The Mayor of Mikulov, European Go Federation, Czech Go Association, (a member of Czech Sport Association), YMCA Brno

are pleased to invite you to the European Women's Goe Championship Mikulov, South , September 18th – 20th 2009

Web:

mail to organisators: [email protected] venue: Mikulov, Purkyňova č. 6, Czech Republic http://www.mikulov.cz/ http://www.visitmikulov.com/ http://www.funnyholiday.cz/ map: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=cs&q=Mikulov+EWGC&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=A GPS: 48°48’10.28”N 16°38’16,31”E shedule - calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/embed? [email protected]&ctz=Europe/Prague

Schedule Thursday, September 17th 13:30 Accommodation

Friday, September 18th 09:30 14:30 Registration 14:30 15:00 Opening Ceremony 15:00 17:30 1st Round 18:30 21:00 2nd Round

Saturday, September 19th 10:00 12:30 3rd Round 15:00 17:30 4th Round 20:00 24:00 Social Event in the Wine Cellar

Sunday, September 20th 10:00 12:30 5th Round 13:00 14:00 Closing and Prize-giving Ceremony

Side tournament for adults – see separate schedule and conditions.

page 1/4 Entry fee PARTICIPANTS:  1 official representative per country no fees (100% support);  extra night (2 nights are supported) € 20 - 30 (bed and breakfast);

For late registration (after 11th September 2009) an additional charge will be €10.

EGF and CAGo support: Accomodation:  2 nights (bed and breakfast)  additional participants for tournament only (no accommodation) € 10;

Travelling expences: Maximum one participant from one country are given a contribution for travel expenses according to the distance she must travel and possible ways of travelling. Sum of contribution for travel expenses assigned to particular country will be published. Total sum for all expences is € 500.

Payments: Any fees you can pay in cash on arrival. You cannot pay by credit cards. It is possible to use a cash machine in .

System The event is open to all Go female players. Players must be European nationals (European Passport). EGF rules, 5 round MacMahon, basic time limit 60 minutes, Japan byo-yomi 30 seconds per move. Komi 6,5, placement criteria: MM, SOS. Tournament director: Martin Kovař ík Chief referee EGF: Radek Nechanický Everybody must keep silent in playing areas; mobile phones and noisy equipment are prohibited. Any breach of this rule will incur a fine of € 10 or disqualification without any compensation. The organizers may change the time schedule etc. without responsibility for any player’s expenses. Players must obey the tournament rules and instructions of organizers. A player may be disqualified without any compensation if she commits something against good behaviour or breach tournament rules by any way.

Accommodation Hotel Bonsai, Republikánské obrany 10, 692 01 Mikulov, Czech Republic hotelbonsai.cz http://maps.google.cz/maps? f=q&source=s_q&hl=cs&geocode=&q=Bonsai+mikulov&sll=49.930008,15.369873&ss pn=5.955852,11.271973&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=A GPS: 48°48’05,28”N 16°37’53,92”E

page 2/4 Accommodation is about 5 min by walk from the playing site). The accommodation will be booked for all official representatives (1 per country). As the capacity of the hotels is limited,please, send the registration as soon as possible.

Meals At the playing site and many other choices in the surrounding area. The prices in the restaurants are very good – about € 3 – 10 per lunch.

Contacts and Registration by e-mail: [email protected], Martin Kovarik, Trnkova 24, 628 00 Brno, phone +420 608337445 Deadline: 11th September 2009, (later registration with fee penalty). Notice: Accommodation must be booked as soon as possible!!!

The registration form must include:  Country;  Participants (name, rank);  Accommodation YES/NO, (number of persons);  Other persons (name, adults – children);  Any notes, wishes etc.

Visa Players who need visas or special invitation, please ask Martin Kovarik directly as soon as possible.

Transport – How to get there Arriving by plane  Regular flights to (); direct buses from the Vienna Airport to Brno (with stop in Mikulov) – with Student Agency (bus company) see (http://www.studentagency.cz/mainpage.php?switch=101537) or Tourbus (http://www.tourbus.cz/linky/000080.pdf), or by train (via Breclav);  Regular flights to Brno and direct bus or train (via Breclav) to Mikulov;  (Regular flights to and bus (Brno - Vienna) or train (via Breclav) to Mikulov.)

Arriving by train  The main railway Vienna – Brno – Prague, change at Breclav.

Arriving by car  Main road Vienna – Brno - Prague, Mikulov is a town on the Austrian – Czech Republic border.

If you need any help, please, do not hestitate to contact us.

page 3/4 Side Go Tournament for Everybody: Mikulov, South Moravia, September 19th – 20th 2009

Venue: Mikulov, Czech Republic (see above)

Schedule

Saturday, September 19th 08:00 09:00 Registration 09:15 Opening Ceremony 09:30 19:30 1st Round - 3rd Round

Sunday, March 9th 08:80 13:30 4th Round - 5th Round 14:00 Closing and Prize-giving Ceremony

System The tournament is a part of Grand Prix of Czech Republic. EGF rules, CAGo regulations apply, the event is open to all Go players, 5 rounds, MacMahon, basic time limit 60 minutes, Canadian byo-yomi 20 moves in 5 minutes (Japan byo-yomi 2 x 20 seconds per move for go-boards with Ing clocks), komi 6,5. Placement criteria: MM, SOS, SSOS, mutual game result. New players will be entered as rank 20 kyu.

Tournament director: Karel Jurek

Entry fee € 12 per person.

Accommodation Tourist guest house (number of beds is limited) or sleepingbags.

Contacts and Registration website: http://www.goweb.cz/node/2436

Ing. arch. Martin Kovařík President of Czech Go Association

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