Welcome to the official page of the 3rd Boğaziçi Go Tournament. The tournament will be held on the 22-23rd of July 2023.

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 2023-07-18, 5 new registrants, registration form closed.

Preregistration will be closed as of the 18th of July. We hope to see you soon and thank you for your interest.

Tournament Sponsors and Supporters

We are currently actively looking for sponsors, please contact us if you would like to sponsor the Boğaziçi Go Tournament.

The 3rd edition of the Boğaziçi 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 Boğaziçi Go Tournament.

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

  • Tournament Coordinator: Istanbul Go Players’ Association Board of Directors
  • Appeal Board: To be announced
  • Head Referee: To be announced
  • Referees: To be announced
  • Pairing Operator: To be announced
  • Tournament system: McMahon
  • Game rules: Japanese rule set, no handicap
  • Time: 45 min. + 5 mins. / 25 moves Canadian byoyomi
  • Komi: 6.5

As an EGF Tournament the 3rd Boğaziçi Go Tournament is bound by the following rules and regulations:

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

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)

July 22nd (Saturday)
10:00 – 10:30 : Meeting and preparations
10:30 – 12:30 : Round 1
12:30 – 13:30 : Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:30 : Round 2
15:30 – 16:00 : Break
16:00 – 18:00 : Round 3

July 23rd (Sunday)
10:15 – 10:30 : Meeting and preparations
10:30 – 12:30 : Round 4
12:30 – 13:30 : Lunch Break
13:30 – 15:30 : Round 5

Prizes and Awards

Main Awards

We are working on this years awards but to give you an idea last years awards were:

  1. First Place — 600 TRY
  2. Second Place — 300 TRY
  3. Third Place — 150 TRY

Secondary Awards

As a McMahon tournament The Boğaziçi 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%.

4/5 wins or more: Work in progress…

Registration and participation

Preregistration deadline is the 18th of July.

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, 21st of July.

Registration Fee

  • Preregistered Turkish Association members: 50 Turkish Liras
  • Other Preregistered players: 75 Turkish Liras
  • No registration: 120 Turkish Liras
  • Under 18: 20 Turkish Liras
  • First tournament ever: 40 Turkish Liras

Pre-Registration

Preregistration deadline was the 18th of July. Thank you for your interest. We would like to see you at the tournament or in our next event.

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 3rd Boğaziçi Go Open whatsapp group will be deleted 1 week after the tournament ends.

List of Registerees

#Ad / NameSoyad / SurnameSeviye / RankGoRŞehir / CityÜlke Kodu /
Country Code
1DoğaçKöse2d2239İstanbulTR
2UğurArıkan3d2259AnkaraTR
3ÖmerNaiboğlu4k1683İstanbulTR
4ErtuğAkkol1d2143İstanbulTR
5ErdiÇoban1d2127İstanbulTR
6AtakanÇal8k1336İstanbulTR
7DoğukanErgin9k1197İzmirTR
8UlaşÖren4d2408İstanbulTR
9SerapSüleymanoğlu2k1709İstanbulTR
10FatihKalayoğlu1k1904İstanbulTR
11SaadetEryılmaz3k1766İstanbulTR
12ErkanSubaşı2k1346İstanbulTR
13MustafaYalçın4k1859AnkaraTR
14ErsinTopçuoğlu13k1604İstanbulTR
15CanberkYılmaz6k1708İstanbulTR
16OzanVardal11k894İstanbulTR
17AlicanOral5k1305İstanbulTR
18ÖzgürOcak2k1880MuğlaTR
19Albert DenizLeviBilmiyor-500İstanbulTR
20MustafaUztürk9k931İstanbulTR
21Mustafa SelimBirben14k769İstanbulTR
22Oğuz KaanÇiftçi28k-300İstanbulTR
23AliKulübecioğlu2k1879İstanbulTR
24FettahYaliçli3k1786İstanbulTR
25Ayşe NilÖncel7k1400İstanbulTR
26AlihanSüer18k308ÇanakkaleTR
27Kızıl KaplanGürses17k526İstanbulTR
28UğurTaşdelen5k1520AnkaraTR
29ErenKurter2d2146İstanbulTR
30MerveGürcan8k1379İstanbulTR
31GünÜrkmez7k1397İstanbulTR
32EceKara20k100İstanbulTR
33DorukCansev6k1357İstanbulTR
34EtkinÖzgan3k1697İstanbulTR
35StanislavBalakirev3k1823İstanbulTR
36Mehmet AliGöktaş9k1488İstanbulTR
37Alp ErenNazlı11k671İzmirTR
38Ahmet SüheylKiriş3k1813İstanbulTR
39HakanYıldırım6k1456İstanbulTR
40OğuzGençer12k800İstanbulTR
41KeremÖzenir5k1564İstanbulTR
42AliYeşilçimen2d2071İstanbulTR
43Ufuk EmreYıldırım2d2151İstanbulTR
44ServetDemirhan10k905İstanbulTR
45ÇağanTutan10k1090İstanbulTR
46Yusuf DenizayDönder1k1943İstanbulTR
47SemihBilki6k1634İstanbulTR
48BerkeÜner2k1846İstanbulTR
49BuğraYalçın17k773İstanbulTR
50Matias KaanKumbaracıbaşı14k371İstanbulTR
51Zeynep YarenYalçınkaya13k-3İstanbulTR
52BoğaçhanÖzmahmut18k-218İstanbulTR
53El Mehdi IdrissiGuenouni15k609İstanbulMA
54ÖnderOrakoğlu4k1607EskişehirTR
55EgeErgun14k758İstanbulTR
56TolgaAkış16k562İstanbulTR
57ŞuleBozkuş11k845İstanbulTR
58EgeKöse2d2138İstanbulTR
59Ahmet KemalÖkmen3k1768ÇanakkaleTR
60BarkınÇelebican1d2102İstanbulTR

Tournament wall list

First prize was won by tournament favorite Ulaş Ören who was undefeated. Uğur Arıkan took second place as one of our own Doğaç Köse won third place. Among players whose number of board wins was over 4 out of 5 rounds Enes Sabit Kılıç took home the Fighting Spirit Prize for winning against a 5 stone stronger opponent. Alp Eren Nazlı, Buğra Yalçın, Ece Kara, Mehmet Ali Göktaş and Mehmet Selim Birben were also awarded for winning 4 games or more.

For further details and the wall list please visit Third Boğaziçi Go Tournament page on the European Go Database.