Cotsen Go Tournament
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Cotsen Go Tournament
The Cotsen Go Tournament is an annual Go tournament in the Los Angeles area. The tournament is fully sponsored by Eric Cotsen. It regularly draws over 100 competitors, putting it among the largest North American tournaments. The weekend of the tournament varies, depending on Eric Cotsen's schedule.
Typically, there are five games played over the weekend, with 45 minutes main time and five 45-second byoyomi.
Some of the features from past tournaments:
- One-time rating fee is free
- Youth membership is free
- Pre-registration includes a free lunch
- Full refund of entry fee in exchange for pre-registration and playing all five games
- Partial refund if you didn't pre-register
- Masseuses attend to the players during their games
- Professional demonstration game between Mr. Yilun Yang and someone from the Chinese Go Association
- Awards for top Go Clubs
- Go Problems with prizes for those who solved them
- Lots of prizes
Some results and reports from previous years:
- TakeNGive's report of the 2002 Cotsen Go Tournament
- There were computer problems from the 2006 Cotsen Go Tournament. Results may not be posted.
2008 Tournament Results:
1st Bi Jang
2007 Tournament Results:
1st Bi Jang 2nd Dae Hyuk Ko? 3rd Robert Mateescu