BGA Organisers' Handbook
Part II: Running a Tournament

1. Planning a Tournament
   1. Date and Venue
   2. Format
      1. Tournament Class and EGF Rating
   3. Publicity
      1. Tournament Website
      2. Flyers/Entry Forms
      3. Email Announcements
      4. Other Forms Of Publicity
   4. Timetable
   5. Prizes
   6. Entry Fee
      1. BGA Levy
   7. Miscellaneous Points
      1. Getting Equipment
      2. Laptop and Mobile Phone
         1. Tournament Class
         2. Producing a Draw by Hand
      3. BGA shop
      4. Public Liability Insurance
      5. Social Event
      6. Accommodation
   8. Longer Events
   9. British Go Congress
2. Running a Tournament
   1. Before the Tournament
   2. General Points
      1. Ghosts
   3. Organising The Draw
      1. Using a Computer
      2. Producing a Draw by Hand
   4. Presenting The Results
   5. Side Events
      1. Novices Tournament
      2. Self Pairing Tournaments
   6. After the Tournament
3. The McMahon System
   1. Overview
   2. The Bar
   3. Handicaps
   4. Sleeping Players
   5. Forfeits
   6. Overall winner
4. Producing the Draw
   1. Schedule
   2. Pre-registration
   3. Workplace
   4. Registration On The Day
   5. Closing The Register
   6. Changes to the Register
   7. Pairing For Round 1
   8. Results
   9. Finale
5. Other Tournament Systems
   1. Handicap
   2. Round Robin
   3. Swiss system
   4. Generalised knockout
   5. Swiss knockout
   6. Simple knockout
   7. Zone systems
   8. Double elimination knockout (Judan system)
   9. Zoned Swiss system
   10. Mixed Systems

1. Appendices

1. Default Rules for BGA Tournaments
   1. Komi
   2. Triple Ko
   3. Overtime
2. Useful Contacts
   1. Email addresses
   2. Links
3. Sample Press Release
4. Material for running tournaments
   1. 9×9 handicap table
   2. 13×13 handicap table