Croatian Go Alliance is organizing 31st Croatian Go Open. The tournament will be played in the hotel Materada next to Poreč, World Heritage town on the west coast of Istria from May 11-12, 2024.

The top game of each round will be broadcast on the Online Go Server with an IZIS electronic go board.
Update: games will be visible on a new service https://gogameslive.eu/

• Tournament announcement in English (pdf, 800 kb): CroatianOpen2024_en
• Tournament announcement in Croatian (pdf, 800 kB): CroatianOpen2024_hr

Please register as soon as you decide to come. The accommodation in the Hotel Materada might still be available upon request on medakdamir@gmail.com.

Registration form: Croatian Go Open 2024
The list of registered players
As of 29th April we have 36 players registered ranging from 4d to double-digit-kyus (almost perfect distribution).

RULES: It will be a McMahon tournament with 5 rounds, Japanese rules, komi 6.5, time setting: 60 minutes + Japanese byoyomi 3×30 seconds, or equivalent Class A Fischer time settings.

SCHEDULE: 
A special addition on Friday evening:
two 45min lessons by Elian Grigoriu, 6d, one for DDK players and then for SDK players!
Elian will be available for game reviews on Saturday and Sunday as well.

ENTRY FEES:

• 20 EUR for players registered before 3rd May 2024
• 10 EUR for players aged under 18 or above 65
• +5 EUR for players registered after 3rd May 2024
• +5 EUR for players who are not members of EGF associations

PRIZES:

• 1st: 250 EUR + trophy
• 2nd: 150 EUR + trophy
• 3rd: 100 EUR + trophy
• best female player: 50 EUR
• medals for best three U12 and U18
• surprises for children

Special prizes:

• The first three players from Croatia get a seat in “Challengers Tournament of Six”.

Accommodation in hotel Materada (please note that we could take care only of players who registered before 15th April 2024 – later registrations migh get the same conditions upon request): Price per person per night in a double room: 43,00 EUR (with breakfast, without touristic tax). Price for a double room – single use: 64,50 EUR. Halfboard (dinner on Friday evening and lunch on Saturday included): 47,00 EUR – recommended, double room – single use: 70,50 EUR.

Venue: Poreč is a town on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. The town is almost 2,000 years old, and is set around a harbour protected from the sea by the small island of Sveti Nikola/San Nicola (Saint Nicholas). Ever since the 1970s, the coast of Poreč and neighboring Rovinj has been the most visited tourist destination in Croatia. Poreč has a very active Go community. Since Go came to Croatia through Istria, the 1st Artur Jonak von Freyenwald Memorial has been organized in May 2023.