CEGO grand prix

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A new European Go Grand Prix. Sponsored by the Beijing Zong Yi Yuan Cheng Culture Communication Co. Ltd. CEGO is an abbreviation of that company.

The idea is to have a Grand Prix circuit - European players play in a series of tournaments throughout the year. The highest placed players in the grand prix standings then play in the Promotion Tournament. There will be several inter-related tournaments: Grand Slam Tournament, Level A Tournament, and Level B Tournament - collectively called Bonus Point Tournaments. In January 2015 a Level C Tournament was introduced.

The main tournament of the European Go Congress will always be classed as a Level A tournament. Up to 4 Grand Slam events are allowed per year. For the other categories, the following ranges are set:

  • Level C up to 8 per year
  • Level B from 4 to 6 per year
  • Level A from 2 to 3 per year

There is an additional Qualification Event. In this event, 2 qualification spots to the Grand Slam event are available, for those who have not already qualified.

Points Structure
Place Lvl C Lvl B Lvl A G.Slam
1 5 12 30 100
2 2 5 12 40
3 1 3 7 20
4 0 2 5 12
5 0 1 3 8
6 0 0 2 6
7 0 0 1 4
8 0 0 0 2

The buy-in levels to run an event are

  • Grand Slam - 10,000 Euro
  • Level A - 3,000 Euro
  • Level B - 1,000 Euro
  • Level C - 400 Euro

As of January 2015 there are 5 known events for the Grand Prix

  • London Open , Level B , December 2014 (completed)
  • Berlin Open , Grand Slam , April 2015
  • Prague, Level C, May 2015
  • Amsterdam, Level B, May 2015
  • Liberec (EGC) , Level A, July-August 2015

Added retrospectively in 2014 were

  • European Go Congress (Sibiu), Level A, July/August 2014

and the 3 tournaments who ran parallel to the professional qualifiers

  • Amsterdam, Level B
  • Vienna, Level B
  • Strasbourg, Level B

Grand Slam Qualification in Strasbourg, 21st March - 22nd March [ext] http://tournoi.gostrasbourg.fr/en/

  • Players:
    • member of the go-organization of an EGF member-country
    • 10 years citizenship in an EGF member country
    • Players already qualified for Grand Slam are excluded (e.g. EGF Pro’s)
    • other European go professionals (with Asia Pro organization) can also participate
    • Minimum EGF rating level : 2550 reached in the period December 2014 – February 2015

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