Australia Room/Friendly Series

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This is a friendly series of teams matches in the Australia Room. If you want in, WRITE IT DOWN HERE. Or drop aguido a note on KGS. Be aware that all matches will be covered on the Australian Go Journal and you are liable to have your games reviewed by a scary Sydney-based professional.

  • The matches are conducted on a Sunday or Saturday afternoon chosen by mutual arrangement. One match every two months is the ideal. For Brisbane, it's going to be Sunday afternoons.
  • Players meet in the Australia Room on KGS at least fifteen minutes before kickoff.
  • Organising happens via this page and via email, one captain per team. Organisers are encouraged to play in their respective teams.
  • Ranks and handicaps are allocated beforehand with club ranks as a basis.
  • 19x19 boards, Japanese scoring and tournament rules, 75 minutes per side plus five sets of thirty seconds byoyomi, rated games.
  • The matches are open to any go player on KGS resident in the respective city or state. Teams are a minimum of five and a maximum of however many can find someone on the other side to play. The captains from each side have final say in who is on their team.
  • Matches are played simultaneously. Any species of draw is half a win to each team, forfeits (fifteen minutes no-show after the game starts) are treated as losses. The team with the most wins at the end of the afternoon wins the match.
  • Winning a match gets the winning city two points. Losing a match gets the losing city half a point (they showed up and played). Most points in a calendar year wins the series. Suggestions for prizes are welcome.
  • Appeals are to the Friendly Series convenor; until further notice this is aguido.

2009

February: Adelaide versus Brisbane

A synopsis, courtesy of [ext] xela's match report:

  • jackoheart (Brisbane, white) vs bestedwin (Adelaide, black): B+5.5
  • xela (Adelaide, white) vs Nighteyes (Brisbane, black): W+R
  • greenfuse (Adelaide, white) vs powidl (Brisbane, black): W+33.5
  • jasonchan (Adelaide, white) vs matjet (Brisbane, black): W+R
  • benlaowai (Adelaide, black) vs c0nfuseki (Brisbane, white): B+forfeit
  • hello12345 (Brisbane, white) vs weissm (Adelaide, black): W+30.5
  • kifudancer (Brisbane, white) vs onehan (Adelaide, black): B+lots
  • aguido (Brisbane, white) vs ozball (Adelaide, black): W+22.5

So, Adelaide 6, Brisbane 2, and Adelaide wins the match.

July: Brisbane vs Greater Sydney

Volunteers so far for the Brisbane team: nighteyes, matjet, c0nfuseki, kifudancer, aguido.

Volunteers so far for the Greater Sydney team: tomk, aussiemate, elsewhere.

erm... when is the date for this???

Sunday the fifth of July, 2009.

The Standings So Far

Two points for a win, one point each for a draw, half a point for a loss.

  • Adelaide: one win = 2 points.
  • Brisbane: one loss = 0.5 points.
  • Sydney: no matches = 0 points.
  • Canberra: no matches = 0 points.
  • Melbourne: no matches = 0 points.
  • Perth: no matches = 0 points

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