Tournaments
DATE: Sunday November 22nd (and Saturday Nov. 21st for Game
Day… see below)
LOCATION: University
of Maryland Baltimore County
The
PLEASE PRE-REGISTER
by midnight on Saturday night if you want to be sure you get pizza, and to be
sure you get paired for the first round.
TIME: Register/Check-in before 10:30,
First Round 10:40 for
real
Lunch
Second Round 1:00
Third Round : 3:15
Then go to dinner on your own, and
show up for the Baltimore Go Club at 7:30!
GAME SETTINGS: To be determined
ENTRY FEE: $20 and $10 for youth 17 &
under Free for UMBC students
Special this year! Saturday is Game Day! Players will be able to compete in a mini
tournament, play rated self-paired games, and free games as well. You can even
try out some of the wacky time settings we have on our clocks, like Hourglass
Go! In addition to Go, you can learn and
play other games like Settlers of Catan, Chess, Chinese Chess, Poker,
Civilization, Diplomacy, Risk, Axis & Allies, Stratego, Monopoly, and
more! Feel free to bring your own games
too.
Please take this
3 question survey to help us plan.
PRIZES AND INCENTIVES:
Open section has a cash
prize, and we also have several go sets to give away as prizes for the other
sections! T-shirts, and
audiogolessons.com lessons provided as prizes for top players in other
sections.
MORE INFO:
Our tournaments are official
AGA rated events, and people from all over come to play. There will be a cash prize for the open
section, cash and other prizes for winners in the other sections, and a good
time for everyone.
There will be pizza provided
for free for those who pre-register
with their name, AGA number and entry rank.
Pre-registration is required to play in the first round.
UMBC Go Club T-shirts will be
for sale for $10. Downstairs from the
main playing area, at The Commons Grill, you can buy lunch.
Entry to the tournament is
$20 for the general public, $10 for youth 17 and under, and free for UMBC
students/faculty.
Check-in is from 10:00am
until 10:30 sharp, and the first round begins at 10:40 am.
AGA Membership is required
for this event as it is and AGA rated event.
Membership is available at the door.
There will be a free play
area, in our club’s usual meeting area, downstairs from the main playing area,
where players can enjoy free games, review games, and eat their lunch. Please finish your games, and refrain from
reviewing your games at the board where you played. This should be done in the free play
area. The sound echoes in our main
playing area, and we want to keep commotion to a minimum.
Directions and Parking to UMBC:
There are two main entrances
to UMBC. One is off of I-195. If you are choosing this entrance, once you reach
UMBC, you should make a right onto Hilltop circle (the circle which goes around
the campus) , and then make a left at the second stop sign. This brings you to the Commons Garage, on the left.
Parking is free on weekends in the Commona Garage. All meters on campus are free on
weekends. There are meters in this
garage, in the garage on administration
drive, or near the walker garage. The other entrance is for people coming from
695, or from
Once parked, one should find
the open oval shaped road which loops around in front of a big building. It is right across from the commons
garage. There are glass doors to the
left of the building. Enter through
these, and go up the stairs.
Registration will be on your right.
If you’re lost, ask anyone to point to the commons. It is the central building on campus, and
easy to spot from anywhere.
UMBC is located at 1000
Hilltop circle, in
Follow those directions, and
the ones above for parking, and we look forward to seeing you there!
The tournament is in building 12, on this Map of UMBC
Parking is free on weekends
in the Commons Garage. Parking on the
weekends is also available in gated Lots 10, 16/9A and 2 for a $.50 fee, quarters only.
More directions
and parking information
Past Events
2009 Spring Tournament - 56 players, NAIM qualifier. Jie Li took 1st place
2008 Fall Tournament– 50 players competed. I-han Lui took first place
in the Open section.
2008 Spring tournament – 26 players, NAIM and WMSG
qualifier. Eric Lui took 1st
place
2007 Fall Tournament– 45 players competed.
2007 Spring Thing Tournament– 44 players
competed. Top winner was Eric Lui. Haofan Wang won first place in the low dan
section.
2006 Fall Tournament – Our first tournament. Over 40 players competed. Top winner was Scott Waldron, narrowly
beating Tianran Tan by tiebreak.
2006 US Go Congress
–
Todd, Philip, Stephanie, and Craig went this summer for 8 days in
Otakon 2004 - 2009 - We always run a workshop at Otakon, teaching
new people how to play go.
Otakon - August 9th, 2003
The 30th Maryland Open, May 24th & May 25th, 2003