European Women Go Championship

Trier, Germany

Sep 6th to Sep 8th, 2019

We are happy to invite you to the European Women Go Championship 2019 in Trier, Germany. Trier is a very old city, hosting several UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It has been residence of the Roman emperors for more than one century and its main church is one of the oldest in the world. The area is famous for its Riesling wine.

Trier is located in the Western part of Germany, close to Luxembourg, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is easily reachable by airplane via Luxembourg International Airport (45 minutes drive away) and the discount airlines hub Frankfurt-Hahn (1 hour away). By train it can be reached from Paris by TGV via Luxembourg or Saarbrücken in less than four hours and from Cologne (Köln) and Frankfurt via regional trains in around three hours.

The tournament will be a three days event with 6 rounds of games, nice side events and prizes for the winners. The well-known Chinese professional Guo Juan will be there to review games and we also plan to offer child care. The welcome dinner with wine tasting will be free for all participants. We can advise you for affordable accommodation in Trier, but please book early, since Trier is a popular tourist destination.

Prof. Marc Oliver Rieger
Director of the Confucius Institute
of the University of Trier

Date of the tournament: September 6 – September 8, 2019

Registration has closed on August 30, 2019

There is no registration fee. Please also register accompanying persons, who would like to participate at the welcome dinner (25.50€/person, participants free) or/and the lunch on Sunday (8,90€+drinks, participants free). 

Rules (if need be, they will be amended):
MacMahon tournament with reduced handicap (by one stone) below the bar, Fischer time 45 minutes plus 15 seconds per move, class A tournament, standard EGF rules apply, Komi 6.5.
Placement criteria: MMS, SOS, SOSOS, direct comparison. Only players who play all rounds will be ranked. In case of identical scores for MMS and SOS, the money prize will be shared. 

Prizes:
- Trophies for the first five places
- 100€ for the winner
- Surprise prizes and special awards.

Preliminary tournament schedule: Friday, September 6 14:30 Departure of special bus shuttle from Trier Main Railway Station (driving time: around 10 minutes) 15:00 Opening of the tournament at the Weingut (winery) Schleimer, located in the wine yards outside the city, address: Hunsrückstraße 90, 54296 Trier 15:10 Start of Round 1 After the round, guided tour through the winery and welcome dinner with local specialities and wine tasting or non-alcoholic beverages. (For those younger than 18 years: no wine, sorry!) After dinner, the bus shuttle will bring the participants back to the city center.

Saturday, September 7 10:00 Start of Round 2, location: Kurfürstliches Palais (see photo), in the heart of the city, adjacent to the palace garden, Willy-Brandt-Platz 3, 54290 Trier 12:30-13:45 lunch break: feel free to explore one of the many restaurants or snack bars in the city center! 13:45 Start of Round 3 16:15 Start of Round 4 Between and during the rounds, Guo Juan will discuss game records and play simultaneous games. 19:00 Long Night of the Museums: explore all museums in Trier and enjoy special events until midnight!

Sunday, September 8 10:00 Start of Round 5, location: University of Trier, Building P (Campus I). 11:30-12:30 For those interested: we offer a Chinese dumpling (jiaozi) making class (at the Confucius Institute on Campus). 12:30-13:30 Lunch break: we invite all participants to a Chinese lunch in a nearby restaurant (Great Wok)  13:30 Start of Round 6 16:00 Award ceremony and farewell (expect to be able to leave latest at 17:00) The top games of rounds 2-6 will be broadcasted online on KGS and on Twitch, commented by Li Yue und Cornel Burzo: https://www.twitch.tv/europeangofederation Life reporting and photos on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/konfuziusinstituttrier/

Contact:

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