Junior Tournament Result

Starting in mid-March, though to July, a league was being played containing 7 young UK players and 7 players from the Chinese team we played against in the China Match 2020, 李昂奕道 "Li Ang Yi Dao", organised by Go teacher Li Ang.

The games were played on KGS in the British Room and were 1 hour + 5 x 1 minute, with Chinese rules.
Normally games were at 10:00 UK time on Saturday, but some games were at 10:00 or 11:00 on Sunday.

The Teams were:

All games played 13x13, using Cambridge Handicaps.

On 7th November we started a match on KGS between fifteen British youth players and a team of fifteen Chinese children from Hong Kong, under Liana Ao 4p. This carried on for several weeks with one or two games each weekend. The format was that of last team standing, like the former China-Japan Supergo Matches, with the winner of each game staying on. The games were played online in the KGS British Room, with Chinese Rules with 30 minutes main time + 3 x 30 seconds byoyomi and komi is 7.5 points. The British team was selected from our list of young players, taking those who are currently active, settled in the UK and who replied to the invitation.

On 7th June we started a match on KGS between twelve British youth players and a team of twelve Chinese children, "The Li Ang Go Collection Team", organised by Go teacher Li Ang in China. This will carry on for several weeks with one or two games each weekend. The format is that of last team standing, like the former China-Japan Supergo Matches, with the winner of each game staying on. The games are played online in the British Room, with Chinese Rules and initially 40 minutes basic time, but later changed to 60 minutes plus byoyomi. The British team was selected from our list of young players, taking those who are currently active, settled in the UK and who replied to the invitation.

The teams are (showing KGS handle/age/grade):

Tournament paired using McMahon system, with even games in rounds 1 and 2 (apart from one game with an adult); rounds 3 and 4 played at handicap minus one.

All games played even: two rounds Swiss, followed by knock-out finals.
Tony Atkins replaced Helen Harvey in round 2.