Tournament Rules

General

• rec.games.go rules FAQ : introduction
• commentary [on International Rules] : tournament rules, many examples on all options of rules of play incl. superko, equivalence proof, area and territory scoring, various counting methods with examples
• [tournaments] : incl. mailing list for tournament directors
• [pairing program]: global optimum, MacMahon/Swiss, many options, Windows

Anti-Doping

• [IGF Anti-Doping Regulations]
• [WADA Prohibited List 2009]
• [WADA Monitored List 2009]

World Mind Sports Games 2008

• Tournament Regulations
• Rules of Go Appendix 1 : fill-in counting examples
• Rules of Go Appendix 2 : pairing
• Rules of Go Appendix 3 : pair go regulations
• Pair Go Tournament Rules

Congress

congress information : example of preannounced tournament information in a congress information booklet (DOC 5.0)

Forms

• agreement form : example of a tournament agreement (DOC 5.0)
• dropping form : example of a form for dropping a round (DOC 5.0)
• result form : standard EGF form for result agreement (DOC 5.0)
• sealing form : standard EGF form for sealing an adjourned move (DOC 5.0)

EGF

• EGF General Tournament Rules
• EGF Tournament System Rules
• European Championship Rules
• [Toyota European Go Tour (TT)] : used for EGF TT tournaments only
• EGF International Referees : study page and useful links page
• [EGF Rules + Ratings Commission: working page]
• [EGF Rules + Ratings Commission: tasks]
• [1998 report for AGM by RR]
• [rating]
• [constitution]

National

• [AGA tournament rules]
• [BGA championship rules]
• [BGA approved rules]

Pairgo

• [pair go rules] : International Pair Go Federation
• [pair go main page]

Tournament Systems

• [Olli Lounela] : a lot on tournament systems
• 2-stage group and knockout system : theory and practice

Tiebreakers

• Quality of Direct Comparison
• Quality of SOS