20137953 |
| 84 | Zeynep Gökçe | Kocataş | 18k | 114 | İstanbul | TR | U16 | 20413470 |
| 85 | Ahmet Süheyl | Kiriş | 2k | 1886 | İstanbul | TR | 2, 3, 4 | 15886079 |
| 86 | Andrei Luca | Heemeryck | 5k | 1539 | Bucuresti | RO | U16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20398620 |
| 87 | Hataycan | Özgür | 3d | 2275 | İzmir | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 15862539 |
| 88 | Yusuf Kerem | Doğam | 18k | 300 | İstanbul | TR | U16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | |
| 89 | Erdi | Çoban | 1d | 2135 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 17001798 |
| 91 | Zeynep | Abra | 20k | -24 | İstanbul | TR | U16, 4 | 20437582 |
| 92 | Esra | Abra | Bilmiyorum | -900 | İstanbul | TR | U16, 4 | |
| 93 | Aksel Deniz | Akçer | 24k | -307 | Istanbul | TR | U16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 20625264 |
| 94 | Barkın | Çelebican | 1d | 2085 | İstanbul | TR | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | 13701534 |
Tournament Results
Will be announced here after the tournament.
Main Tournament Wall List
Will be announced here after the tournament.
U16 Fast Tournament Wall List
Will be announced here after the tournament.
Links to the European Go Database entries of the tournaments will be made available here after they are published.