Summer Go Camp 2023
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Summer Go Camp
July 6th – 9th, 2023
at the homestead “Prie Labanoro”, Slabada, Molėtai district, Lithuania
This year, the Summer Go Camp will take place on July 6-9 at the homestead “Prie Labanoro” in Slabada, Molėtai district. It is the same place the Camp took place the last year.
The homestead is located by the Labanoras forest on the southwestern shore of Šlavinas lake.
We believe that, as last year, we will have a lot of fun playing go, having other activities, and just spending time together.
Camp Program
- 14:00-15:00 Arrival, registration, and check-in
- 15:00-15:30 Camp opening, registration to the Lightining tournament
- 15:30-19:40 Lightning tournament
- 15:30 Round 1
- 16:20 Round 2
- 17:10 Round 3
- 18:00 Round 4
- 18:50 Round 5 (if needed)
- 9:30-19:00 Rengo tournament
- 9:30 Registration
- 10:00 Round 1
- 12:00 Round 2
- 14:00 Lunch time break
- 15:00 Round 3
- 17:00 Round 4
- 9:30-19:00 Main tournament “Summer GO Cup”, day one
- 9:30 Registration
- 10:00 Round 1
- 12:30 Lunch time break
- 14:00 Round 2
- 16:30 Round 3
- 10:00-16:00 Main tournament “Summer Go Cup”, day two
- 10:00 Round 4
- 12:30 Lunch time break
- 13:30 Round 5
- 16:30-17:00 Awards and camp closing
Camp Program in More Detail
Arrival, Registration, and Check-in
All participants must check-in with camp organizers upon arrival.
Arrival on the eve of the camp is not possible.
Camp Opening
It’s rather a meeting, not a ceremony. We will greet the camp participants, provide the most important and up-to-date information about the camp, and answer your questions.
Lightning Tournament
Tournament director: Tomas Sabirovas
Tournament referee: Tomas Sabirovas
Registration for the tournament will take place on-site right before the tournament.
Tournament fee: none (included in the camp registration fee).
Tournament schedule:
- 15:00 Registration
- 15:30 Round 1
- 16:20 Round 2
- 17:10 Round 3
- 18:00 Round 4
- 18:50 Round 5 (if needed)
Playing system and rules:
- Handicap tournament, straight handicap, no top group, all games will be played with a handicap up to a maximum of 9 stones. For a rank difference of 0 or 1, color is decided by nigiri.
- 4 to 6 rounds, depending on the number of participants. Playing time: 20 minutes basic time, no byo-yomi. Japanese rules.
- Komi: 6.5 for even games, 0.5 for handicap games.
- Criteria used for final ranking:
- McMahon score
- SOS (Sum of Opponents’ Scores)
- SOSOS (Sum of Opponents’ SOS)
- direct comparison.
- Any disputes and problems will be settled by the referee.
Rengo Tournament
Tournament director: Albertas Petrauskas
Tournament referee: Albertas Petrauskas
Registration for the tournament will take place on-site right before the tournament.
Tournament fee: none (included in the camp registration fee).
Tournament schedule:
- 9:30 Registration
- 10:00 Round 1
- 12:00 Round 2
- 14:00 Lunch time break
- 15:00 Round 3
- 17:00 Round 4
Playing system and rules:
- Handicap tournament, straight handicap, no top group, all games will be played with a handicap up to a maximum of 9 stones. For a rank difference of 0 or 1, color is decided by nigiri.
- 4 rounds. Playing time per team: 30 minutes basic time, 2 periods of 30 seconds byo-yomi (Japanese). Japanese rules.
- Komi: 6.5 for even games, 0.5 for handicap games.
- A team must consist of two players, of any gender. The rank of the weakest player of the team cannot be higher than 4 kyu. The game is played between two teams on one go board. Two players of a team sit beside each other, facing an opposing team across the go board.
- The average strength of a team: add all dan grades and subtract all kyu grades, then divide the result by 2. The maximum average rank is 5.5 dan (professionals counting as 8 dan).
- During the game, players of the team must not communicate, give advice, or exchange other information by speech, gestures, mannerisms, or any other means except playing moves. Speaking is permitted, however, to confirm whose turn it is to play or confer about resigning. Conferring about resigning is limited to the following: the player to move may ask for his/her teammate’s consent to resign; the teammate may agree or not agree to resign.
- Resignation is announced by the player whose turn it is to move. The player’s teammate cannot retract the resignation.
- If the wrong player plays, causing a departure from normal rotation, this is called a rotation error. A rotation error can be claimed only when the move just played was out of rotation. If the claimed rotation error was intentional, the game is forfeited immediately. If the claimed rotation error was unintentional, the next step is to verify which player played the preceding move. If the preceding move was played in normal rotation, the game continues with a three-point penalty for the claimed rotation error by giving three own stones to the opposing team. If the preceding move was not played in normal rotation, the game continues without any penalty for the claimed rotation error. In either case, no moves are taken back and replayed. The last move played is regarded as having been played by the correct player. The next move must be played in normal rotation with the last move played. Whenever a rotation error is detected, the next player must return to normal rotation. Failure to do so is regarded as a new rotation error.
- Criteria used for final ranking:
- McMahon score
- SOS (Sum of Opponents’ Scores)
- SOSOS (Sum of Opponents’ SOS)
- direct comparison.
- Any disputes and problems will be settled by the referee.
Main Tournament “Summer Go Cup”
Tournament director: Simonas Šatkus
Tournament referee: Simonas Šatkus
Registration for the tournament will take place on-site right before the tournament.
Tournament fee: none (included in the camp registration fee).
Tournament schedule:
July 8:
- 9:30 Registration
- 10:00 Round 1
- 12:30 Lunch time break
- 14:00 Round 2
- 16:30 Round 3
July 9:
- 10:00 Round 4
- 12:30 Lunch time break
- 13:30 Round 5
Playing system and rules:
- Even games, komi: 6.5.
- 5 rounds McMahon.
- Playing time: 60 minutes basic time, 3 periods of 30 seconds byo-yomi (Japanese). Japanese rules.
- This is an official tournament of the Lithuanian Go Association (LGA) and the Regulations of LGA Tournament shall apply to it.
- Criteria used for final ranking:
- McMahon score
- SOS (Sum of Opponents’ Scores)
- SOSOS (Sum of Opponents’ SOS)
- direct comparison
- coin toss
- Any disputes and problems will be settled by the referee.
- Tournament organizers reserve the right to change tournament regulations, but no later than the start of the first round of the tournament.
Player ranking:
- The rank declared by a player is used. If the player is not able to determine her/his rank, it is determined by a referee of the tournament.
- If the referee occurs that a player is clearly stronger than the rank assigned to him, he can change his rank for the remaining matches.
Prizes:
- The tournament winner will be awarded the cup and diploma.
- The players who finished in the 2nd and 3rd places will be awarded diplomas.
Awards and Camp Closing
Camp photo, prize giving, and camp closing.
Camp participants will be accommodated in cottages of the homestead. There are rooms of various sizes (from 2 to 5 places) in the cottages.
There is also the possibility of camping in a tent.
Each house has a kitchen equipped with a fridge, kettles, and kitchen utensils. Some kitchens are also equipped with a stove, oven, and dishwasher. Each cottage has outdoor furniture, barbecue grills, children’s playground. Depending on the cottage, the toilet and shower are indoors or outdoors.
| Accommodation option | Price for adults, € | Price for children and pupils, € |
| Cottage, per night per person | 20 | 10 |
| Tent, per night per person | 10 | 7 |
| Stay during the day without accommodation, per day per person | 5 | 3 |
Note: Double bed – two places.
Note: As the number of places and accommodation options in the homestead cottages are limited and there are no single rooms there, you can be accommodated together with other camp participants in the same room.
If you are registering separately with someone but would like to stay in the same room, please let us know by writing it in the comments field on the registration form or by contacting the camp organizers.
Self-catering. The participants will have to take care of their own meals by themselves – provide and prepare their own food. There are conditions for this in the homestead – the kitchens there are equipped with stoves, kettles, fridges, and kitchen utensils.
You can also order meals from various cafes and restaurants of Molėtai via Molėtaiveža.lt food delivery service.
The homestead “Prie Labanoro” is located in a remote area in Slabada, Molėtai district, on the shore of Šlavinas lake.
- 37 km to Molėtai
- 27 km to Švenčionėliai
- 22 km to Pabradė
- 18 km to Labanoras
This grange-type homestead has an area of 6 ha and borders Labanoras park. Pets are allowed on the homestead. There is outdoor furniture, barbecue facilities, children’s playground.
Entertainment for recreation:
- Volleyball and basketball court
- Sandboxes and swings for children
- Sunbeds, hammocks
- Fishing in the lake and commercial pond
- Possibility to rent a boat, kayak, fishing equipment
For more information about the homestead please visit their Facebook page or this website.
Please fill out this registration form carefully and correctly. Please note that all fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.
If you want to register a family (or a group), you can fill in this form for each family or group member separately or register only one person (e. g. yourself) and fill in the additional section of this form where you can register the remaining family or group members. If you are registering separately with someone but would like to stay in the same room, please let us know by writing it in the comments field on this form or by contacting the camp organizers.
The Summer Go Camp is a public event. Tournament results – including name, rank, city, and country of the participants (players) – will be published.
All other person-related information collected on the registration form will not be made public and will only be available to the organizers for the purpose of the proper camp organization and will be destroyed within a week of the end of the event.
In case of any questions please contact the camp organizers.
Location
Address: „Prie Labanoro“, Slabados g. 1, Slabados k. Joniškio sen., Molėtų r., Lithuania.
Summer Go Camp coordinates: 55.136749, 25.712590
Getting There
By Plane
The closest airport in Lithuania is Vilnius International Airport in a distance of 62 km. Other airports:
Kaunas International Airport (105 km)- Šiauliai International Airport (167 km)
Riga International Airport (225 km)
Besides the airports, there are other travel options available.
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Driving directions
From Vilnius:
See driving directions from Vilnius to the Summer Go Camp via highway Vilnius-Utena in Google Maps.
See driving directions from Vilnius to the Summer Go Camp via Pabradė in Google Maps.
From Kaunas:
See driving directions from Kaunas to the Summer Go Camp in Google Maps.
From Molėtai:
See driving directions from Molėtai to Summer go camp in Google Maps.
Map of the Camp
We are looking forward to seeing you at Summer Go Camp!
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