Australia Room/Friendly Series
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
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