Belgian Go Federation

Tournament format: Five rounds MacMahon without handicap
Timing: 1 hour per player + byo-yomi: 15 stones for 5 minutes
Komi: 6.5

Non-smoking tournament
70 participants maximum

Registration form

available soon

Entry Fee

25€ for registration and payment before 20/10/2025
30€ after 20/10/2025 (included)
+10€ for Belgian players, non-member of the BGF
-5€ for Players born after 01/11/2007

You can pay the fee by transfer on Belgian Go Federation bank account (IBAN: BE24 7755 9621 2238) (BIC: GKCC BE BB) with the communication : "Brussels" + your name + your rank.

Please note that you only qualify for the early registration fee if the the payment arrives before 20/10/2025. It is your responsibility to take into account the possible delay of your bank in transferring money.
Players from outside the Euro zone facing high bank transfer costs, qualify for the early registration fee if they register online before 20/10/2025.

If you pre-register and can not make it for the first round, you are expected to notify the organization by sending an email to board@gofed.be before the start of the round. Once your registration fee has been received, you will be paired for the first round. You only have to confirm your presence if there are mistakes in your name or rating on our wall-list. You can cancel your registration by warning us. Before 20/10/2025, 12€ will be refunded, after 20/10/2025 only 7.5€.

Schedule

Saturday 1st November 2025 (GMT +1)
10:00 - Opening of registration
10:40 - Deadline of registration
11:00 - First Round
14:00 - Second Round
16:30 - Third Round

Sunday 2nd November 2025 (GMT +1)
10:00 - Fourth Round
13:00 - Fifth Round
16:30 - Tournament awards ceremony

Venue

Belgium-China Association
Avenue Paul Deschanel 92
1030 Brussels

How to get there
The tournament location is 15 minutes walking from the Brussel North train station (Brussel-Noord / Bruxelles-Nord)
2 minutes away from the tram station Côteaux
15 minutes away from the metro station Botanique

Prizes

Prizes are guaranteed for all the players with 4 wins (30 €) or 5 wins (50 €).
Prizes for top places are determined by the MMS score and SOS. Prizes are divided equally if both MMS and SOS are equal.
In case we have less than 50 registrations, prizes money will be: 1st. 250 €, 2nd: 150 € ; 3rd: 75 €; If 50 or more, they will be 1st: 400 €, 2nd: 200 €, 3rd: 100 €.

Accommodation

Private accommodation is available, but quite restricted.

Youth Hostels in the vicinity :

Bruegel Hostel
Jacques Brel Hostel
You will also find a very large number of hotels within close range of the playing venue.
Here are a few of them :

Atlas Hotel
Hotel Novotel Brussels Centre Tour Noire

List of registered players

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