Youth Grand Prix

Introduction

There is a Youth Grand Prix competition, which runs throughout the year. You can score points in the Grand Prix by playing in Go tournaments during the year. You score points for each tournament you enter, and more points for each game that you win. Here are the full rules of the Grand Prix.

The top three players at the end of the year receive trophies and a cash prize. The annual cash prize fund is one hundred pounds (50, 30, 20); this money is from a fund set up in memory of John Rickard 4-dan.

Grand Prix Scores for 2008

Here are the current Grand Prix Scores for 2008.

Grand Prix Scores for earlier years

Final Grand Prix Scores for 2001.
Final Grand Prix Scores for 2002.
Final Grand Prix Scores for 2003.
Final Grand Prix Scores for 2004.
Final Grand Prix Scores for 2005.
Final Grand Prix Scores for 2006.
Final Grand Prix Scores for 2007.

Grand Prix Rules

  1. Qualifying tournaments are all tournaments held in the UK and open to entrants from anywhere in the UK. Every tournament has a maximum number of points that you can score there. For most Go tournaments this is 100 points. For the Youth Championships, it is 200 points.
  2. You get 40% of the points just for turning up. For the other 60% you score in proportion to points scored in the tournament. For example, if you win 2 out of 3 in a tournament worth 100 points, you score 40 plus two thirds of 60, i.e. 80 in total.
  3. All under-18s (age as at 1st September of the previous year) can score points. (Note: we are often asked why September of the previous year rather than January of the current year. The reason is to link the age requirement to the school year.)
  4. The competition runs for the whole year, and the London Open counts as the last tournament. Prizes will be awarded at the Youth Championships in the next year.
  5. At the end of the year, prizes will be awarded based on total points scored, including a prize of overall Youth Grand Prix Champion for the player with the highest total.