KGSGo Cafe/ Tournaments

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Once we have enough people attending this room we will hold several tournaments. The Rules are NOT final. Please suggest changes that need to be made along with a reason.

Inter-Club Tournament

  • This will be held four times a year.
  • Clubs will create a team consisting of three people: A 15-20K, a 7-14K, and a 1-6K.
  • The tournament consists of elimination matches. The losing team is eliminated from the tournament.

Rules:

  • Japanese Scoring (no handicaps, komi= 6.5)
  • 60 mins per game with five 1 minute Byo-yomi Periods

Team Tournament

  • Form consisting of three people: A 15-20K, a 7-14K, and a 1-6K.
  • The tournament consists of elimination matches. The losing team is eliminated from the tournament

Rules

  • Japanese Scoring (no handicaps, komi= 6.5)
  • 60 mins per game with 5 1minute Byo-yomi Periods

9x9 Tournament

  • Two different competition levels: 1-15k, 16k-30k

Rules

  • Games will be played on a 9x9 board.
  • Best out of 3 games. Players will alternate stone color in each game.
  • Japanese Scoring (no handicap, komi= 6.5)
  • 10mins per game with five 1 minute Byo-Yomi Periods

ilan: Don't you mean komi = 6.5. This has been the standard komi for the last few years. Also, it seems to me that the time control is slow. Usually, 9x9 is a speed game, maximum time 10 minutes with a couple of 30 second periods.

Firefox04: I am not quite sure. I feel that 6.5 is too much for a 9x9 game due to the size of the board.However, I agree with you on the time. 10 minutes seem reasonable.

ilan: Your incorrect feeling for the game should not be the basis for your tournament rules. Professional players have been using 6.5 komi for 9x9 for at least 5 years. See the games at [ext] http://www01.tjsys.co.jp/minigo/

Niklaus: Interestingly, the value of komi does not change that much for different board sizes (except for boards 5x5 and smaller, where playing the first move enables one to kill all opponent stones). The fact that there is not much space on a 9x9 board makes the first move all the more valuable. See also Handicap For Smaller Board Sizes

Firefox04: I have changed the komi. Thankyou both for pointing this out.


Students' League

  • This league is restricted to only the students participating in the Go Cafe or Sabaki Go Club Mentoring Programs.
  • Two levels of competition: 1-15k, 16k-30k
  • Games will be played over several periods of 1 week

Rules

  • Games will be played WITH handicaps on a 19x19 board.
  • Best out of 3 games
  • Japanese Scoring (Komi= 6.5)
  • 60 minutes per game with five 1 minute Byo-Yomi Periods

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