3rd Boğaziçi Go Tournament

Welcome to the official page of the 3^rd Boğaziçi Go Tournament. The tournament will be held on the 22-23^rd 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 2023-05-18

Preregistration will be closed as of the 12^th 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 3^rd 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

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 3^rd Boğaziçi Go Tournament is bound by the following rules and regulations:

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 22^nd (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 23^rd (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:

First Place — To be announced
Second Place — To be announced
Third Place — To be announced

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…

Tournament Blazer Award: A Nihon ki-in printed Go Fan for the participant referring the most participants.

Registration and participation

Preregistration deadline is the 12^th of July. Preregistration in not yet open and will be made available shortly.

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, 21^st 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 is the 12^th 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 3^rd Boğaziçi Go Open whatsapp group will be deleted 1 week after the tournament ends.

Name (*)

Surname (*)

EGDPIN

If you have never attended a European Tournament and don't have an ID yet please leave blank. If you have an EGDPIN and know it please add it here for organizational convenience. If you don't know your ID please check here https://europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Find_Player.php .

Rank (*)

City (*)

Country (*)

E-mail (*)

A confirmation e-mail will be sent to this address with your details.

Telephone (*)

Will only be used for urgent communication during the tournament.

Referrer

How did you hear about the tournament? Who told you about us?

Notes

I hereby confirm that I've read the Turkish Go Players' Association (TGOD) Tournament Rules and other regulations mentioned above and I pledge to abide by the mentioned rules, regulations and referee directives.

I hereby consent to being added to the whatsapp group for the tournament for urgent announcements and notifications. I hereby accept that should I chose to leave the group, I will be fully responsible for any and all liabilities that may arise from my absence from the group.

List of Registerees

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

Tournament wall list

Link to EGD tournament page will be published here upon approval.