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Calling Female Players: N.A. Qualifier This Weekend for the 2nd Qiong-Long-Shan World Women Champion

Published on 9/22/2011

The American Go Association will host a qualifier on KGS this weekend for the Second Qiong-Long-Shan World Women Championship.
China is hosting the Qiong-Long-Shan Championship October 8-14. Sixteen strongest female players throughout the world are being invited to attend in Suzhou China. Top prize is RMB 200,000 (about $30,000). Prize per game is RMB 6,000. The AGA will host a qualifier on KGS this weekend. All female players with ratings above 5.0 are welcome. AGA membership and US citizenship are required (UPDATE: green card holders are now eligible!) except for CGA representatives. Web camera and KGS accounts are required. The tournament will be during September 25-28 with flexible schedule as long as both players agree, otherwise players must be available to play 3 rounds on 8 PM ET/5 PT on 9/26, 9/27 and 9/28. Basic time is 1 hour. Overtime is 5 periods of 1 minute. Please write to tournaments@usgo.org to register by 8 PM ET on Saturday 9/24.

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