INVITATION TO LINKÖPING OPEN CHAMPIONCHIPS IN GO 2011

Linköpings goklubb whiches you welcome!

The tournament takes place 24-25 september 2011.
The playing site is Åkerbogården in Linghem, 5 km east of Linköping.

SCHEDULE

Saturday 24 september      Sunday 25 september
10:00-10:45 Registration   10:00 Round 4
11:00 Round 1              12:15 Lunch
13:15 Lunch                13:30 Round 5
14:30 Round 2              earliest possible: Prize giving
17:30 Round 3
20:00 Dinner

RULES etc.

The tournament form is 5 rounds MacMahon where
MMS and SOS are used as tiebreakers.
(SOSOS, SODOS and similar are not used.)

MacMahon-bar:  around 2d

Handicap-bar:  around 10k

The entry-MMS score is set so that there are no gaps at the start
of the tournament. Several ranking steps may be placed at the same
entry-MMS.

Bars and rank/MMS-tables will if possible be decided and made public
on the night before the torunament start.

Players below the handicap-bar use handicap according to the rank
difference reduced by one in games against other players below the
handicap bar. And according to the rank difference to the bar reduced
by one in games against stronger players.

Japaneese rules

Basic time: 60 min
Byo yomi:   three periods of 30 s Japaneese

Komi:      6.5 points to white in even games
           0.5 points in handicap games

Handicap: 1:   No stones, 0.5 komi to white
          2-9: Handicap stones, 0.5 komi to white

FOOD

There will be free coffee and tea availabele, and there
will be other beverages for sale as well.
Lunch (sat+sun) and Dinner (sat) according to the schedule above.
Please order the meals when regestring for the tournament.

LODGING

We have some private accomodation. It is also possible
to sleep at the playing site (There is even a shower there)
Please ask for accomodation when regestring for the tournament.
If you want to arrange your own accomodation you can choose from
the following hotels and hostels.

TRAVELLING

Map

By plane:
Fly to Skavsta (e.g. Ryanair Frankfurt-Skavsta), then take the airport
shuttle to Norrköping and change to local train for Linghem.

By train:
Time table
First, go to either Linköping or Norrköping, then change to local
train for Linghem.

By car:
E4 towards Linköping. Exit at Linköping Östra (Exit 113)
In the first roundabout, turn towards Linghem (follow the signs).
Drive 7 km, turn right, under the railway, at sign Linghem.

A three-way crossing follows. Åkerbogården is straight ahead and
somewhat to the left, about 250 meters. Therefore turn left in the tree-way
crossing, then first to the right, and then right again and drive 200
meters and you are there!

From Stockholm it is possible to take a shorter route:
Use exit 115 from E4. Take the old E4 towards Linköping (Linghem)
until you get to Linghem and follow the instructions above.

FEES

REGISTRATION

CONTACT INFORMATION

Erik Ouchterlony
013 - 12 17 43
0737 - 81 40 69
erik.ouchterlony@bredband.net

Niklas Gyulai
073-332 75 67