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Hangzhou Tianyuan Tower's Entrance
This year, 65 countries take part in this tournament. Too bad Indonesia can't participate this year due to some personal issues.
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Countries that participate
Here is the tournament's condition:
* 8 round Swiss system
* All games to be played on even with Black giving 6-1/2 point komi
* The time allowance of one hour per player, and 3 times of 30 seconds byo-yomi.
Tournament clocks will be used for all games.
* Tournament rules are The World Amateur Go Championship Rules.
Any problems that arise will be settled by the referees.
* Referees will be professional go players from China Qi-Yuan
The youngest contestant this year is the 11 years old Cheng-Hsun Chen from China Taipei.
The International Go Federation's bulletin Ranka covers the tournament this year.
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