Match Types

    Keywords: Tournament

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

Modern Matches

Mostly for fun

Metagames

See also Tournament Directing for more info about how tournaments are organised.


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