Austin Go Club Tournament - Nov 3, 2007

From the Austin Go Club Sensei's Page:

The Austin Go Club will be holding a tournament at Great Hall Games on Saturday, November 3. The intention right now (unless something happens to blow things up) is to start signing folks up at 8 am on Saturday, and starting the first round at 9am. We plan on having 3 rounds, which should end up at 5pm if all goes well.

I'm planning on 45 minutes each side + 3 x30 second byo-yomi periods. Maybe we will be able to squeeze in 4 rounds, but that would take us out to about 7 pm by my accounting, and I wanted to wrap up by 5pm. If we can get the data and software, yes the results of this will be submitted to AGA for ratings updates. We will start with current or best-guess AGA ratings to build the pairings.

We will be sharing the space with the regular board gamers starting at noon, but there are two separate rooms and we can split up if we have to.

Entry fee will be $10 to AGA members, $15 to non-members. AGA membership is not required but encouraged as a way to boost Go and get a firm rank. You can fill out a small form to join AGA, pay 1 years dues and get the lower rate for the tournament.

Prizes will be awarded to the top three players in each rank band.

Joe Eaton will be the tournament director, jeaton32@gmail.com if you have questions or would like to help. :)

I'm assuming it's at Great Hall Games, which is where their usual meeting is