2007 COTSEN GO TOURNAMENT
Sponsored By Lloyd Eric Cotsen
With
The American Go Association
Over $5,000 in prizes!!!
WHAT: The Cotsen Open, 6 Dan and up, Cotsen Handicap Tournament, open to all ranks, except as noted
below.
All games will be AGA rated, and will be run under the ING Go Rules.
WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, November 10 & 11, 2007
WHERE: Best Western Historical Mayfair Hotel
1256 West 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 – Regency Ballroom
(213) 484-9789 – www.mayfairla.com
*Parking will be $6 a day per car with validation*
Saturday
Nov. 10, 2007
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Registration
9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Rules Discussion
10:00 AM
First Game
1:00 PM
Second Game
3:00 PM
Third Game
CHECK OUT THESE COOL UNIQUE FEATURES:
* The $10 AGA “one time rating fee” will be paid for all players who do not currently have an AGA membership.
*Prizes will be available for those who can solve certain Go problems.
*Professional Go Players Yi-Lun Yang and others will review and comment on your games.
*Pro Game over the internet between Yi-Lun Yang (Pro 7 Dan) and another Pro.
*Beginners and children are especially welcome, so don’t be afraid to come and play. Bring your kids, friends, relatives and
acquaintances!!!
*FREE LUXURY BUFFET BOTH DAYS – but only for those who pre-register
*While you toil away at your games two masseuses will be making the rounds to ease the tensions that arise in your shoulders (when you discover that your big group really doesn’t have two eyes.)
*Dividends of $1,500 will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd & 3rd place Go clubs that have the most points overall in the
tournament (8 points for every 1st place finish, 4 points for 2nd, and 2 points for 3rd and 1 point for each player entered).
Sandbaggers will be drawn and quartered!
$1,000 for 1st Place $300 for 2nd Place $200 for 3rd Place
* The more support (players) a club receives increases their chance in winning the above prizes.
Sunday
Nov. 11, 2007
8:00A
Pro Game (& analysis)
12:00 PM
Fourth Game
2:30 PM
Final Game
5:00 PM
Awards Ceremony
ALL ENTRY FEES ARE FULLY REFUNDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON, IF YOU PRE-REGISTER!!!
Refunds are the reward for attending BOTH days and will ONLY be given out to the depositor in person.
If you register the day of the event, you will be refunded $15 out of the $25
ALL INFORMATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY NOV. 2, 2007 TO BE CONSIDERED PRE-REGISTERED
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CLOCK IF POSSIBLE AS WE MAY BE SHORT
ONLY those people who pre-register will qualify for the free luxury buffet & full cash refund
Cotsen Open $20 with Pre-Registration, $25 on day of Registration
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Cotsen Handicap $20 with Pre-Registration, $25 on day of Registration
Make checks payable to AGA Cotsen Open
and mail to:
1880 Veteran Avenue, #310, Los Angeles, CA 90025
OR if you would prefer, you may pay at the tournament on Nov. 10, 2007.
Questions: (310) 473-5873
E-mail: GoTournament@thelec.com
*If you know very few members from your Go Club will be attending, you may support another Go Club to assist them in winning the Go club prize. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE MEMBER OF A SPECIFIC GO CLUB TO SUPPORT A GO CLUB.
** We have incorporated computers into the tournament and you may be matched with a computer program. If you object to this, please add a note under the comments section of your registration form.
