The Massachusetts Go Association sponsors four regular AGA-rated tournaments per year.  Following tournament dates are currently scheduled for 2010:

- Sunday January 10th, 2010

- Sunday April 11th, 2010

- Sunday July 11th, 2010

- Sunday October 17th, 2010

The tournaments are held at the MGA club (see Location & Contact page). Membership in the AGA is required and available during registration or ahead of time at the AGA website: http://www.usgo.org. Membership in a foreign Go association is an acceptable substitute.

PRIZES: $100 in prizes for the first 3 placements:

- First Prize: $50
- Second Prize: $30
- Third Prize: $20

ENTRY FEE: The entry fee is $20 for Massachusetts Go Association members and $25 for non-members. There is, however, a $5 discount for pre-registering more than 24 hours before the event (see below).

REGISTRATION: Registration begins at 9:45 AM. Play begins at 10:30 AM. Come in early, register and catch up with friends or get in a warm-up game. Pre-registration is rewarded with a $5 discount. You may pre-register by contacting the Tournament Director (see below) more than 24 hours prior to the event. Please provide your name, AGA member number (if applicable) and the rank at which you will be entering the tournament. Pre-registrants still have to stop at the registration desk on tournament day to pay the entrance fee and confirm their playing rank, so pre-registrants still have to show up well before 10:15am. Any pre-registrant who has not shown up by the time the TD does the pairings will simply be deleted from the pre-registrant list. If such a person shows up late s/he will have to take a bye on the first game (unless there's an odd number of players and s/he's only a little late).

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Wanda Metcalf ( wcm@oat.com or 617 969-3448)

RULES: There are four rounds. Games are handicapped according to the AGA rank. Playing by the Japanese rules. Each player gets 45 minutes main time plus unlimited 5/25 byo-yomi periods after the main time (5 minutes for 25 moves).

If you are weaker than a 20 kyu player or have any questions, please contact the Tournament Director.

OTHER INFO:

- A Gift Certificate worth twice as much as the cash prize is available upon request. The gift certificates are from Eureka Puzzles (1349 Beacon St., Brookline), Games People Play (1100 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge) or Nemesis.
- If you have a suitable clock, please bring it to the tournament. Thank you.

SPECIAL EVENT: On February 24, 2008 MGA participated in a team tournament between the club members, MIT students and Stuyvesant students. The tournament was hosted at the MGA club. The final results were:

- 1st place: Stuyvesant with 9 wins
- 2nd place: Massachusetts Go Association with 5 wins
- 3rd place: Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 4 wins

Everybody is more than welcome to assume the Trounament Director role for one or more tournament events. If you are interesting being a TD, please contact Eva Casey (eva@theworld.com or 617-666-8934). For information on what the TD role entails, please visit the TD resource page or contact Eva. Thanks!