5th Obayashi Cup
7th and 8th September 1996
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Introduction
The tournament formula for this year is basically the same as
the
previous three editions
of the Obayashi Cup (the 1st edition was a side event while the
European Go Cultural Centre was opened).
All players participate in a preliminary tournament on
Saturday trying to qualify for the play-off on Sunday. However, this
year also those who don't qualify can join an extra tournament on
Sunday (explained below) to celebrate the 5th year of existance of
the Obayashi Cup.
The Preliminary MacMahon Tournament
The preliminary tournament is played on Saturday:
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MacMahon Tournament
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09:00 - 10:00 Arrival
10:45 - 11:00 Opening
11:00 - 12:30 1st round
13:00 - 14:30 2nd round
15:00 - 16:30 3rd round
17:00 - 18:30 4th round
19:00 - 20:00 Prize giving
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The prizes for the MacMahon tournament are attractive to all players
regardless of rank and strength:
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MacMahon Tournament Prizes
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2 points: fl 20,=
3 points: fl 100,=
4 points: fl 200,=
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And besides these prizes Obayashi will prepare 10 very
attractive lotery prizes for which your subscription batch
is your lotery number. In the Obayashi tournament all players
have equal chances to win a nice prize.
Championship Play-off
When you reach one of the top 16 positions in the MacMahon tournament
you qualify for the play-off the next day.
A 4 round knockout tournament decides who will become the 1996 Obayashi
Cup title holder:
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Play-off Schedule
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11:00 - 12:30 1st round
13:00 - 14:30 2nd round
15:00 - 16:30 3rd round
17:00 - 18:30 4th round
19:00 - 20:00 Prize giving
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The prizes for the play-off tournament are very attractive:
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Play-off Prizes
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9th/16th place fl 125,=
5th/8th place fl 250,=
3th/4th place fl 500,=
Runner-up fl 1000,=
Champion fl 2000,=
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Knockout Leagues
Since it is the 5th Obayashi Cup we celebrate this by playing a two-day
competition for all participants this year (so not only for the
top 16 champion group qualifiers). These extra groups (let's call them
leagues) will consist
of 16 players consisting of the numbers 17-32, 33-48, ... according
to the ranking in the first day's MacMahon preliminary tournament.
People who prefer not to participate on Sunday are free to withdraw
from this extra event. They will simply be taken out and all
participants below will shift up one place.
To compensate for strength differences these leagues will play with
reduced handicap (rank difference -2 stones). To ensure that the final
of the champion group can be attended by all players present the
leagues will run an accelerated schedule: 30min/pp instead of 45min/pp
as in the top group. This will ensure that they are finished half an hour
before the final starts (see schedule above):
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Knockout League Schedule
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11:00 - 12:00 1st round
12:30 - 13:30 2nd round
14:00 - 15:00 3rd round
15:30 - 16:30 4th round
19:00 - 20:00 Prize giving
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The prizes in these league groups are as follows:
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Knockout League Prizes
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3rd place fl 25,=
2nd place fl 50,=
Winner fl 75,=
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Youth Tournament
All children up to the age of 15 years are welcome to participate
the youth tournament on Sunday. The
tournament starts at 12:00, and subscription is possible until one
hour in advance (no entry fee required).
Attending Japanese professional and devoted children teacher Yasuda
Yasutoshi 8 dan will perform the opening and prize giving for this
tournament.
Since Yasuda Yasutoshi sensei loves Go drawings he will award a special
prize for the best drawing on Go so bring lots of your artistic work
to the tournament place!
Side Activities
On Sunday we have various side events like the professional teaching
games and the game commentaries on the semi-final and final game of
the Championship play-off. You're all welcome to participate these events.
Subscription
You can register for the Obayashi Cup by pre-registration only.
Besides, we have a registration stop at 256 participants this year
so be in time with your registration.
You can subscribe for the Obayashi Cup by filling out the following
form:
Name ................................................
Address ................................................
City ................................................
Country ................................................
Go Club ................................................
Go Strength ................................................
Participate Knockout ....................................... (yes/no)
Youth Player ....................................... (yes/no)
Birth date ................................................
This form has to be received by the organizing committee before Friday
the 30th of August 1996. Please send it to:
Obayashi Cup 1996
Schokland 14
1081 HV Amstelveen
The Netherlands
Phone: (+31) 20 64.55555
Email: egcc@xs4all.nl
PostBank: 43627
You can pay the entree fee in advance (much prefered of course, but
in that case please pay at least 10 days in advance) or at the
venue place before 10 a.m. on Saturday the 7th of September.
The subscription fee is fl 15,=, or fl 10,= for children
and students (with identification).