Pandanet Go European Cup
Rules

Rules from 10 April 2007

Tournament Rules

The tournament must apply all the rules specified in the current version of EGF General Tournament Rules.

Any variation from these rules must be notified in advance and agreed with the EGF.

The tournament should be open to anyone on payment of the appropriate entry fee.

The actual rules of play should be one of the rule sets commonly used in European Tournaments and be specified before the start of the tournament.

Pairing System

The tournament should be run on the McMahon system. The final ordering should be by McMahon score, with SOS tie break.

The McMahon bar should be set appropriately for the number of strong players and number of rounds for the event. If the number of strong players is especially large, super groups can be formed. There should be no bias for geography or for any other reason above the bar.

Players who are known to be missing rounds should be placed below the McMahon bar.

The tournament should make use of an established pairing program, such as GoDraw, MacMahon, GoMMTour or Gotha.

Number of Rounds and Time Limits

• Super and Pandanet Super Tournaments should have at least five rounds
  Thinking time should be 60 minutes minimum
• Finals and Pandanet Major Tournaments should have at least six rounds
  The thinking time should be 75 minutes minimum

In all tournaments the byo-yomi should be at minimum 30 seconds standard or 15 moves in 5 minutes Canadian overtime (minimum).

The Referee

The chief referee in all tournaments should be announced in advance. If the event is level 2 or higher, the chief referee must be EGF Certified or otherwise approved by the EGF.

Organisational Standard

The tournament must be run to accepted standard of organisation. In particular care should be taken to ensure compliance in the following areas:

• The website, contact and tournament details must be notified in advance to the EGF.
• The venue, fees and timetable for the event must be announced no less than 4 weeks in advance.
• Playing environment - should be suitable for serious play
• Playing equipment - should be suitable for tournament use
• Time keeping - the event should keep to the published timetable
• Registration - should close sufficiently in advance of the first round to allow timely start of that round (late arrivals can be added below the bar after the event is underway)
• Results reporting - the results table must be made available to the EGF immediately after the end of the event (sent to egf at eurogofed.org)
• Game broadcasting - should be carried out as required in Pandanet events
• Other reports, game records and photographs should be made available after the event (sent to pandanet at eurogofed.org)

Behaviour of Players

Players are expected to follow the necessary standards of behaviour associated with top events, especially in the area of punctuality, gamesmanship and cooperation.