This is not an official KGS page.
My intention is to hold these tournaments monthly, on a Sunday as near as I can easily manage to the start of each month.
I try to publish a detailed schedule in advance; but this must depend on my other engagements, and on external events such as other computer Go tournaments (which are not always announced months in advance). I, as organiser, ought to be present for all these events, and the actual programmers don't. So the schedule below is liable to change.
Chinese rules (as interpreted by KGS: positional superko) are used for these tournaments; except that, for 9×9 tournaments only, komi is 7 instead of 7½.
Time limits (except in the slow tournaments) have a fast Canadian overtime of 25 moves in 60 seconds, to let players deal with an opponent who continues making meaningless moves after the game is over.
| Month | day | Board size | Time control | Time zone | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | |||||
| January | Sunday 15th | 19×19 | 29m each | EA Eu | Won by Zen19 |
| February | Sunday 5th | 9×9 | 4m each | Eu Am | Registration open |
| March | Sunday 11th– | 19×19 | 3h each | (slow) | |
| April | Sunday 1st | 13×13 | 19m each | EA Eu | * |
| May | Sunday 6th | 19×19 | 14m each | Eu Am | |
| June | Sunday 3rd | 9×9 | 9m each | EA Eu | * |
| July | Sunday 1st | 19×19 | 29m each | Eu Am | * |
| August | Sunday 12th | 9×9 | 4m each | EA Eu | |
| September | Sunday 2nd– | 19×19 | 3h each | (slow) | |
| October | Sunday 7th | 13×13 | 9m each | Eu Am | |
| November | Sunday 4th | 19×19 | 14m each | EA Eu | |
| December | Sunday 2nd | 9×9 | 9m each | Eu Am | |
*: The winners of these three events will be invited to play exhibition games against strong human players, broadcast on KGS, at the European Go Congress in Bonn, Germany (July 21 to August 4).
Where the time zone is shown as "Eu Am", the first round will start at 16:00 UTC (=GMT), and the tournament will last eight hours or less.
Where the time zone is shown as "EA Eu", the first round will start at 08:00 UTC (=GMT), and the tournament will last eight hours or less.
Where the time zone is shown as "(slow)", the first round will start at 22:00 UTC (=GMT), and the tournament will last five days or less.