After months of waiting, 2021 Go AI championship tournament is ultimately come out!
2021 World AI Weiqi Tournament
Translated By Noriyuki Kimura
HOST: Chinese Weiqi Association, Fuzhou City Government
ORGANISERS: Fuzhou Bureau of Sports, Gulou District Government Changle District Government, Fuzhou Weiqi Association
CO-ORGANISERS: Japanese Ki-In, Korean Baduk Association; European Go Federation; American Go Association; Fujian Province Weiqi Association
DURATION: June- December 2021
VENUE: Preliminaries:AI Tournament Platform (Online) Finals:Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China
SCHEDULE:
June 21 - July 12 14:00 : Application and Registration.
From 18th July to 4th December: Preliminaries (Online) 4 teams to be chosen from Swiss pairings. (The specific time will be notified in advance)
From 30th November to 4th December: Finals, Closing Ceremony
Qualifications:
1. Open for application.( Please find below how to apply) Organizing Committee will audit of the qualifications. 2. Encourage original Weiqi program, while open source Weiqi program, modules or libraries are also welcomed. 3. Free accommodation for Chinese participants, up to 2 people per team. Teams from other countries are invited to play games online, including the finals.
PRIZE: The championship trophy is marked with the inscription "2021 World AI Weiqi Tournament Champion (Fuzhou)". The prize money (before tax) for top 8 teams is listed below: Rank 1 2 3 4 5-8 Prize ¥120,000 ¥70,000 ¥50,000 ¥20,000 ¥10,000
COMPETITION RULES:
1. The board configuration is 19 by 19. According to the Black/white win rate of past AI Weiqi world competitions, the rules of 2008 World Mind Sports Games are adopted. i.e., the komi is defined at 6.5 points if black pass first, the komi is defined at 7.5 points if white pass first.
2. If a competitor is late (not present) after the initial 20 minutes of each round, the competitor will lose by forfeit by default. 2 games or more, the competitor will be deemed to have abstained from the competition, and considered as give up all the prize money.
3. If one side resigns or both sides pass successively, the game will be regarded as ended. The final score is confirmed after the reexamination by the chief referee. The chief referee has the final say on the game's ending and scoring.
Note: specific date is Pre semi final : July 18th 2021~July 20th 2021 Semi final : November 30th 2021~December 4th 2021 Semi final location : WuqingYuan Go club, Fujian, China Prize: 120000 CNY is 18583. 62 USD 70000 CNY is 10840 USD 40000 CNY is 6194. 54 USD 20000 CNY is 3097. 27 USD 10000 CNY is 1548. 66 USD
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