...is an annual ranked tournament of the Australian Go Association and regional tournament of the New Zealand Go Society. If you are an Australian player, it improves your national rating, earns you international representative points, the whole ball of wax. If you are a New Zealand player, it is a fun chance to crush Australian players in a trans-Tasman tournament... and improves your national rating and international representative points. If you play in or from another South Pacific nation, we earnestly invite you to join in the fun.
The tournament is on the Internet in seven rounds, one per week. Results are due by midnight each Sunday by email. The draw for the next round (opponent, colour, handicap) will be sent out by midday Monday. Each competitor is to contact their opponent, sort out a time, play the game online, email the result and the game record to the tournament director. The tournament is an Australian Swiss draw in two divisions, open (2k to 7d) and handicap (2d to 20k, up to nine stones), using Australian (Japanese) rules.
All competitors are bound by the QGS code of conduct, which boils down to: don't cheat, don't troll, play nice. Violations attract a warning, then disqualification.
(Entries were by email to the tournament director (Horatio Davis of the Queensland Go Society, horatio@go.org.au) with rank, home club and country, and username on the Online Go Server (and names on the KGS Go Server, and PandaNet IGS if present). Entry fee was AU$10, PayPal to horatio@go.org.au or a direct bank transfer to the QGS (BSB 014281, account 290 909 051).)
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Open division first prize is $100 and the title of Australian Digital Champion, second and third prizes are $50.
Handicap division first prize is $50, second and third prizes are $20.
Entries closed Saturday 7th November, 2020. Below are listed who the competitors are, how to contact them, what their accounts are on OGS and other servers. If you have an opponent drawn this round, you are expected to contact them and sort out a time for your round yourself. If your information is not here, or is not right, please tell the tournament director via email immediately.
Name | Surname | OGS Account | KGS Account | IGS Account | Country | Rank | Go club, if any | |
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Barry | Allison | barryallison68@gmail.com | BetaAlphaZulu | Barry68 | Barry68 | AU | 8k | Queensland (no club) |
Carlos | Alperin | carlos@gallopingentertainment.com | calperin | calperin | AU | 3k | Brisbane Go Club | |
Jay | Bailey | jaybaileycs@gmail.com | Salivanth | AU | 10k | Brisbane Go Club | ||
Kristian | Bonitz | kobonitz@gmail.com | Kris 27 | Kris27 | AU | 18k | Australian Online Go Club | |
Alfred | Burgess | alfred.burgess95@gmail.com | thebagleboy | AU | 8k | Perth (no club) | ||
Kevin | Chu | chuan.wei.chu@gmail.com | Wvlfpvp | AU | 1k | Perth (no club) | ||
Matthew | Crossman | matjetius@gmail.com | matjet | matjet | AU | 4d | Sydney Go Club | |
Horatio | Davis | horatio@go.org.au | ahd | ahd | ahd | AU | 1k | Brisbane Go Club |
Laris | Duqing | larisduqing@hotmail.com | larisduqing | AU | 6d | Sydney (no club) | ||
Sylvain | Gantois | gantoissylvain@hotmail.com | AnkakeTaro | NZ | 2d | Auckland Go Club | ||
Lissy | Hartmann | lissymaike.hartmann@gmail.com | SquibSquab | SquibSquab | AU | 13k | Sydney (no club) | |
Brendan | Hennessy | brendan@lucidsoft.org | Hny | Hny | AU | 2k | Gore Street Irregulars | |
Micah | Heyer | micah_heyer@yahoo.com | Anonymous_Person | AU | 4k | Australian Online Go Club | ||
Allan | Hunt | allanhunt24@gmail.com | Allan53 | Allan53 | AU | 6k | Brisbane Go Club | |
Michael | Hyde | bhydden@online-go.com | BHydden | BHydden | BHydden | AU | 6k | Brisbane Go Club |
Linda | Ivezic | cockatoohill1@bigpond.com | Littlebird57 | Littlebird | AU | 15k | Brisbane Go Club | |
Jack | McCosker | jackmccosker21@outlook.com | RBXRevolve | AU | 25k | Townsville Go Club | ||
Daniel | Jones | infireus@hotmail.com | Infireus | AU | 6k | Tasmania (no club) | ||
Michael | Khng | mellinescent@gmail.com | roentgenium | AU | 5k | Melbourne (no club) | ||
Justin | Lee | riverstone361@gmail.com | riverstone | AU | 7k | Townsville Go Club | ||
Leo | Lin | leo856794@gmail.com | Leo8567 | AU | 6d | Queensland Go Society | ||
Benjamin | Liu | 74840@stpeters.sa.edu.au | Benjamin Liu | AU | 6d | Adelaide Go Club | ||
Rick | Lush | ricklush@gmail.com | ozRick | AU | 4k | Sydney (no club) | ||
Sun Woo | Nam | jazzdacom@gmail.com | jazz.sw | AU | 4k | Brisbane Go Club | ||
Elizabeth | Patrick | magicgo@protonmail.com | lizzyhop | AU | 2d | Magic Go Club | ||
Mason | Reid | mason.brasbu@outlook.com | tshad ma | AU | 3k | Griffith Go Club | ||
William | Rui | jaquelin_rui@hotmail.com | williamrui | williamrui | AU | 1d | Victorian Go Club | |
Mitsutaka | Sato | miztaka+nz@gmail.com | miztaka | miztaka | NZ | 2d | Wellington Go Club | |
Rye | Senjen | ryesenjen@yahoo.com | humblestick | AU | 19k | Australian Online Go Club | ||
Peter | Simpson | peter.v.simpson@gmail.com | wailN | wailN | AU | 3k | Perth Go Club | |
Colton | Tinkey | tinkey777@gmail.com | Guardian777 | Guardian7 | Guardian | AU | 18k | Townsville Go Club |
Rodney | Topor | rtopor@me.com | grauniad2 | grauniad2 | grauniad2 | AU | 2k | Brisbane Go Club |
Ken | Xie | 2984332125@qq.com | shiqing9 | shiqing9 | shiqing9 | NZ | 5d | Auckland Go Club |
Tianhe | Xiong | 736043397@qq.com | bear.milkyway520 | AU | 4d | Adelaide Go Club | ||
Haiwei | Yang | tongzhou3129@163.com | strikeoe | AU | 6d | Brisbane Go Club | ||
Brenton | Robert | bjrellul@gmail.com | BrentonJohnRobert | AU | 6k | Brisbane Go Club |