XXI Madrid Go Tournament

Place and date

The XXI Madrid GO Tournament is open to everyone. It will be held the 5th and 6th of May 2017 and it qualifies for the Spanish Championship and the Korean Prime Minister Cup.

It will take place in the Nam-Ban Club facilities: Círculo Catalán de Madrid, Plaza de España, 6. Madrid 28008, Spain (+34915416090) (map)

In collaboration with Asociación Española de Go (AEGO) - http://www.aego.biz

Centro cultural coreano - http://www.centroculturalcoreano.com/

Tournament Format

Mc-Mahon system, 5 rounds
Japanese rules (rules)
Time: 60 minutes per player, plus Canadian byo-yomi (20 stones in 5 minutes). With digital clocks, players will have 3 periods of 20 seconds each.
Komi: 6.5

The XXI Madrid Go tournament qualifies for the Spanish Championship and the Korea Prime Minister Cup. It is open to all Go levels and to all nationalities.

Registration is subject to capacity limitations.

Inscription

	Before May 5th	On site (May 5th)
Normal	25€(*)	30€
Nam-Ban Member and players below 18k category	15€(*)	20€
First tournament	Free!

(*): Follow us on Facebook, click 'Like' on the publication about this tournament, and receive a 2€ discount.

All players must pay before the due date in order to get the discount. Payment can be made by bank transfer or Paypal.

Current account: # 2100 0600 87 0202142843 , bank 'La Caixa', holder 'Club de Go Nam-Ban del Círculo Catalán de Madrid', item 'TM' plus the name of the player.
Paypal payment:

Preinscription

To preinscribe to the tournament you should fill the following form this form.

PREREGISTRATION FORM.

Remember you have to be at the playing premises the day the tournament starts in order to participate.

PREREGISTERED PLAYERS

Schedule

Saturday, May 5th

09:30 - 10:30 h: Registration/sign-in
10:30 - 11:00 h: Pairing
11:00 - 13:30 h: First round
13:30 - 16:00 h: Lunch break
16:00 - 18:30 h: Second round
18:30 - 21:00 h: Third round

Sunday, May 6th

09:30 - 12:00 h: Fourth round
12:00 - 14:30 h: Fifth round
14:30 h: Price giving ceremony and lunch

Prizes

Tournament winner: 500 € Miguel Pérez
Second best: 300 € Miguel Ángel Castellano
Third best: 200 € Juan Sampedro
Best Spanish player: Spanish representative for the Korea Prime Minister Cup (KPMC) Miguel Pérez
Go books for 4-5 wins under bar: Yiqiang Qiu, Jose María Buceta, Jorge Ismael Sánchez, Víctor Gutierrez, Alejandro Saavedra

** Prizes are not cumulative and only players who play all rounds are eligible. **

Notice

Attendance at the tournament involves the transfer of rights of image to Go Club Nam-Ban for a possible public communication by Internet of photographs taken at the event.

Lodgement

There are plenty of options for different prices, recommending the city center (Callao, Sol, Plaza España, Argüelles, full of hostels), only 1 - 4 tube stations away (line 3). For instance check:

http://www.madridhostels.com/