The 11^th Istanbul International Go Tournament

Preparations and negotiations of the 11^th Istanbul International Go Tournament, which will be held on September 24-25 2011 are still underway. The 11^th Istanbul International Go Tournament is kindly sponsored by Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Kaya Ozalit, Best Bilgisayar, Coffee O'Clock Turkey and İstanbul Lisesi as a European Go Cup Tournament.

For those who cannot or will not be participating, matches of the first board will be broadcast on KGS and EuroGoTV.

As we are always looking for new ways to enrich the tournament experience please feel free to contact us for any new ideas or any kind of input.

The preregistration period has ended. Thank you for your support and interest. The 11^th Istanbul International Go Tournament is open to participation from all go players. All parties interested in participating that have not had the chance to preregister may register on the 23^rd of September 2011 at 09:00 local time at the tournament venue.

Hyun-sub Kim (김현섭) 3 dan professional player of the Hankuk Ki-won will be attending the tournament. Please feel free to ask for commentaries and information from Kim Hyun-sub 3 Dan Pro during the tournament. We are also working out the details for workshops and seminars before and after the tournament (on the 23^rd and 26^th.)

The final list of participants is now available. Work and preparations for the 11^th Istanbul International Go Tournament continues, please check back often as the tournament details are updated regularly.

Venue

This year's venue sponsor Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts has generously granted us access to their campus at Fındıklı, allocating the renovated and expanded canteen and Mimar Sinan Hall to our service. A partial map of Istanbul showing the location of Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts Fındıklı Campus from google can be found here. Public transportation details and directions to and from the venue can be accessed via İ.E.T.T.'s site which is Istanbul's main public transportation provider.

You can get information on Istanbul including hotels, weather, maps and tips from the web sites below:

• http://english.istanbul.com/
• http://www.istanbulcityguide.com/
• Istanbul Municipality Pages

Transportation

Airplane

You can check the checkfelix web site for flights to Istanbul.

Train

There are trains from Sofia, Belgrade, Bucharest and Budapest(connections from Munich and Vienna) to Sirkeci Station in Istanbul. Main services are:

• Bosphorus Express: from Bucharest, daily
• TransBalkan Express: from Budapest via Bucharest, daily
• Prietenia Express: from Kischinev, daily
• Balkan Express: from Belgrade via Sofia, daily
• 1C 90/9 I: from Pythion via Thessalonica, daily (connection from Athens)
• Istanbul Express: from Munich via Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria

There are two main stations in Istanbul: Sirkeci Station on the European and Haydarpaşa Station on the Asian side. These historic station buildings are nostalgic gateways to the city. Both stations are well equipped with restaurants, newspaper kiosks, waiting rooms and ATMs.

Transfer from Airport to City Center

There are shuttles (Havaş) from airport to city center (Taksim Square) every half hour between 04.00 am and 01.00 am. The cost of the shuttle is €5. If you take a cab, it costs about €20, please note taxi fare depends on the traffic condition and a price range of €17~€25 is common. If you come by car, bus or train let us know your likely arrival time. We will inform you about the route to the city center.

Visa

Most European countries do not need visa to enter Turkey up to 90 days or they can obtain visa at the border. Please check the link below to see your country's status. If a visa is required please inquire your local Turkish embassy about the documents, fee and procedure. An invitation letter for visa application can be sent as required. If you require an invitation letter please include a note in travel details in the form below or contact us later.

Expected weather conditions

Will be available 5 days in advance.

For updates and further information please check http://www.dmi.gov.tr/.

Accommodation & Catering

To be announced shortly

We are still considering catering options during the tournament. There are also many options around the tournamet venue. Approximately €15 per day will be more than enough for standart meals throughout the day. Naturally, there are more luxurious therefore more expensive choices if you prefer.

We recommend participants to choose accommodation options around Fındıklı as it would be easier to get to the tournament site. Namely Beşiktaş, Sultanahmet and Taksim are in the vicinity. Hostels, which accommodate students and non-students alike, can be found and reserved through www.hostelworld.com or www.hostels.com. Higher class hotels like The Marmara, The Ritz-Carlton, Ceylan Intercontinental, Divan and The Hilton are situated near and around Taksim, which is 2.5 minutes away from the tournament site by funicular. More on hotels and reservation options can be found at www.istanbulshotels.com and www.booking.com

Tournament Rules

• Head referree: Mehmet Emin Barsbey
• Referrees: Serkan Solmazoğlu, Feyyaz Demir Saygın, Uğur Özkan
• Pairing system: McMahon
• Game rules: Japanese rule set, no handicap
• Time: 60 min. + 25 moves / 10 min. byo-yomi
• Komi: 6.5

As an EGF Super Tournament the 11^th Istanbul International Go Tournament is bound by the following rules and regulations:

1. EGF General Tournament Rules
2. EGF Tournament System Rules

Tournament Schedule

Provisional.

24^th September (Saturday)
09:00 - 09:30 : Finalization of registration
09:45 - 10:00 : Opening ceremony and announcement of pairings
10:00 - 12:30 : Round 1
12:30 - 13:30 : Lunch break
13:30 - 16:00 : Round 2
16:00 - 16:15 : Interim
16:15 - 18:45 : Round 3

25^th September (Sunday)
10:00 - 12:30 : Round 4
12:30 - 14:30 : Lunch break
14:00 - 16:30 : Round 5
16:30 - 19:00 : Award ceremony and Finale

Prize

The tournament results will be submitted to the EGF as required by the EGF for European Go Cup Tournaments; thus all participants' results will effect their European Ranking. Points for the European Go Cup will also be granted to the respective winners. Please refer to the Go European Cup page for further details. All participants will receive a certificate of participation. The first three players will be presented with monetary prizes. The first five and players showing exceptional performance will also be awarded.

Also one of our prize sponsors Best Bilgisayar shall be presenting surprises.

The monetary prizes will be distributed as follows:

• 1^st place: €200
• 2^nd place: €100
• 3^rd place: €50

Registration

Preregistration deadline was September 16^th 2011. Registration must be finalized on arrival or at least until 09:30 local time on the 24^th of September.

Attention: Preregistration is not equivalent to registering. It is required that preliminary registrants finalize their registration strictly before mentioned deadline.

Since otherwise the proceeding of the tournament schedule will be compromised, participants that do not show up on time on the first day of the tournament without prior notice will be dropped from the tournament.

Entry Fee

The fee for the tournament has been set at €12 for preliminary registrants and €17 for on site registration. Preregistrants under the age of 18 can participate free of charge. The IBAN number of The Turkish Go Players' Association for european currency (€) is:
TR62 0006 4000 0024 2130 8164 62
Please include your name, surname and the notice: "11th Istanbul Go Open".

Entry fees

Normal	€17
Preregistrants	€12
Preregistrants under 18	free of charge

Preregistration

The preregistration period has ended. We thank all registrants for their support and interest.

Preregistration deadline was September 16^th 2011.

Disclaimer: The entire responsibility for valid member status and correctness of the entry form rests solely on the entrant. The organization committee or its subsidiaries can not be held liable for loss, damages or failures of contact and correspondence rising from failure to fill in the form completely or correctly.

Contact Information

Name & Surname

E - mail

Tel:

Player Information

Birthdate

Rank NR 9 Dan Pro 8 Dan Pro 7 Dan Pro 6 Dan Pro 5 Dan Pro 4 Dan Pro 3 Dan Pro 2 Dan Pro 1 Dan Pro 7 Dan 6 Dan 5 Dan 4 Dan 3 Dan 2 Dan 1 Dan 1 Kyu 2 Kyu 3 Kyu 4 Kyu 5 Kyu 6 Kyu 7 Kyu 8 Kyu 9 Kyu 10 Kyu 11 Kyu 12 Kyu 13 Kyu 14 Kyu 15 Kyu 16 Kyu 17 Kyu 18 Kyu 19 Kyu 20 Kyu 21 Kyu 22 Kyu 23 Kyu 24 Kyu 25 Kyu 26 Kyu 27 Kyu 28 Kyu 29 Kyu 30 Kyu

Club

City

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Travel and Accomodation

Accomodation guidance required.

Accomodation guidance not required.

Date of Arrival

Date of Departure

Journey details
(vehicle type, vehicle number etc.)

Message and notes

Subject Inquiry Other

Notes

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Participants

The final list of preregistered players is below. The player information and rankings are based on their declarations. The organization comittee reserves the right to audit these details if such action is required (objections, mistakes etc.).

#	Name	Surname	Rank	City	Country	Stat*	Club
All information pertaining to the entrants are based on their personal input. The entire responsibility for validity of the above information rests solely on the entrant.
All pre-registrants are denoted with Pre. UC denotes an unconfirmed application.
1	Milos	Bojanic	5d	Belgrad	RS	Pre	Milentije Popovic
2	Ali	Jabarin	5d	Jaffa	IL	Pre	-
3	Lazar	Manojlovic	5d	Kragujevac	RS	Pre	GK Radnicki
4	Nikola	Mitic	5d	Nis	RS	Pre	UGK Student
5	Mijodrag	Stankovic	5d	Nis	RS	Pre	UGK Student
6	Dejan	Krstic	4d	Belgrad	RS	Pre	Milentije Popovic
7	David	Seibt	4d	Berlin	DE	Pre	-
8	Hüsrev	Aksüt	2d	Ankara	TR	Pre	AjiGo
9	Mehmet Barış	Albayrak	2d	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
10	Bertan	Bilen	2d	Ankara	TR	Pre	AjiGo
11	Judith	Conradi	2d	Berlin	DE	Pre	Go Verband Berlin
12	Özgür	Değirmenci	2d	Eskişehir	TR	Pre	EsGo
13	Giray	Erdi	2d	İstanbul	TR	Pre	TGA
14	Kerem	Karaerkek	2d	Ankara	TR	Pre	AjiGo
15	Hayri	Kılıç	2d	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
16	Eren	Kurter	2d	Ankara	TR	Pre	AjiGo
17	Yavuz	Mester	2d	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
18	Atilla	Aktuna	1d	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
19	Hasan Tahsin	Apakan	1d	Ankara	TR	Pre	Bilkent
20	Emre	Bektöre	1d	Eskişehir	TR	Pre	EsGo
21	Tolga	Dinçer	1d	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
22	Erdal	İzmit	1d	Kocaeli	TR	Pre	Kocaeli
23	Adem	Kayatepe	1d	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
24	Özer	Kırçak	1d	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
25	Altan	Kuntay	1d	İzmir	TR	Pre	goizm
26	Ali	Yeşilçimen	1d	Ankara	TR	Pre	-
27	Gökhan	Yıldız	1d	Ankara	TR	Pre	AjiGo
28	Erkan	Karacaoğlu	1k	Ankara	TR	Pre	ODTÜ
29	Doğukan	Sarıkaya	1k	İzmir	TR	Pre	GezGo
30	Uğur	Yıldız	1k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
31	Barkın	Çelebican	2k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
32	Semih	Çokçeken	2k	İzmir	TR	Pre	igoku
33	Ergün	Dündar	2k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
34	Kemal	Gülbudak	2k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
35	Mustafa	Morca	2k	Ankara	TR	Pre	ODTÜ
36	Semih	Özbağ	2k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
37	Muammer	Şimşek	2k	Ankara	TR	Pre	ODTÜ
38	Seçkin	Boz	3k	İzmir	TR	Pre	İYTEGO
39	Gülçin	Çakır	3k	İzmir	TR	Pre	İzmirGo
40	Caner	Demir	3k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
41	Hakan	Eryargı	3k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
42	Veysel	Özbudak	3k	Ankara	TR	Pre	HÜGOKU
43	Alper	Özmen	3k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
44	Aziz	Pekdemir	3k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
45	Çağatay	Tavşanoğlu	3k	Ankara	TR	Pre	HÜGOKU
46	Ender	Tüccar	3k	Kocaeli	TR	Pre	Kocaeli
47	Deniz	Yüksel	3k	Kayseri	TR	Pre	Kayseri
48	Yağız Ali	Diri	4k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
49	Barış	Kıyak	4k	İzmir	TR	Pre	goizm
50	Yalkın	Yanık	4k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
51	Hüseyin Halil	Acar	5k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
52	Yiğit Ömer	Altıntaş	5k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
53	Salih Özkan	Dursun	5k	Balıkesir	TR	Pre	İYTEGO
54	Çağlar	Koca	5k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	EsGo
55	Fatih	Köseoğlu	5k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
56	Cem	Mutlugeldi	5k	Eskişehir	TR	Pre	EsGo
57	Rahman	Pampal	5k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
58	Ercan	Sağol	5k	Eskişehir	TR	Pre	EsGo
59	Damla Pınar	Şengül	5k	Ankara	TR	Pre	AjiGo
60	Aykut	Terzi	5k	Ankara	TR	Pre	ODTÜ
61	Onur	Yumak	5k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
62	Halil İbrahim	Gürel	6k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
63	Sami	Güven	6k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
64	Seçkin	Koralay	6k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
65	Kıvanç	Özışık	6k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
66	Mehmet	Taçalan	6k	Ankara	TR	Pre	-
67	Orhan Can	Acar	7k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
68	Özlem	Bayrak	7k	Bursa	TR	Pre	BursaGo
69	Tülay	Feyzula	7k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
70	Tahir	Kadiroğlu	7k	Bursa	TR	Pre	-
71	Ulaş	Ören	7k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	İEL
72	Onur	Altaylar	8k	Eskişehir	TR	Pre	EsGo
73	Serkan	Aydın	8k	Samsun	TR	Pre	İYTEGO
74	Ahmet Ali	Batı	8k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
75	Gamze Gül	Çakır	8k	Ankara	TR	Pre	-
76	Ali Can	Epözdemir	8k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
77	Musa Burak	Erdihan	8k	Ankara	TR	Pre	ODTÜ
78	Kâzım Anıl	Eren	8k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
79	Mehmet Sait	Gülmez	8k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
80	Halil Deniz	Kırlı	8k	Kocaeli	TR	Pre	Kocaeli
81	Ekin	Küçüksönmez	8k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
82	Ozan	Tanergeç	8k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
83	Gözde	Taşkın	8k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
84	Güngör	Yılmaz	8k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
85	Özlem	Arslanoğlu	9k	Eskişehir	TR	Pre	EsGo
86	Ulaş	Bedük	9k	Ankara	TR	Pre	TGA
87	Özgür	Erdoğan	9k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
88	Zeynel Bilge	Göze	9k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
89	Mehmet	Kaptanoğlu	9k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
90	M. Çağlar	Karakurt	9k	İzmir	TR	Pre	goizm
91	Kemal	Karataş	9k	İzmir	TR	Pre	goizm
92	Ahmet Süheyl	Kiriş	9k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
93	Ulaş	Mısırlıoğlu	9k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
94	Filiz	Öztürk	9k	Ankara	TR	Pre	-
95	Osman	Tiriç	9k	Manisa	TR	Pre	goizm
96	Yağız	Üstündağ	9k	İzmir	TR	Pre	goizm
97	Arda	Yağan	9k	Adana	TR	Pre	DAG
98	Esra	Yegül	9k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
99	Egemen	Bayram	10k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
100	Merve	Çağırıcı	10k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
101	Arzu	Demir	10k	Eskişehir	TR	Pre	EsGo
102	Murat	Evirgen	10k	İzmir	TR	Pre	igoku
103	Fırat	Güner	10k	Ankara	TR	Pre	-
104	Figen	Koyuncu	10k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
105	Görkem	Pekmezci	10k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
106	Çağrı	Sümer	10k	Ankara	TR	Pre	HÜGOKU
107	Onur	Türkmen	10k	Ankara	TR	Pre	HÜGOKU
108	Uğur	Tutar	10k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	EsGo
109	Enes	Yıldırım	10k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
110	Gökhan Yurtber	Karadağ	11k	Ankara	TR	Pre	AjiGo
111	Tildem	Turan	11k	İzmir	TR	Pre	goizm
112	Sertaç	Girgin	12k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
113	Reha	Karataş	12k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
114	Ahmet	Köksal	12k	Ankara	TR	Pre	HÜGOKU
115	Özgün	Sakallı	12k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
116	Okay Sezgin	Can	13k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
117	Duygu	Koca	13k	İzmir	TR	Pre	goizm
118	Cansu	Küçükköse	13k	İzmir	TR	Pre	İYTEGO
119	Kaan	Öçal	13k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
120	Murat Cihan	Sorkun	13k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
121	Başar	Yegül	14k	Bursa	TR	Pre	BursaGo
122	Tuğba	Bahat	15k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
123	Yeşim	Dilek	15k	Ankara	TR	Pre	-
124	Ahmet Yetkin	Eser	15k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
125	Mert	Mungan	15k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	İstanbul Go Okulu
126	Ozan Murat	Özfen	15k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	---
127	Gizemnur	Talas	15k	Ankara	TR	Pre	ODTÜ
128	Goncagül	Yılmaz	15k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
129	Melda	Karaşahin	17k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
130	Tolga	Göze	18k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
131	Muhammed Safa	Ünal	18k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
132	Barış	Şannan	19k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
133	İnan Mayıs	Aru	20k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
134	İklim	Doğan	20k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	İEL
135	Selin	Ercil	20k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
136	Şerafettin	Mungan	20k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
137	Ozan	Özkan	20k	Eskişehir	TR	Pre	EsGo
138	Gökhan Utku	Özsaraçoğlu	20k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
139	Tutku	Sağlam	20k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
140	Meltem	Sarı	20k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	i_stanbul_go
141	Özgür	Teke	20k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
142	Mevsim	Çağan	21k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
143	Ahmet Emre	Yalçınoğlu	21k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
144	Ömer Faruk	Şahin	22k	Ankara	TR	Pre	ODTÜ
145	Yiğit Saygın	Güçer	23k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
146	Burak	Düzekin	25k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
147	Elif	Kaya	27k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
148	Emre	Akdoğan	30k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
149	Ufuk	Aktaş	30k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
150	Ayşegül Özlem	Bayraktar	30k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	-
151	Beril	Karabatak	30k	İstanbul	TR	Pre	igoku
152	Polat Fevzi	Dündar	2d	İzmir	TR	UC	goizm
153	İsmail	Kaygun	1d	Trabzon	TR	UC	-
154	Türker	Topcu	1k	İstanbul	TR	UC	PSK

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