Match Types

It may seem that there is only one way of playing a Go match, but this is not true. Many Major Titles are often played as a best-out-of-n contest over several days or months, or similar. Here are some of the variants which have been, and still are, used sometimes.

Serious matches

• A way of playing big matches - Jubango
• Everyone who has read 'First Kyu' will have fond memories of a BangNeki (Is my memory right?)

Modern Matches

• Round Robin style tournaments
• McMahon Pairing style tournaments
• Blitz Games often used for fun, but could of course be serious

Mostly for fun

• Rengo is fun with more than 2 players
• General Go a possible interesting concept.

Metagames

• The Counting Game is a nice meta-competition.
• BangNeki and Jubango matches border this category.

See also

• Organizing a Tournament/Discussion for more info about how tournaments are organised.
• Go Variants