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Maidenhead-Hitachi Peikai Xue

A 3-round McMahon tournament sponsored by and held at Hitachi Europe's headquarters. Time limit 60 minutes with increasing overtime (10/5, 20/5 etc) until 2019. Fischer time in 2020.

Free buffet lunch available. Registration by 9:45. Prize giving by 19:00.

It was called the Furze Platt Tournament until 2010.

2020 was the last as Hitachi moved away.

Manchester Summer Alistair Wall

3-round McMahon tournament. 40 minutes time limit, then accelerating overtime of 20 stones in 5 minutes, increasing by 20 stones each period (so, 20 in 5 mins, then 40, 60, 80 and so on).
Komi is 7 stones, so drawn games are allowed. Prizes for 2.5 or 3 wins. Inaugural event in 2018. Not held in 2019/2020.

It's called 'Manchester Summer' as it's deliberately held in the Summer Term,
so that N-W students have a local tournament that they can attend, that term.

Free coffee, tea and biscuits.
Bringing a packed lunch would be best. There are local shops, but the nominal lunch-period is just 40 minutes (much less if 2 long-thinkers play each other).

Costs: Note that "BGA member" here means "member of one's national Go association"
£8 BGA member & no concession
£5 BGA member with concession
£11 non-member
£8 non-member with concession
£3 non-member & playing their first-ever EGD tournament
Free: BGA member & playing their first-ever EGD tournament

Registration: 9:30 - 10:00. Prizegiving 4:30.
Provisional Timings:
Round 1 ... 10:30
Lunch ... 12:00
Round 2 ... 12:40
Round 3 ... 14:40
Prizes at ... 16:30
Vacate ... 16:55

Milton Keynes Jitka Bartova

Originally held in a hall in Wolverton, the Milton Keynes Tournament has made its home at the Open University. Various different buildings on the campus have been used. It is a 3 round McMahon.

Registration by 10:15. Prize-giving 18:30

MSO 9x9 Junior or Beginners Nicholas Calderwood

An event at the Mind Sports Olympiad.

MSO Lightning Piers Shepperson

An event at the Mind Sports Olympiad.

MSO Novices 13x13 Tom Cooper

An event at the Mind Sports Olympiad.

MSO Pair Go Natasha Regan & Tim Hunt

An Pair Go (mixed-doubles) event at the Mind Sports Olympiad.

MSO Rapid Tony Atkins

An rapid-play event at the Mind Sports Olympiad.

MSO Weekend Migaku Hayashi

An event at the Mind Sports Olympiad.

MSO Youth William Brooks

An event at the Mind Sports Olympiad. The 2002 event was part of the Cambidge MSO.

National Knock-Out Matthew Macfadyen

A country-wide knockout played over most of the year.

New Malden Ben He

Tournament held by the Korean community in New Malden, Surrey.

Nippon Club Cup Epsom

Formerly awarded to the Club team with the best percentage in the British Open at the British Go Congress.

North East Simon Shiu

A rapid-play event held in Darlington.

North London Terry Stacey

Event organised by Melior/North London Go Clubs.

Norwich Paul Smith

Tournament played in Norwich.

Online League (Individual) Andrew Simons

BGA online league for individuals.

Other Leagues

Other regional leagues have been held, mostly in the 1970s and early 1980s, but reporting of results was patchy.

In addition the Jubilee Challenge Trophy (a Goban) was instigated for the Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977. After a few years of competition it was won by Leamington, who still hold it.

Our Online League (Teams) Chester A

Our League Tournament is designed to be played mainly over the Internet. The purpose is to encourage interaction between players in different areas of the country and to encourage online play amongst members of our Association.

The league has not been held since 2018.

Individual Leagues ran from January 2011 to October 2012.

Portsmouth Alistair Wall

Tournament held near Portsmouth.