CEGO grand prix
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.
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
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
Links
- Events are shown in the
EGF Calendar
-
Official Contract
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EGF Announcment