Shanglv Cup International City Go Tournament in Hangzhou

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Invitation letter

 

To someone who may concern:

This is Hangzhou Branch of China Qiyuan. From 27th October to 1st November, China’s biggest amateur Go tournament “Shanglv Cup International City Go Tournament” Will be held in Hangzhou, China. We sincerely invite you to represent your country to attend this banquet.

 

Please allow us to introduce some basic information of this tournament first:

  1. This is the only tournament in China that players can get rank certification issued by China Go Association. Details are as below:

Place

Rank

1

Professional or Amateur 7d

2-9

6d

10-49

5d

50-119

4d

120-209

3d

210-309

2d

310

1d

  1. This tournament has high prizes. Details are as below:

Place

Prizes

1

60,000 RMB

2

30,000 RMB

3

20,000 RMB

4

10,000 RMB

5-6

5,000 RMB

7-8

3,000 RMB

9-32

1,000 RMB

There are also high prizes for female, Children and many other groups. Please reply us if you need specific information.

  1. In order to encourage more foreign Go Players to participate in, we decide to undertake your entire accommodation fee staying in our 5-star hotel. Besides, if you need the pick-up service, please inform us your flight/Train number early so we can arrange a driver for you.
  2. Along with the main tournament, we also have 6 other interesting tournament, which are: Male Doubles, Female Doubles, Male & Female Mixed Doubles, Family Doubles and Children’s Tournament (Below 10 years’ old). All these tournaments are separated with the main tournament so you do not need to worry about the time conflict. These entire tournaments also have high prizes up to 5,000 RMB (First Place).
  3. This whole Go tournament (including main tournament and other tournaments) is under the main structure of the biggest Go festival (the 5th China Go Culture Exposition). Besides the tournament, you may see Vanished Go boards on the “Go Culture Artworks Auction” and fantastic research papers about Go Culture on “the 4th International Go Culture Conference”. Anyway, we believe that you will not come in vain.

 

After the brief introduction of this tournament, here are the boring but important tournament rules:

  1. Each Side has one hour without overtime. Exceeding one hour will be judged as loss. Arriving late more than 30 minutes will be judged as loss.
  2. All players will be divided into Group A and B to play totally 9 rounds. Once a player loss 5 games he/she will be knocked out. When finishing all 9 games, the play from Group A will play the player in Group B with the same place to decide the final place. The winner has 2 scores and the loser has 0.
  3. The group place will be judged by the results of all players from the certain province/country. If the result is a draw (less possible though), there will be a rematch.

 

Finally, the registration deadline is 30th September, so please reply us as soon as possible so that we can prepare early for your journey. Attached are detailed regulations for the tournament. Whenever you have enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Contact Person: Di Yang  Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Best Regards

Hangzhou Brach of China Qiyuan

 

Appendix 1: Regulations for the Main Tournament

Appendix 2: Regulations for the Other 6 Tournament

 

 

Regulations for the Main Tournament

Competition:
1. The game uses the latest rules of competition issued by Chinese weiqi association.

Rankings and reward

  1. Team classifications take top 6. Women’s take top3.

①Men's group
Champion: 25000 Yuan
Runner-up: 12000 Yuan
Third place: 8000 Yuan
Fourth place: 5000 Yuan
Fifth place: 5000 Yuan
Sixth place: 5000 Yuan

②Women's group
Champion: 15000 Yuan
Runner-up: 10000 Yuan
Third place: 6000 Yuan

      2.Men’s individual take top 32, women’s individual take top 6, when female player get mixed competition ranking , the bonuses can be accumulated.

②Women’s individual:
Champion: 10000 Yuan
Runner-up: 5000 Yuan
Third place: 3000 Yuan
Fourth place: 1000 Yuan
Fifth place: 800 Yuan
Sixth place: 600 Yuan

Class declaration

 

Rank

Declaration level

Final

Champion

Professional 1 dan or Amateur 7 dan

2th -9th place

Amateur 6 dan

10th -49th place

Amateur 5 dan

 

 

Cost:

  1. No entry fee for this competition.
  2. All participants are responsible for their own accommodation and transportation. The organizing committee to provide room for contestants by email reservation, Due to the limited availability of the rooms, reservations will be accepted in orders. Accommodation fee per person per day 120 Yuan, The organizer will provide the subsidies accordingly. Single room 300 Yuan/per day.

 

 

 

Schedule

 

Date

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Remarks

27th October

(Saturday)

Check in

Address:China Qiyuan-Hangzhou Branch

Lobby     Tianyuan tower

Team leaders' meeting

16:30-17:30

4th floor

Meeting room

28th October

 (Sunday)

First round  9:00-11:00

Second round 13:00-15:00

 

Competition

Room:

5th floor

Qian Xi Room

 

29th October

 (Monday

Third round 9:00--11:00

Fourth round

13:00--15:00

 

Fifth round

15:30--17:30

30th October

(Tuesday)

Sixth round    9:00--11:00

Seventh round 13:00-15:00

 

5th floor

Qian Xi Room

Eighth round

15:30--17:30

31th October

(Wednesday)

Ninth round

9:00—11:00

Final

13:00-15:00

Closing ceremony 18:00

5th floor

Qian Xi Room

1thNovember

(Thursday)

Departure

                   

 

 

 

Regulations for the Other 5 Tournaments

Competition:
1. The game uses the latest rules of competition issued by Chinese weiqi association.

Rankings and reward
men’s double、women’s double、Mixed doubles、parent-children group、children group take top 6.

 

Duo group:

Champion: 5000 Yuan
Runner-up: 4000 Yuan
Third place: 2000 Yuan
4-6 place: 1000 Yuan

 

Children group:

Champion: 5000 Yuan
Runner-up: 3000 Yuan
Third place: 2000 Yuan
Fourth place: 1000 Yuan
Fifth place: 800 Yuan
Sixth place: 600 Yuan

 

Cost:

  1. No entry fee for this competition.
  2. All participants are responsible for their own accommodation and transportation. The organizing committee to provide room for contestants by email reservation, Due to the limited availability of the rooms, reservations will be accepted in orders. Accommodation fee per person per day 120 Yuan, The organizer will provide the subsidies accordingly. Single room 300 Yuan/per day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double Competition Schedule

 

Date

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Remarks

27th October

(Saturday)

 

Check in

Address:China Qiyuan-Hangzhou Branch

 

Lobby     Tianyuan tower

 

 

28th October

 (Sunday)

 

First round

15:00-16:30

Second round

18:30-20:00

Competition

Room:

Room 409

 

29th October

 (Monday)

 

Third round

18:30-20:00

30th October

(Tuesday)

 

Fourth round

18:30-20:00

31th October

(Wednesday)

 

Fifth round

15:00-16:30

Closing ceremony 18:00

1thNovember

(Thursday)

Departure