Tournament format:
Five rounds MacMahon without handicap
Japanese rules
Timing: 1 hour per player + byo-yomi: 15 stones for 5 minutes
Komi: 6.5
Non-smoking tournament
!!! 70 participants maximum !!!
Entry Fee
25€ for registration and payment before 07/10/2026
30€ after 07/10/2026 (included)
+10€ for Belgian players, non-member of the BGF
-5€ for Players born after 18/10/2008
You can pay the fee by transfer on our bank account (IBAN: BE24 7755 9621 2238) (BIC: GKCC BE BB) with the communication : "Brussels" + your name + your rank. For international transfers, further information about the bank account of the Belgian Go Federation can be found at the bottom of this page.
Please note that you only qualify for the early registration fee if the the payment arrives before 07/10/2026. 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 07/10/2026.
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 07/10/2026, 12€ will be refunded, after 07/10/2026 only 7.5€.
Registration form: soon available
Schedule
Saturday 17th October 2026 (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 18th October 2026 (GMT +1)
10:00 - Fourth Round
13:00 - Fifth Round
16:30 - Prize giving
Venue:
Address: Belgium-China Association Avenue Paul Deschanel 92 1030 Brussels
How to get there
The tournament location is 20 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
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
