2019 Australian Digital Tournament

...is an annual first-class tournament of the Australian Go Association and regional tournament of the New Zealand Go Society. If you are an Australian player, it improves your national rating, earns you international representative points, the whole ball of wax. If you are a New Zealand player, it is a fun chance to crush Australian players in a trans-Tasman tournament... and improves your national rating and international representative points. If you play in or from another South Pacific nation, we earnestly invite you to join in the fun.

The tournament was on the Internet in seven rounds, one per week. Results were due by midnight each Sunday by email. The draw for the next round (opponent, colour, handicap) was be sent out by midday Monday. Each competitor was to contact their opponent, sort out a time, play the game online, email the result and the game record to the tournament director. The tournament was an Australian Swiss draw in two divisions, open (2k to 7d) and handicap (2d to 20k, up to nine stones), using Australian (Japanese) rules.

Entries closed Friday 12 April, 2019.

Round 1 was played Monday 15 April to Sunday 21 April.

Round 2 was played Monday 22 April to Sunday 29 April.

Round 3 was played Monday 29 April to Sunday 5 May.

Round 4 was played Monday 6 May to Sunday 12 May.

Round 5 was played Monday 13 May to Sunday 19 May.

Round 6 was played Monday 20 May to Sunday 26 May.

Round 7 was played Monday 27 May to Sunday 2 June.

Results were announced Monday 3 June.

All competitors are bound by the QGS code of conduct, which boils down to: don't cheat, don't troll, play nice. Violations attract a warning, then disqualification.

Entries are closed; they were by email to the tournament director (Horatio Davis of the Queensland Go Society, horatio@go.org.au) with your rank, home club and country, and your username on the Online Go Server (and your names on the KGS Go Server, and PandaNet IGS if you have those also). Entry fee is AU$10, please PayPal to horatio@go.org.au or do a direct bank transfer to the QGS (BSB 014281, account 290 909 051) if you haven't already.

Open Division (2k to 7d)

Open division first prize is $100 and the title of Australian Digital Champion, second and third prizes are $50. Thanks to the generosity of the Australian Go Association, first and second place winners will also receive a book prize.

Handicap Division (20k to 2d)

Handicap division first prize is $50, second and third prizes are $20. Thanks to the generosity of the Australian Go Association, the handicap champion will also receive a book prize.

Your opponents for this round are listed in the row of your name and the column of the round.

Competitors

As of this writing, there are ten stronger players in the open division and sixteen players in the handicap division, ranging from 7d to 19k. Below is listed who they are, how to contact them, what their accounts are on OGS and other servers. You are expected to contact them and sort out a time for your round yourself. If your information is not here, or is not right, please tell the tournament director via email immediately.

Name Surname Email OGS Account KGS Account IGS Account Country Rank Go club, if any Stu Ash stuartaash@gmail.com boocat PurpleO AU 9k Gore Street Irregulars Horatio Davis horatio@go.org.au ahd ahd ahd AU 1k Brisbane Go Club Zhiming Deng 1448924194@qq.com hungryjack AU 7d University of Melbourne Go Club Peng Fei pfei1997@gmail.com FlandersPG AU 1d University of Melbourne Go Club Alan Guerin alanguerin@fastmail.com Castlehill Castlehill NZ 3d Christchurch Go Club Allan Hunt allanhunt24@gmail.com Allan53 Allan53 AU 7k Brisbane Go Club Linda Ivezic cockatoohill1@bigpond.com Littlebird57 Littlebird AU 17k Brisbane Go Club Abraham MacLeod abraham.mcleod@gmail.com HaerDalis Foolish HaerDalis AU 4k Sydney Go Club Michael McGee michael.mcgee1960@gmail.com mcmcgree mcgee AU 5k Brisbane Go Club Sun Woo Nam jazzdacom@gmail.com jazz.sw AU 4k Brisbane Go Club Graeme Parmenter graeme.parmenter@honeylane.nz leffy gonzo gonzo NZ 4d Otago University Go Club Elizabeth Patrick magicgo@protonmail.com lizzyhop AU 1d Magic Go Club Steven Peng Pengfengyi2@outlook.com shenyudao AU 7d UQ Chess Club James Rees jamesgrees@hotmail.com Parkrunner AU 13k Magic Go Club Christopher Riding chris@superduper.co.nz fieldplayer calmseas22 NZ 14k Auckland Go Club William Rui jaquelin_rui@hotmail.com williamrui williamrui AU 2k Victorian Go Club Arden Rushwood arden.rushwood@gmail.com achtung_etc AU 5k Brisbane Go Club Rye Senjen ryesenjen@yahoo.com humblestick AU 19k Australian Online Peter Simpson peter.v.simpson@gmail.com wailN wailN AU 4k Perth Go Club Amy Song asong117953@outlook.com AmySong EyesOpen AU 5d Sydney Go Club Pei Qi Sun surf1971025@hotmail.com peiqisun AU 1d Brisbane Go Club Keith Trevett ktrevett@live.com nowhereman2 nowhereman AU 4k Australian Online Matt Watson explodymatt@gmail.com schroedingers.hat AU 5k Brisbane Go Club Ken Xie 2984332125@qq.com shiqing9 shiqing9 shiqing9 NZ 5d Auckland Go Club Kevin Yang nibbyman@gmail.com issho issho ezu NZ 3d Auckland Go Club

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