32nd Croatian Go Open
Croatian Go Alliance is organizing 32nd 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 June 7-8, 2025.
Top two game of each round was broadcast on the Online Go Server with AI IZIS electronic go boards.
Games will be visible on https://gogameslive.eu/
RULES: It will be a McMahon tournament with 5 rounds, Japanese rules, komi 6.5, time setting: 60 minutes + Japanese byoyomi 3×30 seconds.
SCHEDULE:
Saturday, June 7
09:00 Registration
10:00 Round 1
14:30 Round 2
17:30 Round 3
Sunday, June 8
09:30 Round 4
13:30 Round 5
16:30 Prize Giving
ENTRY FEES:
- 30 EUR for players registered before or on 23rd May 2025
- 20 EUR for players aged under 18 or above 65
- +5 EUR for players registered after 23rd May 2025
- +5 EUR for players who are not members of EGF associations
PRIZES for players from EGF-member countries:
- 1st: 300 EUR + trophy
- 2nd: 250 EUR + trophy
- 3rd: 200 EUR + trophy
- 4th: 150 EUR
- 5th: 100 EUR
- best female player: 50 EUR (outside top 5)
- medals for best three U12 (outside top 5)
- medals for best three U18 (outside top 5)
- prizes for 5 wins and 4 wins (outside top 5)
Special prizes:
- The first three players from Croatia got seats in “Challengers Tournament of Six”.
- best player from a non EGF member country, with placement in top 5: 100 EUR
Accommodation: https://www.plavalaguna.com/en/hotels/materada with a limited special offer for participants who register, reserve and pay by 7th April 2025: half-board for 73 EUR per person in a double room (with dinner on Friday and lunch on Saturday), plus 12 EUR for lunch on Sunday (for participants who are not guests of the hotel the price of the lunch is 20 EUR).
Of course, check booking.com for alternatives.
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.