One of the highlights of each European Go Congress is Pair Go. It has become more and more popular over the years. The tournament is open to all male-female pairs.
Tournament
system:
Qualifications
in 3 groups with 16 pairs. The group A plays for the Open Pair Go Championship.
Each group will
be divided in 4 subgroups, each with 4 pairs.
Each subgroup
plays 3 rounds round robin, top 2 qualify for last 8 (the “finals”).
All games are
played without handicap, with exception of some games in group C.
Finals (on
Friday) are played as 3 rounds knockout in each group (A, B, C).
There will be a
match for the third place in the group A
Time limits:
Fischer time 20 minutes + 10 seconds per move.
Tentative
schedule:
Thursday 16:00
to 17:00 – assigning to groups and subgroups and checking participation
Thursday 17:00
/ 19:00 / 21:00 – three rounds round robin in “subgroups”
Friday 16:00 /
18:00 / 20:00 – Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Finals
Friday 22:00 – Prize
giving
Attention:
Pairs qualified for the Finals cannot play Round 4 of the Rapid Tournament!
The tournament
is sponsored by the World Pair Go Association.