UK Tournament Result

Part of 8th Mind Sports Olympiad.

A swiss tournament where players played even games until they had lost twice, then handicap games. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

Other MSO results: Rapid, Northern (main event) and Lightning.

Part of 8th Mind Sports Olympiad.

The bar was at 1 dan. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

Other MSO results: Northern (main event), Lightning and 13×13.

Players in order of registration strength. Random within one grade. Games played as full handicap according to West Surrey rules (an X stone game has X<=9 on the star points, X+6 komi to Black (X=0 6 komi to White), if X>9 then 10 komi to black per extra stone, clock = 50+2X/50-2X minutes, Black wins jigo.

New rules removed the 'bar' and had all play handicap equally. The cup went to the strongest player on 4/4 who was Malcolm Hagan 5k (***) from Martin Harvey. Prizes for 3/4 (*) and 4/4 (**).

All the dan players were knocked out fairly early on!

Played on KGS.

Prize winners

Overall winner: Stuart Barthropp

Loyalty Prize: William Brooks

Dan section: Paul Taylor

1–10 kyu section: Matt Piatkus

Sub 10 kyu section: Henry McGuinness

Roshambo nigiri: Alan Cameron

The bar was at 2 dan. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

The bar was at 1 dan. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

The bar was at 4 kyu. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

Held in the Foxcombe Lodge Hotel, Boars Hill, near Oxford. The event was divided into two sections. The strongest eight pairs played in a tournament for which world amateur pair Go and European pair Go qualification points were allocated. The other pairs played in a handicap tournament.

Gallery

The bar was at 3 dan. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.

Played at Woosehill Community Hall in Wokingham.

The bar was at 3 dan. Handicap and no-komi games are in red.