38th Kisei at Madrid

Nam-Ban Madrid Go Club is proud to host the first game of the final match for the 38th Japanese Kisei Tournament.

The game will take place in Alcala de Henares (Madrid) on January the 11th-12th 2014.

The current champion Iyama Yuta (9D) will fight for the title against the challenger (winner of the league currently in progress).

The game will last for two days, with a main time of 8 hours for each player.

Nam-Ban Madrid Go Club will organize an Open Side Tournament for amateur Go players parallel to the Kisei title game.

Both the Kisei and the Open Tournament will take place at the luxurious Parador de Alcala de Henares: view map.

Organize

Partners

Spanish Go Association (AEGO) - http://www.aego.biz

About the Kisei

The Kisei Tournament is the most prestigious professional tournament in Japan with the largest worldwide prize pool of ¥42,000,000.

The Nihon Ki-in and the Kansai Ki-in Associations are the main organizers of this event, sponsored by the Yomiuri Shinbum Newspaper.

Only two players in history, Honinbo Shusaku and Dosaku, were honoured with the Kisei title (which means "Go Saint") before the tournament was officially celebrated for the first time in 1976.

The current champion is Iyama Yuta (9d) who will have to deffend his title.

The challenger will be choosen in a league, currently in progress, but in which there are top proffesional players like Cho U, Yamashita Keigo or Cho Chikun.

Yamashita Keigo Meijin (9p) won the A League and Murakawa Daisuke (7p) won the B league so one of them will be the challenger for the final match. Stay tunned! :)

We have a challenger! Yamashita Keigo (9d), current Meijin and Honinbo title-holder, will play against Iyama Yuta (9d) for the Kisei title.

This game will be a very exciting game between the strongest japanese professional players and you can enjoy it live in Madrid.

Kisei Open Side Tournament

B Class tournament with 4 rounds.

40 minutes main time for each player and 2 period of 20 seconds (30 stones in 5 minutes Canadian byo-yomi).

The Open Tournament schedule will allow the players to follow the comments of professionals for the Kisei game and participate in the side events as well.

Friday, January the 10th, 2014

• 16:00 - 19:00 h: Inscription
• 19:30 - 21:30 h: Cocktail

Saturday, January the 11th, 2014

• 08:00 - 08:30 h: Inscription
• 09:00 - 11:00 h: 1st game
• 11:30 - 13:30 h: 2nd game
• 13:30 - 15:30 h: Lunch break
• 15:30 - 17:00 h: Comments for day 1
• 17:00 - 19:00 h: 3rd game
• 19:00 - 20:00 h: Simultaneous games

Sunday, January the 12th, 2014

• 09:00 - 11:00 h: 4th game
• 11:30 - 12:00 h: Prize giving ceremony
• 12:00 - 13:30 h: Comments for day 2
• 13:30 - 15:30 h: Lunch break
• 15:30 - 17:00 h: End-game comments

Scholarships for young players under 20 years old

Thanks to our generous sponsors, we are happy to offer more than 30 scholarships for under 20 year old Go players. The scholarship includes:

• Free registration
• Lodgement - In a shared room with other young player in Alcala de Henares
• Transportation between Madrid and Alcala de Henares

Please fill out the following form to apply for the scholarship: FORM

The period for scholarship solicitation is out. You can still normaly inscribe to the tournament

To get the discount please make sure to submit payment before the due date.

Payment can be done through Paypal or bank transfer.

Please do not forget to add "KISEI" and the player full name in the message for the payment.

• Bank account number: 2100 0600 87 0202142843
  Bank name: La Caixa
  IBAN: ES91 2100 0600 8702 0214 2843
  SWIFT/BIC: CAIXESBBXXX
  Bank account holder: "Club de Go Nam-Ban del Círculo Catalán de Madrid".
• Paypal account:

Pre-registration

To pre-registry for the tournament, please fill out this form.

Please make sure to confirm your participation upon arrival at the tournament. Players failing to do this will NOT be paired into the tournament.

Pre-registered players.

Prizes

** You must play all the rounds to receive a prize. Prices are not cumulative, you can only receive one prize. **

Opening Cocktail ceremony

On friday January the 10th a luxury coktail will take place at the "Residencia San Ildefonso" in Alcala de Henares.

You can inscribe and get all the information HERE

Lodgement

Find below a selection hotels and apartments located in the city center near the playing site. Please do mention that you will be attending the "KISEI" when booking your room.

You will obtain a discount over the price on the internet.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you need help or further information at info@clubgomadrid.org

How to travel there

Transportation and routes:

We will post full information with maps shortly.

Contact

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