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The Official AGA Tournament Guide The Official AGA Tournament Guide by Ken Koester Copyright © The American Go Association 2006 Table of Contents Part I: The Tasks Introduction........................................................................................................................................... v Chapter 1. Planning.............................................................................................................................1 Theme and System ................................................................................................................1 Budgeting, or, The Tournament on $15 and $20 a Day .................................................... 6 In Need of Assistance ...........................................................................................................8 Timetables ...............................................................................................................................9 Chapter 2. Preparation .....................................................................................................................11 Time and Place .....................................................................................................................11 Getting the Word Out ..........................................................................................................12 Food for Thought .................................................................................................................15 The Prize Is Right .................................................................................................................16 The Paper Chase ..................................................................................................................17 Chapter 3. Performing ......................................................................................................................19 Setup ......................................................................................................................................19 Registration ..........................................................................................................................20 Initial Pairings .......................................................................................................................22 General Running ..................................................................................................................25 Playing with Time .................................................................................................................26 Teardown ..............................................................................................................................29 Chapter 4. Post-Mortem ...................................................................................................................30 Chapter 5. Playing on a Large Scale ..............................................................................................33 Planning ................................................................................................................................33 Preparation ...........................................................................................................................35 Performing .............................................................................................................................37 Postmortem ...........................................................................................................................38 Part II: Appendices and How To’s Appendix 1: Tournament Pairing systems ....................................................................................40 General Pairing Principles ..................................................................................................40 Knockout Tournaments ......................................................................................................41 Constructing Larger Charts ..................................................................................41 Imperfect Number of Entrants ..............................................................................42 Variants ....................................................................................................................43 Round Robins .......................................................................................................................45 Variants ....................................................................................................................46 Swiss System .......................................................................................................................46 Swiss-McMahon ...................................................................................................................48 "Instant" Pairing ...................................................................................................................52 Matthews Accelerated System ...........................................................................................52 4-Round KO Pairing Chart ..................................................................................................54 MGC 16 Winners KO Chart .................................................................................................55 MGC 16 Consolation KO Chart ..........................................................................................56 4-, 6-, and 8- Player RR Charts ...........................................................................................57 10-Player RR Charts .............................................................................................................58 Cleveland "Packed" RR Chart ............................................................................................59 Appendix 2: Resolving Ties .............................................................................................................60 Two-Player Tiebreak Procedures ......................................................................................60 Multi-Player Tiebreak Procedures .....................................................................................60 Alternates...............................................................................................................................61 Appendix 3: Setting Clocks..............................................................................................................62 Analog ...................................................................................................................................62 Ing ...........................................................................................................................................62 Using the Ing ........................................................................................................................63 ii Appendix 4: Result and TDE Files ..................................................................................................64 Official AGA Rules of Go (1991) .......................................................................................................65 Official AGA Tournament Regulations (2000) ...............................................................................69 Tournament Sponsorship and Sanctions ........................................................................69 Rules of the Game ...............................................................................................................69 Tournament Authorities ......................................................................................................69 Appeals ..................................................................................................................................70 Player Conduct and Etiquette ............................................................................................70 Administration of Play .........................................................................................................71 Preparation for play ...............................................................................................71 Play of the Game ....................................................................................................73 Adjournment ...........................................................................................................73 Completion of play .................................................................................................74 Timekeeping ............................................................................................................74 Tiebreaking procedures ........................................................................................77 Use of Computers ................................................................................................................77 Penalties ................................................................................................................................78 AGA Contact List and History (as of 2004) .....................................................................................79 Official AGA Ratings Data Report Cover Sheet .............................................................................80 AGA Tournament Registration Form...............................................................................................81 AGA Game Result Form ....................................................................................................................82
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