Introduction: The City League is an AGA tournament where teams from cities play in a league round-robin on the Pandanet-IGS server. Each team consists of three active players, one alternate and one captain, representing a city or region in North America. Players may be either pros or amateurs.
The purpose of the league is three-fold:
- Provide training and competition for the top AGA players.
- Promote internet Go using the Pandanet platform.
- Create a venue for encouraging regional sponsorship of Go in North America.
Location: Strong Players Room (Old Meeting House).
When: There is just one final round with three games played simultaneously on Saturday, July 25, starting at 10am.
Eligibility: The top two City League teams.
Rules: AGA rules will be used. In non-handicap games, komi for white is 7.5 points; otherwise, it is 0.5 points. See Pandanet Rules for further details.
Time Controls: Byo-yomi time controls will be used, with 60 minutes per player and five byo-yomi periods of 30 seconds each.
Prizes: Pandanet will award $5,000 to the winning team and $2,500 for the runner-up team.
Tournament Director: Justin Teng, email Justin.Teng@usgo.org.