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The 10th World Students Go Oza Championship wants YOU

aguido — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:20:52 +0000

…at least, if you are a student at an Australian, New Zealand or African university who can play in the regional preliminary tournament on IGS and can be in Tokyo from 27 February to 2 March 2012 for the world finals. Citizenship in a country in the Oceania or African IGF regions would be good, too, and it would be helpful if your national go association has at least heard of you.

This year’s representative from Oceania was Jimmy Yuan from New Zealand, and in 2010 we sent Mile Gu, who liveblogged the whole thing.

More details at the tournament page. Register for the regional qualifiers with this form. Remember, the deadline for registration is 30 October. Pass the word along….

Mile Gu will play in the World Students Go Oza for Oceania

aguido — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:03:12 +0000

On the twelfth of December, Mile Gu from Auckland and Matthew Crossman from Brisbane played a game on IGS to determine who goes to the eighth World Students Go Oza Championship this year. The game was even, with Mile taking black and Matthew taking white:

White resigned at that point. Mile Gu will represent Australia and New Zealand in the championships on the second and third of March in Japan.

Oceania playoff for WSGO representative

aguido — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:43:52 +0000

The representative from Australian and New Zealand to the 2010 World Students Go Oza championship in Japan will be determined by a playoff between Mile Gu and Matthew Crossman on December the twelfth, on IGS. More details as they come to hand.

Eighth World Students Go Oza wants an Oceania representative

aguido — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:32:53 +0000

If you’re a strong go player and full-time university student under thirty years old, please have a go at the eighth World Students Go Oza happening in March 2010 in Japan. Unlike the previous seven, this one has a slot for a player from Oceania (i.e. Australia and New Zealand and the islands) and a qualifying tournament for same (played on IGS). Registrations for the tournament are reported as closing on Sunday the twenty-fifth of October (or not: updated below).

Word has already been sent to most Australian go clubs. But the qualifying round needs at least ten games played in it, with no doubling up, which means at least five players, and if there are a lot of players from one region, they will adjust the slots for competitors accordingly, possibly upward. If you know anyone who fits the bill, please make sure they know about this before Sunday.

Update: according to Keiko Sota from Pandanet, the deadline is now November 12th for the Oceania contestants to register for the preliminaries in December.